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• NYC Mayor De Blasio In Pittsburgh, Says Clinton ‘Will Survive’ FBI Investigation

  30-10-2016 23:02
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — When he arrived at the Hillary Clinton campaign office near the University of Pittsburgh, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio gave student volunteers a pep talk.
  “I know this from every campaign I’ve been a part of, none of this has as much impact as what you do by knocking on those doors, by looking someone in the eyes telling them how much it matters to come out to vote,” he said.
  De Blasio is campaigning for Clinton in Pennsylvania because it’s
  
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• NY Mayor De Blasio In Pittsburgh, Says Clinton ‘Will Survive’ FBI Investigation

  30-10-2016 23:02
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — When he arrived at the Hillary Clinton campaign office near the University of Pittsburgh, New York Mayor William de Blasio gave student volunteers a pep talk.
  “I know this from every campaign I’ve been a part of, none of this has as much impact as what you do by knocking on those doors by looking someone in the eyes telling them how much it matters to come out to vote,” he said.
  De Blasio is campaigning Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania because it’
  
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• ACC Fines Pitt’s Narduzzi, Florida State’s Fisher For Violating Sportsmanship Policy

  30-10-2016 22:35
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Atlantic Coast Conference has issued public reprimands of Florida State head football coach Jimbo Fisher and Pitt head football coach Pat Narduzzi.
  According to their website, the ACC is reprimanding the coaches for violating the ACC Sportsmanship Policy following Florida State’s game against Clemson on Oct. 29, and Pitt’s game against Virginia Tech on Oct. 27.
  Fisher and Narduzzi’s postgame comments regarding officials were in direct violatio
  
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• 17 Injured After Church Van, SUV Collide On NC Highway

  30-10-2016 21:45
  
  STOKESDALE, N.C. (AP) – A van carrying a Virginia church group crashed into an SUV that crossed into its lane on a North Carolina highway early Sunday, sending 17 people to hospitals, the State Highway Patrol said.
  The injured ranged in age from a one month to 90-years-old, and two had to be flown by emergency helicopter for hospital treatment, the State Highway Patrol said. There were no fatalities as of Sunday afternoon.
  Fifteen of those hurt were aboard a rented van carrying members of
  
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• Star Sloth Valentino Celebrates His Birthday At National Aviary

  30-10-2016 21:42
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The National Aviary is celebrating the birthday of it’s star sloth Valentino.
  The two-toed sloth celebrated his first birthday this weekend with a number of festivities, including some rather special snacks. He chowed down on “Smash Cake,” which was made out of leaf eater biscuit with fresh fruit such as cranberries and papaya, with a mashed sweet potato frosting and Julienne-cut squash and sweet potato as candles.
  Valentino was purchased from a b
  
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• Firefighters battle fire at Bethel Park residence

  30-10-2016 21:38 via post-gazette.com
  
  Firefighters battled a blaze this afternoon at a residence in Bethel Park.
  
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• Body Found Wrapped In Carpet In Woods In Philadelphia

  30-10-2016 20:53
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Police are investigating the body of a man found in the woods in west Philadelphia.
  Officials said someone passing by spotted the body wrapped in a carpet on Reservoir Drive shortly after 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
  Police said the man was pronounced dead at the scene. He hasn’t been identified and officials can’t assign an approximate age to the remains.
  The medical examiner has been notified.
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• Police investigating report of sex assault near Pitt campus

  30-10-2016 20:34 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police are investigating a report of a sexual assault near the University of Pittsburgh campus in Oakland.
  
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• Police investigating alleged sex assault on Pitt campus

  30-10-2016 20:34 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh Police have confirmed an investigation of a sexual assault allegation on the University of Pittsburgh campus.
  
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• Police investigating alleged sex assault near Pitt campus

  30-10-2016 20:34 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh Police have confirmed an investigation of a sexual assault allegation near the University of Pittsburgh campus.
  
