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• Yahoo Security Breach Could Affect More Than Just Yahoo Customers

  15-12-2016 23:35
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It’s happened again.
  Yahoo says a billion customer accounts were hacked in 2013, after earlier reporting that 500 million were hacked in 2014 by a “state-sponsored actor.”
  “Fact that they were breached shouldn’t be a surprise to anybody because we are seeing so much of it these days. Fact that it’s a billion is quite amazing,” Andrew Richards, a local cyber security fraud investigator, told KDKA money editor Jon Delano on Thursd
  
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• White House Suggests Putin Was Involved In US Hacking

  15-12-2016 23:27
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration suggested Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally authorized the hacking of Democratic officials’ email accounts in the run-up to the presidential election and said it was “fact” that such actions helped Donald Trump’s campaign. The White House also assailed Trump himself, saying he must have known of Russia’s interference.
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• Dashcam Video Shows Officer Shoot Suspect Following Dangerous Chase

  15-12-2016 23:19
  
  NEW CASTLE (KDKA) – Police shot a suspect following a two-county chase early Tuesday morning.
  The chase was extremely dangerous.
  “On numerous occasions, the officers radioed back and forth that if they encountered any traffic, they were going to terminate the pursuit,” said Lawrence County District Attorney Joshua Lamancusa.
  Suspect Shawn Hobel pulled a dramatic U-turn and police blocked him in. Hobel held a gun to the head of a female passenger.
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• 22-Year-Old Woman Receives 2nd Life-Saving Double Lung Transplant

  15-12-2016 22:39
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Back in April, Morgan Yoney was facing a heartbreaking reality.
  “Without a transplant, I’m not going to be able to survive it. I’m only 21 and there’s so many things I want to do and…Just without it, there’s nothing else we can do,” she told KDKA’s Brenda Waters.
  Yesterday, things changed for the Greene County woman.
  “Morgan got called for her double lung transplant,” mother Tammy Yoney. “We got a call y
  
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• 4-Year-Old Cancer Patient Collects 3K Toys For Pa. Hospital Pals

  15-12-2016 22:21
  
  COOPERSBURG, Pa. (AP) – A four-year-old cancer patient who was sent home for the holidays wanted to get gifts for the friends she left behind in a Philadelphia hospital.
  Now, her wish for 50 presents has ballooned to over 3,000 gifts for patients at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
  Jillian Massey, of Coopersburg, was diagnosed with brain cancer in April and spent six months in the hospital. When she was sent home, she decided to give something back to her friends.
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• WWE Insiders Pick Roadblock: End Of The Line 2016

  15-12-2016 22:13
  
  By Chuck Carroll
  Like most big wrestling events, WWE Roadblock picks are easier to make in some matches than others. WWE has elected to put three championship matches on the card, including for the first time ever a 30-minute Ironman match between two women, for their final pay-per-view of the year. Sasha Banks and Charlotte continue to not only push women’s wrestling forward, but shatter the glass ceiling with every match. Sunday’s match at Roadblock is supposed to be the end of the
  
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• Colorful NBA Sideline Reporter Craig Sager, 65, Dies

  15-12-2016 21:41
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Craig Sager, the longtime NBA sideline reporter famous for his flashy suits and probing questions, has died after a batter with cancer, Turner Sports announced Thursday. He was 65.
  “Craig Sager was a beloved member of the Turner family for more than three decades and he has been a true inspiration to all of us,” Turner President David Levy said in a statement. “There will never be another Craig Sager.His incredible talent, tireless work ethic and commitm
  
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• Dylann Roof Convicted In Racially Motivated Slayings Of 9 Black Church Members

  15-12-2016 21:32
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – Dylann Roof was convicted Thursday in the chilling attack on nine black church members who were shot to death last year during a Bible study, affirming the prosecution’s portrayal of a young white man who hoped the slayings would start a race war or bring back segregation.
  Instead, the single biggest change to emerge from the June 17, 2015, slayings that shocked the nation was the removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina Statehouse, where it had
  
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• State delays new plan for long-term care aid a second time

  15-12-2016 21:29 via post-gazette.com
  
  State officials for a second time have delayed the Community HealthChoices program that is designed to overhaul how long-term care services are delivered to elderly or disabled clients qualifying for government assistance in Pennsylvania.
  
