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• Pittsburgh council to vote on city clerk appointment

  24-08-2017 23:57 via post-gazette.com
  Pittsburgh City Council is poised to vote next week on a new city clerk.
  
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• FBI Investigating South Side Armed Bank Robbery

  24-08-2017 23:56
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterSOUTH SIDE (KDKA) — The FBI is investigating an armed bank robbery that happened on the South Side on Thursday afternoon.
  It happened at the First Commonwealth Bank in the 2500 block of East Carson Street just after 3 p.m.
  According to the FBI Pittsburgh Division, a man walked into the bank, displayed a handgun and demanded cash. He then fled the scene with an undetermined amount of money.The suspect is described as a white man, between 6-feet-1-inch and 6
  
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• Chaotic MLB game turns into brawl: Benches cleared 3 times; 8 tossed

  24-08-2017 23:56
  
  Hopefully teams saw that they needed enough players to finish the game.
  
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• City Takes Steps To Make Community’s Urban Farming Dream Come True

  24-08-2017 23:52
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterST. CLAIR (KDKA) — The St. Clair Village apartments were torn down in 2010, but instead of leaving a vacant lot, people in the area started dreaming.
  Years of hard work paid off Thursday as the city took steps to make those dreams come true.
  Instead of emptiness, the community saw sprawling farm land, fresh grown food and energy efficient homes.
  “You’ve taken a place that was vacant, blighted and turned it into something positive,” Allegh
  
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• Mount Oliver man held for trial in Penn Hills slaying

  24-08-2017 23:46 via post-gazette.com
  A Mount Oliver man arrested in connection with a fatal shooting in Penn Hills was held for trial on all charges after a preliminary hearing Wednesday at City Court.
  
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• Poison Control Seeing Increase In Calls About Over-The-Counter Supplements

  24-08-2017 23:45
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — For years now, Mr. Yuk has been the face of poison control, aimed at keeping kids away from dangerous medicines and products.
  But there are a growing number of calls to poison control centers nationwide, because of something you probably have in your home and think is totally safe – over-the-counter supplements.
  It’s a national pattern. There have been 275,000 calls between 2000 and 2012.
  The Pittsburgh Poison Control Cente
  
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• Greenfield Bridge painting will cause Parkway East delays Thursday, Friday nights

  24-08-2017 23:35 via post-gazette.com
  Motorists should expect heavy delays on the outbound Parkway East overnight Thursday and Friday, when traffic will be reduced from three lanes to one so crews can paint the new Greenfield Bridge above the highway.
  
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• Greenfield Bridge painting to cause Parkway East delays Friday night

  24-08-2017 23:35 via post-gazette.com
  Motorists should expect heavy delays on the outbound Parkway East overnight Friday, when traffic will be reduced from three lanes to one so crews can paint the new Greenfield Bridge above the highway.
  
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• Suspect In Several Fayette Co. Burglaries Caught During Attempted Break-In

  24-08-2017 23:33
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterUNIONTOWN (KDKA) — Authorities in Fayette County say they may have solved several recent burglaries with just one arrest.
  Investigators say alleged burglar Mark Douglas Miller, Jr.’s break-in at Pappy’s Restaurant in South Union Township was going well. That is, until restaurant employee Tim Shellhammer drove by and noticed something suspicious.
  “The front door of the business was open, but we were closed that day, and my boss wasn’
  
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• Large Asteroid Passing Earth Will Be Visible With Small Telescope

  24-08-2017 23:20
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A little more than a week after everyone turned their eyes to the sky for a solar eclipse, another celestial event is sure to capture the attention of space lovers.
  NASA says that Asteroid Florence will safely pass by Earth on Sept. 1. Florence, which is one of the largest near-Earth asteroids at about 2.7 miles wide, will come within 4.4 million miles of Earth.
  Because the asteroid is so large and so close to Earth, it will be visible
  
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• Woman shares picture of mark on her fingernail that turned out to be a sign of cancer

  24-08-2017 23:18
  
  It had been mistaken for a calcium deficiency.
  
