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• Pittsburgh-Filmed Show ‘One Dollar’ Premieres On CBS All Access

  30-08-2018 23:50
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The first episode of a new murder mystery show shot in and around the Pittsburgh area is now available to stream.
  The series premiere of “One Dollar” was released Thursday on CBS All Access.
  Every episode of the show was shot in the Pittsburgh area.
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• Children’s Hospital Gaming Systems Get Big Upgrade Through ‘Make Room For Kids’ Project

  30-08-2018 23:12
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – “Make Room for Kids” is an extension of the Austin’s Playroom project. Both are backed by the Mario Lemieux foundation to help families who have kids at Children’s Hospital.
  Today, those families and their caregivers got an upgrade to the gaming technology that is there for the kids to use.
  In the words of Mr. McFeely there is a special delivery coming to Children’s Hospital.
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• Crews Battle Fire At Westmoreland Co. Auction House

  30-08-2018 22:38
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  ROSTRAVER TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Crews battled a fire at a Westmoreland County auction house Thursday.Emergency dispatchers confirmed a fire broke out at the Gilmore Auction Galleries on Martin Road in Rostraver Township just after 4 p.m.No injuries were reported and no one was believed to be trapped inside the building.
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• Massive Lizard Keeps Terrorizing Family, Evading Trappers

  30-08-2018 22:30
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  Davie, Fla. (CBS Local) – Trappers are hunting a giant monitor lizard that showed up at a home in Florida and it won’t go away.
  Zach Lieberman‘s wife spotted the creature by the patio door of the family’s home in Davie.
  “She started screaming and I’m thinking what’s going on,” Lieberman told CBS Miami.He took a look at the creature by the door and went around the house to shoo the large lizard away.
  
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• Joe Manganiello, Sofia Vergara Sightsee During Trip To Pittsburgh, Go To Steelers Game

  30-08-2018 22:19
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A famous celebrity couple has been spotted on a late summer vacation right here in the Steel City.
  Actor and Pittsburgh native Joe Manganiello is back in town, and he and his famous wife, Sofia Vergara, are taking in the sights.RELATED STORY: Tom Hanks Spotted At A Local Starbucks?The couple visited Phipps Conservatory on Wednesday.
  Vergara posted photos of their visit to her Instagram account: 
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• Joe Manganiello, Sofia Vergara Sightsee During Trip To Pittsburgh

  30-08-2018 22:19
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A famous celebrity couple has been spotted on a late summer vacation right here in the Steel City.
  Actor and Pittsburgh native Joe Manganiello is back in town, and he and his famous wife, Sofia Vergara, are taking in the sights.RELATED STORY: Tom Hanks Spotted At A Local Starbucks?The couple visited Phipps Conservatory on Wednesday.
  Vergara posted photos of their visit to her Instagram account: 
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• Sports Betting Debuts In West Virginia

  30-08-2018 22:17
  CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. (AP) – Sports betting has debuted in West Virginia, just in time for college football season.
  West Virginia Lottery general managing counsel Danielle Boyd says in an email the first legal wager was accepted Thursday at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races. She says it’s the first sports book to begin operations in West Virginia.
  While the casino’s sports book has a larger-scale debut scheduled for Saturday, Boyd says it is “officially open.”
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• Dell Technologies Championship Preview

  30-08-2018 22:17
  By Norm Elrod
  The FedExCup Playoffs continue this week with the Dell Technologies Championship, which tees off Friday, August 31 at TPC Boston. The field is down to 100 players, with Bryson DeChambeau leading the point standings (3617) after his win at The Northern Trust. Familiar names dot the top 10, including world #1 Dustin Johnson (2969), last year’s Dell Technologies and FedExCup winner, Justin Thomas (2954), and the ever-present Phil Mickelson (1750).
  But 41 players have at least 10
  
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• Wilkinsburg native Paul Taylor, a giant of modern dance, dies at 88

  30-08-2018 22:16 via post-gazette.com
  Mr. Taylor, who founded one of the world’s superlative dance troupes, created works that entered the repertory of numerous dance companies.
  
