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• Carbonara's Ristorante and Lounge owner found not guilty of assaulting ex-server

  08-06-2018 23:58 via post-gazette.com
  A local restaurateur on trial on indecent assault charges against a former server was found not guilty of all charges on Friday afternoon.
  
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• No Monkeying Around: Deputies Arrest Car Theft Suspect, His Pet Primate

  08-06-2018 23:43
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  HOLIDAY, Fla. (KDKA) — When sheriff’s deputies took a man into custody for stealing and crashing a car, the suspect had a furry friend with him.
  The Pasco Sheriff’s Office says Cody Blake Hession was arrested in Holiday, Fla., after he allegedly stole a car and crashed it into a ditch.
  When deputies took him into custody, they found he had a Capuchin monkey in the car with him.In body cam video, the monkey can be seen clinging to Hession, who
  
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• Suicide Prevention Experts Troubled By Possible Copycat Suicides After Celebrity Deaths

  08-06-2018 23:26
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — First, the passing of fashion designer Kate Spade and then the death of celebrity chef, author and TV personality Anthony Bourdain — both suicides — has those working to prevent suicides worried.
  “Any type of graphic reporting about suicide, even things that are spread on social media, can really influence people who are currently struggling with thoughts about ending their life,” Jennifer Sikora told KDKA&rsquo
  
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• Police respond to second naked man running in street in two days

  08-06-2018 23:06 via post-gazette.com
  For the second straight day, police are investigating a man who ran naked in the streets of Pittsburgh — this time in the South Side.
  
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• Steeltown co-founder Carl Kurlander steps aways as group shifts direction

  08-06-2018 22:56 via post-gazette.com
  Carl Kurlander is stepping down as president and CEO of Steeltown Entertainment Project, the nonprofit he co-founded 15 years ago with a vision of building another Pittsburgh bridge, one that links his hometown to Hollywood.
  
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• Stream The FedEx St. Jude Classic

  08-06-2018 22:51
  The PGA Tour comes to you live from TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee.
  
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• PennDOT wants more information before replacing floodgates on Washington Boulevard

  08-06-2018 22:44 via post-gazette.com
  The City of Pittsburgh may be convinced the balky, often out-of-service floodgates on Washington Boulevard should be replaced, but the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation isn’t ready to take that step yet.
  
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• Wandering Pig Ventures To Dunkin’ Donuts, Cops Capture Him And Nickname Him ‘Pork Roll’

  08-06-2018 22:32
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  NEPTUNE TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Police in New Jersey say they found a lost pet pig wandering near a local Dunkin’ Donuts and nicknamed it “Pork Roll.”
  Neptune Township police said they got a call over the recent holiday weekend concerning a pig wandering around the doughnuts and coffee chain store.
  (Source: Neptune Township Police Department/Facebook)
  The department jokes an officer was able to “catch the well-fed hog and take him in
  
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• Report: Calls To Suicide Prevention Hotline Rise In Days Following Spade, Bourdain Deaths

  08-06-2018 22:28
  Ryan Mayer
  This week, we lost two celebrities to suicide in television host Anthony Bourdain and designer Kate Spade. According to the USA Today, the deaths of Spade and Bourdain have led to a rise in the number of calls made to suicide prevention hotlines. Dan Reidenberg, the executive director of the Suicide Awareness Voices of Education, said that inquiries to crisis lifelines have increased 25-30% in the wake of the two celebrity deaths. Reidenberg also stated that the increase in
  
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• NFL Stars Who Could Be ‘Kevin Durant’ For These Super Bowl Contenders

  08-06-2018 22:15
  By Jared Dubin
  (CBS Sports) — Back in the summer of 2016, the Golden State Warriors were reeling, coming off an embarrassing seven-game defeat at the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers — the result of a blown 3-1 series lead. We all know what happened next: spurred by a parking-lot text message from Draymond Green and then a Hamptons meeting with Green, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Andre Iguodala, and Warriors brass, Kevin Durant 
  
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• Trump Would ‘Probably’ Support Easing US Ban On Marijuana

  08-06-2018 22:12
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  LOS ANGELES (AP) – President Donald Trump says he’s inclined to support a bipartisan effort in Congress to ease the U.S. ban on marijuana.
  Asked Friday about a proposal that would reshape the nation’s approach to pot, Trump said he would “probably end up supporting that.”
  The federal ban has created a conflict with more than two dozen states that have legalized marijuana in some form.
  The legislation would ensure states have the ri
  
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• Mayor weighs in against plan to demolish Holy Family Church in Lawrenceville

  08-06-2018 21:57 via post-gazette.com
  A plan to demolish the Holy Family Church for redevelopment in Lawrenceville has drawn community outcry and now has Mayor Bill Peduto’s opposition.
  