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• DA's office withdraws intent to seek death penalty against accused killer

  15-12-2016 21:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Allegheny County District Attorney's Office said today that it is withdrawing its intent to seek the death penalty against Theodore Smedley, who pleaded guilty of killing one man and stands accused of killing two others — all in a four-day span in March 2014.
  
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• Pa. Official Resigning After ‘Threat’ To Beat Man With Fake Leg

  15-12-2016 21:21
  
  NORTH YORK, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania borough councilwoman who told a volunteer firefighter she’d beat him over the head with his prosthetic leg says she was only joking, but is resigning nonetheless.
  North York Councilwoman Sandra Hinkle tells The Associated Press the controversy prompting her resignation is a “blessing in disguise” because she’s tired of infighting and other contentiousness on the council.
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• Facebook To Put Warning Labels On ‘Fake News’

  15-12-2016 21:03
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – Facebook is taking new measures to curb the spread of fake news on its huge and influential social network, focusing on the “worst of the worst” offenders and partnering with outside fact-checkers to sort honest news reports from made-up stories that play to people’s passions and preconceived notions.
  Fake news stories touch on a broad range of subjects, from unproven cancer cures to celebrity hoaxes and backyard Bigfoot sightings. But fake political stori
  
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• Timeline: Tracking the Shell ethane cracker plant

  15-12-2016 21:02 via post-gazette.com
  
  Since 2012, Shell has seen a 300-acre site in Monaca that long housed a zinc plant as the right spot to build a petrochemical "cracker" facility. Pennsylvania offered incentives to win the project and the region's communities are watching closely to grab the opportunity, while minimizing any unwanted impacts.
  
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• Lawrence DA: Review likely to show police officer justified in shooting man through windshield

  15-12-2016 20:36 via post-gazette.com
  
  A New Castle police officer who fired several shots through the windshield of a car striking the armed driver early Tuesday morning likely saved the life of the female passenger being held hostage by him.
  
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• Boomer Between The Games: Week 15 Preview With Chris Simms

  15-12-2016 20:19
  
  By DJ Sixsmith
  In Week 14 of the NFL season, Tom Brady got revenge against the Baltimore Ravens and the Dallas Cowboys lost for only the second time this year. This season, NFL fans will be able to hear even more about their favorite teams in a brand new digital show called Boomer Between the Games. Hosted by NFL on CBS analyst and WFAN radio host Boomer Esiason, the former NFL quarterback gives his thoughts on the week that was in the National Football League and chats with an all-star roster o
  
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• Man sentenced two years in stealing $1.4M to pay for online romance

  15-12-2016 20:06 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Westmoreland County man who stole $1.4 million from two local companies where he was controller and lost most of it in an overseas online romance scheme will spend the next two years in federal prison.
  
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• New Year’s Eve Party DIY Guide

  15-12-2016 19:49
  
  Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? Of course not! Not when you’re throwing the party of the year. With these easy DIY decorations and party ideas those acquaintances will be begging you to throw the next party! It’s time to pop the champagne, throw on some dress clothes and dance well into the New Year.
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  DecorAll that glitters is gold when it comes to New Year’s Eve Parties. Pay homage to a classic NYE with black, gold and silv
  
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• Washington Bus Driver Won’t Let Kids Be Cold This Winter

  15-12-2016 19:42
  
  Inverse to Jay Z’s line on Drake’s song “Light Up” where he proclaims ‘no good deed goes unpunished’, John Lunceford is having the light shone on him for a fantastic deed he’s done for kids in the Kennewick School District in Washington.
  Lunceford, an Army veteran, drives a school bus in that district and saw a crying, shivering child saunter onto his bus because of the cold. The boys hands and ears were red from the cold, without a hat or gloves.
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• Belle Vernon student dies in car crash

  15-12-2016 19:39 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Belle Vernon high school student died in a car crash this morning.
  
