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• Shadyside Juice Café Helping To Promote Benefits Of Eating Raw

  28-07-2016 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Let’s face it, most of us don’t eat as healthy as we should.
  Getting the right amount of veggies and other good foods into our bodies can be a challenge.
  If you’re dieting, saying no to the foods that aren’t good for you is tough too.
  Have you considered eating raw? Do you even know what that means?
  We all know that fruits and vegetables should be part of our daily diet. They’re essential for good health, but they aren’t always what w
  
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• Abiding Ministries, ex-con lead gun buyback effort in city's Knoxville nieghborhood

  28-07-2016 23:43
  
  Osmond "Ozzie" Jackson served time for gun and drug crimes and maintained gang affiliations but now he's leading the effort to get guns off the streets.
  
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• Neighborhood Overrun By Groundhogs As Pitt Tears Out Grass, Puts In Turf For New Athletic Field

  28-07-2016 23:15
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pennsylvanians are no strangers to groundhogs.
  In fact, we have a holiday dedicated to the rodent. But some people in the Pittsburgh area say they’re being invaded – their yards, gardens, and one woman even found one in her house.
  But there’s a reason for the sudden infestation, and it appears homeowners aren’t the only ones having problems.
  The University of Pittsburgh is planning a new domed soccer and lacrosse field. Excavation of the site in
  
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• Steelers players, coaches report for training camp on rainy first day

  28-07-2016 23:07
  
  The Pittsburgh Steelers have reported to the 51st training camp at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Westmoreland County.
  
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• Gloomy Day Puts Damper On Steelers Arrival At Training Camp

  28-07-2016 22:45
  
  LATROBE (KDKA) — The rain put a damper on the Steelers first day at Saint Vincent College for training camp.
  The players began arriving at the campus in Latrobe this morning as thunderstorms boomed overhead.
  While some arrived last night, many of them started filtering in around 11 a.m. They had to report by 4 p.m.
  Ramon Foster was one of the first to pull up.It’s fun,” he said. “I think everybody’s excited. You leave for the summer and you come back, guys look diff
  
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• Angie’s List: A Better Way To Remove Junk From Your Home

  28-07-2016 22:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Getting rid of junk, or any items you no longer use isn’t always as easy as it seems.
  You need to be healthy enough to move it, have a large vehicle to transport it and know the right place to take it. If any of that is a problem, a junk hauler may be a better option.
  “We’ll go in the basement, we’ll go in the garage, we’ll go upstairs and haul the heavy items out regardless of where they’re at. So, we don’t ask the homeowner to
  
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• DA: ‘Real Possibility’ Armed Man Wanted To Shoot Up Theater

  28-07-2016 22:19
  
  MONACA, Pa. (AP) – There’s a “real possibility” a Georgia man jailed on charges he brought a stolen gun and ammunition into a western Pennsylvania movie theater planned to shoot it up, a prosecutor told The Associated Press on Thursday.
  “I think common sense tells us that was a real possibility, but again, we’re still investigating the matter,” Beaver County District Attorney David Lozier said.
  Lozier was talking about 21-year-old William Gossett, of Cov
  
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• Port Authority bus injures pedestrian in Oakland

  28-07-2016 21:36 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Port Authority bus hit a female pedestrian today near the intersection of North Bellefield and Fifth avenues in Oakland, according to spokesman Adam Brandolph.
  
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• Pedestrian hit by bus in Oakland, taken to hospital

  28-07-2016 21:34
  
  Police respond to a report of a pedestrian being hit by a Port Authority bus near the Pitt campus Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Mayor demands 'accountability' over choice of new PWSA director

  28-07-2016 21:21
  
  The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority hires a county administrator from Virginia as its new executive director, but his resume did not include a previous job in another state.
  
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• Beaver County DA: 'Real possibility' armed man in theater wanted to shoot

  28-07-2016 21:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  A prosecutor says there’s a “real possibility” a Georgia man jailed on charges he brought a stolen gun and ammunition into a Center movie theater planned to shoot it up.
  
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• Authorities investigate armed man's intent at Center movie theater

  28-07-2016 21:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  The motive of a Georgia man who was arrested carrying a stolen gun and ammunition into a Beaver County movie theater Saturday remains unclear, according to law enforcement authorities and the district attorney’s office.
  
