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• City police make arrest in Perry South shooting

  23-04-2017 23:57 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Wilkinsburg man has been charged with shooting a man during a robbery attempt Sunday in Perry South.
  
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• Authorities Say 5 People, Including Children, Dead In New York City Fire

  23-04-2017 23:37
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – New York City officials say five people, including children, are dead and multiple people have been injured in a house fire.
  The fire broke out Sunday afternoon shortly after 2 p.m. in the Queens Village neighborhood of Queens. The two-story single family home was engulfed by the four-alarm blaze. Television news footage showed flames chewing through the roof and roaring in upstairs rooms of the house as smoke poured from it.
  Officials said five people have died. Witnesses
  
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• Man Charged In Perry South Shooting, Attempted Robbery

  23-04-2017 23:34
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A man has been arrested and charged in a Perry South shooting that took place Friday.
  It happened around 12:30 p.m. in the 2600 block of Perrysville Avenue.
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  Upon arrival, police found a 58-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the thigh. Investigators said the shooting was the result of an attempted robbery.
  On Sunday, John Horton, 40 of Wilkinsburg was apprehended and
  
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• Police seek help finding Allentown boy

  23-04-2017 23:09 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police are seeking the public’s help in locating a missing 13-year-old boy from Allentown who has autism.
  
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• Missing Allentown boy is safely back home

  23-04-2017 23:09 via post-gazette.com
  Pittsburgh police report that a 13-year-old boy from Allentown with autism is safely back home Sunday night after being reported missing earlier. 
  
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• 13-year-old boy with autism missing from Pittsburgh neighborhood

  23-04-2017 23:03
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• Furry Tails: Squiggy & Stevie Are Waiting For Forever Homes

  23-04-2017 23:00
  
  Are you looking to bring a pet into your home? Local animal shelters are a great place to find a furry companion. So, as part of Furry Tails, I’ll be doing an ongoing feature on adoptable pets from local animal shelters once a week. If you have room in your heart and are looking to bring a lovable ball of fur into your home, maybe one of these guys is meant to be a part of your family!_____________________________________________________
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• Colorado Family’s Pit Bulls Found Decapitated

  23-04-2017 22:59
  
  GRANT JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Officials in west-central Colorado say a family’s young pit bull dogs were found decapitated on the railroad tracks, miles from their house.
  Christin Ormond says the dogs jumped their fence Monday night and were found dead late Wednesday afternoon. One dog also appeared to have burns while the other appeared to have puncture wounds.
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• 63-Year-Old Man Missing From Washington County

  23-04-2017 22:55
  
  WASHINGTON (KDKA) — A 63-year-old man disappeared Thursday evening from Washington County.
  Milo M. Briggs was last seen leaving the McDonald’s on Route 19 in McMurray at the end of his shift, according to Bring Our Missing Home.
  Briggs is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 145 pounds. He has a balding head with white hair on the sides and has blue eyes.
  His 2002 Chevy van is also missing. The license plate reads: JFJ 5672.
  Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call 9
  
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• Nova Beats Former Team, Pitches Pirates Over Yankees 2-1

  23-04-2017 22:26
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Pittsburgh’s Ivan Nova gained a measure of revenge over his old team, limiting the New York Yankees to just four hits over seven innings as the Pirates held on for a 2-1 victory on Sunday.
  Nova (2-2) struck out a season-high seven and walked just one, his lone mistake a solo home run by Jacoby Ellsbury in the seventh. Tony Watson picked up his sixth save after working out of a bases loaded, one-out jam in the ninth.
  Andrew McCutchen reached base twice and scored on
  
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• Police Looking For Missing Autistic Boy From Allentown

  23-04-2017 21:43
  
  PITTSBURGH, PA – The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Missing Persons Unit is asking for help finding a missing 13-year-old male from Allentown.
  Amari Hall was last seen at 8 a.m. on April 23.
  He was wearing a pink and red short-sleeved, Hollister shirt, grey jogging pants, and black or grey shoes.
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  He is 5’3″ and weighs approximately 135 pounds. He may be riding a black and red bicycle.
  
