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• Police flood Wilkinsburg after shooting wounds two, including probation officer

  12-04-2017 23:33 via post-gazette.com
  
  Two people, including an Allegheny County adult probation officer, were shot late this afternoon in Wilkinsburg while they sat on a porch, prompting multiple police agencies to flood the area in a manhunt for the shooter.
  
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• Allegheny County probation officer, client wounded in Wilkinsburg shooting

  12-04-2017 23:33 via post-gazette.com
  
  An Allegheny County probation officer and his client were wounded late Wednesday afternoon in an ambush-style shooting in Wilkinsburg that drew a heavy law enforcement response.
  
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• Sources: Probation Officer, Another Man Shot In Wilkinsburg

  12-04-2017 23:23
  
  WILKINSBURG (KDKA) — Police are looking for a gunman after a probation officer and another man were shot just outside of a home in Wilkinsburg late this afternoon.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the incident was first reported just before 5 p.m. at a home in the 1500 block of Marlboro Avenue.
  Sources tell KDKA’s Ralph Iannotti that the shooting appears to be an ambush.BREAKING UPDATE: Probation Officer and client shot and wounded in Wilkinsburg. Appears to be an ambush, sources
  
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• Probation Officer, Another Man Shot In Wilkinsburg

  12-04-2017 23:23
  
  WILKINSBURG (KDKA) — Police are looking for two gunmen after a probation officer and another man were shot just outside of a home in Wilkinsburg late this afternoon.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the incident was first reported just before 5 p.m. at a home in the 1500 block of Marlboro Avenue.
  Sources tell KDKA’s Ralph Iannotti that the shooting appears to be an ambush.BREAKING UPDATE: Probation Officer and client shot and wounded in Wilkinsburg. Appears to be an ambush, source
  
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• Favorite Course: Harbour Town Golf Links

  12-04-2017 22:40
  
  By Dave Shedloski
  Few golf courses boast the kind of inception and christening that Harbour Town Golf Links enjoyed in 1969, the year it opened and hosted the first Heritage Classic. The famous course on Hilton Head Island was designed by the dynamic team of Jack Nicklaus and Pete Dye. Under time constraints, they completed it just in time to watch Arnold Palmer end a 14-month victory drought with a three-stroke victory over Bert Yancey and Richard Crawford.
  “I just want to thank Jack for
  
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• 2 shot in Arlington Avenue apartment

  12-04-2017 22:32 via post-gazette.com
  
  Police say two men were shot inside an Arlington apartment Wednesday.
  
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• Police Investigating Shooting In Arlington Heights

  12-04-2017 22:17
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Police are investigating after a shooting in the city’s Arlington Heights section on Wednesday afternoon.
  Police say two men knocked on the door of an apartment in the 3100 block of Cordell Place, and then got into a fight with two men who were inside.
  It escalated and shots were fired.
  Investigators say one man was shot in the leg and is now in stable condition. Police say the other suffered a head injury. It was initially believed he was grazed by a b
  
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• Police Investigating Double Shooting In Arlington Heights

  12-04-2017 22:17
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Police are investigating after a double shooting in the city’s Arlington Heights section on Wednesday afternoon.
  Police say two men knocked on the door of an apartment in the 3100 block of Cordell Place, and then got into a fight with two men who were inside.
  It escalated and shots were fired.
  Investigators say one man was shot in the head and the other in the leg.
  “The two males that were inside of the apartment were the ones that were shot, so t
  
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• Small plane crashes at Rostraver Airport

  12-04-2017 21:26 via post-gazette.com
  
  A small plane has crashed at Rostraver Airport in Rostraver, Westmoreland County.
  
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• Pittsburgh mayoral debate to be televised on WTAE

  12-04-2017 21:23 via post-gazette.com
  
  A live debate between Democratic candidates in Pittsburgh’s race for mayor will be televised live April 19 at 7 p.m. on WTAE-TV. The debate, hosted by the League of Women Voters as well as WTAE, will be held at the station’s studios.
  
