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• Widow Of Mr. Rogers’ Movie Crew Member: ‘A Loss For Me, I Can’t Put That Into Words’

  12-10-2018 23:54
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The widow of the crew member who died after falling on the set of the new Mr. Rogers’ movie filming in Mount Lebanon is speaking out about her husband’s impact in both the Pittsburgh and film communities.
  The tragic accident happened at an apartment building on Shady Drive East. The movie production crew was in Mount Lebanon for a second day filming an interior apartment scene for the movie, “You Are My Friend,”
  
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• Stream #2 Georgia Vs. #13 LSU

  12-10-2018 23:00
  The #2 Georgia Bulldogs head to Baton Rouge to face the #13 LSU Tigers in an important SEC matchup.
  
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• Banking on the past, developer buying historic building on Wood Street

  12-10-2018 22:59 via post-gazette.com
  McKnight Realty Partners finalizing the purchase of The Bank Tower Downtown with plans to improve it.
  
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• Former PSU President Asks High Court To Reconsider Conviction In Sandusky Case

  12-10-2018 22:52
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  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State president Graham Spanier wants the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to reconsider his conviction for misdemeanor child endangerment for how he handled a report of Jerry Sandusky showering with a boy.
  Spanier’s lawyers this week filed a petition arguing the trial judge and a lower appeals court improperly relied on a statute of limitations law that prosecutors had never cited.
  UNIVERSITY PARK, PA – OCTOBER 27:
  
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• Millie’s Homemade Ice Cream To Anchor Reinvented Homestead Bakery Lofts Building

  12-10-2018 22:41
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  HOMESTEAD (KDKA) — It wasn’t your traditional groundbreaking on Friday at the old Homestead Bakery on 7th Avenue in Homestead.
  Instead of digging shovels into dirt, they used spoons and dug into ice cream.
  It was a nod to “Millie’s Homemade Ice Cream,” which will be the anchor tenant of the new Homestead Bakery Lofts building.
  “It is an ice cream parlor, which we haven’t had in Homestead since Isaly’s. Everybody l
  
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• Fantasy Football Week 6: Start Jameis Winston Against Porous Falcons Defense

  12-10-2018 21:33
  Ryan Mayer
  The Atlanta Falcons entered this season with the “contender” label, expected to push for a potential Super Bowl berth. Then, the injuries hit and decimated the depth chart, particularly on the defensive side of the ball.
  First, it was safety Keanu Neal going down with a knee injury during the team’s Week 1 game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Then, Deion Jones was placed on I.R. four days later from an injury that he suffered in that same game. In the weeks since, t
  
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• Doctors Warn Of C-Section ‘Epidemic’ As Global Rates Double

  12-10-2018 20:59
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  (CBS Local) — Caesarean section birth rates have nearly doubled in two decades worldwide, even reaching “epidemic” proportions in some countries, doctors warned Friday.
  According to research published in The Lancet, the number of women delivering babies via C-section doctors rose to 29.7 million worldwide in 2015. That is the most recent year for which complete data is available. That’s up from 16 million in 2000, or 12 percent of a
  
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• NFL Picks – Week 6: Patriots Hand Chiefs Their First Loss

  12-10-2018 20:40
  Ryan Mayer
  Five weeks into the NFL season, and we’re starting to get a feel for who the movers and shakers will be in each conference going forward. One team that seems a sure-fire pick to make the playoffs is the undefeated Kansas City Chiefs, led by young quarterback Patrick Mahomes. The Chiefs’ offense has been a machine, shredding opponents to the tune of 35 points and 413 yards per game, while Mahomes has posted a 14-to-2 touchdown-to-interception ratio.
  But, this week, they hea
  
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• Florida Father Loses Fight For Paternity Rights

  12-10-2018 20:14
  (CBS Local)– John Karpinski has been fighting for his son’s best interest. However, a Florida judge sided with the law and denied his paternity rights.
  Florida law states that a child born into a marriage belongs to that marriage. Karpinski’s son was born when his mother was married to another man. The child is now 4 years old and under that law, the mother’s husband has the paternal rights of that child. The judge ruled against Karpinski in order to not disrupt the
  
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• Your Haunted Pittsburgh Links: Oct. 12, 2018

  12-10-2018 20:13
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:Haunted Hillside
  Lonesome Valley Farms Valley of Terror
  Seven Springs AutumnFest
  Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s “Nightmare Before Christmas”
  The Music Of Tim Burton
  Troop 248 Haunted Cabin: Scouts and other youth groups that attend as a “Group” will receive a discount price. Call for VIP reservations: (724)-693- 0549.
  
