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• Autopsy: Tulsa Police Victim Had PCP In System When He Died

  11-10-2016 23:49
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) – An unarmed Oklahoma man shot dead by a police officer after his car broke down on a city street last month had the hallucinogenic drug PCP in his system when he died, a medical examiner said Tuesday.
  Terence Crutcher, 40, had “acute phencyclidine intoxication” when he died Sept. 16. Officer Betty Jo Shelby was charged with first-degree manslaughter after his death, with a prosecutor saying she reacted unreasonably when Crutcher disobeyed her commands.
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• Study: Chemical-Resistant Lice Found In 44 States

  11-10-2016 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Lice is something every parent worries about when sending their kids off to school.
  The CDC estimates as many as 12 million children a year get lice. But, it’s not just a problem for young kids anymore and it’s also getting harder to treat.
  Before Kerri Verrette sends her 6-year-old daughter, Jordyn, off to school, she makes sure her long, flowing hair is neatly pulled back.
  “I always keep it up. It’s either in braids on a pony tail,” she s
  
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• Woman Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 14-Year-Old Girl

  11-10-2016 23:08
  
  SMITH TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Police in Washington County are investigating a woman for the alleged sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl.
  According to the criminal complaint, 31-year-old Kimberly Seals lived in same apartment building in Burgettstown as the girl and her mother.
  Investigators say police were first called to the apartment by the girl’s mother last month. She reported that her daughter had told her she wanted to harm herself.
  The girl’s mother told police she suspected
  
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• Emergency Crews Respond To School Bus Crash In Brookline

  11-10-2016 22:48
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Emergency crews were called to the scene of a school bus accident in the city’s Brookline section this afternoon.
  It happened at the intersection of West Liberty Boulevard and Saw Mill Run around 4:15 p.m.
  There are reports that some students may have been injured.
  Stay with KDKA for the latest on this developing story.
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• Parenting Expert: Presidential Campaign Can Be Teaching Tool For Kids

  11-10-2016 22:30
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The presidential campaign has been a little different from previous years.
  From the commercials, to the debates, to news reports, everything from bullying, interrupting, crude comments, and lying has all come up.
  So, what do you tell your kids? Should you even allow them to follow the race?
  Parenting expert Dr. Deborah Gilboa believes we should get our kids interested in politics, but in a certain way.
  “Absolutely talk about what’s going on, but not every ch
  
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• Many in Mt. Lebanon without water after break to 16-inch line

  11-10-2016 22:23 via post-gazette.com
  
  Mt. Lebanon canceled classes at its high school today after a water main break disrupted service throughout the municipality.
  
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• The Trump Tightrope: Pennsylvania Republicans tip-toe around support of Donald Trump

  11-10-2016 22:06 via post-gazette.com
  
  Since Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president in late 2015, Republicans in Congress have had to walk a fine line between supporting their party’s nominee and disavowing him completely.
  
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• Irwin police want to talk with man knocking on doors at 1 a.m.

  11-10-2016 21:34
  
  Police in Irwin are investigating after homeowners say a man is knocking on their doors at 1 a.m. and won't tell them what he wants.
  
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• Have you ever seen Disney this empty before?

  11-10-2016 21:07
  
  Walt Disney World announced the decision last Thursday to close its Orlando theme parks just as Hurricane Matthew's outer rain bands started to close in on Central Florida.
  
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• Death is walking the streets of Pittsburgh, and he's looking for you

  11-10-2016 20:42
  
  The Grim Reaper has come to downtown Pittsburgh -- but instead of looking for new victims, he's actually trying to save you.
  
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• With Increase In Clown Sightings, Ronald McDonald Keeping A Low Profile

  11-10-2016 20:39
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – McDonald’s says Ronald McDonald is keeping a low profile with reports of creepy clown sightings on the rise.
  McDonald’s Corp. said Tuesday that it is being “thoughtful in respect to Ronald McDonald’s participation in community events” as a result of the “current climate around clown sightings in communities.”
  The company did not provide any other details about how often its red-haired mascot makes appearances, and how that will chan
  
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• Sen. Toomey Seeks Distance From Trump In Re-Election Bid

  11-10-2016 20:34
  
  VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) – The U.S. Senate’s most moderate female Republican on Tuesday portrayed Sen. Pat Toomey as an independent willing to push for limited gun control in a direct appeal to a voting bloc crucial in the close Pennsylvania race – suburban Philadelphia women.
  “The effort that impresses me most and really tells you all you need to know about Pat is his relentless work to stem the tidal wave of gun violence and to do so in a way that respects our Second Amendme
  