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• Port Authority Launches New Tools To Track Buses, Light Rail Vehicles

  30-08-2018 22:12
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Port Authority of Allegheny County is making it easier for commuters to keep track of buses and light rail vehicles.
  Three new tools were launched Thursday: real-time vehicle location information via text messaging, automated vehicle location information via phone and ACCESS Paratransit vehicle location.
  Riders can find out when the next bus or light rail vehicle is set to arrive at any given stop by texting “PAAC” foll
  
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• Report: Former Steelers Linebacker Arrested, Allegedly Pulled Gun On Wife

  30-08-2018 21:40
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  ATLANTA (KDKA) — A former Steelers linebacker was arrested in Georgia after allegedly pulling a gun on his wife in July.
  TMZ Sports reports 53-year-old Greg Lloyd has been ordered to stay at least 200 yards away from his wife for a year after she filed a restraining order.
  31 Oct 1995: LINEBACKER GREG LLOYD OF THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS PRIOR TO THE STEELERS 23-6 WIN OVER THE SAN DIEGO CHARGERS AT JACK MURPHY STADIUM IN SAN DIEGO, California. (Photo Source:
  
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• Homeless Good Samaritan Suing Couple Who Raised $400K To Help Him

  30-08-2018 21:24
  NEW JERSEY (CBS Local) – A homeless man whose act of generosity went viral is now suing the people he helped.
  Johnny Bobbitt received worldwide praise after he gave a stranded motorist in Philadelphia his last $20, so she could get gas last year. In return, Katie McClure and her boyfriend, Mark D’Amico, started a GoFundMe page that quickly went viral and raised over $400,000 for the good Samaritan.
  McClure and D’Amico announced that the funds would go towards buying t
  
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• In Pittsburgh, it's a banner year as PAC takes its anti-Trump message to the sky

  30-08-2018 21:22 via post-gazette.com
  An Annapolis, Md.-based political action committee will be using a plane-towed banner as it asks voters to impeach Donald Trump.
  
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• Woman Accused Of Raping 5-Year-Old In Video Waives Case To Trial

  30-08-2018 21:00
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  GREENSBURG (KDKA) — A Greensburg woman accused of raping a 5-year-old boy and posting video of the alleged assault online waived her case to trial Thursday.
  Corby Kinzey, 24, had a preliminary hearing Thursday morning.
  A video allegedly shows Kinzey performing a sex act on a 5-year-old boy. Kinzey is facing a number of charges, including rape, rape of a child and sexual abuse of children.
  Corby Kinzey (Photo Credit: KDKA)
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• Port Authority making real-time info readily available for riders

  30-08-2018 20:43 via post-gazette.com
  Port Authority customers can receive real-time bus or light-rail information by cellphone text or by calling the automated service center.
  
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• $2 Million Fentanyl Bust Turns Out To Be $8 Sugar Bust

  30-08-2018 20:42
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  WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) – A North Carolina sheriff’s office thought it made a huge drug bust, seizing 13 pounds of fentanyl worth $2 million on the street. The powder was found in a home along with other drugs and paraphernalia. A field test indicated it was the powerful opioid, justifying a host of charges against three suspects.
  Most of those charges soon evaporated when a state lab concluded that whatever the powder was, it wasn’t fentanyl.
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• Health Inspector Finds High Risk Violations At O’Hara Twp. Atria’s

  30-08-2018 20:19
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  O’HARA TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A health inspector found multiple high risk health code violations at an O’Hara Township restaurant Wednesday.
  At the Atria’s Restaurant & Tavern on Freeport Road, an Allegheny County Health Department inspector found the restaurant was unsafely cooling prepared foods and had unsafe cold-holding temperatures of foods because the prep refrigerators were not functioning properly. They also had inadequate facili
  
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• Beach Or Door? Internet Losing Its Mind Once Again Over New Photo

  30-08-2018 20:17
  (CBS Local) – Move over blue or gold dress, take a seat Laurel and Yanny, there’s a new social media controversy taking the internet by storm.
  Is it the beach or is it a door?
  Is this a door or a beach??? Hahahaha pic.twitter.com/f4DZ7MZzGy
  — 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕜𝕪 (@rebeccareilly__) August 24, 2018Every time we turn around there seems to be another new baffling photo or sound controversy that has people all up in arms.
  The latest one
  
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• Scott commissioners OK 5-year garbage, recycling contract

  30-08-2018 19:53 via post-gazette.com
  Commissioner Bill Wells said the township will save $200,000 over the life of the contract, which takes effect in January.
   
