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• Montgomery County church shows vandal the power of forgiveness

  24-12-2018 23:59 via post-gazette.com
  
  The vandal said he knew he wanted to repay the church. What he didn't know was how much the church community wanted to help him, too.
  
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• Domestic Dispute In Derry Twp. Fueled By Alleged Alcohol Problem

  24-12-2018 23:31
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  DERRY TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – According to court records, it was Sunday afternoon when Derry Township Police got the call of a violent domestic dispute occurring inside one of the Derry Manor Apartments in Dery Township along West 4th Avenue.Inside, officers discovered a highly intoxicated and agitated Joshua M. Conner standing with a hammer in his hand by a closet. The woman who called 911 was inside a closet hiding after Conner allegedly attacked her.Photo Cr
  
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• Wilkinsburg Woman Facing Charges Of Allegedly Intentionally Starving Children

  24-12-2018 23:23
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  WILKINSBURG (KDKA) – Why didn’t anyone help three children found living in deplorable conditions inside a Wilkinsburg home much sooner?
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  Doctor Believes Woman Intentionally Starved 2-Year-Old Boy, Neglected 2 Other KidsMultiple Layers To Sad Story Of Wilkinsburg Children
  This is one of many troubling questions after the biological mom of the children left them in the care of someone her family didn’t know now facing a list of cha
  
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• Therapy Dog Helps People With Fear Of Going To The Dentist

  24-12-2018 23:13
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – We all want a healthy vibrant smile, but the fear of going to the dentist is so crippling for some people, that they never even go to get their teeth professional cleaned.
  “To be able to walk into the office, I’m going to have to be medicated or someone’s going to have to put me out on a stretcher. It’s bad,” Amanda Mallory told KDKA’s Kym Gable.Mallory is a patient at Steliotis Dental Spa in McMurra
  
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• Water main breaks impacting South Park, Finleyville

  24-12-2018 23:03 via post-gazette.com
  
  The water main breaks occurred in the area of Wilson Road in South Park and on Chevy Chase Street in Finleyville. 
  
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• Pittsburgh Artist Has Combined Lost Arts And Traditions For Decades

  24-12-2018 23:02
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – At this time of year, the focus tends to shift to traditions and lost arts, like sculpting and woodworking.A local man has been combining both, for decades.KDKA Photojournalist David Columbine goes inside the studio with 92-year-old Thad Mosley, one of Pittsburgh’s most beloved artists.
  
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• Christmas Eve Chilly And Cloudy

  24-12-2018 22:51
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Merry Christmas Eve!Sunshine gave way to clouds this afternoon and the clouds will stick around through Christmas morning.Dry conditions tonight if you’re heading out to church services or some Christmas festivities. Christmas Day looks like a mixture of sun and clouds with highs in the mid 30s.A huge warm-up starts Thursday giving us a shot at 60 degrees Friday!We may also pick up enough moisture Thursday/Friday for us to break the all-time precipitation record f
  
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• Valerie McDonald-Roberts leaving city job

  24-12-2018 22:08 via post-gazette.com
  
  The head of the city’s Bureau of Neighborhood Empowerment is leaving to spend more time with family after nearly 30 years in public service.
  
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• How The Partial Government Shutdown Is Playing Out And What To Expect As It Continues

  24-12-2018 21:07
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  (CNN) — A partial government shutdown remains in effect after funding expired for roughly a quarter of the federal government when the clock struck midnight on Saturday — and it is not clear when it will end.
  Negotiations between congressional Democrats and the Trump administration over the President’s demands for a border wall have so far not yielded an agreement, making it likely that the shutdown will continue until after Christmas. It is e
  
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• National Christmas Tree Site Reopens During Federal Government Shutdown

  24-12-2018 20:24
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  (CNN) — The National Park Foundation announced on Monday that the site of the National Christmas Tree in Washington was reopening after a brief closure tied to the government shutdown.
  The National Christmas Tree, in President’s Park outside the White House, sustained damage after a man climbed it on Friday evening.
  The National Park Foundation said in its statement Monday that the site was closed after the climbing and had remained closed because o
  
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• Nixed protections could have helped Lordstown GM workers

  24-12-2018 20:10 via post-gazette.com
  
  Some curbs against layoffs at General Motors were removed in connection with the federal bailout of a decade ago.
  