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• Pittsburgh rapper "Jimmy Wopo" to be released from jail

  24-08-2017 23:16
  
  Jimmy Wopo aka Travon Smart will be free within 48 hours
  
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• Would you live in this '90s-themed mansion?

  24-08-2017 22:56
  
  The '90s called, and they want their house back.
  
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• Opioid epidemic not yet an official emergency

  24-08-2017 22:45
  
  Despite the president's announcement two weeks ago that the opioid crisis is "a national emergency," there has been no formal declaration from the administration.
  
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• Lawsuit claims PHEAA, Pennsylvania's student loan agency, mismanaged debt-forgiveness program

  24-08-2017 22:31
  
  PHEAA, one of the nation's largest student-loan companies, is accused of mismanaging programs that offer debt forgiveness to public servants.
  
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• What Food Do Pennsylvanians Hate Most? Dating App Finds Out

  24-08-2017 22:30
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — There are types of foods just about everyone loves to hate. Liver and onions, anyone?
  Then, there scrumptious delights just about everyone can’t get enough of. How about a delicious slice of warm cherry pie with ice cream on top?
  And there are foods that everyone disagrees on. Seems like the great olive debate never ends.
  So, what types of foods do Americans hate most? The dating app, Hater, set out to find out.
  After tracking th
  
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• Jay Thomas, 'Cheers' actor, dead at 69

  24-08-2017 22:27
  
  Jay Thomas, a comic and character actor whose credits include roles on "Cheers" and "Murphy Brown," has died after a battle with cancer.
  
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• Watch: ‘The Amazing Race’ Season 29 Amazing Moments

  24-08-2017 22:21
  The Amazing Race wrapped up its 29th season earlier this summer. This latest season saw 11 teams of strangers travel all over the world with the hopes of securing the coveted 1 million dollar grand prize. When the dust settled, it was the team of Brooke Camhi and Scott Flanary that stood victorious.
  This season was filled with too many memorable moments to count, but Amazing Race Host Phil Keoghan and E.P./Co-Creator Elise Doganieri did their best to bring you their picks for season 29’s M
  
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• Jeep sales are on the rise, and it could save Fiat Chrysler

  24-08-2017 22:17
  
  Jeep’s annual sales are expected to jump about 30 percent in 2018, up to 2 million vehicles.
  
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• How to identify and avoid card skimmers on ATMs and gas pumps

  24-08-2017 22:13
  
  State officials across Pennsylvania want you to know these six "best practices" to avoid a hidden skimmer that can steal your credit or debit card information.
  
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• U.S. Rep. Doyle to recognize 6 officers after two missed out on medal

  24-08-2017 22:07 via post-gazette.com
  During the start of a frenetic and dangerous 30-minute encounter between police and an armed carjacker in 2015, Tyrone Harris cracked off a shot at Allegheny County Sheriff’s Sgt. Kevin Faulds.
  
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• S.C. hostage situation ends with 1 dead, shooter wounded

  24-08-2017 21:56
  
  A restaurant owner said he thinks the gunman was fired and came back to get revenge.
  
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• One of the country's largest urban farms is underway at former St. Clair Village public housing project.

  24-08-2017 21:53 via post-gazette.com
  Aimee Mangham has found shoes, dolls, baby booties and jump ropes in the soil as she plows around the horseshoe that used to be Bonifay Street.
  
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• McGregor On Saturday’s Fight: ‘You Can’t Prepare For What I Bring’

  24-08-2017 21:53
  By Matt Citak
  While the fight between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather Jr. was only announced just over two months ago, the UFC star has been preparing for this fight since he was 12-years-old. McGregor trained as a boxer for several years before deciding to focus on other martial arts when he was about sixteen. But throughout his career in MMA, McGregor continued to box on the side.
  Packie Collins, the head coach of Celtic Warrior Gym in Dublin, has said in the past that McGregor would occas
  
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• Speed painter rapidly becoming big deal

  24-08-2017 21:41
  
  "Speed Painter" Cody Sabol's artwork is getting popular very quickly thanks to a recent viral post on social media.
  
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• Hostage situation ends after 'disgruntled employee' fatally shoots 1 in S.C.