  
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• President Trump Cancels Pay Raise For Federal Workers, Citing Budget

  30-08-2018 19:53
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  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has told Congress he is canceling a pay raise that most civilian federal employees were due to receive in January, citing budgetary constraints.
  Trump informed House and Senate leaders in a letter sent Thursday.
  Trump says in the letter that locality pay increases would cost $25 billion, on top of a 2.1 percent across-the-board increase for most civilian government employees.
  He cites the costs and says: “We
  
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• Pa. prisons chief says correctional facilities will remain on lockdown

  30-08-2018 19:51 via post-gazette.com
  John Wetzel said inmates throughout the state will remain on lockdown while staff are trained to deal with synthetic drugs.
  
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• North Allegheny board OKs more efficient natural gas rates

  30-08-2018 19:51 via post-gazette.com
  Board member Rick McClure said the district will save more than $100,000 over three years with the new rates.
  
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• Peters OKs gas lease agreement with Range Resources

  30-08-2018 19:50 via post-gazette.com
  The gas company will be leasing 66 acres of township-owned property near the park east of Center Church Road
  
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• Cardinal Wuerl’s Name Covered At North Catholic H.S.

  30-08-2018 19:37
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  SEVEN FIELDS, Pa. (KDKA) — Cardinal Donald Wuerl‘s name is being covered up on a sign outside North Catholic High School.
  Wuerl himself requested his name be removed from the school, and the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh announced the decision on Aug. 22.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Photojournalist Paul Spradley)
  Thursday, workers could be seen covering up Wuerl’s name on a sign outside the school.
  The same sign had been vandalized at the beginning o
  
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• Sculpture park adds artistic delights to Ligonier Valley site

  30-08-2018 19:32 via post-gazette.com
  A Sculpture Park debuts at Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art – Ligonier Valley with five works by noted sculptor Josefa Filkosky.
  
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• CBSSports HQ To Air Live Fantasy Football Telethon On Labor Day

  30-08-2018 19:31
  Ryan Mayer
  CBS Sports HQ, the 24/7 live streaming service available across all digital platforms, has announced plans to host a live fantasy football telethon on Labor Day, to answer fan’s questions heading into the first week of the NFL season.
  The telethon starts at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday and runs until 10:00 p.m. giving fantasy players seven hours of breakdowns of SportsLine projections, player rankings, sleepers, and, of course, players to avoid. CBS Sports NFL writers Pete P
  
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• Life-Size Lego Sports Car Has One Million Pieces And Really Works

  30-08-2018 19:24
  (CBS Local) – Building Lego’s scale Bugatti Chiron model will likely take you some time, but its long build time pales in comparison to how long it took Lego to build a fully functioning, full-size Bugatti Chiron.
  Yes, you read that correctly, and your eyes are not deceiving you. This is a 1:1-scale Bugatti Chiron built from Lego’s standard pieces with a few special bits in there to ensure functionality. Lego’s team took over 13,000
  
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• CVS Investigating After Mom Finds Baby Formula Replaced With Flour

  30-08-2018 19:02
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  Oldsmar, FL (WFTS) — A local mom that purchased baby formula at an Oldsmar CVS says it was switched out for what looks and smells like all-purpose flour.
  Alison Denning just had her third baby and says she’s used formula many times before. She says when she went to the CVS to pick up a container of Enfamil baby formula the package looked fine, the protective seal was even intact on the lid.
  But when she took it home and opened it up, she noticed som
  
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• Olive Oil May Be Better For Men Than Viagra, Study Claims

  30-08-2018 18:50
  GREECE (CBS Local) – A new study on sexual health may have a lot of men running to their favorite Italian restaurant tonight.
  According to scientists in Greece, olive oil may be better than Viagra when it comes to boosting sexual performance. The study, published by the University of Athens, examined over 600 men and found that an olive oil-rich diet cut the risk of erectile dysfunction by up to 40 percent.
  The men, who had an average age of 67, switched to a Mediterranean-style
  
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• Beach Or Door? Internet Losing Their Mind Once Again Over Photo

  30-08-2018 18:47
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) –Move over blue or gold dress, take a seat Laurel and Yanny, there’s a new social media controversy taking the internet by storm.Is it the beach or is it a door?Is this a door or a beach??? Hahahaha pic.twitter.com/f4DZ7MZzGy
  — 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕜𝕪 (@rebeccareilly__) August 24, 2018Every time we turn around there seems to be another new baffling photo or sound controversy that has people all up in arm
  
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• Obituary: Robert J. Pavuchak: A mentor and long-time photographer at The Pittsburgh Press, Post-Gazette

  30-08-2018 18:43 via post-gazette.com
  He gave a face to Steeler Nation’s “One for the Thumb” campaign.
  