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• Joey McIntyre Is Back With New Series ‘Return Of The Mac’

  12-04-2017 21:03
  
  The Mac is back! New Kids On The Block’s Joey McIntyre stars in Pop TV’s newest comedy Return Of The Mac, which makes its series premiere tonight at 8:30 PM ET/PT.
  In the show, McIntyre plays an exaggerated version of himself looking to transition from touring with NKOTB to a serious acting job. Initially looking for a role as a hardened crime detective, McIntyre finds himself being talked into hosting a talk show instead by his agent Alex (played by Adam Ray) and long-time frie
  
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• Senior Citizens Get $10 Lifetime National Park Pass; For Now

  12-04-2017 20:49
  
  CBS Local — If you’re an American citizen who’s been on this earth for 62 years or more, love both national parks and outrageous deals, well, you’re in luck: you can get a lifetime National Park Pass for just $10.
  It sounds too good to be true to the untrained eye, but this is no sham. The U.S. Geological Survey advertises the pass that gets owners of the pass into any of their more than 2,000 recreational sites. After the $10 fee, you need not spend another dime. Fo
  
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• Plane Goes Down At Rostraver Airport, Leaves 1 Person Dead

  12-04-2017 20:49
  
  ROSTRAVER (KDKA) – One person was killed when a small plane went down and burst into flames at the Rostraver Airport Wednesday afternoon.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the initial report about the incident came in around 2:30 p.m.
  The view from NewsChopper 2 showed only charred wreckage left of the vintage Howard aircraft in a wooded area.
  Officials at the airport say the pilot was doing touch-and-go landings when something happened on approach. The aircraft was over the center line
  
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• Plane Crashes At Rostraver Airport, 1 Person Reportedly Dead

  12-04-2017 20:49
  
  ROSTRAVER (KDKA) – One person has reportedly died after a fiery plane crash at the Rostraver Airport this afternoon.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the report came in around 2:30 p.m.The view from NewsChopper 2 shows only charred wreckage left of the plane down in a wooded area.Firefighters on scene of plane crash fire is under control reports of at least one fatality.
  — Ross Guidotti (@RossGuidotti) April 12, 2017
  Officials on scene say they are working to keep a brush fire tha
  
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• Emergency Crews Called To Report Of Plane Down In Rostraver

  12-04-2017 20:49
  
  ROSTRAVER (KDKA) – Emergency crews are responding to a report of a plane being down at the Rostraver Airport.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the report came in around 2:30 p.m.Firefighters on scene of plane crash fire is under control reports of at least one fatality.
  — Ross Guidotti (@RossGuidotti) April 12, 2017
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• Grow Or Support Pens Playoff Beard & Win Prizes

  12-04-2017 20:45
  
  Your playoff beard could score you tickets to the second game of the Penguins’ first round series against Columbus.
  Just send a picture of your beard to the Penguins Beard-a-Thon by tomorrow.
  Whoever earns the most votes will win two tickets for Friday’s game.
  Or, you could pledge a minimum of $10 to a Penguins player’s beard growing effort.
  You’ll be entered to win a 50th anniversary jersey signed by Mario Lemieux.
  All donations go to the Mario Lemieux Foundation
  For mor
  
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• Carrick man, 25, charged with raping 15-year-old relative

  12-04-2017 20:12 via post-gazette.com
  
  A 25-year-old Carrick man is charged with drugging and raping a 15-year-old relative in February, court records show. 
  
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• Comedian Charlie Murphy, Brother Of Eddie, Dies At 57

  12-04-2017 20:10
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – Charlie Murphy, older brother of Eddie Murphy and a comedy stand-up and performer in his own right, has died.
  Murphy died Wednesday in New York of leukemia, according to his representative, Domenick Nati. Murphy was 57.
  He was perhaps best-known for his appearances on “Chappelle’s Show” on Comedy Central. He collaborated with writing his brother’s starring films “Norbert” and “Vampire in Brooklyn.” He voiced roles in animated
  
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• 'Stripper' well ruling could cause $16 million drop in impact fees

  12-04-2017 20:08 via post-gazette.com
  
  A recent Pennsylvania court ruling that frees companies from paying impact fees on shale gas wells with low production in a single month could cut this year’s impact fee collection by $16 million, with larger declines in future years as production from older wells dwindles, public utility regulators said this week.
  
