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• Teenage girl found shot to death in Homewood West identified

  17-09-2016 23:40
  
  A girl was found shot to death in Homewood West Saturday afternoon.
  
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• Reds Get Swept In Doubleheader, Eliminated By Pirates

  17-09-2016 23:10
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) – The Reds got eliminated when they lost first game of a doubleheader. Then they got swept, too.
  Sean Rodriguez homered in both games, and Andrew McCutchen had a bases-loaded single as the Pirates beat the Reds 7-3 on Saturday night for their first doubleheader sweep in Cincinnati since 1990.
  In the opener, Jameson Taillon pitched five innings and singled to drive in a big league run for the first time during a 10-4 win that officially eliminated the Reds from postseason co
  
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• Pirates Beat Reds 10-4 In DH Opener

  17-09-2016 23:10
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) – Jameson Taillon pitched five innings and singled for his first major league RBI, and Andrew McCutchen drove in three runs, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Cincinnati Reds 10-4 Saturday in the first game of a doubleheader.
  Pittsbuigh opened the day with a 5½-game gap and three teams to overcome in order to get a wild card berth. Cincinnati was eliminated from postseason contention.
  Taillon (4-4) gave up eight hits, including Adam Duvall’s three-run hom
  
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• 2 Officers Shot In Texas While Answering Suicide Call

  17-09-2016 22:50
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – A gunman hiding in a backyard shed opened fire on two officers and wounded them after they had responded to the home to check on a suicide report, police said Saturday.
  Before they were shot Friday night, the officers discovered an elderly man dead in the Fort Worth home, apparently of a gunshot wound, and someone inside the home directed them to a “potential witness” in the tool shed, authorities said. When they opened the shed doors, the gunman starte
  
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• Police On Scene Of Fatal Shooting In Homewood

  17-09-2016 22:02
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Police were called to Homewood Saturday for a fatal shooting.
  It happened around 3:30 in the 5900-block of Mt. Vernon Street.Police on scene of fatal shooting in the 5900 block of Mt. Vernon Street in Homewood. pic.twitter.com/trxkBz18LF
  — Pgh Police Zone 5 (@PghZone5) September 17, 2016
  It is not known if the victim is male or female.
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• 17-Year-Old Girl Shot And Killed In Homewood

  17-09-2016 22:02
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Police were called to Homewood Saturday for a fatal shooting.
  It happened around 3:30 p.m. in the 5900-block of Mt. Vernon Street.Police on scene of fatal shooting in the 5900 block of Mt. Vernon Street in Homewood. pic.twitter.com/trxkBz18LF
  — Pgh Police Zone 5 (@PghZone5) September 17, 2016
  Police say the victim was a 17-year-old female.JUST IN….Pittsburgh Police on scene of fatal shooting on Mt Vernon Street in Homewood. Victim is 17 yr old gi
  
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• Gunman in deadly rampage 'hell-bent' on hurting

  17-09-2016 22:01
  
  The Latest on a Friday night shooting rampage in Philadelphia that left two police officers wounded, one woman dead, and three other people injured.
  
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• Penn State Avenges 2015 Loss To Temple, 34-27

  17-09-2016 21:54
  
  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) – Trace McSorley completed 18 of 24 passes for 287 yards with one touchdown and an interception and rushed for another score to lead Penn State to a 34-27 win against Temple on Saturday.
  A year after the Nittany Lions (2-1) were embarrassed in a season-opening loss to the Owls, Penn State scored on three of its first five drives to take a 21-10 halftime lead. Although he left the game with a left leg injury on the first play, running back Saquon Barkley returned in
  
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• Architect Gets Dizzy On New York Roof, Falls To His Death

  17-09-2016 21:32
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – Authorities are investigating the death of an architect who fell to his death from a New York City skyscraper just after finishing up some work on the rooftop.
  Bruno Travalja, 52, of Ridgewood, New Jersey, died Thursday afternoon after plunging from the roof of the 42-story building in Manhattan, police said Saturday. He was the owner of Crowne Architectural Systems in North Bergen, New Jersey.
  Police said Travalja fell after apparently getting dizzy. But his wife, Alexis T
  
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• Witness: Missing North Carolina Girl Was Chained To Tree

  17-09-2016 21:25
  
  WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) – A witness says a 6-year-old North Carolina girl found following an 18-hour search was chained to a tree when deputies located her.
  New Hanover County Sheriff Ed McMahon says the child was found Thursday morning about 2 miles from her home near Wilmington.
  The witness, Jason Mehalko, tells local news outlets he loaned deputies a saw which they used to free the girl.
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• Despite criticism, Penn State honors Paterno during game

  17-09-2016 20:44
  
  Penn State paid tribute Saturday to Joe Paterno on the 50th anniversary of his first game, despite criticism that the ceremonies are insensitive to victims in the university's sex abuse scandal.
  
