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• They're watching you: Intersection cameras up, running in Monroeville

  12-10-2016 23:52
  
  "What we've created are virtual checkpoints:" Cameras on Route 22 will be able to take pictures of license plates and run them through a database.
  
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• Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf To Resign Immediately

  12-10-2016 23:49
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Wells Fargo’s embattled CEO John Stumpf is stepping down as the nation’s second-largest bank is roiled by a scandal over its sales practices.
  The San Francisco bank said Wednesday that Stumpf is retiring effective immediately and also relinquishing his title as chairman. It had earlier announced that Stumpf, the bank’s CEO since 2007, will forfeit $41 million in stock awards.
  Wells Fargo’s chief operating officer, Tim Sloan, will succeed Stumpf
  
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• Tractor-trailer driver shot in head; SWAT surrounds home in East Hills

  12-10-2016 23:45
  
  Emergency crews are responding to a situation involving a SWAT team in Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood.
  
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• Local Haitian bishop makes plea for hurricane relief

  12-10-2016 23:32
  
  Bishop Leon Pamphile presides over 102 churches -- one-third were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Matthew.
  
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• Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf to resign, effective immediately

  12-10-2016 23:27 via post-gazette.com
  
  Wells Fargo’s embattled chief executive, John G. Stumpf, is stepping down immediately, the company announced Wednesday.
  
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• Elliott man charged with robbing cab driver

  12-10-2016 23:21 via post-gazette.com
  
  An Elliott man was being held in the Allegheny County Jail today on charges that he robbed a cab driver at gunpoint early Tuesday morning. 
  
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• Obituary: Debra Pezze / ‘The judges’ judge’ in Westmoreland County

  12-10-2016 23:19 via post-gazette.com
  
  Judge Debra A. Pezze, who served for 25 years on the Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court and was described as “the judges’ judge,” died Wednesday morning at Westmoreland Hospital. She was 62. A cause of death was not immediately available.
  
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• Debra Pezze, longtime Westmoreland County judge, dies

  12-10-2016 23:19 via post-gazette.com
  
  Judge Debra A. Pezze, who served for 25 years on the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County, died this morning.
  
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• America’s Top 10 Scariest And Creepiest Haunted Houses

  12-10-2016 23:07
  
  The fastest growing industry in America is the Halloween industry. We’ve seen it grow over the last ten years from a 1-billion dollar industry to a nearly 15-billion dollar industry. Halloween has grown to levels no one has ever expected.
  However, while it may seem seasonal, for many it is a year round project. These haunted houses across the nation spend top dollars to scare hundreds-of-thousands of patrons every year with their extreme attractions. So we are breaking down the nation&rsqu
  
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• SWAT surrounds home after 1 shot in Penn Hills

  12-10-2016 22:56
  
  Emergency crews are responding to a situation involving a SWAT team in Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood.
  
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• Dad Films Himself Telling Young Son His Mom Died Of Heroin Overdose

  12-10-2016 22:46
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A Youngstown, Ohio man had to deliver devastating news to his young son, telling the boy his mother had died of a heroin overdose.But when he told the 8-year-old the terrible news, he decided to film it and post it on the internet as a wake-up call to other families.Brenden Bickerstaff-Clark’s 2-minute Facebook video has now gone viral, with more than 650-thousand shares and 27-million video views.
  In the video Brenden holds the boy’s hand as he says: &ldquo
  
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• Kidsburgh: Maker Faire To Showcase Innovation In Pittsburgh

  12-10-2016 22:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – People from all around the country are looking at Pittsburgh as a center for innovation this week. President Barack Obama will be in town on Thursday for the first-ever White House Frontiers Conference, exploring the future of innovation.
  This past Sunday, “60 Minutes” featured the innovative robotics work at Carnegie Mellon University.
  Now, coming up this weekend, 250 innovators will be showing off their creations at the Maker Faire on Pittsburgh’s No
  
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• Dallas Shoplifting Call Leads To Chase & Suspect Shot With Taser On Highway

  12-10-2016 22:31
  
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Two men are in jail after a wild high-speed chase that ended with one of them being shot with a taser gun while running across lanes of a busy North Texas highway.
  Before the police chase there was a call reporting people shoplifting at a Kohl’s store in Garland. The men had been identified as the pair suspected of stealing from other North Texas stores.
  “Kohl’s had put out an internal bulletin to be on the lookout for these guys,” explain
  
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• Monroeville Mall decides to close on Thanksgiving

  12-10-2016 22:30
  
  Add the mall to a growing list of businesses that say they won't be open on the holiday this year.
  