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• Boy With Down Syndrome Grows Champion Pumpkin

  30-10-2016 20:22
  
  LONDON (KDKA) — The story of a prize-winning pumpkin and the boy who grew it is warming hearts across the world.
  CBS News reports Benjamin Ben-Eliezer worked hard all summer to try and win first place in the Royal Horticultural Society Show in London. The 14-year-old slaved away in the garden of his school in Nonington, Kent, U.K., alongside his teacher, Mario.
  In a video he is heard talking about the beginning of the pumpkin’s story.“All winter I turned a compost pile that wou
  
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• Trainer/driver injured at Meadows Racetrack and Casino

  30-10-2016 20:15 via post-gazette.com
  
  A trainer/driver who was injured in an a mishap Friday at The Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Washington County is recuperating at home.
  
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• Driver and trainer injured in accident at Meadows racetrack

  30-10-2016 19:42
  
  A trainer and driver was injured at the Meadows Racetrack at Casino on Friday.
  
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• Man Steals Car, Leads Police On High-Speed Pursuit

  30-10-2016 19:36
  
  CRAFTON HEIGHTS (KDKA) — A man stole a car, allegedly at gunpoint, and then fled from police in Crafton Heights early Sunday morning.
  The incident happened on Woodlow Street before 2:30 a.m.
  According to police officials, a female driver said she got out of her car on Cherry Court near Woodlow Street, leaving it running. A black male then approached her with a gun and stole the car. The victim told police the man fired one shot away from her, but police say there was no evidence of a shot
  
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• Man charged in fatal Marshall-Shadeland shooting

  30-10-2016 18:42
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• Report: Steelers Expect Roethlisberger Will Be Ready To Face Ravens

  30-10-2016 17:34
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The team, fans and Ben Roethlisberger himself were hopeful that the quarterback would return in time to face the Baltimore Ravens, and according to reports, Roethlisberger’s recovery seems to be on track.
  Jason La Canfora with CBS Sports reports that team officials anticipate Roethlisberger will participate in drills when the Steelers return to practice this week.
  Roethlisberger left a game against the Miami Dolphins in the second quarter on Oct. 16, but returned
  
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• Clinton Team: Comey Should Say Whether He’s Reviewed Emails

  30-10-2016 16:54
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Hillary Clinton’s campaign on Sunday pressured FBI Director James Comey to release more details about the emails he says could be related to the investigation into her use of a private email server, including whether Comey had even reviewed them himself.
  Tim Kaine, Clinton’s running mate, said Comey owed it to the public to be more forthcoming about the emails under review by the FBI with only 10 days remaining before Nov. 8 election. Kaine’s message aim
  
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• 3 challenge incumbent in Pennsylvania auditor general's race

  30-10-2016 16:35
  
  Three candidates are vying to unseat Pennsylvania's Democratic auditor general, Eugene DePasquale, in the Nov. 8 election.
  
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• Judge rejects appeal in newborn's 2011 death

  30-10-2016 16:24
  
  A judge has ruled that a third-degree murder conviction against a western Pennsylvania man serving 15 to 30 years in the death of his infant daughter will stand.
  
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• 1 injured in overnight Beaver County crash

  30-10-2016 16:05
  
  One person was taken to the hospital after a crash in Beaver County early Sunday morning.
  
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• Police searching for man who carjacked woman, showed gun

  30-10-2016 15:49
  
  Police are searching for a man they said stole a car from a woman in Pittsburgh’s Crafton Heights neighborhood Sunday night.
  
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• Police search for possible missing fisherman in Armstrong County

  30-10-2016 15:29
  
  Police are searching for a possibly lost fisherman in Armstrong County.
  
