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• Somali taxicab driver dies of injuries; four men charged with robbing him

  24-02-2017 23:47 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Somali cab driver found beaten Tuesday in Beltzhoover died Friday evening, two people close to the matter said.
  
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• Somali taxicab driver dies of injuries; four men charged

  24-02-2017 23:47 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Somali cab driver found beaten Tuesday in Beltzhoover died Friday evening, two people close to the matter said.
  
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• Pittsburgh police arrest two in beating that unnerved local Somali Bantu community

  24-02-2017 23:47 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police said two people have been arrested in connection with the attack of a cab driver, whose beating put members of the local Somali Bantu community on edge.
  
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• Somali Cab Driver Beaten In Attack Dies After Police Make 2 Arrests

  24-02-2017 23:43
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A Somali cab driver who was brutally assaulted earlier this week in the city’s Beltzhoover section has died, according to the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh.
  The news of the man’s death comes just hours after police announced two arrests in the case.
  The Islamic Center of Pittsburgh released a statement Friday night confirming the death of the 31-year-old man.They say he leaves behind a wife who is pregnant and a young son.
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• 2 Arrested In Brutal Attack Of Somali Cab Driver

  24-02-2017 23:43
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Two people have been arrested following the brutal assault that left a Somali cab driver in grave condition.
  According to the investigation, King Edwards and Hosea Moore, both 20-year-olds from Beltzhoover, called the cab on the morning of Feb. 21 with the intent of robbing the driver.
  Police say the 30-year-old zTrip cab driver was found lying face down, unresponsive in the 400 block of Climax Street.
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• NHL Stadium Series Brings Thousands To Pittsburgh, Boosting Local Economy

  24-02-2017 23:32
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Heinz Field is under invasion, normally Pirates and Steelers fans dominate North Shore landscape between PNC Park and Heinz Field.
  But this weekend Steelers Country is turning into Penguins Country for the 2017 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series. Penguins fans are here from as far away as Iowa and Florida to witness the outdoor event.
  “It was a Christmas present, I’m a big Penguins fan, so yeah, wanted to make it out here for a game, why not this one,” sai
  
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• Keidel: Why Not A Mayweather-McGregor Fight?

  24-02-2017 23:26
  
  By Jason Keidel
  As much as purists of their respective sports want a fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor to vanish into the ether, it refuses to leave the social media crucible.
  Especially once word leaked out that Mayweather visited famed trainer Freddy Roach at his Wild Card Gym, to ask if McGregor had enlisted Roach’s services. Once Roach assured Maweather that McGregor had not, the loquacious retired champion urged him to take McGregor on in case he does.
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• Yeshiva Boys School Rabbi Suspected Of Sexually Abusing Children

  24-02-2017 23:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) —  A former rabbi from the Yeshiva Boys School of Pittsburgh is under investigation, accused of sexually abusing children.
  Word of the probe first surfaced in the Jewish Chronicle. The publication states there may have been more than one victim and that Rabbi Nisson Friedman, 26, was caught in the act in the school library.
  Friedman has been with Yeshiva Boys School since 2013. He’s the son of a prominent rabbi in Minnesota.
  The school declined to spe
  
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• Former Yeshiva Boys School Rabbi Suspected Of Sexually Abusing Children

  24-02-2017 23:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) —  A former rabbi from the Yeshiva Boys School of Pittsburgh is under investigation, accused of sexually abusing children.
  Word of the probe first surfaced in the Jewish Chronicle. The publication states there may have been more than one victim and that Rabbi Nisson Friedman, 26, was caught in the act in the school library.
  Friedman has been with Yeshiva Boys School since 2013. He has been fired, but is not yet charged.
  He’s the son of a prominent rab
  
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• Stanley Cup Has Some Flaws, But It’s Perfect In Eyes Of Fans

