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• North Side Thai Restaurant Ordered To Close Due To Hygiene, Pest Problems

  11-05-2018 23:42
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  NORTH SIDE (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Health Department shut down a North Side Thai restaurant on Thursday due to multiple health code violations, including hygiene and pest problems.
  According to an ACHD report, inspectors found Nicky’s Thai Kitchen on Western Avenue had mouse droppings and flies throughout the basement, which is used for preparation.
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  The inspector also found a dead mouse inside a cooking vessel stored on ba
  
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• Police, Workers In Hazmat Suits Converge On Motel 6 In Kennedy Township

  11-05-2018 23:32
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  KENNEDY TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Police surrounded a motel in Kennedy Township on Friday afternoon, setting up a perimeter around the parking lot and roping off a car, as they searched the building.
  Law enforcement first converged on the Motel 6 in the 200 block of Beecham Drive around 4:20 p.m.
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  In addition to police, Allegheny County Emergency Services was also called to the scene.
  Officers were scene going in and ou
  
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• Police Converge On Motel 6 In Kennedy Township

  11-05-2018 23:32
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  KENNEDY TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Police have been called to a motel in Kennedy Township.
  Law enforcement has converged on the Motel 6 in the 200 block of Beecham Drive.
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  There’s police tape surrounding a BMW there. And police are focusing their attention on the second floor.Police activity at Motel 6 in Kennedy Twp. A BMW surrounded by police tape. Allegheny County Emergency Services here on scene @KDKA pic.twitter.com/5VO
  
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• Police: Child Found Living In Suspected Meth Lab In Kennedy Twp. Motel Room

  11-05-2018 23:32
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  KENNEDY TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Police discovered an active drug lab inside a Kennedy Township motel room Friday afternoon.Law enforcement first converged on the Motel 6 in the 200 block of Beecham Drive around 4:20 p.m., setting up a perimeter around the parking lot and roping off a car.
  Investigators say drug enforcement agents uncovered an active methamphetamine lab inside room 105.
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  Officers received a tip from a
  
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• Furry Tails: Unrivaled #SquadGoals

  11-05-2018 23:14
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — These dogs’ selfie game is seriously on point.
  Meet the crew from Go Fetch Dog Daycare and Boarding located in Loveland, Ohio, right near Cincinnati.
  (Source: Go Fetch Dog Daycare and Boarding/Facebook)
  Their epic selfie is taking social media by storm, and many are saying their #SquadGoals are unrivaled.
  Since the photo was posted to the doggy daycare’s Facebook page back on March 30, it’s gotten more than 500 shares
  
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• Park Official: Visitors Are Destroying Ancient Dinosaur Fossils

  11-05-2018 23:10
  VERNAL, UT (CBS Local) – Park officials in Utah are trying to stop a trend that is literally destroying millions of years of history. Tourists have reportedly been picking up the fossilized footprints of dinosaurs and throwing them into a park lake.
  “It’s become quite a big problem,” Utah Division of State Parks spokesman Devan Chavez told The Salt Lake Tribune. “They’re just looking to throw rocks off the side. What they don’t realize is these rock
  
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• Police Investigating After Shots Fired In Downtown Pittsburgh

  11-05-2018 22:59
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Shots rang out in downtown Pittsburgh on Friday afternoon.
  Emergency dispatchers confirm shots were fired near Fifth Avenue and Wood Street. Police are on the scene.
  Police say there were three people fighting in the middle of the street. One pulled out a gun and fired at least two shots. That person then ran down Wood Street, dumping a gun in a trash can.
  At this time, police don’t believe anyone was hit. 
  A witness said th
  
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• Watch A Sneak Preview Of Gabby Douglas On Undercover Boss: Celebrity Edition

  11-05-2018 22:34
  Imagine if your idol could walk a mile in your shoes, recognize your special ability and change your life forever? Well, that’s the premise of the Celebrity edition of Undercover Boss, premiering tonight with 3x Olympic gold medal gymnast Gabby Douglas who goes deep undercover to discover gifted gymnasts and coaches.  Check out this sneak peek.
  Watch Gabby Douglas on Undercover Boss: Celebrity Edition tonight at 8pm on CBS.
  