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• Ancestry.com Helps Family Find Pa. Man Posing As Dead Boy

  12-04-2017 19:50
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Federal prosecutors say Ancestry.com helped the family of a baby who died in Texas in 1972 discover that a Pennsylvania man had assumed the child’s identity.
  Forty-four-year-old Jon Vincent was arrested in Lansdale, near Philadelphia, on Monday. Prosecutors say Vincent stole Nathan Laskoski’s identity after escaping from a Texas halfway house to start another life.
  Prosecutors say he first obtained a Social Security card as Laskoski in 1996.
  Federal prosecutor
  
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• Ian Baker-Finch On RBC Heritage: ‘Best Players Come To Harbour Town’

  12-04-2017 19:48
  
  By Dave Shedloski
  From the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club to the relaxing milieu of the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links. Not a bad segue.
  PGA Tour players since 1983 have enjoyed traveling a few hours down the road to Hilton Head, South Carolina, for rest, relaxation and riveting golf on one of the most intriguing and genuinely innovative layouts they see all year.
  Opened in 1969, Harbour Town was designed by Jack Nicklaus and Pete Dye on a piece of a low-lying coastal
  
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• Baker-Finch On RBC Heritage: ‘Best Players Come To Harbour Town’

  12-04-2017 19:48
  
  By Dave Shedloski
  From the rigors of the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club to the relaxing milieu of the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links. Not a bad segue.
  PGA Tour players since 1983 have enjoyed traveling a few hours down the road to Hilton Head, South Carolina, for rest, relaxation and riveting golf on one of the most intriguing and genuinely innovative layouts they see all year.
  Opened in 1969, Harbour Town was designed by Jack Nicklaus and Pete Dye on a piece of a low-
  
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• Shawn Porter On Andre Berto: I’m Faster, Quicker And Stronger Than Him

  12-04-2017 19:42
  
  Bryan Altman
  Keith Thurman currently sits alone atop the welterweight division thanks to his impressive defeat of Danny Garcia on CBS back in March. Thurman’s victory not only kept his perfect professional record in tact (28-0), but also unified the WBC and WBA welterweight titles, making Thurman the weight class’s top dog.
  On April 22nd, airing exclusively on Showtime, Shawn Porter and Andre Berto will square off in a WBC welterweight world title eliminator fight, with the winner be
  
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• Pittsburgh police officer defends use of force during wedding brawl

  12-04-2017 19:41 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Pittsburgh police officer accused in a civil complaint of kicking an off-duty state trooper in the groin during an arrest after a wedding reception brawl in 2014 said Wednesday that the force he used was necessary because the trooper had a gun tucked in his pants.
  
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• LOOK: Cat Steals The Show During Marlins-Braves Game

  12-04-2017 19:25
  
  Bryan Altman
  On Tuesday night the Marlins put on a show for their fans and bested the Braves 8-4. But thanks to a friendly feline that made it’s way onto the field during the game, the Marlins were far from the main attraction at Marlins Park.
  The cat, affectionately dubbed “Rally Cat,” first appeared midway through the game in the outfield before it decided to scale the outfield wall and hide out in the building’s home run statue.
  Outfielder Marcell Ozuna — wh
  
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• 5 Keys To Beating The Blue Jackets In First Round Of Playoffs

  12-04-2017 18:47
  
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – It seems like just yesterday that we were celebrating the Pittsburgh Penguins’ fourth Stanley Cup.
  What a ride it was, but here we are on the verge of another emotional roller coaster better known as the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
  It’s been an interesting year for the Penguins, who enter hockey’s second season as the No. 2 seed in the Metropolitan Division bracket.
  The team finished the r
  
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• Walmart To Offer Pickup Discount On Thousands Of Online-Only Items

  12-04-2017 18:19
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Starting next week, Walmart will offer discounts on thousands of online-only items when customers elect to have them shipped to a store for pickup.
  The move is part of the retailer’s efforts to better compete with online leader Amazon.
  “We already offer great prices online. We do that every day. Offering a discount on Pickup demonstrates how we can take that to the next level by operating more efficiently and removing costs from the system to give customers
  
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• Pittsburgh postmaster sentenced to probation

  12-04-2017 18:04 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Pittsburgh postmaster thought he was "preserving public safety" when he violated federal law and opened a suspicious mail package to check for illegal drugs, according to his attorney.
  
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• Suspect in boy's rape, death planned jail escape, police say

  12-04-2017 17:19 via post-gazette.com
  
  Police have filed an additional charge against a Butler County man accused of raping and killing his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son last month in a case the DA called “horrific.”
  