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• Husband accused in failed murder-suicide pact waives hearing

  28-07-2016 20:49 via post-gazette.com
  
  An 80-year-old man accused of killing his wife in May as part of a failed suicide pact waived his preliminary hearing today. Edward Friday of Rostraver remains in the Westmoreland County Jail.
  
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• Inflatable Slide Topples At Convention Center, Several Injured

  28-07-2016 20:43
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Several people were hurt when an inflatable slide toppled over at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center today.
  For the next few days, the convention center will be filled with people playing pinball and retro video games.
  It’s all part of the ReplayFx Arcade and Video Game Festival.
  There are other attractions as well, including a giant inflatable slide that’s two stories tall.
  But, the fun turned to fear when the slide tipped over with people on it. Initi
  
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• Pedestrian reportedly hit by bus in Oakland

  28-07-2016 20:32
  
  Police responded to a report of a pedestrian being hit by a Port Authority bus near the University of Pittsburgh campus Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Hundreds Flock To Pittsburgh For World’s Largest Pinball Tournament

  28-07-2016 20:15
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – It’s game on in downtown Pittsburgh.
  The ReplayFx Arcade and Video Game Festival is underway at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.
  One of the highlights of the festival is the Pinburgh Match-Play Championship. It’s the world’s largest pinball tournament.
  A total of 700 competitors are playing and more than $100,000 in prize money is on the line.
  There are also panel discussions and live music.
  The festival runs through Sunday and for more informa
  
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• Shop 'N Save in Bethel Park sells $1 million Powerball ticket

  28-07-2016 19:51 via post-gazette.com
  
  A ticket sold at the Shop 'N Save location on Library Road in Bethel Park won $1 million in Wednesday night's Powerball drawing.
  
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• Democratic Donors Rip Trump For Failure To Share Tax Returns

  28-07-2016 19:50
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The wealthy Democratic donors, many of whom run complex businesses, know firsthand how revealing tax returns can be. Perhaps that’s why they can’t stop talking about Republican nominee Donald Trump’s refusal to release his.
  From their suites at the Ritz-Carlton hotel, the finance hub at this week’s Democratic convention, and at the event’s auxiliary swanky parties, supporters of Hillary Clinton are sounding the alarm about Trump’s bre
  
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• Car slams into convenience store, killing former Marine reservist

  28-07-2016 19:35
  
  Neighbors were startled by the violent impact of the fatal crash, which also left the building badly damaged Thursday on Frankstown Avenue in the East Hills.
  
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• 1 dead after car hits store in East Hills

  28-07-2016 19:29
  Neighbors were startled by the crash early Thursday morning on Frankstown Avenue. The victim was identified as 28-year-old Leon Spearman III.
  
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• Prominent graffiti artist held for court

  28-07-2016 19:20 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Highland Park man who has served jail time for his graffiti artwork was held for court today on 40 charges of criminal mischief in connection with more of the same.
  
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• Prolific graffiti writer held for court

  28-07-2016 19:20 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Highland Park man who has served jail time for his graffiti was held for court today on 40 charges of criminal mischief in connection with more of the same.
  
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• Handler, supervisor reassigned after K-9 left in hot car dies

  28-07-2016 19:20
  
  State prison officials are investigating the death of Totti, a drug-detecting police dog left in a hot vehicle for 2½ hours during a training exercise.
  
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• Man crashed through Pittsburgh FBI gate as 'cry for help,' friends say

  28-07-2016 19:15
  
  The man who police say rammed the gates to the FBI building in Pittsburgh is being supported by family and neighbors who claim his actions were a cry for help.
  
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• Car hits convenience store, killing former Marine reservist

  28-07-2016 19:11
  
  Neighbors were startled by the violent impact of the fatal crash, which also left the building badly damaged early Thursday on Frankstown Avenue in the East Hills.
  
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• 4 charged with shooting at Fayette County home

  28-07-2016 19:09 via post-gazette.com
  
  State police charged four people with shooting at a house and other property belonging to a Fayette County family early Tuesday morning.
  
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• Chipotle Plans To Open First Burger Restaurant In Ohio

  28-07-2016 18:41
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – Chipotle is branching out from burritos and plans to open its first burger restaurant.
  A spokesman for Chipotle, Chris Arnold, says in an email the company’s first Tasty Made burger restaurant will open in this fall in Lancaster, Ohio. He did not immediately provide other details.
  Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. has also already opened an Asian food concept called ShopHouse and a pizza concept called Pizzeria Locale.
  The opening of the burger concept comes as Chipotle fig
  
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• Home invaders sneak in, steal car keys, scared off by girl

  28-07-2016 18:32
  
  "I've been up here five years. Just the last couple days, there was a van stolen, a Lexus stolen," says a neighbor in the Sheraden area of Pittsburgh.
  
