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• Train Cars Derail In Fayette County

  12-07-2018 23:52
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  BROWNSVILLE (KDKA) — Several train cars derailed in Fayette County on Thursday afternoon.
  Emergency dispatchers confirmed the derailment happened just before 4:30 p.m. near Albany Road in Brownsville.
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  No injuries have been reported at this time.The train was reportedly hauling coal. The derailed cars were empty.
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• Peduto: Uber’s Self-Driving Operations Expanding In Pittsburgh Despite Some Layoffs

  12-07-2018 23:30
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh’s mayor is setting the record straight about reports of layoffs by Uber.
  While the company is laying off about 100 autonomous vehicle operators, Mayor Peduto says most are being let go elsewhere and Uber’s self-driving operations in Pittsburgh are expanding.
  Peduto says Uber is hiring more highly qualified operators with an eye to safety.
  “They’re looking at more specialized drivers. They’re obv
  
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• Authorities Continue To Investigate Fatal Larimer Fire

  12-07-2018 23:12
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  LARIMER (KDKA) — It was first reported as a fire late Wednesday.
  However, when firefighters got to the duplex in the 900 block of Washington Boulevard, they found more than just flames.
  “They entered the building, got the fire out pretty quickly, and in fact, discovered a deceased body inside the fire,” Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Commander Michael Pilyih said.
  At that point, Commander Pilyih said investigators were unable to tell if it was a
  
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• Build-A-Bear promotion draws such huge crowds, it's shut down, including in Pittsburgh

  12-07-2018 22:51 via post-gazette.com
  No, it wasn’t Black Friday.
  
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• Justice Dept. adds special drug prosecutor in Washington County to combat overdose crisis

  12-07-2018 22:47 via post-gazette.com
  The U.S. attorney’s office will add a special prosecutor to combat synthetic opioids in Washington County as part of a nationwide program to battle the overdose crisis in hard-hit regions.
  
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• Police: Man Who Owed Nearly $13K In Child Support Found With Cocaine, Heroin

  12-07-2018 22:21
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  MOUNT OLIVER (KDKA) — Police say a man who was wanted for owing thousands of dollars in child support was found with cocaine and heroin when he was arrested Thursday.
  The Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office says 39-year-old Anthony Coleman, of Mount Oliver, was wanted for the past month and a half by the Allegheny County Family Division. Coleman owed nearly $13,000 in back child support payments.
  Deputies went to a home where they believed Coleman was
  
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• Authorities: Man Who Owed Nearly $13K In Child Support Found With Cocaine, Heroin

  12-07-2018 22:21
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  MOUNT OLIVER (KDKA) — Authorities say a man who was wanted for owing thousands of dollars in child support was found with cocaine and heroin when he was arrested Thursday.
  The Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office says 39-year-old Anthony Coleman, of Mount Oliver, was wanted for the past month and a half by the Allegheny County Family Division. Coleman owed nearly $13,000 in back child support payments.
  Deputies went to a home where they believed Colema
  
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• Man Arrested In Connection To North Versailles Homicide

  12-07-2018 21:54
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  NORTH VERSAILLES (KDKA) — An arrest has been made after a man was found fatally shot in the middle of a North Versailles road Sunday.
  Zack Moore, 28, was found lying in the middle of East Pittsburgh McKeesport Boulevard near the 900 block of Dixon Avenue around 5:30 a.m. Sunday. He had been shot at least once in the head.
  Police believed Moore had been shot while inside a vehicle, then pushed out.
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• Judge Allows Lawsuits Claiming Weed Killer Causes Cancer To Proceed

  12-07-2018 21:34
  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (CBS Local) – A judge has ruled that hundreds of lawsuits claiming “Roundup” weed killer causes cancer can proceed to the next phase in court.
  U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria said on July 10 that cancer victims and their families could present expert testimony that links the chemical to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
  The lawsuits filed against Roundup maker, Monsanto, claims the agricultural biotech company knew about the cancer risk and failed
  
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• Court Agrees To Review Decision To Reopen ‘Serial’ Case