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• Comcast Fined $2.3 Million To End Probe Into Mischarging Customers

  11-10-2016 20:26
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – Government regulators are fining Comcast $2.3 million, saying the cable giant has charged customers for stuff they never ordered, like premium channels or extra cable boxes.
  The Federal Communications Commission said the Philadelphia company must clearly ask customers before charging them for new services or equipment and make it easier for customers to fight charges they think are wrong.
  “It is basic that a cable bill should include charges only for services and equi
  
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• Obama Pushes U.S. Goal To Send Humans To Mars By 2030s

  11-10-2016 20:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama sought Tuesday to reinvigorate his call for the U.S. to send humans to Mars by the 2030s, showcasing budding partnerships between the U.S. government and commercial companies to develop spacecraft capable of carrying out the extraterrestrial mission.
  Obama was calling attention to government contracts awarded to six companies to build prototypes for “habitats” that could sustain human life in deep space. He also said that within two year
  
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• Death is walking the streets of Downtown Pittsburgh, and he's looking for you

  11-10-2016 20:00
  
  Death is walking the streets of downtown Pittsburgh -- but instead of looking for new victims, he's trying to save you.
  
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• Western Michigan’s PJ Fleck Quickly Rising As Top Coaching Candidate

  11-10-2016 19:42
  
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  The college football season nears its relative midway point as we now enter Week 7 and the coaching carousel has already begun to take shape in terms of which jobs will likely be open come December. LSU fired Les Miles a couple of weeks ago and have been positioning themselves for the man who is expected to be the prize of this year’s coaching sweepstakes: Houston’s Tom Herman. With rumblings surrounding the job security, or better yet, lack thereof, of Texas coach Charlie
  
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• Video leads to arrest in Beaver Falls killing

  11-10-2016 19:31
  
  A man who had been shot several times is found dead when police respond to a call in Beaver Falls.
  
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• Pitt cancer institute director leaving for Seattle

  11-10-2016 19:30
  
  As Nancy Davidson describes it, she's trading in three rivers for Puget Sound.
  
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• Beaver Falls man acquitted last year of murder charged in new homicide

  11-10-2016 19:23 via post-gazette.com
  
  A man who was acquitted in a murder case last year was arraigned this morning on one count of criminal homicide in the shooting death Friday of another man at a Beaver Falls housing complex.
  
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• Partnership program scaring pedestrians into being safe

  11-10-2016 19:10 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership is using technology and a little gallows humor to get pedestrians to pay attention while crossing Downtown streets.
  
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• Grim Reaper will remind distracted Pittsburgh pedestrians to look up

  11-10-2016 19:10 via post-gazette.com
  
  In an effort to get pedestrians to pay more attention to traffic, the Grim Reaper will begin approaching walkers as they cross the street looking at their cell phones.
  
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• Obama sets goal for US to send humans to Mars, will discuss it in Pittsburgh

  11-10-2016 18:59
  
  In an op-ed Tuesday, President Obama sets a "clear goal" to send people to Mars by the 2030s and have them return to Earth safely. He'll meet with scientists, engineers and academics this week in Pittsburgh.
  
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• Toddler falls from second-story balcony, sitter arrested

  11-10-2016 18:57
  A 3-year-old boy is at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh after falling from a second-floor balcony at a home in the city's Homewood West neighborhood. FOCUS IS ON THE EXTRA EYES ON THE SCENE.
  
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• Comcast fined $2.3 million after investigation of mischarging customers

  11-10-2016 18:55
  
  Government regulators say Comcast has charged customers for stuff they never ordered -- like premium channels or extra boxes -- and must clearly ask you before charging for new services or equipment, and make it easier to fight the charges.
  
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• Crosby Skates, Taking Concussion Recovery Day-By-Day

  11-10-2016 18:53
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Sidney Crosby took the ice today, but a timeline for return is still unclear.
  On Monday, the Penguins announced that Crosby had suffered a concussion during a practice on Friday.
  Crosby skated today and said he went “pretty hard.”
  “I feel pretty good. I was happy to be able to skate today and woke up Saturday morning and didn’t feel great. Just got tangled up in practice on Friday and didn’t really think anything of it. Saturday, didn&rsquo
  
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• Obama to visit Pittsburgh on Thursday for tech conference

  11-10-2016 18:34
  
  President Obama will travel to Pittsburgh for a conference on the future of innovation in the U.S. and around the world. The White House Frontiers Conference will be co-hosted by Pitt and Carnegie Mellon.
  
