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• Gradkowski, Tomczak Go On 2-Minute Shopping Spree To Benefit Boys & Girls Club

  16-09-2016 23:55
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — When you have two minutes on the clock, and counting, there’s few better to go to than a Pittsburgh Steelers’ quarterback.
  That’s exactly what the Pennsylvania Boys and Girls Club did Friday morning, drafting both Mike Tomczak and Bruce Gradkowski for the ultimate two-minute drill.
  Two minutes on the clock and a local Sam’s Club full of items.Grab what you can for charity with the clock ticking down.It’s enough to make even some seasoned pr
  
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• So Long ‘Mean Streak’: Famous Roller Coaster Axed For Good

  16-09-2016 23:54
  
  SANDUSKY (KDKA) — The colossal wooden structure standing tall at Cedar Point, known as Mean Streak, will be going down in no time.
  So roller coaster enthusiasts wanted to get one more ride in before the legendary ride gets axed for good.
  “I’m getting a little bit sad. It’s the roughest yet funnest roller coaster in the world.”
  Keith Kozik of Butler brought his kids to the park so they could get the full experience.
  “It’s our first and final time I’
  
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• Sen. Bernie Sanders Campaigns For U.S. Senate Candidate Katie McGinty In Pittsburgh

  16-09-2016 23:42
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Locked in a tight race for a U.S. Senate seat, challenger Katie McGinty and Sen. Pat Toomey have been crisscrossing the state, looking to pick up votes.
  This evening, McGinty, the Democratic candidate, is getting a little help from a former presidential candidate.
  Sen. Bernie Sanders, of Vermont, is speaking at a campaign rally for McGinty today at Carnegie Mellon University’s Wiegand Gymnasium.
  With the former Democratic presidential candidate in town, it highlig
  
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• PARK(ing) Day Pittsburgh Turns Downtown Into Scenic Route

  16-09-2016 22:41
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — People often complain about a lack of parking Downtown, but on PARK(ing) Day Pittsburgh, there were fewer spaces, but there more parks.
  “Around the world, cities are creating temporary parks in parking spaces to show that if we prioritize planning for human beings and walking and biking, the effect that it can have on a space and on the city,” explained organizer Sara Innamato.
  There are 19 areas all around the city where parking may be at a premium —
  
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• Pittsburgh's 'jagoff' now officially part of Oxford English Dictionary

  16-09-2016 22:29
  
  A piece of Pittsburgh's iconic local lingo is now a part of the "gold standard" of dictionaries in the English-speaking world: The Oxford English Dictionary.
  
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• Indications of accelerant found in home where three brothers were found dead in fire

  16-09-2016 22:17 via post-gazette.com
  
  A suspected arson that killed three brothers in their Shenango Township home started in multiple places in the residence, and a specially trained dog found indications that an accelerant might have been used, Pennsylvania State Police said today.
  
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• Butler County man's death in jail brings lawsuit

  16-09-2016 22:10 via post-gazette.com
  
  The daughter of a Butler County man who died after a stint in that county's jail filed a lawsuit today, alleging that nearly two weeks of indifference to his head injury led to his demise at age 38.
  
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• Attorney: Woman Stabbed Mother To Death In Self-Defense

  16-09-2016 22:10
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Catherine Grier’s family struggled to listen to details in court about how the 19-year-old woman killed her 58-year-old mother Brenda Johnson. 
  A county homicide detective testified that Grier confessed to stabbing her mother during a heated argument and fight.
  “The family is in Catherine’s corner. They stand behind her becasue they know the type of violence that Catherine endured at the hands of her mother,” said defense attorney Blaine Jon
  
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• Keidel: The Tom Brady Era Isn’t Over In New England

  16-09-2016 22:09
  
  By Jason Keidel
  Before the game balls were even handed out, you could sense the growing murmur. Pundits were sharpening their pens and tongues, ready for fresh, hot takes. Ready to play Monday morning quarterback, by anointing Sunday’s quarterback. They were ready to declare a new era in New England.
  He’s just as strong, just as handsome and 15 years younger. Yessir, the Jimmy Garoppolo epoch is upon us.
  There is serious speculation that Brady will not only finish his career wes
  
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• Pastor’s Wife Shoots Armed Man Who Tried To Rob Her Family

  16-09-2016 21:55
  
  PHILADELPHIA (KDKA/AP) — Police say a Philadelphia pastor’s wife pulled out a gun and shot an armed man who was trying to rob her and her family.
  Pastor Robert Cook, his wife and 12-year-old son were returning home when they were approached by a man armed with a rifle Thursday night.
  The pastor told CBS Philadelphia there was a fight over the rifle.
  “He tried to grab my wallet and I turned like I was going to get my wallet, but I was just stalling and he hit
  
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• New restaurants are open in Pittsburgh: Here's a list

  16-09-2016 21:50
  
  Looking for a different place to try? Here is the Health Department's monthly list of new restaurants that are open for business.
  
