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• Amber Alert Issued In Eastern Ohio For 2-Month-Old Child

  18-04-2019 23:59
  WARREN, Ohio (KDKA) — An amber alert has been issued in eastern Ohio for an infant who was allegedly abducted.
  According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, police are searching for 2-month-old Jasper Stennett.
  Police believe 20-year-old James Stennett took the child from a home on Hazelwood Avenue in Warren, Ohio, around 1:20 p.m. Thursday.
  James Stennett (Photo Courtesy: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children)
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• Child Hit By Vehicle In Brentwood

  18-04-2019 23:50
  BRENTWOOD (KDKA) — A child was struck by a vehicle Thursday afternoon in Brentwood.
  It happened around 5:15 p.m. near Clairton Boulevard and Towne Square Way.
  The child’s condition is unknown at this time.
  Emergency dispatchers say one person has been transported from the scene.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Photojournalist Bryce Lutz)
  Traffic on Route 51 is being restricted at this time.
  Further details have not yet been released.
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• Traffic stop on Pa. Turnpike in Hempfield nets 20,000 stamp bags of heroin

  18-04-2019 23:49 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pennsylvania State Police arrested a Philadelphia man, Cristobal Rosa-Robles, who now faces a federal drug charge.
  
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• Pittsburgh's second equity indicators report shows racial disparities still prominent

  18-04-2019 23:12 via post-gazette.com
  
  Disparities still exist in health, criminal justice and poverty rates between Pittsburgh’s black and white residents, according to report.
  
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• Jeannette Man With Gun In Carry-On Bag Stopped At Arnold Palmer Airport

  18-04-2019 22:57
  LATROBE (KDKA) — A Westmoreland County man was stopped at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport after Transportation Security Administration officers detected a gun in his luggage Saturday.
  The TSA says the Jeannette resident had a loaded .380 caliber handgun in his carry-on bag.
  (Source: Transportation Security Administration)
  Westmoreland County Police responded to the airport security checkpoint, where they confiscated the firearm and detained the man for questioning.
  The TSA did not say how m
  
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• It's a Pittsburgher's worst nightmare: Two hours stuck mid-hill on the Duquesne Incline

  18-04-2019 22:47 via post-gazette.com
  
  Several people who said they were in one of the incline cars reported that at least 15 passengers had been trapped for over an hour. 
  
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• 'A story to tell' -- Norristown family among dozens trapped for hours on Duquesne Incline

  18-04-2019 22:47 via post-gazette.com
  
  Several people who said they were in one of the incline cars reported that at least 15 passengers had been trapped for over an hour. 
  
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• Duquesne Incline Stuck With Passengers On Board

  18-04-2019 22:45
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Duquesne Incline got stuck for about an hour Thursday afternoon while passengers were on board.
  Passengers were on both cable cars when they stopped moving in the middle of the incline.A spokesperson with the incline tells me the two cars have been stuck for about an hour. They are waiting for a part to be delivered and installed before the cars can get moving again @kdka https://t.co/znTMu2rF4q
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• "Streaming Space" art project aims to bring calm to bustling Market Square

  18-04-2019 21:51 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Market Square Public Art season opens with “Streaming Space” by artists Alisha B. Wormsley and Ricardo Iamuuri Robinson in Pittsburgh. 
  
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• Pittsburgh Police Posts Internal Policies, Procedures Online

  18-04-2019 21:31
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Police have published most of their internal policies and procedures online.
  They’re now available on the city’s website.
  Chief Scott Schubert says it is part of an effort to be more transparent.
  However, some of the information has been redacted to protect sensitive information.
  If you’d like to review the policies yourself, visit this link.
  
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• BMW Adds Nearly 185,000 Vehicles To Recall Due To Fire Risk

  18-04-2019 21:23
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  DETROIT (AP) — BMW is adding nearly 185,000 vehicles in the U.S. to a 2017 recall for possible engine fires.
  Two years ago the company recommended that the vehicles be parked outdoors until problems are fixed.
  The recall expansion covers a dozen 3 Series, 5 Series and Z4 models from the 2006 model year.
  BMW says in documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that moisture can get into the cars’ positive crankcase ventilat
  
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• CDC Investigating Listeria Infections Linked To Deli Meats, Cheeses

  18-04-2019 21:07
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  By Darran Simon, CNN
  (CNN) — Eight people in several states have been hospitalized with listeria infections, including one person who died, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
  The infections of the bacterium listeria monocytogenes have been reported in Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, the CDC said Wednesday.
  The death was reported in Michigan, according to the CDC.
  The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and I
  
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• ‘Dance Moms’ Abby Lee Miller Posts Photo Of Spinal Surgery Scar