  24-02-2017 22:55
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Even though the NHL playoffs are still a couple of months away, the Stanley Cup is back in Pittsburgh this weekend.
  It is the first time fans will be able to see the names of the 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins team stamped in silver.
  But, not everything is perfect when it comes to the legendary sports trophy.
  The historic piece of silver knows how to draw a crowd, but for all its beauty, the Stanley Cup is not without its flaws.
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• Partial Building Collapse Leaves 2 Workers Injured, Residents Homeless

  24-02-2017 22:36
  WILMERDING (KDKA) — A partial building collapse in Wilmerding on Friday afternoon left two people injured and several people homeless.
  The collapse was reported around 4:30 p.m. in the 300 block of Middle Avenue.
  When the bricks began tumbling off the side of the apartment building, some scaffolding collapsed, injuring the two workers.
  “Like a bomb, that’s what it sounded like,” said Lemuel Pullie Jr., a tenant.“A lot of smoke came into the front of my house.”
  
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• Building Collapse Reported In Wilmerding

  24-02-2017 22:36
  
  WILMERDING (KDKA) — A building has collapsed in Wilmerding, according to Allegheny County officials.
  It was reported around 4:30 p.m. in the 300 block of Middle Avenue.
  An apartment building was being evacuated in connection with the collapse.Wilmerding: 300 block Middle Ave – building collapse & evacuation of apartment building.
  — Allegheny County (@Allegheny_Co) February 24, 2017
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• 2 Construction Workers Hurt In Partial Building Collapse

  24-02-2017 22:36
  
  WILMERDING (KDKA) — A building has partially collapsed in Wilmerding, according to Allegheny County officials.
  It was reported around 4:30 p.m. in the 300 block of Middle Avenue.Wilmerding: 300 block Middle Ave – building collapse & evacuation of apartment building.
  — Allegheny County (@Allegheny_Co) February 24, 2017
  Officials on scene tell KDKA the wall of the apartment building had bowed, and a construction crew was there Friday working on scaffolding.
  The scaffoldi
  
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• White House Bars Major News Outlets From Press Briefing

  24-02-2017 22:12
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – News organizations including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, CNN and Politico were blocked from joining an informal, on the record White House press briefing on Friday.
  Several news organizations were allowed in, including the conservative website Breitbart News. The site’s former executive chairman, Steve Bannon, is chief strategist to President Donald Trump.
  The Associated Press chose not to participate in the gaggle following the move by White House pr
  
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• Zoo: Live Video Of Giraffe Giving Birth Was Labeled Explicit

  24-02-2017 21:57
  
  HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) – The owner of a New York zoo planning to live-stream a giraffe giving birth says the video feed was briefly removed from YouTube because animal rights activists labeled it sexually explicit.
  Animal Adventure Park started streaming video Wednesday of 15-year-old April in her enclosed pen at the zoo in Harpursville, 130 miles northwest of New York City. But owner Jordan Patch says YouTube removed the feed early Thursday after someone reported it was explicit and cont
  
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• Man Killed In Westmoreland Co. Crash Identified

  24-02-2017 21:29
  
  NORTH HUNTINGDON (KDKA) — A man killed in a Westmoreland County crash has been identified.
  Officials say Loren Steele, 21, died following a Monday night crash on Route 933 in North Huntingdon.
  Steele was pronounced dead at Forbes Hospital hours after the crash.
  His cause of death was listed as “blunt force trauma of the head and trunk due to motor vehicle accident.”
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• Federal jury finds Monongahela man guilty in forgery scheme

  24-02-2017 21:10 via post-gazette.com
  
  A federal jury this afternoon convicted a retired state trooper of sending a fake court order to the state agency that controls pensions in order to reduce his ex-wife's payments.
  
