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• Cupid’s Undie Run: Pittsburghers Strip Down For A Good Cause

  11-02-2017 23:35
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — 900 runners stripped down on Pittsburgh’s North Shore Saturday afternoon for the Cupid’s Undie Run.
  The event, in its fourth year in Pittsburgh, raises money for the Children’s Tumor Foundation. It also raises awareness about Neurofribromatosis.
  It’s a genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow on the nerves throughout the body. It can cause blindness, deafness, learning disabilities, and severe chronic pain.
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• Man Stabbed In The Chest In Beaver County, Suspect Charged

  11-02-2017 22:37
  
  RACOON TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A man is facing charges after police say he stabbed another man in the chest.
  It happened around 4 a.m. Saturday at a home on Bocktown Road in Raccoon Township.
  Police say Steven Lamont Call, 28, refused to leave the residence and stabbed one of the occupants when they tried to make him leave.
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• Golfer Uses Putter To Escape Gator’s Jaws

  11-02-2017 22:24
  
  NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) – A Florida golfer made the shot of his life with a putter when he used it to escape an alligator that had grabbed him by the ankle.
  Tony Aarts used his putter to jab the gator in the eyes before the alligator let him go.
  WINK-TV reports that Aarts was playing at the Magnolia Landing Golf & Country Club in the Fort Myers area last Wednesday when he heard a splash while approaching the fourth hole.
  He says the gator grabbed his right ankle and he ended up on
  
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• Watch: Semi Blows Over, Crushes Patrol Car On Wyoming Highway

  11-02-2017 22:17
  
  ELK MOUNTAIN, Wyo. (AP) – Dramatic video of a tractor-trailer toppling onto a Wyoming Highway Patrol car shows just how windy it can get on the high plains.
  The truck was driving on Interstate 80 in southern Wyoming on Tuesday when it blew over onto the parked patrol car. No one was inside the patrol car, and Patrol Lt. David Wagener says the truck’s driver and a passenger were not hurt.Gusts up to 90 mph were recorded around the time of the crash.
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• Correction: Lottery results

  11-02-2017 21:54 via post-gazette.com
  
  In Saturday’s paper, the Post-Gazette printed lottery results from a prior date where the results for the Friday drawings should have been. The correct lottery results for Friday are as follows:
  
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• Pitt Drops Syracuse 80-75 To End Orange’s 5-Game Win Streak

  11-02-2017 21:43
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Cam Johnson scored 22 points, Michael Young added 21 points and nine rebounds while Jamel Artis scored 16 points to go with 10 assists as Pittsburgh held off Syracuse 80-75 on Saturday.
  The Panthers (14-11, 3-9 ACC) avenged an 11-point loss to the Orange last month by relying heavily on Young inside and Johnson outside against Syracuse’s 2-3 zone. Pitt outrebounded the Orange 41-25 and answered every time Syracuse made a push late.
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• Convicted Sex Offender Charged In Ohio State Student’s Death

  11-02-2017 21:09
  
  GROVE CITY, Ohio (AP) – A convicted sex offender released from prison in November has been charged in the shooting death of a 21-year-old Ohio State University student.
  Grove City police say 29-year-old Brian Golsby was arrested Saturday on charges of aggravated murder, kidnapping and aggravated robbery in Reagan Tokes’ death. Her nude body was found Thursday near a park entrance. She was last seen leaving work at a Columbus restaurant Wednesday night.
  Tokes grew up outside Toledo an
  
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• No. 13 West Virginia Defeats Kansas State 85-66

  11-02-2017 20:56
  
  MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – Jevon Carter had 19 points and nine rebounds to lead No. 13 West Virginia to a foul-plagued 85-66 victory over Kansas State on Saturday.
  West Virginia (20-5, 8-4 Big 12) struggled at the start making two of its first eight shots from the field over the first 4 minutes, but the Mountaineers then went on a 12-1 run to take the lead.
  Kansas State rallied to tie the game at 34 at halftime.
  After a 3-pointer by Xavier Sneed early in the second half, the Wildcats (16-9,
  
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• Fire Department Hosts Blood Drive To Support Firefighter Battling Leukemia

