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• Man Killed In Venango County Hit-And-Run

  28-10-2016 23:54
  
  IRWIN TWP. (KDKA) — A man is dead after being struck by a vehicle in Venango County.
  It happened around 4:30 p.m. on I-80 Friday in Irwin Township.
  23-year-old Cliff Joseph Rogerson and 48-year-old Lisa Marie Rogerson were traveling westbound when they crashed into the median.
  Cliff Rogerson left the vehicle and proceeded to the south side of the lane in an attempt to flag down assistance.
  He was fatally struck by an unknown vehicle that did not stop.
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• Does It Really Do That? Red Copper Pan

  28-10-2016 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Cooking can be fun, but the cleanup can be a real hassle.
  Chances are, if you spend a lot of time in the kitchen, you’re tired of soaking and scraping your pots and pans. The Red Copper Pan promises less mess.
  Does it really do that?
  Heather Daddea, of Houston, Washington County, is a busy mom of two. She enjoys cooking, but hand washes all of her pots and pans.
  “At the end of dinner, I have a stove covered in pots and pans and depending on what I cook that
  
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• Vehicle Goes Over Hillside In Etna

  28-10-2016 23:36
  
  ETNA (KDKA) — Crews rushed Friday night to the scene of a crash in Etna.
  Emergency dispatchers confirmed that a vehicle went over a hillside near 133 Washington Street.
  There is not yet any information on the condition of the driver.
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• Injury Report: Bye Week Showing Massive Lack Of Steelers Depth Due To Injuries

  28-10-2016 23:24
  
  By Danny Cox
  After a heartbreaking loss to the New England Patriots, the Pittsburgh Steelers dropped to 4-3 on the season and are now luckily hobbling into their bye week. It’s been a season of ups and downs that has been plagued by injuries, which makes it really hard for the team to find any kind of rhythm. But these injuries are also exposing a lot of holes and problems that need to be fixed…fast.
  Looking past the starters, it’s hard to find the true talent of the Steelers
  
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• Reminder: Parkway East detours in effect this weekend

  28-10-2016 22:50
  
  PennDOT says Interstate 376 will be closed to eastbound traffic between the Grant Street exit and the Boulevard of the Allies ramp from Friday night through Monday morning. Here are the posted detours.
  
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• Woman Charged With Attempting To Kill 3-Month-Old Daughter

  28-10-2016 22:49
  
  AMBRIDGE (KDKA) — A 21-year-old woman is behind bars, accused of attempting to kill her 3-month-old child.
  Kayla Hummel is charged with aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of children, recklessly endangering another person and attempted homicide.
  According to a criminal complaint from Ambridge Police, Beaver CYF was called to Children’s Hospital in September on report of a 3-month-old with fractured ribs and skull, as well as bleeding from the brain and bodily bruising.
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• Police watchdog group asks governor to carefully consider ID billl

  28-10-2016 22:49 via post-gazette.com
  
  The head of the Pittsburgh Citizen Police Review Board on Friday sent Gov. Tom Wolf a letter warning that a controversial bill passed by Pennsylvania’s Legislature to block public officials from immediately releasing the names of officers involved in shootings would engender “public skepticism and suspicion of government institutions.”
  
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• Pittsburgh police watchdog head sends governor letter on cop IDs

  28-10-2016 22:49 via post-gazette.com
  
  The head of the Pittsburgh Citizen Police Review Board today sent Gov. Tom Wolf a letter warning that a controversial bill passed by Pennsylvania’s Legislature to block public officials from immediately releasing the names of officers involved in shootings would engender “public skepticism and suspicion of government institutions.”
  
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• Community Raises $500K For New Athletic Field

  28-10-2016 22:37
  
  BEAVER COUNTY (KDKA) — A small community in Beaver County raised $523,100 towards a very special project.
  “I have been with Blackhawk now for about six months and when I first arrived, there is a local group they call the BAAG group, Blackhawk Athletic Activities Group, who has begun a fundraising activity to build a complex behind our high school,” said Rob Postupac, Blackhawk Interim Superintendent.
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• Fantasy Football: Who To Start, Who To Sit For Week 8

  28-10-2016 22:18
  
  Bryan Altman
  Go ahead and pat yourself on the back if you had the foresight to start Marcus Mariota, DeMarco Murray, Kendall Wright or even Blake Bortles, who lit it up from a fantasy football standpoint in garbage time on Thursday Night Football, your fantasy football weekend is already off to a great start.
  For the rest of us, who left Jaguars and Titans players languishing away on the bench on Thursday, it’s time for us to get our rosters set for yet another weekend of football.
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• Care home employee accused of stealing checks, wedding bands from elderly

  28-10-2016 22:08
  
  A former personal care home employee is accused of stealing checks and jewelry from senior citizens who live at the home.
  
