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  • Dog left in heat in New Castle Owner facing animal abuse charges

    A New Castle woman facing animal cruelty charges said she would never intentionally endanger her dog.Dolores Graham said she loves her 9-month-old pit bull mix named Dingo, but the charges against her do not reflect that.After a call from a neighbor, police said they found the dog outside in the heat earlier this week in a small cage with no food or water.Dingo was then taken away by officers in ...

  • Pittsburgh Wow coming in June

    Big crowds are expected in downtown Pittsburgh for a jam-packed two-week stretch of events -- from the Three Rivers Arts Festival to the reopening of the Point State Park fountain and much ...

  • Steelers Sign Sixth-Round Pick Justin Brown

    overall selection, played collegiate at the University of Oklahoma and Penn State University. He started 39-of-49 career games played and recorded 146 receptions for 1,926 yards and eight receiving touchdowns. Brown transferred to Oklahoma prior to the 2012 season where he earned All Big-12 honorable mention honors as a senior. The Steelers have now signed five of their nine selections from the ...

  • Anthony Weiner’s NY Mayor Website Mistakenly Features Pittsburgh

    website mistakenly features Pittsburgh as his backdrop. Multiple twitter users, political blogs, and even the Washington Post have picked up on the background mistake. The bridge in the photo looks like the Roberto Clemente bridge, and many of the buildings look similar, especially the BNY Mellon ...

  • Colin Dunlap Every Once In A While Honesty Not Best Policy

    What sort of message do Alfredsson's words send to the fourth liners on his team? How about the owner, the billionaire bizarre one Eugene Melnyk? Certainly a strange bird, one can never discount Melnyk's unwavering want to win. Think he took Alfredsson's candor nicely? What's that say to some young defenseman who wears a Senators sweater; a guy taught to scratch tooth and ...


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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

After ten years and seven movies totaling nearly 20 hours of running length, the Harry Potter franchise/saga is finally coming to an end with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, which covers the second half of J.K. Ro ... ...

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  • Experience A Busy Pittsburgh Summer

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  • ‘Feed The Kids’ Summer Telethon

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — With summer approaching, and school ending, many low-income kids will be at risk of hunger. KDKA-TV is teaming up with Citizens Bank Foundation, and Giant Eagle to host a "Feed the Kids" summer telethon to benefit the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. On Wednesday, May 29, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. volunteers from Giant Eagle and Citizens will answer ...

  • Driver fed up with potholes makes his own solution

    A 71-year-old man who said he's frustrated with the amount of potholes in Allentown is taking it upon himself to warn other drivers.The man told Channel 11's Vince Sims that he broke brand new shocks on his truck after driving over a pothole on Warrington Avenue.Since the incident, the man said he's been going around and spray-painting around potholes to warn ...

  • WTAE Extends 1 Ratings Streak at 11pm

    . In the just completed May 2013 Nielsen rating period, WTAE again claimed the #1 spot at 11pm with more viewers in the highly coveted 25-54 demographic. This marks the ...

  • Pa. may be holding your unclaimed money property

    The Pennsylvania Treasury maintains a Department of Unclaimed Property with millions of dollars that you either forgot or never knew about -- such as inactive bank accounts, non-cashed paychecks, CDs, forgotten stocks, utility deposits and older life insurance policies. Treasurer Rob McCord has estimated that one out of every 10 Pennsylvanians has some unclaimed property that belongs to them. He ...

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