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• National Aviary Simulator Lets Visitors Take Flight

  19-04-2017 23:55
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh International Airport and the National Aviary are teaming up to give you the chance to take flight.
  It’s a one-of-a-kind experience to make you feel as free as a bird.
  KDKA-TV’s Rick Dayton was one of the first people in the country to take a test flight.
  “Most people have always dreamed of flying, and so this gives them an opportunity to experience what flight may be like for birds,” Patricia O’Neill, of the National Aviary, sai
  
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• New Treatment Takes Targeted Approach To Psoriasis

  19-04-2017 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – There’s a new treatment that’s really targeting the cause of psoriasis. For many people, it’s clearing up their skin completely.
  The patchy, flaky, red and scaly rash of psoriasis. This autoimmune disease comes with arthritis, too.
  It’s typically treated with creams and pills and in severe cases, injections to stop the excess inflammation that worsens the condition.
  “Over the last 15 years, newer and newer injections have come out. They sta
  
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• Pennsylvania AG’s Office: Fraudulent License Plate Ring Busted

  19-04-2017 23:44
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania’s attorney general’s office is charging a dozen people as part of an organized crime ring that it says made millions of dollars renting out fraudulently obtained license plates, primarily in New York City.
  Attorney General Josh Shapiro said Wednesday that the ring rented to people who used the plates to evade law enforcement, parking tickets and highway tolls.
  The ring allegedly used a stolen notary seal to get vehicles retitled, enabling it
  
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• Survivalist Eric Frein Convicted In Deadly Pa. Trooper Ambush

  19-04-2017 23:35
  
  MILFORD, Pa. (AP) –A Pennsylvania survivalist who hid in the forest under cover of night and opened fire with a sniper’s rifle has been convicted of capital murder in the ambush slaying of a state police trooper he targeted at random.
  A jury convicted 33-year-old Eric Frein on Wednesday following a two-week trial in northeastern Pennsylvania.
  Authorities say Frein was trying to spark a revolution when he attacked the Blooming Grove state police barracks on Sept. 12, 2014. Cpl. Bryon
  
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• Tractor Trailer Backs Into Gas Well, Creates Large Leak

  19-04-2017 23:28
  
  HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Officials have shut down Route 136 in Westmoreland County after a tractor trailer accident caused a large gas leak.
  The accident happened around 5 p.m.Crews have shut down Route 136 between Poverty Hollow and Herminie Roads.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the tractor trailer reportedly backed into a large gas well, tearing off the head of the well.
  Firefighters and Hazmat teams have been called to the scene.
  So far, there have been no evacuations in the are
  
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• Pirates Lose 2-1 Again, Swept By Cardinals

  19-04-2017 23:11
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dexter Fowler hit his first two home runs for the St. Louis Cardinals, who swept the Pirates on Wednesday with their third straight 2-1 victory over Pittsburgh.
  Fowler had three of the Cardinals’ eight hits, including a third-inning drive into the right-field bullpen and a shot down the right-field line in the fifth, both off Gerrit Cole (1-2).
  Josh Bell had tied the score with a fourth-inning homer to center against Michael Wacha (2-1), who had retired his first 10
  
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• Less Cowbell! Erie Arena Bans Cowbells After Some Are Thrown During Hockey Game

  19-04-2017 22:59
  
  ERIE, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania arena has decided it really needs less cowbell.
  The Erie Times-News reports that the operator of the Erie Insurance Arena is banning the noisemakers.
  Fans clanged cowbells throughout the Erie Otters’ playoff game Tuesday. And some fans threw them onto the ice as the Otters celebrated a win that sent them to the Ontario Hockey League’s Western Conference finals.
  The Otters had provided cowbells to fans as a giveaway and sold them as part of its me
  
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• Pa. lawmakers ponder whether teachers should be allowed to carry guns

  19-04-2017 22:42 via post-gazette.com
  
  HARRISBURG — It's quite a long way from becoming law, but a push to let Pennsylvania teachers carry weapons to school sparked a clash of ideas in the Capitol on Wednesday.
  
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• Ex-School Board Member Arrested In Fayette Co. Drug Sweep

  19-04-2017 22:42
  
  BROWNSVILLE (KDKA) — A drug sweep in Fayette County netted 16 arrests on Wednesday, including that of a former school board member.
  Stella Broadwater, 70, was a longtime member of the Brownsville Area School Board. But now she is charged with selling drugs.
  Police say Broadwater is accused of selling drugs from her home on Lewis Street.
  According to investigators, she was selling primarily a drug called suboxone, which is highly addictive and can be deadly if taken in high doses or combine
  
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• Peduto pledges city hiring efforts similar to 'Rooney Rule'

  19-04-2017 22:32 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto pledged Wednesday to bolster the recruitment of diverse job candidates for city jobs.
  