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• Brother’s Brother Sending Truckloads Of Medical Supplies To Puerto Rico

  30-08-2018 18:39
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A Pittsburgh charity is sending truckloads of medical supplies to the island of Puerto Rico.
  This comes after the island’s governor officially raised the death toll from Hurricane Maria from 64 to 2,975.
  Today, Brother’s Brother is filling a container with medical supplies, operating tables, wheelchairs and more.
  Once filled, they’ll drive it to Baltimore, put it on a ship and it will go all the way down to San Juan,
  
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• Recall: Levels Of Lead In BSN Sports Rubber Toys Exceed Federal Ban

  30-08-2018 18:18
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Thousands of BSN Sports rubber critter toys are being recalled due to a violation of the federal lead paint ban.
  The recall applies to about 31,200 rubber critter toys, which were sold individually and in sets ranging from two in a set to 24 in a set. The toys came in a variety of animal shapes, including octopuses, alligators, chickens, frogs, pigs, penguins and cows.
  The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the toys are primarily
  
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• KFC Offering $11,000 If You Name Your Baby After Colonel Sanders

  30-08-2018 18:09
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (CBS Local) – KFC is trying to convince you to name your baby Harland.
  Harland is the first name of the Kentucky Fried Chicken’s founder, Colonel Harland Sanders, whose 128th birthday will be on Sept. 9. In honor of “The Colonel,” parents can enter to win a cash prize if their child is born on Sanders’ birthday and shares his name.
  The first baby named Harland born on Sept. 9 will be deemed the grand prize winner. If there is a ti
  
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• Here We Go! Crews Hard At Work On Kennywood’s New ‘Steel Curtain’ Coaster

  30-08-2018 17:45
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  WEST MIFFLIN (KDKA) — Kennywood is closed on weekdays for the rest of the season, but there was still plenty of activity at the park Thursday with crews hard at work on Steelers Country.
  Photos posted on the park’s social media accounts show the Lagoon has been drained and construction is underway for the new “Steelers Country” section of the park and its main attraction, the “Steel Curtain” roller coaster.
  Other photos show
  
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• Kevin Owens Wants To Face Best Friend Finn Bálor At WrestleMania

  30-08-2018 17:41
  By Chuck Carroll
  The future for Kevin Owens in WWE is murky at this point, according to storylines. The former Universal Champion abruptly quit on Monday’s RAW, apparently not taking recent losses to Braun Strowman and Seth Rollins very well. The latter was apparently the straw the broke the camel’s back.
  His profile has been moved to the alumni section of WWE’s website, and Owens has gone dark on social media. All but two posts on his Twitter account have been removed. Of the
  
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• Mix Of Heroin, Fentanyl Prompted Drug Exposure Concerns At Ohio Prison

  30-08-2018 17:31
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  CINCINNATI (AP) – Officials say the substance that led to nearly 30 people at an Ohio prison being treated for drug exposure or suspected exposure was a heroin and fentanyl mixture.
  Prison staff and inmates at Ross Correctional Institution in Chillicothe were treated Wednesday with an anti-overdose drug after an inmate showed drug overdose signs and some people experienced symptoms consistent with fentanyl exposure. The State Highway Patrol says an inmate
  
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• General Mills Giving Employees 18-20 Weeks Of Maternity Leave

  30-08-2018 17:27
  MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (CBS Local) — General Mills has announced the expansion of its parental leave policy for its employees, which includes 18 to 20 weeks of maternity leave.
  On Jan. 1, 2019, the company will increase time off for new mothers to up to 20 weeks of maternity leave with 100 percent pay. Parental leave for fathers, partners, and adoptive parents will be increased to 12 weeks of paid time.
  “We spent a lot of time talking with employees at different
  
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• Federal grand jury: Repeat Homewood felon had 32 guns, dealt cocaine, laundered the proceeds

  30-08-2018 17:25 via post-gazette.com
  Anthony “Poundcake” Bentley indicted on nine counts.
  
