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• Review Board: No Violations In Pittsburgh Police Chief’s Speech At DNC

  02-09-2016 23:48
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – One of two review boards has cleared Pittsburgh’s police chief of violating city laws when he appeared at the Democratic National Convention.
  The Office of Municipal Investigation’s findings released on Friday say complaints against Chief Cameron McLay are unfounded.
  McLay spoke at the DNC in uniform. He has defended his remarks as nonpartisan, though the Fraternal Order of Police has said the appearance violates a conduct policy that says police cannot engage
  
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• Consumer Reports: Cleaning Your Grill Safely

  02-09-2016 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Cleaning up after summer grilling can be dangerous. Wire grill brushes can leave bristles behind on the grates, which can easily stick to food and be swallowed.
  Consumer Reports checked out some other cleaning methods.
  The $130 Grillbot is a robotic grill cleaner that uses brass, stainless or nylon brushes. It does a good job on the surface, but doesn’t reach debris between the grates. As with any wire brush, Consumer Reports says watch for loose bristles that may
  
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• Washington Blvd. Flooding Serves As Reminder Of How To Escape Car During A Flood

  02-09-2016 23:42
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The recent flooding on Washington Boulevard is a reminder of how dangerous an automobile can be in a flood, says attorney Alan Perer.
  “You’re basically in a floating coffin,” Perer told KDKA’s Jon Delano on Friday.
  Perer is the attorney for Christopher Griffith who lost his wife Kimberly and two young daughters trapped in a Chrysler Town & Country mini-van during the Washington Boulevard flood of 2011.
  Perer says most people are not getting t
  
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• Pens Coach Mike Sullivan On Goalies: ‘Performance’ Will Dictate Playing Time

  02-09-2016 23:33
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The FAN) – Penguins Head Coach Mike Sullivan is gearing up for the World Cup of Hockey as a member of Team USA’s coaching staff, but he took some time out of his schedule to join The Starkey and Mueller show to talk about both the World Cup and the Pens.
  Sullivan was asked about his goaltending situation with the qualifier that, if he hasn’t already been asked, this will probably be the first time of hundreds that he’ll have to answer it.
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• Governor Wolf Visits Flood Victims In Fayette County

  02-09-2016 23:27
  
  CONNELLSVILLE (KDKA) — Governor Tom Wolf touring the worst hit sections of Fayette County Friday tried to reassure those affected by flooding that the state will do everything they can to try to get them out of this mess.
  Governor Wolf was on the ground in Connellsville. His impressions of the distraction are the same as everyone else.
  “My impressions are — this is amazing, first of all the devastation and the damage,” he said.
  Flanked by local officials, the governor met
  
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• Gov. Wolf Visits Flood Victims In Fayette County

  02-09-2016 23:27
  
  CONNELLSVILLE (KDKA) — Gov. Tom Wolf touring the worst hit sections of Fayette County Friday tried to reassure those affected by flooding that the state will do everything they can to try to get them out of this mess.
  Gov. Wolf was on the ground in Connellsville. His impressions of the distraction are the same as everyone else.
  “My impressions are — this is amazing, first of all the devastation and the damage,” he said.
  Flanked by local officials, the governor met with fl
  
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• Downtown Pittsburgh bridge closed indefinitely after fire

  02-09-2016 23:04
  The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said the Liberty Bridge is closed indefinitely while state transportation inspectors examine the damage from a Friday afternoon blaze. A Transportation Department spokesman tells the paper the fire started in a tarp being used to control painting work and spread to nearby plastic pipes.
  
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• One-Stop Shop help center opens for Connellsville flood victims

  02-09-2016 22:46
  
  Officials have set up inside Connellsville Middle School to help those who suffered from the Connellsville flood.
  
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• Hundreds Attend Heroin Discussion Panel In Mt. Lebanon

  02-09-2016 22:41
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — For Charlene Tissenbaum, the heroin epidemic has hit close to home.
  Her adult son has been battling addiction for the past five years. She’s witnessed ups and downs and now, she wants to bring the opioid crisis front and center.
  She organized this panel discussion at Beth El Congregation in Mt. Lebanon Thursday night.
  “The first goal is to get a diverse group of people together to really talk about addiction and hopefully diminish the stigma that’s ass
  
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• Trombetta accountant to plead guilty

  02-09-2016 22:34 via post-gazette.com
  
  The accountant for Nicholas Trombetta, the convicted founder of Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School in Beaver County, has indicated he will plead guilty in the same case that ensnared Trombetta.
  
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• 'Reality check:' Penn State student newspaper slams plan to honor Joe Paterno

  02-09-2016 22:27
  
  Penn State has a plan to honor the 50th anniversary of Joe Paterno's first game as football coach. It's causing an uproar in the State College community and online.
  
