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• Consumer Reports Ranks Top Cash-Back Credit Cards

  02-08-2016 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Cash-back reward credit cards are very popular. But, with so many cards out there and so many rules, you may not be getting as much money as you could.
  Consumer Reports has a new free online tool, at ConsumerReports.org/cashbackcards, that makes it easy to find the best cash back rewards card for your spending pattern.
  You just enter your monthly spending for gas, groceries, restaurants, travel, and everything else, and up pop your best cards.
  For the average American h
  
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• As families mourn, Pennsylvania lawmakers grapple with opioid overdoses

  02-08-2016 23:42 via post-gazette.com
  
  Marilee Gamble, of Baldwin Borough, will mourn her daughter this week, following a Saturday overdose. Fred LaRocco, of Coraopolis, will struggle with pain and depression because his doctor slashed his prescriptions.
  
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• As families mourn, legislators study overdose epidemic

  02-08-2016 23:42 via post-gazette.com
  
  Legislators today met with experts on the epidemic of addictions and overdoses, even as more local families reeled from the deaths of loved ones taken by painkillers and heroin.
  
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• As families mourn, lawmakers grapple with opioid overdoses

  02-08-2016 23:42 via post-gazette.com
  
  Marilee Gamble, of Baldwin Borough, will mourn her daughter this week, following a Saturday overdose. Fred LaRocco, of Coraopolis, will struggle with pain and depression because his doctor slashed his prescriptions.
  
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• Police investigate 'suspicious' wire transfers from Avalon police pension fund

  02-08-2016 23:32 via post-gazette.com
  
  Avalon’s police pension fund is $130,000 poorer as a result of two unauthorized wire transfers that are being investigated by law enforcement, the borough’s solicitor said today.
  
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• Teen reels in woman's body while fishing in Washington County

  02-08-2016 23:25
  
  Police are called after a body is found in the water at the Cokeburg dam in Washington County on Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Talks stall between State System, faculty union

  02-08-2016 23:03 via post-gazette.com
  
  With fall semester classes set to start in just weeks, and with the threat of a potential strike in the air, both sides negotiating a contract covering Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities and the faculty union met Tuesday in hopes of securing a pact.
  
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• Faculty union at Pa.'s state-owned universities says strike vote remains possible

  02-08-2016 23:03 via post-gazette.com
  
  Negotiators for Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities and representatives of the faculty union met today, with the union reporting that the talks had "inched forward" but that a strike authorization vote remained possible.
  
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• Drought watch declaration issued for multiple counties in viewing area

  02-08-2016 23:00
  
  The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued a drought watch declaration for 34 Pennsylvania counties and a drought warning declaration for Potter County on Tuesday.
  
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• Middle School Students Compete In Olympics Of The Mind

  02-08-2016 22:55
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – While all eyes are on Rio for the summer Olympics, here in Pittsburgh, the focus is on the Olympics of the Mind.
  It was a battle of the brains at Settlers Cabin Park in Robinson Township.
  Middle school students from the Hill District, Homewood and the West End competed in academic and physical contests.
  The competition was based on what the fifth through eighth graders learned this summer at Higher Achievement Pittsburgh – an after-school and summer program dedica
  
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• Pittsburgh Police Officer Charged In Funeral Home Brawl

  02-08-2016 22:49
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Funerals and wakes are supposed to be places where you find peace following the death of a loved one. However, it was anything but peaceful last Friday night at the Beinhauer Funeral Home.
  Pittsburgh Police were called to the funeral home on West Liberty Avenue when a fight broke out between two women. One of the women was an off-duty Pittsburgh police officer.
  Officer Tracey Schweitzer, 49, was attending the visitation of her 71-year-old aunt.
  Suzanne Troy, 62, is Schw
  
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• Volunteer firefighter charged with setting 6 fires in his hometown

  02-08-2016 22:48
  
  A 19-year-old volunteer firefighter is charged with setting six fires in his hometown over a one-month period.
  