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• Supreme Court To Rule In Virginia Transgender Case

  28-10-2016 21:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court will take up transgender rights for the first time in the case of a Virginia school board that wants to prevent a transgender teenager from using the boys’ bathroom at his high school.
  The justices said Friday they will hear the appeal from the Gloucester County school board sometime next year. The high court’s order means that student Gavin Grimm will not be able to use the boys’ bathroom in the meantime.
  A lower court had ordered the
  
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• Freight Train Hits Another Head-On In Pa., Injuring 2 Workers

  28-10-2016 20:51
  
  CHESTER, Pa. (AP) – Two freight trains crashed head-on Friday morning outside Philadelphia, knocking one locomotive off the tracks and injuring two crew members.
  The CSX trains remained upright following the crash in Chester Township, about 15 miles from Philadelphia. The trains had been traveling the same track, but local law enforcement and the transportation company are trying to determine how fast each was traveling and what caused the crash, CSX spokesman Rob Doolittle said.
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• Warning Issued After Rabid Raccoon Attacks Dog In Sewickley

  28-10-2016 20:36
  
  SEWICKLEY (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Health Department has issued a warning for people in Sewickley after a dog was attacked by a rabid raccoon.
  It happened earlier in the week on Hill Street.
  Officials say the raccoon is no longer alive, while the dog was vaccinated and will recover.
  All county residents are urged to avoid contact with wild animals or animals they do not know. Residents should have their pets vaccinated, and watch for unusual behavior.
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• T, bus detours for South Hills commuters this weekend

  28-10-2016 20:29 via post-gazette.com
  
  South Hills commuters can expect some detours and disruptions this weekend on buses and the T system while crews finish maintenance work in the Mount Washington Transit Tunnel and install expansion joints between Station Square and the Panhandle Bridge.
  
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• South Hills commuters face transit disruptions this weekend

  28-10-2016 20:29 via post-gazette.com
  
  Anyone going to or from the South Hills on the T system can expect some detours and disruptions this weekend while crews finish maintenance work in the Mount Washington Transit Tunnel and install expansion joints between Station Square and the Panhandle Bridge.
  
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• Andrew McCutchen Standing Up To Bullies With T-Shirt

  28-10-2016 20:25
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Andrew McCutchen is standing up to bullies as part of a campaign for national bullying prevention month.
  McCutchen launched a t-shirt with the slogan “Patrolling,” emphasis on “Troll” to call out online bullies.
  The back of the shirt reads: “Real players don’t bully.”
  A portion of the proceeds will benefit programs that have helped thousands of schools reduce violence and bullying.
  The shirt is only available until November 14th
  
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• Police: Nanny Charged In Death Of Baby Force Fed Liquid

  28-10-2016 20:15
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – A Maryland woman working as a nanny has been arrested after police said she force fed an 8-month-old baby girl who died.
  Prince George’s County Police said Wednesday that 66-year-old Oluremi Oyindasola of Glenarden, Maryland, has been charged with second-degree murder, first-degree child abuse resulting in death and other offenses.
  Police say a home surveillance system recorded Oyindasola napping when the crying child approached in a toddler walker. Police charging
  
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• Truck flips, spills load of dirt across Parkway East

  28-10-2016 20:12
  
  Outbound traffic was at a standstill Friday, with long backups stretching through the Squirrel Hill Tunnel toward Pittsburgh.
  
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• Car Slams Into Pole In Sheraden, Shots Fired

  28-10-2016 20:07
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A car slammed into a pole in Sheraden on Friday.
  It happened around 1:30 p.m. on Bergman Street.
  According to the initial stage of the investigation, the car is believed to have been shot at just prior to the crash.
  The driver reportedly got out of the wrecked vehicle and took off running.
  No further details were provided.
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• Line painting this weekend: Watch out for wet paint on roads

  28-10-2016 20:04
  
  PennDOT is advising drivers that road lines will be painted on Interstate 279, the West End Bridge and Route 28. Here is the work schedule.
  
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• Keidel: Rex Ryan Is Back… Or Is He?

  28-10-2016 20:02
  
  By Jason Keidel
  Just as we were putting the postmortems on Rex Ryan’s head-coaching career, his Buffalo Bills ripped-off four straight wins. Those of us who live around New York City have seen this before — a boost just as the nails were being drilled into Ryan’s vocational coffin.
  A few years ago, the Jets were in a midseason free fall, only to hit a similar streak and finish the season 8-8. A tearful Jon Idzik (the Jets’ general manager) announced to the party-hear
  
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• Business briefs: Makers of Hyundai, Kia vehicles reach $41.2M settlement

  28-10-2016 20:02
  Pennsylvania and 33 other attorneys general reached a $41.2 million settlement with the makers of Hyundai and Kia vehicles over allegations that the companies overstated mileage and fuel economy ratings. Pennsylvania will receive $1.6 million of the settlement, involving certain 2011-13 vehicles, which will be used for future consumer protection efforts.
  
