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• State Police Ramping Up Recruitment Of Women, Minorities

  23-03-2017 23:48
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Trooper Robin Mungo has been with the Pennsylvania State Police for 22 years, working everything from highway patrol to community relations.
  “This has definitely been a way of life, and I couldn’t imagine myself doing anything other than this,” Trooper Mungo said. “If I had to do it all over again, I just would have done it earlier.”
  Now, she’s trying to convince women and minorities at recruitment fairs to follow her path.Current sta
  
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• Former Mt. Pleasant Officer Accused Of Attempted Rape Facing More Charges

  23-03-2017 23:32
  
  MT. PLEASANT (KDKA) — Already facing trial for attempted rape and suspended by his department, John Brown is once again in handcuffs with five more charges from multiple victims filed against him.
  Brown is charged with multiple criminal counts including aggravated indecent assault.
  State police say the suspended Mt. Pleasant Borough cop victimized multiple women in different parts of the state.
  The latest accusations stem from alleged incidents in Erie County and Beaver County, to thr
  
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• Plow Drivers Escort Ailing Toddler To Hospital During Snowstorm

  23-03-2017 23:24
  
  DANVILLE (KDKA) — The conditions were the stuff of plow drivers’ nightmares.
  “It was blizzardy, a lot of snow coming down it was hard to see,” driver Ray Montemurro said.
  “There was a lot more snow out there than I’ve ever seen before,” driver Michael Emery said.
  In the middle of it all, as Allegheny County crews worked in unfamiliar areas, came the call that 23-month-old Bentley Gingerlowski, a child with a congenital heart defect was bleeding internall
  
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• Plow Drivers Escort Ailing Toddler To Hospital During Snow Storm

  23-03-2017 23:24
  
  DANVILLE (KDKA) — The conditions were the stuff of plow drivers’ nightmares.
  “It was blizzardy, a lot of snow coming down it was hard to see,” driver Ray Montemurro said.
  “There was a lot more snow out there than I’ve ever seen before,” driver Michael Emery said.
  In the middle of it all, as Allegheny County Crews worked in unfamiliar areas, came the call that 23-month-old Bentley Gingerlowski, a child with a congenital heart defect was bleeding internall
  
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• Expert Shares Tips On Getting Infants To Sleep

  23-03-2017 23:14
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — As any new parent knows, getting a baby to sleep can be a daily struggle.
  A fussy, crying baby can be tough to deal with, especially when parents may be sleep deprived themselves.
  On Thursday, a leading pediatrician and expert on sleep came to Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh to share some of his secrets.
  Doctor Harvey Karp said babies aren’t actually ready to be born at nine months.
  “You’re ready to to have a baby, but the baby is very immature
  
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• Pirates Potential Fifth Starter Hutchison Roughed Up Again

  23-03-2017 22:46
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The FAN) – With all of the candidates likely getting one more start in Florida, Drew Hutchison struggled in his bid to be the Pirates fifth starter, giving up six runs on 10 hits in four and two-thirds innings as the Red Sox won 10-7 on Thursday.
  Hutchison said he was a touch up in the zone, giving up five runs in the first inning on doubles by Mitch Moreland and Pablo Sandoval. Gregory Polanco misplayed the Moreland rope a bit.
  “I thought I did a good job of coming
  
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• Local & State Officials Warn Repeal Of Obamacare Will Hurt Local Residents

  23-03-2017 22:23
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — While House Republicans were debating ways to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Casey Dye of Monroeville held up a picture of her daughter Chessie.
  “She’s 8, and at the age of 3 she was diagnosed with a severe speech and language delay,” Dye said.
  At a gathering of state health and elected officials at Children’s Hospital, speakers warned of the consequences of repealing the Affordable Care Act.
  “My husband lost his job in April, so if it was
  
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• NCAA Tournament Results And Conference Perception

  23-03-2017 22:21
  
  By Andrew Kahn
  On Feb. 12, the day after the NCAA Tournament committee’s early bracket reveal, Michigan coach John Beilein was asked about the Big Ten not having any teams in the top 16.
  “I think the Big Ten will end up doing their work in the NCAA Tournament,” he said. “What everybody thought was — we had such a great season last year as a league — that this league was down this year. It is not down. It’s just stronger top to bottom. … We’l
  
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• Homewood Club Raided By Police Following 2 Weekend Homicides

