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  • 68-year-old Daniel Gallatin killed in the crash May 7th

    A woman is now facing a homicide by vehicle charge after a crash that killed a volunteer firefighter, and investigators say she was texting while ...

  • Power still searching for first victory at home

    Tampa Bay's Adrian McPherson's seven touchdowns led the Storm to a 62-34 win over the Pittsburgh Power tonight at CONSOL Energy Center in front of 4,625. McPherson was 20-22 for 240 passing and six touchdowns and added 29 rushing yards and a touchdown on the ground. McPherson's ...

  • Hounds play to a draw against Dayton

    The Pittsburgh Riverhounds fall to the Dayton Dutch Lions at Highmark Stadium Saturday night. A game summary was provided by the team in the following ...

  • Two men arrested for slaying of Knoxville man

    Shields, Fooks and Griffin were inside a Knoxville home shortly before 4:30 a.m. Friday, and Griffin wanted to buy heroin, according to a police complaint. Shields and Fooks drew guns, and Shields took some money from Griffin, police ...

  • IRS ignored biggest groups

    The nation's tax agency has admitted to inappropriately scrutinizing smaller Tea Party organizations that applied for tax-exempt status, and senior Treasury Department officials were notified in the midst of the 2012 presidential election season that an internal investigation was under way. But the IRS largely maintained a hands-off policy with the much larger, big-budget organizations on ...


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Movie Review

Crazy in Alabama

"Crazy in Alabama" is composed of two distinctly different narratives that run parallel to each other throughout the film, until at the end they are tenuously linked by the theme of "freedom." Either one of these narratives could possibly constitute its own movie. But, for better or worse, "Crazy in Alabama" insists on using both of them and trying to show us how they connect. The fact that the c ... ...

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  • Campaign makes push for organ donations

    Of 118,022 people nationwide on the waiting list for transplants, 81.5 percent are waiting for kidneys, according to the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, the federally established agency that oversees the nation's transplant waiting list. In Pennsylvania, 78 percent of 8,363 people on the waiting list need ...

  • $6M in Centax payouts planned

    According to court documents, more than $23.5 million sat in bank accounts as of October for Centax-related collections and for collections by Centax spinoff Don Wilkinson Agency Inc., which also ceased to operate. The exact amount collected and owed to local taxing bodies may never be known because of the sheer volume and the disorganization of the records, Cordaro ...

  • Munhall officer brought compassion calm to job

    Retired Munhall police Officer Thomas Hilla always told his comrades that once they made an arrest and did their job, they had to let the rest of it ...

  • Driver killed in single-vehicle crash

    A Hofstra University student who died during a confrontation between a home invasion suspect and authorities was killed by police gunfire, a Nassau County, New York, police spokeswoman said Saturday. Police fired eight shots at the intruder, who ...

  • The race for Pittsburgh mayor Now comes the ground game

    As the 2013 race to become Pittsburgh's next mayor draws to a close, it is almost time for voters to kick back and reflect. With about 48 hours left, the wholesale campaigns will end with a solid pounding of television ads, last-minute mailers and robo-calls to those who have ...

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