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  • Wexford Starlite Car Cruise Gets Ready To Roll

    PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – Get ready to rev your muscle car or vintage cruiser because the Wexford Starlite Car Cruise is really to roll for the summer. Roger Van Scoy joined KDKA's Rob Pratte to talk about the popular car cruise just north of Pittsburgh. "It started about 13 years ago when Jay Passavant, the founding pastor out at Northway (Christian Community Church), ...

  • Locke aims to continue Pirates strong run

    Pittsburgh has been here before. A little more than a quarter of the way through the season, the Pirates sit at 25-18, having won seven of their last nine games heading into Sunday's series finale against the Astros. The last two years, Pittsburgh has started strong only to stumble late in the season and fall short of making the postseason. Clint Hurdle wants to avoid a similar fate this ...

  • Winning ticket for $590.5 million Powerball jackpot sold in Florida

    (Reuters) - One winning ticket for a record U.S. Powerball lottery jackpot worth $590.5 million was sold in Florida, organizers said late on ...

  • Pirates fall in 11th after bullpen has rare misstep

    HOU@PIT: Inge drives in McCutchen with a single PITTSBURGH -- The Houston Astros keep giving the Pirates all they can handle. And when there was no innocuous popup for them to mishandle on Saturday night, the Astros also gave the Pirates a loss. Jason Castro scored from third base on Matt Dominquez's grounder with one out in the 11th inning, a controversial run that snapped a 2-2 tie ...

  • Hurdle ejected after close play at the plate

    Email PITTSBURGH -- Pirates manager Clint Hurdle was ejected from Saturday night's 4-2 loss against the Astros after Houston took a 3-2 lead in the top of the 11th inning. Home-plate umpire C.B. Bucknor called Jason Castro safe at home when Matt Dominguez dribbled a ball to second base. Pirates catcher Russell Martin appeared to have the plate blocked with his left leg after fielding a ...


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Hearts and Minds [DVD]

Hearts and Minds [DVD]

"We must be ready to fight in Vietnam, but the ultimate victory will depend upon the hearts and the minds of the people who actually live out there."--President Lyndon B. Johnson In the nearly three decades since U.S. troops were withdrawn from Vietnam and the U.S.-backed South Vietnamese government fell to the communist North Vietnamese, there have been a plethora of expl ... ...

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  • Pirates Fall To Astros 4-2 In 11 Innings

    PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Jason Castro led off the 11th inning with a double and scored the go-ahead run on a close play at the plate as the Houston Astros topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 on Saturday night. Castro doubled off the top of the center-field fence against Bryan Morris (1-2), and Carlos Pena was intentionally walked one out later. The runners moved up on a wild pitch and Castro scored ...

  • True primary contests are rare in region

    Truly contested primary races -- in which multiple Democrats and Republicans vie against one another for their party's nomination -- are ...

  • Low voter turnout expected

    Turnout is expected to be low, between 20 percent and 25 percent of those eligible, according to elections officials in the Alle-Kiski Valley's four ...

  • Leechburg man takes on busy election season

    A former Leechburg mayor and school board member is committing "political suicide" by seeking election to three offices at the same time, a pollster and political scientist ...

  • 2 Charged In Fatal Knoxville Shooting

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police have arrested two suspects in the shooting death of a Knoxville man. Khamal Fooks, 18, and Rayshon Shields, 21, are charged with criminal homicide and robbery in the death of 54-year-old Roger Griffin. The shooting happened around 4:30 a.m. Friday at a home on Zara ...

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