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• 11-Year-Old Boy Honored For Helping To Catch Thief

  21-09-2016 23:48
  
  WESTWOOD (KDKA) — At only 11 years old, a local boy is being honored for his quick thinking and bravery.
  He saw someone committing a crime, then didn’t stop until the suspect was in police custody.
  Police said at the assembly Wednesday at Carmalt Academy, if you’re planning on breaking into cars, don’t do it in Pittsburgh, and especially not in Jackson Beatty’s neighborhood.
  “It is my pleasure to present Jackson Beatty with the recognition of excellence award
  
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• Chores App Helps Parents Reach Kids Through Their Phones

  21-09-2016 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (CBS) – It can be the source of many family fights – getting your kids to do their chores.
  It’s not always easy but a company wants to take the nagging out of getting stuff done around the house. And their solution relies heavily on what can be a kid’s most prized possession — their phone.
  “For dusting, I’ll get a dollar. For cleaning my bedroom, I’ll get $4,” said 11-year-old Kalla Lively while describing some of her household cho
  
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• Plum School Board To Decide Fate Of District Superintendent, High School Principal

  21-09-2016 23:41
  
  PLUM (KDKA) — The Plum school board may be close to deciding the fate of the district’s superintendent and high school principal.
  Both were put on leave amid a sex abuse scandal at the high school. Next week, the board is also expected to hear the results of an independent investigation.
  The school board is likely to put both Superintendent Timothy Glasspool and Principal Ryan Kociela back on the job after putting them on paid administrative leave last May. The board could vote on th
  
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• Union withdraws from conference over Trump speech

  21-09-2016 23:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  One of the Appalachian shale industry’s biggest supporters and beneficiaries, the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 66, broke with the Marcellus Shale Coalition by pulling its sponsorship of the organization’s annual conference because Donald Trump is scheduled to speak there today.
  
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• Trump speech at shale industry conference puts unions in uncomfortable spot

  21-09-2016 23:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  One of the Appalachian shale industry’s biggest supporters and beneficiaries, the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 66, broke with the Marcellus Shale Coalition by pulling its sponsorship of the organization’s annual conference because Donald Trump is scheduled to speak there Thursday.
  
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• EMT arrested at hospital, charged with raping two children

  21-09-2016 23:24
  
  An emergency medical technician is facing several felony charges after he was arrested Tuesday night at a Pittsburgh hospital on suspicion that he raped a young boy and girl.
  
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• Marshawn Lynch On Kaepernick: ‘Rather See Him Take Knee Than Put His Hands Up, Get Murdered’

  21-09-2016 23:03
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Retired NFL star Marshawn Lynch is standing up for 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s decision to kneel during the national anthem.Former Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch appeared on the Conan O’Brien show Tuesday night telling O’Brien that “they got to start somewhere.”
  Lynch told Conan on Kaepernick’s decision, “I’d rather see him take a knee than stand up, put his hands up, and get murdered.”
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• Kidsburgh: Volunteers Build Hazelwood Playground Designed For Imaginative Play

  21-09-2016 22:52
  
  HAZELWOOD (KDKA) — Two-hundred volunteers rolled up their sleeves and got to work building a brand new playground in Hazelwood over the weekend, and it only took a few hours.
  It is part of a larger project all about play. While kids naturally want to play, parents and caregivers need to foster play by providing opportunities for kids to play in different ways, in different places and with different people.
  Now there is a local organization working to make that happen for all kids and adult
  
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• WWE Insiders Pick Clash Of Champions: Bad News For Seth Rollins

  21-09-2016 22:48
  
  By Chuck Carroll
  Two weeks ago it was SmackDown Live’s turn, and now the RAW roster will get its first crack at a solo pay-per-view event at Sunday’s WWE Clash of the Champions.
  Like SmackDown’s Backlash PPV, WWE will face stiff competition for viewers from the NFL, as it will through January. But unlike two weeks ago there will be no distractions from the UFC or CM Punk. No, their biggest concern isn’t until the following night on RAW. That’s when a WWE Hall of Fam
  