  24-08-2017 21:36
  
  "This is not act of terrorism. This is not a hate crime. It's a disgruntled employee who has come on the scene of his employment," Charleston's mayor said.
  
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• 10th Street Bridge will be closed Saturday

  24-08-2017 21:36
  
  The 10th Street Bridge on Pittsburgh's South Side will be closed nearly all day Saturday while Peoples Gas crews work on a pipeline.
  
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• Bengal tiger cub confiscated from car at border crossing

  24-08-2017 21:31
  
  An 18-year-old US citizen said he had purchased the cub for $300 from a person in Mexico who was walking a full-sized tiger on a leash.
  
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• Trump hits McConnell for Senate crash of Obama health repeal

  24-08-2017 21:30
  
  The president doesn't believe "excessive expectations" is a valid excuse for the failure to repeal Obamacare.
  
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• Sears is shutting down more Kmart stores

  24-08-2017 21:12
  
  Nearly 30 more Kmart stores are being closed, in addition to 330 Sears or Kmart locations that have already been or are scheduled to be closed this year.
  
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• Hospital Worker Claims $758 Million Lottery Prize, Quits Job

  24-08-2017 21:00
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterBRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) — The Massachusetts woman who won the massive $758.7 million Powerball jackpot has quit her job at the hospital where she worked for three decades and says she wants to relax.
  Fifty-three-year-old Mavis L. Wanczyk, of Chicopee, worked at Mercy Medical Center for 32 years.
  She says she used birthdays to choose some of the numbers when she bought the winning Powerball ticket on Wednesday at a store in Chicopee.
  Lottery officials say she
  
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• Here's how to take care of your pets during a hurricane

  24-08-2017 20:55
  
  Ever wonder what you need to keep your pets safe during hurricane season?
  
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• Amazon Plans To Slash Prices At Whole Foods

  24-08-2017 20:54
  NEW YORK (AP) – Amazon will close its $13.7 billion buyout of Whole Foods Market Inc. on Monday and plans to cut prices on grocery staples.
  Starting Monday, Whole Foods will offer lower prices on staples including bananas, eggs, salmon, beef, and other products. Looking ahead, the Seattle company hopes to give Amazon Prime members special savings and other in-store benefits.
  Also, certain Whole Foods products will be available through Amazon.com, AmazonFresh, Prime Pantry and Prime Now.
  Wh
  
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• $758M Powerball winner: It's a 'pipe dream'

  24-08-2017 20:50
  
  Mavis Wanczyk just got a BIG payday.
  
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• Hospital Cited In Death Of Boy Placed Under Heating Blanket

  24-08-2017 20:49
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterHERSHEY, Pa. (AP) – The Health Department has cited a Pennsylvania hospital in the death of a 6-year-old boy whose temperature topped 107 degrees while he was under a special heating blanket.
  The state Health Department says that there are no records that the boy’s temperature was taken during a 10-hour period and that the Penn State Hershey Medical Center didn’t report the “serious event” until 77 days later. Such incidents are sup
  
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• Mom of 6 created the most efficient laundry room ever for $400

  24-08-2017 20:47
  
  She is an organization master!
  
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• Amazon-Whole Foods merger approved: Here's what it means to you

  24-08-2017 20:44
  
  The merger between Amazon and Whole Foods will close on Monday.
  
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• Man Gets Jail For Beating Mom, 72, For Changing TV Channel

  24-08-2017 20:42
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterEASTON, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania man enraged that his 70-year-old mother changed the TV channel will spend 11 to 23 months in jail for beating and choking her.
  Northampton County prosecutors tell The (Allentown) Morning Call that 42-year-old David Cantrell was upset about missing “Cool Runnings,” a comedy about a Jamaican bobsled team.
  Wednesday’s minimum sentence was four months longer than prosecutors and defense attorneys sought becau
  
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• Man Gets Jail For Beating Mom, 70, For Changing TV Channel

  24-08-2017 20:42
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterEASTON, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania man enraged that his 70-year-old mother changed the TV channel will spend 11 to 23 months in jail for beating and choking her.
  Northampton County prosecutors tell The (Allentown) Morning Call that 42-year-old David Cantrell was upset about missing “Cool Runnings,” a comedy about a Jamaican bobsled team.
  Wednesday’s minimum sentence was four months longer than prosecutors and defense attorneys sought becau
  
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• 5 things not to do during a hurricane

  24-08-2017 20:18
  
  These 5 mistakes can be dangerous and deadly.
  