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• Scientists Breed Healthy Mice With Same-Sex Parents

  12-10-2018 20:01
  (CBS Local) — Scientists in China said Thursday they have used gene editing and stem cell techniques to produce healthy mice from two mothers.
  The researchers successfully used stem cells from two female mice to create pups that not only thrived, but when on to have babies on their own.
  The study, published in the journal Cell Stem Cell, produced 29 bi-maternal mice using 210 embryos.
  “The mice were normal, lived to adulthood, and had babies of their own,” though they showed so
  
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• Scientists Breed Healthy Mice From Same-Sex Parents

  12-10-2018 20:01
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  (CBS Local) — Scientists in China said Thursday they have used gene editing and stem cell techniques to produce healthy mice from two mothers.
  The researchers successfully used stem cells from two female mice to create pups that not only thrived, but went on to have babies on their own.
  The study, published in the journal Cell Stem Cell, produced 29 bi-maternal mice using 210 embryos.
  A healthy adult bimaternal mouse (born to two mothers) with offspring o
  
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• Wagner To Gov. Wolf: ‘I’m Gonna Stomp All Over Your Face With Golf Spikes’

  12-10-2018 19:46
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Wagner took to Facebook this morning to issue a warning to Gov. Tom Wolf.
  Wagner went live on Facebook from York, Pennsylvania and had some pretty harsh words for Gov. Wolf.
  “Between now and Nov. 6, you better put a catcher’s mask on your face because I’m gonna stomp all over your face with golf spikes because I’m gonna win this for the state of Pennsylvania and we’
  
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• Man Dies After Accidentally Impaling Himself With Lance At Medieval Festival

  12-10-2018 19:44
  WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. (CBS Local) — A man was killed Saturday after he accidentally impaled himself with his lance while performing at a medieval event in northern Kentucky.
  Peter Barclay of Woodbridge, Virginia, was competing in an equestrian game at a Society for Creative Anachronism event in Williamstown when, his brother John Barclay said, a “freak accident” occurred.
  John Barclay said in a Facebook post that the accident happened when his brother’s “
  
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• Librarian, bookseller created 'alibis' for missing Carnegie Library rare books in theft scheme, prosecutors say

  12-10-2018 19:36 via post-gazette.com
  Two men are accused of stealing or “cannibalizing” hundreds of items over nearly 20 years and then selling them for profit.
  
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• The Lakers’ LeBron Era Begins

  12-10-2018 19:29
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA/AP) — It isn’t often Hollywood gets star-struck but the Los Angeles Lakers’ big offseason move to acquire LeBron James had Tinseltown in a tizzy. James is sure to grab the spotlight as he begins his quest for another NBA championship in a purple and gold jersey.
  When LeBron James chose the Los Angeles Lakers, the burgeoning entertainment mogul realized many people would think he joined a mediocre team with a five-year playoff drought because he wanted to be i
  
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• Facebook: 29 Million Accounts Accessed By Hackers

  12-10-2018 19:18
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  NEW YORK (AP) – Facebook says hackers accessed data from 29 million accounts as part of the security breach disclosed two weeks ago.
  The exact number hadn’t been known before. Originally Facebook said 50 million accounts could have been affected, but Facebook didn’t know if they had been misused.
  File photo of the Facebook logo. (credit: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images)
  The hackers accessed name, email addresses or phone numbers from those 29 milli
  
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• 'Everybody is taking it hard': Production suspended on Mister Rogers movie after crew member's death

  12-10-2018 19:08 via post-gazette.com
  Filming has been halted in the wake of the death of a veteran sound technician after a two-story fall from the film set.
  
