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Why Rick Santorum Is Stalling Out

HuffingtonPost.com | Howard Fineman | Posted 01.21.2012 | Politics

TAMPA, Fla. -- Maybe Rick Santorum is too Pittsburgh to be president. Pittsburgh made Santorum a U.S. senator, but now it may be unmaking him as a ...

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PHOTOS: As The American Auto Industry Went, So Did The Rust Belt

Randy Fox | Posted 01.18.2012 | Travel

Read More: Detroit, Photography, Travel, Randy Fox, Pittsburgh, American Elegy, Travel Photography, Auto Industry, Travel Blogs, Exposure, Travel News

As a Rust Belt photographer, older U.S. autos are part of my steady diet when scouring the land for potential shots, because in this setting they are much more to me than simply a car, they represent the arc of the story of life in the Rust Belt.

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Panera Bread Worker Sues For Racial Bias

AP | By JOE MANDAK | Posted 01.12.2012 | Black Voices

Read More: Pennsylvania, Panera, Pittsburgh, Panera Bread, Black Voices News

PITTSBURGH -- A black man who says racial discrimination forced him to quit working at a Panera Bread restaurant has sued its franchisee, claiming the...

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'Mobbed' Kicks A Relationship Up A Notch

Posted 01.05.2012 | TV

Read More: TV Canada, Reality TV, Canada Tv, Video, Howie Mandel, Mobbed, Tv Replay, Fox, Steve Sobaslai, Pittsburgh, Flash Mob, TV News

Howie Mandel returned to Fox for the largest batch of "Mobbed" (Wed., 9 p.m. EST on Fox) episodes yet. The continuing popularity of the format, which ...

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PHOTOS: Exploring America's Inner Cities With Photographer Jeff Brouws

Randy Fox | Posted 12.30.2011 | Travel

Read More: Photography, Inner City, Baltimore, Jeff Brouws, Travel, Robert Taylor Housing, Inner City Population, Travel Photography, Chicago, Detroit, Randy Fox, Rust Belt, Huffington Post, Pittsburgh, Travel Blogs, American Elegy, Travel News

Photographer Jeff Brouws has been photographing and studying the plight of America's inner cities for the past 15 years. Brouws' inner-city images acutely document the economic, social and environmental transition that has taken place in the years that have passed since America's manufacturing peak.

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Things Not To Post On Facebook: Photos Of Stuff You Stole

AP | Posted 12.26.2011 | Crime

Read More: Isaiah Cutler, Video, Facebook Burglary Pittsburgh, Dumb Crime, Weird Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Crime, Oversharing, Pittsburgh Crime, Oversharer, Facebook, Facebook Burgarly, Pittsburgh, Facebook Crime, Crime News

PITTSBURGH -- An 18-year-old Pittsburgh man is accused of burglarizing a market with three teens, then posted pictures on his Facebook page showing th...

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Real Estate Markets That Appreciated Most in 2011

Posted 12.19.2011 | Fifty

Read More: Worst Real Estate Markets, Wisconsin, Madison, Fort Meyers, Boulder, Tulsa Oklahoma City, Best Real Estate Markets, Colorado, Real Estate Market, Pennsylvania, Lincoln, Fort Collins, Nebraska, Florida, Hawaii, Honolulu, Pittsburgh, Fifty News

For the vast majority of baby boomers, household wealth is concentrated in home equity. The good news: The rate of monthly depreciation has stabilized...

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PHOTOS: Wandering America's Rust Belt: Braddock, PA

Randy Fox | Posted 01.29.2012 | Travel

Read More: Photography, Mayor John Fetterman, Braddock, Randy Fox, Rust Belt, Amaerican Elegy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Travel Blogs, John Fetterman, Travel News

Though I have photographed the area many times, I still get a deep-in-the-gut sadness when pulling into Braddock, Pennsylvania.

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There Is More to Ending Homelessness Than Simply Building Affordable Housing

David Henderson | Posted 01.23.2012 | Impact

Read More: Homeless, Homelessness, Economy, Pittsburgh, Affordable Housing, Impact News

Even though the word "homeless" suggests the absence of a home is the sole defining characteristic, homelessness is far more complex than the name suggests.

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A Win for Workers, and for Us All

Randi Weingarten | Posted 01.14.2012 | Education

"As Ohio goes, so goes the nation" has taken on new meaning. The people of Ohio used their citizen veto decisively to repeal legislation that would have stripped police officers, teachers, firefighters and other public workers of their right to bargain collectively.

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Steel City: Post50 Dreamers Wanted

Second Act | Posted 01.03.2012 | Fifty

Read More: Second Acts, Entrepreneurs Over 50, Midlife Dreamers, Steel City, Entrepreneurs, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Fifty News

Most areas of the country striving to become innovative centers of the 21st century economy seem to think the answer is to attract the most talented c...

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WATCH: The 6 Most Underused Airports In The World

Infrastructurist | Posted 01.03.2012 | Travel

Read More: Airports, Yangyang International, St. Louis, King Fahd International, Pittsburgh, Hengchun Airport, Ciudad Real Central Airport, Travel Tips, Slidepollajax, Travel News

These airports, built with a sort of "build it and they will come" mentality, failed to attract passengers for a diversity of reasons.

