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• With New Fireworks Law Comes Additional Danger

  02-07-2019 23:50
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Fourth is almost here and do-it-yourself pyrotechnic enthusiasts are stocking up.
  It’s the second year since legalization of most of these products and Anthony Forbes is loading up his cart with $800 dollars worth of once-illegal fireworks.
  KDKA’s Andy Sheehan: It’s quite a bit of stuff here.Anthony Forbes: Yeah, well they like the colorful stuff and we usually have a pretty good crowd in our house.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
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• UPMC says visitor was the source of MRSA infections at Children's

  02-07-2019 23:42 via post-gazette.com
  
  Six babies and six staff members at Children’s Hospital may have contracted the MRSA staph bacteria from a visitor to the neonatal intensive care unit
  
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• First Responders Work To Free Man’s Arm Trapped In Tractor

  02-07-2019 23:33
  ALLEGHENY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) – First responders are working on a man whose arm got stuck in a tractor.
  This happened shortly before 5 p.m.It’s unclear what lead to this accident.Stay with KDKA for the latest on this developing story.
  
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• Beechview Exotic Pet Owner Charged With 36 Counts Of Animal Neglect

  02-07-2019 23:25
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A man who had dozens of exotic animals seized from his Beechview home earlier this month is being charged with 36 counts of animal neglect.
  Authorities conducted a search warrant at the home of Marc McGowan on June 11 and found 33 animals inside in poor conditions. Some were dead, some were alive.
  He voluntarily surrounded them over to animal welfare agents, who brought them to the Humane Animal Rescue.
  According to police, the following animals were removed from the ho
  
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• Cease-And-Desist Order Issued To Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Grower/Processor

  02-07-2019 23:09
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (KDKA) — A Pennsylvania-based medical marijuana grower/processor has received a cease-and-desist order.
  The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced Tuesday AGRiMED Industries has been ordered to stop harvesting, cutting or destroying marijuana plants without a department inspector present. AGRiMED can grow plants to cultivate its unique strains, but is not allowed to turn off security equipment, the release stated.A surprise inspection from the department found numerous
  
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• Police charge owner of alligator found loose in Beechview with animal cruelty

  02-07-2019 23:06 via post-gazette.com
  
  Mark McGowan, 38, faces 33 counts of animal neglect as well as one count of animal cruelty and one count of recklessly endangering another person.
  
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• Man Dies In West Mifflin Car Crash

  02-07-2019 23:05
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A Pittsburgh man was killed in a West Mifflin car crash.
  On Facebook, West Mifflin Police Department confirms that 63-year-old Thomas Buczynski died in a car accident that happened yesterday around 2:30 p.m. on Streets Run Road near Prospect Road.After he was transported to the hospital, police say he was pronounced dead about an hour later.
  
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• Patient With IV Drip Arrested While Walking Outside Hospital

  02-07-2019 22:40
  FREEPORT, Ill. (CBS Local) — A black hospital patient in Illinois says he was racially profiled by white police officers when he was arrested last month while taking a walk wearing a gown with an IV drip.
  Shaquille Dukes, 24, was being treated at FHN Memorial Hospital in Freeport last month for asthma and pneumonia. On June 9, he said he was feeling better and asked doctors if he could go for a walk.
  Dukes said he went outside with his boyfriend and his brother, still wearing his hospital
  
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• Gov. Tom Wolf Commutes Life Sentence For Man Convicted In 1975 Killing

  02-07-2019 22:24
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Gov. Tom Wolf has commuted the sentence of the brother of prize-winning author John Edgar Wideman in a 1975 killing, clearing the way for his release.
  Sixty-eight-year-old Robert Wideman was sentenced to life without parole in a case that was the subject of his older brother’s 1984 acclaimed memoir “Brothers and Keepers.” The book was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle award.
  RELATED STORY: Family Of 1975 Murder Victim Fights Against Kill
  
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• Police Plan To Discuss Quadruple Slayings Investigation

  02-07-2019 22:19
  EST CHESTER, Ohio (AP) – Authorities have charged the husband of one of the victims with the slayings of four family members in an Ohio suburban community.
  West Chester Township police said Tuesday that 36-year-old Gurpreet Singh has been arrested. He had called 911 on April 28 to say he found the four “on the ground and bleeding.”
  A coroner said a man and three women died from gunshot wounds to the head.
  Members of a nearby Sikh temple said the four had worshipped there.
  Such
  
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• Several People Injured In Duquesne Rear-End Accident

