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• Report: Woman Allegedly Stole $220K From Mom, Spent 50K On Psychics

  23-10-2016 23:50
  
  JEANNETTE (KDKA) — A Jeannette woman is accused of stealing $220,400 from her sick mother and spending a good chunk of it on a psychic hotline.
  According to the Tribune-Review, Police say 57-year-old Teri Lyn Padgett started taking money from accounts her mom maintained at the Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union in Hempfield in February.
  Officers say the mother suffers from dementia and needs supervised care within her own home. Padgett had power of attorney over her mother’s a
  
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• Vice President Joe Biden to campaign for Clinton at Chatham University

  23-10-2016 23:30
  
  Vice president Joe Biden will campaign for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Pittsburgh on Tuesday.
  
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• Report: Mother, 2 Children Killed In Steubenville Fire

  23-10-2016 22:52
  
  STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (KDKA) — Three people were killed Sunday in a house fire in Steubenville.
  According to CBS affiliate WTRF, firefighters rushed to Linden Avenue around 2:30 a.m. to discover a home completely consumed in flames.
  The blaze destroyed the home and a car parked out front.
  “The vehicle was burning, but we couldn’t put any water on it because it had live wires laying across it. So, every time we put water on it, the wires were popping and jumping around. We basicall
  
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• Time magazine names Murrysville's Maddie Ziegler among world's most influential teens

  23-10-2016 21:44 via post-gazette.com
  
  Maddie Ziegler at 14 has danced her way onto Time's list of of the top 30 most influential teens of 2016.
  
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• Police Search For Teen Who May Have Fallen In Storm Drain

  23-10-2016 21:18
  
  NASHUA, N.H. (AP) – New Hampshire police continued the search Sunday afternoon for a Nashua teenager who they believe fell down a storm drain during heavy rain on Friday night.
  A police helicopter in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, may have located a body floating in the Merrimack River, Nashua Police Chief Andrew Lavoie said at press conference Sunday. Police in Massachusetts are working to retrieve the possible body. No identification has been made. Meanwhile, a search of the Nashua and Mer
  
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• Police Believe Body Found In River Is Likely Missing Teen

  23-10-2016 21:18
  
  NASHUA, N.H. (AP) – Police have pulled the body of a young man from a Massachusetts river and say it’s likely that of a teen who apparently fell down a storm drain in New Hampshire.
  New Hampshire police said officials there, along with Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, authorities recovered the body from the Merrimack River at around noon Sunday.
  Officials say based on an initial investigation, clothing description and the condition of the body, they believe it belongs to 16-year old Jacob G
  
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• Jon Bon Jovi performing at pro-Hillary concert on Thursday

  23-10-2016 20:56 via post-gazette.com
  
  Jon Bon Jovi performing for pro-Hillary concert on Thursday
  
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• Tour Bus, Semi-Truck Crash In California, Killing At Least 7

  23-10-2016 20:54
  
  DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) – A tour bus and a semi-truck crashed on a highway in Southern California early Sunday, killing at least seven people and injuring at least 30 others, some critically, the California Highway Patrol said.
  CHP Officer Stephanie Hamilton confirmed the deaths to the Desert Sun newspaper in Palm Springs as of 7:30 a.m. Firefighters also removed additional bodies, using ladders to climb into the bus’ windows, the newspaper reported.
  Photos show the front of
  
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• Tour Bus, Semi-Truck Crash In California, Killing At Least 13

  23-10-2016 20:54
  
  PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) – A tour bus slammed into the back of a semi-truck on a Southern California highway early Sunday, killing 13 people and injuring at least 31 others, some critically, authorities said.
  The passenger bus was going much faster than the truck, but it’s not yet clear if it was speeding on Interstate 10 just north of the desert resort town of Palm Springs, California Highway Patrol Border Division Chief Jim Abele told reporters.
  “The speed of bus was so sign
  
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• Police: Disorderly Fans Cause Damage After Penn State Win

  23-10-2016 20:40
  
  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) – Authorities in central Pennsylvania say disorderly fans caused some damage following Penn State’s upset victory over No. 2 Ohio State.
  Following Saturday’s 24-21 victory, police said a celebratory crowd of 5,000 to 10,000 people gatheredin downtown State College, mostly college-age men and women.
  Police said some in the crowd damaged street lights and signs and started small fires in the street. One vehicle was reported damaged and one person taken to
  
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• Jon Bon Jovi To Perform In Pittsburgh To ‘Get Out The Vote’ For Clinton

  23-10-2016 20:17
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Jon Bon Jovi will perform in Pittsburgh on Thursday to encourage people to “Get Out The Vote” for Hillary Clinton.
  The performance is part of Hillary for America’s “Love Trumps Hate” performance series.
  The concert will take place at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum at 8 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
  The concert is free, but anyone who wants to attend must RSVP on Hillary Clinton’s website here: hrc.io/2ex49rE
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• Tractor-Trailer-Car Crash Kills Woman, 2 Kids, Injures 3

