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• Wiz Khalifa, former manager settle lawsuits

  06-01-2017 23:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  Rapper Wiz Khalifa and Rostrum Records founder Benjy Grinberg have settled the lawsuits they filed against each other in 2015.
  
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• Several Factors Could Influence Online Shopping Prices

  06-01-2017 23:45
  
  When shopping online, the type of computer you have, your internet search history and even your zip code could affect the price you see.
  
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• Expert Picks: Steelers Or Dolphins? The Fan And WQAM Hosts Make Their Picks

  06-01-2017 23:45
  
  In anticipation of the upcoming AFC Wild Card showdown between the Miami Dolphins and Pittsburgh Steelers, various show hosts from both markets gave their predictions on the game.
  
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• Steelers fans taking over Stage AE for rally

  06-01-2017 23:25 via post-gazette.com
  
  Steelers fans were already lining up an hour prior to the pep rally at Stage AE on the North Shore.
  
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• Steelers fans roar at Stage AE

  06-01-2017 23:25 via post-gazette.com
  
  Steelers fans took over Stage AE on the North Shore singing, shouting and cheering on the home team as a pre-celebration to the AFC Wild Card game Sunday against the Miami Dolphins at 1:05 p.m. at Heinz Field.
  
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• Shooting near Monroeville Mall investigated; one injury reported

  06-01-2017 23:10 via post-gazette.com
  
  Police have taken two persons into custody following a shooting this evening in Monroeville, not far from the mall, where at least one person was injured.
  
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• Police investigating after gunfire reported near Monroeville Mall

  06-01-2017 23:10 via post-gazette.com
  
  Monroeville Mall officials are working with local police to confirm reports of gunfire near the complex this afternoon, mall spokeswoman Stacey Keating said.
  
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• Man shot in Monroeville Mall parking lot

  06-01-2017 23:10 via post-gazette.com
  
  A man was shot and injured Friday afternoon in the parking lot of the Monroeville Mall, and police took two people into custody for questioning a short time later.
  
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• Police: Dormont Shooting Was Over Marijuana, Suspect Turns Himself In

  06-01-2017 22:29
  
  DORMONT (KDKA) — Police have taken a suspect into custody one day after a shooting victim was found dead in the backyard of a home in Dormont.
  According to Allegheny County Police, 23-year-old Timothy Bevan of Mount Oliver turned himself in Friday afternoon.A warrant had been issued for his arrest earlier in the day.
  He is being charged with homicide.
  The victim, 35-year-old Chaz Robinson, was found dead Thursday morning in the backyard of a home on Espy Avenue.The homeowner had opened the
  
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• Report Says Putin Ordered Influence On US Election, Had Clear Preference For Trump

  06-01-2017 22:06
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) –A new declassified report says Russian President Vladimir Putin “ordered” an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the U.S. presidential election.
  The newly declassified report on Russian hacking during the U.S. election says the Russian government developed a “clear preference for President-elect Donald Trump.”
  The report says the goal of Moscow’s meddling was to undermine public faith in the U.S. democratic process, denigrate Democratic Party
  
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• Student transported after being pulled from Arsenal school swimming pool

  06-01-2017 21:56 via post-gazette.com
  
  A 10-year-old Pittsburgh Arsenal PreK-5 student was taken to the hospital today for monitoring after a lifeguard pulled her from the middle-school pool next door.
  
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• Lifeguards Pull Girl From Pool In Lawrenceville

  06-01-2017 20:52
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Lifeguards have pulled a 9-year-old girl from a pool in Lawrenceville.
  Emergency dispatchers say medics are responding to the situation at Arsenal Middle School, in the area of 40th Street and Butler Street.
  The child’s condition was not immediately clear.
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• Convicted Killer Becomes 1st U.S. Inmate To Receive State-Funded Sex Reassignment Surgery

  06-01-2017 20:31
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A 57-year-old convicted killer serving a life sentence in California became the first U.S. inmate to receive state-funded sex-reassignment surgery, the prisoner’s attorneys confirmed Friday to The Associated Press.
  California prison officials agreed in August 2015 to pay for the surgery for Shiloh Heavenly Quine, who was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping and robbery for ransom and has no possibility of parole.
  Quine’s case led the state to b
  
