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  • Boom first sign of problem on I-5 bridge

    The first sign for a truck driver that something was wrong on a bridge on Interstate 5 that collapsed into Washington's Skagit River was the sound of a "boom," a federal investigator said ...

  • Crowds In Awe Of Fireworks Displays At Pyrofest

    HAMPTON TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — For the second year in a row, fireworks lit up the sky over Hartwood Acres in Hampton Township for Pyrofest. There was a universal love at Hartwood Acres this holiday weekend "They're beautiful, they are," said one person in attendance at the fireworks festival. "They're a great ...

  • Community Mourns Teen Girl Fatally Shot In Rankin

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A community is in mourning today as police continue to investigate a fatal shooting that left a 16-year-old girl dead in the middle of a street in Rankin Friday evening. Delasia Dutrieuille, 16, died from a gunshot wound to the face on Kenmawr Avenue in Hawkins Village. Jala Emerson, 16, talked to her friend not long before it ...

  • 2 Injured In New Eagle Motorcycle Crash

    NEW EAGLE (KDKA) — At least two people were hospitalized after motorcycle accident Saturday night in Washington County. The crash happened along Main Street in New ...

  • Bruins excited for Pittsburgh ready for the challenge

    Pittsburgh here they come.After an exhausting, heart-wrenching, dramatic seven-game quarterfinal series with Toronto, the Bruins put away the Rangers tonight 3-1 and with some ease. The B’s take the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series, 3-1, and move on to the Eastern Conference finals against the Penguins. The B's lost all three games to Pittsburgh this year, ...


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Brief Encounter [Blu-Ray]

Brief Encounter [Blu-Ray]

Tender without being melodramatic, intense without being tawdry, David Leans Brief Encounter tells the story of a doomed romance between a man and woman who are married to other people but hopelessly in love with each other. Yet, they are so torn by the guilt of deceiving t ... ...

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  • Wandy looks to lift Miller Park curse

    Miller Park hasn't been kind to Wandy Rodriguez throughout his career. It hasn't been a friend of the Pirates, either. But Yovani Gallardo seems to enjoy pitching against Pittsburgh, and the Brewers will always welcome their divisional foes to their home field with open arms. The Pirates are now 9-47 in their past 56 contests at Miller Park after Saturday's 5-2 win over the ...

  • Police seek shooter who wounded man in Hill District bar

    Authorities responded to a report of gunshots fired at Club VIP II on Webster Avenue around 7:30 p.m. An officer at the Zone 2 station in the Hill District said a man sustained two shots to the back and was transported to UPMC Mercy, Uptown. His identity was not ...

  • Two men sought in Fayette pizza shop robbery

    The men entered the store about 1 p.m. Saturday. One man allegedly grabbed the clerk's arm and pointed the knife toward her throat, police ...

  • Western Pa. pair pay it forward to aid family they had never met

    In February, the family spent about a week in town while Stone was hospitalized in UPMC's Children's Hospital in Lawrenceville, which has a pediatric Intestinal Care and Rehabilitation ...

  • Rebuilding rules as rain soaks Jersey shore on Memorial Day weekend

    MANASQUAN, N.J. (AP) -- Saws and sledgehammers joined beer and barbecues -- under covered porches -- as a fixture of the first Memorial Day weekend at ...

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