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• Pittsburgh's horseback police patrols could return by summer

  10-04-2017 23:59 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh's mounted police unit could return as early as this summer, public safety Director Wendell Hissrich said Monday.
  
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• Have Spring Allergies? Act Now To Reduce Effects

  10-04-2017 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Are spring allergies bothering you yet?
  If not, they could be soon and there are things you can do now to nip your allergies in the bud without going to the doctor.
  “The trees will be the ones most affected by an overly warm winter,” Dr. James DeAngelo, of Allergy & Clinical Immunology Assoc., said.
  A burst of tree pollen has boosted levels in the past several days.
  “Particularly, we’re going to see maple and we’re going to see elm, and
  
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• Steelers Announce 2017 Preseason Schedule

  10-04-2017 23:27
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Steelers have released their 2017 preseason schedule.
  The Steelers will play the following:
  Week 1 at the New York Giants
  Week 2 against the Atlanta Falcons
  Week 3 against the Indianapolis Colts
  Week 4 at the Carolina Panthers
  Dates and times are TBA, but all games will be broadcasted on KDKA-TV.
  
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• Substitute Teacher Accused Of Having Sex With Teen Facing New Charges

  10-04-2017 23:08
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – More charges were filed today against a substitute teacher charged with having an inappropriate relationship with a teenage girl.
  Nicholas Gaworski was a substitute teacher in the West Allegheny School District, as well as other local school districts.
  In February, he allegedly gave a girl alcohol in exchange for sex. He was charged with corruption of minors, indecent assault and indecent exposure.
  Gaworski’s his preliminary hearing was postponed today after three
  
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• Amid backlash, mayoral candidate defends ride on circus elephant, camel

  10-04-2017 23:06 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh mayoral candidate Darlene Harris defended Monday her weekend appearance atop a circus elephant and camel, saying that she wanted to check on their treatment.
  
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• Amid backlash, Darlene Harris defends ride on circus elephant, camel

  10-04-2017 23:06 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh mayoral candidate Darlene Harris defended Monday her weekend appearance atop a circus elephant and camel, saying that she wanted to check on their treatment.
  
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• Police: Man Slashed With Machete During Tussle With Neighbor Over Grass Clippings

  10-04-2017 22:43
  
  ROSTRAVER (KDKA) — A Westmoreland County man is facing serious charges after police say he slashed his neighbor with a machete during a fight over grass clippings.
  The scuffle happened Sunday afternoon along Skyline Drive in Rostraver Township while both men were doing yard work.
  According to the criminal complaint, the fight started when the victim went to dump some grass clippings on farm property that bordered his residence.
  The suspect, 66-year-old Victor Gregorini, confronted his neig
  
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• Police: Man Slashed With Machete During Fight With Neighbor Over Grass Clippings

  10-04-2017 22:43
  
  ROSTRAVER (KDKA) — A Westmoreland County man is facing serious charges after police say he slashed his neighbor with a machete during a fight over grass clippings.
  The scuffle happened Sunday afternoon along Skyline Drive in Rostraver Township while both men were doing yard work.
  According to the criminal complaint, the fight started when the victim went to dump some grass clippings on farm property that bordered his residence.
  The suspect, 66-year-old Victor Gregorini, confronted his neig
  
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• Sen. Casey Holds Town Hall At Pitt To Address Public’s Concerns

  10-04-2017 22:35
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Sen. Bob Casey held a town hall meeting at Alumni Hall on the University of Pittsburgh’s campus over the weekend.
  The senator answered questions from Syria to fracking and Medicare.
  Dozens of people packed the Alumni Hall auditorium to ask questions.
  “I would like to ask you how on God’s earth you came to approve the bombing of Syria last Thursday by President Trump?” one man asked.
  “When he crosses the line of chemical weapons, there has t
  
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• Pirates Help To Renovate Historic New Castle Baseball Field

  10-04-2017 22:35
  
  NEW CASTLE (KDKA) – A Lawrence County baseball field has received new life thanks, in part, to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
  The field has been around for decades, but was recently refurbished.
  The Edward A. DeCarbo Field at Dean Park in New Castle opened back in 1923. It’s survived 94 years and is now in better shape than ever before.
  The field just went through extensive renovations.
  “There’s a whole another generation of youngsters that will get to enjoy playing, learning th
  
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• Two plead guilty to assaulting police during anti-Trump protest in Pittsburgh

  10-04-2017 22:08 via post-gazette.com
  
  Two men arrested for attacking police officers as part of an anti-Trump protest last year in Pittsburgh pleaded guilty Monday to simple assault and resisting arrest.
  