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• Report: Suspect in boy's rape, death planned jail escape

  12-04-2017 17:19 via post-gazette.com
  
  Police have filed an additional charge against a Butler County man accused of raping and killing his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son last month in a case the DA called “horrific.”
  
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• Police Spot Car Traveling 105 MPH On Route 28, Passenger Flees After Crash

  12-04-2017 17:13
  
  HARMAR TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – Police are looking for a man who fled the scene of a crash after troopers spotted a vehicle traveling 105 mph on Route 28 overnight.
  According to state police, the incident started on Route 28 in Harmar Township around 12:30 a.m.
  There, troopers observed a vehicle traveling 105 mph in the posted 55 mph zone.
  The suspect attempted to get off of Route 28 at the Harmarville exit, but failed to negotiate the turn due to excessive speed. As a result, the vehicle went of
  
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• One of Pa.'s oldest industries eyes unknown future under Trump

  12-04-2017 16:54
  Mike Wallace is a riverman -- a 47-year-old, Texas-bred shipyard manager with a slight southern drawl and a famous news anchor's name. Wally, as he's better known, has been riding the rivers or working shoreside since he was 17, helping to move cargo up and down aquatic highways from New Orleans to Pittsburgh for three decades.
  
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• Suspect In 4-Year-Old’s Homicide Planning Escape From Jail

  12-04-2017 16:21
  
  BUTLER (KDKA) – A man charged with the rape and murder of his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son reportedly was trying to plan his escape from jail.
  Keith Jordan Lambing was charged last month in the death of Bentley Miller.Lambing was locked up on March 22.
  Assistant District Attorney Terri Schultz is prosecuting what many say is the worst case in decades for Butler County.She says Lambing allegedly tried to enlist his grandmother to help bust him out.
  “The jail guards found a note i
  
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• Report: Suspect In 4-Year-Old’s Homicide Planning Escape From Jail

  12-04-2017 16:21
  
  BUTLER (KDKA) – A man charged with the rape and murder of his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son reportedly was trying to plan his escape from jail.
  Keith Jordan Lambing was charged last month in the death of Bentley Miller.
  According to a Butler Eagle report, Lambing’s escape plan surfaced about two weeks ago during a monitored call he made to his grandmother.
  During that call, he referred to a note he’d given her.
  A guard found the note in Lambing’s cell, which referred
  
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• TRAFFIC: Liberty Bridge, Tunnel weekend closures scheduled

  12-04-2017 16:14 via post-gazette.com
  
  Traffic restrictions:
  
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• Ohio Asks Appeals Court To Review Lethal Injection Process

  12-04-2017 16:06
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – State lawyers want an entire appeals court to review Ohio’s new and twice-rejected lethal injection process as the state struggles to resume executions.
  The attorney general’s office asked the full 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati late Tuesday to hear Ohio’s appeal of a judge’s decision deeming the proposed use of a contested sedative called midazolam unconstitutional.
  A three-judge panel of the court ruled 2-1 earlier this month
  
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• Animal Experts Urge Common Sense With Bunnies And Chicks This Easter

  12-04-2017 15:27
  
  PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – It may be tempting to give a child a bunny or dyed chick for Easter, but that may not be the best idea.
  Shannon Tremblay with Animal Friends in the North Hills tells KDKA Radio, people don’t give dyed chicks much anymore. However, there’s still a problem with bunnies.
  People don’t realize that rabbits need as much care and attention as dogs or cats and they aren’t good pets for young children.
  “They do like to nibble, so you
  
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• PTL Links: April 12, 2017

  12-04-2017 14:33
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
  Stomp
  Fun Home
  Heinz History Center
  Rania’s Catering
  Rania’s Hollandaise Sauce Recipes
  Winning Plate With Leslie Bonci
  
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• Rania’s Hollandaise Sauce Recipes

  12-04-2017 14:29
  
  Rania Harris stopped by PTL to show off some easy and delicious dishes featuring Hollandaise sauce!
  Eggs Benedict with Filet Mignon
  4 eggs
  Microwaveable Egg Poacher (see directions below)
  4 – 4-ounce filet mignons
  Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
  Extra virgin olive oil for pan searing the filet mignons
  4 English muffins, fork split
  Blender Hollandaise (with a kick) Sauce ~ recipe follows
  4 cups Mixed Field Greens
  Juice of 1 lemon
  Greek olive oil
  Directions:
  Preheat the ove
  
