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		 <title>Veterans Day events attract crowds, applause in Westmoreland County</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Along Mt. Pleasant's flag-lined Main Street, residents offered a round of applause as veterans marched in a parade. And in front of the town's veterans memorial, hundreds gathered to honor those who had served in the military.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>State budget cuts threaten to isolate library collections</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Libraries in Pennsylvania could seem a lot smaller if people can no longer order hard-to-find books or popular music from public collections nationwide.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:42:04 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Pittsburgh Veterans Day Parade draws sparser crowd each year</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Long stretches of the Pittsburgh Veterans Day Parade route  from Mellon Arena, Uptown, to Boulevard of the Allies, Downtown  were barren of spectators. ]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:18:32 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Record Wall St. bonuses likely</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co.'s investment bank  survivors of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression  are set to pay record bonuses this year.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Bishops say abortion not health care</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik said Wednesday's observation of Veterans Day provided a perfect example of how the church's lobbying efforts for health-care reform  and against funding for abortion  should be viewed.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Obama: Peace will honor troops</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[On a day when Americans acknowledge military veterans, President Obama said he would honor the work of today's service members with a commitment to the &quot;hard work of peace.&quot;]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Church, backed by millions of Catholics, demands abortion curbs</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Catholic bishops used their clout with millions of Catholics and worked behind the scenes in Congress to make sure abortion curbs were included in the legislation  and are pressing to keep them there.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Poll: Pendulum swings to Republican Party</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Registered voters now prefer Republican over Democrat candidates in the 2010 House elections  a change largely based on the shifting sentiments of independents, according to a Gallup poll.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Pittsburgh Public Schools officials seek help with graduation rates</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Just 65 percent of Pittsburgh Public students are graduating high school, and city and school officials want the community to help keep kids in school.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:53:04 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Pitt's Dion Lewis semifinalist for Doak Walker Award</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Lewis, the only true freshman on the list,has rushed for 1,139 yards on 203 carries and 12 touchdowns in nine games.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:34:25 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Latest injured Penguin, Brooks Orpik, to miss two weeks</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Evgeni Malkin said he is very close to returning to the lineup, while Max Talbot is at least 10 days away.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:35:23 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Breaking</category>
		 <title>Ohio hunter found dead in tree stand in Beaver County</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Hanover Fire Chief Donald Plance says it appears that Gerald Welder, 74, of Hudson, Ohio, died of natural causes.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:58:40 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Police: Suspects soaked trying to steal working water pipes</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Police in Ambridge say they arrested 32-year-old Douglas Biers Jr. and 33-year-old Elisabeth Moakley after the couple were seen standing  soaking wet  in an alley about 1 a.m. yesterday.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:15:03 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Fayette County man caught one month after kidnap-rape</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[State police have arrested a man who eluded them for more than a month after allegedly kidnapping and raping a woman before disappearing into a heavily wooded area as police approached.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:14:19 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Woman convicted of starving daughter to have appeal hearing</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Tharp killed Tausha Lee Lanham, who weighed less than 12 pounds at death. Authorities say the child's body was dumped in West Virginia by Tharp and her boyfriend.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:08:28 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Officials call on Carnegie library to back away from closure plan</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[&quot;As an organization that runs almost on all public funds, this isn't a request,&quot; said State Rep. Chelsa Wagner of Beechview. &quot;It is a responsibility of the library to be accountable to the public.&quot;]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:24:30 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Mon Wharf walkway nearly done</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[The final stone pavers and plantings will be placed this week for the $3 million project, converting a strip of barren riverfront parking into a promenade.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>McKeesport district justice's office hit by fire bomb</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Police in McKeesport haven't made an arrest in the incident, reported after 7 a.m. Thursday at the office of District Judge Eugene Riazzi]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:03:16 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Ring passing fake $100 bills throughout Pennsylvania busted</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[The staff at Don Pablo's in North Fayette stopped accepting $100 bills from patrons for several days after a recent bank advisory warned businesses about phony money in the Robinson area.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Pittsburgh, Allegheny</category>
