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• Fresno State Professor Under Fire For Racist Barbara Bush Rant

  19-04-2018 23:51
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  FRESNO, Calif. (CBS) — Shortly after former first lady Barbara Bush’s death on Tuesday, a California college professor begged to differ with the glowing tributes pouring in from around the country. Instead, she called Mrs. Bush an “amazing racist who… raised a war criminal,” sparking public outcry.
  Randa Jarrar is an award-winning novelist and professor at California State University Fresno, according to her bio on the school&rsqu
  
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• Tree Falls On Home In Plum Borough

  19-04-2018 23:38
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Emergency crews responded as a large tree fell on a home in Plum Borough.
  The tree fell onto the home in the 48-hundred block of Hialeah Drive.The tree uprooted and fell directly on the home.There are no reported injuries.
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• Direct Hit: Tree Falls On Home In Plum Borough

  19-04-2018 23:38
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The damage is staggering to a home in Plum Borough after it took a direct hit from a huge uprooted tree.Homeowner Jim DeBiasse wasn’t at his house Thursday afternoon when it happened.
  Themassive tree on a soggy hillside behind DeBiasse’s home on Hialeah Drive was ripped up by its roots and then, it toppled over, smashing into his recently renovated residence.He had been hoping to put the home up for sale soon.
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• 911 Operator Jailed For Hanging Up On Thousands Of Callers

  19-04-2018 22:58
  HOUSTON (CBS Local) – A former 911 operator in Houston is headed to jail after an investigation revealed that the emergency center worker hung up on thousands of people who were calling for help.
  Crenshanda Williams was sentenced to 10 days in prison and 18 months on probation for interfering with emergency telephone calls. According to KHOU, the 44-year-old was working as an emergency operator in Houston from 2015 to 2016. During that time, Williams registered thousands of 
  
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• Judge Rejects Cosby Team’s 5th Bid For Acquittal, Prosecution Rests Case

  19-04-2018 22:52
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  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby’s lawyers lost another bid to cut his sex assault retrial short.
  Judge Steven O’Neill rejected a defense motion that he acquit Cosby and send jurors home – the defense’s fifth bid for a mistrial. The defense asked the judge to clear the 80-year-old comedian after prosecutors rested their case Thursday afternoon.
  The judge says there is “simply no grounds for a mistrial” and that Cosby&r
  
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• Pittsburgh Diocese Catholics brace for parish changes

  19-04-2018 22:39 via post-gazette.com
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• Last Caribou Herd On U.S. Mainland ‘Functionally Extinct’, Experts Say

  19-04-2018 22:37
  HELENA (CBS Local) – Another species is about to disappear from the American wilderness. The last herd of southern mountain caribou – known as gray ghosts – has reportedly dwindled down to the point where wildlife experts are calling them “functionally extinct” in the U.S. mainland.
  The Selkirk herd – the last group of caribou living in the lower 48 states – has gone from a population of around 50 in 2009 to just three females currently. “It&r
  
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• Port Authority to replace safety feature on light-rail vehicles for $20.1 million

  19-04-2018 22:34 via post-gazette.com
  Port Authority expects to spend more than $20 million over the next four years to replace the emergency braking system that prevents light-rail cars from running into each other.
  
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• ‘Dance Moms’ Star Abby Lee Miller Has Cancer, Underwent Spine Surgery

  19-04-2018 22:14
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  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Former “Dance Moms” reality TV star Abby Lee Miller has been diagnosed with cancer.
  Doctor Hooman Melamed tells People.com she contracted what they thought was a rare spinal infection and nearly died this week.
  The doctor says Miller went to a California emergency room, where her condition deteriorated and she became “paralyzed from the neck down.” He says Miller underwent spinal surgery Tuesday and parts of some
  
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• Yahoo, AOL’s New Privacy Policy Allows Them To Read Your Emails

