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  • Wandy looks to lift Miller Park curse

    Miller Park hasn't been kind to Wandy Rodriguez throughout his career. It hasn't been a friend of the Pirates, either. But Yovani Gallardo seems to enjoy pitching against Pittsburgh, and the Brewers will always welcome their divisional foes to their home field with open arms. The Pirates are now 9-47 in their past 56 contests at Miller Park after Saturday's 5-2 win over the ...

  • Police seek shooter who wounded man in Hill District bar

    Authorities responded to a report of gunshots fired at Club VIP II on Webster Avenue around 7:30 p.m. An officer at the Zone 2 station in the Hill District said a man sustained two shots to the back and was transported to UPMC Mercy, Uptown. His identity was not ...

  • Two men sought in Fayette pizza shop robbery

    The men entered the store about 1 p.m. Saturday. One man allegedly grabbed the clerk's arm and pointed the knife toward her throat, police ...

  • Western Pa. pair pay it forward to aid family they had never met

    In February, the family spent about a week in town while Stone was hospitalized in UPMC's Children's Hospital in Lawrenceville, which has a pediatric Intestinal Care and Rehabilitation ...

  • Rebuilding rules as rain soaks Jersey shore on Memorial Day weekend

    MANASQUAN, N.J. (AP) -- Saws and sledgehammers joined beer and barbecues -- under covered porches -- as a fixture of the first Memorial Day weekend at ...


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Be Cool

There are probably people in the world much like John Travlotas Chili Palmer in Be Cool, but surely no one is as calm, collected, and utterly unflappable as he is. Chili is a glorious fictional character, a walking checklist of suave characteristics dressed in an impeccable black suit. Point ... ...

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  • Police Probe Hill District Shooting

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Authorities are investigating a shooting at a bar this evening in the Hill District. According to our news partners at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, emergency officials were called to the Club VIP II bar around 7:30 p.m. in the 2400-block of Webster ...

  • Boston to Meet Pittsburgh in East Finals

    (Reuters) - The Boston Bruins booked a place in the National Hockey League Eastern Conference Finals against the Pittsburgh Penguins after clinching their series against the New York Rangers with a 3-1 win in Game Five on Saturday. The fourth seed Bruins closed out the series 4-1 against the sixth seeded Rangers to set up the showdown with the top-seeded Penguins for a place in the ...

  • Family friends remember 1-year-old during memorial

    There have not been any arrests in the case and family and friends plead for someone to come forward with any information that could aid police in the ...

  • Family Awarded Habitat for Humanity Home

    A life-changing day for a local family started with hugs, a walk up their brand news front steps and a ribbon cutting ceremony to dedicate the 73rd Habitat for Humanity of Greater Pittsburgh home to Jackie Jackson and her sons in Observatory ...

  • Flooding kills 1 in San Antonio Texas

    Flood levels on the San Antonio River reached a new record at Loop 410, when water rose to 34.2 feet at 10 a.m. Saturday, said the National Weather Service. The previous record was 32.57 feet on October 17, 1998, the agency ...

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