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• Does It Really Do That? Paw Perfect

  08-11-2019 23:56
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It’s not something many of us like to do: Trimming your dog’s claws. And many times the dogs don’t like it either.
  But the makers of “Paw Perfect” claim they’ve created a device that can make it much easier.
  In a TV commercial, the announcer says: “But Debbie’s dog doesn’t mind it at all because she’s found a simple pain free solution. Introducing Paw Perfect.”
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• Buffalo Wild Wings Employee Died After Exposure To Cleaning Agent, 10 More Hospitalized

  08-11-2019 23:46
  
  (CNN) — A Buffalo Wild Wings employee died — and 10 other people were sent to hospitals — after they were exposed to a cleaning agent used on the kitchen floor of one of the chain’s Boston-area restaurants Thursday evening, fire officials said.
  The worker who died apparently was trying to squeegee the sanitizer off the floor after a coworker who started using it was overcome by fumes, Burlington interim Fire Chief Michael Patterson told reporters.
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• Trial Involving Allegheny County Controller Begins Next Week In Michigan

  08-11-2019 23:39
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner says she’ll be heading to Detroit early next week for the start of her trial in Wayne County, Michigan.
  Wagner faces a felony charge of resisting or obstructing police after an incident inside a Detroit hotel in March.
  “This has always been a retaliatory story,” Wagner told KDKA’s Lisa Washington. “The charges were filed after they received notice that we were suing them for the abhorrent treatment
  
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• Police Investigate Armed Robbery At PNC Bank Inside PNC Park

  08-11-2019 23:21
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA)– Allegheny County 911 confirmed an attempted armed robbery of a PNC Bank on the Northside.
  The incident happened on Friday at approximately 4:45 p.m. at 107 Federal Street inside PNC Park.Pittsburgh Police and FBI are investigating at the scene right next to the Sixth Street Bridge.
  There is a heavy police presence with both uniformed officers and plainclothes detectives.
  No injuries have been reported.
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• Coroner called to trench collapse in Washington County

  08-11-2019 23:18 via post-gazette.com
  
  The incident occurred about 1:10 p.m. in the 100 block of Brehm Road.
  
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• 2 Trains Derail Along Georges Station Road In Hempfield Township, Hazmat Incident Declared

  08-11-2019 23:18
  
  HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Two trains derailed after a collision along Georges Station Road in Hempfield Township.According to authorities, the derailments happened at approximately 2:30 p.m. in Luxor on Friday.
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  A Norfolk Southern mixed-freight train headed from Altoona to Conway collided with the back of a Northfolk Southern intermodal train, officials said.Twenty-five to thirty cars derailed and a hazmat incident was declared. Hempfield Township’s man
  
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• 2 Trains Derail Along Georges Station Road In Hempfield, Hazmat Incident Declared

  08-11-2019 23:18
  
  HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Two trains derailed after a collision along Georges Station Road in Hempfield Township.According to authorities, the derailments happened at approximately 2:30 p.m. in Luxor on Friday.
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  A Norfolk Southern mixed-freight train headed west from Altoona to Conway collided with the back of a Northfolk Southern intermodal train, officials said.Twenty-five to thirty cars have derailed and a hazmat incident has been declared.WATCH: A press b
  
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• Retired Priest Accused Of Sexually Abusing A 10-Year-Old Boy Found Guilty Of Multiple Charges

  08-11-2019 22:59
  
  MUNHALL (KDKA) — A retired priest accused of sexually abusing a 10-year-old boy in Munhall was found guilty on multiple charges.
  Prosecutors argued 88-year-old Reverend Hugh Lang assaulted the boy almost two decades ago.
  On Friday, he was found guilty on six of the nine counts against him, including unlawful contact with a minor, indecent assault and indecent exposure. Lang was found not guilty of aggravated indecent assault of a minor, as well as another serious charge.The judge also with
  
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• Local Veteran Has Bathroom Rebuilt Through ‘Baths For The Brave’ Program