		 <title>Muslim women's role to be discussed at Oakland conference</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Speakers at the Oakland conference will talk about domestic abuse, raising spiritually aware children and diversity among contemporary Muslim women. ]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Pittsburgh, Allegheny</category>
		 <title>Eastern Pa. man to match donations to UPMC heart transplant fund</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Gene Epstein will match donations to UPMC's heart transplant fund up to $50,000 to thank the hospital for adding 12 years to his brother's life with a heart transplant.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Pittsburgh, Allegheny</category>
		 <title>Needs of autistic adults topic of Monroeville seminar</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[A town hall meeting at Milestone Achievement Centers in Monroeville will focus on identifying challenges adults with autism face and possible solutions.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:43:59 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Pittsburgh, Allegheny</category>
		 <title>One percent college tuition tax in Pittsburgh likely to pass</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Ravenstahl will need a majority of council members to approve the tax, which is proposed to fill a $15 million hole in his proposed $454 million budget.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:21:16 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Pittsburgh, Allegheny</category>
		 <title>Pittsburgh man among three killed in crash near Edinboro</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Police say a crash near Edinboro killed 18-year-old Domenico Crea of Erie and 18-year-old John Eyrolles of Pittsburgh.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:20:06 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Community College of Allegheny County expands free programs for jobless</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[The Community College of Allegheny County has expanded the certificate programs offered free of charge to people who were laid off because of the economy, officials announced.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Ex-Saxonburg officer joins Fawn Township force</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Fawn Supervisor David Montanari said Erik Bergstrom started this week with orientation to the township's roads and procedures. Bergstrom resigned last month from the Saxonburg Police Department where he had been officer in charge.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Allegheny Regional Asset District gets six offers to audit Carnegie Library</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[RAD's board decided to seek proposals from auditors in response to Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl. He called for an audit after the Carnegie Library's board voted last month to close the Allegheny Depository and several branches.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Municipalities mulch into compost season</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[By midwinter, the thousands of tons of leaves now lining the region's yards, parks and streets will, for the most part, be neatly decomposing into reusable mulch at the county's 30 composting sites, usually run by municipalities or groups of municipalities, but not everyone is happy with the concept.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Rescue director of Lincoln always brought personal touch</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Dorothy Marie Vay of Lincoln, a recipient of Allegheny County's Step Forward Recognition Award in 2002, died of acute myeloid leukemia on Nov. 10, 2009, in UPMC Shadyside. She was 70.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>War 'orphans' dot landscape</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[No one knows how many war memorials exist in Western Pennsylvania, but they range from a simple bronze plaque like the one in Arsenal Park in Lawrenceville that honors Pittsburgh citizens killed in the War of 1812, to the Vietnam Veterans Monument on the North Shore, and many of them are the victims of age, vandalism and neglect. ]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Pine-Richland honors Army hero with permanent plaque</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Pine-Richland honors Michael Slebodnik, an Army helicopter pilot who joined the Army after graduating from Richland High School in 1987 and died at the age of 39 on Sept. 11, 2008, during a firefight near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, with a memorial service and permanent plaque.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>'Green' hospice in Monroeville to offer peaceful care</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[A green-certified hospice building, being built next to the Cedars of Monroeville assisted living facility at 4363 Northern Pike, is expected to be  completed by the beginning of the new year -- the first in the region dedicated to end-of-life care.  ]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Vocal ensembles give music lovers a voice</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[The love of music and the desire to sing has prompted many area residents to form and join various organized singing groups that love to entertain and do so often.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Sto-Rox, Steel Valley among most improving</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[The Sto-Rox and Steel Valley School school districts made this year's top 50 list of improving districts from the state Department of Education, with Sto-Rox being fourth on the list and Steel Valley 17th, with a 25-percentage-point jump.  ]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Hundreds of student voices to rise from Oakland's St. Paul</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[About 200 student singers from area Catholic schools and parishes will perform at a choral festival and Mass on Saturday at St. Paul Cathedral in Oakland, as part of the first Pueri Cantores Festival to be held in Pennsylvania.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Newsmaker: Dr. Thomas V. Inglesby</title>