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• NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman: Fans Can’t Get Enough Of Outdoor Games

  24-02-2017 21:06
  
  PITTSBURGH (Sports Radio 93.7 The Fan) – Ahead of Saturday’s NHL Stadium Series game between the Penguins and Flyers, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman joined Andrew Fillipponi during Friday’s “Cook & Poni Show” to address a wide variety of topics.
  First up was the weather heading into Saturday’s game. With temperatures Friday expected to be in the mid-70s, many fans were wondering how the ice would be able to withstand the heat.
  “It’ll be fun, and
  
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• College: Feces Swastika Found In Gender-Neutral Bathroom

  24-02-2017 21:00
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – One of the top art schools in the U.S. is investigating after anti-Semitic graffiti made out of human waste was found in a gender-neutral bathroom.
  WJAR-TV reports that the Rhode Island School of Design told students the swastika was discovered over the weekend in a dormitory bathroom.
  The college, known as RISD, says in a statement that the level of “disrespect and vitriol is completely unacceptable.” Public safety officials are investigating it as an a
  
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• U.S. Marshals find Oakmont killing suspect at Ross hotel

  24-02-2017 20:55 via post-gazette.com
  
  A suspect in an Oakmont killing was arrested this morning after authorities tracked him to a hotel in Ross.
  
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• U.S. Marshals Capture Oakmont Homicide Suspect

  24-02-2017 20:31
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Members of the United States Marshals Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force apprehended a homicide suspect Friday morning.
  Around 11 a.m., Ian Guliani, 34, was arrested at a hotel in the 4500 block of Mcknight Road.
  Guliani is charged with with criminal homicide, robbery, burglary and conspiracy related to the June 26, 2016 murder of 27-year-old Brandon Turowski in Oakmont.
  Investigators say two men broke into the home. At least one intruder went upsta
  
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• Tragedy, triumph intertwine in tales of two former Sto-Rox athletes

  24-02-2017 20:28 via post-gazette.com
  
  The same basketball court at the Hays Manor apartment complex in McKees Rocks where Dontez Ford used to play is now the site of a makeshift memorial.
  
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• PWSA: Repair work stemming from broken water main could reach $1.7 million

  24-02-2017 20:02 via post-gazette.com
  
  Line work stemming from a ruptured water main in Etna could cost as much as $1.7 million, officials with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority said Friday.
  
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• Pirates Spring Training 2017 – Feb. 24th News And Notes

  24-02-2017 19:46
  
  BRADENTON, Fla. (93-7 THE FAN) – On the eve of the Pirates’ Grapefruit League Opener(s), the team held its first workout at LECOM Field.
  Early work started legitimately early, as players were in the batting cages at 6:40 a.m., including Austin Meadows and Kevin Newman.
  Starting lineups for tomorrow’s dual openers were posted. The traveling squad will board a bus to Port Charlotte at 9:15 a.m. to take on the Tampa Bay Rays:
  1. Josh Harrison/Erich Weiss     2B
  2. Jordy
  
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• NFL Quarterback Tells Kids Boys ‘Can Do Anything,’ Girls Should ‘Be Silent’

  24-02-2017 19:13
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (KDKA) — Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston made some awkward comments while giving a pep talk to a group of elementary school students.
  According to the Tampa Bay Times, the football star told kids at Melrose Elementary in St. Petersburg that “strong” boys “can do anything,” but asked the girls to “sit down,” and told them they “should be silent.”
  “All my young boys, stand up. The ladies, sit down,&rdq
  
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• NHL commissioner calls unpredictable weather 'intriguing part' of outdoor games

  24-02-2017 19:12 via post-gazette.com
  
  NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is enjoying the 70-degree weather in Pittsburgh today, but he’s just as glad to see the weather reports calling for colder temperatures Saturday night.
  
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• NHL commissioner Bettman calls unpredictable weather 'intriguing part' of outdoor games

  24-02-2017 19:12 via post-gazette.com
  
  NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is enjoying the 70-degree weather in Pittsburgh today, but he’s just as glad to see the weather reports calling for colder temperatures Saturday night.
  
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• Westmoreland County man to stand trial in girlfriend's death

  24-02-2017 18:59 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Westmoreland County man was ordered to stand trial in the death of his girlfriend.
  
