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Pennsylvania Couple Got All Stabby During Argument Over American Idol Finale

While the audience for "American Idol" continues to shrink, Ryan Seacrest will be happy to know that some viewers remain so passionate about the TV show that they'll stab each other while arguing about the program's finale. That is what happened last week in the Red Lion, Pennsylvania home shared by Karen Harrelson, 48, and Gregory Stambaugh, ...
WTAE Extends 1 Ratings Streak at 11pm

. In the just completed May 2013 Nielsen rating period, WTAE again claimed the #1 spot at 11pm with more viewers in the highly coveted 25-54 demographic. This marks the ...
Pa. may be holding your unclaimed money property

The Pennsylvania Treasury maintains a Department of Unclaimed Property with millions of dollars that you either forgot or never knew about -- such as inactive bank accounts, non-cashed paychecks, CDs, forgotten stocks, utility deposits and older life insurance policies. Treasurer Rob McCord has estimated that one out of every 10 Pennsylvanians has some unclaimed property that belongs to them. He ...
Little known about suspect in Wash. ricin case

During the execution of a search warrant, members of the Joint Federal Haz-Mat Team, FBI, and local law enforcement gather in front of the Osmun Apartments near the intersection of First Avenue and Oak Street in Browne's Addition on Saturday, May 18, 2013 in Spokane, Wash. The search warrant is in connection with ricin-laced letters intercepted at a Post Office facility in Spokane earlier ...
Live Obama to speak on drones and other controversies at 2 p.m.

By Digital First Media President Obama is scheduled to give a major counterterrorism policy speech at 2 p.m. in which he is expected to address his administration's controversial drone-strike policy, the Guantanamo Bay detention center and other counterterrorism ...

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My Own Private Idaho [DVD]

For his third feature film, writer/director Gus Van Sant was finally able to bring to the screen a story he had been trying to tell for years about Portland street hustlers. His critical and commercial success with Drugstore Cowboy (1989) had made him a name in the bur ... ...

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Obama says US at crossroads in terror fight

President Barack Obama in a major counterterrorism speech Thursday defended the American drone program, saying that despite the controversies around it, the strikes are legal and save ...
Alvarez shows improvement at third base

Email PITTSBURGH -- Pedro Alvarez may hear the chatter, but he's "confident in his glove," anyway. Alvarez's play in the field has been criticized in the past, but Wednesday night, he made three great stops on hard hit groundballs to his left. And while the Pirates did make two errors in their 1-0 win, manager Clint Hurdle said they probably saved five hits with stellar ...
Veterans bring winning attitude to Pirates

Email PITTSBURGH -- Homegrown Pirates haven't experienced postseason baseball or long-term success over the course of the 162-game grind that is a Major League season. But a few veterans on the team have, and it's rubbing off in the clubhouse. "I know that's part of the reason they were calling me over to this ballclub," third baseman Brandon Inge said. "I've ...
New film to explore journey of pitchers from India

Dinesh Patel (left) and Rinku Singh were signed by the Pirates in 2008 after being discovered on an Indian reality show. (Getty) PHOENIX -- "Million Dollar Arm" is the next big baseball movie, it and began shooting this month in Mumbai, India. Slated to be released next spring, the Disney film is the story of how an entrepreneurial American sports-marketing agent created a reality show ...
Pirates showing mettle in close games

Email PITTSBURGH -- Call it will, fortitude, confidence or anything else. The Pirates aren't letting down late in games. They are tied with Atlanta and Texas for the most comeback wins in the Majors with 14. Also, 28 of the Pirates' 46 games this season entering Thursday have been decided by two runs or fewer, and they are 19-9 in those contests. Day by day, they're getting ...

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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. ...