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    The system that spawned the Oklahoma tornadoes will arrive in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. It will no longer be a massive upper level low, but it will swing a powerful cold front with an organized line of thunderstorms ahead of ...

  • Radnor honors those who helped save an officers life

    Radnor Township Police Officer Anthony Radico hugs Amanda Beal, the Springfield woman whose fast action saved his life, paramedics, hospital workers and other first responders. (Special to the Times/Pete Bannan) "Without her it would be a funeral not a celebration," said Radnor Township Police Officer Anthony Radico at a ceremony Monday honoring Amanda Beal, the Springfield woman ...

  • Recovered remains of Pa. WWII veteran to be buried

    FREEMANSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A military burial is scheduled Saturday in eastern Pennsylvania for a World War II soldier whose remains were recovered after more than 65 ...

  • Baby falcons born in tower of Phillys City Hall

    http://bit.ly/10hRIl2 ) the pair of peregrine falcons that are nesting there have four new baby falcons. Arthur McMorris, the peregrine falcon coordinator for the Pennsylvania Game Commission, says the baby birds are about 30 days ...

  • Melvins attorneys file notice of Superior appeal

    PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Attorneys for former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin have filed notice that they intend to appeal her campaign corruption conviction and sentence to state Superior ...

Movie Review

Cats & Dogs

Until a few years ago, Cats & Dogs would have been unthinkable as a live-action movie. But, with the rapid advances in computer-generated imagery and animatronic puppetry, the technical wizards behind Cats & Dogs have turned it into a kind of live-action cartoon, where the boundaries between live animals and various special effects are blurred almost beyond recognition. If you look ... ...

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  • Protesters expected at FirstEnergys W.Va. meeting

    MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- Union workers picketed FirstEnergy's annual shareholder meeting in West Virginia on Tuesday, demanding the Ohio-based utility hire enough people to keep the power on without forcing an ever-shrinking labor force to work as many as 1,800 hours of overtime a ...

  • Sprint to listen to Dish offer

    Wireless company Sprint Nextel Corp. says it can now let Dish Network Corp. see its books and talk with Dish to see whether its competing offer to buy Sprint is better than its current deal with Japan's SoftBank.The companies said late Thursday that SoftBank had waived provisions of its deal with Sprint that will allow Sprint to talk with Dish.SoftBank currently has a $20.1 billion deal ...

  • Best Buy reports 1Q loss on restructuring costs

    Best Buy Co. is reporting a loss in its fiscal first quarter as it sold its stake in Best Buy Europe and works on a turnaround plan that includes cutting costs and closing some stores. The electronics retailer says net loss for the three months ended May 4 after paying preferred dividends totaled $81 million, or 24 cents per share. That compares with net income of $158 million, or 46 cents per ...

  • President Obama to speak on Oklahoma disaster

    WASHINGTON -; President Barack Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on Tuesday before delivering a statement on the devastating tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs ...

  • Housing recovery boosts Home Depot 1Q results

    ATLANTA (AP) - Even though the weather was poor, Home Depot posted an 18 percent increase in its net income for the first quarter thanks to the ongoing housing recovery. Its quarterly results topped Wall Street's view and the world's biggest home improvement chain boosted its full-year earnings and revenue forecasts Tuesday. Shares climbed 4 percent in premarket trading. For the ...

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