  08-11-2019 22:53
  
  For Richard Corson, and his wife, the timing couldn’t have been better.
  “With my wife getting her medical problem, and we had to put a few items on our agenda to fix and with this problem we didn’t know what to do,” said Richard Corson.
  Richard also suffers from arthritis and says the need to update their bathroom was too hard to ignore.This morning, he appeared excited and still a little in shock as West Shore Home immediately went to work inside his Baldwin home.Workers
  
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• Lackawanna College Cancels Men’s Basketball Season

  08-11-2019 22:28
  
  SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania college is canceling its men’s basketball season but won’t say why.
  Lackawanna College in Scranton says it holds student-athletes to “high standards both inside and outside the classroom.” Lackawanna spokeswoman Sharon Lynett says school officials had “no choice but to cancel the season.” The school says it will focus on rebuilding the basketball program for next year.
  Lackawanna says it won’t reveal more about t
  
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• Munhall priest convicted of 1 felony, 5 misdemeanors in sexual abuse case

  08-11-2019 22:25 via post-gazette.com
  
  "I cannot say that Father Lang is a career pedophile because I do not believe that to be the case," the judge said.
  
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• Train Derails Along Georges Station Road In Hempfield

  08-11-2019 22:18
  
  HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A train derailed along Georges Station Road in Hempfield Township this afternoon.According to authorities, the derailment was reported just before 3:30 p.m.No injuries have been reported and it is believed no hazardous materials were spilled.Stay With KDKA.com For More Details
  
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• LEGO-Themed ‘Brick Bar’ Coming To Pittsburgh In February 2020

  08-11-2019 22:06
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Break out your old LEGO sets, call your friends, and exercise your imagination because on February 21 and 22, the LEGO-themed pop-up bar Brick Bar is coming to Pittsburgh.The Brick Bar consists of over a million blocks and has been transported all over the world from Australia, London, and the United States.There will be local DJs playing music, sculptures made from LEGOS, and a lot of bricks of patrons to craft their own inventions.When The Brick Bar arrives in Pittsbu
  
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• Man Trapped In Trench In North Strabane Township Dies

  08-11-2019 21:53
  
  SOUTH STRABANE TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A man in Washington County has died after being trapped in a trench.
  According to emergency officials, the collapse was first reported on Friday around 1:15 p.m. on Brehm Road in North Strabane Township.
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  Washington County emergency officials said the man was working in the ditch when it collapsed onto him.
  (Photo Credit: NewsChopper 2/KDKA)
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  The 43-year-old man was working in the
  
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• Police: Man Charged After Putting Woman In Headlock For 45 Minutes And Head-Butting TV

  08-11-2019 21:52
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A man is charged after he allegedly assaulted a woman and head-butted a TV.
  Clinton Fields is in jail after a woman claimed he put her in a headlock for 45 minutes, according to the criminal complaint. He also threatened to kill her.
  Police say when Fields went to sleep, the woman ran for help.
  Fields is facing numerous charges, including simple assault, terroristic threats, and strangulation,
  
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• Penguins Captain Sidney Crosby Donates All-Star Game MVP Car To Local Veteran

  08-11-2019 21:38
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — When Sidney Crosby posted eight points in the NHL All-Star Game he was named most valuable player and was gifted a Honda Passport Elite for his efforts.Friday morning, Sidney Crosby donated said vehicle to a local veteran.
  Crosby also presented the car he won at last year’s All-Star Game to one of the veterans!! More on all this tomorrow at 6pm on Pens Pre Game! -DP pic.twitter.com/7klPzSOiWP
  — AT&T SportsNet PIT (@ATTSportsNetPIT) November 8, 2019
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• Highmark Health test drives future of medicine with Westmoreland County mini-hospital

  08-11-2019 21:18 via post-gazette.com
  
  AHN Hempfield Hospital offers convenience, but fewer services
  
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• James Conner Officially Ruled Out Against Rams, JuJu Smith-Schuster Questionable

