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• Judge rules in favor of developer of former Penn Plaza apartments site

  11-07-2018 23:40 via post-gazette.com
  Developers of the former Penn Plaza apartment site in East Liberty were handed a victory today in Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas — approval of the 150-foot height they had been denied by the city Planning Commission.
  
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• Marte Powers Pirates Past Nationals

  11-07-2018 23:35
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  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Starling Marte did not start any of the first three games of July because Pirates manager Clint Hurdle felt his slumping center fielder needed a mental break.
  The strategy worked, even if Marte still doesn’t agree with it.
  Marte hit a two-run home run and Trevor Williams combined with four relievers on a five-hitter as Pittsburgh beat the Washington Nationals 2-0 on Wednesday.
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• Kidsburgh: Trinity High School’s Hydroponic Lab Teaching Students To Grow and Give

  11-07-2018 23:03
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  WASHINGTON, Pa. (KDKA) — Fresh produce is coming in from farms all around our region right now, but some local high school students are learning to farm year round, no matter what the weather.
  A unique farm at a local high school is winning awards for growing and giving. It’s a hydroponic farm at Trinity High School in Washington, Pa. In just the first year, they grew up to 800 heads of lettuce every week and gave it all to their local food bank.
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• Papa John’s Founder Apologizes For Using N-Word On Conference Call

  11-07-2018 23:01
  (CNN Money) — John Schnatter, the founder and public face of Papa John’s pizza, apologized Wednesday for using the N-word on a conference call in May.
  Forbes reported earlier that he used the racial slur while participating in a role-playing exercise designed to prevent public relations crises.
  In a statement issued through the company, Schnatter said: “News reports attributing the use of inappropriate and hurtful language to me during a media training session regarding race ar
  
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• Beaver County fentanyl dealer gets 18 years in deadly drug case

  11-07-2018 22:42 via post-gazette.com
  An Ambridge drug dealer will spend 18 years in prison for his role in a drug ring dealing heroin and fentanyl that killed a user.
  
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• Burglar Breaks Into Escape Room, Calls 911 When He Can’t Escape

  11-07-2018 22:12
  VANCOUVER, Wash. (CBS Local) – Police say a burglar in Washington state got more than he bargained for when he broke into an “escape room” and (ironically) couldn’t escape.
  “Once we got down there [to the business] and realized the damage was minimal, we just thought it was hilarious,” Rob Bertrand told CNN.
  Bertrand owns NW Escape Experience: an entertainment center in Vancouver that challenges groups to work together, find clues and solve puzz
  
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• Pa. insurance chief slams federal plan to cut funding for ACA navigators

  11-07-2018 22:08 via post-gazette.com
  Pennsylvania’s top insurance official on Wednesday sharply criticized the Trump administration over planned funding cuts to a federal program that helps individuals sign up for health insurance.
  
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• Military Job Fair Scheduled At Heinz Field

  11-07-2018 21:59
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Military veterans and spouses looking to transition to civilian life are invited to a job fair on Thursday at Heinz Field.
  Forty-eight companies and other agencies will be attending the event, hosted by RecruitMilitary, with hundreds of openings available.
  The featured companies looking for workers are Ainsworth Pet Nutrition, Alcoa, the City of Pittsburgh, the Department of Veterans Affairs, GardaWorld, Highmark Health, L-3 Technologi
  
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• Wolf vows to appeal FEMA denial of disaster aid for Western Pa.

  11-07-2018 21:40 via post-gazette.com
  Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday vowed to appeal the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s denial of a major disaster declaration request intended to deal with damage from months of severe weather in the Western Pennsylvania area.
  
