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Mike White |10:15 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 30
Did you know Thomas Jefferson, Rochester and Pittsburgh Central Catholic are second, third and fourth in the state in wins since 2000.
That's the kind of information you get from the Pennsylvania Football News web...
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An emotional concert took place last week in Jerusalem in which 16 violins used by Jewish Holocaust victims were played. The Telegraph (U.K.) had the story, but I was just made aware of it:
Weinstein, a violin maker, said he received the instruments in va...
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Tony Norman
What's up with Bill Clinton? The so-called "genius" of American politics has been co-opted by Republican presidential candidate John McCain's campaign BIG TIME!
Bill is the star of John McCain's latest ad. Clinton is quoted spreading the blame...
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(That's Swedish for "Greetings from Sweden.")
Shelly Anderson checks in with some photos of the Penguins' adventures in Sweden. They had a scavenger hunt of some sort.
-From left to right, Pascal Dupuis, Bill Thomas and Darryl Sydor
assembling an IKEA sto...
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From a Philly Inquirer piece about the events in that city this past week:
By Peter Dobrin
Inquirer Classical Music Critic
The moment at which the Philadelphia Orchestra's purpose in life achieved greatest clarity came at 8 p.m.
That's the time the en...
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Tom Waseleski
Don't look for any profiles in courage in the thundering vote to do nothing Monday on Capitol Hill. There was a strong connection between the House's failure to approve a financial rescue and representatives who are facing stiff re-election...
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Shopping online for home theater cables should be one of those activities that carries the standard amusement park disclaimer. You know the type: pregnant women, people with heart problems or back ailments, etc., should not ride this ride. If you don't ...
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Sergei Gonchar and Ryan Whitney will both be on the shelf for quite a while. Fine. Nothing can be done about that now.So what do the Penguins have left in the cupboard?Plenty.When Ray Shero re-signed Mark Eaton back on July 1, many questioned the decisio...
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The Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra has long had a relationship with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, in which one of the PSO's resident conductors conduct the youth. Now PYSO will get two.
Actually, the PSO (strangely) has two resident condu...
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12:58 a.m.: Ravens fans are bummed out, check out their message boards at the Baltimore Sun's Web site.
12:40 p.m.: It was a win for the Steelers but a devastating one. Rookie first-round pick Rashard Mendenhall and veteran guard Kendall Simmons will bo...
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ESPN is reporting Penguins defenseman Sergei Gonchar will undergo surgery on his dislocated left shoulder and will miss 4-6 months.
EN Says: Well that's certainly not good. Combine that with Ryan Whitney's injury, the Penguins are missing out on a lot of...
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OK, sorry, but this story just cried out for that headline:
NEW YORK (AP) - Philip Glass has been commissioned by the New York City Opera to compose an opera that imagines the final months in the life of Walt Disney.
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Tony Norman
Friday night's debate between Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama and his Republican opponent Sen. John McCain has been described in many ways: anticlimactic, serious, a cure for insomnia, a study in presidential poise, a clash o...
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Sprint has turned on its new WiMax wireless service in Baltimore and is offering the service with no contracts. This could be the future for Internet-everywhere, but unfortunately Pittsburgh is not on the list of cities with WiMax in the works. ...
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The unnamed Pittsburgh casino is back on track; casino revenues are down slightly across the state; and in Washington County everybody is trying to figure out how to split $12 million or so in local slots tax revenues, courtesy of The Meadows; but thie ...
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Tom Waseleski
The House vote minutes ago rejecting the bailout proves my point. The bill went down 228-205, with Republicans against by a margin of 2-1. It goes without saying there needs to be more of a bipartisan effort.
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By Sharon Eberson / Monday, Sept. 20
With the mega-success of "Iron Man" leading off the summer and a more modest boost from "The Incredible Hulk," there was no question that more Avengers movies would follow, and Marvel Studios soon announced that a C...
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Tom Waseleski
I don't know about you, but I think there's too much of an official Democratic face on the Wall Street bailout. Just look at this morning's Post-Gazette, with the page 1 photo of Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Chris Dodd at the n...
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We're told that the shirt says either Pittsburgh Steelers, or Go Steelers! in Hebrew. Can't remember which. At any rate, Happy Rosh Hashanah.
Some gameday quick hitters from the Baltimore Sun ...
The Sun staff picks the Steelers to win a squeaker by ...
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Mike White |8:45 a.m., Monday, Sept. 29
Tom Droney, a standout junior on the Sewickley Academy basketball team, visited Wake Forest and Davidson this past weekend, but only one of the schools made his cut.
Droney has decided to cross Wake Forest off hi...