  23-03-2017 22:17
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The City of Pittsburgh Department of Permits and Inspections announced late Thursday that it was condemning a Homewood building that housed the New Brotherhood of Motorcycle Club.
  They called the structure uninhabitable.
  Earlier in the day, owners of the biker bar said they were shutting down permanently, and would no longer be hosting any late-night functions.
  The closing came on the same day that Pittsburgh Police raided the club, seizing a number of items, including
  
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• Homewood Club Raided By Police Following 2 Homicides Over The Weekend

  23-03-2017 22:17
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Police SWAT Team raided the New Brotherhood Motorcycle Club in Homewood just as the club announced it’s shutting its doors.
  Detectives are going through evidence they confiscated from the club.  Police said the evidence they were looking for is not related to two homicides connected to the business over the weekend.
  However, it was the investigation into those killings that led detectives to the club in the first place.
  The green building sits
  
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• Main Jury Picked In Murder Trial In Trooper Barracks Ambush

  23-03-2017 22:01
  
  WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) – Twelve jurors have been selected in the trial of an anti-government survivalist charged in the 2014 ambush slaying of a Pennsylvania State Police trooper.
  Prosecutors and defense attorneys picked three jurors Thursday to complete the main panel and still have six alternates to select. The jury will weigh capital murder charges against 33-year-old Eric Frein.
  Frein is charged with killing Cpl. Bryon Dickson II and critically wounding Trooper Alex Douglass in a late-
  
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• WATCH: Fan Essentials: Best Tournament Coach Ever

  23-03-2017 21:37
  
  Alyssa Naimoli
  A ship can only be as good as its captain, and a team is only as good as its coach. The leader standing on the sideline can make or break a team in its most crucial moments. And the best coaches among them find championship glory time and time again.
  Fan Essentials looks at some of these coaches in its recent episode Best Tournament Coach Ever. Talent from CBS Sports Radio and New York’s WFAN highlight the game’s best coaches come tournament time an
  
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• Sabres’ Ristolainen Suspended 3 Games For Hit On Guentzel

  23-03-2017 21:29
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen has been suspended for three games for a vicious hit he delivered to Jake Guentzel on Tuesday.
  The incident occurred in the first period of the Penguins’ 3-1 win on Tuesday.Buffalo’s Rasmus Ristolainen suspended three games for interference on Pittsburgh’s Jake Guentzel.
  — NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) March 23, 2017
  As the Penguins were exiting their defensive zone, Ristolainen stepped up on Gu
  
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• Emergency crews respond to house explosion in Moon

  23-03-2017 21:27 via post-gazette.com
  
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• County: None hurt in Moon house explosion

  23-03-2017 21:27 via post-gazette.com
  
  No one was injured Thursday in a house explosion in Moon, officials said.
  
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• Age shouldn't be barrier to exercise for heart patients, experts say

  23-03-2017 21:05 via post-gazette.com
  
  As people with heart disease live longer, a new emphasis on physical activity will improve the quality of their lives, especially as they get into their 80s and 90s, according to a statement published Thursday by the American Heart Association journal Circulation.
  
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• Moon Twp. Rocked By Explosion, House Leveled

  23-03-2017 20:59
  
  MOON TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — An intense explosion shook a neighborhood in Moon Township this afternoon, destroying a home.
  Around 4 p.m., Allegheny County emergency dispatchers confirmed crews were responding to a house explosion at 111 Convair Drive.BREAKING NEWS: House in Moon Township completely leveled after explosion. News chopper 2 over scene. @CBSPittsburgh #KDKA pic.twitter.com/v2llVJTdxW
  — Amy Wadas (@AmyWadas) March 23, 2017
  Video from News Chopper 2 shows the structure was compl
  
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• House Explosion Reported In Moon Township

  23-03-2017 20:59
  
  MOON TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — An explosion has been reported in Moon Township.
  Around 4 p.m., Allegheny County emergency dispatchers confirmed crews were responding to a house explosion at 111 Convair Drive.BREAKING NEWS: House in Moon Township completely leveled after explosion. News chopper 2 over scene. @CBSPittsburgh #KDKA pic.twitter.com/v2llVJTdxW
  — Amy Wadas (@AmyWadas) March 23, 2017
  Video from News Chopper 2 shows the structure was completely leveled by the blast.
  No injuries have
  
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• Butler County DA: Suspect in 4-year-old's death to be charged with homicide

  23-03-2017 20:29 via post-gazette.com
  
  A 20-year-old man who had been responsible for the care of his girlfriend's son will be charged Friday with criminal homicide in the death of 4-year-old Bentley Miller.
  
