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• ‘Sound of Music’ Actress Charmian Carr Dies At 73

  18-09-2016 23:31
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) – Charmian Carr, the actress best known for sweetly portraying the eldest von Trapp daughter in Rogers & Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music,” has died. She was 73.
  She died Saturday of complications from a rare form of dementia in Los Angeles, Carr’s spokesman, Harlan Boll, said.
  At age 21, the actress portrayed Liesl von Trapp in the 1965 film musical “The Sound of Music.” She famously performed the song “Sixteen Going on Seven
  
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• Watch: Bald Eagle Nursed Back To Health Released Into Wild

  18-09-2016 23:28
  
  GRAFTON, W.Va. (AP) – An injured bald eagle that was nursed back to health in northern West Virginia has been released back into the wild.
  Media outlets report more than 200 people gathered Saturday for the release of Liberty.The Fairmont-based West Virginia Raptor Rehabilitation Center cared for the young bald eagle.
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• Votto Homers, Barnhart Plates 4 In Reds 7-4 Win Over Pirates

  18-09-2016 23:20
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) – Joey Votto smacked his 25th homer, Tucker Barnhart tied his career high with four RBIs and the Cincinnati Reds snapped the Pittsburgh Pirates’ four-game winning streak with a 7-4 victory on Sunday.
  Votto finished with four hits, including his eighth-inning solo homer, as the Reds finally got to Ivan Nova (12-7) while clouding Pittsburgh’s fading postseason hopes and snapping their own four-game skid.
  The Pirates went into the game in fourth place in the Nation
  
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• Penn Hills Road Closed Due To Flooding

  18-09-2016 23:15
  
  PENN HILLS (KDKA) — A portion of Rodi Road in Penn Hills was closed Sunday due to flooding.
  Allegheny County officials tweeted that the road was shut down from Purity Road to Tulip Road just before 5 p.m.Penn Hills: 600 block Rodi Rd. Penn Hills FD on scene of roadway flooding. Rodi Rd shut from Purity Rd to Tulip Rd.
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• Portion of Rodi Road closed due to flooding

  18-09-2016 22:56
  
  A portion of Rodi Road in Penn Hills is closed due to flooding Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Steelers Grind Their Way Past Bengals 24-16

  18-09-2016 22:39
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Ben Roethlisberger threw for 259 yards and three touchdowns to offset a pair of interceptions and the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Cincinnati Bengals 24-16 on Sunday.
  DeAngelo Williams churned out 94 yards on a career-high 32 carries and added a 4-yard touchdown grab with 6:48 remaining to give the Steelers all the breathing room they would need. Tight ends Jesse James and Xavier Grimble also caught scoring passes from Roethlisberger as the Steelers (2-0) kept Cincinnati
  
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• Police investigating Carrick student's killing in Homewood

  18-09-2016 22:27 via post-gazette.com
  
  It was all but a formality, but the Allegheny County Medical Examiner today ruled the shooting death Saturday of a 17-year-old girl a homicide and deemed the cause of death "perforating gunshot wound of the chest."
  
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• Authorities: Carrick student killed in hail of gunfire in Homewood

  18-09-2016 22:27 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Pittsburgh Public Schools community is mourning the loss of one of its high school students who was killed in a shooting in Homewood on Saturday.
  
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• Driver, 10-Year-Old Child Among 4 Dead In NC Bus Crash

  18-09-2016 21:57
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – The bus driver and a 10-year-old child are among the four people killed after a bus carrying a South Carolina junior college football team to its first game ever crashed on a North Carolina highway, state troopers said.
  The front left tire on the bus blew out around 2:30 p.m. Saturday, sending it into a guardrail, then scraping the side of a concrete bridge column on U.S. Highway 74 near Hamlet, North Carolina, Highway Patrol Lt. Jeff Gordon said.
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• Barn cat, hen stolen from Sewickley sanctuary

  18-09-2016 20:38
  
  Two animals were stolen from the Hope Haven Farm Sanctuary in Sewickley Saturday night.
  
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• Seattle Coaches Join High School Team In Kneeling For Anthem

  18-09-2016 20:25
  
  SEATTLE (AP) – Football coaches at a Seattle high school joined their players in taking a knee during the national anthem, following the lead of NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick to protest social injustice.
  The entire Garfield High School football team and its coaching staff knelt during “The Star-Spangled Banner” before the Friday kickoff against West Seattle High School in Seattle. Several players from the other team also knelt.
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• Boy, 3, Run Over By Vehicle In Central Pennsylvania Driveway

