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  • A 17-year-old from Pittsburgh has won the fifth annual August Wilson Monologue Competition.
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teens, writers, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, entertainment
  • Authorities say a runner collapsed and died during the half-marathon competition of the Pittsburgh Marathon.
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pennsylvania, pittsburgh, local/state
  • A school bus stolen from a Pittsburgh company's lot has been found, but police still don't know who stole it or why.
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pennsylvania, pittsburgh, school, school bus, bizarre bazaar
  • A school bus stolen from a Pittsburgh company's lot has been found, but police still don't know who stole it or why.
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pennsylvania, pittsburgh, school bus, school, bizarre bazaar
  • Police have identified a man who allegedly stabbed three people at a Target store in Pittsburgh, including a 16-year-old girl who remains hospitalized.
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  • It's like throwing money out the window, only backward.
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pennsylvania, pittsburgh, vandalism, money, bizarre bazaar
  • A Pittsburgh Roman Catholic church says the mystery of its missing pipe organ has been solved.
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pittsburgh, pennsylvania, religion, bizarre bazaar
  • A shoeshine man has given a Pittsburgh children's hospital a total of more than $200,000 in tips he's collected over the last 30 years.
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pennsylvania, pittsburgh, hospitals, money, bizarre bazaar
  • Pittsburghers enjoyed a holiday from paying for parking spaces after a computer glitch mistakenly told them free parking was available on Presidents' Day.
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pennsylvania, pittsburgh, automobiles, computers, bizarre bazaar
  • A Pittsburgh pastor is all a Twitter with a new idea for a Lenten fast: No social media.
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pennsylvania, pittsburgh, religion, facebook, twitter, bizarre bazaar
  • Action News
  • Pittsburgh police say a determined 6-year-old girl didn't hurt anyone when she crashed her mother's car while trying to drive across town to visit her father.
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pennsylvania, pittsburgh, national/world
  • Pittsburgh police say an abandoned backpack with the word "timebomb" on it prompted a bomb scare, though it appears the alarming label was a bumper sticker from a nearby store called Timebomb Clothing.
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pennsylvania, pittsburgh, bizarre bazaar
  • Sheriff's deputies say $600 lost by a man who went to a western Pennsylvania courthouse to pay child support has been "found" - illegally - by the wrong man.
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pennsylvania, pittsburgh, money, bizarre bazaar
  • A county detective is trying to figure out how an apparent prankster was able to fill out a 2008 voter registration card signed "Barack H. Obama."
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pittsburgh, pennsylvania, election, practical jokes, president barack obama, bizarre bazaar
  • Pittsburgh police say a man shot himself ending an early morning standoff at an apartment building after police determined he fatally shot his girlfriend.
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shooting, homicide, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, local/state
  • A Pittsburgh-area pastor's niece and her boyfriend have been jailed on charges they burglarized the clergyman's home.
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burglary, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, local/state
  • Officials say a flight that landed safely in Pittsburgh during the storm last night got stuck in snow for about two hours on the tarmac.
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pittsburgh, pennsylvania, snow, local/state
  • Tom Cruise is heading to Pittsburgh for a scaled-down screening of his new action movie, "Jack Reacher."
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tom cruise, movies, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, entertainment
  • It'll be 100 years before another 12-12-12 date rolls around, so a soon-to-be-wed federal prosecutor in Pittsburgh is making the most of it.
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pennsylvania, pittsburgh, marriage, bizarre bazaar
  • Two more people were sentenced for holding a woman prisoner and torturing her inside a North Philadelphia home.
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philadelphia, pennsylvania, beating, fire, northeast philadelphia, pittsburgh, local/state
  • Ben Roethlisberger
  • Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and his wife Ashley are giving thanks for their new bundle of joy.
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ben roethlisberger, childbirth, pittsburgh steelers, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, local/state
  • It's never a good time for a drunken driver to smash into a bakery, but it's an even bigger problem when it happens just before Thanksgiving.
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pennsylvania, pittsburgh, alcohol, DUI, dumb criminals, bizarre bazaar
  • It's never a good time for a drunken driver to smash into a bakery, but it's an even bigger problem when it happens just before Thanksgiving.