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• Steelers WR JuJu Smith-Schuster Tweets Apology

  24-12-2018 20:03
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Following a heartbreaking loss in New Orleans against the Saints, Pittsburgh Steelers WR JuJu Smith-Schuster took to social media to air his apology.RELATED STORIES:Steelers Drop Heartbreaker To Saints, Need A Win, Help To Make PlayoffsSteelers, Bengals Regular Season Finale Rescheduled
  Smith-Schuster tweeted on Monday that he was sorry and “that loss was on me.”
  When I’m at my lowest, I’m not going to hide. I&r
  
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• Trump’s Tax Cuts Are A Bust

  24-12-2018 19:35
  (CNN) — A year after President Donald Trump’s much-touted tax cuts were signed into law, at least some of the results are in, and there are clear winners: Millionaires. Big corporations. And that’s about it.
  “It’s a lot of fun when you win,” Trump said at a public ceremony for the bill, but not even the GOP benefited from the tax cuts — at least, not politically. Many Americans were underwhelmed by the legislation and didn’t see much of an impact o
  
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• One Pittsburgh rabbi has two encounters with mass shootings

  24-12-2018 19:31 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Temple Sinai rabbi helped with healing after the Tree of Life shooting in Squirrel Hill this year and Colorado theater shooting in 2012
  
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• Teen Gets The Gift Of Sight This Season

  24-12-2018 19:26
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  CINCINNATI (CNN) — A Cincinnati teenager’s trip to Santa’s Wonderland today did not turn out as expected.
  13-year-old Carlo Averion showed up, and received a life-changing gift: digital glasses to help him see again.
  Averion suffers from Stargardt’s Disease, a progressive disease that’s causing him to lose his sight. The disease causes macular degeneration, and currently, there is no cure for it.
  The glasses are manufactured by a c
  
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• Family Works For Months To Spread Holiday Cheer With Their Miniature Display

  24-12-2018 19:21
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  MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, Ohio (WEWS) — Two months of work, 14 trains and 356 miniature houses. The Hoert family of Middleburg Heights calls it “Hollydays Village at the Hoert Resort.”
  The elaborate display has taken over the great room of the family’s home. There is a post office, a pizza shop, a casino, a football field, even a News 5 tower.
  At the heart of the village is family. Names of loved ones are on train cars and there are houses for
  
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• No White Christmas, But Tolerable Temperatures For The Holiday Week

  24-12-2018 19:08
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Rain and snow pushed through the area yesterday. Today? Dry with a few hours of sunshine before clouds win out once again late this afternoon.We will also start the day with overcast skies. Highs today in the mid-30s. There will be no white Christmas this year in Pittsburgh with Christmas day expected to be dry.Photo Credit: (KDKA)
  Next rain chance looks to be on Thursday afternoon lasting into Friday with a big warm-up also expected. Highs on Friday will likely hit the
  
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• Two People Hurt, Trapped After Crashing Into House

  24-12-2018 18:52
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  HICKORY TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – Two people were injured during an accident in Lawrence Co.
  Police say that a woman and her passenger became trapped in their vehicle following an accident in Hickory Township.Authorities say the driver lost control of her car on Eastbrook Road and slammed into a house.Emergency crews responded to the scene and had to cut the woman and her male passenger out of the wreckage.Both people in the vehicle were taken to the hospital.
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• Woman Pinned Following Beechview Accident

  24-12-2018 18:35
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  BEACHVIEW (KDKA) – A woman became trapped following a crash in Brookline this morning.
  Emergency crews responded to Brookside Avenue after police say a woman crashed her SUV. Authorities say the woman became pinned between a utility pole and a wall during the accident.Officials have not yet released the cause of the accident.
  The woman was taken to the hospital.
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• When good podcasts happen to unfortunate Pittsburgh drivers

  24-12-2018 18:34 via post-gazette.com
  
  If you anticipate being stuck in Parkway East traffic, download these podcasts to make the time fly — even if you can’t.
  
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• Steelers, Bengals Regular Season Finale Rescheduled

  24-12-2018 18:07
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Pittsburgh Steelers final regular season game has been rescheduled.The Steelers were originally scheduled to host the Cincinnati Bengals on Dec. 30 at 1 p.m. at Heinz Field. Announced on Sunday night, the game will now be played at 4:25 p.m.
  Kickoff for our Week 17 matchup vs. the Bengals at Heinz Field has been moved to 4:25 PM ET on CBS.
  — Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) December 24, 2018
  The Steelers lost their last game a
  
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• PTL Links: Dec. 24, 2018

  24-12-2018 17:41
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:Pa. Pure Distilleries Cocktail Punch Recipe
  Becky Thurner Photography
  Chris Jamison
  Phipps Winter Flower Show
  Scene 75
  Top Golf
  PPG Place Ice Skating Rink
  National Aviary
  Pittsburgh Zoo
  
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• Kennywood Holiday Lights among America's best in nationwide poll

  24-12-2018 17:32 via post-gazette.com
  
  The annual display came in at No. 7 on the list of Best Theme Park Holiday Events in month-long voting.
  
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• Woman's leg trapped inside vehicle after crash in Beechview

  24-12-2018 16:57 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh rescue crews stabilized the car and got the woman out safely, according to the city.
  
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• Goodfellows raises more than $70,000 for toys

  24-12-2018 16:53 via post-gazette.com
  
  The newspaper’s toy drive has a history that stretches back to one gift that inspired the recipient to give back.
  