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• Amanda Balionis On John Deere Classic: ‘Players Love This Event’

  11-07-2018 21:09
  By Dan Reardon
  In the PGA TOUR’s family of tournaments, the John Deere Classic has always been the ‘little engine that could.” For all of its 47 years, the tournament has been held in one of the smallest markets on TOUR. And in recent years it’s faced the additional challenge of attracting a representative field while residing on the calendar near the Open Championship, which takes place seven time zones away.
  But the Deere has not only soldiered on, it has prospered. Cel
  
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• PayPal Tells Customer Her Death Is A Breach Of Contract

  11-07-2018 20:56
  Bucklebury, U.K. (CBS Local) – PayPal apparently doesn’t believe that death is a good enough reason for their customers to not pay their bills.
  The online payments system has been forced to apologize after mailing a letter to a woman in the United Kingdom, three weeks after her death was reported to the company.
  The notice was still addressed to Lindsay Durdle – who died of cancer at the age of 37 in May – and informed the late Bucklebury resident that her
  
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• Medical examiner unable to determine manner of Ingram man's March drowning

  11-07-2018 20:54 via post-gazette.com
  Authorities said they have been unable to determine how an Ingram man drowned in the Ohio River in March, just days after he was last seen leaving a North Side hospital.
  
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• Police Officer Injured In Hopewell Twp. Accident

  11-07-2018 20:44
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  HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A police officer was injured in a collision in Beaver County.
  The crash happened around 8 a.m. Wednesday on Gringo-Independence Road in Hopewell Township.
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  The officer was taken to the hospital, but police have not released details on his condition or what caused the accident.
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• Divers Searching Quemahoning Reservoir For Missing Paddleboarder

  11-07-2018 20:41
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  HOLLSOPPLE, Pa. (KDKA) — Dive teams are searching the Quemahoning Reservoir in Somerset County for an 18-year-old man, who disappeared while paddleboarding.
  Police say the man was last seen on the water, near Hollsopple, on Monday afternoon.
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  Crews have been searching the reservoir since then.According to the Tribune Review, search crews were using sonar and requested drones be brought to the scene.Divers were looking between 15 and 10
  
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• Judge Denies Parents’ Attempt To Change Transgender Child’s Name

  11-07-2018 19:46
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  LEBANON, Ohio (CBS Local) – “Age. Develop. Mature.” That was the message of an Ohio judge to a transgender teen after denying his parents’ request to change their child’s name.
  Warren County probate judge Joseph Kirby refused to allow Leigh and Kylen Whitaker’s attempt to change their 15-year-old’s name from Heidi to Elliott on June 22. The Whitakers are now appealing the ruling, claiming that Judge Kirby
  
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• What Should Teams Be Willing To Trade For Manny Machado?

  11-07-2018 19:44
  By Matt Citak
  With just under three weeks until MLB’s July 31 non-waiver trade deadline, the league has yet to see any major deals go down this season.
  While many guys, both pitchers and position players, remain available on the trade market, teams around the league seem to be waiting for the big shoe to drop before pursuing other, smaller deals.
  That big shoe, of course, is Orioles superstar shortstop Manny Machado.
  Machado has been the biggest name on the trade block since last offseason
  
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• Arnold Community Calls On Mayor To Resign: ‘She’s Saying I’m Sorry Because She Got Caught’

  11-07-2018 19:29
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  ARNOLD (KDKA) — The Arnold City Council meeting might have ended with boos, but the community members say this is just the beginning.
  Many tell KDKA they’re not going to stop until they see the end of Mayor Karen Peconi’s time in office.
  “She knows she is wrong, she knows she is wrong, and what bothers me is that she is arrogant enough and she feels entitled,” said Hannah McBean, a resident of New Kensington.
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• Pittsburgh Playhouse sets opening date for Downtown theater

  11-07-2018 19:25 via post-gazette.com
  The Pittsburgh Playhouse will officially open Downtown in October, with a ribbon cutting event on Oct. 11.
  
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• 3 hurt in two-vehicle crash in Derry

  11-07-2018 18:41 via post-gazette.com
  Three people were injured in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday in Derry, according to the Westmoreland County emergency dispatch center.
  
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• West Mifflin superintendent sues school board over unpaid leave, claims political retaliation

  11-07-2018 18:31 via post-gazette.com
  The suspended superintendent of the West Mifflin Area School District, who is facing a DUI charge in Beaver County, has sued the school board faction that opposes him.
  