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• Braun Strowman’s Massive Suplex Of “The Big Show” Breaks The Ring

  19-04-2017 22:29
  
  Bryan Altman
  ‘Big tree fall hard’ is what they say. That’s why as WWE wrestlers “The Big Show” and Braun Strowman made their way up to the top of the turnbuckle, fans held their breath with anticipation at what was to come.
  The two men, who weigh in at a combined 768 pounds and stand at 7-foot and 6 foot 8 inches, respectively, made the earth shake, but also, made the ring break.
  Strowman suplexed Big Show off of the top rope and onto the canvas below, causing the r
  
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• Gov. Wolf To Sign Temporary Fix For Unemployment Comp System

  19-04-2017 21:48
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf will sign legislation to flush $15 million into a chaotic state unemployment compensation system that’s forcing the jobless to wait longer to get questions answered or benefits checks.
  Wolf’s office said Wednesday, however, that the money is a short-term fix and that lawmakers must find a long-term solution. The Senate passed the bill 41-8 on Wednesday, a day after the House overwhelmingly approved it.
  The money is designed to sta
  
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• Kraft Heinz CEO says acquisitions not the only route to growth

  19-04-2017 21:17 via post-gazette.com
  
  Kraft Heinz CEO Bernardo Hees has a message for Pittsburgh: The food company isn’t going anywhere.
  
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• 21st Century Fox: Bill O’Reilly Won’t Return To Fox News

  19-04-2017 20:58
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Bill O’Reilly has lost his job at Fox News Channel following reports that five women had been paid millions of dollars to keep quiet about harassment allegations.
  21st Century Fox issued a statement Wednesday that “after a thorough and careful review of the allegations, the company and Bill O’Reilly have agreed that Bill O’Reilly will not be returning to the Fox News Channel.”
  He had been scheduled to return from a vacation next Monday. O&rsquo
  
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• Woman convicted in bank robberies, including Washington County bank

  19-04-2017 20:34 via post-gazette.com
  
  A West Virginia woman was convicted today of a series of bank robberies in three states, including one in Washington County.
  
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• Memorial service planned Friday for Hillman

  19-04-2017 20:34
  A public memorial service will be held Friday morning in Pittsburgh to remember billionaire businessman and philanthropist Henry L. Hillman.
  
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• Last Day To Fill Out State Transportation Survey

  19-04-2017 20:32
  
  You have the chance to influence the future of Pennsylvania’s planes, trains and automobiles.
  Today is the last day to fill out the State Transportation Survey.
  It only takes about five minutes.
  PennDOT asks how much you bike, drive or fly and how you want the state to spend taxpayer money over the next decade.
  To take the survey, click here.
  
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• Henry Hillman funeral service set for Friday

  19-04-2017 20:11 via post-gazette.com
  
  Funeral arrangements have been finalized for Henry L. Hillman, the Pittsburgh financier who died April 14 at the age of 98.
  
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• Dottie Pepper On Valero Texas Open: ‘Many Players Capable Of Winning’

  19-04-2017 19:26
  
  By Dave Shedloski
  For the eighth consecutive year, the Valero Texas Open, one of the oldest events on the PGA TOUR, is being contested at TPC San Antonio’s AT&T Oaks Course, a sturdy test of golf designed by Greg Norman and Sergio Garcia, the newly minted Masters champion.
  Begun in 1922, the Valero Texas Open features a distinguished list of past champions, including Walter Hagen, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Lee Trevino, Tom Watson, Ben Crenshaw and Arnold Palmer, who is the on
  
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• Aspinwall issues boil water notice to borough residents

  19-04-2017 18:52 via post-gazette.com
  
  Aspinwall Borough officials have issued a boil water advisory for their water customers, after maintenance work on a Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority pump caused low or no water pressure Wednesday morning to about half of the borough’s 1,200 water customers.
  
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• Subaru Recalls More Than 33K Cars To Fix Engine Stalling Problem

  19-04-2017 18:48
  
  DETROIT (AP) – Subaru is recalling more than 33,000 compact cars in the U.S. because a fuel problem can make the engines can stall without warning.
  The recall covers Impreza cars from the 2017 model year.
  Subaru says in documents filed with the government that a winter blend of fuel can turn to vapor in the fuel line, causing the engine to run rough and stall. Drivers may not be able to immediately restart the cars, increasing the risk of a crash.
  The company began investigating in January
  
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• Aspinwall Borough Boil Water Advisory Extended 24 Hours