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• Some PWSA Customers Report Long Wait Times For Home Lead Test Results

  06-01-2017 20:22
  
  PITTSBURGH (News Radio 1020 KDKA) – Some Pittsburgh Water  & Sewer Authority customers say they’ve been waiting too long to find out how much lead is in their drinking water.
  The authority offers a free home testing kit, wherein customers mail in samples from their faucets.  In July, KDKA reported that five percent of PWSA customers had unacceptable levels of lead in their drinking water.
  Pittsburgh City Councilwoman Theresa Kail-Smith says she’s heard n
  
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• Beyonce, Adele, Justin Bieber Dominate Top Grammy Nominations

  06-01-2017 20:05
  
  NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Recording Academy has announced this year’s Grammy nominees.
  “Best New Artist” winner Meghan Trainor made  an appearance on “CBS This Morning” Tuesday to announce nominees for several categories, including “Best New Artist,” “Record of the Year,” and “Song of the Year.”
  Beyonce leads the 2017 Grammys with nine nominations, including bids for album of the year with “Lemonade,” a
  
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• James Corden To Host 59th Annual Grammy Awards

  06-01-2017 19:58
  
  NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — “Late Late Show” host James Corden is taking his talents to the awards show stage once again as official host of the 59th Annual GRAMMY Awards in February 2017.
  CBS and The Recording Academy made the announcement on Tuesday.
  “Thanks to ‘Carpool Karaoke,’ we’ve all been on some incredible rides with James, and The Recording Academy couldn’t be more excited to welcome his passion and enthusiasm for music, both as an entertaine
  
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• Basaloid/blue salivary gland tumors

  06-01-2017 19:50
  
  Correspondence: Dr RR Seethala, MD, Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, A614.X Presbyterian University Hospital, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Basaloid tumors are a common diagnostic problem in salivary gland pathology.
  
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• U.S. Veteran Arrested In Airport Shooting; 5 Dead, 8 Wounded

  06-01-2017 19:26
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (KDKA/AP) — An Army veteran who complained that the government was controlling his mind drew a gun from his checked luggage on arrival at the Fort Lauderdale airport and opened fire in the baggage claim area Friday, killing five people and wounding eight, authorities said.
  He was taken into custody after throwing his empty weapon down and lying spread-eagle on the ground, one witness said.
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• Report: Multiple People Shot At Ft. Lauderdale Airport

  06-01-2017 19:26
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP/KDKA) – News media outlets are reporting that multiple people have been shot at Fort Lauderdale international airport.
  On its official Twitter account, airport officials said there was an “ongoing incident” in the Terminal 2 baggage claim area. They did not elaborate.
  Miami area television stations are reporting that at least nine people were shot and that the shooter is in custody.
  CBS News is reporting at least three people are dead.
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• Report: Multiple People Dead After Shooting At Ft. Lauderdale Airport

  06-01-2017 19:26
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – The Latest on the shooting at the Fort Lauderdale airport (all times local):
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  Officials say there have been unconfirmed reports of additional shots fired at the international airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after a gunman killed five people and wounded eight there.MORE: Report of gunshots in parking garage prompt police to clear area, Broward Co. mayor says; “nothing confirmed” https://t.co/J54RiABFFl pic.twitter.com/sDXDZPtOiI
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• Police: 5 Dead, 8 Wounded In Shooting At Florida Airport

  06-01-2017 19:26
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (KDKA/AP) — An arriving airline passenger with a gun in his luggage opened fire in the baggage claim area at the Fort Lauderdale airport Friday, killing five people and wounding eight before throwing his weapon down and lying spread-eagle on the ground, authorities and witnesses said.
  The gunman – identified by authorities as 26-year-old Esteban Santiago, of Anchorage, Alaska, an Army National Guard veteran who served in Iraq – was immediately taken into c
  
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• KDKA / Dollar Energy Fund Warmathon 2017