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• Study: Secondhand Marijuana Smoke Worse Than Cigarettes

  28-07-2016 18:27
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Secondhand marijuana smoke may damage your blood vessels even more than cigarette smoke.That’s according to a new study from the American Heart Association.In the study, arteries in rats that inhaled secondhand marijuana smoke for one minute carried blood less efficiently for at least 90 minutes.
  Similar exposure to second hand tobacco smoke cause blood vessel impairment for 30 minutes.In a news release the AHA says, “While the effect is temporary for both
  
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• Questions arise over employment history of new city water and sewer authority chief

  28-07-2016 18:17 via post-gazette.com
  
  The newly announced director of the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority was terminated from a similar post in South Carolina three and a half years ago, according to multiple press reports.
  
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• New PWSA chief confident of turning around troubled water authority

  28-07-2016 18:17 via post-gazette.com
  
  Hired to get Pittsburgh's water system flowing smoothly, Kenneth Charles Griffin says he has the experience to deal with everything from billing problems to lead. He also said that reports of a 2013 termination were inaccurate.
  
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• New Pittsburgh water director's resume incomplete

  28-07-2016 18:17 via post-gazette.com
  
  The newly announced director of the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority was terminated from a similar post in South Carolina three and a half years ago, according to multiple press reports.
  
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• New Pittsburgh water director's bio incomplete

  28-07-2016 18:17 via post-gazette.com
  
  The newly announced director of the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority was terminated from a similar post in South Carolina three and a half years ago, according to multiple press reports.
  
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• 91 gallons of beer seized from Fayette County 'speakeasy,' police say

  28-07-2016 18:14
  
  Police say criminal charges may be pending after liquor control officers seize liquor, beer, video gambling machines and cash from a club in the Hopwood area.
  
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• Steelers Insider Bouchette: Stars Should Stay In Bed During Preseason

  28-07-2016 17:57
  
  PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – The Pittsburgh Steelers are heading to Latrobe again to get ready for another season and a shot at a seventh Super Bowl championship.
  Steelers insider Ed Bouchette joined the “KDKA Morning News” to preview the 2016 trip to St. Vincent College and why he thinks the stars should stay off the field in the preseason.
  Bouchette says the Steelers need to rest their top stars if they want to be successful.
  “One of the big things they have to do
  
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• Fight Over Girl Spurs Fairchance Drive-By Shooting, 4 Arrested

  28-07-2016 17:39
  
  FAIRCHANCE (KDKA) – Four people are facing charges for allegedly firing shots at a home in Fayette County early Wednesday morning.
  According to police, the incident happened on South Oak Street in Fairchance around 3 a.m.
  When police arrived, it was determined the shots were fired from a vehicle that had pulled up outside of the residence.
  Through the course of their investigation, they determined the vehicle was being driven by Noah Newland, 19, of Uniontown.
  Newland is believed to be the
  
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• The Ben Roethlisberger Show Returns To 93.7 The Fan

  28-07-2016 17:14
  
  PITTSBURGH (93.7 The Fan) – 93.7 The Fan announced today (July 28) that Pittsburgh Steelers Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will once again make regular weekly appearances on The Fan for the upcoming NFL season.
  The Ben Roethlisberger Show will take place Tuesdays at 11 a.m. with The Fan’s Cook & Poni Show and will begin on September 6.
  Now in its 4th year The Ben Roethlisberger Show has become the place where Steeler nation can get insight first hand from the two time Super Bowl
  
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• North Hills headshop owner denies prosecutors' claims of prolific heroin dealings

  28-07-2016 17:13 via post-gazette.com
  
  North Hills headshop owner Mayank Mishra "is responsible for more heroin on the streets of Pittsburgh over the last decade than any other individual," federal prosecutors said in May.
  
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• Suspect named in January killing, children victims of three Pa. deaths under investigation

  28-07-2016 17:06
  Michelle Inch went missing after an arson at her parent's home in January. Two months later, her body was found in the woods of Bradford County she had been stabbed multiple times and shot, WNEP is reporting.
  
