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  • Four-state tornado outbreak kills 1

    One tornado touched down near Wellston, Oklahoma, taking out power lines and damaging several homes, according to video from CNN affiliate KFOR. The affiliate's helicopter pilot estimated the funnel cloud to be about a half-mile ...

  • IRS scandal emboldens Tea Party groups

    DES MOINES -- Is the Tea Party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from across the country suggest the movement's leaders think ...

  • Dawson council VFD members to meet

    Dawson residents are reminded there will be a special meeting at 6 p.m. Monday between Dawson Borough Council and Dawson Volunteer Fire Co. to discuss the possibility of building a new fire hall on property owned by the borough. The property in question is along Railroad Street, where the former Dairy Bar and the former Dawson House were located. Members of council and the VFD would like to have ...

  • Women trapped on roof by fire in Perry South

    The flames burned on the second floor of the house on Maywood Street in the Perry South neighborhood of Pittsburgh while six people were inside. Most of them were able to run outside, but a woman and her daughter had nowhere to go but a third story window leading out to a side ...

  • Officer shot in Boston showdown wants to work

    BOSTON -- With a bullet still in his body, the police officer who survived a showdown with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects said Sunday that he is determined to return to ...


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Movie Review

The Mist

The Mist

You have to give it to Frank Darabont: When he makes a movie, he makes it all the way. His last film, The Majestic (2001), was intended to be a heart-warming populist fable in the Frank Capra vein, but he took it so far that its saccharine sentimental sweetness left a bad aftertaste in most ... ...

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  • A Look Into The Lessons Of History

    PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA)- Author of ';Doomed To Repeat: The Lessons Of History We’ve Failed To Learn'; Bill Fawcett, says there are many lessons to be learned from the triumphs and downfalls of history. ';Despite McCarthyism, we have a good democracy, despite the Black Plague or the collapse of the Roman Empire, civilization eventually recovers and ...

  • Florida town abuzz over winning Powerball ticket

    ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. -- Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million -- the highest Powerball jackpot in ...

  • Pittsburgh Penguins vs Ottawa Senators Live Stream Free Watch Online Stanley Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Semifinals Game 3

    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 on Sunday night with the Eastern Conference Semifinal series Game 3 ...

  • Boy Dies In Hospital After Suspected Abuse

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - The 20-month-old child critically injured after suspected abuse died Sunday afternoon. The toddler, Malachi Patterson, died at 12:28 p.m. at Children's Hospital. Patterson was first rushed to the hospital Friday after a 911 call was made saying that the toddler was unresponsive at an apartment in the Chestnut Ridge housing complex near Blairsville He had bruises on ...

  • Multiple People Rescued From North Side Fire

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Responders are on the scene of a fire on the North Side. It started at a two-story home in the 100-block of Maywood ...

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