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• Woman, dead since 1997, receives almost $73,000 in pension payments

  02-09-2017 23:59
  
  The city of Wilmington, Delaware, has been sending pension payments to a woman who has been dead since 1997.
  
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• Clairton Humane Society Treating Emaciated Dog

  02-09-2017 23:53
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterCLAIRTON, Pa. (KDKA) — An emaciated dog is being treated at a Clairton humane society.
  According to officials at Who Rescued Who Humane Society, the dog was owned by an ex-animal control officer and another former animal control officer held the dog for four days without providing veterinary care.
  No charges have been filed at this point.A humane officer in Glassport, Pa., picked up the dog and rushed it to an emergency veterinary hospital for care. The do
  
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• A Tupac musical with Pittsburgh ties gets a second chance

  02-09-2017 23:47 via post-gazette.com
  ATLANTA — A rehearsal hall at the Southwest Arts Center here bursts at the seams with the sound of a young cast belting the lyrics to Tupac Shakur’s “Keep Ya Head Up,” with its powerful refrain: “Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman/I wonder why we take from our women/Why we rape our women, do we hate our women?”
  
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• UPDATE: Missing Ross teen found safe and unharmed

  02-09-2017 23:39
  
  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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• Woman dies after collision with Port Authority bus

  02-09-2017 23:26
  
  A Port Authority bus driver also injured.
  
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• Men vandalize church, one leaves naked, police say

  02-09-2017 23:25
  
  Two men were arrested after they broke into and vandalized a church, city police said.
  
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• Duquesne Police: Sexual assault reported in campus dorm overnight

  02-09-2017 23:03
  
  The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Sex Assault Unit is handling the investigation.
  
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• Steelers make final cuts to reach 53-man roster

  02-09-2017 22:59
  
  Here is a full list of cuts made by the Steelers before Saturday's NFL deadline to trim their roster to 53 players.
  
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• NBA star James Harden to donate $1M to aid in Harvey relief

  02-09-2017 22:51
  
  Some people criticized the star for not immediately helping those affected by the disaster.
  
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• Pitt Blows Lead Before Edging Youngstown State 28-21 In OT

  02-09-2017 22:50
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (AP) — Jester Weah hauled in an 11-yard touchdown pass on the opening possession of overtime to give Pittsburgh the lead and Bricen Garner picked off Youngstown State’s Hunter Wells in the end zone to help the Panthers hold off Youngstown State 28-21 in the opener for both teams on Saturday.
  Pitt (1-0) blew a 21-point point halftime lead and was dominated in the second half by the Penguins (0-1) before Weah’s acrobatic grab and the f
  
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• Barkley Dazzles In No. 6 Penn State’s 52-0 Win Over Akron

  02-09-2017 22:37
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Saquon Barkley racked up 226 total yards and two touchdowns to lead No. 6 Penn State to a 52-0 win over Akron in the season opener on Saturday.
  Quarterback Trace McSorley was 18 for 25 passing for 280 yards and two touchdowns to help Penn State’s high-octane offense pick up where it left off when the Big Ten champions won nine of their final 10 games last season. McSorley also ran for a touchdown.
  Although it rained heavily
  
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• 2nd Utah Police Officer On Paid Leave Over Nurse Arrest

  02-09-2017 22:18
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterSALT LAKE CITY (AP) – A second Salt Lake City police officer has been put on paid leave as authorities investigate the use of force in a nurse’s arrest.
  The July 26 incident captured on police body-camera video showed Detective Jeff Payne dragging nurse Alex Wubbels from a hospital and handcuffing her after she refused to allow blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient in a car-crash investigation.The video has caused outrage since it was release
  
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• A monkey named Spiderman dies in the US at age 43

  02-09-2017 22:13
  
  A monkey named Spiderman has died of cancer at a New York zoo at the unusually old age of 43.
  
