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• Constituents Complain About Toomey’s Jammed Telephone Lines

  02-02-2017 23:56
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — “Where’s Pat? Where’s Pat? Where’s Pat?”
  Shouting “Where’s Pat” outside his Pittsburgh office at Sheraton Square, local residents are complaining that they cannot get through to Senator Pat Toomey’s offices by phone to voice their concerns on a number of issues.
  KDKA political editor Jon Delano dialed both his Washington and Pittsburgh offices and repeatedly got a busy signal.
  Toomey’s communications director,
  
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• Doctors Turn To Topical Cream To Treat Common Skin Cancer

  02-02-2017 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Car dealership finance manager Tracy Cundra-Lawson has had the most common skin cancer in America — basal cell carcinoma — a type related to sun exposure.
  “Raised in the 70s and 80s, you wore the Hawaiian Tropic, the oil,” she says.
  A spot on her chest was treated with a scalpel.
  “They put you under, and they dig in there, and then they take it out, and then they put all kinds of stitches there. And then you have to come out of it. And I do
  
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• Woman’s Harassment Of Animal Shelter Leads To ‘Hundreds’ Of Court Visits

  02-02-2017 23:41
  
  YUKON (KDKA) — The Pet Adoption League of Westmoreland County is a place Sarah Jo Smith had dedicated much of her life to finding animals good homes.
  But the work has been anything but rewarding.
  “It’s embarrassing, makes your heart flutter sometimes, and someone bangs on the widows and screams at you,” she said.
  Smith is talking about Barbara Flanigan. The 68-year-old woman lives next to the kennel. A stack of court orders against her are on clipboard inside the agency&r
  
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• Family members offer reward for missing North Side man

  02-02-2017 23:30
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• Police Officer Drowns While Trying to Save Suicidal Woman

  02-02-2017 23:22
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Metro Nashville Mayor Megan Barry says the city’s “worst fears were realized” when divers recovered the body of a police officer from the Cumberland River.
  The Metro Nashville Police Department confirmed “with heavy hearts” in a tweet around 8 a.m. Thursday that a fire department diver found the body of 44-year-old Eric Mumaw.
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• City Council unites to request state reviews of PWSA

  02-02-2017 22:29 via post-gazette.com
  
  Jolted by a boil-water advisory that affected some 100,000 Pittsburghers, City Council wants state authorities to look into the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority.
  
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• Report: Missing Man Found Dead In Uniontown Creek

  02-02-2017 22:23
  
  UNIONTOWN (KDKA) — Crews have found the body of a man in a Uniontown creek.
  The man, identified as Matthew Fabian, 41, was spotted Thursday afternoon near Coal Lick Run.
  He was reported missing on Tuesday.
  Foul play is not suspected, but an autopsy will be performed Friday to determine official cause of death.
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• Report: Body Found In Uniontown Creek

  02-02-2017 22:23
  
  UNIONTOWN (KDKA) — Crews have found the body of a man in a Uniontown creek.
  The Herald-Standard reports the body was spotted Thursday afternoon near Coal Lick Run.
  The identity of the man has not been released.
  Officials believe the man died two days ago.
  Foul play is not suspected, but an autopsy will be performed Friday to determine official cause of death.
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• CBS Sports’ Clark Kellogg Breaks Down Indiana-Wisconsin Big Ten Clash

  02-02-2017 22:13
  
  Bryan Altman
  The calendar has finally flipped to February, meaning March is officially right around the corner. Breezing through the month to get to March Madness may seem like a good idea, but February’s in-conference showdowns set the table for the NCAA Tournament and all the madness.
  This weekend features more action-packed games in multiple conferences. The Big Ten showdown between the Indiana Hoosiers and the No. 9-ranked Wisconsin Badgers, to air Sunday, Febr
  
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• Cody Rhodes Still Doesn’t Regret Leaving WWE

  02-02-2017 21:55
  
  By Chuck Carroll
  For a pro wrestler there is no greater risk than leaving WWE and gambling on yourself. Yet, for the man formerly known as Cody Rhodes that gamble is paying off big time. If you follow him on social media, you’ll know his departure has changed him. He doesn’t have time for quirky tweets about what he’s eating for breakfast anymore. His timeline is flooded with announcements for upcoming dates where he’ll be wrestling.
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• Police: Mom Abandoned Children On The Side Of The Road

  02-02-2017 21:34
  
  MCDONALD (KDKA) — A woman is facing charges after she allegedly left her children on the side of the road in McDonald.
  Just after noon on Jan. 22, officers were flagged down in the area of Route 980 and Millers Run Road by two juveniles.
  They told police that their mother, Jennifer Saucier, 41, was acting extremely odd.
  According to the kids, after the family left church in Cecil Township, Saucier reportedly began hysterically crying, staring off into the distance and turning the
  
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• Former Aliquippa hoops star pleads guilty to bank robbery

  02-02-2017 21:03 via post-gazette.com
  
  A former Aliquippa basketball star who played at Seton Hall and professionally in Europe admitted today that he used a gun to rob a bank in Sewickley with another man last year.
  