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• Court Records: McCoy Was Trying To Evict Estranged Girlfriend

  11-07-2018 18:30
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  ALPHARETTA, Ga. (CBS News) — New developments are emerging in the assault allegation claims against former University of Pittsburgh football player, and current Buffalo Bills running back, LeSean McCoy.
  Police in Georgia are investigating whether McCoy was behind a violent attack on his former girlfriend.
  The woman says she was attacked by a man while sleeping at McCoy’s house.Court records show McCoy has been trying to evict his estranged girlfrien
  
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• Michigan Says Autism And Arthritis Now Treatable By Medical Marijuana

  11-07-2018 18:27
  MICHIGAN (CBS Local) – Michigan has added several medical conditions to the state’s list of ailments which qualify for a medical marijuana prescription.
  In a release by Michigan’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), 11 “debilitating medical conditions” including autism, arthritis, Parkinson’s disease, and Tourette’s Syndrome have now been deemed treatable by LARA’s director Shelly Edgerton.
  “With the changes
  
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• Saquon Barkley, Todd Gurley Do Insane Leg Workout

  11-07-2018 18:20
  Ryan Mayer
  It’s workout video season. Our social media feeds are inundated on a daily basis with them as athletes get ready for their upcoming seasons. The latest one featuring Los Angeles Rams running back Todd Gurley and New York Giants rookie running back Saquon Barkley may be the most impressive yet.
  The pair of running backs can be seen deadlifting 315 pounds before immediately doing 42-inch box jumps. As if that wasn’t punishing enough, the pair can then be seen sprinting on a
  
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• Union Trust Building honored with architectural award

  11-07-2018 18:18 via post-gazette.com
  A $100 million restoration of the landmark Union Trust Building, Downtown, has received the American Architecture Award for 2018. 
  
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• Kevin Hart Delivers ‘TKO’ Tonight On CBS

  11-07-2018 18:17
  You may know Kevin Hart from, well, seemingly everything. Hollywood’s busiest man is adding a new line to his personal credits as he debuts as the host of CBS’ new obstacle course game show TKO: Total Knock Out. Hart spoke to CBS LA’s Suzanne Marques about the show and how his good friend Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson would fare stepping into the arena.
  “We want to encourage people that don’t consider themselves to be the highest level of an athlet
  
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• Customers’ Credit Card Information Exposed In Macy’s Data Breach

  11-07-2018 18:01
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  NEW YORK (CBS News) — Macy’s says cyberthieves hacked the accounts of thousands of the retailer’s online customers, compromising people’s full names as well as their credit card numbers and expiration dates.
  The attack, which occurred over roughly six weeks between the end of April and the beginning of June before being shut down, affected consumers registered on Macys.com or Bloomingdales.com. Logins and passwords were taken from sites
  
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• Pittsburgh-area man drowns off New Jersey shore

  11-07-2018 17:37 via post-gazette.com
  OCEAN GROVE, N.J. -- A Forest Hills man has drowned while swimming at the New Jersey shore.
  
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• Homemade Signs Urge U.S. Citizens To Report ‘Illegal Aliens’ To ICE

  11-07-2018 17:25
  OMAHA, Neb. (CBS Local) – One Nebraska city has been thrown into the middle of the nation’s immigration debate after signs urging residents to report “any and all illegal aliens” to ICE were posted around town.
  Some residents in Omaha have been pulling the homemade flyers down, calling them hateful and offensive. “That’s stereotyping. Let’s say me for instance — I’m not illegal but others will say I must be illegal, let’s report it
  
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• No, Facebook, Tyler Perry Isn’t Buying You A Car

  11-07-2018 16:40
  (CNN) — Tyler Perry wants his fans to know that he’s not giving away cars, money or anything else on Facebook.
  The actor, director and all-around movie mogul said that his team takes down dozens of scam posts every day.
  “Do not give your information to any of these people do not give them anything,” Perry said in a video on his Facebook page. “I don’t know who they are, but every day we have to get 10, 20, 30 of those things shut down on Facebook.”
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• Dog Crowned ‘World’s Ugliest’ Dies Less Than A Month After Taking Title