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• Charleston Mayor: 1 Shot, Hostages Being Held

  24-08-2017 20:16
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterCHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a disgruntled employee shot one person and is holding hostages in a restaurant in an area of Charleston, South Carolina, that is popular with tourists.
  Mayor John Tecklenburg said at a news conference that the shooting Thursday at Virginia’s in downtown Charleston was not an act of terrorism or racism.
  Tecklenburg did not have the condition of the person shot, and said he didn’t know how many hostages rem
  
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• Charleston Hostage Situation Over; Gunman Wounded

  24-08-2017 20:16
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterCHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The mayor says a hostage situation in a Charleston, South Carolina, restaurant has ended with the gunman being shot by police.
  Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg said the restaurant employee shot by the gunman Thursday has died.
  Interim Charleston Police Chief Jerome Taylor says all the hostages at Virginia’s restaurant were rescued safely. He didn’t say how many there were.
  Tecklenburg says the man who took the hostages
  
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• Twitter Reacts As Josh Harrison Ends No-Hitter With Walk-Off Homer

  24-08-2017 20:07
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – On some level, you have to feel a little bad for Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Rich Hill, right?
  If you missed history Wednesday night, it went a little something like this:
  Hill took a perfect game into the ninth inning. Jordy Mercer, the first batter up in the inning, hit a sharp, but routine groundball to third. However, Logan Forsythe bobbled it and was charged with an error.
  Perfect game gone.
  Hill retired the next three batters he
  
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• Sears will close 28 more Kmart stores

  24-08-2017 20:04
  
  Sears is closing 28 more Kmart stores.
  
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• Insurance envelopes with large, clear windows revealed Pennsylvania patients' HIV status

  24-08-2017 19:59
  
  Aetna says "this type of mistake is unacceptable" and it's reviewing processes to ensure it never happens again.
  
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• This mom is going viral for her hilariously real Instagram pregnancy pics

  24-08-2017 19:58
  
  "I was so tired of seeing motherhood portrayed as perfect, flawless, and effortless on social media"
  
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• More Evacuations Ordered As Hurricane Harvey Bears Down On Texas

  24-08-2017 19:54
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterHOUSTON (AP) — Harvey intensified into a hurricane Thursday and steered for the Texas coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain, 125 mph winds and 12-foot storm surges in what could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the United States in almost a dozen years.
  Forecasters labeled Harvey a “life-threatening storm” that posed a “grave risk.” Millions of people braced for a prolonged battering that could swamp dozens of counties m
  
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• Harvey Now A Hurricane, Likely To Become Major

  24-08-2017 19:54
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterCORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Harvey is now Hurricane Harvey and is forecasting it will become a major hurricane to hit the middle Texas coastline.
  Sustained winds have reached 80 mph. A major hurricane means winds greater than 110 mph.
  Forecasters said a “life-threatening” storm surge along with rains and wind were likely as Harvey was intensifying faster than previously forecast.
  Landfall was e
  
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• Evacuations Ordered As Hurricane Harvey Bears Down On Texas

  24-08-2017 19:54
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterHOUSTON (AP) — The National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Harvey had strengthened to a Category 2 storm early Friday morning as it nears the Texas coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain, 125 mph winds and 12-foot storm surges in what could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the United States in almost a dozen years.
  Forecasters labeled Harvey a “life-threatening storm” that posed a “grave risk.” Millions of people braced
  
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• Point Park faculty vote 'no confidence' in school president

  24-08-2017 19:44 via post-gazette.com
  Citing long-simmering complaints over declining pay and staffing issues, Point Park University faculty have approved a vote of no confidence in school president Paul Hennigan.
  
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