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  • Washington Bridge Collapses Concerns Over Pennsylvania Bridge Safety

    MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (KDKA/AP) – A truck carrying an oversize load struck a bridge on the major thoroughfare between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River below, though all three occupants suffered only minor injuries. It happened about 7 p.m. Thursday on the four-lane Interstate 5 bridge near Mount Vernon, about 60 miles north of Seattle, ...

  • City Deli Looking For Craziest Pens Fans Superstitions

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Many Pens fans are preparing for Game 5 tonight, which for many can mean following carefully thought out superstitious practices. Included are the Pens fans at City Deli - and some of the employees shared their crazy game day habits. The "utility guy" wears "unmentionables" backwards throughout playoffs, the grill cook will only sit down after his dog ...

  • Penn Hills highlights suburban poverty paradox in new book

    Poverty, long thought to be an issue only in America's urban and rural areas, has found a new home: the suburbs. According to "Confronting Suburban Poverty in America," a book released Monday by the Brookings Institution, in the last decade, poverty has grown twice as fast in suburban areas than in cities -- 64 percent of poor people living in the 100 largest metropolitan areas of ...

  • Senators begin uphill climb in Pittsburgh to save season

    PITTSBURGH (AP) Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson isn't quite ready for the traditional season-ending handshake. Yet he knows if the Senators can't find a way to slow down slow down the Pittsburgh Penguins, it's coming soon. The Penguins grabbed a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals with a 7-3 rout on Wednesday night, leading Alfredsson to offer ...

  • Police Search For Missing Little Bigfoot

    BEAVER FALLS, Pa. (AP) – Police in one western Pennsylvania community are searching for Bigfoot – but this quest has a better chance of success than most. That’s because the Bigfoot being sought by the North Sewickley Township police actually exists – though police say the 28-inch statue of the Yeti has been missing from the planting bed in front of Mary Fabian’s ...


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Movie Review

Floating Weeds / A Story of Floating Weeds [DVD]

Floating Weeds / A Story of Floating Weeds [DVD]

For auteurist critics, A Story of Floating Weeds (Ukigusa monogatari), Yasujiro Ozus 1934 film about a traveling troupe of actors, is considered the moment in which he came into his own, both aesthetically and thematically. He was already a prolific fi ... ...

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  • Tocchet On Pens You’re Never Going To Stop Them But You Can Frustrate Them

    PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) — Former Penguins RW Rich Tocchet joined The Fan Morning Show Friday to offer his thoughts on the Penguins vs. Senators second-round playoff series, which the Penguins lead 3-1 entering Game 5. He feels it’s important for the Pens to close out the series tonight, given the nature of the NHL. ';You can’t give other teams life,'; Tocchet ...

  • Comedian John Henton Previews Weekend Shows At Improv

    PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) — Comedian John Henton joined The Fan Morning Show in-studio on Friday to preview his shows this weekend at the Pittsburgh Improv. Henton has two shows on Friday at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., two shows on Saturday at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., and a show Sunday at 7 p.m. He has strong Cleveland ties, which the Fan Morning Show hosts took as an opportunity to prod him a bit. ...

  • Late-Night Radio With Colin Dunlap

    PITTSBURGH (93.7 THE FAN) — One of the ';perks'; of working weeknights from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. is the great calls Colin receives. Some callers want to give shout outs, some want to pump their blog, some, well some are like Scotty from the North Side. While trying to put the call into words is difficult, take a listen to Scotty as he tries to find the words to make his ...

  • McKeesport-area pools ready for summertime splash

    White Oak borough secretary Nancy Greenland said the pool at the Heritage Hill Park complex off Victoria Drive will be ready for swimmers on Monday, weather ...

  • $2.5K reward offered for help in Monessen pharmacy robbery

    A Connecticut-based organization is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest of a man who reportedly robbed a Monessen pharmacy of prescription painkillers on April ...

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