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• Supreme Court justices Ginsburg, Scalia receive civility award

  10-04-2017 21:58 via post-gazette.com
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia agreed on opera, wine, travel destinations — and not much else.
  
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• Supreme Court justices Ginsburg and Scalia receive civility award

  10-04-2017 21:58 via post-gazette.com
  
  WASHINGTON – U.S. Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia agreed on opera, wine, travel destinations — and not much else.
  
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• Off-duty trooper: City police violated his civil rights, lied about it

  10-04-2017 21:46 via post-gazette.com
  
  A federal jury today began hearing the tale of a 2014 Station Square wedding reception brawl that led to the arrest of a state trooper — the groom's brother — and his subsequent claim that city police roughed him up and lied about it.
  
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• Bad Samaritan to stay in prison for sexual assault of stranded college student

  10-04-2017 21:33
  A Pittsburgh business owner convicted of sexually assaulting a stranded Duquesne University student after offering her a ride back to her dorm has failed to convince a state appeals court panel to void his prison sentence. Instead, the Commonwealth Court judges concluded that Ijaz Khokhar's convictions by an Allegheny County jury were justified, even though they found that a county judge improperly allowed a city police detective to give hearsay testimony.
  
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• Dunlap: NFL Hypocritical In Las Vegas Matters

  10-04-2017 21:08
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 THE FAN) — The NFL can’t take a hard stance on calling Las Vegas a seedy place anymore.The NFL simply cannot tell us that the place I so adore in Southern Nevada is some kind of ropey, repugnant and objectionable area.No, it just can’t. To do so would be the height of hypocrisy.But, hey, it really isn’t news to anyone that NFL commish Roger Goodell — who I generally like — makes his own rules for the most part.The latest intersection of the NF
  
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• Dennis Yablonsky leaving Allegheny Conference on Community Development

  10-04-2017 20:44 via post-gazette.com
  
  Allegheny Conference on Community Development CEO Dennis Yablonsky is stepping down at the end of the year, the economic development organization announced Monday.
  
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• Dennis Yablonsky leaving Allegheny Conference

  10-04-2017 20:44 via post-gazette.com
  
  Allegheny Conference on Community Development CEO Dennis Yablonsky is stepping down at the end of the year, the economic development organization announced Monday.
  
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• Newsradio 1020 KDKA Garden Variety

  10-04-2017 20:07
  
  Spring is here and so is gardening season!
  Throughout the month of May, Newsradio 1020 KDKA will feature a large variety of topics related to gardening.
  Spring gardening tips, preparing garden soil, what flowers to plant, vegetable gardening, pest control and preparing your lawn are just a few of the topics to be discussed.
  Garden Variety will kick off the growing season with Robert Mangino on Friday, May 5th from 3-7pm. Then, each Saturday in May, Garden Variety will be hosted by one of KDKA&rs
  
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• Likely Murder-Suicide At San Bernardino School Kills 2 Adults, 1 Student

  10-04-2017 20:04
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A teacher and a student were shot to death and a second student critically wounded Monday in a murder-suicide at a San Bernardino elementary school that spread panic across a city still recovering emotionally from a terrorist attack at a community center just 15 months ago.
  The suspected shooter who opened fired in a classroom at North Park School also died. A school official said the attack was believed to stem from a “domestic dispute” and that t
  
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• 2 Dead, 2 Injured In Murder Suicide At San Bernardino Elementary School

  10-04-2017 20:04
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) — The San Bernardino police chief says two adults are dead after a shooting at an elementary school.
  San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan says on Twitter that investigators believe “the suspect is down.” He says there is no further threat to the school.
  Burguan says the shooting is believed to be a murder-suicide.We believe this to be a murder suicide. Happened in a class room. Two students have been transported to the hospital.
  — Chief Jarrod B
  
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• Authorities ID skeletal remains found in Northview Heights woods

  10-04-2017 19:18 via post-gazette.com
  
  Authorities said they have identified the remains found last week in the woods in Northview Heights.
  