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• FBI: Ohio Bank Robbery Suspect May Be In Pittsburgh Area

  11-05-2018 22:27
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Officials with the FBI say a man who robbed a bank in Ohio could be in the Pittsburgh area.
  The FBI Cleveland division is searching for an unidentified man who robbed a KeyBank location on Market Street in Boardman, Ohio, last Monday.
  Authorities say the man approached the teller counter and threatened violence with a gun, although no weapon was seen.
  The suspect is described as a black male between the ages of 40 and 50. He’s b
  
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• Clarion U. trustees recommend two finalists for university president

  11-05-2018 22:21 via post-gazette.com
  Trustees at Clarion University voted Friday to send the names of  Dale-Elizabeth Pehrsson and David Urban to State System of Higher Education leaders, who are expected to decide as soon as May 21 which of the two will be the university's next president.
  
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• 23-Year Court Employee Sentenced To Jail Time For Using Phone In Court

  11-05-2018 21:58
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A man who was worked for the courts for 23 years has been sentenced to jail time for using his cell phone inside a courtroom.
  The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Sheldon Arrington, a juvenile probation officer, was using his cell phone inside Judge Anthony M. Mariani’s courtroom during a break last month.
  When Mariani asked Arrington to turn off the phone, Arrington allegedly told the judge he was dealing with an emergency and sa
  
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• Federal judge tells county jail to move mentally ill inmate out of isolation

  11-05-2018 21:45 via post-gazette.com
  A federal judge ordered the Allegheny County Jail to move a mentally ill inmate to a different unit at the facility after a jail psychiatrist testified Friday that the inmate was deteriorating because of "extended isolation."
  
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• ACLU sues Allegheny County Jail over detention status of mentally ill inmate

  11-05-2018 21:45 via post-gazette.com
  The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania has accused the Allegheny County Jail of holding a severely mentally ill man in solitary confinement where he has not taken his medication for eight days and faces physical harm.
  
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• Ohio Attorney General Certifies Marijuana Legalization Petition

  11-05-2018 21:37
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio’s attorney general has certified a petition for another proposed ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana.
  The initiative would allow Ohioans age 21 or older to possess, grow, use, sell and share marijuana in the state.
  The petition language certified by Republican Attorney General Mike DeWine on Thursday would keep the state’s medical marijuana program in place.
  The petition now goes to the bipartisan Ohio Ballot Board, which must decide
  
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• Steubenville Man Convicted Of Rape As Teen To Be Taken Off Sex Offender List

  11-05-2018 21:32
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  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A judge has ordered that a man convicted as a teen of raping a 16-year-old girl should be taken off Ohio’s sex offender registry for juveniles.
  Friday’s ruling by Judge Thomas Lipps came in the case of former Steubenville High School football player Ma’Lik Richmond, convicted in 2013 of raping a West Virginia girl during an alcohol-fueled party following a football scrimmage.
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  Richmond initially
  
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• Witness recounts fatal police-involved shooting of Lower Burrell man

  11-05-2018 21:24 via post-gazette.com
  Before the fatal shooting, there was a bonfire and music.
  
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• 10-Year-Old Girl Takes Bullet While Shielding Baby Brother

  11-05-2018 20:56
  LAS VEGAS, NV (CBS Local) – A 10-year-old girl in Las Vegas is being called a hero after she used her own body as a shield to save her baby brother during a parking lot gun battle.
  Aaliyah Inghram was on a shopping trip to Walmart with her mother, her 18-month-old brother, and her cousin when two men began shooting at each other on May 8. “I didn’t want the baby to get hurt so I like stepped in front of the babies. If I wouldn’t have stood in front of my brother, he
  
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• Authorities ID body found floating in Monongahela River on South Side

  11-05-2018 20:27 via post-gazette.com
  Authorities have identified the man found floating Thursday in the Monongahela River on the South Side as Charles B. Patterson.
  
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• Peregrine falcon chicks nesting at the Cathedral of Learning get a checkup

  11-05-2018 20:09 via post-gazette.com
  Two peregrine falcon chicks were briefly pulled from the nesting ledge at the 40th floor of the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning in Oakland, Friday.
  
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• Salmonella Outbreak Sickens Dozens After Massive Egg Recall

  11-05-2018 20:07
  ATLANTA, GA (CBS Local) – The CDC has released new information about a massive egg recall across several states. Thirty-five people have now been diagnosed with salmonella linked to the contaminated food after more than 200 million eggs were recalled by an egg farm in North Carolina.
  The Details:35 people have been diagnosed with salmonella linked to an egg recall
  Over 200 million eggs were recalled on April 13
  The recall affects eggs shipped to nine states by Rose Acre FarmsAcco
  
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• People in the News - May 11, 2018 - Fox Rothschild

  11-05-2018 20:05
  Fox Rothschild partner Sanford "Sandy" Mozes was recognized by HIAS Pennsylvania at its 2018 Golden Door Awards for his support of immigrants and refugees. The annual Golden Door Awards highlight the critical work performed in service to these goals by individuals, firms and immigrants themselves.
  
