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  • Cash jewelry taken from home during daylight burglary

    Police said jewelry and money was taken Wednesday from a home on Hastie Road when someone broke in through a side door. The burglary happened during the ...

  • Motorcyclist killed in crash with SUV

    According to a release from the Westmoreland County coroner, the motorcyclist was going north on Ligonier Street when he was hit from behind by the SUV about 3:14 ...

  • Feds probing Connecticut train crash

    Train service in the busy New York-to-New Haven corridor may be restricted for days as officials investigate Friday's rush-hour collision of two trains in Connecticut -- an incident that sent dozens to hospitals -- officials said ...

  • Chargers Freeney agree to 2-year deal

    SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Chargers have agreed to a two-year deal with star pass rusher Dwight Freeney that could be worth $13.35 million.The deal to bring Freeney to the Chargers came four days after outside linebacker Melvin Ingram tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in a padless practice.The addition of Freeney also helps cushion the loss of outside linebackers Antwan Barnes ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 18

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Chicago Cubs: 1. ...

Movie Review

Life is Beautiful (La Vita é Bella)

The title of Roberto Benigni's "Life is Beautiful" ("La Vita Bella") is, like the similarly titled "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946), both sincere and ironic at the same time. The title is not a simplistic aphorism, not an all-encompassing proclamation that life is beautiful, but rather a statement about a person's will to see life as beautiful, even under the worst conditions. Therein lies the iron ... ...

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  • Burrell Township man charged in assault on toddler

    Juan Campbell, 27, of 88 Susan Drive, Burrell Township, was charged Friday night with aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person and endangering the welfare of a child before Clymer District Judge George Thackik, according to Indiana County District Attorney Patrick ...

  • Penguins invite small fan with big memory to playoff game

    Four-year-old Macin DeFazio has been garnering almost as much attention as his favorite team these days for his ability to rattle off the names and numbers of Penguins players with ...

  • FBI executes search warrant in ricin letter case

    SPOKANE, Wash. -; The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are executing a search warrant Saturday in the case of two letters containing the deadly poison ricin that were intercepted this week at a post office in Washington ...

  • Man sentenced in 1994 eastern Pa. slaying

    EASTON, Pa. (AP) -- A man called one of the commonwealth's 10-most-wanted fugitives has been sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison in the stabbing death of a man during a game of dominoes nearly two decades ago in eastern ...

  • Grandparents providing more care for grandkids

    ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY, MAY 18 - Brynn Elicker, 2, of West York, puts a puzzle piece on her grandfather, Rich Funke, as her cousin Rylan DeNunzio, 1, of Palmyra, and grandmother Kelly Funke play at the Funke's home in Dover Township Thursday, May 9, 2013. Rylan was spending a week with his grandparents while his parents were away, and Brynn was being babysat while her mom worked. (AP ...

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