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• Consumer Reports: 4 Steps To Protect Privacy Online

  10-10-2016 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Whenever you go online, your every move is being tracked. And you have no idea what happens to all that information.
  More than 60 percent of Americans consider unauthorized digital tracking very intrusive, according to a survey from Consumer Reports.
  Consumer Reports’ latest issue has lots of tips for protecting your privacy. Here are 4 easy steps you can take to limit digital tracking:
  Ÿ Install an ad blocker, such Privacy Badger. It blocks ads that come wit
  
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• Body Works: New Exhibit Opens At Carnegie Science Center

  10-10-2016 23:35
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A new exhibit is opening at the Carnegie Science Center.
  “It’s called Body Works, and it focuses on all the basic systems of the human body. Muscles, skeletons, blood, guts, all that kind of stuff,” explains Dennis Bateman, CSC Director of Exhibits.
  More than a year of work went into the project in conjunction with the Allegheny Health Network and other medical advisers.
  “It’s something that we know works in elementary schools, middle schoo
  
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• 2 Dogs Poisoned With Anti-Freeze Laced Treats In Latrobe

  10-10-2016 23:20
  
  LATROBE (KDKA) — Officials are investigating after two dogs were poisoned with treats laced with anti-freeze in Westmoreland County.
  Lyra, the chocolate lab, and Jingles, a lab mix, both 3, are recovering at the Avets Hospital in Monroeville from anti-freeze poisoning.
  The owner says she was away from her home in Latrobe when someone left the dogs treats laced with anti-freeze in her backyard. She found her dogs eating the treats.
  “She found a bucket with some sponges that were wrapp
  
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• Renowned breast-cancer expert leaving the Pitt's Cancer Institute

  10-10-2016 23:05 via post-gazette.com
  
  A renowned director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute is leaving her position to become executive director of the Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium in Seattle.
  
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• Renowned breast-cancer expert leaving Pitt's Cancer Institute

  10-10-2016 23:05 via post-gazette.com
  
  The director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute is heading to Seattle to become the executive director of the Fred Hutch/​University of Washington Cancer Consortium.
  
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• Obama To Visit Pittsburgh On Thursday For Conference

  10-10-2016 22:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Obama travels to Pittsburgh on Thursday to host a conference on the future of innovation in this country and around the world.
  The White House Frontiers Conference is being co-hosted by University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University.
  It will focus on building U.S. capacity in science, technology and innovation “and the new technologies, challenges and goals that will continue to shape the 21st century and beyond.
  The president is to deliver a spee
  
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• Dad squashes son's giant pumpkin record with 2,261-pounder

  10-10-2016 22:44
  
  What's the secret to growing a 2,000-pound pumpkin? It comes down to "a lot of hard work" and something called the Wallace organic wonder fertilizer.
  
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• Keidel: Vikings More Than Salvaging A Season

  10-10-2016 22:31
  
  By Jason Keidel
  We spent the first four weeks of the NFL season stumbling over each other to praise the Patriots for their loyalty. They won three games without Tom Brady, and welcomed back the most decorated quarterback in the NFL with a 3-1 record.
  We can debate the merits of Jimmy Garoppolo and Jacoby Brissett all week, but at least they are homegrown, and well-versed in Belichick’s corporate coda. All speak the sterile, native tongue of “Onto Cincinnati.” They merely h
  
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• Day after debate, Trump rally brings big buzz to Beaver County

  10-10-2016 22:20
  
  It looked like a football tailgate at Ambridge Area High School on Monday, but it was a campaign event for the Republican presidential nominee.
  
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• StoryCorps to visit Pittsburgh beginning Thursday

  10-10-2016 22:03
  There are still slots available to sign up for StoryCorps, the nonprofit organization that records stories of everyday Americans, that is bringing its MobileBooth to the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh from Thursday to Nov. 11. During the time the Airstream trailer is parked in front of the History Center in the Strip District, organizers hope to collect 135 interviews with residents of Western Pennsylvania. While appointments for the first two weeks of the residency are filled, additional ap
  
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• RESOURCES: Register to vote in Pennsylvania

  10-10-2016 20:40
  
  The Pennsylvania Department of State reminds everyone that to vote in the next election, you must complete your application by Oct. 11.
  
