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• 'Serial robber' charged with new crimes

  19-10-2016 23:51 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Carrick man described by police as a "serial robber" has been charged with an additional 28 counts of robbery related to crimes in Pittsburgh.
  
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• Pa. university strike: IUP protests finished for night, will resume at 7 a.m. Thursday

  19-10-2016 23:50
  
  Faculty members have walked off the job at all 14 state-owned universities -- an action that affects more than 100,000 students in Pennsylvania.
  
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• Consumer Reports: How To Avoid Surprise ER Bills

  19-10-2016 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A potentially lifesaving trip to an emergency room could result in exorbitant and unexpected bills even if you have insurance. About two-thirds of emergency room doctors are independent contractors and they might not be covered by your plan.
  To avoid shocking ER bills, Consumer Reports advises doing your research before an emergency happens. Contact your local hospitals and ask if they take your insurance. Then, ask your hospital of choice whether the ER doctors there w
  
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• Vice President To Campaign For Hillary Clinton In Pittsburgh

  19-10-2016 23:21
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Vice President Joe Biden is set to visit the Pittsburgh area next week to campaign for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
  According to Clinton’s campaign, Biden will visit western Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Oct. 25.
  He’ll be discussing the importance of voting, the economy and Clinton’s plan for the country.
  This is just the latest campaign stop as Election Day nears.
  Just yesterday, it was announced that Clinton and her running mate, Tim
  
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• Thursday Night Breakdown: Can Bears Or Packers Get Things Going?

  19-10-2016 23:04
  
  By Danny Cox
  It’s Week 7, and pretty much anyone following the 2016 NFL season has been surprised to see the Minnesota Vikings still undefeated. Even more shocking might be that their NFC North rivals are struggling. The Green Bay Packers are 3-2 and seemingly out of sync, while the Chicago Bears are in the cellar at 1-5.
  The Bears and Packers both hoped for a better start to the season, and a win on Thursday Night Football this week is imperative for each of
  
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• Politics in Murrysville involve meme, fishing line, stolen signs during presidential election

  19-10-2016 22:30
  
  Politics can get ugly in any election in any town, and it's no different in Murrysville, Westmoreland County.
  
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• Elvis Costello show canceled due to PSO strike

  19-10-2016 22:27 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Heinz Hall cancellations keep coming, and this one hurts for rock fans.
  
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• KeyBank Assuming Naming Rights To Pennsylvania Amphitheater

  19-10-2016 21:47
  
  BURGETTSTOWN, Pa. (KDKA/AP) – KeyBank is assuming the naming rights deal for the southwestern Pennsylvania outdoor concert venue most recently known as First Niagara Pavilion.
  The 23,000-capacity amphitheater near Burgettstown is run by concert promoter Live Nation.
  KeyBank’s parent company, KeyCorp earlier this year bought out Buffalo, New York-based First Niagara Financial Group to become the nation’s 13th largest commercial bank.
  The takeover brought KeyBank into the greater
  
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• Rum gets the spotlight as Pirata opens in Downtown

  19-10-2016 21:43 via post-gazette.com
  
  First there were bourbon bars. Then tequila became trendy. Now a new Downtown spot is betting that rum will rule next.
  
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• Truck fire snarls I-79 traffic

  19-10-2016 21:28
  
  Southbound lanes were closed between the Emsworth/Sewickley and Mt. Nebo Road exits because of a fire Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Two men plead to third-degree murder in 2015 Wilkinsburg killing

  19-10-2016 21:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  Two men will spend 20 to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty this afternoon to third-degree murder.
  
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• First Niagara Pavilion name changing to KeyBank Pavilion

  19-10-2016 21:21
  
  The outdoor concert venue that has been known by several names over the years in western Pennsylvania will now be KeyBank Pavilion.
  
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• WVU student dies after fall from frat house roof

  19-10-2016 20:54
  
  West Virginia University officials say a 20-year-old student who fell off a roof in Morgantown has died from his injuries.
  
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• Ex-American Airlines exec sent to prison for 10 years in child-sex case

  19-10-2016 20:43 via post-gazette.com
  
  A former top American Airlines executive will spend the next decade in federal prison for trying to arrange sex with a 10-year-old girl and her mother when he was in Pittsburgh on business last year.
  
