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• Watch: Terrifying video shows vehicle smashing into tow truck on Interstate

  18-01-2018 23:59
  
  The dashcam video shows a tow truck operator narrowly avoided being hit by an out-of-control vehicle.
  
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• USA Gymnastics cuts ties with Karolyi Ranch and its memories of abuse

  18-01-2018 23:59
  
  USA Gymnastics will no longer hold the women's team's training camp at the Karolyi Ranch in Texas, the organization said, after several gymnasts said the location was the site of unchecked sexual abuse from former team doctor Larry Nassar.
  
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• Maryland's Ocean City being sued over its rule banning topless women

  18-01-2018 23:51
  
  It's a constitutional controversy that's been simmering over the sands of Ocean City: Who can be bare-chested on the beach by law?''
  
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• Woman arrested after exposing 3-month-old to near-fatal dose of fentanyl in Fayette County

  18-01-2018 23:48
  
  The infant is still being treated at Children's Hospital.
  
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• Pothole Problems Popping Up Across Area After Major Winter Storms

  18-01-2018 23:13
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — From the rural roads to the interstates, the ravages of Mother Nature have punished without discrimination or conscience. Anyone who has gripped a steering wheel in the last 24 hours has noticed the proliferation of potholes.
  “Oh yea! It’s not your imagination, I’ve noticed it too,” says PennDOT Allegheny County Maintenance Manager Jason Zang. “Our crews are out right now filling potholes.”
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• Governor orders flags lowered for slain U.S. Marshal

  18-01-2018 22:59 via post-gazette.com
  The governor has ordered the state flags be lowered to honor the U.S. Marshal killed in Harrisburg on Thursday while serving a warrant.
  
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• Governor orders flags at half-staff for slain U.S. Marshal

  18-01-2018 22:59 via post-gazette.com
  The governor has ordered the state flags be lowered to honor the U.S. Marshal killed in Harrisburg on Thursday while serving a warrant.
  
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• Steelers Officially Name Randy Fichtner As New Offensive Coordinator

  18-01-2018 22:48
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — One day after announcing Todd Haley would not be returning next season, the Pittsburgh Steelers have named a new offensive coordinator.
  The Steelers put rumors to rest on Thursday afternoon and officially promoted Randy Fichtner to the role.
  We have named Randy Fichtner offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach.
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  — Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) January 18, 2018
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• Comedian Samantha Bee interviews Pittsburgh's non-white working class

  18-01-2018 22:35 via post-gazette.com
  Talk about flipping the political script and quite literally blurring the lines between black and white.
  
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• Steelers Fan Rear-Ends Jaguars RB Leonard Fournette’s Car

  18-01-2018 22:25
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) –A Pittsburgh fan in Florida got some unintentional revenge of sorts for the Steelers loss to the Jaguars, by rear-ending their running back’s car.Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette says he was driving his 2017 Mercedes Maybach Tuesday morning on Interstate 295 when he was rear-ended.
  According to reports the person who hit him was a Steelers fan who was going to the airport to drop the in-laws off.“I wasn’t really worried about it,” Fournette
  
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• Appeals Court Upholds Husband’s Conviction In Doctor’s Cyanide Poisoning

  18-01-2018 22:22
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  PITTSBURGH (AP) – An appeals court has upheld the conviction of a former University of Pittsburgh medical researcher in what prosecutors said was the 2013 cyanide poisoning death of his wife.
  Defense attorneys had asked the Pennsylvania Superior Court for a new trial for Robert Ferrante, who was convicted of first-degree murder in 2014 and is serving a life sentence.
  Allegheny County prosecutors said he killed Autumn Klein by putting cyanide in her energy
  
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• Man Fools Cops With Car Made Of Snow, Gets Fake Parking Ticket

  18-01-2018 22:14
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  CBS Local — A man in Canada and local police had a good laugh after the Montreal resident fooled officers with a full-size car made entirely of snow.
  According to CBS46, Simon Laprise sculpted a life-size model of a DeLorean DMC-12 in the middle of a local snow removal zone. The “car,” made famous by the “Back to the Future” movie franchise, drew the attention of one police officer who was so fooled by Laprise’
  
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• ROH Champion Silas Young Expects To Re-Sign Following WWE Joke

  18-01-2018 22:13
  By Chuck Carroll
  When a champion in a rival promotion hints at signing with WWE, people take notice. Such was the case when Ring of Honor World Television Champion Silas Young tweeted recently that his contract had expired and he was looking for “something to do in Orlando.” The host city of last year’s WrestleMania just so happens to be the home of the WWE Performance Center, the first stop for wrestlers on their journey to the bright lights of Monday Night RAW or SmackDown Li
  
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• #Steelers promote QB coach Randy Fichtner to offensive coordinator, replacing Todd Haley

  18-01-2018 21:45
  
  After parting ways with Todd Haley, the Pittsburgh Steelers stayed in-house to find his replacement: quarterbacks coach Randy Fichtner.
  