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• County police investigate report of attempted abduction in Rankin

  02-08-2016 22:48
  
  Allegheny County police are investigating a report of an attempted abduction in Rankin Borough last week.
  
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• National report gives Pittsburgh poor ranking on scorecard for police body cameras

  02-08-2016 22:17 via post-gazette.com
  
  A report released today by a national civil rights coalition on policies governing the use of body cameras by 50 police departments across the country gives Pittsburgh low marks for not having a policy publicly available.
  
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• SUV-motorcycle crash in Murrysville leaves 1 dead

  02-08-2016 22:07
  
  An SUV leaving a store parking lot is involved in a fatal crash with a motorcycle Tuesday afternoon in Murrysville, Westmoreland County.
  
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• Body found at Washington County dam

  02-08-2016 22:07
  
  Police are called after a body is found in the water at the Cokeburg dam in Washington County on Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Registration opens Wednesday for 2017 Pittsburgh Marathon

  02-08-2016 21:53
  
  Registration opens Wednesday for the 2017 Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon.
  
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• Fire code violation closes Allegheny Building indefinitely

  02-08-2016 21:43
  
  Workers are not being allowed inside their offices, as a temporary inconvenience turns into a much larger problem that will keep the high-rise closed indefinitely.
  
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• Teeing Off The Regatta With The KDKA Morning News

  02-08-2016 21:37
  
  Newsradio 1020 KDKA will be teeing Off The Regatta With The KDKA Morning News Live From The Gateway Clipper on Friday, August 5th.
  
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• Man dies in motorcycle accident in Murrysville

  02-08-2016 21:29 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Hempfield man died Tuesday afternoon in a motorcycle crash in Murrysville, authorities said.
  
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• Hempfield man killed in motorcycle crash in Murrysville

  02-08-2016 21:29 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Hempfield man died Tuesday afternoon in a motorcycle crash in Murrysville, authorities said.
  
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• Coroner called to multiple vehicle crash on Old William Penn Highway

  02-08-2016 21:29 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Westmoreland County medical examiner was dispatched to the scene of a multiple vehicle crash today in Murrysville.
  
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• Wilkinsburg man pleads to robbing, shooting delivery driver

  02-08-2016 21:19 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Wilkinsburg man will serve five to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty today to shooting and robbing a food delivery driver two years ago.
  
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• Donald Trump Tells Mother, Crying Baby To Leave Rally In Virginia

  02-08-2016 21:14
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told a mother and her crying child to leave his rally in Virginia on Tuesday, moments after he complimented them.
  According to Sopan Deb, a CBS News reporter covering the Trump campaign, Trump was speaking to a crowd in Auburn, Virginia when he stopped to acknowledge a crying baby in the crowd.
  “I love babies. I hear that baby crying. I like it,” Trump said.
  Trump then told the baby’s mother not to worry. &l
  
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• Vehicular homicide suspect turns self in

  02-08-2016 21:12 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Garfield man charged with vehicular homicide stemming from a March crash turned himself in to police this afternoon.
  
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• Motorcyclist Killed In Murrysville Crash

  02-08-2016 21:09
  
  MURRYSVILLE (KDKA) – A motorcyclist was killed in a crash in Murrysville Tuesday afternoon.
  According to officials at the scene, the accident happened in the 4800 block of Old William Penn Highway around 2:30 p.m.
  The motorcycle driver was reportedly pinned under another vehicle. They were pronounced dead at the scene.
  The road is currently shut down between School and Cline Hollow Roads.
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• Fire code violation shuts down Downtown high-rise

  02-08-2016 20:46
  
  Workers are not being allowed inside their offices, as a temporary inconvenience turns into a much larger problem that will keep the high-rise closed indefinitely.
  
