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• Experts: Sleep Eating Disorder Can Have Serious Health Consequences

  12-01-2017 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (CBS) — It might sound like a bad dream, eating in your sleep with no memory of it the next day, but experts say it is a real condition with serious health consequences.
  There was never a time Jason Carney could remember struggling with sleep.
  “Always been a pretty good sleeper. Even as a boy, no issues really at all,” Carney said.
  Until, a stressful stretch of his life seven years ago. He lived in Washington D.C., worked a demanding job and decided to finally quit s
  
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• Well-Known Pittsburgh Voices Welcome Travelers At International Airport

  12-01-2017 23:40
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A smooth voice can go a long way to making travelers at Pittsburgh International Airport truly understand and connect with the city.
  Travelers at PIT can see the art of native Andy Warhol, or the sweater and sneakers worn by Mr. Rogers. A statue of Steeler great Franco Harris leads the welcoming committee. And dozens of local food items are on the menu at the Pitt Strip Market.
  Spokesman Bob Kerlick says it’s the airport’s “Sense of Place” progra
  
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• Central Catholic Student Suspended For Derogatory Instagram Post

  12-01-2017 23:25
  
  OAKLAND (KDKA) — An Instagram post has led to the suspension of a Central Catholic High School student.
  The school is calling the remarks made toward an African-American student “racist” and “derogatory.”
  The Instagram post allegedly came from a junior at Central Catholic, directed toward a senior at school who is African-American.
  It reads, in part:“You filthy fat [expletive] inbred [N-word]. You literally stay in the cafeteria all day and eat until your hear
  
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• Mon Wharf closed Friday

  12-01-2017 22:58 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Pittsburgh Parking Authority announced that the Mon Wharf will be closed Friday after the National Weather Service issued a flood advisory for the area.
  
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• Delta Foundation, City Expanding ‘Pittsburgh Pride’ Celebration

  12-01-2017 22:30
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The largest LGBT event in Pittsburgh is getting even bigger.
  Pittsburgh Pride is expanding with more days, events and attractions.
  Pittsburgh Pride celebrates our region’s diversity, especially for the LGBT community. “Rise Up” will be the theme for the 10th annual celebration.
  “There’s this national change going on right now and some people may feel a little uneasy right now, but I tell you, in Pittsburgh, you’re welcome. The mayor a
  
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• Rostraver Twp. Police Searching For Missing 15-Year-Old

  12-01-2017 22:26
  
  ROSTRAVER (KDKA) — Police are searching for a missing 15-year-old in Rostraver.
  Police say Kevin B. Baeza was last seen around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at his home in Rostraver Township.
  Baeza is 5-feet-9-inches tall and weighs 150 lbs. He wears glasses.
  He was last seen wearing a gray jacket and dark gray sweatpants, and he had a black backpack with him.
  Anyone with information on Baeza’s whereabouts should contact Rostraver Police at 724-929-8811 or call 911.
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• Primanti Bros. to open new Garfield location

  12-01-2017 22:15 via post-gazette.com
  
  Primanti Bros., the venerable local sandwich shop that’s transformed into an empire, will open a new location in Garfield next week.
  
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• Boots With Swastikas On Soles Being Recalled

  12-01-2017 22:10
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A pair of work boots are being recalled after a customer discovered tiny swastikas on the soles.A photo of the design flaw was posted on Reddit and the post has been viewed millions of times.It shows the soles of the boots and then the design the soles make.
  As you can see they leave tiny swastikas wherever you walk.
  View post on imgur.comThe military-style boots were made by Polar Fox and sold on Amazon.A manager at Conal International Trading Inc. who manufactures the
  
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• 5 NBA Trades That Should Happen

  12-01-2017 21:59
  
  By Rahul Lal
  The NBA trade deadline is one of the season’s most hectic times for teams. It’s their last chance to get that player who can give them an extra playoff push or more draft picks as they embrace a rebuilding project.
  Names like Jimmy Butler, Paul Millsap and DeMarcus Cousins have crossed the trading block, though it no longer looks like trades for any of them will materialize. Here are some more realistic deals that teams should consider before the dead
  
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• Analyst Tony Dungy: Steelers Are Red Hot But Bad Weather Favors Kansas City