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• Pedestrian struck on Route 51 in Pleasant Hills

  24-12-2018 15:14 via post-gazette.com
  
  The 35-year-old man was taken to a local hospital in very critical condition, police said. The crash happened early Monday.
  
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• Inbound Parkway East to close for four days this week between Oakland and Downtown

  24-12-2018 15:08 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is taking advantage of holiday-week traffic to replace concrete on the Parkway East inbound.  
  
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• Police: Woman shot in face in Pitcairn, expected to survive

  24-12-2018 14:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  “The injury was most likely sustained during a domestic disturbance,” Allegheny County police said in a statement.
  
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• English artist Henry Warren painted rare view of Pittsburgh in early 1800s

  24-12-2018 14:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  An artist who visited Pittsburgh in the early 1800s captured a rare, early view of a bridge, the Allegheny River and the Strip District. 
  
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• Police move into Northview Heights aims to build community relationships

  24-12-2018 13:30 via post-gazette.com
  
  “When we first started up here, we were getting looks like, ‘Why are you guys here?’” Sgt. Joe Lewis said.
  
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• Storefront church in Hill District is Orthodox yet unconventional

  24-12-2018 13:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  An Army veteran journeys back to an ancestral faith, drawing on it to help individuals and communities heal from trauma through FOCUS Pittsburgh
  
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• In therapy program for oldsters, iPods bring long-ago music to their ears

  24-12-2018 13:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Music & Memory program is used to calm Alzheimer’s symptoms in many settings, and state aims to expand it into people’s own homes.
  
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• Pedestrian Struck By Pickup Truck On Route 51 In Pleasant Hills

  24-12-2018 12:05
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  PLEASANT HILLS (KDKA) — One man was rushed to the hospital after being struck by a truck along Route 51 early Monday morning.
  It happened just after 2a.m., near Ken Ganley Toyota in Pleasant Hills.
  The pickup truck driver stayed on the scene.
  The victim was taken to UPMC Mercy. His condition has not been released.
  Allegheny County detectives had the road closed for about 3 hours to investigate and reconstruct the scene.
  Route 51 reopened ar
  
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• Do smaller class sizes equal success? Woodland Hills officials hope so

  24-12-2018 12:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  The district added 11 kindergarten and first-grade teachers in two schools. Officials hope it will result in better classroom performance.
  
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• Two Men Killed In Armstrong County Crash

  24-12-2018 11:39
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  SOUTH BUFFALO TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Two Freeport men died in a crash in South Buffalo Township late Sunday night.
  The Armstrong County Coroner says 49-year-old Daniel Fullerton lost control of his SUV going around a curve on Freeport Road around 9:40p.m., struck an oncoming SUV, and rolled onto its roof in a yard.Fullerton and his passenger, 57-year-old Gregory Sabattini, were not wearing seat belts.
  They both died at the scene.
  The driver of t
  
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• Multiple Layers To Sad Story Of Wilkinsburg Children

  24-12-2018 02:25
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  WILKINSBURG, Pa. (KDKA) – There is an update to the story that broke Saturday about a Wilkinsburg woman being accused of neglecting three children who were left in her care, including a 2-year-old boy who a doctor believes was intentionally starved.There are multiple layers to the story, in the big picture and profile that is coming together about the plight of the children and where their mother is and how did this happen to them. Why were family members
  
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• Steelers Drop Heartbreaker To Saints, Need A Win, Help To Make Playoffs

  24-12-2018 02:10
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  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Drew Brees capped a 326-yard passing performance with 2-yard touchdown to Michael Thomas with 1:25 left, and the New Orleans Saints clinched the top seed in the NFC playoffs with a 31-28 victory over Pittsburgh that dealt a significant blow to the Steelers’ playoff hopes.
  Alvin Kamara gained 105 yards from scrimmage and ran for two touchdowns for New Orleans (13-2), which rallied for the lead after two defensive stops in the fourt
  
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• Light Snow Expected Monday Morning

  24-12-2018 00:37
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, as rain is expected to turn into snow overnight on Sunday into Monday morning.
  A mix of light rain and light snow will nudge into the area on Sunday night. This will transition to all snow, as temperatures dip. Light accumulations and a slick spot or two are possible on Monday morning, but it should not be a widespread issue.Into Christmas Eve on Monday, it will be mostly cloudy and br
  
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• Hampton Police Seeking Information On String Of Overnight Thefts

  24-12-2018 00:09
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  HAMPTON TWP., Pa. (KDKA) – It is the time of year when ‘porch pirates’ are licking their chops.
  That is the case in Hampton Township overnight on Saturday, and police are looking for information on several thefts that occurred there.According to police, the thieves started in McCandless Township and worked their way into several neighborhoods in Hampton Township along Sample Road, Mount Royal Boulevard, Wildwood Road and Middle Road.The suspec
  
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