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• Pipe Bomb Explodes Before Marines Charity Run; No Injuries

  17-09-2016 19:51
  
  SEASIDE PARK, N.J. (AP) – A pipe bomb exploded in a Jersey Shore town Saturday shortly before thousands of runners were due to participate in a charity 5K race to benefit Marines and sailors, authorities said.
  No injuries were reported in the blast in Seaside Park around 9:30 a.m. Saturday, said Al Della Fave, spokesman for the Ocean County Prosecutor’s office. He also said no surrounding structures suffered any apparent damage.
  The third annual Semper Five run was canceled, and the
  
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• My Ride in a Self-Driving Uber Car

  17-09-2016 19:47
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• Judge rejects Gateway School District's bid for a police force

  17-09-2016 19:29
  
  A judge has denied a school district's request to create its own armed police force for all of its schools.
  
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• Judge Rejects School District’s Bid For A Police Force

  17-09-2016 19:26
  
  MONROEVILLE, Pa. (AP) – A western Pennsylvania judge has denied a school district’s request to create its own armed police force for all of its schools.
  The Allegheny County judge issued an opinion Thursday saying it’s “not a good idea” for the Gateway School District to implement an independent, private 11-officer police force. He says more thought needs to be put into the proposition and more training needs need to be developed.
  The judge says giving the officers
  
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• Man, 77, Found Guilty Of Sex Charges

  17-09-2016 18:54
  
  ALLEGHENY COUNTY (KDKA) — A Penn Hills man was found guilty of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, corruption of minors and multiple other charges Friday.
  According to the Allegheny County Police Department, 77-year-old Joseph Campinelli is facing a minimum of 30 years in prison.
  Campinelli was found guilty of 24 counts lodged against him, including involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, corruption of minors, endangering the welfare of children and promoting prostitution.
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• 2 injured in wrong-way head-on crash

  17-09-2016 18:05
  
  Two people were injured during a wrong-way crash in Beaver County early Saturday morning.
  
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• Two Injured In I-376 Wrong Way Crash

  17-09-2016 17:10
  
  BEAVER COUNTY (KDKA) — Two people were injured in a car crash that happened in Brighton Township early Saturday morning.
  The crash happened just before 2:30 a.m. on I-376 East.
  According to state police, a 21-year-old woman from Beaver was driving northbound in the southbound lane of I-376 East and crashed into a vehicle that was traveling southbound.
  She and the driver of the other vehicle, a 32-year-old man from Rockton, were both sent to UPMC Presbyterian.
  The severity of their injuries
  
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• Man arrested in connection with Derry Township trailer fire

  17-09-2016 17:10
  
  Officials in Derry Township arrested a man in connection with a trailer fire on Friday.
  
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• Man Accused Of Arson After Trailer Park Fire

  17-09-2016 17:04
  
  WESTMORELAND COUNTY (KDKA) — A man is accused of arson in connection to a trailer park fire in Derry Township on Friday night.
  The fire happened around 8:30 p.m. in the Dogwood Acres Trailer park on Georgina Drive.
  State police say when fire crews arrived on the scene, they found that the porch and side of the trailer were on fire. Crews also found a gas can and suspected accelerant at the scene.
  According to state police, 40-year-old Jeremy Klejka, who lived in the trailer that was on fir
  
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• Man killed in Bellevue crash identified

  17-09-2016 16:49
  
  A man was killed in a crash in Bellevue Friday night.
  
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• 1 injured in early-morning Munhall crash

  17-09-2016 16:37
  
  At least one person was taken to the hospital after a crash in Munhall early Saturday morning.
  
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• Man found shot multiple times in Homewood

  17-09-2016 16:12
  
  Police are investigating a shooting that occurred in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood early Saturday morning.
  
