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• Beaver Falls Man Dead After Car Crashes Into Tree In Big Beaver

  18-12-2017 23:57
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  BIG BEAVER (KDKA) — A Beaver Falls man was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Beaver County on Monday afternoon.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the crash happened in the 400 block of Wallace Run Road in Big Beaver just before 4 p.m.
  State police say 51-year-old Glenn Godwin was driving westbound when he lost control on a curve, crossed over the double yellow line and then hit a tree head-on.
  The Beaver County Coroner’s Office was called to the
  
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• 1 Person Dead After Car Crashes Into Tree In Big Beaver

  18-12-2017 23:57
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  BIG BEAVER (KDKA) — At least one person was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Beaver County on Monday afternoon.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the crash happened in the 400 block of Wallace Run Road in Big Beaver around 4 p.m.
  The car slammed into a tree.
  The Beaver County Coroner’s Office was called to the scene.
  The victim’s identity and cause of the crash have not yet been released.
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• Carolina Panthers make administrative change after Jerry Richardson controversy

  18-12-2017 23:54
  
  The Carolina Panthers announced Monday a change in the organization’s administration, according to media reports.
  
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• Pittsburgh's most popular food stories of 2017

  18-12-2017 23:33 via post-gazette.com
  Pittsburgh joins the nation in obsessing over Anthony Bourdain, so it makes sense that the most read stories of the year are the announcement of the episode, its progress and a debrief of the CNN “Parts Unknown” episode. But a few other pieces snagged attention, from a Downtown spot dedicated to pierogies, to swapping a proposed restaurant name for a new one that sparked less controversy. Read on to learn more:
  
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• Drug-driven armed robberies prompt FBI to create violent crime task force in Allegheny, Beaver counties

  18-12-2017 22:54 via post-gazette.com
  The FBI on Monday said it's creating a new task force to go after violent crime, especially drug-driven armed robberies, in Allegheny and Beaver counties.
  
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• CDC's seven-word ban draws angry responses from Pitt health dean, national officials

  18-12-2017 22:36 via post-gazette.com
  In official discourse, there clearly are words to avoid, including the seven that George Carlin outlined in his classic comedy routine about words you cannot say on television.
  
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• Boil water advisory for several Pittsburgh neighborhoods will last until Tuesday

  18-12-2017 22:33
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• Police: Thieves Stealing Gifts Taped To Garbage Cans, Intended For Trash Collectors

  18-12-2017 22:29
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  PETERS TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Police in Peters Township are warning residents, who are only trying to do a good holiday deed for their local trash collectors, to be wary of thieves.
  According to police, they’ve been getting reports of gift card thefts.
  Officials say the residents are attaching the cards, which are intended as holiday gifts for the waste management workers, to their garbage cans.
  However, some of the cards have been stolen before the tras
  
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• Patriots Fans Should Beware Of The Curse Of The Terrible Towel

  18-12-2017 22:29
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Apparently New England Patriots fans haven’t heard about the curse of the Terrible Towel?A sports columnist for the Boston Globe tweeted out a photo of people boarding a flight from Pittsburgh to Boston Monday afternoon, using the Terrible Towel as a welcome mat.Dan Shaughnessy tweeted, “so this is happening as folks board our flight from Pittsburgh to Boston.”So this is happening as folks board our flight from Pittsburgh to Boston pic.twitter.com/cUDK
  
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• Pittsburgh councilman under consideration for Peduto's chief of staff

  18-12-2017 22:07 via post-gazette.com
  Pittsburgh Councilman Dan Gilman could be the next chief of staff under Mayor Bill Peduto.
  
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• Pittsburgh councilman Dan Gilman under consideration for Peduto's chief of staff

  18-12-2017 22:07 via post-gazette.com
  Pittsburgh Councilman Dan Gilman could be the next chief of staff under Mayor Bill Peduto.
  
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• Embassy Suites hotel near airport closing; about 100 jobs affected

  18-12-2017 21:38 via post-gazette.com
  The Embassy Suites Pittsburgh Airport hotel, which has operated for 27 years at its location on Cherrington Parkway in Coraopolis, will shut down early next year to make way for the property to be converted to an assisted living facility.
  
