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• Woman tells police she was raped during Penguins game in arena restroom

  04-05-2017 23:52 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police are investigating a report of a woman being raped in a women’s restroom during the Penguins' playoff hockey game Wednesday night at PPG Paints Arena.
  
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• Doctors Excited By Results Of New Immunotherapy Cancer Treatment

  04-05-2017 23:52
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – No chemotherapy, No radiation.
  There’s a new way to treat cancer that doesn’t involve either. It’s working for patients and even doctors are excited about it.
  Joe Milcarek had no symptoms of lung cancer. Doctors discovered it on scans he had as part of participation in a lung study.
  “They found a tumor about the size of a small plum,” he said.
  He was treated with radiation, chemotherapy and then surgery to remove the tumor and part of a lun
  
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• Father Accused Of Threatening To Kill Son’s Bus Driver May Avoid Trial

  04-05-2017 23:39
  
  MT. PLEASANT TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — The charges against Chad Lowry are based on allegations he tried to intimidate a bus driver after his child became upset on a school bus.
  Thursday was supposed to be his preliminary hearing but it appeared a deal was in the works.
  Lowery, 29 of Mt. Pleasant Township, smoked a cigarette as he waited to find out if he’d be headed to trial on felony terroristic threats, accused of shouting a racial epithet and threatening to snap his child’s school b
  
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• Police Investigating Alleged Rape In Bathroom During Penguins Game

  04-05-2017 22:49
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Police are investigating reports that a woman was raped in a bathroom at the Pittsburgh Penguins game Wednesday night.
  KDKA-TV has confirmed that a report was filed by a woman claiming she was raped in a bathroom during game the Penguins – Capitals game at PPG Paints Arena.
  The victim claims she screamed for a half-hour and no one came to help and the rape happened between periods during the game.
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• Students Compete In 24-Hour Event To Create Banking’s Next Big Thing

  04-05-2017 22:40
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Where do great ideas come from? Why do certain things take the market by storm? How can we make that happen quickly?
  Those are questions PNC Bank is asking and why they have put more than 100 of the best and brightest minds into one room and keep them there for 24 hours.
  You never know where the next big thing is going to come from.
  Twenty teams participating in the PNC API are banking on the fact that it comes from this 24-hour blitz.
  API, or Application Programming In
  
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• Votto, Adleman Lead Reds Over Pirates 4-2

  04-05-2017 22:32
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) – Joey Votto doubled twice, drove in two runs and scored twice, leading Tim Adleman and the Cincinnati Reds over the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 on Thursday.
  Adam Duvall drove in Votto both times as the Reds won for the fourth time in five games. Cincinnati is 6-1 against the Pirates this year.
  Gift Ngoepe and Francisco Cervelli each had RBI doubles for Pittsburgh, which has dropped four of five.
  Adleman (1-1), who set career highs while allowing eight hits and five earned runs
  
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• Woman Found In Pit Says Suspect Said He Loved Her

  04-05-2017 22:13
  
  WILMINGTON, Ohio (AP) – A woman who authorities found trapped in a small pit in a neighbor’s shed says the man told her he loved her before closing the door.
  The woman testified Thursday at a municipal court hearing for her neighbor, Dennis Dunn.
  He’s been charged with kidnapping.
  The 45-year-old Dunn was arrested April 26 when police found the woman after cries were reported from the shed in Blanchester, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) northeast of Cincinnati.
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• Seven hurt in crash between bus and car on Mansfield Bridge

  04-05-2017 21:50 via post-gazette.com
  
  Seven people were hospitalized with minor injuries after an accident on the Mansfield Bridge in Dravosburg involving a Port Authority bus and a car.
  
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• At least 8 hurt in crash between bus and car on Mansfield Bridge

  04-05-2017 21:50 via post-gazette.com
  
  Eight people suffered minor injuries in an accident on the Mansfield Bridge in Dravosburg involving a Port Authority bus and a car.
  
