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• These Diet Apps Are Helping People Shed Pounds With Ease

  29-07-2016 23:48
  
  (CBS) — Before you take that next bite, take a picture, scan it and log it. If you have a smart phone, it’s easier than ever to drop those pounds.
  The “Fat Secret” app did the trick for Jessica Roubitchek.
  “It’s been easy, it’s free, it’s intuitive. I can pull it up on the computer, I can pull it up on my phone,” Roubitchek explained.
  That app, combined with “Google Fit,” which keeps track of Jessica’s steps, has helped her
  
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• Diet Apps Helping People Shed Pounds With Ease

  29-07-2016 23:48
  
  (CBS) — Before you take that next bite, take a picture, scan it and log it. If you have a smart phone, it’s easier than ever to drop those pounds.
  The “Fat Secret” app did the trick for Jessica Roubitchek.
  “It’s been easy, it’s free, it’s intuitive. I can pull it up on the computer, I can pull it up on my phone,” Roubitchek explained.
  That app, combined with “Google Fit,” which keeps track of Jessica’s steps, has helped her
  
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• Man hospitalized after being shot in leg in Dormont

  29-07-2016 23:44 via post-gazette.com
  
  A man was shot in the leg on Miles Avenue in Dormont at 10:30 p.m. Thursday night, police say.
  
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• Family, friends say goodbye to Isis Allen

  29-07-2016 23:27
  
  Funeral for slain 6-year-old girl brings a call to action to end the culture of gun violence.
  
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• Police investigating robbery at Downtown First Niagara Bank

  29-07-2016 22:56 via post-gazette.com
  
  The First Niagara Bank on Grant Street in downtown Pittsburgh was the site of a robbery this afternoon.
  
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• Police investigating possible robbery at First Niagara Bank

  29-07-2016 22:56 via post-gazette.com
  
  A man attempted to rob the First Niagara Bank on Grant Street this afternoon.
  
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• Three Rivers Regatta Entertainment Lineup Announced

  29-07-2016 22:48
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Three Rivers Regatta returns next weekend with action on the water, fireworks and music.
  The line-up for the main stage at Point State Park has been announced and it includes some pretty big names.
  “Better Than Ezra” and “The Gin Blossoms” play Friday night.
  On Saturday, “American Authors” will take the stage.
  Country star Rodney Atkins performs Sunday night followed by a fireworks finale set to the iconic music of Prince.
  For mor
  
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• Incoming PWSA head clarifies that termination from SC job was 'forced resignation'

  29-07-2016 22:16 via post-gazette.com
  
  The man chosen this week to lead the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority today clarified that his termination from a similar organization in 2013 was a “forced resignation” that occurred amid mounting workplace tension over his hiring and a concern that a subordinate was aggressively lobbying for his position.
  
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• Rivers Casino drops suit over $10 million city tax

  29-07-2016 22:11 via post-gazette.com
  
  In gambling parlance, Rivers Casino has folded its hand.
  
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• Rivers Casino drops challenge of city tax payments

  29-07-2016 22:11 via post-gazette.com
  
  Rivers Casino has dropped a lawsuit challenging the $10 million payment it makes each year to Pittsburgh as part of the taxes it pays on slot machine revenues.
  
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• Steelers fans from across the country attend training camp in Latrobe

  29-07-2016 21:50
  
  Steelers fans from across the country packed St. Vincent College for the first public day of training camp.
  
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• Pokemon 'Gone:' Players banned from Allegheny Health Network facilities

  29-07-2016 21:29
  
  The Pittsburgh hospital system wants to be removed from the "Pokemon Go" app, citing concerns for safety, patient privacy and computer security.
  
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• Report: Fort Cherry HS Teacher Charged With Rape

  29-07-2016 20:37
  
  MCDONALD (KDKA) — A Fort Cherry High School teacher has reportedly been arrested for having sex with a student.
  According to the Observer-Reporter, 42-year-old David E. Cook, formerly listed as a Spanish teacher on the district’s website, faces charges of rape of an unconscious victim, intercourse and/or sexual contact with a student and indecent assault of an unconscious person.
  McDonald Police launched an investigation in February after the District notified them of a male tea
  
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• Franklin Regional suspect wants to change plea: Guilty but mentally ill

  29-07-2016 20:29
  
  Alex Hribal is accused of stabbing 20 students and a security guard at his Murrysville school. An attorney says the attack was fueled by mental health issues.
  
