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Cross-state turnpike trip likely to hit $50 by 2021
The cash toll for a cross-state trip on the Pennsylvania Turnpike is expected to reach about $50 by 2021, state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said Tuesday as he urged lawmakers to halt the spiraling debt resulting from the massive contributions the turnpike is required to make toward the state's other transportation ...
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Federal judge frees Geneva College from government requirement on health coverage
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the government from requiring a private college in Beaver County to include coverage for abortifacients in the health insurance plan for its ...
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Pittsburgh’s Schwartz’s is reborn as a Living Market on the South Side
'We're linking the urban and suburban 'Food Not Lawns' movement with the urban core and our inner core, our inner health,' says Elisa Haransky-Beck, of Monroeville, of transforming the South Side's Schwartz's Market, which was once a mainstay grocery, into a food and art market. Mr. Beck's grandparents were Morris and Helen Schwartz, who moved their ...
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Strong storms move east Better weather to follow
Severe Weather Team 11 Meteorologist Kevin Benson said that strong thunderstorms, with severe potential, moved through the Channel 11 News viewing area late Tuesday afternoon and persisted into the early evening.Severe thunderstorm warnings that had been issued for Allegheny, Armstrong, Fayette, Washington and Westmorelandcounties were allowed to expire. There is, however,an active flood ...
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No.1 draft pick signs with Pirates
THE PIRATES -- ONE OF THEIR FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICKS! REESE McGUIRE TURNS DOWN A SCHOLARSHIP TO THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO TO BECOME A BUCCO. ACTION SPORTS GUY JUNKER -- CATCHING U TODAY WITH THE CATCHER OF TOMORROW! 3 3 3 ...
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Memento
In Memento, writer/director Christopher Nolan puts us directly into the experience of Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce), a man who is seeking vengeance for the rape and murder of his wife. Leonard's mission is one of romantic vengeance; he is sure that actions have meaning in and of themselves, something that is of absolute importance because, even if he gains the revenge he so desires, he will ... ...
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Former Booster Club President Accused Of Taking $30K
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A sizable amount of money from a Westmoreland County booster club went missing. And now, a former Booster president is accused of bilking young football players out of nearly $30,000. The Derry High School football team works hard on the field. But it’s the parents in the booster club who work hard off the field to make it all possible. They organize ticket sales ...
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Deployed Dad Surprises Sons With Big Ben’s Football Camp
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Passes come fast and furious, and so do catches, at Ben Roethlisberger’s Football Camp. Among the campers are Andrew Ziegler and his brother, Steven, courtesy of their father, Navy Commander Mark Ziegler. ';My husband is currently stationed in Afghanistan,'; says his wife, Dena. ';And he gave the kids the gift of Ben’s camp for something to ...
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Southmoreland board plans vote on spending plan
The Southmoreland School District will vote on a final budget later this month with no expected real estate tax increase. On June 13, the board said the 2013-2014 school year will have expenditures set at $26,378,342 and revenues expected at $25,424,558, which would create a deficit of ...
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Mt. Pleasant district has superintendent candidate
Robert Gumbita, board president, approached after the meeting, said the lawyer for the candidate for the position had not completed a review of the contract. Gumbita declined to name the candidate, adding no contract has been ...
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Dawson residents learn ins outs of dog enforcement
Members of the Tri-Town Community Crime Watch met in Dawson with the dog enforcement warden for Fayette and Westmoreland counties to provide information and answer questions concerning dog ...
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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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