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• Gov. Tom Wolf tours Fayette County flood damage

  02-09-2016 22:10
  
  Gov. Tom Wolf spends several hours touring flood damage in Fayette County as residents continue to clean up their homes.
  
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• Child porn suspect awaiting trial is arrested again, charged with sexual assault of girl

  02-09-2016 22:03
  
  A Millvale man who was set to stand trial on child pornography charges is arrested this week after police say he drives a 14-year-old girl from Ohio to his home and has sex with her multiple times.
  
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• Liberty Bridge & Tunnel closed indefinitely after fire

  02-09-2016 21:30
  
  A fire during a construction project is causing long backups heading in and out of Pittsburgh on Friday afternoon. It's expected to continue into the evening rush hour.
  
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• Contract approved for teachers in Montour School District

  02-09-2016 21:30 via post-gazette.com
  
  A new five-year agreement between the Montour School District and its teaching staff has been approved unanimously by both sides.
  
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• Woman, Boyfriend Charged With Beating, Starving Mother

  02-09-2016 21:08
  
  CONNELLSVILLE (KDKA) — A Connellsville woman and her boyfriend are facing charges, accused in the death of her 63-year-old mother.
  According to the Tribune-Review, 63-year-old Sally Nelson was beaten with a table leg, suffered blunt-force trauma to the head and body and was malnourished.
  Her daughter, 33-year-old Lisa Nelson and 34-year-old Peter Lee Shoemaker Jr., have been charged with criminal homicide and conspiracy to commit homicide, aggravated and simple assault, and recklessly enda
  
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• Officials: Swastikas Spray-Painted In Pa. College Bathroom

  02-09-2016 20:47
  
  SWARTHMORE, Pa. (AP) – Officials say two swastikas were painted on bathroom doors in the library of a private liberal arts college near Philadelphia.
  The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Friday the president of Swarthmore College says two students found the symbols spray-painted in a bathroom stall in McCabe Library Tuesday night. The discovery was reported to public safety officials.
  The design had been used in Nazi Germany and by other Nazi fascists as a party emblem and symbol of anti-Sem
  
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• Fire shuts Liberty Bridge, causing traffic nightmare

  02-09-2016 20:35
  
  A fire during a construction project is causing long backups heading in and out of Pittsburgh on Friday afternoon. It's expected to continue into the evening rush hour.
  
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• High Court Deadlock Puts Judge Retirement Age On Fall Ballot

  02-09-2016 20:09
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – The state’s highest court said Friday that it was deadlocked on whether to let voters consider a constitutional amendment to raise judges’ mandatory retirement age from 70 to 75, meaning the question will appear on the Nov. 8 ballot.
  The Supreme Court voted 3-3 on a legal challenge by two of its own retired justices and a lawyer who had argued the reworded ballot would mislead voters into thinking they were imposing the state’s first-ever age limit
  
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• Pittsburgh OMI office finds complaints about Chief McLay's DNC speech 'unfounded'

  02-09-2016 19:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh's Office of Municipal Investigations concluded that police Chief Cameron McLay did not break any rules when he spoke at the Democratic National Convention, city officials said today.
  
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• Agencies release dueling reports on Chief McLay's DNC speech

  02-09-2016 19:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police Chief Cameron McLay told city investigators that he tried to remain neutral when he delivered a speech at the Democratic National Convention, even threatening to back out when he was asked to mention Hillary Clinton, according to a report released Friday.
  
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• Tarp fire shuts down Liberty Bridge

  02-09-2016 19:23 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Liberty Bridge was shut down for more than a half-hour this afternoon after a construction tarp caught fire on the deck.
  
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• Liberty Bridge closed indefinitely because of fire-damaged structural beam

  02-09-2016 19:23 via post-gazette.com
  
  Heat from a fire on the Liberty Bridge caused such significant damage that it could put the heavily traveled structure “at risk for catastrophic failure,” PennDOT officials said Friday.
  
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• Liberty Bridge closed indefinitely after construction tarp fire

  02-09-2016 19:23 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Liberty Bridge will remain closed indefinitely while PennDOT inspects damage this afternoon from a smoky fire that started in a construction tarp.
  
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• Fire closes Liberty Bridge for holiday weekend

  02-09-2016 19:23 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Liberty Bridge will remain closed for at least the entirety of Labor Day weekend as PennDOT works to repair damage caused by a smoky fire that started this afternoon in a construction tarp on the bridge.
  
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• Fire causes indefinite closure of Liberty Bridge, creating Downtown traffic nightmare

  02-09-2016 19:23 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Liberty Bridge will remain closed indefinitely while PennDOT inspects damage this afternoon from a smoky fire that started in a construction tarp.
  
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• Fire shuts down Liberty Bridge

  02-09-2016 19:22
  
  Smoke is rising from the Liberty Bridge, where a long-term construction project was continuing Friday.
  
