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Thursday Rundown: Fall Films and Filming in the Steel City

These topics air Thursday October 23, 2014 at noon and 8pm on 90.5 WESA. Join the conversation LIVE between 12pm & 1 pm weekdays at 412-246-2002.

State Supreme Court Suspends McCaffery

The state Supreme Court has suspended one of its own, Justice Seamus McCaffery, with pay. The suspension is a response to McCaffery's admitted exchange of sexually explicit emails with people in the state attorney general's office, among other things. 90.5 WESA's capitol correspondent Mary Wilson will have the latest from Harrisburg.

Fall Movie Reviews

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Film Editor Barbara Vancheri discusses the movies "Ouija," "Gone Girl," "The Judge," "Fury," "St, Vincent," and "Birdman," as well as movies being filmed, or about to be filmed, in Pittsburgh. She says it's been a remarkable year for movies being shot in and around Pittsburgh.

Five Quick Fall Getaways

Are you feeling an overwhelming need to get away? Would a quick autumnal excursion sate your wanderlust? This week travel contributor Elaine Labalme suggests five quick fall getaways. 

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