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• Report: Ohio Man Facing Charges After Slitting Puppies’ Throats

  01-09-2017 23:34
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterMANSFIELD, Ohio (KDKA) — An Ohio man was arrested this week after he allegedly slit several puppies’ throats.
  WMFD.com reports that 38-year-old Christopher Vandenberg is facing a fifth-degree felony charge of prohibitions concerning companion animals.
  According to WMFD, a woman called emergency services on Wednesday after she found that four of her five pitbull puppies’ throats had been cut.
  (Photo Credit: Humane Society of Richland County/Face
  
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• New Greenfield Bridge expected to open by mid-October

  01-09-2017 23:34 via post-gazette.com
  The new Greenfield Bridge above the Parkway East is expected to open by mid-October, Pittsburgh city spokeswoman Katie O’Malley said Friday.
  
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• Midtown Towers Residents Endure A Year Of Hardships After Devastating Fire

  01-09-2017 23:30
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — When flames and thick smoke filled the Midtown Towers in the early morning hours of May 15, the residents fled, but Kathryn Fullone remained fast asleep.“I was in a deep sleep, I was. And me having hard time of hearing, I did not hear the alarm, but I heard him,” said Fullone.
  She was saved only by the loud squawking of her pet parrot, Cleo.“When I heard him and saw the smoke coming in my apartment, that’s when
  
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• Veteran chains himself to his house in protest to city project

  01-09-2017 23:24
  
  “This house was built 155 years ago.”
  
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• Fans Line Up For Hours To Get Hands On Latest ‘Star Wars’ Merchandise

  01-09-2017 23:07
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – People in Pittsburgh stand in long line for all sorts of things, like Steelers or Penguins playoff tickets.
  Today, a bunch of people were waiting outside a Toys ‘R’ Us store, even though Black Friday is just about three months away.
  The line was made up of “Star Wars” fans waiting for hours to get their hands on items from the next movie in the popular series.
  “We have done it every year for the past three
  
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• ​Behold the beard of bees​ - Man allows bees to hang out on his face

  01-09-2017 23:02
  
  A man decided to allow several live bees hang out on his face.
  
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• Full Interview: Pitt Head Coach Pat Narduzzi

  01-09-2017 23:01
  
  Pittsburgh's Action Sports Director, Andrew Stockey, caught up with Pitt Head Coach Pat Narduzzi.
  
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• NFL Clears Martavis Bryant For Regular Season Practice, Games

  01-09-2017 22:41
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  PITTSBURGH (AP/KDKA) – Martavis Bryant‘s long road back to the NFL is complete.
  The NFL granted the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver permission to participate in regular season games on Friday, nearly 18 months after Bryant was suspended for violating the league’s substance abuse policy.#Steelers WR Martavis Bryant has been cleared for regular season practices and games, the NFL announced today.
  — Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 1, 2
  
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• National Weather Service warns of fake forecast flitting around social media

  01-09-2017 22:35
  
  Don't believe everything you read about Irma.
  
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• NFL clears Martavis Bryant for regular season games and practice

  01-09-2017 22:32
  
  The NFL cleared Steelers receiver Martavis Bryant for regular season games and practices on Friday.
  
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• Contest Pits Pittsburgh Against Other Cities For America’s ‘Sorriest Bus Stops’

  01-09-2017 22:21
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Two bus stops here in Pittsburgh are in the running to become one of the sorriest bus stops in the country.
  StreetsBlog USA holds the annual tournament every year, allowing people to vote for the worst.
  One is in Munhall, where riders are let off in a tight area between a road and a rolling hill.
  The other is under the Duquesne University overpass.You can play along and vote at home.
  To vote for the Duquesne University stop, click here
  
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• Federal fuel waiver extended to Pittsburgh area, as gas prices spike after Harvey

  01-09-2017 22:13
  
  A federal waiver to ease enforcement of certain gasoline regulations will apply to the Pittsburgh region, where drivers are already seeing a sharp rise in gas prices after Hurricane Harvey.
  
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• Harvey aid package likely vehicle for debt ceiling increase

  01-09-2017 22:12
  
  Congress must act by Sept. 29 to increase the country's $19.9 trillion debt limit.
  
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• Serena Williams gives birth to baby girl

  01-09-2017 22:03
  
  Tennis star Serena Williams is a mom.
  
