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• Parents Warned About Netflix’s ’13 Reasons Why’

  27-04-2017 23:57
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — “13 Reasons Why” is a Netflix series that is rated TV-MA, for mature audiences. The story is about a teenage girl who commits suicide.
  The show is gritty, and sometimes graphic.
  Now some experts in the field of suicide say if you are going to let your teenager watch – be prepared to talk about it.
  In 13 episodes, “13 Reasons Why” goes inside the issue of teenage suicide. It is based on the New York Times best-selling book by Jay Asher
  
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• Get Marty: ‘Free Wrinkle Cream’ Scam Creates Financial Mess For 81-Year-Old

  27-04-2017 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It’s happened to many people, including a local woman, consumers getting caught up in a “Free Wrinkle Cream Scam.”
  The local woman, Loretta Ventura ended up in a major financial mess because of it. The situation left her at the end of her rope.
  “It’s not free, Marty! It’s not free!” Lorettatold KDKA’s Marty Griffin.
  Loretta got caught up in trolling the internet, looking for so-called freebies. There are thousands of them
  
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• Anthony Joshua On Klitschko Fight: ‘I Win, It’s Not Complicated’

  27-04-2017 23:18
  
  Bryan Altman
  On Saturday afternoon at 4:15 p.m. ET, the fight world will shift its collective gaze across the Atlantic Ocean to Wembley Stadium in London to watch Wladimir Klitschko take on Anthony Joshua in the heavyweight bout of the century, which will air live exclusively on Showtime.
  Klitschko has said repeatedly that he’s “obsessed” with winning, and getting his belts back in his corner. For Joshua, though, talk is cheap and he’s done little of it leading up to the
  
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• Man Accused Of Raping, Killing 4-Year-Old Appears In Court

  27-04-2017 23:16
  
  BUTLER (KDKA) — It was March 21 when Butler was shaken by the murder of 4-year-old Bentley Miller.
  20-year old Keith Lambing, charged in Miller’s death, was in court Thursday for his preliminary hearing.
  That morning in March, Lambing was watching Bentley, who is his girlfriend’s son.
  The couple had been staying at the Super 8 Motel. Investigators say Lambing was alone with the boy, who had been burned, bruised and sodomized.
  A pathologist testified some of the i
  
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• Interview: Dr. Travis Stork On How To Treat Addiction And Embrace Your Flaws

  27-04-2017 23:16
  
  The Doctors, hosted by Dr. Travis Stork, recently worked with stand-up comedian Anthony Steven Kalloniatis on overcoming his food addiction. CBS Local’s Matt Weiss spoke with Dr. Stork to get the inside scoop on the work Anthony is going through as well as how to maintain a generally healthy lifestyle.
  The Doctors is a nationally syndicated show, click here for information on what time and station the show comes on in your city.
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• WWE Insiders Pick Payback 2017

  27-04-2017 22:19
  
  By Chuck Carroll
  WWE returns to pay-per-view for the first time since WrestleMania with this weekend’s RAW brand WWE Payback. Seven matches are on the main card with an eighth on the pre-show. The main event features Roman Reigns seeking revenge on Braun Strowman after the goliath became the toast of the WWE Universe for destroying the former SHIELD member a couple weeks ago. One has to wonder whether the real-life death of Reigns’ brother, who wrestled in WWE under the ring name &ld
  
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• 33 People Charged In Massive Drug Sweep

  27-04-2017 22:19
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — “The amount of heroin that we are seeing in southwestern Pennsylvania is like a plague, it is a plague infecting our communities.”
  Attorney General Josh Shapiro detailed the results of a major drug round up conducted Thursday.
  33 people are now facing charges, accused of dealing heroin and other drugs in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties.
  “Today those dealers are off the streets, and they won’t be pedaling their poison in our communit
  
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• 5 Things To Watch For On Day 1 Of The NFL Draft

  27-04-2017 22:08
  
  Bryan Altman
  The sport that never sleeps is ready for its biggest night of the offseason.
  No more mock drafts, no more combines and no more bizarre questions for prospects to figure out how to answer as the NFL Draft is ready to kick off from Philadelphia tonight at 8 p.m. ET.
  As is always the case with the NFL Draft, try as we might to glean some insight into how teams are thinking and who might end up where when it’s all said and done, we really don’t know much more today than we d
  
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• Pittsburgh marketing shop Deeplocal acquired by WPP Digital

  27-04-2017 21:34 via post-gazette.com
  
  Strip District-based marketing outfit Deeplocal has been acquired by WPP Digital, the investment arm of WPP, the big New York City-based communications services outfit.
  
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• Chuck Watkins: Driving donations...

