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Empty Netters
Jan 27, 2012 12:02 PM
We will be hosting live chats for the all-star skills competition and the game this weekend.
The skills competition will be held Saturday, 7 p.m.
The game will be held Sunday, 4 p.m.
Click here to join the fun at the appropiate times.
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City Walkabout
Jan 27, 2012 11:27 AM
Pat’s Lunch used to be called the Terminal Lunch but Pat, who was Patti Lewis’s mother, thought that sounded like death. In 1981, when she took over the business, she switched the name, but it didn’t matter to the customers.“They all calle ...Read More
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The Roundabout
Jan 27, 2012 8:30 AM
Weather permitting (and if it doesn't blow down today in these hurricane-like conditions), a PennDOT contractor will take a stab at demolishing the unused railroad bridge at South Main Street (Route 60) in the West End Circle on Saturday. Weather scru ...Read More
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Empty Netters
Jan 27, 2012 7:48 AM
Penguins
-"I lost a lot of games last year. Some guys say, 'Oh, he's not playing at the same level anymore.' I worked hard over the summer and coming into this year, and I know I'm ready." - Evgeni Malkin (above).
-Former Penguins forward prospe ...Read More
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Blog 'n' Gold
Jan 27, 2012 3:21 AM
Media analyst extraordinaire Brad Adgate, Senior VP Research for Horizon Media, sends along an impressive list of statistics about the Super Bowl, reflecting the sheer cash cow that it is. Those are below, along with a bunch of awesomely nerdy charts ...Read More
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Gardening with Doug
Jan 27, 2012 12:00 AM
Photographic evidence compost gives you a green thumb, in fact two!. Photo illustration by Doug Oster
Compost is the best thing for the garden.
It's the soil amendment that gives us our green thumbs, making plants thrive.
The hardest th ...Read More
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Empty Netters
Jan 26, 2012 9:24 PM
The NHL's All-Star Lame Game draft was held up. Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin (right), the league's leading scorer, was selected to play on Bruins captain Zdeno Chara's team. His Penguins teammates, defenseman Kris Letang and forward James Neal, were ...Read More
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Reg on Wry
Jan 26, 2012 5:14 PM
From a space lover's blog: "The ultimate goal of using the Moon? Since it has no atmosphere, it can't be 'transformed' into a new and breathable place, but in the next century, artificial 'biosphere bubbles,' like those of Arthur C. Clarke's 195 ...Read More
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Dukes Dispatches
Jan 26, 2012 5:12 PM
It’s nearly a month into the Atlantic 10 season, and the only thing that’s clear is that several of the usual suspects have yet to crack the top four of the league.
That, said senior B.J. Monteiro, gives Duquesne some solace, sitting just shy of ...Read More
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Mad About The Movies
Jan 26, 2012 4:58 PM
"Bridesmaids" isn't walking down the Oscar aisle as a best picture nominee but it's still getting plenty of love.
Six of the comedy's actresses will be presenters at the 84th Academy Awards, telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer announced ...Read More
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Pop Noise
Jan 26, 2012 3:56 PM
Pittsburgh's Code Orange Kids can now claim to have a Deathwish.
The local hardcore punk outfit -- made up of recent high school grads -- has signed to Deathwish, the independent label that launched such bands as Boysetsfire and Knives Out, and cur ...Read More
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City Walkabout
Jan 26, 2012 2:38 PM
This morning, I got the chance to tour the Masonic Hall beside the Garden Theater in the Central Northside. My feet have never been that cold indoors but it was worth it to be in such an awe-striking building and to be one of the early few while you ...Read More
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Empty Netters
Jan 26, 2012 1:16 PM
"Twenty Years Later" is a segment with a highly unimaginative name which will appear on Empty Netters throughout the 2011-12 season. We ...Read More
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Blog 'n' Gold
Jan 26, 2012 12:57 PM
The Pittsburgh Dad guys posted a video today featuring deleted scenes from Tuesday's episode featuring our hero jaggin' his Ravens-fan neighbor Tawm about Sunday's game. These (to me) are funnier than the actual video they made. Pittsburgh Dad's expla ...Read More
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Faithburgh
Jan 26, 2012 12:33 PM
A Unitarian minister will offer reflections on the life of the Catholic monk and writer Thomas Merton on Tues. Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. in East Liberty Presbyterian Church.This ecumenical and interfaith event will kick off a year-long celebration of the 40th ...Read More
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Empty Netters
Jan 26, 2012 12:01 PM
With Washington captain Alex Ovechkin bowing out of the all-star game, James Neal joins a somewhat exclusive group of former Penguins.
Neal is the ninth Penguins player to be selected for an all-star game in his first full season with the franchise ...Read More
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Open Letters
Jan 26, 2012 11:12 AM
The sad news of Joe Paterno's passing not only rocked the college sports world, but also came as a surprise to many who simply know the name "JoePa" and the legacy he created at Penn State. As a Pitt graduate, and one who loved the Pitt-Penn State riv ...Read More
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Open Letters
Jan 26, 2012 11:12 AM
I will not sit idly by while a bunch of professional sob sisters, Pentagon girl scouts and a bunch of draft-dodging politicians condemn the actions of four warrior Marines urinating on dead bodies of the Taliban. When you mess with America, this is wh ...Read More
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Open Letters
Jan 26, 2012 11:10 AM
I was dismayed to see the ratings numbers for WESA-FM (90.5) and, then, "I-told-you-so" letters from jazz buffs who feel they've lost their station.
Am I the only person in town who is relieved, and thankful, that we still have a station that car ...Read More
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Open Letters
Jan 26, 2012 11:09 AM
The decision that led Gov. Tom Corbett and his political appointees at the state Department of Public Welfare to place an asset test for food stamps isn't about fraud, waste or abuse -- it's about blind ideology.
DPW officials first publicly ment ...Read More
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