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• ‘It’s Unbearable’: Pittsburgh Mother Struggles To Contact Daughter On Dominica

  20-09-2017 23:55
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Eva Lucas went through a mother’s hell.
  “Please just tell me if my daughter’s name is on the list,” she pleaded Wednesday afternoon with an operator at Ross University in Florida.
  Her daughter, 26-year-old Erica Green, is slated to graduate from the Ross University School of Medicine on the island of Dominica in December. Dominica took a direct hit from Hurricane Maria on Monday. Lucas was on the phone with the
  
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• 8-year-old football players kneel during national anthem

  20-09-2017 23:40
  
  “As long as I have support of my parents and team, I’m perfectly fine, and I'm covered under the First Amendment to peacefully protest and assemble."
  
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• Santorum in the fray as part of team trying to dismantle Obamacare

  20-09-2017 23:27 via post-gazette.com
  WASHINGTON – Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum has been out of office for more than a decade and has been so far out of the political fray that political operatives in his home state of Pennsylvania haven’t heard from him in many months.
  
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• Rick Santorum in the fray as part of team trying to dismantle Obamacare

  20-09-2017 23:27 via post-gazette.com
  WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum has been out of office for more than a decade and has been so far out of the political fray that political operatives in his home state of Pennsylvania haven’t heard from him in many months.
  
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• Maria downgrades to Category 2 hurricane, winds at 110 mph

  20-09-2017 23:13
  
  The Puerto Rico Office of Emergency Management is reporting 100 percent of the island is without power
  
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• Man Convicted Of Assaulting Teen ‘Gifted’ To Him By Parents Faces Up To 87 Years

  20-09-2017 23:12
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  DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania man convicted of sexually assaulting six girls from the same family, fathering two children with one of them, has been sentenced to 30 to 87 years in prison.
  Authorities say the girls’ parents had “gifted” their oldest daughter to 52-year-old Lee Donald Kaplan because he helped them financially when they broke with their Amish faith.
  Kaplan was sentenced Wednesday in Bucks County court on multiple co
  
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• Underground comedians in Pittsburgh push for laughs through open mics, events

  20-09-2017 23:10 via post-gazette.com
  As a room of about 15 people took down various drinks and looked intently to the stage, Isaiah “Izzy” Rhue tightly clutched a microphone and with bright eyes told the audience, “So yeah, I like to get high and watch ‘Animal Planet’ and um, root for the predators.” A roar of laughter followed, as well as a struggled attempt by some to hold down their drinks. It was one of many jokes shared on stage at Pints on Penn Bar and Grill in Lawrenceville, during a 15-mi
  
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• Inmates escape, steal from business, sneak back into jail

  20-09-2017 23:02
  
  "You're already in jail, but you want to break out and break back in jail, that is just something. I heard it all.."
  
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• This dad built his daughters the most incredible backyard playhouse

  20-09-2017 22:58
  
  "If love was a building, this is how I would build it."
  
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• Landlord suing Trib Total Media for five years of future rent

  20-09-2017 22:52 via post-gazette.com
  The company that owns the North Shore property where the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review was headquartered for 18 years is suing the company for $5 million.
  
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• Video shows flood waters from Hurricane Maria rush down street

  20-09-2017 22:49
  
  Video shows flood waters from Hurricane Maria rush down the street in Guayama, Puerto Rico, leaving the island without power.
  
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• Trial begins for man in Allentown beating death, fire

  20-09-2017 22:47 via post-gazette.com
  The prosecution said that Jawwaad Ali told three different stories about how John Connors was killed and that none of them made any sense. 
  
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• 21st Street Coffee and Tea may close in the Strip District

  20-09-2017 22:46 via post-gazette.com
  There may soon be one less coffee shop in the Strip District where customers can work remotely and drink good coffee. After a more than 10-year run, the Smallman location for 21st Street Coffee and Tea may be closing by the end of next month since the lease is up and the owners say they cannot afford the rent hike.
  
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• Ex-Penn State president's suit against ex-FBI boss dismissed

  20-09-2017 22:28
  
  A defamation lawsuit filed by Penn State's former president against former FBI director Louis Freeh has been thrown out.
  
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• 'Sabrina The Teenage Witch' is getting a 'Riverdale'-style reboot

  20-09-2017 22:18
  
  With a dark tone in the vein of 'Rosemary's Baby' and 'The Exorcist'.
  
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• Man sentenced to 40 years after murdering man who sexually abused his daughter

  20-09-2017 22:14
  
  "My father was protecting me, like a father should do. He is an amazing father — actually the best. He loves us so much."
  
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• Johnstown Man Charged For Allegedly Groping Child

  20-09-2017 22:10
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  GREENSBURG (KDKA) — A Johnstown man is accused of groping a child at a Greensburg hotel Tuesday night.
  It happened just before 9 p.m. at the Knights Inn.
  According to a criminal complaint, witnesses told police that they saw 45-year-old Joseph Celmer, Jr., playing with boys outside their hotel room. The witnesses then saw Celmer pick up a 7-year-old boy, groping him.
  The boy’s parents also witnessed the groping.
  The criminal complaint says when offi
  
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• Hilarious fanny pack creates instant 'Dad bod'

  20-09-2017 22:05
  
  Would you wear this fanny pack that looks like a hairy man's stomach?
  