  27-04-2017 21:18
  April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. It's unthinkable that we even need to have an officially designated month for something so heinous, but sadly there are more than 3-million cases of child abuse each year in the United States alone .
  
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• Butler County man accused of raping, killing 4-year-old ordered to stand trial

  27-04-2017 21:06 via post-gazette.com
  
  Keith Jordan Lambing, the Butler County man accused of raping and killing his girlfriend's 4-year-old son and later scheming to escape from the Butler County Prison, was held for trial Thursday on all charges related to both cases.
  
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• Wilmerding man sentenced to 51-102 years for three rapes

  27-04-2017 21:03 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Wilmerding man was sentenced Thursday to 51 to 102 years in prison for raping three women in 2014 and 2015.
  
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• Periodic Closures Planned On Route 8 In Shaler Township

  27-04-2017 21:02
  
  SHALER TWP. (KDKA) — Traffic on Route 8 may be more unpleasant than usual tomorrow.
  On Friday, April 18, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., there will be periodic closures near Pennview Street in the north and southbound lanes.
  The closings will be for approximately 15 minutes every 40 minutes throughout the day, subject to change depending on traffic.
  A contractor will be delivering beams for the Pennview Street bridge replacement.
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• Report: National Lettuce Shortage Costing Consumers, Businesses

  27-04-2017 19:52
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A lettuce shortage is costing consumers in more ways than one.
  According to a report in the New York Daily News, heavy rains in California are to blame for the price of lettuce going up.
  Basic iceberg is being sold for $5.99 and romaine hearts are going for $7.99.
  The shortage is affecting businesses that make their green by dishing out healthy meals.  Hello Bistro in Pittsburgh posted signs in their Market Square location, reading: “Due to national shortages
  
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• Pittsburgh Housing Authority borrows to fund construction surge

  27-04-2017 19:46 via post-gazette.com
  
  A $75 million borrowing spurt approved by Pittsburgh's Housing Authority board today sets the stage for more than 460 replaced or renovated affordable homes in three neighborhoods.
  
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• ‘Survivor’ Castoff Debbie Speaks In Post-Elimination Interview

  27-04-2017 19:35
  
  CBS Local – CBS aired Season 34, Episodes 10 of Survivor: Game Changes, and we had the chance to interview the latest castoff, Debbie Wanner, who after leading the last episode’s blindside of Ozzy, fell victim to a blindside elimination herself.
  Here’s her unique perspectives (as told to CBS Local’s Samantha Bennet and Adam Bloom) on being voted off the island, her game play and how it feels to be the third member of the jury.
  Episode 10 Castoff:&
  
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• State AG's office charges 33 with drug-dealing in Allegheny, Westmoreland

  27-04-2017 19:30 via post-gazette.com
  
  Nearly three dozen drug dealers were charged Thursday in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties as part of a concerted effort involving numerous police agencies and coordinated by the state attorney general’s office.
  
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• Swissvale insurance firm owner pleads guilty to major Ponzi scheme

  27-04-2017 19:01 via post-gazette.com
  
  An insurance company owner from Swissvale admitted Thursday that he ripped off 80 investors of some $8.2 million over two decades in what a federal prosecutor said was one of the largest Ponzi schemes in the history of Western Pennsylvania.
  
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• Scientists To Review Large Number Of Humpback Whale Deaths

  27-04-2017 18:59
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Government scientists are launching an investigation into an unusually large number of humpback whale deaths from North Carolina to Maine.
  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Fisheries says 41 whales have been stranded in the region in 2016 and so far in 2017.
  Officials say 10 of the 20 whales that have been examined so far were killed by collisions with boats. That’s far above the average of fewer than two per year, and officials say the
  
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• Trial for ex-Steelers doctor charged with illegal prescribing goes to jury

  27-04-2017 18:56 via post-gazette.com
  
  One of the longest criminal trials in the history of federal court here could end soon as a jury will begin deliberating Thursday afternoon over the fate of former Pittsburgh Steelers doctor Richard Rydze, accused of illegally prescribing steroids, human grown hormone and painkillers.
  
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• Police: Woman Crashes Car, Sets Vehicle On Fire With 5-Year-Old Inside

  27-04-2017 18:47
  
  GEORGES TWP. (KDKA) — A woman is facing charges for allegedly crashing a vehicle in Fayette County before lighting it on fire with a young child inside.
  According to a criminal complaint, the incident took place around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 1400 block of Georges Fairchance Road in Georges Township.
  The accused, Marketta Walker, is a paranoid schizophrenic, according to family members. Family members were in the process of having the woman committed to a mental health facility when she
  
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• Worker Hurt In Explosion At New Brighton Steel Plant

  27-04-2017 18:37
  
  NEW BRIGHTON (KDKA) — One worker was hurt in an explosion at a steel plant in New Brighton Thursday.
  A furnace exploded around 11 a.m. at Damascus Steel Casting Company.
  According to emergency dispatchers, one worker was burned and flown to a Pittsburgh area hospital in unknown condition.
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• 1 badly burned, another injured in explosion at Beaver County steel plant

  27-04-2017 18:37 via post-gazette.com
  
  Two people were injured in an explosion this morning at a Beaver County steel plant, according to supervisor at the county's emergency dispatch center.
  