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Murder Suspect's Alibi: 'I Was At The Crib Chilling, Smoking Some Weed'

Posted 12.21.2011 | Crime

Read More: Clairton, Gary Smith, Shooting, Marijuana, Pittsburgh Crime, Pot, Weed, Alibi, Video, Gary Little Man Smith, I Was at the Crib, Chilling, Dumb Criminals, Smoking Some Weed, Pittsburgh, Crime News

Garry "Little Man" Smith declared his innocence by apparently announcing his guilt to another crime. The 25-year-old suspected in a deadly shooting...

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Street Medicine: Making House Calls to People Without Homes

Mark Horvath | Posted 12.17.2011 | Impact

Read More: Homeless Healthcare, Doctor James Withers, Homelessness, Mark Horvath, invisiblepeople.tv, Homeless, Doctors, Street Medicine, Pittsburgh, Medicine, Healthcare, Invisible People, Impact News

During last year's road trip I was honored to be introduced to two great men, Robert Egger of DC Central Kitchen and James S. Withers, M.D. of Operati...

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Mac Miller's Innovative Release Format May Be the Way Forward for the Music Industry

Ryan Bassil | Posted 11.28.2011 | Culture

Read More: Rostrum Records, Kids, Blue Slide Park, Mac, Park, Blue Slide, Mac Miller, Best Day Ever, Tree JTV, Miller, Pittsburgh, Video, Culture News

The time, effort and money which has gone into creating music, is often forgotten. Trying to exist in an environment where the common ground is to give stuff away for free is hard.

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Wandering And Photographing America's Rust Belt: Laundromats

Randy Fox | Posted 11.28.2011 | Travel

Read More: Photography, Laundromats, Buffalo, Detroit, Randy Fox, Pittsburgh, American Elegy, Destinations, Us Destinations, Travel Blogs, Travel News

Pittsburgh and its surrounding areas are fertile grounds for photographing laundromats, a fascinating subject with the patina of a bygone era.

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Carnegie Mellon Prof Sues Pittsburgh Over Hearing Loss

AP | JOE MANDAK | Posted 11.21.2011 | College

Read More: Karen Piper, The Northeast, Karen Piper Lawsuit, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, Karen Piper Hearing Loss, g20, College News

PITTSBURGH — A university professor says in a federal lawsuit against the Pittsburgh police that her hearing was damaged when officers used a gi...

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2 Big East Schools Apply To Join ACC

AP | AARON BEARD | Posted 11.17.2011 | Sports

Read More: Big East, Big East Acc, Video, Ncaab, College Sports, Syracuse Acc, Ncaaf, Ncaa, Syracuse Pittsburgh Acc, College Football, College Basketball, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Syracuse Acc, Syracuse, Sports News

The Atlantic Coast Conference has received application letters from Pittsburgh and Syracuse to join the league, a move that would leave the Big East s...

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Polamalu, Steelers Agree On Contract Extension

AP | WILL GRAVES | Posted 11.10.2011 | Sports

Read More: Troy Polamalu, Polamalu Contract Extension, Nfl, Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh, Football, Troy Polamalu Contract Extension, Sports News

PITTSBURGH — Troy Polamalu never planned on leaving the Pittsburgh Steelers. Still, the defending AFC champions didn't want to take any chances...

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Wandering And Photographing America's Rust Belt

Randy Fox | Posted 10.31.2011 | Travel

Read More: Photography, Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Randy Fox, Atomic Age, Pittsburgh, American Elegy, Welcome-to-the-Rust-Belt, Travel Blogs, Travel News

Detroit, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Cleveland, and the like get much of the notice, but there were thousands of smaller towns in-between that produced goods and had prospering, even thriving, community structures. Exploring them can be like walking through a sad dream.

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Study Ranks Cities For Freqency Of Casual Sex

Posted 10.17.2011 | Denver

Read More: Cities With Most Sex, San Diego, Seattle-Washington, Miami-Florida, Denver-Colorado, Houston, Sex, Portland Oregon, Slidepollajax, Okcupid, Denver Casual Sex, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Dallas, Casual Sex, Video, Denver News

Unless you're reading this in Portland, the most promiscuous city in the nation, you have some work to do -- at least according to OkCupid.com. The s...

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America's First Elephant Sperm Bank Set To Open

AP | Posted 10.08.2011 | Weird News

Read More: Elephant Sperm, Elephant, Sperm Bank, Zoos, PIttsburgh Zoo, Pennsylvania, Weird Pennsylvania, Weird Animals, Zoo, Weird Pittsburgh, Animals in the News, Elephant Sperm Bank, Pittsburgh, Weird News News

PITTSBURGH — Zoo officials trying to establish North America's first elephant sperm bank have been slowed by bureaucratic hurdles but hope South...

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911 Dispatchers Prep For Batman-Fueled Calls

AP | Posted 10.03.2011 | Weird News

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PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Emergency dispatchers in Pittsburgh are preparing to take calls from residents who may be unprepared for fake gun shots, explosions...

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Man Blames 'Batman' For Attempted Car Theft

AP | Posted 10.01.2011 | Crime

Read More: The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Micah Calamosca, Man Steals Cop Car, Crime, Batman, Batman Car Theft, Pittsburgh, Carjack, Crime News

PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh police say a man tried to carjack a plainclothes officer near filming for the latest Batman movie – and allegedly told ...

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Rashard Mendenhall Sues Champion

ESPN | Posted 09.18.2011 | Sports

Read More: Pittsburgh Steelers, Mendenhall, Football, Rashard Mendenhall Champion, Sports-News-Scandals, Mendenhall Champion, Rashard Mendenhall, Pittsburgh, Steelers, Sports News

Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall has filed a lawsuit against Champion, seeking more than $1 million after the company ended its end...

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