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• Yale University Offering Free Class On ‘Happiness’ To The World

  11-05-2018 19:40
  NEW HAVEN, CT (CBS Local) – The hefty tuition for going to Yale University may bring some students (and their parents) to tears. However, the Ivy League school is trying to give everyone a reason to smile by offering a new class on “happiness.”
  The Details:Yale University is offering a free online class about happiness
  The campus lecture was reportedly the most popular in school history
  100,000 people have signed up for the classYale has started a free online lecture, whic
  
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• Police: Man Hid Legless Fugitive Girlfriend In Plastic Storage Container

  11-05-2018 19:30
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  WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) – A Florida man is accused of hiding his legless fugitive girlfriend from police by stuffing her into a plastic storage container.
  Forty-eight-year-old John Robert Carr Jr. of Winter Haven is charged with resisting arrest. News outlets report Carr attempted to hide 39-year-old Krystle Lee Anderson from U.S. marshals and Polk County Sheriff’s deputies Tuesday.
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• Bear Smashes Car Window, Eats 2 Dozen Cupcakes

  11-05-2018 19:03
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  ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) – The smell of two dozen cupcakes in a baker’s car was too much for a black bear in New Jersey.
  The bruin smashed a window and left only smeared icing and a paw print behind.
  Christine Allen tells The Record the bear ate every single chocolate, vanilla and strawberry cupcake that she had made for a large order. Awaken by the dog barking and a “crunch sound,” her husband spotted the bear early Thursday.
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• Raptors Fire Coach Dwane Casey Despite Franchise-Best Record

  11-05-2018 18:57
  (CBS Sports) — The Raptors finished the season with the most wins in franchise history. Apparently, that wasn’t enough to save Dwane Casey’s job.
  The Raptors announced Friday that they’re cutting ties with their coach. The move comes just days after Toronto, the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, was swept by LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round of the playoffs.
  “After careful consideration, I have decided thi
  
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• Moms Eat Free At Primanti Bros. On Mother’s Day

  11-05-2018 18:29
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Moms can eat for free at Primanti Bros. on Mother’s Day!
  Primanti Bros. says that mothers can get a free Primanti’s sandwich or salad along with the purchase of something that costs at least $3.99, such as a kid’s meal with a drink.
  The offer applies to dine-in meals only and excludes drinks.
  All Primanti Bros. locations except Florida and the Stadiums are participating in the deal.
  If you’re looking for some la
  
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• Florida Deputy Credited With Saving Unresponsive Baby’s Life

  11-05-2018 18:29
  OCALA, Fla. (AP) – A Florida sheriff’s deputy is credited with saving a baby’s life after rushing the unresponsive infant to a hospital.
  The Ocala StarBanner reports the Marion County Sheriff’s Office says in a statement that K9 Deputy Jeremie Nix saved the baby Wednesday. The release says Nix was driving home when he was flagged down by a passing car. Dashcam footage shows the two cars pulling over and a woman handing Nix a baby.
  The woman, Nechole Crowell, said her 3-mo
  
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• NFL Trades That Now Make Sense

  11-05-2018 18:18
  By Sean Wagner McGough
  (CBS Sports) — Welcome to the true NFL offseason. The first part — February to May — didn’t really count, not with free agency and the draft occupying so much of our time. The real offseason — the actually boring portion — begins immediately when the draft ends, which it did on April 28, and concludes when the preseason begins, which will happen on Aug. 2.
  But maybe this offseason will be different. To this point, it’s certainly be
  
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• TRAFFIC: PennDOT postpones Forbes Avenue work due to weather forecast

  11-05-2018 17:56 via post-gazette.com
  The repaving of Forbes Avenue in Oakland has been postponed due to rainy weather that’s forecast this weekend, PennDOT said.
  
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• TRAFFIC: Paving work scheduled this weekend on Forbes Avenue, Oakland

  11-05-2018 17:56 via post-gazette.com
  Forbes Avenue in Oakland will be closed this weekend for milling and paving work.
  