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• Delayed again: Liberty Bridge to stay closed indefinitely

  16-09-2016 21:31
  
  Two weeks after a fire, the bridge is still closed to traffic in Pittsburgh. With repairs taking longer than expected, PennDOT has no estimated date for the span to reopen.
  
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• Legal technicality may help woman who killed Pittsburgh FBI agent go free earlier

  16-09-2016 21:30
  
  Christina Korbe's attorneys have portrayed her as a soccer mom largely unaware of her husband's criminal dealings, and they're targeting a provision that was found to be unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.
  
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• Drunk driver who killed Ligonier police officer in crash pleads guilty

  16-09-2016 21:15 via post-gazette.com
  
  The drunk driver who killed a Ligonier Township police officer last year when he drove in the wrong lane and caused a head-on collision pleaded guilty today to five charges included third-degree murder.
  
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• Missing Michigan Woman Found Dead On Roof Of Home Depot

  16-09-2016 21:13
  
  DETROIT (KDKA) — A missing 23-year-old woman was found dead near Detroit, Michigan on Thursday.
  According to CBS Detroit, Elizabeth Hock was found on the roof of a Home Depot in Commerce Township.
  Authorities listed her cause of death as “pending toxicology results,” but said that foul play is not suspected.
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• Fantasy Football: Who To Start, Sit For Week 2

  16-09-2016 20:57
  
  Bryan Altman
  Week 2 of the NFL season is an important one for all 32 NFL teams but is also a vital one for fantasy football owners across the country.
  We all know how dire the stats are for NFL teams that start off 0-2 when it comes to their playoff chances and you can be certain those statistics are relatively similar for your team if you fall into an 0-2 hole to start the year.
  So here to help you either climb out of your 0-1 hole and avoid a disastrous 0-2 start, or turn your Week 1
  
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• Pittsburgh teacher busted for child porn, meth

  16-09-2016 20:50
  
  A math teacher in the Pittsburgh Public Schools is arrested on felony charges after Allegheny County District Attorney's agents search his home in Hampton Township on Friday morning.
  
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• Brashear math teacher arrested on child pornography charges, placed on administrative leave

  16-09-2016 20:47 via post-gazette.com
  
  A math teacher at Pittsburgh Brashear High School arrested today on child pornography charges has been placed on administrative leave.
  
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• Jagoffs get new status, but perhaps not much to boast about

  16-09-2016 20:18 via post-gazette.com
  
  It is a day undoubtedly long awaited by Western Pennsylvania’s untold number of largely anonymous jagoffs — recognition by one of the world’s great authorities on language.
  
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• It's official: We have jagoffs in Western Pennsylvania

  16-09-2016 20:18 via post-gazette.com
  
  If you are a “foolish or contemptible person” in Western Pennsylvania, you now know what you also are, in case you had any doubt.
  
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• Brashear High School Teacher Arrested On Child Porn Charges

  16-09-2016 20:12
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A Brashear High School teacher is facing child pornography charges.
  Adam Deutsch, 51, faces charges including sexual abuse of children and criminal use of a communication facility.
  The Allegheny County District Attorney Investigations Unit began investigating after Skype reported images of child pornography were uploaded through Deutsch’s IP address.
  Detectives and agents of the FBI Violent Crimes Against Children Task Force executed a search warrant of the t
  
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• Philadelphia Transit Agency To Test Urine-Repelling Paint

  16-09-2016 19:46
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Philadelphia’s main transit agency plans to try urine-repelling paint to combat smells and complaints about cleanliness.
  The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority will run a trial this fall of a product called Ultra-Ever Dry. The surface coating has been used in public spaces in San Francisco and Hamburg, Germany.
  The coating makes urine spray back on the offender.
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• DUI driver who killed Ligonier Twp. officer faces years in prison

  16-09-2016 19:43
  
  A man charged with hitting Lt. Eric Eslary in a fatal drunken-driving accident while going the wrong way on Route 30 pleads guilty to several counts on Friday.
  
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• UPMC now looking at other sites for new South Hills hospital

  16-09-2016 19:32 via post-gazette.com
  
  UPMC has scrapped its controversial plan to build a new hospital less than a mile from rival Allegheny Health Network’s Jefferson Hospital as the health giant says it is now looking at other South Hills sites.
  
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• UPMC drops plan to build hospital in Pleasant Hills

  16-09-2016 19:32 via post-gazette.com
  
  UPMC has withdrawn a zoning application that would have cleared the way for it to build a new hospital in Pleasant Hills.
  