  08-11-2019 21:06
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Steelers running back James Conner will not play Sunday against the Rams.
  Conner was limited at practice this week and his status for Sunday’s game was in question.Ramon Foster and Roosevelt Nix will also be out on Sunday.According to KDKA-TV Sports’ Rich Walsh, wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster is listed as questionable for Sunday after being limited in practice on Friday.
  James Conner Officially OUT for Sundays game against the Rams. Ramon Foste
  
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• Sto-Rox Teachers File Grievance Over Uptick In Violence, Over 18 Staff Members Injured

  08-11-2019 21:01
  
  MCKEES ROCKS (KDKA) — The Sto-Rox Education Association has filed a grievance over a recent uptick in violence against teachers and school support staff.
  In a statement, the union claims more than 18 teachers and staff members have been injured “purposely.”The Sto-Rox Education Association claims 18 teachers and support staff have been injured this school year as they have tried to to break up fights between students. pic.twitter.com/T6l79n1Lnt
  — Chris Hoffman (@NewsmanCh
  
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• Medical Company Claims They Have Discovered Cure For HIV/AIDS

  08-11-2019 20:47
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A pharmaceutical company believes it may have a potential cure for HIV/AIDS, which could help thousands of Pennsylvanian’s living with the disease.
  American Gene Technologies (AGT) filed a drug application with the Federal Drug Administration.The Baltimore company claims that in the nearly 1,000-page document to the FDA, lies the cure for HIV/AIDS.AGT calls the cell and gene therapy, AGT 103-T.The single dose drug has a simple purpose, to eradicate HIV once and fo
  
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• More Than 130,000 Pounds Of Ground Beef Recalled For Possible Plastic Contamination

  08-11-2019 20:44
  
  (CNN) — About 130,464 pounds of raw ground beef products have been recalled because they may contain plastic, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Thursday.
  The products subject to the recall are 16-oz vacuum-sealed packages of “Nature’s Rancher 100% Grass-Fed Organic Ground Beef 85% Lean, 15% Fat” and “Nature’s Rancher 100% Grass-Fed Organic Ground Beef 93% Lean, 7% Fat,” the USDA said.
  These produ
  
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• Former Regatta Promoter Derek Weber Arrested For DUI, Public Drunkenness

  08-11-2019 20:37
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Former Pittsburgh Regatta promoter Derek Weber was arrested in early October on suspicion of DUI, public drunkenness, and public urination.According to Ross Township Police, they were alerted to an intoxicated man urinating the parking lot of the North Hills Village Mall.
  When they arrived on scene, Weber was in the driver’s seat of his car with a puddle of urine next to his car and what police believed to be urine splashed inside the driver’s side of his ca
  
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• CDC: Vitamin E Acetate, THC May Be To Blame For Vaping Related Lung Illnesses

  08-11-2019 20:09
  
  (CNN) — Vitamin E acetate, in combination with THC, may be to blame for a national outbreak of e-cigarette-related lung injuries that are linked to dozens of deaths, according to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials.
  Dr. Anne Schuchat, the principal deputy director of the CDC, said she would characterize it as a breakthrough in the agency’s investigation, although more tests are necessary.
  “These new findings are significant,” Schuchat said during a pre
  
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• Worker Trapped In Trench In North Strabane Twp., Emergency Crews Rush To Scene

  08-11-2019 19:53
  
  SOUTH STRABANE TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Rescue efforts are underway in Washington County where a man is believed to be trapped in a trench.
  According to emergency officials, the collapse was first reported around 1:15 p.m. on Brehm Road in North Strabane Township.
  WATCH: NewsChopper 2 Over The Scene — 
  Washington County emergency officials say the man was working in the ditch when it collapsed onto him.
  Crews are working to free him.
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• Man Trapped In Trench In North Strabane Twp. Dies

  08-11-2019 19:53
  
  SOUTH STRABANE TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A man in Washington County has died after being trapped in a trench.
  According to emergency officials, the collapse was first reported around 1:15 p.m. on Brehm Road in North Strabane Township.
  WATCH: NewsChopper 2 Over The Scene — 
  Washington County emergency officials say the man was working in the ditch when it collapsed onto him.
  (Photo Credit: NewsChopper 2/KDKA)
  (Photo Credit: NewsChopper 2/KDKA)
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• Pittsburgh Veterans Day Parade Won’t Be Impacted By Sinkhole Repairs