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pennsylvania, pittsburgh, automobiles, alcohol, DUI, driving, dumb criminals, bizarre bazaar
  • Maddox Derkosh
  • The U.S. Department of Agriculture has formally announced its investigation into the death of a 2-year-old boy who was fatally mauled when he fell into a wild African dogs exhibit at the Pittsburgh zoo.
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pennsylvania, pittsburgh, animals, local/state
  • The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League will again allow the national anthem to be played before all high school hockey games in central and western Pennsylvania.
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  • Toy construction trucks were continuing to pour into the funeral home handling the arrangements for a 2-year-old boy.
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  • If you're a would-be bandit -- you might want to steer clear of a Kung Fu school.
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  • The medical examiner's office says a 2-year-old boy who died in the Pittsburgh zoo's African wild dog exhibit bled to death.
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  • A security guard closes the gate at the Pittsburgh Zoo, where zoo officials say a young boy was killed after he fell into the exhibit that was home to a pack of African painted dogs, who pounced on the boy and mauled him, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Its not clear whether he died from the fall or the attack, said Barbara Baker, president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium. (AP Photo/John Heller)
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  • A 2-year-old boy visiting the Pittsburgh zoo was killed Sunday when he fell off a railing to view a pack of African painted dogs.
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  • The City of Pittsburgh is teaming up with the Carnegie museums and libraries to offer an "alternative homecoming" dance for students who are too shy or otherwise have a school experience that keeps them from attending their school-sponsored dance.
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pennsylvania, pittsburgh, bizarre bazaar
  • Three University of Pittsburgh football players have been charged with simple assault and conspiracy.
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  • A Pittsburgh woman is suing Democratic state Rep. Jake Wheatley, saying he only coughed up half of the $200 prize he promised the winner of a community day cake-baking contest.
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pennsylvania, pittsburgh, food, lawsuit, money, bizarre bazaar
  • Gunfire at a youth football game in the Pittsburgh area sent three people to the hospital, two of them in critical condition, police said.
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  • The National Weather Service says a tornado touched down and caused minor damage as rainstorms swept across western Pennsylvania.
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  • A crosswalk vigilante has beaten Pittsburgh road crews to the punch - and to the paint - by marking crosswalks at what residents say is a dangerous intersection for pedestrians in the city's Polish Hill neighborhood.
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  • Demonstrators in the United States and other countries protested Saturday against the natural gas drilling process known as fracking.
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philadelphia, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, local/state
  • An armed man who took a hostage inside a downtown Pittsburgh office building has surrendered to police.
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  • Action News
  • An interstate bank robbery suspect nicknamed the Bucket List Bandit because he allegedly told a Utah bank teller he had only four months to live has been captured in Oklahoma, an FBI agent said Friday.
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oklahoma, pittsburgh, robbery, national/world
  • Terrell Johnson is a free man again, released from a Pittsburgh jail a day after a jury decided he didn't commit a murder.
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pittsburgh, pennsylvania, local/state
  • A man who claims to be a heroin addict has been jailed on charges he snatched a woman's purse while she was taking communion.
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theft, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, local/state
  • A Pittsburgh family is mourning the death of a teenage boy whose body was found along railroad tracks after he failed to show up for school.
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  • A Pittsburgh pastor who recently got his commercial driver's license is being credited with steering a Megabus to safety when its driver fell ill on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
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  • A 19-year-old woman who falsely claimed to be pregnant was arraigned Friday on charges she kidnapped a 3-day-old infant from a hospital after pretending to be a nurse and sneaking the baby boy out of the facility inside a zippered handbag, police said.
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pennsylvania, pittsburgh, abduction, local/state
  • A 19-year-old woman who falsely claimed to be pregnant was awaiting arraignment Friday on charges she kidnapped a 3-day-old infant from a hospital after pretending to be a nurse and sneaking the baby boy out of the facility inside a zippered handbag, police said.
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pennsylvania, pittsburgh, abduction, local/state
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  • Bomb scare
  • A founding member of a Scottish terror group has been indicted on charges he emailed bomb threats to the University of Pittsburgh earlier this year that forced the evacuation of more than 100 buildings on campus.
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bomb scare, college, ireland, pittsburgh, national/world
  • Marcellus Shale drilling
  • The Marcellus Shale is about to become the most productive natural gas field in the United States, according to new data from energy industry analysts and the federal government.
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pittsburgh, pennsylvania, business/finance