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• Homicide defendant gets bond in Carrick case involving Uber rider

  24-02-2017 18:37 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Carrick man accused of killing another from inside an Uber car earlier this month will be allowed pre-trial release pending trial.
  
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• 6-Year-Old Girl Abducted From Scene Of Deadly Stabbing Found In Pa.

  24-02-2017 18:29
  
  CENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (KDKA) — Pennsylvania State Police say a missing 6-year-old girl from Connecticut has been found along with her father, who is accused of abducting her.UPDATE: The suspect is in custody and the child has been recovered. https://t.co/JV4m1AKsFu
  — PA State Police (@PAStatePolice) February 24, 2017
  WTAJ reports Aylin Hernandez was found safe after a crash Interstate 99 in Benner Township in Centre County. A State Trooper was also involved in that three-car crash.
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• President Donald Trump Says Welfare Reform Is Coming

  24-02-2017 18:14
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is signaling more reforms are ahead for the nation’s welfare system. He tells conservatives that “it’s time for all Americans to get off welfare and get back to work.” He adds, “You’re going to love it.”
  The nation’s welfare laws were overhauled under former President Bill Clinton in the 1990s. The changes provided states with grants in exchange for greater flexibility in how they can use the funds.
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• Man Accused Of Killing Girlfriend & Claiming She Shot Herself To Stand Trial

  24-02-2017 18:14
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A Westmoreland County man accused of shooting and killing his girlfriend will stand trial.
  Allen Trent, 53, is accused of killing 61-year-old Frances Smith in their Hempfield Township home earlier this month.
  Trent appeared in court on Friday, where he was held for trial.
  The incident took place inside their Waycross Drive home on Feb. 12.
  The couple returned home around 7:30 p.m. after getting drinks at the South Greensburg Hunt Club and the Midway St. Clair Fireman&rs
  
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• 10-Year-Old Dies In Off-Road Vehicle Accident

  24-02-2017 17:50
  
  MONTCALM, W.Va. (AP) – Officials say a 10-year-old southern West Virginia boy has died after an off-road vehicle crashed and landed on him.
  Media report that emergency crews received a call Thursday evening about an accident on private property in Montcalm involving a utility task vehicle, which is a small two- to four-person vehicle often driven on ATV trails.
  Mercer County Sheriff’s Detective S.A. Sommers says the utility vehicle either flipped or rolled over and ended up on top of
  
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• Pa. Teen Accused Of Killing Mom Charged With Spitting On Guard

  24-02-2017 17:43
  
  PALMYRA, Pa. (AP) – A central Pennsylvania teenager jailed on charges he fatally strangled and stabbed his mother is now charged with spitting on a county jail guard.
  Eighteen-year-old Jacob Taliaferro, of Palmyra, is charged with aggravated harassment by a prison and disorderly conduct in connection with the incident in November.
  Taliaferro is accused of spitting on a guard, though a criminal complaint says he’s told investigators he spit on the floor to make the guard angry, but di
  
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• Watch: Farmer Dancing While Doing Chores In Barn Goes Viral

  24-02-2017 17:25
  
  SHARON SPRINGS, NY (KDKA) — If you have to clean up, why not get down at the same time?
  A New York farmer is getting a lot of attention for a video he posted on Facebook, showing him moving and grooving to Sia’s “Cheap Thrills” while sweeping up hay in his barn.Jay Lavery’s goats watch, hardly batting an eye, as he shakes and shimmys in his work boots.
  The video has been viewed nearly 10 million times, with 111,000 likes and nearly 85,000 shares.
  For Lavery, the dan
  
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• J.C. Penney To Close 13 To 14 Percent Of Stores

  24-02-2017 17:13
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – J.C. Penney says it will be closing anywhere from 130 to 140 stores as well as two distribution centers over the next several months as it aims to improve profitability in the era of online shopping.
  The closures, announced Friday, represent about 13 percent to 14 percent of the company’s current store count, and less than 5 percent of total annual sales.
  The news came as Penney posted a profit in the fourth-quarter compared to a loss a year ago.
  The company posted qu
  
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• Port Authority forces out McLean, seeks executive with more transit experience

  24-02-2017 17:01 via post-gazette.com
  
  Ellen McLean, who steered Port Authority through tough financial times over the past four years, will be out as chief executive officer as the agency and Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald begin a national search for a leader with more public transit experience.
  
