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New Report: Pittsburgh --The Rest of the Story

Dave Johnson | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Manufacturing, Pittsburgh, Steel, Post-Industrial Age, Rust Belt, University of Pittsburgh, Campaign for America's Future, Pittsburgh in Transition, Business News
Dave Johnson

Pittsburgh, known as "Steel City," was a center of the Rust Belt -- so-called because so much of our manufacturing, once America's economic powerhouse, has been outsourced.

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Shooter Read Sexist Christian Author's Book Before Female Aerobics Class Massacre

Bruce Wilson | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: La Fitness Gym Shooting, Pittsburgh, George Sodini, Politics News
Bruce Wilson

Media analysis has so far ignored or glossed over Sodini's religious affiliations. Some of his readings included a book by Texas evangelist who claims that husbands own their wives, as literal property.

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In Pennsylvania Gym Murders, Suicide Shooter Targets Female Victims

Paul Helmke | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Violence Against Women, Nancy Pelosi, Gun Control, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Guns, Pittsburgh, Eric Holder, Politics News
Paul Helmke

It's obviously too easy for dangerous people to get dangerous weapons in this country.

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Andrea McNulty Accuses Ben Roethlisberger Of Sexual Assault

AP | Posted 08.21.2009 | Home

Read More: Sports, Ben Roethlisberger, Roethlisberger McNulty, Ben Roethlisberger Sexual Assault, Andrea McNulty, Roethlisbrger, Sexual Assault, Pittsburgh, Home News

(AP) RENO, Nev. - Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by a woman in Nevada. According...

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New Muslim Cool Forges Path for New America

Bakari Kitwana | Posted 07.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Islam, New Muslim Cool, Youth, America, Puerto Ricans, Propaganda, Pew Research Study, Arab-Americans, Latino Americans, Recession, Pittsburgh, Generation Gap, Culture, Entertainment News
Bakari Kitwana

Fighting against being defined by America's bygone eras, New Muslim Cool points us toward a more complicated future.

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West Virginia: The New Cleveland?

Dave Cooper | Posted 07.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Kinetic Park, Cleveland, Mountaintop Removal, Rahall, Pittsburgh, Coal, Strip Mining, Cuyahoga, Manchin, Green News
Dave Cooper

Gov. Manchin, along with southern West Virginia congressman Nick Joe Rahall, are ardent and strident supporters of the destruction of their state.

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Hate Acts and the NRA's Extreme Rhetoric

Paul Helmke | Posted 07.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, National Rifle Association, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Timothy McVeigh, Rahm Emanuel, Nancy Pelosi, Richard Poplawski Pittsburgh, Gun Control, New York Times, Oklahoma City Bombing, Eric Holder, Guns, Barack Obama, Pittsburgh, Wayne LaPierre, Politics News
Paul Helmke

Please take a moment this weekend to read Bob Herbert's column published today in the New York Times. His message is long overdue: Even with the mur...

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Sports: Detroit, Pittsburgh Both Attempting To Lose Stanley Cup, Avoid Expensive Victory Parade

The Onion | The Onion | Posted 07.05.2009 | Home

Read More: Pittsburgh, Detroit-Michigan, Home News

DETROIT/PITTSBURGH—As the Stanley Cup Finals continue, Penguins and Red Wings fans alike are urging their teams to spare their beleaguered citie...

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Starting Farming on the Cheap: An Interview with Two Young Farmers

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 05.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Greenhorns, Pastured Poultry, Beginning Farmers, Sustainable Agriculture, Free Range Chickens, Wolf Lake Farm, Pennsyslvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture, New Farmers, Pittsburgh, Green News
Leslie Hatfield

"Our desire to farm was fueled by our suspicion that this economic failure was on the horizon and by our disgust with the commercial food system."