  12-01-2017 21:42
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) — NBC Football Night in America Analyst and former Hall of Fame player and coach Tony Dungy joined The Cook and Poni Show on Thursday to preview the Steelers-Chiefs divisional game on Sunday.
  “Pittsburgh is so hot right now,” Dungy said. “The only thing that I want to see and I will see about a quarter ’til 1 p.m. is the weather because I do think bad weather favors Kansas City.”
  But don’t lock his pick in just yet because as he
  
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• 5 Keys To A Pittsburgh Steelers Victory In Kansas City

  12-01-2017 21:41
  
  PITTSBURGH – (Sports Radio 93.7 The Fan) – If the Steelers want to advance to their first AFC Championship game since 2010 they must defeat the Kansas City Chiefs on the road this Sunday. But, in order to accomplish that feat, they must have the following things happen for them…
  Play Sound Defense – After getting shredded during the early part of the season, the Steelers defense has turned things around and finished the regular season with the 12th best defense in the NF
  
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• Steelers Vs. Chiefs Playoff Game Could Be An Icy Mess

  12-01-2017 21:18
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The road to the Pittsburgh Steelers seventh Lombardi Trophy will have to go through an icy Kansas City this weekend.
  Temperatures aren’t expected to be very cold but long range model data has been fairly consistent when it comes to the likelihood of ice showers and freezing rain during the game on Sunday.
  The game is scheduled to start just after 1 p.m.
  Rain showers should develop that morning south of Kansas City along a lifting warm front moving from the south t
  
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  12-01-2017 20:42
  
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• Authorities to withdraw most serious charges against Steelers assistant Joey Porter

  12-01-2017 20:42 via post-gazette.com
  
  Authorities announced today that they will withdraw the most serious charges filed against Steelers assistant coach Joey Porter following his encounter with a Pittsburgh police officer at a South Side bar last weekend.
  
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• More human remains found in search for plane in Lake Erie

  12-01-2017 20:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  More human remains have been recovered in the search for wreckage of a corporate jet carrying six people that crashed in Lake Erie two weeks ago, authorities said today.
  
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• DA Reducing Charges Against Steelers Assistant Coach Joey Porter

  12-01-2017 20:12
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) –The Allegheny County District Attorneys office says they will only pursue summary disorderly conduct and summary public drunkenness charges against Pittsburgh Steelers assistant coach Joey Porter.Porter was arrested Sunday night outside of a South Side bar, accused of assaulting a doorman and an off-duty police officer working a security detail.
  Officers say the arrest took place around 9:30 p.m., just hours after the Steelers’ 30-12 victory over the Dolphins in th
  
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• Valentine’s Day Dinner For Two

  12-01-2017 19:58
  
  Love is in the air with Valentine’s Day around the corner. It’s often said that the way to a person’s heart is through food. However, taking your special someone to a three course dinner can rack up a pretty hefty bill. Luckily you can achieve restaurant like quality meals for a fraction of the price in the comfort of your own home with these simple recipes. Bon Appétit!
  First Course
  Prosciutto Wrapped Arugula Salad
  Prep Time: 10 minutesCook Time: 6 minutesTotal Time: 1
  
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• Deputy public safety director Mike Huss to leave Pittsburgh job, work for Highmark

  12-01-2017 19:57 via post-gazette.com
  
  Mike Huss, a high-ranking administrator in Pittsburgh's public safety office, announced today that he has accepted a job at Highmark.
  
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• Woodland Hills High School principal reinstated after recorded threatening student

  12-01-2017 19:49 via post-gazette.com
  
  The principal of Woodland Hills High School, who was placed on leave Nov. 30 after an audio recording surfaced of him purportedly threatening a student, will be reinstated.
  
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• Unseasonably Warm Weather Brings Rain, Threat Of Flooding

  12-01-2017 19:32
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The unseasonably warm weather we’re experiencing today does come with some downsides.
  It has also brought with it the threat of severe flooding in some areas, and later on, temperatures are going to tumble.
  A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for Beaver and Lawrence counties until 2:15 p.m. Anyone in those areas is urged to move inside to higher ground as torrential rainfall is possible.
  The National Weather Service has also issued flood advisories, watc
  
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• NFL Divisional Round Picks: Pittsburgh Steelers Vs Kansas City Chiefs

  12-01-2017 19:24
  
  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. After a disappointingly non-competitive Wild Card Weekend, we’re onto the divisional round, which is oftentimes the best weekend of football of the year. As we did for round one, we’ll be breaking down each game right here, with a special emphasis on the most important things, like wh
  
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• First witness testifies in trial of former Steelers doctor

  12-01-2017 19:23 via post-gazette.com
  
  One of the Steelers' doctors today testified against a former partner who is accused of drug distribution, as prosecutors started one of the region's biggest health care cases with a story of a father, a son and lots of Vicodin.
  
