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Tracing the Tribe (Free subscription) | yesterday
An important meeting to discuss the future of the Pittsburgh (PA) Jewish Genealogical Society is set for 7pm Monday, Sept. 15. The meeting will be held at the Rudolph Family Holocaust Center, at the JCC Robinson Building, 5738 Darlington Road, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. At the Chicago 2008 conference, I was privileged to meet Rae M. Barent of Pittsburgh who feels that it is crucial to revive the
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | yesterday
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - Freshmen at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania won't get flagged by the calorie police if they react to classroom stress by loading up on ice cream in the dining hall.
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http://www.CelebrityVideoTube.com (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
Stuff PITTSBURGH - A U.S. federal appeals court refused Friday to dismiss fraud and theft charges against celebrity pathologist Cyril Wecht and said he can be tried again - but ordered the judge replaced to… Read the full article here
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The Pittsburgh Business Times (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
An internist and two cardiologists have left The Western Pennsylvania Hospital to join the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
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Chicago news (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Coming soon to the Pittsburgh area: Da steaks, da burgers and da ribs. Hall of Fame football player and coach Mike Ditka is bringing his namesake restaurant to western Pennsylvania.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
PITTSBURGH-- A man who claims to be related to missing Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa has been sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison for robbing a bank in western Pennsylvania.
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How Appealing (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
"Suspect pleads guilty in collar bombing; Pizza delivery man died after robbing PNC Bank in 2005": The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today contains an article that begins, "One of Pennsylvania's strangest criminal cases, a bank robbery carried out by a pizza delivery...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
FACTS & STATS: Site: Heinz Field (65,000) -- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Television:ESPN+. Home Record: Buffalo 1-0, Pittsburgh 0-1. Away Record: Buffalo 0-0, Pittsburgh 0-0. Neutral Record: Buffalo 0-0, Pittsburgh 0-0. Conference Record: Buffalo 0-0, Pittsburgh 0-0. Series Record: First-ever meeting.
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Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Elevated levels of ozone mean that people who are sensitive to air pollution -- such as children, the elderly and asthmatics -- should avoid extended time outdoors today, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
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Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Hoping to win votes for Obama in perennial swing state Pennsylvania, the surviving members of the Grateful Dead will reportedly stage a concert in the Keystone State on October 13th. No city has been named for the event, but the frontrunners appear to be Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. If the show does go on, it would [...]
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McConfuse (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
Obama supporters explain why they're involved in the campaign and what you can do to get involved. Music by Pittsburgh artist Boca Chica. Author: BarackObamadotcom Keywords: barack obama pennsylvania grassroots community organizing Added: September 1, 2008
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Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden was in Pennsylvania Monday for a Labor Day parade and to connect with voters in his hometown of Scranton.Biden was to march in a parade in Pittsburgh then head to Scranton, where his family faced difficult economic times when he was child, USA Today reported.Biden told supporters Sunday at a rally in Toledo, Ohio, his late father knew what it meant to...
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Boker tov, Boulder! (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
MCain-Palin rally yesterday (in John Murtha's district) in Washington, Pennsylvania - near Pittsburgh A BtB reader who was there sends this panoramic collage of the crowd. He could only gauge the crowd at "anywhere from 12,000 to 20,000." On the Saturday of Labor Day weekend, all these people sat in the sun and heat for four hours, waiting to catch a (15-minute) glimpse of McCain and Palin. He writes...
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Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and his running mate, Joseph Biden, kicked off their campaign in a rust-belt Pennsylvania town.The two U.S. senators addressed a rally Friday night in Beaver in western Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported. The event was the first in their Road to Change tour.Obama hammered away at John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee."John McCain...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
PITTSBURGH Sens. Barack Obama and Joe Biden Friday took the momentum from their party's convention and a sizable poll bounce and plunged deep into the heart of this economically depressed region, where they need their energy and economic messages to click.