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  • Rain Leads To Giant Sinkhole On Perry Hwy.

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The heavy rain this afternoon is being blamed for a sinkhole that swallowed up part of Perry Highway in West View. The hole is about 15 feet long, 8-to-10 feet wide and about 20 feet deep. Police Chief Bruce Fromlak says it’s big enough to swallow a PAT ...

  • Morton shines as Pirates post shutout in Cincinnati

    Pedro Alvarez singled home a pair of runs in the first inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates ended Mat Latos' streak of 21 regular-season starts without a loss, beating the Cincinnati Reds 4-0 on Tuesday ...

  • Ex-mobster tells of Bulger gangs killings

    "You killed friends?" Bulger attorney Hank Brennan shot. "Yes," replied prosecution witness John Martorano. "Families?" "Yes." "Strangers?" "Yes." "Innocent people?" "Yes," said Martorano, who has admitted to 20 murders and who earlier served 12 years in prison on a government deal for his cooperation in the case ...

  • Early runs help Morton Bucs finally top Latos

    PIT@CIN: Alvarez's single plates a pair, extends lead CINCINNATI -- Pirates manger Clint Hurdle had a feeling Reds starter Mat Latos was due for a loss. A dominant performance from Charlie Morton and a big first inning from the Pirates' offense turned Hurdle's feeling into reality, as Pittsburgh beat Cincinnati, 4-0, on Tuesday at Great American Ball Park. Entering the game, ...

  • 1 Shot In Northview Heights

    It happened around 9:45 p.m. near 374 Penfort Street. Police say a man was shot in the leg. His injury is not believed to be ...


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Movie Review

Memento

In Memento, writer/director Christopher Nolan puts us directly into the experience of Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce), a man who is seeking vengeance for the rape and murder of his wife. Leonard's mission is one of romantic vengeance; he is sure that actions have meaning in and of themselves, something that is of absolute importance because, even if he gains the revenge he so desires, he will ... ...

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  • Marcellus Shale Hour Impact Fees

    PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) -- Range Resources’ Matt Pitzarella joined KDKA Radio’s Robert Mangino for the Marcellus Shale Hour. They were joined by Commissioners Diana Irey Vaughan and Harlan Shober of Washington County. According to Commissioner Shober, impact fees for Washington Country will provide great benefits to the ...

  • NSA chief Snooping uncovered 50 plots

    WASHINGTON -- The director of the National Security Agency testified on Tuesday that the government's surveillance program helped thwart more than 50 terrorist "events" worldwide since 9/11, including a planned bombing of the New York Stock ...

  • Google challenges gag orders

    Google asked the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday to ease long-standing gag orders over data requests it makes, arguing that the company has a constitutional right to speak about information it is forced to give the ...

  • Reserve woman found shot to death in home

    A woman was shot to death on Tuesday inside her home in Reserve by a person police described as a former boyfriend who then turned the gun on ...

  • Police Man shoots kills ex-girlfriend turns gun on himself in Reserve Twp.

    A woman was shot and killed Tuesday by her ex-boyfriend, who then turned the gun on himself in a Reserve Township house, police said.According to Allegheny County Police, the 27-year-old woman's mother found her and the ex-boyfriend in a bathroom of the Spring Garden Road home.Investigators said the mother heard the shower running, and after not seeing her daughter for a while, attempted to ...

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