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• CBS Sports’ Bart Scott On Bears-Packers TNF Game, More Week 7 Matchups

  19-10-2016 20:43
  
  Ryan Mayer
  Week 7 in the NFL opens with an NFC North matchup between heated rivals, the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears. The Bears have been without starting quarterback Jay Cutler since a Week 2 loss to the Eagles, and backup Brian Hoyer has played well enough to cause speculation about replacing Cutler as the starter for the rest of the season. Meanwhile, the Packers have opened the season 3-2, but have been criticized for how poorly their offense, particularly quarterback Aaron Rodge
  
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• Mystery man charged in '91 Indiana Co. slaying was in Minnesota for short time

  19-10-2016 20:37 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Minnesota prosecutor said Wednesday that the mystery man from his state charged in connection with a 25-year-old slaying of an elderly widow in Indiana County "was in our county for a very short period of time. We had no significant contact with him."
  
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• West Virginia University Student Dies After Fall From Roof

  19-10-2016 20:36
  
  MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia University officials say a student who fell off a fraternity house roof last weekend has died from his injuries.
  Media reports say that 20-year-old Sean Guthrie died Wednesday.
  Guthrie fell about 20 feet from the roof of the Kappa Alpha fraternity house.
  University officials said they believe the fall was an accident and there were no signs of foul play.
  West Virginia University Chief of Police Bob Roberts said Guthrie was trying to climb back into a
  
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• Ever Wonder If You’re Being Paid What You’re Worth? Find Out Now

  19-10-2016 20:18
  
  A new tool can help determine whether you’re being paid what you’re worth.
  Glassdoor’s new “Know Your Worth” tool compares your salary against your estimated market value.
  Just enter your job information, how long you’ve been there, your education level and salary. Then, hit submit.
  The tool calculates your estimated market value by comparing your information to people in similar positions around the country.
  You can use the information to try to negotiate a r
  
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• Brian O'Neill: A gentle soul's life on the fringe

  19-10-2016 19:58
  Joe Regoli's body was found last Wednesday in his North Side home, his life ending at 69 as it was lived for decades, a bit of a puzzle. I'd known Joe - nobody called him Mr. Regoli - since the early 1990s.
  
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• Dunlap: Burfict Issue Headed For Ugliness

  19-10-2016 19:42
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) – There will be vigilante justice.
  It will take one big fight, a flashpoint — an ugly incident where the National Football League will be truly embarrassed.
  Oh, it’s coming. Cover your damn eyes; it’s coming.
  Mark my words, it’s headed that way with this whole Vontaze-Burfict-is-going-out-of-his-way-to-try-to-injure-players stuff that has become sickening.
  Last week was just the latest incident with the horridly behaved Cincinnati Bengals l
  
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• 'Outstanding father' tied to 9/11 sentenced in child-sex case

  19-10-2016 19:36
  
  A former airline manager who learned of the Sept. 11 hijacking before the first plane hit the World Trade Center is sentenced to federal prison on an interstate child-sex charge in Pittsburgh.
  
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• T-Mobile hit with $48 million fine over slowing 'unlimited' data plans

  19-10-2016 19:32
  
  T-Mobile had a policy to slow down the speeds of customers who were the heaviest data users, but it didn't clearly let customers know how much data would trigger the lower speed, according to the FCC.
  
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• Pitt to lead trauma network through $90 million federal defense contract

  19-10-2016 19:13 via post-gazette.com
  
  University of Pittsburgh’s Schools of the Health Sciences will lead a $90 million national effort over the next decade to improve trauma care for military personnel and civilians alike.
  
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• Pa. university strike continues: Some students join professors on picket lines

  19-10-2016 19:11
  
  Faculty members have walked off the job at all 14 state-owned universities -- an action that affects more than 100,000 students in Pennsylvania.
  
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• Murrysville Councilman: Online Voting Post Was Joke; Officials Not Laughing

  19-10-2016 19:04
  
  MURRYSVILLE, Pa. (AP) – A Republican councilman said he deleted an online posting about casting presidential votes via Facebook and Twitter because people didn’t realize he intended it as a joke, but state officials are taking the matter seriously.
  No state allows voters to cast ballots via social media, and Pennsylvania’s election oversight agency warned voters not to be misled by posts claiming otherwise. The governor’s office also issued a statement that said efforts t
  
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• Coaches, but not athletic trainers, to keep working during state university strike

  19-10-2016 18:46 via post-gazette.com
  
  Coaches across the State System, who also are represented by APSCUF, do not have a contract but have not set a strike date, so they are contractually obliged to keep working, said Kathryn Morton, an APSCUF spokeswoman.
  