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• Westmoreland County Judge Debra Pezze dies

  12-10-2016 22:01
  
  Employees at the courthouse in Greensburg were saddened to learn about the death of Judge Debra Pezze, who handled many high-profile cases in Westmoreland County.
  
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• Violent Robbery Of Truck Driver Prompts SWAT Situation

  12-10-2016 21:58
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The violent attempted robbery of a truck driver in Penn Hills prompted a SWAT situation this afternoon at a nearby home in the East Hills of Pittsburgh.
  According to officials, it started as a robbery attempt in the parking lot of a shopping center in Penn Hills.
  In that parking lot, police say the trucker was sitting in his rig, resting before making the drive to Harrisburg later this evening.
  Investigators say he was approached by an armed man who tried to rob him.
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• Suspect Sought In Robbery, Shooting Of Truck Driver In East Hills

  12-10-2016 21:58
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The SWAT team has been called out this afternoon as police look for a suspect after a truck driver was robbed and shot in the East Hills.
  It all started around 2:30 p.m.
  According to the Penn Hills Police chief, a truck driver was robbed and shot in the head.
  A Penn Hills K9 was brought in and tracked the suspect to an apartment complex in the 2400-block of Bracey Drive in the East Hills. That’s when the SWAT team was called in.
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• White House to award $300M in new initiatives at Pittsburgh conference

  12-10-2016 21:52 via post-gazette.com
  
  A White House official Wednesday said the administration will award $300 million for research initiatives, as well as announce a series of new partnerships, at the Frontiers Conference that kicks off today at University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University.
  
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• White House to award $300 million in new initiatives

  12-10-2016 21:52 via post-gazette.com
  
  A White House official Wednesday said the administration will award $300 million for research initiatives, as well as announce a series of new partnerships, at the Frontiers Conference that kicks off today at University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University.
  
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• Pittsburgh robotics, tech spotlighted in pre-Frontiers Conference event

  12-10-2016 21:52 via post-gazette.com
  
  A White House official said today that the administration will announce millions of dollars of new funding for research initiatives, as well as a series of new partnerships, at the Frontiers Conference that kicks off at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University on Thursday.
  
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• Heartbreaking video: Dad tells 8-year-old 'mommy died' of heroin overdose

  12-10-2016 21:32
  
  In a Facebook video, an Ohio man tells his son that the boy's mother died of a drug overdose. The child responds with disbelief before sobbing. The father says he's a recovering addict who's sharing the painful story to help others.
  
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• One person shot in Penn Hills

  12-10-2016 21:15 via post-gazette.com
  
  At least one person was shot in Penn Hills this afternoon.
  
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• Fourth suit claims mold-related death at Pittsburgh hospital

  12-10-2016 21:13
  
  A fourth lawsuit has been filed blaming the death of an organ transplant patient on a mold outbreak at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
  
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• Dunlap: Ben Spoke, Tomlin Should Act

  12-10-2016 21:01
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) – It ain’t a problem until Ben says it is a problem.
  That’s the way we should look at the latest revelation out of Steeler Country.
  And, look, if Ben says it is a problem, count me among those who believe it is a problem.
  On Wednesday at his media availability, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger doubled-down on something he first brought up Tuesday on his weekly appearance on the “Cook & Poni Show” on 93.7 The Fan. In Ben’s e
  
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• Report: Pitt Researchers Develop Micro Robots Capable Of Travel Through Body

  12-10-2016 20:50
  
  PITTSBURGH – Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering have developed a new way to deliver medical treatment to the body.
  According to Next Pittsburgh, they’ve developed tiny micro robots – similar to drones – that can move through the bloodstream to different parts of the body.
  The tiny devices are called swimmers. They are about the same diameter as a human hair, and they travel through the body using ultrasound waves.
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• Pitt Engineer Developing Tiny Drone For Inside The Body

