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• ‘Ya’ll Stay Tuned’: Antonio Brown Watches Tomlin News Conference With James Harrison, Both Promise Exclusive Interview

  02-01-2019 23:38
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Jaws dropped on Wednesday afternoon when fans spotted Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown hanging out with former teammate James Harrison.
  Harrison posted a video on his Instagram account, saying, “So, I’m sitting here with boy, and I’m about to go ahead and get the exclusive.”
  He said, “Ya’ll stay tuned. We listening to what we listening to right now.” The voice of Steelers Head Co
  
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• Woman Uses Karate Skills To Take Down Burglary Suspect

  02-01-2019 22:59
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  NEMACOLIN, Pa. (AP) — A woman’s 10 years of karate lessons are being credited with helping her subdue a man suspected of breaking into her western Pennsylvania home just after midnight on New Year’s Day.
  Deborah Hughes tells the Washington Observer-Reporter she was saying goodbye to guests at her home in Nemacolin when she noticed someone inside the home of her 22-year-old college student daughter Hannah Hughes across the street.
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• 1 Person Injured When Vehicle Collides With School Bus In Allegheny Twp.

  02-01-2019 22:38
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  ALLEGHENY TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A driver had to be cut from a vehicle and hospitalized after colliding with a school bus in Westmoreland County on Wednesday afternoon.
  The crash happened around 3:45 p.m. along Hyde Park Road in Allegheny Township.
  According to emergency officials, no students were on the bus at the time of the crash, but the driver of the vehicle had to be rescued.
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  Police say the woman’s pickup truck c
  
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• Top Daily Fantasy Players Wildcard Week: Can Elliott Run On Seahawks?

  02-01-2019 21:59
  By Steve Silverman
  (CBS DFW/CBS Local) — It’s playoff time in the NFL, so only the League’s top teams will be in action going forward. But wildcard week finds the top two teams in the AFC and NFC — the Chiefs, Patriots, Saints and Rams — with a bye. So Patrick Mahomes, Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Todd Gurley will all be unavailable. That’s a lot of talent resting up for the divisional round.
  With four games this weekend, featuring seeds three through six in each
  
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• Police: Man Shoots Up Taco Bell Over Hot Sauce Snafu

  02-01-2019 21:19
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  OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (CBS Local) — A man fired several shots into a Taco Bell restaurant when he didn’t get the taco sauce he wanted, police said.
  The confrontation occurred around 1:25 a.m. Monday at a Taco Bell in Oklahoma City.
  Employees called the police when a man in a vehicle at the drive-thru started yelling about not getting enough sauce, or not getting any taco sauce.
  The suspect then fired two shots right through the drive-thru window, acc
  
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• Pittsburgh Brewery Purchases Former Cold War Missile Site As Production Facility

  02-01-2019 20:54
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  COLLIER TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – A Pittsburgh-area brewery announced that they have purchased a former Cold War missile site to turn into their production facility.Grish House Craft Brewery released a YouTube video and a website to showcase the project and the Collier Township property that dates back to 1957.We bought a missile command center!
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  — Grist House (@GristHouse) Janua
  
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• ‘It’s A Miracle!’ Great-Grandmother Wins $10 Million On Christmas Eve

  02-01-2019 19:46
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  RALEIGH, N.C. (CBS Local) — A great-grandmother in North Carolina struck it rich on Christmas Eve, declaring “It’s a miracle!”
  Dorothy Martin said she was sitting in a convenience store parking lot when the numbers on her “Extreme Millions” scratch-off lottery ticket started adding up to a $10 million win.
  “I started at the bottom,” Martin said, according to a press release from the North Carolina Education Lotter
  
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• Winning Ticket Sold For $425 Million New Year’s Jackpot

  02-01-2019 19:34
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  (KDKA/CNN) — Another year, another lottery you didn’t win. Unless you are one lucky New Yorker.
  A ticket sold in Long Island, New York, matched all the numbers to win the $425 million Mega Millions jackpot. The winning numbers for the New Year’s Day drawing were 57, 70, 34, 62, 44, and a gold Mega Ball of 14.
  The winning ticket was sold at Brookville Auto Service in the Town of Oyster Bay, according to the New York Lottery’s official web
  