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• Convenience store owner dubbed Clint Eastwood shoots at fifth would-be thief

  20-09-2017 21:59
  
  Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya' punk?
  
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• Equifax tweets fake phishing site to concerned customers

  20-09-2017 21:54
  
  The mistake comes not long after a massive hack that affected 143 million of the credit agency's customers.
  
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• Search for survivors continues after earthquake kills at least 225

  20-09-2017 21:49
  
  The Mexico City government says 52 people have been rescued from the rubble of collapsed buildings in the capital following Tuesday’s powerful earthquake.
  
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• Dunlap: Worry About Your Team

  20-09-2017 21:47
  Follow 93-7 The Fan: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) – We just can’t mind our own damn business.
  Really, we can’t.
  Sports — like life — would be so much better if we could.
  Last weekend James Franklin at Penn State caused quite the ruckus — for some reason. You know the story by now, Penn State was blowing out Tomato Can Rent-A-Victim State in the final minute and the coach for Tomato Can Rent-A-Victim State decided to try a field goal to break the
  
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• White supremacist ad displayed at college stirs controversy

  20-09-2017 21:40
  
  "They're doing it in a way that, they're trying to be hip and cool, give people a chance to gather, and not really understand what they're gathering around."
  
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• Most popular baby names in every U.S. state in 2016

  20-09-2017 21:38
  
  See what names topped the list in your state!
  
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• Wandering goat's trip ends at Massachusetts hotel

  20-09-2017 21:33
  
  "Tom Brady was not the only goat running wild this past weekend."
  
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• Student Wrestler, Staff Credited With Saving Coach During Medical Emergency

  20-09-2017 21:10
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  GREENSBURG, Pa. (KDKA) — A college wrestler and other Seton Hill University staff members are being credited with saving the life of a long-time assistant coach when he suffered a medical emergency.
  According to a university spokesperson, volunteer assistant coach Mark Marshall had a medical emergency Tuesday while at practice.
  The team’s student assistant Ty Lydic called 911 and the athletic department’s head trainer Jordan Blair while head c
  
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• Murray, Reaves To Play As Pens Battle Detroit In Preseason Home Opener

  20-09-2017 20:42
  Follow 93-7 The Fan: Facebook | TwitterCRANBERRY TOWNSHIP (93-7 The Fan) – Following Tuesday night’s 4-3 overtime loss to the Buffalo Sabres at Penn State’s Pegula Ice Arena, the Pittsburgh Penguins now prepare for Wednesday’s home preseason opener against the Detroit Red Wings at PPG Paints Arena.
  For the second straight night, Mike Sullivan will sit his top players – Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Phil Kessel and Kris Letang.
  But the team’s undisputed top goa
  
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• Opioid Crisis Has Lowered U.S. Life Expectancy, Study Finds

  20-09-2017 20:35
  CBS Local — The nationwide opioid epidemic in America has affected millions of people and already cost tens of thousands of lives. New research from the U.S. government has now revealed that the national crisis is also cutting into the average life expectancy in the U.S.
  According to a CDC report, published by the Journal of the American Medical Association, the skyrocketing number of opioid deaths in the country has shaved more than two months off the average American lifespan. The C
  
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• Tackle Football Before Age 12 Can Cause Brain Damage, Study Says

  20-09-2017 20:19
  CBS Local — A new study is revealing even more unsettling news for kids who play tackle football at a young age. According to researchers at Boston University, playing the sport before the age of 12 can lead to future brain disorders later in life.
  The study, published in the journal Nature Translational Psychiatry, claims younger children had twice the risk of issues with behavioral regulation and apathy, as well as three times the risk of depression than those who started playi
  
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• State’s Credit Rating Downgraded, Will Cost Taxpayers Money

  20-09-2017 20:19
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  HARRISBURG, Pa. (KDKA) – Standard & Poor’s has downgraded Pennsylvania’s credit rating.
  “Standard & Poor’s lowered the rating to A+ from AA-, largely to reflect what we view as a chronic structural imbalance,” S&P Global Ratings analyst Carol Spain told KDKA money editor Jon Delano on Monday.
  Spain, who wrote the report, says the A+ rating is the third worst rating of a state, exceeded only by New Jersey and Illin
  
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• Pennsylvania Takes Credit Ratings Hit Amid Budget Fight

  20-09-2017 20:19
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  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania’s credit rating is taking a hit, another black eye in the nearly three-month budget stalemate between Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and the Republican-controlled Legislature.
  The credit rating agency Standard and Poor’s on Wednesday lowered its rating on Pennsylvania’s debt. That’s the second downgrade it has slapped on Pennsylvania in three years as budget makers have struggled to pull the state out
  
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• Maria downgraded to Category 3 as storm continues its assault on Puerto Rico

  20-09-2017 20:14
  
  The Puerto Rico Office of Emergency Management is reporting 100 percent of the island is without power
  
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• Malware that steals personal data targets popular Android apps like Instagram, Chase Bank

  20-09-2017 20:12
  
  Red Alert 2.0, a type of malware that can create fake log-in pages for more than 60 popular banking and social media apps, is targeting Android devices.
  
