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  • No tapering Federal Reserve to continue stimulus

    The Federal Reserve gave no indication Wednesday that it plans to scale back its purchases of bonds and other assets, as it continues its efforts to boost the U.S. ...

  • Gun Safety Tips For Safely Keeping A Gun In Your Home

    Over a third of American households currently contain at least one working firearm. With so many homes containing weapons, gun-related accidents make all-too familiar tragic headlines, compounded by the knowledge that most could have been avoided had added safety precautions been taken. Benjamin Nuzzi is a family man and former active duty United States Marine Corp. Sergeant marksmanship ...

  • Paralyzed bride-to-be ‘They told me I’d never walk again -- I’m proving them wrong’

    A young bride-to-be, paralyzed after making a leap off an overpass on Interstate 79, is undergoing intense rehab to be able to walk down the aisle for her fall wedding.February 20, 2012 is a date Alissa Boyle will never forget.It was two days after she became engaged to her fianc Nathan, and the day she became paralyzed."We were driving down the highway. There was a guy in the left lane ...

  • Police Suspect tried running over woman with vehicle

    A woman was arrested Tuesday night in East Huntingdon Township after police said she tried to run over another woman with her vehicle.According to police, Danielle Falcon tried to run over Katelin Hiltabidel with her Ford Explorer on Buckeye Tram Road about 8 p.m.Few other details about the incident have been released.Investigators said Falcon is facing several charges, including criminal ...

  • Worker injured after being pinned by steel beam

    A construction worker was injured Wednesday afternoon in an accident on Pittsburgh's North Side.The worker, whose name hasn't been released, was pinned between a steel beam and a piece of equipment.Emergency crews said the man was rescued about 12:15 p.m. and taken to an area hospital. His condition has not been released.No other details about the accident have been ...


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Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire

At his best, director Danny Boyle comes somewhere close to alchemy, making invigorating and original cinema out of material that, on the face of it, just shouldnt work. Having burst onto the scene in the mid-1990s with Trainspotting (1995), an outlandish excursion i ... ...

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  • Mother accused of leaving kids at home strapped in car seats

    An Ohio mother was arrested after police said she left her 9-month-old and 3-year-old children at home for 12 hours strapped to their car seats.According to police, Kacee Moser had to go to work and didn't have anyone to babysit her children, so she came up with an illegal alternative.Police in Beaver Township said Moser strapped the children to their car seats and left them inside the ...

  • Local Army National Guardsman sues Target over no show firing

    A member of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard has sued Target Corp., saying he was wrongly fired from one of the chain's Pittsburgh-area stores for violating its "no call, no-show" policy while he was on a two-week training assignment in Virginia.Andrew Lanier claims in his federal lawsuit that he told his supervisors about the training duty in late October 2011.But Lanier said ...

  • Worker critically injured on Interstate 279

    The injured man has not been identified yet. PennDOT said he is an inspection worker for a contractor and they are still unsure of what happened to ...

  • Communication the key to new bag rule

    To those fans who are upset about the NFL's recently announced change to its bag policy, Steelers President Art Rooney II wants you to know that he's listening.The change, announced on June 13 and set to be implemented starting with preseason games in 2013, allows for each fan to being in one clear plastic or vinyl or PVC bag that cannot exceed 12-inches-by-6-inches-by-12 inches. In ...

  • W.Va. man indicted on charges of threatening Obama

    ELKINS, W.Va. -; A West Virginia man has been indicted on charges he threatened to kill President Barack Obama and the first family in a letter filled with profanity and racial ...

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