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• Apps, Cell Phone Carriers Help Block Robocalls

  05-12-2016 23:58
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Does your cellphone ring off the hook, all the time, from numbers you don’t know?
  If so, you’re not alone. Robocalls are a big problem right now, but there are ways you can block them for good.
  In our always connected world, they have become an electronic appendage. If it rings, we answer.
  “It could be anybody,” Amanda Jeremko, of McKeesport, said. “Sometimes it’s a 412 number, sometimes it’s out of state.”
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• Allegheny County Recounts Votes From Election Night

  05-12-2016 23:37
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Allegheny County election officials, under the watchful eyes of political observers and representatives of the Democratic, Republican and Green parties, gathered Monday morning in the county office building to double check the results from election night.
  The entire process took about 45 minutes.
  Officials took a second look at the totals from the electronic machines used in 52 of Allegheny County’s districts. Elections officials went precinct by precinct, ch
  
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• CMU gets $14 million grant for mobility research center

  05-12-2016 23:31 via post-gazette.com
  
  Carnegie Mellon University announced this afternoon it has received a $14 million federal grant to establish a new National University Transportation Center.
  
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• Judge orders deportation to native China of ex-Pitt student who led test-taking scheme

  05-12-2016 23:28 via post-gazette.com
  
  The lead defendant in a scheme by Chinese students to cheat their way into American universities received a probationary term today instead of prison and will be deported to China. 
  
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• Former Pitt student, key figure in Chinese-U.S. college testing scam, to be deported

  05-12-2016 23:28 via post-gazette.com
  
  The lead defendant in a scheme by Chinese students to cheat their way into American universities received a probationary term Monday instead of prison and will be deported to China.
  
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• Mother Attacks Babysitter For Allegedly Leaving Kids Home Alone

  05-12-2016 23:10
  
  VANDERGRIFT (KDKA) – A mother and a babysitter got into a physical fight at a Vandergrift home Sunday night when the babysitter allegedly left the mother’s three kids home alone.
  Haley Oglietti bears the cuts and bruises of an all-out brawl because that’s exactly what she was in.
  “I didn’t go down without a fight, that’s all I can say,” she said.
  Vandergrift Police say Oglietti confronted her neighbor Justina Shay Harrison after Harrison allegedly left O
  
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• Report: Pa. Teacher Caught Having Sex With Student In Cemetery Sentenced

  05-12-2016 22:57
  
  PALMER TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A substitute teacher in Northampton County has been sentenced after being caught having sex with a student in a cemetery.
  According to the Morning Call, 50-year-old Kelly Aldinger will serve three to 23 months in jail.
  Aldinger reportedly told police that she met the 17-year-old student several years ago when she was teaching in the Easton Area Middle School. The student and Aldinger indicated they had been in a sexual relationship since he was 16.
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• Pittsburgh FBI part of joint effort taking out international cybercrime ring

  05-12-2016 22:28 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Allegheny County District Attorney’s office paid the equivalent of about $1,400 in ransom last year after one of its computers was inflicted with malware, and its user was locked out of the computer’s encrypted files.
  
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• Pittsburgh FBI office has hand in dismantling international cybercrime network

  05-12-2016 22:28 via post-gazette.com
  
  An international cyber crime operation using malware to steal from private computer users all over the world has been dismantled as the result of a joint operation including the FBI in Pittsburgh and the National Cyber Forensic and Training Alliance. 
  
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• Allegheny County DA's office paid bitcoin ransom in cyberattack

  05-12-2016 22:28 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Allegheny County District Attorney’s office paid the equivalent of about $1,400 in ransom last year after one of its computers was inflicted with malware, and its user was locked out of the computer’s encrypted files.
  
