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• Travelers make unexpected stop in Pittsburgh after storm diverted them from Northeast

  04-01-2018 23:50 via post-gazette.com
  Dan Irwin was hoping to fly home to New York on Thursday morning after visiting his sick grandfather in Florida.
  
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• As storm howls over Northeast, flights being diverted to Pittsburgh

  04-01-2018 23:50 via post-gazette.com
  About a dozen flights headed toward East Coast destinations have been diverted to Pittsburgh as the massive snowstorm affecting the northeastern part of the country has made air travel unsafe. 
  
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• Sears to close more than 100 additional stores, including one at Ross Park Mall

  04-01-2018 23:48 via post-gazette.com
  NEW YORK — Sears Holdings Corp. will be closing over 100 more stores — including a Sears store at Ross Park Mall — as the struggling department store chain tries to turn around its business. 
  
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• Advisory Issued As Temperatures Plunge, Wind Chills Dip To 15-20 Below Zero

  04-01-2018 23:48
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The coldest air so far this season is moving into western Pennsylvania.
  As the East Coast deals with snow and high winds, temperatures here are plunging towards zero, and they are expected to stay that way through the first part of the weekend. But the wind chill will make it feel worse.
  CBS’s Kenneth Craig Reports:
  RELATED STORY: Pittsburgh International A Hub For Travelers Diverted By East Coast Storm“The core of the cold
  
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• Advisory In Effect As Temperatures Plunge, Wind Chills Dip To 15-20 Below Zero

  04-01-2018 23:48
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The coldest air so far this season is moving into western Pennsylvania.
  As the East Coast deals with snow and high winds, temperatures here are plunging towards zero, and they are expected to stay that way through the first part of the weekend. But the wind chill will make it feel worse.
  CBS’s Kenneth Craig Reports:
  RELATED STORY: Pittsburgh International A Hub For Travelers Diverted By East Coast Storm“The core of the cold
  
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• Social Media Supporters Help Dieters Successfully Lose Weight

  04-01-2018 23:45
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  NORTH HILLS (KDKA) — This time of year, it’s all about losing weight, but how many times have you actually dieted successfully?
  What if we told you we have the secret to dieting?
  Alexis Matthews and Christy Nichols, both of the North Hills, have lost a combined 100 pounds. In a little less than a year, the friends and co-workers achieved the results after their current weight loss plan just wasn’t cutting it.
  “We had been going to the gy
  
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• School closures announced for Friday due to extreme cold

  04-01-2018 23:37 via post-gazette.com
  The following schools and districts have announced that classes are canceled or delayed Friday due to the extreme cold:
  
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• Is it too cold to run? Official Pittsburgh Marathon training kickoff delayed until Sunday

  04-01-2018 23:36 via post-gazette.com
  If you’re among the hundreds who planned to get a start on the official 16-week Pittsburgh Marathon training schedule on Saturday, you’ll have to wait until Sunday when the finger-and-toe-numbing cold temperatures are expected to inch up a bit.
  
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• Attorney General’s Action Raises Questions About State’s Medical Marijuana Program

  04-01-2018 23:29
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Revoking an Obama administration memo from 2013 that advised local federal prosecutors not to prosecute marijuana use allowed by state law, the Trump administration through Attorney General Jeff Sessions is throwing a chill over the state’s new medical cannabis program.
  “I think it’s terrifying,” Lu Randall, of Autism Connection, told KDKA political editor Jon Delano on Thursday.
  Randall says medical marijuana r
  
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• CDC Warns Romaine Lettuce May Be Linked To E. Coli Outbreak

  04-01-2018 22:59
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  CBS Local — A warning from the CDC is urging people to be cautious of eating romaine lettuce after nearly 60 people were infected by E. coli bacteria.Health officials say the illnesses were reported in Canada and 13 states including New York, California, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio.
  According to Consumer Reports, the dangerous bacteria has sent five to the hospital and killed one person in America. Another patient died of the illness in Ca
  
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• After more than 40 years, Giant Eagle announces closure of Monroeville store

  04-01-2018 22:51
  
  Feb. 3 will be the final day for shoppers at the Monroeville Giant Eagle store that has been in business since 1976.
  
