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  • Man charged with 4th DUI crashes into police cruiser

    Police said a Lawrence County man charged with his fourth drunken driving offense was fleeing police when he smashed into a police cruiser belonging to a township where another officer was killed in a similar crash earlier this month.Eric Jones, 40, faces a preliminary hearing Thursday in the crash on Friday night. He faces aggravated assault, fleeing police, and drunken driving among 21 ...

  • Police Bomb explodes inside car parked on Hazelwood street

    Authorities in Hazelwood are investigating after police said someone set off a bomb inside a car early Monday morning.According to police, firefighters were called to the scene on Cust Street about 3 a.m. after a person saw someone throw something in his car and then it caught fire.Parts from the car were spread throughout the road when a Channel 11 News crew arrived at the scene.Neighbors who ...

  • Tornadoes kill 2 more bad weather expected

    Tornadoes destroyed homes and tossed trees around like toothpicks as powerful storms ripped through Oklahoma and the Midwest on Sunday and ...

  • Removed Pittsburgh priest charged with child porn

    A priest who was removed from the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh has been charged by the Justice Department with possession of child pornography, the diocese said on ...

  • Colin Dunlap Players Should Get Most Blame Not Bylsma

    Pittsburgh loves blame. Ask Bruce Arians. Or Neil O'Donnell. Or PennDOT. The Pittsburgh blame motor got revved up again late Sunday night, just after the Penguins lost to Ottawa, 2-1, in double overtime of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Caught in the powerful blame vortex of the aftermath that pushed the series to 2-1 — in the Penguins' favor — were ...


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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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  • C-leveled buys FINTEL adds CTO and software suite

    Denise DeSimone is CEO of C-Leveled. C-leveled, the North side consultancy that works with entrepreneurs and startups, is spreading its footprint west with the acquisition of Madison, Wis.-based FINTEL LLC. The deal brings FINTELs benchmarking and analytics software into C-leveled, and FINTELs co-founder Boris Nenide is joining C-leveled as chief technology officer and board member. Financial ...

  • Fracking wastewater still in the market for a solution

    Is this the year of water in the Marcellus Shale? Every time a new frackwater treatment technology comes to town, I wonder: isn't this market saturated? Isn't all the wastewater recycling an indication that producers have found their preferred solutions? And every time the companies pushing those technologies sound an emphatic no to both. And even to the recycling part. Today's no ...

  • Former Charleroi pastor indicted on child pornography charge

    A federal grand jury has indicted a former pastor of Mary, Mother of The Church Parish in Charleroi on a child pornography charge, according to court documents unsealed Monday.The grand jury indicted the Rev. David Dzermejko, 64, of Braddock on May 7. He pleaded not guilty to the charge Wednesday and was released on a $50,000 unsecured bond, according to court records.According to the ...

  • River Sweep Set For June 15

    The PA River Sweep is celebrating its 23rd year and volunteers are needed to come out help with cleaning up the area's river and stream banks with sites in Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Fayette, Westmoreland and Washington counties on Saturday, June 15. It’s a great opportunity to grab your local troop, church, co-workers, family or friends and help clean up our rivers. Last year, ...

  • Huntington unveils new credit card

    Huntington Bancshares has debuted a new commercial credit card that aims to make it easier for businesses to save money each month by streamlining invoice and expense payment workflow processes. The MasterCard-branded card combines online card and data management tools and provides a monthly rebate payment. Columbus, Ohio-based Huntington (Nasdaq:HBAN) is among the largest banks operating in ...

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