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...real life, a series of long days without parents or school to live wildly, fall in love, and find one’s true self. June, July, August: enough time to take a walk on the wild side, turn around, and walk back.In “The Mysteries of Pittsburgh,” written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber (“Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story”) and loosely based on Michael Chabon’s debut 1988 novel of the same name, this mythic summer is distilled into 80 minutes of saccharine images and angsty declamations...

Author: By Madeleine M. Schwartz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Mysteries of Pittsburgh | 4/24/2009 | See Source »

Southwest Shrinks Fares, Expands Service. Southwest Airlines is having a sale on tickets purchased 14 days in advance. Check out $49 one-ways between Philly and Pittsburgh, or between Phoenix and L.A. Fares are good through June 25, excluding Friday and Sunday flights and travel from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Celebrate! It's Spring Festival Season | 4/13/2009 | See Source »

...packs his pencil for Columbia’s journalism school. Catastrophe strikes, however, when Dad is demoted and can’t foot the vacation bill. For the first time in his life, James has to find a job. No self-indulgent European jaunt for him—just Pittsburgh, tiny paychecks and “the work of pathetic, lazy morons.” James despises his job at Adventureland Amusement Park, but his summer brightens when he meets smart, funny co-worker Em Lewin (Kristen Stewart, “Twilight”). The film tries to tackle more...

Author: By William P. Hennrikus, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Adventureland | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

...alone. Three recent tragedies have thrust gun control back into the national discussion. On April 3, a Vietnamese immigrant in Binghamton, N.Y., shot and killed 13 people at an immigrant service center before taking his own life. On April 4, a Pittsburgh, Pa., man opened fire on three police officers responding to a domestic-disturbance call. All three officers died. That same day, a man from Graham, Wash., distraught that his wife was planning to leave him for another man, shot and killed his five children and then committed suicide. These horrible tragedies are already roiling gun-control advocates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boom in Gun Sales Fueled by Politics and the Economy | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

...lead to more crime. "Protection of the family, protection of the home, is utmost on people's minds," says Keffer. Many big cities have indeed seen crime tick higher during the downturn. But in the wrong psyche, this sentiment can carry deadly consequences. For example, the mother of the Pittsburgh man who shot and killed the police officers said her son had been stockpiling guns and ammunition "because he believed that as a result of the economic collapse, the police were no longer able to protect society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boom in Gun Sales Fueled by Politics and the Economy | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

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