  11-02-2017 20:25
  
  MT. LEBANON (KDKA) — The Mt. Lebanon Fire Department hosted a blood drive Saturday to support a volunteer firefighter who is battling acute myeloid leukemia.
  Thirty-two-year-old Matt Kelsey, a volunteer firefighter and emergency department technician at St. Clair Hospital, was diagnosed in December. He arrived at the hospital for work one day and ended up leaving in an ambulance when colleagues suspected he had leukemia and urged him to have labs drawn.
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• Woman Falls To Her Death Inside World Trade Center Oculus

  11-02-2017 19:48
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – Police say a 29-year-old woman plunged about 30 feet to her death off an escalator inside the famed World Trade Center Oculus.
  Port Authority police spokesman Joseph Pentangelo said the woman was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead. Police are investigating the incident.
  A law enforcement official said Jenny Santos, of Kearney, New Jersey, was trying to retrieve her twin sister’s hat while on the escalator at about 5:30 a.m. Saturday inside the lofty tra
  
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• 4 PWSA Employees Suspended For Incident Causing Water Pressure Problems

  11-02-2017 19:00
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Four Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority employees have been suspended after an incident caused water pressure issues Friday night.
  The issue started around 10:30 p.m.
  The PWSA says it happened at the Bruecken pump station and caused temporary water pressure loss for customers in some eastern areas of the city, including the East End, Shadyside, Point Breeze and Oakland.
  “This [incident] is … due completely to operator error and failures to communicate the
  
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• Sargento Recalls Select Sliced, Shredded Cheese Products

  11-02-2017 17:51
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Sargento is recalling some sliced and shredded cheese products due to a potential contamination.
  Packages of Sargento Ultra Thin Sliced Longhorn Colby and Sargento Chef Blends Shredded Nacho & Taco Cheese are being recalled due to a potential listeria monocytogenes contamination in the Longhorn Colby cheese.
  Sargento says they are also recalling several products that were packaged on the same line as the affected cheese.
  Those products include Sargento Sliced Colby-
  
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• Pro-Life Supporters Protest Planned Parenthood Downtown

  11-02-2017 16:00
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Protesters who want Planned Parenthood to be defunded gathered downtown Saturday morning.
  The rally began around 9 a.m. outside a Planned Parenthood facility on Liberty Avenue. It was one of multiple anti-Planned Parenthood rallies being held across the country Saturday, coordinated by the #ProtestPP coalition.
  The coalition does not want Planned Parenthood to receive federal funding and says the funding should be given to federally qualified health centers that do not
  
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• Mechanical Failure Causes Pressure Problems For Some PWSA Customers

  11-02-2017 15:23
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Some Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority customers experienced water pressure issues Friday night due to a mechanical failure.
  The PWSA says the failure happened at the Bruecken pump station and caused temporary water pressure loss for customers in some eastern areas of the city.A pump failure caused low/no pressure in some areas last night. Some may have discolored water this AM. Run your tap until water is clear.
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• Four PWSA workers suspended over water pressure problems

  11-02-2017 14:31 via post-gazette.com
  
  Four employees of the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority have been suspended after a malfunctioning pump caused low or no water pressure for some city residents for several hours.
  
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• City residents may see brown water

  11-02-2017 14:31 via post-gazette.com
  
  Residents of some city neighborhoods may be seeing brown or discolored water today due to water pressure issues overnight.
  
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• Point Park University's Conservatory Theatre Company to Present Big Love

  11-02-2017 13:54
  Point Park University's Conservatory Theatre Company presents Charles L. Mee's Big Love. Big Love gives a fresh twist on Aeschylus' The Suppliant Women, one of the oldest plays in the western world.
  