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• Judge: Prosecutors Can Use Cosby’s Deposition At Trial

  05-12-2016 22:24
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A Pennsylvania judge has ruled that damaging testimony Bill Cosby gave in an accuser’s lawsuit can be used at his criminal sex assault trial.
  The defense had insisted that Cosby only testified after being promised he wouldn’t be charged in the Andrea Constand case.
  Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill concluded Monday that Cosby never had a promise from prosecutors that he could never be charged.
  The 79-year-old Cosby acknowledged in the 2006 deposit
  
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• Mistrial Declared In Black Motorist’s Shooting

  05-12-2016 22:12
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – A South Carolina judge has declared a mistrial after a jury deadlocked in the murder trial of a white police officer charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist.
  Circuit Judge Clifton Newman declared a mistrial in the case after a jury said it could not reach a verdict after deliberating more than 22 hours over four days.
  Former patrolman Michael Slager was charged with murder in the April 4, 2015 shooting death of 50-year-old Walter Scott. The judge
  
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• Woman Pleads Guilty In Methadone-Related Pill Mill Case

  05-12-2016 21:53
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – A woman who ran a Pennsylvania methadone clinic raided by federal agents last year has pleaded guilty to operating a pill mill.
  The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports 62-year-old Rosalind Sugarmann pleaded guilty Monday to illegal drug distribution and health care fraud.
  She’ll be sentenced in May.
  Sugarmann headed the Addiction Specialists clinic in North Union Township.
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• Keidel: Are These Chiefs For Real?

  05-12-2016 21:45
  
  By Jason Keidel
  While the NFL prides itself on parity, it often borders on parody.
  We’re all drawn to the bedrock notion (or illusion) that no matter how bad our team was last year, it could contend this year. And we’ve had just enough source matter to support these delusions. While we can always pencil in some monoliths, like the Patriots, Packers, Steelers or Broncos, as eternal contenders, we’ve had, over the last 20 years, the fruition of the gory-to-glory narrative to
  
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• 28-Year-Old Imperial Woman Arrested On Child Porn Charges

  05-12-2016 21:42
  
  IMPERIAL (KDKA) — An Imperial woman has been arrested on child pornography charges.
  28-year-old Kaitlin Plascjak is charged with sexual abuse of children and criminal use of a communication facility.
  Detectives became aware of Plascjak’s case when Skype reported child pornography being uploaded from a computer with an IP address connected to her home.
  When authorities arrived at Plascjak’s home, she told them that she knew why they were there.
  She told detectives that
  
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• Dunlap: Pittsburgh Pirates Not Aware Of Kang’s Prior DUIs

  05-12-2016 21:27
  
  Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Jung Ho Kang was arrested last week in his native South Korea on suspicion of driving under the influence.By now you have probably seen the dashboard video.You have probably seen the line of traffic he would have barreled into if not for a well-placed traffic island that halted his car and a sure-fire accident.You have probably seen the photos of the aftermath — his pricey BMW sedan, with the bottom ripped apart and resting in a parking garage.You have probably
  
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• Nearly 2 Million Pounds Of Chicken Recalled For Possible Bacteria

  05-12-2016 21:16
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Nearly two million pounds of chicken has been recalled, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
  National Steak and Poultry is pulling the items because of possible undercooking, resulting in the potential survival of bacterial pathogens in the products.
  Click here for a full list of recalled items. 
  These items were shipped to food service locations nationwide and were sold directly to retail consumers at the establishments’ monthly dock sale.
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• Man Convicted In Son’s Hot-Car Death Gets Life, No Parole

  05-12-2016 20:51
  
  MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) – A judge on Monday handed down a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for a Georgia man convicted of murder by jurors who believed he had intentionally left his toddler son in a hot SUV to die.
  Jurors last month convicted Justin Ross Harris, 36, of malice murder and other charges in the June 2014 death of his 22-month-old son, Cooper. The malice murder conviction means they believed Harris left the young boy to die on purpose.
  Cooper died after s
  
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• A Life on the Hill: Growing up in the colorful, vibrant Lower Hill

  05-12-2016 19:30 via post-gazette.com
  
  To read more about "A Life on the Hill: The journey of Sala Udin mirrors the experience of many African-American Pittsburghers," pleas visit http://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/life-on-the-hill/
  
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• Recount Asked For As Pennsylvania Election System Called A ‘National Disgrace’

  05-12-2016 19:23
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) – PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Calling Pennsylvania’s election system “a national disgrace,” Green Party-backed lawyers asked a federal judge on Monday to order a recount of the state’s Nov. 8 presidential election result, won by Republican Donald Trump.
  A federal lawsuit filed in Philadelphia called for a recount and a forensic examination of the aging electronic voting machines used in most Pennsylvania counties, saying both are necessary to determi
  
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• Fayette County methadone clinic owner pleads guilty to federal pill-mill charges

  05-12-2016 19:18 via post-gazette.com
  
  A methadone clinic owner in Fayette County admitted today that she illegally dispensed Xanax and Suboxone.
  