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• IUP student to stand trial over fraternity brother's death

  27-04-2017 18:28 via post-gazette.com
  
  INDIANA, Pa. — A judge has ordered an Indiana University of Pennsylvania student to stand trial on felony homicide and assault charges in the February death of his fraternity brother.
  
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• City schools unveil 5-year plan to close achievement gap

  27-04-2017 18:01 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh Public Schools unveiled a wide-ranging five-year strategic plan today which includes an emphasis on eliminating the racial achievement gap and improving teacher professional development.
  
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• McKeesport tattoo shop owner sentenced to prison for fatal beating

  27-04-2017 17:35 via post-gazette.com
  
  A 43-year-old McKeesport man was sentenced to between nine and 18 years in prison Thursday for beating a man to death in 2015 with a 5-foot-long wooden staff.
  
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• Worker Killed In Accident At Pennsylvania Swimming Pool Firm

  27-04-2017 17:32
  
  NORTHUMBERLAND, Pa. (AP) – A new employee at a central Pennsylvania swimming pool manufacturing company has been killed after he was trapped under a 1,200-pound mold.
  The (Sunbury) Daily Item reports the Northumberland County coroner planned an autopsy Thursday on the 20-year-old worker, whose name wasn’t immediately released.
  The man was killed Wednesday about 7:30 a.m. at Strong Industries Pool and Spas in Point Township. That’s about 55 miles (88.5 kilometers) north of Harri
  
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• 1-Year-Old Found Dead Near Chicago After Reported Missing By FBI

  27-04-2017 17:24
  
  CHICAGO (KDKA) — A toddler was found dead late Wednesday inside a home in a suburban neighborhood near Chicago.
  CBS Chicago reports police found the body of 16-month-old Semaj Crosby inside a Joliet Township home. The Will County Sheriff, along with the FBI, gained consent to enter the home around 11 p.m.
  The child was pronounced dead and an autopsy was scheduled for Thursday to determine how the child died.
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• 3 firefighters hurt in Westmoreland County blaze

  27-04-2017 17:23 via post-gazette.com
  
  Three Westmoreland County firefighters were injured while battling a blaze Thursday in Allegheny Township.
  
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• 15-Year-Old Stabbed In The Heart During Fight Over A Girl

  27-04-2017 17:08
  
  KENOSHA, Wis. (AP/KDKA) — Police in Wisconsin say a student remains in critical condition after being stabbed by another student at a high school in Kenosha.
  According to CBS 58, the suspect and victim, both 15-years-old, used to be friends and recently fell out over a girl.
  The two began to make threats towards each other on social media, and this is why one of the young men brought a knife to class.
  The defense said the suspect was in his study hall on Tuesday morning when the victim and
  
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• 3 Ex-Penn St. Officials To Be Sentenced In Sandusky Sex Abuse Scandal

  27-04-2017 17:04
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Sentencing has been scheduled for three former top officials at Penn State University who were convicted of child endangerment in the Jerry Sandusky molestation scandal.
  Former university president Graham Spanier, former vice president Gary Schultz and former athletic director Tim Curley will be sentenced June 2 in Harrisburg.
  Curley and Schultz pleaded guilty to misdemeanor child endangerment. Spanier went to trial and was convicted in March. His lawyer said he will
  
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• Covestro drives first-quarter growth for Bayer

  27-04-2017 17:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  A strong performance by its independent subsidiary Covestro helped drive a big jump in first-quarter sales and earnings for German drug maker Bayer.
  
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• In honor of Marc-Andre Fleury: Primanti's Pitts-Burger goes Canadian

  27-04-2017 16:52 via post-gazette.com
  
  Primanti Bros.’ Pitts-Burger gets a French Canadian makeover in honor of Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury.
  
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• Crews Rescue Deer Stuck In Highland Park Reservoir

  27-04-2017 15:26
  
  HIGHLAND PARK (KDKA) – Crews rescued a deer that somehow fell into the Highland Park Reservoir Thursday morning.
  Animal Control and Pittsburgh Police were called to the reservoir around 8:30 a.m. Shortly after 9 a.m., they were able to get the deer out of the water and back onto land.The deer appeared to be tired from its time in the water, but was breathing.A PWSA official said the section of the reservoir had been capped off so the deer is not contaminating any water source on the system
  
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• More than 30 suspected heroin dealers face charges in Pittsburgh region

  27-04-2017 14:49 via post-gazette.com
  
  More than 30 suspected heroin dealers and other drug-traffickers are facing criminal charges in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, according to the state attorney general’s office.
  