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• Autistic Boy Who Went Missing From Allentown Found

  23-04-2017 21:43
  
  PITTSBURGH, PA – The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Missing Persons Unit says a 13-year-old male who went missing from Allentown has been found.
  Amari Hall was was reported missing after he disappeared 8 a.m. on April 23. Amari has been diagnosed with autism and was therefore considered to be endangered.
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• College Student Killed During Hammer Throw At Track Meet

  23-04-2017 21:35
  
  WHEATON, Ill. (AP) – A college student has died after being struck during a hammer-throw event at a track meet in suburban Chicago.
  Wheaton College officials say 19-year-old student Ethan Roser of Cincinnati was volunteering at a track and field competition at the school Saturday when he was accidentally struck by a hammer.
  The hammer used in such competitions is a metal ball attached to a steel wire. The athlete holds a grip at the other end of the wire and spins several times before rele
  
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• Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Train In Somerset County

  23-04-2017 21:22
  
  MEYERSDALE, Pa. (AP) – Authorities say a pedestrian was struck and killed by a train in a western Pennsylvania borough.
  The (Somerset) Daily American reports that the man was hit on Main Street in Meyersdale in Somerset County at about 11 p.m. Saturday.
  Borough police said the man went past the crossing guards while they were activated and was hit. His name wasn’t immediately released. CSX police are investigating.
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• Bill O’Reilly To Return With New Podcast Episode Monday

  23-04-2017 20:15
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) – Bill O’Reilly is back and ready to talk.
  His personal website says the former Fox News host will air a new episode of his “No Spin News” podcast Monday evening.
  Fox News Channel’s parent company fired O’Reilly on Wednesday following an investigation into sexual harassment allegations by women. O’Reilly has called the allegations completely unfounded.
  For two decades, O’Reilly and his show “The O’Reilly Factor” h
  
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• 5-Alarm Fire Engulfs 3 Abandoned Buildings In Mt. Washington

  23-04-2017 20:15
  
  MT. WASHINGTON (KDKA) — Crews battled a 5-alarm fire engulfed three abandoned building in Mt. Washington on Sunday afternoon.
  It started in the 100-block of Boggs Avenue around 12:30 p.m.
  Pittsburgh Public Safety officials tweeted a warning asking residents in the area to keep doors and windows closed because of the smoke.
  Officials confirmed the buildings were vacant. No injuries have been reported.
  The Public Works Department will place barricades around the structures in an effort to ke
  
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• 22 Arrests At Marijuana Event At Philadelphia Warehouse

  23-04-2017 20:11
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Authorities say almost two dozen people were arrested after police raided a large marijuana event at a northeast Philadelphia warehouse.
  The “Philly Smoke Session” in the Frankford section Saturday night was organized on social media. Police on Sunday said they were investigating “large-scale marijuana sales.”
  A police spokesman said 19 males and three females were arrested. About 175 people weren’t charged. About 50 pounds of marijuana, $5
  
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• Fire crews battle Mount Washington blaze

  23-04-2017 19:11 via post-gazette.com
  
  No injuries have been reported as emergency crews continue to battle a fire Sunday at a row of three vacant buildings on Mount Washington..
  
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• Golf Ball Pieces From Harvest Cause Hash Brown Recall

  23-04-2017 18:53
  
  MATTHEWS, N.C. (AP) – A food company is recalling frozen hash browns from stores in nine states because the potatoes may have pieces of golf balls in them.
  McCain Foods USA’s recall notice said the golf balls apparently were “inadvertently harvested” along with the potatoes and chopped up. They say the pieces could be a choking hazard, but no injuries have been reported.
  The company is recalling 2-pound bags of Harris Teeter Brand Frozen Southern Style Hash Browns in Nort
  
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• Butler home destroyed by blaze

  23-04-2017 18:36 via post-gazette.com
  
  A fire destroyed a home in Butler on Sunday, but the family escaped without injury.
  
