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• Smoking City Employees To Pay More For Health Insurance

  08-10-2018 23:55
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – City of Pittsburgh employees that smoke will soon be paying more for health insurance.
  While lighting up initially is a choice, it quickly becomes an addiction with long-term medical problems.“We’re giving all the City of Pittsburgh employees the opportunity to live a healthier lifestyle,” said Janet Manuel, City of Pittsburgh director of human resources.In short for city employees, give up smoking, or make an attempt
  
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• Fire At Jefferson Hospital Injures One Firefighter

  08-10-2018 23:26
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  JEFFERSON HILLS (KDKA) – A fire that broke out at Jefferson Hospital forced visitors to leave the building.
  Crews were called to Jefferson Hospital for reports of smoke in the building at approximately 2 p.m. Firefighters responded within two to three minutes.
  Officials found something smoldering on the roof of the hospital’s elevator shaft.
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  One firefighter suffered from heat exhaustion while responding to the incident. That fir
  
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• Fire At Jefferson Hospital Injured One Firefighter

  08-10-2018 23:26
  JEFFERSON HILLS (KDKA) – A fire that broke out at Jefferson Hospital forced visitors to leave the building.Crews were called to Jefferson Hospital for reports of smoke in the building at approximately 2 p.m. Firefighters responded within two to three minutes.
  Officials found something smoldering on the roof of the hospital’s elevator shaft.
  One firefighter was suffered from heat exhaustion while responding to the incident. That firefighter, from Pleasant Fire Department, is expected
  
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• Carnegie Elementary to recognize International Walk to School Day

  08-10-2018 21:09 via post-gazette.com
  The event will be one of more than 500 similar initiatives across the country, through the Safe Kids Walk This Way program.
  
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• Carlynton School District to recognize International Walk to School Day

  08-10-2018 21:09 via post-gazette.com
  The event will be one of more than 500 similar initiatives across the country, through the Safe Kids Walk This Way program.
  
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• Google+ To Shut Down Amid Security Bug

  08-10-2018 20:57
  By Seth Fiegerman, CNN Business(CNN) — For Google, a data privacy reckoning may finally come as a result of a service that it admits almost no one uses much anymore.
  Google said Monday it is shutting down the long ailing social network Google+ for consumer use amid new scrutiny of the company for reportedly failing to publicly disclose a security bug affecting hundreds of thousands of accounts on the service.
  In a blog post, the company admitted Google+ had failed to achieve “br
  
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• Kevin Acklin, former Peduto aide, joining Penguins as senior VP

  08-10-2018 20:28 via post-gazette.com
  Mr. Acklin has been working for Peoples Natural Gas since he resigned as Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto’s chief of staff.
  
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• Pennsylvania Voter Registration Deadline Is Tuesday

  08-10-2018 19:50
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  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – The clock is winding down for Pennsylvanians who want to register to vote or update their voter information in time for the Nov. 6 General Election.
  The last day for Pennsylvanians to get on the voting rolls in time to participate in the midterm election is Tuesday.
  Voters in the state will choose a governor, lieutenant governor, United States senator, members of Congress and most of the state Legislature.
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• Advocacy group urges consumers to change Experian PINs in wake of security flaw

  08-10-2018 19:49 via post-gazette.com
  The step was recommended after reports of a security flaw at credit bureau Experian that exposed personal identification numbers.
  
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• VIDEO: Northern Lights Dazzle Skies Over Arctic Circle

  08-10-2018 19:45
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  ROVANIEMI, Finland (CBSDFW.COM) — A huge display of bright green Northern Lights appeared in the skies over Rovaniemi, Finland in the Arctic Circle, on the evening of Sunday, Oct. 7.The lights appeared as it got dark at about 7:30 p.m. local time and shortly afterwards they were seen rippling across the sky.
  During the evening, they were seen in the form a wide arch, their colors changing from green to white to purple, and were captured on video by a loca
  
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• Uber, Lyft Offering Free Rides To The Polls On Election Day

  08-10-2018 19:25
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  (CBS Local)– Uber and Lyft will be giving free rides to the polls on Election Day this year.
  The company announced that a new button will appear in the app on Nov. 6. The new function will allow users to find their polling place and book a ride to go vote.
  All such rides will be free, funded by Uber, Lyft and the non-profit groups #VoteTogether and Democracy Works.
  Political campaigns also can get in touch with the ride-sharing services to receive pr
  
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• Duquesne, Penn State researchers genetically alter mosquitoes to fight malaria

  08-10-2018 19:24 via post-gazette.com
  Duquesne University is genetically altering bacteria while Penn State is editing the mosquito genome to kill the malarial parasite. 
  