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• Brentwood Sgt. Vojtas to retire at end of month

  15-12-2016 19:36 via post-gazette.com
  
  Brentwood Sgt.  John Vojtas has announced he will retire at the end of the month.
  
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• Teen Killed In Car Crash On Way To School

  15-12-2016 19:34
  
  ROSTRAVER (KDKA) – A teenage girl was killed in a Westmoreland County crash Thursday morning.
  According to the coroner, the single-vehicle accident happened near the intersection of Salem Church and Moores roads around 9:30 a.m.
  Leah Joy Smith, 16, was on her way to the Belle Vernon High School when she went off the road and struck a tree.
  Smith, who would have turned 17 on Friday, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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• Yahoo’s Big Breach Helps Usher In An Age Of Hacker Anxiety

  15-12-2016 18:52
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Yahoo has become the worst-case example of an unnerving but increasingly common phenomenon – massive hacks that steal secrets and other potentially revealing information from our personal digital accounts, or from big organizations that hold sensitive data on our behalf.
  On Wednesday, Yahoo disclosed a gargantuan breach affecting more than a billion user accounts, the largest such attack in history. The company said that attack happened in August 2013, although Y
  
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• 59 Vehicles Involved In Pileup On Snowy, Slick I-80

  15-12-2016 18:39
  
  DUBOIS, Pa. (AP) – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation says 59 vehicles crashed in a snowy pileup along a western Pennsylvania highway, and injuries are reported.
  PennDOT spokesman Jim Carroll says 22 tractor-trailers and 37 cars are involved the crash on Interstate 80 in Jefferson County. He says the number and severity of injuries is unclear.
  A message seeking comment from the Pennsylvania State Police wasn’t immediately returned.
  The crash was one of three that shut down
  
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• Pitt’s Stallings Disappointed In ‘Irresponsible Reporting’ On Barnes

  15-12-2016 18:22
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan)- University of Pittsburgh athletics department has been making quite a lot of local sports headlines lately.
  First, Pitt football offensive coordinator Matt Canada left the school to take the same position at LSU.
  Then, reports surfaced that Pitt Athletic Director Scott Barnes was on his way out the door to go to Oregon State, a school closer to where Barnes grew up in Spokane, Washington.
  So far, Barnes is still at Pitt and the reports have proven not to be true. Pitt
  
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• Thursday Night Breakdown: Seahawks Seek Bounceback Over Reeling Rams

  15-12-2016 17:53
  
  By Danny Cox
  The Seattle Seahawks hoped to pick up their ninth win of the season Sunday against the struggling Green Bay Packers, but that didn’t happen. The Seahawks were routed 38-10. Much of the blame fell on Russell Wilson’s shoulders (and his arm); the QB threw five interceptions and was sacked three times.
  The Los Angeles Rams didn’t do any better in Week 14, losing 42-14 to the Atlanta Falcons. And the game wasn’t even that close; the Rams score
  
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• DA to seek death penalty against woman accused of recording son's death

  15-12-2016 17:43 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Allegheny County District Attorney's office will seek the death penalty against a McKeesport woman who police say recorded video images as she smothered her 1-year-old son and sent them to the boy's father.
  
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• A whipped cream shortage is looming, just in time for peak holiday pie

  15-12-2016 17:26 via post-gazette.com
  
  If it is the season of pumpkin and pecan pies, and of frothy drinks garnished with cinnamon or peppermint, then it is also the season of whipped cream dispensed in fat squirts.
  