  19-04-2017 18:28
  
  ASPINWALL (KDKA) – A Boil Water Advisory for Aspinwall Borough has been extended for another 24 hours.
  The advisory was initially scheduled to expire at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
  The extension will allow time for the Allegheny County Health Department to complete their testing.
  No other information has been released.
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• 2 Injured In Homewood Shooting, Police Investigating

  19-04-2017 18:10
  
  HOMEWOOD (KDKA) – Pittsburgh Police are investigating after two people were shot in Homewood Wednesday morning.
  According to police, two people were shot outside of a convenience store on Frankstown Avenue shortly after 11 a.m.
  Both victims were shot in the leg, but their conditions are unknown.
  Witnesses said the suspect fled toward Idlewild Street in a car.
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• Man, 19, and woman, 62, each shot in leg in Homewood

  19-04-2017 17:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police are investigating a double shooting late Wednesday morning outside a Homewood convenience that wounded a man and woman.
  
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• Pittsburgh Area To Play Host To Several Upcoming NCAA Championships

  19-04-2017 17:41
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The NCAA announced a list of hosting sites through the year 2022 and Pittsburgh will host more college championships than any other city.
  In 2019, Pittsburgh will host the Division I men’s wrestling championship and women’s volleyball championship. Both will be at PPG Paints Arena.
  In 2021, we will host the men’s Frozen Four at PPG Paints Area. In Erie, Mercyhurst will host the women’s Frozen Four.
  The first and second rounds of March Madness wil
  
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• Report: Girl, 1, Falls From Truck After Man Let Her Drive Home From Post Office

  19-04-2017 16:46
  
  BRUIN (KDKA) – A 1-year-old girl was injured when she fell from a truck moments after a man allowed her to drive while sitting on his lap.
  According to a Butler Eagle report, the incident happened Thursday in Bruin as the two were returning home from a nearby post office.
  Keith Gordon, 24, allegedly let his girlfriend’s daughter sit on his lap and take the wheel. As they were about to pull into the driveway, Gordon placed the girl on the floor of the passenger side. The girl grabbed
  
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• Police Probe Female Inmate Hanged At Allegheny County Jail

  19-04-2017 16:14
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Allegheny County police are investigating the death of an inmate found hanged at the county jail in Pittsburgh.
  Warden Orlando Harper says 33-year-old Jamie Gettings, of West Mifflin, was found hanging in her cell at 2:12 a.m. Tuesday. She was pronounced dead 15 minutes later after attempts by jail staff to resuscitate her.
  The cause and manner of her death remain under investigation.
  Gettings is the second inmate to die at the jail this month.
  Fifty-three-year-old David
  
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• Officials: Female Inmate Kills Self At Allegheny County Jail

  19-04-2017 16:14
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – A female inmate at the Allegheny County jail committed suicide early Tuesday morning.
  Warden Orlando Harper says 33-year-old Jamie Gettings, of West Mifflin, was found hanging in her cell at 2:12 a.m. Tuesday. She was pronounced dead 15 minutes later after attempts by jail staff to resuscitate her.
  Gettings is the second inmate to die at the jail this month.
  Fifty-three-year-old David Black, of McKees Rocks, died early April 10 after lapsing into medical distress the
  
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• United Way selects first female to chair its board

  19-04-2017 15:36 via post-gazette.com
  
  Karen Larrimer, a top executive at PNC Financial Services Group, on Wednesday became chairman of the board at the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania.
  
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• PTL Links: April 19, 2017

  19-04-2017 15:09
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
  JFilm
  Uptown By Kiya Tomlin Trunk Show
  Idia Dega Jewelry
  Rania’s Catering
  Rania’s Recipes: Crepes With Velouté Sauce
  Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Romeo & Juliet 
  
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• Rania’s Recipes: Crepes With Velouté Sauce

  19-04-2017 14:35
  
  If you’re looking for a delicious crepe recipe, check out this one from Rania Harris!
  Chicken, Mushroom and Asparagus Crepes with Velouté Sauce
  Velouté Sauce
  6 tablespoons unsalted butter
  1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  1 ¼ cups whole milk
  1 ¼ cups chicken broth (preferably homemade)
  Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
  Filling for the crepes:
  ¼ cup chopped shallot
  ½ cup chopped mushrooms
  2 cups finely chopped cooked boneless and skinless ch
  
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• Star Insurance Company v. Reginella Construction Company LTD...