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• CBS Announces ‘The World’s Best’ In 2019

  08-10-2018 19:02
  CBS has announced an “A” list lineup of Drew Barrymore, RuPaul Charles, James Corden and Faith Hill for The World’s Best, a brand new international talent competition series from celebrated television producers Mike Darnell and Mark Burnett.
  James Corden, Emmy Award-winning host of The Late Late Show with James Corden, will host The World’s Best and pull double duty as executive producer. Golden Globe Award winner Drew Barrymore, Emmy Award winner RuPaul Charles and Gramm
  
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• Unmanned garbage truck barrels down Uniontown hill, rams through police station

  08-10-2018 18:59 via post-gazette.com
  No one was hurt in the Monday morning accident, which damaged the building, demolished two cars and wrecked construction barricades.
  
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• Jury Selection Begins In Trial For Man Accused Of Killing Wife, Dumping Body In Lake Erie

  08-10-2018 18:52
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  ERIE, Pa. (AP) – Jury selection has begun for the homicide trial of a man accused of shooting his wife and tossing her into Lake Erie and then reporting she’d accidentally fallen overboard from his commercial fishing boat.
  The Erie Times-News reports that prosecution and defense are selecting jurors from a pool of 150 people for the trial of 49-year-old Christopher Leclair.
  (Photo Courtesy: Erie News Now)
  Erie County prosecutors say Leclair reported
  
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• Hubble Space Telescope Gyroscope Fails, All Observations On Hold

  08-10-2018 17:45
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  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – The Hubble Space Telescope has been sidelined by a serious pointing problem.
  NASA announced Monday that one of Hubble’s gyroscopes failed last Friday. As a result, Hubble is in so-called safe mode with non-essential systems turned off. That means all science observations are on hold.
  IN SPACE – MAY 13: In this handout from NASA, the Hubble Space Telescope is grappled to Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-125 by the shuttle&
  
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• Garbage Truck Reportedly Loses Brakes, Crashes Into Uniontown Police Station

  08-10-2018 17:26
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  UNIONTOWN (KDKA) – A garbage truck crashed into the Uniontown Police Station Monday morning.
  According to officials at the scene, the truck was picking up trash in the area when the brakes gave out.
  (Photo Credit: Ken Murray/KDKA)
  As a result, the truck slammed into the side of the police station and left a gaping hole.
  The truck also hit two police cars, but there are no reported injuries.
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• NFL Team Grades Week 5: What’s Wrong With The Eagles?

  08-10-2018 17:18
  By Steve Silverman
  What is wrong with the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles? After last year’s brilliant getaway that led to their wonderful season, they have looked like just a bunch of Joes through five games. After destroying the Minnesota Vikings in last year’s NFC title game, the Vikings came limping into Philly and took care of business, leaving the Eagles at 2-3.
  Doug Pederson better figure it out in a hurry, or his genius title will be summarily removed.
  Chris
  
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• New Kids On The Block Coming To Pittsburgh In 2019

  08-10-2018 17:09
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Mark your calendars because another big concert is coming to Pittsburgh next year.
  According to their website, New Kids on the Block will be bringing The Mixtape Tour to PPG Paints arena on June 23, 2019.
  LAS VEGAS, NV – MAY 28: (L-R) Singers Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg and Jordan Knight of New Kids on the Block perform during a stop of The Total Package Tour at T-Mobile Arena on May 28, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nev
  
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• Facebook Launching Device Intended To Improve Video Calls