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• Ex-Paterno Players Reunite At Penn St Amid Scandal

  17-09-2016 16:08
  
  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) – As night fell over Happy Valley on Friday, hundreds of Joe Paterno’s former players gathered outside the school’s baseball stadium to celebrate their accomplishments and the coach who inspired them before he left a polarizing legacy.
  About 50 yards from where a statue of Paterno was removed by the university after the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal, and Paterno’s possible role in it, rocked the small Central Pennsylvania town in 2011, former pl
  
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• Man Killed In Route 65 Crash

  17-09-2016 16:06
  
  BELLEVUE (KDKA) — One man is dead after a crash that took place on Route 65 on Friday night.
  The Allegheny County medical examiner’s office identified the victim as 45-year-old Michael Tavernaris, of the North Side. He was pronounced dead at Allegheny General Hospital at 7:49 p.m.
  The crash happened at Ohio River Boulevard and Kendall Avenue in Bellevue, according to the medical examiner’s office.
  No further information about the crash was released.
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• North Side man dies in Bellevue crash

  17-09-2016 15:31 via post-gazette.com
  
  A 45-year-old man died Friday evening in a car crash on Route 65.
  
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• Shooting Leaves 2 Officers, 4 Others Wounded; Suspect Dead

  17-09-2016 14:14
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A wild chase and shootout through the streets of West Philadelphia left two police officers and four civilians wounded and a suspect fatally shot.
  Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross said Sgt. Sylvia Young was ambushed late Friday night and shot a number of times in the arm and protective vest. He said Ed Miller, a former police officer who is now a member of the police force at the University of Pennsylvania, was also wounded. Both were in stable condition ea
  
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• Police: Anti-Cop Note Found At Scene Of Deadly Rampage

  17-09-2016 14:14
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A “rambling” note expressing hatred for police was found after a man opened fire on a Philadelphia police officer then went on a shooting spree, injuring a second officer, killing a woman and wounding three other people before he was shot and killed by police in an alley, authorities said Saturday.
  Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross said police found what he called a “rambling” note at the scene of the Friday overnight rampage that pol
  
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• Philly Shooting Leaves 2 Dead, 5 Wounded, Including 2 Cops

  17-09-2016 14:14
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A wild chase and shootout through the streets of Philadelphia left two police officers and three civilians wounded and a woman and the suspect fatally shot.
  Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross said Sgt. Sylvia Young was ambushed late Friday night and shot a number of times in the arm and protective vest. He said Ed Miller, a former police officer who is now a member of the police force at the University of Pennsylvania, was also wounded. Both were in stable co
  
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• 22-Year-Old Man Injured In Drive-By Shooting

  17-09-2016 13:39
  
  HOMEWOOD (KDKA) — A 22-year-old man was injured in a drive-by shooting in Homewood early Saturday morning.
  The shooting happened shortly before 3:30 a.m. in the 7000-block of Hamilton Avenue.
  Police say officers responded to the shooting after a ShotSpotter notification. At the scene, officers found a 22-year-old man who had been shot multiple times.
  According to police, the victim was walking down the street when someone started shooting at him from a passing vehicle, which then drove inb
  
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• Oakland Restaurant Facing Health Department Violations

  17-09-2016 13:02
  
  OAKLAND (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Health Department has issued a consumer alert for an Oakland restaurant.
  According to the ACHD, Lulu’s Noodles/Yumwok, located at 400 S. Craig St. in Oakland, is facing multiple violations, including unsafe cold holding, presence of mice and flies, inadequate sanitization of food contact surfaces, poor employee personal hygiene and foods not protected from cross-contamination.
  The consumer alert was posted Thursday. As of Saturday morning, it has
  
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• Pet Tales: Fox Chapel man works to save rhinos, elephants

  17-09-2016 11:47
  When Matt Bracken was 12 years old, his grandfather took him on an African safari - the kind where no animals were shot or captured. "I looked into the eyes of a wild elephant, and I have never been the same," Mr. Bracken said.
  
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• Woman nearly shot in face after confronting intruder in her Brookline home

  17-09-2016 07:52
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• Mercer, Freese Lead Pirates Past Reds, 9-7 In 10 Innings

  17-09-2016 06:39
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) – Jordy Mercer had an RBI single with the bases loaded in the 10th inning, David Freese added a two-run single, and the Pittsburgh Pirates overcame some shaky defense to preserve their chances in the NL wild-card race with a 9-7 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night.
  The Pirates loaded the bases against Tony Cingrani (2-5) with a walk and two infield hits before Mercer snapped a 6-6 tie with a single to left. Freese singled to center two batters later.
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• County to do more emissions testing near Lawrenceville foundry

  17-09-2016 06:36 via post-gazette.com
  
  Clean-air activists and Lawrenceville residents living near the McConway & Torley foundry have urged the Allegheny County Health Department to act quickly to reduce toxic air pollutants from the plant, but the county will conduct another round of emissions tests instead.
  