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• New Deal Between UPMC, Highmark Extends In-Network Access

  04-01-2018 22:33
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  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Under a new agreement, Highmark health insurance will maintain in-network access to UPMC hospitals in western Pennsylvania.
  Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf thanked both health systems in an announcement Thursday. Wolf praised the rival companies for reaching the agreement following their 2014 contract. In-network access to UPMC facilities for Highmark patients had been set to expire in 2019.
  Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC,
  
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• 3 More Sears, Kmart Stores Closing In Pittsburgh Area

  04-01-2018 22:21
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Sears Holdings has announced plans to close more than 100 more Kmart and Sears stores around the country, including three locations in Western Pennsylvania.
  According to the company, the Sears at Ross Park Mall and the Kmart locations in Bridgeville and Hermitage will close later this year.
  Liquidation sales are set to begin as early as next week.
  Sears Holdings says the stores will be shuttered sometime in early March or early April o
  
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• More than 100 Sears & Kmart stores will be closed, including Ross Park Mall location

  04-01-2018 22:17
  
  The owner of Sears and Kmart announced another round of 100-plus store closures Thursday. Liquidation sales will begin next week.
  
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• AG Sessions ending federal policy that let legal pot flourish

  04-01-2018 22:07
  
  The new stance will let federal prosecutors where marijuana is legal decide how aggressively to enforce longstanding federal law prohibiting it.
  
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• Where to take your Christmas tree to have it turned into mulch

  04-01-2018 21:54 via post-gazette.com
  Now that the holidays are over, it’s time to take down the decorations, including that Christmas tree that’s been dropping needles all over the floor for about a month.
  
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• Frick coal mining history project invites local comments

  04-01-2018 21:49 via post-gazette.com
  If members of your family worked in any of the coal mines once operated by Henry Clay Frick, members of a project that is documenting coal and coke heritage needs your help with identifying people and places in historic photographs.
  
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• Exclusive: How ROH Women’s Championship Tournament Was Created

  04-01-2018 21:44
  By Chuck Carroll
  Last month the Women of Honor gathered on stage in New York to make their own history. In what was a surprise to the sold-out crowd crammed into the Hammerstein Ballroom, Ring of Honor officials announced a tournament would be held to crown the first ever ROH Women’s Champion. The promotion and advertising leading up to Final Battle heavily featured then-champion Cody Rhodes, the pairing of ECW legends Tommy Dreamer and Bully Ray, The Young Bucks, and Bullet Club. Nowhere
  
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• North Korea Accidentally Hit Its Own City In Missile Test, Report Says

  04-01-2018 21:36
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  CBS Local — A North Korean missile test went embarrassingly wrong for the rogue nation, according to a report. A U.S. government source says that a 2017 rocket launch failed and crashed into one of the country’s own cities.
  According to the Japanese magazine The Diplomat, North Korea’s test of an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) on April 28 crash-landed in the city of Tokchon and caused heavy damage to several buildin
  
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• Ruptured water pipe causes minor damage at Chartiers Valley H.S.

  04-01-2018 21:34 via post-gazette.com
  The Chartiers Valley School District said a broken water pipe above the band equipment room in the high school caused minor damage Wednesday.
  
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• Cracks in building forces Monroeville state store to close

  04-01-2018 21:25 via post-gazette.com
  The wine and spirits store at 3845 Northern Pike in Monroeville is closed until further notice because of structural issues with the building in which it is located.
  
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• Lena Waithe & Common Discuss ‘The Chi’

  04-01-2018 21:24
  Actress & producer Lena Waithe and rapper Common are known around the country for the projects they’ve worked on, awards they’ve won and people they’ve collaborated with. But, their defining and unifying characteristic is being from Chicago. Waithe and Common both grew up on the South Side of Chicago and teamed up to executive produce a new Showtime original series called “The Chi.” The show was shot on location in Chicago and features a story of how a group of
  
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• How cold is it? Cold enough for 'pan' ice, but not nearly cold enough to walk across a river

  04-01-2018 21:08 via post-gazette.com
  To those looking down from the bridges, it may seem like tonight’s Penguins game could be played on the Allegheny River instead of in PPG Paints Arena.
  
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• Fall Run Park in Shaler to reopen this month

  04-01-2018 20:47 via post-gazette.com
  Fall Run Park in Shaler is expected to reopen this month with newly replaced wooden pedestrian bridges, improved hiking trails, and erosion control and stream restoration work completed.
  
