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Chef Robinson reopens his popular barbecue business this time in Hempfield Twp.

For Chef Greg Robinson, cooking is more than a job. It's a passion. Robinson, a graduate of the International Culinary Academy, has been in the food industry for more than a decade. He worked for chain restaurants and a faith-based food service program before opening his own roadside stand in the Greengate area of Westmoreland County about 10 years ago. After that, he opened up Chef ...
Husband shot after hearing knock on door

Police are trying to figure out who shot a man when he went to check on a knock at the back door of his family's home late Thursday night inPittsburgh's Greenfield ...
Frost and freeze warnings for W. Pa.

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The National Weather Service says the Memorial Day weekend will start off with brief frost and freeze warnings for much of western ...
US court upholds most kids for cash convictions

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A federal appeals court is upholding all but one of the convictions in the case of a county judge in the "kids for cash" juvenile justice scandal in northeastern ...
Pa. woman charged in hit-and-run that killed teen

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities in suburban Philadelphia say a motorist was drunk and reading a text message when she fatally struck a teenager in a hit-and-run ...

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The Great Dictator [Blu-Ray]

While it is not the greatest of his feature films, Charlie Chaplins tragicomic The Great Dictator is certainly his bravest, if not one of the bravest films ever made. A blatant satire of Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich, it was a lone cinematic cry for humanity to stand t ... ...

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Both lanes of I-79 northbound near Cranberry now open

Both northbound lanes on Interstate 79 are open after a crash north of Cranberry tied up traffic earlier in the afternoon, officials said about 2:45 ...
Allegheny County Councilman Drozd leaves GOP alleges dirty politics

Allegheny County Councilman Matt Drozd announced Friday that he changed his party affiliation from Republican to independent because he believes dirty politics from county Republican leaders and his opponent "stole" his seat in this week's primary ...
Portion of 31st Street Bridge reopens

The section of bridge that connects Lawrenceville to River Avenue and Washington's Landing closed last summer because of work related to the $120 million Route 28 improvement project. It will remain closed to ...
Jersey shore eyes record-setting summer post Sandy

View results SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey used a record-breaking gesture Friday to celebrate its recovery from a record-setting storm, proclaiming to the nation that the Jersey shore is back in business following Superstorm Sandy.Gov. Chris Christie and a host of volunteers carried out a ceremonial ribbon cutting that broke the Guinness World record for the longest such undertaking. ...
Damage reported from magnitude-5.7 quake in Calif.

GREENVILLE, Calif. -; A moderate earthquake centered in rural northeastern California and felt in two other states damaged some homes and ruptured a tank that supplies residential drinking water in the densely forested region, officials said ...

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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. ...