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• Police: Suspect May Have Waited For Police Patrol To Leave Before Robbing Bank

  11-02-2017 06:34
  
  AMBRIDGE (KDKA) — Police are looking for a suspect after a bank robbery on Friday evening in Beaver County.
  It happened just before 5 p.m., closing time, at the Huntington Bank on Merchant Street in Ambridge.
  A man wearing a hooded, navy blue, insulated, work-type jacket, blue jeans and tennis shoeswalked through the front door and up to the teller’s window.
  “He presented the teller with a note stating he had a gun.He verbally told the teller, in a soft tone of voice, to be qui
  
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• Man wanted in 3 assault cases arrested after locked out of car

  11-02-2017 06:01 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Crawford-Roberts man wanted in three separate assault cases — two involving police officers — was being held in the Allegheny County Jail on Friday.
  
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• Jail Oversight Board member seeks clarity on statistics

  11-02-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Allegheny County Jail Oversight board members thought they knew how many pregnant inmates were in the Downtown lockup. Turns out they just knew how many clinic visits those inmates had, which was likely overstating how many pregnant inmates appeared to be in jail.
  
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• DA's office asks Supreme Court to weigh new homicide trial ruling

  11-02-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Allegheny County District Attorney's office has asked the state Supreme Court to take up the case of an East End man who was granted a new homicide trial last month.
  
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• Pittsburgh police arrest warrant suspect while stopping for breakfast

  11-02-2017 05:33
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• Community Comes Together To Support High School Girl Battling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

  11-02-2017 05:22
  McDONALD, Pa. (KDKA) — You’d never know by looking at her that 16-year-old Nicole Stewart is battling cancer.
  The junior at Fort Cherry High School sang the “Star Spangled Banner” alongside her chorus-mates on Friday before the start of the Fort Cherry-Chartiers Houston game, one of the school’s biggest rivals.
  The game took place during senior night, a night she didn’t want to miss.
  “It’s amazing. I don’t have words for it.I’ve never f
  
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• Mayor ‘Ecstatic,’ Says Ford’s Investment Will Bring Jobs To Western Pa.

  11-02-2017 04:59
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A billion dollars. That’s the investment Ford Motor Company is making in a Pittsburgh company to develop a system for self-driving cars.
  Ford wants to sell a driverless car by the year 2021.
  Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto says this investment is very good news for our region.
  “Once hearing it, I was ecstatic,” said Mayor Peduto. “Ford now will be hiring 200 people by the end of the year. That number will double, triple, quadruple within the next fe
  
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• Woman Struck, Killed After Crashing Her Car On I-79

  11-02-2017 04:54
  
  COLLIER TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A woman was struck and killed by a vehicle after crashing her car along Interstate 79 in Collier Township on Friday evening.
  The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office has not yet released the name of the victim, but state police say she was a 39-year-old woman from Pittsburgh.
  The accident happened after 6:30 p.m. in the southbound lanes of I-79 at the Kirwan Heights exit.
  According to state police, the victim crashed her vehicle on the Kirwan Heights r
  
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• Clint Hurdle Opens Inspirational Email List To Public

  11-02-2017 04:30
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — For years, Pittsburgh Pirates’ manager Clint Hurdle has been sending out motivational emails to friends and co-workers.
  The recipient list has grown from just a handful to more than 3,000.
  KDKA even did a story on his inspirational emails back in 2013.Now, Hurdle is letting everyone sign up to receive his daily words of wisdom.If you would like to receive them, visit his website at this link: https://www.clinthurdle.com/
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• Furry Tails: Victory & Marie Are Waiting For Forever Homes

  11-02-2017 04:09
  
  Are you looking to bring a pet into your home? Local animal shelters are a great place to find a furry companion. So, as part of Furry Tails, I’ll be doing an ongoing feature on adoptable pets from local animal shelters once a week. If you have room in your heart and are looking to bring a lovable ball of fur into your home, maybe one of these guys is meant to be a part of your family!_____________________________________________________
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  Victory doesn’t let his
  
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• Denzel Washington's Fences Shoot Was Continuously Interrupted By Elderly Neighbor

  11-02-2017 03:33
  An elderly man interrupted filming on Denzel Washington's new drama Fences every day by offering the star coffee while cameras were rolling. The Training Day actor had double the responsibility on Fences, a film adaptation of August Wilson's play, as he served as director and actor, portraying the downtrodden Troy alongside Viola Davis, who plays his wife Rose.
  