  12-10-2016 20:50
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — We’re all familiar with the kind of personal drones up in the sky, but how about a little tiny drone inside your body.
  “We’re going to make a tiny, tiny swimmer that actually navigates inside the human body, through the bloodstream or any body fluid inside the body,” Dr. Sung Kwon Cho explained to KDKA money editor Jon Delano on Wednesday.”
  Dr. Cho at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering has just received a nea
  
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• Charles "Chucky" Porter, top mobster and informant, has died

  12-10-2016 20:41 via post-gazette.com
  
  Charles “Chucky” Porter, the highest-ranking Pittsburgh Mafia member to ever turn informant for the FBI, has died.
  
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• Charles "Chucky" Porter, top mobster and informant, dies

  12-10-2016 20:41 via post-gazette.com
  
  Charles “Chucky” Porter, the highest-ranking Pittsburgh Mafia member to ever turn informant for the FBI, has died.
  
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• Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Suing Former Management Firm Veolia

  12-10-2016 20:27
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority is suing a Boston firm that managed the agency for more than three years, blaming it for problems ranging from inaccurate customer bills to problems with chemicals used to control corrosion and lead in water lines.
  Veolia Water North America-Northeast says it’s preparing a statement on the lawsuit announced Wednesday.
  The lawsuit contends Veolia underperformed or botched various operations when it had a contract to manage t
  
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• Parkway East closures, detours continue this weekend

  12-10-2016 20:22
  
  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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• Next phase of Birmingham Bridge work brings new restrictions

  12-10-2016 20:18
  
  PennDOT says the southbound side of the bridge and the on-ramp from Forbes Avenue will reopen Thursday, and the next phase of the project will begin.
  
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• Fort Pitt Tunnel to be closed for antenna system shelter work

  12-10-2016 20:18
  
  Both sides of the tunnel will be shut down while electrical contractor crews are at work. Here's the detour route.
  
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• CBS Sports’ Rich Gannon On Broncos-Chargers TNF Matchup, More Week 6

  12-10-2016 20:09
  
  By Danny Cox
  Going into Week 6 of the NFL season, some teams are already beginning to separate themselves from the pack — especially in the AFC — while others are falling behind. The AFC isn’t the same as it’s been the past few years, and that’s evident by how some teams are winning, or not.
  The Denver Broncos visit San Diego to play the Chargers on Thursday Night Football. In this all-important AFC West matchup, the Super Bowl champion
  
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• Thursday Night Breakdown: Broncos-Chargers In AFC West Battle

  12-10-2016 19:47
  
  By Danny Cox
  The AFC West always makes for an interesting battle, as two or three teams compete for the divisional crown and playoff spots. Those teams are usually the Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs and San Diego Chargers, with the Oakland Raiders as more of an afterthought. But things are a bit different this year with the resurgent Raiders and the struggling Chiefs and Chargers.
  And that’s what makes this week’s Broncos-Chargers matchup on Thursday Night Football so import
  
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• Police: Convicted sex offender found in Pitt dorm arrested

  12-10-2016 19:14 via post-gazette.com
  
  Police arrested a convicted sex offender Tuesday after he was found lingering inside a University of Pittsburgh dormitory.
  
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• Chelsea Clinton will be in Pittsburgh on Friday

  12-10-2016 18:58 via post-gazette.com
  
  Chelsea Clinton will be in Pittsburgh on Friday as she campaigns at two events on behalf of her mother Hillary, the Democratic presidential nominee, and running mate Tim Kaine.
  
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• 'He was ready to go to jail:' zTrip passenger robs driver at gunpoint

  12-10-2016 18:54
  
  The driver told Pittsburgh police he became afraid and thought something bad was about to happen when he responded to a pickup request and two men got into his cab.
  
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• Pittsburgh students warned about online blackmail scheme

  12-10-2016 18:47
  
  Police are warning college students in the Pittsburgh area about an online blackmail scheme.
  