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• Crews Battle Fire At Commercial Garage On Bedford Avenue

  05-12-2016 19:15
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Emergency crews battled a fire that engulfed a garage in Pittsburgh on Monday afternoon.
  The fire started at a commercial garage in the 2100-block of Bedford Avenue around 12:30 p.m.
  The Allegheny County Twitter account reported that responders were on the scene just after 1 p.m.
  (Photo Credit: Ron Hunt/KDKA)
  Two employees were working at the time of the fire. One employee suffered a leg burn and was taken to Mercy Hospital.
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• Minivan Overturns On Hillside, Crashes Into House

  05-12-2016 18:14
  
  PENN HILLS (KDKA) — A minivan overturned on a hillside and crashed into a house in Penn Hills late Monday morning.
  It happened around 10 a.m. in the 500-block of Lougeay Road.
  It is unclear what caused the crash, but neighbors say that speed has been a factor in other similar accidents in the area in the past.
  Authorities say the driver was the only person in the minivan at the time of the crash, and he was alert and conscious when he was removed from the overturned vehicle and taken to th
  
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• Election recount brings no changes in Allegheny County

  05-12-2016 18:01 via post-gazette.com
  
  A re-examination of Allegheny County voting machine results didn’t change any votes Monday morning — and it probably didn’t change any minds, either. Within hours of the examination, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein’s campaign had filed a federal lawsuit seeking a statewide recount, and Pittsburgh-area activists were also disenchanted.
  
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• Allegheny County vote retabulation jibes with Election Day results

  05-12-2016 18:01 via post-gazette.com
  
  Allegheny County election officials retabulated the vote totals from machines in 52 precincts this morning under the watchful eyes of activists and representatives of political parties.
  
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• One Attacked, Two Threatened In North Point Breeze Home Invasion

  05-12-2016 17:50
  
  NORTH POINT BREEZE (KDKA) – Police are looking for two suspects after a home invasion early Monday morning in North Point Breeze.
  The suspects attacked one man and threatened two other people with guns.Police filled the streets of Penfield Court just before 3 a.m. for a shots fired call.
  When they got there, they were quickly told about a man who was bleeding near an Exxon gas station at the intersection of Penn Avenue and North Braddock Avenue.
  Police say the man went to the Exxon to call
  
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• Car rolls into house in Penn Hills

  05-12-2016 17:18 via post-gazette.com
  
  Emergency responders have been dispatched this morning to a home on Lougeay Road in Penn Hills, where a vehicle rolled down a small hillside and into a house.
  
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• Pittsburgh Steelers Team Grades: Steelers’ Defense Ends Giants’ Six-Game Winning Streak

  05-12-2016 17:00
  
  By Danny Cox
  The Pittsburgh Steelers stunned the New York Giants and ended their six-game winning streak on Sunday. The offense displayed an above-average performance by spreading the ball around and running a balanced offensive attack. At the end of the day, however, the defense truly got the job done. They hounded Eli Manning and shut down the Giants in a 24-14 victory.
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  Balance was key for the Steelers’ offense Sunday. Ben Roethlisberger had 24 completions for 289 yards and tw
  
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• Feds To Detail International Cybercrime Bust In Pittsburgh

  05-12-2016 16:02
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – The FBI and federal prosecutors in Pittsburgh plan to detail the takedown of an international cybercrime with ties and victims in western Pennsylvania.
  The feds and the European Union police agency last week announced the sweep of the Avalanche network, which is credited with inflicting hundreds of millions of dollars in losses worldwide and the arrests of five key suspects in custody.
  Related documents are being unsealed in Pittsburgh Monday and will be discussed at a ne
  
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• Feds Detail International Cybercrime Bust In Pittsburgh

