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  • Hockey nut Inge torn by potential Wings-Pens clash

    Email MILWAUKEE -- Renowned hockey fanatic Brandon Inge is already fretting over what, for him, would be sweet misery. How will he possibly handle a Stanley Cup Final between his longtime rink favorites, the Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins, the team he quickly adopted following his move to the Pirates? "I don't know what I'm going to do if it's between those ...

  • Karstens progress halted by shoulder discomfort

    Email MILWAUKEE -- Jeff Karstens went to Buffalo a couple of days ago. Now he is on his way back to Pittsburgh. But no one really knows where the right-hander is headed after he felt discomfort in his right shoulder Friday while playing catch, once again shutting down his on-and-off rehab from year-long shoulder discomfort. Instead of staying with Triple-A Indianapolis and taking the mound for ...

  • Dreger “I Don’t See Another Team Beating Them”

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  • Saturday morning low temp tied record set in 1925

    The low of 34, set around 6:30 a.m., matched the low temperature last set on May 25, 1925. Friday's high of 51 set record for the coldest high temperature on May 24. The previous record was 52 degrees in ...

  • Amber Alert Issued For Missing Teen

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - State Police have issued an Amber Alert for a missing teen. Police say they are looking for 17-year-old Cassidy Bowers of Pottsville, Pa. She was last seen Saturday morning around 6 a.m. and is believed to have been abducted by 20-year-old Stephen Campion Jr. after he assaulted someone. Bowers is described as having shoulder length black hair, brown eyes and is about 5 ...


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W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films [DVD]

From 1915 to 1945, William Claude Dukenfield, better known as W.C. Fields, starred in 40 films, 11 in the silent era and 29 in the sound era. Along with Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and the Marx Brothers, he was one of the founding pioneers of cinematic comedy, a true original who blazed his own path. His physical presence on-screen was unique, with his absurdly bulbous nose and ... ...

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  • 6Local Church’s Madonna Statue Smashed Destroyed

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - One person was arrested after the Madonna statue at a local church was smashed and destroyed. A witness said they saw a person smash the statue around 6 a.m. at the St. Pamphilus Church located on Tropical Avenue in Beechview. No word on who the suspect is or why they smashed the ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 25

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Baltimore Orioles: 1. ...

  • 31st Street Bridge name change honors fallen soldier

    Reps. Dom Costa, D-Stanton Heights, and Adam Ravenstahl, D-Summer Hill, cosponsored the bill to rename the 31st Street Bridge as the William Raymond Prom Memorial Bridge. It passed unanimously in both ...

  • Elizabeth Borough water main break leaves several homes with flooded basements

    Four homes and an apartment building are experiencing flooded basements due to a water main break that occurred on the 900 block of Seventh Avenue Friday ...

  • Man in makeup busted for soliciting officer

    A police sting results in the arrest of a man soliciting prostitution.Tulsa police say a meeting was set up with Sonny Prego on a popular website. The suspect arrived to a motel in East Tulsa wearing makeup and offered to perform a sexual act on the undercover officer. Police say the officer then identified himself and Prego was taken into custody.He's currently in the Tulsa County Jail. ...

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