  23-10-2016 19:23
  
  HARFORD, Pa. (AP) – Authorities say an early morning crash involving a car and a tractor-trailer in northeastern Pennsylvania has claimed the lives of a woman and two children and injured three other people.
  State police in Susquehanna County said the rig apparently struck the car from behind shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday in the northbound lanes of Interstate 81 in Harford Township.
  Coroner Tim Rowland of Lackawanna County said the car driver – 25-year-old Alicia Stocks of Rockaway, Ne
  
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• 16-Year-Old Driver Dies After Head-On Collision In Somerset Co.

  23-10-2016 18:44
  
  SOMERSET COUNTY (KDKA) — A 16-year-old driver died Sunday from injuries sustained in a head-on collision that happened in Summit Township on Friday.
  The crash happened on the Mason Dixon Highway north of Brant Road just before 4:30 p.m. Friday.
  According to state police, the 16-year-old driver was traveling north on the Mason Dixon Highway and going around a left-hand curve in the road as a 35-year-old driver was traveling south and going around a right-hand curve in the road. The 16-year-
  
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• Airline: Flight delayed after unauthorized access to plane

  23-10-2016 18:04
  
  Authorities say a flight from Philadelphia to Boston was delayed and ultimately a different aircraft was used after a couple gained unauthorized access to the plane.
  
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• Ex-State Attorney General Hopes To Avoid Jail For Perjury

  23-10-2016 17:26
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A once-rising star in Pennsylvania politics will learn Monday whether she is heading to prison over a feud that led the state attorney general to leak grand jury materials to the press and lie about it under oath.
  Democrat Kathleen Kane, 50, argues that the loss of her career, law license and reputation is punishment enough. She has asked a judge in suburban Philadelphia to sentence her to probation or house arrest so she can be home to raise her two teenage sons.
  Howev
  
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• Mobile home destroyed by fire in Armstrong County

  23-10-2016 17:22
  
  No one was injured when a fire destroyed a mobile home in Armstrong County Sunday morning.
  
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• West End Circle crash seriously injures 3, closes portion of Route 51

  23-10-2016 17:04
  
  Multiple people were injured in a crash at the West End Circle Sunday morning.
  
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• Kathleen Kane hopes to avoid jail for perjury

  23-10-2016 16:48
  
  A once-rising star in Pennsylvania politics will learn Monday whether she is heading to prison over a feud that led the state attorney general to leak grand jury materials to the press and lie about it under oath.
  
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• Closing arguments slated in 2003 slaying of woman

  23-10-2016 16:43
  
  Closing arguments are scheduled Monday in the western Pennsylvania trial of a man charged in the death of a woman whose body was found in an abandoned building on an old steel mill property more than a dozen years ago.
  
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• Firefighter injured battling Penn Hills blaze

  23-10-2016 16:39
  
  A firefighter was injured after fighting a blaze in Penn Hills Sunday morning.
  
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• 3 hurt, Route 51 southbound shut down after West End Circle crash

  23-10-2016 16:39 via post-gazette.com
  
  Three people sustained serious injuries this morning in a car crash near the West End Bridge.
  
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• West End Bridge Crash Sends Several To Hospital

  23-10-2016 15:43
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Several people were sent to the hospital after a crash at the West End Bridge on Sunday.
  Reports of the crash first started coming in around 9:30 a.m.
  Pittsburgh: West End Circle at West End Bridge – vehicle crash with injuries; West End Bridge closed & 51 closed at SB end of Circle.
  — Allegheny County (@Allegheny_Co) October 23, 2016Authorities say a Jeep was coming through the intersection of Saw Mill Run Boulevard and West Carson Street when another c
  
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• Crash Closes West End Bridge, Several Sent To Hospital

  23-10-2016 15:43
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A vehicle crash caused the West End Bridge to close early Sunday morning.
  Reports of the crash first started coming in around 9:30 a.m.
  Pittsburgh: West End Circle at West End Bridge – vehicle crash with injuries; West End Bridge closed & 51 closed at SB end of Circle.
  — Allegheny County (@Allegheny_Co) October 23, 2016Authorities say a Jeep was coming through the intersection of Saw Mill Run Boulevard and West Carson Street when another car clipped the
  
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• 3-Car Crash Closes West End Bridge

  23-10-2016 15:43
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A vehicle crash caused the West End Bridge to close early Sunday morning.
  Reports of the crash first started coming in around 9:30 a.m.
  According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, it was a 3-car collision.
  The official Allegheny County Twitter account reported that the crash was at the West End circle and the West End Bridge.
  The West End Bridge is closed, and Saw Mill Run Boulevard/Route 51 is closed southbound at the West End Circle.
  Pittsburgh: West End Circle at West End
  