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• UPMC backs off plan to build hospital in Pleasant Hills

  16-09-2016 19:32 via post-gazette.com
  
  UPMC has withdrawn a zoning application that would have cleared the way for it to build a new hospital in Pleasant Hills.
  
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• Brookline woman finds intruder in home, becomes target of gunfire

  16-09-2016 19:21
  
  Barking dogs wake a 56-year-old woman, who quickly finds herself in the middle of a late-night home invasion in Pittsburgh's Brookline area.
  
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• Teen Spared Prison Time In 1-Year-Old’s Molestation Case

  16-09-2016 19:16
  
  OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) – A prosecutor in the case of an Iowa teen who was given a suspended 10-year prison sentence for molesting a 1-year-old girl said Thursday that the teen was duped into the act by child pornographers posing online as a teenage girl.
  The suspended sentence for Kraigen Grooms, 19, issued Monday has stirred outrage on social media and led to an online petition calling for an Iowa judge’s removal.
  But Wapello County Attorney Gary Oldenburger said Grooms’ sentence
  
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• CBS Sports Analyst Boomer Esiason On Steelers/Bengals: ‘It’s Always Going To Be Intense’

  16-09-2016 18:58
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan)- NFL on CBS analyst and former Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Booner Esiason joined the “Cook and Poni Show” to preview Sunday’s Steelers-Bengals game.
  This will be the first time the teams have met since last year’s crazy Wild Card playoff game.
  Esiason expects it to be an intense game at Heinz Field on Sunday.
  “It’s always going to be intense especially when the teams are good,” Esiason said. “I think intense football is
  
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• Rabid Woodchuck Chases, Attacks Massachusetts Woman

  16-09-2016 18:52
  
  MEDWAY (KDKA) — A Massachusetts woman is recovering after being chased and attacked by a rabid woodchuck.
  According to a statement from Medway Animal Control, the woman was “aggressively pursued” by the animal.The Boston Globe reports the resident was jogging, and noticed the woodchuck crossing the street before it came after her.
  “And then it sort of looked up and just darted at her,” an animal control officer said. “She had only seconds really to defend hers
  
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• Man charged in Clairton killing waives right to preliminary hearing

  16-09-2016 18:51 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Clairton man charged in a homicide waived his right to a preliminary hearing this morning in City Court, Downtown.
  
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• Endless Possibilities In The Trades

  16-09-2016 18:42
  
  When you think of someone working in the diesel technology field, do you picture someone arriving to work in a grease-stained uniform and steel toe boots or do you picture someone in a freshly ironed dress shirt and crisp clean slacks?  Old images die hard, and for Rosedale Technical College diesel technology graduate Dan Matthews, the latter description is what you’ll see when he arrives to his desk job in the diesel field.
  Dan is a Condition Monitoring Analyst at Cleveland Brothers
  
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• Carnegie police, postal inspectors continue search for men who assaulted mail carrier

  16-09-2016 18:15 via post-gazette.com
  
  Carnegie police and U.S. postal inspectors today continued to search for two men who assaulted a uniformed mail carrier with a baseball bat during an attempted robbery Thursday in a residential neighborhood.
  
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• Delayed again: Liberty Bridge to remain closed indefinitely

  16-09-2016 18:12
  
  The bridge has been closed to traffic in Pittsburgh for two weeks. With repairs taking longer than anticipated, PennDOT has no estimated date for the span to reopen.
  
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• Trump Finally Admits President Obama Was Born In The US

  16-09-2016 17:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump has finally acknowledged the fact that President Barack Obama was born in the United States.
  Trump said Friday that “that President Barack Obama was born in the United States, period.”
  Hillary Clinton says Trump owes President Barack Obama and the American people an apology for his role in the so-called “birther” movement that questioned the president’s American citizenship.
  Clinton said at an event with black women that Trump&rs
  
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• Report: DeAngelo Williams Calls Bengals Rivalry ‘Professional Hatred’

  16-09-2016 17:43
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Steelers running back DeAngelo Williams isn’t shying away from the subject of the Cincinnati Bengals as game day approaches.
  This Sunday, the two teams will have another chance to face off in a rivalry that has proved increasingly hostile. Last year’s games were plagues by accusations of dirty play, fines and injuries.
  According to ESPN, Williams called the matchup a “two-chin-strap game.”
  “Everybody knows the professional hatred
  
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• Man Accused Of Killing Ligonier Twp. Officer While DUI Pleads Guilty

  16-09-2016 17:26
  
  GREENSBURG (KDKA) – A man accused of driving drunk and causing a crash that left a Ligonier Township police officer dead has pleaded guilty.
  On Friday, Clair Fink, 33, pleaded guilty to third-degree homicide, homicide by vehicle while DUI and three counts of DUI.
  As a result, he will be sentenced to 40 years in prison and fined $25,000.
  On May 5, 2015, Fink was behind the wheel of a van going the wrong way on Route 30 at a high rate of speed. The vehicle smashed into Lt. Eric Eslary’
  
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• Driver pleads guilty in DUI crash that killed Ligonier Township cop

  16-09-2016 17:25
  
  A man charged with killing Ligonier Township Police Lt. Eric Eslary in a drunken driving accident while going the wrong way on Route 30 pleaded guilty Friday.
  