  08-11-2019 19:51
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA)– Nothing can stop you from celebrating Veteran’s Day this year– not even a sinkhole.
  There were concerns about whether the giant sinkhole from last week was going to negatively impact the Veteran’s Day Parade. That’s because it’s very close to where the parade will start.
  The good news is that the sinkhole repairs will not impact the parade.
  PWSA announced that a private water live running below 10th Street was improperly capped.
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• Prosecutors try to link incriminating text messages to murder suspect

  08-11-2019 19:47 via post-gazette.com
  
  Rahmael Sal Holt, 31, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Officer Brian Shaw.
  
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• Forensic evidence can't place murder suspect inside Jeep that police stopped

  08-11-2019 19:47 via post-gazette.com
  
  Rahmael Sal Holt, 31, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Officer Brian Shaw.
  
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• Pittsburgh Penguins Defenseman Kris Letang ‘Week-To-Week’ With Lower-Body Injury

  08-11-2019 19:36
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Penguins Head Coach Mike Sullivan announced today that defenseman Kris Letang will be out of the lineup on a week-to-week basis with a lower-body injury.Letang left the game on Monday night against the Bruins, a game that saw the Penguins trailing 3-0 after the first, take the lead 4-3 after the second, and ultimately drop the matchup 6-4 in regulation.The defenseman was ruled out of last night’s 4-3 comeback victory against the Islanders.Defenseman Juuso Riikola
  
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• AEW Full Gear: Cody Challenging Chris Jericho For Championship

  08-11-2019 19:31
  
  (CBS Baltimore/CBS Local) — All Elite Wrestling has only been on television for a little over a month, but the young promotion is already in full gear with its next big pay-per-view coming on Saturday in Baltimore.
  Since its debut in early October, AEW’s Wednesday Night Dynamite has power-slammed WWE NXT in a head-to-head ratings battle thanks to a loyal fan base and edgier presentation that lapsed fans are finding refreshing. And, indeed, the product has hit the reset button on a fo
  
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• Former patient sues troubled Washington County addiction clinic

  08-11-2019 19:27 via post-gazette.com
  
  A former patient of a Washington County-based opioid addiction treatment clinic sued the clinic’s owner, manager and a doctor.
  
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• Report: Slippery Rock U. Issues Safety Alert After Armed Robbery Near Campus Leaves Victim With Fractured Skull

  08-11-2019 19:19
  
  SLIPPERY ROCK (KDKA) — Slippery Rock University has put out a safety alert to all of its students following a reported robbery at a nearby apartment complex that left the victim with a skull fracture.
  According to the Butler Eagle, the robbery happened overnight at The Grove apartments located on Harmony Road.
  The victim was not a student, but university officials sent out an email informing the community of the incident.
  The Butler Eagle reports the 24-year-old victim from Pittsburgh show
  
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• Pa. Senator Pat Toomey Pressing For Passage Of A Measure That Would Keep Presidents From Banning Fracking

  08-11-2019 19:11
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania is seeking passage of a measure that’s squarely aimed at several Democratic presidential candidates and designed to prevent a president from banning hydraulic fracturing.
  Toomey said Friday his new resolution makes it clear that Congress believes a president doesn’t have the authority to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
  Toomey’s resolution is in response to an all-out prohibition on the controver
  
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• Bacteria That Killed Three Infants Traced To Hospital Equipment In North Central Pa.

  08-11-2019 18:41
  
  DANVILLE, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania hospital says it has discovered the source of bacteria that infected at least eight premature infants, killing three of them.
  Geisinger Medical Center in Danville says the process it was using to prepare donor breast milk led to the deadly outbreak in the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit.
  Infection control specialists used DNA testing to trace the Pseudomonas bacterium to equipment used to measure and administer donor breast milk. Geisinger
  
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• Bacteria That Killed Three Infants Traced To Hospital Equipment In Eastern Pa.