  18-09-2016 20:09
  
  ELIZABETHVILLE, Pa. (AP) – Authorities are investigating the death of a 3-year-old boy after a vehicle rolled over him in central Pennsylvania.
  State police said a 2012 Jeep Wrangler rolled over the child in a gravel driveway just after noon Saturday in the borough of Elizabethville.
  Police said the driver wasn’t under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the accident. No charges were immediately filed.
  The name of the victim hasn’t been released.
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• Report: Man Escapes Home-Destroying Fire Uninjured

  18-09-2016 18:53
  
  BUTLER COUNTY (KDKA) — A man is uninjured after he escaped a fire that severely damaged his Jefferson Township home Saturday morning.
  The Butler Eagle reports that firefighters responded to the scene around 2:30 a.m. at a home in the 200-block of Hannahstown Road. The scene was cleared around 6:40 a.m.
  According to the Butler Eagle, homeowner John McKernan escaped out a first-floor window and was uninjured.
  Saxonburg Volunteer Fire Company chief Chris Ballina told the Butler Eagle that McK
  
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• Report: Charges Filed After Police Find 7 Abandoned Pets, Dead Dog In Home

  18-09-2016 17:34
  
  OIL CITY (KDKA) — Charges were filed against a man and a woman in Oil City after police found a number of abandoned pets in a home last week.
  According to ExploreVenango.com, 40-year-old Terry Shane Bressette, of Sharon, Pa., and 30-year-old Amanda Bressette, of Union City, are facing eight counts of cruelty to animals charges.
  ExploreVenango.com reports that Oil City police responded to a home on Glenview Avenue on Sept. 13 for a report of abandoned animals. An employee of the landlord to
  
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• Charges Filed After Police Find 7 Abandoned Pets, Dead Dog In Home

  18-09-2016 17:34
  
  OIL CITY (KDKA) — Charges were filed against a man and a woman in Oil City after police found a number of abandoned pets in a home last week.
  According to ExploreVenango.com, 40-year-old Terry Shane Bressette, of Sharon, Pa., and 30-year-old Amanda Bressette, of Union City, are facing eight counts of cruelty to animals charges.
  ExploreVenango.com reports that Oil City police responded to a home on Glenview Avenue on Sept. 13 for a report of abandoned animals. An employee of the landlord to
  
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• Union for faculty remains at odd with state universities

  18-09-2016 17:20
  
  A union representing faculty at 14 state universities remains at odds with the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education over a new contract.
  
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• Officers fired upon for 2nd night in a row in Philadelphia

  18-09-2016 17:05
  
  Authorities say police officers came under fire in Philadelphia for the second night in a row, but didn't return fire and arrested two suspects.
  
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• Pennsylvania opioid debate may include push for pricier pill

  18-09-2016 16:43
  
  Pennsylvania's fight against opioid addiction may include a measure that could pave the way to more expensive prescriptions for supposedly abuse-resistant painkillers whose effectiveness in curbing abuse is unclear.
  
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• Man allegedly asks young girl to get in SUV in Mount Lebanon

  18-09-2016 16:29
  
  Police in Mount Lebanon are investigating after a possible child luring attempting on Saturday.
  
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• Sun expected to avoid Heinz Field today

  18-09-2016 15:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  Steelers fans heading to today's home opener need not pack the sunscreen, but maybe a poncho or umbrella.
  
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• Sun -- and likely the rain -- expected to avoid Heinz Field today

  18-09-2016 15:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  Steelers fans heading to today's home opener need not pack the sunscreen nor the umbrella.
  
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• Police: Man Stabs 9 At Minnesota Mall Before Cop Kills Him

  18-09-2016 13:12
  
  ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) – A man in a private security uniform stabbed eight people at a Minnesota shopping mall, reportedly mentioning Allah and asking at least one victim if they were Muslim before an off-duty police officer shot and killed him, authorities said.
  All nine victims were treated at hospitals for wounds that weren’t life-threatening, St. Cloud police Chief Blair Anderson said at a news conference Sunday. Three remained hospitalized. The others were released.
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• 8 People Injured During Stabbing Attack At Minnesota Mall

  18-09-2016 13:12
  
  ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) – A knife-wielding suspect who was dressed in a private security uniform and made references to Allah while attacking at least eight people during a mass stabbing incident at a Minnesota shopping mall was shot dead by an off-duty police officer, authorities said.
  St. Cloud Police Chief Blair Anderson said during a news conference that eight people were taken to St. Cloud Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries following the attack first reported about 8:15 p.m. Sa
  
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• Investigation Underway Into NYC Explosion That Left 29 Hurt

  18-09-2016 12:54
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – An explosion rocked a crowded Manhattan neighborhood and injured 29 people, and a suspicious device discovered blocks away was safely removed early Sunday. Mayor Bill de Blasio ruled out any terror connections but called the blast an “intentional act.”
  “Tonight, New York City experienced a very bad incident,” de Blasio said at a news conference near the scene in Chelsea. “We have no credible and specific threat at this moment.”
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• Governor: No Apparent Link Between NY Blast, Overseas Terror