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• Report: Pirates-Nationals Talking Melancon Trade

  29-07-2016 20:24
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The FAN) – Mark Melancon, a three-time All-Star and one of the best closers in the game, is drawing trade interest across the league according to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports.
  Sources: #Nationals talking to #Pirates about Melancon as well as #Royals about Wade Davis. Multiple teams pursuing Melancon.
  — Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 29, 2016A trade of Melancon would be viewed by many fans as a waving of the white flag, but Rosenthal said that wouldn’t be th
  
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• Feds announce $19 million grant for Hill District, Downtown project

  29-07-2016 20:15 via post-gazette.com
  
  Federal transportation officials announced this afternoon a $19 million grant to help reunite the historic Hill District with Downtown Pittsburgh.
  
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• Mosquitoes have apparently begun spreading Zika in U.S.

  29-07-2016 20:06
  
  A long-feared turn in the Zika virus epidemic appears to be happening now, health officials said on Friday.
  
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• Franklin Regional stabbing suspect seeks guilty but mentally ill plea

  29-07-2016 19:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  The attorney for the man accused in the 2014 knife attack at Franklin Regional High School has asked a judge for a hearing to change Alex Hribal’s plea from not guilty to guilty but mentally ill. 
  
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• Keidel: Fitzpatrick Keeps Jets Relevant At Reasonable Price

  29-07-2016 19:14
  
  By Jason Keidel
  The New York Jets and quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick finally ended their silly, six-month stare down, completing the most inevitable transaction of the NFL offseason, even if it was among the last. But the contract signing didn’t dispel two odd sentiments generally held by fans: the team should be indifferent to the player and the team is always right.
  The Jets were seen as justified in their public indifference toward Fitzpatrick, simply because no o
  
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• Patient Dies After Chewing Fentanyl Patch, Facility Owners Charged

  29-07-2016 19:05
  
  GLEN CAMPBELL (KDKA) — The owners of a personal care home are facing charges after a patient died in their care last year.
  Gary Armstrong died in May of 2015 after reportedly chewing a fentanyl patch while staying at Shirey’s Personal Care Home in Glen Campbell. Fentanyl is a narcotic used to treat severe pain.
  The owners, Tonya and Lance Shirey, are charged with neglect of a dependent person and endangering the welfare of a person.
  On the night Armstrong died, both To
  
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• Franklin Regional stabbing suspect wants guilty but mentally ill plea

  29-07-2016 18:50
  
  A young man accused of stabbing 20 students and a security guard at his Murrysville school wants to change his plea. His lawyer says the attack was fueled by mental health issues.
  
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• Franklin Regional H.S. Stabbings Suspect Seeks Guilty But Mentally Ill Plea

  29-07-2016 18:37
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – A teen charged with slashing and stabbing 20 fellow students and a security guard at a Pennsylvania high school wants to plead guilty but mentally ill.
  The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review first reported that Alex Hribal‘s attorney filed the document Friday. Hribal is 18 but was just 16 during the April 2014 rampage at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville.
  Defense attorney Patrick Thomassey has never denied Hribal committed the attacks using two 8-inch kitchen kniv
  
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• Board approves salary hike for Port Authority CEO

  29-07-2016 18:37 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Port Authority of Allegheny County board today unanimously approved a salary increase for the public transit agency’s CEO.
  
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• 2 San Diego Police Officers Shot, 1 Fatally, In Traffic Stop

  29-07-2016 18:36
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) – A traffic stop led to a gunbattle that killed an anti-gang police officer and seriously wounded another, authorities said Friday. A suspect was shot and taken into custody while authorities searched for others who may have been involved.
  The slain officer, a husband and father of two children, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and died early Friday, Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman said. The other officer underwent surgery and was expected to survive. His wife is at the hospi
  
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• Pokemon 'Gone:' Players banned from AHN hospital grounds

  29-07-2016 18:34
  
  The Pittsburgh health system wants its facilities removed from the "Pokemon Go" app, citing concerns for safety, patient privacy and computer security.
  
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• TRAFFIC: Liberty Bridge, Tunnel inbound closing this weekend for next phase of rehab project

  29-07-2016 18:32 via post-gazette.com
  
  Starting at 8 tonight and lasting through noon on Sunday, the inbound/northbound Liberty Bridge and Tunnel will close as part of the next phase of the $80 million rehabilitation project. A detour will be posted.
  
