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• Teen Shot In Abandoned House In Wilkinsburg

  20-03-2018 23:45
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  WILKINSBURG (KDKA) — A teenager is in the hospital after he was shot in an abandoned home in Wilkinsburg.
  The incident happened just before 3 p.m. in the 700 block of Princeton Boulevard.
  The 17-year-old victim was shot in the neck and taken to a local hospital for treatment. There’s no word on his condition.JUST IN… 17 y/o shot in the neck in an abandoned homeon Princeton Blvd in Wilkinsburg. Boy taken to a hospital; drugs found in house.
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• Gateway teachers union authorizes leaders to call strike

  20-03-2018 23:42 via post-gazette.com
  Members of the Gateway teachers’ union Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to authorize its leaders to call a strike if contract talks with the district continue to flounder.
  
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• Western Pa. gets its first glimpse at candidates for redrawn districts

  20-03-2018 23:07 via post-gazette.com
  The stage is officially set for what will be a series of competitive months-long contests to secure U.S. House seats in Western Pennsylvania.
  
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• Western Pa. gets a first look at the races for redrawn districts

  20-03-2018 23:07 via post-gazette.com
  The stage is officially set for what will be a series of competitive months-long contests to secure U.S. House seats in Western Pennsylvania.
  
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• The woman who was killed Sunday stepped suddenly in front of the Uber self-driving car, police say

  20-03-2018 23:00 via post-gazette.com
  Police say a video from the Uber self-driving car that struck and killed a woman Sunday shows her moving in front of it suddenly, a factor that investigators are likely to focus on as they assess the performance of the technology in the first pedestrian fatality involving an autonomous vehicle.
  
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• Students Facing Charges After Brawl At Allderdice High School

  20-03-2018 22:43
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Charges have been filed against several students after a brawl at Allderdice High School.
  The fight broke out Monday afternoon, and cell phone video of it was posted to social media.
  It reportedly involved about a dozen students.(Source: Facebook)
  The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that multiple students are now facing criminal charges in connection with the incident, in addition to school discipline.
  A Pittsburgh Public Schools spoke
  
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• Man gets de facto life sentence in federal court on child porn charges

  20-03-2018 22:10 via post-gazette.com
  Eric Stull had already been ordered to serve 340 to 680 years in state prison for sexually assaulting a young girl from before she turned 2 until she was 11 years old.
  
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• Republican Lawmakers Seek To Impeach 4 Pa. Supreme Court Judges Over Congressional Map

  20-03-2018 21:57
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  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Twelve Republican state legislators in Pennsylvania have signed on to resolutions seeking to impeach four Democratic justices on the state Supreme Court over rulings in the congressional redistricting case.
  Four resolutions introduced Tuesday argue the justices acted improperly through rulings that gave lawmakers about three weeks to enact a new district map and then produced a court-drawn map.
  The court ruled a 2011 GOP-crafted map
  
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• Americans Binge 17 Billion Drinks Per Year, CDC Says

  20-03-2018 21:45
  A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers some striking findings on Americans’ drinking habits. The study focuses on binge drinking and finds that U.S. adults consumed an astounding 17.5 billion binge drinks in 2015. That works out to nearly 470 binge drinks a year for each of the 37.4 million people who reported alcohol binges.
  Binge drinking is defined as consuming five or more alcoholic beverages for men, or four or more drinks for women, within a
  
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• 25 Gifts Under $25 That Will Make Your Life More Awesome

  20-03-2018 21:45
  By Crystal Hessong
  Skip the same old gift cards and give something truly unique for your next gift-giving occasion. The best part is you won’t break the bank for these unusual finds.
   
  1. Personal Humidifier
  Those who enjoy their creature comforts can get what they need when traveling with these humidifiers that plug into a USB port or operate off batteries. Get one from Amazon for $24.99.
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  2. Sports Mugs
  For the kid or kid at heart
  
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• Steelers Sign Safety Morgan Burnett

  20-03-2018 21:38
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  By: Josh Taylor, KDKA-TV
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Steelers announced a second free agency move in as many days to fill a need on the defense, signing free agent safety Morgan Burnett to a three-year contract.
  Burnett, an eight-year veteran out of Georgia Tech, was drafted in the third round (71st overall) by the Green Bay Packers in 2010. He started in all of the 102 games he played for Green Bay over the past eight seasons, recording 683 tackles (485 solo
  
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• Spring Training Report: Ohtani Struggles, Altuve Gets Paid

