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OKC Mayor 12000 homes damaged in storm

At least 12,000 homes were damaged or demolished from Monday's abysmal tornado, Oklahoma City Mayor Mike Cornett said. The twister killed 24 people, including 10 children, and injured 353 in central ...
Man walks in Westmoreland County business with AK-47

Authorities say the man entered the Perma-Cast plant on Corporate Circle in Penn Township before midnight with the rifle. Police haven't said what the man told the employees inside, but soon after he came in smoke started filling the ...
‘We plan to win’ says GOP chief of Wander’s quixotic bid for Pittsburgh mayor

Josh Wander, Republican candidate for Pittsburgh mayor, talks to his daughter Tamar, 9, while trying to meet voters on Tuesday May 21, 2013, in front of the polling station at the Shaare Torah Congregation on Murray Avenue in Squirrel Hill. Pictured in the background are Wander's other daughters, Sara, 5, and Channa, ...
Pittsburgh police officer injured in East Liberty crash

A Pittsburgh police officer responding to a call for assistance from undercover detectives was injured Wednesday night when her police cruiser was involved in a crash at the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Meadow Street in East ...
Dining news Wintzell’s Oyster House opens first Pittsburgh-area location

The Olde Spitfire Grille, 1517 Broad St., Greensburg, will celebrate the official grand opening of its new contemporary American-cuisine restaurant and casual dining outdoor patio on May ...

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Olympus Has Fallen

Not since Roland Emmerich detonated the White House with a blast of alien firepower in Independence Day (1996) has a film treated the residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with such violent disdain as we see in Olympus Has Fallen. And not since the original D ... ...

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Bucs enter finale vs. Cubs with chance at sweep

The Pirates have been playing inspired baseball as of late, winning the first two in their series against the Cubs to give them 10 victories in 12 games. Their pitchers lead the Majors in ERA and opponents' batting average in May, including a shutout Wednesday. Pittsburgh goes for the sweep against Chicago on Thursday afternoon at PNC Park, sporting a record that sits a season-best 10 ...
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?I don't know much about Jarvis except for a few highlights that I've seen of him during the draft. Other than that, I don't watch too much college football. Weight-wise, where are you right now compared to last year?I'm good to go. Ask the anonymous person. They can answer it better than I can.How is the ankle?The ankle is great. High ankle sprains just take time and you ...
Tornado a warning for schools in Pittsburgh region

Pennsylvania law does not require schools to have safe rooms to protect students during severe storms, but does mandate at least one disaster drill annually, officials ...
Rare copy of Bill of Rights could make stop in Pittsburgh

A rare copy of the original Bill of Rights -- possibly the one George Washington sent to Pennsylvania for ratification in 1789 -- will go on public display for the first time in decades in fall 2014 at Philadelphia's National Constitution ...
NHL Pittsburgh Penguins on brink of Eastern Conference finals

NHL 's Eastern Conference finals. James Neal and Jarome Iginla each scored twice, and Kris Letang had four assists, as the Penguins took a 3-1 lead in their best-of-seven semi-final series. The Penguins, who finished the regular season as the East's top seed, will have the chance to seal the series in Game 5 in Pittsburgh on Friday. The seventh-seeded Senators took a 2-1 lead after ...

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Rick Santorum hospitalized with gastrointestinal illness

Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum has cancelled a trip to Iowa after being hospitalized over the weekend for dehydration and gastrointestinal illness, The Hill has reported.

Virginia Davis, a spokesperson for Santorum's political action committee Patriot Voices, said in a statement that while travelling in South Carolina on Saturday, the Republican became ill and was admitted to the hospital for a gastro-intestinal illness and dehydration.

Santorum, who ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, was scheduled to give the keynote address at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition's Annual Spring Kickoff on Monday, the Huffington Post reports.

According to a press release, Santorum was planning to address how the Republican Party should continue to focus on social as well as economic issues going forward.

Santorum won the Iowa caucuses in January 2012, and his scheduled return to the Hawkeye State has sparked some speculation that the Republican is eyeing another presidential bid. (ANI)