  18-04-2019 20:54
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  By Lisa Respers France, CNN
  (CNN) — Abby Lee Miller is reflecting on the anniversary of her cancer diagnosis and blasting some of the doctors who treated her.
  The “Dance Moms” star posted a photo of her on her Instagram account showing off the surgical scar on her back.
  “One year ago today ~ I underwent emergency surgery for an infection in my spine,” the caption read. “This mass/tumor choking my spinal cord turned out to be
  
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• Target Recalling Half Million Christmas Toys Sold In Bullseye’s Playground

  18-04-2019 20:08
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  SACRAMENTO (CBS Sacramento) — Target is recalling nearly a half million Christmas-themed toy cars sold in its Bullseye’s Playground due to a choking hazard.
  The little wooden cars feature Santa in a sleigh, a firetruck, a taxi, a caboose, an ice cream truck, a train, a police car, and a digger. The eight cars were sold both individually and as an eight-pack in stores and online from October 2018 through November 2018. Each car cost about $1, with th
  
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• Pa. Department of Education says it will help cover AP exam costs for low-income students

  18-04-2019 19:47 via post-gazette.com
  
  Coupled with the College Board’s fee waiver, students from low-income households would pay $20 to take each exam.
  
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• ‘I Just Don’t Understand It’: Mistaken Identity Abduction Case Leaves Business Owner Shaken

  18-04-2019 19:43
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  PENN HILLS (KDKA) — A Penn Hills mistaken identity abduction case has left people who live and work in the area shaken.
  KDKA spoke to the owner of the Verona Car Spa.
  He says he can’t believe a kidnapping situation happened in front of his business. He just hopes whoever is responsible will get caught and soon.
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  “I just don’t understand it. I don’t understand why they were coming here and trying to do something,
  
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• WWE Injuries Include Daniel Bryan, Sheamus, Amid Superstar Shakeups

  18-04-2019 19:31
  By Chuck Carroll
  (CBS New York/CBS Local) — Post-WrestleMania is a quiet time for WWE, as the company takes a collective deep breath in the wake of its biggest event and reassesses where it stands. It’s also a good time to plan for the year ahead, with RAW and SmackDown continuing and Money In The Bank just a month away. With that, we look at injuries, roster changes and various other goings-on across the WWE universe.
  Daniel Bryan has been absent from television since losing the WWE
  
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• Bid to organize Pitt faculty falls short, but union contests ruling

  18-04-2019 19:27 via post-gazette.com
  
  "They didn't meet the 30 percent threshold," Pitt’s Joseph Miksch said, alluding to a requirement that 30% of the bargaining unit sign cards
  
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• Ross commissioners OK cemetery subdivision plan

  18-04-2019 18:57 via post-gazette.com
  The cemetery’s owners want to purchase 16 acres of property from Shamrock Broadcasting for more burial plots and a possible mausoleum.
  
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• Ministers give some tips on telling the Easter story to children

  18-04-2019 18:54 via post-gazette.com
  
  Ministers give some some tips on telling the Easter story to children.
   
  
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• Brian Raftery On New Book ‘Best Movie Year Ever’, Reese Witherspoon & The Matrix

  18-04-2019 18:48
  (CBS Local)– 1999 was an all time great year for movies.
  “The Matrix”, “Fight Club”, and “Office Space” all hit theaters 20 years ago and author Brian Raftery believes it’s time to properly label this time period. His new book “Best Movie Year Ever” features interviews with people like Reese Witherspoon, Edward Norton, Kirsten Dunst and Mike Judge about the masterpieces they  created in 1999.
  “I originally started workin
  
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• Wilkinsburg man charged in daughter's death surrenders to police

  18-04-2019 18:43 via post-gazette.com
  
  Ariden Jackson turned himself in to Allegheny County homicide detectives, who took him to jail.
  
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• Father Facing Homicide Charges In Daughter’s Death Surrenders To Police

  18-04-2019 18:38
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The man convicted of shaking his infant daughter, causing her severe brain damage that resulted in her death as a teenager, has been arrested.
  Ariden Jackson, 37, faces charges after his daughter, Janiya, died nearly 14 years after he admitted to police that he shook her as a baby in an apartment in McKees Rocks because she would not stop crying.
  Ariden Jackson (Photo Date 8-1-2017) (Photo Courtesy: Allegheny County)
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• Eye On The Draft 2019: Pittsburgh Steelers Defensive Line Situation

  18-04-2019 18:37
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Steelers defensive front is pretty much set.
  Cam Heyward, Stephon Tuitt, with Javon Hargrave in the middle. They also have good depth at the position.
  Tyson Alualu is signed for two more seasons after re-upping with the team about a month ago. Pittsburgh is also continuing to try to develop big Dan McCullers. So the need to add to the unit isn’t there this year.
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• Pittsburgh Zoo Welcomes New Clouded Leopard Cub

  18-04-2019 18:08
  The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium has added an adorable new member to its ranks.
  