  20-03-2018 21:26
  By Norm Elrod
  With Opening Day just over a week away, teams around the league are rounding into form, or scrambling to fill gaps as suspensions, injuries and growing pains become a reality. One high-profile signing continues his struggles to adapt to the Majors. A five-time All-Star inks an extension that should lock him in for an additional five years. And the suspensions and injuries continue to add up. This is the Spring Training Report for Week 4 of the pre-season.
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• Here’s How To Stop Facebook From Sharing Your Data

  20-03-2018 21:14
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  CBS Local — As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his company deal with a data sharing scandal that reportedly affected 50 million people, users of the social media platform have been left to figure out how to protect their personal information online.
  Facebook has reportedly called an emergency meeting after it was revealed that data firm Cambridge Analytica acquired the personal data of millions of Facebook users prior to the 2016 presidential e
  
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• Pittsburgh council agrees to expand gunfire monitoring system

  20-03-2018 21:11 via post-gazette.com
  Pittsburgh City Council united Tuesday to extend a gunfire detection system across violence-prone neighborhoods.
  
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• Police investigating shooting in Wilkinsburg

  20-03-2018 21:00 via post-gazette.com
  Allegheny County police said authorities are investigating after a male was shot Tuesday afternoon in Wilkinsburg.
  
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• Candidates blitz Pennsylvania's newly competitive districts

  20-03-2018 20:49 via post-gazette.com
  HARRISBURG — An avalanche of would-be candidates filed to run for Congress in Pennsylvania ahead of Tuesday’s deadline, taking advantage of more competitive districts and far surpassing candidate numbers in the three elections since Pennsylvania dropped to 18 U.S. House seats.
  
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• DWI Video Of Judge Saying ‘I’m A F—ing Judge’ Released, Judge Still Beats Case

  20-03-2018 20:44
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  CBS Local — A New Jersey judge who was filmed arguing with police after being arrested for drunk driving is now facing charges of ethics violations. The new allegations come after Judge Wilfredo Benitez beat DWI charges, even though he was filmed screaming “I’m a f—ing judge” in an impaired state.
  Benitez, a municipal judge in East Orange, Belleville and Bloomfield counties, was approached by New Jersey state troopers aft
  
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• Costumes from 'Black Panther' film will be part of fashion exhibit coming to Heinz History Center

  20-03-2018 20:00 via post-gazette.com
  Pittsburgh will welcome a bit of Wakanda in August when a fashion exhibition featuring costumes by “Black Panther” designer Ruth E. Carter debuts at the Heinz History Center. It will then tour museums around the world leading up to the 2019 Academy Awards, and beyond.
  
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• Pittsburgh Public Schools investigating brawl at Allderdice

  20-03-2018 19:44 via post-gazette.com
  Multiple students are facing criminal charges after a brawl broke out in a hallway at Pittsburgh Allderdice High School on Monday afternoon.
  
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• Winter Storm Causing Problems On Area Roads

  20-03-2018 19:35
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – A winter storm is causing trouble on roads across western Pennsylvania.
  The westbound lanes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike are blocked at mile marker 111.6, near Somerset.
  A tractor-trailer is blocking all lanes and traffic is backing up in that area.
  (Photo Courtesy: Bill Csaszar)
  Earlier, Turnpike officials said certain vehicles would be banned as of 8 p.m. Tuesday. Those vehicles include empty straight CDL-weighted t
  
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• Parents Turn In Son To Stop School Shooting Plot In Michigan

  20-03-2018 18:27
  CBS Local — A Michigan high school student who was allegedly planning a deadly school shooting has been taken into custody after his parents alerted police about the threat.
  According to reports, the 15-year-old student from Paw Paw High School had already stolen two guns from his grandparent’s home and was preparing homemade Molotov cocktails and a pipe bomb. “He came to us and said that he’s been really upset and said that he’s been planning to do someth
  
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• New Stem Cell Treatment Gives Blind Patients Ability To Read

  20-03-2018 18:18
  CBS Local — A revolutionary new stem cell treatment is giving doctors hope of developing a cure for blindness within the next five years. The experimental therapy has reportedly given two patients, who were both losing their sight, the ability to read again.
  Doctors in London say they have successfully treated two people who were suffering from age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a condition that can destroy a person’s vision center in multiple ways. “In the months bef
  
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• Baldwin Police Offering Ring Devices To Residents As Part Of New Project

  20-03-2018 17:55
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  BALDWIN (KDKA) – The Baldwin Police Department has started a new project, which will help with obtaining surveillance video.
  According to police, the Project B-Safe initiative takes advantage of a new application from Ring.
  Ring’s devices come with a video function that allows the user to see visitors at their door, packages being delivered, etc.
  However, a new application allows police departments to contact Ring customers in the are
  
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• Jefferson County woman attacked by possible rabid coyote

  20-03-2018 17:47 via post-gazette.com
  BROOKVILLE, Pa. — Authorities are on the hunt for a possibly rabid coyote that mauled a Jefferson County woman, leaving her badly wounded and “drenched in blood.”
  
