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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Pedros solo HR all Pirates need in shutout victory

    Jeff Locke allowed three hits over seven innings, Pedro Alvarez homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates won for the eighth time in 10 games, 1-0 over the Houston Astros on ...


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Rosemary's Baby [Blu-Ray]

Roman Polanskis Rosemarys Baby is a masterpiece of paranoid tension about evil lurking in the mundane. It has been called the horror film without any horror, and much has been made of the fact that it doesnt use special effects. This is something of a misnomer because, in fac ... ...

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  • Solo shot all Locke needs as Pirates top Astros

    HOU@PIT: Alvarez lines a solo shot off Harrell PITTSBURGH -- Jeff Locke on Sunday continued his seamless transition from struggling youngster to virtually unhittable pitcher, with no stops in between. The left-hander added seven dominant innings to his growing trail in the Pirates' series-clinching 1-0 victory over the Astros at PNC Park. Locke had to be at his finest to prevail over ...

  • Obama to give promised speech on terrorism drones

    President Barack Obama will deliver long-promised remarks Thursday explaining the legal framework behind the decisions he makes to use drones against terrorist threats and further detail the administration's counterterrorism policy, according to a White House ...

  • Safety initiative wants motorcyclists to live free but ride alive

    State officials and members of the newly-formed Greater Pittsburgh Motorcycle Safety Council met on the North Shore Sunday morning to kick off their new initiative aimed at preventing crashes involving ...

  • Bus tour encourages school board to avoid closures

    The Great Public Schools of Pittsburgh, a coalition of community groups and unions, will hold a bus tour on Sunday at 3p.m. to raise awareness of the negative impact of school closings on ...

  • The Pittsburgh Penguins travel to Ottawa for game 3 of series

    The Pittsburgh Penguins traveled to Ottawa to play the third game in their series against the Senators. An optional skate on Saturday was attended primarily by healthy scratches as well as both goalies. All the regulars took advantage of the day off Saturday and focused their sights on winning two more games and moving ...

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