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• Toyota Recalls 168K Trucks, SUVs And Cars To Fix Air Bag Problem

  12-10-2018 18:41
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  DETROIT (AP) – Toyota is recalling more than 168,000 pickup trucks, SUVs and cars because the air bags may not inflate in a crash.
  The recall covers 2018 and 2019 Tundra pickups and Sequoia SUVs as well as 2019 Avalon sedans.
  Toyota says the air bag control computer can erroneously detect a fault when the vehicles are started. With a fault, the air bags may not deploy in a crash.
  Toyota will notify owners and dealers will update the air bag control softwa
  
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• Men Accused Of Stealing Rare Books From Carnegie Library Going To Trial

  12-10-2018 18:09
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Two men accused of stealing and selling more than $8 million worth of rare books and items from the Carnegie Library were in court on Friday.
  A preliminary hearing was held for former Carnegie Library rare books manager Gregory Priore and bookstore owner John Schulman. Both are going to trial.
  L: Gregory Priore, R: John Schulman (Photo Credit: Allegheny County)
  The prosecution presented emails today claiming Schulman, the owner of the
  
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• Hearing Held For Men Accused Of Stealing Rare Books From Carnegie Library

  12-10-2018 18:09
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Two men accused of stealing and selling more than $8 million worth of rare books and items from the Carnegie Library were in court on Friday.
  A preliminary hearing was being held for former Carnegie Library rare books manager Gregory Priore and bookstore owner John Schulman.
  L: Gregory Priore, R: John Schulman (Photo Credit: Allegheny County)
  Police Priore stole the items from the Oliver Room, which is where the Carnegie Library stored
  
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• Steelers-Bengals Week 6 Matchup

  12-10-2018 18:05
  By Norm Elrod
  The AFC North is rife with rivalries, and not the friendly kind. Any divisional game is bound to be a dogfight, and the Week 6 matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cincinnati Bengals is no different. If recent history is any indication, it will probably be worse. These two teams genuinely don’t like each other.
  The Steelers, at 2-2-1, have been inconsistent so far this season without star running back Le’Veon Bell, who continues to hold out for a new contract
  
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• Riverview teachers' union authorizes leaders to call strike

  12-10-2018 17:24 via post-gazette.com
  A strike could happen if the sides fail to make progress on contract negotiations.
  
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• Kidsburgh Kidcast Event Calendar 10/12/2018

  12-10-2018 17:16
  Check out this week's Kidsburgh Kidcast Event Calendar!
  
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• Kidsburgh Kidcast: Vaping

  12-10-2018 17:15
  Check out this week's Kidsburgh Kidcast for more about vaping.
  
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• Cancer Survivor Says Store Manager Asked Him To Cover Disfigured Face

  12-10-2018 16:38
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  WALTERBORO, S.C. (CBS Local) — A South Carolina man who lost one of his eyes and his nose while battling cancer is speaking out after he was told he was scaring away customers at a convenience store.
  Kirby Evans, 65, says he stopped for donuts and a drink Tuesday at a Forks Pit Stop store in Walterboro.
  Shortly after he sat down to eat, he said the manager “jerked me into her office” and told him he was scaring away customers and asked him to
  
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• Port Authority Rail Car Rips Down 200 Feet Of Overhead Wire

  12-10-2018 16:28
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Problems with the Port Authority T service could stretch into the afternoon hours.
  According to officials, a rail car ripped down about 200 feet of overhead wire on the Blue Line.
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  Shuttle buses are running between Mesta and Washington Junction.We are running a bus shuttle this morning between Mesta & Washington Jn on Blue Line-Library due to an overhead line down in this area. Crews are repairing the downed lin
  
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• SportsLine’s Top Weekend Picks: What To Make Of The Bears

  12-10-2018 16:21
  Washington Huskies @ Oregon DucksSaturday, October 13, 2018, 3:30 ET
  WASHINGTON -3.5
  Oregon has been overvalued all season, going 1-3 against the spread in FBS play thus far. Washington had a close call at UCLA last week, but that should be a wake-up call for a team that has legitimate College Football Playoff hopes. Washington’s defense is stingy, giving up under 14 points per game and just barely over 300 yards per contest. Look for Oregon to be held to 21 points or less, and a lower-sco
  