  06-01-2017 19:17
  
  The 9th annual NewsRadio 1020 KDKA Warmathon to benefit the Dollar Energy Fund takes place January 26th and 27th at KDKA Radio studios in Green Tree and the Ice house in Market Square.
  The KDKA Morning News and Marty Griffin Will be broadcasting live both days in Market Square.
  Since 2009, the Warmathon to benefit Dollar Energy Fund raised enough to help 7,685 additional families in our area! Your support of Dollar Energy Fund’s ninth annual Warmathon on January 26 and 27 will help even mo
  
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• Does Cursing More Make You More Honest? Yes, Study Finds

  06-01-2017 19:07
  
  CBS Local – Honesty is a very good thing, actually a very great thing. Regularly calling upon an unfiltered, curse-laden set of adjectives, though, especially considering each setting, is considered to be not a very good thing. Definitely not a very great thing. But a new study found that they’re tied together as cursing is proportionate to honesty.
  It’s reasonably simple in the general sense. Who’s ever said “*bleep* you&rdqu
  
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• Tales Of Actors’ Car Troubles Aren’t True

  06-01-2017 18:46
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Widely shared stories about celebrities experiencing car trouble and being helped out by local residents are false.
  Several stories in recent weeks mention actors including Bill Murray, Adam Sandler and Will Ferrell having broken-down cars and getting aid from good Samaritans in small and medium-sized towns across the country. The nearly identical stories vary in only the name of the celebrity, the town and a local restaurant.
  The stories appear on websites made up to loo
  
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• NFL Wild Card Weekend Picks: Miami Dolphins Vs Pittsburgh Steelers

  06-01-2017 18:31
  
  Bryan Altman
  It took 256 regular season games, but we’ve finally whittled down the 32-team NFL field to just 12 teams that have rightfully earned their place in the 2016-17 NFL playoffs. Now, all that stands between these teams and eternal glory as Super Bowl LI champions is four games (three for four teams with a first-round bye) and it all starts with Wild Card Weekend on Saturday afternoon. Throughout the NFL playoffs, we’ll be breaking down each game right here, with a
  
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• Squirrel Hill restaurant owner pleads guilty to wage charges

  06-01-2017 18:21 via post-gazette.com
  
  The owner of a Squirrel Hill Thai restaurant pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to failing to pay minimum wages and overtime pay to her employees from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2013.
  
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• Keidel: Wild Card Weekend Could Be A Wild One

  06-01-2017 18:20
  
  By Jason Keidel
  The first playoff football buffet kicks off this Saturday, appropriately called Wild Card Weekend. Last year, the road teams won all four games. That’s not likely this year, with some hot teams and heavy favorites playing over the next 48 hours.
  Oakland Raiders (12-4) @ Houston Texans (9-7)Saturday, January 7, 4:35 p.m. ET
  Teams with the league’s top-ranked defense have won their last eight home playoff games. Houston assumes that role this weekend.
  Oakland would
  
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• Police: Troy Hill Man Runs Victim Over After New Year’s Day Fight

  06-01-2017 17:59
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police are searching for a Troy Hill man accused of running another man over with his SUV on New Year’s Day.
  According to a criminal complaint, Shane Grimm, 28, intentionally ran Archie Kimble over.
  Kimble was walking down Heckleman Street with friends when an SUV revved its engine and drove forward, striking Kimble and tossing him onto the hood and windshield, according to a witness.
  As friends tried to help Kimble, the SUV came back and appeared to try
  
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• Police: Troy Hill Man Runs Man Over After New Year’s Day Fight

  06-01-2017 17:59
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police are searching for a Troy Hill man accused of running another man over with his SUV on New Year’s Day.
  According to a criminal complaint, Shane Grimm, 28 intentionally ran Archie Kimble over.
  Kimble was walking down Heckleman Street with friends when an SUV revved its engine and drove forward, striking Kimble and tossing him onto the hood and windshield, according to a witness.
  As friends tried to help Kimble, the SUV came back and appeared to try
  
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• Suspect in Dormont shooting death turns himself in

  06-01-2017 17:43 via post-gazette.com
  
  The suspect in the shooting death of a man whose body was found in a Dormont backyard has turned himself in, Allegheny County police said.
  
