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• President Trump Replacing National Security Adviser McMaster With Bolton

  22-03-2018 23:53
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  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is replacing national security adviser H.R. McMaster with John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
  Trump tweets that McMaster has done “an outstanding job & will always remain my friend.” He says Bolton will take over April 9.JUST IN: Gen. H.R. McMaster to be replaced by John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., as White House national security advisor, Pres. Trump annou
  
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• Gateway School District says armed security officers ready for challenge

  22-03-2018 23:52 via post-gazette.com
  It’s still dark outside when Officer Steve Suranovich pulls up to Moss Side Middle School.
  
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• Gateway School District says armed officers ready for challenge

  22-03-2018 23:52 via post-gazette.com
  It’s still dark outside when Officer Steve Suranovich pulls up to Moss Side Middle School.
  
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• FBI Warns Of Kidnapping Phone Scam That ‘Preys On Your Emotions’

  22-03-2018 23:43
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A warning from the FBI Office in Pittsburgh about a scam so believable you’re conned before you realize what’s happening.
  It’s a “virtual kidnapping scam.” Victims are tricked into believing a loved one has been kidnapped and are extorted for ransom money.
  It’s an extortion scheme so real you believe your loved one is in harm’s way.
  “They make it as realistic as possible. Their goal is sp
  
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• Sources: Public Works Employees’ Suspension Part Of Larger Crackdown

  22-03-2018 23:31
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Five Pittsburgh Public Works employees are back on the job after a five-day suspension.
  Sources confirmed the employees refused to fill potholes late last week, told their supervisor they were all sick and went home.
  “They were sick. They were all asked to turn in doctors’ excuses to support their sickness,” Public Works director Mike Gable said. “Five of them said they were sick. They, again, they didn’t
  
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• Roberto Clemente Jr. Shares Mental Health App Named For Father With Bellevue Students

  22-03-2018 23:17
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  BELLEVUE (KDKA) — Northgate High School students in Bellevue welcomed the son of baseball great Roberto Clemente on Thursday.
  Broadcaster and former pro-baseball player Roberto Clemente Jr. spoke about the lessons he learned from his father and about setting goals and sticking to them.
  “I’m going to be the best of whatever it is I decide to do, and that’s what he did. So he became an amazing baseball player,” he said. “Never
  
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• Saccone Concedes To Lamb As Both Launch New Campaigns, But Not Against Each Other

  22-03-2018 22:55
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It’s all over in the old 18th Congressional District; although both candidates, Democrat Conor Lamb and Republican Rick Saccone, are off and running again — just not against each other.
  After counting absentee ballots, military ballots, provisional ballots and the like, Lamb led Saccone by three-tenths of one percent — enough for Saccone to call Lamb to concede the race.
  In a statement, Saccone said:
  “I am honor
  
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• Authorities Cracking Down On Route 8 Speeders For Aggressive Driving Initiative

  22-03-2018 22:38
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  SHALER TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — If you drive along busy, accident-prone Route 8, you should slow down; police are cracking down on speeders and aggressive drivers.
  It took one officer just minutes to find a speeder Thursday. What else are they looking for?
  “We’re targeting speeding,” Shaler Police Lt. Sean Frank said. “We have several red lights at our intersections, so we’ll be watching the red lights. Following too closely, passin
  
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• Western Pa.'s House delegation divided on $1.3 trillion spending bill

  22-03-2018 22:24 via post-gazette.com
  A spending bill that was quickly passed by the House on Thursday received mixed support from Western Pennsylvania’s Republican delegation. Reps. Glenn “G.T.” Thompson, R-Centre, and Bill Shuster, R-Hollidaysburg, supported it while Reps. Mike Kelly, R-Butler, and Keith Rothfus, R-Sewickley, opposed it.
  
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• Starbucks Offers New Limited Time Only ‘Crystal Ball Frappuccino’

  22-03-2018 22:16
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  PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Starbucks is out with their newest beverage: the “Crystal Ball Frappuccino.”
  The coffee giant says the drink starts with a crème-based Frappuccino infused with peach flavor and turquoise sparkles that create an enchanting marbling effect.
  Then, the magic happens.Gaze deep within our crystal ba…OMG it's a Frappuccino now! #CrystalBallFrappuccino(Available in the US, Canada & Mexico while the magic lasts).
  