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• Silent Sanctuaries: A look inside Pittsburgh's vacant houses of worship

  30-10-2016 15:19 via post-gazette.com
  
  Within the Pittsburgh city limits, the Post-Gazette has found nearly two dozen former churches and synagogues that currently sit unused. Some are well-maintained, others are deteriorating to almost dangerous levels. See the full story here: http://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/silentsanctuaries/
  
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• Pitt, City Police Investigating Report Of Sexual Assault

  30-10-2016 14:46
  
  OAKLAND (KDKA) — University of Pittsburgh and city police are investigating a report of a sexual assault that occurred early Sunday morning.
  The alleged victim is a 20-year-old woman.
  It happened between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. in the 300-block of Semple Street.
  Police responded to the scene for a report that a female victim had been sexually assaulted. The suspect is described as a black man, approximately 5-feet-8-inches tall with full sleeve tattoos.
  Anyone with any information regarding this
  
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• Five Things: Indians On The Brink Of A World Series Title

  30-10-2016 14:22
  
  By Andrew Kahn
  With Saturday night’s 7-2 victory, the Indians took a 3-1 lead in the World Series. They’ll have a shot to win the franchise’s first title since 1948 tonight at Wrigley Field, where the Cubs will hope to send the series back to Cleveland.
  1. Kluber controls Cubs, again
  Before this World Series, there were plenty of fans who weren’t all that familiar with Corey Kluber, the 2014 Cy Young winner and Cleveland’s unassuming ace. There can’t be too ma
  
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• Italy Hit By Strongest Quake In 35 Years, No Deaths Reported

  30-10-2016 13:38
  
  NORCIA, Italy (AP) – Central Italy was hit by another powerful earthquake Sunday, toppling buildings that had recently withstood other major quakes and sending panicked residents back into the streets, but causing no immediate loss of life.
  The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 was the strongest to strike the country in nearly 36 years. That there were no reports of deaths was largely due to the fact that thousands of residents left their homes after two strong jolts last week shoo
  
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• Powder Sprinkled Into Opera Pit May Have Been Human Ashes

  30-10-2016 12:06
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – A powdery substance a man sprinkled into the orchestra pit at New York’s Metropolitan Opera may have been an opera lover’s ashes, police say.
  The freakish incident during a Saturday afternoon performance of Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell” forced Met officials to cancel the rest of the show as well as an evening performance of a second opera.
  John Miller, the New York Police Department’s deputy commissioner in charge of intelligence and counter
  
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• Brian O'Neill: Who says bikes and cars can't get along?

  30-10-2016 07:06
  When I moved to the North Side in 1990, there was this old guy who rode a bike and that's how everyone knew him: that old guy who rides a bike. We can't talk that way anymore.
  
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• Afro American Music Institute in Homewood celebrates 34 years of providing music education to people of all ages

  30-10-2016 05:08 via post-gazette.com
  
  James and Pamela Johnson began building their dream in the basement of the St. James AME Church on Lincoln Avenue in Larimer in 1982. They started with eight instructors and several dozen youth who wanted to learn how to sing and play musical instruments.
  
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• Real clowns say the fearmongering is "insulting"

  30-10-2016 05:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  The days when people came to “ooh” and “aah” over a light-bulb demonstration at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus have given way to 21st-century razzmatazz, including extreme motocross and a human cannonball “experiencing the same force of an astronaut during launch.”
  
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• Family’s year of pain: Mt. Oliver brothers shot Nov. 1, 2015

  30-10-2016 05:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Amanda McKnight was in her bedroom last year when she heard a popping noise. She assumed her boys were playing a video game that involved shooting and “completely thought nothing of it.”
  
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• Concussions research paper a major step

  30-10-2016 05:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  For years, UPMC’s concussion team has preached three little words.
  
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• Late Night Tailgating: Monte Cristo Sandwiches

  30-10-2016 04:35
  
  Whip up this delicious treat for your friends during your next tailgating party!
  This week on “Steelers Late Night,” we’re cooking up Monte Cristo Sandwiches!
  STEELERS LATE NIGHT “Late Night Tailgating Recipes”: Monte Cristo Sandwiches
  COOKING TIME: 1 – 1½ hours
  SERVING SIZE: 4 people
  INGREDIENTS:
  12 slices white bread
  Mayonnaise, to taste
  8 slices Gouda
  8 slices turkey
  12 large eggs, beaten
  3/4 cup milk
  8 tbsp. vegetable oil
  4 tbsp. unsalted butter
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• Malkin, Crosby Each Score Twice To Lift Penguins Past Flyers