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• PTL Links: April 27, 2017

  27-04-2017 14:13
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
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  Kidsburgh
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• Accountant’s Sentencing Delayed Again In Pa. Cyber Charter School Scam

  27-04-2017 14:05
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Sentencing has been delayed again for an accountant who pleaded guilty to helping the founder and former CEO of Pennsylvania’s largest online charter school avoid federal income taxes on more than $8 million that man siphoned from the school.
  Neal Prence pleaded guilty to one count of tax conspiracy in September, but his sentencing Thursday has been delayed indefinitely because he now wants to withdraw his guilty plea and instead plead no contest.
  A federal judge ha
  
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• What to do this weekend: April 27-30

  27-04-2017 13:50
  James Taylor once said, "New York had Dylan, but we had Tom Rush . Like a lot of people who do what I do, I owe my career to him he's a real national treasure."
  
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• EQT widens profit in first quarter

  27-04-2017 13:43 via post-gazette.com
  
  When the price of natural gas sees an uptick, so do oil and gas firms and EQT Corp.’s first quarter earnings report reflects that.
  
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• 911 Call: Man Wants Police Dog To Search For Stolen Heroin

  27-04-2017 13:33
  
  AKRON, Ohio (AP) – Police say an Ohio man called 911 to request a police dog to help track down heroin allegedly stolen from him.
  WEWS-TV reports a 20-year-old man in Bath Township, near Akron, made the call in January. The recording was released this week.
  When the call operator asks why the caller needs a police dog, he replies that a female stole heroin from him.
  Bath Police Chief Mike McNeely says it’s among the most bizarre things he’s heard in four decades of policing.
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• Police: Man Arrested After Shooting Woman In Chest During Fight

  27-04-2017 12:39
  
  WEST MIFFLIN (KDKA) – A man has been arrested after allegedly shooting a woman in the chest during a fight in West Mifflin.
  According to police, the incident happened around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday inside a home in the 4000 block of Rossmoor Drive.
  When emergency crews arrived at the scene, they found a woman suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest.
  She was taken to a local hospital and was last listed in critical, but stable condition.
  Through the course of their investigation, police wer
  
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• Police: Man Arrested After Shooting Wife In Chest During Fight

  27-04-2017 12:39
  
  WEST MIFFLIN (KDKA) – A man has been arrested after allegedly shooting his wife in the chest during a fight in West Mifflin.
  According to police, the incident happened around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday inside a home in the 4000 block of Rossmoor Drive.
  When emergency crews arrived at the scene, they found 52-year-old Karen Kadish suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest.
  She was taken to a local hospital and was last listed in critical, but stable condition.
  Through the course of their investi
  
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• TRAFFIC: Liberty Bridge, inbound tunnel closed this weekend

  27-04-2017 11:56 via post-gazette.com
  The Liberty Bridge and the inbound Liberty Tunnel will be closed this weekend as part of ongoing deck reconstruction work.
  
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• United Raising Limit On Payments To Bumped Flyers To $10,000

  27-04-2017 09:30
  
  DALLAS (AP) – United Airlines says it will raise the limit – to $10,000 – on payments to customers who give up seats on oversold flights. It’s also increasing training for employees as it deals with fallout from the video of a passenger being violently dragged from his seat.
  United is also vowing to reduce, but not eliminate, overbooking – the selling of more tickets than there are seats on the plane.
  The airline made the promises Thursday as it released a report de
  
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• United Making Changes After Passenger Forcibly Removed From Flight

  27-04-2017 09:30
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – There are more changes for passengers who fly United Airlines.
  The changes come less than three weeks after a passenger was removed from a flight heading to Louisville, from Chicago. The airline has now released its report of the incident.
  United Airlines calls it a review and action report. The airline takes full responsibility for the incident that happened on April 9 and details the changes and goals going forward.
  Included in the list of policy changes, United says
  
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• Facebook Live video leads to suspect in woman's death A Facebook Live ...

  27-04-2017 09:12
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• Facebook Live video leads to suspect in woman's death

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• Workplaces for the intellectually disabled are decreasing. The changes can be painful

  27-04-2017 06:34 via post-gazette.com
  
  Every day, Perry Blatz knows where his son Bill will be — stuffing and labeling envelopes at the UPMC Vocational Training Center in the South Side, a facility for adults with intellectual disabilities.
  
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