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  • Health Department shuts down Oakland restaurant for not correcting violations

    An Oakland restaurant recently cited for numerous violations has been ordered by the Allegheny County Health Department to close.A sign on the door of India Garden restaurant on Atwood Street tells customers it's closed due to maintenance, but the Health Department first issued a consumer alert for critical violations less than two weeks ago.The restaurant's owner told Channel 11 upon ...

  • Odds Stacked Against Heat In Game 6

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  • Woman accused of embezzling $27K from Derry football boosters

    A woman is accused of embezzling more than $27,000 from the Derry football boosters organization over a three-year span.According to police, Lori Nicely, the president of the boosters, is facing several charges, including theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property.Authorities said another woman is accused of stealing more than $8,000 from the cheerleaders boosters organization during ...

  • Ravenstahl’s former bodyguard appears before federal grand jury

    Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's former bodyguard Fred Crawford testified for more than two hours before a federal grand jury on Tuesday afternoon.Crawford's testimony is part of an ongoing and wide-ranging investigation into city finances. Grand juries are secret and Crawford and his attorney, Bob Stewart, left the room without comment.The investigation has already led to the indictment of ...

  • Export man gets prison for child porn murder threat

    A western Pennsylvania man who threatened to have a female U.S. postal inspector investigating him for child pornography possession gang-raped and murdered was sentenced Tuesday to 38 months in ...


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Movie Review

Mondo Cane

Any way you look at it, "Mondo Cane" (which is pronounced "car-nay") is a patently silly piece of cinematic junk masquerading as an important anthropological documentary of strange and exotic parts of the world. The dead give-away to its exploitative nature is the condescending, inflated narration that immediately clues the viewer in to the fact that the filmmakers have no respect for the cultures ... ...

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  • Number one draft pick signs with Pirates

    The Pirates announced the signing of their number one draft choice. The official release from the team follows. Look for coverage of the announcement and the introduction of Resse McGuire on Channel 4 Action News at ...

  • Chrysler relents agrees to recall 2.7 million Jeeps

    Chrysler Group reversed course and agreed to a recall of 2.7 million Jeeps Tuesday, giving in to the government's request in the final hours before a ...

  • Chrysler Agrees To Recall Jeeps Over Fire Risk

    DETROIT (AP) -- Chrysler says it has resolved its differences with the government and will recall older Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty SUVs that could be at risk of a fuel tank fire. Earlier this month the company refused the government’s request to recall the Jeeps. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration contended that the gas tanks could rupture if hit from the rear, ...

  • New law ensures crime victims and families can speak up during parole process

    HARRISBURG -- Crime victims and their families on Tuesday earned the right to speak to the Board of Probation and Parole when it considers releasing a person who perptrated a crime against ...

  • Ravenstahls ex-bodyguard arrives at federal courthouse

    Mayor Luke Ravenstahl makes a rare public appearance, but keeps mum on a federal investigation of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police that keeps hovering around his ...

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