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  • Steelers OTAs get underway today

    The Steelers offseason program moves into its final stage today when Phase Three kicks off with 10 days of organized team activities (OTAs) that take place over three weeks, and then leads into the team's minicamp June 11-13. This will be the first time that the majority of the team will gather for workouts, with veterans and rookies all taking part."It's a chance for the guys to ...

  • Police Search For Dog That Attacked Man

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The search is on for a dog that attacked a man on Diehl Avenue in Carrick Sunday night. Pittsburgh Police say 35-year-old Josh King was viciously attacked by a dog while he was walking through a cemetery. King had been hanging out at a friend's house for an outdoor barbeque before the dog bit him multiple times. Linda Cramer who called 911 for the victim said, ...

  • Andrew Says Singing Unfamiliar National Anthems Can Be Tough

    PITTSBURGH (93.7 The Fan) – Earlier in the evening, Andrew and Sports Anchor Jon Phillips discussed the embarrassingly horrendous rendition of the United States National Anthem by a Canadian singer before the 2013 Memorial Cup hockey game this past weekend. To prove how difficult it can be to perform a national anthem from a country you do not reside in, Andrew asks Jon to regale the ...

  • CMU Professor Takes DNA Testing To New Levels

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — He’s not your typical Sherlock Holmes, but this CMU professor is in demand by police around the world. He’s putting bad guys in jail with a DNA analysis technology he invented called True Allele. "True Allele is the most advanced and most powerful system for commercial DNA evidence interpretation that exists," said Mark Perlin of Cybergenetics. ...

  • Mt. Lebanon School District to charge for sports extracurriculars

    The Mt. Lebanon School Board passed an $83.16 million budget on Monday night, instituting fees ranging from $5 to $40 per year for students participating in sports and extracurricular ...


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Movie Review

The World According to Garp

For all the weird events that transpire during its 131 minutes, "The World According to Garp" is a strangely unaffecting movie. Interesting, yes. Original, yes. Often hilarious, yes. But, despite the fact that it sets itself up as a tragicomic social satire striking several specific targets, not much of it really stays with you after it's over. Instead, it just seems to waver between almost sitcom ... ...

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  • Prosecutors Smothering killed Indiana County tot

    An Indiana County toddler's death was caused when his stepfather placed his hand over the child's mouth and nose, suffocating him, prosecutors said on ...

  • Police Man set fires in Natrona trash cans

    James Vogle, 22, of Sycamore Street, confessed to setting that fire and seven others since April 23, according to Harrison police Chief Mike ...

  • Primary outcomes likely to rest in the hands of the few

    Westmoreland County taxpayers could pay nearly $21 for every vote cast in Tuesday's primary if a prediction that only one in five registered voters will go to the polls is ...

  • Hope rises for expressway beltway

    The final segment of the Mon/Fayette Expressway in Fayette County was opened last summer, marking 20 years of continuous construction on the expressway and Southern ...

  • Battle over tire shop continues

    The city's zoning hearing board on Monday unanimously granted Sam Jenniches Jr. permission to reopen T.N.A. Tire over the objections of nearby business owner Jamie Morabito and his attorney, Rachel ...

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