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• Edinboro University's search for new president down to four candidates

  18-04-2019 18:07 via post-gazette.com
  
  The four are vying to become Edinboro’s 19th president and successor to H. Fred Walker, who resigned abruptly amid controversy in March 2018
  
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• O'Hara officials want an answer from Indiana on sanitary sewer project

  18-04-2019 18:03 via post-gazette.com
  Longtime O’Hara Councilman Charles Vogel pointed out the project has been planned for nearly 30 years.
   
  
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• Pittsburgh Penguins Clean Out Lockers As 2019 Season Comes To A Close

  18-04-2019 17:57
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Penguins reflected one final time on the 2019 season and for some, they address their future with the team.The team held locker clean out Thursday morning at the UPMC Lemieux Center in Cranberry. Players had plenty to say heading into the offseason.“Pens offseason officially begins. Bags are packed, sticks are wrapped together and players are headed home for a few months. Most guys won’t be back here until September.&rd
  
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• Mt. Lebanon school board approves $102M proposed budget for 2019-20

  18-04-2019 17:56 via post-gazette.com
  The spending plan also calls for using $1 million of the district’s fund balance and will be posted on the district’s website for 30 days.
  
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• Flood payment leaves Port Authority $2 million short

  18-04-2019 17:41 via post-gazette.com
  
  Insurance covered $2.75 million of $3 million in damage to the stations, replaced a light-rail vehicle and reimbursed for a shuttle bus.
  
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• Pittsburgh police publish policies and procedures online

  18-04-2019 17:39 via post-gazette.com
  
  Some of the policies have been redacted to protect private or sensitive information, according to police.
  
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• Dept. Of Justice Releases Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Report

  18-04-2019 17:29
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  WASHINGTON DC (CBS News) — The Justice Department uploaded the redacted version of the Mueller Report to their website shortly after 11 a.m.Ahead of the release, Attorney General William Barr held a press conference saying most of the redactions, which were determined by Justice Department officials in concert with special counsel investigators, were related to ongoing investigations. He also said no one outside the Justice Department has seen the unredac
  
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• KDKA Ray Petelin’s Peeps Experiment

  18-04-2019 17:17
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — So, why does a Peep expand when you suck the air out of a jar?
  The thing about air is that it likes to fill empty spaces, and you create an empty space with no air, what we call a vacuum, when the air is removed from the jar.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  Since air is trapped inside marshmallows, or Peeps, during their production, these air pockets in the Peep expand, or push air outward, as they try to fill the vacuum created when the air is p
  
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• Pittsburgh Weather: Showers, Chance Of Thunderstorms To Start The Holiday Weekend

  18-04-2019 16:34
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — What a warm up!
  From highs in the 70s Wednesday to 80 degrees today, this could be the warmest day yet this year.
  Clouds will mix with periods of sunshine later today with clouds winning out overnight.
  Lows in the 60s will give way to highs in the 70s Friday, and showers and a chance of thunderstorms will develop late morning into early afternoon.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
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• PTL Links: April 18, 2019

  18-04-2019 15:09
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:big Burrito Restaurant Group
  Chef Bill Fuller’s Recipe
  Jackie Evancho
  Jackie Evancho Concert
  Wigle Whiskey
  CMOA Third Thursday
  Cher’s “Here We Go Again” Tour
  CatVideoFest
  Pittsburgh Cultural Trust presents “The Book of Mormon”
  Erik Griffin at the Pittsburgh Improv
  Friends of the Riverfront Trail Cleanup
  
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• Judge: Corporation can be conservator of contested Central Northside house

  18-04-2019 15:03 via post-gazette.com
  
  Case was one of several in which would-be nonprofit “conservators” have met resistance from property owners.
  
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• Judge: Corporation can be conservator of contested Central North Side house

  18-04-2019 15:03 via post-gazette.com
  
  Case was one of several in which would-be nonprofit “conservators” have met resistance from property owners.
  
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• Chef Bill Fuller: Leftover Ham Salad

  18-04-2019 14:58
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — This week, Chef Bill Fuller, of the big Burrito Group, is in the Pittsburgh Today Live kitchen making a recipe to use up that leftover Easter ham!
  Leftover Easter Ham Salad Sandwiches
  Ingredients:3 C. Diced ham
  2 ea. Peeled hardboiled eggs
  1 C. Mayonnaise
  ½ C. Finely diced celery
  2-3 Tbs. Minced chives
  1 Tbs. Dijon mustard
  A couple of dashes of your favorite hot sauce
  2-3 Tbs. Chopped fresh dill- optional
  Thinly sliced seedless
  
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• How and why Contemporary Craft is moving to Lawrenceville

  18-04-2019 14:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  After more than 30 years, Contemporary Craft decided to leave the Strip District for a new home in Upper Lawrenceville.
  