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• Police Searching For Woman Suspected Of Stealing iPhone, ConnectCard

  08-06-2018 21:42
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police are searching for a woman suspected of using a stolen Port Authority ConnectCard on multiple occasions.
  According to police, the woman stole an iPhone and the ConnectCard from someone’s purse in a downtown restaurant on May 4.
  The suspect then used the ConnectCard on multiple occasions until no money was left on the card.
  (Photo Credit: Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety)
  Surveillance footage on Port Authority buses sh
  
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• First defendant to plead in huge coke ring gets 35 months behind bars

  08-06-2018 21:27 via post-gazette.com
   
  
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• Hero Pit Bull Warns Family Of House Fire, Drags Baby To Safety

  08-06-2018 21:20
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  STOCKTON, Calif. (CBS Local) – A heroic dog in California is being credited with saving a woman and her baby after a fire broke out at their apartment.
  Sasha, an 8-month-old pit bull, was sitting outside of her Stockton home on June 3 when flames began to engulf the four-plex that her owner, Nana Chaichanhda, and her family live in. The quick-thinking pup jumped into action and alerted her owner.
  “I open it and she runs in and starts barki
  
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• Yo-Yo Ma spends the day in Braddock, exploring its arts and culture and sharing his music

  08-06-2018 21:04 via post-gazette.com
  World-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma performs to sold out halls around the globe, but Friday he played for a small crowd of about 50 outside the Braddock Free Store 15104.
  
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• Father Of Suspect In Officer’s Slaying Acquitted Of Strangulation, Witness Intimidation Charges

  08-06-2018 20:49
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  NEW KENSINGTON (KDKA) — The father of a man accused of killing a New Kensington Police officer has been acquitted of multiple charges.
  Gregory Paul Baucum Jr. was in court Friday, facing charges of strangulation and witness intimidation for allegedly trying to choke his girlfriend in November 2017.
  The woman told police Baucum tried to grab her neck and twist it in a snapping motion as she slept. She said he also squeezed her nose and mouth and started hi
  
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• Belmont Stakes: How To Bet $100

  08-06-2018 20:43
  Ryan Mayer
  With my $200 of bets on the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes this year, I’ve cashed a grand total of $54.80. This Saturday’s Belmont Stakes is my last chance to turn a profit on the Triple Crown races. Justify will be the heavy favorite as he runs for the second Triple Crown sweep in three years for trainer Bob Baffert. He faces a talented bunch that includes the second and third place finishers from the Preakness and a few potential upsetters who last ran in the Kentuc
  
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• Still pursuing PWSA, Peoples eyes O'Hara for prospective water plant

  08-06-2018 20:32 via post-gazette.com
  Peoples Natural Gas is looking at riverfront property in O’Hara as a possible site for a drinking water treatment plant.
  
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• Toomey, Casey back Trump choice for U.S. marshal for Western Pa.

  08-06-2018 20:25 via post-gazette.com
  Both of Pennsylvania's senators on Friday said they support Michael Baughman, President  Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. marshal for Western Pennsylvania.
  
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• New Blood Test May Help Predict Premature Births For Pregnant Women

  08-06-2018 20:10
  STANFORD, CA (CBS Local) – A new blood test is showing promising results for helping pregnant women know if they are at risk of a premature birth.
  Researchers at Stanford University say the new technique will also calculate a woman’s due date and whether or not she will have a premature delivery. This is much less expensive than standard ultrasound procedures.
  “We found that a handful of genes are very highly predictive of which women are at risk for preterm delivery,&rdqu
  
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• For 2nd Straight Day, Naked Man Spotted Running Through Pittsburgh

  08-06-2018 19:52
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — For the second straight day, a man has run naked through the streets of Pittsburgh.
  Today, a man was spotted running naked along East Carson Street.
  Witnesses said the man took his clothes off on 19th Street and took off running. Police quickly caught up with him near 15th Street.Just talked to a lady who said she saw him take off all his clothes near the barber shop on 19th and then started running so he didn’t get very far. He&
  