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• Incident Involving Student Puts Allderdice HS On Lockdown

  12-01-2017 19:22
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — An incident involving a student prompted a lockdown at Allderdice High School this afternoon.
  Officials at the school say the student was not hurt and is now safe after reportedly being out on a ledge.
  According to school officials, several counselors, teachers and some of his family members were able to get him back inside.
  The school was placed on lockdown as a precaution.
  Police were also called to the scene.
  Stay with KDKA for the latest on this developing story.
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• Postmaster trial to go to deliberations

  12-01-2017 18:55 via post-gazette.com
  
  The defense attorney for suspended Pittsburgh postmaster Daniel Davis spent nearly two hours this morning explaining to the jury why it should acquit his client on all the charges against him. 
  
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• Pittsburgh Allderdice on lockdown for student incident

  12-01-2017 18:23 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh Allderdice High School has been placed on lockdown this afternoon after police were called to the school for a student "in distress."
  
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• Pittsburgh Allderdice on lockdown for police incident

  12-01-2017 18:23 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh Allderdice High School has been placed on lockdown this afternoon after police were called to the school for an unknown incident.
  
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• ‘Mean’ Joe Greene Marvels At Bell’s Play, Names Harrison As His Current Favorite Player

  12-01-2017 17:48
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) — It’s an exciting time in Pittsburgh, as the beloved Steelers have gotten past the Wild Card weekend and now go on the road to play the AFC West champion Kansas City Chiefs in an AFC Divisional Round matchup.Seeing the Steelers in the playoffs, some fans can’t help but harken back to the glorious 1970s-era Steelers who brought home four Super Bowl championships to the city of Pittsburgh.One of the key players on those teams and one of the best players
  
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• Who Will Be Undertaker’s Opponent At WrestleMania?

  12-01-2017 17:47
  
  By Chuck Carroll
  Every year there is no bigger moment at WrestleMania than when Undertaker hits the ring. All 80,000 fans fall silent as the lights go out and the unmistakable sound of a gong echoes throughout the stadium. Then the iconic organ begins to play as thunder and lightning crash on the stage and fire shoots up from the ground below. Fog slowly begins to flood the entrance way. The crowd builds into a slow frenzy then explodes as a dark shadowy figure appears cloaked in a lon
  
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• Hazmat Crews Clean Up Heating Oil Spill In North Huntingdon

  12-01-2017 17:32
  
  NORTH HUNTINGDON (KDKA) — Several people had to be evacuated from a mobile home park in Westmoreland County after a heating oil spill this morning.
  According to Westmoreland County emergency dispatchers, it happened around 10:30 a.m. on Thompson Lane in North Huntingdon.
  Emergency officials say a truck was filling up a tank there with the heating oil when some of the substance spilled onto the ground.
  There were no injuries as a result of the incident.
  However, officials say nine people ha
  
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• Pa. Sen. Scott Wagner Announces For Governor, Attacking Wolf

  12-01-2017 17:18
  
  MURRYSVILLE (KDKA) – In front of a crowd of about sixty supporters in Murrysville, PA Sen. Scott Wagner of York County made it official.
  “Governor Wolf is a failed governor. That’s why today I’m here officially announcing that I’m running for governor of Pennsylvania,” Wagner declared on Thursday.
  The conservative Republican is a first term senator who made millions in the garbage and waste management business before entering politics just a few years ago.
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• Maverick GOP Senator Enters Race For Pennsylvania Governor

