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• ‘Killer Heels’ Cause More Than Just Pain

  21-04-2017 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (CBS) – Whether sparkly or a nude pump with red bottoms, fashion blogger Ellen Flowers lives in her heels.
  “I’ve always loved high heels. I don’t feel like myself until I have high heels on,” said Flowers, founder of theperennialstyle.com.
  Her Instagram account charts her love affair with beautiful shoes. For her, the taller, the better, even if it means heightened pain. The top offender is her favorite pair of flattering nude heels.
  “They are so pa
  
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• Pitt approves $27 million in renovations to five facilities

  21-04-2017 23:20 via post-gazette.com
  
  The University of Pittsburgh on Friday announced it will spend nearly $27 million on renovations to five campus buildings.
  
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• New Documentary Shows 1992 LA Riots As You’ve Never Seen Them Before

  21-04-2017 23:19
  
  April 29th, 1992 was the day that four LAPD members were acquitted for the use of excessive force in the arrest of Rodney King after a high-speed chase down the streets of Northern Los Angeles. Following this decision, riots broke out in Los Angeles, throwing the city into chaos and causing destruction and turmoil of historic proportions.
  On Sunday, April 23rd at 8:00 PM (ET/PT) the Smithsonian Channel will air a documentary called The Lost Tapes: LA Riots, from Executive Producer
  
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• Henry Hillman remembered by family for the lessons of life

  21-04-2017 22:49 via post-gazette.com
  After a week’s worth of praise for the impact that Pittsburgh billionaire Henry L. Hillman had on the world, a son and four adult grandchildren explained at his memorial service Friday the impact he had on them.
  
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• Henry Hillman remembered by family for love of family

  21-04-2017 22:49 via post-gazette.com
  
  After a week’s worth of praise for the impact that Pittsburgh billionaire Henry L. Hillman had on the world in his 98 years, four of his adult grandchildren and one of his sons on Friday explained at his memorial service the impact he had on them, and what he meant to them.
  
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• Gov. Wolf Strips Lieutenant Governor Of Security

  21-04-2017 22:10
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is stripping the lieutenant governor of state police protection in the wake of complaints about his treatment of troopers and other state employees.
  Gov. Wolf released a three-sentence letter Friday that he sent to Lt. Gov. Mike Stack informing him of the decision. Click here to read the full letter.
  The governor says he’ll also limit state spending on cleaning, grounds keeping and maintenance at his fellow Democrat’s official r
  
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• Keidel: How Are We Supposed To Feel About Aaron Hernandez?

  21-04-2017 21:58
  
  By Jason Keidel
  It’s rare for an athlete’s death to be so coated in controversy, or clashing impulses.
  What are we supposed to feel about Aaron Hernandez? Sadness? Sympathy? Horror? A cocktail of each?
  The moral compass doesn’t direct his way, because he never had one.
  But the timing is odd. To kill yourself days after you’ve been acquitted of a double-murder. And while the murder charge that put you in prison is currently under appeal. When you’d just see
  
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• Liberty Bridge to close this weekend

  21-04-2017 21:21
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• Man Shot During Attempted Robbery In Perry South

  21-04-2017 20:50
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A man was shot Friday during an attempted robbery in Perry South.
  It happened around 12:30 p.m. in the 2600 block of Perrysville Avenue.
  Upon arrival, police found a 58-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the thigh.
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  The victim was taken to Allegheny general Hospital in critical condition and has since been upgraded to stable.
  According to the initial findings of the invest
  
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• Ex-Karate Teacher Gets Trial On Murder Solicitation Charges

  21-04-2017 20:44
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – A former karate instructor accused of sexually assaulting multiple students will stand trial on charges that he tried to have witnesses killed.
  The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports 29-year-old Michael Scherbanic, of South Park, waived his right Friday to a preliminary hearing on charges that he asked his cellmate to kill or intimidate his victims.
  His attorney Richard Narvin says his client “maintains he is innocent” of the charges.
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• Pennsylvania Tax Amnesty Program Underway