  02-07-2019 22:09
  DUQUESNE, Pa. (KDKA) – Several people are injured after a car rear-ended another in Duquesne.
  City of Duquesne Police say the accident happened around 11 this morning on State Route 837 and Commonwealth Avenue.They say the silver Ford Explorer was stopped on Commonwealth Avenue waiting for the light to turn green when the black Chevy Impala struck the Ford from the rear.
  The impact of the crash caused both cars to skid across the intersection.
  (Photo Credit: City of Duquesne Police Departm
  
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• Police: Man Grazed By Bullet Transported To Hospital

  02-07-2019 21:44
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA)– Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Zone 4 responded to reports of shots fired.
  Police say the incident occurred on the 400 block of Elizabeth Street around midnight of July 2.
  Authorities found a male victim with a graze wound on his shoulder.
  Paramedics transported the man to the hospital in stable condition.Police are still investigating for a suspect.
  
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• Pennsylvania’s Own Health Insurance Exchange Coming Next Year

  02-07-2019 21:35
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania is moving to replace the federally operated Healthcare.gov with its own website to sell Affordable Care Act-compliant policies in a bid to get more people into it and lower their costs.
  Gov. Tom Wolf signed legislation Tuesday that passed the Legislature unanimously last week.
  Pennsylvania is preparing to submit its plans to the federal government in the coming weeks.
  Wolf’s administration expects to activate the new website next year for enrollmen
  
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• As July 4 Nears, Officials Promote Fireworks Safety

  02-07-2019 19:58
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — With commercial fireworks legal in Pennsylvania, officials are stressing the importance of using them safely this Fourth of July.
  Certain kinds of fireworks were legalized in 2017, but there are still laws surrounding their use, as they pose significant risks to people.
  Under city law, fireworks are prohibited from being set off within 150 feet of any structure. People are also prohibited from setting them off in places like Point State Park, where large numbers of peop
  
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• As July 4 Nears, City Officials Promote Fireworks Safety

  02-07-2019 19:58
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — With commercial fireworks legal in Pennsylvania, city officials are stressing the importance of using them safely this Fourth of July.
  The Department of Public Safety is reminding residents that there are still laws surrounding the use of fireworks, as they pose significant risks to people.
  Under city law, fireworks are prohibited from being set off within 150 feet of any structure. People are also prohibited from setting them off in places like Point State Park, where
  
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• Medics, Police Called To Pittsburgh Bar For What Appeared To Be Man Putting Date-Rape Drug In Woman’s Drink

  02-07-2019 19:56
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A Pittsburgh bar is helping raise awareness about the dangers of date-rape drugs.
  A bartender at the Bigham Tavern spotted what she thought was a man putting Rohypnol in a woman’s drink when she went to the bathroom on Friday. The bartender spoke up, and employees analyzed the surveillance video.
  “We had the medics show up,” tavern owner Joseph Rewis said. “Also the police showed up. They interviewed the young lady and spoke to the man about what
  
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• ‘It’s Very Emotional’: Missing Dog Found 14 Months Later, 50 Miles From Home

  02-07-2019 19:45
  RANGELEY, Maine (CBS Local) — A German Shepherd dog that went missing more than a year ago has been found some 50 miles away from it’s home in Maine.
  Four-year-old Shyla had run away from her home in Chesterville on May 4, 2018.
  “It was turkey hunting season,” owner Cindy Ross told CBS affiliate WBAI. “Gunfire went off — she got startled and ran into the woods.”
  This was the first time Shyla had ever run away, but Ross said she was determined to find her
  
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• WATCH: Woman Licks Ice Cream Container And Puts It Back In Store Freezer

  02-07-2019 19:38
  BRENHAM, Texas (CBS Local) — Blue Bell Creameries says it’s working with police to find the young woman who was caught on camera licking the inside a 64-ounce container of Tin Roof-flavored ice cream before putting it back in a grocery store freezer.
  The video was posted Saturday by a Twitter user “Optimus Primal,” with the caption, “What kinda psychopathic behavior is this?!”
  The nine-second video has been viewed more than 10 million times as of Tuesday after
  
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• Complaining Didn’t Work, So A Man Threw A Birthday Party For A Pothole

  02-07-2019 18:59
  (CNN) — Fed up with the hundreds of potholes that line Kansas City streets and a perceived lack of urgency from the city to fix them, Frank Sereno decided the best way to solve the problem was to celebrate it.
  He threw a birthday party for the 3-month-old pothole on his street, complete with a slice of cake with a candle on top.
  “I didn’t sing to him,” Sereno told CNN affiliate KCTV. “I thought about it, but it was a little bit warm, so I said, ‘Well, we&rsquo
  
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• U.S. House Democrats File Lawsuit To Obtain Trump’s Tax Return

