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N. Huntingdon road remains private — for now

"We all want the road to be public, because it is being used by the public," said Tarosky, from Lincoln Hills Realty Associates. "If it is public, then we are not subject to PennDOT regulations requiring us to do off-site ...
Illegal dumping case continued

A preliminary hearing was continued for three weeks for a North Versailles Township man cited for illegal dumping of hundreds of tires on a Crestas Terrace ...
Police charge 3 in burglary

Police made the arrest after reviewing video surveillance footage of the alleged burglary in process, which was discovered by a homeowner who went home for ...
Students learn skills through simulation lab

McKeesport Area High School's Allied Health students pose at the district's Career and Technology Center with instructors Donna Maguire and Antonietta Stolic, at left, and McKeesport Hospital Foundation executive director Michele Matuch and school director Tom ...
Cumpton looks to force series split in second start

There's been plenty of bad blood between the Pirates and Reds this season. And one result of it may have something to do with Brandon Phillips' recent struggles. Since being plunked with a Tony Watson fastball on the forearm on June 1, Phillips is 10-for-56 (.179) in 13 games. He missed four with an injury resulting from the pitch and still has a welt on his arm. But Phillips may ...

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30 Minutes or Less

30 Minutes or Less is a hyped-up comedic fictionalization of an actual event that occurred in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 2003, in which a middle-aged pizza delivery man was supposedly forced to rob a bank by a trio of men who latched a homemade timebomb around his neck. The ... ...

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Leechburg Area coaches mixed about move to Heritage

Half of Leechburg Area coaches are neutral on whether the district should move its sports teams out of the WPIAL and into the Heritage ...
Workshop cautions classrooms of unknown toxins in everyday items

The "Healthy Body. Healthy Home. Healthy Planet." workshop, offered at McKeesport Area High School in the spring, cautioned students on known toxins in household products, toiletries and ...
Monessen mayor takes heat at council meeting

Michael Aldrich, the brother of recently retired Monessen police Lt. Lloyd "Yo Yo" Aldrich, accused the mayor of racial discrimination for not promoting the officer to captain before he retired in April after more than 40 years on the ...
McKeesport Area High School’s Allied Health students got together at the district’s Career and Technology Center with instructors Donna Maguire and Antonietta Stolic at left and McKeesport Hospital Foundation executive director Michele Matuc

Combining a spring field trip with grant-funded resources, Allied Health students at McKeesport Area Career and Technology Center will gain practical skills through health care ...
Grillis first blown save spoils Lockes start in loss

PIT@CIN: Walker makes great throw home to nab Cozart CINCINNATI -- Pirates starter Jeff Locke kept his unbeaten streak alive Wednesday at Great American Ball Park. Closer Jason Grilli couldn't say the same about his own impressive run, blowing his first save of the season en route to a 2-1 loss to the Reds in 13 innings. After Locke threw seven scoreless innings and Mark Melancon gave ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

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Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.

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Soon! Breathalyzer to detect and monitor diabetes

Chemists at the University of Pittsburgh have demonstrated a sensor technology that could significantly simplify the diagnosis and monitoring of diabetes through breath analysis alone.

Even before blood tests are administered, those with diabetes often recognize the condition's symptoms through their breath acetone-a characteristic "fruity" odor that increases significantly with high glucose levels.

The Pitt team was interested in this biomarker as a possible diagnostic tool.

"Once patients are diagnosed with diabetes, they have to monitor their condition for the rest of their lives," said Alexander Star, principal investigator of the project and Pitt associate professor of chemistry.

"Current monitoring devices are mostly based on blood glucose analysis, so the development of alternative devices that are noninvasive, inexpensive, and provide easy-to-use breath analysis could completely change the paradigm of self-monitoring diabetes," he noted.

Together with his colleagues-Dan Sorescu, a research physicist at the National Energy Technology Laboratory, and Mengning Ding, a Pitt graduate student studying chemistry-Star used what's called a "sol-gel approach," a method for using small molecules (often on a nanoscale level) to produce solid ma

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