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		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Young Achiever: Andrew Barnhart</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Andrew Barnhart, 17, of Bethel Park, today's Young Achiever, active in his church and community, earned his Eagle Scout standing with a project that resulted in the construction of the Stations of the Cross display at his school, Seton-LaSalle High School.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Pittsburgh, Allegheny</category>
		 <title>From Iraq to Plum: Soldier keeps track of son's progress in school</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Army master sergeant Butch Frantz, who is stationed in Speicher, Iraq, participated in a parent-teacher conference for his son, Owen, 6, a first-grader at Regency Park Elementary School, Plum, by using a webcam connection.  ]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Pittsburgh, Allegheny</category>
		 <title>Sewickley church-based Amigos keeps special people active</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[The Amigos, who meet every other Friday at the Presbyterian Church, Sewickley, is a group run by volunteers who have been providing social and community activities for adults with physical and mental disabilities for more than 25 years.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Pittsburgh, Allegheny</category>
		 <title>Budget passes without fuss, tax increase in Bethel Park</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[This year's budget process was downright simple, at least publicly, in Bethel Park, as council voted unanimously to keep the millage rate at 2.18 mills and then voted 8-1 to adopt the $31.7 million budget.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Pittsburgh, Allegheny</category>
		 <title>Proposed budget would close Plum police dispatch center</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[During council's work session last week, Plum Finance Director Michael Whitico revealed details of an $11.1 million preliminary spending plan for 2010, a less than 2 percent increase over this year's $10.9 million budget, which includes closing the police dispatch center and instituting a tax to fund the ambulance service.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Community development to be explored in Penn Hills</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Penn Hills officials are exploring the idea of forming an organization to counter the effects of a shrinking commercial base and decades of population loss and a  panel of experts has been invited to preside over a public meeting tonight on the merits of a community development corporation, or CDC.  ]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:03:44 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Pittsburgh, Allegheny</category>
		 <title>Triathletes go distance as role models</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Two area residents, Pine-Richland second-grade teacher Megan Kruth, and Steve Richard, a North Allegheny graduate and senior at the University of Colorado,  each stumbled accidentally into the world of triathlons, and learned a lot. ]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Pittsburgh, Allegheny</category>
		 <title>Gateway School District cracks down on those falsifing records </title>
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		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Pittsburgh, Allegheny</category>
		 <title>Stricter rules for rental units pushed in O'Hara</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[O'Hara Council is considering a nuisance ordinance that targets township landlords who fail to keep properties safe, with the ordinance being enforced by a routine sweep of every rental unit in the community.  ]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:27:29 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Pittsburgh, Allegheny</category>
		 <title>Redistricting options in North Hills open to discussion </title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[North Hills administrators, parents and community members are evaluating where the district's approximately 2,100 elementary students will go to school next year, as the district prepares to go from seven small elementary schools to four medium-sized ones which are in the process of being renovated.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>School enrollment down nearly a quarter in Penn Hills</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[The number of children attending Penn Hills schools has dipped by nearly a quarter in the past seven years, with enrollment decreasing from 5,917 students in 2003-04 to 4,518 this school year; the economic status and racial makeup of the student body also has changed significantly during that period.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Voters leaned away from Seneca Valley incumbent board member</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Jim Welsh, a high school special education teacher who lives in Evans City ousted Jeffrey Widdowson, a three-term incumbent on the Seneca Valley School board in last week's general election.  ]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Pittsburgh, Allegheny</category>
		 <title>Scouts welcome, nurture boys of all abilities</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[As part of the Greater Pittsburgh Council's strategic plan to put more focus on abilities rather than disabilities, the TrailBlazer District was born in June and provides services and information to individuals, families and troops about Scouts with special needs and encompasses the entire council, which includes Allegheny, Beaver, Washington and Greene counties.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Pittsburgh, Allegheny</category>
