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  • Fayette County cemetery struggling to maintain property

    A Fayette County cemetery is struggling to care for the graves of those buried there due to a lack of funding.Oak Grove Cemetery in South Union Township contains the burial sites of Revolutionary War and Civil War veterans, but the cemetery is running out of money to maintain the property.Gary Brian, head of the court-appointed board, said it costs the cemetery $3,900 each time the grass is ...

  • Warnings issued after several woman are attacked in broad daylight

    The woman said that her attacker sprayed hairspray on the back of her neck, while she was on her cellphone, then reached for the phone. She said she fought for her phone, then finally let go, in fear. She said when the man ran, she and several others chased him, then held him down until police ...

  • Trolley Museum Celebrates 50 Years

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — There was a time when trolleys were Pittsburgh’s prime source of transportation. Fifty years ago, volunteers in Washington, Pennsylvania, began preserving those symbols of the past. Tuesday morning, a trolley car from generations past takes a new generation on a clickety-clack ride through history, on the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum’s 50th ...

  • Sheetz’s “Free My Beer” Website Effort To Get Right To Sell Beer

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It’s the newest Sheetz to open in this region — in Bethel Park — and like most Sheetz stores, it offers gasoline, meals to order, lots of snack foods and plenty of drinks. But one thing is missing, says Sheetz. ';We do business in Ohio, Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina — in all of those states, just about every one of our ...

  • New Study Shows Possible Link Between Air Pollution Autism

    PITTSBURGH (CBS) — Could air pollution be the cause of autism? The first large, national study of its kind suggests there is a link between exposure to air pollution during pregnancy and autism. Gleny Duran wants to know why her 8-year-old son, Angel, has autism. "Is it something that I’m eating? Is it the air? Is it genetic?" said Duran. Doctors don’t know ...


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Movie Review

Mondo Cane

Any way you look at it, "Mondo Cane" (which is pronounced "car-nay") is a patently silly piece of cinematic junk masquerading as an important anthropological documentary of strange and exotic parts of the world. The dead give-away to its exploitative nature is the condescending, inflated narration that immediately clues the viewer in to the fact that the filmmakers have no respect for the cultures ... ...

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  • “Most Wanted” Woman Found While Pumping Gas

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A woman wanted on numerous charges, including stealing a safe containing $40,000, was arrested on the North Side while pumping gas Tuesday. Police say 24-year-old Nicole Hooper was wanted on several bench warrants for theft and burglary charges. She was also named as an accomplice in the robbery of an Overbrook home, in which a safe containing $40,000 was stolen and put on ...

  • Washington Co. Drilling Supporters Call For State Rep.’s Resignation

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Cecil Township Supervisor Elizabeth Cowden had a very personal reason for making the four-hour trip from Washington County to Harrisburg Tuesday. She believes her state Rep. Jesse White is the fictitious Internet poster ';Frank Reynolds'; who accused her of being a "liar," and that White made other posts under the name ';Lizzie Cowden," in ...

  • New Attractions Planned For Annual Three Rivers Regatta

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The annual Three Rivers Regatta is just two weeks away. This year’s festival will feature all of the fun-filled traditions of years past along with some new attractions. It's the largest inland regatta in the country and it's right here in Pittsburgh. This year, the Three Rivers Regatta returns July 2-4. There will be plenty of powerboat races, food, ...

  • Mayor’s Former Bodyguard Testifies Before Grand Jury

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl’s former bodyguard testified Tuesday afternoon before a federal grand jury that’s investigating alleged misconduct within the Pittsburgh Police Department. After more than two hours talking in front of the grand jury, Fred Crawford stood silent. His attorney got right to it. "What you will find is that there have been ...

  • Pitt research facility dedicated in Hill District

    University of Pittsburgh Physical Activity and Weight Management Research Center assistant professor Renee Rogers demonstrates how to take exercise blood pressure as interventionist doctoral student Jackie Nagle, 25 of Greenfield works out on a treadmill at the Physical Activity and Weight Management Research Center at Oak Hill Commons in the Upper Hill ...

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