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• Mt. Lebanon OKs potential tax increase, draft budget

  18-01-2018 21:44 via post-gazette.com
  The Mt. Lebanon school board on Monday approved a draft preliminary budget for next year calling for $99.3 million in spending and a property tax increase of 0.73 mills.
  
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• Three school districts consider moving start times later for teens

  18-01-2018 21:42 via post-gazette.com
  Three North Hills school districts are considering a later start time for high school students, prompted by studies showing that teenagers who get more sleep are healthier and perform better in school.
  
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• Trump tries to save a House seat for GOP during visit to North Fayette

  18-01-2018 21:34 via post-gazette.com
  President Donald Trump came to Pittsburgh with a simple message: “There has never been a better time to hire in America, to invest in America and to believe in the American Dream than right now.”
  
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• President Trump stumps for Saccone during visit to North Fayette business

  18-01-2018 21:34 via post-gazette.com
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• Trump visits Pittsburgh, talks tax overhaul, backs Saccone in Pa. congressional race

  18-01-2018 21:23
  
  The GOP candidate for a vacant House seat greeted President Trump as he stepped off Air Force One in Pittsburgh, on his way to an industrial equipment company in North Fayette Township.
  
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• Mars Area agrees to join Pine-Richland JROTC program

  18-01-2018 21:05 via post-gazette.com
  Next year, students at Mars Area High School will be able to board a bus for a short ride across the county line and participate in a Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program at Pine-Richland.
  
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• DePasquale says legislators need to step in to help Sto-Rox, Aliquippa districts

  18-01-2018 20:53 via post-gazette.com
  The Pennsylvania auditor general found a number of troubling issues in recent audits of the Sto-Rox and Aliquippa school districts. 
  
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• Nine-year-old gearhead gets to ride in car of his dreams

  18-01-2018 20:52
  
  What car would you choose for a 15-minute joyride?
  
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• Ross residents will have two days celebrate Independence Day and Community Day

  18-01-2018 20:50 via post-gazette.com
  Ross residents will have two days to celebrate this year.
  
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• Attorney says 13 siblings were prevented from showering more than once per year

  18-01-2018 20:41
  
  An attorney says none of the victims were allowed to shower more than once a year.
  
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• Pa. Supreme Court disbars convicted ex-Washington County judge Paul Pozonsky

  18-01-2018 20:33 via post-gazette.com
  The state Supreme Court on Thursday disbarred former Washington County Common Pleas Judge Paul Pozonsky.
  
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• Pirates Sign Closer Felipe Rivero To 4-Year Deal

  18-01-2018 20:32
  Follow 93-7 The Fan: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (93-7 The FAN) – The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed their bullpen ace Felipe Rivero to a long-term contract.The 26 year old lefthander is guaranteed $22 million over the next four seasons.Club options in 2022 and 2023 are $10 million each.
  To say Rivero is excited might be an understatement.
  Now it’s officialpic.twitter.com/AOtiwCWWVG
  — Felipe Rivero (@Rivero43) January 18, 2018Rivero, whose sister Prescilla helped negotiate the
  
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• How conservative, liberal news outlets ranked Trump’s wins, failures

  18-01-2018 20:29
  
  Here are some of the perspectives about how Trump did during his first year in office:
  
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• Jeannette company's ice making and ice sculpting prowess in demand during winter months

  18-01-2018 20:28 via post-gazette.com
  There’s an old joke about forgetting the recipe for making ice.
  
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• Trump: Purpose of Pittsburgh visit to tout tax cuts, despite Saccone shout-out

  18-01-2018 20:26 via post-gazette.com
  WASHINGTON — First, he said he was headed to North Fayette “in order to give my total support to Rick Saccone,” the Republican congressional candidate. But once he arrived, President Donald Trump changed his story.
  
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• New HHS division protects medical providers who oppose abortion

  18-01-2018 20:07
  
  The Trump administration is creating an office aimed at protecting the religious rights of medical providers.
  
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• The interesting way one state is using vodka this winter

  18-01-2018 20:06
  
  Vodka is comprised of mostly ethanol and water and has a freezing point of about -16.51°F.
  
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• Peters' master plan for Rolling Hills Park spurs residents' interest

  18-01-2018 20:05 via post-gazette.com
  A public hearing on the proposed $28 million master plan for Rolling Hills Park in Peters drew a standing-room-only crowd Monday in council chambers.
  
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• Resident input sought as McCandless plans for future

  18-01-2018 20:04 via post-gazette.com
  McCandless officials want residents to play an active role in planning the town’s future over the next decade.
  