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• County judge says no to Gateway bid for armed officers

  17-09-2016 06:34 via post-gazette.com
  
  An Allegheny County judge has denied a request by the Gateway School District to arm police officers in its schools.
  
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• Board president: Lead line replacement likely to bring rate hikes for PWSA customers

  17-09-2016 06:33 via post-gazette.com
  
  Customers of the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority will probably see higher rates as the agency replaces its lead water lines over the next 15 years, the PWSA board president warned Friday.
  
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• Body Found In South Oakland Home May Have Been Dead For Months

  17-09-2016 06:30
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police found a man’s body Friday on the first floor of a Frazier Street home in South Oakland.
  Neighbors said he hadn’t been seen for months; and, in fact, some of the mail on his porch and in his mailbox was postmarked last May.
  The skeletal remains have not been identified yet by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner. Investigators say the death did not appear to be suspicious.
  The house where the man lived, in the 3600-block of Frazier Street, is only a f
  
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• Pittsburgh recognized as Biophilic City

  17-09-2016 06:27 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh has joined a network of cities committed to putting nature at the heart of growth, development, maintenance and infrastructure projects.
  
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• Severe thunderstorm warning issued for multiple counties

  17-09-2016 06:00
  
  Another round of severe storms is affecting Western Pennsylvania. Read the alert for your county here.
  
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• North Side residents battle fans for parking on Steelers game days

  17-09-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Steelers will play their first home game of the new football season Sunday, a time of excitement for their fans. But for some residents of the North Side, it comes with a sense of dread as well.
  
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• 'Costumes of The Wiz Live!' exhibition arrives at August Wilson Center

  17-09-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  When “The Wiz LIVE!” musical aired on NBC last fall, Demeatria Boccella immediately wanted to see its ornate costumes in person.
  
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• Michael Baker International ranked sixth-largest privately owned company in the Pittsburgh region

  17-09-2016 05:49
  
  Pittsburgh - Michael Baker International moved up three positions in The Pittsburgh Business Times' ranking of largest privately held companies in the region, based on 2015 revenues. The company is now ranked sixth in the Pittsburgh market.
  
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• Know The Score: Sept. 16, 2016

  17-09-2016 04:26
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) — It doesn’t get any bigger than high school football in Western Pennsylvania.
  We’re committed to bringing you the best team coverage in the region.
  After the games, you can find all the latest scores right here! Also, check out our Game of the Week here!
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  Abington 21, Bensalem 11
  Academy Park 26, Boyertown 7
  Aliquippa 21, Freeport 3
  Allderdice 22, USO 19
  Annville-Cleona 35, Hanover 26
  Armstrong 35, Gateway 21
  Avonworth 42
  
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• State grand jury investigating sexual abuse by priests subpoenas Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese

  17-09-2016 03:47
  
  The state grand jury investigating sexual abuse by priests has widened their probe and subpoenaed the files of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh.
  
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• Pittsburgh Diocese Subpoenaed As Part Of Grand Jury Probe Into Priest Sex Abuse Allegations

  17-09-2016 03:39
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) — The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh has been subpoenaed by the state Attorney General’s Office as part of an investigation into the allegations of sex abuse by priests.
  In a statement, Bishop David Zubik says the Diocese will cooperate fully with investigators.
  “We immediately responded to the Attorney General’s wish and said that we would cooperate fully,” said Bishop Zubik. “They were very specific about asking us to prepare to turn any
  
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• Furry Tails: Univers & Wario Are Waiting For Forever Homes

  17-09-2016 02:53
  
  Are you looking to bring a pet into your home? Local animal shelters are a great place to find a furry companion. So, as part of Furry Tails, I’ll be doing an ongoing feature on adoptable pets from local animal shelters once a week. If you have room in your heart and are looking to bring a lovable ball of fur into your home, maybe one of these guys is meant to be a part of your family!_____________________________________________________
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• State subpoenas Diocese of Pittsburgh files on sexual abuse

  17-09-2016 02:01 via post-gazette.com
  
  The state attorney general’s office has subpoenaed any documents relating to sexual abuse by priests from the Diocese of Pittsburgh and other Roman Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania as part of a widening grand jury investigation.
  
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• Pittsburgh bridge to remain closed for emergency repairs

  17-09-2016 01:19
  State transportation authorities say a major bridge into downtown Pittsburgh closed after a construction fire will remain closed indefinitely due to additional emergency repairs. The Liberty Bridge has been closed since Sept.
  
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