		 <title>Another court confirms settlement with Wilkins police officer</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Commonwealth Court on Oct. 29 upheld a Common Pleas judge's ruling that Wilkins Township must repay Sgt. Anthony DeMarco money it withheld for taxes while the officer was not working because of a work-related injury.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Pittsburgh, Allegheny</category>
		 <title>New mayor in Pitcairn aims to repair rift with police</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[John McCreary Jr., a retired Pitcairn police officer, is Pitcairn's first new mayor in 20 years, having defeated incumbent Betsy Stevick with 54 percent of the vote, according to unofficial returns from the Allegheny County Board of Elections.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Brentwood couple claims vendetta in housing battle</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Brentwood residents Tammy and Bill Donnell, who have had a severely retarded man living with them for 10 years, claim they are the subject of a vendetta by neighbors who want the man to move and are using a borough code to back their request up.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Pittsburgh, Allegheny</category>
		 <title>Limited-mobility patients find freedom at McKeesport Towers</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Eight custom-designed apartments were unveiled last week in McKeesport, the result of a partnership between the McKeesport Housing Authority and Community LIFE, a senior-care provider in eastern Allegheny County, allowing seniors to live independently instead of in a nursing home.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Westmoreland</category>
		 <title>Greater Latrobe lunch activity aims to break boundaries</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[The popular girls, the smart kids, the goths and the gamers all have their own tables in the lunch room at Greater Latrobe Junior High School, the girls explained. The cliques rarely intermingle.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Westmoreland</category>
		 <title>Greensburg YMCA aims to house college students by January</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Greensburg YMCA officials hope to recoup financial losses caused by the summer closure of the emergency youth shelter by housing college students, beginning Jan. 4.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Westmoreland</category>
		 <title>Hempfield dean of students plan held off</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[A plan to replace assistant principals at the high school and middle schools in Hempfield Area School District with deans of students has been scuttled because of opposition by the teachers union, according to school directors.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Westmoreland</category>
		 <title>Veteran, 91, has marched in Mt. Pleasant parade almost every year</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[For more than 60 years, World War II veteran Sgt. Richard J. &quot;Dick&quot; Gilcrest, 91, has marched in the Mt. Pleasant Veterans Day parade each year he has been able.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Hempfield weighs turf upgrade</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[The Hempfield Area School Board is considering some capital projects, including replacement of the aging turf at Spartan Stadium, that could cost taxpayers at least $660,000.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Westmoreland</category>
		 <title>Irwin sewage bills may increase 22 percent</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Borough council voted unanimously to advertise a $2.72 million general operating budget for 2010, with adoption set for the Dec. 9 public meeting]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Greensburg Salem School District to buy athletic shoes, safety gear</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[In a 6-2 vote, school directors approved a policy that calls for the district to buy athletic shoes that cannot reasonably be worn off the field, such as shoes with spike soles. The district also will pay for outer uniforms and safety gear.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Westmoreland County Pre-K Counts accepting new student enrollments</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[The preschool program for 3- and 4-year-olds has space for new students at its Greensburg, Irwin, Jeannette, Mt. Pleasant, Latrobe, Ligonier, Arnold and Youngwood locations.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Three charged in $8,000 home burglary in Derry Township</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Charges were filed against Marc Barger and Ryan Barger, both of Bradenville, and Niccio Nowlin of Derry. Each was charged with burglary, criminal trespass, theft by unlawful taking, criminal conspiracy/burglary and criminal mischief.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Westmoreland</category>
		 <title>Blaze battled at beauty salon in Rostraver</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[The fire began around 9 p.m. yesterday at CosmoProf, located at 876 Tri-County Lane in Tri-County Plaza near Interstate 70, a Westmoreland 911 dispatcher said.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Fayette</category>
		 <title>Connellsville woman dies of H1N1 flu virus</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[A Connellsville woman has died of the H1N1 flu virus, making her the first person confirmed to have died of the virus in Fayette County. The death brings to 24 the number of persons in Pennsylvania who have died of the H1N1 virus.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Washington Township resident asks board for tax decrease</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Shortly after the board approved their $1,273,437 tentative 2010 budget, which has no tax increase, Richard Ritson requested that the supervisors put $60,000 from a $565,353 fund balance toward a real estate tax decrease.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Uniontown man stabbed, hospitalized</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[John Martin Schuj of Uniontown suffered wounds to his left arm and abdomen. He was taken by ambulance to Uniontown Hospital, where he was treated and released, state police said.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Convicted teen of New Castle files civil right lawsuit</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Joshua Taylor was sentenced to probation until his 18th birthday for having sold Oxycodone on Feb. 27, 2007, to Erica Jo Million of West Pittsburgh in Lawrence County. Million passed out later that day in math class and died five days later.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Regional</category>