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• April The Giraffe Cam To Return, Second Live Cam In The Works

  23-04-2017 17:29
  
  HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. (KDKA) — Good news for fans of April the Giraffe! The Giraffe Cam will return.
  Sunday morning, the zoo announced on their Facebook page that sometime this week, they will post a schedule with specific days and times the streaming camera will go live.
  They also said another permanent live cam will go up later this season. This camera will be in the yard, not the giraffes’ pen.
  Additionally, Animal Adventure Park said they will announce April’s calf’s nam
  
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• Man shot in face during robbery attempt

  23-04-2017 16:59 via post-gazette.com
  
  A man was shot in the face late Saturday afternoon in Armstrong County and police are looking for the public's help in nabbing the men responsible.
  
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• Police Ambush Killer’s Strategy To Avoid Death: Blame Dad

  23-04-2017 15:50
  
  MILFORD, Pa. (AP) – As Eric Frein tries to avoid death row for ambushing two Pennsylvania State Police troopers at their barracks, defense lawyers are suggesting they intend to raise questions about his father’s influence on the gunman.
  Frein was convicted last week of all 12 counts against him in the 2014 attack that killed 38-year-old Cpl. Bryon Dickson and left Trooper Alex Douglass with debilitating injuries.
  Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Frein, who they say t
  
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• Missing Pitcairn Girl Found Safe

  23-04-2017 15:13
  
  PITCAIRN (KDKA) — A 15-year-old girl who had been missing in the Pitcairn area has been found safe.
  Loren Nicole Burke went missing on April 15 after she left her mother’s house on Highland Avenue. She told her family she was going to a friend’s house, but she never returned.
  On Sunday morning, sources told KDKA Burke had been found. No further details were provided.
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• Caption Contest 313 . . . and the winners of 312

  23-04-2017 06:29
  Online contestants for CapCon 312 brought some crackerjack insights to the old - or maybe a new - ballgame [please click on the second image]. The hot stove league has gotten new meaning through the three winning entries found below.
  
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• Brian O'Neill: Walking an old trolley line, thinking of the future

  23-04-2017 06:29
  As Pittsburghers rethink the way we get around, with plans as futuristic as driverless cars and a low-pressure tube that could shoot people from here to Columbus in 15 minutes, I took a walk last week along a North Hills trolley right of way that had its last run 86 years ago. Between 1908 and 1931, the Harmony interurban trolley line carried people and goods between the city and scattered northern hamlets.
  
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• Man Shot In Armstrong County, Police Searching For Suspects

  23-04-2017 05:59
  
  EAST FRANKLIN TWP. (KDKA) — Police are looking for two suspects who shot a man during an attempted robbery in Armstrong County on Saturday afternoon.
  The shooting happened in a driveway in the 100-block of Route 268 in East Franklin Township around 4:15 p.m.
  According to state police, two black male suspects approached a 33-year-old man who was in the driveway and attempted to rob him. One of the suspects fired one round, hitting the man in the face.
  The two suspects then fled the sce
  
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• North Hills Catholic schools making progress on consolidation

  23-04-2017 05:20 via post-gazette.com
  
  A lot of progress has been made sorting out the final details of the “regionalization” of Catholic schools in the North Hills, but administrators said there is still much more work to be done.
  
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• Ross woman's overdose obituary attracts attention from White House

  23-04-2017 05:05 via post-gazette.com
  
  When strangers lined up at the funeral home simply because they had read the frank obituary on her daughter, Michelle Schwartzmier was touched. Maybe, she thought, something good could happen after Casey’s death.
  
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• Cannabinoid business navigates confusing laws and regulations

  23-04-2017 04:56 via post-gazette.com
  
  Amy Bufalini had a full house for the April 9 grand opening of her Nature’s Best CBD PA store on Vandergrift’s Hancock Avenue, which sells cannabinoid lotions, creams and oils.
  
