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By Colin Dunlap | 6:35 p.m. Thursday
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.
Just got back from walking over to The Landing for the West Virginia pep rally.
Wanted to check it out -- you know, see what was going on.
In a nutshell, here's what it was: The band, the cheerle...
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By Mike White | Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009, 4:45 p.m.
If you're watching the Sun Bowl this afternoon, you might notice a former North Allegheny High School player who has had a very good season for Stanford.
Tom Keiser is a sophomore defensive end for St...
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In reaction this week to my column about a very bad decade, two people e-mailed me to say that in fact it had been a very good one for them. Yes, me too, but that column wasn't about individuals but the mass of people. And, collectively, we all suffered -...
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By Mike White | Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009, 10:45 a.m.
The Mt. Lebanon girls had some impressive performances the past two weeks against some top national competition. But the Mt. Lebanon boys weren't far behind in the impressive department.
The Mt. Leba...
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by Diana Nelson Jones/Dec 31If I were naive, I could attribute to 2009 the "low"ness of some responses I got to my story yesteray about the new Las Palmas grocery store and butcher shop in Brookline. Que suerte por Brookline!But I know the same vitriol ag...
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Martin Brodeur's (above, stopping Ruslan Fedotenko) second shutout of the season against a team as offensively talented as the Penguins was impressive. But it's hardly unprecedented. At least compared to the early years of the Penguins.
It marked the se...
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Why didn't I invent this? I've had the idea in my head for years. I've spent a lifetime strugling with large pots, wrestling them in and out of the house and around the garden. I just found the Potlifter, and it makes the job a breeze.
What makes it brill...
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Penguins
-Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game. Brent Johnson (above, with New Jersey's Zach Parise) saw just about every shot he saw. He just didn't see that one.
-The Newark Star-Ledger's recap. Martin Brodeur had a nice day.
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How many red flags had to be raised before the U.S. government and Northwest Airlines saw danger in Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's intent to down the airliner ("Terrorism Attempt Fails on Jetliner Over Detroit," Dec. 26)? The first red flag was waved by his ...
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How stupid are we? Air travel security screening is a joke. The secretary of homeland security thinks the system worked after being confronted with another failed airline bomb plot ("Ire Rises Over Air Security Lapses," Dec. 28).So the biggest list of peo...
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In Bill Kaszycki's letter ("Sorry Values," Dec. 17), he makes the assertion that "average citizens who want to maintain their own current comfortable situation," in regard to their own health-care situations, are somehow of questionable character and mora...
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After reading former Gov. Dick Thornburgh's commentary about the turnpike ("Abolish the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission," Dec. 23), I just had to get something off my chest. A few years ago, I was working at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, and instead of usi...
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With regard to the letter "Shovel, or Pay Up" (Dec. 29): Right on, Mr. Blumenfeld. The situation here in Point Breeze, except for a few law-abiding, conscientious homeowners, is the same: icy, snow-covered sidewalks that surround lovely, beautifully maint...
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There is a clear public safety threat looming for Pennsylvania, and the Rendell administration seems content to let it happen ("Shortage of State Troopers Looming," Dec. 29). The state recently graduated a small class of 80 cadets from the state police ac...
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This may be the end of the first decade of the 21st century, but more important for Allegheny County is that 2010 marks the first 10 years of its home-rule government.That won't set hearts aflutter as the ball drops on New Year's Eve, but it's been a posi...
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This holy season is as good a time as any to consider which of the 50 states has the most religious population, as a matter of curiosity if not bragging rights. But how can religious feeling be measured?While acknowledging the difficulty, the Pew Research...
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Had a heart attack? Don't want another one? Go to rehab.That advice might appear perfectly logical, but four out of five heart patients ignore their physicians, failing to attend even one rehab session as part of their recovery program.Experts don't know ...
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Hey, guess where we are:
-Nope, not quite:
-We're beaming live from the living room of Castle Empty Netters. It's our final live blog of the decade.
-FSN PIttsburgh provides your line and defensive combinations:
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You knew this would come eventually. The finest work to date from the great Benstonium. Big Ben's Jersey Shore name is classic.
[View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMnTV7JsMgg]...
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By Colin Dunlap | 5:06 p.m. Wednesday
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.
Spent most of the time at Florida State's practice today, speaking to coach Bowden and working on a neat piece for tomorrow's Post-Gazette about a guy you will come to really like --- Billy Smith. ...