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• Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese airing plans to merge parishes

  11-10-2016 18:29
  
  The diocese has begun meeting with parishioners about its plans to merge churches because of dwindling numbers of members and priests.
  
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• Worker Hospitalized After Being Hit By Construction Vehicle On I-70

  11-10-2016 18:25
  
  WASHINGTON (KDKA) – A construction worker was taken to the hospital after being hit by a construction vehicle in Washington County Tuesday morning.
  According to officials at the scene, the accident happened along Interstate 70 just after 7 a.m.
  The construction zone near the Murtland Avenue exit is blocked off to other highway traffic.
  The victim was taken to a Pittsburgh hospital, but there is no word on his condition at this time. He may have suffered head and leg injuries.
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• Donald Trump Tells Story About Ben Roethlisberger Killing A Tree With A Golf Ball

  11-10-2016 17:56
  
  Ryan Mayer
  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was back on the campaign trail on Monday following his second debate against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton on Sunday night. One of his first stops was the town of Ambridge, PA, about 16 miles northwest of Pittsburgh in the heart of Steelers country. In trying to connect with the local audience, Mr. Trump, as he has done throughout his campaign, told a story involving one of the local athletes. This time, it was Steelers quarterback B
  
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• Obituary: Lorenzo Freeman / Former Steeler was football coach at Plum

  11-10-2016 17:49 via post-gazette.com
  
  Lorenzo Freeman, a defensive line coach with the Plum High School football team and a former player for the University of Pittsburgh and for the Steelers, was found dead Monday in his New Kensington home. He was 52.
  
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• Babysitter charged after boy falls from Homewood balcony

  11-10-2016 17:43 via post-gazette.com
  A woman was being held in the Allegheny County Jail today on a charge that she endangered a child who fell from a balcony in Homewood while she was watching him.
  
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• I-70 construction worker hit, dragged by tractor-trailer

  11-10-2016 17:32
  
  A man is in the hospital after a large truck hits him in a construction zone during the Tuesday morning rush hour on Interstate 70 in Washington County.
  
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• Roethlisberger: ‘I’ll Take A Championship Over An MVP Every Time’

  11-10-2016 17:12
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan)- Coming off another big performance, Steelers Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger joined The Cook and Poni Show for the weekly #1 Cochran Ben Roethlisberger Show in which he talked about the offense continuing its hot streak.
  Roethlisberger threw for 380 yards and four touchdown including a 72-yard touchdown pass to Sammie Coates on their first offensive series and a large part for his success had to do with the protect he has received from the offensive line.
  “We went
  
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• Boy, 3, Falls 15 Feet From Homewood Balcony, Babysitter Charged

  11-10-2016 17:06
  
  HOMEWOOD (KDKA) – A woman is facing charges after a child fell off a second floor balcony in Homewood on Monday.
  According to the criminal complaint, the incident happened at a home in the 6900 block of Monticello Street around 3 p.m.
  When emergency officials arrived at the scene, they learned the 3-year-old child had fallen about 15 feet. The child was taken to Children’s Hospital in stable condition.
  Raevin Hodges, 18, was babysitting at the time of the incident.
  Witnesses said Hod
  
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• Family-friendly Halloween events around Pittsburgh

  11-10-2016 16:50
  Trick-or-treaters will take to the Pittsburgh streets from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31, but families can get in the ghastly spirit before filling up on candy this Halloween. Children can collect candy at the zoo and see animals get some treats, too.
  
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• Injuries reported in I-70 construction zone crash

  11-10-2016 16:41
  
  State police in Washington County confirmed a crash in a construction zone Tuesday morning.
  
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• 'Fraggle Rock' set to return, digitally remastered, to HBO

  11-10-2016 16:39
  
  A beloved classic from the 1980s is making its return to HBO.
  
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• Beware Extremes: Exercise, Anger May Trigger Heart Attack

  11-10-2016 16:15
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – If you’re angry or upset, you might want to simmer down before heading out for an intense run or gym workout. A large, international study ties heavy exertion while stressed or mad to a tripled risk of having a heart attack within an hour.
  Regular exercise is a healthy antidote to stress and can help prevent heart disease – the biggest problem is that too many people get too little of it. But the new research suggests there may be better or worse times to exer
  
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• Dad jailed on charges he supplied teen daughter's heroin

  11-10-2016 15:50
  
  A Pennsylvania man is arrested on charges that he gave his 16-year-old daughter the drugs on which she overdosed, police say.
  
