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  • 2 arrested after fatal McKeesport shooting

    The Newtown, Connecticut, public school district will receive a $1.3 million endowment to help the community recover from the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced Friday in ...

  • Burnett outdueled by Estrada in opener

    PIT@MIL: Walker's double cuts into the Brewers' lead MILWAUKEE -- Some things never change. The Pirates' fortunes at Miller Park. A.J. Burnett's fortunes on a mound anywhere. Both patterns held steady here Friday night, as the Bucs bowed to the Brewers, 2-1, ending their four-game winning streak at a place where few of their memories are good. With this defeat, the ...

  • Estrada Gonzalez Lead Brewers Over Bucs 2-1

    MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Marco Estrada gave up one run over seven innings and Alex Gonzalez had a two-run double, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night. Estrada (4-2) retired the first 14 Pittsburgh batters he faced before a two-out bloop single to left field by Neil Walker in the fifth inning gave the Pirates their first base runner. Estrada ...

  • Mayoral candidate Peduto wants to spread growth around Pittsburgh

    An image of Pittsburgh mayoral candidate Bill Peduto walking with men who appear to be city police officers in his latest TV ad is "deceitful," the Pittsburgh police union said on Friday, April 26, ...

  • Pens Down Sens 6-2 Move Onto Eastern Conference Finals

    PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Eight playoff wins down, eight to go for Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins. James Neal had a hat trick and the Penguins finished off the lifeless Ottawa Senators 6-2 on Friday night in Game 5 of the Eastern conference semifinals to take the best-of-seven series 4-1. Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin and Brenden Morrow also scored, and Tomas Vokoun made 29 saves as ...


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Movie Review

Patch Adams

Patch Adams

"Patch Adams" would have been a much better movie if it had been more about its real-life subject and less about Robin Williams. Don't get me wrong--Williams is a fine actor, and in the right project with the right director, he can be sheer dynamite. Unfortunately, "Patch Adams" is not the right project for him because it's too much of what we've already seen before in better movies like "Good Mor ... ...

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  • Penguins’ fans as young as five months brave cold to watch Game 5

    Payton Kaiser, 5 months old, with her father, Richard, 26, of Mt. Washington, watched the Penguins game on the Trib Big Screen on Friday outside of the Consol Energy ...

  • Neals hat trick leads Penguins back to conference finals

    The Pens eliminated the Ottawa Senators Friday night with a 6-2 victory in Game 5 of their semifinals series. continued his hot streak with a hat trick, while Brenden Morrow, Kris Letang and Evgeni Malkin also scored for the ...

  • Donations for Oklahoma top $20 million

    The Red Cross has received more than $15 million in donations and pledges so far for the town of Moore, which was struck by a tornado Monday that killed 24, injured more than 300 and destroyed thousands of ...

  • Pittsburgh Jazzlive International Festival

    Artists From 2012 Festival The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is proud to present the third annual JazzLive International Festival (PJLIF) on June 7-9, 2013. ...

  • Local Doctor Suffering From Huntington’s Disease Denied Cab Ride

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A local doctor battling a disease that impairs his speech and movement says he was denied a taxi ride because the driver thought he was drunk. For Dr. Andrew Tomasi walking is a struggle, and sometimes, so is talking. He was struggling with both a couple nights ago when he tried to get a cab in Shadyside. "Since I have a neurological disease, it kinda makes me ...

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