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• Police seek man in Dormont killing

  06-01-2017 17:43 via post-gazette.com
  Allegheny County police announced today that they’re searching for a man in connection with a Dormont killing.
  
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• Drug deal gone awry led to fatal shooting in Dormont, police say

  06-01-2017 17:43 via post-gazette.com
  
  A witness told Allegheny County detectives that a “drug deal gone bad” led up to a fatal shooting this week in Dormont.
  
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• Report: Drunken Pa. Woman Launches SUV Into River, Keeps Drinking

  06-01-2017 17:41
  
  YORK HAVEN (KDKA) — A partying Pennsylvania woman went to great lengths to try and escape police in York County.
  The York Daily Record reports officers were called to a boat launch in York Haven on Monday, seeking to arrest a woman for fleeing from them. Before they could catch up with her, she stepped on the gas, plunging her Subaru Outback into the Susquehanna River.
  Officers apparently tried to communicate with the woman, but she wasn’t interested, and kept drinking beer instead.
  
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• Sala Udin announces run for Pittsburgh Public School board

  06-01-2017 17:15 via post-gazette.com
  
  Sala Udin, the former longtime Pittsburgh councilman and co-chairman of the Hill District Education Council, announced today that he will run for the District 3 seat on the Pittsburgh Public Schools board.
  
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• Main Break Sends Water Pouring Down Hill In Castle Shannon

  06-01-2017 17:14
  
  CASTLE SHANNON (KDKA) — Crews are struggling in freezing temperatures to repair a water main break in Castle Shannon.
  Friday morning, water was seen pouring down a hillside along Route 88 into a creek near the Royal Place Restaurant.
  One viewer described it as a “small Niagara Falls.”
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  There are homes all along the top of that hillside where the break seems to have originated from.
  This is a
  
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• It's a no-fish zone for Pittsburgh restaurant chain in lead-up to Steelers-Dolphins game

  06-01-2017 16:58 via post-gazette.com
  
  In a show of Steelers solidarity, Primanti Brothers is barring any sales of its popular fish sandwiches this weekend, in advance of Sunday’s AFC playoff game against the Miami Dolphins.
  
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• SeaWorld: Tilikum, Orca That Killed Trainer, Has Died

  06-01-2017 16:45
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Tilikum, an orca that killed a trainer at SeaWorld Orlando in 2010 and was profiled in a documentary that helped sway popular opinion against keeping killer whales in captivity at SeaWorld parks, has died.
  Sea World officials said Friday that Tilikum died but did not give a cause of death. In a statement, the officials said Tilikum had faced serious health issues including a persistent and complicated bacterial lung infection. He was estimated to be 36 years old. A nec
  
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• Trump On Border Wall: Mexico Will Pay Us Back

  06-01-2017 16:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – President-elect Donald Trump on Friday tweeted that Mexico will reimburse American taxpayers for a new border wall and that U.S. money spent will be for the “sake of speed.”
  His tweet came as congressional Republicans and his top aides consider a plan to ask Congress to ensure money is available in U.S. coffers for the wall without passing any new legislation. Instead, they would rely on existing law that already authorizes fencing and other technology along t
  
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• 3-Year-Old Found Alone In Suburbs After Mom Dies Of Apparent Drug Overdose

  06-01-2017 16:04
  
  GIBSONIA, Pa. (AP) – A 3-year-old boy has been found alone after his mother died of an apparent heroin overdose in the Pittsburgh suburbs.
  Northern Regional Police and the Allegheny County medical examiner were continuing to investigate the death of 34-year-old Lauren Wilson.
  She was found dead Wednesday afternoon in her Richland Township apartment. Police found evidence of drug use, but toxicology tests from an autopsy have yet to confirm how Wilson died.
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• Steelers Team Headlines: Stopping Ajayi Is Key To A Steelers’ Win

