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Coming Soon to a Neighborhood Near You: Trigger-Happy Cops?

Norm Stamper | Posted 12.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: David E. Crable, Firearms, Terrorism, Washington State Cops, Gun Control, Police Selection and Training, Sgt. Nick Hausner, Tanwax Lake, Nra, Pierce County, Officer Slayings, Fire on Plane, Drug-Law Reform, Deputy Kent Mundell Jr., Gun Registration, Drug War, Domestic Violence, Bryona Crable, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Politics News
Norm Stamper

Cops can be forgiven for believing a next armed attack is inevitable. But that's foolish and fatalistic thinking: Fearful, perpetually on-edge cops are a danger to themselves, and to others.

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The Little Cheeseheads That Could

Emily Howald | Posted 12.18.2009 | Sports

Read More: Troy Polamalu, Green Bay Packers, Aaron Rodgers, Pittsburgh, Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers, Green Bay, Sports News
Emily Howald

I think we can. I think we can... That's the attitude that Packers players and fans alike should take going into this Sunday's match up against the 6-7 Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh.

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Vail Daily letter: Could cyclist-dog clash have been avoided?

Vail Daily. | Vail Daily | Posted 12.02.2009 | Home

Read More: Pittsburgh, Home News

In reading in my local paper that Mr. Robinson, the sheep herder, now has a criminal record, I was really shocked that the West had deteriora...

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Sports: Pittsburgh School District Leads Nation In Ability To Spell 'Roethlisberger'

The Onion | The Onion | Posted 11.26.2009 | Home

Read More: Pittsburgh, Home News

PITTSBURGH—Just four years ago, then-eighth-grader Heather Lawler had no idea how to spell Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's last name. ...

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Pittsburgh LIVE On Twitter: Local News, Sports, People

Posted 12.15.2009 | Home

Read More: Pittsburgh Live on Twitter, Pittsburgh Twitter, Pittsburgh Tweets, Pittsburgh Sports, Pittsburgh People, Pittsburgh Live Tweets, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh News, Pittsburgh Breaking News Twitter, Home News

Follow the latest in Pittsburgh LIVE through our curated Twitter lists: local news, local sports, and local people via tweets. Do you know a tweete...

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Summing up the U.S. - China summit: Baby steps forward

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 11.18.2009 | Home

Read More: Pittsburgh, Beijing-China, China, Copenhagen, Home News

President Barack Obama is taking the right approach in treating China as a key partner on global challenges by emphasizing the need for joint...

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Dish Network To Close Pittsburgh-area Call Center

CBS4Denver | CBS 4 Denver | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home

Read More: Pittsburgh, Englewood-Colorado, Home News

Satellite TV provider Dish Network says it will close a customer service call center near Pittsburgh, idling 600 workers. Dish Network says the...

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Steelers-Broncos game features top pass-rushers

Vail Daily. | Vail Daily | Posted 11.08.2009 | Home

Read More: Denver, Pittsburgh, Home News

Steelers-Broncos game features top pass-rushers ARNIE STAPLETON AP Sports Writer DENVER - When cornerback William Gay was drafted by Pitt...

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W.Va., Ohio representatives form Ohio River caucus

AP | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home

Read More: Pittsburgh, Charleston-West Virginia, Home News

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Ohio River Basin is getting its own interest group in Congress.

West Virginia Republican Rep. Shelley Moore Capito and Ohio Democratic Rep. Steve Driehaus announced Monday that the two were forming the Ohio River Congressional Caucus.

Both representatives say the caucus was formed to address a variety of issues in the Ohio River Basin, including the economy, agriculture and the environment.

The Ohio River basin covers 204,000 square miles in parts of 14 states. The river forms in Pittsburgh and empties into the Mississippi River.

About 256 miles of the river's 981 miles serves as a border between West Virginia and Ohio.