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• Montour High School assistant principal placed on paid leave

  23-03-2017 19:59 via post-gazette.com
  
  The assistant principal at Montour High School was placed on paid leave this week pending the outcome of an investigation into "employment matters."
  
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• Mother accused of overdosing two sons denied bond

  23-03-2017 19:55 via post-gazette.com
  
  An East McKeesport woman accused of overdosing her two sons was denied bail Thursday.
  
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• Firearms Inside Vehicle Prompted Police Response At CCAC

  23-03-2017 19:51
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police swarmed Community College of Allegheny County on Thursday.
  Around 9 a.m., a suspicious vehicle was reported in a reserved parking area. There appeared to be firearms inside.
  Pittsburgh police and bomb squad were called in as a precaution. The college remained open and alerts were sent out via social media. 
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  Police located the owner, and found that the owner is in his
  
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• Finding pain and peace at Northside Common Ministries

  23-03-2017 19:46 via post-gazette.com
  
  Northside Common Ministries is housed in a big former church on Brighton Avenue. Post-Gazette photographer Steve Mellon drove by it all the time.
  
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• Man critically wounded in home invasion, shooting in Lincoln-Lemington.

  23-03-2017 19:29 via post-gazette.com
  
  A 27-year-old man was critically wounded in a home invasion in Lincoln-Lemington at about 12:30 p.m. Thursday, according to Pittsburgh police. 
  
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• Former Shelter Dog Helps Save 3-Year-Old Girl Left Naked And Alone

  23-03-2017 19:28
  
  RAPID RIVER, Mich. (AP) – A former shelter dog in Michigan is being credited with saving the life of a 3-year-old girl who was found naked and alone in freezing weather.
  The Delta Animal Shelter shared a letter on Facebook from the family of Peanut, an abused dog that arrived at the shelter nearly a year ago. The family writes that Peanut alerted her owner that she wanted to go outside Friday and took him to a field behind the house on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The owner found the
  
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• McKeesport Area school board sets vote on new superintendent

  23-03-2017 19:23 via post-gazette.com
  
  The McKeesport Area School District is set to appoint a new superintendent at a special meeting to be held at 6 p.m. March 29.
  
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• Man In Critical Condition After Home Invasion Shooting

  23-03-2017 19:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A man is in critical condition after a shooting in Lincoln-Lemington.
  Around 12:30 p.m. Thursday, officers were called to the 1300 block of Paulson Avenue for a reported home invasion.
  Upon arrival, police discovered a 27-year-old male in front of the residence with at least one gunshot wound. He was rushed to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital.
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  Investigators believe the victim was on the se
  
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• Cops: Mom Beat, Choked Daughter Over Incorrect Bible Verses

  23-03-2017 18:38
  
  MIDDLETOWN, Pa. (AP/KDKA) – Police say a Pennsylvania woman severely beat her daughter, tried to strangle her and kicked her out of the house for incorrectly reciting Bible verses.
  Pennlive.com reports 41-year-old Rhonda Kemp Shoffner, of Middletown, faces charges including aggravated assault, strangulation and terroristic threats over the March 14 incident.
  Shoffner had reportedly been drunk for three days straight when the incident occurred.
  Middletown police say the victim, who is under
  
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• Kristi Yamaguchi Tweets ‘Break A Leg’ To Nancy Kerrigan

  23-03-2017 18:17
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) – A good luck tweet from Kristi Yamaguchi to former Olympic figure skating teammate Nancy Kerrigan is drawing online attention.
  Kerrigan is competing on the current season of “Dancing with the Stars.” Yamaguchi tweeted to Kerrigan on Monday, “Can’t wait to see you grace that ballroom floor,” before adding “break a leg.”So excited for you @NancyAKerrigan ! Can’t wait to see you grace that ballroom floor, break a leg! #DWTS
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• How Student Loan Debt Can Affect Your Tax Return

  23-03-2017 18:12
  
  By Mario McKellop
  According to Forbes, the average college student graduating in 2016 will leave academia with a degree and $37,000 in student loan debt. While finding a way to pay back that debt will be the primary concern for new grads, they should also know how that debt will affect their 2017 tax filings. Here are a few tips on deductions and credits you’ll be entitled to, and what to do if you’re filing as a dependent.
  Student Loan Interest Deduction
  If you paid interest on stud
  