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• Port Authority CEO makes surprise departure

  24-02-2017 17:01 via post-gazette.com
  
  Port Authority CEO Ellen McLean is leaving the agency in June after more than four years in charge.
  
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• McLean departs as CEO of Port Authority

  24-02-2017 17:01 via post-gazette.com
  
  Port Authority CEO Ellen McLean is leaving the agency in June after more than four years in charge.
  
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• Mom Who Decapitated 3-Month-Old Daughter Gets 15 Years To Life In Prison

  24-02-2017 16:56
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) – An Ohio woman charged with stabbing and decapitating her 3-month-old daughter has pleaded guilty to murder and been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.
  Twenty-two-year-old Deasia Watkins pleaded guilty Thursday in Jayniah Watkins’ March 2015 death. She told a Hamilton County judge she loved her daughter.
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• Health Department Working With Penn State On Mumps Cases

  24-02-2017 16:47
  
  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (AP) – The Pennsylvania Department of Health is investigating mumps cases on Penn State University’s main campus.
  The health department won’t release details because of confidentiality rules, but Penn State says the first confirmed case was reported Jan. 29. Since then, there have been 19 other reported cases, including four confirmed by lab tests.
  Dr. Karen Murphy, the secretary of health, says the confirmed mumps cases are troublesome because spring break
  
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• Documents: Pittsburgh bridge had 2 fires before major blaze

  24-02-2017 15:58
  Federal documents show that crews doused minor fires on the Liberty Bridge twice in the three days before a construction fire closed the Pittsburgh bridge for 24 days in September. The documents obtained by the Post-Gazette from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration show that a safety official for contractor Joseph B Fay Co.
  
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• Ten Commandments moved from public school to Catholic school

  24-02-2017 15:57 via post-gazette.com
  
  NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. — A Ten Commandments monument will be moved from a Catholic grade school in the New Kensington-Arnold School District due to an atheist’s lawsuit.
  
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• PTL Links: Feb. 24, 2017

  24-02-2017 15:35
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
  3D Photographer Kenny Baumgarten
  Knead Community Café
  Local CSA Subscription Participants
  NHL Stadium Series
  Post-Gazette “Seen” Column
  Pittsburgh Beerfest
  
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• 5 Questions As Pirates Get To Work In Spring Training

  24-02-2017 15:26
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Spring Training is officially underway!
  The Pittsburgh Pirates are already getting to work as they look to bounce back after a disappointing 2016 season.
  There are plenty of questions surrounding the team with the season just around the corner.
  Here are five things to look out for in Spring Training:
  1. The “Real” Andrew McCutchen
  Let’s start this list with the Most Obvious. Andrew McCutchen is coming off his worst season with the Pirates. Not even clo
  
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• Two men found shot near Duquesne bar

  24-02-2017 14:09 via post-gazette.com
  
  Police this morning are investigating the non-fatal shootings of two men found wounded near a Duquesne bar.
  
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• Today's temps break long-standing record for Feb. 24

  24-02-2017 13:47 via post-gazette.com
  
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• Today's forecast high of 78 could be a record-breaker for Pittsburgh

  24-02-2017 13:47 via post-gazette.com
  
  A winter heat wave?
  
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• Today breaks warm weather record set in 1906

  24-02-2017 13:47 via post-gazette.com
  
  A winter heat wave? 
  
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• Friday's warm temperatures break 1906 record high

  24-02-2017 13:47 via post-gazette.com
  
  Most Zamboni drivers don’t wear shorts to resurface ice skating rinks and most skiers don’t wear tank tops — but then again, most days in February aren’t as warm as Friday’s record-breaking high.
  
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