  21-04-2017 20:14
  
  Leaders in Harrisburg are cutting delinquent taxpayers a break.
  The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue announced a Tax Amnesty program today.
  They will waive all the penalties and half the interest for people and businesses who owe back taxes.
  The state is trying to re-coup about $3.5 billion dollars that have not been paid.
  Almost two-thirds of that money comes from businesses who have not paid up.
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• Youngstown Store Clerk Can’t Read Robber’s Poor Handwriting On Note

  21-04-2017 20:08
  
  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (KDKA) — A man in a Ohio nearly failed in his attempt to rob a store because of his poor handwriting.
  CBS affiliate WKBN reports the suspect walked into a Family Dollar in Youngstown on Thursday and handed the clerk a note.
  The clerk said he couldn’t read the handwriting and asked the suspect to read it.
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  The robber complied and read the note out loud.
  The clerk opened the register
  
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• Local collaboration to assist seniors wins $150,000 prize

  21-04-2017 19:47 via post-gazette.com
  
  The AgeWell Pittsburgh program, in which three organizations have come together to help older adults remain in their homes through a variety of services, has received a noted nonprofit sector prize worth $150,000.
  
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• Hollywood Producer Gives $30M To Penn State Communications

  21-04-2017 19:40
  
  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) – A Hollywood producer and screenwriter known for creating such television hits as “Magnum, P.I.,” ”Quantum Leap” and “NCIS” is donating $30 million to Penn State University.
  The donation from Donald Bellisario and his wife, Vivienne, will be used to transform the university’s College of Communications. In recognition of their contribution, the university trustees on Friday approved renaming it the Donald P. Bellasario Colle
  
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• One wounded in Perry South shooting

  21-04-2017 19:12 via post-gazette.com
  A man was seriously injured in a shooting that happened during the course of an attempted robbery at 12:30 p.m. Friday in Perry South.
  
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• South Hills resident starts support group for women witha

  21-04-2017 18:51
  Walking into her first support group meeting after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, Diane Dinardi's optimism wasn't the same a few hours later walking back out. Sitting in between the group of older men – some in wheel chairs and others unable to speak – she walked out thinking this was what the rest of her life looked like.
  
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• Man Accused In Racially Motivated Rampage Enters Courtroom Shouting

  21-04-2017 18:42
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) – The Latest on a man accused of gunning down four white men in Fresno, California, in a racially motivated attack (all times local):
  9:03 a.m.
  The suspect in this week’s racially motivated shooting rampage in Fresno entered a courtroom early Friday shouting that natural disasters striking America will increase.
  Kori Ali Muhammad then shouted twice during a minute-long hearing: “Let black people go in reparations.”
  He was charged Thursday with killing
  
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• Boil water advisory lifted in Aspinwall

  21-04-2017 18:19 via post-gazette.com
  
  A boil water advisory has been lifted in Aspinwall.
  
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• University Of Pittsburgh Police Investigating Oakland Apartment Burglary

  21-04-2017 18:06
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police are investigating a burglary that took place Friday morning in Oakland.
  According to a crime alert, University of Pittsburgh Police Officers and the City of Pittsburgh Police Department responded to an apartment in the 200 block of North Dithridge Street just before 3 a.m.
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  The victims told police one black male was in the second floor of the residence and then fled o
  
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• Sugary Drinks Cause Aging In Brain And Poor Memory, Study Finds

  21-04-2017 17:53
  
  CBS Local – We all surely know of the health ramifications for excessive soda drinking by now. The sweet, sugary drinks may taste great, but aren’t optimal for teeth nor body fat.
  Now, studies have shown even worse potential perils to consuming artificially flavored drinks. They also can lead to brain shrinkage, accelerated brain aging and memory loss, as well as an increased risk of stroke and dementia, according to a pair of studies led by the same team.
  These studies, one cen
  
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• Woman Ordered To Stand Trial In Deadly Boarding House Fire

  21-04-2017 17:46
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – A Pittsburgh woman has been ordered to stand trial in a boarding house fire that killed its owner and two other residents, even though her confession of how she allegedly started the blaze differed from scientific evidence found at the scene.
  Forty-four-year-old Latoya Lyerly is charged with criminal homicide and arson in the Feb. 17, 2016 blaze. Seventy-three-year-old Derlyn Vance owned the house and died, along with two residents.
  A detective testified Friday that Lyerl
  
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• Woman ordered to stand trial in Homewood fire that killed 3

  21-04-2017 17:40 via post-gazette.com
  
  A woman who told detectives she set fire to a Homewood house, killing three people, because it “was filled with demons” was ordered Friday to stand trial.
  
