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  • Shell casings litter street after Knoxville shooting

    KELLY, ANY NEW INFORMATION? 3 3 3 3 ZONE 3 POLICE FOUND THE VEHICLE USED IN THIS DRIVE-BY JUST A MILE AWAY IN BELTZHOOVER.IT WAS ABANDONED. POLICE SAY IT'S A RENTAL CAR AND THERE ARE NO ARRETS YET. 3 BUT THAT CAR IS NOW 3 EVIDENCE - ALONG WITH THIS.AT LEAST 26 SHELL CASINGS SCATTERED ON AMANDA AVENUE. WE'RE TOLD THE CAR WAS TRAVELING 3 AND FIRED OUT THE HITTING ALMOST SIGHT.THE FREE ...

  • Teen uses cellphone to call for help after ATV flips

    Blount said that the 19-year-old employee had been feeding livestock when the ATV tipped. She said he was able to use his cellphone to call another employee for ...

  • Bridge Inspector In Critical Condition After Cherry Picker Accident

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Traffic was backed up on Interstate 279 for most of the afternoon while investigators tried to determine what went wrong in a cherry picker a bridge inspector was operating. State police, Pittsburgh police and representatives from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration all spent the afternoon under the East Ohio Street overpass surveying the evidence and the ...

  • Homewood To Announce New Community Center

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Local community leaders were engaged in a rehearsal for a Thursday morning press conference in Homewood. ';Today we are unveiling a new initiative that will revitalize North Homewood,'; Marlin Martin, of the Homewood Renaissance Association, was practicing. In a neighborhood that has seen better days — and often fights a sense of hopelessness — ...

  • NFL Star Darrelle Revis Hoping To Inspire Kids At Youth Football Camp

    ALIQUIPPA (KDKA) — ';You’ve got to fight that fight for yourself, to be successful.'; NFL cornerback Darrelle Revis, of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, addressed 130 boys and girls on the Aliquippa High School football field, where he was a star player. He then became an All-American at Pitt. Sponsored by his Revis Island Foundation, his two-day camp teaches kids more than ...


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Cría cuervos [DVD]

Cría cuervos [DVD]

Set during the Franco regime and shot while the fascist general was on his deathbed, Carlos Saura's Cra cuervos is a dream-like evocation of the shifting lines between fantasy and reality, living and dying, past and present. It has many similarities to Ingmar Bergman's Cries a ... ...

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  • Fed suggests it’s closer to slowing bond purchases

    Bernanke said the reductions would occur in "measured steps" and that the purchases could end by the middle of next year. By then, he said he thought unemployment would be around 7 ...

  • Girl injured in ATV accident in Butler County

    Emergency crews and member of the Prospect Volunteer Fire Department were called in to help rescue the girl, who dispatchers say hit a tree at 11:50 ...

  • Beaver Co. Sheriff accused of making threats appears in court

    A local sheriff was arraigned Wednesday on charges of intimidation and simple assault.Beaver County Sheriff George David is accused of threatening to cut off the hands of a political campaign worker, as well as to shoot an online blogger.During the hearing, prosecutors asked for David's bail conditions to be modified. The Attorney General's Office wants David to have limited access to ...

  • Rooney Pittsburgh could host the draft

    It has been said that the reason the NFL moved its 2014 draft from the typical late-April date to mid-May is because of a conflict with an Easter show at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. It has been said there exists the probability of future conflicts at Radio City as well. It has been said the NFL could respond to this either by moving the draft into May permanently to accommodate Radio ...

  • Avalanche Victim Remembered As Passionate Outdoorsman Environmentalist

    FRANKLIN PARK (KDKA) — In Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah, back on April 11, a spontaneous snow pack gave way without warning. The avalanche stole the life of 34-year-old Craig Patterson. ';Trying to find out where his path took him, how and when he might have been caught,'; says Liam Fitzgerald, the lead avalanche forecaster with the Utah Department of Transportation. Patterson, ...

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