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• Sheetz Snake: Customers Find Python On Pa. Gas Pump

  30-08-2018 16:55
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Customers at one Pennsylvania Sheetz store got quite the surprise when they went to pump gas Thursday morning, a 3-foot long python.
  Lancaster Online reports that python was slithering by the gas pumps of a New Holland Sheetz store about 5 a.m. this morning.
  “My first thought was it was a copperhead and perhaps it shouldn’t be handled,” clerk Dale Stoltzfus told the paper. “But the woman assured him it was a pyt
  
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• Kent State Grad Ordered To Stop Advertising On-Campus Open-Carry Rally

  30-08-2018 16:54
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  KENT, Ohio (AP) – A university in Ohio has told a recent graduate to stop advertising an open-carry gun rally on campus because she doesn’t have permission to hold the event.
  Kaitlin Bennett drew widespread attention in May when she posted photos of herself walking on the Kent State University campus with an AR-10 slung over her shoulder and carrying a mortar board with the words “Come and take it.”
  The Record-Courier reports Bennett pla
  
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• Atria's in O'Hara draws consumer alert; Exit 4 Pizza and Uncle Wayne's City Flavors ordered to close

  30-08-2018 16:42 via post-gazette.com
  Some problems at Atria’s included holding food at unsafe temperatures and mold in the ice machine.
  
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• Police: Man, 94, Inappropriately Touched 2 Women, Exposed Self At Rehab Center

  30-08-2018 16:15
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  SOUTH UNION TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – A 94-year-old Fayette County man is accused of inappropriately touching two women and exposing himself at a rehabilitation center.
  According to police, the incidents happened between July 23-28 at the Uniontown Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center.
  George Massimini, a volunteer, allegedly exposed himself to an 81-year-old woman in addition to touching her inappropriately.
  He is also accused of touching a 66-year-old woman.
  
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• PETA Seeks To Memorialize Lobsters Killed In Crash With Roadside Monument

  30-08-2018 15:11
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  BRUNSWICK, Maine (KDKA) – PETA is looking to build a large roadside tombstone to memorialize lobsters killed in a truck crash in Maine.
  According to the Portland Press Herald, a truck hauling approximately 7,000 pounds of live lobster crashed in Brunswick on Aug. 22. Initial reports indicated the truck may have hydroplaned before going off the road, down an embankment and overturning.
  (Photo Courtesy: PETA)
  “Countless sensitive crustaceans experienc
  
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• Fading Pittsburghese: A guide to words that aren’t here anymore

  30-08-2018 15:00 via post-gazette.com
  “Yinz” isn’t going anywhere, but “grinny” and “Jaynell” are among the words vanishing into memory for Pittsburghers.
  
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• 10 Pittsburghese words that are on their way ahtta tahn

  30-08-2018 15:00 via post-gazette.com
  “Yinz” isn’t going anywhere, but “grinny” and “Jaynell” are among the words vanishing into memory for Pittsburghers.
  
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• PTL Links: Aug. 30, 2018

  30-08-2018 14:45
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:Doug Oster
  Beverly’s Birthdays
  Sugar And Smoke
  Andy Amrhein At Evey True Value Hardware
  Kidsburgh
  Next Pittsburgh
  
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• Sheriff’s Office Says Woman Who Rang Doorbell In Middle Of Night Wearing Restraints Is Safe

  30-08-2018 14:31
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  CONROE, Texas (AP) – Authorities in Texas say they’ve found a woman who was captured on video ringing a doorbell in the middle of the night, her wrists shackled in what appeared to be broken restraints.
  Lt. Scott Spencer of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says the 32-year-old woman is safe with family out of state. He also says deputies found her 49-year-old boyfriend dead Wednesday morning at a house in a subdivision 46 miles north of
  
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• Father Accused Of Choking 7-Year-Old Son Over TV Volume

  30-08-2018 14:21
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A 7-year-old boy was allegedly choked by his father after an argument about the volume of the television.
  Police are now searching for 32-year-old Jeremy Drum. They obtained an arrest warrant after he failed to show up for a hearing.
  According to police, the incident happened inside a home in Tarentum. It allegedly began when Drum returned from a night at the bar and turned on the television.
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• U.S. Steel submits compliance plan for Clairton Coke Works

  30-08-2018 14:00 via post-gazette.com
  U.S. Steel proposes plan to reduce Clairton Coke Works air pollution that environmental organization criticizes as “weak”
  
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