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  • Woman leaves dogs to die in Sharpsburg home

    After at least a week of not seeing a woman or her dogs, a smell coming from the home alerted residents in a Sharpsburg neighborhood to a problem.Their neighbor is accused of abandoning her Altmeyer Avenue home and leaving her dogs to die.Complaints of the smell of rotting flesh led police to the home, and what they found was gruesome."This is by far one of the worst houses I've been ...

  • Wpxigiant Eagle Pens Playoff Game Ticket Giveaway

    Giant Eagle's limited-time 20-cent fuelperks! promotion , WPXI and Giant Eagle are giving away --TO 10 LUCKY FANS -- a pair of tickets to Friday's Pittsburgh Penguins playoff game!!!Giveaway entries will be accepted until noon Friday (May 24, 2013). Shortly thereafter, the winners will be randomly selected and then notified. That night, they'll be at CONSOL Energy Center cheering ...

  • Judge finds loophole to allow military couple to wed

    A military couple got married Wednesday in Greensburg under unusual circumstances, unsure if they were going to able to tie the knot.Navy Petty Officer Matthew Silva, of Connecticut, and Air Force Senior Airman Bianca Braun, of tornado-ravaged Moore, Okla., got married in the presence of a judge who made sure they were allowed to get married under Pennsylvania law.According to state law, people ...

  • White powder found at elementary school determined to be heroin

    Parents of students at the school previously received a letter explaining a student found packets of white powder while clearing out an unused desk on May 14. The substance was then sent for ...

  • Dollar Bank Representatives Discuss Reverse Mortgages

    PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – Maria Chick and Randy Davis, of Dollar Bank, joined KDKA Radio’s Robert Mangino in studio to discuss reverse mortgages. Davis wanted people to know that, ';the older you are the more you get.'; Reverse mortgages are based on the value of the house and the age of the person. It is also based on the person’s credit. Reverse ...


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Movie Review

Straw Dogs (1971) [Blu-Ray]

Straw Dogs (1971) [Blu-Ray]

Sam Peckinpahs Straw Dogs is a great and troubling masterpiece, a film of such simultaneous depth and crudeness that it has elicited some of the most conflicting responses of his or any other filmmakers career. For every critic who found it the work of a great and terrible genius, there ... ...

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  • Pittsburgh Flood Response Unit Undergoing Extensive Training

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – You probably never think of them, until you need them. An elite team of rescuers is training in our area and what they do could end up saving your life. We are talking about the Pittsburgh Flood Response Unit and they endure some pretty grueling elements. The tactical group is unique. It’s a collaboration between Pittsburgh Police, Fire and EMS. Since April, ...

  • Local Woman’s Photo With Tim McGraw Goes Viral

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The voice of country music star Tim McGraw emanates from a radio on the desk of Burns White paralegal, Shirlene Borsos. It’s a source of comfort as she bears up under chemotherapy treatments for breast cancer. ';There have been times that I sat on my couch in the evenings and thought I can’t do this anymore,'; she says. ';I just can’t. ...

  • 7 Firefighters Injured In Bellevue Apartment Building Fire

    BELLEVUE (KDKA) - An apartment building fire in Bellevue sent seven firefighters to the hospital overnight. According to officials, the fire broke out shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday, but the flames were so intense it took until nearly 7 a.m. Wednesday to finally put out all the hot spots. Cell phone video from a neighbor showed the beginnings of the fire in the rear of 51 Lincoln Avenue in ...

  • FBI involved in Bentleyville bomb threats robbery investigation

    The FBI is involved in an investigation into a possible connection between a bank robbery and two school bomb threats, all of which occurred Wednesday in Bentleyville.Police said students at Bentworth High School and California High School were evacuated Wednesday morning after bomb threats were called in at both schools.Bentworth Superintendent Charles Baker said, "We received a phone ...

  • Officials ID 1-year-old boy killed in East Hills shooting Search for gunmen continues

    Authorities are looking for the shooters who killed a 1-year-old boy and injured two women Tuesday night in Pittsburgh's East Hills neighborhood.Police in Allegheny County said the gunfire was reported at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday during a picnic at a home on East Hills Drive.A neighbor, who did not want to be identified, said "I was outside with my daughter. We heard shots. At first I ...

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