  08-11-2019 18:41
  
  DANVILLE, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania hospital says it has discovered the source of bacteria that infected at least eight premature infants, killing three of them.
  Geisinger Medical Center in Danville says the process it was using to prepare donor breast milk led to the deadly outbreak in the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit.
  Infection control specialists used DNA testing to trace the Pseudomonas bacterium to equipment used to measure and administer donor breast milk. Geisinger
  
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• Furry Tails: Penguin’s Sister Gets Her Match, Graduates To Full-Fledged Service Dog

  08-11-2019 18:28
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It’s a happy day for a local family who raises puppies to be service dogs.
  The Sabo family and their service-puppy-in-training, Penguin, are in Columbus, Ohio, today for his big sister’s graduation day.
   
  Penguin is best known as the furriest member of the Pittsburgh Today Live team. He makes weekly appearances on the show to update his progress and training.
  But he isn’t the first dog the Sabos, John, Jill and their son, Jack, have trained.
  Coral
  
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• Ryan Shazier To Receive George Halas Award During Steelers-Rams Game

  08-11-2019 18:21
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Steelers along with the Pro Football Writers of America will honor linebacker Ryan Shazier on Sunday with the George Halas Award.The award is given by the Pro Football Writers of America to an NFL player, coach, or staff member that has overcome adversity in order to succeed.Shazier becomes the third Steelers player to receive the award, joining John Stallworth and Rocky Bleier who were honored in 1985 and 1975, respectively.The Steelers linebacker has not played fo
  
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• Comments Made By Prison Chief Prompt 2nd Prison-Closing Hearing

  08-11-2019 18:16
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – People urging Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration not to close Retreat State Prison will get a second chance to be heard after a microphone picked up Corrections Secretary John Wetzel during a public hearing whispering to a deputy that he was only pretending to pay attention.
  The Citizens’ Voice of Wilkes-Barre reports that Wolf’s administration scheduled a second hearing on Nov. 21. Retreat is near Wilkes-Barre in northeastern Pennsylvania.
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• Overnight Closure Planned For Saw Mill Run Boulevard On November 11

  08-11-2019 17:47
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Northbound Route 51, Saw Mill Run Boulevard, will close Monday, November 11 at 10:00 p.m. until Tuesday, November 12 at 5:00 a.m. for the installation of an overhead Dynamic Message Sign, weather permitting.Traffic will be detoured at the time as the road will be closed to traffic between Crane Avenue and Woodruff Street.DETOUR:Northbound Route 51:
  Take ramp toward Downtown/South Side
  Turn right into the Liberty Tunnel
  Turn right onto PJ McArdle Roadway after exiting th
  
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• Convicted Murderer Claims He Has Served His Life Sentence After Being Brought Back To Life

  08-11-2019 17:29
  
  (CNN) — An Iowa inmate serving a life sentence says he should be a free man after he became ill, momentarily died, and had to be revived at the hospital. But the courts are having none of it.
  Benjamin Schreiber was sentenced to life in prison without parole in 1997 after being convicted of first-degree murder. In March 2015, he developed large kidney stones that led to septic poisoning, according to court documents.
  He eventually fell unconscious in his cell and was taken to a local hospit
  
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• Commonwealth Court Allows Seizure Of Camera After Man Illegally Feeds Elk

  08-11-2019 17:28
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania appeals court says a game warden had the right to seize a wildlife camera without a warrant during an investigation into illegal elk feeding in Elk County.
  A three-judge Commonwealth Court panel on Friday overturned a county judge’s ruling that a Game Commission wildlife conservation officer acted improperly in taking the camera.
  The opinion says the officer warned 53-year-old Keith Robert Laskovich in 2016 not to feed elk at his hunting camp adj
  
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• Snowmaking Underway At Seven Springs And Hidden Valley Resorts

