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Crosby skating in Los Angeles
The hockey world is focused on Canada’s capital city for All-Star Game festivities, but Pittsburgh hockey fans can turn their attention to Los Angeles. updated 7:01 pm
  Raw milk from Franklin County's Family Cow should be discarded updated 7:17 pm
  Smith Township settles police brutality complaint updated 5:31 pm
  Airport hotel assailant gets 8 to 16 years in prison updated 5:12 pm
  City to subsidize appraisals in assessment appeals updated 5:15 pm
  GOP auditor general candidates Maher, Pinto clash updated 6:03 pm


Public to have chance to speak out on transit cuts

James Knox | Tribune-Review

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Squirrel Hill veteran's 70-year wait to receive Purple Heart is over
When Japanese snipers shot Aaron Narvol's Army buddy in front of a cave on Okinawa during World War II, the 23-year-old Army sergeant knew he had to get his friend out of the line of fire.

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FirstEnergy to close six coal-fired power plants
FirstEnergy Corp. on Thursday became the first major U.S. power company to close aging coal-fired power plants because of tougher new air pollution rules.

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Wrath of righteous fails to fall on JoePa
Margie Phelps was in the mood to make a deal. Phelps is an official of Westboro Baptist Church, the Kansas-based bastion of hatred whose members frequently attend funerals to malign rather than mourn.
New Westmoreland budget restores spending cuts
Westmoreland County commissioners said on Thursday that a new version of the 2012 budget will be approved next month to restore spending cuts instituted last year by the outgoing Democratic majority.

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Police find 48 pounds of suspected marijuana during traffic stop
A city police officer making a traffic stop in Uniontown early this morning found two men inside the vehicle with nearly 50 pounds of suspected marijuana.

Pa. corrections system cuts considered
Faced with soaring prison costs in a state where both violent and property crime rates are declining, Gov. Tom Corbett has tasked a panel of judicial, legislative and criminal justice officials to come up with recommendations on how to reduce spending on and improve the corrections system.

State justices drop bombshell, hurry to tropics
One day after issuing but not explaining a bombshell decision to invalidate legislative redistricting maps, three state Supreme Court justices were in San Juan, Puerto Rico attending the Pennsylvania Bar Association's midyear meeting.

Westmoreland I-70 plan meets mixed reviews
Residents and business owners in New Stanton got their first look on Thursday at the enormous $60 million highway construction project that promises to reshape their small borough while making it easier and safer for cars and heavy trucks to enter and exit busy Interstate 70.

Police probe allegations against Peters Twp. football coach
Peters police are investigating a claim that the head coach of the Peters Township High School football team put players with concussion symptoms back into games and practices, Chief Harry Freucht said on Thursday.


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  1. FirstEnergy to close six coal-fired power plants
  2. Steelers quarterback Roethlisberger wants an answer from Rooney
  3. Pittsburgh Marathon unveils new course map
  4. State justices drop bombshell, hurry to tropics
  5. Veteran, formerly of Ligonier, pursued passion for conservation, outdoors



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