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• Stanley Cup To Be On Display Downtown For Pens’ Season-Opener

  12-10-2016 18:36
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Hockey fans will get the chance to see the Stanley Cup in-person on Thursday.
  The trophy will be on display on the City-County Building Portico from noon to 5 p.m.
  In addition to the Stanley Cup, the Conn Smythe, Prince of Wales and General Manager of the Year trophies will be on display.
  Fans can start lining up at 9 a.m.
  It’s all being done to celebrate the Pens’ regular season home-opener Thursday night.
  You can also enter an online raffle to win a Sidney
  
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• Chelsea Clinton to campaign for Hillary in Pittsburgh

  12-10-2016 18:26
  
  Chelsea Clinton will be in Pittsburgh on Friday to campaign for her mother.
  
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• Aquaponics Lab Debuts In Pittsburgh As Urban Farming Project

  12-10-2016 18:23
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – A shipping container near the Gateway T station Downtown is a Tiny House – but for tilapia. A 160-square-foot demonstration project, it will be in place until Oct. 31 to promote aquaponics as a model of urban farming that uses little energy and little space to create lots of food.
  The Aquaponics Project is a partnership between aquaponics students at the University of Pittsburgh and the Door Campaign, with $22,000 in funding, $10,000 of it from the Pittsburgh Downto
  
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• Bordas & Bordas Ultimate Tailgate Sweepstakes

  12-10-2016 18:18
  
  Want to win tickets to see Pittsburgh vs New England and tailgate with former Pittsburgh great Barry Foster?
  Bordas & Bordas is giving fans a chance to win the Ultimate Tailgate Sweepstakes. If you’d like to enter, click here.
  
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• Report: Only 18 Percent Of Americans Can Drive Manual

  12-10-2016 18:10
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A new report shows fewer Americans own a car with manual transmission let alone know how to operate one. And there appear to be a number of reasons for it.
  The report from U.S. News and World Report show only 18 percent of U.S. drivers know how to operate a stick shift. It says that because of advancements in automatic transmissions and fuel economy, only about 5 percent of vehicles sold in the U.S. today come with a stick shift. That’s down from 25 percent of ca
  
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• PWSA brings suit against former management company

  12-10-2016 18:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority filed a lawsuit today against a company that used to manage the utility.
  
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• Campbells Run Road to close for repairs in Robinson Township

  12-10-2016 17:58
  
  Traffic in Robinson Township will be detoured using the Settlers Cabin interchange, Ridge Road and Boyce Road.
  
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• County to dedicate airshow to native son Arnold Palmer

  12-10-2016 17:56
  
  Westmoreland county plans to dedicate its airshow to native son Arnold Palmer, who died last month.
  
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• Penguins Contest Winner To Get Season Tickets For 20 Years

  12-10-2016 17:51
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – One lucky Pittsburgh Penguins fan could win season tickets for 20 years.
  The Penguins announced they are holding a “golden ticket” promotion where one fan will win two season tickets for 20 years.
  The Penguins will award 50 “golden tickets” at various times throughout the team’s 50th anniversary season.
  Then all 50 winners will gather the April 2 game vs. Carolina, where one fan will be chosen at random for the season tickets.
  The other win
  
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• Canonsburg Man Accused Of Feeding Anti-Freeze Laced Food To Neighborhood Pets

  12-10-2016 17:13
  
  WASHINGTON COUNTY (KDKA) —A Canonsburg man has been charged with animal cruelty after allegedly leaving food laced with antifreeze for cats and other animals in his neighborhood.The Observer-Reporter reports that James DeBaker, 71, who lives on Marple Avenue is accused of putting out the tainted food for cats between May and September.Officers say DeBaker complained to animal control officers about his neighbor’s cats coming onto his property.They reportedly investigated and found no
  
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• West Oakland man arrested in Northview Heights killing

  12-10-2016 17:12 via post-gazette.com
  A West Oakland man has been arrested on charges that he killed a man in Northview Heights this summer.
  
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• Pizza delivery driver robbed at gunpoint in Northview Heights area

  12-10-2016 17:10 via post-gazette.com
  
  A pizza delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint early Tuesday in the Spring Hill/Northview Heights area.
  
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