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• Dunlap: Rick Pitino Forfeited The Right To Name Call

  04-01-2018 20:46
  Follow 93-7 The Fan: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) – Rick Pitino?
  Of all people? Rick bleeping Pitino.
  Rick Pitino might be the least self-aware human to roam the planet. And I’m not just talking about in the present, I’m talking about in the history of this fine planet.
  By now you probably know the story of Pitt basketball coach Kevin Stallings — who has had a rough go at things — and what he said both on the floor during and in the aftermath of a pre
  
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• This Week In College Basketball: Notre Dame Still Winning Despite Loss Of Colson

  04-01-2018 20:36
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  Spartans take No. 1 spot
  It’s Michigan State’s turn to hold down the top spot in college basketball
  The Spartans have played near-perfect basketball this season – with the exception of an early-season loss to Duke – and they took over as the No. 1 team when Villanova suffered a 101-93 loss to Butler.
  Head coach Tom Izzo is not often interested in regular-season accolades and honors, but wants to motivate his young team that includes sophomores Miles Bridge
  
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• Pennsylvania gives approval to first medical marijuana dispensary

  04-01-2018 20:16
  
  The Keystone Canna Remedies dispensary in Bethlehem received the state authorization, a major milestone in Pennsylvania's new medical marijuana program.
  
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• See it: Boston's Seaport district flooded by ice, storm surge

  04-01-2018 20:15
  
  Boston's Seaport district saw near historic flooding during Thursday's major Nor'easter. The water flooded Seaport Blvd. and Atlantic Avenue.
  
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• Fire crews respond to incident reported at distillery in Strip District

  04-01-2018 20:14
  
  A post on Wigle Whiskey's Facebook page said the distillery will be closed today "due to unforeseen circumstances."
  
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• Pennsylvania’s First Medical Marijuana Dispensary Receives State Authorization

  04-01-2018 20:10
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  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – The Pennsylvania Health Department says it’s given the state’s first all-clear for a medical marijuana dispensary to begin providing the drug, once it’s available from a licensed grower.
  The Keystone Canna Remedies dispensary in Bethlehem received state authorization Thursday, a major milestone in Pennsylvania’s new medical marijuana program.
  Nine entities to grow and process medical marijuana have previously
  
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• Ross elects new board leaders, adjusts meeting schedule

  04-01-2018 20:09 via post-gazette.com
  Steve Korbel was elected president and Dan DeMarco was elected vice president of the Ross commissioners Tuesday.
  
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• Sharpsburg swears in new mayor, council members

  04-01-2018 20:00 via post-gazette.com
  Council Vice President Matthew Rudzki was sworn in as mayor by Common Pleas Judge Robert Gallo at the Sharpsburg Borough reorganization meeting Tuesday night.
  
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• Roxian Theatre poised for rebirth

  04-01-2018 19:57 via post-gazette.com
  In 2002, the Roxian Theatre held its last banquet, capping a dwindling revenue stream that had begun grandly in 1928 with vaudeville.
  
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• 4 Pittsburgh Hospitals Penalized For High Rates Of Patient Injuries

  04-01-2018 19:57
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Four Pittsburgh hospitals are among 32 hospitals in the state and more than 700 hospitals nationwide to be penalized for high rates of patient injuries in 2017.
  Kaiser Health News reports that 751 hospitals have been hit with safety penalties for 2018, meaning those hospitals will lose 1 percent of Medicare payments from October 2017 through the end of September 2018.
  The four Pittsburgh hospitals that landed on the list were Allegheny
  
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• Massive winter storm brings snow, cold to East Coast

  04-01-2018 19:44
  
  The massive storm expected on Thursday began two days ago in the Gulf of Mexico, first hitting the Florida panhandle.
  
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• Iran blames protests on CIA official; US denies any role

  04-01-2018 19:43
  
  At least 21 people have been killed and hundreds arrests in the nation's largest protests since 2009.
  
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• Winter storm hammering East Coast

  04-01-2018 19:42
  
  A massive winter storm is hammering the East Coast.
  
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• Popular Oakmont Bakery plans move, expansion

  04-01-2018 19:41 via post-gazette.com
  When Marc Serrao took over a little bakery tucked inside half of the old Hallmark Store on Allegheny River Boulevard in Oakmont 30 years ago, it quickly became a neighborhood hit.
  
