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Women trapped on roof by fire in Perry South
The flames burned on the second floor of the house on Maywood Street in the Perry South neighborhood of Pittsburgh while six people were inside. Most of them were able to run outside, but a woman and her daughter had nowhere to go but a third story window leading out to a side ...
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A Look Into The Lessons Of History
PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA)- Author of ';Doomed To Repeat: The Lessons Of History We’ve Failed To Learn'; Bill Fawcett, says there are many lessons to be learned from the triumphs and downfalls of history. ';Despite McCarthyism, we have a good democracy, despite the Black Plague or the collapse of the Roman Empire, civilization eventually recovers and ...
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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Ottawa Senators Live Stream Free Watch Online Stanley Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Semifinals Game 3
Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Tomas Vokoun (L) is congratulated by teammates Sidney Crosby and Paul Martin after they defeated the Ottawa Senators in Game 2 of their NHL Eastern Conference semi-final hockey game in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania May 17, 2013. Pittsburgh Penguins vs Ottawa Senators takes place in the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Sunday night with the Eastern Conference Semifinal series Game 3 ...
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Boy Dies In Hospital After Suspected Abuse
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - The 20-month-old child critically injured after suspected abuse died Sunday afternoon. The toddler, Malachi Patterson, died at 12:28 p.m. at Children's Hospital. Patterson was first rushed to the hospital Friday after a 911 call was made saying that the toddler was unresponsive at an apartment in the Chestnut Ridge housing complex near Blairsville He had bruises on ...
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Multiple People Rescued From North Side Fire
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Responders are on the scene of a fire on the North Side. It started at a two-story home in the 100-block of Maywood ...
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The Mist
You have to give it to Frank Darabont: When he makes a movie, he makes it all the way. His last film, The Majestic (2001), was intended to be a heart-warming populist fable in the Frank Capra vein, but he took it so far that its saccharine sentimental sweetness left a bad aftertaste in most ... ...
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Tornadoes tear through Kansas Oklahoma Iowa
A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour, the National Weather Service ...
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Wandy goes for fourth straight quality start
Chicago right-hander Matt Garza insists he's not nervous. He said that the jitters from pitching his way back to the Majors hit him during his first rehab start with Double-A Tennessee and that his return to a big league mound at PNC Park on Tuesday is more about excitement than nerves. Garza last toed a Major League rubber exactly 10 months prior to Tuesday's series opener in ...
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Indiana County toddler dies of abuse injuries
A 20-month old Indiana County boy who was hospitalized with life-threatening head and torso injuries has died and homicide charges are pending against his stepfather, according to the district ...
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Tornadoes touch down in Kansas Oklahoma
A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour, the National Weather Service ...
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MLB Pittsburgh 1 Houston 0
Jeff Locke and two relievers combined on a three-hit shutout Sunday, carrying the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 1-0 interleague decision over Houston. Locke (4-1) allowing just three hits over seven shutout frames in posting his fifth quality start in six outings since taking the starting rotation spot of the ...
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Nothing will ever completely replace playing the game I love, however I feel like I'm starting a new adventure and I'm genuinely excited about what lies ahead. I'm fortunate to have been given many opportunities throughout my career and now I feel it's my time to give back.
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The world's best known footballer was speaking after formally announcing his retirement.
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I had stayed at this hotel once before, some years previous, so was looking forward to a new review. The ...
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