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  • Driver killed in single-vehicle crash

    A Hofstra University student who died during a confrontation between a home invasion suspect and authorities was killed by police gunfire, a Nassau County, New York, police spokeswoman said Saturday. Police fired eight shots at the intruder, who ...

  • The race for Pittsburgh mayor Now comes the ground game

    As the 2013 race to become Pittsburgh's next mayor draws to a close, it is almost time for voters to kick back and reflect. With about 48 hours left, the wholesale campaigns will end with a solid pounding of television ads, last-minute mailers and robo-calls to those who have ...

  • Powerball mania Jackpot hits $600 million

    That's all it took for Mammie Hicks to plunk down money at a Riverside, Mo., convenience store for a chance at Saturday's record $600 million multistate Powerball ...

  • Pirates hold ceremony for Honorary Bat Girl

    Email PITTSBURGH -- When Maria Heddleston found out she was going to be honored by the Pirates for her perseverance through breast cancer, her 7-year-old son John didn't give his mother any congratulations. "He said, 'Do I get to meet Andrew McCutchen?" Heddleston recalled, laughing. The Pirates held a pregame ceremony on Saturday for Heddleston, their winner of MLB's ...

  • Hughes returns to Pirates with improved delivery

    Email PITTSBURGH -- Fellow passengers on a commuter flight to Pittsburgh late Friday night may have been a bit freaked out. Jared Hughes, the soft-spoken Pirates reliever with the hard edge on the mound, was watching the Bucs-Astros game and getting his game-face on. The connecting flight had been delayed, but the 4-4 game at PNC Park appeared to be heading into extra innings. "I had to ...


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Movie Review

Crazy in Alabama

"Crazy in Alabama" is composed of two distinctly different narratives that run parallel to each other throughout the film, until at the end they are tenuously linked by the theme of "freedom." Either one of these narratives could possibly constitute its own movie. But, for better or worse, "Crazy in Alabama" insists on using both of them and trying to show us how they connect. The fact that the c ... ...

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  • Opposite-field hit may be good sign for McCutchen

    Email PITTSBURGH -- Situational hitting, consistent pitching and good defense breeds success. The Pirates have had all three this season. On Friday night, Pittsburgh got 4 1/3 shutout innings from its bullpen, a timely two-run homer from Pedro Alvarez to tie the game in the eighth and a good piece of situational hitting in the ninth. Center fielder Andrew McCutchen singled to the opposite ...

  • Winter bee deaths devastate keepers

    Problems that decimated the nation's largest commercial hives are affecting backyard beekeepers, who say losses of bees this past winter were the worst ...

  • Nuclear plant evacuation plan raises concerns

    "It's pretty obvious the accident (Thursday) exposed the weakness in the evacuation from a nuclear accident," said Epstein, founder of the TMI Alert watchdog ...

  • Zoning restrictions threaten reopening of coke facility

    The waterfront property includes a coke processing plant owned by ArcelorMittal, which is challenging the zoning restrictions, contending they could prevent the company from restarting the ...

  • Steelers youth football events focus on safety

    Safety has become one of the top priorities in youth football and it was the topic that garnered the most attention at several youth football events the Steelers hosted this weekend. On Friday night the team held their first ever Youth Football Clinic for Moms and Kids at the UPMC Sports Performance Complex. While the kids took part in a football skills clinic at the team's indoor practice ...

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