  12-07-2018 21:25
  BALTIMORE (AP/CBS Local) — Maryland’s highest court will review a decision to reopen a high-profile case for a man whose murder conviction was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.”
  Earlier this year, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals ordered a new trial for Adnan Syed, upholding a 2016 lower court ruling. But the state’s top court has now agreed to consider whether Syed’s murder conviction should be reinstated.
  A Thursday court document says the case wil
  
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• Police: Panhandler Tries To Pull Woman Out Of Car By Her Hair

  12-07-2018 21:15
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A man is facing charges for allegedly trying to pull a woman out of her car by her hair while he was panhandling near the city’s Polish Hill neighborhood.
  The incident happened in the late-night hours of July 3, at the intersection of Bigelow Boulevard and Herron Avenue.
  Police say the victim and other witnesses told them the suspect, identified as 32-year-old Noah Walker, “is a regular panhandler in and around this interse
  
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• Samsung Phone Catches Fire and Burns Man During Dinner

  12-07-2018 21:14
  Odessa, Fla. (CBS Local)– Dave Warden III has an unfortunate story that he’ll be telling for a long time thanks to his Samsung phone.
  The Florida man claims his phone began to start smoking on the kitchen counter as he was finishing up dinner.
  “There was popping, cracking, tingling.” Warden said.
  Warden’s problems only got worse, as the smoke quickly turned into flames. The Samsung phone owner then attempted to throw the phone in the sink, but missed the sink a
  
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• Community Groups Mark Antwon Rose’s 18th Birthday With Memorial

  12-07-2018 21:06
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  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Community groups are celebrating what would have been the 18th birthday of an unarmed black teenager shot in the back by a white Pennsylvania police officer while fleeing a traffic stop.
  Antwon Rose Jr.’s relatives on Thursday set up a memorial to him including his writings, a guitar, a skateboard and other personal belongings at an event outside Pittsburgh.
  Rose was fatally shot June 19, sparking protests in the black community.
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• Minor League Team Schedules ‘Millennial Night’ Promotion, Twitter Reacts

  12-07-2018 21:01
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  Minor League baseball is the land of quirky promotions. Teams try to draw as many fans as possible to the ballpark with enticing offers, fun themes and nostalgic memories. The Double-A Montgomery Biscuits’ latest promotion is features a theme that has been done before by other ball clubs, but the way they’re promoting it has some fans annoyed.
  Want free things without doing much work? Well you're in luck!
  Riverwalk Stadium will be Millennial friendly on Saturday, July 21st
  
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• The Teacher Prep Event At Target Is Legit

  12-07-2018 20:54
  Minneapolis, Minn. (CBS Local) – Teachers are getting excited about a sale happening at Target just for them.
  Target answered a question on Twitter Thursday morning confirming the “Teacher Prep Event” starts July 15.
  Pictures had been shared on social media advertising the sale running from July 15-21. The link listed in the ad initially didn’t work; however, by Wednesday afternoon it was an active link- but no information was on the site. As of Thursday morning the
  
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• Senate holds off on vote for federal judgeships, including Pittsburgh nominee for appeals court

  12-07-2018 20:41 via post-gazette.com
  The Senate Judiciary Committee met Thursday to consider the nominations of various candidates for federal judgeships, including Pittsburgh's David Porter, but didn't vote on any of them.
  
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• Where to go to escape the routine

  12-07-2018 20:38 via post-gazette.com
  Those who want to escape from it all can try to break out of these nearby venues:
  
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• AG: Multimillion-dollar video gambling operation dismantled in four Southwestern Pa. counties

  12-07-2018 20:17 via post-gazette.com
  State authorities said Thursday they have shut down a multimillion-dollar illegal video gambling operation in Allegheny, Fayette, Washington and Westmoreland counties.
  
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• AG dismantles multi-million-dollar video gambling operation in four Southwestern Pa. counties

  12-07-2018 20:17 via post-gazette.com
  State authorities said Thursday they have shut down a multi-million-dollar illegal video gambling operation in Allegheny, Fayette, Washington and Westmoreland counties.
  