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• 7 Injured In Crash Involving Port Authority Bus In Glassport

  04-05-2017 21:25
  
  GLASSPORT (KDKA) — Several people have been injured in a Glassport crash involving a Port Authority bus.
  It happened around 3 p.m. at the end of the Mansfield Bridge on the Glassport side.
  Port Authority officials say a car crossed into the path of the bus and both vehicles sustained heavy front end damage.
  Seven people were hurt on the bus, one person was injured in the car. None of the injuries are considered life-threatening.
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• West Mifflin man wanted in 2013 shooting arrested in S.C.

  04-05-2017 21:23 via post-gazette.com
  
  A man wanted in the non-fatal shooting of a 17-year-old girl in 2013 and who has since been on the run was found Thursday morning in Myrtle Beach, S.C., according to the U.S. Marshals Service..
  
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• Stock performance gives boost to city pension fund

  04-05-2017 20:54 via post-gazette.com
  
  Thanks to strong first-quarter performance from its stock portfolio, the city's pension fund reached a funding ration of 60 percent, the highest it has been since the state took control of the fund in 2010, according to a city statement.
  
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• Art Institute parent company EDMC issues layoff notice to corporate employees

  04-05-2017 20:34 via post-gazette.com
  
  Education Management Corp. plans to lay off 40 to 75 employees this summer at its corporate headquarters Downtown if its proposed sale of schools is approved by regulators.
  
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• House Of Representatives Passes GOP Health Care Bill

  04-05-2017 20:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Relieved Republicans have pushed their prized health care bill through the House. The mostly party-line 217-213 vote advances a bill that addresses their longtime pledge to erase the 2010 Obama health care law.
  Thursday’s vote sends the measure to the Senate. Many senators consider the House bill too harsh and it’s expected to undergo substantial changes.
  The House measure collapsed in March due to opposition by conservative and moderate GOP lawmakers. House l
  
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• Adorable, You Are: Babies Dressed In Yoda Hats For ‘Star Wars Day’

  04-05-2017 20:05
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Newborn babies at Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh donned green Yoda hats Thursday to celebrate “Star Wars Day.”
  The caps were knitted by the Magee Volunteer Knitters, a group of local women who gather each month in the Magee lobby to knit, socialize and give back to the community.
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  “May the 4th be with you, babies.”
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• ‘I Had a Date & Time When My Life Was Going to be Flipped Upside Down.’ ‘Survivor’ Castoff Zeke Smith Post Elimination Q&A

  04-05-2017 19:50
  
  CBS Local – CBS aired Season 34, Episodes 11 of Survivor: Game Changers, and we had the chance to interview the most recent castoff, Zeke Smith. Zeke turned into this season’s breakout star after he was outed as transgender during a previous episode. Here’s his unique perspectives (as told to CBS Local’s Adam Bloom) on being voted off and the aftermath of being outed during the game.
  Castoff: Zeke Smith
  AB: Let’s jump right in. When Andrea won that challenge, d
  
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• Crews Called To Elliott For Report Of Dresser Falling On Child

  04-05-2017 19:46
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police and medics were called to Elliott Thursday afternoon for the report of a dresser falling onto a child.
  It happened around 1:30 p.m. in the 700 block of Crucible Street.
  Upon arrival, crews were told the parents had rushed the child to the hospital in a personal vehicle.
  The child’s condition was not immediately available.
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• Dunlap: An Appreciation Of Guys Like Hornqvist

  04-05-2017 19:42
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) – I’m not one of these guys who needs to point out the toughness of hockey players every time one of them gets walloped in the mouth, loses a few teeth and then comes back a few minutes later.
  In a way, I find the people who incessantly want to tell me how tough hockey players are off-putting. I get it, I understand it, I can see what happens with my own eyes — I don’t need you to validate someone else’s resilience by telling me about it ev
  
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• Road closures begin Friday for Pittsburgh Marathon weekend

  04-05-2017 19:39 via post-gazette.com
  
  Road closures for Sunday’s Pittsburgh Marathon will begin on Friday and will involve extensive detours of Port Authority buses all weekend.
  