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Pennsylvania Priest Runs Over Churchgoers After Good Friday Service, Killing 1

AP | Posted 05.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Priest, Pittsburgh, Forest Hills, Priest Accident, Home News

FOREST HILLS, Pa. — The pastor of a western Pennsylvania church says a retired priest is in a state of shock and in need of prayers after police...

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What's Going On?

Byron Williams | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Oakland Shootings, Binghamton Shooting, Binghamton Shootings, Oakland, Richard Poplawski Pittsburgh, Violence, Binghamton, Pittsburgh, Politics News
Byron Williams

In the midst of the recent tragedies in Pittsburgh, Oakland, Binghamton and Silicon Valley, questions abound. Is this the result of a bad economy?

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Gun "Nuts"

Bruce Tenenbaum | Posted 05.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Shot, Guns, Pittsburgh, Officers, Binghamton Shooting, Gun Control, Nra, Pittsburgh-Pennsylvania, Politics News
Bruce Tenenbaum

Gun ownership by itself doesn't make someone nuts. It just seems that lots of people who are nuts like guns a little bit too much.

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Movie Review | 'Adventureland': Coming of Age on the Midway

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.04.2009 | Home

Read More: New York-New York, Pittsburgh, Columbia, Home News

The stock market crash is a few months off, but for James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg) things have already taken a recessionary turn. His father (Jack Gi...

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Pittsburgh Suddenly On Cutting Edge Of Green Buildings

nytimes.com | CHRISTINE H. O’TOOLE | Posted 05.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Building, Green Infrastructure, Pittsburgh, Leed, Pittsburgh-Pennsylvania, Green News

Though the southwestern Pennsylvania metropolitan area is only the 22nd largest in the United States in terms of population, the city employed energy-...

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The Year My Wife Discovered Basketball

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 04.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Unc, Uconn, President Obama, Ncaa, Basketball, Pittsburgh, Missouri, Cornell, Memphis, Division I, March Madness, Louisville, Michigan, Rollie Massimino, Donkey Basketball, Office Pools, Clemson, Podunk, Lexington, Entertainment News
Roger I. Abrams

Fran had never become a sports fanatic, at least until now. The 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, however, has changed all of that.

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Filling Out the Winning NCAA Tournament Bracket

Sam Panayotovich | Posted 04.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: March Madness, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, Ncaa Tournament Brackets, College Basketball, Ncaa Basketball, NCAA Tournament, Memphis, Louisville, Pittsburgh, North Carolina, Ncaa Tournament Picks, Sports, March Madness Brackets, Ncaa Tournament Matchups, Ncaa Tournament Bracket Breakdowns, Chicago News
Sam Panayotovich

I'm using my experience covering and playing basketball to predict what might happen over the next 18 days. I'm confident in my selections (but ask me how I feel in two weeks).

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NCAA Number 1 Seeds 2009: Louisville, Connecticut, North Carolina, Pittsburgh

AP | EDDIE PELLS | Posted 04.15.2009 | Home

Read More: Ncaa Number One Seeds, March Madness, Ncaa 2009 Tournament, Connecticut, Louisville, North Carolina, 2009 Ncaa Number One Seeds, Pittsburgh, College Basketball, Home News

Built for basketball, the Big East is a big hit in March yet again. Louisville, Pittsburgh and Connecticut helped the league that was created decades...

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Holder, Race and Obama's 10% of the White Alabama Vote

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Gore, Brooklyn, George W. Bush, Oregon, Colorado, Race, Missouri, Dc, Eric Holder, Rural Issues, Virginia, New Jersey, Oklahoma, John Kerry, Racism, Republican Party, Mississippi, Suffolk County, North Carolina, African-American Issues, Alabama, Massachusetts, Congress, Kendrick Meek, Minnesota, New York, Barack Obama, Education, Mexican-American Issues, South, Michigan, Arkansas, Tennessee, Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton, Senate, New Orleans, Palm Beach, Morris County, Washington, Immigration, Democratic Party, Pittsburgh, Artur Davis, California, Nashville, Jewish Issues, New Hampshire, Ohio, Boca Raton, Long Island, Northeast, Philadelphia, Anthony Weiner, Latino Issues, Florida, John McCain, Appalachia, South Central US, St. Louis, Kamala Harris, Louisiana, Montgomery County, Birmingham, Presidential Election, Kentucky, Texas, Queens, Pennsylvania, New York City, Deep South, Young Voters, Memphis, Governors, Cleveland, Iowa, Georgia, South Carolina, San Francisco, White Voters, Rnc, Michael Steele, Broward, Hip Hop, Duluth, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

