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  • Bus tour encourages school board to avoid closures

    The Great Public Schools of Pittsburgh, a coalition of community groups and unions, will hold a bus tour on Sunday at 3p.m. to raise awareness of the negative impact of school closings on ...

  • The Pittsburgh Penguins travel to Ottawa for game 3 of series

    The Pittsburgh Penguins traveled to Ottawa to play the third game in their series against the Senators. An optional skate on Saturday was attended primarily by healthy scratches as well as both goalies. All the regulars took advantage of the day off Saturday and focused their sights on winning two more games and moving ...

  • McCutchen scratched from lineup due to sore knee

    Email PITTSBURGH -- Starling Marte was due to miss his second start of the season, left out of the Pirates' original lineup for Sunday's series finale against the Astros. Instead, Andrew McCutchen missed his second start, scratched with a sore right knee. The source and severity of McCutchen's discomfort was not known. With the team off on Monday, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle ...

  • Drivetime With Vinnie Richichi Kia Is Movin’ Uptown With The 2014 Cadenza

    (San Diego, CA) The folks at Kia who have by the way been doing nothing but a bang up job at rolling out vehicles that give you bang for the buck, say that after the top of the line Optima sedan, their customers who want more have nowhere to go but another brand. That's why the Cadenza was born. A little bigger and much more upscale, the Cadenza is Kia's first attempt at keeping that ...

  • Clardy For Bucs Two Of Three From Astros Isn’t Good Enough

    PITTSBURGH (93.7 The Fan) – On Saturday night, the Houston Astros beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-2 in 11 innings. The possibility of a sweep for the Pirates is now gone, and Sportsradio 93.7 The Fan’s Troy Clardy was slightly irked on Sunday morning. Houston is on pace to lose 120 games, and is already being compared to the woeful 1962 Mets. If the Pirates are as good as they think ...


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Hearts and Minds [DVD]

Hearts and Minds [DVD]

"We must be ready to fight in Vietnam, but the ultimate victory will depend upon the hearts and the minds of the people who actually live out there."--President Lyndon B. Johnson In the nearly three decades since U.S. troops were withdrawn from Vietnam and the U.S.-backed South Vietnamese government fell to the communist North Vietnamese, there have been a plethora of expl ... ...

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  • Police Illinois man steals exs car to catch flight at Pittsburgh International

    An Illinois man is facing charges after state police said he got into an argument with his ex-wife, tussled with her boyfriend, took off in her car and then tried to catch a flight at Pittsburgh International ...

  • 1 Killed In Route 28 Crash

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - One person was killed in a crash on Route 28 early Sunday morning. According to our news partners at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the accident happened near the 40th Street Bridge around 1:45 ...

  • Motorcycle safety stressed at press conference outside PNC Park

    The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and the Greater Pittsburgh Motorcycle Safety Council held a press conference on Sunday outside PNC Park to stress the importance of sharing the road with ...

  • Runners walkers support Special Olympics USA at 6K

    The Law Enforcement Torch Run committee for Special Olympics PA and the City of Pittsburgh Citiparks hosted the event with sponsors such as UPMC, Sheetz, Clear Channel and ...

  • 9 still hospitalized after trains crash

    Two passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour Friday evening in southwestern Connecticut, damaging both trains and leaving dozens injured, some of them critically, authorities ...

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