  08-10-2018 16:56
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  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Facebook is launching the first electronic device to bear its brand, a screen and camera-equipped gadget intended to make video calls easier and more intuitive.
  But it’s unclear if people will open their homes to an internet-connected camera sold by a company with a shoddy track record on protecting user privacy.
  File photo of the Facebook logo. (credit: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images)
  Facebook is marketing the device, called Portal
  
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• Museums, Cultural Centers Offering Free Admission For RADical Days

  08-10-2018 16:46
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – RADical Days are here again and that means you can get into several local museums and cultural centers for free.
  The Heinz History Center and Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum are offering free admission today.
  So is the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland.
  The RADical Days promotion runs through Sunday.
  For a full list of this week’s free events, click here!
  
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• Donora man dies in single-vehicle crash near Stan Musial Bridge

  08-10-2018 16:46 via post-gazette.com
  Barry W. Carnahan, 64, was pronounced dead at Monongahela Valley Hospital about an hour after the accident.
  
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• Health Officials: 6 Kids Diagnosed With Rare Disorder That Affects Spinal Cord

  08-10-2018 15:15
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  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/CBS News) — The Minnesota Department of Health has issued an advisory to doctors after six children were diagnosed with a rare disorder that affects the spinal cord.
  According to health officials, since Sept. 20, six pediatric cases of acute flaccid myelitis have been reported to the health department.
  On average, the Minnesota Department of Health sees only about one case per year.
  The children affected suffer single or multi-limb weakn
  
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• PTL Links: Oct. 8, 2018

  08-10-2018 14:54
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:Cultural Trust Security Changes
  August Wilson Center
  The Vandal
  Pittsburgh Sustainable Restaurant Program
  Cross Your Paws
  Dr. Mike Hutchinson At Animal General
  
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• Truck Loses Control Crashes Into Crescent Twp. Apartment Building

  08-10-2018 14:25
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  CRESCENT TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – Officials don’t know how the driver of a truck ended up plowing into several parked cars and an apartment building along McGovern Boulevard in Crescent Township.
  “I thought the place was going to blow up. I grabbed my stuff to get out,” said Lisa Lange.
  Lange said she was scared for her life when she stuck her head out of her second floor apartment and smelled natural gas. Before that, she heard a loud crash an
  
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• Truck Crashes Into Crescent Twp. Apartment Building, Police Investigating

  08-10-2018 14:25
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  CRESCENT TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – A truck crashed into an apartment building in Crescent Township Monday morning.
  According to officials at the scene, the crash happened along McGovern Boulevard around 7 a.m.
  It is unclear what led to the crash and if anyone is injured.Crescent Twp. asst. fire chief said 4 people inside apt. building when man driving Iron City Trucking vehicle crashed into building hitting 4 parked cars in process. One man inside apt. was taken
  
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• Artist Isabelle de Borchgrave reimagines historical dress in paper at The Frick Pittsburgh

  08-10-2018 14:00 via post-gazette.com
  The latest fashion exhibition at The Frick Pittsburgh in Point Breeze opens Saturday and runs through Jan. 6, 2019.
  
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• Pennsylvania Fall Foliage Season Could Be One Of Best Ever

  08-10-2018 13:38
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – It’s rare that you can say this, but be prepared this season for what could be the brightest and most vivid fall foliage you’ve ever seen.
  A number of factors are coming together to make this season’s forecast one of the best ever for leaf watchers.
  So what makes a perfect season?
  (Photo Courtesy: Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources)
  According to scientists from AccuWeather, lots of sunshine
  
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• Gathering of maternal mortality experts in Pittsburgh seeks 'momentum'

  08-10-2018 13:30 via post-gazette.com
  A symposium of maternal mortality experts Monday seeks to find ways to end the increasing rate of mothers who die because of pregnancy.
  