  05-12-2016 16:02
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – An international criminal cyber network is destroyed in an operation so massive forty countries were involved.
  The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Western Pennsylvania was one of the leading agencies in the effort.
  German officials reached out to federal officials in western PA for help in this massive case because of their will and expertise with cyber takedowns.  Federal officials said the ‘Avalanche’ network was used in malware attacks all over
  
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• State Police, Prosecutor: Human Skeleton Found By Hunters

  05-12-2016 16:01
  
  NEWVILLE, Pa. (AP) – State police and the district attorney are investigating a human skeleton found by hunters in central Pennsylvania.
  Cumberland County District Attorney David Freed says it appears the remains are those of a man whose body has been in the area for at least a couple of years. The bones were found in Cooke Township, near Newville, about 30 miles west of Harrisburg on Saturday afternoon.
  The prosecutor is hoping investigators will be able to gather DNA from the bones and p
  
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• Kang Subject To ‘Three-Strikes’ Law In South Korea, May Lose License

  05-12-2016 15:50
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Jung Ho Kang may lose his license after allegedly driving drunk in South Korea.
  Kang is now reportedly subject to a “three-strikes” law because it could be Kang’s third DUI accident.
  According to police Kang has been arrested in August of 2009 and May of 2011 for DUI as well.Kang was arrested last week on suspicion of DUI.
  A person in the passenger seat reportedly told police they had been driving when the crash occurred.
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• Stevie Nicks Tour Coming To Pittsburgh

  05-12-2016 15:37
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Stevie Nicks’ “24 Karat Gold Tour” will stop in Pittsburgh in the spring.
  Stevie Nicks and Pretenders will perform at PPG Paints Arena on Friday, March 31.
  Twenty new shows, including the stop in Pittsburgh, were added to the North American tour’s original line-up due to high ticket demands.
  “It’s been thrilling to get on stage each night and sing some of my early gems from early in my career along with getting the chance to sing the
  
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• Man injured during home invasion in Point Breeze

  05-12-2016 15:36 via post-gazette.com
  
  A man was injured during a home invasion in Point Breeze overnight.
  
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• Graham Cracker Mint Fudge Recipe

  05-12-2016 15:11
  
  Pittsburgher Susan Castriota invented and patented a set of glass lids to use in the microwave to avoid the harmful chemicals and bacteria that can leach into your food from plastic.
  Susan joined Pittsburgh Today Live to demonstrate how to use her lids to make an easy holiday fudge recipe!
  Graham Cracker Mint Fudge
  From the cucina of Susan Castriota
  Crust Ingredients
  1 3/4 cups graham cracker crumbs or 10 whole graham crackers
  6 tablespoons melted salted butter
  1/4 cup granulated sugar
  ** If usi
  
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• PTL Links: Dec. 5, 2016

  05-12-2016 14:42
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
  SPACE Gallery
  Dr. Mike Hutchinson, Animal General
  Rue Des Archives Curated Couture
  Cuchina Safe Lid
  Recipe: Graham Cracker Mint Fudge
  Heinz History Center
  Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show
  
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• State Police: Man Fatally Shot Woman With Hunting Rifle

  05-12-2016 14:03
  
  DONEGAL TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A woman was fatally shot in Donegal Township on Sunday night.
  It happened just after 9 p.m. at a home in the 400-block of E. Slippery Rock Road.
  State police have identified the victim as 30-year-old Sarah Crawford, of Chicora.
  According to state police, 30-year-old Joshua Crawford, also of Chicora, and Sarah were having an argument. Joshua was leaving the house when he grabbed his hunting rifle and shot Sarah.
  Crawford is facing criminal homicide charges.
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• Police: Man Fatally Shot Wife For Urging Him To Kill Himself

  05-12-2016 14:03
  
  DONEGAL TOWNSHIP (KDKA/AP) — Police say a Pennsylvania man told them he fatally shot his wife after first trying to kill himself and then hearing her taunting him and encouraging him to shoot himself.
  It happened just after 9 p.m. at a home in the 400-block of E. Slippery Rock Road.
  Thirty-year-old Joshua Crawford was jailed Monday in Butler County on charges of criminal homicide and aggravated assault.
  Police say Crawford and 30-year-old Sarah Crawford were arguing at their Donegal Townsh
  
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• Butler County man charged in wife's shooting death

  05-12-2016 13:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  State police said a couple’s argument escalated into the shooting death of a Butler County woman late Sunday.
  