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• More Than A Half-Million Kia Vehicles Recalled Over Air Bag Malfunction

  08-06-2018 19:41
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  DETROIT (AP) – Kia is recalling over a half-million vehicles in the U.S. because the air bags may not work in a crash.
  The recall apparently is related to federal investigation into air bag failures in Kia and partner Hyundai vehicles that were linked to four deaths.
  Vehicles covered by the recall include 2010 through 2013 Forte compact cars and 2011 through 2013 Optima midsize cars. Also covered are Optima Hybrid and Sedona minivans from 2011 and 2012.Cl
  
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• Police Pursuit Ends In Crash On Racetrack Road, 3 Injured

  08-06-2018 19:10
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  SOUTH STRABANE TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A police pursuit ended in a crash in Washington County early Friday afternoon.
  It happened around 12:30 p.m. at Route 19 and Racetrack Road.#BREAKING – this is the crash site at Rt. 19 and Racetrack Rd. @KDKA pic.twitter.com/YsHC2YQHPf
  — Julie Grant (@JulieGrantEsq) June 8, 2018
  State police say it started when a state trooper was called out to go help someone in a disabled vehicle. As the trooper was on his wa
  
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• 3 Injured After Police Pursuit Ends In Crash On Racetrack Road

  08-06-2018 19:10
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  SOUTH STRABANE TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A high-speed chase through North Strabane Township ends with a violent crash in South Strabane, and police say the SUV that fled was not even the car they were looking for.
  State police said a trooper was not initially pursuing the car that fled. The trooper was headed to help a disabled vehicle. Police said when the trooper got behind the SUV the woman took off, leading police on a chase exceeding 90 miles per hour.
  Polic
  
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• Ties to Pittsburgh help attract robotics startup — and its robot Cassie — to Bloomfield

  08-06-2018 19:04 via post-gazette.com
  An Oregon robotics company working on technology that might help deliver groceries or help in disaster recovery has signed on to open a second office in Bloomfield.
  
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• Man Finds ‘Giant Beast’ Spider That Walks On Water

  08-06-2018 18:57
  ELKHART, IN (CBS Local) – An Indiana boat builder found a very scary-looking guest checking out his work recently: a giant six-inch spider that can apparently walk on water.
  Jacob Collins shared images of the creepy encounter on Facebook and warned fellow Elkhart residents that “they are out there and they are real.”The spider, which has already been shared more than 10,000 times on Facebook, is reportedly a fishing spider. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources tells
  
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• Flu Killed Close To 200 Children In The U.S. This Season

  08-06-2018 18:38
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  NEW YORK (AP) – The flu killed more U.S. children in the past year than during any other regular flu season in recent history.
  Health officials on Friday said they’ve received reports of 172 pediatric flu deaths since October. An average season sees about 110.
  There were more deaths in 2009-2010, when a rare flu pandemic occurred involving a new strain. More than 300 children died that season.
  The past flu season wasn’t a pandemic, but it was
  
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• SportsLine’s Top Weekend Picks: Will The Warriors Wrap It Up?

  08-06-2018 18:15
  San Francisco Giants vs. Washington NationalsFriday, June 8, 2018, 7:05 pm ET
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  Washington has won seven of 10, though it isn’t due to the offense, which prior to Wednesday’s 11-run outburst was averaging 3.4 runs per game in that stretch. But the Nats get a favorable matchup against the Giants’ Andrew Suarez. He was masterful in his last outing, but the four starts prior he was 0-3 with an 8.05 ERA. On the road, he’s sporting a 6.38 ERA in four appearances.
  
