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• South Fayette police obtain arrest warrant for Cal U assistant football coach

  14-03-2017 23:33 via post-gazette.com
  
  South Fayette police have obtained an arrest warrant for a part-time California University of Pennsylvania assistant football coach who is charged with sending sexual messages to two minors by using the Snapchat messaging app.
  
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• Here's the scoop: Isaly’s ice cream is back

  14-03-2017 23:11 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburghers associate Isaly’s with its locally famous chipped ham, but old-timers also remember Isaly’s ice cream with fondness.
  
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• Pitt Freshman Manigault, Sophomore Clark Transferring

  14-03-2017 22:53
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Freshman forward Corey Manigault and sophomore guard Crisshawn Clark are transferring from Pitt.
  The players announced the move shortly after the Panthers finished a disappointing 16-17 season in coach Kevin Stallings’ first year. Manigault appeared in 18 games, averaging less than a point and a rebound per contest.
  Clark did not appear in a game for the Panthers after transferring from Canada College. Clark had surgery in December to repair ligament and meniscus da
  
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• Are Protein Diets Helping Or Hurting Weight Loss Goals?

  14-03-2017 22:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The protein diet trend continues to bulk up with more people getting onboard.
  Protein shakes, bars, and other supplements can be attractive to people who are on-the-go, but are they secretly sabotaging your weight loss?
  Sierra Dunaway carries a lot on her shoulders.
  “I have three under the age of 6 so our schedules are crazy,” Dunaway said.
  The mom of three balances a full-time job, teaching CrossFit classes at her gym and working out.
  “A lot of time d
  
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• Pittsburgh on track for three-way mayoral race

  14-03-2017 22:44 via post-gazette.com
  As the deadline for challenging candidates' election petitions expired Tuesday afternoon, the city of Pittsburgh still appeared to be on track for a three-way mayoral race. But changes are afoot in the hotly contested race for City Council District 4, where one candidate said he was withdrawing.
  
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• Ballot challenges filed in city council, district judge races

  14-03-2017 22:44 via post-gazette.com
  The deadline for challenging election petitions for the spring primary expired Tuesday, though most Pittsburghers can be forgiven for not noticing. None of the three Democrats running for mayor — incumbent Bill Peduto, Councilwoman Darlene Harris and minister John Welch — faces legal challenges to stay on the May 16 ballot.
  
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• Braddock mayor, former Steeler Franco Harris make push for medical marijuana cultivation site

  14-03-2017 21:52 via post-gazette.com
  
  Braddock is getting support from a key Pittsburgh figure in its bid to establish a facility for growing and processing marijuana for medical use.
  
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• Light snow day for the region

  14-03-2017 21:49 via post-gazette.com
  
  It was the big March storm that wasn’t.
  
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• ‘Stop The Bleed’ Program Teaches Officers Valuable First Aid Skills

  14-03-2017 21:46
  
  MONROEVILLE (KDKA) – Nearly 200 police officers got a chance to hone their emergency response skills Tuesday morning. They met up with doctors and health professionals in Monroeville to get proper training on how to help trauma patients.
  The training is part of a program called Stop the Bleed. It teaches officers important first aid skills – things like how to pack a wound and properly apply a tourniquet.
  “It’s incredibly important to teach these skills to as many people
  
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• Woman Creates Authentic Muslim Hijabs For Dolls

  14-03-2017 21:24
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A local woman is taking steps to create authentic Muslim hijabs for dolls.
  According to the Tribune Review, the idea started when Gisele Barreto Fetterman was playing with her 5-year-old daughter.
  It was right after the Women’s March on Washington, and they were holding their own march – with dolls – at their home in Braddock.
  Fetterman, who is married to Braddock Mayor John Fetterman, says she realized there were no Muslim dolls among the group, and k
  
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• Nesting bald eagles weather winter storm

  14-03-2017 19:12 via post-gazette.com
  
  Nature’s creatures make do when winter decides it’s not quite done.
  