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• Report: Father Charged With Threatening To Kill Bus Driver, Teacher

  21-04-2017 17:39
  
  MT. PLEASANT (KDKA) — A man is facing charges after he reportedly threatened to kill his son’s school bus driver and a teacher at Ramsey Elementary in the Mt. Pleasant Area School District.
  The Tribune-Review reports 29-year-old Chad Lowry, of Mt. Pleasant Township, became angry at the bus driver because the driver told his son where to sit, which caused the boy to be upset.
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  The driver told office
  
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• Police: Father Threatened To Break School Bus Driver’s Neck Over Son’s Seating Assignment

  21-04-2017 17:39
  
  MT. PLEASANT (KDKA) — A man is facing charges after he allegedly threatened to kill his son’s school bus driver and a teacher at Ramsey Elementary in the Mt. Pleasant Area School District.
  Chad Lowry, 29, of Mt. Pleasant Township, is accused of holding up busloads of students after being angered over his son’s seat assignment.
  “He gave the bus driver a hard time and said he was going to break his neck if he didn’t leave his son alone,” said Mt. Pleasant School
  
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• Pa. donors gave more than $1.8 million for Trump inauguration

  21-04-2017 17:14 via post-gazette.com
  
  WASHINGTON — Pennsylvanians and companies based in the state gave nearly $1.8 million to pay for President Donald Trump’s inauguration, with those donations largely coming from those affiliated with the energy industry.
  
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• Duquesne honoring Strickland, Wideman

  21-04-2017 16:16
  Bill Strickland, president and CEO of Manchester Bidwell Corp., and award-winning author John Edgar Wideman will each be presented with an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at Duquesne University's Commencement on May 12. Both are Pittsburgh natives.
  
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• How Does A 50 Percent Drop In Gas Prices Sound?

  21-04-2017 16:14
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/CBS) — Some relief could soon be coming to the gas pump.
  In April, AAA reported that the national average for the price of unleaded gasoline was $2.41, the highest yet in 2017. CBS News reports gas prices have been pushing higher since November as the “reflation trade” increased expectations for stronger economic growth. From a low of near $42 a barrel, West Texas Intermediate crude oil reached above $55 between December and February.
  But weakness in crude pric
  
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• Mayor nominates three to serve on PWSA board

  21-04-2017 16:03 via post-gazette.com
  
  Mayor Bill Peduto announced three people as nominees to fill vacancies on the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority.
  
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• PTL Links: April 21, 2017

  21-04-2017 15:44
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
  Wigle Whiskey
  Chef Anthony Marino At Don’s Appliances
  Hollywood Theater
  Pennsylvania Resources Council
  Motorcycle Safety
  Jelly Belly Battle
  
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• Police ask public's help in search for missing Pitcairn teen

  21-04-2017 15:41 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pitcairn police are seeking the public’s help in locating a teenage girl who’s been missing for a week.
  