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• Chilling School Shooting ‘Lockdown’ Nursery Rhyme Goes Viral

  08-06-2018 17:45
  SOMERVILLE, MA (CBS Local) – A “jarring” nursery rhyme posted in a Massachusetts classroom to help prepare young children for a lockdown has gone viral.
  Georgy Cohen tweeted a photo of the rhyme on June 6, saying “this should not be hanging in my soon-to-be-kindergartner’s classroom” at Arthur D. Healey Elementary School in Somerville.
  This should not be hanging in my soon-to-be-kindergartener’s classroom. pic.twitter.com/mWiJVdddpH
  — Georgy C
  
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• Moe’s Giving Away Thousands Of Free Tacos For Food Truck Tour

  08-06-2018 17:43
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Moe’s Southwest Grill is giving away thousands of free tacos on their food truck tour, and it’s stopping in Pittsburgh on Friday afternoon.
  Moe’s is celebrating its new Three Amigos Tacos menu item, described as authentic Southwestern street-style tacos, by giving away more than 10,000 free tacos.The food truck will be in Mellon Square on Sixth Avenue from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday.
  This is the 8th stop on the food truc
  
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• Section Of Pa. Turnpike Temporarily Closing For Bridge Construction

  08-06-2018 17:17
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  SOMERSET TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike will close overnight this weekend for construction.
  The Turnpike will be closed between the New Stanton exit and the Breezewood exit from 11 p.m. Saturday until 6 a.m. Sunday.
  Crews will be building a temporary bridge on North Center Avenue over the Turnpike in Somerset County.
  The following detours are recommended:
  Eastbound traffic will be exiting the Turnpike at the New Stanton Interchan
  
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• Trump Will Not Be Inviting NBA Champs To White House

  08-06-2018 17:02
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  OAKLAND (CBS SF/AP) — After NBA stars LeBron James and Steph Curry criticized President Donald Trump over his cancellation of a Philadelphia Eagles White House visit, the President told reporters Friday whoever wins the NBA Championship will not be invited to Washington.
  The Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers meet Friday night in Game 4 of the NBA Finals. If the Warriors win, they will repeat as NBA champions.
  Trump told reporters on Friday, &l
  
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• Clothing and jewelry dress up the Three Rivers Arts Festival

  08-06-2018 17:00 via post-gazette.com
  The artist market is as synonymous with the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival as free concerts and oversized cups of freshly squeezed lemonade. It’s also a treasure trove for fashionable and inventive items that may be overlooked among the artworks.
  
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• Inmate sues ACJ warden over solitary confinement for 'insensitive remark'

  08-06-2018 16:36 via post-gazette.com
  An Allegheny County Jail inmate is asking a federal judge to order the jail to release him from solitary confinement, saying he's being held there solely because of an "insensitive" remark he made following the death of a jail guard last month.
  
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• Study: Suicide Rates On The Rise Across The U.S.

  08-06-2018 16:35
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  PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — In the wake of Kate Spade‘s and Anthony Bourdain’s suicide, a newly released study says suicide rates have increased nearly 30 percent in the U.S. in the last 20 years.
  Research shows suicides are up in almost every state across the country. In 2016, nearly 45,000 people took their lives. More than half did not have a known mental health diagnosis.
  “We found that many common life stressors were present in the period
  
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• Aliquippa Assistant Police Chief Charged With Sending Sexually Explicit Material To Minor

  08-06-2018 16:35
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  ALIQUIPPA (KDKA) – The Aliquippa assistant police chief was arrested Friday morning.
  According to a statement from the district attorney, Joseph Perciavalle was arrested for the distribution of sexually explicit material to a minor.
  Perciavalle, who has been acting police chief for less than two days, has been arraigned and released on $5,000 unsecured bond.
  (Photo Source: LinkedIn)
  He is charged with disseminating sexual material to a minor, corruption o
  
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• CrossFit Games Two-Time Champion Mat Fraser: ‘I Know There’s A Timestamp On What I’m Doing’

  08-06-2018 16:18
  Ryan Mayer
  “I know there’s a timestamp on what I’m doing. So I want to take full advantage of what I’m capable of, so that when I’m at the end of my sports career, I’m not looking back and wondering: could I have been capable of doing more?”
  There are few titles in sports as cool as those that come with “in the world” at the tail end. The 100m champion at the Olympics is routinely crowned “fastest man in the world.” There’s
  
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• Musician, Actress Jewel Stars On Undercover Boss: Celebrity Edition

  08-06-2018 16:05
  Jewel is one of the most recognizable faces in the music world, but you won’t be able to recognize her tonight. The four-time Grammy nominated musician is going undercover on tonight’s new episode of “Undercover Boss: Celebrity Edition” on CBS and it’s an opportunity she’s been looking forward to.
  “The reason I was most excited to do this show is because I actually pretend I have multiple characters around the house with my son all the time and I’v
  
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• Pet Monkey Attacks Home Depot Employee After Owner Brought It Shopping