  19-04-2018 22:08
  CBS Local — Oath, the media division of Verizon that runs both AOL and Yahoo, is finally unifying the privacy policy of its two giant legacy Internet brands. That means an updated set of privacy terms and policies for hundreds of millions of users. And in an online world where privacy expectations have been radically reshaped in light of Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica mess, it’s more important than ever to read the fine print on those splash screens.
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• Major Route 50 road construction in Bridgeville to begin in 2020

  19-04-2018 21:55 via post-gazette.com
  PennDOT expects construction to start in the summer of 2020 on a project in Bridgeville that will widen Route 50, replace a key bridge, and improve access to Interstate 79.
  
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• Southwest Sought More Time To Inspect Engines, Like One That Caused Fatality

  19-04-2018 21:52
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  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Southwest Airlines sought more time to inspect fan blades like the one that snapped off during one of its flights and caused an engine breakup that left a passenger dead.
  The airline opposed a recommendation by the engine manufacturer to require ultrasonic inspections of certain fan blades within 12 months, saying it needed more time to conduct the inspections.
  Southwest made the comments last year after U.S. regulators proposed making
  
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• Death of Plum man whose remains found in Penn Hills ruled homicide

  19-04-2018 21:46 via post-gazette.com
  The man whose skeletal remains were discovered by a hiker last week in Penn Hills died as a result of homicide, according to a report made available Thursday by Allegheny County officials.
  
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• Google Creates App That Teaches Adults How To Code

  19-04-2018 21:44
  CBS Local — For many children computers have become the biggest resource when it comes to learning, socializing, and entertainment. With computer science becoming a bigger part of the world, some children are overtaking their parents in their knowledge of computer coding.
  Google is now trying to help adults keep up with their tech-savvy kids by introducing an app designed to teach people how to code. The tech giant has launched an app called Grasshopper which turns learning how t
  
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• Death Of Man Whose Skeletal Remains Were Found Ruled A Homicide

  19-04-2018 21:28
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Allegheny County medical examiner’s office says the death of a man whose skeletal remains were found in Penn Hills has been ruled a homicide.
  Twenty-year-old Zackery Sheets‘ remains were found in a wooded area of Penn Hills on April 11. The medical examiner was able to positively identify the remains as Sheets using dental records on April 17.
  Sheets was last seen alive in February of 2017, and he was reported missing t
  
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• Police search for one of two cousins charged with kidnapping, rape in Homewood

  19-04-2018 21:23 via post-gazette.com
  Pittsburgh police have charged two cousins with kidnapping a couple, terrorizing them at a Homewood residence over two days while holding them against their will at gunpoint, raping the woman and forcing her to perform sex acts.
  
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• Police charge two cousins with kidnap, rape and terror during ordeal in Homewood

  19-04-2018 21:23 via post-gazette.com
  Pittsburgh police have charged two cousins with kidnapping a couple, terrorizing them at a Homewood residence over two days while holding them against their will at gunpoint, raping the woman and forcing her to perform sex acts.
  
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• 16-Month-Old Child Dies From High Dose Of Allergy Medicine, Mother Charged

  19-04-2018 21:15
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  MONESSESEN, Pa. (AP) – Police say a Pennsylvania mother gave her 16-month-old daughter a fatal dose of allergy medicine.
  Police in Monessen say 30-year-old Ashley Gallatin has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the December death of one of her twin daughters.
  According to an affidavit, police came to Gallatin’s home about 25 miles south of Pittsburgh and found her husband on the porch, holding the baby. Police say the baby
  
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• Penguins: Hornqvist Out Again For Game 5

  19-04-2018 20:58
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan says Patric Hornqvist will be out again Friday.
  Sullivan says although Hornqvist skated at practice Thursday morning, he will not be playing in Game 5 against the Philadelphia Flyers.Coach Sullivan on Hornqvist: "He won't play tomorrow, but he skated this morning."
  — Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) April 19, 2018
  Hornqvist did not play in Game 4 on Wednesday because of an upper-body in
  
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• Homestead council OKs demolition of buildings near school

  19-04-2018 20:29 via post-gazette.com
  Two former crack houses beside Barrett Elementary School in Homestead will be torn down.
  