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• Le'Veon Bell shows up at #Steelers HQ after skipping training camp and preseason games

  01-09-2017 21:50
  
  WTAE video showed Le'Veon Bell arriving at the Pittsburgh Steelers' offices on Friday -- the morning after the team's final preseason game.
  
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• Neighbors chase down hit-and-run driver

  01-09-2017 21:49
  
  When a 17-year-old driver tried to run from the scene of an accident, bystanders didn’t let him get away.
  
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• Bus driver remains calm when 5th grader head butts him

  01-09-2017 21:49
  
  Video shows an altercation between an aggravated student and a bus driver. Officials say the driver did everything right.
  
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• Player safety is goal of new tackling rings

  01-09-2017 21:48
  
  Youth football coaches say fewer kids are joining their team due to concussion concerns. Tackling rings are designed to ease some of that concern.
  
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• Local tragedy inspires movement to help Harvey victims at Indiana, Pa. clothing shop

  01-09-2017 21:21
  
  580 Philadelphia St. in Indiana, Pennsylvania, used to be a men's barber shop. Today, it couldn't be further from what it was -- yet it's connected in more ways than one.
  
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• Ohio men on jet skis make rescues in Houston

  01-09-2017 21:14
  
  Two men from Cincinnati went to Texas with jet skis because they couldn't stand to sit and not help.
  
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• 15 Things You Didn’t Know About WWE Giant Braun Strowman

  01-09-2017 21:08
  Braun Strowman is a relatively new face in the WWE, and his star keeps rising. The WWE’s newest big man joins a long history of wrestling giants that includes The Undertaker, The Big Show, Mark Henry, King Kong Bundy and, of course, Andre The Giant.
  The 6-foot-8, 385-pound monstrosity of a man gained instant popularity as a member of the Wyatt Family, and has since electrified crowds with his feats of strength in and around the ring. He most recently helped headline WWE’s SummerSlam
  
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• Vermont brewery offers hemp-infused beer

  01-09-2017 21:07
  
  A Vermont brewery is offering a beer mixed with an unconventional ingredient: hemp-infused honey.
  
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• Attendants Against Opening Pittsburgh Airmall To Shoppers

  01-09-2017 20:56
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterIMPERIAL, Pa. (AP) – The Association of Professional Flight Attendants opposes a plan to allow non-flyers to shop at the Airmall at Pittsburgh International Airport.
  The Airmall, a collection of shops and restaurants, has been off-limits to all but ticketed passengers since extra security was installed after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
  The union wants the Transportation Security Administration to stop the Airmall plan – set to begin Tuesday
  
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• Fantasy Football TE Breakout Candidates

  01-09-2017 20:55
  By Matt Citak
  With opening kickoff right around the corner, it’s time to prepare for your upcoming fantasy football draft. Most fantasy rosters consist of a majority of proven veterans, some young upside players with potential, and maybe a rookie or two. Finding and selecting potential breakout players before the rest of your league is one of the best parts about participating in fantasy football. It helps your team become stronger, and normally will come at an affordable price on draft da
  
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• Washington couple wants changes - and a copy of the tape - after 6-year-old son injured on school bus

  01-09-2017 20:33 via post-gazette.com
  When their 6-year-old son made his way down the steps to get off the school bus on the second day of school last week, Mark and Kathy DiMeglio knew something was wrong.
  
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• Shark spotted near man who swam 4,000 feet into ocean to elude police

  01-09-2017 20:28
  
  A man swam about 4,000 feet into the ocean while attempting to flee from police, but ended up with more than just police chasing him.
  
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• Pittsburgh-Area Agricultural Business Taking Feed, Supplies To Texas

  01-09-2017 20:26
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterEIGHTY FOUR, Pa. (KDKA) — A Pittsburgh-area agricultural business is sending feed and supplies to Texas.
  The Agway in Eighty Four, Pa., is sending feed and supplies with SydMor Stables to Texas to help out those affected by Hurricane Harvey.
  Volunteers filled seven trailers and two RVs with thousands of pounds of horse and cattle feed and supplies.
  “Agway has given us an opportunity to make this a drop zone,” Bob Hutton of SydMor Stables said.
  
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• Trump to visit Texas again, Louisiana Saturday following storms

  01-09-2017 20:07
  
  President Donald Trump will visit Texas again and head to Louisiana this weekend as people recover from widespread flooding and damage.
  
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• UPMC adds 7 new hospitals to its health network

  01-09-2017 20:05
  
  The Pittsburgh area's dominant health network has over 25 hospitals and employs more than 70,000 people, making it the largest non-government employer in Pennsylvania.
  