  11-07-2018 16:34
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  ANOKA, Minn. (CBS News) — Zsa Zsa, the English Bulldog whose long, floppy tongue and protruding underbite earned her the title of 2018’s “World’s Ugliest Dog” last month, died on Tuesday, her owner says. She was 9.
  Zsa Zsa died in her sleep, according to her owner, Megan Brainard of Anoka, Minnesota, who called the pup’s death “devastating.” The news of the dog’s death was first reported by TODAY.com.
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• Strip District Lives Up To Its Name: Naked Man Taken Into Custody

  11-07-2018 16:06
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — What’s with all the naked people in Pittsburgh lately?For the third time in about a month, a naked man was taken into custody, this time in the Strip District.Witnesses say the man was spotted at 15th and Smallman Streets in the Strip District Wednesday morning.Chris Smith took this photo of the man, and said he appeared to just be walking around naked, unaware of the problem.
  “My first thought was a naked jogger, but he wa
  
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• Police Make 1 Arrest, Search For Second Suspect After East End Chase

  11-07-2018 15:47
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police have arrested one man and are looking for another after a police chase in Pittsburgh’s East End.
  It all started just after 8 p.m. Tuesday when police spotted a car speeding on Centre Avenue.
  Investigators say officers tried to pull the vehicle over, but it sped away along Baum Boulevard and police followed.
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  The vehicle ended up side-swiping some parked vehicles on South Graham Street.No one was injured
  
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• Rania’s Recipes: Goat Cheese And Onion Tart

  11-07-2018 15:05
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — This week, Rania Harris is in the Pittsburgh Today Live kitchen cooking up some French cuisine!
  Goat Cheese and Onion Tart with Fresh Herb Salad
  For the Tart:2 cups all purpose flour
  1 ¼ sticks (10 t) cold unsalted butter
  ½ teaspoon salt
  2 – 4 tablespoons ice waterFor the Filling:3 onions (about 1 1/2 pounds total weight) thinly sliced
  2 tablespoons olive oil
  2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  10-1/2 ounces soft goat che
  
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• National Bioskills expands to California, creating learning opportunities for doctors

  11-07-2018 15:00 via post-gazette.com
  A Downtown-based surgical training center is opening a third location in San Francisco — its biggest so far — as it expands learning opportunities for doctors outside the hospital.
  
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• PTL Links: July 11, 2018

  11-07-2018 14:58
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:The Travel Mom
  Roots & Blues Festival
  Rania’s Catering
  Cooking With Rania
  Mount Lebanon Floral
  All Occassions
  Lendable Linens
  Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix
  The Winning Plate with Leslie Bonci
  
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• Police officer injured in Beaver County crash

  11-07-2018 14:53 via post-gazette.com
  A Hopewell police officer was injured in a traffic accident Wednesday morning.
  
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• Driver sought after brief high-speed chase in Bloomfield area

  11-07-2018 14:34 via post-gazette.com
  Pittsburgh police are looking for the driver of vehicle that led officers on a brief but high-speed chase along Centre Avenue near Baum Boulevard in Bloomfield Tuesday night.
  
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• At Least 50 Treated After Reported Salmonella Infection At Teachers’ Picnic

  11-07-2018 14:34
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  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) – Health officials say at least 50 people were treated after a reported salmonella infection at a weekend picnic in central Pennsylvania.
  The Centre Daily Times reports that Grace Prep High School said in a Facebook video Saturday that at least half of the 100 to 150 guests at a going-away picnic for a longtime teacher Friday had fallen ill with symptoms of nausea and vomiting.
  Mount Nittany Medical Center said its doctors had seen
  
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• Southwestern Energy asks Pa. high court to restore the "rule of capture" for shale drilling

  11-07-2018 14:30 via post-gazette.com
  A Marcellus Shale company is asking the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to take up a case it says could disrupt a century of oil and gas law by defining fracking that drains shale gas from a neighboring property as a form of trespassing.
  
