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The Roundabout
May 16, 2012 1:50 PM
PennDOT has just released some new information about closures in the Downtown ramps project, starting tonight:
The westbound Parkway East off-ramp to Stanwix Street will close from 10 p.m. today (Wednesday) to 5 a.m. Thursday. The on-ramp from Grant ...Read More
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Classical Musings
May 16, 2012 1:24 PM
Controversial or not, here is the the Metropolitan Opera “Live in HD” line up for the 2012-13 season:
Summer repeats are Donizetti’s “Anna Bolena” (June 13), Rossini’s “Le
Comte Ory” (June 20), Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” (June ...Read More
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Varsity Blog
May 16, 2012 11:14 AM
I'm just sayin' ...
*** A new alignment for WPIAL baseball next year will mean the playoffs will have a different look. That's a good thing because the WPIAL baseball playoffs need to change.
I'm not the only one who doesn't like the way the WPIAL b ...Read More
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Gardening with Doug
May 16, 2012 9:31 AM
Three baby robins wait to be fed.
This is another nest that's about a week ahead of the babies I posted earlier in the week. The mother nested in an old bluebird box with the side missing. I was worried that the babies would be vulnerable, but ...Read More
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TechMan
May 16, 2012 9:22 AM
Reuters: Next iPhone will have larger screen
CNN Money: Facebook adds 25 percent more shares to IPO
Reuters: GM dropping Facebook ads
The Verge: HTC phones held up in Customs for possible patent infringement
Mashable: Sony signs Aaaron Sorkin to ...Read More
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Empty Netters
May 16, 2012 4:32 AM
Penguins
-"I'd like to do that, if possible. We're looking at hopefully getting extensions with [Crosby and Staal]." - Ray Shero on potentially signing Sidney Crosby and Jordan Staal (above) to contract extensions.
-The Penguins signed defenseman ...Read More
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Rob Rogers' Cartoons
May 16, 2012 12:00 AM
Governor Tom Corbett's defenders claim that he didn't cut state funding to the arts directly. While that may be true, his devestating cuts to education leave schools in a position where they have to make those cuts anyway.
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Empty Netters
May 15, 2012 2:02 PM
"Twenty Years Later" is a segment, with a highly unimaginative name, which will appear on Empty Netters throughout the 2011-12 season. We will examine the Penguins' 1991-92 season which led to the fi ...Read More
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Dukes Dispatches
May 15, 2012 11:28 AM
Update 1:30 p.m.: VCU will join the A-10 next season, bringing the league to 15 teams for the 2012-13 season.
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The Atlantic 10 will hold a conference call at 2:30 p.m. to answer questions about news that Virginia Commonwealth will be joining the ...Read More
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City Walkabout
May 15, 2012 10:37 AM
The second set of workshops and meetings are underway in the progress of MOVEPGH, the transportation component of the city’s first-ever masterplan, PLANPGH.I missed alerting you yesterday to the meeting that kicked off this week of work sessions, ...Read More
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TechMan
May 15, 2012 9:37 AM
Mashable: Just sittin' here watching the river glow
allthingsd: Macbook Pro makeoever coming
allthingsd: Facebook share price estimate rises ...Read More
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POPi
May 15, 2012 8:22 AM
Last year, it was Batman. This summer, Superman comes in for a landing at Pittsburgh's Steel City Con.
Dean Cain -- star of "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" -- will be the headlining guest at the Monroeville Convention Center. The Con ...Read More
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The Roundabout
May 15, 2012 8:05 AM
U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., one of the more reasoned voices in an increasingly dysfunctional Congress, makes the case that not only is America's transportation infrastructure crumbling due to inadequate spending, the nation is squandering an o ...Read More
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Empty Netters
May 15, 2012 4:12 AM
Penguins
-What says Jordan Staal (above) has to be traded? (PG+)
-The Penguins local ratings were the highest for any United States-based NHL or NBA franchise this past season.
-Craig Adams is good people:
-"It's like a tread ...Read More
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Rob Rogers' Cartoons
May 15, 2012 12:00 AM
According to a recent story in the Washington Post, Mitt Romney was a bit of a bully when he went to the prestigious Cranbrook School. The victim of Romney's bullying was John Lauber, a fellow Cranbrook student who was teased for his nonconformity and ...Read More
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