  02-07-2019 18:50
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) — The Democrat-led House Ways and Means Committee is suing the Treasury Department, the IRS and their respective leaders, Steve Mnuchin and Charles Rettig, according to the federal court in Washington.
  House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal is seeking the President’s tax returns using a little-known IRS provision known as 6103, which allows the Chairmen of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee to request and obtain an individua
  
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• Police Seize 243 Heroin Bags During Drug Bust At Days Inn

  02-07-2019 18:33
  BLAIRSVILLE, Pa. (KDKA) — A North Versailles man was arrested Monday after police say they seized a significant quantity of drugs from a hotel room he was using.
  David Walker, Jr. was arrested at the Days Inn on Route 22 in Burrell Township around 11 a.m. after Pennsylvania State Police say officers conducted a search warrant of the room and found approximately 24 grams of suspected crack cocaine, 243 stamp bags of heroin, a small amount of marijuana and a digital scale.Police say some of
  
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• Newman institute to mark canonization ceremony

  02-07-2019 18:22 via post-gazette.com
  
  Several from the Oakland-based institute plan to attend Oct. 13 event at the Vatican honoring Cardinal Newman as a saint.
  
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• Local Man Gets $50K State Grant To Fix Community Pool In Beaver Falls

  02-07-2019 18:01
  BEAVER FALLS (KDKA)– Tyrone Zeigler, a New Brighton resident, has been raising money for almost two years to restore the Tigerland Wave Pool in Beaver Falls.
  Last week, the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, alongside the Economic Development and Community Development Initiative Program, awarded Zeigler $50,000 to reopen the community pool.
  Tigerland Wave Pool closed back in 2003 due to the cost of repairs.
  Photo Credit: KDKA
  Zeigler, 41, told the Beaver County
  
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• Nonprofit organization Riverlife taps next chief executive

  02-07-2019 17:59 via post-gazette.com
  
  The nonprofit oversees revitalization of Pittsburgh’s riverfronts into trails and parks that have spurred investment in adjacent properties.
  
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• Police: One Arrested, One On The Run After Downtown PNC Bank Robbery

  02-07-2019 17:42
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A man was apprehended in connection with a robbery of a downtown Pittsburgh bank.
  Police say the man robbed the PNC Bank on 225 Fifth Avenue at 10:43 a.m. on Tuesday morning. The man approached a bank teller and passed a note demanding cash while threatening the teller, according to authorities. An undisclosed amount of cash was taken, police said. The male suspect was apprehended a short time after.
  Photo Credit: Aaron Sledge/KDKA
  Police do not know if the suspect had
  
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• PNC Bank On Fifth Avenue Closed Due To Robbery

  02-07-2019 17:42
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A downtown Pittsburgh bank has been robbed.
  Police say the PNC Bank on 225 Fifth Avenue was robbed just after 11 a.m. this morning.
  Photo Credit: Aaron Sledge/KDKA
  The bank has been temporarily closed due to the robbery.
  Stay with KDKA for more on this breaking news story.
  
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• Las Vegas Parking Violators Can Pay Their Fines By Donating School Supplies

  02-07-2019 17:39
  LAS VEGAS (CBS Local) — No one likes to pay for a parking ticket, but what if you could pay the fine with a pack of pencils, binders and notebook paper?
  The Las Vegas City Council unanimously voted June 19 to approve a program that allows people to pay for their parking tickets by donating school supplies instead of money.
  Now through July 19, anyone who receives a non-public safety citation will be allowed to pay for their parking ticket with a school supply donation equaling or greater t
  
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• Baseball Report: Major League Baseball Sets Another HR Mark

  02-07-2019 17:38
  (CBS Local/CBS Los Angeles)- Major League Baseball has been experiencing a power surge over the last few seasons will balls flying out of the ball park at rates higher than any time in history. A big part of that power surge has been Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Josh Bell who is in the midst of a break out season. But, while the league and Bell have plenty to celebrate, Monday was a day of mourning after the news broke that Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs had died. Those three stories are the fo
  
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• Nike Sneakers Featuring Betsy Ross Flag Cancelled After Backlash

  02-07-2019 17:37
  (CNN) — Nike is canceling a sneaker that featured the “Betsy Ross” version of the American flag from the late 18th century.
  “Nike has chosen not to release the Air Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of July as it featured an old version of the American flag,” Nike said in a statement to CNN Business.
  The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that the athletic-wear company delivered the sneakers to retailers, but asked stores to return them to Nike after the company received a
  
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• Patients And Staff Treated For MRSA At UPMC Children’s Hospital

