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  • Contractor accused of accepting grant money never completing project

    A Washington County contractor is accused of failing to build a recreation center in Jeannette after accepting thousands of dollars in grant money to do so.According to Channel 11's news exchange partners ...

  • Teacher accused of sex crimes involving students officially fired

    A local school district has approved the firing of a high school English teacher accused of sex crimes involving several students.Investigators said the alleged acts of Jonathan Crum involved students and happened inside his Moniteau High School classroom.Crum was arrested last month after state police said he used his authority to take advantage of at least five girls. Investigators said there ...

  • Study Traffic jams siphon $1B from local drivers

    For Lisa Hoffman, time is money.Hoffman owns West Liberty Clocks along bustling West Liberty Avenue, part of a corridor that a national research group says is Pittsburgh's most congested road. Hoffman says her 15-mile commute from Finleyville takes 35 to 40 minutes."Sometimes you're going to sit and wait a while. You kind of expect it," said Hoffman, 54, adding that recent ...

  • Grilli blows save Pirates fall to Reds 2-1 in 13 innings

    The Pittsburgh Pirates ended Mat Latos' streak of 21 starts without a loss by shutting out the Reds in the second game of their series. With another shutout within reach, they had one of their own pitching streaks busted.Jay Bruce ended Jason Grilli's saves streak with a solo homer in the ninth, and Brandon Philips singled with the bases loaded in the 13th inning on Wednesday night, ...

  • Funeral today for man killed trying to stop bank robber

    A funeral will be held Thursday for the man who was killed Sunday while trying to stop a bank robber from getting away.Family members and friends will pay their last respects to 46-year-old Vincent Kelley at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Piatt Barnhill Funeral Home in Washington.The robbery happened Sunday afternoon at the Citizen's Bank in the Giant Eagle in South Strabane Township.Kelley was ...


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Funny People

Funny People

Well theyre some sad things known to man, sang Smokey Robinson, But aint too much sadder than the tears of a clown--an easy sentiment (no offense to Smokey) that is exactly what writer/director Judd Apatow is trying to undercut in Funny People, his third feature film. It has alre ... ...

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  • Official Gandolfini likely had heart attack

    The body of the actor was transferred to the morgue at the Policlinico Umberto I hospital in Rome early Thursday, where it awaited an autopsy. By law, medical examiners in Italy are required to carry out the postmortem 24 hours after the body's arrival in the morgue, a hospital spokesman said. Professor Claudio Modini, head of the emergency department where the actor was taken, said he ...

  • Magistrate says McKeesport diner can stay

    Elias plans to relocate Di's Kornerstone Diner to a former Burger King building in Olympia Shopping Center in Versailles. She hopes the new location will be open by ...

  • Driver who led police on chase through North Side remains on the run

    Authorities continue to search for a person they say led police on a vehicle and foot chase early Thursday morning through the North Side.According to police, the chase began when narcotics detectives attempted the pull the car over.The chase ended when the man or woman crashed into a pole on East Burgess Street in the Perry South neighborhood.Detectives said after crashing into the pole, ...

  • W. Va. man indicted on charges of threatening Obama his family

    A West Virginia man has been indicted on charges he threatened to kill President Barack Obama and the first family in a letter filled with profanity and racial slurs.Ryan Kirker, 20, could face as many as five years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted.His arraignment is set for Tuesday morning before U.S. Magistrate James Seibert in Wheeling.U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld said Kirker, of ...

  • Pedestrian hit by car in Butler County

    A person was hit by a car and injured early Thursday morning in Butler County.The accident was reported on Route 68 in Donegal Township just before 2 a.m.The victim's name and condition have not been ...

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