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• Hometown High-Q Results: 2015-16 Season

  10-10-2016 20:17
  
  Here’s a look at the week-by-week results of Hometown High-Q’s 2015-16 season!
  NOTE: Winners in Bold.
  Sept. 19, 2015
  West Shamokin 410University 390Moniteau  270
  Sept. 26, 2015
  Propel Braddock Hills 270Brashear 330
  Indiana Area  595
  Oct. 3, 2015
  Keystone Oaks 400Thomas Jefferson 450
  Homer Center 505
  Oct. 10, 2015
  Hempfield 320Penn  Trafford 350
  Hampton 545
  Oct. 17, 2015
  Riverview 340
  Trinity Christian 530Chartiers-Houston 240
  Oct. 24, 2015
  Montour 370Peters Township 43
  
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• Report: Supreme Court Justice Calls Kaepernick Protest ‘Really Dumb’

  10-10-2016 20:14
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is weighing in on San Francisco 49ers quaterback Colin Kaepernick’s national anthem protest.
  Speaking with Yahoo, Bader said she believes Kaepernick’s kneeling is “really dumb.”
  “Would I arrest them for doing it? No. I think it’s dumb and disrespectful. I would have the same answer if you asked me about flag burning. I think it’s a terrible thing to do, but I wouldn’t loc
  
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• Post-debate Trump rally creates big buzz in Beaver County

  10-10-2016 19:43
  
  It's looking like a football tailgate at Ambridge Area High School. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will hold a rally today, less than 24 hours after his debate with Hillary Clinton.
  
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• Dunlap: Look At Coates’ Performance Another Way

  10-10-2016 19:30
  
  PITTSBURG (93-7 The Fan) – Don’t worry.
  Don’t concentrate on the drops or pay much attention to the handful of times that Steelers receiver Sammie Coates couldn’t keep his hands on the ball in Sunday’s 31-13 victory against the New York Jets.
  Know why? What he did outweighed — far outweighed — what he didn’t do.And, moving forward, what he can do far outweighs any risk in throwing him the football.
  You see, even as Coates had a career day against t
  
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• Pens: Crosby Diagnosed With Concussion, Status Unclear

  10-10-2016 19:22
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Pittsburgh Penguins will open their season on Thursday, but they might have to do it without their captain.
  According to the Penguins’ official website, Sidney Crosby has been diagnosed with a concussion.
  Head coach Mike Sullivan said Crosby suffered the concussion during a practice on Friday.
  Coach Sullivan on Crosby's concussion: "It happened in practice on Friday." There is no timeline for his return yet.
  — Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) October 10,
  
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• Trump appearance in Ambridge draws supporters, protesters

  10-10-2016 19:08 via post-gazette.com
  
  Donald Trump wasn't due to speak at Ambridge High School's Wright Automotive Group Field House for another five hours, but more than 125 people were already lined up outside at 10:30 this morning.
  
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• In Ambridge appearance, Trump continues attacks on Clinton

  10-10-2016 19:08 via post-gazette.com
  
  Speaking today to a crowd of roughly 2,500 in a high school gym, with thousands more watching on a giant screen outside, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump followed up the previous night’s bruising debate with an equally pugnacious speech.
  
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• Debate Questioner Kenneth Bone Becomes Internet Star

  10-10-2016 18:56
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP/KDKA) – One clear winner from the second presidential debate is a questioner whose mild-mannered appearance has made him an unlikely online star.
  Kenneth Bone asked on Sunday night GOP nominee Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton about energy policy and became an internet sensation almost instantly.
  A Facebook fan page celebrates the mustachioed Bone’s outfit of a red sweater and khakis.A parody Twitter account describes him as “the man of the peo
  
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• Watch: Female Kicker Lays Massive Hit During Pa. High School Game

  10-10-2016 18:52
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A female kicker landed an impressive hit against another player during a high school football game in Pennsylvania.
  According to CBS Sports, North Penn High School kicker and punter Kelly Macnamara, the first female to play for her team, stunned fans with a jaw-dropping hit over the weekend.
  She posted the play on Twitter. It shows her tracking the ball carrier and leveling a hit that sends him flying out of bounds.7-0⚔️pic.twitter.com/E0GQonDe2Y
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• Daya nominated for American Music Award

  10-10-2016 18:46 via post-gazette.com
  Pittsburgh singer Daya has earned an American Music Awards nomination for collaboration of the year for her vocal on The Chainsmokers’ song “Don’t Let Me Down.”
  