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• South Butler County School District dealing with spread of norovirus

  14-03-2017 18:38 via post-gazette.com
  
  The South Butler County School District has undertaken an extensive cleaning of one of its elementary school buildings after an “abnormally high” number of elementary school students likely came down with the norovirus, commonly known as the “stomach flu.”
  
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• Dunlap: The Best Two Days In Sports

  14-03-2017 18:38
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) – They are upon us.
  They are almost here.
  The best two days on the sports calendar.
  You might think I’m crazy, you might thoroughly disagree, but isn’t that what we love about sports — that it offers such wide-ranging opinion on things?
  Anyhow, this coming Thursday and Friday — when the real first round of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament games happen — are the best two days sports has to offer.
  That’s my op
  
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• 2017 NCAA Tournament: Midwest Region Game-By-Game Picks

  14-03-2017 18:16
  
  Bryan Altman
  The bracket has been released and the prognostication has begun. As you fill out your bracket and take in advice from your favorite sources on which teams to pick, allow us to add one more voice to the mix with our bracket preview series. We’ll go region by region and break down each and every matchup on the road to the Final Four.
  Round of 64
   
  No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 16 NC Central/UC Davis
  No disrespect to NC Central or UC Davis, but this will be a short and succinct selec
  
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• New Heinz Ketchup Ads Inspired By ‘Mad Men’

  14-03-2017 18:13
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – Heinz is launching ketchup ads inspired by the TV show “Mad Men.”
  The idea of the campaign, which shows foods like French fries and hamburgers up close without any condiments, is to underscore that they need ketchup to be complete.
  Kraft Heinz is noting tongue-in-cheek that the “Pass the Heinz” campaign was created by the main character of “Mad Men,” ad executive Don Draper. It is also crediting Draper’s fictional ad agency, Sterlin
  
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• Ampco-Pittsburgh reports $80 million loss in 2016

  14-03-2017 18:13 via post-gazette.com
  
  Despite recent acquisitions, a weak steel market pulled down Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp. to losses in the fourth quarter and throughout 2016.
  
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• Bouchette On Hightower Visiting Steelers: ‘I Don’t Get It’

  14-03-2017 17:38
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan)- The Pittsburgh Steelers are stirring the waters in free agency and one visit today from New England Patriots’ linebacker Dont’a Hightower has sparked some interest among the fans.
  Our Steelers Insider Ed Bouchette joined Cook and Poni to discuss the visit among other Steelers headlines.
  “I don’t understand it really,” Bouchette said. “They have other needs.”
  Bouchette says that Hightower would strengthen the inside linebacker p
  
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• 1936 Flood

  14-03-2017 17:22
  March 21, 1936. A view of the effects of the flood in Pittsburgh, which occurred on March 18,1936.
  
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• North Side man pleads to striking, killing Canadian pedestrian

  14-03-2017 17:19 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Perry North man pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle this morning for striking and killing a Canadian pedestrian last year Downtown.
  
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• Jury For Cosby’s Criminal Trial To Come From Pittsburgh Area

  14-03-2017 17:04
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Jurors for Bill Cosby‘s criminal sex assault case in suburban Philadelphia will come from across the state.
  The panel will be chosen in Allegheny County. Pittsburgh, the county seat, is nearly a 300-mile drive from the Montgomery County courthouse, where the trial is set to start by early June. The jury will be sequestered.
  The decision Monday comes after the comedian’s lawyers asked for outside jurors because of ongoing publicity.
  They suggested a large, di
  
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• Best St. Patrick’s Day Bars In Pittsburgh

  14-03-2017 17:00
  
  By Allen Foster
  “Éirinn go Brách!” might not be a phrase you’d expect to hear in Pittsburgh, but truth is, the Steel City is bristling with one of the largest Irish populations in the United States. Because of that, the ‘Burgh is an ideal location to profess your emerald allegiance. Especially on St. Patrick’s Day. You can enjoy the parade, take part in a massive bar crawl, or get together with friends, family, and neighbors to celebrate your ancestry
  
