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  • Steelers youth football events focus on safety

    Safety has become one of the top priorities in youth football and it was the topic that garnered the most attention at several youth football events the Steelers hosted this weekend. On Friday night the team held their first ever Youth Football Clinic for Moms and Kids at the UPMC Sports Performance Complex. While the kids took part in a football skills clinic at the team's indoor practice ...

  • Canadian Press NewsAlert Oxbow wins the Preakness Stakes

    Lisa Scotti, of Baltimore, reads hhere program before the sixth race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Baltimore. The 138th Preakness Stakes horse race takes place Saturday. (AP Photo/Mike ...

  • Oxbow Upsets Orb Wins Preakness

    BALTIMORE (AP) -- Oxbow has won the Preakness, ruining Orb’s bid to capture the Triple Crown. Oxbow led from start to finish. It was the sixth Preakness victory for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas and 15th Triple Crown win, the most in horse racing history. Orb finished fourth. The Kentucky Derby winner was a 3-5 favorite in Saturday’s race, but he became another casualty of ...

  • Massive Powerball Jackpot Has Locals Dreaming Big

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — People have been lining up at supermarkets and convenience stores all day to get their Powerball tickets. The jackpot is well over a half billion dollars; and despite the odds, millions of people in Pennsylvania and 42 other states are going for the gold. Mamula's Market in Monaca was the first stop for a lot of people hoping to cash in on the $600 million ...

  • 1 Killed In Overnight Mercer Co. Crash

    PERRY TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A single-vehicle crash in Mercer County overnight claimed the life of one person. State police say the accident happened just before 3 a.m. on State Route 358 at Bean Road in Perry Township. According to state police, the 1999 Honda Accord CP was headed east on State Route 358 when the driver lost control trying to negotiate a sharp curve in the ...


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Tales From the Darkside: The Movie [DVD]

Tales From the Darkside: The Movie [DVD]

Tales From the Darkside: The Movie is one of the last of the horror anthology movies to come out of the 1980s, following Creepshow (1982) and Creepshow 2 (1987), The Twilight Zone: The Movie (1982), and Cat's Eye (1985), as well as HBO's successful Tales From the Crypt series. Like those movies, Tales From the Darkside is difficult to judge as a wh ... ...

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  • ESU faculty warned of potential layoffs

    ESU's faculty union learned of the possibility during a "meet and discuss" meeting on Tuesday, according to a memo sent to the faculty by ESU's Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties President Nancy Van ...

  • Woman charged in fatal Lawrence County accident that killed cyclist

    Hickory police charged Laura E. Gargiulo, 42, with homicide by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter, aggravated assault by vehicle, causing an accident involving injury, and summary offenses of reckless and careless driving and texting while ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 18

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ...

  • Spezza To Return To Sens Lineup For Game 3 Against Pens

    OTTAWA (AP) -- Jason Spezza doesn’t have much time to return to form if the Ottawa Senators want to extend their season. The star forward hasn’t played since Jan. 27 after undergoing back surgery for a herniated disk. He’ll rejoin Ottawa’s lineup Sunday for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series with the Senators trailing 2-0 to the Pittsburgh Penguins. ...

  • Report Car drives into Va. parade crowd

    The AP said it happened at about 2:30 p.m. during the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival. The event celebrates the Appalachian Trail in Damascus, ...

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