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  • Pixar goes live with Pittsburgh Orchestra Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

    Pixar Animation Studios has won 27 Academy Awards since it released "Toy Story," its first feature-length film, in 1995. Each of its 13 films, including "Finding Nemo," "The Incredibles," "Cars" and "Ratatouille," has been a hit. Now, Pixar, which was bought by Disney in 2006, has joined its parent company in creating shows that feature live ...

  • Magistrate says diner can stay

    Elias plans to relocate Di's Kornerstone Diner to a former Burger King building in Olympia Shopping Center in Versailles. She hopes the new location will be open by ...

  • Clairton to take stand against violence

    Pastor Leroy Thompson of Dream Christian Center, in red, leads a prayer for the Community Walk Against Violence and Murder. The walk is scheduled for Saturday at 1 p.m. at Neil C. Brown Stadium along Miller Avenue in Clairton. Thompson is joined by community members, from left, Lenora Graves, Shiela Thompson, Sherry Epps, Wandra Sparks, Councilman Richard Ford, Clairton City School District ...

  • Munhall mayor wants manager to return

    "Matt, to me, is the best manager in the county. He is indispensable for Munhall. He knows exactly what goes on. It's going to take anybody in that office six months to find out how to answer the ...

  • Apple deal pads Eliz. Forward’s technology arsenal

    On Wednesday, the school board unanimously approved a leasing agreement with Apple that will provide iPad mini devices to all children in kindergarten through second grade, and iPads to students in all other ...


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30 Minutes or Less

30 Minutes or Less

30 Minutes or Less is a hyped-up comedic fictionalization of an actual event that occurred in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 2003, in which a middle-aged pizza delivery man was supposedly forced to rob a bank by a trio of men who latched a homemade timebomb around his neck. The ... ...

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  • N. Huntingdon road remains private — for now

    "We all want the road to be public, because it is being used by the public," said Tarosky, from Lincoln Hills Realty Associates. "If it is public, then we are not subject to PennDOT regulations requiring us to do off-site ...

  • Illegal dumping case continued

    A preliminary hearing was continued for three weeks for a North Versailles Township man cited for illegal dumping of hundreds of tires on a Crestas Terrace ...

  • Police charge 3 in burglary

    Police made the arrest after reviewing video surveillance footage of the alleged burglary in process, which was discovered by a homeowner who went home for ...

  • Students learn skills through simulation lab

    McKeesport Area High School's Allied Health students pose at the district's Career and Technology Center with instructors Donna Maguire and Antonietta Stolic, at left, and McKeesport Hospital Foundation executive director Michele Matuch and school director Tom ...

  • Cumpton looks to force series split in second start

    There's been plenty of bad blood between the Pirates and Reds this season. And one result of it may have something to do with Brandon Phillips' recent struggles. Since being plunked with a Tony Watson fastball on the forearm on June 1, Phillips is 10-for-56 (.179) in 13 games. He missed four with an injury resulting from the pitch and still has a welt on his arm. But Phillips may ...

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