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• Alex Ferrer On Corrupt Organizations, “Between 100 And 300 Billion Dollars Stolen Yearly From The U.S. Government”

  12-07-2018 20:09
  Alex Ferrer is shining a spotlight on everyday people who are stepping up to corporate greed on the new show Whistleblower. Before his TV career took off, Ferrer served as a police officer in Florida, received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Miami and was appointed to the Miami Circuit Court as a judge all before the age of 35. Now Ferrer is using his extensive history with the law and his passion for doing right to provide a platform for corporate change in the U.S.
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• Bridgeville residents, business owners want solution to flooding woes

  12-07-2018 20:01 via post-gazette.com
  A standing-room-only crowd jammed into Bridgeville council chambers on Monday night to demand answers to the chronic flooding that has plagued McLaughlin Run Creek causing repeated damage to homes and businesses in the 1.1-square-mile borough.
  
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• Norfolk Southern project will eliminate closed Overland Bridge between Braddock and N. Braddock

  12-07-2018 19:53 via post-gazette.com
  On Pittsburgh’s North Side, Norfolk Southern’s plans to change a series of bridges to accommodate double-stack rail cars has caused a public uproar from residents concerned the changes will damage a historic park, increase noise and ruin the streetscape for vehicles and pedestrians by increasing the grade approaching two bridges and putting sidewalks below street level.
  
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• Search Continues For Teen Paddleboarder In Quemahoning Reservoir

  12-07-2018 19:51
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  HOLLSOPPLE, Pa. (KDKA) — There’s still no sign of a recent Ligonier Valley High School graduate who disappeared Monday while paddleboarding at the Quemahoning Reservoir in Somerset County.
  Searchers with the Greensburg dive team say 18-year-old Joey Dubics was with some friends when he dropped his hat and sunglasses into the water.
  (Source: Indiana Gazette)
  His friends say Dubics dove into the water, came up for air once, then never resurfaced.
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• Hippert set to retire as Allegheny Intermediate Unit executive director

  12-07-2018 19:38 via post-gazette.com
  When Linda Hippert was approached nearly a decade ago about applying to become the executive director of the Allegheny Intermediate Unit, she said she only understood the agency’s role from the viewpoint of a district superintendent. 
  
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• Mars Area board spends more than half a million dollars on new technology

  12-07-2018 19:34 via post-gazette.com
  The Mars Area school board on Monday purchased more than a half-million dollars in new technology, and credited the district’s business manager with preventing the cost from being higher.
  
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• Tuition at Pa.'s state-owned universities to rise 2.99 percent, or $224, for 2018-19

  12-07-2018 19:25 via post-gazette.com
  Tuition across Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities will increase by a base yearly rate of 2.99 percent, or $224, effective this fall.
  
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• Pa.'s state-owned universities' tuition to rise 2.99 percent, or $224, for 2018-19

  12-07-2018 19:25 via post-gazette.com
  Tuition across Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities will increase by a base yearly rate of 2.99 percent, or $224, effective this fall.
  
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• Conor Lamb, House subcommittee will help steer VA's electronic record keeping

  12-07-2018 19:19 via post-gazette.com
  Congressman Conor Lamb on Thursday was named ranking member of a newly-formed House subcommittee that will oversee technology projects at the Department of Veterans Affairs, including its creation of a modernized electronic record system.
  
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• Monroeville files suit against Allegheny County Elections Division over council appointment

  12-07-2018 19:15 via post-gazette.com
  Monroeville has filed suit against Allegheny County and its elections division contending a recently appointed councilman did not have to run in the May Primary election.
  
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• Voters to consider changes to home rule charter in Bethel Park

  12-07-2018 19:10 via post-gazette.com
  Voters in Bethel Park in November will decide whether to approve proposed changes to the municipality’s Home Rule Charter, which is basically the local constitution.
  