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• Steelers trade Ross Cockrell to Giants

  02-09-2017 22:09
  
  Pittsburgh made its second trade of the day, sending cornerback Ross Cockrell to New York.
  
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• Ex-Police Officer Pleads In Drug Theft From Evidence Room

  02-09-2017 21:59
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterWASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) – A former part-time police officer has pleaded guilty to stealing suspected heroin after it was seized as evidence by a Pennsylvania police department.
  The (Washington) Observer-Reporter reports that 30-year-old James Johnson V of Carroll Township pleaded guilty Thursday in Washington County to misdemeanor counts of theft, misapplication of entrusted property, obstruction and evidence-tampering.
  Prosecutors said he took a sealed envel
  
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• Trump taps Pennsylvania congressman to be U.S. drug czar

  02-09-2017 20:49
  
  Tom Marino was an early supporter of Donald Trump and the first Pennsylvania congressman to endorse him in the presidential primary.
  
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• Upbeat Trump Pitches In At Shelter For Harvey Victims

  02-09-2017 20:46
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterHOUSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump cupped a boy’s face in his hands and then gave him a high-five. He snapped on latex gloves to hand out boxed lunches of hot dogs and potato chips. And he loaded relief supplies into vehicles, patted storm victims on the shoulder and declared the work “good exercise.”
  An upbeat and optimistic president visited with victims of Harvey on Saturday, touring a Houston mega-shelter housing hundreds of displa
  
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• Trumps Serve Lunch At Harvey Shelter

  02-09-2017 20:46
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterHOUSTON (AP) – President Donald Trump helped serve lunch at a Houston shelter for people displaced by Harvey.
  Wearing plastic gloves and a wide smile, Trump stood next to first lady Melania Trump and handed out hot dogs in white containers with the Red Cross logo.
  As he briefly served lunches, Trump shook hands and posed for photos. He was heard asking one man about his military service.
  The Trumps are on their second visit to Texas to survey damage from t
  
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• Justice Department: No evidence Obama wiretapped Trump Tower

  02-09-2017 20:43
  
  President Trump earlier this year made the stunning accusation about his predecessor.
  
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• Trump meets with Harvey victims in Houston

  02-09-2017 20:41
  
  The president is making a return trip to the storm-ravaged Gulf Coast area.
  
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• Library: Fines Can’t Be Paid With Chuck E. Cheese Tokens

  02-09-2017 20:14
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterDANVERS, Mass. (AP) – A Massachusetts library is reminding residents that Chuck E. Cheese tokens are not an acceptable form of payment for overdue book fines.
  Peabody Institute Library in Danvers, Massachusetts, posted on Facebook this week the library has had a surge of people attempting to pay fines and printing fees with tokens from Chuck E. Cheese and Bonkers- a Peabody amusement center -this summer.
  The library says the tokens are not legal tender and
  
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• Texas toxic waste sites flooded, EPA not on scene, AP reports

  02-09-2017 20:02
  
  The Superfund sites are designated as being among America’s most intensely contaminated places.
  
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• 2 Injured At Power Plant Released From Hospital; 2 Died

  02-09-2017 19:52
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterSHIPPINGPORT, Pa. (AP) – Authorities say two contractors who inhaled toxic fumes at a Pennsylvania power plant that killed two other workers have been released from the hospital.
  Another worker remains hospitalized but is improving.
  Enerfab Corp. chief executive officer Scott Anderson says the employees were discharged from the hospital Friday. He says a 43-year-old worker still hospitalized “continues to show signs of improvement.”
  Police said
  
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• Tiger dies at Pittsburgh Zoo

  02-09-2017 19:48
  
  Officials say death was sudden
  
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• Steelers trade Sammie Coates to Browns

  02-09-2017 19:36
  
  It looked like Sammie Coates was headed for a breakout year in 2016 before he injured two fingers following a 139-yard performance against the Jets.
  