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• Hersheypark To Welcome New Seal Pup This Summer

  22-03-2018 22:05
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  HERSHEY, Pa. (KDKA) — An adorable new addition is coming to a popular vacation spot for Pittsburghers this summer.
  Hersheypark announced Thursday that they’ll soon be welcoming a new seal pup. The park’s resident Harbor seals, Mango and Bumper, are expecting their first baby in early summer.We're excited to announce a baby splash is coming early summer 2018! Harbor seals Mango and Bumper are expecting – read more here! https://t.co/QrqEM
  
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• Man dressed like construction worker robs Kennedy bank

  22-03-2018 21:48 via post-gazette.com
  A man dressed like a construction worker and armed with a gun robbed a bank Thursday afternoon in Kennedy, authorities said.
  
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• Kennedy Township Bank Robbed, Police Investigating

  22-03-2018 21:28
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  KENNEDY TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Police are investigating after a Kennedy Township bank was robbed Thursday afternoon.
  It happened around 1:20 p.m. at the PNC Bank on Pine Hollow Road.
  The FBI says the robber displayed a weapon. Further details on the robbery were not released.
  The suspect was described as a Caucasian man. He was about 5-feet-6-inches tall.
  (Photo Credit: FBI Pittsburgh)
  At the time of the robbery, he was wearing black overalls, a gray-colored s
  
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• Trade Worries Send Stock Market Plunging, Dow Jones Drops More Than 700 Points

  22-03-2018 21:23
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  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks plunged, sending the Dow Jones industrials down more than 700 points, as investors feared that trade tensions will spike between the U.S. and China.
  The Trump administration announced trade sanctions against China Thursday, and Beijing has said it will defend itself.NEW: Dow Jones sinks more than 700 points at closing bell amid fears of trade war; earlier Thursday, Pres. Trump announced new tariffs against China https://t.co/vcpL5BZ
  
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• Pa. Man Accused Of Sexually Abusing Juveniles, Buying Used Boys’ Underwear Online

  22-03-2018 20:57
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  OXFORD, Pa. (CBS) — A man is accused of sexually abusing juveniles after being caught buying used boys’ underwear and bathing suits online, police say.
  According to Pennsylvania State Police, Robert Caesar sexually abused three boys over the course of two years in the Oxford area.
  Police say they received a tip in January that Caesar bought used boys’ underwear and bathing suits through eBay.
  (Photo Credit: Pennsylvania State Police)
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• Pitt makes disciplinary moves after department implicated in sex-harassment investigation

  22-03-2018 20:54 via post-gazette.com
  The University of Pittsburgh has disciplined an unspecified number of people associated with its Department of Communication after an investigation found violations of university policy and federal law against gender discrimination. 
  
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• Teen Crashes Into License Center Building During Driving Test

  22-03-2018 20:45
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  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – What’s a sure fire way to fail your driving test? Smash your vehicle through the license center building.
  That’s what happened to a 17-year-old from Monticello Wednesday afternoon. The teen, starting her behind-the-wheel test, had her vehicle in drive instead of reverse, hit the accelerator and smashed into the Buffalo driver’s license exam station. The incident happened at about 2 p.m.
  (Photo Courtesy: WCCO)
  The bui
  
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• Viral Video Of Smoking Baby Leads To Mom’s Arrest

  22-03-2018 20:18
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  CBS Local —  A video of an infant smoking a small cigar set off outrage on social media that helped North Carolina authorities identify and arrest the mother.
  Police say the Raleigh mom had her baby smoke “a marijuana blunt,” according to arrest warrants obtained by CBS affiliate WNCN.
  A version of the video that’s received 1.5 million views was posted by a user who urged the mother’s arrest. The 10-second clip shows the hand
  
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• KeyBank provides $16.6M in financing for Fineview redevelopment

  22-03-2018 20:10
  KeyBank is providing $16.6 million in financing for a multiphase redevelopment project in Pittsburgh's Fineview neighborhood.
  