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• Police: Women Find Intruder Asleep Next To Guard Dog

  02-01-2019 19:08
  WAUKESHA, Wis. (CBS Local) — A Wisconsin woman started 2019 with a jolt when they found a stranger in her house sleeping on her dog’s bed.
  Police in Waukesha said a man, who was allegedly “heavily intoxicated” after celebrating New Year’s Eve, “accidentally entered the wrong residence” and fell asleep next to the homeowner’s 150-pound Mastiff, Benton.
  Police believe the man, who lives just a few doors down with his mom, entered the home through an
  
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• Woman Catches 88-Pound ‘River Monster’ Catfish On Kentucky Lake

  02-01-2019 19:04
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CBS Local) — This time, the big one did not get away.
  A woman reeled in a mammoth 88-pound catfish Sunday at Kentucky Lake, some 90 miles northwest of Nashville along the Tennessee/Kentucky state line.
  Details of how Paula Cathey Smith caught the “River Monster” were not revealed, but the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency shared a photo on social media Monday with Smith “personal best” catch. The image has been shared more than 1,200 times o
  
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• Teen Blinded By ‘Terrifying’ Mystery Illness

  02-01-2019 18:54
  SMITHVILLE, Mo. (CBS Local) — A Missouri teenager is fighting an illness that has left her completely blind and her doctors baffled.
  Jordyn Walker, 15, said her medical nightmare started with stomach pain and bloody stools shortly after a family cruise in the summer of 2017.
  “It just went haywire from there. Everything started swelling,” Walker told WDAF.
  At first, doctors thought it was a sinus infection. Then Walker lost her sense of taste and smell. But after a series of vis
  
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• Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin Says Antonio Brown Skipped Walk Through, Became Difficult To Communicate With

  02-01-2019 18:21
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin said that Anotnio Brown did deal with a knee injury last week and that the star receiver became difficult to get into contact with over the weekend leading up to the game against the Bengals.Tomlin addressed the issues surrounding Brown during a press conference on Wednesday afternoon. Brown skipped walk-throughs on Saturday then his agent called Tomlin Sunday morning before the game.“Tomlin Says B
  
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• State Prison Inmate Found Dead On New Year’s Eve

  02-01-2019 18:21
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  INDIANA, Pa. (KDKA) — Authorities are investigating after an inmate was found unresponsive and died at one of the state’s correctional facilities on New Year’s Day.According to investigators, Luis Santiago was found unresponsive at SCI Pine Grove in Indiana County.
  Santiago, an inmate at the prison, was serving a 2½- to 10-year sentence for aggravated assault with serious bodily injury out of Berks County.
  He was taken to Indiana Region
  
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• Inmate at SCI Pine Grove In Somerset Co. Found Dead On New Year’s Eve

  02-01-2019 18:21
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  INDIANA COUNTY (KDKA) – An inmate at an Indiana Co. prison was found dead on New Year’s Eve.The inmate was apparently killed by someone else in the prison, according to the coroner.Luis Santiago was found unresponsive at SCI Pine Grove. Santiago, an inmate at the prison, was serving a life sentence for aggravated assault.The coroner listed Santiago’s cause of death as “trauma at the hands of another.”Officials say they are intervie
  
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• PennDOT Welcoming High School Student Submissions For Innovations Challenge

  02-01-2019 18:04
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – PennDOT is inviting high school students to take part in their Innovations Challenge.The competition is open to students in the ninth to 12th grade who want to use their problem-solving, creative and strategic-thinking abilities to solve real-world problems in the transportation industry.This year’s challenge focuses on the dangers that construction workers face in a work zone:
  Every day, construction workers on Pennsylvania road
  
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• PennDOT Welcome High School Student Submissions For Innovations Challenge

  02-01-2019 18:04
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – PennDOT is inviting high school students to take part in their Innovations Challenge.The competition is open to students in ninth to 12th grade who wanted to use their problem-solving, creative and strategic-thinking abilities to solve real-world problems in the transportation industry.This year’s challenge focuses on the dangers that construction workers face in a work zone:
  Every day, construction workers on Pennsylvania roadwa
  
