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  • UPMC researchers take part in peanut allergy study

    Researchers at UPMC Children's Hospital in Bloomfield are looking at a new way to help patients with peanut allergies.The first step of the study is to see how well a patient can tolerate eating peanuts.The patient then wears a patch containing a small amount of peanut protein and is watched closely for a year.The hope is that the patient can better tolerate peanuts at the end of the ...

  • Chaplains with Billy Graham Evangelistic Association head to Oklahoma

    This aerial photo shows the remains of homes hit by a massive tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday May 20, 2013. A tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/Steve ...

  • WVU baseball team does its part to help victims of Okla. tornadoes

    Members of the West Virginia University baseball team wanted to do whatever they could to help the victims of the Oklahoma tornadoes. The team, which was in Oklahoma City awaiting the start of the Big 12 conference tournament, watched the news coverage ...

  • Casino-goers will have to spend money in order to enter new Lady Luck Casino

    Nemacolin general manager Chris Plummer said since the casino is attached to a resort, it's considered a category three casino. "With the category three license, it was developed as an amenity to a resort. You have to patronize that resort in order to get entrance into the casino. That was completely set by the legislature," said Plummer. He said Nemacolin staffers were aware ...

  • Voters trickle into Pa. polls on primary day

    Voters across Pennsylvania are going to the polls on Tuesday to choose the Democratic and Republican party nominees for municipal positions in the Nov. 5 ...


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Blade: Trinity

Blade: Trinity

The award for most egregious product placement in a movie this year surely goes to the ridiculous inclusion of the Apple iPod in Blade: Trinity, the third installment of the dwindling Blade franchise. As if the iPod were not ubiquitous enough in American cultur ... ...

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  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 21

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...

  • Mailman Attacked By Pit Bull In Brighton Heights

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A Pit Bull attacked and bit a mailman along his route Tuesday. It happened in the 3500-block of Fleming Avenue in Brighton Heights. The mailman was walking toward a house when the dog came out of a gated area and bit him on the calf. He suffered a puncture wound, which also has some swelling and bruising. He was treated at the scene. Coincidentally, this happened during ...

  • MLB Analyst Sean Casey Pirates’ Plan Coming Together

    PITTSBURGH (93.7 The Fan) – Isn’t Election Day in Pittsburgh the perfect day to catch up with ';The Mayor?'; Former Pirate and current MLB Network analyst Sean Casey talks baseball with Vinnie Richichi on Sportsradio 93.7 The Fan. Casey looks back on a conversation he had a few years ago with Pirates General Manager Neal Huntington. ';I remember talking to Neal, and ...

  • Judge Stop feeding the voters

    Common Pleas Judge Don R. Walko, who is overseeing Elections Court, issued an order for people to stop handing out hoagies to people at the Pressley Street High Rise in the North ...

  • Judge refuses to stop Wilkinsburg mayoral election over ballot complaint

    An Allegheny County judge on Tuesday refused to stop voters in Wilkinsburg from casting votes in the primary election because a man who wanted to run for mayor was not on the ...

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