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  • No refunds for comedian’s canceled show promoter files for bankruptcy

    It's no laughing matter. A comedy show at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall was canceled last month, leaving more than 700 people out of the money they paid for tickets. Consumer Investigator Robin Taylor found out what they should do. Comedian Bill Engvall's April 6 show was canceled at the last minute. Ticket holders were told that they'd get a refund in seven to 10 days, but ...

  • Police search for person who stole 2 wallets from purse at Allegheny General Hospital

    Police are looking for the person who stole two wallets from a woman's purse on May 12, as she was sleeping in the ICU lounge at Allegheny General Hospital.Police said they have surveillance footage of a suspect using one of the stolen credit cards at the Sunoco on Cedar Avenue. Another man was with the suspect, driving the car that they filled with gas at the Sunoco.Anyone who recognizes ...

  • 1 man killed in McKeesport shooting 2 people in police custody

    Two people have been taken into custody in connection with a shooting in McKeesport Friday afternoon that killed a man.According to a press release from the Allegheny County Police Homicide Unit, at roughly 12:10 p.m., a shooting occurred in building 733 of the Highview Gardens housing complex. Police said that when officers arrived at the scene, they found a 26-year-old man suffering from ...

  • Greensburg Community Days attendees may notice security changes

    In light of recent national tragedies, City of Greensburg and Westmoreland County leaders met to discuss festival plans and make security changes. "We're trying to make sure we cover every aspect of possibilities for this year," said Les Harvey, City of Greensburg emergency management director. "Kind of create, we hope, an atmosphere so the families who come in can feel ...

  • New flag program to alert community of air quality conditions

    "Making that flag visible, making that forecast visible, can really help people cater or change their activities outside so they're not affected as much," said Karrie Kressler, of ...


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The Man Who Fell to Earth [DVD]

The Man Who Fell to Earth [DVD]

Nicolas Roeg, one of the great mad poets to emerge from British cinema, began his career as a cinematographer, and it shows in his films, which are unusually alive and charged with friction, danger, eroticism, and lyrical moments of such beauty that they seem almost fluid. He ... ...

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  • Pa. Game Commission 2nd Bald Eagle Shot Killed This Month

    HARRISBURG (AP) -- Pennsylvania game officials say an investigation shows a second bald eagle’s death in the past month was caused by a bullet wound. The Game Commission said Friday that it made that determination after examining the carcass of a mature eagle found dead May 5 in Butler County. Earlier this week, the agency said it was looking into the shooting of a mature male bald eagle ...

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  • Police Former Bethel Park PTO president spent stolen money on ‘stupid stuff’

    The former president of a parent-teacher organization told Bethel Park police she took thousands of dollars from the group and spent it on "stupid stuff," court records ...

  • Neighbors call Fox Chapel School District property rundown mess

    Neighbors of a property the Fox Chapel School District's bought three years ago in a sheriff's sale are calling it a rundown mess."Disgusting, just disgusting, it really is to live next door to this, and I really don't want to move. I love living here," said Jamie Horne.Horne said she claims the property is full of rats, mice and dangerous asbestos."It brought down ...

  • Police Couple sells heroin to undercover cop with children present

    Two people were arrested in a car Friday in Pittsburgh's Beechview area on charges of selling heroin to an undercover officer with two children in the back seat.Police said an undercover officer arranged to meet Anthony Jiles and Tashayla Coles on Cape May Avenue to buy a brick of heroin, or 50 stamp bags.The officer said when he walked up to Jiles' car, Jiles handed over the heroin ...

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