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• Tractor Trailer Hauling Mulch Overturns On Turnpike

  19-04-2018 20:23
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  HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A tractor trailer overturned on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Westmoreland County on Thursday, blocking multiple lanes of traffic.
  The crash happened around 12:30 p.m. in Hempfield Township, between the Irwin and New Stanton exits.TRAVEL ALERT: A crash on the @PA_Turnpike at milepost 70 is now causing delays on I-76 in both directions. A westbound tractor-trailer flipped over the median and overturned on the eastbound side, spil
  
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• Captured vestibule in offing for West View Elementary

  19-04-2018 20:19 via post-gazette.com
  The North Hills school board has begun the process to convert its last building to a captured vestibule.
  
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• Gateway formally accepts resignation of board member O'Donnell

  19-04-2018 20:17 via post-gazette.com
  The Gateway school board on April 17 formally accepted the resignation of board member Steve O’Donnell, who announced he would be resigning his seat after he was accused of making anti-Semitic remarks to a rabbi at a public meeting.
  
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• Truck crash on turnpike slows traffic between Irwin, New Stanton

  19-04-2018 19:57 via post-gazette.com
  A driver of a tractor-trailer was injured Thursday when truck lost control and flipped on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
  
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• Welcome to Bill's Dock: Estate of fishing enthusiast finances riverfront dock in Aspinwall

  19-04-2018 19:54 via post-gazette.com
  When it opens on the banks of the Allegheny River at Aspinwall Riverfront Park in June, Bill’s Dock will be more than a tribute to a man who loved fishing. It will symbolize a love of family as well.
  
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• Former WWE Star Pete Gas Talks Undertaker-Rusev Situation

  19-04-2018 19:44
  By Chuck Carroll
  The world of pro wrestling is pretty much unlike any other. It floods our televisions and arenas with colorful, larger-than-life, loud-mouthed characters who captivate our imaginations. The funny thing is many of the people who portray those characters are themselves also colorful and loud-mouthed. Pete Gas knows this very well.
  As a member of the short-lived but memorable Mean Street Posse during the Attitude Era, he traveled up and down America’s highways and byways whil
  
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• Moon Transportation Authority eyes revenue-generating road projects

  19-04-2018 19:30 via post-gazette.com
  The Moon Transportation Authority is planning two road projects designed to bring new business and additional tax dollars to the township, Moon Area School District and Allegheny County.
  
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• Driver Who Caused Parkway North Crash Died From Heart Disease

  19-04-2018 19:20
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  ROSS TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — The Allegheny County medical examiner says the driver who caused a multi-vehicle crash on the Parkway North on Tuesday died from heart disease.
  The medical examiner listed the cause of death for 64-year-old Bryant J. Beiter, of Munhall, as Hypertensive Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease.
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  Beiter was driving a dump truck on the Parkway North in Ross Township around 5 a.m. Tuesday when he struck the center med
  
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• North Hills school board mulls online foreign language program

  19-04-2018 18:58 via post-gazette.com
  The North Hills School District is considering an online summer foreign language exploratory program for elementary students.
  
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• Two peregrines hatch at Pitt

  19-04-2018 18:44 via post-gazette.com
  Two eggs have successfully hatched at an aerie near the top of the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh.
  
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• Two eggs hatch at Pitt's peregrine nest after earlier chick killings; falcon nurturing new pair

  19-04-2018 18:44 via post-gazette.com
  Two eggs have successfully hatched at an aerie near the top of the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh.
  
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• Ross commissioners allow fireworks sales in commercial zone

  19-04-2018 18:40 via post-gazette.com
  Ross commissioners on Monday approved an amendment to the zoning ordinance allowing the sale of fireworks in a commercial zone.
  