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• Family Of Missing Grad Student Offering $10,000 Reward

  02-02-2017 20:56
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Family and friends, all from the Washington D.C. area, are canvassing the streets of Pittsburgh, desperate to find Dakota James.
  “Our friends, our family, our coworkers are in this city, walking up and down these streets they don’t know, to help find my son,” said Jeff James.
  The 23-year-old seemed to vanish Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, after having drinks at the 941 Saloon on Liberty Avenue.  The family’s private investigator Larry Forletta sa
  
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• CBS Adds “Doubt” To Mid-Season Schedule

  02-02-2017 20:45
  
  Brace yourselves this February for the season’s sexiest new drama, Doubt. Things are heating up in the courtroom on Wednesdays, starting February 15th at 10/9c, as we follow the journey of a New York legal firm’s finest group of lawyers. This groundbreaking drama will push the envelope with an all-star diverse cast of beautifully flawed characters with one common factor…passion! They’re crazy about justice, passionate about defending the innocent and willing to risk it a
  
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• Ex-Pennsylvania Prep, Seton Hall Star Guilty Of Bank Robbery

  02-02-2017 20:42
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – A western Pennsylvania high school basketball prospect who later starred at Seton Hall, has pleaded guilty to robbing a bank last year.
  Twenty-eight-year-old Herb Pope Jr. on Thursday pleaded guilty to helping rob Sewickley Savings Bank last February.
  Because he pleaded guilty to brandishing a gun during the heist, he’ll get at least seven years in prison tacked onto whatever sentence a federal judge gives him for the robbery. His defense attorney, Stephen Misko, sa
  
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• Prosecutors: Summer raids on electronics stores tied to stolen goods

  02-02-2017 19:49 via post-gazette.com
  
  Last summer federal agents and police raided eight electronics stores but wouldn't say why.
  
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• Electronics store owners accused of selling stolen merchandise online

  02-02-2017 19:49 via post-gazette.com
  
  Last summer federal agents and police raided eight electronics stores in the region but wouldn't say why.
  
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• Dunlap: I’m Tired Of Some Things In Sports

  02-02-2017 19:48
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – I’m not in a bad mood. Promise, I’m not. But over the past week or so in the world of sports, it seems there are just some things I have grown oh-so tired of.
  There’s no reason for the timing of this, no rationale behind it, just a few things that, well, have been irking me …
  1. The Patriots’ Past Seems Forgotten About:
  I was watching the NFL Network’s coverage of the run-up to the Super Bowl. In truth, I love the NFL Network. It&rsq
  
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• Family Finds Rattlesnake In Toilet, 23 More Under House

  02-02-2017 19:27
  
  ABILENE, TX (KDKA) — Imagine going to the bathroom and discovering a rattlesnake slithering up from the toilet bowl.
  Little Isac Mcfadden, of Abilene, Texas, was going about his business as usual when he found a rather strange creature in the toilet.
  “I found this big clump and I knew it was (a) snake,” Mcfadden told CBS affiliate WTSP.His mother sprang into action. She told the boy to fetch a shovel and she killed the rattlesnake.
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• Retailers, trade groups increase fight against tax proposal

  02-02-2017 19:02 via post-gazette.com
  
  NEW YORK — More than 100 retailers including Wal-Mart and Target as well as key trade associations are launching a coalition aimed at fighting a Republican proposal on how imports get taxed, a measure they believe would harm their businesses.
  
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• Police: Girl Shot & Killed Brother After Fight Over Video-Game System

  02-02-2017 18:57
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) – Police say a 14-year-old Ohio girl told them she fatally shot her 15-year-old brother after they fought over a video-game system and he repeatedly hit her in the face.
  A Lucas County Juvenile Court judge on Wednesday found sufficient probable cause to charge the girl with murder in the December shooting death of her brother. The Associated Press generally doesn’t identify juveniles charged with crimes.
  Toledo police Detective Jeff Clark testified the girl told him
  
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• Stedeford's Records closes on the North Side

  02-02-2017 18:21 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh has lost one of its longest-running record stores, at least for now.
  
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• TRAFFIC: Liberty Bridge, Tunnel lane restrictions continue through Feb.

  02-02-2017 18:17 via post-gazette.com
  
  Single-lane restrictions continue on the Liberty Bridge and Tunnel during the week for survey work and platform installation, according to PennDOT. See below for the schedule.
  