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• WWE Insiders Pick Extreme Rules 2018

  12-07-2018 19:09
  By Chuck Carroll
  The WWE Extreme Rules card is headlined by AJ Styles defending the WWE Championship against Rusev, but the true main event will see Daniel Bryan and Kane challenge The Bludgeon Brothers for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. The reunion of Team Hell No has been a long time in coming, and it is clear that the chemistry remains with pro wrestling’s version of The Odd Couple. The question is whether that chemistry will be enough for the former RAW Tag Team Champions to add
  
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• Brain Study Finds People Actually Get Dumber During A Heat Wave

  12-07-2018 19:05
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  BOSTON, Mass. (CBS Local) – With many states dealing with record-high temperatures and massive heat waves, many people are probably sick of summer already.A new study says that your brain may hate the heat more than you do.
  Researchers at Harvard University have discovered that a person’s brain works 13 percent slower when it has to operate in extreme heat. According to their report in PLOS Medicine, scientists studied 44 college students livin
  
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• Spirit of cooperation shines in flooding's aftermath in northern riverfront towns

  12-07-2018 19:03 via post-gazette.com
  If there is a silver lining to the dark clouds that poured several inches of rain on the riverfront towns of Aspinwall, Fox Chapel, Millvale, O’Hara and Sharpsburg last week, it’s the spirit of cooperation fostered during cleanup and recovery.
  
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• Police: Drunk Driver Claims He Was Only Drinking While Stopped

  12-07-2018 18:57
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  VERO BEACH, Fla. (CBS Local) – A Florida man stopped by police says he wasn’t driving drunk; instead, he was only drinking while stopped at traffic lights.
  Earle Gustavas Stevens, of Vero Beach, was stopped on June 27 after a woman called 911, claiming Stevens hit her bumper several times in a McDonald’s drive-thru lane.
  According to the Indian River County Sheriff’s Department, the 69-year-old Stevens smelled of alco
  
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• Rankin residents concerned about sale of ball field to asbestos firm

  12-07-2018 18:55 via post-gazette.com
  Residents of Rankin are upset after discovering Braddock sold a piece of land in Rankin that is often used for baseball and other outdoor activities to a local asbestos removal company.
  
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• O'Hara council lauds retiring police superintendent, proclaims day in his honor

  12-07-2018 18:44 via post-gazette.com
  When O’Hara police Superintendent James Farringer hits the road to retirement after 40 years service, he likely will do so on three wheels, with a backward wave to his replacement, Sgt. Scott Slagel.
  
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• Kansas Councilwoman Bites Jailer’s Thumb So Hard She Broke It

  12-07-2018 18:23
  HURON, Kan. (AP) – Authorities say a councilwoman for a tiny Kansas town kicked, hit and scratched deputies and that they had to use a stun gun to subdue her.
  Atchison County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff Jack Laurie says 48-year-old Carol Fowler remains jailed Wednesday on $25,000 bond after the June 29 melee. It began when deputies went to Fowler’s home in the 70-person town of Huron to arrest her for failing to appear in court on unrelated charges.Laurie says she later broke a ja
  
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• ‘Game of Thrones’ Leads Emmy Nominations With 22 Bids

  12-07-2018 18:22
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  LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Game of Thrones” roared back onto the Emmy battlefield, topping Thursday’s nominations with 22 bids.
  HBO’s fantasy saga is a two-time best drama winner that sat out the last year’s awards.
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  It’s returning to face formidable competition: “The Handmaid’s Tale,” the dystopian sci-fi series that claimed top drama honors last year, drew 20
  
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• Justice Dept. Reopens Probe Into 63-Year-Old Murder Of Emmett Till

  12-07-2018 18:14
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  By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN
  (CNN) — The murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, barbarous even in an era in which blacks in the South were subjected to untold viciousness, has been reopened, according to a US Justice Department report to Congress.
  The 1955 slaying was listed in a March report among “activities” the department was pursuing under the 2007 unsolved civil rights crime act that bears Emmett’s name. The act paves the way for the d
  
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• Pittsburgh gets $3.6 million state grant to replace Downtown traffic signals

  12-07-2018 18:11 via post-gazette.com
  Pittsburgh has received a $3.56 million state grant to replace 35 more traffic signals Downtown, part of the city’s effort to upgrade all signals in the central business district.
  