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• AG Pushes Again For Change In Law After Clergy Abuse Report

  12-10-2018 15:45
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  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania’s top prosecutor is appealing again to legislators to change state law so that criminal and civil cases can be pursued in court in decades-old clergy abuse cases.
  Attorney General Josh Shapiro is holding a news conference Friday at the court complex outside Philadelphia where entertainer Bill Cosby was convicted last month of sexually assaulting a woman in 2004.
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  A state grand jury in August fo
  
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• Google Doodle Honors Pirates Great Roberto Clemente

  12-10-2018 15:30
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  (CNET)- Roberto Clemente’s legacy as one of baseball’s greatest players is matched only by the memory of the selfless sacrifice he made trying to help others in need.
  The son of a sugar cane worker in Puerto Rico, Clemente showed athletic promise at an early age, joining the Puerto Rican amateur league in 1952 at the age of 16 and signing a minor league contract with a Brooklyn Dodgers affiliate two years later. In July 1954, Clemente’s first
  
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• Trump autographs: Real or copied?

  12-10-2018 15:14 via post-gazette.com
  Like presidents before him, Donald Trump uses an autopen machine to sign multiple documents.
  
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• Colin Kaepernick, Dave Chappelle Receive Harvard Black Culture Awards

  12-10-2018 15:05
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  CAMBRIDGE (CBS/AP) — Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick and comedian Dave Chappelle were among eight people saluted by Harvard University for their contributions to black history and culture.
  All eight recipients of the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal were honored Thursday afternoon by the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard.
  Kaepernick, formerly of the San Francisco 49ers, created a firestorm when he began kneeling during the n
  
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• Doctors work to find cause of rare paralysis in children; virus suspected

  12-10-2018 14:00 via post-gazette.com
  Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh says it’s treated three children with acute flaccid myelitis. CDC is investigating possible causes.
  
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• Authorities: Ponzi Scheme Suspect Cast Spells, Paid $720K For Prayers To Ward Off Charges

  12-10-2018 13:52
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  GREENBELT, Md. (AP) – Authorities and a government witness say a woman cast paranormal spells and spent nearly three-quarters of a million dollars on prayers in a desperate attempt to ward off charges that she orchestrated a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme.
  Puja.net website operator Benjamin Collins testified this week in Dawn Bennett’s trial that the investment adviser paid him approximately $720,000 to arrange for Hindu priests in India to perfor
  
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• Extras Needed For New Sony Movie Being Shot In Pittsburgh

  12-10-2018 13:11
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – It could be your big break.
  There’s an open casting call tomorrow for a new Sony movie coming to Pittsburgh.
  They’re looking for all types,18 years and older, for extras in period and present day scenes.
  Photo Credit: KDKA
  The casting call is from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday at the Ace Hotel ballroom in East Liberty.
  The filming will be from late October into December.
  No experience is necessary and if you’re chosen
  
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• The path of Cardinal Donald Wuerl: From Pittsburgh priest to Washington archbishop

  12-10-2018 13:09 via post-gazette.com
  Wuerl earned both praise and criticism for removing sexually abusive priests from ministry years before his colleagues made it a policy to do so.
  
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• Pitt moves to settle lawsuit as Officer Michael Rosfeld claims video clears him in civil case

  12-10-2018 13:00 via post-gazette.com
  The news comes a day after Officer Rosfeld’s attorney released surveillance video from the incident that supports the officer’s account. 
  