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• Highmark, Penn State Health officially sign off on partnership deal

  18-12-2017 21:32 via post-gazette.com
  Highmark officially inked a deal with Penn State Health on Monday, committing both organizations to spending more than $1 billion on establishing a health network in Central Pennsylvania through a partnership rather than acquisition.
  
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• Jury finds Brentwood man guilty of first-degree murder in 2016 slaying

  18-12-2017 21:19 via post-gazette.com
  An Allegheny County jury Monday convicted a Brentwood man of first-degree murder in the shooting death last year of a Munhall man.
  
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• Miss Iraq Sent Death Threats For Selfie With Miss Israel

  18-12-2017 21:13
  CBS Local — The Miss Universe beauty pageant is the latest casualty of the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East. Sarah Idan, who represented Iraq during the international competition in November, says she has received death threats after posting a selfie of herself alongside Miss Israel, Adar Gandelsman.
  “When I posted the picture I didn’t think for a second there would be blowback,” Idan told CNN. “I woke up to calls from my family and the Miss Iraq Organization goin
  
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• Death toll rises to 6 after high-speed Amtrak train derails near Seattle

  18-12-2017 21:06
  
  At least 77 patients have been transported to area hospitals.
  
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• Man killed by hit-and-run driver while crossing Babcock Blvd. in Ross Township

  18-12-2017 21:04
  
  The car is believed to be a 2008 or 2009 white Subaru Legacy, likely with damage to the front passenger side and parts missing around the fog light.
  
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• US government launches task force to tackle violent crimes in Pittsburgh area

  18-12-2017 20:46
  
  The Pittsburgh Violent Crime Task Force will focus on "the proliferation of violent crime in the counties including and adjacent to Pittsburgh -- Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Lawrence and Mercer," Attorney General Jeff Sessions says.
  
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• Service dog walks stage with graduate

  18-12-2017 20:44
  
  A service dog takes part in her owner's graduation from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
  
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• Trump lays out strategic goals in major national security speech

  18-12-2017 20:34
  
  The president's national security strategy identifies four national interests: protecting the homeland, advancing American prosperity, preserving peace through strength and pushing American influence by new approaches to development.
  
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• Gov. Wolf vetoes bill that would add abortion restrictions in Pennsylvania

  18-12-2017 20:31
  
  Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is rejecting a bill that Planned Parenthood says would have been the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S.
  
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• Facebook To Demote Posts That Beg For Likes, Comments

  18-12-2017 20:31
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  CBS Local — People who browse through social media daily are used to reading posts designed solely to get you to click on them and interact. The “click bait” or “engagement bait” pieces commonly play on a person’s simplest likes and dislikes with catchy headlines like, “LIKE this if you’re a Pisces!” Now, Facebook says they’re cracking down on the attention-seeking posts.
  The social media platform anno
  
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• North Versailles man fires at would-be intruders, stops home invasion

  18-12-2017 20:26 via post-gazette.com
  Allegheny County Police said an attempted home invasion in North Versailles was thwarted Saturday when the homeowner opened fire.
  
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• Body Recovered After Fisherman Falls Through Ice Into Lake At Moraine State Park

  18-12-2017 20:18
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  PROSPECT, Pa. (AP) – Emergency crews have recovered the body of a fisherman who fell through the ice on a lake in western Pennsylvania.
  The Butler Eagle reports that crews were dispatched at about 10 a.m. Monday to Lake Arthur at Moraine State Park in Butler County.
  Members of the Unionville Dive Team recovered the body of the victim, who has been tentatively identified as a man from the Pittsburgh area.
  Park manager Dustin Drew said a visitor called 911
  
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• Trump judicial pick who drew ridicule at hearing withdraws

  18-12-2017 20:14
  
  The Trump judicial nominee whose qualifications were questioned by Republican senator has withdrawn his nomination, a White House official says.
  
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• Boy's determination, smile inspires

  18-12-2017 20:08
  
  Hayden was abandoned at a bus stop in China, but you should see him now.
  
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• Pittsburgh making its playground swings accessible to kids with disabilities

  18-12-2017 20:04 via post-gazette.com
  Most of Pittsburgh’s 120 playgrounds should soon have swings that are accessible to children with disabilities.
  