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• This woman's dream home turned into a toxic mold nightmare

  20-09-2017 20:10
  
  A mother of two put all of her life savings into buying a house that ended up poisoning her family.
  
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• Chronicle: In Harm's Way to air on WTAE Channel 4 Sept. 20

  20-09-2017 20:04
  
  Chronicle: In Harm's Way is a critical investigation into Pennsylvania's struggling child welfare system.
  
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• Trial Into Police Shooting Is One Of ‘Perspective,’ Lawyers Say

  20-09-2017 20:01
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  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Attorneys told a federal jury that a trial into whether a white Pittsburgh police officer violated the rights of a black man by shooting and paralyzing him as he sped away from a traffic stop is one of perspective.
  Attorney Joseph Santarone Jr. told the jury they must, “Look at it from the officers’ standpoint,” in his opening statement Wednesday on behalf of Officers David Derbish and Andrew Miller. Miller’s accu
  
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• In Holy Day sermons, rabbis seek unifying words

  20-09-2017 20:00 via post-gazette.com
  With the sounding of the shofar, or ram’s horn, Jews throughout the region and the world on Wednesday night will begin their commemoration of Judaism’s new year and the High Holy Days, marked by introspection, repentance and resolve to do better in the year to come. 
  
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• Showtime Boxing Announces Deontay Wilder vs. Luis Ortiz Heavyweight Title Fight Set For November 4th

  20-09-2017 19:53
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  WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder has successfully defended his title five times since winning it by unanimous decision in a 2015 bout with Bermane Stiverne. The last title defense was in February of this year against Gerald Washington when Wilder won by TKO in the 5th round in his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. Since that fight, there’s been questions about who Wilder would fight next. Well, we now have our answer.
  Today, Showtime Boxing
  
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• Harrison Ford said 'Blade Runner: 2049' is the 'best script he's ever read'

  20-09-2017 19:45
  
  This might be the nicest thing Harrison Ford has ever said!
  
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• Frontier Airlines is ending Pittsburgh-to-Las Vegas flights

  20-09-2017 19:26
  
  Frontier is continuing to scale back its presence at Pittsburgh International Airport.
  
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• GOP's Collins 'leaning no' on new Republican health care plan

  20-09-2017 19:24
  
  Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said she is “leaning no” on a GOP plan to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act.
  
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• Officers throw punches, man stunned by taser during arrest caught on video outside PPG Paints Arena

  20-09-2017 19:19
  
  An officer responded to the intersection of Mario Lemieux Place and Centre Avenue outside PPG Paints Arena for reports of a man spotted with a possible warrant.
  
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• Jake LaMotta, boxing's 'Raging Bull,' dies at 95

  20-09-2017 19:02
  
  The fighter's struggles outside of the ring were the subject of an acclaimed film by Martin Scorsese.
  
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• Forecast: Warm and humid; possible scattered showers

  20-09-2017 18:57
  
  A scattered shower/storm is possible south and west of the city today. Warm and humid conditions will continue into early next week.
  
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• Netflix users, beware of this email scam

  20-09-2017 18:42
  
  The email looks very convincing.
  
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• Pipe-wielding suspect killed by officers was deaf, police say

  20-09-2017 18:41
  
  The Oklahoma City officers were investigating a hit-and-run before the shooting.
  
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• This makeup artist's viral faceless void pictures are terrifying

  20-09-2017 18:34
  
  And perfect inspiration for Halloween!
  
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• Pittsburgh Police Reviewing Video Of Violent Confrontation Between Officers, 2 Men

  20-09-2017 18:28
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Authorities are investigating cell phone video, posted to Facebook, which appears to show a violent confrontation between Pittsburgh Police and two men.
  The incident happened outside PPG Paints Arena late Tuesday night after the Roger Waters concert.
  Pittsburgh Police officials have not commented yet on the incident, but are reviewing the footage.
  According to the criminal complaint, a police officer working an off-duty detail at the c
  
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• Hearing for white supremacist Hardy Lloyd is delayed

  20-09-2017 18:26 via post-gazette.com
  A hearing for white supremacist Hardy Lloyd to address federal probation violations that are likely to send him back to prison has been delayed until next week.
  
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• Thursday Night Football Breakdown: Rams And 49ers Look To Rebound From Losses

  20-09-2017 18:25
  By Kevin McGuire
  The Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers each get a short week to try and brush off a loss from Sunday as they prepare for an NFC West battle on Thursday night by the bay. The Rams appear to be improving with their offense in 2017, while the 49ers are in a serious struggle to reach the end zone. Can San Francisco end their touchdown drought to start the year and get a win in division play? Or will the Rams get out of northern California with a winning record?
  Do the Rams hav
  
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