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• Port Authority Board Appoints Interim CEO

  04-05-2017 19:36
  Port Authority of Allegheny County's Board on Friday appointed David L. Donahoe to serve as interim chief executive officer, effective June 1, while the Board conducts a national search for a permanent replacement. "David is a highly respected individual with the experience necessary to manage an agency as complex as Port Authority," said Port Authority Board Chair Jeff Letwin.
  
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• Carnegie man gets maximum sentence for third-degree murder

  04-05-2017 19:33 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Carnegie man will serve 24 to 48 years in prison for third-degree murder after the judge sentencing him Thursday agreed with prosecutors who called him dangerous.
  
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• Carnegie man gets 24-48 years for third-degree murder

  04-05-2017 19:33 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Carnegie man will serve 24 to 48 years in prison for third-degree murder after the judge sentencing him Thursday agreed with prosecutors who called him dangerous.
  
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• Instructor Accidentally Shoots Man In Gun Training Class

  04-05-2017 19:29
  
  LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) – Police say a Detroit-area firearms instructor accidentally shot and wounded a man attending a gun training class.
  Livonia Police Detective Capt. Robert Nenciarini tells MLive.com that the man was shot Saturday at a gun range west of Detroit.
  Nenciarini says the 44-year-old instructor was conducting a class for people seeking concealed pistol licenses when he “pulled his gun out of its holster, pointed it at the door separating the two classrooms and fired a roun
  
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• Sen. Bob Casey: Deported Mother, 5-Year-Old Son In Danger In Honduras

  04-05-2017 19:19
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Sen. Bob Casey is lashing out against the Trump administration for deporting a Honduran mother and her 5-year-old son who he says are at risk of getting killed by gang members.
  He unleashed a series of tweets on Wednesday, saying that the mother and child held at a detention center in Berks County were about to be sent back into danger, despite the child being eligible for relief.Twitter: it’s urgent. I just found out that a young child & her mother who c
  
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• Women Of Honor: The Next Pro Wrestling Revolution Is Here

  04-05-2017 19:04
  
  By Chuck Carroll
  “You say you want a revolution. Well, you know, we all want to change the world.”
  –The Beatles
  There is a full-fledged revolution occurring in wrestling, and it’s not limited to Monday and Tuesday night. The revolution is a 24/7 365 metamorphosis showing no signs of slowing down. It extends from the biggest arenas to the smallest armories, from the Pacific Northwest to the Southeast and across the pond.
  Women’s wrestling. The appetite for it has gro
  
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• Paramedics revive Beechview girl, 11, who overdosed on heroin

  04-05-2017 19:04 via post-gazette.com
  
  An 11-year-old girl overdosed on heroin inside her Beechview home on Wednesday.
  
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• Suspected Elephant Tranquilizer Carfentanil Seized In Drug Bust

  04-05-2017 18:54
  
  UNITY TWP. (KDKA) — Troopers went undercover to intercept a mail delivery of fentanyl and were shocked to find out the package had carfentanil inside.
  “It’s so dangerous that while our people are gathering evidence they have to be in full suits that you would see for the clandestine team,” said Trooper Stephen Limani of the Pennsylvania State Police.  What state police thought was fentanyl being delivered to home in Unity Township on Wednesday turned out to be the mo
  
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• Report: Suspected Elephant Tranquilizer Carfentanil Seized In Drug Bust

  04-05-2017 18:54
  
  UNITY TWP. (KDKA) — Authorities in Westmoreland County believe they seized the elephant tranquilizer Carfentanil, considered 10,000 times more potent than morphine, in a drug bust Wednesday.
  The Tribune-Review reports Westmoreland County detectives and a state police seized the substance after it was delivered to an apartment on Whitney Court Drive in Unity Township.
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• Demonstrators protest groundbreaking for Homewood development

  04-05-2017 18:15 via post-gazette.com
  
  Calling for new development to have more input from neighborhood residents, a group of protesters on Thursday disrupted a groundbreaking in Homewood for 58 units of new housing.
  