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• Toys ‘R’ Us Founder Charles Lazarus Dies At Age 94

  22-03-2018 20:03
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  (CNN Money) — Charles Lazarus, who founded Toys “R” Us 70 years ago, died Thursday, week after the company announced it will be forced to shut down its U.S. operations.
  Lazarus, 94, no longer held a stake in the chain. He started the company in 1948 when he was 25, anticipating that the post-war baby boom would create demand for baby supplies and toys. He remained CEO until 1994.
  “He was the father of the toy business,” said Michae
  
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• Lindsay Lohan Becomes Ironic New Spokesperson For Lawyer.com

  22-03-2018 20:01
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  CBS Local — Lindsay Lohan has a long history of getting into trouble with the law. The actress’s latest gig is therefore catching some people by surprise: spokesperson for Lawyers.com.
  Lohan, who has been arrested multiple times for driving under the influence as well as theft from a Venice jewelry store, spent eight years on probation starting in 2007. The 31-year-old was also sentenced to 90 days in jail in 2010 and has been in and out of rehab du
  
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• Former Boxing Champ Paul Spadafora Pleads Guilty In 2016 Domestic Dispute Incident

  22-03-2018 19:51
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  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Former lightweight boxing champ Paul Spadafora has pleaded guilty to resisting arrest and simple assault on police officers who responded to a domestic dispute at his Pittsburgh home in 2016.
  The 42-year-old boxer was sentenced Thursday to time served and probation.
  Spadafora also was accused of stabbing his brother and kicking his mother during the dispute, but those charges were dropped.
  Authorities have said Spadafora challenged the o
  
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• Report says Mars Area needs to address deficiencies in special education

  22-03-2018 19:40 via post-gazette.com
  Mars Area School District officials say they are working to correct deficiencies in the district’s special education program found during a 2017 state audit, some of which were cited in a report five years earlier.
  
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• Bethel Park High School student wins statewide composition contest

  22-03-2018 19:34 via post-gazette.com
  Garrett Hoffman has been writing songs since he was in elementary school. Next month, one of his compositions, which won a statewide contest, will be performed by a college choir.
  
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• Franklin Regional residents question elementary campus plan

  22-03-2018 19:24 via post-gazette.com
  Franklin Regional parents are concerned about the district’s proposed elementary school renovation and reconstruction project that is estimated to cost from $53.7 million to $57 million.
  
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• Monroeville Council withdraws ordinance on oil and gas development zoning

  22-03-2018 19:13 via post-gazette.com
  Monroeville Council will not be taking any action to further regulate oil and gas development in the southwestern corner of the municipality.
  
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• ‘That’s Just Extremely Odd’: Cougar Found In Empty Motel Room

  22-03-2018 19:09
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  CBS Local — An Oregon motel had to call local wildlife officials after a cougar decided to “check in” to one of their rooms.
  According to KVAL, the cougar wandered into the Oregon Motor Motel on March 20 after being seen walking around the inn two days earlier.
  “A cougar coming this far into downtown, into the business district and deep into a hotel complex, and not showing fear of people or wariness of urban environments? That&rsqu
  
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• Gateway school board puts middle school property up for sale

  22-03-2018 19:08 via post-gazette.com
  The Gateway Middle School property officially is up for sale.
  
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• Police: Toddler Found Wandering In Snow Only Wearing Shirt, Mother Charged

  22-03-2018 19:07
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  OVERBROOK (KDKA) – A mother is facing charges after her toddler was found wandering outside in the snow while barely wearing any clothes.
  According to police, officers were called to the 600 block of Maytide Street around 4 p.m. Wednesday.
  A couple saw a 2-year-old girl on the sidewalk only wearing a shirt. The couple asked the girl where she lived and the child pointed to a home nearby.
  The door to the home was open and the child walked back inside as po
  
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• Moon Area board member hopes former superintendent's lawsuit will be dismissed

  22-03-2018 19:07 via post-gazette.com
  A Moon Area school board member said he hopes a federal judge will dismiss a lawsuit filed in 2015 by former superintendent Curtis Baker.
  