  08-11-2019 17:10
  
  SEVEN SPRINGS, Pa. (KDKA)– Crews are getting ready to transform Seven Springs into a winter wonderland for the 2019-2020 season.
  Seven Springs announced Friday that snowmaking has begun with some new renovations at the resort.I fired em up.Check this out: https://t.co/rw4pGi01Tx pic.twitter.com/6dsB9YLhBv
  — Seven Springs (@7SpringsPA) November 8, 2019Brand new 20″ FBE pipes, snowmaking stations, HKD tower guns have replaced the aging equipment.
  Sources expect major improvements
  
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• Sears Secures $250M In New Capital, But Another 96 Stores Put On The Closure List

  08-11-2019 16:47
  
  By Clare Duffy, CNN Business
  (CNN/KDKA) — Sears, once the dominant big box retailer with thousands of stores around the United States, continues to see its footprint decimated as its owner fights to bring it back from the brink.
  Sears owner Transformco announced Thursday it has obtained $250 million in new capital, money intended to help fuel the company’s turnaround after it obtained essentially all of Sears Holding Company’s assets during its bankruptcy proceedings earlier th
  
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• Fantasy Football Start And Sit Week 10: Sit Kirk Cousins Against A Strong Cowboys Pass Defense

  08-11-2019 16:38
  
  (CBS Local/CBS Minnesota)- The union between Bruce Arians and quarterback Jameis Winston hasn’t quite been as successful as the Buccaneers had hoped it would be entering the year. The fifth-year QB is completing just 59.3 percent of his passes and is tied for the league lead in interceptions with 12. The turnover problem has been an issue throughout his young career, and it doesn’t appear to have gone away.
  But, Winston has also thrown for over 2,400 yards and 16 touchdowns this seas
  
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• Mysterious Wave Of Texts Leads To Confusion, Messages Originally Sent On Valentine’s Day

  08-11-2019 16:36
  
  By Ahiza Garcia, CNN Business
  (CNN) — Text messages received overnight on Wednesday caused confusion, misunderstandings and even alarm for some recipients.
  The text messages appear to have originally been sent on Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day, but were received more than eight months later with Wednesday’s time stamp. The total number of messages sent due to what’s being called an “internal maintenance cycle” was 168,149, according to Syniverse, which provides tech
  
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• Shuttered Lordstown GM Factory Sold To Electric Truck Maker

  08-11-2019 16:22
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A newly formed company led by the founder of an upstart electric truck maker is buying a former General Motors assembly plant in Ohio that shut down last March amid criticism from President Donald Trump.
  The company called Lordstown Motors Corp. said Thursday it plans to make electric pickup trucks at the plant beginning in late 2020.
  GM had employed 4,500 people at the factory near Youngstown just two years ago before it began cutting production.
  The factory’s cl
  
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• New, Interactive Map Helping Allegheny Co. Residents Recycle Responsibly

  08-11-2019 16:08
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — There is a new online tool to help make recycling easier in Allegheny County.
  Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner unveiled the Recycling Resources Map at a news conference Friday morning at the Allegheny County Courthouse.
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  The interactive map will allow people to plug in an address and search for recycling services provided by local municipalities and private operations.
  Wagner says the new
  
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• PTL Links: November 8, 2019

  08-11-2019 15:28
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:Kitty Queen Cat Rescue and Lounge
  Pittsburgh Improv presents Tom Green
  The Meadows
  PTL Puppy Penguin on Facebook
  PTL Puppy Penguin on Twitter
  Canine Companions for Independence on InstagramPittsburgh Today Live On Social Media:
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• Pittsburgh Weather: Some See Morning Snowfall, But Timing Caused Busted Forecast Last Night

  08-11-2019 15:16
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Don’t worry you aren’t alone, most people didn’t see any snow yesterday.
  Why did it happen?
  As with most of these busted forecasts, timing was key.
  The magic number at the surface was around 36 degrees for seeing snow, and not rain.We hit 36 degrees at 5 p.m., and that was also the first dry hour after the morning rain and snow.So, temperatures cooled too slow, and by the time conditions were conducive to snow, the moisture was gone.
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• Is your Pa. school on the list of most arrests in 2018-19?

  08-11-2019 14:09 via post-gazette.com
  
  State Department of Education releases crime statistics for the 2018-19 school year.
  
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