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• Tarps, Pipes Catch Fire On Pittsburgh’s Liberty Bridge

  02-09-2016 19:17
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A large cloud of black smoke was seen in the area of the Liberty Bridge on Friday.
  Around 1 p.m., images on social media began to surface, seemingly showing fire in the area.
  According to Steve Cowan with PennDOT, traffic has been stopped at both ends of the Liberty Bridge due to a “tarp fire” in the construction zone. Motorists should look for an alternate route.
  Reports indicated PVC piping also caught flame. 3478312
  Around 2:30 p.m., PennDOT official
  
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• Tarps Catch Fire On Pittsburgh’s Liberty Bridge

  02-09-2016 19:17
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A large cloud of black smoke was seen in the area of the Liberty Bridge on Friday.
  Around 1 p.m., images on social media began to surface, seemingly showing fire in the area.
  According to Steve Cowan with PennDOT, traffic has been stopped at both ends of the Liberty Bridge due to a “tarp fire.” Motorists should look for an alternate route.My friend works in the BNY building. The Liberty Bridge is on fire. pic.twitter.com/hbHNXSllof
  — Sean Gentille
  
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• PennDOT: Liberty Bridge Damage Could Cause ‘Catastrophic Failure’

  02-09-2016 19:17
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — For Pittsburgh-area drivers who depend on the Liberty Bridge to get around, prepare for some long traffic delays in the coming days as crews assess and repair significant damage from a fire.
  PennDOT says the span is now closed indefinitely in both directions after the fire sent a thick cloud of smoke billowing into the sky over the city around 1 p.m.
  “We looked over, and the Liberty Bridge was on fire,” witness Jim Thompson said. “All the working tarps
  
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• Official: Liberty Bridge Damage Could Cause ‘Catastrophic Failure’

  02-09-2016 19:17
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) — A large cloud of black smoke was seen in the area of the Liberty Bridge on Friday.
  Around 1 p.m., images on social media began to surface, seemingly showing fire in the area.
  According to Steve Cowan with PennDOT, traffic was stopped at both ends of the Liberty Bridge due to a fire in the construction zone. Motorists should look for an alternate route.
  A Transportation Department spokesman says the fire started in a tarp being used to control painting work and spread
  
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• Pennsylvania workers getting about $58 million in raises

  02-09-2016 19:01
  
  Gov. Wolf is giving state government managers and other nonunion workers their largest pay boost in decades. It was quietly revealed in an email to thousands of beneficiaries.
  
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• Ex-Subway Pitchman In Suit: Victim’s Parents To Blame

  02-09-2016 18:57
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Subway’s former pitchman imprisoned for child pornography and sex abuse is arguing in a court filing that the parents of one of his female victims are to blame for what he describes as her “destructive behaviors.”
  Jared Fogle’s motion filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis also argues that the parents may be responsible for the girl’s injuries alleged in a civil lawsuit against him.
  The victim was a subject in some of the chi
  
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• Man awaiting trial on child porn charges arrested again for sexual assault of girl

  02-09-2016 18:48
  
  A Millvale man who was set to stand trial on child pornography charges is arrested this week after police say he drives a 14-year-old girl from Ohio to his home and has sex with her multiple times.
  
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• Geese Force W. Virginia School To Divert Activities

  02-09-2016 18:46
  
  BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) – Almost like a scene from the movie “The Birds,” a West Virginia school is dealing with some fowl problems.
  So many geese are converging around Woodrow Wilson High School in Beckley that Principal Ron Cantley says after-school activities have been diverted. Even walking outside without tracking bird poop in the building is a challenge.
  Cantley told WVVA-TV that he is working with the Division of Natural Resources to try to get rid of 100-plus birds roams th
  
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• Fourth annual Hometown PA Hero Walk to raise money for Pennsylvania veterans

  02-09-2016 18:43 via post-gazette.com
  
  When Navy veteran Gilbert Grant heads to the Hometown PA Hero Walk in Murrysville in September, he’ll be driving the Pontiac Grand Am that was given to him by that organization in December when his old car was beyond repairs.
  
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• Gov. Wolf Gives Nonunion Workers Largest Raise In Recent History

  02-09-2016 18:15
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Gov. Tom Wolf is giving state government managers and other nonunion workers the largest boost in pay they’ve received in at least a couple decades and perhaps longer.
  The raises were revealed in an email to about 13,000 beneficiaries this week by the administration. It will amount to more than 6 percent for many of them. With the average nonunion salary a shade below $70,000, the raises will cost about $58 million for a full year.
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• Carrick woman ordered to stand trial in brother's stabbing death

  02-09-2016 18:06 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Carrick woman was ordered to stand trial today in her brother's stabbing death -- which her attorney plans to argue was self-defense.
  