		 <title>Charter school could occupy former Mt. Gallitzin Academy</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Baden Academy Charter School is working on a lease agreement for the Mt. Gallitzin Academy site, located on the motherhouse grounds of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Baden, Beaver County.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:43:18 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Regional</category>
		 <title>Single-car crash claims life of Washington County woman</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Shawna Lynn Pigford, 39, of Cecil was driving south on Route 980 when her car veered off the road and smashed into several trees.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:07:22 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Laurel Mountain State Park's ski area to stay closed</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Officials of Seven Springs will meet at the Ligonier facility with members of the state's Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, consulting architects from Moshier Studio, and engineers from H.F. Lenz Co., of Johnstown.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Beaver authorities agree to return daughters to parents</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Attorney Joseph Horowitz, who represents Terri and John Smitsky, the parents of the children, said the agency agreed to have them returned on the condition of in-home services and counseling.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Secretary for Blair County sheriff charged with stealing fees</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Diane Wilt of Roaring Spring is accused of skimming money from daily bank deposits she made between April and September 2008 for the office. Police say Wilt had sole control of fees collected for gun permits issued by the office.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Homer City man accused of climbing into car</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[An Indiana County man was jailed for allegedly smashing out the window of a parked car occupied by two people and then climbing inside the vehicle, state police said.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>SUV driver killed in one-vehicle crash in Butler County</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[John Bruce Stanley was traveling east when the vehicle fishtailed out of control and rolled over about four times before coming to rest on the west guide rail, troopers said.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Police seek barefoot robber</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[State police are seeking a man who they say robbed an Indiana County convenience store in his bare feet. The man was white, about 45- to 55-years-old with brown hair and wearing a dark blue sweatshirt, blue jeans and a blue-and-white ballcap.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Masked man robs woman in Burrell</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[A white male in his late 20s, 5 feet, 10 inches tall, with a medium build and wearing a red T-shirt and blue jeans, entered a 25-year-old woman's residence at Susan Drive Apartments in Burrell through an unlocked screen door.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Uniontown man struck by car along I-79</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Ralph Core of Uniontown walked into the median of the interstate to retrieve a license plate that was knocked off his vehicle in a minor crash. As Core was walking back to his vehicle, he was struck by a car driven by Ray Lowden.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Target at last confirms its plans for store in East Liberty</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[The Minneapolis-based chain notified officials of The Mosites Co., developer of the Eastside complex in East Liberty, that its credit committee approved the project.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:41:27 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Perzel charged with theft, conspiracy in $10 million scheme</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett today said he is filing criminal charges against former state House Speaker John Perzel and nine others as a result of an ongoing legislative corruption probe that for the past year has focused on House Republicans.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:30:51 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>General Services lax on tracking 'change order' spending</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[The Department of General Services keeps most of its records electronically, but change orders are different because they must be inspected manually.   ]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Troop surge opposed, poll finds</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Most Americans oppose sending more troops to Afghanistan, as President Obama nears a decision on whether to ramp up engagement in the eight-year war, a poll suggested.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Some fear United States is following Japan's failed recovery plan </title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Heavy government stimulus spending and near-zero interest rates did little to end a &quot;lost decade&quot; of stagnation and mushrooming debt in Japan. Some economists and lawmakers say the United States may end up following the same trajectory.