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For Philadelphia bicyclist a cat is his co-pilot

View results PHILADELPHIA (AP) - For bicyclist Rudi Saldia, you could say a cat is his co-pilot.Saldia often buzzes around Philadelphia with his year-old feline Mary Jane perched on his shoulder. Their urban adventures have turned heads on the street and garnered big hits on YouTube.The 26-year-old bike courier didn’t intend to become Internet-famous. He originally shot footage of the ...
Storms slam recovering Oklahoma City area

The torrential showers drenched fields of debris where homes and schools stood before Monday's massive tornado. The National Weather Service warned of wind gusts up to 60 mph, which could send remnants of precious possessions flying through the air -- again. The weather service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Oklahoma City area, including Moore, and a flash flood warning as ...
Diddy visits LCB to push new booze

Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board officials on Wednesday to promote a new product, soon-to-be-launched Ciroc Amaretto. The musical entrepreneur endorses Ciroc ...
Missing man showed unusual behavior Pittsburgh police say

"Family members described this behavior as highly unusual, and White hasn't been seen or heard from since," police said in a written statement. "White has been diagnosed with medical conditions and does not have his ...
Man walks in Westmoreland business with rifle

A man who walked into a business with an AK-47 late Wednesday night at Westmoreland County Industrial Park III is still on the loose Thursday ...

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Chesco D.A. calls East Fallowfield murder an execution

Gregory Twyman, who is accused of killing his girlfriend in their East Fallowfield home Tuesday, is taken to his arraignment in Downingtown. (Special to the Times/Tom Kelly IV) EAST FALLOWFIELD - A day after a 37-year-old mother was killed inside her home on the first block of Rokeby Road, law enforcement officials Wednesday described the murder as an "execution."On Monday - less ...
Woman hurt in North Atherton Street crash denies drug charges

car crash on North Atherton Street testified Wednesday that the 16 bags of heroin found in her purse after the wreck were put there by the driver of the vehicle.Alicia Gardner, 29, and the driver, Stacy Henry, 37, of Mill ...
U.S. Israel raise hopes for Mideast peace restart

View Photo Associated Press/Jim Young, Pool - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem Thursday, May 23, 2013. The United States and Israel are ...
20 killed in 2 simultaneous car bombs in Niger

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) -- Niger's defense minister announced that 20 Nigerien soldiers were killed and another 16 injured when a suicide bomber detonated a car loaded with explosives inside a military installation in the city of Agadez on ...
Allentown fire crews find body in burned apartment

Officials say there wasn't much of a fire until they reached the top floor of the building, where they found the body. A preliminary investigation found the fire may have started in a ceiling fan and spread to the roof, which appeared to be severely ...

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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. ...