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• American Killed In London Terror Attack Was Celebrating Anniversary With Wife

  23-03-2017 17:57
  
   
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A statement from the Mormon church issued on behalf of relatives says a Utah man was among those killed in a London attack and his wife was seriously injured.
  Kurt W. Cochran and his wife, Melissa, were on the last day of a special European trip celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary when the deadly attack played out in the heart of London.
  The woman remains hospitalized.
  An attacker plowed an SUV into pedestrians Wednesday on London’s Westminster Bri
  
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• Huntington: Jung Ho Kang Will Not Be Ready For Opening Day

  23-03-2017 17:52
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The FAN) – Pirates General Manager Neal Huntington has announced that he does not expect Jung Ho Kang to be ready for Opening Day.
  “We’re pretty much there,” GM Neal Huntington said of the deadline when Kang would need to be in camp to play. “The reality is as hard as he’s working, to think that we will be able to get him ready to go in 7-10 days is unrealistic.”
  Kang continues to wait for a work visa to get into the United States after
  
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• Spanier jury to resume deliberations Friday

  23-03-2017 17:37 via post-gazette.com
  
  HARRISBURG — Graham B. Spanier and two of his top lieutenants at Pennsylvania State University agreed on a plan 16 years ago that ultimately allowed child sex predator Jerry Sandusky to roam free for a decade, leaving “a sea of carnage” in his wake, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday.
  
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• Jury deliberating in trial of Penn State's ex-president

  23-03-2017 17:37 via post-gazette.com
  
  HARRISBURG — Graham B. Spanier and two of his top lieutenants at Pennsylvania State University agreed on a plan 16 years ago that ultimately allowed child sex predator Jerry Sandusky to roam free for a decade, leaving “a sea of carnage” in his wake, a prosecutor told jurors on Thursday.
  
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• Defense rests in trial of Penn State's ex-president

  23-03-2017 17:37 via post-gazette.com
  
  HARRISBURG — Jurors in the conspiracy and endangerment trial of former Pennsylvania State University President Graham B. Spanier could begin deliberations Thursday afternoon, after Mr. Spanier's lawyers opted not to call him to the witness stand or present evidence.
  
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• La Gourmandine's third location gives Hazelwood an authentic French bakery

  23-03-2017 17:23 via post-gazette.com
  
  A line formed out the door the morning La Gourmandine opened in Hazelwood on Monday. The lunch crowd the next day filed in steadily, from late morning into the afternoon.
  
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• DA Expects To File Charges Against Man, Mother In Butler Boy’s Death

  23-03-2017 17:23
  
  BUTLER (KDKA) – The man wanted in connection with the death of a 4-year-old boy in Butler County is now behind bars. His mother is facing charges as well.
  Butler Township Police initially referred to 20-year-old Keith Jordan Lambing as a person of interest. He was found on Wednesday and is now a suspect in the case.
  Lambing and his mother, Kristen Herold, are both in the Butler County Prison today. Both are currently being held on outstanding bench warrants.
  However, Butler County District
  
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• Tax Deductions: What You Need To Know For 2017

  23-03-2017 16:47
  
  By Mario McKellop
  According to the Internal Revenue Service, one in seven Americans waits until the week of April 15 to file their income tax returns. While the process can be anxiety-inducing, there’s no good reason to add gasoline to the fire by waiting until the last minute to take care of something so important. One way to make the whole thing less stressful is to learn how recent changes to the tax code will affect returns for the 2017 tax year. Specifically, changes to the code relat
  
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• Democrats Predict Backlash At The Polls To Republican Congressmen Supporting ‘Trumpcare’

  23-03-2017 16:35
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP/KDKA) – Local Democratic officials warn Republicans who vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act risk losing their own seats in next year’s election.
  “There are people who are coming out of the woodwork — talented people who never gave it a thought before who want to run for government at every level of government,” said Pennsylvania Rep. Dan Frankel, chair of the state House Democratic Caucus, in response to a question from KDKA political edi
  
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• 4 Pennsylvania GOP Congressmen Now Oppose Health Care Bill

  23-03-2017 16:35
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Four Republican congressmen from Pennsylvania are now saying they’re opposed to the House GOP’s health care legislation that’s headed toward a vote in the coming hours.
  Allentown-area Rep. Charlie Dent said late Wednesday night that he opposes the bill.
  The legislation would tear up major elements of former President Barack Obama’s landmark 2010 health care law. But Dent says the bill will lead to the loss of health insurance and make insuranc
  