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• Student’s Trump-Inspired ‘Promposal’ Stirs Controversy

  11-05-2018 17:56
  NEW BERLIN, WI (CBS Local) – A Wisconsin student’s “promposal” is drawing both laughs and criticism after the teen referenced President Trump’s policies on illegal immigration on his sign.
  The student from New Berlin Eisenhower High School posted a handmade sign to ask his date to the senior prom. The play on words read: “Will you make my night — Trump all others and let me deport you to prom?”A picture of the teen’s sign that was p
  
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• Officials: 14-Year-Old Shoots Classmate At Calif. High School

  11-05-2018 17:08
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  PALMDALE, Calif. (AP/CBS) – Officials say a 14-year-old high school student has been taken into custody after shooting a classmate at their high school in the California city of Palmdale.
  The shooting happened at Highland High School in the high desert Antelope Valley north of Los Angeles.
  Los Angeles County sheriff’s Capt. Darran Harris says one student was shot in the arm and the shooting stemmed from a dispute between the shooter and the victim.
  
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• Authorities Sent To California School For Report Of Gunman, 1 Reportedly Injured

  11-05-2018 17:08
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  PALMDALE, Calif. (AP/CBS) – Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies are responding to a report of a man with a gun at a high school in the city of Palmdale.
  The Sheriff’s Information Bureau says the report was received at 7:05 a.m. Friday and deputies were sent to Highland High School.
  CBS Los Angeles reports that one person was injured and drove themselves to the hospital.
  Deputy Charles Moore says there is no confirmation of an actual person w
  
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• Obituary: Malka Markovic / Holocaust survivor and keeper of Pittsburgh's mikvah

  11-05-2018 16:58 via post-gazette.com
  Malvina “Malka” Markovic, a Holocaust survivor who later fled her native communist Czechoslovakia and became a fixture in Pittsburgh’s Jewish community, supervising its ritual mikvah for three decades until her retirement two years ago, died Wednesday at UPMC Shadyside Hospital. The Squirrel Hill resident was 94.
  
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• ‘He’s My Soul Mate’: Accused Stalker Arrested, Sent 65,000 Texts To Victim

  11-05-2018 16:42
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  PHOENIX (KTVK/KPHO) — A woman accused of sending an Arizona man 65,000 text message tried to explain her actions in a jailhouse interview Thursday.
  “I love him,” she said.
  Police say 31-year-old Jacqueline Claire Ades of Phoenix met the victim online and went on one date with him before she began sending him thousands of texts, breaking into his home, and showing up at his workplace claim
  
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• SportsLine’s Top Weekend Picks: MLB, NBA, NHL… So Much Action

  11-05-2018 16:33
  San Francisco Giants vs. Pittsburgh PiratesFriday, May 11, 2018, 7:05 pm ET
  SAN FRANCISCO +126
  The Giants are undervalued on the road against Jameson Taillon. Taillon has been sharp, especially at home, but my simulations indicate this game should be closer to a pick ’em. I have the Giants winning 49 percent of simulations behind Andrew Suarez. Take the value road dog at +126.
  SportsLine Expert: Mike McClure (9-3 in last 12 NHL picks)
  Nick Markakis (Photo Credit: Scott Cunningham/Getty Ima
  
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• Survivor Ghost Island Castoff Interview-Chelsea Townsend Speaks Out

  11-05-2018 15:17
  Chelsea Townsend had become queen of the immunity necklace in “Survivor: Ghost Island,” winning back-back challenges to keep her safe through the past two Tribal Councils. But her luck ran out this week, as Domenick outlasted her in a grueling endurance challenge.
  Without immunity around her neck, Chelsea and the tribe’s other girls hatched a plan targeting Wendell, but it relied on both Laurel and Donathan making a big move to turn on members of their own alliance. In the
  
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• Former hospital in Hill to become senior housing

  11-05-2018 15:01 via post-gazette.com
  A former tuberculosis hospital in the Hill District is in line to become an affordable housing complex for senior citizens.
  
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• Another steakhouse? Some more apartments? That's the new plan for Smithfield Street building

  11-05-2018 14:49 via post-gazette.com
  A Cleveland developer is reshaping its plans for a seven-story building on Smithfield Street, adding two floors of residential to supplement office and retail in a bid to make it more of a catalyst for redevelopment in the corridor.
  