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• Ex-airline manager tied to 9/11 sentenced in child-sex case in Pittsburgh

  19-10-2016 17:53
  
  A former American Airlines operations manager who learned of the first Sept. 11 hijacking before the jet struck the World Trade Center pleaded guilty in Pittsburgh to a federal child-sex charge.
  
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• 'Space Jam' returning to Pittsburgh theaters for 20th anniversary

  19-10-2016 17:46
  
  The 1996 basketball adventure that combined a real-life Michael Jordan with an animated Bugs Bunny and friends is coming back. Four Pittsburgh-area theaters will show the movie.
  
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• LeBrun: Having Fleury & Murray Is Great For ‘Compressed’ NHL Schedule

  19-10-2016 17:38
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan)- The Penguins have a great problem on their hands that many teams in the league wish they had. It hasn’t surfaced quite yet because of injury, but Pittsburgh has two above average NHL goalies on their roster in Marc-Andre Fleury and Matt Murray, and must decide which of the two to start on a nightly basis.
  ESPN hockey columnist and TSN hockey insider Pierre LeBrun joined “The Fan Morning Show” on Wednesday and said that having both Fleury and Murray is
  
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• TRAFFIC: Fort Pitt Tunnel overnight closures planned

  19-10-2016 17:28 via post-gazette.com
  
  The outbound lanes of the Fort Pitt Tunnel will be closed overnight tonight from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. Thursday morning. The lanes will close again on Thursday night  beginning 2 hours after the end of the Penguins game, through 5 a.m. the following morning.
  
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• Report: Roethlisberger Could Miss 4-6 Weeks

  19-10-2016 17:09
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Ben Roethlisberger may be out for longer than initially feared.
  Earlier this week, Roethlisberger underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. He suffered a torn meniscus during Sunday’s loss to the Miami Dolphins.
  According to ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, Roethlisberger could be out for 4 to 6 weeks as a result.
  On Tuesday, the Steelers officially ruled him out of this Sunday’s matchup against the New England Patriots.
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• DNC campaign bus dumps human waste on highway

  19-10-2016 16:58
  
  The Democratic National Committee has apologized after one of its campaign buses was spotted dumping raw sewage along a road.
  
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• Fiat Chrysler Recalls 200K Jeeps; Air Bags May Not Work

  19-10-2016 16:49
  
  DETROIT (AP) – Fiat Chrysler is recalling more than 200,000 Jeep Wrangler SUVs in the U.S. and Canada because the air bags may not inflate in a crash.
  The recall covers certain 2016 and 2017 Wranglers. The company says in government documents that wiring to a sensor can come loose, cutting off signals to an air bag computer. If that happens, the seat belt pretensioners won’t work and the air bags won’t deploy.
  The company says the problem hasn’t caused any crashes or inju
  
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• Defense wants judge to toss first-degree charge in officer's death

  19-10-2016 16:39 via post-gazette.com
  
  GREENSBURG, Pa. — A defense attorney wants a judge to dismiss a first-degree murder charge against a Westmoreland County man who police said fatally shot a police officer responding to a domestic dispute.
  
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• Pa. university strike: Professors, students on picket lines

  19-10-2016 16:33
  
  Faculty members have walked off the job at all 14 state-owned universities -- an action that affects more than 100,000 students in Pennsylvania.
  
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• Defense Wants Judge To Toss First-Degree Charge In Cop Death

  19-10-2016 16:15
  
  GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) – A defense attorney wants a judge to dismiss a first-degree murder charge against a western Pennsylvania man who fatally shot a police officer responding to a domestic dispute.
  The attorney for 32-year-old Ray Shetler Jr. acknowledges Shetler fatally shot St. Clair Township Officer Lloyd Reed on Nov. 28. But attorney Marc Daffner argues the killing wasn’t malicious or premeditated, and therefore doesn’t warrant the death penalty Westmoreland County prosecu
  
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• Teacher washed out boy's mouth with soap after he argued

  19-10-2016 16:14
  
  Police say a central Pennsylvania teacher washed out a 10-year-old student's mouth with soap, but no charges will be filed.
  
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• Pedestrian struck by train in Duquesne

  19-10-2016 15:36 via post-gazette.com
  
  A pedestrian was struck by a train in Duquesne this morning.
  