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• Lockdown lifted at two West End schools after shots fired in area

  28-10-2016 19:59 via post-gazette.com
  
  A lockdown of two Pittsburgh public schools in the West End has been lifted while police continue sorting out a shooting incident involving a car that crashed into a utility pole.
  
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• Pitt creates new School of Computing and Information

  28-10-2016 19:58 via post-gazette.com
  
  The University of Pittsburgh made it official today, creating a School of Computing and Information by blending Pitt's School of Information Sciences and the computer science department within the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences.
  
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• New school at Pitt aims to attract top talent

  28-10-2016 19:58 via post-gazette.com
  
  University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Patrick Gallagher told the board of trustees Friday it had ushered in “a very important chapter for our university.”
  
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• Man who killed baby's mother after argument over diaper money sent to prison

  28-10-2016 19:55
  
  Markese Reese apologizes, saying he loved 28-year-old Marqua Wilson "too much." Wilson's mother tells a judge she's raising the kids, and "Our lives are upside-down."
  
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• FBI Investigating New Emails For Classified Information

  28-10-2016 19:23
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – The FBI is investigating whether there is classified information in new emails uncovered during the sexting investigation of disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of one of Hillary Clinton’s closest aides.
  FBI Director James Comey told Congress in a letter that the emails prompted investigators to take another look at whether classified information had been mishandled, which had been the focus of its recently closed, criminal probe into
  
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• FBI: Agency Investigating Newly Discovered Clinton Emails

  28-10-2016 19:23
  
  WASHINGTON (KDKA) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation has notified Congress it will investigate new emails found in probe of Hillary Clinton’s private server.
  “In connection with an unrelated case, the FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation,” a statement from Director James B. Comey read, in part.UPDATE: Letter released by FBI Dir. Comey suggests the possibility of reopening the investigation into Hillary Clinton
  
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• Applications Being Accepted For ‘Get Stuffed With Love’ Program

  28-10-2016 19:20
  
  A number of local groups, including Pittsburgh police, are working together to brighten Thanksgiving for local families.
  It’s called “Get Stuffed with Love.”
  The program provides free Thanksgiving meals for those in need.
  Volunteers prepare the food and police officers deliver them.
  Last year, more than 2,600 meals were distributed throughout the city.
  Individuals can request meals by contacting the Pittsburgh Police Community Relations Officer in the Zone they reside in:
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• 2 relatives killed in Apollo murder-suicide

  28-10-2016 19:20
  
  Two men are found dead in what the coroner says was a murder-suicide at a house in Apollo, Armstrong County.
  
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• Victims Identified In Apparent Apollo Murder-Suicide

  28-10-2016 19:13
  
  APOLLO (KDKA) — Two people were found dead in a home in Armstrong County following a shooting Thursday.
  Officers rushed to 720 Armstrong Avenue in Apollo around 4:30 p.m. The 911 caller reported that her nephew was assaulting her son.
  When police arrived, they found 20-year-old Joseph Gabriella was found dead. Michael Hennigan, 37, was also found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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• State AG charges 35 suspected drug dealers in Allegheny County

  28-10-2016 18:58 via post-gazette.com
  
  The state Attorney General’s office today announced that it has charged 35 suspected mid-level drug dealers following investigations that began in April involving controlled purchases and confidential informants.
  
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• Police: Nursing Home Employee Stole Money, Jewelry From Residents

  28-10-2016 18:51
  
  IRWIN (KDKA) — A nursing home employee in Irwin has been accused of stealing from residents.
  Police were first contacted by another employee at Golden Heights personal care home. That person told officers that Robyn Eckles had forged and cashed a check belonging to a resident.
  Officers had also been in contact regarding allegations that Eckles was stealing jewelry from the residents.
  When police confronted Eckles about the forged check, she stated that she did have permission from the resi
  
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• Police: Nursing Assistant Stole Money, Jewelry From Residents

  28-10-2016 18:51
  
  IRWIN (KDKA) — A nursing home employee in Irwin has been accused of stealing from residents.
  Police were first contacted by another employee at Golden Heights personal care home. That person told officers that Robyn Eckles had forged and cashed a check belonging to a resident.
  Officers had also been in contact regarding allegations that Eckles was stealing jewelry from the residents.
  When police confronted Eckles about the forged check, she stated that she did have permission from the resi
  
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• Two teens plead to Tarentum shooting during home invasion

  28-10-2016 18:50 via post-gazette.com
  
  Two teens today pleaded guilty to a New Year's Day robbery during which they shot a man in Tarentum.
  
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• Two plead in violent home robbery in Tarentum

  28-10-2016 18:50 via post-gazette.com
  
  Two teenagers who terrorized a Tarentum family -— shooting one member, and pistol-whipping him and his mother — pleaded guilty Friday to the New Year’s Day 2015 attack.
  