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• Escape rooms are gaining popularity and popping up everywhere

  12-07-2018 18:08 via post-gazette.com
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• Obituary: Gabriel D’Abruzzo / Prominent Pittsburgh musician drowns in New Jersey

  12-07-2018 18:04 via post-gazette.com
  A well-known Pittsburgh musician drowned Monday in the Atlantic Ocean near Ocean Grove, N.J., according to authorities there.
  
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• Build-A-Bear Workshop Cuts Off Lines On Pay Your Age Day

  12-07-2018 17:47
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  (CBS Local)– Pay Your Age Day didn’t go as expected for Build-A-Bear-Workshop.
  Massive lines all around the country have forced the retail company to close off lines. The company released the following statement on its website.
  “Per local authorities, we cannot accept additional Guests at our locations due to crowds and safety concerns. We have closed lines in our U.S. and Canada stores. We understand some Guests are disappointed and we will r
  
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• Jerry Weber kicks off weekend record sale at DollarPalooza

  12-07-2018 17:45 via post-gazette.com
  It’s time to dust-off your old turntables or liven up your new ones.
  
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• Poll: Americans Name President Obama As Best President In Their Lifetime

  12-07-2018 17:38
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – President Obama might not be in the Oval Office anymore, but according to a new study Americans believe he did the best job of any president in their lifetime.The Pew Research Center survey shows that forty-four percent of Americans believe that President Barack Obama is the best or second-best president of their lifetime.President Clinton came in second on the survey with 33 percent, and President Reagan was third with 32 percent.President Trump was fourth on the list
  
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• State cites two property owners in McDonald area as a result of flooding near turnpike construction

  12-07-2018 17:18 via post-gazette.com
  The irony isn’t lost on Gary Andreis: In the more than 11 years he ran McDonald Auto Service, he had no significant flooding at the business until the Pennsylvania Turnpike began construction last year of a section of the Southern Beltway about a quarter-mile from his property.
  
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• Police: Man Without Arms Charged With Stabbing Tourist With Scissors

  12-07-2018 17:09
  MIAMI, Fla. (CBS Local) – A homeless man with no arms in Florida has been accused of stabbing a tourist with scissors.
  46-year-old Jonathan Crenshaw (Source: Miami-Dade Corrections)
  Miami Beach police say 46-year-old Jonathan Crenshaw held a pair of scissors with his feet and stabbed 22-year-old Cesar Coronado just after midnight on July 10.
  Crenshaw is reportedly a popular fixture in the area, known for painting on canvases near a trendy spot in South Beach.
  According to the arrest r
  
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• J.J. Watt Donated $10,000 To Family Of Firefighter Killed By Explosion

  12-07-2018 17:07
  Ryan Mayer
  Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt was named the NFL’s 2017 Walter Payton award winner for his charitable efforts off the field after Hurricane Harvey devastated the Houston area last fall. Watt has continued his community outreach, recently donating $10,000 to the family of a Wisconsin firefighter who was killed in an explosion.
  Cody Barr, a captain in the Sun Prairie Volunteer Fire Department, was killed when a breached gas main led to an explosion Tuesday night that damag
  
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• Pittsburgh Ranked One Of Worst Cities For Driving

  12-07-2018 16:55
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – If you find it frustrating to get around the Steel City by car, there’s a good reason.
  Pittsburgh ranks as one of the nation’s worst cities to drive in.WalletHub ranked the Burgh 72nd out of 100 cities in their 2018 top cities to drive in list.Detroit was the worst city to drive in, followed by San Francisco, Oakland, Philadelphia and Seattle.Raleigh, North Carolina was ranked the best city to drive in.Corpus Christi, Orlando, Greensboro, and Plano were also
  
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• Gov. Wolf, Challenger Wagner Tangle Over Public School Funding

  12-07-2018 16:43
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  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Scott Wagner, the Republican candidate for governor, is accusing Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf of proposing a policy that would result in deep funding cuts to certain school districts, a claim Wolf’s campaign says is absurd since state education aid increased by $1 billion under Wolf.
  Scott Wagner (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  Wagner stepped up his campaign’s claim Thursday in a Pittsburgh news conference. He’s insisting that Wo
  
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