The complicated picture of how America came to vote for its first black president reflects the country's multifarious attitude towards race

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Pittsburgh Finds New Life After Steel

New York Times | David Streitfeld | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Pittsburgh Steel, Pittsburgh, Steel, Business News

PITTSBURGH -- This is what life in one American city looks like after an industrial collapse: Unemployment is 5.5 percent, far below the national ave...

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In Pittsburgh, Debate Bingo Not Reserved For Palin

Susan Kelley-Stamerra | Posted 11.08.2008 | Home

Read More: Debate Bingo, Swing State, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Election 2008, Presidential Debates, John McCain, Pittsburgh, Home News
Susan Kelley-Stamerra

"Oh Yeah!" Ice Cream and Waffles in Pittsburgh's Shadyside area once again rolled out the carpet for debate watchers last night, but this time the deb...

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Rock The Vote

Alison Teal | Posted 10.26.2008 | Living

Read More: Rock the Vote, Penn State University, Voter Registration, Pittsburgh, Living News
Alison Teal

We are 1/5 of the electorate, and in ten years we will be 1/4. It's time for us to be heard.

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Burton Morris: The Land of Oz in a Coffee Cup (Video)

Tom Gregory | Posted 09.08.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Jeff Koons, Andy Warhol, Jennifer Aniston, Burton Morris, Friends, Pittsburgh, Jasper Johns, Eli Broad, Pop Art, Entertainment News
Tom Gregory

Burton Morris' work is prized among the savvy for his use of color, energy and the iconic images of our generation.2008-08-08-tomgregpull.jpg

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Friday Talking Points [38] -- Whiners And Cheeseheads

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: National Convention, Timetable, Pow, Fisa, Immunity, Campaign, Withdrawal, Telecom, Rnc, Nuts, 2008, Sofa, Mccain Flip-Flop, Dennis Kucinich, Midotw, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Status of Forces, Leni Riefenstahl, Football, Amnesty, Democrat, Nuremberg, 08, Acceptance Speech, Platform, Democrats, Barack Obama, Election, Sister Soulja, 08 Election, Stadium, Elections, Mddotw, Martin Luther King, Whiners, Maliki, Russ Feingold, Cheesehead, Speech, Senator, Impeachment, Iraq, Pittsburgh, Anniversary, Denver, King, Republican, Lion of the Senate, Phil Gramm, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, 2008 Campaign, Mental Recession, Green Bay Packers, John McCain, Mlk, Prisoner of War, 2008 Elections, Jesse Jackson, Green Eggs and Ham, 2008 Election, Teddy Kennedy, Recession, 08 Campaign, Convention, 2008 Presidential Race, I Have a Dream, Telecommunications, Medicare, Steve Schmidt, Flip Flop, Steelers, Broncos, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Welcome back to Friday Talking Points, after a one-week hiatus! While plenty has happened in the past two weeks which bears close and careful analysis...

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On the Road: Pittsburgh Steelworkers On Strike

Laura J. Mansfield | Posted 04.27.2008 | Home

Read More: United Steelworkers Union, Edwards, Pennsylvania, Mccain, Clinton, Obama, Election 2008, Presidential Primary, Pittsburgh, Home News
Laura J. Mansfield

In Pittsburgh, Steelworkers Local 5032 has been on strike for seven weeks. They want a pension plan and health care and fair trade. The economy worked better, they say, under Bill Clinton.

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