  02-07-2019 17:31
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA)–Those 12 people infected with MRSA at Children’s Hospital are six babies in the neonatal intensive care unit and six hospital workers.
  They have all been tested and treated.  MRSA is a type of bacteria that is resistant to most antibiotics.
  UPMC has not indicated what restrictions, if any, are in place at Children’s once visitors and workers are inside the facility, but people seemed to move freely in and out earlier today.
  In general settings the bacteri
  
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• Ex-Mayor Pleads Guilty To Corruption Day After Resignation

  02-07-2019 17:30
  WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) – The former mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty to charges he shook down businesses for bribes and campaign contributions throughout his term and a half in office.
  Bill Courtright’s plea in federal court Tuesday to bribery, extortion and conspiracy came less than 24 hours after he resigned as mayor of the city of 78,000.
  He was released without bail pending sentencing in November.
  He is now the third Democratic mayor in eastern Pennsylvania to
  
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• Trader Joe’s, Green Giant, Signature Farms Vegetables Recalled Due To Listeria Risk

  02-07-2019 17:28
  (CNN) — Some packages of butternut squash, cauliflower, zucchini and vegetable bowls sold under the brands Green Giant, Trader Joe’s and Signature Farms have been recalled, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
  The vegetable products were voluntarily recalled by manufacturer Growers Express due to concerns about possible contamination with the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes, the FDA said in a Monday statement.
  The packaged vegetables were produced at a factory in Biddeford,
  
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• ‘That’s All Behind Us’ Pittsburgh Steelers RB James Conner Says Departures Of Antonio Brown, Le’Veon Bell Brought Team Closer

  02-07-2019 17:24
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — James Conner says now that two of the Steelers biggest superstars are gone, the team is actually closer because of it.Losing Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell this offseason is a definite loss in production, but it may make Pittsburgh play better as a team in the long run.Conner spoke with Pro Football Talk Monday and said that time will tell as to what this team will have to offer.“I think we became closer maybe because of everything,” Conner said. &ldqu
  
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• Gov. Wolf commutes sentence for Allegheny County man convicted in 1975 murder

  02-07-2019 17:15 via post-gazette.com
  
  Robert Wideman, 68, has been in state prison since he was convicted of second-degree murder in a Pittsburgh shooting.
  
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• Big Businesses: Supreme Court Needs To Defend LGBTQ Bias

  02-07-2019 16:52
  NEW YORK (AP) – More than 200 corporations have signed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that federal civil rights law bans job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
  The brief was announced Tuesday by a coalition of five LGBT rights groups.
  It is being submitted to the Supreme Court this week ahead of oral arguments before the justices this fall on three cases that may determine whether gays, lesbians and transgender people a
  
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• No Sales Tax For Glasses And Contacts

  02-07-2019 16:51
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Corrective eyeglasses and contact lenses purchased in Ohio are no longer subject to state sales taxes.
  The Dayton Daily News reports the change went into effect Monday. Hearing aids, prescription drugs and other medical devices already were exempt.
  The Ohio Optometric Association supports the change, saying a sales tax can be an economic barrier to obtaining necessary products like glasses. It also cites benefits for small business vision retailers competing with onli
  
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• Bear Climbs Over Backyard Deck To Sip From Hummingbird Feeder

  02-07-2019 16:50
  ALBRIGHTSVILLE, Pa. (CBS) — A bear was caught climbing on to a homeowner’s back porch recently– drinking from the hummingbird feeder!
  The video was caught on a Ring camera in Albrightsville, PA and shared on the free Neighbors app, and the company just had to share
  The bear is seen sniffing around the deck in the backyard and was determined to satisfy its sweet tooth.
  It took the bear about 20 seconds to get over the fence, but then it balanced on the railing to sip the sweet h
  
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• Recall Alert: Popular Fireworks Being Recalled

  02-07-2019 16:10
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA)–The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling some popular fireworks, right before the Fourth of July.
  Experts say if you’ve purchased “G-Force Fireworks,” don’t use them.
  They were overloaded with pyrotechnics and could cause larger explosions, which could burn people.
  Anyone who bought them is eligible for a refund.
  Click here for additional information on the recall.
  
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• Recall Alert: Thousands Of Gillette Razors Being Recalled

  02-07-2019 15:37
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA)– Gillette is recalling thousands of razors because the blades are too sharp.
  The recall affects more than 87,000 Venus Simply 3 disposable razors.
  Gillette says they present a laceration risk.
  The company says a manufacturing error resulted in a misalignment of the blades, which presents a higher risk of cuts.
  For more on the recall, click here. 
  