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• A Life on the Hill: A lynching in a place called Shubuta

  05-12-2016 13:37 via post-gazette.com
  
  To read more about "A Life on the Hill: The journey of Sala Udin mirrors the experience of many African-American Pittsburghers," pleas visit http://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/life-on-the-hill/
  
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• College Football Bowl Game Match-ups, Schedule

  05-12-2016 13:27
  
  Ryan Mayer
  College football’s regular season may be over, but the postseason is just about to get started. Beginning on December 17th, the bowl season gets underway and it will run through the holiday season and into the New Year when the season wraps up with the National Championship game on Monday, January 9th, 2017.
  You probably have heard who the four teams are that will be playing in the semifinals of the third edition of college football playoff, but there are 38 other bowl games to
  
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• Steelers Wear Special Cleats To Support Charities

  05-12-2016 13:03
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — You may have noticed some players wearing special cleats during Sunday’s Steelers game.
  Eleven Steelers participated in the “My Cause My Cleats” campaign, which allowed players to wear specially decorated shoes to support their favorite charity.
  Here are a few of the charities Steelers players chose to support:
  Antonio Brown — Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America
  Sammie Coates —St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
  Cam Heyward —
  
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• Trump Taps Former Campaign Rival Carson As Housing Secretary

  05-12-2016 12:28
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – President-elect Donald Trump has chosen former Campaign 2016 rival Ben Carson to become secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
  Trump’s decision, announced early Monday by his transition office, comes as the real estate mogul continues a series of interviews, meetings with aides and other deliberations aimed at forming his administration.
  In a statement, Trump says he’s “thrilled to nominate” Carson, saying he “has a bri
  
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• Woman, 23, critically wounded in McKees Rocks shooting

  05-12-2016 12:04 via post-gazette.com
  
  Allegheny County police are seeking the public’s help in connection with a shooting in McKees Rocks Sunday that critically wounded a 23-year-old woman.
  
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• Death Toll Climbs To 36 In Oakland Warehouse Fire

  05-12-2016 07:45
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – The death toll in the Oakland warehouse fire climbed to 36 Monday with more bodies still feared buried in the blackened ruins, and families anxiously awaited word of their missing loved ones.
  The laborious job of digging with shovels and buckets through the debris was suspended overnight because of a dangerously unstable wall but was expected to resume.
  Flames tore through the building, known as the “Ghost Ship,” during a dance party Friday night. The clu
  
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• Shop Holiday: Gifts for bicyclists

  05-12-2016 06:29
  Don't get caught on Pittsburgh's Healthy Ride system without a helmet. Healthy Ride's "I Bike Share PGH" helmets come in three sizes and feature a map with bike-sharing stations.
  
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• Goodfellows: Christmas with a very big family

  05-12-2016 06:03 via post-gazette.com
  
  John Smith, 8, picked through his case full of Lego versions of the monsters from the computer game Minecraft, and in the midst of them found the game’s square-jawed hero, Steve.
  
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• Christmas with a very big family

  05-12-2016 06:03 via post-gazette.com
  
  John Smith, 8, picked through his case full of Lego versions of the monsters from the computer game Minecraft, and in the midst of them found the game’s square-jawed hero, Steve.
  
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• Regent Square residents seek crosswalk at start of business district

  05-12-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Regent Square, the neighborhood just off the Parkway East where Pittsburgh, Wilkinsburg, Edgewood and Swissvale meet near Frick Park, has become a trendy area again with restaurants, a bakery and other businesses lining South Braddock Avenue for more than two blocks.
  
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• One-on-one with longtime news commentator Cokie Roberts

  05-12-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Longtime NPR and ABC commentator Cokie Roberts says she first encountered the so-called “Reagan Democrat” voter in Pittsburgh 36 years ago … and that such voters made the difference in electing Donald Trump this year. The three-time Emmy winner, who criticized Mr. Trump during the campaign, returns to Pittsburgh today for a talk titled “Why Trump and What Is Next?” moderated by Post-Gazette executive editor David Shribman.
  
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