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FBI Arrest made in Wash. state ricin letter scare

SPOKANE, Wash. - A 37-year-old man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a case in which a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin were discovered in Washington state last week.A grand jury indictment accused Matthew Ryan Buquet of mailing a death threat to U.S. District Judge Fred Van Sickle at the federal courthouse on May 14.A search of federal court records turned up no ...
Wilson Angels beat Mariners 7-1

C.J. Wilson struck out 10 in eight innings, Josh Hamilton had a two-run single and the Los Angeles Angels beat Seattle 7-1 on Wednesday to hand the Mariners their season-worst sixth straight ...
Bumgarner rebounds from tough outing

SAN FRANCISCO — Madison Bumgarner is back on track. After a couple of rough starts in May, he pitched another gem. Bumgarner made one mistake Wednesday, leaving a ball up to Bryce Harper. Harper's leadoff home run in the sixth was the only blemish for Bumgarner, who gave up four hits in seven innings. Harper doubled in the 10th and scored on Ian Desmond's single to give the ...
Pirates pitching trio moving forward

Email PITTSBURGH -- Pirates pitchers have found their groove in May, leading baseball in ERA, opposing batting average and strikeouts in the month entering Wednesday's game. And there is even more help on the way. Charlie Morton threw 80 pitches over four innings Tuesday for Double-A Altoona, giving up two hits, two walks and two unearned runs. Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said Morton, ...
Pirates to support Penguins in road stretch

Email PITTSBURGH -- Pirates players will proudly don Penguins jerseys when they travel to Milwaukee and Detroit this weekend, and they are more than happy to represent their city doing so. Support for their fellow athletes is running rampant through the clubhouse as the Penguins look to advance past the Ottawa Senators in the second round of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. "There's a ...

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The Spitfire Grill

By now, most people know that "The Spitfire Grill" was financed by Gregory Productions, the for-profit arm of the Sacred Heart League, a Roman Catholic charitable organization based in Mississippi. Unfortunately, this fact has only garnered negative press for a film that originally opened to good reviews. It won the Audience Award at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival, and Castle Rock Enterta ... ...

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All joking aside Bucs have chemistry

Email PITTSBURGH -- Bryan Morris could not take the heat for much longer. After finishing his pregame run, the Pirates' reliever crawled into closer Jason Grilli's life-size Chewbacca costume and hid in his teammate's locker. When Grilli entered and sat down, Morris popped out, causing the 36-year-old Grilli to jump up from his chair. The costume of the furry "Star ...
Occupy Easton protesters ordered to leave Thursday

EASTON, Pa. (AP) -- Officials in the eastern Pennsylvania city of Easton have told Occupy protesters to leave by noon Thursday or be cited for ...
White powder found at elementary school determined to be heroin

Parents of students at the school previously received a letter explaining a student found packets of white powder while clearing out an unused desk on May 14. The substance was then sent for ...
Downed tree closes section of Benner Pike severe thunderstorm warning in effect

Benner Pike was closed Wednesday around 7:30 p.m. between Shiloh Road and the Interstate 99 interchange due to a downed tree near the state prison at Rockview, according to a fire police responder stationed at Shiloh ...
Pittsburgh Flood Response Unit Undergoing Extensive Training

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – You probably never think of them, until you need them. An elite team of rescuers is training in our area and what they do could end up saving your life. We are talking about the Pittsburgh Flood Response Unit and they endure some pretty grueling elements. The tactical group is unique. It’s a collaboration between Pittsburgh Police, Fire and EMS. Since April, ...

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Pallam Raju to visit USA for dialogue on higher education

Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister M.M. Pallam Raju would be on a five-day visit to Washington DC, Philadelphia and Boston beginning on May 13 for dialogue on higher education.

"This a continuation of India-US higher education dialogue which was initiated in 2009 after the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to the US during the same year, " Pallam Raju told the media here today.

This visit is the follow up of the Obama-Singh initiative taken on higher education. The focus of the visit would be on strengthening and enhancing higher education initiatives- 8 projects have been identified under this initiative. Strategic dialogue on higher education would take place. The visit will also cover school education and skill development sector.

Pallam Raju also discussed 'Connect to India' programme where US students will be coming and joining higher research institutes in India. The visit will also focus on exchange of faculty and development of faculty.

The Government has also initiated a scheme through University Grants Commission (UGC) to sponsor Indian researchers at the Post-Doctoral level and the first batch of 126 Indian scholars is ready to go to the US Institutions for post-doctoral research. ...