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• Pope Accepts Cardinal Wuerl’s Resignation Amid Sex Abuse Cover-Up Scandal

  12-10-2018 12:17
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  VATICAN CITY (KDKA/AP) – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl after he became entangled in two major sexual abuse and cover-up scandals and lost the support of many in his flock.
  Wuerl, who turns 78 in November, becomes the most prominent head to roll in the scandal roiling the Catholic Church after his predecessor as Washington archbishop, Theodore McCarrick, was forced to resign as cardinal over allegations he se
  
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• Crew Member Dies After 2-Story Fall On Set Of Mr. Rogers Movie

  12-10-2018 12:11
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  MOUNT LEBANON, Pa. (KDKA) – A crew member working on the new Mr. Rogers movie has died after possibly suffering a heart attack and falling two stories in Mount Lebanon.
  The incident occurred in the 700 block of Shady Drive around 7:30 p.m., where crews are filming, “You Are My Friend,” a film based on the life of Pittsburgh icon Fred Rogers.
  The man has been identified as 61-year-old James Emswiller, of Pittsburgh.  He was a member of the
  
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• Pope Francis accepts Cardinal Donald Wuerl's resignation

  12-10-2018 12:03 via post-gazette.com
  Former Pittsburgh bishop had faced criticism from Pennsylvania grand jury investigating sexual abuse and coverup
  
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• Pope accepts Cardinal Donald Wuerl's resignation but keeps him on in 'caretaker' role

  12-10-2018 12:03 via post-gazette.com
  Former Pittsburgh bishop had faced criticism from Pennsylvania grand jury investigating sexual abuse and coverup
  
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• Swissvale Barber Busted For Selling Crack Outside Shop

  12-10-2018 05:39
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Brian Torrey Smith, a 26-year-old from Penn Hills, had nothing to say as Swissvale Police took him downtown to the Allegheny County Jail on Thursday.
  Photo Credit: KDKA
  Smith was employed at the Cut and Play Barber Shop on Washington Street. There’s a sign in the window that reads no drugs, or guns permitted.
  He was picked up Thursday on a warrant after several undercover drug buys were made.
  According to Swissvale police, Smith
  
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• Pregnant Woman Attacked By Boyfriend For Refusing Abortion

  12-10-2018 05:27
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A Greenfield man is facing charges after police say he assaulted his pregnant girlfriend and her daughter earlier this week.
  UPMC Magee is where the woman was taken for treatment. When police found her, she was lying in front of her yard holding her stomach.
  Police said the woman told them her boyfriend, Devon Johnson, kicked and punched her several times in the stomach and also punched her in the face.
  Photo Credit: KDKA
  The incident
  
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• Crew member on set of 'Mister Rogers' film rushed to hospital after falling from two-story balcony

  12-10-2018 05:09 via post-gazette.com
  The 65-year-old crew member likely had a heart attack before falling from the deck, police told KDKA. 
  
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• Crew member dies after fall on set of Mister Rogers movie in Mt. Lebanon

  12-10-2018 05:09 via post-gazette.com
  The 61-year-old crew member likely had a heart attack before falling from the deck, police told KDKA. 
  
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• Crew member dies after fall on set of Fred Rogers movie in Mt. Lebanon

  12-10-2018 05:09 via post-gazette.com
  The 61-year-old crew member likely had a heart attack before falling from the deck, police told KDKA. 
  
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• Crew member dies after fall from balcony on set of 'Mister Rogers' film in Mt. Lebanon

  12-10-2018 05:09 via post-gazette.com
  The 65-year-old crew member likely had a heart attack before falling from the deck, police told KDKA. 
  
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• URA board backs North Point Breeze redevelopment over protests

  12-10-2018 04:33 via post-gazette.com
  Some residents want more affordable housing, less density at the 16.5-acre North Point Breeze site.
  
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• URA board backs Lexington Technology Park redevelopment over protests

  12-10-2018 04:33 via post-gazette.com
  Some residents want more affordable housing, less density at the 16.5-acre North Point Breeze site.
  
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• Phil Kessel’s Hat Trick Powers Penguins Past Golden Knights

  12-10-2018 04:03
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  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Phil Kessel scored a natural hat trick and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Thursday night.
  Vegas scored the first goal of the game, and Kessel had the next three — with the final two coming on second-period breakaways. It was Kessel’s sixth career hat trick and first in four seasons with Pittsburgh. His last hat trick came Feb. 1, 2014, as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, in a 6-3 win against
  
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