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What is Work? Small Town Hospital Closing Opens Health-Care Debate

Sharon Glassman | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Debate, Poverty, John Fetterman, Health-Care, Green Technology, Tony Hiss, Pop Tech, Health-Care Reform, Pa, Mike Doyle, Pittsburgh, Andrew Zolli, Paul Wood, Health Care, Communication, Third Places, Sharon Glassman, Kdka, Upmc, Braddock PA, Living News
Sharon Glassman

The closing of a cornerstone institution in the small but much talked about town of Braddock, PA, raises an important question: How should a community hospital work, really?

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N.J. construction worker is crushed to death by concrete slab in Pennsylvania

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 10.23.2009 | Home

Read More: Plum-Pennsylvania, Plum Borough, Pittsburgh, Home News

PLUM, Pa. -- Federal workplace safety officials are investigating the death of a New Jersey construction worker crushed by a concrete slab at a jo...

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Notre Dame WR Michael Floyd could be ready vs Pitt

AP | TOM COYNE | Posted 10.13.2009 | Home

Read More: Pittsburgh, Home News

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame wide receiver Michael Floyd is healing faster than expected from a broken left collarbone and could be ready to play by Nov. 14 when the Fighting Irish are at Pittsburgh.

Floyd was in full pads at practice Tuesday but was taking part only on a limited basis. During an agility drill where quarterbacks and receivers ran back and forth between pads, Floyd and quarterback Jimmy Clausen, who has turf toe on his right foot, jogged along straight ahead beside the others.

"So you're on the Clausen program, huh?" Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis joked.

Later, while other receivers caught passes and were battered by pads being swung by trainers, Floyd mimicked catching a pass and ran through untouched.

Floyd had surgery on Sept. 20 to have a plate placed on the bone for reinforcement, a day after he was injured when he landed on his shoulder trying to make a catch against Michigan State.

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A Revolution of Values, Bearing Witness to the Death of Our Rights

Jeanine Molloff | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Protests, Cindy Sheehan, Olympics, Lrad, g20, Pittsburgh, Anti-War, Politics News
Jeanine Molloff

"Am I calling for an armed insurrection? Hardly, and only because I don't think it's possible or probable that an armed revolution would be successful..." said Sheehan.

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Twittering the G20 Iranian Style

Leslie Harris | Posted 10.06.2009 | Technology

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Civil Liberties, Iran, Center for Democracy and Technology, First Amendment to the United States Constitution, State Department, Federal Government of the United States, Free Speech, United State, U.S. Government, Twitter, New York, Pittsburgh, Technology News
Leslie Harris

In the wake of protests last week at the G20 meeting in Pittsburgh, the police arrested a self-professed anarchist for using Twitter to coordinate communications among G20 summit protesters.

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G-7 To Meet, Talk Less As G-20 Ascends: Officials

Bloomberg | By Rainer Buergin and Simon Kennedy | Posted 12.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Uk, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom, Imf, United States, Canada, G7, G-20, Pittsburgh, Global Policy, Japan, France, G-7, g20, Global Economic Policy, Us, Un, Economy, Business News

Group of Seven finance chiefs said they will meet less and issue fewer statements as the G-20 becomes the main arena for setting global economic polic...

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A Surprisingly Successful G-20 Summit

Georges Ugeux | Posted 12.01.2009 | World

Read More: Emerging Nations, G-20 Summit, Financial Services, Bank of International Settlements, Voting Rights, President Barack Obama, G-8, Global Governance, G-7, Financial Crisis, Imf, Pittsburgh, Bonuses, Board for Financial Stability, World Bank, Istanbul, World News
Georges Ugeux

This year, President Obama drove a very different agenda -- one focused on discussing how the world can form global governance and cooperate to stimulate the ailing economies.

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The Iran and Obama Dance

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 11.30.2009 | World

Read More: Sanctions, Nuclear Negotiations, Sarkozy, Nuclear Program, US-Iran Relations, War With Iran, Afghanistan, Iranian, President Obama, p5 +1, Gordon Brown, Iran, Barack Obama, Gang Rape, Political Prisoners, Iraq, Pittsburgh, Dissidents, World News
Shirin Sadeghi

It's not Obama's fault that Iraq and Afghanistan happened, but it will be his fault if he rushes into a threat-laden, pseudo-engagement with Iran at this historical crossroads in US-Iran relations.