  18-09-2016 12:54
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday that an explosion that rocked a crowded Manhattan neighborhood, injuring 29 people, doesn’t appear to be linked to international terrorism, and he vowed that authorities would find and prosecute whoever was responsible.
  He noted that 1,000 additional law enforcement officers were being deployed after the Saturday night blast in Chelsea, a primarily residential neighborhood on Manhattan’s west side that’s known for its art gall
  
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• Feds Test Bomb Remnants Of New York Blast That Injured 29

  18-09-2016 12:54
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – The bomb that rocked a New York City neighborhood known for its vibrant arts scene and large gay community contained residue of an explosive often used for target practice that can be picked up in many sporting goods stores, a federal law enforcement official said Sunday, as authorities tried to unravel who planted the device and why.
  The discovery of Tannerite in materials recovered from the Saturday night explosion that injured 29 people may be important as authorities pr
  
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• Authorities Call NYC Explosion A Bombing, Say Motive Unknown

  18-09-2016 12:54
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – Investigators scrambled to find out who planted a bomb that rocked a bustling New York City neighborhood and why Sunday, scouring shrapnel, forensic traces and surveillance video for any link to an unexploded pressure-cooker device found a few blocks away.
  There seemed to be more questions than answers hours after the Saturday night blast that injured 29 people in Manhattan. All of them have since been released from the hospital.
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• Scranton among dioceses in probe

  18-09-2016 11:56
  Four more Catholic dioceses - Erie, Greensburg, Pittsburgh and Scranton - have been swept into a grand jury investigation of clergy sex abuse and cover-up allegations in communities stretching from the Delaware River to the Monongahela. On Friday, officials in all four dioceses confirmed they received subpoenas from the Pennsylvania attorney general's office.
  
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• Review board: Pittsburgh police sergeant promotion OK, but vetting procedures not followed

  18-09-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  An independent review of whether Pittsburgh police complied with internal procedures before promoting an officer with a restraining order in his past revealed nothing “that should have altered the decision” to elevate his rank to sergeant.
  
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• Pittsburgh well-represented in new African American History Museum

  18-09-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  WASHINGTON — Lena Horne’s green velvet dress from “Stormy Weather” is there. So is Charles “Teenie” Harris’ camera, Lynn Swann’s image catching a pass, the payphone from playwright August Wilson’s production of the Pittsburgh-based “Jitney,” and Romare Bearden’s lithographs.
  
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• New leader aims to energize Torrance State Hospital

  18-09-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  The new leader of the region’s lone state mental hospital has a two-part plan for the vast majority of its 350 patients.
  
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• Finding an environmental solution for the flooding on Washington Boulevard

  18-09-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Even when they work properly, floodgates that warn motorists of a high-water hazard do not solve the underlying problem of chronic flooding.
  
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• Exonerated man struggled through his first year of freedom

  18-09-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  MORGANTOWN, W.Va.— Sporting his signature long, gray beard and “Billy Jack” hat, the artist slowly strolls the exhibit of his paintings in the Monongalia Arts Center.
  
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• Brian O'Neill: PWSA letters are clogged with nonsense

  18-09-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Crystal Fortwangler of Squirrel Hill had a sample of her tap water collected to test for lead at the end of May, and then waited nearly 15 weeks for the water authority to give her the bad news in the kind of cold, bureaucratic form letter that’s scarier for what it leaves out:
  
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• At Smithsonian's new African American museum, Pittsburghers helped shape exhibits

  18-09-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  WASHINGTON — While Pittsburghers have a place inside the metal, lattice walls of the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opens Saturday, they’ve had a hand in shaping the exhibits, too.
  
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• Alcosan shows off with open house

  18-09-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Joseph Schuster just had to stop before work Saturday to check out the big event on the North Shore — no, not a Pitt or Steelers football game but an open house at a sewage treatment plant.
  
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• Watch: Soldier Welcomed Home By Entire Neighborhood

  18-09-2016 05:24
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It was the reunion one soldier and his family waited a year for.
  Army Reserves Sergeant Salvatore Norge returned home Saturday afternoon.
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  Norge is finally back in Lawrence County, and he was greeted by everyone in his neighborhood. Norge served a tour of duty in Aghanistan and has been overseas for nearly a year.
  Norge said he never expected such a homecoming.
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• Rudolph, Childs Lead Oklahoma State To Win Over Pittsburgh