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• Booster Seats Recalled Due To Harness Issues

  21-09-2016 22:44
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A company is recalling some models of booster seats due to an issue with the harness.
  The recall affects the following Evenflo “Evolve Booster Seat” models: 34411700 (US), 34411741 (US), and 34411700C (Canada). Approximately 32,000 seats manufactured before Feb. 9, 2016, are included in the recall.
  The seats are being recalled because the company has found that some children can adjust and possibly loosen the harness without adult assistance. The company say
  
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• Pittsburgh Hosting 2-Day Conference On Natural Gas Industry

  21-09-2016 22:30
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Natural gas production is the topic of discussion at a two-day conference in Downtown Pittsburgh.Attendees are not only concerned with gas production and pricing, but are getting ready for a visit from a presidential candidate as well.Since 2015, 90 oil and gas companies have filed for bankruptcy in the United States. Those figures come from the president of Marathon who is in Pittsburgh to make the opening comments for the Shale Insight conference.
  The question then is
  
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• Police: Ohio woman overdoses with baby grandson in backseat

  21-09-2016 22:06
  
  Firefighters pulled the baby out through a sliding back window. Police officers say they had to break a window in the truck before they could revive the unresponsive woman with naloxone.
  
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• Mylan CEO defends EpiPen prices in testimony for Congress

  21-09-2016 21:58
  
  Mylan CEO Heather Bresch is defending the cost for life-saving EpiPens today in Congress, signaling that the company has no plans to lower prices despite a public outcry and questions from skeptical lawmakers.
  
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• Renaissance band Piffaro will perform Sept. 24 at Synod Hall in Oakland

  21-09-2016 21:45
  Renaissance & Baroque presents Piffaro, The Renaissance Band, an ensemble of recorders, shawms, sackbuts and more, at 8 p.m. Sept. 24 at Synod Hall in Oakland.
  
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• Lawyer for July 4 Downtown shooting suspect denies allegations

  21-09-2016 21:26 via post-gazette.com
  
  An attorney representing the teenager charged with firing a gun and wounding four people on July 4 in Downtown said today that his client did not shoot anyone.
  
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• On Day of Peace, Allegheny County's 122 victims killed by violence in last 12 months remembered

  21-09-2016 20:59 via post-gazette.com
  
  Against a Downtown backdrop of burning candles, peace activists this afternoon remembered the lives of 122 Allegheny County residents killed in violence over the past 12 months.
  
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• UPDATE: Dog day care says dog seen being punched was aggressive, had to be euthanized

  21-09-2016 20:57
  
  Video obtained by Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 shows a man punching a St. Bernard several times in the head and sitting on the dog before delivering a second series of punches.
  
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• Study: Cancer Causing Chemical Found In Tap Water Of 200-Million Americans

  21-09-2016 20:52
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Hundreds of millions of Americans, including those in Western Pennsylvania, are drinking water contaminated with a cancer-causing chemical.
  A new report by the Environmental Working Group shows that just about every water system in our region is contaminated by the carcinogen chemical chromium-6.
  Chromium-6 was really exposed for the first time by the movie Erin Brockovich.
  In 2008, a two-year study by the National Toxicology Program found that drinking water with chrom
  
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• Scaife heirs say Tribune-Review's financial info should be disclosed

  21-09-2016 20:51 via post-gazette.com
  
  An attorney for the late billionaire publisher Richard Mellon Scaife's daughter argued today that the newspaper company he built should turn over a quarter century of financial documents, because they would verify that the Tribune-Review "was a losing proposition" — and three trustees knew it.
  
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• Attorney for Scaife daughter says trustees knew of Tribune-Review problems

  21-09-2016 20:51 via post-gazette.com
  
  An attorney for the late billionaire publisher Richard Mellon Scaife's daughter argued today that the newspaper company he built should turn over a quarter century of financial documents, because they would verify that the Tribune-Review "was a losing proposition" — and three trustees knew it.
  