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• Father Dies In Same Hospital Where His Twins Were Just Born

  02-07-2019 15:24
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (CBS Local) — A Kentucky man who was randomly gunned down while walking home from visiting his newborn twins died Friday in the same hospital where he had just become a father, authorities said.
  Tyrese Garvin, 20, was shot multiple times on June 23 in the Smoketown neighborhood of Louisville after leaving University of Louisville Hospital, CBS affiliate WKLY reported.
  He had spent several days in the ICU in the same hospital where his babies, a boy and a girl, were in the m
  
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• PTL Links: July 2, 2019

  02-07-2019 15:18
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:Pittsburgh Sweet Treats S’Mores Bar
  What’s New Dr. Frank?
  Pittsburgh Pedal Boats
  Topgolf Pittsburgh
  Pittsburgh Zoo
  
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• Best Pittsburgh concerts this week: Peter Frampton, Blink/Lil Wayne, 'Weird Al' Yankovic

  02-07-2019 15:03 via post-gazette.com
  
  Also, Billy Price and the Nighthawks play a free show at the Roxian.
  
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• Hookstown Fire Department Issues Scam Warning

  02-07-2019 14:39
  PITTSBURGH, Pa.  (KDKA)–A Beaver County fire department wants to warn residents of a scam.
  The Hookstown Volunteer Fire Department says someone is calling homes and knocking on doors claiming the department is hosting an Italian language learning event.
  No department in the county is hosting this event.
  If you have any contact with the solicitors, call State Police.
   
  
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• 3M Open Preview: World No. 1 Brooks Koepka And Golf’s Best Players Take On TPC Twin Cities

  02-07-2019 14:12
  (CBS Local/CBS Minnesota)- The PGA Tour’s Midwest swing continues this week as Minnesota hosts its first tour event in half a century when the 3M Open gets underway on July 4th at TPC Twin Cities. After a memorable weekend in Detroit last week, the world’s best golfers make the trip to Blaine, Minnesota where a newly upgraded course awaits.
  The last time the state of Minnesota held a regularly scheduled PGA Tour event was in 1969 when the Minnesota Golf Classic was played for the fin
  
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• Weather: Hot And Humid With Storm Chances Returning

  02-07-2019 13:21
  PITTSBURGH, Pa. (KDKA)–Heat and humidity are set to return today.
  KDKA Meterologist Ron Smiley says highs today will be in the mid to upper 80s with dew points (measure of moisture at the surface) slowly ticking up through the day.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
   
  Dew points tell the story right now.  Currently Pittsburgh has a dew point of 62°.  Columbus is at 68° with Indianapolis at 71°.
  While the warm front is hard to see when it comes to just temperatures you can clea
  
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• 'Gem' of the city in disrepair: Grandview fix will take millions

  02-07-2019 13:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Fourth of July crowds can expect sidewalk closures on the eastern side of Grandview Avenue in Mount Washington this year.
  
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• Police Investigate Death Of Beaver County Woman Found Unresponsive

  02-07-2019 12:39
  PITTSBURGH, Pa. (KDKA)–Police in Beaver County say no foul play is suspected in the death of a 26 year old woman.
  Rochester Borough Police went to the home on Deer Lane around 7 p.m. Monday night for a welfare check.
  They found Devon Crocker unresponsive.  Crews could not revive her and pronounced her dead at the scene.
  The State Police are continuing their investigation.
  
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• No holiday surprise: heavy traffic, hot weather expected for holiday week

  02-07-2019 12:30 via post-gazette.com
  
  A record 41.4 million motorists will drive 50 miles or more for the July 4 holiday, the most since AAA began keeping records in 2000.
  
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• Grown Man Pins Down 13-Year-Old Boy On Playground

  02-07-2019 05:48
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A 46-year-old Greenfield man is facing charges after a cell phone video shows him pinning down a 13-year-old boy.The confrontation happened last week in a playground across the street from Thomas Dandrea’s Saline Street home.
  The cell phone video was taken by the boy’s sister, who pleads for Dandrea to let her brother go. She says her brother has asthma and that he’s bleeding from his mouth.
  Court documents say Dandrea told police he saw the boy in an
  
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• Bell Mashes 3 Homers, Pirates Thrash Cubs 18-5

  02-07-2019 04:57
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Josh Bell certainly looks ready for the Home Run Derby.
  Pittsburgh’s All-Star first baseman hit three home runs to boost his season total to 25, leading the Pirates to an 18-5 rout over the Chicago Cubs on Monday night.
  Bell, who will be part of the eight-man derby field in Cleveland next week, hit a three-run shot off rookie Adbert Alzolay (1-1) in the first, a two-run drive off Alzolay in the second and finished off a four-hit, seven-RBI night by taking new Chicag
  
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