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• Man Loses Thumb In Accident, Doctors Replace It With Big Toe

  22-03-2018 18:48
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  CBS Local — An Illinois mechanic who lost his thumb in an accident has the use of his hand again after having doctors attach his toe as a replacement.
  Melo Hairapetian accidentally severed his left thumb and pinky while using a circular saw in 2016. The damage to the man’s hand was so severe that doctors could not save the 45-year-old’s thumb.
  “I can’t live without my thumb,” Hairapetian said in a Loyola Medici
  
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• Pa. Couple Charged After Infant’s Body Found In Crawl Space

  22-03-2018 18:46
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  SINKING SPRING, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania couple is facing criminal charges after police found the body of an infant believed to be their 6-month-old daughter in a crawl space at their apartment.
  Police went to their apartment complex in Springfield Township late Monday on a tip from a relative who had heard stories from the father about the couple’s child having died.
  Authorities say the body was found in a trash bag in a plastic container filled w
  
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• Alan Cumming On Instinct, Whoopi Goldberg & Macbeth

  22-03-2018 18:44
  Alan Cumming has played a lot of different characters in his career, but he has never played a character quite like Detective Dylan Reinhart. Cumming, who was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards while on the “Good Wife” on CBS, loves the challenge of playing Reinhart because he is multilayered. Reinhart is a professor, a former CIA spy and an author. He’s also the first openly gay leading male character ever on network television, but Cumming believes that’s the leas
  
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• Ross applies for grant to upgrade Sangree Park

  22-03-2018 18:20 via post-gazette.com
  Ross commissioners have decided to focus their attention this year on Sangree Park.
  
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• Has Road To WrestleMania Already Topped Main Event?

  22-03-2018 18:20
  By Chuck Carroll
  For WWE, this year’s road to WrestleMania has been unlike any other in the event’s 34-year history. Traditionally, the fireworks are saved for the actual show, but bombshells have already been going off for more than a month, and there is still more than two weeks before tens of thousands pack the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. The biggest bang came earlier this week, when WWE shocked the wrestling world by announcing Daniel Bryan had been medically cleared
  
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• Cosby Lawyers Ask Judge To Step Aside Because Of Wife’s Advocacy

  22-03-2018 18:17
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  PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Bill Cosby’s lawyers are asking the judge in his upcoming sexual assault retrial to step aside, arguing he could be seen as biased because his wife is a social worker who’s described herself as an “advocate for assault victims.”
  Cosby’s lawyers said Thursday that some of Judge Steven O’Neill’s rulings, including his decision to let five additional accusers testify, could give the appearance he&
  
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• New traffic signals should ease congestion from McKnight Road to Butler County

  22-03-2018 18:16 via post-gazette.com
  By September, motorists in the North Hills may be able to drive from McKnight Road in Ross to the Butler County line without stopping for a red light.
  
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• North Hills district parents address board on school safety

  22-03-2018 18:07 via post-gazette.com
  Last month’s school shooting in Parkland, Fla., has galvanized some parents in the North Hills School District.
  
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• Top Toy Executive Pledges Millions To ‘Save Toys ‘R’ Us’ GoFundMe

  22-03-2018 17:55
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  PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A top toy executive is pledging hundreds of millions of dollars in an effort to help save Toys “R” Us through a new GoFundMe effort.
  Isaac Larian, CEO of MGA Entertainment, Inc., the company that created Little Tike and Bratz, has contributed $200 million in an effort to get to a $1 billion goal to save the iconic toy retailer.
  Toys “R” Us helped launch Larian’s career more than 30 years ago.
  “There
  
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• Details of Pittsburgh March for Our Lives Saturday event set

  22-03-2018 17:54 via post-gazette.com
  Pittsburgh is one of many cities around the country holding “sibling” marches in conjunction with the March for Our Lives planned for Saturday in Washington, D.C. 
  
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• Game of drones: Eyes in the sky can be functional, fun to fly

  22-03-2018 17:41 via post-gazette.com
  In November 2017, a body was spotted in the Ohio River near the Dashields Dam in Crescent. The current was too swift to safely send rescuers, so a small unmanned aerial vehicle, commonly called a drone, was sent to record video.
  