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• 7-Eleven Giving Away Free Slurpees on 7/11

  11-07-2018 14:19
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — If you’re looking for a way to cool off today, you’re in luck!
  It’s Free Slurpee Day at 7-Eleven.
  FILE PHOTO (Photo Credit: TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images)
  But maybe you already knew that since it happens every year on July 11, or 7/11.The Slurpee promotion runs from, you guessed it, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  For more information, check out: https://www.7-eleven.com/slurpee
  
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• Obituary: Walter 'Lud' Yaworski / Longtime basketball official

  11-07-2018 14:10 via post-gazette.com
  The “Greatest Generation” got its nickname because of people like Walter “Lud” Yaworski.
  
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• Adam Silver Says NBA Is Ready To Change “One And Done” Rule

  11-07-2018 14:09
  Ryan Mayer
  The NBA’s so called “one and done” rule that requires players to be one year removed from high school to be eligible to enter the NBA Draft looks to be on its way out. In a press conference in Las Vegas, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver told reporters that the league is ready to change the rule.
  Adam Silver on the possible change to NBA players entering the league at 18: “My personal view is that we’re ready to make that change.”
  — Sam Amick (@sam
  
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• President Trump Claims Germany ‘Totally Controlled’ By Russia As NATO Summit Begins

  11-07-2018 13:53
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  BRUSSELS (AP) — In a combative start to his NATO visit, President Donald Trump asserted Wednesday that a pipeline project has made Germany “totally controlled” by and “captive to Russia” and blasted allies’ defense spending, opening what was expected to be a fraught summit with a list of grievances involving American allies.
  Trump, in a testy exchange with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, took issue with the U.S. prot
  
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• House heavily damaged in two-alarm fire in South Park Township

  11-07-2018 12:48 via post-gazette.com
  A two-alarm house fire heavily damaged a house in South Park Township overnight.
  
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• Landslide caused West Virginia pipeline explosion, Columbia Gas reports

  11-07-2018 11:30 via post-gazette.com
  Columbia Gas Transmission has told federal pipeline regulators that a landslide was the apparent cause of the rupture and explosion of a new natural gas pipeline in Marshall County, W.Va., last month.
  
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• Fire Engulfs House In South Park Township, Man Charged With Arson

  11-07-2018 11:04
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  SOUTH PARK TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) — Police have charged a young man with arson following a fire in South Park Township early Wednesday morning.
  The house was engulfed in flames when the first crews arrived on the scene in the 2500 block of Grove Road shortly after 1 a.m.
  Photo Credit: KDKA-TV/Brian Smithmyer
  The house appeared to be vacant.
  Jeremy Burton, 22, is facing a long list of charges in connection with the fire, including arson charges and reckless
  
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• Fire Engulfs House In South Park Township

  11-07-2018 11:04
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  SOUTH PARK TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) — Firefighters were called to a house in South Park Township early Wednesday morning.
  The house was engulfed in flames when the first crews arrived on the scene in the 2500 block of Grove Road shortly after 1 a.m.
  Photo Credit: KDKA-TV/Brian Smithmyer
  The house appeared to be vacant.
  No injuries were reported.
  Officials had yet to comment on a possible cause.
  
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• Twice a Supreme Court runner-up, Thomas Hardiman is back at work

  11-07-2018 09:00 via post-gazette.com
  Judge Thomas Hardiman was in the Washington area Monday, but it was for a meeting on court cybersecurity — not for a prime-time introduction as President Donald Trump’s choice for the U.S. Supreme Court.
  
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• Musgrove, Brault Falter as Pirates Fall To Nationals

  11-07-2018 05:36
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  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Anthony Rendon hit a two-run homer, Daniel Murphy doubled twice and had four hits, and the Washington Nationals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1 on Tuesday night.
  Rendon hit his 13th homer off starter Joe Musgrove (3-4) in the fifth inning, and Washington added three more runs in the sixth against the bullpen.
  Jeremy Hellickson pitched five strong innings, and the bullpen closed it out from there. Hellickson (3-1) allowed two hits and str
  
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• Arnold City Council to ask governor, Senate to remove mayor after social media post

  11-07-2018 05:22 via post-gazette.com
  Arnold City Council members will ask the governor and state Senate to remove the town’s mayor several weeks after she made a racially insensitive post on social media.
  
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