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• Movie about iconic Gaslight Cafe will be filmed in Pittsburgh

  18-12-2017 19:48 via post-gazette.com
  Clinton Clegg, frontman for soul-rock band The Commonheart, will be among the Pittsburgh-centric cast in “116 MacDougal,” a film about the iconic Gaslight Cafe in Greenwich Village.
  
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• Dunlap: Ben And Haley Will Just Never Get Along, I Guess

  18-12-2017 19:47
  Follow 93-7 The Fan: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) – I have officially lost all hope. It is over, done, kaput.
  Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and offensive coordinator Todd Haley will just never get along. Their relationship has been — and will forever be — as icy as The Mon this time of year.
  For me, yesterday was the drop-dead point of hope, as the Steelers fell to the New England Patriots, 27-24, in what seemed like the most-anticipated regular-season
  
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• The new WZUM 101.1 brings 24-hour jazz back to Pittsburgh FM radio

  18-12-2017 19:44
  
  WZUM, the Pittsburgh Jazz Channel, is now broadcasting 24 hours a day at 101.1 FM.
  
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• Keidel: The Steelers Were Robbed

  18-12-2017 19:41
  By Jason Keidel
  It figures that one of the great robberies in NFL history was perpetrated against someone named Jesse James.
  The Pittsburgh Steelers lost a football game to the New England Patriots. At least on paper. On the field, it was another matter.
  If you haven’t been in a coma over the last 18 hours, the Steelers hosted the Patriots, in what many considered the game of the day, of the month, if not of the season. And for about 55 minutes, the Steelers were handling their two-decade
  
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• Police: ‘Strong Suspect’ Identified In Fatal Hit And Run In Ross Twp.

  18-12-2017 18:58
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  ROSS TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Police believe they may have identified the driver involved in a hit and run accident in Ross Township over the weekend that left a local attorney dead.
  Investigators said early on that they were looking for a white 2008 or 2009 Subaru Legacy that struck and killed 50-year-old Michael Menner, of Glenshaw, on Sunday night.
  On Monday evening, police said they have leads on a “strong suspect,” but the person has a lawyer, a
  
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• Police Seek Driver Of Vehicle That Struck And Killed Attorney In Ross Twp.

  18-12-2017 18:58
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  ROSS TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Police are looking for the person who was behind the wheel of a car that struck and killed a local attorney over the weekend in Ross Township.
  Investigators say they believe a 2008 or 2009 Subaru Legacy struck and killed 50-year-old Michael Menner, of Glenshaw, on Sunday night.NEW INFO:The medical examiner identified the victim of the hit and run in Ross Township last night as 50 year old Michael Menner. @CBSPittsburgh #KDKA
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• Person Struck, Killed By Vehicle That Fled In Ross Twp.

  18-12-2017 18:58
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – Authorities say a person has died after being struck by a vehicle that fled the scene in Ross Township Sunday night.
  According to police, the hit-and-run happened around 7 p.m. in the 2260 block of Babcock Boulevard. The victim was taken to the hospital, where they later died.
  The Philly Pretzel Factory said in a Facebook post that the hit-and-run happened near their business and the person who died was the father of an employee.
  The company posted pictures of a whit
  
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• Chris Mack: Be Confident, The Steelers Are Better

  18-12-2017 18:45
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) – Despite everything that happened at Heinz Field Sunday evening, one important word should stick with everyone: Confidence.
  After all, the Patriots, who ‘won’ the game, seemed extremely confident by all accounts.
  Then again, if every close call over the past decade and a half had gone your way – especially when the referees have time to confer with the league office via replay booth or tablet/headset – it’d be easy to be confident.
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• Bitcoin’s Creator Still A Mystery As Net Worth Nears $20 Billion

  18-12-2017 18:29
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  CBS Local — The popular digital currency Bitcoin has become a financial gold mine for investors in 2017, with its value skyrocketing to nearly $20,000. The cryptocurrency has made its creator, who reportedly owns 980,000 Bitcoins, one of the richest people in the world as their digital fortune is now worth $19.4 billion. There’s only one problem, no one knows who the creator of Bitcoin actually is.
  The tech billionaire, who has gone by the 
  
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• Water Buffaloes Set Up For Those Affected By Boil Water Advisory