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• Police: Pa. Teacher Sexually Assaulted Former Student At Reform School

  02-02-2017 18:03
  
  WAYNE, Pa. (AP/KDKA) – A Pennsylvania teacher has been charged in a sexual abuse case involving a former student at a school for troubled youth.
  Police say 28-year-old Nina Scott, of Chester County, sexually assaulted the 16-year-old while she taught at The Village School. Police allege Scott sexually assaulted the girl on numerous occasions between February and October 2016, and then continued the relationship through letters after the girl left the school for the Mid-Atlantic Youth Servi
  
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• PWSA lifts water restrictions in Pittsburgh

  02-02-2017 17:58 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority lifted the flush and boil water advisory it had put into place late Tuesday, according to a statement released this afternoon.
  
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• DEP, water authority come to agreement that ends city boil-water advisory

  02-02-2017 17:58 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority lifted the precautionary boil water advisory for 100,000 city residents Thursday morning, ending two days of inconvenience, and it began an in-depth review of Highland Park Reservoir water-treatment procedures.
  
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• PWSA Lifts Boil Water Advisory In Pittsburgh

  02-02-2017 17:56
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – A Boil Water Advisory in Pittsburgh has been lifted, effective immediately.
  According to a press release, officials from the PWSA and the City of Pittsburgh met with the DEP Thursday morning. During that meeting, the DEP confirmed that all drinking water requirements had been met and there was no longer a risk to the public.
  “PWSA sincerely appreciates the public’s patience and apologizes for the massive inconvenience that resulted from the precautionary
  
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• Lauryn Hill Will Schedule Another Pittsburgh Performance After Arriving Hours Late For Show

  02-02-2017 17:25
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Singer Lauryn Hill has a message for fans in Pittsburgh.
  She says she’s sorry for taking the stage three hours late at Heinz Hall Wednesday.To my fans in Pittsburgh: pic.twitter.com/uex4awMM2R
  — Ms. Lauryn Hill (@MsLaurynHill) February 2, 2017
  Hill says her band got stuck at the airport in New York, due to bad weather. She admits, in hindsight, she should’ve canceled the concert instead of making fans wait.
  She says they’re working on settin
  
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• Lauryn Hill Will Schdule Another Pittsbugh Performance After Arriving Hours Late For Show

  02-02-2017 17:25
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Singer Lauryn Hill has a message for fans in Pittsburgh.
  She says she’s sorry for taking the stage three hours late at Heinz Hall Wednesday.To my fans in Pittsburgh: pic.twitter.com/uex4awMM2R
  — Ms. Lauryn Hill (@MsLaurynHill) February 2, 2017
  Hill says her band got stuck at the airport in New York, due to bad weather. She admits, in hindsight, she should’ve canceled the concert instead of making fans wait.
  She says they’re working on settin
  
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• Former Pitt QB Peterman Continues To Draw NFL Interest

  02-02-2017 17:15
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan)- Former Pitt quarterback Nate Peterman has created quite a buzz with NFL Draft experts and scouts for his performance and workouts at this year’s Senior Bowl. Peterman has crept up most mock draft boards as a result.
  Peterman took the time out of his morning training session in Boca Raton, Florida to join “The Fan Morning Show” on Thursday and said he is trying to block out all the noise surrounding him.
  “It’s been good, my agent has been t
  
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• ‘Why Don’t We Switch Jobs’: Schwarzenegger Responds To Trump Dig

  02-02-2017 17:11
  
  WASHINGTON (KDKA/AP) –  Arnold Schwarzenegger has taken to Twitter to respond to President Donald Trump’s dig at his  “The Apprentice” ratings.
  In an appearance at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Trump said that since Schwarzenegger took over, the show’s rating have been down, and Trump asked the audience to “pray for Arnold.”
  In a video, Schwarzenegger fired back: “Hey Donald, I have a great idea, why don’t w
  
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• Pa. Couple Married 54 Years Die On Consecutive Days

  02-02-2017 16:59
  
  ERIE, Pa. (AP) – A joint funeral is set for a Pennsylvania couple who were married 54 years before each died on consecutive days.
  The Erie Times-News reports 82-year-old Skip Schwenk died Sunday of cancer at St. Vincent Hospital in Erie. A day later, 76-year-old Laura Schwenk died of cardiac arrest in the same hospital.
  Their children tell the newspaper that Laura Schwenk’s death was unexpected. Her heart stopped during an endoscopy Monday, and though doctors revived her, it stopped
  
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• U.S. Warns Pennsylvania Over Safe Drinking Water Violations

  02-02-2017 16:49
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration says it is trying to address a warning by a federal official that the state isn’t appropriately enforcing safe drinking water standards.
  StateImpact Pennsylvania reports that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued the warning in a Dec. 30 letter.
  In it, EPA Water Protection Division Director Jon Capacasa wrote that the state Department of Environmental Protection’s inadequate staffing caused the number of unad
  
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• McGuffey participates in rural arts program

  02-02-2017 16:49
  Sixth-grade students in McGuffey School District made the map that hangs in the lobby of the Washington County Transportation Authority in Washington.
  