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• Travelers can again enjoy direct flight from Pittsburgh to Harrisburg

  02-08-2016 20:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  After eight years without a direct flight to the state’s capital, Pittsburgh is finally getting a nonstop flight to Harrisburg starting in October.
  
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• Travelers can again enjoy direct flight from here to Harrisburg

  02-08-2016 20:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  After eight years without a direct flight to the state's capital, Pittsburgh is finally getting a nonstop flight to Harrisburg starting in October.
  
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• Annual Report Unveils Worst Restaurant Menu Items

  02-08-2016 20:34
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Planning on going out for dinner?
  If you’re watching your waistline, there are meals you’ll definitely want to avoid.
  The Center for Science in the Public Interest released its annual Xtreme Eating report.
  Among the worst menu items is the build your sampler option from Applebee’s.
  If you order the five least healthy options, this appetizer clocks in with more than 3,000 calories, 65 grams of saturated fat and more than five days’ worth of sodium
  
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• Susan Koeppen’s Lucky Dress To Be Auctioned Off For Charity

  02-08-2016 20:12
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It was the lucky dress that helped bring the Stanley Cup back to Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Penguins.Now that lucky dress could be hanging in your closet.
  The Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation is auctioning off KDKA-TV anchor Susan Koeppen’s lucky dress and the proceeds will go to support the foundation charity.For $20, you can be the winner of the lucky dress plus four (4) tickets to the Pittsburgh Penguins 2016-2017 season home opener, where the 2016 Stanley Cup
  
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• Pittsburgh Tops List Of Best Cities For Beer Lovers In America

  02-08-2016 20:06
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Steel City is known for making a lot of “best of” lists, but Pittsburgh has now been named the best city in America for beer lovers.
  Redfin researched which cities have the attributes beer lovers need to thrive.
  They teamed up with the Beer Institute to craft the list.
  Cities were ranked by the number of breweries in their state, the number of active brewery permits in each state, state beer taxes, the median home sale price, and the city’s Walk Sc
  
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• Newsradio 1020 KDKA Celebrates Pittsburgh’s ‘Firsts’

  02-08-2016 19:58
  
  Newsradio 1020 KDKA is celebrating the Pittsburgh Bicentennial by highlighting the history, the energy, the people, places and things that make Pittsburgh the exciting, growing, always high ranking in ‘important categories’ city that it is.
  Did you know that Pittsburgh is city of notable firsts?
  The first production of commercial aluminum
  The first world series in major league baseball between Pittsburgh and the Boston Americans
  The first motion picture theatre
  The nation’s fir
  
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• Report: Steelers Lose Key Cornerback To Major Injury

  02-08-2016 19:33
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The FAN) – After missing his rookie season due to shoulder surgery, Senquez Golson will now miss a major chunk of the 2016 season as well.
  According to NFL Network reporter Aditi Kinkhabwala, Golson suffered a serious injury at practice on Monday.
  Ouch. @RapSheet and I were just told LOUSY news for the #Steelers. CB Senquez Golson has a lisfranc injury that could keep him out 12 weeks
  — Aditi Kinkhabwala (@AKinkhabwala) August 2, 2016There were high hopes that Golson
  
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• Monroeville police arrest man at motel wanted in Indiana

  02-08-2016 19:30 via post-gazette.com
  
  Monroeville police arrested a man today wanted on an active warrant in Indiana.
  
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• Suspect in DUI crash that killed young woman surrenders

  02-08-2016 19:15
  
  Police say a 21-year-old Penn Hills woman is killed in a crash caused by a drunken driver whose car goes onto a Penn Avenue sidewalk and hits a pole.
  
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• Avalon police investigating fraudulent withdrawals from pension fund

  02-08-2016 19:15
  
  Police are investigating after suspicious charges were discovered to the Avalon police pension fund.
  
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• 1 in custody after cops descend on Monroeville motel

  02-08-2016 19:11
  
  A heavy amount of police activity was seen Tuesday morning on Route 22 in Monroeville.
  