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• Cops: Youth Soccer Coach Got 15-Year-Old Former Player Pregnant

  21-04-2017 15:36
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A soccer coach at a Philadelphia-owned playground has been jailed on charges he paid a now-15-year-old girl to have sex and got her pregnant.
  Thirty-nine-year-old Francisco Prado-Contreras remained jailed Friday unable to post $750,000 bail on charges including statutory sexual assault.
  Philadelphia Parks and Recreation says police have told them not to give the suspect access to any facilities and say he’s been suspended indefinitely from all his youth coaching a
  
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• President Trump Calls 100-Day Benchmark ‘Ridiculous’

  21-04-2017 15:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says the 100-day benchmark often used to measure a new administration’s achievements is a “ridiculous standard.”
  Trump tweeted Friday, “No matter how much I accomplish during the ridiculous standard of the first 100 days, & it has been a lot (including S.C.), media will kill!”No matter how much I accomplish during the ridiculous standard of the first 100 days, & it has been a lot (including S.C.), media will kil
  
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• Former N. Versailles karate instructor to stand trial in plot to harm witnesses in assault case

  21-04-2017 15:15 via post-gazette.com
  
  The defense attorney for a karate instructor accused of sexually assaulting several students said there was no good legal reason to hold a preliminary hearing Friday on a second set of accusations that he tried to have witnesses against him murdered.
  
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• Cops: 10 Pounds Of Pot Wrongly Sent To Pennsylvania Pastor

  21-04-2017 15:05
  
  YEADON, Pa. (AP) – Police are trying to determine who shipped 10 pounds of marijuana from California to a pastor in the Philadelphia suburbs.
  Yeadon police tell WTXF-TV the drugs arrived Thursday, in bundles stuffed into a plastic bucket inside a cardboard box that was delivered by United Parcel Service.
  The package was sent from Sacramento.
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  But the woman who received it is a church pastor who tells aut
  
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• Ohio Pastor Convicted Of Murder In 2-Year-Old Foster Son’s Death

  21-04-2017 14:11
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – A former Ohio pastor has been convicted of murder and other charges in the death of his 2-year-old foster son.
  An attorney for Torace Weaver argued it was accidental. He says the boy hit his head on a wall while Weaver was spinning him around, playing what they called “the Superman game.” The attorney says that the 38-year-old Dayton man panicked and that’s why he initially told police that the boy fell.
  The coroner says the child had 20 head injuries,
  
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• Get Rid Of Your Junk And Save The Planet This Earth Day

  21-04-2017 14:05
  
  PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – Every year during spring people take stock of what’s around the house or apartment and decide what they’ll get rid of.
  The Pennsylvania Resources Council is giving you an opportunity this weekend to get rid of the stuff that’s been cluttering up the closets, basement or attic.
  The PRC’s 6th annual Reuse Fest is this Saturday in McCandless, North Hills in the UPMC Passavant Green Lot off Babcock Boulevard from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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• Donate Your Unwanted Materials And Save The Planet This Earth Day

  21-04-2017 14:05
  
  PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – Every year during spring people take stock of what’s around the house or apartment and decide what they’ll get rid of.
  The Pennsylvania Resources Council is giving you an opportunity this weekend to get rid of the stuff that’s been cluttering up the closets, basement or attic.
  The PRC’s 6th annual Reuse Fest is this Saturday in McCandless, North Hills in the UPMC Passavant Green Lot off Babcock Boulevard from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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• Police investigate armed home invasion in Spring Hill

  21-04-2017 13:54 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police are investigating an armed home invasion early Friday in the Spring Hill neighborhood.
  
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• Police Searching For Pitcairn Girl Missing For Nearly A Week

  21-04-2017 13:51
  
  PITCAIRN (KDKA) — Police are searching for a missing 15-year-old from the Pitcairn area.
  Loren Nicole Burke has been missing since April 15.
  She had on white tennis shoes, blue jean shorts and a gold/yellow sleeveless top.
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  She is 5 feet 2 inches tall, with long braided hair.
  Anyone with information on her whereabouts should call Pitcairn Police at (412) 372-6505.
  
