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  • Neals hat trick leads Penguins back to conference finals

    The Pens eliminated the Ottawa Senators Friday night with a 6-2 victory in Game 5 of their semifinals series. continued his hot streak with a hat trick, while Brenden Morrow, Kris Letang and Evgeni Malkin also scored for the ...

  • Donations for Oklahoma top $20 million

    The Red Cross has received more than $15 million in donations and pledges so far for the town of Moore, which was struck by a tornado Monday that killed 24, injured more than 300 and destroyed thousands of ...

  • Pittsburgh Jazzlive International Festival

    Artists From 2012 Festival The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is proud to present the third annual JazzLive International Festival (PJLIF) on June 7-9, 2013. ...

  • Local Doctor Suffering From Huntington’s Disease Denied Cab Ride

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A local doctor battling a disease that impairs his speech and movement says he was denied a taxi ride because the driver thought he was drunk. For Dr. Andrew Tomasi walking is a struggle, and sometimes, so is talking. He was struggling with both a couple nights ago when he tried to get a cab in Shadyside. "Since I have a neurological disease, it kinda makes me ...

  • Police Probe Fatal Shooting In Rankin

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police are investigating a fatal shooting in Rankin. The incident happened around 7:45 p.m. in the 500-block of Kenmawr Avenue in the Hawkins Village housing complex. At least one person was dead at the ...


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Simone

Although it springs from a clever and timely idea, Simone is a media satire that ultimately lacks bite. Taking aim at everyone from spoiled Hollywood actors, to investigative reporters, to an insatiable audience that is all too easily fooled into worshiping that which doesn't exist, writer/director Andrew Niccol constructs targets so broad that, even when he hits them, you don't feel much ... ...

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  • Male wounded in Rankin shooting

    Police and paramedics were called at 7:42 p.m. for a report of a male shot in the playground along Kenmawr Avenue in the Hawkins Village housing complex, county emergency dispatchers ...

  • Lowes employee pinned between box truck tractor-trailer

    Union Township police said the 32-year-old man had finished moving appliances from the box truck to the tractor-trailer at the store on West State Street when the box truck drifted backward, pinning him between the two ...

  • Police search for armed men in womans shooting

    The men were last seen at Corey Avenue and Second Street, and one may have gone into a building on Holland Avenue, according to a tweet on Allegheny ...

  • Pittsburgh Penguins vs Ottawa Senators Live Stream Free Watch Online Stanley Cup Playoffs Semifinals Game 5

    Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Tomas Vokoun (L) is congratulated by teammates Sidney Crosby and Paul Martin after they defeated the Ottawa Senators in Game 2 of their NHL Eastern Conference semi-final hockey game in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania May 17, 2013. Pittsburgh Penguins vs Ottawa Senators takes place in the Stanley Cup Playoffs Game 5 on Friday night with the Penguins looking to finish things ...

  • Bucs Class A affiliate combines for 24 Ks in game

    MILWAUKEE -- Even in this year of the whiff in the Majors, there was plenty of opportunity on Thursday night to focus the spotlight on West Virginia, the Pirates' Class A affiliate in the South Atlantic League. The Power came up with 24 reasons: one for each strikeout its four pitchers combined for in a 12-inning, 3-2 victory over Lakewood. The team total was the second-highest in the ...

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