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  • Charles Wolfertz named President General Manager of WTAE-TV

    Charles W. Wolfertz III has been promoted to president and general manager at Hearst Television's WTAE-TV, the ABC affiliate in Pittsburgh, PA, having served as general sales manager since March ...

  • Penguins big screen gets bigger

    Penguins fans are ready for their team to take on the Ottawa Senators in the second round of the NHL playoffs. It all starts Tuesday night in ...

  • Operation Weed Whacker Delco men charged in nationwide pot ring

    Evidence of $14.5 million drug ring presented at a press conference in Conshohocken by Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Ferman Thursday, May 23, 2013. (Special to the Times/Jenny DeHuff) CONSHOHOCKEN - Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman Thursday announced the take down of a Delaware County man and his brother in a $14.5 million marijuana drug ring that spanned ...

  • Penn State students involved in Paige Raque fall have day in court

    BELLEFONTE - Three Penn State students accepted plea deals Thursday on charges they supplied alcohol to a party where a cheerleader was seriously hurt after falling 39 feet from a downtown State College apartment building, while others are reportedly considering the deal.Madeline Miller, Alyssa Duffy and Brooke Piccione, three of the eight students charged in the case, each pleaded guilty to two ...

  • Cent. Pa. death row inmate charged with hitting attorney

    HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. - A man on death row in the killing of his girlfriend nine years ago has been charged with assault by prisoner after swinging his cuffed hands at his attorney during a court hearing.Blair County Deputy District Attorney Jackie Bernard tells the Altoona Mirror ( http://bit.ly/10OgUi8) the charge against 45-year-old Andre Staton is warranted because attorney Tim Burns was ...

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M*A*S*H [DVD]

M*A*S*H [DVD]

One of director Robert Altman's favorite ways of describing how M*A*S*H got into theaters is, "It wasn't released from 20th Century Fox ... it escaped." ...

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  • Jewelry stolen a second time during Cannes festival

    A "high-value" necklace was stolen overnight from the luxurious resort town PARIS -- A second jewelry theft has been reported in the French Riviera during the Cannes Film Festival, this time an expensive necklace.A police official said Thursday that the "high-value" necklace was stolen overnight from the luxurious resort town of Cap d'Antibes. She gave no further details ...

  • $250k bail set in Pa. infants faith-healing death

    PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Bail has been set at $250,000 each for Philadelphia parents who believe in faith healing over medicine and have had two children die of ...

  • W. Pa. parks announce summer events

    The Park Service says over 50 special events are planned for the Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Flight 93 National Memorial, Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Friendship Hill National Historic Site and the Johnstown Flood National ...

  • State police County judge stole coke from cases

    The Pennsylvania State Police have charged a former Washington County judge with stealing cocaine from evidence in cases he presided over, before he abruptly resigned from the bench last ...

  • U.S. unemployment aid applications fall to 340K

    o The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell 23,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 340,000, a level consistent with solid job growth.The less volatile four-week average ticked down just 500 to 339,500, the Labor Department said Thursday. That's close to the five-year low of 338,000 reached during the first week of May. The four-week average is 9 percent lower than ...

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