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• Peak Foliage Season Arrives In Western Pennsylvania

  10-10-2016 18:38
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Tree gazers rejoice, it’s that time of the year again when nature is putting the finishing touches on a portrait of color that rivals the best of artwork ever made.
  From Oct. 10-24 the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources (DCNR) forecasts the most vibrant fall foliage colors for western Pennsylvania.
  According to the DCNR, Pennsylvania’s fall foliage season is longer and more vibrant than anywhere else in the world due to location
  
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• Frost advisory issued for multiple counties

  10-10-2016 18:19
  
  A frost advisory is in effect from the National Weather Service Tuesday in multiple counties.
  
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• Final Preparations Being Made For Trump Rally In Ambridge

  10-10-2016 18:12
  
  AMBRIDGE (KDKA) – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is campaigning in Beaver County Monday afternoon.
  Trump will be holding a rally at the Ambridge Area Senior High School at 3:30 p.m. As part of the preparations, students were being dismissed early today.
  Initially, students were scheduled to be dismissed at 2 p.m., but a decision was made on Sunday, to have them dismissed earlier, with thousands of people – Trump supporters and protestors – expected to be in the ar
  
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• Donald Trump Holds Rally In Ambridge

  10-10-2016 18:12
  
  AMBRIDGE (KDKA) – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump campaigned in Beaver County Monday afternoon.
  Trump held a rally at the Ambridge Area Senior High School at 3:30 p.m.
  Donald Trump took the stage just before 4 p.m., and immediately took to focusing on jobs, promising to bring the steel industry back to Pennsylvania.
  “Pennsylvania workers will be hired to do the jobs. Hillary Clinton would rather give your jobs to people who pour into the country illegally,” he
  
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• Speaker Won’t Defend Trump, Focuses On Saving GOP Majority

  10-10-2016 18:06
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – The nation’s most powerful Republican told his party Monday that he now is focusing on ensuring Hillary Clinton doesn’t get a blank check as president with a Democratic-controlled Congress, suggesting that he doesn’t believe Donald Trump can win the election.
  House Speaker Paul Ryan’s office quickly said he was not conceding the election’s outcome. But pro-Trump GOP House members got that impression, pushing back and saying Trump can still wi
  
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• Photos: Bald Eagle Rescued From Car Grill Following Hurricane Matthew

  10-10-2016 18:05
  
  GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) – A bald eagle that somehow managed to get wedged in the front grill of a car was freed unharmed after a passing motorist noticed the bird.
  The Clay County Sheriff’s Office says a resident of the Fleming Island area south of Jacksonville noticed the bird peering out of a passing car Saturday as the area recovered from Hurricane Matthew. The resident urged the motorist to pull over and rescue crews were called.The sheriff’s department says rescue pe
  
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• Pittsburgh gasoline prices rise on global deal to limit oil supply

  10-10-2016 17:43 via post-gazette.com
  
  Average retail gasoline prices in the Pittsburgh region sit around $2.41 a gallon this morning, up 3 cents a gallon in the last week, according to GasBuddy’s survey of more than 700 stations in southwestern Pennsylvania.
  