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• Pirates Acquire Infielder Gosselin From Diamondbacks

  11-02-2017 03:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Pittsburgh Pirates bolstered their infield depth on Friday, acquiring Phil Gosselin from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for minor league pitcher Frank Duncan.
  The 28-year-old Gosselin hit .277 with 12 doubles, two home runs and 13 RBI in 122 games for Arizona in 2016. He led the majors in both pinch hit appearances (83) and pinch hits (20) last season. Both numbers set new club records.
  Gosselin can move around defensively, an asset the Pirates need after versat
  
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• Pedestrian killed in I-79 accident

  11-02-2017 02:42 via post-gazette.com
  
  Authorities have responded this evening to a fatal accident involving a pedestrian on Interstate 79 in Collier, officials said.
  
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• Mt. Lebanon woman killed in I-79 accident

  11-02-2017 02:42 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Mt. Lebanon woman was killed Friday evening while attempting to walk across Interstate 79 after crashing her vehicle.
  
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• Accident involving pedestrian on I-79

  11-02-2017 02:42 via post-gazette.com
  
  Authorities have responded this evening to an accident involving a pedestrian on Interstate 79 in Collier, officials said.
  
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• First egg of the year for Hays eagles

  11-02-2017 02:10 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Hays eagles are potential parents once again.
  
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• Hays Eagles Welcome First Egg Of 2017

  11-02-2017 01:26
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The bald eagles nesting in the city’s Hays section have welcomed their first egg of 2017.
  The egg was first spotted at 5:49 p.m. Friday on the Hays bald eagle nest live stream.
  Both eagles are seen in the nest with the egg, shifting it, moving around, and then one flies away while the other stays and sits on the egg.
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• Goodwill Offers A Unique Place To Buy Jewelry For Valentine’s Day

  11-02-2017 01:10
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — This Valentine’s Day you might find some terrific jewelry at a great price for your special someone in an unusual place — Goodwill.
  “We sell everything from gemstones, sterling, gold, platinum, diamonds, some really great antique and vintage pieces, and we also do some really fun costume jewelry as well,” says Jessica McConnell, Goodwill’s E-Commerce Director.
  You won’t find this jewelry in a Goodwill store.
  It’s all sold on lin
  
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• Trash Collector Helps Toddler Traumatized By Tornado Overcome Fear Of Loud Noises

  11-02-2017 01:04
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Three-year-old Logan Strum was visiting his grandparents’ in Morgantown last summer when a tornado struck the house, creating chaos and deafening noise.
  After the incident Logan was diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder, causing him to experience intense anxiety whenever he hears loud noises.
  One of the noises that would send Logan into a panic was the noise made by a garbage truck.
  But, those fears began to ease when trash collector Randy Fuller reached o
  
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• 'Unruly' parent barges into Aliquippa elementary school, shoves students

  11-02-2017 00:56 via post-gazette.com
  
  An Aliquippa man barged his way into his daughter’s elementary school, shoved several students as he walked through the hallway, and threatened to return to the school and “shoot it up” because he thought his daughter was going to be attacked, according to court documents.  
  
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• Texting & Driving: Can Sender Be Held Liable In Crash?

  11-02-2017 00:30
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Texting and driving is illegal in Pennsylvania. Drivers can face fines or even jail time if they’re texting and cause a serious or fatal accident.
  But now, there’s also a question if the sender of the text can be held liable if the driver they message causes an accident.
  In what’s believed to be a first of its kind lawsuit in Pennsylvania, a family is suing both the driver and the man who texted her after Daniel Gallatin was killed by the distracted dr
  
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• Customers Accuse Steel City Flooring Of Ripping Them Off

  11-02-2017 00:17
  
  BEAVER, Pa. (KDKA) — Imagine paying for carpeting and then returning to the store not only to find the store closed but also papered up.
  “This has shaken our trust in mankind to the core.I’m angry all the time,” said Connie Sluzynsky, a Steel City Flooring customer.
  What triggered that anger began at Steel City Flooring in Beaver County last month.Connie says she and her husband were ripped off.
  “They took $3,500 of our money after we ordered carpet, and we never go
  
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