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Snow Tire Rules In Effect For Pa. Drivers
When it comes to winter driving many people have questions about what is and is not allowed on the roadways.It may be a "tired" old question, but here are the rules in case you forgot. According to Penn DOT, chains on tires are no longer allowed in the state of ...
Consumer Group Says Some Products Don’t Live Up To Package Claims
The Center for Science in the Public (CSPI) Interest published a list of what it calls "8 Food Frauds".The group said, "Food marketers are seemingly stopping at nothing to convince consumers that fairly ordinary products like waffles, green tea and jam hold the secret to better health. These claims are ...
Changes In Transplant Policy Getting Livers To Patients Faster
Until five years ago patients needing liver transplants were put on a list and whoever was on the list the longest would get the first available organ.Five years ago that policy changed.Instead, the most critically ill patients went to the top of the organ transplant list.A new study just published ...
5 Factor Diet Helps Hollywood Stars Drop Pounds Fast
Star workouts are always in style since so many people want to look like a superstar.One diet has really caught on in Hollywood and now it's spreading to the streets of Pittsburgh.Why? Because as reporter Trisha Pittman found out, lots of young women want to be Jessica Simpson.Five meals a ...
Dog Used To Sniff Out Dangerous Mold In Homes
Dogs are used to sniff out bombs, explosives and drugs, so why not mold?That is exactly what one local dog is trained to do.Two-year-old Kody works for Susan Weiss, owner of K-9 Mold Service in Pittsburgh.Weiss brings Kody into a home and lets the dog sniff around. “When she finds ...
Study Finds Most Sunscreens Not Up To The Job
#tau, .AssocContent {display:none} A new report says many sunscreens just don't work as well as consumers think, and some don't do what they advertise.With hundreds of sunscreens on the market, choosing one can often be overwhelming.When we do pick one, we expect it to protect us from the sun’s harmful ...
Croc Shoes, Look-A-Likes Pose Danger On Escalators
The shoes are big, and colorful and very popular, but Crocs and similar shoes may have a hidden danger.Crocs was the first to make the light and flexible shoe. Now many companies sell similar shoes, but they all have the same potential problem when it comes to escalators.There have been ...
Twins Drop Identical Amount Of Weight After Surgery
Gastric bypass surgery has become a popular way to lose weight, but the success rate for losing the weight and keeping it off is only about 10 percent.Louise and Linda are twin 47-year-old sisters from Erie. They once weighed 320 pounds each.Now they weigh that much combined.The women were overweight ...
6-6-06: Day Of Devil Or Bunch Of Bunk?
June -- it started like any other month. But, Tuesday’s date, 6-6-06 sets it apart.In fact, some say it could mean doomsday. But does the date really have evil significance or is it just another day?There are many ways of looking at it -- religious, superstitious, paranoid or oblivious Tuesdays ...
Heavy Rains Continue To Cause Landslides
Since the beginning of January, the Pittsburgh area has seen almost twice the amount of rain fall that is typical for this time of the year. And Meteorologist Steve Teeling predicts more of the same for the rest of the winter.Over saturation of the ground has lead to mud, rock ...
Local Docs Solve Uncommon Medical Problems
Medical mysteries are solved every week on television dramas. But, that is nothing new in real life, as physicians at Children's Hospital have been taking on these challenges since 1951.Channel 11's Trisha Pittman spoke with a doctor and his patient who conquered the unknown.Patient Dominic Morra said, "I just knew ...
Carnegie Residents Watch Chartiers Creek Closely
Meteorologist Steve Teeeling has been tracking a winter storm watch in the Severe Weather Center.Along with that winter weather comes a flood watch for those near streams or in an area prone to flooding.Channel 11's Trisha Pittman talked to some homeowners who know all to well to heed that warning.Carnegie ...
New Technology Helps PennDOT Protect Roads This Winter
With winter right around the corner, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation gets ready to treat the roads.Last year's weather was particularly bad at times.And the salt shortage didn't make it any easier.This year, PennDOT has put some preventative measures in place.Andy Kost from PennDOTt said, "Last year we used in ...
Ambridge Principal Saves Choking Student
High school principals are used to dealing with students who have a crisis of one kind or another.But the crisis that Ambridge Area High School principal Alan Friitz faced Tuesday could have been life or death.Fritz saw a student choking and rushed to give him the Heimlich maneuver.Fritz said, "You've ...
Protesters March To PAT Meeting On Fare Increase
Hundreds of protesters chose not to get on the bus Thursday and instead marched to protest major service reductions and fare increases by the Port Authority of Allegheny County."Save Our Transit" supporters marched Thursday morning from the State Office Building to the Sheraton Station Square, where a public hearing was ...
PAT's ACCESS Program Receives Federal Grant
A funding melt-down could hit the Port Authority by the end of next month if additional government money is not provided.The Federal Transit Administration made an announcement Tuesday that provides PAT with more ammunition for its fight against the state.Just as the Port Authority is getting ready to consider a ...
Parkway West Construction Begins Oct. 18
A traffic alert has been issued as parts of the Parkway West will be closed, starting next week.It's part of a project to provide a short cut for some drivers who use several high-traveled roads.Beginning Monday, Oct. 18, crews will close the Parkway West overnight between Interstate 79 and Route ...
School District Creates Bus Safety Program
The West Mifflin School District is creating a new program intended to increase school bus safety awareness.Operation Safe Stop is a new program partnering the West Mifflin School District, Laidlaw Bus Co. and local law enforcement.All involved want motorists to understand and obey laws concerning school bus safety.Failing to stop ...
PennDOT Goes Back To Drawing Board On I-79 Project
In an attempt to save money, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials are rethinking, replanning and reengineering a project that will affect Pittsburgh traffic through out the next year.PennDOT is back to taking bids on a major upcoming project to keep it on time and under budget.Trumball Corp. recently submitted a ...
PA House, Senate Propose Increased Gas Tax
The average gas price Wednesday was $1.99 a gallon, about 13 cents higher than it was a month ago.Now there's a proposal to raise the state's gas tax and make it the highest in the nation.Pennsylvania drivers currently pay 26 cents per gallon in gasoline taxes.That is the second highest ...
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