  06-01-2017 16:00
  
  By Danny Cox
  In the middle of October, the Miami Dolphins welcomed the Pittsburgh Steelers into south Florida and sent them home with a 30-15 loss. This was the game in which Ben Roethlisberger suffered a knee injury and was forced to miss a couple of weeks. Despite his injury, he stayed in the game and limped the Steelers to a crushing loss.
  Big Ben’s injury wasn’t the only reason that the Steelers ended up losing the game—the biggest problem came from the defensive side of th
  
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• Port Authority riders slowly adjusting to transit changes

  06-01-2017 15:44 via post-gazette.com
  
  Port Authority riders and drivers seem to be slowly adapting to the fare policy changes that began this week..
  
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• PTL Links: Jan. 6, 2017

  06-01-2017 15:35
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
  Pittsburgh Rock LegendsPgh. Center For Creative ReusePgh. Restaurant WeekDon’s AppliancesAubrey WorekHidden Valley Resort
  
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• Iconic Pittsburgh eatery 'No Fish' zone for Dolphins game

  06-01-2017 15:30
  " An iconic Pittsburgh restaurant chain won't serve fish leading up to Sunday's NFL playoff game between the Steelers and the Miami Dolphins. Primanti Bros.
  
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• Police: Beating On Video Began After Friendly Encounter

  06-01-2017 15:28
  
  CHICAGO (AP) – The two 18-year-old men had been schoolmates, police say. After meeting at McDonald’s, they spent two days together, driving around visiting friends. Then a pretend fight escalated into a brutal beating of one of the men, a mentally disabled teenager, in an attack that stirred racial tensions and outrage after being broadcast on Facebook Live.How the white suburban teen ended up beaten by four black people, threatened with a knife and taunted with profanities against w
  
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• ‘Believe-O-Meter’: Steelers Fans Measure Their Faith As Team Enters Playoffs

  06-01-2017 15:01
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — You may not believe how confident Pittsburgh Steelers fans are as their team enters the postseason.
  For the first time, KDKA-TV gave used the “Believe-O-Meter” to measure exactly how far they think the Steleers will go.
  Their answers were nearly unanimous – not only are the Steelers going to make it the Super Bowl, they’re going to win.
  “Oh yes, definitely,” said Gina Penman, who’s visiting from Califormia. “We need number
  
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• Former Pa. Politician To Stand Trial For Allegedly Molesting 103-Year-Old

  06-01-2017 14:39
  
  NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) – A former local and county politician must stand trial on charges he repeatedly molested a 103-year-old woman at an eastern Pennsylvania nursing home last month.
  Seventy-five-year-old William Spingler and his attorney didn’t comment after waiving a preliminary hearing Thursday on three counts of indecent assault on a person with a mental disability.
  Workers at the Wayne Nursing Home told police they saw Spingler molest the woman three times last month. They
  
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• 3-Year-Old Ohio Boy Dies Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning From Van

  06-01-2017 14:22
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) – Authorities in Cleveland say a 3-year-old boy died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning after riding for hours in a van that had no catalytic converter to properly remove the odorless gas.
  His father found Lorne Johnson Jr. unresponsive in the back seat after running errands on Sunday. The father called 911 and tried unsuccessfully to revive the boy, who died at a hospital.
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• 3 escape injury after Butler County fire destroys home

  06-01-2017 14:22 via post-gazette.com
  
  Three adults escaped injury when their house caught fire this morning in Butler County.
  
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• Special appearances planned for tonight's Steelers pep rally on North Shore

  06-01-2017 14:02 via post-gazette.com
  
  Get ready those Terrible Towels ready!
  
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• Bitter Cold Moves Into Western Pennsylvania

  06-01-2017 13:59
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Brace yourself for a deep chill this weekend.  Temperatures across the area will hover near 20° for highs through Sunday with morning lows falling to single digits through Monday.  This deep chill is due to an arctic front that slid in from the northwest.  The good news, if any, is that we will see winds fairly light through the weekend.  This means the wind chill will be limited and close to temperatures.
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