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Federal marshals make arrest in party bus shooting

Lyons was being sought in the March 30 death of Steven Lee Jr. of McKees Rocks, who was shot multiple times after he was pulled from a party bus that had stopped outside a bar at an intersection in the Sheraden section of the ...
Neighbors stop burglary attempt in Radnor

Burglary suspect A man and woman, identified only as Jon and Jane Doe, were arrested Tuesday after neighbors stopped what police say was a burglary attempt in Radnor.Police have not been able to identify the man and woman but have been able to link the two to several warrants, according to Lieutenant Chris FlanaganPolice responded to a report of a "burglary in progress" Tuesday ...
Finley’s Fighters chooses Geibel student’s logo

Stephanie Orgovan from Geibel Catholic Junior-Senior High School is the winner of Finley's Fighters' T-shirt logo contest. From left are her art teacher Julie Yankovich, Orgovan holding her winning entry, and Finley's grandmother, Phyllis Kovall, presenting her with her ...
Apple CEO Tim Cook defends company’s tax strategy before Senate subcommittee

WASHINGTON -- The Senate dragged Apple Inc., the world's most valuable company, into the debate over the U.S. tax code on Tuesday, grilling CEO Tim Cook over allegations that its Irish subsidiaries help the company avoid billions in ...
Homewood man arrested for fatal shooting in Sheraden

A Homewood man wanted for shooting and killing a man in Sheraden was arrested Tuesday by members of the U.S. Marshals Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force and Pittsburgh ...

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Based on one of only two novels written by Flannery OConnor in her short lifetime, John Hustons Wise Blood is a baffling tragicomedy of contradictions, which on the surface is precisely what OConnor wanted the story to be. Unfortunately, the translation from page to screen mutes much ... ...

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Ballet theater nears completion of Strip District expansion

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre next week will begin demolishing a former restaurant supply building on Liberty Avenue as part of the final phase of an expansion that began in 2009. demolition will make room for a 35-space parking lot next to the ballet theater's studios in the Strip District. During the past four years, the theater added its first dormitory, new floors in five dance studios ...
Senate panel approves sweeping immigration bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday approved legislation that would bring about the biggest changes in U.S. immigration policy in a generation, setting up a spirited debate in the full Senate next ...
Baby peregrine falcons nest at Philadelphia City Hall

An official with the Pennsylvania Game Commission said a quartet of baby peregrine falcons at Philadelphia City Hall are estimated to be about 30 days old. F. Arthus McMorris, the peregrine-falcon coordinator for the Pennsylvania Game Commission, said he spent Monday banding the birds, which are the offspring of a mated pair among just 33 known peregrine falcons in the state, the Philadelphia ...
AGH tests dissolving heart stent

Some 500,000 people receive heart stents each year. The metal stent keeps open an artery that is narrowing because of plaque. But once a patient receives a stent, he or she must be on blood thinners, which can lead to ...
Penn-Trafford grad among those helping tornado victims

Baseball players from West Virginia University were in Oklahoma for a game when the devastating tornado hit, leveling homes and taking lives. The players said they knew they had to ...

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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. ...