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• Penguins Show Off New Stadium Series Uniforms

  02-02-2017 16:33
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Pittsburgh Penguins have unveiled their full uniform for the upcoming NHL Stadium Series game later this month.
  The Penguins will host the Philadelphia Flyers at Heinz Field on Saturday, Feb. 25.
  Rust on the new Stadium Series gear: "I like the bright yellow helmets the most." pic.twitter.com/OhovkSQyLJ
  — Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) February 2, 2017
  Previously, the Penguins unveiled the special jerseys they will wear for the game. Today, Bryan Rust showed
  
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• 2 GOP Senators To Oppose DeVos’ Education Secretary Nomination

  02-02-2017 16:12
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Republican Sen. Susan Collins is joining her Maine colleague, independent Sen. Angus King, in opposing the nomination of Betsy DeVos for education secretary.
  Collins and Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski announced their opposition to President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Education Department on Wednesday.
  Devos is a wealthy Republican donor, a school choice activist and a champion of charter schools and using taxpayer-funded vouchers for private and par
  
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• Mayor: Pittsburgh Water Safe Despite Boil Water Advisory

  02-02-2017 14:53
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto says tests indicate the city’s water is safe even though about 100,000 customers are still being advised to boil tap water before using it.
  Peduto says tests have found no trace of the giardia bacteria that can cause diarrhea, even though some tests on one part of the city’s water supply showed it didn’t meet state Department of Environmental Protection guidelines for chlorine.
  Peduto says Pennsylvania’s chlorinati
  
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• PTL Links: Feb. 2, 2017

  02-02-2017 14:25
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
  New Horizon Theater
  Doug Oster
  Kidsburgh
  Jason Goldberg 
  The Milk Shake Factory
  
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• New England Patriots: Road To The Super Bowl

  02-02-2017 13:53
  
  By Sam McPherson
  On the surface, the 2016 season looks like it’s been a breeze for the New England Patriots, with a 14-2 record, the top scoring defense in the NFL and two home playoff victories by an average of 18.5 points each. However, digging a little deeper reveals just how many challenges the New England organization overcame this year on its way to the franchise’s seventh Super Bowl appearance under Bill Belichick and Tom Brady. 
  The Patriots overcame the four-game suspen
  
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• Cheeseburgers, breakfast eats spill out of overturned tractor trailer on I-79

  02-02-2017 13:53 via post-gazette.com
  
  There may be no such thing as a free lunch, but motorists caught in the snarled traffic that resulted from an overturned tractor trailer Wednesday could have made a meal out of the load that was dumped on Interstate 79.
  
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• One wounded in New Kensington shooting

  02-02-2017 12:35 via post-gazette.com
  
  Police are investigating a shooting at the Elks Lodge in New Kensington late Wednesday night.
  
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• One shot at Elks Lodge in New Kensington

  02-02-2017 12:35 via post-gazette.com
  
  Police are investigating a shooting at the Elks Lodge in New Kensington late Wednesday night.
  
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• Pittsburgh Public Schools reopens 24 school buildings affected by water advisory

  02-02-2017 12:13 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh Public Schools today reopened 22 of its schools and two early childhood centers after a boil water advisory closed the buildings on Wednesday.
  
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• Say it ain't so: Punxsutawney Phil 'predicts' 6 more weeks of winter

  02-02-2017 11:59 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog and prognosticator,  Punxsutawney Phil, saw his shadow, meaning we’ll have to endure six more weary weeks of winter.
  
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• Random Acts of Kindness: Baby's innocence shows what Christmas is all about

  02-02-2017 10:13
  Several weeks past I had the pleasure of experiencing a random act of kindness from an unlikely source, a child. My wife and I were in church.
  
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• Punxsutawney Phil Sees Shadow, Calls For 6 More Weeks Of Winter

  02-02-2017 10:02
  
  PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (KDKA/AP) – It’s not the news many wanted to hear this morning, but winter is going to last another six weeks.
  The handlers of Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog announced that Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow at Gobbler’s Knob.
  The festivities have their origin in a German legend that says if a furry rodent casts a shadow on Feb. 2, winter continues. If not, spring comes early.
  In reality, Phil’s prediction is decided ahead of time by the group
  
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• Crowds Gathered On Gobbler’s Knob For Groundhog Day Forecast

  02-02-2017 10:02
  
  PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) – The handlers of Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog are set to announce whether the rodent will predict an early spring or six more weeks of winter.
  Members of Punxsutawney Phil’s top hat-wearing inner circle plan to reveal their forecast at sunrise, just before 7:30 a.m. Thursday.
  The festivities have their origin in a German legend that says if a furry rodent casts a shadow on Feb. 2, winter continues. If not, spring comes early.
  In reality, Phil&rsq
  
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