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• CBS Sports’ Trent Green Looks At Texans-Pats On TNF, More Week 3 Games

  21-09-2016 20:46
  
  By Danny Cox
  The 2016 NFL season rolls into Week 3 with a big Thursday Night Football matchup between the Houston Texans and New England Patriots. The AFC action continues in a stellar Sunday doubleheader featuring the Denver Broncos squaring off against the Cincinnati Bengals followed by the New York Jets landing in Kansas City to play the Chiefs. The Pittsburgh Steelers play the Philadelphia Eagles and the San Diego Chargers play the Indianapolis Colts in oth
  
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• NFL Picks Week 3: Cardinals Win Big And Put Rex Ryan In Big Trouble

  21-09-2016 20:31
  
  Bryan Altman
  Let the good times roll, baby. That’s how I’m feeling after another winning week against the spread as we prepare to put a bow on Week 2 and head into Week 3 of the NFL season.
  However, Week 3 does present some challenges.
  Injuries are beginning to pile up league wide and Week 2 was a battle of attrition for many teams. The Patriots (Jimmy Garoppolo), Vikings (Adrian Peterson), Chargers (Danny Woodhead), Panthers (Jonathan Stewart) and Jets (Brandon Marshall) all wo
  
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• Plum school board to get law firm report next week on sex-abuse scandal

  21-09-2016 20:25 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Plum school board will hear a report Tuesday from the Levin Legal Group, a law firm tasked with investigating whether the district’s superintendent and high school principal violated the state Public School Code in connection with how they handled allegations of inappropriate relationships between teachers and students.
  
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• Greensburg Police: ‘No Reports Of Clowns In Area, Friendly Or Otherwise’

  21-09-2016 20:23
  
  GREENSBURG (KDKA) — A police department in Westmoreland County is reassuring the public that reports of clowns sightings in the area are false.
  The City of Greensburg Police posted to Facebook that they have had no reports of people dressed as clowns.
  Police say the reports originated from the Facebook page for Westmoreland County Fire Alerts, where there were posts about “small pockets in Greensburg” to have sightings.
  But Greensburg Police say, “We can assure everyone w
  
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• Survivor crawls to road 3 days after deadly crash with girlfriend

  21-09-2016 20:12
  
  A Pennsylvania man whose girlfriend died when the SUV he was driving plunged down an embankment damaged his legs so badly that he had to stay with her body for three days before he was able to crawl to a roadside for help.
  
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• Dunlap: Slow Down A Little With This Wentz Talk

  21-09-2016 19:54
  
  Carson Wentz is the greatest.He’s the best; ain’t no one better.He is Unitas with a little Marino mixed about spattered with some Montana. Wentz is a smidge of Otto Graham sprinkled in topped off with a big dollop of (Peyton, not Eli or Archie) Manning.He’s the best. Ever.Ever, ever.Ever, ever and then some.At least that’s the impression one would get if they flicked on ESPN over the past few days or scrolled the Internet and did a cursory glance-through of the sports sit
  
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• Tackling the heroin epidemic: Large-scale drug sweep in Western Pa. today

  21-09-2016 19:53
  
  Many arrests are being made Wednesday, thanks to information from a new fusion center, as federal agents try to break up a heroin operation that they say is responsible for fatal overdoses in the Pittsburgh area.
  
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• Bus driver, 5 students suffer minor injuries in bus crash

  21-09-2016 19:27
  
  The driver of a school bus and five students were taken to the hospital with possible minor injuries after an accident Wednesday in Summit Township, Butler County.
  
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• Beam put into place on Liberty Bridge, repair delayed by false alarm

  21-09-2016 19:17
  
  Efforts to repair a busy Pittsburgh bridge damaged by a construction fire Sept. 2 have been delayed by false concerns it might collapse - and efforts to rehearse a key repair step.
  