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• NCAA Tournament: West Region Game-By-Game Picks

  14-03-2017 16:22
  
  Ryan Mayer 
  The bracket has been released and the prognostication has begun. As you fill out your bracket and take in advice from your favorite sources on which teams to pick, allow us to add one more voice to the mix with our bracket preview series. We’ll go region by region and break down each and every matchup on the road to the Final Four.
  Now, it’s on to the West region where the ‘Zags find themselves sitting atop the bracket once again hoping to make it to Mark Few&r
  
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• 30 Players: Tigers’ Michael Fulmer Should Avoid Sophomore Slump

  14-03-2017 16:08
  
  By Rich Arleo
  CBS Local Sports, in our 30 Players 30 Days spring training feature, profiles one young player from each Major League Baseball team leading up to opening day.
  2016 season (Majors): 26 G, 26 GS, 159 IP, 3.06 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 11W, 132 SO, 42 BB
  The Detroit Tigers had a very eventful 2015 Trade Deadline, moving David Price, Yoenis Cespedes and Joakim Soria for a number of top-flight prospects. The Tigers are still expecting more from young arms Daniel Norris and Matt Boyd acquired from
  
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• Butler Co. School Working To Contain Norovirus Outbreak

  14-03-2017 16:06
  
  BUTLER (KDKA) – The South Butler County School District is trying to contain a norovirus outbreak.
  The district sent a letter home to parents after several students called out sick at South Butler Primary School.
  The letter said the district plans to clean and disinfect all public areas, restrooms and classrooms.
  It also said that the safety and well-being of the students is a top priority and asked parents to keep students home from school if they are showing any symptoms that mimic a sto
  
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• Thief With A Sweet Tooth Admits Robbing Same 7-Eleven 3 Times

  14-03-2017 15:47
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – It’s three strikes and take your seat – in a cell – for a thief with a sweet tooth.
  New Jersey prosecutors say a Newark man pleaded guilty Monday to robbing the same 7-Eleven store three times in four days. Each time, Idris Allen grabbed candy from the store and brandished a knife.
  About 14 hours after the last robbery in December 2015, Allen was captured after he went to the back of the store, took merchandise and left. The shift manager followed him
  
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• Crosby Meets With Boy Battling Brain Tumors, Says To ‘Just Keep Fighting’

  14-03-2017 15:07
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Pittsburgh Penguins wrapped up a long Western Canada road trip last night.
  The Penguins took seven of a possible eight points in the four-game swing, but what their captain did off the ice may be even more special.
  On Saturday, Pittsburgh was in Vancouver to face the Canucks. Hours before the game, Sidney Crosby took some time to meet with a 5-year-old boy who was recently diagnosed with brain tumors.
  According to a report in The Province, the tumors are not cancero
  
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• Meteorologists: Snow predictions were high, but they stuck to them

  14-03-2017 13:46 via post-gazette.com
  
  Which would you rather have — weather forecasts that are scary or weather forecasts that are confusing?
  
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• Meteorologists knew snow predictions were high, but they stuck to forecasts

  14-03-2017 13:46 via post-gazette.com
  
  Which would you rather have — weather forecasts that are scary or weather forecasts that are confusing?
  
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• PTL Links: March 14, 2017

  14-03-2017 13:42
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
  Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show
  Dr. Lori
  Market District
  Market District Recipes: Pea Champ, Salmon & Falafel
  American Society Of Interior Designers
  The Orchid Society Of Western Pa. Orchid Show
   
  
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• Market District Recipes: Pea Champ, Salmon & Falafel