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• DA To Seek Death Penalty For Woman Accused Of Killing Son, Sending Video To Father

  15-12-2016 17:25
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – A woman accused of murdering her son and sending video of the child’s lifeless body to the father could face the death penalty.
  Today, District Attorney Stephen Zappala announced he will seek the death penalty in the trial of 21-year-old Christian Clark.
  Last month, Clark waived her right to a preliminary hearing on charges including criminal homicide in the Nov. 1 death of 17-month-old Andre Price III.
  Allegheny County police contend she sent a barrage of angr
  
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• Pittsburgh Steelers Team Headlines: The Playoffs Are In Sight, One Player Gets Endorsement For MVP

  15-12-2016 17:00
  
  By Danny Cox
  The Pittsburgh Steelers have had a few breakout stars this season. However, Ben Roethlisberger believes there is one player in particular who has carried the team squarely on his shoulders. Of course, he is talking about Le’Veon Bell and his magnificent season.
  Roethlisberger believes Bell should be league’s 2016 MVP
  Even though he missed the first three games of the season due to serving a suspension for violating the league’s substance abuse policy, run
  
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• Lifelong heroin dealer from Pittsburgh gets 15 years in deaths of two customers

  15-12-2016 16:57 via post-gazette.com
  
  Andre Higgs, a lifelong drug dealer and user in Pittsburgh, was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison for selling fentanyl-laced heroin to two addicts who died of overdoses in Cambria and Allegheny counties.
  
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• Le’Veon Bell Offers Honest Assessment Of Pittsburgh Drivers

  15-12-2016 16:37
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Driving in Pittsburgh can be a unique and quirky experience at times.
  Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell has taken to Snapchat to vent about some of his frustrations while driving around Pittsburgh.
  Among the highlights was his analysis of people treating yield signs as stop signs or red lights.
  “There’s so much traffic because you’re stopping at yield signs when you’re supposed to be yielding. Just yield,” he said.
  He also shares his
  
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• TRAFFIC: Multi-vehicle crash closes stretch of Interstate 80 in Western Pa.

  15-12-2016 16:12 via post-gazette.com
  
  PennDOT says a stretch of Interstate 80 eastbound is closed near DuBois in Western Pennsylvania due to a multi-vehicle crash.
  
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• TRAFFIC: 59 vehicles crash in snowy I-80 pileup; jack-knifed truck closes Mercer County stretch

  15-12-2016 16:12 via post-gazette.com
  
   
  
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• Man Who Stole $1.4M To Pay Online Romance Scam Gets Prison

  15-12-2016 15:30
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – A man who prosecutors say was victimized in an overseas, online romance scam has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for stealing more than $1.4 million from two Pittsburgh-area companies whose funds he controlled.
  Fifty-nine-year-old Jeffrey Plimpton pleaded guilty in August to stealing the money from Alpha Aromatics, a fragrance business, and Pestco Professional Services, a pest control firm. Plimpton worked as the companies’ controller.
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• Man Who Stole $1.4M To Pay Online Romance Scam Faces Prison

  15-12-2016 15:30
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – A man federal prosecutors say was victimized in an overseas, online romance scam faces sentencing for stealing more than $1.4 million from two Pittsburgh-area companies whose funds he controlled.
  Fifty-nine-year-old Jeffrey Plimpton pleaded guilty in August to stealing the money from two Pennsylvania companies, Alpha Aromatics, a fragrance business, and Pestco Professional Services, a pest control firm. Plimpton worked as the companies’ controller.
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• PTL Links: Dec. 15, 2016

  15-12-2016 14:46
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
  CLO Presents “A Musical Christmas Carol”
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• PA Turnpike Tolls To Increase In Early January

  15-12-2016 14:29
  
  HARRISBURG (News Radio 1020 KDKA) – As promised, another increase in Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls will take effect in January.
  The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission announced back in July that tolls would be going up 6 percent for both cash and E-ZPass customers, and that increase will take effect on Sunday, Jan. 8.
  Due to lower toll increases for E-ZPass motorists in previous years, however, they will enjoy a discount of 25 to 35 percent.
  Turnpike spokesman Carl DeFebo says passenger vehicl
  
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• Driver injured in Perry North crash

  15-12-2016 14:28 via post-gazette.com
  
  A motorist was injured when his vehicle veered off a street and struck a tree in Perry North this morning.
  