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• Caught On Video: Good Samaritans Save Victim By Flipping Burning SUV Off Him

  20-03-2018 17:23
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A group of people spring into action to save a driver from a burning SUV.The accident happened in a school parking lot in Westtown Township, Pennsylvania.Police say a driver crashed into several parked vehicles in a school parking lot.Bystanders ran over to the burning vehicle, flipped it upright, and pulled the victim to safety. “Without their assistance, the incident could have ended in a tragic manner,” officers said.Scho
  
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• How Pa.'s 'distressed' program helps towns; and why it's hard to leave it

  20-03-2018 17:10 via post-gazette.com
   
  
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• Turnpike Announces Restrictions Due To Approaching Storm

  20-03-2018 16:12
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  MIDDLETOWN, Pa. (AP) – The Pennsylvania Turnpike has announced a ban on certain types of trucks, recreational vehicles and trailers due to the approaching storm.
  Officials said vehicles being banned as of 8 p.m. Tuesday are empty straight CDL-weighted trucks, double trailers, tractors hauling empty trailers, and any trailers pulled by motorcycles, passenger vehicles, pickup trucks or sport utility vehicles. Also banned as of 8 p.m. Tuesday
  
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• 'Dance Moms' Abby Lee Miller set for early prison release

  20-03-2018 15:55 via post-gazette.com
  PITTSBURGH — Former “Dance Moms” reality TV star Abby Lee Miller is set to be released from prison early.
  
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• Dauphin County man jumps to his death from Panther Hollow Bridge

  20-03-2018 15:54 via post-gazette.com
  A 21-year-old Dauphin County man jumped to his death Friday from the Panther Hollow Bridge in Oakland’s Schenley Park.
  
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• Police identify driver in fatal Carnegie pedestrian accident as Scott man

  20-03-2018 15:51 via post-gazette.com
  Authorities Tuesday identified the 78-year-old driver whose car they say struck and killed a pedestrian in Carnegie when it jumped a curb and traveled on a sidewalk.
  
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• University of Pittsburgh School of Law names new dean

  20-03-2018 15:24 via post-gazette.com
  University of Pittsburgh School of Law has named Amy J. Wildermuth the new dean.
  
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• FIRST LOOK: Trailer For New Fred Rogers Movie Released

  20-03-2018 14:51
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The first trailer for the new movie about Fred Rogers has been released.Focus Features released the new trailer for “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” on Fred Rogers birthday.
  The movie is from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom).
  “The greatest thing that we can do is to help somebody know that they’re loved and capable of loving,” Rogers says in the trailer.
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• Last-minute election attack has hurt business, says restaurant owner Sonja Finn

  20-03-2018 14:05 via post-gazette.com
  It’s not that restaurant owner Sonja Finn enjoyed losing a March 6 special election by the whopping margin of 64 to 28 percent. That she didn't clinch the City Council seat for District 8 is the least of her worries — because, she fears, an 11th-hour attack by a powerful union could damage Dinette, the East Liberty business she built a decade ago. 
  
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• Police: Suspect Dies Following Shooting At Maryland High School, 2 Others Injured

  20-03-2018 13:58
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  LEXINGTON PARK, Md. (KDKA/AP) – A male student suspected of shooting two other students at a high school in Maryland has died.
  According to district officials, the shooting was reported at Great Mills High School in Lexington Park, Maryland. The school has about 1,600 students and is about 65 miles southeast of Washington, D.C.There has been a Shooting at Great Mills High School. The school is on lock down the event is contained, the Sherif
  
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• Police Investigating Reported Shooting At Maryland High School

  20-03-2018 13:58
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  LEXINGTON PARK, Md. (KDKA) – Police are responding to a reported shooting at a high school in Maryland.
  According to district officials, the shooting was reported at Great Mills High School in Lexington Park, Maryland.There has been a Shooting at Great Mills High School. The school is on lock down the event is contained, the Sheriff’s office is on the scene additional information to follow.Parents/Guardians should go to Leonardtown HS
  
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• TRAFFIC: Route 30 closed in Westmoreland, Somerset counties

  20-03-2018 13:50 via post-gazette.com
  PennDOT said it has closed a section of Route 30 in both directions in Westmoreland and Somerset counties due to “jackknifed tractor trailers.” It said it was closing Route 30 from the intersection of Nature Run Road in Ligonier to the intersection of Route 985/Somerset Pike in Jennerstown.
  