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• Germany: 5 On Trial Over Woman’s Exorcism Death

  10-10-2016 17:39
  
  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) – Five South Koreans went on trial at a German court Monday, charged with murder over the death of a relative during an exorcism ritual at a Frankfurt hotel last year.
  The defendants in the trial at the Frankfurt state court range in age between 16 and 45. They include the 16-year-old son of the 41-year-old woman who died.
  Prosecutors have said the five family members wanted to expel a “demon” they believed had possessed their relative, who died of asphy
  
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• Report: Man Terrorizes Woman, Burns House Down

  10-10-2016 17:22
  
  WASHINGTON TWP. (KDKA) — A Washington Township man is facing charges after he allegedly terrorized a woman, legally his wife, and burned her house down.
  According to the Tribune-Review, 53-year-old Daniel Rumon had been ordered to stay away from his wife earlier this year.
  Just before noon Saturday, officers were called to Gill Road on report of a man barricaded inside a home, threatening to burn the structure down. Firefighters blocked the road off for hours, but did not approach bec
  
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• Police: Man Violates Protection Order, Terrorizes Estranged Wife

  10-10-2016 17:22
  
  WASHINGTON TWP. (KDKA) — A Washington Township man is facing charges after he allegedly terrorized his wife and burned her house down.
  53-year-old Daniel Rumon had been ordered to stay away from his wife earlier this year after serving time in jail for threatening to kill her.
  Just before noon Saturday, officers were called to Gill Road on report of a man barricaded inside a home, threatening to burn the structure down. Firefighters blocked the road off for hours, but did not approach
  
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• AP Fact Check: Trump, Clinton & Their Debate Claims

  10-10-2016 17:17
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump mischaracterized the record on Hillary Clinton’s defense of her husband and her own treatment of women when he brought up Bill Clinton’s sexual history and other episodes of the past. Clinton didn’t give a square account of the fallout from her email practices.
  A look at some of the claims in the second presidential debate:
  TRUMP, asked whether the predatory behavior with women that he described in a 2005 video amounted to sexual assault: &l
  
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• McGinty, Toomey joust over Trump and Clinton in Senate race

  10-10-2016 17:07
  
  Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey isn't saying whether he'll eventually vote for or endorse GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump following the New York billionaire's apology for comments he made in 2005 about predatory behavior toward women.
  
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• Insults Fly Back & Forth In Heated 2nd Presidential Debate

  10-10-2016 17:04
  
  ST. LOUIS (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA/AP) – It was an unleashing of a barrage of attacks. In last night’s presidential debate in St. Louis, Donald Trump repeatedly called Hillary Clinton a “liar” and the “devil” and said Clinton has a “tremendous hate in her heart.”
  Clinton said that Donald Trump’s vulgar comments about women reveal “exactly who he is” and show he’s unsuitable to be president.
  Trump fired back, accusing his Democra
  
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• Police: Mom’s Boyfriend Squeezed Infant’s Head, Causing Severe Bruising

  10-10-2016 16:53
  
  MOUNT PLEASANT TWP. (KDKA) — A 31-year-old Vanderbilt man is accused of abusing his girlfriend’s 12-month-old.
  Officers were called to Frick Hospital Emergency Room for a suspected incident of child abuse that allegedly took place on State Route 982 in Vanderbilt.
  Investigators say the infant was in the care of Joshua Ray Huffine while the baby’s mother was at work.
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• Reading Goes With Fake Tree To Avoid ‘Charlie Brown’ Fiasco

  10-10-2016 16:40
  
  READING, Pa. (AP) – An eastern Pennsylvania mayor has reluctantly signed off on a plan to erect a 35-foot tall artificial tree in order to avoid a “Charlie Brown” Christmas tree controversy like one that erupted two years ago.
  The Reading Eagle reports Mayor Wally Scott is a fan of natural trees, but wanted to avoid the stir caused when Reading city workers erected a scraggly real tree two years ago. The tree was first ridiculed then embraced by residents, which reminded fans a
  
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• Kraft Heinz Recalling Lunchables Over Misbranding, Allergy Concerns

  10-10-2016 16:06
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Kraft Heinz is recalling some of its Lunchables meals.
  The recall affects Lunchables Ham and American Cracker Stackers.
  Federal health officials say they could be misbranded, and contain undeclared allergens, including wheat and soy.
  The affected Lunchables were produced on Sept. 21, with a use by date of Dec. 25.
  So far, no one has gotten sick, but people who have the affected products are asked to throw them away or return them for a refund.
  For more details on the Lu
  
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• After debate, Trump returning to Western Pa. today

  10-10-2016 16:06
  
  It's looking like a football tailgate at Ambridge Area High School in Beaver County. The Republican nominee will hold a rally today, less than 24 hours after the presidential debate.
  
