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  • Beaver Co. Sheriff accused of making threats appears in court

    A local sheriff was arraigned Wednesday on charges of intimidation and simple assault.Beaver County Sheriff George David is accused of threatening to cut off the hands of a political campaign worker, as well as to shoot an online blogger.During the hearing, prosecutors asked for David's bail conditions to be modified. The Attorney General's Office wants David to have limited access to ...

  • Rooney Pittsburgh could host the draft

    It has been said that the reason the NFL moved its 2014 draft from the typical late-April date to mid-May is because of a conflict with an Easter show at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. It has been said there exists the probability of future conflicts at Radio City as well. It has been said the NFL could respond to this either by moving the draft into May permanently to accommodate Radio ...

  • Avalanche Victim Remembered As Passionate Outdoorsman Environmentalist

    FRANKLIN PARK (KDKA) — In Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah, back on April 11, a spontaneous snow pack gave way without warning. The avalanche stole the life of 34-year-old Craig Patterson. ';Trying to find out where his path took him, how and when he might have been caught,'; says Liam Fitzgerald, the lead avalanche forecaster with the Utah Department of Transportation. Patterson, ...

  • Consumer Reports Tests Portable Wireless Speakers

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – More and more people are using their tablets and smartphones to watch videos and listen to music. Until now, the sound hasn’t been very good unless you use headphones. Consumer Reports has tested nearly 20 portable wireless speakers with rechargeable batteries. They use Bluetooth, so you can play audio from a smartphone or tablet without having to plug it in. ...

  • Worker hurt on East Ohio Street bridge

    Co-workers discovered the man pinned between the basket of a lift and the underside bridge girder, according to the Pennsylvania State Police. Co-workers lowered the man. An ambulance took him to Allegheny General Hospital for ...


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Cría cuervos [DVD]

Cría cuervos [DVD]

Set during the Franco regime and shot while the fascist general was on his deathbed, Carlos Saura's Cra cuervos is a dream-like evocation of the shifting lines between fantasy and reality, living and dying, past and present. It has many similarities to Ingmar Bergman's Cries a ... ...

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  • Man awakes to find stranger sleeping next to him in bed

    Seattle police said a man woke up in the morning to find a strange man sleeping next to him in his bed.Police were called to the 1400 block of East Howell Street around 6:19 a.m. last week where the victim told them he woke up and found a man lying next to him in bed.The victim told police he woke the man up, ordered him to leave, and pushed the man out of his home, but the man stood at the door ...

  • Free evening parking in the city could become permanent

    City Council will soon vote on an ordinance that could permanently make evening parking on Pittsburgh streets free.At the end of June, free parking after 6 p.m. is set to expire, but it will become permanent if City Council votes to adopt the proposed ordinance.Councilman Corey O'Connor supports the move towards limited parking meter enforcement.O'Connor said, "You go to Garfield, ...

  • Woman charged with running over young mother in love triangle

    , 28, is facing a number of assault charges as well as criminal attempted homicide after state police in Greensburg say she intentionally ran over Katelin Hiltabidel in an East Huntingdon Township yard Tuesday ...

  • Thousands of tea party activists rip IRS at rally

    Thousands of tea party activists gathered Wednesday outside the Capitol in loud protest of the Internal Revenue Service, seeking to keep the beleaguered agency's scandal afloat nearly six weeks after the news first ...

  • 2-Vehicle Crash In Forest Hills Sends 1 To Hospital

    FOREST HILLS (KDKA) — One person was taken to the hospital after a crash this afternoon in Forest Hills. The two-vehicle accident happened just before 4 p.m. at Ardmore Boulevard and Filmore ...

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