  12-01-2017 17:18
  
  MANCHESTER, Pa. (AP) – Republican state Sen. Scott Wagner of York County has announced he’ll seek the GOP nomination for governor.
  The 61-year-old maverick lawmaker has millions of his own dollars to spend on his campaign.He’s built two municipal waste-hauling companies, and currently owns the $65-million Penn Waste, which has contracts with dozens of south-central Pennsylvania municipalities.
  Wagner told a news conference Wednesday in Manchester that he’s a businessman w
  
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• Chargers Announce They Are Moving To Los Angeles

  12-01-2017 17:18
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) – The San Diego Chargers are moving to Los Angeles, where they will join the recently relocated Rams in giving the nation’s second-largest media market two NFL teams for the first time in decades.
  Team chairman Dean Spanos made the announcement Thursday in a letter posted on the Chargers’ Twitter account.A letter from Dean Spanos pic.twitter.com/rTNIvrsN1A
  — Los Angeles Chargers (@Chargers) January 12, 2017
  The Chargers’ decision to move comes less th
  
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• Owner Of Former Penguins Practice Site Going To Prison In Tax Case

  12-01-2017 17:10
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – A tax attorney who owned a practice rink formerly used by the Pittsburgh Penguins must spend four years in prison for not paying more than $790,000 in federal payroll taxes he withheld from employee wages.
  A federal judge in Pittsburgh on Thursday also ordered 61-year-old Steven Lynch to pay the taxes, a $75,000 fine and then spend three years on probation.
  Lynch was indicted in connection with the IceoPlex at Southpointe and other businesses connected with the developmen
  
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• TRAFFIC: Lane closures set for Liberty Bridge, Parkway East

  12-01-2017 17:03 via post-gazette.com
  
  Daytime lane restrictions will continue on the Liberty Bridge, PennDOT has announced. Single lanes will be closed from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. in each direction.
  
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• Amazon Plans To Hire 100,000 Over The Next 18 Months

  12-01-2017 17:03
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – Amazon plans to hire 100,000 people across the U.S. over the next 18 months.
  The online retailer said Thursday that the jobs are full time and come with benefits. Many of the new jobs will be at fulfillment centers currently being built in a number of states, including California, Florida and Texas.
  The Seattle company says the new jobs will be filled by people of differing experiences and education levels.
  Amazon.com Inc. says it’s expanded its U.S. workforce by more
  
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• Bill For Pa. Email Probe Hits $1.8 Million

  12-01-2017 16:43
  
  HARRISBURG (CBS Philadelphia) — The final price tag for a probe of inappropriate emails exchanged by Pennsylvania government employees will reach almost $2 million.
  The email probe was commissioned by former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane. Her successor, Bruce Beemer, criticized the methodology of the investigation, and as a result, panned it as a “poor use” of taxpayer dollars.
  The Attorney General’s Office has now reached a settlement which will see the pri
  
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• Authorities seek man with two black eyes who robbed Marshall bank

  12-01-2017 16:34 via post-gazette.com
  
  A man with two black eyes and a bandage across his nose robbed a bank Wednesday morning in Marshall, authorities said today as they asked for the public’s help in tracking him down.
  
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• Chain-reaction I-80 crash leaves 2 truckers dead in Centre County

  12-01-2017 16:31 via post-gazette.com
  
  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The Centre County coroner said two tractor-trailer drivers have been killed in a six-vehicle, chain-reaction crash that closed Interstate 80 eastbound for several hours Wednesday in central Pennsylvania.
  
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• Philly Zoo: Oldest Aardvark In Captivity In U.S. Dies At 28

  12-01-2017 15:53
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The Philadelphia Zoo says the oldest aardvark in captivity in the United States has died.
  The zoo announced on Wednesday AJ was 28-years-old and died of heart failure.
  AJ arrived at the zoo in 1989 and was born at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden on Nov. 4, 1988.
  The zoo says AJ will be remembered for his love of back rubs. It also says he preferred ants and termites over crickets and mealworms.The Philadelphia Zoo’s female aardvark, Sunshine, is 12 years o
  
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• 'War on Google': In a changing Pittsburgh, some fear the hidden costs of progress

  12-01-2017 15:43
  There, at the terminus, under a peeling stretch of elevated rail line, you'll find a trio of black-clad men standing guard in the middle of the roadway. You'll look around at the automotive boneyards and gravel lots that surround you and wonder, maybe aloud, what brings them there.
  