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• Officials: Drug Laced With Bug Spray Causes ‘Zombie’-Like Reaction

  22-03-2018 17:34
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  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (KDKA) — Medics in Indianapolis, Ind., say that a drug laced with bug spray causes a “zombie”-like reaction, and they’re seeing more and more overdoses.
  CBS affiliate WTTV reports that the drug is called KD. A heavy-duty bug spray, like Raid, is combined with either marijuana, tobacco or spice.
  After the user smokes it, Indianapolis Fire Department Captain Chris Major says the user becomes “slow and lethargic,&rd
  
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• Writing fellow at University of Pittsburgh wins prestigious Whiting Award

  22-03-2018 17:17 via post-gazette.com
  Rickey Laurentiis, a Pittsburgh-based poet, is among 10 recipients to receive a $50,000 Whiting Award, which honors the work of emerging writers. Since 1985, the awards have been given to writers in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama.
  
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• Survivor Castoff Stephanie Johnson Speaks Out

  22-03-2018 17:16
  Stephanie Johnson spent 24 hours on Ghost Island and she believes that ended up being the reason she is no longer on “Survivor: Ghost Island.” Johnson is the latest castoff on a Survivor season that keeps on surprising viewers.
  Johnson spoke with CBS Local about why she got voted off, the biggest challenges of the game and who she wants to win now that she’s gone.
  Why do you think you were voted off?
  Stephanie Johnson: I think that they thought I was a player. I was a trip
  
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• Ex-boxer Paul Spadafora pleads guilty in 2016 domestic dispute

  22-03-2018 17:14 via post-gazette.com
  Former lightweight boxing champion Paul Spadafora was released on time served to be followed by probation after pleading guilty Thursday to resisting arrest and simple assault on officers after they responded to a domestic dispute at his house in 2016.
  
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• Spark ignites: Pittsburgh CLO's new festival of small musicals opens Wednesday

  22-03-2018 16:59 via post-gazette.com
  Pittsburgh CLO was thinking both big and small when it dreamed up the Spark festival of small musicals and put the plan into action. Now, more than a decade and millions of dollars in the making, Spark has been ignited to take over the Pittsburgh Cultural District for 12 days, starting Wednesday.
  
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• John Dowd, Lead Trump Lawyer In Russia Probe, Leaves Team

  22-03-2018 16:58
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  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump’s lead lawyer in the Russia investigation has left the legal team.
  Attorney John Dowd is confirming his decision in an email to The Associated Press.
  Dowd says he “loves the president” and wishes him well.
  Another Trump’s lawyer, Jay Sekulow, also is confirming Dowd’s departure.
  The move comes several days after Trump added a new lawyer to his team – former U.S. attorney Joseph d
  
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• Watch: Man Leads Police On Slow-Speed Chase In Texas

  22-03-2018 16:57
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  HOUSTON (KDKA) — A group of police vehicles pursued a driver at a snail’s pace from Baytown, Texas, into Houston on Thursday morning.
  It didn’t look like your usual police chase as the vehicles crawled along the interstate.
  According to CBS affiliate KHOU, police were following a man accused of pistol-whipping his girlfriend or wife. Police believed the suspect could be armed, so they were cautious to approach his vehicle.
  WATCH: 
  The sus
  
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• Ex-Steelers doctor sentenced to 10 years in federal prison in drug distribution case

  22-03-2018 16:35 via post-gazette.com
  Richard Rydze, the former Pittsburgh Steelers doctor found guilty of conspiring to illegally distribute anabolic steroids, human growth hormone and narcotic painkillers, was sentenced Tuesday to a decade in federal prison.
  
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• NCAA Tournament 2018 TV schedule: Each March Madness Sweet 16 games ranked 1-8

  22-03-2018 16:30
  By Matt Norlander, CBS Sports
  (CBS Sports) Fewer games, bigger drama.
  With the wacky first and second rounds in the rearview mirror, the NCAA Tournament turns to an octet of regional semifinals that offer an interesting variety of match-ups. The left side of the bracket has gone sideways, while the right side has maintained a lot of stability with the exception of Syracuse sneaking out of the bottom right corner.
  For the 31st time in the 33 years of the 64/68-team era, at least one double digit
  
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