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• Witness to revolution in religious education retiring as head of Association of Theological Schools

  23-04-2017 04:53 via post-gazette.com
  
  Decades ago, the Rev. Daniel Aleshire followed what was then a conventional path to the ministry. After graduating college, he earned a master's of divinity degree via a three-year, full-time program at an accredited seminary on a campus with acres of green lawns and red-brick classroom buildings topped with white cupolas.
  
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• New Frick Environmental Center hosts Earth Day events

  23-04-2017 04:49 via post-gazette.com
  
  On their first visit to Frick Park for Earth Day on Saturday, the Brock family was looking forward to guided hikes through the woods identifying mushrooms and other wild edibles.
  
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• Man Shot In Armstrong County, Police Searching For Suspect

  23-04-2017 03:51
  
  EAST FRANKLIN TWP. (KDKA) — Police are looking for someone who shot a man in Armstrong County.
  The shooting happened in a driveway on Route 268 in East Franklin Township around 4:30 p.m.
  Armstrong County District Attorney Scott Andreassi said there may have been children inside the house when the shooting took place.
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  “No one’s in custody at this point. We have a number of people we
  
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• Erin Moran, Joanie Cunningham In ‘Happy Days,’ Dies At 56

  23-04-2017 03:33
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – Erin Moran, the former child star who played Joanie Cunningham in the sitcoms “Happy Days” and “Joanie Loves Chachi,” has died.
  Police in Harrison County, Indiana said that she had been found unresponsive Saturday after authorities received a 911 call. She was 56 and the cause of death has not been determined. Moran had endured numerous struggles in recent years.
  Moran was already a veteran actress when in 1974 she was cast in “Happy Days&rdquo
  
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• Man Dies In Work Accident Hours Before Birth Of 4th Child

  23-04-2017 03:14
  
  LAKE FOREST PARK, Wash. (KDKA) — A family in Washington state is in mourning after a tragic accident.
  CBS affiliate KATU reports Tim Waterman, 55, died April 13, just hours before the birth of his new daughter.
  Waterman started Northern Arboriculture, a tree service company, in 1998 and often hired people who were down on their luck, according to friends.
  Loved ones say he had a special bond with all of his children.
  “Every day, after working 10 to 12 hours out in the community, he w
  
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• Carter, Yankees Jump On Pirates Late In 11-5 Win

  23-04-2017 01:46
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Pinch-hitter Chris Carter drilled a three-run homer in the eighth inning off reliever Felipe Rivero to lift the New York Yankees to an 11-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.
  Carter sent the first pitch he saw from Rivero (1-1) into the bullpen beyond the center field fence for his first homer with the Yankees. Starlin Castro added a three-run shot of his own and Aaron Judge hit his team-high sixth home run for New York. Ronald Torreyes had four hits and two RBI
  
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• Moonshine, riverfronts and regional cooperation: Takeaways from the...

  23-04-2017 01:45
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• SUV Strikes Pole, Shutting Road Down In Baldwin

  23-04-2017 00:40
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Baldwin police and firefighters responded to a crash on Saturday evening.
  It happened along Becks Run Road near Susquehanna Street.
  An SUV slammed into a utility pole and crashed into a front yard.
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  The pole came crashing down, cutting power to several homes.
  Becks Run Road was closed in both directions.
  The driver was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
  
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• Volunteers Clean North Side Homeless Camp For Earth Day

  23-04-2017 00:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — In honor of Earth Day, volunteers showed up on Howard Street on the North Side to remove trash and debris from a homeless camp.
  Not far away, angry neighbors from the street above the camp said a cleanup is not good enough.
  “They should be gone, I’m happy they’re cleaning up but, clean it all up, take the tents with them, take everybody with them,” Mary Ann Buggy said.
  A confrontation is brewing between neighbors and people who stay in tents just
  
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