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  • Alvarez Morton lead Pirates past Reds 4-0

    Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle figured the odds were against Mat Latos extending his impressive streak without a defeat."He's due to lose," Hurdle said pregame.With one good inning, the Pirates pulled it off.Pedro Alvarez singled home a pair of runs in the first inning, and the Pirates ended Latos' streak of 21 regular-season starts without a loss, beating the Cincinnati ...

  • Police Firecrackers thrown at homes in Edgewood

    Police are investigating after getting reports of someone throwing firecrackers at at least two Edgewood homes.Authorities said a woman called police on June 13 after someone threw a firecracker through an open window at her Pennwood Avenue apartment. The woman said the small explosive left a burn mark on a pillow.A short time later, police said a man on Washington Street called and said a ...

  • Surveillance photo shows men using stolen credit card

    Police have released a surveillance photo of two men they said used a credit card that was stolen during an armed robbery earlier this month in Squirrel Hill.Authorities said a woman told detectives she was getting into her car on June 10 when a man with a knife grabbed her purse and ran away.The victim said her cellphone, cash and credit cards were inside the purse at the time.According to ...

  • Man accused of killing ex-girlfriend shooting self dies

    A 26-year-old man accused of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend Tuesday morning in Reserve Township has died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds, police said.According to Allegheny County Police, 27-year-old Alisha Virtue's mother found her and the ex-boyfriend in a bathroom of her daughter's Spring Garden Avenue home.Investigators said Virtue's mother heard the shower running, and ...

  • Oakland burglary suspect caught after police search

    A man who's suspected of burglarizing an Oakland home was in custody early Wednesday after a search that involved dozens of police officers canvassing the neighborhood and a hillside near the Parkway ...


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Les enfants terribles [DVD]

Les enfants terribles [DVD]

Les enfants terribles is fascinating primarily as an unexpected meeting of two brilliant, but vastly different minds: the iconic independent French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville, who is best known for his numerous crime films, including Bob le flambeur (1956), Le ... ...

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  • Man Arrested After Attempted Oakland Burglary

    OAKLAND (KDKA) – A man was taken into custody after being accused of breaking into a home in Oakland Tuesday night. According to police, the man tried to break into a home on Niagara Street around 8 p.m. Around midnight, police cornered the suspect near Kenneth Square. Police used a Taser to subdue him to take him into ...

  • Man Kills Self Ex-Girlfriend In Reserve Twp.

    RESERVE TOWNSHIP (KDKA) - Police are investigating after a man shot and killed his ex-girlfriend before turning the gun on himself Tuesday night in Reserve Township. The two people were found inside a home in the 3400-block of Spring Garden Road. According to police, 25-year-old Alisha Virtue was shot by her ex-boyfriend, before he then turned the gun on ...

  • Munhall manager resigns citing ‘disillusionment’

    Councilman Dan Lloyd said Galla "gave lots of reasons" for resigning and the resignation letter reads as follows: "Although my time with the borough of Munhall has been, for the most part, satisfying and productive, for quite a while now I have become disillusioned, disenfranchised and less and less satisfied with my current work situation. Attempts at resolution have been ...

  • Lil Red puts a modern musical spin on a classic tale Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

    "Li'l Red" is not exactly the Brothers Grimm's storybook version of "Little Red Riding Hood." In Richard Kinter's modern adaptation of the classic fairytale, which opens the summer season for Johnny Appleseed Children's Theatre at Apple Hill Playhouse, the wolf that frightened the little girl on her way to see her grandma is more "cool dude" than ...

  • Was TWA Flight 800 crash accidental

    Skeptics who have long theorized that TWA Flight 800 was brought down by sinister forces will get a fresh surge of energy when a new documentary attempts to disprove that the 1996 crash was ...

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