  30-10-2016 03:16
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Evgeni Malkin scored twice, including the tiebreaker in the third period, and Sidney Crosby also had two goals to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night.
  Matt Cullen also scored for the Penguins, who scored three times in a 55-second span in the first period while opening a four-game road trip with their fourth win in the last five. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 38 shots while making his ninth straight start (6-2-1).
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• Police: Uber Driver Kidnapped Passenger, Took Her To Hotel

  30-10-2016 02:57
  
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP/KDKA) – Police say an Uber driver is facing kidnapping and assault charges after taking an unconscious female passenger to a Maryland hotel.
  Prince George’s County Police Uber driver Westagne Pierre picked up a female passenger at a bar in the District of Columbia and took her to a hotel about 10 miles northeast in College Park instead of dropping her off at home in Virginia.
  According to WUSA, Pierre left the victim in his car while he checked in. Cou
  
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• Unknown Powder Sprinkled Into Orchestra Pit Halts NY Opera Performance

  30-10-2016 02:27
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – New York’s Metropolitan Opera halted a performance Saturday after someone sprinkled an unknown powder into the orchestra pit.
  Met spokesman Sam Neuman said the afternoon’s performance of “Guillaume Tell” was canceled during the second intermission after the person sprinkled the powder into the pit from the orchestra section.
  “As a safety precaution, the Met canceled the remainder of the performance,” Neuman said in a statement.
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• 9-Year-Old Girl Killed When Dragged, Struck By School Bus

  30-10-2016 01:43
  
  PLAINFIELD, Mass. (AP) – Massachusetts State Police say a 9-year-old girl was killed when she was dragged by a school bus and then struck by it as she was getting off at her stop.
  The accident happened around 4 p.m. Friday in Plainfield, in western Massachusetts.
  Police say a preliminary investigation indicates the girl was not fully clear of the bus when the door closed. They say she became caught in the door as the bus drove away. She was dragged a short distance and struck by the bus. T
  
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• Mayor Peduto, Boston Mayor Talk Politics At Ritter’s Diner

  30-10-2016 01:32
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Bacon, eggs, toast and politics dominated the menu at Ritter’s Diner on Baum Boulevard. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh joined Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto for breakfast before hitting the campaign trail to drum up support for Hillary Clinton.
  “I don’t really see a choice. You have a person that’s running whose has plans, Secretary Clinton has laid out plans and you have a guy who blames people for things,” he said.
  “We need a domestic polic
  
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• Clinton Pushes Back Against ‘Unprecedented’ New FBI Review

  30-10-2016 00:55
  
  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Hillary Clinton lashed out Saturday at the FBI’s handling of a new email review, leading a chorus of Democratic leaders who declared the bureau’s actions just days before the election “unprecedented” and “deeply troubling.” Emboldened Republican rival Donald Trump seized on the reignited email controversy, hoping to raise new doubts about Clinton’s trustworthiness.
  Rallying supporters in Florida, Clinton pressed FBI Direc
  
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• Victim identified, man arrested in connection with Marshall-Shadeland shooting

  30-10-2016 00:50
  
  A man was killed and a woman wounded during a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood Saturday morning.
  
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• Manure Dumped Again At Ohio County’s Democratic HQ

  30-10-2016 00:23
  
  LEBANON, Ohio (AP) – Democratic Party officials are cleaning up in one Ohio county. Again.
  The Warren County Democratic chairwoman says a truckload of manure was dumped outside its headquarters early Saturday morning. The same thing happened in 2012, but Bethe Goldenfield says the party has a security camera that could help identify Saturday’s perpetrators.
  The sheriff’s office is investigating. County GOP Chairman Jeff Monroe says the party had no role, and he tells The Cincin
  
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• Man killed, woman wounded in Pittsburgh shooting

  30-10-2016 00:12
  Authorities in western Pennsylvania say one person is in custody in a shooting in Pittsburgh that killed a man and wounded a woman. The Public Safety Department said the two were walking in the Marshall Shadeland neighborhood shortly after 9:30 a.m. Saturday when they were approached by a male they knew.
  
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