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• Ross Township police need help to find missing 17-year-old boy

  01-09-2017 19:57
  
  Ross Township police are asking for tips from the public as they try to find a teenage boy who hasn't been home since Thursday morning.
  
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• Beth Mowins To Become NFL On CBS’s First Female Play-By-Play Announcer

  01-09-2017 19:55
  By Matt Citak
  Beth Mowins is no stranger to making history. When she began calling college football games for ESPN in 2005, she became only the second woman to call nationally televised college football games for the network. Twelve years later, Mowins is ready to blaze a new trail. She will be in the booth for the second half of ESPN’s Monday Night Football doubleheader on September 11th, calling the matchup between the Los Angeles Chargers and Denver Broncos. Mowins will become just the
  
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• Ross Police Searching For Missing Teen

  01-09-2017 19:44
  ROSS TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Police are searching for a missing teenager in Ross Township.
  Police say 17-year-old Renton Reel hasn’t been home since Thursday morning.
  Reel is 5-feet-9-inches tall and between 130 and 145 pounds. He has short brown hair.
  (Photo Credit: Ross Police Department)
  According to police, Reel’s family has had some contact with him and they believe he ran away. Police have received some reports that Reel is still in the North Hills area.
  Anyone with information
  
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• Missing Teen Found Safe By Ross Police

  01-09-2017 19:44
  ROSS TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A teenager who was reported missing in Ross Township has been found safe.Police said Friday that 17-year-old Renton Reel hadn’t been home since Thursday morning.
  According to police, Reel’s family had some contact with him and they believed he ran away. Police had received reports that Reel was still in the North Hills area.
  Police reported late Saturday morning that Reel had been found safe by Ross Police, and he was reunited with his family.
  
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• KDKA Joins 100.7 Star’s ‘Toss To Texas’ Campaign For Harvey Relief

  01-09-2017 19:37
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (KDKA) — KDKA is joining 100.7 Star’s campaign to raise money for Hurricane Harvey relief.
  Bubba and Melanie of 100.7 Star’s “Bubba Show” kicked off the campaign Wednesday.
  The campaign asks those challenged to make a $10 donation to the Pittsburgh-based charity Brother’s Brother Foundation to support Hurricane Harvey relief efforts, and post a video to social media with the hashtag #TossToTexas to spread the word.
  
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• More local rescues getting hurricane dogs

  01-09-2017 19:04 via post-gazette.com
  Hurricane Harvey Dogs are coming to Animal Friends, thanks to volunteers with Pittsburgh Aviation Animal Rescue Team. Shelter staff are urging local animal lovers to adopt dogs currently in the Ohio Township shelter to make way for dogs from Texas.
  
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• Hurricane Harvey Dogs Coming To Animal Friends

  01-09-2017 19:04 via post-gazette.com
  Hurricane Harvey Dogs are coming to Animal Friends, thanks to volunteers with Pittsburgh Aviation Animal Rescue Team. Shelter staff are urging local animal lovers to adopt dogs currently in the Ohio Township shelter to make way for dogs from Texas.
  
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• Animal Rescue Team Bringing Texas Shelter Dogs To Pittsburgh

  01-09-2017 18:46
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A number of dogs that were waiting to be adopted in Texas shelters are coming to Pittsburgh, giving those shelters room to take in animals displaced by Hurricane Harvey.
  Animals Friends said Friday that they have partnered with the Pittsburgh Aviation Animal Rescue Team (PAART) to fill planes with supplies for animal shelters in Texas.
  PAART will fly to San Antonio and deliver the supplies.
  “We have been in constant contact with s
  
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• Fellowship meeting set in Monongahela

  01-09-2017 18:26
  The Monongahela chapter of the Mary & Martha Joy Fellowship of Come Together in Jesus Name will hold its monthly meeting of praise and worship Thursday in the parlor at First Presbyterian Church of Monongahela, Sixth and Chess streets, with Patty Becker ministering.
  
