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  • Lowes employee pinned between box truck tractor-trailer

    Union Township police said the 32-year-old man had finished moving appliances from the box truck to the tractor-trailer at the store on West State Street when the box truck drifted backward, pinning him between the two ...

  • Police search for armed men in womans shooting

    The men were last seen at Corey Avenue and Second Street, and one may have gone into a building on Holland Avenue, according to a tweet on Allegheny ...

  • Pittsburgh Penguins vs Ottawa Senators Live Stream Free Watch Online Stanley Cup Playoffs Semifinals Game 5

    Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Tomas Vokoun (L) is congratulated by teammates Sidney Crosby and Paul Martin after they defeated the Ottawa Senators in Game 2 of their NHL Eastern Conference semi-final hockey game in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania May 17, 2013. Pittsburgh Penguins vs Ottawa Senators takes place in the Stanley Cup Playoffs Game 5 on Friday night with the Penguins looking to finish things ...

  • Bucs Class A affiliate combines for 24 Ks in game

    MILWAUKEE -- Even in this year of the whiff in the Majors, there was plenty of opportunity on Thursday night to focus the spotlight on West Virginia, the Pirates' Class A affiliate in the South Atlantic League. The Power came up with 24 reasons: one for each strikeout its four pitchers combined for in a 12-inning, 3-2 victory over Lakewood. The team total was the second-highest in the ...

  • New father Morton working hard on comeback trail

    Email MILWAUKEE -- Charlie Morton is on a detailed, meticulous two-lane rehab road, making his way back from Tommy John surgery 11 months ago and a more recent case of shoulder discomfort. Morton does his work diligently. He doesn't look for, nor wants to accept, any excuse to skip a scheduled routine. It just so happened that wife Cindy's medical team scheduled a C-section delivery ...


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Movie Review

Simone

Although it springs from a clever and timely idea, Simone is a media satire that ultimately lacks bite. Taking aim at everyone from spoiled Hollywood actors, to investigative reporters, to an insatiable audience that is all too easily fooled into worshiping that which doesn't exist, writer/director Andrew Niccol constructs targets so broad that, even when he hits them, you don't feel much ... ...

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  • Former Bethel Park PTO president charged in theft from organization

    The former president of a parent-teacher organization told Bethel Park police she took thousands of dollars from the group and spent it on "stupid stuff," court records ...

  • As nation’s hot spot for disasters Oklahoma knows how to pull in federal aid

    The state is No. 1 in tornado disasters and No. 3 for flooding, according to a database of presidential disaster declarations handled by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. And those figures don't include drought, which is handled by a different ...

  • Game blog Brewers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates

    and answer some of your questions during every Brewers game this season. Tonight, the Brewers return to Miller Park after a day off to face the Pittsburgh Pirates, who have won four of seven games against Milwaukee this season including three straight last week in Pittsburgh. Marco Estrada (3-2, 5.44 ERA) is on the mound for the Brewers against Pittsburgh's A.J. Burnett (3-4, 2.57). Game ...

  • Hartwood Acres Prepping For Pyrofest

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The sky over Hartwood Acres will burst with color, sound and music Saturday afternoon and evening as Pyrotecnico presents what it calls America’s largest fireworks festival. Pyrofest will feature three live bands and six fireworks displays. Before they can soar into the air though, the fireworks have to be set up on the ground. That made for a busy Friday at ...

  • Former Ocean City Mayor Says They’re Ready For Your Visit

    PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) — Plenty of Pittsburghers head to the beaches of Ocean City, Md., every summer. SuperStorm Sandy may have hit New Jersey and New York the hardest, but Ocean City got hit as well. Jim Mathias is currently a Maryland State Senator and is the former mayor of Ocean City. He grew up there and is a self-professed "beach bum.'; Mathias told KDKA ...

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