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• State, county, city weigh approaches to opioid lawsuits

  18-01-2018 19:59 via post-gazette.com
  With tens of billions of dollars at stake, cities, counties and states are arraying themselves against companies that sold and distributed prescription opioids. There’s no consensus, though, about how to litigate the opioid crisis, or how to divide the potential spoils.
  
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• WATCH: Fisherman Captures Destruction Of His Boat By Distracted Boater

  18-01-2018 19:49
  CBS Local — An Oregon fisherman whose dramatic escape from an oncoming motorboat was caught on video is now suing the boater for $372,500 after allegations claim the driver was talking on a cell phone during the accident.
  Bryan Maess filed the lawsuit this month after the Hermiston police officer and two friends were forced to jump into the Columbia River to avoid being crushed by the speeding boat in August 2017. The GoPro video of the crash, submitted to the magazine Salmon Tro
  
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• 18 guacamole recipes to get your party started

  18-01-2018 19:49
  
  What's a party without guacamole?
  
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• Man, woman found dead in Pittsburgh apparent murder-suicide Source: AP

  18-01-2018 19:45
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• Man, woman found dead in Pittsburgh apparent murder-suicide

  18-01-2018 19:45
  Authorities say a man and woman were found shot dead with apparent gunshot wounds in an apparent murder-suicide in Pittsburgh. Police responded to a home in the Hazelwood neighborhood shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday and found the two dead.
  
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• North Allegheny considers later start time for middle and high school students

  18-01-2018 19:41 via post-gazette.com
  The North Allegheny School Board will vote Jan. 24 on a proposal to start both high school and middle school at 8 a.m., beginning with the 2019-20 school year.
  
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• North Allegheny considers later start time for high school students

  18-01-2018 19:41 via post-gazette.com
  The North Allegheny School Board will vote Jan. 24 on a proposal to start both high school and middle school at 8 a.m., beginning with the 2019-20 school year.
  
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• This Week in College Basketball: Duke’s Bagley Plays Role Of Doctor, Pops Own Shoulder Back In

  18-01-2018 19:40
  By Steve Silverman
  Bagley plays role of orthopedist and fixes own shoulder
  It could have been a nasty injury when Duke freshman Marvin Bagley III was unable to move his shoulder early in Monday night’s game against Miami.
  He came out of the game as a result, and he quickly popped his own shoulder back into its socket. While that is difficult to do in most cases and can be quite painful, Bagley accomplished the feat without any problems and he was able to return to the game shortly after ge
  
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• The #Pirates have signed closer Felipe Rivero to a 4-year contract

  18-01-2018 19:39
  
  Pittsburgh's rebuilding process will include Felipe Rivero, who took over as the Pirates' closer last year.
  
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• 'My name is Duke': Dog abandoned with note receives outpouring of love

  18-01-2018 19:32
  
  "Here's my favorite toy and my food. I'm looking for a new home."
  
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• iPhone Update Will Allow Users To Stop Battery Slowdown, Tim Cook Says

  18-01-2018 19:26
  CBS Local — After Apple was forced to apologize for intentionally slowing down the performance of older iPhones, the company’s CEO is now saying customers will soon have the choice to stop battery throttling for good.
  Tim Cook says a future iOS update will give older iPhone users the option to disable Apple’s ramping down of performance, which Apple claimed was done to improve power management and prevent unexpected shutdowns in many iPhone 6 models. Cook added t
  
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• Apple bug can crash your iPhone with just a text message

  18-01-2018 19:18
  
  If an iPhone user receives a text containing a specific URL through iMessage, it can lock the device, even if he or she doesn't click on it.
  
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• Hospitals Teaming Up To Start Not-For-Profit Drug Company To Combat Drugmakers’ High Prices

  18-01-2018 19:03
  CBS Local — Fed up with the perceived underhanded business tactics of drugmakers and growing costs of generic medications, four hospitals are coming together to form their own not-for-profit drug company.
  In a Jan. 17 announcement by Intermountain Healthcare, the hospital network is teaming up with Ascension, SSM Health, and Trinity Health to combat rising prices of life-saving drugs. In their mission statement, Intermountain says they hope to provide patients with “an affo
  
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• Brigitte Bardot brands #MeToo campaigners 'ridiculous'

  18-01-2018 19:01
  
  "I found it charming when men told me I had a nice little backside."
  
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• Allegheny Health Network now can target and destroy bone tumors

  18-01-2018 19:01 via post-gazette.com
  When breast, prostate, liver and lung cancers spread, their typical targets are bones of the spine.
  
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• US Marshal killed, two officers wounded in Pa. shooting

  18-01-2018 18:54
  
  Authorities have confirmed multiple officers have been wounded in the Pennsylvania capital of Harrisburg.
  
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