  18-09-2016 04:50
  
  STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) – Mason Rudolph connected on an 86-yard pass to Jhajuan Seales, then Rennie Childs scored on a 1-yard run – his fourth rushing touchdown of the game – with 1:28 remaining to lift Oklahoma State to a 45-38 victory over Pittsburgh on Saturday.
  Rudolph was 26 of 46 for a school-record 540 yards and two touchdowns, while James Washington pulled in nine receptions for 296 yards – the most in the nation by anyone so far this season – and two touchdo
  
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• Community Shows They Care On ‘National Thank A Police Officer Day’

  18-09-2016 04:14
  
  NEW KENSINGTON (KDKA) — New Kensington and Arnold Police are getting the personal touch on National Thank A Police Officer Day.
  A group of concerned citizens showed up at the department with gifts officers can use everyday like pens, notebooks, coffee mugs full of candy with special messages of support.
  “A tootsie roll to help you roll with the punches, peppermint paddy to help you keep your cool, dum-dums because you deal with a lot of them, a PAYDAY because you are not doing it for
  
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• Pittsburgh police on lookout for two vehicles

  18-09-2016 03:22 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police tonight are searching for two vehicles, the occupants of which are believed to be armed and dangerous and involved in a homicide.
  
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• Mayor: NYC Explosion Was ‘An Intentional Act’

  18-09-2016 03:21
  
  NEW YORK (AP/KDKA) – An apparent explosion in a crowded Chelsea neighborhood of New York City on Saturday night left 25 people with minor injuries, authorities said.
  Police spokesman J. Peter Donald said on Twitter that the explosion happened at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday on West 23rd Street, which is a major thoroughfare with many restaurants.
  He says several people were taken to hospitals with injuries. The Fire Department tweeted that none of the injuries appear to be life-threatening.
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• Mayor: NYC Explosion That Injured At Least 25 Was ‘An Intentional Act’

  18-09-2016 03:21
  
  NEW YORK (AP/KDKA) – An explosion in a crowded Chelsea neighborhood in Manhattan on Saturday night left more than 25 people injured, and authorities called the blast an “intentional act,” but said there was no terrorist connection.
  New York Mayor Bill de Blasio also said a second site was being investigated.
  “Tonight, New York City experienced a very bad incident,” de Blasio said at a news conference near the scene. “We have no credible and specific threat at
  
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• Explosion Reported In New York City

  18-09-2016 03:21
  
  NEW YORK (AP/KDKA) – Firefighters are at the scene of a possible explosion in New York City.
  The Fire Department says the blast was reported shortly before 9 p.m. Saturday on West 23rd Street in the Chelsea section of Manhattan.We are responding to a report of an explosion at 23rd St. and 6t Avenue in Manhattan. We will update you w/more when we have it
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• Police: Man Tried To Lure Child Into Van In Mt. Lebanon

  18-09-2016 02:59
  
  MOUNT LEBANON (KDKA) — Mt. Lebanon Police are warning the community after an attempted child-luring on Saturday.
  It happened around 1 p.m. on St. Clair Drive.
  A female child was playing in her yard when a man in a white SUV pulled up and told her he had something for her inside the vehicle.
  When asked to come over and get inside, the child ran away from the SUV and into her home. Police say she did so because of training given by officers at her school.
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• Attempted child luring in Mt. Lebanon

  18-09-2016 02:33 via post-gazette.com
  
  Mt. Lebanon police tonight are looking for a man suspected of trying to lure a young girl into the white sport utility vehicle he was driving.
  
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• Most Of Md. High School Football Team Kneels During Anthem

  18-09-2016 00:44
  
  DAMASCUS, Md. (AP) – A group of high school football players in Maryland is emulating 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick by taking a knee during the national anthem to protest racial injustice.
  Most of the Watkins Mill High School football team knelt during the national anthem Friday before kickoff against Damascus High School in Montgomery County. Players on the team also took a knee last week.
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• Teenager shot and killed in Homewood

  18-09-2016 00:40 via post-gazette.com
  
  A 17-year-old woman was shot and killed this afternoon in Homewood.
  
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• Tornado warning issued for Armstrong, Butler, Clarion and Venango counties

  18-09-2016 00:34 via post-gazette.com
  
  The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning with a short window of 35 minutes for Armstrong, Butler, Clarion and Venango counties.
  
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• Tornado warning extended for Armstrong, Butler, Clarion and Venango counties

  18-09-2016 00:34 via post-gazette.com
  
  The National Weather Service tornado warning for Tornado Warning for Armstrong, Butler, Clarion and Venango counties has been extended to 8:15 p.m.
  
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• Tornado Warning Issued For Several Counties In Western Pa.

  18-09-2016 00:10
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A tornado warning has been issued for several Western Pennsylvania counties.
  Butler, Lawrence, Mercer and Venango Counties are all under a tornado warning until 6:30 p.m.
  The National Weather Service reports that flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter, mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed and damage to roofs and windows is likely.
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