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• 11-Year-Old Revived After Overdosing On Heroin In Beechview

  04-05-2017 18:14
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A child overdosed on heroin in Beechview on Wednesday, KDKA has confirmed.
  It happened in the 2300 block of Palm Beach Avenue around 6 p.m.
  Officers were called for the suspected overdose of an 11-year-old female.
  Paramedics arrived and administered Narcan. The girl was transported to UPMC Children’s Hospital and is in critical condition.
  No further information has been released.
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• Escaped Prisoner Found In Drainage Pipe After 6-Day Search

  04-05-2017 17:54
  
  JESSUP, Md. (AP) – Authorities say a prisoner who escaped from a Maryland psychiatric hospital was found hiding in a drainage pipe a half-mile away after a six-day search.
  Howard County Police Chief Gary Gardner said at a news conference Thursday that officers using night-vision equipment found 28-year-old David Watson on Wednesday night after a sighting nearby. Watson was serving more than 100 years in Delaware for a drive-by shooting that put bullet holes in an officer’s house.
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• Gin Recalled, Deemed Possibly ‘Unsafe’ Due To High Alcohol Content

  04-05-2017 17:26
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Canadian health officials have launched a nationwide recall of Bombay Sapphire gin after bottles were found to contain nearly double the typical amount of alcohol advertised.
  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency reports the gin “may be unsafe due to high alcohol content.” The bottles were discovered to contain 77 percent alcohol by volume rather than the typical 40 percent.
  The company said that up to 6,000 Bombay Sapphire bottles may be affected. The 1.
  
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• Sullivan: Crosby Skates, Continuing Rehab Process

  04-05-2017 17:15
  
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Sidney Crosby was back on the ice Thursday morning, but his status for Game 5 is still uncertain.
  Head coach Mike Sullivan confirmed that Crosby skated this morning, but would not elaborate on his status.#Pens Coach Sullivan confirms that Crosby skated this morning. Continues rehab process. “We’ll leave it at that. -SK
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• Pa. Special Education Teacher Blames Heroin Habit For Having Sex With Student

  04-05-2017 17:14
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A Philadelphia special education teacher who pleaded guilty to having sex with a student says she blames her actions on her heroin use.
  The Philadelphia Inquirer reports Stephanie Amato was sentenced Tuesday to county prison for having sex with a 14-year-old student. She could spend 11 ½ to 23 months behind bars.
  At sentencing, Amato apologized to the student and said it never would have happened if she weren’t using drugs.
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• Retailers Offering Deals/Freebies For Star Wars Day

  04-05-2017 16:53
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Star Wars fans are out in full force today.
  It’s May the Fourth, as in “may the fourth be with you.”
  The play on words morphed into Star Wars Day and fans have something to celebrate.
  This year marks the 40th anniversary of the original movie, “Star Wars: A New Hope.”
  In case you didn’t know, many stores are offering freebies in honor of Star Wars Day.
  Amazon has more than 600 deals listed online.
  Hallmark is offering 25 percent off o
  
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• Vandals Sought After Several Vehicles Spray-Painted In Arnold

  04-05-2017 16:15
  
  ARNOLD (KDKA) – Police are investigating after several vehicles were vandalized overnight in Arnold.
  According to police, the vandals used spray paint to target vehicles parked along Victoria and Leishman avenues.
  Bruce McMeans spent Thursday morning washing his daughter’s blue car, not because it was dirty, but because he wanted to remove spray paint. McMeans said it was the work of vandals.
  “She came out and seen it was all side windows, windshield, the hood was all painted o
  
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• Powerball ticket worth $100,000 sold in Allegheny County

  04-05-2017 16:07 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Powerball ticket sold at the Giant Eagle in Blawnox became a $100,000 winner in Wednesday night’s drawing, the Pennsylvania Lottery announced Thursday.
  