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• Pennsylvania's Turkey Hill recalls some mislabeled ice cream

  10-10-2016 16:01
  
  Pennsylvania's Turkey Hill Dairy is recalling some mislabeled packages of ice cream.
  
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• Contractor Lacked Safety Permit Before Pennsylvania Bridge Fire

  10-10-2016 15:22
  A contractor didn't obtain a key safety permit before welding caused plastic pipe and a construction tarp to burn on the Liberty Bridge last month, resulting in a 24-day shutdown of a primary artery into downtown Pittsburgh, the city's fire chief said. Officials with Joseph B. Fay Co.
  
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• Voters Call Debate ‘Cringe Worthy,’ Some Won’t Cast Ballot

  10-10-2016 14:58
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) – Days after explosive revelations about Donald Trump’s predatory comments about women and Hillary Clinton’s closed-door speeches to banking executives, some people who watched the U.S. presidential debate Sunday night were so disgusted they said they wouldn’t vote or were weighing a third-party candidate or write-in option.
  “I feel that it is wrong that these are the two choices I have,” said Patrick Trombetta, a Bernie Sanders supporter trying
  
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• Parkway East closures, detours continue this week

  10-10-2016 14:54
  
  PennDOT is announcing six nightly closures of the inbound lanes of Interstate 376 in Pittsburgh. Here are the posted detours and work schedules.
  
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• Five Things: Blue Jays Sweep, Cubs and Indians Attempt Same

  10-10-2016 14:51
  
  By Andrew Kahn
  It’s a happy Thanksgiving day in Canada, as the Toronto Blue Jays are headed to the American League Championship Series for a second straight year. They await the winner of the Cleveland-Boston series; the Indians are going for the sweep in Boston tonight. In the National League, the Dodgers and Nationals are tied 1-1 heading into this afternoon’s game; the Cubs will try to sweep the Giants in San Francisco tonight. It’s been a wet and wild postseason so far.1) B
  
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• PTL Links: Oct. 10, 2016

  10-10-2016 14:21
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
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• Family, Friends Gather To Celebrate Life Of Bill Nunn

  10-10-2016 13:24
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Family members, friends and some of Hollywood’s biggest stars came to Pittsburgh to remember actor Bill Nunn on Sunday.
  The Pittsburgh native passed away last month after a long battle with cancer at the age of 63.
  Those closest to him say his memory will live on forever.
  A life so beautifully lived deserves to be beautifully remembered. That was the theme of the celebration the life of Bill Nunn III.
  Family, friends and celebrities attended to the August Wilson C
  
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• Report: Allegheny Co. Students Scoring Higher On Standardized Tests

  10-10-2016 12:44
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A new report has been released, which details how some local students have been performing on standardized tests.
  As it turns out, students at some local schools are doing better than in the past.
  An analysis by the Allegheny Intermediate Unit found that students in the 42-member suburban school system scored higher than their peers in Pennsylvania, on average.
  According to our news partners at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, administrators said the improvements are partly
  
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• Ruth Ann Dailey: Clinton, Trump and the corrupting lust for power

  10-10-2016 12:34 via post-gazette.com
  
  Not long after we had left college for the working world, a girlfriend told me she thought a job, an award, a gorgeous dress on a sale rack — anything, really — should go to the person who wants it most.
  
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• Fayette County man killed in 1-car crash

  10-10-2016 12:33 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Fayette County man was killed early Monday morning in a one-car crash on Route 40 in Wharton.
  
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• Man shows up at hospital after being shot in Homewood South

  10-10-2016 11:40
  
  A man showed up at the hospital after being shot in Homewood South shortly after midnight Monday.
  
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• The men behind the streets: the history of campus street names

  10-10-2016 11:24
  The historical reporting in this story is from information found in the University's Special Collections at Hillman Library, unless otherwise noted. Every day, Pitt students wake up in bedrooms on Neville Street or dine at restaurants on Craig Street or head to class by way of Bates or Bouquet streets.
  
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