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• Report: RB Le’Veon Bell Ends Holdout, Reports To Steelers

  01-09-2017 18:18
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Le’Veon Bell is back with the Pittsburgh Steelers as they prepare for the upcoming season.
  According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Le’Veon Bell has reported to camp.Le’Veon Bell officially has reported back to Steelers, as he said he would on Sept. 1.
  — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 1, 2017Le'Veon Bell has left Steelers' training facility…to go take his physical. Once he passes, he then can sign and get ready for Browns.
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• Beechview man, 23, ordered to stand trial in group home coworker's slaying

  01-09-2017 18:17 via post-gazette.com
  Defense attorneys for a 23-year-old man who fatally shot a 50-year-old coworker on Aug. 4 laid the groundwork for self-defense during a preliminary hearing in City Court, Downtown on Friday.
  
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• Keidel: Matthew Stafford Deserves The Record Contract

  01-09-2017 18:06
  By Jason Keidel
  NFL fans are more cynical than you might think. Case in point came this week, when the Detroit Lions signed Matthew Stafford to the richest contract in NFL history, which included $92 million in guaranteed cash. Those of us, or most of us, well beyond the city limits of Ford, Eminem or 8 Mile saw this as a prudent move, placating a franchise player on arguably the most forlorn franchise in the sport.
  We’ve heard the stats, how Stafford has not won the big game, or a big gam
  
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• Keidel: Matthew Stafford Deserves Record Contract

  01-09-2017 18:06
  By Jason Keidel
  NFL fans are more cynical than you might think. Case in point came this week, when the Detroit Lions signed Matthew Stafford to the richest contract in NFL history, which included $92 million in guaranteed cash. Those of us, or most of us, well beyond the city limits of Ford, Eminem or 8 Mile saw this as a prudent move, placating a franchise player on arguably the most forlorn franchise in the sport.
  We’ve heard the stats, how Stafford has not won the big game, or a big gam
  
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• Judge Tosses Most Serious Charges In Penn State Frat Death

  01-09-2017 17:43
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterBELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP/KDKA) — A judge threw out involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault charges Friday against members of a Penn State fraternity in the alcohol-related hazing death of a pledge, ordering 12 of the young men to stand trial on less serious counts.
  The ruling, issued without explanation by District Justice Allen Sinclair, was a stinging defeat for prosecutors in one of the biggest and most harrowing hazing cases ever brought in the U.S.
  
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• Judge: 12 Penn State Frat Brothers Go On Trial

  01-09-2017 17:43
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterBELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — A judge has ordered 12 members of a Penn State fraternity to stand trial in a pledge’s death but has thrown out the most serious charges, including involuntary manslaughter and felony counts of aggravated assault.
  District Justice Allen Sinclair dismissed charges against four frat brothers.
  He issued the ruling Friday after a seven-day preliminary hearing. Two other students previously agreed to have their cases go to trial.JUS
  
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• Allegheny Intermediate Unit provides homeless students with back-to-school clothing, supplies

  01-09-2017 17:00 via post-gazette.com
  Staffers with the Allegheny Intermediate Unit’s homeless education program have spent the summer purchasing school clothes and stuffing backpacks for needy students.  
  
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• Pittsburgh Artist Painting Over Stephen Foster Mural

  01-09-2017 16:52
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – A Pittsburgh artist isn’t waiting for protesters – he’s already painting over a building mural depicting American composer Stephen Foster.
  A statue of Foster elsewhere in the city has drawn criticism amid Confederate statue controversies in various parts of the country. The Pittsburgh statue shows the 19th century songwriter standing next to a black man plucking a banjo. Critics say it is racist and demeaning. Others say it shows Foster drew inspiration
  
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• Steubenville man who ran major drug ring sentenced to at least 6 years

  01-09-2017 16:48 via post-gazette.com
  One of two brothers who ran a Chicago-supplied drug ring that flooded the small towns of the Ohio Valley with heroin will serve more than six years in federal prison.
  
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• Steubenville man who helped run major drug ring sentenced to at least 6 years

  01-09-2017 16:48 via post-gazette.com
  One of two brothers who ran a Chicago-supplied drug ring that flooded the small towns of the Ohio Valley with heroin will serve more than six years in federal prison.
  
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• Charges filed against owner of defunct Latitude 360 entertainment venue

  01-09-2017 16:32 via post-gazette.com
  The Allegheny County District Attorney's Office has charged the former owner of Latitude 360, a defunct entertainment complex in Robinson, with multiple bad checks counts in connection with bounced checks paid to employees after the business closed in March 2016.
  
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• Monroeville Mall adding a gym and an escape room to the retail mix

  01-09-2017 16:30 via post-gazette.com
  Shoppers at Monroeville Mall will be able to hit the gym before they hit the food court in the next few weeks. 
  
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