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• Man Uses Sledgehammer To Rescue Baby From Hot Car

  02-09-2016 17:36
  
  HOWELL, N.J. (AP/KDKA) – Police say a man used a sledgehammer to rescue a baby from a hot car at a New Jersey shopping center.
  Police say 53-year-old Steve Eckel of Jackson and 30-year-old Sarah Mazzone of Howell on Tuesday saw the 4-month-old girl crying and sweating alone inside the vehicle, which was locked and its windows closed. Temperatures were in the upper 80s.
  According to CBS New York station WCBS-TV, he raced back to his car after remembering that he had a sledge hammer in
  
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• TRAFFIC: Parkway West crash slows drive heading out of the city

  02-09-2016 17:16 via post-gazette.com
  
  A multi-vehicle crash along the Parkway West near the Green Tree interchange this morning has traffic backed up to the Parkway East in Oakland Multi Vehicle Accident
  
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• TRAFFIC: Downtown streets to close for Monday's Labor Day Parade

  02-09-2016 17:16 via post-gazette.com
  
  Streets will start closing early Monday morning for Downtown Pittsburgh’s Labor Day Parade.
  
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• Man awaiting trial on child porn charges arrested again for sexual assault of girl, 14

  02-09-2016 17:15
  
  A Millvale man who was set to stand trial on child pornography charges is arrested this week after police say he drives a 14-year-old girl from Ohio to his home and has sex with her multiple times.
  
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• Man Accused Of Egging Ohio Home 100-Plus Times Pleads Guilty

  02-09-2016 17:09
  
  EUCLID, Ohio (AP) – A man accused of pelting the Ohio home of a former neighbor with eggs more than 100 times over a year has pleaded guilty to a charge of inducing panic.
  Cuyahoga County court records show 31-year-old Jason Kozan pleaded guilty Thursday to the misdemeanor charge. He was charged in March with vandalizing Albert Clemens Sr.’s home in the Cleveland suburb of Euclid. Kozan told WEWS-TV earlier he wasn’t responsible for egging the house.
  Kozan’s attorney, Ant
  
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• Ready To Play: Giants’ Jay Bromley Talks New Teammates, How He Gets Ready For Sundays

  02-09-2016 16:31
  
  It’s a long and tough road to get to the NFL for most players, but it might be an even more difficult task to get yourself mentally and physically “Ready To Play” in the NFL week in and week out. As we work our way towards the start of the NFL season, we’re speaking with a different NFL player each week and getting a first-hand account from them on how they get themselves ready for all of the rigors that come with competing at the NFL level. Here’s Ne
  
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• Murder victim's family wants convicted killer released

  02-09-2016 16:29
  
  Mary Gency, a pregnant 16-year-old girl, was beaten to death nearly 40 years ago. Her brother wants the convicted killer to be released, believing him to be innocent.
  
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• Man Shot During Baldwin Home Invasion, 2 Suspects Sought

  02-09-2016 16:27
  
  BALDWIN (KDKA) – Police are investigating after a man was shot during a home invasion in Baldwin Friday morning.
  According to police, the incident happened at a home in the 300 block of Cedar Street around 1 a.m.
  Two African-American males entered the home and demanded money and drugs from those inside.
  Shortly after, a 33-year-old male resident was shot. He was taken to a local hospital to be treated for an injury to the head that is not believed to be life threatening.
  A description of t
  
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• 14 indicted for operating heroin, cocaine network

  02-09-2016 16:22 via post-gazette.com
  
  Fourteen people have been indicted in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh on charges of running a cocaine trafficking network from the Virgin Islands to Detroit and a Detroit-based heroin ring distributing the narcotic in Pittsburgh.
  
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• Man awaiting trial on child porn charges arrested again for sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl

  02-09-2016 16:18
  
  A Millvale man who was set to go to trial on child pornography charges was arrested again after police said he drove a 14-year-old girl from Ohio to his home, then had sex with her multiple times.
  
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• Blame the beaver: Rodent gnaws tree, causing power outage

  02-09-2016 15:58
  
  If you had to reset your clock, blame the beaver. A rodent chews through a large tree, which threatens to fall on power lines, causing an outage for thousands of West Penn Power customers in the Slippery Rock area of Butler County.
  
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• Tree Gnawed By Beaver Fueled Brief Repair-Related Outage

  02-09-2016 15:32
  
  SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. (AP) – If you live in one part of western Pennsylvania and had to reset the clock on your microwave oven Thursday evening, blame the beaver.
  West Penn Power officials say the beaver chewed through a large tree that was threatening to topple onto some power lines near Slippery Rock. The borough is also home to a state-owned university of the same name, which was also affected by Thursday evening’s brief power outage.
  Company spokesman Todd Meyers says the damaged tr
  
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