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The world returned from Thanksgiving to learn of these literary milestones:Duke University Press is releasing "Surviving Against The Odds: Village Industry in Indonesia" Thursday with some hoopla at the American Anthropological Association's conference ...
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PREGAME
-Hey guess where we are:
-No not quite:
-Greetings from our editor's cubicle. Winter has pretty much arrived in Pittsburgh. It's been cloudy all day and in the mid 30's. It one of those days you wish you were in San Diego.
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I am back to blogging after a wonderful Thanksgiving break. My two kids came back from New York City - which is where many of Pittsburgh's kids go when they grow up - and we shared many amusing moments, not all of them involving eating, although there was...
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By Mike White | Monday, Nov. 30
A few items before they are sent to the recycle bin.
Representatives from the U.S. Army All-American Bowl will be in the Pittsburgh area this week to announce the selection of three WPIAL players to the prestigious event...
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Alt-rock band Saving Abel, best known for the hit single "Addicted" and its touring run with Nickelback, has canceled its show at Club Zoo Wednesday due to health problems plaguing singer Jared Weeks.
The band recently was forced to cancel three appearanc...
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"Michael Jackson's This Is It" is coming to DVD on Jan. 26. Here's the press release:
Taking the Stage on Blu-rayTM, DVD and PSPTM this January 26, 2010,
With Over 90 Minutes of Never-Before-Seen Bonus Features
Including Two Making-of Documentaries, Cos...
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By Colin Dunlap | 1:28 p.m. Monday
For their efforts in a 19-16 win against rival Pitt on Friday, two West Virginia players -- kicker Tyler Bitancurt and safety Robert Sands -- received Big East player of the week honors today.Bitancur...
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Well, it's one step forward, one step back.
Penguins defenseman Jay McKee (above) will return to the lineup against the Rangers tonight after missing six games due to an infected finger. He will replace Alex Goligoski who is sitting due to what is though...
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Mike Lange's calls from Saturday's game:
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Good feedback to my story about how hard it is for new Christmas/holiday carols and songs to break into the canon or the radio rotation. Unfortunately, they have all been e-mailed to me, so I will summarize:
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By Colin Dunlap | 11:30 a.m. Monday
I have been getting a bunch of Q&A submissions about 6-foot-8 redshirt freshman post player Rodrigo Peggau (pictured), so here is the real deal with the young man from Brazil.
Peggau played 6 minutes in the season op...
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By Colin Dunlap | 11 a.m. Monday
A few Q&A submissions that I got overnight. Seems a lot of people are worried about this new building for some reason.
QUESTION: Other rumors swirling around are that the Dukes will have locker rooms in the new building ...
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by Diana Nelson Jones/Nov 30
The Polish Hill Civic Association is drumming up support for a community bread oven with a fund-raising music party at Gooskis on the Friday before Christmas.
Five dollars gets you into the "Bands for Bread" event. Doors open ...
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So today is Cyber Monday. If you're a gardener, I'm sure there are lots of things out there that are interesting and cheap online, but just about everybody locally is selling their bulbs at half price or better. The problem is you'll actually have to get ...
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President Barack Obama's decision to attend the summit on climate change in Copenhagen next month and to announce in advance U.S. targets to reduce carbon emissions is a promising move.
Global warming is a top priority for the nations of the world and one...
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As passengers flying over the Thanksgiving break were doubtless reminded, the glory days of commercial aviation are only a memory. You can blame deregulation or the turmoil caused by the 9/11 attacks or high fuel prices, but you are left with the sad fact...
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Closing down a business in a neighborhood that's already down on its luck would not normally be considered an improvement plan. When the business is a bar with a history of trouble, though, a shutdown is the prudent move.
That's the case with the Mac Can ...
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In rebuttal to Allegheny County Council President Rich Fitzgerald's rebuttal "Tax the Nonprofits: They Should Pay Their Fair Share for County Services" (Nov. 18 Perspectives): I could not disagree more. His weak argument is that some taxed, for-profit cor...
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It is sad, though not unexpected, to see the lies and distortion that the pro-abortion community is using to oppose the Stupak amendment. Here are just three examples that have appeared in the Post-Gazette in recent weeks:
1. "This Modern World" cartoon (...
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Let's see, conservatives. You don't want any money, public or private, to go to a public health-care system, or to fund birth control or abortions. Neither do you want to feed, clothe, house or be bled dry by the poor. (Apparently, there are no poor, unin...