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• TRAFFIC: I-79 Northbound reopens after tractor trailer fire

  20-03-2018 13:50 via post-gazette.com
  Interstate 79 Northbound was closed for a while Tuesday because of a tractor trailer fire but reopened before 11 a.m., according to PennDOT.
  
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• TRAFFIC: I-79 Northbound closes because of tractor trailer fire

  20-03-2018 13:50 via post-gazette.com
  Interstate 79 Northbound is closed because of a tractor trailer fire, according to PennDOT.
  
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• PTL Links: March 20, 2018

  20-03-2018 13:17
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:Pittsburgh Public Theater
  National Aviary
  Macaroon Day Pittsburgh
  Market District
  Market District Recipes: Rack Of Lamb & Polenta Cake
  North Hills Genealogy Conference
  
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• Market District Recipes: Rack Of Lamb & Polenta Cake

  20-03-2018 13:14
  We’re celebrating the arrival of spring with these two delicious recipes from the Giant Eagle Market District!
  Rack of Lamb with Cherries and Kalamata Olives (Compliments of Chef Crystal A. Baldwin)
  Makes: 4-6Prep Time: 20 minutesCook Time: 30 minutes
  Ingredients:½ cup pitted kalamata olives
  ½ cup dried sour cherries
  1 750ml bottle red wine
  1 tbsp Market District extra-virgin olive oil
  5 slices Market District bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces
  5lb local rack of lamb
  Salt and fres
  
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• McKees Rocks man dies after being shot in February

  20-03-2018 13:12 via post-gazette.com
  A 28-year-old McKees Rocks man who was shot in early February has died as a result of his wounds.
  
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• Warrants: Man Wanted Mother’s $30K, Left Her On Floor To Die

  20-03-2018 12:29
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  CARY, N.C. (AP) – A North Carolina man has been accused of leaving his mother on their home’s floor because he knew she would probably die and that he would get access to $30,000 she had in a bank account.
  The News & Observer of Raleigh reports 39-year-old Eric Paul Brunner was arrested March 13 and charged with murder and elder abuse. Warrants and other information from Wake County sheriff’s deputies say 74-year-old Cynthia
  
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• Winter Weather Alerts Issued As First Day Of Spring Arrives

  20-03-2018 12:11
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Tuesday marks the official start of spring, but it’s sure not going to feel like it.
  According to the National Weather Service, a Winter Weather Advisory will be in effect from 8 p.m. Tuesday through 8 p.m. Wednesday for the following counties:
  Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington and Westmoreland
  Those areas can expect to see 2 to 4 inches of accumulation.
  Meanwhile,
  
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• FBI Probes Package Bomb Blast At FedEx Building In Texas

  20-03-2018 11:47
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  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Federal agents tell The Washington Post that a package bomb exploded shortly after midnight Tuesday inside a FedEx distribution center in Schertz, Texas.
  Spokeswomen for the FBI and the ATF say both agencies are at the scene.
  The explosion happened at the facility just northeast of San Antonio sometime around 1 a.m., said FBI Special Agent Michelle Lee. Lee says she has no confirmed reports of any injuries in the blast.
  
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• Authorities identify man killed in South Slide Slopes Monday

  20-03-2018 11:44 via post-gazette.com
  The Allegheny County Medical examiner identified a man killed Monday afternoon.
  
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• 'Baby Hold On': An Eddie Money interview is a wild ride

  20-03-2018 11:00 via post-gazette.com
  So, I’m asking Eddie Money about this gig he played at Three Rivers Stadium back in 1995 with the Beach Boys, and he actually remembers it better than you’d expect.
  
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• WEATHER: More snow on the way for Pittsburgh area

  20-03-2018 10:47 via post-gazette.com
  Winter’s not over yet. Pittsburgh could see between three and seven inches of snow in the next 36 hours, according to the National Weather Service.
  
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• More snow on the way for Pittsburgh area

  20-03-2018 10:47 via post-gazette.com
  Winter’s not over yet. Pittsburgh could see between three and seven inches of snow in the next 36 hours, according to the National Weather Service.
  
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• Parents Of Teen Shot And Killed By Friend File Wrongful Death Lawsuit

  20-03-2018 09:57
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  MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa. (KDKA) — The parents of a 13-year-old boy who died after he was accidentally shot by his friend have filed a wrongful death lawsuit, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  The Post-Gazette reported Mark and Leah Gustafson filed the lawsuit against Springfield Armory and Saloom Department Store in Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court on Monday. Attorneys from the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence are reportedly am
  
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• Former Aliquippa player succeeds Mike Zmijanac as coach

  20-03-2018 04:25 via post-gazette.com
  The new Aliquippa High School football coach will be a former Aliquippa player, but it won't be Sean Gilbert.
  
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