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• One Firefighter Sent To Hospital After Penn Hills Apartment Fire

  23-10-2016 14:20
  
  PENN HILLS (KDKA) — A firefighter was sent to the hospital after battling an apartment fire in Penn Hills late Saturday night.
  The fire broke out at the Alcoma On The Green apartments on Alcoma Boulevard.
  According to the Penn Hills No. 7 Volunteer Fire Company, the fire started Saturday night just before midnight, and it originated in an apartment on the third floor. Crews were able to extinguish the fire and start ventilation.
  The Penn Hills Vo. 7 Volunteer Fire company says one firefigh
  
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• Junko Tabei, 1st Woman To Climb Everest, Dies At 77

  23-10-2016 12:41
  
  TOKYO (AP) – The first woman to climb Mount Everest didn’t stop there.
  Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei, who died Thursday at 77, devoted her adult life to scaling peaks, climbing the tallest mountains in more than 70 countries.
  Her philosophy was to live life to the fullest. “I want to climb even more mountains,” she said in a 1991 interview with The Associated Press, 16 years after conquering Everest. “To think, ‘It was great,’ andthen die.”
  To d
  
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• 'The Silver Ghost': The great novelist Chuck Kinder's sophomore effort

  23-10-2016 06:42
  Does the world really need "The Silver Ghost" again? Chuck Kinder does, and the world needs Chuck Kinder. So what are we to make of this reissued novel by the renowned author and former University of Pittsburgh creative writing professor? This second book by Mr. Kinder - published in 1979 and re-released by Pittsburgh-based Braddock Avenue Books - is indeed sophomoric in the deepest sense of the word.
  
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• UPSET: Penn State Topples No. 2 Ohio State 24-21

  23-10-2016 06:04
  
  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) – Grant Haley returned a blocked field goal 60 yards for a touchdown with 4:27 left in the fourth quarter and Penn State upset No. 2 Ohio State 24-21 Saturday night for the Nittany Lions’ biggest win in the post-Joe Paterno era.
  Penn State (5-2, 3-1 Big Ten) took its first lead when Marcus Allen leaped high to block Tyler Durbin’s 45-yard field goal attempt and Haley made the scoop and sprint to the end zone. The white out crowd of 107,280 at Beaver Stad
  
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• The Ellis School selects new leader

  23-10-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Ellis School has found its next head of school in an experienced educator from St. Louis, the board of trustees has announced. 
  
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• Obituary: Edgar Munhall / First curator of the Frick Collection in New York City

  23-10-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  Edgar Munhall was a “legendary figure” to Sarah Hall before she ever met him.
  
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• Neck manipulation killed Internet phenom

  23-10-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Seven months after the death of social media star and Pleasant Hills native Katie May, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office last week ruled that she died from a stroke caused by chiropractic neck manipulation, including one done earlier on the day she was rushed to an emergency room near her West Hollywood home by a friend.
  
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• Medicine drop off day aims to keep pills out of wrong hands

  23-10-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  The sign next to Gary Orosz, an officer with the Peters Township Police Department who was guarding a box of unwanted pills at the McMurray Giant Eagle on Saturday, read “Got drugs?”
  
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• Medical examiner says neck manipulation killed Internet phenom

  23-10-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Seven months after the death of social media star and Pleasant Hills native Katie May, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office last week ruled that she died from a stroke caused by chiropractic neck manipulation, including one done earlier on the day she was rushed to an emergency room near her West Hollywood home by a friend.
  
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• Incumbents appear safe in U.S. House races

  23-10-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Despite so many polls showing voter dissatisfaction, surveys of Pittsburgh-area U.S. House of Representative districts indicate that each of the incumbents is likely to be returned to Washington for another two-year term.
  
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• Late Night Tailgating: Cajun Andouille Smoked Sausage Mac N’ Cheese Bowls

  23-10-2016 05:35
  
  Treat your friends to this delicious recipe at your next tailgating party!
  This week on “Steelers Late Night,” we’re cooking up Cajun Andouille Smoked Sausage Mac N’ Cheese Bowls!
  STEELERS LATE NIGHT “Late Night Tailgating Recipes”: Cajun Andouille Smoked Sausage Mac N’ Cheese Bowls
  COOKING TIME: 30-40 Minutes
  SERVING SIZE: 4 People
  INGREDIENTS:
  1 cup milk
  2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
  2 packs Smith’s Cajun Andouille Sausage
  4 tbsp. butter
  4 large
  
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• Fiala, Arvidsson Score 2 Each As Predators Beat Penguins 5-1