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• Traffic moving slowly after Parkway East crash

  28-10-2016 18:46
  
  One outbound lane of Interstate 376 remains closed because of a dump truck accident near the Edgewood/Swissvale exit. Backups were stretching through the Squirrel Hill Tunnel toward Pittsburgh.
  
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• Bill Clinton Campaigns For His Wife In Pennsylvania

  28-10-2016 18:25
  
  ALIQUIPPA (KDKA/AP) — Former President Bill Clinton was in Pennsylvania on Friday to stump for his wife, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
  He had a busy schedule set: He started off at 9:30 a.m. in Aliquippa, then was set to head to a 2:30 p.m. event in Duncansville, in Blair County. He is set to finish up at a 5:30 event in Reading.
  “We are in good shape for the future, we are in better shape, these young people should and could live in the time of greatest prosperit
  
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• Man pleads to killing ex-girlfriend, mother of eight, in East Hills

  28-10-2016 18:15 via post-gazette.com
  
  A man who killed his ex-girlfriend during an argument over money for baby supplies pleaded guilty today to third-degree murder.
  
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• Man gets 12 to 30 years for killing former girlfriend

  28-10-2016 18:15 via post-gazette.com
  
  Nickolette Douglas stood before the court and explained how difficult her life has become since her daughter, Marqua Wilson, was shot and killed.
  
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• Mifflin Estates pushes for renewed bus service

  28-10-2016 17:54 via post-gazette.com
  
  Residents of a West Mifflin housing complex this morning appealed to the Port Authority to restore service to their neighborhood.
  
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• Police: Woman Rams Squad Car While Taking Topless Selfie

  28-10-2016 17:50
  
  BRYAN, Texas (AP) – Police say a 19-year-old Texas A&M University student who rear-ended a squad car told an officer she was taking a topless selfie.
  Miranda Kay Rader posted $200 bond after she was charged with drunken driving and possessing alcohol as a minor.
  A police report says an officer was checking a reported disturbance when he heard brakes squeal and an SUV slam into the patrol car behind him. Rader told the officer she was taking a topless selfie of herself to Snapchat to he
  
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• UN: ISIS Using Tens Of Thousands As ‘Human Shields’ In Mosul

  28-10-2016 17:47
  
  QAYARA AIR BASE, Iraq (AP) – The Islamic State group appears to be using tens of thousands of people as “human shields” in and around Mosul, where Iraqi forces are waging a large-scale offensive aimed at retaking the country’s second largest city, the U.N. human rights office said Friday.
  It has received reports of more than 200 people being killed for refusing to comply with IS orders or previously belonging to Iraqi security forces. It said “credible reports&rdquo
  
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• Prison For Pa. Hacker Who Stole Celebrities’ Nude Photos, Videos

  28-10-2016 17:41
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to a year and a half in prison for hacking into the email and online accounts of several female celebrities and stealing private information, including nude photos and videos.
  Thirty-six-year-old Ryan Collins was sentenced Wednesday by a federal judge in Pennsylvania.
  Prosecutors say he gained access to more than 100 Google and Apple accounts from November 2012 to September 2014. Many of them belonged to famous women.
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• Former Leechburg H.S. Coach Says Hazing Probe Was Pretext To Fire Him

  28-10-2016 17:31
  
  LEECHBURG, Pa. (AP) – A former Pennsylvania high school basketball coach says a hazing investigation that resulted in no criminal charges was a pretext for two of five board members who voted to fire him earlier this year.
  Former Leechburg coach Damian Davies says two of the board members voted not to renew his contract because their children hadn’t received enough playing time.
  The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review says Davies made those allegations in an Armstrong County lawsuit seeking ac
  
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• Several new restaurants open in Pittsburgh

  28-10-2016 17:29
  
  Looking for a different place to try? Here is the Health Department's monthly list of new restaurants that are open for business in the Pittsburgh area.
  
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• Bill Clinton woos voters in Aliquippa

  28-10-2016 17:29 via post-gazette.com
  
  Former President and potential future first gentleman Bill Clinton delivered his patented mix of policy and folksy charm to 200 people in Aliquippa Friday morning. But he said a friend in Texas gave him his closing pitch for his wife’s presidential campaign.
  
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• Bill Clinton rallies supporters in Aliquippa

  28-10-2016 17:29 via post-gazette.com
  
  Former president, and potential future first gentleman, Bill Clinton delivered his patented mix of policy and folksy charm to 200 people in Aliquippa this morning.
  
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• Mother of 2 found shot at home, dies of blunt force trauma

  28-10-2016 17:24
  
  Lisa Stover had two young boys and was in school to start a new career in the legal field, according to people who were close to her. A motive for the Beaver County woman's death remains under investigation.
  
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