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• Zika Outbreak Prompts Travel Warning For Area Of Miami

  02-08-2016 18:48
  
  MIAMI (AP) – In a highly unusual travel warning, health officials advised pregnant women to avoid a part of Miami where mosquitoes are apparently transmitting Zika directly to humans.
  Health officials last Friday announced that mosquitoes have apparently started spreading Zika on the U.S. mainland, citing four cases they strongly believe were caused by bites. Ten more cases were announced Monday, even though Florida authorities have yet to find any mosquitoes actually carrying the virus.
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• Judge won't drop Pa. murder charge against 'Superfly' Snuka

  02-08-2016 18:44
  
  A Pennsylvania judge isn't dismissing charges against wrestling star Jimmy Snuka in the death of his girlfriend more than 30 years ago, but she may consider doing so later.
  
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• SanBoeuf is new executive director of Renaissance & Baroque

  02-08-2016 18:42 via post-gazette.com
  
  Laura SanBoeuf is the new executive director of Renaissance & Baroque, replacing managing director Gail Luley, who retired in June. 
  
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• Pittsburgh-area unemployment falls to 5.5 percent in mixed report

  02-08-2016 18:28 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Pittsburgh area’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate fell to 5.5 percent in June and employers added jobs, but the labor force lost people who gave up looking for work, according to region’s monthly jobs report released today.
  
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• Suspect in DUI crash that killed woman, 21, surrenders

  02-08-2016 18:21
  
  A man who police say was drunk when he crashed his car, killing a young Penn Hills woman, turns himself in Tuesday.
  
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• Higher tax has Pennsylvanians making 'cigarette runs' out of state

  02-08-2016 18:17
  
  When Pennsylvania's cigarette tax went up by a buck per pack on Monday, it gave smokers one more reason to quit or cross the border.
  
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• Point Breeze Fatal Crash Suspect To Turn In Self

  02-08-2016 18:07
  
  POINT BREEZE (KDKA) – The alleged driver in a fatal car accident in Point Breeze is expected to turn himself in today.
  The accident happened on March 13, in the 6800 block of Penn Avenue.
  The vehicle split in half after crashing into a utility pole.
  Briauna Slaughter, 21, was thrown from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital.
  According to police, Tyrone Jackson was driving and admitted to being drunk and high.
  He suffered minor injuries in the crash.
  Jackson is
  
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• Point Breeze Fatal Crash Suspect Surrenders To Police

  02-08-2016 18:07
  
  POINT BREEZE (KDKA) – Five months after a woman was killed in a crash that sheared the roof off of a car, charges have been filed against the person police say caused that crash.
  The woman was a passenger in the car when it hit a utility pole in Point Breeze in March.
  Tyrone Jackson, 30, of Garfield, walked into City Court Tuesday morning, to turn himself in, accompanied by his attorney.
  Police say Jackson had allegedly been drinking before he struck a utility pole near the intersection of
  
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• II-VI Inc. ends 2nd quarter with revenue gains

  02-08-2016 18:05 via post-gazette.com
  
  Saxonburg-based opto-electronics company II-VI Inc. capped off a year of robust growth, boosting revenue 22 percent to $241.4 million for the second quarter and 11.4 percent for the 12 months to $827.2 million, according to financials released Tuesday.
  
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• Man arrested after police situation in Monroeville

  02-08-2016 17:50
  
  A man was arrested Tuesday in Monroeville after a situation involving heavy police activity.
  
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• Third parties file for Pennsylvania's presidential ballot

  02-08-2016 17:43
  
  Presidential candidates from the Green, Libertarian and Constitution parties are submitting nominating papers to get on the fall ballot in Pennsylvania.
  
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• Judge won't drop charges against Snuka pending hearing

  02-08-2016 17:35
  
  An eastern Pennsylvania judge says she won't dismiss the homicide charges against former pro wrestling star Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka but may consider doing so later.
  
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