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• Caufield: Penguins Expect ‘Hard And Physical’ First Round From Columbus

  12-04-2017 14:16
  
  PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – The Pittsburgh Penguins begin their Stanley Cup defense tonight when they host the Columbus Blue Jackets in Game 1 of the first round of the playoffs.
  The Pens hope to repeat as champs and ROOT Sports analyst Jay Caufield knows winning back-to-back Stanley Cups is one of the hardest things to do in sports. However, he thinks Pittsburgh is in a good position to make another run.
  “The year they had with the injuries they went through is pretty phenome
  
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• Penguins fans asked to 'Gold Out' during playoffs

  12-04-2017 14:10 via post-gazette.com
  
  The City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County have declared Wednesday and Friday as "Gold Out” days as a way for die-hard fans to honor the Penguins, who open the playoff season Wednesday night against Columbus at PPG Paints Arena.
  
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• Teen’s Quest For Year’s Supply Of Wendy’s Nuggets Gets Huge Twitter Support

  12-04-2017 13:07
  
  RENO, Nev. (AP) – A teen’s Twitter stunt to win a year of free chicken nuggets from Wendy’s might become the platform’s most retweeted post of all time.
  Carter Wilkinson asked the fast food chain on Twitter last week how many retweets it would take for him to get free nuggets for a year. Wendy’s replied, “18 million.” The 16-year-old from Nevada took up the challenge, writing: “Consider it done.”HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS pic.twitt
  
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• Police: Driver arrested following 100 mph chase on Route 28

  12-04-2017 12:52 via post-gazette.com
  
  State police overnight arrested the driver of a vehicle that was speeding in excess of 100 mph along Route 28 in Harmar.
  
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• Cleaning Staff Finds 5-Foot Python In Hotel Room Drawer

  12-04-2017 12:40
  
  WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) – A worker at a Massachusetts hotel got a slithery surprise while cleaning a room – a 5-foot ball python left in a drawer.
  The Telegram & Gazette reports that staff at the Marriott Residence Inn in Worcester found the snake last week and called animal control. Animal control took the snake to a pet supply store.
  General manager Rod Dzivasen says the snake appeared to be in good health.
  Officials don’t think the snake was in the room for long. Police sa
  
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• Man Complains Tax Check Saying ‘Sexual Favors’ Not Cashed

  12-04-2017 12:30
  
  HAVRE, Mont. (AP) – A Montana resident who wrote “sexual favors” in the memo line on a check to pay his property taxes is complaining that the check hasn’t been cashed.
  Scott Dion of the city of Havre says he sent the check for $745.77 to the local treasurer last November.
  Dion tells the Billings Gazette that tax checks he sent in the past with similar memo line notes have been cashed.
  Dion’s lawyer sent a letter to Hill County Treasurer Sandy Brown, saying that not
  
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• Man critically wounded in Beaver County shooting

  12-04-2017 12:22 via post-gazette.com
  
  A man was shot in the head at a home in Beaver County on Tuesday.
  
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• Liberty Bridge, Tunnel closure announced

  12-04-2017 12:06
  The Observer-Reporter is excited to announce new digital offerings, including our new e-Edition apps, available for download in the iTunes & Google Play stores.
  
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• David Letterman’s Mom Dies At 95

  12-04-2017 09:33
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — David Letterman’s mother Dorothy Mengering has died. She was 95.
  Letterman’s publicist Tom Keaney confirmed Mengering’s death Tuesday for The Associated Press.
  Mengering became an unlikely celebrity in her 70s, baking mystery pies and covering the Olympics for her son’s Late Show on CBS.
  Letterman had been on the air for years, and had made ironic celebrities out of dozens of nobodies, before he thought to bring on his mom.
  But the moment he did, she
  
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• SOS for BRT

  12-04-2017 07:03
  Pittsburgh's proposed $250 million, Downtown-to-Oakland bus rapid transit link might be a great development for the city. The problem is it's the last great idea the city needs now.
  
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• 31st Street Studios has become coveted site for more than film

  12-04-2017 06:16 via post-gazette.com
  
  There may be no happy ending for the 31st Street Studios in the Strip District.
  
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