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• Reward for hit-and-run accident in O'Hara boosted to $1,000

  10-04-2017 19:16 via post-gazette.com
  
  The reward for information about a hit-and-run accident that injured a pedestrian on Freeport Road in O'Hara has been boosted to $1,000 because of recent donations.
  
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• 2017 NHL Playoffs: Eastern Conference Preview

  10-04-2017 19:10
  
  Alyssa Naimoli
  The regular season has slipped away and every NHL fan’s favorite time of the year is coming around: the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Finally, the moment we’ve been waiting for when playoff matchups are set in stone and everything we do is “for the Cup.”
  82 games have come and gone and now we’re starting over with 16 playoff teams who each want the Stanley Cup as much as the guys on the opposite side of the face off circle. No matter how badly each
  
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• Leah Still’s Powerful Message: ‘Don’t Be Scared, Be Strong’

  10-04-2017 18:43
  
  Leah Still, daughter of star NFL lineman Devon Still, has an infectious sparkle and vibrant personality that is unwaveringly positive. At the age of four years old, she was diagnosed with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma.
  “When I first found out I had cancer, I panicked and screamed in my head,” Leah shared. “I didn’t cry because I try not to cry.”
  While Leah was in the hospital, she bravely faced a variety of hardships such as many needle pokes, reoccurring fevers, constant f
  
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• Naked Man Arrested On Mt. Washington

  10-04-2017 18:34
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police were called to reports of a naked man in Pittsburgh’s Mt. Washington neighborhood over the weekend.The man was spotted Saturday night on Grandview Avenue on Mt. Washington.Pittsburgh Police and a K-9 unit confronted the man who was naked in the middle of the road.The man was detained and taken to the hospital.
  No word on if he’s facing any charges.
  
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• Missing McKees Rocks Child Found Safe At Grandmother’s House

  10-04-2017 18:25
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Police say 7-year-old Jayvion Clayborne was missing for almost 12 hours in McKees Rocks. He disappeared around 7:30 p.m. Sunday and was found around 7 a.m. Monday.
  He was reported missing around 5 a.m.
  “I was sleeping and the next door neighbor came up pounding on my door and asked if I seen his little brother. I said. ‘No, I haven’t seen him,’” neighbor Tony Woods said.
  “I saw on my phone that it was a 7-year-old boy and I&
  
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• Big Screen Returns For Penguins Playoff Games

  10-04-2017 18:12
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The big screen is back!The Pittsburgh Penguins announced the outdoor big screen for all home games of the Stanley Cup playoffs is returning.The large video screen will be located once again near the Peoples Gate at PPG Paints Arena.“Gold outs” are once again returning for the playoffs as well.The team will distribute gold t-shirts and towels to all fans in attendance.Fans can also pick up free playoff yard signs at Pittsburgh area DICK’S Sporting good
  
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• Defendant in triple slaying dies in jump from court balcony

  10-04-2017 18:11 via post-gazette.com
  
  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — An Ohio man set for trial this week for an arson fire that killed a girl he was accused of raping and her grandparents has jumped to his death from a fourth-floor balcony at a courthouse.
  
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• Authorities ID woman found dead at Point State Park

  10-04-2017 17:48 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office said it has identified a woman who died Sunday in Point State Park.
  