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• Starbucks Changes Bathroom Policy Following Racial Firestorm

  11-05-2018 14:42
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  WASHINGTON (AP) – Starbucks is opening its bathrooms to everyone regardless of whether they’ve bought anything following the arrest last month of two African-American men at one of its coffee shops in Philadelphia.
  Chairman Howard Schultz says he doesn’t want the company to become a public bathroom, but feels employees can make the “right decision a hundred percent of the time,” if that choice is removed at the store
  
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• Kelly Says Trump Is ‘Somewhat Embarrassed’ By Russia Probe

  11-05-2018 14:34
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  WASHINGTON (AP) – White House chief of staff John Kelly says President Donald Trump is “somewhat embarrassed” by the special counsel’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
  (Photo Credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
  Kelly tells National Public Radio the probe “may not be a cloud” over the White House, but it gets discussed. He says: “When world leaders come in, it’s kind of like,
  
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• PTL Links: May 11, 2018

  11-05-2018 14:21
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:Tunch And Wolf’s Walk For The Homeless
  Izzazu Salon, Spa & Serata
  Eliza At Hotel Indigo 
  Eliza Recipe: Mini Vanilla Pavlova Shells
  Bricolage
  Carnegie Science Center
  
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• Eliza Recipe: Mini Vanilla Pavlova Shells

  11-05-2018 14:17
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  Check out this delicious recipe from the Eliza restaurant at Hotel Indigo!
  Mini Vanilla Pavlova Shells and Whipped CreamYields (9 each) 3-4 inch mini pavlova shells
  Ingredients:4 large egg whites, room temperature
  Pinch of Kosher salt
  1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
  1 teaspoon cornstarch
  1 teaspoon white-wine vinegar
  1 teaspoon pure vanilla extractFor Whipped Cream:1 1/2 cups heavy cream
  2 tablespoon confectioners’ sugarDIRECTIONS
  1. Preheat ov
  
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• Stare, but please don't look away, says Pittsburgh woman with rare skin condition

  11-05-2018 14:00 via post-gazette.com
  For most of Hunter Steinitz’s life dealing with the rare and often fatal genetic skin disorder Harlequin ichthyosis, it was her mother, Patti, who was her leading advocate.
  
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• Military Investigation Finds Series Of Failures Led To Deadly Niger Ambush

  11-05-2018 13:40
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  By Ryan Browne and Barbara Starr, CNN
  (CNN) — A series of failures and deficiencies, including a lack of adequate training, contributed to the ambush last October that resulted in a Green Beret-led team being outgunned and overrun by more than 100 ISIS fighters in Niger, leaving four U.S. soldiers dead.
  The Americans killed were Staff Sgt. Bryan C. Black, Staff Sgt. Jeremiah W. Johnson, Staff Sgt. Dustin M. Wright and Sgt. La David T. Johns
  
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• Andrew McCutchen Returns To PNC Park This Weekend

  11-05-2018 13:26
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Andrew McCutchen is back where it all started.
  This weekend, he’ll play at PNC Park as a visitor, when the San Francisco Giants face the Pittsburgh Pirates. It’s the first time McCutchen will face his former team since he was traded during the offseason.
  Earlier this week, McCutchen told MLB.com he’s not sure how he’ll feel when he steps into the batter’s box at PNC Park for the fi
  
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• Man wounded in drive-by shooting in Larimer

  11-05-2018 13:08 via post-gazette.com
  A man was shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting in Larimer overnight, the second shooting in that Pittsburgh neighborhood in two days.
  
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• Police Investigate Shooting On Winslow Street In Larimer

  11-05-2018 11:38
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — One person was taken to a hospital after gunfire early Friday morning in Pittsburgh’s Larimer neighborhood.
  Police were called to the scene near the corner of Winslow Street and Elmer L. Williams Square around 1 a.m.
  A number of evidence markers could be seen in the area and officers were examining parked vehicles.
  The incident Friday morning happened just two days after the body of a teenage shooting victim was found little more than a block away.
  A police spokes
  
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• 1 Injured In Larimer Shooting, Police Investigating

  11-05-2018 11:38
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — One person was taken to a hospital after gunfire early Friday morning in Pittsburgh’s Larimer neighborhood.
  Police were called to the scene near the corner of Winslow Street and Elmer L. Williams Square around 1 a.m.
  A number of evidence markers could be seen in the area and officers were examining parked vehicles.
  The incident Friday morning happened just two days after the body of a teenage shooting victim was found little more
  
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