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• Target Offering Car Seat Discounts For Trading In Your Old One

  19-04-2018 18:38
  MINNEAPOLIS (CBS Local) – Target’s annual car seat trade-in event starts Monday, April 22 and runs through May 5.
  Parents can bring an old car seat into any Target and get a coupon for 20 percent off the price of a new one. The coupon can be used to buy car seats, booster seats, car seat bases, travel systems, or strollers. Customers will get one coupon per item brought into Guest Services. The coupon expires on May 19 and purchases can be made in store or online.
  Target will recycle
  
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• Pete Prisco Mock Draft: Giants Take Darnold

  19-04-2018 18:30
  By Pete Prisco
  (CBS Sports)- We are one week away from the NFL Draft, and there is still so much uncertainty.
  Who will go first overall to the Cleveland Browns? How many quarterbacks go in the top 10? How many trades will we see?
  With that as a backdrop, here is Mock Draft No. 6 from me, which might be my final one depending on any late information.
  In it, I have the four top quarterbacks going off the board with the first four picks — including the Buffalo Bills making a move up to the No
  
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• We are strengthening air quality standards, Allegheny County says

  19-04-2018 18:22 via post-gazette.com
  In response to an American Lung Association’s study that gave the Pittsburgh metro region F grades in air quality, the Allegheny Health Department says it has strengthened enforcement actions.
  
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• Doctor Who Treated Prince Before Death To Pay $30K For Illegal Opioid Prescription

  19-04-2018 18:06
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  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota doctor accused of illegally prescribing an opioid painkiller for Prince a week before the musician died from a fentanyl overdose has agreed to pay $30,000 to settle a federal civil violation, according to documents made public Thursday.
  The settlement between the U.S. Attorney’s Office and Dr. Michael Todd Schulenberg comes as state prosecutors prepared to announce Thursday morning whether they’ll file any crimin
  
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• Celebrating August Wilson: 'King Hedley II,' a block party are part of the birthday festivities

  19-04-2018 18:00 via post-gazette.com
  The Hill District that August Wilson chronicled to global acclaim will be the site of multiple celebrations of the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright during this, his birthday week. Wilson, who died in 2005, would have been 73 on April 27.
  
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• Superhero Window Washer Sentenced To 105 Years In Prison On Child Porn Charges

  19-04-2018 17:49
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  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Federal prosecutors say a Tennessee man who dressed as Spider-Man and washed windows at a children’s hospital has been sentenced to more than 100 years in prison on child pornography charges.
  A statement from U.S. Attorney Don Cochran says 36-year-old Jarratt A. Turner of Nashville was sentenced this week to 105 years in prison. Turner pleaded guilty last year to 16 counts of producing and transporting child porn.
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• Kenny Johnson On Working With His Daughter & S.W.A.T.

  19-04-2018 17:27
  There is nothing like a father daughter relationship. For actor Kenny Johnson, his relationship with his eight-year-old daughter Angelica is even more special because the two get to work with each other on screen. Kenny and Angelica have been in a few movies together and tonight will get the opportunity to appear together on “S.W.A.T.”
  Johnson chatted with CBS Local’s DJ Sixsmith about his daughter, tonight’s episode and his career.
  DJ Sixsmith: You and your daughter
  
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• Man Convicted Of Rape As A Teen Wants Off Sex Offender List

  19-04-2018 17:16
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  STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) – A judge is hearing arguments about whether a man convicted as a juvenile of raping a 16-year-old girl should be removed from Ohio’s sex offender registry.
  Judge Thomas Lipps scheduled the hearing for Thursday in Juvenile Court in Steubenville to consider the request of former Steubenville High School football player Ma’Lik Richmond.
  Richmond was convicted in 2013 of raping a West Virginia girl during an alcohol-fueled
  
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• Greensburg Police Searching For Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 2 Juveniles