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• Paper: Medical emergency at station was firefighter overdose

  12-01-2017 15:43
  A police incident report shows a "medical emergency" at a Pittsburgh fire station on New Year's Eve involved a firefighter who overdosed on drugs. The Tribune-Review says police were dispatched to Station 26 on Brookline Boulevard shortly before 6:30 a.m. Before the newspaper obtained the police report Wednesday, Public Safety officials refused to comment on the incident which they've characterized as a "medical emergency."
  
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• Feds Seek $11K Fine for Fire that Closed Pennsylvania Bridge

  12-01-2017 15:43
  The federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration wants to fine a contractor $11,224 for a construction fire that wholly or partially shut down a major Pittsburgh bridge for 24 days. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has already said it wants Fay to forfeit more than $3 million of the $80 million the company is owed for the Liberty Bridge reconstruction project.
  
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• Iceoplex owner sentenced to prison on tax charges

  12-01-2017 15:42 via post-gazette.com
  
  The owner of Iceoplex, one of the region's best-known indoor sports facilities, faces as much as four years in prison following his sentencing on tax charges this morning.
  
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• CBS Sports’ Tony Gonzalez Breaks Down NFL’s Divisional Round Games

  12-01-2017 15:39
  
  Ryan Mayer
  In the divisional round of the NFL playoffs, which kicks off this weekend, all four games are rematches from the regular season. The Saturday afternoon game features the Seahawks and Falcons in a reprise of their Week 11 matchup, while the nightcap has the Texans in Foxboro to square off with the Patriots again.
  The first time Houston visited New England, the Patriots were without Tom Brady, who was serving his four-game suspension for DeflateGate. Despite the star QB&r
  
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• Ohio Man Charged With Sexually Abusing Maid At Morgantown Hotel

  12-01-2017 15:29
  
  MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – Police in Morgantown have charged an Ohio man with sexual abuse stemming from an alleged incident involving a hotel maid.
  News outlets report 55-year-old Michael Clayton Shumaker of Breman, Ohio, was arraigned Tuesday in Monongalia County Circuit Court on a charge of first-degree sexual abuse.
  According to police, a hotel maid indicated Shumaker allegedly touched and kissed her and blocked an exit while she tried to clean his room. She told police she asked Shumake
  
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• Suspect sought in armed robbery of Bloomfield sub shop

  12-01-2017 15:20 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police are investigating the armed robbery of a sub shop Wednesday evening in Bloomfield.
  
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• Hearing Set For Boxer Paul Spadafora In Brother’s Stabbing

  12-01-2017 15:17
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Former lightweight boxing champ Paul Spadafora is due in court for a preliminary hearing on charges that he stabbed his brother, kicked his mother then threatened Pittsburgh police who intervened.
  Spadafora’s attorney, William Difenderfer, has said he expects the aggravated assault and other charges Spadafora faces will eventually be resolved, though he hasn’t said how.
  For now, the 41-year-old former boxer remains in the Allegheny County jail where Difenderfe
  
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• Hearing Postponed For Boxer Spadafora In Brother’s Stabbing

  12-01-2017 15:17
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – A preliminary hearing has been postponed for former lightweight boxing champ Paul Spadafora on charges that he stabbed his brother, kicked his mother then threatened Pittsburgh police who intervened.
  Spadafora’s attorney, William Difenderfer, says his client’s mother still is not available to testify, and the proceeding is now slated for Feb. 8.
  For now, his 41-year-old client remains in the Allegheny County jail where Difenderfer says Spadafora is working to
  
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• CVS Puts Out Generic Competitor To EpiPen At A 6th Of The Price

  12-01-2017 15:09
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — CVS is now selling a rival generic version of Mylan’s EpiPen at about a sixth of its price, just months after the maker of the emergency allergy treatment was eviscerated before Congress because of its soaring cost to consumers.
  The drugstore chain says it will charge $109.99 for a two-pack of the authorized generic version of Adrenaclick, a lesser-known treatment compared to EpiPen, which can cost more than $600.
  CVS Health Corp., the nation’s second-largest
  
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• Driver narrowly escapes injury from oncoming train in Westmoreland County

  12-01-2017 14:49 via post-gazette.com
  
  The driver of a car narrowly escaped injury when it was struck by a train in Westmoreland County Wednesday night.
  
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