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• 2017 ‘Fan Morning Show’ Masters Poll Results

  10-04-2017 17:17
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan)- On Thursday of last week, “The Fan Morning Show” did its annual Masters poll. Each member of the show chose 10 golfers from the field and the participant with the highest combined purse from their golfers won the poll.
  Here are the results from this year’s contest (golfers named in world ranking order):
  Show Participants
  Producer Matt: Rory McIlroy-368,500–Jason Day-123,200–Jordan Spieth-275,000–Adam Scott-319,000–Justin Rose-1
  
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• Smart Roster Moves Always Make The Difference Early In The Fantasy Baseball Season

  10-04-2017 17:10
  
  By Sam McPherson
  It’s that time of year again, now that the 2017 regular season has kicked off for Major League Baseball. One week in, and most fantasy baseball owners are freaking out. After a draft where everything seemed to go right, the standings are telling a different story, and now most owners are going into panic mode. Never fear, as we are here to help you every week of the season with fantasy advice that can help anyone playing fantasy baseball in the standard, daily/weekly Rotis
  
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• Report: NFL Fining Players Who Participated In Vegas Arm Wrestling Event

  10-04-2017 17:06
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison is reportedly getting fined by the NFL, but not for what you might think.
  Over the weekend, Harrison and dozens of other current and former NFL players reportedly participated in the Pro Football Arm Wrestling Championship at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
  USA Today reports that a portion of the prize money for the event, which will reportedly be broadcast on CBS in May and June, will be donated to a charity
  
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• Allegheny County police investigate death at jail

  10-04-2017 16:54 via post-gazette.com
  
  Allegheny County police are investigating an overnight death at the Allegheny County Jail. 
  
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• Toddler Girl Hospitalized After Consuming Meth, Parents Charged

  10-04-2017 16:53
  
  PINE GROVE, Pa. (AP) – Police say a toddler girl has been hospitalized after consuming methamphetamine in her Pennsylvania home, and her parents are facing child endangerment charges.
  Police say the 22-month-old girl got into a bag of the drug and consumed some Sunday morning at her home in Wayne Township in Schuylkill County.
  She was flown to a hospital. Her condition hasn’t been released.
  Troopers say a 26-year-old man and his 24-year-old girlfriend are responsible for endangering
  
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• Woman, Child Injured In Pit Bull Attack At Washington Co. Shelter

  10-04-2017 16:36
  
  CHARTIERS TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – A woman and a young child are recovering after being attacked by a dog in Washington County Sunday night.
  The incident happened at the Angel Ridge Animal Rescue in Chartiers Township.
  There was no activity at the shelter on Monday; hours after investigators say a pit bull attacked a woman and her 4-year-old daughter.
  “I stepped outside and hollered for the lady to see if she as all right and she didn’t answer, so I screamed again and that’s whe
  
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• Report: Woman, Child Injured In Pit Bull Attack At Washington Co. Shelter

  10-04-2017 16:36
  
  CHARTIERS TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – A woman and a young child are recovering after being attacked by a dog in Washington County Sunday night.
  According to the Observer-Reporter, the incident happened at the Angel Ridge Animal Rescue in Chartiers Township.
  The report indicated a pit bull bit the child and a 32-year-old female volunteer was hurt while trying to protect the 3 or 4-year-old child.
  The woman was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital for injuries sustained in the incident. The conditions of th
  
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• Cash 5 Jackpot of $600,000 Won in Westmoreland County

  10-04-2017 16:17 via post-gazette.com
  
  A jackpot-winning Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 ticket worth $600,000 from the Saturday, April 8, drawing was sold at Sunoco, 800 Water St., Scottdale, Westmoreland County, the lottery announced Monday. 
  
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• Keidel: Dolan Continues To Fail Knicks Fans

  10-04-2017 15:53
  
  By Jason Keidel
  To the world west of the Hudson, the New York Knicks may just be a foundering franchise, one of many dotting the American map.
  But there’s something poignant about the Knicks, in Manhattan, in Midtown, above Penn Station, in the vortex of transit and media and Macy’s. There are few places in Gotham, or the nation, with so much going on at once. And the Knicks are the only sports club mounted in the middle.
  And there’s something so foul about our basketball team
  
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• Video Shows Guards Dragging Passenger Off United Flight

  10-04-2017 15:44
  
  CHICAGO (AP) – Video shows three security officials dragging a passenger from a United Airlines flight at a Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.
  The (Louisville) Courier-Journal reports a United representative confirmed Sunday night that a person was removed from Flight 3411 to Louisville, Kentucky, saying it was “overbooked.”
  Passenger Audra D. Bridges posted the video on Facebook. It shows the guards grabbing then dragging the passenger down the aisle. Screamin
  