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On Climate Change: It's Not Time to Throw In the Towel

Betsy Taylor | Posted 11.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Jobs, Copenhagen 2009, Hu Jintao, United Nations, Oil, Green, Climate Change, Coal, New York, Pittsburgh, Global Warming, Barack Obama, India, Tck-Tck-Tck, 350.Org, Maldives, Avaaz, Powershift, China, 1sky, Green News
Betsy Taylor

We must protect ourselves against the dark vision of rising seas and temperatures, but not by numbly going through the motions with our actions and alerts. The times call for more risk-taking.

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A Peace Activist Thinks About G-20 Again

Reverend Billy | Posted 11.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Jobs, Peace, Pittsburgh, G-20, President Obama, Green News
Reverend Billy

Peace will remain an impotent Hallmark Card if we wait for Obama, this recent peace candidate, to emerge from his closed meetings with bankers and generals.

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Beyond the Tobin Tax: End the Free Ride for the Financial Sector and Impose Fees to Revive the Economy

Kyle G. Brown | Posted 11.28.2009 | Business

Read More: G20 Summit, G20 Meeting, Trade, Money, Finance, Tobin Tax, Banking Crisis, Banks, Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, g20, Pittsburgh, Business News
Kyle G. Brown

The most reliable way to expand tax revenues would be to impose a modest fee on every stock, every bond -- in short, every financial transaction.

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Obama's Summiteering: High Altitude Headaches and Rumors of War

William Bradley | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Britain, Afghanistan, France, Pakistan, Iran, Gordon Brown, Bob Woodward, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Barack Obama, Germany, United Nations, Nicolas Sarkozy, China, Stanley McChrystal, Dmitri Medvedev, New York, Pittsburgh, Palestine, Bibi Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel, World News
William Bradley

Iran went front and center today, with war a real possibility in the wake of this morning's revelation of a secret nuclear facility.

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Best G-20 Pittsburgh Photos (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

Read More: Obama g20, G-20 Protests, Slidepoll, g20 Leaders, G20 Protests, g20, G-20, Pittsburgh Protest g20, G-20 Pittsburgh, G20 Summit, g20 Photos, G-20 Summit, g20 2009, G 20 Pittsburgh, g20 Pittsburg, g20 Pittsburgh, G-20 Leaders, g20 Protest Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, G 20 Summit, g20 Pittsburgh Pictures, Pittsburgh g20 Pictures, g20 Pittsburgh Photos, g20 Pittsburgh Photo, Michelle Obama Pictures, World News

The HuffPost has compiled the best photographs from the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh taking place September 24 and 25, 2009. Vote on your favorite...

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Obama, Brown Meet At G-20 After Rumors Of A "Snub"

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, G20 Summit, Obama Brown, G-20 Summit, England, Obama Brown g20, Obama Snubs Brown, g20, Pittsburgh, World News

Gordon Brown has met with US President Barack Obama to discuss several "big issues" including claims Iran has built a second uranium plant....

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Obama Speech On Iran Nuclear Facility (LIVE VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Iran Nuclear Speech, Obama Iran, Iran, Iran Nuclear Facility, Iran Nuclear, Obama Iran Nuclear Facility, Iran Nuclear Obama, G-20 Summit, g20, Pittsburgh, G-20, World News

President Obama and the leaders of France and Britain will address the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh this morning and accuse Iran of building a sec...

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G-20 Diary: Hitting the Fan

Michelle Pilecki | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Protests, Anarchists, G-20, Pittsburgh, Army Reserves, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, New Jersey, Politics News
Michelle Pilecki

There's more inanity going on in Pittsburgh on the Post-Gazette's site, or any "news" outlet that likes to showcase violence than there is on the ground.

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