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• Police: Teens Planned To ‘Get Rid’ Of 14-Year-Old Girl Who Was Texting Boy

  23-03-2017 16:13
  
  LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A second teenager was ordered to stand trial Wednesday by a juvenile court judge who determined there’s sufficient evidence to suggest he helped plan an attack that ended with his friend wounding a girl with a gunshot to the head.
  After the hearing, the girl’s father spoke publicly for the first time since his daughter, Deserae Turner, 14, was found Feb. 17 in a dry canal in the small town of Smithfield, a suburb around Logan, Utah.
  Matt Turner said Deserae b
  
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• White House, In Gamble, Demands Make-Or-Break Health Vote

  23-03-2017 16:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Abandoning negotiations, President Donald Trump on Thursday demanded a make-or-break vote on health care legislation in the House, threatening to leave “Obamacare” in place and move on to other issues if Friday’s vote fails.
  The risky move, part gamble and part threat, was presented to GOP lawmakers behind closed doors Thursday night after a long and intense day that saw a planned vote on the health care bill scrapped as the legislation remained short of
  
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• President Trump Makes Last-Minute Health Care Bill Appeal

  23-03-2017 16:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – The GOP’s long-promised legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare stands on the brink, just hours before Republican leaders planned to put it on the House floor for a showdown vote.
  The stakes are high, and Republicans are staring at the possibility of a failure that would throw prospects for their other legislative goals into uncertainty. Speaking to members of the conservative Freedom Caucus mid-day Thursday, President Donald Trump is pitching concessions to rep
  
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• Health Bill Vote Delayed In House In Setback To Trump, Ryan

  23-03-2017 16:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — GOP House leaders delayed their planned vote Thursday on a long-promised bill to repeal and replace “Obamacare,” in a stinging setback for House Speaker Paul Ryan and President Donald Trump in their first major legislative test.
  The decision came after Trump, who ran as a master dealmaker, failed to reach agreement with a bloc of rebellious conservatives. Moderate-leaning Republican lawmakers were also bailing on the legislation, leaving it short of votes.
  The
  
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• Rose Tea Cafe Express hit with another consumer alert

  23-03-2017 15:54 via post-gazette.com
  The Allegheny County Health Department posted a consumer alert at Rose Tea Cafe Express on South Craig Street in Oakland after finding nearly a dozen serious food safety violations.
  
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• One-day giving event to benefit Pittsburgh region's needy

  23-03-2017 15:48 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Pittsburgh Foundation aims to raise more than $1 million for the region’s hungry, homeless and other people in need through a one-day, online fundraising event set for May 23.
  
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• 30 Players: Willson Contreras Ready To Be Cubs Starting Catcher

  23-03-2017 15:46
  
  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 (Minors): 55 G, 204 AB, .353 BA, 9 HR, 43 RBI, 4 SB, 1.035 OPS
  2016 season (Majors): 76 G, 252 AB, .282 BA, 12 HR, 35 RBI, 2 SB, .845 OPS
  When Theo Epstein took over the Chicago Cubs in 2011 they were coming off their second straight sub-.500 season and didn’t seem to have a World Series run in them anytime
  
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• Man Ordered To Stand Trial In Shooting Death Of Niece

  23-03-2017 15:39
  
  RANKIN, Pa. (AP) – A western Pennsylvania man has been ordered to stand trial in the death of his niece, whose body was found in an abandoned garage near Pittsburgh.
  The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that an Allegheny County judge on Wednesday ordered 38-year-old Kalvin Stewart of Rankin held for trial on charges including criminal homicide, reckless burning, evidence-tampering, and abuse of a corpse.
  Prosecutors allege that he killed 29-year-old India Stewart of Pitcairn, who was found
  
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• Pittsburgh teachers union endorses Sala Udin for school board seat

  23-03-2017 15:11 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers announced Thursday that it will back former city councilman Sala Udin in his bid for a city school board seat in the May 16 primary election.
  
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• Emergency Crews Called To Route 30 Pedestrian Accident

  23-03-2017 13:37
  
  HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – Emergency crews have been called to a pedestrian accident in Westmoreland County.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the accident happened along Route 30 in Hempfield Township around 8 a.m.
  Initial reports indicated a pickup truck struck multiple people who were putting up signs near Everglade Road.
  No other information has been released at this time.
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