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  • Teen gives dying father surprise at prom

    Trays of food resting on the kitchen table. Fresh-cut flowers. The smell of hairspray in the air. Sixteen-year-old Madison Dobas' house was filled with all of the typical signs she was heading to her first prom. But unlike most of the other teenagers who would be attending California Area High School's prom Friday night, Madison was also getting ready for something ...

  • Braddock marks five years since last murder

    As a result, Levi's Jeans featured the town in an ad campaign three years ago and donated $1 million to turn an abandoned church into a community ...

  • How safe is that bridge youre driving over

    Like millions of other Americans, Dan and Sally Sligh packed up their vehicle and headed out for a Memorial Day weekend trip. As they crossed the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River outside Seattle, Washington, the bridge gave way and their pickup truck plunged into the frigid ...

  • Special Promotions Create Local Gas Price War

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Ask folks pumping gas over this holiday weekend, and this will be the common refrain about prices. ';I think they’re enormously too high. They need to come down,'; says Mario Lewis of Wilkinsburg. AAA’s Bevi Powell says they are coming down. ';The average price in Pittsburgh is $3.57, and that is down significantly from last year,'; ...

  • Flat Feet More Common Than You Might Think

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — ';She was on swim team, marching band, always active, rifle team, she did a lot of things,'; says Maureen Onder about her daughter. Jessica Onder is your typical active teen. But a basketball injury called attention to her feet. ';I stepped on a rock, and my ankle just kind of sprained and turned inward,'; Jessica Onder explained. Turns out, the ...


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The Man Who Fell to Earth [DVD]

The Man Who Fell to Earth [DVD]

Nicolas Roeg, one of the great mad poets to emerge from British cinema, began his career as a cinematographer, and it shows in his films, which are unusually alive and charged with friction, danger, eroticism, and lyrical moments of such beauty that they seem almost fluid. He ... ...

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  • No refunds for comedian’s canceled show promoter files for bankruptcy

    It's no laughing matter. A comedy show at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall was canceled last month, leaving more than 700 people out of the money they paid for tickets. Consumer Investigator Robin Taylor found out what they should do. Comedian Bill Engvall's April 6 show was canceled at the last minute. Ticket holders were told that they'd get a refund in seven to 10 days, but ...

  • Police search for person who stole 2 wallets from purse at Allegheny General Hospital

    Police are looking for the person who stole two wallets from a woman's purse on May 12, as she was sleeping in the ICU lounge at Allegheny General Hospital.Police said they have surveillance footage of a suspect using one of the stolen credit cards at the Sunoco on Cedar Avenue. Another man was with the suspect, driving the car that they filled with gas at the Sunoco.Anyone who recognizes ...

  • 1 man killed in McKeesport shooting 2 people in police custody

    Two people have been taken into custody in connection with a shooting in McKeesport Friday afternoon that killed a man.According to a press release from the Allegheny County Police Homicide Unit, at roughly 12:10 p.m., a shooting occurred in building 733 of the Highview Gardens housing complex. Police said that when officers arrived at the scene, they found a 26-year-old man suffering from ...

  • Greensburg Community Days attendees may notice security changes

    In light of recent national tragedies, City of Greensburg and Westmoreland County leaders met to discuss festival plans and make security changes. "We're trying to make sure we cover every aspect of possibilities for this year," said Les Harvey, City of Greensburg emergency management director. "Kind of create, we hope, an atmosphere so the families who come in can feel ...

  • New flag program to alert community of air quality conditions

    "Making that flag visible, making that forecast visible, can really help people cater or change their activities outside so they're not affected as much," said Karrie Kressler, of ...

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