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• State AG charges more than 75 people following six-month drug probe in Beaver County

  21-09-2016 18:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  The state Attorney General’s office today announced that it has filed felony drug charges against more than 75 people following a six-month series of undercover investigations in Beaver County.
  
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• Washington Co. EMT Accused Of Multiple Sex Offenses Against Children

  21-09-2016 18:09
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police have arrested and charged an EMT who is accused of sexually assaulting children.
  Allegheny County Police arrested 24-year-old Andrew Demeri while he was on the job. Officials say he is an employee of an ambulance service in Washington County.
  However, investigators say, “it is not believed that any of the incidents occurred during the course of his employment.”
  Demeri is accused of “multiple sex offenses against children.”
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• Wolf recommends acting DEP secretary to fill role permanently

  21-09-2016 18:03 via post-gazette.com
  The governor didn't need to look far in nominating someone to serve as secretary of the state's Department of Environmental Protection.
  
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• Tackling the heroin epidemic: Large-scale drug sweep throughout Western Pa. today

  21-09-2016 17:58
  
  Several arrests are being made Wednesday as federal authorities use information from a new fusion center to break up a heroin trafficking operation that they say is responsible for fatal drug overdoses in the Pittsburgh area.
  
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• EMT arrested at hospital, charged with rape

  21-09-2016 17:46
  
  An EMT is facing several felony charges after he was arrested Tuesday night while working at a Pittsburgh hospital.
  
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• Washington County EMT charged with sex crimes against children

  21-09-2016 17:39 via post-gazette.com
  
  Allegheny County police said today they have arrested and charged a Washington County ambulance driver with multiple sex crimes against children.
  
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• Pa. officials say they will help fight hunger

  21-09-2016 17:29 via post-gazette.com
  State officials and several cabinet secretaries will roll out a plan today to fight hunger in Pennsylvania.
  
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• Progress Made Overnight On Liberty Bridge

  21-09-2016 17:21
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – There was some real progress on the Liberty Bridge on Tuesday night.
  Crews put a new beam in place and things seem to be going smoothly, but the next step in the process is a complicated one.
  In the pre-dawn darkness, they completed the repair beam and lifted it into place. The iron workers making the sparks fly as they tweaked and adjusted the parts, both on the barge and on the bridge itself.
  As the moon disappeared into morning light, work was well underway on the be
  
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• Crews Hoping To Move Repair Beam Into Place On Liberty Bridge

  21-09-2016 17:21
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – Efforts to repair the Liberty Bridge, damaged by a construction fire Sept. 2, have been delayed by false concerns it might collapse, and efforts to rehearse a key repair step.
  State transportation officials hoped crews could move a replacement beam into place Tuesday, but the bridge was evacuated when an engineer thought the bridge had shifted. It turns out the movement was caused by the normal heating as temperatures increased.
  “We had a false alert from a rea
  
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• Liberty Bridge repair delayed by false alarm when bridge thought to have shifted

  21-09-2016 17:20
  
  Efforts to repair a busy Pittsburgh bridge damaged by a construction fire Sept. 2 have been delayed by false concerns it might collapse - and efforts to rehearse a key repair step.
  
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• Pittsburgh bridge repair delayed by false alarm, rehearsal

  21-09-2016 17:17
  Efforts to repair a busy Pittsburgh bridge damaged by a construction fire Sept. 2 have been delayed by false concerns it might collapse - and efforts to rehearse a key repair step.
  