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• Pittsburgh Pickle Co. dreams big in a bigger facility

  19-10-2016 15:27
  
  After selling 30,000 jars of pickles and running a business that has doubled since 2014, owners and brothers John and Will Patterson and Joey Robl decided that it was time to expand Pittsburgh Pickle Co. "We're running out of room where we are now.
  
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• Man, 71, reported missing in Collier Township

  19-10-2016 15:18
  
  Collier Township police are asking for help to find a resident of a personal care home who left the building yesterday and has not returned.
  
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• Person hit by train in Duquesne

  19-10-2016 15:09
  
  A person was taken to a hospital after being hit by a train Wednesday morning, Allegheny County emergency dispatchers said.
  
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• Cops: Pennsylvania Teacher Washed Out Boy’s Mouth With Soap

  19-10-2016 14:41
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Police say a central Pennsylvania teacher washed out a 10-year-old boy’s mouth with soap, but they’ve determined it wasn’t a crime.
  Officials with the Harrisburg School District aren’t speaking about the matter, citing student confidentiality issues.
  Ciara White and her son, Donald Thomas, spoke to WHP-TV. Police Capt. Gabriel Olivera tells Pennlive.com that the police investigation confirmed their claims, but that the teacher’s actions
  
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• Radar guns for local police OK'd by Pa. Senate

  19-10-2016 14:21
  
  Local police in Pennsylvania are the only ones in the U.S. who can't enforce speed with radar. Legislation to change that has passed the Senate and is heading to the House.
  
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• PTL Links: Oct. 19, 2016

  19-10-2016 13:53
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
  Finding Neverland
  Night Of The Singing Dead
  Leslie Bonci
  Rania Harris
  Rania’s Recipes: Halloween Treats
  Tarra Layne
  
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• Strike underway at Pennsylvania's state-owned universities

  19-10-2016 13:44
  
  Faculty members in the State System of Higher Education have walked off the job at 14 universities -- an action that affects more than 100,000 students.
  
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• Rania’s Recipes: Halloween Treats

  19-10-2016 13:42
  
  With Halloween coming up soon, Rania Harris stopped by PTL to show off more recipes to celebrate!
  Carmel Apple Pops
  1 cup large semi-sweet chocolate chips
  1 tablespoon coconut oil
  2 large apples
  Caramel sauce, for drizzling
  Melted white chocolate, for drizzling
  Crushed Oreos (optional decoration)
  Crushed Pretzels (optional decoration)
  Rainbow sprinkles (optional decoration)
  M & M candies (optional decoration)
  Directions:
  Set up a double boiler. Bring a saucepan of water to a simmer. Set a gl
  
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• Rania’s Recipes: Delicious Halloween Treats

  19-10-2016 13:42
  
  With Halloween coming up soon, Rania Harris stopped by PTL to show off more recipes to celebrate!
  Carmel Apple Pops
  1 cup large semi-sweet chocolate chips
  1 tablespoon coconut oil
  2 large apples
  Caramel sauce, for drizzling
  Melted white chocolate, for drizzling
  Crushed Oreos (optional decoration)
  Crushed Pretzels (optional decoration)
  Rainbow sprinkles (optional decoration)
  M & M candies (optional decoration)
  Directions:
  Set up a double boiler. Bring a saucepan of water to a simmer. Set a gl
  
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• Senate OKs Bill To Let Local Police Enforce Speed With Radar

  19-10-2016 12:31
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Legislation is on the move to permit all of Pennsylvania’s municipal police departments to use radar to catch speeders.
  The bill passed the Senate, 47-3, and heads to the House. However, the bill’s passage arrives late in the two-year legislation session, when the House has just six scheduled session days before Nov. 30, when all bills die.
  Under the bill, police officers could use radar or infrared laser light devices to catch speeders after complete a t
  
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• Faculty Officially On Strike At State Universities

  19-10-2016 11:34
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) — The union for more than 5,000 faculty and coaches at Pennsylvania’s 14 state universities says they are officially on strike.APSCUF faculty members are officially on strike. Our website is overloaded. Press release will be visible soon.
  — APSCUF (@APSCUF) October 19, 2016
  The strike began at 5 a.m. Wednesday morning, as scheduled. Members of the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties union had previously voted to authorize a st
  
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• Strike officially underway at 14 state-owned universities

  19-10-2016 11:16
  
  Faculty at 14 state-owned universities officially went on strike at 4:59 a.m. Wednesday, including those at Slippery Rock University, California University of Pennsylvania and Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
  
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