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• Chris Hoke: Steelers’ Locker Room Needs To Support Bell

  28-07-2016 16:56
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) – Will the Steelers’ locker room rally around Le’Veon Bell or cast him out?
  That’s what “The Fan Morning Show” hosts wanted to know when Chris Hoke joined them this morning.
  Hoke, a former Steelers defensive lineman and current KDKA-TV analyst, talked about the team with training camp set to get underway in the next day. During the interview, he said that Bell’s teammates have no choice but to stand by him in the wake of his rep
  
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• It’s So Hot In New York That Manure Is Bursting Into Flames

  28-07-2016 16:44
  
  THROOP, N.Y. (AP) – How hot is it in upstate New York? So hot that horse manure is bursting into flames.
  The state Department of Environmental Conservation says it received multiple complaints July 5 about the smell and smoke emanating from a burning pile of horse manure at a property in the town of Throop, in the Finger Lakes region 20 miles west of Syracuse.
  The responding officer learned that the owners of a horse stable had been storing the manure in large piles that frequently spontan
  
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• 1 killed when car hits building in East Hills

  28-07-2016 16:38
  
  A fatal crash on Thursday left a business badly damaged in Pittsburgh's East Hills neighborhood.
  
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• GNC replaces chief executive

  28-07-2016 16:34 via post-gazette.com
  
  Two years after GNC Holdings hired top retail industry executive Michael Archbold to reverse a downturn, he has been replaced by GNC board member Robert Moran, a former chairman and chief executive of PetSmart Inc.
  
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• GNC ousts chief executive as sales continue to fall

  28-07-2016 16:34 via post-gazette.com
  
  Two years after GNC Holdings hired top retail industry executive Michael Archbold to reverse a downturn, he has been replaced by GNC board member Robert Moran, a former chairman and chief executive of PetSmart Inc. who said he will “move with urgency” to improve the struggling vitamin and wellness company’s performance.
  
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• Report: Man Charged For Standing Naked With Mannequins In Storefront Window

  28-07-2016 16:30
  
  ZELIENOPLE (KDKA) – A Butler County man is facing charges for allegedly standing naked in his storefront window.
  According to the Butler Eagle, the incident happened at the One Enchanted Evening store in Zelienople.
  Police were called to the area around 8:30 p.m. on July 20, for a report of a man standing naked in the window with some mannequins.
  Officers spoke with three women at the scene, one of which had taken a photo of the suspect. He was later identified as Peter Scolieri, 54, of Cr
  
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• Man Charged For Standing Naked With Mannequins In Storefront Window

  28-07-2016 16:30
  
  ZELIENOPLE (KDKA) – A Butler County man is facing charges for allegedly standing naked in his storefront window.
  What happened at One Enchanted evening last week, a store that focuses on bridal and prom dresses, is the talk of the small town of Zelienople.
  Police were called to the area around 8:30 p.m. on July 20, for a report of a man standing naked in the window.
  “Just knowing that happened is a little concerning,” Zelienople resident Mary White said.
  “I’m sure t
  
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• Parents Of Toddler Who OD’d On Pills Twice In Week Arrested

  28-07-2016 16:26
  
  MARION, Ohio (AP) – Police in Ohio say the parents of an 18-month-old girl who overdosed on a painkiller twice in one week have been arrested on charges of child endangering.
  Marion police Maj. Jay McDonald tells The Marion Star that the child apparently was able to find and consume Percocet pills in both cases.
  Marion police were called to a hospital Sunday for a report on the toddler, who had also overdosed several days earlier. McDonald says the overdose antidote naloxone was used to sa
  
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• Whole Foods confirms new Pittsburgh store

  28-07-2016 16:11
  
  Whole Foods Market has signed a lease for its fourth grocery store in Western Pennsylvania, and its second in the East Liberty neighborhood.
  
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• Vehicle crashes into beer distributor in Washington County

  28-07-2016 15:23 via post-gazette.com
  
  A driver has been arrested after crashing her vehicle into a beer distributor building in Washington, Pa., authorities said.
  
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• Woman, Unconscious Man Rescued From River Rock Using Heroin

  28-07-2016 15:17
  
  JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) – Crews had to rescue a man and woman from a boulder in the middle of a western Pennsylvania river after the man became unconscious, possibly from using heroin.
  Authorities aren’t releasing the names of the 20-something couple plucked from the rock in the Conemaugh River near Johnstown.
  The woman called 911 about 8 p.m. Wednesday and fire rescue crews used a rope system to reach the couple.
  Franklin Borough Fire Chief Jeff Weir assisted in the rescue and says it a
  
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