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• Eric Trump Defends Brother’s Comments Likening Refugees To Poisoned Skittles

  21-09-2016 17:00
  
  PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA/AP) – Donald Trump’s son, Eric, is defending his older brother’s controversial comments posted to Twitter, likening Syrian refugees to a bowl of poisoned Skittles.
  Seeking to promote his father’s presidential campaign, Donald Trump Jr. posted a tweet featuring a bowl of the candy Skittles with the message: “If I had a bowl of skittles and I told you just three would kill you, would you take a handful? That’s our Syrian refugee p
  
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• Students Injured In Butler Co. School Bus Crash

  21-09-2016 16:41
  
  SUMMIT TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Five students from Summit Elementary School suffered minor injuries in a school bus crash Wednesday morning in Butler County.
  The crash happened around 9:30 a.m. near Portman and Bonniebrook Roads, near Route 422, in Summit Township.
  According to state police, the bus had just made the right onto Bonniebrook Road and was headed south when it began drifting into the oncoming lane. It hit the driver’s side mirror of a pick-up truck coming in the opposite direct
  
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• Student Injured In Butler Co. School Bus Crash

  21-09-2016 16:41
  
  SUMMIT TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — At least one student has been injured in a school bus crash in Butler County.
  The crash happened around 10 a.m. at the intersection of Route 422 and Bonniebrook Road in Summit Township.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the bus ran into a guardrail.
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• On The Rise: Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau Stay On Tour

  21-09-2016 16:39
  
  By Dan Reardon
  While all the attention is focused on this week’s Tour Championship and the forthcoming Ryder Cup, players on the cusp of PGA Tour status are going through a series of events to try to earn their cards for next year. Big names will compete for $10 million in Atlanta, no-names just hope for a place in the room.
  Earlier this year a couple of players who started 2016 as amateurs turned professional after splashy showings in the year’s first two majors. Former U.S. Am
  
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• Penguins’ Phil Kessel Drops The Hammer After Team USA Loss

  21-09-2016 16:36
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Phil Kessel is a Stanley Cup champion.
  Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, the Pittsburgh Penguins winger dropped the hammer after Team USA lost and was eliminated Tuesday night by Team Canada.If we could insert the Kermit the frog sipping tea emoji right here we would.
  Instead, let’s let Kessel’s tweet do the talking.Just sitting around the house tonight w my dog. Felt like I should be doing something important, but couldn't put my finger on it
  
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• Waze sets out to eliminate 'tunnel blindness' in Pittsburgh

  21-09-2016 16:21
  
  Drivers who use mobile maps for navigation won't lose their connection when they enter the Fort Pitt and Liberty tunnels, thanks to new battery-powered beacons that will be turned on Wednesday.
  
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• Tackling the heroin epidemic: Large-scale drug sweep happening throughout Western Pa. today

  21-09-2016 16:10
  
  Several arrests are being made Wednesday as federal authorities use information from a new fusion center to break up a heroin trafficking operation that they say is responsible for fatal drug overdoses in the Pittsburgh area.
  
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• Police Officer Hit Head-On While Responding To Another Crash In White Oak

  21-09-2016 16:04
  
  WHITE OAK (KDKA) — A police officer was injured this morning in White Oak when he was involved in a head-on crash while on his way to another traffic accident involving a motorcycle.
  Both accidents happened just before 7:30 a.m. at Jacks Run Road.
  According to police, the officer was headed towards the first accident with his lights and siren on when his cruiser was hit by another car.
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• Woman Shot In The Mouth During West End Home Invasion

  21-09-2016 15:38
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A woman was shot this morning while apparently trying to hide from at least one gunman who broke into her home in the city’s West End.
  The home invasion happened a little before 7 a.m. in the 1100-block of Lakewood Street.
  According to city Public Safety officials, one or two suspects broke down the door to the residence and came inside firing off multiple gunshots.
  The man and woman who were home at the time ran into a closet to hide.
  Officials say the gunman sho
  
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• Woman Shot In The Mouth During Elliott Home Invasion

  21-09-2016 15:38
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A woman was shot Wednesday morning while trying to hide from at least one gunman who broke into a duplex in the city’s Elliott neighborhood.
  The home invasion happened a little before 7 a.m. in the 1100-block of Lakewood Street.
  According to Pittsburgh Public Safety officials, the suspect kicked in the door to the residence and came inside firing off multiple gunshots. A second suspect may have also been involved.
  The woman and a 22-year-old man, who were home at
  
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