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• Forcible Removal From Aircraft Could Happen To Any Of Us

  10-04-2017 15:44
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) — The video of Chicago airport security dragging an innocent passenger off a United Airlines flight is shocking.
  And it could happen to anyone.
  You buy a ticket, get a boarding pass and seat assignment, strap in awaiting takeoff, and then airport security officials yank you from your seat just because you won’t volunteer to give it up on the airline’s command.“Scary, scary,” said one airline passenger at Pittsburgh International Airport on Monda
  
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• PTL Links: April 10, 2017

  10-04-2017 14:40
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
  Rabbit Wranglers
  Pittsburgh Rock Legends
  Pittsburgh Marathon 
  Animal General
  Pittsburgh Magazine
  
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• West Virginia University Class Trying To Detect Fake News

  10-04-2017 14:14
  
  MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – Students at West Virginia University’s Reed College of Media are working with computer science students and faculty on an artificial intelligence course to try to detect fake news articles.
  The university said in a news release that the course includes two projects that focus on using artificial intelligence to spot fake news.
  One team is using a system to analyze text and generate a score that represents the likelihood that an article is fake.
  Media Innovati
  
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• Toyota Announces $1.33 Billion Investment In Kentucky Plant

  10-04-2017 14:08
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Toyota says it’s investing $1.3 billion to retool its sprawling Georgetown, Kentucky, factory where its flagship Camry sedans are built.
  The automaker said Monday that no new factory jobs are being added, but the investment will sustain the existing 8,200 jobs at Toyota’s largest plant, where nearly one-fourth of all Toyota vehicles produced in North America are made.
  Toyota says the upgrades amount to its biggest single investment ever at an existing pla
  
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• School bus driver killed in Route 22 crash in Westmoreland County

  10-04-2017 13:44 via post-gazette.com
  
  A 54-year-old school bus driver in Westmoreland County died Monday when a dump truck rear-ended the school bus on Route 22.
  
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• One person killed in Route 22 crash involving school bus; no students on board

  10-04-2017 13:44 via post-gazette.com
  
  At least one person was killed in a crash Monday morning between a school bus with no children on board and a truck in Westmoreland County. 
  
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• School Bus Driver Killed In Derry Twp. Crash

  10-04-2017 13:41
  
  DERRY TOWNSHIP (KDKA) –Police are investigating after a school bus driver was killed in a crash in Derry Township Monday morning.
  According to police, the crash happened in the westbound lanes of Route 22, near Auction Barn Road shortly after 7 a.m.
  According to state police, the coal truck rear-ended the school bus in the westbound lanes. After the collision, the coal truck continued for about 100 yards before crashing into a model home display on the side of the road.
  (Photo Credit: Ken
  
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• Crews Called To Derry Twp. School Bus Crash, At Least 1 Dead

  10-04-2017 13:41
  
  DERRY TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – Emergency crews have been called to a fatal crash involving a coal truck and school bus in Westmoreland County.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the crash happened at the intersection of Route 22 and Auction Barn Road in Derry Township shortly after 7 a.m.
  Initial reports indicated someone was trapped in one of the vehicles.
  According to state police, the coal truck rear-ended the school bus in the westbound lanes. After the collision, the coal truck continued fo
  
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• Airline Changes Its Tune After Banning, Then Allowing $100K Cello

  10-04-2017 13:25
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Local news reports say a musician was booted off an American Airlines flight after the crew said his cello posed a safety risk.
  John Kaboff says he was removed from his flight Tuesday from Reagan National Airport to Chicago O’Hare International Airport after the crew said his cello touched the floor and couldn’t be strapped into the extra seat he brought for it. He says he asked for a seatbelt extension to better cradle the $100,000 cello, but was denied.
  The
  
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• 2 wounded in Duquesne shooting

  10-04-2017 12:54 via post-gazette.com
  
  Two people were shot in Duquesne late Sunday night.
  
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