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• Man Wounded In Brighton Heights Shooting, Police Investigating

  08-10-2018 13:19
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  BRIGHTON HEIGHTS (KDKA) – Pittsburgh Police are searching for a gunman after a shooting in the city’s Brighton Heights neighborhood.
  The man that was shot was taken to the hospital in critical, but stable condition.
  Police say the shooting happened around 7 p.m. Sunday on Falck Avenue, near California Avenue.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  When police and EMS crews arrived on scene, they found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound.
  It’s unclear who
  
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• Large animal vet making last rounds at the end of his shift in this world

  08-10-2018 13:00 via post-gazette.com
  “It was a very full career, filled with vivid days and nights,” Dr. Ron Fondrk says.
  
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• U.N. Global Warming Report Carries Life-Or-Death Warning

  08-10-2018 12:51
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  WASHINGTON (AP) – A U.N. report says limiting global warming to just under a single degree could mean the difference between life and death for many people and ecosystems.
  But the scientists behind the report have little hope the world will rise to the challenge.
  (Photo by NASA via Getty Images)
  The Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued the report on Sunday at its meeting in South Korea.
  The nations of the world have set a g
  
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• Violence has plagued the family of a boy whose football coach was shot

  08-10-2018 12:30 via post-gazette.com
  The 9-year-old’s mother and two uncles were killed in separate shootings, and another uncle was charged with shooting the coach.
  
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• Officials Weighing Options As North Strabane Landslide Threatens More Homes

  08-10-2018 12:24
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  NORTH STRABANE (KDKA) – More rain fell over the weekend, which is adding to the urgency in a community where a landslide has led to the demolition of two homes.
  Officials met at the Majestic Hills development in North Strabane as the landslide is threatening other homes.
  Township officials say they’re working with the same company that stabilized the hillside after the landslide along Route 30 in East Pittsburgh earlier this year.
  (Photo Credit: KDK
  
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• Pittsburgh-area food bank gearing up for extra supplies amid tariff tensions

  08-10-2018 12:00 via post-gazette.com
  The U.S. Department of Agriculture is buying just more than $1.2 billion in commodities from domestic farmers.
  
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• Magee Prize pushes scientists to go after new discoveries in women's health

  08-10-2018 12:00 via post-gazette.com
  Magee-Womens Research Summit Oct. 9-10 brings experts from around the world to discuss new ideas in women’s health, from pregnancy to aging.
  
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• If voters say yes, Allegheny County Children's Fund would be one of many around the country

  08-10-2018 12:00 via post-gazette.com
  Children’s funds around the country follow a variety of forms. Advocates say the concept can avoid duplication of services.
  
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• At 98, literary scholar Robert Gale has written 64 books, and they just keep coming

  08-10-2018 12:00 via post-gazette.com
  Former Pitt English professor is retired from teaching, but nothing is slowing his work describing American authors for past half-century.
  
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• Man hospitalized after Brighton Heights shooting

  08-10-2018 05:42 via post-gazette.com
  The victim was said to be in critical but stable condition.
  
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• North Strabane assures homeowners on remedy for landslide site

  08-10-2018 04:15 via post-gazette.com
  Members of 200-home community pack the township building to hear from officials in a development-only private meeting.
  
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• Tropical Storm Michael Will Likely Slam US As Hurricane This Week

  08-10-2018 00:22
  (CNN) — Tropical Storm Michael formed near the Yucatan Peninsula on Sunday and it’s on track to wallop the United States.
  “The current forecast indicates the storm entering the Gulf of Mexico by Monday morning, strengthening to a hurricane by early Wednesday and likely targeting the Florida panhandle by late Wednesday,” CNN meteorologist Gene Norman said.
  As of 2 p.m. Sunday, Tropical Storm Michael was centered about 90 miles south of Cozumel, Mexico, the National Hurrica
  
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• Attila Domos cuts short his handcycling record attempt at Uber track

  08-10-2018 00:15 via post-gazette.com
  Pittsburgh hand-cyclist Attila Domos trained for three years to eclipse the 24-hour record for most miles ridden, but he fell short despite giving his all.
  
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• Attila Domos cuts short his hand-cycling record attempt at Uber track

  08-10-2018 00:15 via post-gazette.com
  Pittsburgh hand-cyclist Attila Domos trained for three years to eclipse the 24-hour record for most miles ridden, but he fell short despite giving his all.
  
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