  23-10-2016 05:08
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Kevin Fiala and Viktor Arvidsson scored two goals each to lead the injury-riddled Nashville Predators to a 5-1 victory over the defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night.
  Calle Jarnkrok also scored and P.K. Subban and Filip Forsberg each added two assists for Nashville. Juuse Saros had 34 shots for his first NHL victory as the Predators snapped a three-game skid.
  Scott Wilson scored early in the first period for Pittsburgh. Marc-Andre Fleury gave up t
  
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• Chicago Cubs Reach World Series For First Time Since 1945

  23-10-2016 04:54
  
  CHICAGO (AP) – Cursed by a Billy Goat, bedeviled by Bartman and crushed by decades of disappointment, the Chicago Cubs are at long last headed back to the World Series.
  Kyle Hendricks outpitched Clayton Kershaw, Anthony Rizzo and Willson Contreras homered early and the Cubs won their first pennant since 1945, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-0 Saturday night in Game 6 of the NL Championship Series.
  The drought ended when closer Aroldis Chapman got Yasiel Puig to ground into a double play,
  
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• Washington Co. Football Player Battling Stage 4 Cancer

  23-10-2016 04:45
  
  CHARLEROI (KDKA) — There was a different sense in the stands at Beth-Center’s football game against Charleroi. A sense of strength. Signs surrounded the field saying “Tackle Cancer for Johnny” and #LittleStrong.
  “We’re just hoping right now for a miracle,” Little’s Aunt Bridgett Trump said.
  Senior football player at Beth-Center Johnny Little, 18, was diagnosed with cancer a week ago.
  “He played in the game Friday night against Brownsville. Ne
  
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• Hillary Clinton, Tim Kaine campaign in Pittsburgh at Taylor Allderdice HS

  23-10-2016 02:57
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• 19-year-old found fatally shot in vacant Homewood lot

  23-10-2016 02:57
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• Siblings Killed In Georgia Home Invasion

  23-10-2016 02:53
  
  JONESBORO, Ga. (AP/KDKA) – Police are investigating a deadly home invasion involving children in Georgia.
  Officers found an 11-year-old girl and 15-year-old boy shot to death inside a house in Jonesboro on Saturday morning. The two were siblings.
  Daveon Coates, 15, was one of the oldest children in the home. He and his sister, 11-year-old Tatiyana Coates, were shot to death during the home invasion. Police said they received the call from another child in the Jonesboro home around 5 a.m. o
  
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• No. 12 West Virginia Tops TCU, Keeps Improving Defense

  23-10-2016 02:29
  
  MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – Skyler Howard threw four touchdown passes and No. 12 West Virginia’s improving defense held TCU scoreless in the second half of a 34-10 win Saturday.
  And there’s this, too: West Virginia (6-0, 3-0 Big 12) is off to its best start since winning its first seven games in 2006.
  “I thought it was our most complete game,” said West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen. “It feels good to be 6-0. It’s hard to win. So when you do, you’ve g
  
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• AT&T Buying HBO And CNN Owner Time Warner For $85.4 billion

  23-10-2016 02:25
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – AT&T is buying Time Warner, owner of the Warner Bros. movie studio as well as HBO and CNN, for $85.4 billion in a deal that could shake up the media landscape.
  The merger combines a telecom giant that owns a leading cellphone business, DirecTV and internet service with the company behind some of the world’s most popular entertainment. It’s the latest tie-up between the owners of digital distribution networks – think cable and phone companies – an
  
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• Clinton, Kaine rally focuses on voting importance

  23-10-2016 01:00
  
  Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton returned to Pittsburgh with vice presidential running mate Tim Kaine to hold a rally Saturday evening.
  
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• Pirates Dismiss 3rd Base Coach Rick Sofield

  23-10-2016 00:38
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Pirates have dismissed their third-base coach.
  The team announced Saturday night that Rick Sofield was dismissed.The Pirates have announced the dismissal of coach Rick Sofield, & have reassigned coach Nick Leyva to Senior Advisor, Baseball Operations.
  — Pirates (@Pirates) October 22, 2016
  Another tweet followed thanking Sofield “for everything he has brought” to the Major League team and the Pirates organization.Thank you to Coach So
  
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• Prince Albert Buys Philadelphia Home Of Mom Grace Kelly

  23-10-2016 00:24
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The Philadelphia home where Oscar-winning actress Grace Kelly grew up and accepted a marriage proposal from Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1955 is now in the hands of the royal family.
  Her son, Prince Albert of Monaco, has confirmed to People Magazine that he was the recent purchaser of the six-bedroom, 2.5-story Colonial home in the city’s East Falls section.
  He said in an interview on the magazine’s website posted Friday that the house is “very spec
  
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