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Cartoonists are landing in Pittsburgh

"We knew Pittsburgh was becoming a geek hub -- it already was a cartoon hub -- and the idea was to get beyond a local entity and become a national entity," Wos said. "So this was an important part of that, to be able to bring the nation's top artists to Pittsburgh and say, 'This is a great city' and have them come start a cycle of maybe coming back every five years, ...
On The Field LeVeon Bell

talked after an OTA session:How do you feel after a few days of practice?I feel good. I went out there and had a great practice today. It just feels good to be back out on the field and practicing with the veterans. I'm doing good and had a good day of practice.Is anything overwhelming?No, not really. There are a lot of things that are kind of eye-opening. The first practice when I was ...
Barrick fined $16m for Pascua-Lama violations

Mining machinery and barrels with chemicals sit on the facilities of Barrick Gold Corp's Pascua-Lama project in northern Chile, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Chile's environmental regulator has stopped construction and imposed sanctions on Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project, citing "serious violations" of its environmental ...
Central Pennsylvania official Students safe after school threat

WILLIAMSBURG, Pa. - A central Pennsylvania school official says students are safe but classes are dismissing early as a precaution following a threat to an elementary school.Williamsburg School District Superintendent Linda Smith says the school has already been evacuated. The high school was also going to dismiss students early for the day, later Friday morning.Police were already on the scene. ...
SW Pa. county vote to shut down historic ferry

FREDERICKTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- The commissioners of one of two southwestern Pennsylvania counties linked by a historic ferry have voted to cease its operations on Sept. ...

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Kagemusha [Blu-Ray]

By 1980, as he was entering the fifth decade of his career as a film director, Akira Kurosawa was probably best known outside of his native Japan for his samurai films, including Seven Samurai (1954), The Hidden Fortress (1958), Yojimbo (1961), and Sanjuro (1962). W ... ...

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Consultant takes blame after Anthony Weiner campaign site shows Pittsburgh skyline not NYCs

Anthony Weiner's campaign for New York City mayor got off to an energetic, but bumpy, start this week after his campaign website briefly featured an image of the wrong city's skyline -- instead of showing the Big Apple, the website featured a shot of beautiful Pittsburgh. A technology firm is taking the blame for the photo mix-up. NGP VAN, which does consulting work for ...
Chester County institution up for sale

The Columbia House. The Columbia House, an institution in Phoenixville, Pa., is up for sale. The Victorian property at 148 Bridge St. was constructed in 1892. Its current owner, Donna Cashman and her late husband, Dan, bought the 13,555-square-foot building in 2000 for roughly $700,000, totally gutted it and invested about $3 million in improvements ranging from new HVAC systems and electrical ...
Bringing back Pennsylvania Avenues glory Video

Pennsylvania Avenue is a gem of black history. Today, though, its known more for crime than for culture. But locals are striving to restore the once vital corridor. Cab Calloways jazz tunes wafting from the Royal Theatre. Couples window shopping. Thurgood Marshall strolling to elementary school at P.S. 103. Picture it. Peering down Pennsylvania Avenue now, its hard to imagine what the ...
Bill Cowhers youngest daughter engaged to basketball player

The 6-foot-11 Kelly played basketball at Duke University. He just finished his senior year, and is being mentioned as a possible draft pick in the NBA Draft next ...
Police search for Harry the Bigfoot in Beaver County

Ignoring a history of hoaxes and misidentifications, big believers gathered Saturday in Westmoreland County to exchange stories and peruse books and items on ...

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Metro Hotel on Pitt

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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. ...