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• Allegheny Health Network: Remove Our Locations From Pokemon Go App

  29-07-2016 18:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Documents show a western Pennsylvania hospital system has asked the maker of the addictive cellphone game “Pokemon Go” to remove its facilities from the app out of safety, patient privacy and computer security concerns.
  The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports an internal memo obtained Thursday shows the seven-hospital system Allegheny Health Network has demanded Niantic remove its locations from the app.
  The health system also tells employees to report people ta
  
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• Allegheny Health Network Asks To Be Removed From Pokémon Go Locations

  29-07-2016 18:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Pokémon Go craze is getting players off the couch and outside, exploring their neighborhoods.
  But sometimes, they’re wandering into areas where they’re not allowed, including hospitals. That’s why Allegheny Health Network is putting a stop to it before things go too far.
  With all those people walking around, there are risks. There have been reports of people walking into traffic while playing the game, and even injuring themselves because th
  
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• Cops: Pa. Woman Laced Baby’s Formula With Drug So He Would Sleep

  29-07-2016 17:58
  
  QUAKERTOWN, Pa. (AP) – Police say a Pennsylvania woman laced her baby’s formula with a drug that helps heroin addicts kick the habit so he would sleep.
  The (Allentown) Morning Call reports 28-year-old Corinne Barndt told police she drugged her son’s formula six or seven times from November to April.
  The drug she is accused of using is buprenorphine. It’s a painkiller also used to wean addicts off heroin.
  The Haycock Township woman is charged with child endangerment and re
  
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• 'It's a national issue:' 4 Zika cases likely came from Florida mosquitoes

  29-07-2016 17:35
  
  One US state likely has the first cases of Zika transmitted by mosquitoes on the U.S. mainland, the state's governor said Friday.
  
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• Diehard Steelers fans arrive hours early for opening of training camp

  29-07-2016 17:32
  
  "This is my vacation:" A Steelers fan arrives from Virginia at 6 a.m., ready to join others from around the country at the team's first practice Friday in Latrobe.
  
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• 9-Year-Old Escapes Attempted Abduction, Police Search For Suspect

  29-07-2016 17:31
  
  RANKIN (KDKA) — Police are searching for a man who reportedly grabbed a 9-year-old girl in a parking lot in Rankin.
  Police say the attempted abduction took place Thursday in the 400-block of Oak Alley.
  A bald man with a mustache reportedly grabbed the child, covering her mouth and trying to pull her into his vehicle. She was able to escape.
  The vehicle involved is described as a black or gray four-door.
  Anyone with information on this incident should call Rankin Police at 412-271
  
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• Michigan State Workers Charged In Flint Water Crisis

  29-07-2016 17:01
  
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) – Michigan’s attorney general has charged six more state employees with crimes related to the lead-contaminated water crisis in Flint.
  The Flint Journal reports a judge Friday authorized the charges filed by the office of Bill Schuette. He plans to formally announce the charges at a morning news conference.
  All are charged with misconduct in office, willful neglect of duty and various conspiracy counts.
  The poor, majority black city of 100,000 used the Flint River f
  
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• Todd Haley Blown Away By What He’s Seeing At Training Camp

  29-07-2016 16:55
  
  LATROBE (93-7 The Fan) – Steelers Offensive Coordinator Todd Haley sat down with “The Fan Morning Show” on Friday at training camp.
  Haley will be without one of his biggest weapons to start the season in Le’Veon Bell, but will his game plan change without him in the fold?
  “No,” Haley said. “I think we’re going to go business-as-usual.”
  He’ll also be missing recently-retired tight end Heath Miller, which will be a loss for the offense in
  
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• Hilltop Tavern shut down by health inspectors

  29-07-2016 16:42 via post-gazette.com
  
  Hilltop Tavern on East Warrington Avenue in Allentown was shut down by the health department Thursday afternoon for health code violations and for failing to allow inspectors to access the facility for a follow-up look.
  
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• Governor: 4 Zika cases likely came from Florida mosquitoes

  29-07-2016 16:39
  
  One US state likely has the first cases of Zika transmitted by mosquitoes on the U.S. mainland, the state's governor said Friday.
  
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• Walking with Brownsville's ghosts

  29-07-2016 16:28 via post-gazette.com
  
  Some of Brownsville’s most famous residents are no longer living. On Aug. 6, you can hear about a few of them while strolling past their favorite haunts during the family-friendly Brownsville Ghost Walk.
  