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• WWE Hall Of Famer ‘Mean’ Gene Okerlund Dead At 76

  02-01-2019 17:50
  (KDKA/CBS Local)–WWE Hall of Fame Broadcaster “Mean” Gene Oklerlund has died at the age of 76.
  World Wrestling Entertainment made the announcement Wednesday morning, just days after appearing in Pittsburgh for WWE Smackdown Live.
  “WWE is saddened to learn that WWE Hall of Famer Gene Okerlund, the most recognizable interviewer in sports-entertainment history, has passed away at age 76.”
  WWE is saddened to learn that WWE Hall of Famer Gene Okerlund, the most recogniza
  
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• New Recall Issued On Blood Pressure, Heart Failure Medications

  02-01-2019 17:35
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – An important recall concerning blood pressure medication was released by the FDA on Wednesday.
  The manufacturer is voluntarily recalling 80 lots of three Valsartan medications.The drugs, which are to treat high blood pressure and heart failure, are being recalled after concerns that they may cause cancer-causing ingredients surfaced.Drugs affected by the recall have expiration dates between May 2019 and March 2021.So far, the FDA has n
  
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• Two People From Latrobe Assaulted With Baseball Bat

  02-01-2019 17:26
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  HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – A person is behind bars after they allegedly assaulted two men from Latrobe with a baseball bat.Adam Daniels, of New Alexandria, is now behind bars after police say he allegedly assaulted two people with a bat.
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  Pennsylvania State Police say that the assault happened around 2 a.m. Tuesday morning at a New Year’s Eve party.Authorities say all of those involved were at a home on Forbes Trail Road in Hemp
  
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• Tiger Woods Set To Build Public Golf Course In Chicago

  02-01-2019 17:03
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  (CNN) — He played there as a promising youngster, now Tiger Woods is set to design a public golf course that will benefit the whole of Chicago.
  The former world No.1 and his TGR Design team are lead architects on a proposal to redevelop the Jackson Park and South Shore Golf Courses in downtown Chicago.
  Woods, the 14-time major champion, learned the game on the municipal courses of California and is keen to leave a legacy for future generations of golfers
  
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• Police Searching For 15-Year-Old Girl In Tarentum

  02-01-2019 16:46
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  TARENTUM (KDKA) – Police in Tarentum are looking for a teenager who ran away from home early Wednesday morning.Police posted to their Facebook page Wednesday morning saying that the teen voluntarily left her home at approximately 1:50 a.m.Kazmir Jones is a 15-year-old caucasian female.Anyone with information is asked to call Tarentum Police at 724-244-1515.
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• The Five Most Addictive Substances In The World

  02-01-2019 16:06
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  (CNN) — What are the most addictive drugs? This question seems simple, but the answer depends on whom you ask.
  From the points of view of different researchers, the potential for a drug to be addictive can be judged in terms of the harm it causes, the street value of the drug, the extent to which the drug activates the brain’s dopamine system, how pleasurable people report the drug to be, the degree to which the drug causes withdrawal symptoms, and
  
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• Taking A Month Off Drinking Improves Health All Year, Study Finds

  02-01-2019 16:02
  (CBS Philly/CBS Local)–And if your New Year’s resolution is to give up alcohol, you may be interested in this study.  British researchers found that people who gave up drinking for the first month of 2018 reported drinking less eight months later.
  Researchers from the University of Sussex observed over 800 people who took part in “Dry January” — a health campaign to abstain from alcohol.
  “The simple act of taking a month off alcohol helps people drink les
  
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• Do It Yourself Pizza Bread Bar And Cupcake Bar

  02-01-2019 15:37
  Ready to make your own masterpiece in the kitchen? Rania’s Chef Carl Congelo is cooking up some DIY recipes to blow your mind and your taste buds.
  Do It Yourself Pizza Bread Bar
  Serves 4
  1 long baguette cut lengthwise and in 4 sandwich size pieces*this will give 2 pieces per personAssortment of condiments: (such as)
  Sliced salami 6
  Sliced provolone cheese 10
  Goat cheese 1 cup
  Jar pasta sauce 2 cups
  Fresh spinach 2 cups
  Chopped olives 1 cup
  Sliced mushrooms 1 cup
  Sliced pepperoni 1 cup
  4 al
  
