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Gehry refines design for Eisenhower Memorial in DC
WASHINGTON -- Stone or bronze carvings depicting Dwight D. Eisenhower's accomplishments as Army general and president mark the latest creative change Architect Frank Gehry has made to his design for an Ike memorial park in Washington.Early last year, Gehry planned to use bas reliefs carved on stone blocks to depict Eisenhower's achievements. He added 9-foot-tall bronze sculptures to ...
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Tinicum OKs bid for building demolition
TINICUM - Commissioners voted unanimously Monday to approve a bid by Ridley Excavating to raze a building at 347 N. Governor Printz Blvd., which the township purchased earlier this year and plans to maintain as open space.Ridley Excavating bid $14,800 for the work.- LAURA ...
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Physicians group labels obesity a disease
The American Medical Association adopts a new policy on obesity The change diagnoses nearly one-third of Americas with a medical condition AMA decision could increase funding for future research, doctor ...
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Easton Pa. school board eliminates 43 positions
The Easton Area School Board approved the cuts Tuesday. They come after the eastern Pennsylvania district voted in May to pass a $134.3 million spending plan and a 1.7 percent tax ...
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Computer issue causes delays at Philly airport
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A computer glitch that caused delays and long lines for some American Airlines and United Airlines passengers at Philadelphia International Airport has been ...
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Going green at the top of Lancaster
http://bit.ly/12KkjF4 ). The idea is to capture rainfall on the green rooftops to prevent polluted water from flowing off of buildings and into the sewer ...
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Pittsburgh Council rejects expansion of Mexican War Streets historic district
Pittsburgh City Council on Wednesday unanimously rejected legislation expanding the North Side's Mexican War Streets historical district and restricting what residents could do to the exterior of their homes and ...
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Giant sinkhole forces West View road to shut down
Repairs are being made at Perry Highway near Center Avenue after the sinkhole expanded from the size of a pothole to a giant hole measuring about 15 feet long and 20 feet ...
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Woman robbed at car on Squirrel Hill street
Pittsburgh police are asking for help to identify two suspects in the afternoon robbery of a woman on a street in what has generally been considered a safe Squirrel Hill ...
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Feds Pittsburgh brothers ran Craiglist tixx scam
PITTSBURGH - A federal grand jury has charged two Pittsburgh brothers with scamming more than 250 people out of more than $70,000 by offering to sell event tickets over the online want-ad site, Craigslist.Online court records don't list attorneys for 29-year-old Daniel Isabella Jr. and 22-year-old David Isabella, neither of whom has a listed telephone.An indictment on charges of conspiracy ...
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Father son acquitted in NY of sex trafficking
NEW YORK - A father and son who acknowledged they were pimps were acquitted Wednesday of sex trafficking charges after several prostitutes testified they were treated well.A Manhattan judge found George Vincent Sr. and his son, George Vincent Jr., guilty of less-serious charges of promoting prostitution and money laundering. The two hadn't denied they were pimps but insisted they never ...
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Judge Murrysville man deserves jail time for collecting child porn threatening postal inspector
A Westmoreland County man deserves "every day" of a three-year, two-month sentence for collecting child pornography and threatening a postal inspector who investigated him, a federal judge said ...
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Judge orders Scott man to spend life in prison for fatally shooting man in Hill District
An Allegheny County judge on Wednesday ordered a Scott man to spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole for fatally shooting a man in the Hill ...
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Firefighters quickly extinguish Downtown restaurant fire no one hurt
Dispatchers sent fire crews at 8:58 a.m. to a two-alarm fire at Tavern 245 on Fourth Ave. A ladder and small hose stretched to the roof of the building, where there is seating. Four fire trucks blocked Fourth Avenue near Wood ...
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3 former Carlow employees claim age discrimination in firings
Three former employees claim in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday that Carlow University on Sept. 24 fired them and two other women because they were all over the age of ...
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‘Green thumb’ robber steals cash greenhouse plants
State police in Greensburg said an armed robber held up the Amenity Farm and Greenhouse along Mt. Pleasant Road in the village of United, Mt. Pleasant ...
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Pennsylvania Attorney General focuses on drug trafficking
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane recently announced her support for the creation of a new, statewide law enforcement unit that would specifically ...
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The Allegheny County 2013 Fun Guide is out
Concerts, nature programs, movies, sports clinics, plays, athletic events, classes, historical tours and fundraisers are all included in the Fun ...
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Police Mom stole $27000 from Derry Area Football Boosters Club
A mother who formerly headed the football boosters program at a western Pennsylvania high school has been charged with stealing more than $27,000 from the ...
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Firefighters called to Downtown Pittsburgh restaurant
2min A campfire left untended sparked a blaze near Yosemite National Park that is threatening hundreds of homeowners, but firefighters are starting to get a handle on it. About 500 homes are under mandatory evacuation orders, including one that belongs to ...
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Feds again leave empty-handed in Hoffa hunt
The search in a field near Detroit for ex-Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa ended Wednesday, and as with so many past attempts to find him, authorities walked away empty-handed, the FBI ...
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Police Mom stole $27K from Pa. football boosters
DERRY, Pa. (AP) -- A mother who formerly headed the football boosters program at a western Pennsylvania high school has been charged with stealing more than $27,000 from the ...
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Police Pa. man threatened mom over poison pork
ST. MARYS, Pa. (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania man has been jailed on charges he threatened his mother with a 10-inch kitchen knife because he believed she was trying to "poison" him with pork in violation of his Muslim ...
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Geneva College can exclude morning-after pill coverage
A federal judge ruled a Christian college in western Pennsylvania can exclude coverage for birth control like the morning-after pill and the week-after pill when it offers a health insurance plan to its students.The injunction issued in favor of Geneva College will remain in effect until the federal judge in Pittsburgh rules on the school's lawsuit challenging looming federal health care ...
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Our values won Obama says in Berlin
U.S. President Barack Obama followed in the footsteps of past U.S. leaders with a speech Wednesday at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate that a senior administration official said would ask Russia to join the United States in slashing its supply of strategic nuclear ...
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Philadelphia expands recycling, but not all is well
Philadelphia is expanding the range of recyclable products its accepts in the refuse disposal systems and in effort to increase recycling rates and save money for the city council during current lean times. But, there is a concern among environmentalists that increased recycling may actually have negative side effects.
Recycling across the country is not entirely mainstreamed yet, according to figures from 2007 to 2008 (the most recent available), just 11% of all the USA’s garbage was recycled. Environmentalists point to figures such as these for the reason why landfills are running out, pollution is increasing and the environment is suffering. Read more
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