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• Google Street View Blurs Cow’s Face For Privacy

  16-09-2016 17:23
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Google will stop at nothing to protect identities of those seen on Street View…even if those seen are cows.
  A giggle-inducing image is making the rounds on social media, showing a cow’s face blurred out in Cambridge, England.Great to see Google takes cow privacy seriously pic.twitter.com/ACTBpDwno6
  — David Shariatmadari (@D_Shariatmadari) September 13, 2016
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• ‘Jagoff’ Officially Added To The Oxford English Dictionary

  16-09-2016 17:00
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Good news Western Pennsylvania! One of our most beloved terms has officially been recognized by The Oxford English Dictionary.
  “Jagoff,” is officially defined as: “(chiefly in western Pennsylvania) a stupid, irritating, or contemptible person.”
  The entry goes on to explain the origin of the word, as “from jackoff, perhaps influenced by jag.”
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• Liberty Bridge reopening delayed for second time

  16-09-2016 16:58
  
  The bridge, which has been closed to traffic in Pittsburgh for two weeks, will remain shut down indefinitely while repairs continue, PennDOT announced Friday morning.
  
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• Pittsburgh's "jagoff" now officially apart of an international dictionary

  16-09-2016 16:52
  
  Pittsburgh's iconic local lingo, "jagoff", is now officially apart of the "gold standard" of dictionaries in the English-speaking world: The Oxford English Dictionary as a noun.
  
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• Pennsylvania unemployment is up again

  16-09-2016 16:47
  
  The state's jobless rate saw its fifth monthly increase in the last six months, according to a report Friday by the Department of Labor and Industry.
  
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• Point Park's Rep Professional Theatre to Stage I'M Gonna Pray for You So Hard

  16-09-2016 16:44
  The REP Professional Theatre Company presents the Pittsburgh Premiere of Halley Feiffer 's I'm Gonna Pray For You So Hard, the navigation of the complicated divide of father-daughter relationships, as each struggles in one way or another, to make the other proud. Directed by Robert Turano , I'm Gonna Pray For You So Hard runs September 30 - October 16, 2016 in the Studio Theatre at the Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave. Performances will be at 8 p.m., Thursdays through Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sa
  
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• PennDOT: Liberty Bridge Reopening Could Be Delayed For ‘Weeks’

  16-09-2016 16:39
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – PennDOT officials announced that the Liberty Bridge will not reopen on Monday. In fact, it could be weeks before the bridge is reopened.
  At the moment, there is no anticipated date for the bridge to reopen.
  PennDOT District 11 Executive Dan Cessna said the repairs could take weeks, but not months to complete.
  The bridge was closed Sept. 2 when it was badly damaged by a fire. A worker accidentally lit some of the tarps on fire, which quickly spread, buckling a beam as th
  
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• Cops: Stabbing Suspect Bragged To Friend ‘That’s What I Do’

  16-09-2016 16:20
  
  ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) – Police say an eastern Pennsylvania man jailed on charges he stabbed a man outside a party bragged to a friend, “That’s what I do.”
  The (Allentown) Morning Call says court documents show 26-year-old John Corniel, of Allentown, made the remarks to another guest after the incident early Sunday.
  Corniel remained in the Lehigh County jail Thursday on assault charges and doesn’t have an attorney.
  The alleged victim tells police he and a woman were as
  
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• Port Authority is changing bus and T schedules again

  16-09-2016 16:18
  
  Anyone who rides one of the routes on this list should check the Port Authority website or call customer service for full details about the service changes.
  
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• Brookline woman finds intruder in house, has to dodge gunfire

  16-09-2016 15:44
  
  Barking dogs wake a 56-year-old woman, who quickly finds herself in the middle of a late-night home invasion in Pittsburgh's Brookline area.
  
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• Police continue review of vehicle shot by struck Vandergrift officer

  16-09-2016 15:15 via post-gazette.com
  
  State police said it will take weeks to mechanically examine a specially equipped car driven by a man who was shot at by a Vandergrift police officer who was hit by the vehicle.
  
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• Woman who killed Pittsburgh FBI agent could get out early on technicality

  16-09-2016 15:07
  
  Christina Korbe's attorneys are targeting a provision under the 1984 Armed Career Criminal Act they say has since been found unconstitutional. The law enables criminals to receive enhanced criminal sentences for using guns.
  
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