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• New book leaves Trump 'furious,' 'disgusted' with Bannon

  04-01-2018 19:38
  
  The White House isn't letting a new book go unchallenged
  
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• Trump administration moves to vastly expand offshore drilling

  04-01-2018 19:26
  
  The Interior Department is set to announce the plan Thursday.
  
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• Fetanyl-dealing wife sent to prison, denied chance to attend husband's funeral service

  04-01-2018 19:11 via post-gazette.com
  The wife of a drug addict who hanged himself inside the U.S. courthouse in Downtown this summer after his arrest was sentenced Thursday to four years in federal prison for dealing in fentanyl with him.
  
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• Sonequa Martin-Green Talks Star Trek: Discovery

  04-01-2018 18:49
  “Star Trek: Discovery” is boldly going where no show has gone before. This new wrinkle in the famous Star Trek franchise features a number of firsts: the first female diverse lead in the franchise, first Asian female captain, first female officers and first openly gay officer. Sonequa Martin-Green stars as Michal Burnham and this is the first time ever that the main character of the show is not a captain.
  Sonequa talked with CBS Local’s DJ Sixsmith about her acting career, this
  
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• Worker hurt in boiler explosion at Wigle Whiskey in Strip District

  04-01-2018 18:40 via post-gazette.com
  A worker was injured Thursday when a boiler exploded at the Wigle Whiskey Distillery in the Strip District.
  
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• Health Department gives out grants for lead health outreach

  04-01-2018 18:35 via post-gazette.com
  The Allegheny County Health Department stepped up its outreach to educate people about the dangers of lead by giving small grants to local groups already active in places where people may be at higher risk of lead exposure.
  
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• Could Pitt genetic procedure allow people with type 1 diabetes to produce their own insulin?

  04-01-2018 18:23 via post-gazette.com
  For the first time, medical researchers have developed a genetic procedure that, if the project proceeds as hoped, could allow people with type 1 diabetes biologically to generate their own insulin.
  
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• Burst Pipe Leaves North Versailles Apartments With Failed Sprinkler System

  04-01-2018 18:23
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  NORTH VERSAILLES (KDKA) — Residents in one North Versailles apartment complex woke up Thursday morning to learn that a pipe in their building had burst.
  People who live in the Della Plaza apartments had an unexpected early morning wake up call.
  “All I heard was the alarm went off about 20 minutes to five, and usually we get lots of false alarms, so I don’t even move or pay attention to them because it happens so often. Usually about once every
  
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• Fitness Trackers Are Terrible At Measuring Calories Burned, Study Says

  04-01-2018 18:21
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  CBS Local — If you got a new fitness tracking gadget during the holidays, a new study has some bad news for just how useful it’ll be after your next workout. According to Stanford University, fitness monitoring devices like the Apple Watch and Fitbit proved to be largely inaccurate at counting how many calories you burn off.
  Researchers say that while the devices were very accurate at measuring a person’s heart rate while working out
  
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• NFL Playoffs: Wild Card Picks

  04-01-2018 18:15
  CBS Local Sports talent from across the country looks at the Wild Card weekend match-ups. Who are our NFL experts picking in the playoffs?
  
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• One Injured In Explosion At Strip District Distilling Company

  04-01-2018 18:09
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  STRIP DISTRICT (KDKA) — One person was injured in an explosion at a Strip District distilling company late Thursday morning.
  It happened just before 11 a.m. at Wigle Whiskey Distillery in the 2400 block of Smallman Street.
  A still used in preparing the whiskey exploded, knocking a worker backwards a few feet. The worker reportedly had some cuts and bruises and was taken to the hospital.
  “It’s about 15 feet tall, at least 8 feet in diameter, an
  
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• Scientists Say ‘Amazing’ Breakthrough May Help Cure Breast Cancer

  04-01-2018 18:04
  CBS Local — Could a virus be the answer to curing cancer? Scientists in Canada say they have discovered an “absolutely amazing” new treatment which may cure the most resistant forms of the disease.
  A study conducted by The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa found that a new combination that uses two different immunotherapies cured up to 90 percent of the mice it was tested on. The mice, which were suffering from breast cancer, were exposed to a cancer-killin
  
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