  19-04-2018 16:41
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  GREENSBURG (KDKA) — Greensburg Police are searching for a sexual assault suspect.
  According to the City of Greensburg Police Department, Naim Ballard is accused of sexually assaulting two juveniles.
  (Photo Credit: City of Greensburg Police Department)
  Police say Ballard is from the Philadelphia area, but he has been known to frequent homes in the Greensburg area.
  Ballard is facing multiple charges, including rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, a
  
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• Greensburg Police Capture Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 2 Juveniles

  19-04-2018 16:41
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  GREENSBURG (KDKA) — Greensburg Police have captured a sexual assault suspect from Philadelphia.
  According to the City of Greensburg Police Department, Naim Ballard is accused of sexually assaulting two juveniles.
  (Photo Credit: City of Greensburg Police Department)
  Police say Ballard is from the Philadelphia area, but he has been known to frequent homes in the Greensburg area.
  Ballard was caught Thursday afternoon. 
  He is facing multiple charges, inc
  
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• Corey Chavous: Bradley Chubb Is The Top Prospect In The Draft In My Evaluation

  19-04-2018 16:00
  Ryan Mayer
  We’re just one week away from the NFL’s biggest off-season event rolling into Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Over the last few months, there’s been plenty of debate about the top prospects, how many QBs will go in the first round, who are the sleepers, etc. As always, there are plenty of places to turn for draft information, but one of the best we’ve found is former NFL safety and current CBS Sports Network analyst/founder of Draft Nasty Magazine, Corey C
  
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• ‘World’s Biggest Bounce House’ Coming To Pittsburgh

  19-04-2018 15:58
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (KDKA) – It’s being billed as the “World’s Biggest Bounce House” and it’s coming to Pittsburgh.The Big Bounce America will make its way to the Burgh this June 8, 9, 10.
  Organizers say that the inside of the bounce house will feature giant slides, ball pits, basketball hoops and obstacle runs.Not only that the structure will feature a DJ booth with sounds and lights, a dance floor, and a VIP external dome.
  Aside from
  
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• Fire damages home in Beaver County

  19-04-2018 15:20 via post-gazette.com
  No one was injured but a house was severely damaged in a fire Thursday morning in Beaver County.
  
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• Downtown skyscraper could be converted into 'lifestyle boutique hotel'

  19-04-2018 15:00 via post-gazette.com
  One of Downtown’s oldest and most ornate skyscrapers could be the site of the city’s latest hotel development.
  
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• PTL Links: April 19, 2018

  19-04-2018 14:57
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:GetGo Cafe
  Secret Eats With Adam Richman
  Man v. Food
  Point Park University’s Pioneer Records
  South Hills Home Show
  Doug Oster
  Andy Amrhein at Evey True Blue Hardware
  Children’s Book Cart Bringing Comfort To NICU Babies, Parents
  Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh — 7 Best Books for Babies
  Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC — NICU Book Cart
  
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• Patron stabbed at Bloomfield tavern

  19-04-2018 14:50 via post-gazette.com
  One person was hurt in a stabbing early Thursday morning at a neighborhood tavern and eatery in Bloomfield.
  
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• Public Theater's 'Hamlet' is a finale for director Ted Pappas

  19-04-2018 14:45 via post-gazette.com
  There are intersecting storylines going on at Pittsburgh Public Theater right now, filled with intrigue, twisty plots and dramatic turns. And oh, they’re doing “Hamlet,” too.
  
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• Pittsburgh Public School Board Approves 3-Year Contract With Teachers’ Union

  19-04-2018 14:40
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  PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Pittsburgh school district has approved a three-year contract with its teacher’s union, formally ending a lengthy impasse that nearly led to the city’s first teacher strike in 40 years.
  The school board approved the deal Wednesday night. The Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers had overwhelmingly approved it last week.
  The agreement, culminated after a lengthy bargaining session in late February, ended a 19-month bargaining
  
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