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• PTL Links: May 4, 2017

  04-05-2017 15:14
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
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  Smoothfest Weekend/Pittsburgh Cultural TrustPittsburgh Public Theater – “Death Of A Salesman”City Theatre – “Wild With Happy”
  Pittsburgh Musical Theater – “Tarzan”
  Prime Stage – “Perks Of Being A Wallflower”
  City Theatre “Ironbound”
  Front Porch Theatricals “Violet
  
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• 18-year-old dies after shooting blocks from Pittsburgh school

  04-05-2017 14:48
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• The Digs: Two journeys from Slovakia to the Mon Valley

  04-05-2017 14:42 via post-gazette.com
  
  Disease, coal and steel flung both John D. Lesko and Michael Cmar into the Monongahela Valley. There, the lives and families of these two Slovakian immigrants became intertwined. Click here to read more!
  
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• Britain’s Prince Philip To Cut Public Engagements

  04-05-2017 14:36
  
  LONDON (AP) – Buckingham Palace has announced that Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, will stop carrying out public engagements sometime between now and August.
  The palace said Thursday that the 95-year-old Philip will continue heading numerous charitable organizations but will not play an active role attending engagements.
  In the past Philip has suffered heart problems but has maintained a vigorous public schedule.
  Prime Minister Theresa May has expressed “our deepest
  
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• Police search for suspects in Hill District carjacking of pizza delivery man

  04-05-2017 14:30 via post-gazette.com
  
  A 25-year-old pizza delivery driver was carjacked at 10:55 p.m. Wednesday in the Hill District.
  
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• Police: Man held at knifepoint in Brighton Heights home invasion

  04-05-2017 14:14 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police are investigating a home invasion in Brighton Heights Wednesday night.
  
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• Google Warns Of Phishing Scam That Impersonates Google Docs

  04-05-2017 14:05
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Google is warning users to beware of a phishing scam spread by a fraudulent invitation to share a Google Doc.
  According to online reports – in particular, a detailed user thread on Reddit – clicking on the share link was taking users to a site that asked permission for a fake app calling itself “Google Docs” to access their accounts. If they agreed, the app would then send additional phishing emails to the users’ contacts.
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• Sheraden Shooting Leaves 1 Man Dead

  04-05-2017 13:43
  
  SHERADEN (KDKA) – Police are investigating after a young man was shot and killed in Sheraden Wednesday night.
  According to police, the shooting happened near the intersection of Allendale Street and Chartiers Avenue around 11:30 p.m.
  An 18-year-old male was taken to Allegheny General Hospital after being shot at least once in the head. He was pronounced dead at 1:33 a.m. Thursday. He has been identified as Juwan Jordan, of Pittsburgh.
  Jordan was a senior at the Pittsburgh Student Achieveme
  
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• Police: Driver killed after tailgating vehicle crashes on I-79

  04-05-2017 13:30 via post-gazette.com
  
  A 48-year-old Butler County woman was killed early Thursday in a two-vehicle crash in Mercer County.
  
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• Uber Eats Officially Launches In Pittsburgh

  04-05-2017 13:11
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Many people use Uber for the convenience of getting around.
  Now, Uber is rolling out a new app in our area to connect you with local restaurants.
  Imagine you are stuck at work and you feel your stomach growling. You don’t have time to leave the building and the vending machine options are looking paltry.
  Do you go hungry?
  Not with a new service rolling out in Pittsburgh today.
  “It connects you with delivery from your favorite local restaurants at the touch o
  
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• UberEats joins the endless stream of meal delivery services in Pittsburgh

  04-05-2017 12:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  When the late night surge of Philly cheesesteak and french fry orders pour in from hungry college students, they’re usually not coming in on the phone, said Joel Miller, manager of Oakland-based sandwich shop Campus Deli.
  
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• One wounded in Sheraden shooting overnight

  04-05-2017 11:38 via post-gazette.com
  
  One person has been hospitalized following a shooting in Sheraden late Wednesday night.
  
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• 18-year-old killed in Sheraden shooting

  04-05-2017 11:38 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police are asking for the public’s help in their investigation of a shooting that killed an 18-year-old man in Sheraden late Wednesday.
  
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