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• Cops: Vegan diet-'obsessed' mom malnourished her baby

  11-10-2016 14:41
  
  Police say a woman restricted her baby to a vegan diet of only fruits and nuts, and the infant developed a rash "so bad that the child was scratching his skin off" as she refused to treat it with a cream. Doctors determined the baby is developmentally disabled and can't crawl because he's malnourished, police say.
  
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• the Who's Tommy to Rock Point Park's Conservatory Theatre Company Season

  11-10-2016 14:34
  
  Point Park University's Conservatory Theatre Company will open the 2016-2017 season with the Tony Award winning musical, The Who's Tommy. Based on one of the most iconic rock albums of all time, it is the inspiring story of a deaf, dumb, blind, pinball-playing kid who overcomes long odds to triumph.
  
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• Register to vote: Today is the deadline in Pennsylvania

  11-10-2016 14:24
  
  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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• PTL Links: Oct. 11, 2016

  11-10-2016 14:14
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
  Maker Faire Pittsburgh
  Market District Cooking Corner
  Market District’s Spaghetti Squash Recipes
  Ask Dr. G.
  Goodwill Rise Project
  Goodwill Costume Concierge
  New Horizon Theater “Kings Of Harlem”
  
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• Market District’s Spaghetti Squash Recipes

  11-10-2016 14:09
  
  Fall is here and it’s a perfect time to cook up some spaghetti squash! Market District Chef Ben D’Amico stopped by PTL to show off some delicious spaghetti squash recipes!
  Spaghetti Squash “Florentine Style”Compliments of Market District Chef Benjamin D’Amico
  Serves: 2-4 Prep Time: 15 min Cook Time: 15 minutes
  Ingredients:
  1 large Spaghetti Squash
  4 oz Baby Spinach
  ½ cup Grape Tomatoes, halved
  2 oz Butter
  1 tbsp Olive Oil
  1 tsp Lemon Juice
  2 tbsp White Wine
  1
  
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• Toddler in hospital, sitter arrested after balcony fall

  11-10-2016 13:58
  
  A 3-year-old boy is at a Pittsburgh hospital after falling from a second-floor balcony while an 18-year-old woman was supposed to be watching him, police say.
  
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• Mt. Lebanon High School closed today

  11-10-2016 13:42
  
  Mt. Lebanon High School is closed Tuesday because of a water main break.
  
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• Samsung Stops Making Galaxy Note 7s As Fresh Problems Emerge

  11-10-2016 13:34
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Samsung Electronics said Tuesday that it is discontinuing production of Galaxy Note 7 smartphones permanently, a day after it halted global sales of the star-crossed devices.
  The South Korean company said in a regulatory filing that it decided to stop manufacturing Note 7s for the sake of consumer safety.
  Samsung is struggling to regain consumer trust after a first round of recalls that prompted criticism both for the faulty devices and for the company’s han
  
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• 1 Man Injured In Garfield Shooting, 2 Suspects Sought

  11-10-2016 12:38
  
  GARFIELD (KDKA) – Police are looking for two suspects after a shooting left a man injured in Garfield Monday evening.
  According to police, the incident happened in the 5100 block of Dearborn Street around 7:20 p.m.
  When officers arrived at the scene, they found a 29-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to the ankle.
  The victim told police he was texting on his phone when shots were fired from an oncoming vehicle.
  After the shots were fired, the vehicle was involved in an accident at
  
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• Toddler falls from second story balcony in Homewood West

  11-10-2016 12:36
  
  A 3-year-old boy is at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh after falling from a second-floor balcony at a home in Pittsburgh’s Homewood West neighborhood.
  
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• Deadline To Register To Vote In Pennsylvania Is Tuesday

  11-10-2016 12:33
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – The registration deadline is Tuesday for Pennsylvanians who want to vote in the presidential election next month.
  The Nov. 8 ballot also includes a competitive race for U.S. Senate that pits Republican incumbent Pat Toomey against Democratic challenger Katie McGinty.
  All of Pennsylvania’s 18 seats in the U.S. House and all 203 seats in the state House are also up this year, along with half the 50-member Senate. There will be only one candidate in many of the le
  
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