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• New Poll Shows Clinton Leading Trump In Pa. By 9 Points

  29-07-2016 16:09
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Just hours after setting history as the first woman to accept a major political party’s U.S. presidential nomination, a new poll shows Hillary Clinton with a commanding lead over Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.The Suffolk University poll of likely general-election voters in Pennsylvania shows Clinton with a 9-point lead over Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
  That does include 8-percent undecided.The University also included a four-way scenario poll, wi
  
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• First fans arrive hours before parking lot opens at noon

  29-07-2016 16:06
  
  Fans from all over the country started arriving early Friday morning for the first day of Steelers training camp at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe.
  
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• ‘Zika Is Now Here’: Mosquitoes Spreading Virus In U.S.

  29-07-2016 15:55
  
  MIAMI (AP) – Mosquitoes have apparently begun spreading the Zika virus on the U.S. mainland for the first time, health officials said Friday in a long-feared turn in the epidemic that is sweeping Latin America and the Caribbean.
  Four recently infected people in the Miami area – one woman and three men – are believed to have contracted the virus locally through mosquito bites, Gov. Rick Scott said at a news conference.
  No mosquitoes in Florida have actually been found to be carr
  
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• 4 Zika Cases Likely Came From Florida Mosquitoes

  29-07-2016 15:55
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Florida’s governor says the state has concluded that four mysterious Zika infections likely came from mosquitoes in the Miami area.
  Gov. Rick Scott said Friday that no mosquitoes in the state have tested positive for Zika. But he says one woman and three men in Miami-Dade and Broward counties likely contracted the virus through mosquito bites.
  More than 1,650 Zika infections have been reported in the U.S., but the four patients in Florida would be the first not l
  
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• Child car seats recalled for risk of chest injuries

  29-07-2016 15:48
  
  Combi USA is recalling thousands of car seats manufactured between January 2009 and June 2016 because they can transmit too much force to a child's chest in a crash.
  
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• Ramon Foster: Le’Veon Bell Needs To Be All-In

  29-07-2016 15:35
  
  LATROBE (93-7 The Fan) – Steelers offensive lineman Ramon Foster sat down with “The Fan Morning Show” on Friday , which is broadcasting live from training camp, with the first workouts of the 2016 season just hours away.
  Of course, Le’Veon Bell’s suspension was the hottest topic during the interview. Foster is uniquely positioned to comment on it as one of the team’s most outspoken leaders, as well as their NFLPA representative.
  “It’s behind us,&rd
  
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• Water main break shuts service for some Brighton Heights households

  29-07-2016 15:31 via post-gazette.com
  
  Some Brighton Heights water customers will be without service today due to a water main break.
  
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• Lane restriction on Fort Pitt Bridge

  29-07-2016 15:27
  The Observer-Reporter is excited to announce new digital offerings, including our new e-Edition apps, available for download in the iTunes & Google Play stores.
  
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• North Braddock fire forces mom, kids to climb to safety

  29-07-2016 14:48
  
  A woman climbs down from the roof of a burning house Friday morning, followed by her two young boys, coached by a police officer and a neighbor.
  
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• Boxing event helps Pittsburgh native establish connection with Cuban relatives

  29-07-2016 14:46 via post-gazette.com
  
  From the time he was a baby unable to understand the words being said, Nehemiah Hollinger had heard stories about Cuba.
  
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• PTL Links: July 29, 2016

  29-07-2016 14:27
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
  BMW Drive For A Cause
  Junior Achievement Golden Ticket
  Light Of Life Ministries
  Sabika
  Western Pa. Humane Society
  Christian Klay Winery
  Ridge Runner Distillery
  Cheesecake Factory Pittsburgh
  
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• Suspect In Custody After Police Targeted In Central Pennsylvania

  29-07-2016 14:06
  
  COLUMBIA, Pa. (AP) – Police in a central Pennsylvania borough say a suspect is in custody and another person is being questioned as a person of interest after shots were fired – some at police.
  Nobody was injured by the gunfire reported about 3:30 a.m. Friday in Columbia. That’s about 30 miles southeast of Harrisburg.
  Witnesses tell police at least one person was shooting a gun and moving around, but police didn’t know if that person was in a car or on foot.
  Columbia Dete
  
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• Police In Central Pennsylvania Seek Shooter On The Loose

  29-07-2016 14:06
  
  COLUMBIA, Pa. (AP) – Police in a central Pennsylvania borough are searching for at least one shooter after gunfire was reported, though nobody has been wounded so far.
  The shots were reported about 3:30 a.m. Friday in Columbia. That’s about 30 miles southeast of Harrisburg.
  Witnesses tell police at least one person was shooting a gun and moving around, but police don’t know if the person is on foot or in a car.
  Police have warned residents in a several block area to remain insi
  
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