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• Chipotle’s New Marketing Strategy: Paleo, Keto And Whole30 Dieters Are Welcome

  02-01-2019 15:34
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  (CNN) — Chipotle, eager to promote itself as a healthy choice, tweaked its menu to fit with trendy diet plans.
  Beginning Wednesday, the Mexican food chain will begin offering “Lifestyle Bowls,” a new collection of meals that fit into paleo, ketogenic and Whole30 diets.
  “These first-to-category, diet-driven menu offerings are helping those who have committed to living a healthier lifestyle by making it easy to order delicious bowls that o
  
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• PTL Links: Jan. 2, 2019

  02-01-2019 15:16
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:Pa. Resource Council
  Life Coach Dr. Marlene Boas
  Rinia’s Catering (and Recipes)
  Post-Gazette Seen
  Post-Gazette Setting Seen
  
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• Airport Water Fountains Shut Down After Passengers Become Ill On Frontier Airlines Flight

  02-01-2019 15:06
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  (CNN) — Several water fountains were shut down at a Cleveland airport after passengers aboard a Frontier Airlines flight became sick, airport officials said.
  At least six passengers who traveled on Tampa-bound Frontier Airlines Flight 1397 on Tuesday fell ill after leaving Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
  The passengers, who were not traveling as a group, were vomiting by the time the plane landed, said Janet Scherberger, a Tampa International Air
  
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• Plane Crash Deaths Rise In 2018 But Accidents Are Still Rare

  02-01-2019 14:07
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  (CNN) — The number of people killed in plane crashes jumped in 2018 compared with the previous year, with more than 500 deaths recorded, new figures show.
  Nonetheless, 2018 was still one of the safest years for commercial aviation on record, according to reports from Dutch aviation consultancy To70 and the Netherlands-based Aviation Safety Network (ASN).
  The ASN recorded a total of 15 fatal airliner accidents in 2018, leading to 556 deaths, compared with
  
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• Kennywood Park’s Steel Curtain Roller Coaster Construction Well Underway

  02-01-2019 13:25
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  WEST MIFFLIN (KDKA) – Kennywood Park is well underway on the construction of their newest attraction, the Steel Curtain roller coaster.The park posted this time-lapse video of the construction of the coaster which shows the progress of the site from November through last month.
  Speed through the first stages of construction on #SteelCurtain with this time lapse video! Opening this… https://t.co/7jaRxovf2D
  — Kennywood Park (@Kenny_Kangaroo) Ja
  
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• Starting 2019 Like We Ended 2018, With Rain

  02-01-2019 12:23
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – We are starting 2019 like we ended 2018….wet.Some light rain possible overnight tonight as a weak cold front rolls in from the north. Highs today will likely reach the 40s with us just shy of 40 degrees for highs on Thursday.Still tracking a warm-up on Friday with highs likely hitting the 50s beginning on Friday and lasting through the weekend. I am keeping in a chance for rain late Friday into Saturday morning but there is plen
  
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• SWAT Team Called To Early Morning White Oak Standoff

  02-01-2019 12:10
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  WHITE OAK (KDKA) – Emergency responders confirmed that there is a SWAT situation in White Oak Wednesday morning.Authorities were called to the 3000-block of State Street just before 4 a.m. Wednesday morning.KDKA’s Amy Wadas confirmed with firefighters on the scene that officers from multiple agencies including SWAT officers and Allegheny County Police were surrounding a home on State Street.#UPDATE: Crews on scene tell us a 20 year old suicidal man
  
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• Man Shot At Police Before Shooting Himself During White Oak SWAT Situation

  02-01-2019 12:10
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  WHITE OAK (KDKA) – Emergency responders confirmed that there is a SWAT situation in White Oak Wednesday morning.KDKA’s Amy Wadas confirmed with firefighters on the scene that officers from multiple agencies including SWAT officers and Allegheny County Police were surrounding a home on State Street.#UPDATE: Crews on scene tell us a 20 year old suicidal man is holed up inside his home on State Street in White Oak. They say he stole a 9 mm gun from fam
  