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• Man Injured After Crashing Into Woods In Perry North

  15-12-2016 13:34
  
  PERRY NORTH (KDKA) – Emergency crews freed a man from his vehicle after he went off the road and into the woods in Pittsburgh’s Perry North neighborhood.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the accident happened in the 3300 block of Perrysville Avenue around 7 a.m. Thursday.
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• Warming Centers Open Around Area As Extreme Cold Arrives

  15-12-2016 13:05
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Frigid temperatures have moved into the area, but several warming centers are open.
  A Wind Chill Advisory is in effect for western Pennsylvania until 9 a.m. on Friday.
  According to Meteorologist Ron Smiley, wind chills could dip as low as 14 degrees below zero.
  As a result, several warming centers have opened around the area.
  In Pittsburgh:
  Smithfield United Church of Christ is operating a men’s nighttime winter shelter.
  Pittsburgh Mercy’s Operation Safety N
  
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• Power restored in Pitcairn after 3,000 left without heat during cold blast

  15-12-2016 12:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  About 3,000 Pitcairn households and businesses were without power for nearly eight hours as the region plummeted into below-freezing temperatures.
  
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• About 3,000 in Pitcairn without power for hours; warming center open

  15-12-2016 12:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  About 3,000 Pitcairn households and businesses have been without power since the overnight hours as the region plummeted into below-freezing temperatures.
  
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• Bitter cold forces dozens of school delays; region remains under wind chill advisory

  15-12-2016 12:10 via post-gazette.com
  
  One of the first Arctic blasts of the season has swept frigid temperatures into the Pittsburgh region. 
  
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• Thousands Lose Power In Pitcairn

  15-12-2016 11:17
  
  PITCAIRN (KDKA) — In the midst of frigid temperatures and subzero wind chills, thousands of customers lost power early Thursday morning in Pitcairn.
  Three transformers blew around 3 a.m. at the intersection of Broadway Boulevard and Center Avenue. Nearly all of Pitcairn lost power. Approximately 3,000 people live in the borough.Crews from Pitcairn Power and Duquesne Light were on the scene. Repairs are expected to take several hours to complete. According to the borough’s website, Pi
  
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• Power Restored To Thousands In Pitcairn After 3 Transformers Fail

  15-12-2016 11:17
  
  PITCAIRN (KDKA) — In the midst of frigid temperatures and subzero wind chills, thousands of customers lost power early Thursday morning in Pitcairn.
  Three transformers blew around 3 a.m. at the intersection of Broadway Boulevard and Center Avenue. Nearly all of Pitcairn lost power. Approximately 3,000 people live in the borough.Crews from Duquesne Light arrived on the scene around 5:30 a.m. They were working with crews from Pitcairn Power.
  Power was eventually restored around 9:30 a.m.
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• Pittsburgh's Mayor Peduto announces re-election bid

  15-12-2016 11:13 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto kicked off his 2017 re-election bid Wednesday night, promising both to continue the city's progress and to ensure no one is left behind by it.
  
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• Downtown Pittsburgh property owners worried over bike lane plans

  15-12-2016 06:04 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh’s plans to run bike lanes down Fort Pitt Boulevard next year would badly hamper access to businesses and residences there, obstructing critical deliveries and likely ruining street parking, several Downtown business people warned Wednesday night.
  
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• Tax incentive deals meet resistance with Pittsburgh school board

  15-12-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Pittsburgh school board’s primary responsibility is educating children, but at times it also plays the role of developer, and some board members want to have a bigger say in the projects they’re being asked to subsidize.
  
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• Pittsburgh City Council advances plan for affordable housing

  15-12-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  A proposed trust fund for affordable housing won preliminary approval Wednesday from Pittsburgh City Council, which could take final action as early as Tuesday.
  
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• On Newtown anniversary, Pittsburgh advocates demand action against gun violence

  15-12-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Wynona Harper knows how the parents of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre feel.
  
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