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• One Man Killed In Interstate 79 Crash

  21-04-2017 13:43
  
  AMWELL TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A Hanover man was killed Thursday in a crash on Interstate 79.
  It happened around 2 p.m. at mile marker 22 in Amwell Township.
  Gary Paul Visser, 53, was driving a 2003 Volkswagen Golf north when he lost control of the vehicle, striking the guide rail on the west side of the road and then impacting the drivers side of a tanker truck.
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  Visser was ejected from the vehicle
  
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• Trump’s Budget Chief Says Money For Border Wall A Must

  21-04-2017 13:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House budget director says money for the wall President Donald Trump wants to build along the U.S. border with Mexico must be part of the massive spending bill Congress is preparing.
  Trump’s budget chief, Mick Mulvaney, tells The Associated Press in an interview that additional funding also must be included to hire more immigration agents.
  Lawmakers hope to unveil the catchall spending bill next week. The $1 trillion-plus legislation is leftover business f
  
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• Man Ticketed For Warming Up Car In Driveway Loses Case

  21-04-2017 12:59
  
  ROSEVILLE, Mich. (AP) – Warming up your car in the driveway might be a Michigan winter tradition, but a judge says it’s not legal in a Detroit suburb if no one’s behind the wheel.
  Nick Taylor challenged a $125 ticket in court Thursday and lost. His lawyer, Nicholas Somberg, says a Roseville ordinance against unattended running vehicles shouldn’t apply to driveways.
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• Aspinwall Borough Boil Water Advisory Set To Expire Today

  21-04-2017 12:50
  
  ASPINWALL (KDKA) – A Boil Water Advisory for Aspinwall Borough, first announced Wednesday morning, was extended through Friday at 3 p.m.
  Problems for residents began Wednesday morning, and there were plans to have the problem solved by 10 a.m. that same day.
  That didn’t happen, and folks in the area have been boiling their tap water since then. Some had brown water flowing out of their taps, a few had total service interruption.
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• Aspinwall Borough Boil Water Advisory Lifted For Residents

  21-04-2017 12:50
  
  ASPINWALL (KDKA) – A Boil Water Advisory for Aspinwall Borough, first announced early Wednesday morning, has now been lifted.
  The advisory was supposed to extend through 3 p.m., but just before noon, officials announced that the advisory was lifted and the water was safe to drink.
  Problems for residents began Wednesday morning, and there were plans to have the problem solved by 10 a.m. that same day.
  That didn’t happen, and folks in the area have been boiling their tap water since th
  
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• Penguins Tickets For Second Round Series Go On Sale Friday

  21-04-2017 12:42
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Individual tickets for the Penguins’ first two home games of the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs will go on sale Friday at 10 a.m.
  Approximately 2,000 tickets will be available for each game.
  The Penguins will face the winner of the Washington-Toronto series, which is tied, 2-2.
  fans can order online at http://www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets will also be available for purchase at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Box Office at PPG Paints Arena or by call
  
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• At Least 26 Students Injured In West Virginia School Bus Crash

  21-04-2017 12:16
  
  WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia State Police say at least 26 high school students and one adult from neighboring Ohio have been injured in a school bus crash.
  The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register reports the bus carrying football players from Buckeye Local High School in Rayland, Ohio, slammed into a tree Thursday evening.
  The students were on their way to watch a football practice at West Liberty University in West Virginia.
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• TRAFFIC: Weekend restrictions scheduled for Liberty Bridge, Tunnel

  21-04-2017 11:43 via post-gazette.com
  
  Weekend restrictions are scheduled for the Liberty Bridge and Tunnel as part of the $80 million bridge rehabilitation project.
  
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• PICT Presents Pittsburgh Premiere of SIVE

  21-04-2017 06:44
  On May 4th, PICT Classic Theatre will conclude its 2016-2017 Season at Union Project with John B. Keane 's tragic romance, SIVE. SIVE tells the folk culture story of star crossed lovers, set against the backdrop of the 1950's in County Kerry, Ireland, where the rolling hills and thatch-roofed cottages illustrate both the simplicity and difficulty of everyday life.
  
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• Towns in Allegheny, Washington counties join forces to fight flooding

  21-04-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Eight municipalities near the boundary between Allegheny and Washington counties are joining forces to alleviate flash flooding within their borders. 
  
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• Three Rivers Youth to honor five recipients with 2017 Nellie Leadership Award

  21-04-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Three Rivers Youth will honor five recipients with the 2017 Nellie Leadership Award, which this year focuses on the family.
  
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