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• Man Barricades Himself In White Oak Home, SWAT Team Called To Scene

  02-01-2019 12:10
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  WHITE OAK (KDKA) — Neighbors were on edge Wednesday morning in White Oak as the SWAT team surrounded a home where a young man barricaded himself inside.
  Authorities were called to the 3000-block of State Street just before 4 a.m. Wednesday morning.KDKA’s Amy Wadas confirmed with firefighters on the scene that officers from multiple agencies including SWAT officers and Allegheny County Police were surrounding a home on State Street.
  “I walked u
  
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• Police: Missing Dormont Man Found Dead

  02-01-2019 05:45
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  DORMONT (KDKA) — Police in Dormont say a man who has been missing since last month has been found dead.
  According to police, 30-year-old Michael McDonald had last been seen in the early morning hours of Dec. 22.
  (Source: Dormont Police)
  Police now say he has was found dead.
  There are no further details available at this point.
  
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• Police: Missing Dormont Man Found

  02-01-2019 05:45
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  DORMONT (KDKA) — Police in Dormont say a man who has been missing since last month has been found.
  According to police, 30-year-old Michael McDonald had last been seen in the early morning hours of Dec. 22.
  (Source: Dormont Police)
  Police now say he has been located safe.
  
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• Reward Offered For Information About Fire That Killed, Burned Horses

  02-01-2019 05:20
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  SALTLICK TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A reward is being offered for information about a fire that killed two horses and seriously burned two others in Fayette County.
  The barn on Buchanan Road in White went up in flames early Tuesday morning.
  Two horses named Josey and Poncho were killed in the fire.
  A third horse named Rebal was seriously burned, but is expected to be okay.
  A fourth horse, Domingo, was also burned in the fire but managed to escape the barn. It was
  
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• Hit Musical ‘Hamilton’ Opens In Pittsburgh To Sell-Out Crowd

  02-01-2019 05:15
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The line of lucky ticket holders for the hit show “Hamilton: An American Musical” wrapped around the Benedum Center on Tuesday night.It’s been one of the most anticipated shows in the city since it was announced it was coming more than a year ago, and tonight was the very first showing in Pittsburgh.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  “Everyone wanted to see it, so to get a chance to get in when so few could, we really apprec
  
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• Out-Of-Control Pickup Truck Crashes Into Utility Pole, Knocks Out Power In New Kensington

  02-01-2019 03:18
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  NEW KENSINGTON (KDKA) — Some people in Westmoreland County were left in the dark this New Year’s Day when an out-of-control pickup truck crashed into parked cars and a utility pole.
  It happened around 2:40 a.m. in the 300 block of Freeport Road in New Kensington.
  Homeowner Michael Kirven was woken up by what he says sounded like an explosion.
  “It sounded like an explosive but also with an impact,” he said.
  The impact caused the utility p
  
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• Former Police Officer Forges New Life With His Incredible Dog After Tragedy

  02-01-2019 02:56
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — He served and protected as a local police chief before losing his job and winding up behind bars.
  Now, Paul Anthony is telling the story of how he hit the reset button on his life and turned his pain into positivity.
  For more information on AB Canine Training, visit their website and Facebook page:ABCanine.com
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• Sources: Man Found Dead In Ohio River Was Patient At Western Psych

  02-01-2019 02:38
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — On the morning of New Year’s Eve, someone spotted the body of a man floating face down in the Ohio River near the Emsworth Lock and Dam.The Allegheny County Medical Examiner later identified him as 48-year-old Drew Camoosa, from Little Egg Harbor on the New Jersey shore. He was the victim of an apparent suicide.
  (Image: social media)
  Although foul play is not suspected, Allegheny County Police now want to know what happened in th
  
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• Mild Weather Remains In Place, Temperatures In The 40s

  02-01-2019 00:32
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — If you were to look for the definition of “meh,” look no further than the forecast.
  The next several days will not be cold enough for those who love Winter, and it won’t be warm enough for those who love Spring.It will basically be a forecast that runs right down the middle of those two seasons.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  Cloudy skies continue through Wednesday.
  Wednesday night into early Thursday morning, there is the slig
  
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