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  • Mystery surrounds deaths of doctor a Monroeville native and wife

    A federal, state and local task force is investigating the possibility that the killings of a Monroeville native and his wife may be linked to the unsolved deaths of a young boy and his family housekeeper, Omaha police ...

  • Pitt to play ball in Brooklyn

    Pitt's early season basketball schedule includes a trip to Brooklyn, New York for the 2013 Legends Classic. The university announced the details in this ...

  • Steelers Hire Chidi Iwuoma as BLESTO Scout

    The Pittsburgh Steelers have hired former cornerback Chidi Iwuoma as the team's BLESTO Scout, it was announced today. The team's former BLESTO Scout, Mike Butler, will now serve as a college scout. Iwuoma comes to the Steelers after serving as the Assistant Director of Student-Athlete Development at the University of California from 2010-12. Prior to that, Iwuoma worked in Cal's ...

  • Cops Suspect may face DUI rap after slamming into Yeadon borough hall

    YEADON – The driver of an SUV may have been under the influence when he crashed into a wall at borough hall late Monday, narrowly missing several firefighters, police ...

  • What we know about the Oklahoma tornado and its aftermath

    The tornado passes across southern Oklahoma City on Monday, May 20, 2013. (Paul Hellstern/The Oklahoman/AP)How many are dead Ninety-one are feared dead, though the medical examiner's office is confirming only 51 deaths as of 8 a.m. Tuesday. The office said emergency workers found 40 more bodies in the debris overnight, but it had not yet received them, according to Reuters. How many are ...

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Your Friends & Neighbors

Your Friends & Neighbors

Neil LaBute's "Your Friends & Neighbors" is akin to a sociological cataloging of human misery, cruelty, and sexual dysfunction. Its characters are either inhumane, self-absorbed, insipid, or all of the above. Throughout the film, those personality flaws (which are so immense, the word flaw seems insufficient) come into constant conflict, causing unending misery and pain. Only one character ... ...

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  • Head of La Salle University in Philly to step down

    PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The longtime leader of La Salle University in Philadelphia will be leaving the institution.President Michael McGinniss says he'll step down at the end of his third term in May 2014. By that time, he will have led the private Catholic school for 15 years.McGinniss said in a statement Tuesday that while he is proud of his work at La Salle, it seems like the right time to ...

  • Lehigh County Couple Charged In Theft Of $854K From Township

    A former municipal employee and her husband, a former police officer, have been charged with embezzling more than $850,000 from an eastern Pennsylvania township. Lehigh County District Attorney James Martin announced charges Tuesday against the couple, 66-year-old Nancy Tonkin and 69-year-old William Tonkin IV of ...

  • Rescuers search board by board for survivors

    Amid downed power lines, hissing gas pipes and immense devastation, rescuers searched "board by board" Tuesday for survivors and victims of a massive tornado that pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City ...

  • Pittsburgh WWII vets get free trip to national memorial

    As Puma got ready to board the bus to Washington to salute his fallen brothers at the WWII Memorial, he said, "The ones who were buried -- they're the real heroes. We're the lucky ones that came ...

  • Very light turnout across Delco for primary election

    cscharr@delcotimes.com @cindyscharr Poll workers in Aston anticipated a meager 15 percent of voters would show up to cast their ballots Tuesday, Primary Election Day in Pennsylvania."People should come out and execute their right to vote," said Ann Iacono, sitting outside of Aston Elementary School.She didn’t have much to do. Although polls opened at 7 a.m., only eight people ...

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