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Fort Hood case intricate</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Complicated by a federal investigation into possible terrorist ties and the prospect of mental issues, the prosecution of Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan will likely be a lengthy and intricate process, military legal experts say.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>McCain: Rampage 'act of terror'</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican and former presidential candidate, called last week's shooting at Fort Hood &quot;an act of terror&quot; during a speech at the University of Louisville.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Nine states' budgets slammed</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[A study released warned that at least nine big states are barreling toward economic disaster, raising the likelihood of higher taxes, more government layoffs and deep cuts in services.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Obama revamps options</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[President Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Wind, rain blamed in widespread blackouts in Brazil</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Heavy rain and strong wind caused blackouts that left nearly a third of Brazilians in the dark, officials said as they scrambled to restore confidence in the country's infrastructure before soccer's 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Here's an ironic twist: South Side bar becomes a church</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[The irony of transforming a bar into a church is not lost on leaders of the Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community, who say the building's past meshes with their mission.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:11:38 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Ravenstahl involved in selecting Time's Person of the Year</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[The magazine chose Ravenstahl because he's the youngest mayor of a major U.S. city and because of his role in hosting September's Group of 20 economic summit, said Tom Chiodo, a publicist for Time.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:05:46 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Steelers react to Roethlisberger's 'E:60' talk</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[News that franchise quarterback Ben Roethlisberger called himself a bad teammate early in his career caught Steelers players off-guard.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:08:13 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Columnist Mike Seate</category>
		 <title>DJ is now toast of town with his beat</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Determined to fill a cultural void with his West Indian dancehall music, Barrington Dunn opened First Class Records in Wilkinsburg.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Area remembers its veterans on holiday</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[In a region that has some of the oldest demographics in the nation, respect for those who fought in this nation's wars begins early.  ]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Valley News Dispatch News</category>
		 <title>Veterans asking Americans for one thing: a simple 'thank you'</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Events in Arnold and New Kensington were among several across the Alle-Kiski Valley commemorating Veterans Day yesterday.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:04:22 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Leechburg cuts budget deficit in half; tax hike still possible</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[After a number of meetings dedicated to working on the 2010 spending plan line by line, the borough's deficit is down to between $125,000 to $130,000.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:08:32 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>South Butler School District contract offers head to arbitrator</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[The district and union are entering non-binding arbitration after a 12-day strike this fall.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:20:46 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Freeport Area hires legal counsel in response to Lenape action</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Lenape took action against its four feeder districts  Freeport Area, Apollo-Ridge, Armstrong and Leechburg Area  in regard to whether member districts must send their students to Lenape or whether the districts can send students to other vocational-technical schools.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:24:25 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Former Saxonburg police officer joins Fawn's police force</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[Erik Bergstrom takes the part-time position a month after a settlement was reached in a civil service dispute.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:26:22 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <title>Couple sue for alleged fall outside Lower Burrell Legion post</title>
		 <guid><![CDATA[http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_652851.html]]></guid>
		 <link><![CDATA[http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleynewsdispatch/s_652851.html?source=rss&feed=2]]></link>
		 <description><![CDATA[Attorney Jason Schiffman said Dawn Sarnosky was helping a caterer when she fell and sustained a broken shoulder, concussion and other injuries that required hospitalization and surgery.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:33:06 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>Valley News Dispatch News</category>
		 <title>Youth football organization eyes Highlands</title>
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		 <description><![CDATA[A new youth football organization wants to work closely with the Highlands School District and use the high school stadium for games.]]></description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		 <category>McKeesport Death Notices</category>
		 <title>Death notices for Thursday, November 12, 2009</title>
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