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• Meet Our Tour Guide

  18-04-2019 13:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Touring the city, neighborhood by neighborhood, with preservation advocate Matthew Falcone 
  
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• A preservationist took us through Deutschtown to find its (sometimes hidden) Jewish history

  18-04-2019 13:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Preservationist Matthew Falcone takes us on a tour of Deutschtown
  
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• FBI seeks to stop next hate-based attack before it ever occurs

  18-04-2019 12:22 via post-gazette.com
  
  “The goal here is prevention,” an FBI analyst tells those attending a panel discussion.
  
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• Another sign of Pittsburgh's stagnant population: Sacramento has passed us

  18-04-2019 12:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Metropolitan area slips to 27th biggest, says Census Bureau, largely because of how the region skews older and offers limited job market.
  
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• 10 Los Angeles Locations For Movie Lovers

  18-04-2019 12:00
  Juliette Fay is the bestselling author of five novels, including the USA TODAY bestseller The Tumbling Turner Sisters. A graduate of Boston College and Harvard University, she lives in Massachusetts. Visit her at JulietteFay.com.
  Photo Courtesy of Simon & Schuster
  Planning a trip to sunny California this year, or simply enjoy a good dose of history? Discover the 10 places that put Hollywood on the map! This original essay by author Juliette Fay coincides with the paperback re
  
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• Firefighter Hospitalized After Battling Fayette Co. House Fire

  18-04-2019 06:31
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  REDSTONE TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A firefighter was hospitalized after battling a fire at a Fayette County home Wednesday night.
  The blaze broke out around 9:30 p.m. at a home on Grindstone Road near New Hill Road in Redstone Township.
  (Photo Credit: Ed Riedmann)
  Emergency dispatchers say one firefighter was transported to a local hospital in an unknown condition.
  The cause of the fire and the extent of the damage are unknown at this time.
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• Train Strikes Unoccupied Vehicle In Dravosburg

  18-04-2019 05:53
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  DRAVOSBURG (KDKA) — A train struck an unoccupied vehicle in Dravosburg late Wednesday night.
  It happened around 11:20 p.m. at Boswell Crossing.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Photojournalist Brian Smithmyer)
  Allegheny County officials say the vehicle was disabled.Dravosburg: Disabled, unoccupied vehicle struck by train at Boswell Crossing in Dravosburg. Mckeesport Police, Dravosburg FD and Mckeesport EMS are on scene. Route 837 closed in both directions.
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• 2 Injured In Spring Hill Shooting

  18-04-2019 05:47
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  SPRING HILL (KDKA) — Two people were sent to the hospital after a shooting in Spring Hill late Wednesday night.
  It happened on Rhine Place just after 11 p.m.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Photojournalist Bryce Lutz)
  Police say when officers arrived on the scene, they found two people suffering from gunshot wounds outside an apartment building.
  The male victim suffered a gunshot wound to the stomach and the female victim suffered gunshot wounds to the arm and leg.
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• 2 Hospitalized After Spring Hill Shooting

  18-04-2019 05:47
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  SPRING HILL (KDKA) — Two people were sent to the hospital after a shooting in Spring Hill late Wednesday night.
  It happened on Rhine Place just after 11 p.m.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Photojournalist Bryce Lutz)
  Police say when officers arrived on the scene, they found two people suffering from gunshot wounds outside an apartment building.
  The male victim suffered a gunshot wound to the stomach and the female victim suffered gunshot wounds to the arm and leg.
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• Tesla Vehicle Bursts Into Flames, Burns For Hours In Monroeville

  18-04-2019 05:26
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  MONROEVILLE (KDKA) — A Tesla vehicle was on fire for hours Wednesday night in Monroeville.
  It happened at Smeltz Auto Service on Monroeville Road.
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  Firefighters say the vehicle caught fire in February in a garage in Fox Chapel.
  The vehicle was towed to the shop in Monroeville on Wednesday and somehow caught fire again.
  “We removed the car from the garage. A Tesla engineer removed the fuse from the battery pack prior to transport,
  
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• Crime Stoppers: Murder Of Rankin Man Remains Unsolved

  18-04-2019 05:15
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Crime Stoppers is asking the public for help in an unsolved murder investigation.
  Wilbert Barber, 58, was found dead at a home on 5th Avenue in Rankin on Feb. 25.
  Police say Barber was shot multiple times through the home’s rear door. Police believe someone had knocked at the door and Barber was going to answer it.
  Barber was involved in a physical altercation earlier that day at the Edgewood Towne Center, but police a
  
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