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Crosby collects hat trick in Game 2 victory

Working in wide-open swaths of ice left by Ottawa's tentative defense, the Pittsburgh superstar needed just over one period to complete his second playoff hat trick and lift the Penguins to a 4-3 victory Friday night in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference ...
Feds to probe Connecticut train crash

Federal transportation investigators will work to determine what caused two passenger trains to collide during rush hour in Connecticut, sending dozens to the ...
Moving closures to reduce North Atherton Street down to one lane starting Monday

Those who drive on North Atherton Street for some part of their daily travels, take notice: Starting Monday, your commute to Penn State or trip to the grocery store might be a little longer.Through June, North Atherton Street will see temporary moving closures that will reduce traffic to one lane each way from its intersection with West College Avenue all the way out to Colonnade Way. That ...
Penn State to close Otto’s Cafe in Kern Building bring in national chain

UNIVERSITY PARK - A national restaurant chain is expected to move into Penn State’s Kern Building in place of Otto’s Cafe.The university closed the cafeteria-style eatery earlier this month, and Penn State officials have been in talks with the not-yet-announced national chain to sign a contract, said Dave Gingher, the university’s director of retail campus dining.Penn State ...
Freese hits slam Brewers lose 7-6 to Cardinals

Milwaukee Brewers' Aramis Ramirez hits his second three-run home run of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals during the sixth inning on Friday, May 17, 2013, in St. Louis. Ramirez also hit a three-run home run in the fourth ...

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Pitch Black

"Pitch Black" doesn't waste much time getting started. After a few brief credits and a standard establishing shot of a giant space cruiser moving slowly through the vast reaches of outer space, we are immediately hurled into a maniacally paced action sequence where said space cruiser is damaged by a rogue comet, the captain is killed by flying debris, and the second-in-command, Fry (Radha Mitchel ... ...

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Rangers offense falls short in 2-1 loss to Tigers

ARLINGTON, Texas — With a little help from slugger Miguel Cabrera, Rick Porcello and the Detroit Tigers slowed down the Texas Rangers. Cabrera went 3 for 4 with a go-ahead double in the fifth inning to back Porcello and lift the Tigers over the Rangers 2-1 Friday night in a matchup of division leaders. Texas had scored 51 runs in its past eight games, going 7-1 in that stretch. Porcello ...
Burnett meets former teammate Bedard Astros

Houston's trip to Pittsburgh for a three-game series this weekend likely felt very familiar, as the two teams were NL Central foes just last year. For the Astros' Saturday starter, though, it's familiar for different reasons. Erik Bedard started 24 games for the Pirates last season, going 7-14 with a 5.01 ERA. After being released in August, the 34-year-old left-hander signed ...
Kendrick to face Cincinnatis Arroyo in bid to build momentum

Even on a team with Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee and Cole Hamels, Kyle Kendrick has been the man in Philadelphia's rotation for most of the season. Since allowing five runs and taking the loss in his first start of 2013, the 28-year-old right-hander is 4-0 with a 1.84 ERA. He has gone seven innings in each of last three starts, and before that tossed a three-hit, complete game shutout against ...
City’s financial status under debate

Karpiak said the financial situation is getting better. Keller reported that tax collections were $8,000 ahead this month over those from a year ...
District renews food contract

Kelly Patterson, regional manager for Nutrition Inc., told the board last week that based on a 5 percent expected increase in food costs, the district would face about a $43,000 deficit if it keeps the same number of employees for the 2013-14 year and doesn't increase the cost of school ...

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Crowne Plaza, Los Angeles International Airport

I needed a hotel overnight near LAX and decided on the Crowne Plaza, a 4 star recently-renovated business class hotel ...

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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. ...