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Neals hat trick leads Penguins back to conference finals

The Pens eliminated the Ottawa Senators Friday night with a 6-2 victory in Game 5 of their semifinals series. continued his hot streak with a hat trick, while Brenden Morrow, Kris Letang and Evgeni Malkin also scored for the ...
Donations for Oklahoma top $20 million

The Red Cross has received more than $15 million in donations and pledges so far for the town of Moore, which was struck by a tornado Monday that killed 24, injured more than 300 and destroyed thousands of ...
Zimmermann wins 8th Nationals top Phillies 5-2

Washington Nationals' Ryan Zimmerman hits a single during the first inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Nationals Park, Friday, May 24, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex ...
Sanchez Loses No-Hit Bid In 9th Tigers Beat Twins

DETROIT (AP) -- Anibal Sanchez took a no-hitter into the ninth inning before Minnesota’s Joe Mauer broke it up with a one-out single, and that was the only hit the Detroit right-hander allowed in the Tigers’ 6-0 victory over the Twins on Friday night. Sanchez fell two outs shy of his second career no-hitter, but thanks to Mauer it was just another near miss this season. There have ...
LPGA Bowie Young Cavalleri tied in the Bahamas

Silvia Cavalleri was hitting the ball so well Friday she was sorry the Bahamas Classic was held on only 12 holes. The slogan for the LPGA Tour is, "See why it's different out here." Was it ever. Bowie Young and Cavalleri were tied for the lead at 6-under 39, which by numbers alone broke the LPGA scoring record by 20 shots. Not to worry. Annika Sorenstam's 59 in Phoenix in ...

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Don McKay [Blu-Ray]

Jake Goldbergers directorial debut Don McKay is an offbeat neo-noir that features one of those convoluted scams whose slow and methodical revelation provides a great teal of tense pleasure, but once revealed is so inanely complicated and ridiculous that you have to wonder if it is all ... ...

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Male wounded in Rankin shooting

Police and paramedics were called at 7:42 p.m. for a report of a male shot in the playground along Kenmawr Avenue in the Hawkins Village housing complex, county emergency dispatchers ...
Summer of Pennsylvania teens’ discontent

Pennsylvania parents, prepare yourselves: With a 17.6 percent teen-unemployment rate heading into the summer of 2013, your jobless kids might be making frequent withdrawals from the Bank of Mom & Dad for their vacation spending ...
Lowes employee pinned between box truck tractor-trailer

Union Township police said the 32-year-old man had finished moving appliances from the box truck to the tractor-trailer at the store on West State Street when the box truck drifted backward, pinning him between the two ...
Police search for armed men in womans shooting

The men were last seen at Corey Avenue and Second Street, and one may have gone into a building on Holland Avenue, according to a tweet on Allegheny ...
Kuchar leads Colonial when 2nd round suspended

Matt Kuchar was 10-under par on the 16th green when the second round of the Colonial was suspended Friday night because of an impending storm system.There were 18 groups still on the course, three still with eight holes to play, when play was stopped at 6:38 p.m. The second round at Hogan's Alley will be completed Saturday morning.Kuchar had a one-stroke lead over Graham DeLaet, the ...

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We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.

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Metro Hotel on Pitt

A truly affordable hotel in Sydney, with stylish decor, great location and in-house snazzy brasserie? If the notion of affordable ...

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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. ...