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  • McKeesport bank robbed for second time in week

    A McKeesport bank was robbed Monday morning for the second time in less than a week.According to police, the Huntington Bank on Fifth Avenue was robbed about 10 a.m.Investigators told Channel 11 News that one suspect was taken into custody and the stolen cash has been recovered.No other details about the robbery have been ...

  • Garbage truck tips over in Hazelwood

    Emergency crews rushed to the scene of an accident involving a garbage truck Monday morning in Hazelwood.Officials said the truck veered off Browns Hills Road at Imogene Road and ended up on its side.No injuries were reported, but crews said it will take several hours to get the truck upright.The cause of the accident remains under ...

  • Tornadoes wallop several states 2 killed

    The death toll now stands at two after tornadoes swept through Oklahoma on Sunday, the state medical examiner's office said Monday. Both victims were elderly men from ...

  • Suspect In Custody After McKeesport Bank Robbery

    MCKEESPORT (KDKA) - One person is in custody following a Monday morning bank robbery in McKeesport. According to emergency dispatchers, the incident happened at the Huntington Bank in the 1400-block of Fifth Avenue around 10 ...

  • From The Moon To Mars – Buzz Aldrin Talks Space Exploration

    PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) -Buzz Aldrin knows a thing or two about space. As the second man to step on the moon behind Neil Armstrong, he has a unique perspective on space exploration, and his new book, ';Mission to Mars,';Aldrin lays out his goals for the space program and how he believes we can get humans to Mars by the 2030′s. ';There’s always been a human ...


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Knocked Up

Knocked Up

Writer/director Judd Apatow has a special comedic gift: He can mix bawdiness and tenderness with such a surprisingly deft touch that you can't sense the point at which one ends and the other begins. His two features, 2005's The 40-Year-Old Virgin and his most ... ...

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  • Church Brew Works to distribute into Ohio

    Sean Casey, Church Brew Works. The Church Brew Works is working to distribute its beers outside Pennsylvania for the first time. After being named the Large Brewpub of the Year at the Great American Beer Festival in 2012, the Lawrenceville microbrewery has established a deal with suburban Cleveland-based Superior Beverage Group Ltd. to have its beers sold in the wholesalers 31-county ...

  • EXCLUSIVE Pittsburgh ad agencies may merge

    Ken Cuccinelli Chemistry Communications Inc. and Quest Fore Inc., two of Pittsburghs largest advertising agencies, are in talks to combine operations. Chemistry, based Downtown, ranked 10th among the citys largest agencies as ranked by 2011 revenue. Quest Fore, based in the South Side neighborhood, was 12th. Further details were not available but the combined agency could possibly crack the top ...

  • Donora duo charged with supplying heroin in overdose

    A Donora duo has been jailed on charges they sold the heroin that led to the overdose death of a 55-year-old man.James Darnell Foster, 21, and Maya Lawson, 30, remained jailed Monday and face charges including drug delivery resulting in death at a preliminary hearing May 30.Police said they linked the suspects to the death of 55-year-old Barry Daube, of Carroll Township, based on numbers they ...

  • $1 million ticket from huge Powerball drawing sold in Western Pa.

    One ticket was sold at CoGo's on Midland Avenue in Midland, Beaver County. The other ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven store in North Wales, Montgomery ...

  • Pa. woman charged with texting before fatal crash

    NEW CASTLE, Pa. - A western Pennsylvania woman has been charged with text-messaging while driving in connection with a crash earlier this month that killed a former volunteer fire chief.Online court records don't list an attorney for 42-year-old Laura Gargiulo (gar-JOO'-loh), of Volant, who also faces charges including homicide by vehicle and involuntary manslaughter in the wreck that ...

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