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• Protective protest: "Bulletproof Professor" garbed against campus gun law

  02-09-2017 19:24
  
  The Kansas educator is not afraid of his students, but he has a reason for his unusual classroom attire.
  
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• Steelers Trade Coates, Cockrell For Draft Picks

  02-09-2017 19:07
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (AP) – The Pittsburgh Steelers have traded wide receiver Sammie Coates and cornerback Ross Cockrell in exchange for draft picks in the 2018 NFL Draft.
  Coates was sent to the Cleveland Browns, where the 2015 third-round pick will get a chance to revive his career.
  The Steelers also sent a seventh-round pick in the 2019 draft to Cleveland in exchange for a sixth-round pick in 2018.
  Coates caught 22 passes for 446 yards and two touchdowns across tw
  
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• Steelers Send WR Sammie Coates To Browns For Draft Pick

  02-09-2017 19:07
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (AP) – The Pittsburgh Steelers have traded wide receiver Sammie Coates to the Cleveland Browns, where the 2015 third-round pick will get a chance to revive his career.
  The Steelers also sent a seventh-round pick in the 2019 draft to Cleveland in exchange for a sixth-round pick in 2018.
  Coates caught 22 passes for 446 yards and two touchdowns across two seasons in Pittsburgh. He appeared headed for a breakout year in 2016, making at least one rec
  
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• Post-Harvey problems plague Texas as funerals begin

  02-09-2017 18:35
  
  The danger isn't over yet for Harvey evacuees who are returning to flood-ravaged homes and dragging sodden debris to the curbside.
  
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• Dell Foundation Pledges $36M For Texas Relief

  02-09-2017 18:11
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterHOUSTON (AP) – A foundation established by Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell and his wife has pledged $36 million for Harvey relief efforts in his hometown of Houston.
  The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation said Friday it will donate half the amount to launch the Rebuild Texas Fund with Gov. Greg Abbott, and is running a matching campaign through midnight Monday in which the foundation will match $1 for every $2 donated. The Rebuild Texas Fund aims to ra
  
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• Harvey shelves 'squabbles and debates' as Congress returns

  02-09-2017 18:04
  
  Lawmakers will return to Washington on Tuesday with a heavy workload.
  
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• Father Pleads To 3rd-Degree Murder In Death Of Daughter, 4

  02-09-2017 17:25
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPHILADELPHIA (AP) – A Philadelphia father accused of “carelessly and recklessly” waving a gun around a small bedroom with seven children present before it went off, killing his 4-year-old daughter, has pleaded guilty to third-degree murder.
  The Philadelphia Inquirer (http://bit.ly/2gxhK7Y) reports that 30-year-old Maurice Phillips entered an open guilty plea Friday to homicide and 16 other counts including child endangerment, reckless endangerm
  
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• 1 Killed In Accident Involving Port Authority Bus

  02-09-2017 17:08
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A woman was killed Saturday morning in an accident involving a Port Authority bus.
  The Allegheny County Police Department says the victim was a 41-year-old woman who was traveling on the 700 block of Pittsburgh-McKeesport Boulevard when she lost control of her vehicle.
  The victim was not wearing a seat belt and was on the phone when she struck a guardrail then struck the bus.
  There were no passengers in the victim’s car or on the
  
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• Operation Football: This week's high school football scores

  02-09-2017 17:03
  
  Follow real-time scoring updates on high school football games throughout the WPIAL and Pittsburgh's City League.
  
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• Woman dies in crash

  02-09-2017 16:56
  
  Port Authority bus driver also injured
  
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• Oldest Tiger At Pittsburgh Zoo Dies Suddenly

  02-09-2017 16:41
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Zoo has announced their oldest male tiger ‘Taiga’ died Thursday afternoon.
  Taiga went in for a dewclaw clip in the morning and recovered from the procedure but that afternoon, he passed away.The death of Taiga came just one day after the zoo announced the death of the elephant known as ‘Baby.’
  The necropsy showed Taiga had a large diaphragmatic hernia in his stomach and intestines.
  The hernia affec
  
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• School for the deaf's football team succeeds in silence

  02-09-2017 16:39
  
  Some may think this California team is at a disadvantage, but the players believe they have a unique edge.
  