  19-04-2017 13:19
  STAR INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant v. REGINELLA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LTD.; REGINELLA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC., individually and trading and doing business as Reginella Construction Company; JOSEPH A. REGINELLA; DONNA M. REGINELLA Plaintiff Star Insurance Company appeals from the order entered by the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania granting the motion to dismiss filed by Defendants Reginella Construction Company LTD, Reginella Construction Company, Inc., Jose
  
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• McDonald’s Order Trips Up Cleveland Facebook Slaying Suspect

  19-04-2017 12:56
  
  ERIE (KDKA/AP) – Facebook slaying suspect Steve Stephens was undone by a 20-piece Chicken McNuggets and an order of fries.
  The man who police say shot a Cleveland retiree at random and posted video of the killing on Facebook was recognized by the drive-thru attendant of a McDonald’s restaurant outside Erie, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday morning.
  When Stephens went through the drive-thru, the employee at the first window recognized him. As he pulled up to the second window, the employee to
  
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• Officials: Former Patriots TE Hernandez Kills Self In Prison

  19-04-2017 12:42
  
  BOSTON (KDKA/AP) – Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez died in prison overnight from an apparent suicide.
  According to CBS Boston, Hernandez was found dead in his cell shortly after 3 a.m. Wednesday.
  The Massachusetts Department of Correction issued a statement saying Hernandez “hanged himself utilizing a bed sheet that he attached to his cell window.”
  He also apparently tried to block his door from the inside with various items.
  A Massachusetts prisons spokes
  
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• TRAFFIC: Parkway East inbound crash slows rush-hour commute; Mon Incline back up

  19-04-2017 12:36 via post-gazette.com
  
  A crash westbound (inbound) on the Parkway East/Interstate 376 is creating some traffic delays for the Wednesday morning rush hour.
  
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• TRAFFIC: I-376 work scheduled Wed., Thursday near airport

  19-04-2017 12:36 via post-gazette.com
  
  Motorists should expect lane restrictions along westbound Interstate 376 in Findlay on Wednesday and Thursday.
  
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• Overnight stabbing Downtown under investigation

  19-04-2017 12:15 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police are investigating a stabbing overnight Downtown.
  
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• Homeless man charged in overnight stabbing Downtown

  19-04-2017 12:15 via post-gazette.com
  
  A homeless man has been charged with aggravated assault in connection with a stabbing early Wednesday in Downtown Pittsburgh.
  
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• Air Quality Report Ranks Pittsburgh Region Among The Worst

  19-04-2017 10:43
  
  PITTSBURGH, Pa. (KDKA) — The American Lung Association’s annual “State of the Air” report ranks the Pittsburgh region among the worst in the nation for certain types of pollution.
  The Pittsburgh region is 8th worst for year-round fine particle pollution, or soot. That’s the same position it held in the same report last year. Specifically, the grades for Beaver and Washington Counties have slipped.
  Not all the findings in the report shine a bad light on the Pittsburg
  
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• Pittsburgh region's air gets failing grade again, but it's getting better

  19-04-2017 06:15 via post-gazette.com
  
  Better but still bad.
  
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• Point Park faculty push for first-ever contract by summer

  19-04-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Thirteen years since full-time faculty at Point Park University voted for union representation, their first-ever contract finally could be within reach this summer.
  
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• Peduto administration confirms it tried to acquire Penn Plaza to maintain affordable housing

  19-04-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto’s administration tried several times to buy the former Penn Plaza apartment complex in East Liberty, angling to maintain affordable housing in the trendy neighborhood, a top aide said Tuesday.
  
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• Pa. Superior Court recognizes same-sex common-law marriage rights

  19-04-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Michael Hunter and Stephen Carter met in February 1996, and began dating shortly after.
  
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• Pa. House eyes gambling, expanded wine sales as financial panaceas

  19-04-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  HARRISBURG — House Speaker Mike Turzai’s office boasted he would lead an effort to “free the wine,” and some of his GOP colleagues continue to look at expanding gambling as a way to fill a looming budget shortfall.
  
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• New H-1B visa guidance may disrupt startups

  19-04-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  This April could be the last true harvest season for tech companies that pour resources into H-1B visas, hoping to reap new employees.
  
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• Move to end suspensions of young students gains steam in Pennsylvania

  19-04-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  A proposal in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to end out-of-school suspensions for most elementary students comes as Pittsburgh Public Schools is exploring a plan of its own for its youngest learners. 
  
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• Move to end suspensions of some students gains steam in Pa.

  19-04-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  A proposal in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to end out-of-school suspensions for most elementary students comes as Pittsburgh Public Schools is exploring a plan of its own for its youngest learners. 
  
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• Convenience stores like GetGo, Sheetz try to sell healthier foods

  19-04-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Those of a certain age can remember when stopping inside a convenience store after filling the tank meant food choices limited to Twinkies, pretzels and pop while being enveloped in the smell of scorched coffee and hot dogs.
  
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• Convenience stores like GetGo, Sheetz offering more variety

  19-04-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Those of a certain age can remember when stopping inside a convenience store after filling the tank meant food choices limited to Twinkies, pretzels and pop while being enveloped in the smell of scorched coffee and hot dogs.
  
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