  14-03-2017 13:37
  
  If you’re looking for some delicious new recipes to try, check out these three from the Giant Eagle Market District!
  Pea Champ(Courtesy of Chef Crystal A. Baldwin)
  Serves: 15-20
  Prep Time: 20 minutes
  Total Time: 30 minutes
  Ingredients:
  5 lb potatoes
  4 spring onions – thinly sliced white and green
  3 cups fresh peas
  1 cup milk, heated
  1 lb butter, cubed
  pinch sugar
  Salt and pepper to taste
  Directions:
  Bring potatoes to a boil in large soup pot of water. Turn down to a simmer and cook u
  
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• Man In Custody In Connection With South Side Bike Shop Break-In

  14-03-2017 12:40
  
  SOUTH SIDE (KDKA) – A man is in custody in connection with a break-in at a bike shop on the South Side.
  According to police, a man smashed a window at Thick Bikes and stole a bicycle around 12:30 a.m.
  The suspect was found near the Birmingham Bridge with blood on him.
  Just before the break-in, there was a reported stabbing near the intersection of 19th and Merriman streets.
  It is unclear if the suspect is responsible for the stabbing.
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• Westinghouse prepares for operational changes as Toshiba deals with financial fallout

  14-03-2017 12:23 via post-gazette.com
  
  As its parent company Toshiba Corp. stepped up efforts to deal with the financial fallout from its nuclear power business, Westinghouse Electric Co. has brought in a turnaround specialist and adjusted employee benefits, including a provision that concerns layoff severance payments.
  
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• Toshiba pushes sale of nuclear unit Westinghouse as crisis deepens

  14-03-2017 12:23 via post-gazette.com
  
  TOKYO — Toshiba Corp is 'actively considering' a sale and other strategic options for U.S. nuclear unit Westinghouse, the group said on Tuesday, as it expanded a probe into problems there that caused it to miss an earnings deadline for a second time.
  
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• Stabbing investigated on South Side

  14-03-2017 11:48 via post-gazette.com
  
  A person was taken to the hospital after being stabbed on the South Side late Monday.
  
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• What Happened? Forecasters Explain Why Snow Missed Pittsburgh

  14-03-2017 11:43
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — As a major winter storm began to move into the Northeast, many people in the City of Pittsburgh awoke Tuesday with one question.
  Where’s the snow?Up early for nothing. Some snow i got. #HighlyDisappointed pic.twitter.com/KMzJJUl9tp
  — Charlie Batch (@CharlieBatch16) March 14, 2017
  The same powerful nor’easter that’s expected to bring a foot or more of snow to eastern Pennsylvania and points along the mid-Atlantic delivered mere flurries to Pittsbu
  
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• Flights Scrapped, Schools Closed As Nor’easter Lashes Region

  14-03-2017 11:30
  
  NEW YORK (KDKA/AP) – A powerful nor’easter is beginning to lash the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast prompting flight cancellations, school closures and warnings from city and state officials to stay off the roads.
  The National Weather Service has issued blizzard warnings for parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine.
  The storm is expected to dump 1 to 2 feet of snow on the New York City metro area with wind gusts of
  
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• Winter weather advisory cancelled; 2 to 4 inches of snow forecast for Pittsburgh area

  14-03-2017 10:14 via post-gazette.com
  
  The National Weather Service has dropped a winter weather advisory for Pittsburgh and the rest of southwestern Pennsylvania, as the track of a powerful storm has been adjusted to reflect significantly less snowfall amounts for the area.
  
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• Winter weather advisory cancelled; 2 to 3 inches of snow forecast for Pittsburgh area

  14-03-2017 10:14 via post-gazette.com
  
  The National Weather Service has dropped a winter weather advisory for Pittsburgh and the rest of southwestern Pennsylvania, as the track of a powerful storm has been adjusted to reflect significantly less snowfall amounts for the area.
  
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• Winter weather advisory canceled; 2 to 3 inches of snow forecast for Pittsburgh area

  14-03-2017 10:14 via post-gazette.com
  
  The National Weather Service has dropped a winter weather advisory for Pittsburgh and the rest of southwestern Pennsylvania, as the track of a powerful snowstorm has shifted, meaning significantly less snowfall amounts for the area.
  