  18-12-2017 18:10
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Water buffaloes have been set up for residents in eight Pittsburgh neighborhoods under a Boil Water Advisory.
  The quality of the water in 7,000 homes is in question after a large water main broke Sunday morning.
  According to the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority, the break caused a decrease in water pressure, which may have allowed contaminants to seep into the water system.
  As a result, water buffaloes have been set up for affected customers:
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• Police Seek Help Locating Baldwin Fatal Shooting Suspect

  18-12-2017 18:08
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  BALDWIN (KDKA) – Police are still searching for a man in connection with a fatal shooting in Baldwin this weekend.
  Police say the victim had been shot multiple times and believe the incident started as an argument.
  At just 21 years of age, James Hines, of Clairton, was gunned down outside a home in the 900 block of Angelo Drive.
  Allegheny County police say 33-year-old James King is the person who pulled the trigger Sunday morning.
  King, of the North Side,
  
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• Casey criticizes GOP for prioritizing corporate tax breaks over children's health program

  18-12-2017 18:02 via post-gazette.com
  U.S. Senator Bob Casey came Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC with a tough diagnosis of the Republican Party: The party was so focused on its tax-cut plan that it was neglecting the health needs of children in struggling households.
  
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• Millennials Give More Generously To Charity, Study Says

  18-12-2017 17:55
  CBS Local — Just in time for the holiday season, a new report from the United Kingdom says young adults are not only more generous when giving to charity, but are also savvier and more careful with their money when donating.
  Researchers from the British government’s Charity Commission found that 18 to 24-year-olds made an average donation of nearly $42 during the Christmas season. 44 percent of millennials surveyed also said they would give up using their smartphone in December
  
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• Steelers report card: Hand out your grades for the Patriots game

  18-12-2017 17:51
  
  How would you rate Pittsburgh's performance? Choose a grade from A through F.
  
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• NFL explains why Jesse James' touchdown catch for the #Steelers was really an incomplete pass

  18-12-2017 17:51
  
  The key, says the NFL's senior vice president of officiating, is that Jesse James was going to the ground as he caught the pass from Ben Roethlisberger.
  
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• 'Injuries and casualties' reported after new high-speed Amtrak train derails near Seattle

  18-12-2017 17:50
  
  The Pierce County Sheriff’s office says in a tweet that the train was heading south bound and that there were “injuries and casualties,” but no numbers were immediately available.
  
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• Ryan Shazier waves Terrible Towel, cheers on Steelers from private box at Heinz Field during game vs. Patriots

  18-12-2017 17:47
  
  The team announced Ryan Shazier has started physical rehabilitation as he recovers from his injury.
  
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• Person falls through ice at Moraine State Park

  18-12-2017 17:45
  
  Moraine State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on over 16,000 acres in Butler County.
  
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• Duquesne on 5-game winning streak after beating North Carolina A&T

  18-12-2017 17:45
  
  The Duquesne Dukes are on their longest streak since the 2010-11 team won 11 games in a row.
  
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• ESPN President John Skipper resigns, cites struggle with 'substance addiction'

  18-12-2017 17:41
  
  Skipper had been with ESPN since 1997
  
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• Water main break affecting traffic on Siebert Road in Ross Township

  18-12-2017 17:22
  
  The break is near the lower lot of Holy Cross Academy on Siebert Road, between Babcock Boulevard and McKnight Road.
  
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• At Least 6 Killed As Amtrak Train Derails In Washington State

  18-12-2017 17:19
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – At least six people have been killed in an Amtrak train derailment in Washington State.An Amtrak train that derailed south of Seattle and killed multiple people was making its first run as part of a higher speed service that local authorities had warned could be dangerous.
  Transitdocs.com, a website that maps Amtrak train locations and speeds using data from the railroad’s train tracker app, says Train 501 was going 81.1 mph m
  
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• Amtrak Train On New Route In Washington State Hurtles Off Bridge In Fatal Crash

  18-12-2017 17:19
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  DUPONT, Wash. (AP) — An Amtrak train making the first-ever run along a faster new route hurtled off an overpass south of Seattle on Monday and spilled some of its cars onto the highway below, killing at least three people, injuring more than 100 and crushing two vehicles, authorities said.
  Seventy-seven passengers and seven crew members were aboard when the train derailed and pulled 13 cars off the tracks. Authorities said there were three confirmed death
  
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