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• Trump to meet Harvey victims, survey damage in Houston, Louisiana

  02-09-2017 16:14
  
  The president is making a return trip to the storm-ravaged Gulf Coast.
  
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• Pittsburgh Zoo reports its oldest male tiger died of hernia complication

  02-09-2017 16:07 via post-gazette.com
  The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium has said that the zoo’s oldest male tiger has died due to complications from a diaphragmatic hernia. 
  
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• Gas poured onto man's car in heated argument at Texas station

  02-09-2017 15:58
  
  Video shows tempers flaring during the fuel shortage in the the wake of Harvey.
  
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• Woman killed in bus-car crash on Dravosburg Hill

  02-09-2017 15:39 via post-gazette.com
  A woman was killed in a two-vehicle collision involving a Port Authority bus on Saturday morning on Pittsburgh-McKeesport Boulevard in Dravosburg.
  
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• In ‘Gasland’ Community, New Tests Revive Old Drilling Debate

  02-09-2017 15:18
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterDIMOCK, Pa. (AP) – The federal government is back for the first time in more than five years to investigate ongoing claims of contamination in a rural Pennsylvania community that became a battleground in the debate over gas drilling and fracking.
  The testing has resurrected old questions about the groundwater in Dimock, whose plight was the focus of the Emmy-winning documentary “Gasland.”
  State regulators say Houston-based Cabot Oil & Gas C
  
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• Woman In Critical Condition After 40-Feet Fall From Bridge

  02-09-2017 14:58
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterWHEELING, W.Va. (AP) – A woman who fell more than 40 feet from a bridge in West Virginia is in critical condition.
  News outlets report Wheeling Police Chief Shawn Schwertfeger says the woman fell from a walking trail bridge over Wheeling Creek Thursday morning. She was taken to the hospital for treatment. Her identity has not been released.
  Schwertfeger says the woman had crossed over the railing and was on the ledge of the bridge before she fell. Police b
  
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• Singer Tom Jones postpones US tour due to health issues

  02-09-2017 14:46
  
  The 77-year-old "It's Not Unusual" crooner sent his "sincerest apologies" to his fans.
  
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• Hear the tearful apology from DUI driver that hit school bus

  02-09-2017 13:59
  
  The emotional North Carolina man learned a valuable lesson and now knows "nothing is worth what I could have done."
  
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• Post-Harvey problems plague Texas as funerals for dead begin

  02-09-2017 13:44
  
  The danger isn't over yet for Harvey evacuees who are returning to flood-ravaged homes and dragging sodden debris to the curbside.
  
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• Who Vladimir Putin thinks will rule the world

  02-09-2017 13:34
  
  The Russian president says whichever nation makes advances in a certain technology will take hold of the future.
  
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• Residents Who Evacuated For Harvey Come Home To Devastation

  02-09-2017 13:23
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterCROSBY, Texas (AP) – Thousands of people who evacuated during Harvey are returning to see their devastated homes a week after the storm roared into Texas.
  Silvia Casas’ eyes welled with tears Friday as she surveyed the damage to what was once a working class, mostly Hispanic neighborhood near Crosby, Texas.
  Her cinderblock house was one of the few structures that hadn’t been moved by floodwaters. But inside, a pile of furniture and splintered b
  
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• US impact unknown as Hurricane Irma continues west as Category 2

  02-09-2017 11:55
  
  Hurricane Irma was once again at a Category 2 Saturday morning, just hours after being briefly upgraded to a Category 3
  
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• Vigil held to remember 12-year-old girl killed in tragic boating accident

  02-09-2017 11:14
  
  "Even the ones that weren't even there feel the emotions of what had happened just by talking amongst the fire department"
  
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