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• Furry Tails: Spunky Pup’s Epic Agility Course Fail Captures Hearts

  14-03-2017 08:43
  
  We’d give Olly an A for effort… and excitement!
  The spunky and adorable little Jack Russell Terrier tried his paw at the agility course at the Crufts Dog Show recently, but all didn’t go according to plan.
  But that’s okay because while he probably came in last place, Olly had a great time.
  “It’s been amazing. I can’t believe the response that he’s had from the YouTube clip. It’s been absolutely outstanding. He’s had so much fun,”
  
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• Furry Tails: Spunky Pup Captures Hearts With Epic Agility Course Fail

  14-03-2017 08:43
  
  We’d give Olly an A for effort… and excitement!
  The spunky and adorable little Jack Russell Terrier tried his paw at the agility course at the Crufts Dog Show recently, but all didn’t go according to plan.
  But that’s okay because while he probably came in last place, Olly had a great time.
  “It’s been amazing. I can’t believe the response that he’s had from the YouTube clip. It’s been absolutely outstanding. He’s had so much fun,”
  
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• Starting up the terminal: The Strip District centerpiece is ready to revive

  14-03-2017 07:02
  After more than three years of twists and turns, a deal to develop the Strip District's historic produce terminal has been finalized with McCaffery Interests. Pittsburghers would be forgiven for saying they'll believe it when they see it - this site was among the more visible projects stalled for reasons great and small.
  
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• Pens Fall 4-3 In SO As Flames Win 10th Straight

  14-03-2017 05:24
  
  CALGARY, Alberta (AP) – Kris Versteeg scored the shootout winner Monday night and the Calgary Flames beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 to tie their franchise record with their 10th straight victory.
  Calgary’s first shooter, Versteeg moved in slowly and made a nifty deke before zipping a shot high on Marc-Andre Fleury. Brian Elliott stopped Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby and Phil Kessel to clinch the win.
  The Atlanta Flames had won 10 games in a row Oct. 14 to Nov. 3, 1978.
  Pittsburgh ha
  
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• Pict Sets Oedipus Rex in Mediterranean Africa for World Premiere Adaptation

  14-03-2017 05:00
  On March 23rd, PICT Classic Theatre will continue its 2016-2017 Season at Union Project with Sophocles' classic Greek tragedy, OEDIPUS REX. Thought to have been first performed in 429 BC, OEDIPUS REX takes place in the plague-ridden city of Thebes.
  
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• Downtown conference envisions deep carbon cuts

  14-03-2017 05:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pennsylvania is the nation’s second-largest producer of electricity, with a generation mix heavy in fossil fuels and nuclear power.
  
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• Details sparse on shooting of 3-year-old in Mount Washington

  14-03-2017 05:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  In the photo, Yasha Ross wears a bright red dress and an open-mouthed grin.
  
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• Babysitter Of 3-Year-Old Killed By Gunshot Recalls ‘Lovable, Passionate’ Child

  14-03-2017 04:38
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — One day after a toddler was killed at a home in Mount Washington, Pittsburgh Police would say only that the investigation into the tragic shooting was ongoing.
  Yasha Ross, 3, was with her mother Sunday afternoon at the home of a family friend when the incident happened. Sources say the child found a loaded gun in an unlocked safe in a bedroom closet.
  She was later pronounced dead from a gunshot wound to the chest.
  Melvina Jeter, a longtime family friend who was Yasha&rs
  
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• Club’s former manager accused of theft

  14-03-2017 04:31 via post-gazette.com
  
  The former manager of the Allegheny HYP Club, a private social club Downtown, has been charged with stealing more than $60,000 from the organization.
  
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• Man accused of assault on trooper held for court

  14-03-2017 04:27 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Crawford-Roberts man was ordered Monday to stand trial on charges that he assaulted a trooper during a traffic stop.
  
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