  08-06-2018 15:39
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  OKEECHOBEE, Fla. (CBSMiami/CBS Local) – When shopping at a Home Depot you can end up leaving with just about anything.
  One thing that nobody expects to leave with are monkey bites.
  Last weekend in Okeechobee, a woman decided to bring her pet spider monkey along for a trip to Home Depot.
  The woman then left the monkey inside her truck, on a leash, while she went inside to shop.
  That’s when the Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office says the monkey
  
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• Trump Looking Forward To ‘Straightening Out Unfair Trade Deals’ At G7 Summit

  08-06-2018 14:52
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  By: Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN
  (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Friday kept up his attacks on U.S. allies ahead of his trip to the Group of Seven summit in remote Quebec.
  “Looking forward to straightening out unfair Trade Deals with the G-7 countries,” Trump wrote on Twitter early Friday morning. “If it doesn’t happen, we come out even better!”
  In a separate post, Trump said the host country Canada “charges the U.S. a
  
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• DelGrosso Foods: From sauce sold in an Altoona cafe to worldwide sales

  08-06-2018 14:45 via post-gazette.com
  Like all of his 22 cousins on his father’s side, Michael DelGrosso grew up working at the family’s amusement park near Altoona.
  
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• PTL Links: June 8, 2018

  08-06-2018 14:37
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
  Three Rivers Arts Fest
  Point Park University Pittsburgh Playhouse
  Topgolf Crush
  Izzazu Salon, Spa & Serata
  Pittsburgh Riverhounds
  Pittsburgh Pride
  
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• No one to spread the mulch: Landscapers contend with foreign worker shortage

  08-06-2018 14:00 via post-gazette.com
  Over nearly 50 years, LMS Greenhouse & Nursery grew into a sprawling landscaping company with 10 full-time employees growing flowers and trees in a 15-acre garden center in Hampton, planting lawns, and sculpting colorful designs for homes and businesses.
  
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• After struggle to get power, is the Macy's/Kaufmann's development back on track?

  08-06-2018 14:00 via post-gazette.com
  Gordon Sheffer signed a long term lease last fall with high hopes of opening the first restaurant in the former Macy’s/Kaufmann’s department store redevelopment by April 1.
  
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• Celebrity Chef Anthony Bourdain Dead At 61

  08-06-2018 13:33
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  By: Brian Stelter
  (CNN) — Anthony Bourdain, a gifted storyteller and writer who took CNN viewers around the world, has died. He was 61.
  CNN confirmed Bourdain’s death on Friday and said the cause of death was suicide.
  “It is with extraordinary sadness we can confirm the death of our friend and colleague, Anthony Bourdain,” the network said in a statement Friday morning. “His love of great adventure, new friends, fine food and drink
  
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• 2nd Implosion Brings Down Old Smokestack In Crescent Twp.

  08-06-2018 13:02
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  CRESCENT TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – The second attempt to bring down an old Duquesne Light smokestack in Crescent Township was successful Friday morning.
  The smokestack was brought down just after 9 a.m.
  In May, Advantage Blasting And Demolition’s first implosion attempt came up a bit short.  After a loud boom and a thick cloud of dust, the old smokestack was shorter, but still standing.
  WATCH: Raw video of failed first implosion —Crews believed t
  
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• Woman, 25, critically injured in wrong-way crash on Parkway East

  08-06-2018 12:52 via post-gazette.com
  A 25-year-old woman was critically injured when her car was struck head-on early Friday by an SUV traveling in the wrong direction on the Parkway East, authorities said.
  
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• 2 Injured In Wrong-Way Parkway Central Crash

  08-06-2018 12:26
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Two people were injured in a wrong-way crash along the Parkway Central Friday morning.
  According to police, the accident happened in the westbound lanes between the Grant Street and Stanwix Street exits around 3 a.m.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  A Chevrolet Equinox was traveling east on the westbound ramp and collided head-on with a Honda Civic.
  Both drivers were taken to UPMC Mercy Hospital.
  The road reopened around 4:30 a.m.
  No other informa
  
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• Obituary: Alfred Anthony 'Al' DiLembo / WWII pilot survived crash in the English Channel

  08-06-2018 12:00 via post-gazette.com
  Alfred Anthony “Al” DiLembo was among the approximately 1,000 World War II veterans who died Saturday.
  
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