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Pitt, WVU & RMU Headed To NCAA Tournament
Three local teams are headed to the NCAA tournament. West Virginia University goes in as a No. 2 seed in the East Regional, the Pitt Panthers earned a No. 3 seed in the West Regional and Robert Morris University is the 15th-seeded team in the South Regional....
Kansas Jayhawks Top Seed In NCAA Tourney
Kansas, Kentucky, Duke and Syracuse earned top billing and the No. 1 seeds for the NCAA tournament Sunday, with the Jayhawks named the top seed overall for the 2010 version of March Madness....
Israel's Apology Gets Cool Reception In D.C.
Israel's prime minister expressed regret Sunday for a crisis with the United States over plans to expand a Jewish neighborhood in east Jerusalem, even as American officials played down the apology and called for bold Israeli action to get peace efforts back on track....
Obama Administration Sure Of Health Care Vote
The House's chief Democratic headcounter said Sunday he hadn't rounded up enough votes to pass President Barack Obama's health care overhaul heading into a make-or-break week, even as the White House's top political adviser said he was "absolutely confident" in its prospects....
Vatican: Celibacy Rule Not Root Of Sex Abuse Cases
The Vatican on Sunday denied that its celibacy requirement for priests was the root cause of the clerical sex abuse scandal convulsing the church in Europe and again defended the pope's handling of the crisis....
Taliban: Kandahar Bombings A 'Warning' To NATO
The Taliban on Sunday called their deadly bomb attacks on the southern city of Kandahar a warning to NATO's top general that the insurgents were ready for the war's next major offensive in their heartland....
...so I stabbed him in the head with a fork
Drink this...
Three and a half years after The Paperweight walked out on me, a 14 year old and a 3 year old.... Three and a half years after I started this blog.... The Thing and I got married. And yes, it was perfect. So, and you have probably seen this coming,...
MIA for just a little bit longer
Be patient. Good things come to those who wait. Like my wedding to The Thing. July 18, 2009 10:30am Wish us luck. :)...
Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it turned into a butterfly
Things are starting to get better. The Girl's surgery went well and without complications. Her follow up appointment is tomorrow and we are hopeful. I'm getting married in less than a month. My company had a change of heart and reduced my salary reduction from 20% to 12% - a...
I couldn't have said it better myself
When it was done and you went to sleep, I lay awake and listened to the clock on your nightstand and the wind outside and understood that I was really home, that in bed with you was home, and something that had been getting close in the dark was suddenly...
June is almost as bad as April except no one's died but it's only the 9th so we'll wait and see
To follow up; The Paperweight was green with envy. However, this has only served to make him even more of an utter ass than he is normally. And we thought it wasn't possible... But The Boy did graduate from high school Hallelujah! and Amen! And he had this thing scheduled...
PGH is a City
3 New Things To Love About the Strip
When I first moved to Pittsburgh, the Strip District was my instant favorite neighborhood. I immediately became a regular shopper there enjoying all of its eateries and ethnic stores. However, I never expected that in a few short years this awesome place would continue to grow and evolve into an...
It seems like every month lately, there are new shenanigans from PWSA.In January, we had the mistaken decimal point water bills where consumers ended up with bills up to 100 times what they owed. The entirety of PWSA's customers also were notified that they were signed up for Utility Line...
Flooded Fifth & Liberty St. intersection, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1907, originally uploaded by trialsanderrors.The picture above is from downtown Pittsburgh in 1907.Rain and mild temperatures are predicted for the rest of the week. Will we get new opportunities to take pictures of a flooded downtown?"The National Weather Service forecast calls for...
West Carson Street has been in the news a lot lately. Last week, community groups were protesting the site of a proposed Strip Club on West Carson Street. They object to its location directly adjacent to the Onala Club, an alcohol and drug recovery center.Early Tuesday morning, a mere 0.3...
Snow Shoveling is Not a Minor Thing
While most of us rejoiced when the city announced that after 3 weeks it was resuming its enforcement of the snow shoveling ordinance, Public Works Director Rob Kaczorowski has this to say:"It's a minor thing to me," he said.I wonder if that's what Mr Kaczorowski would say to Ernestine Ross...
Shovel Like Your Life Depends on It
Like most people, I let out a sigh of relief when the city publicized a post-snowmageddon reprieve for parking tickets and shoveling fines. There was just too much snow too quickly for most of us to keep up with it.After two weeks of reprieve, this Monday February 22, meter maids...
post-gazette.com - High School Sports
PIAA Class AAAA: Gators get physical, slip past Dragons
Allderdice coach Andre McDonald did not go as far as calling Gateway soft. But for the PIAA playoff game Saturday, Allderdice's plan was to play physical and, basically, bang Gateway around....
Woman to coach scholastic football
WASHINGTON -- When Coolidge High School announced two months ago that it was looking for a football coach, one of the school's science teachers was sitting in a conference room in the building when a colleague asked, "Why don't you put your name in for it?"...
PIAA Girls' Basketball: Hampton loses as St. Marys' guard scores 52
Hampton did a great job defending St. Marys on Saturday. Well, all except for Kayla Hoohuli, that is....
PIAA Boys' Basketball: WPIAL champs cruise
Mt. Lebanon could get used to playing McKeesport in the postseason. Paul Lang scored 17 points and Evan Pierce added 12 as WPIAL champion Mt....
Basketball Box Scores from Saturday, March 13...
PIAA girls roundup: Jeannette rallies for victory
What Jeannette did Friday made its comeback victory in the WPIAL championship look easy....
TechBurgh Blog and PodCast
Is your site a ‘source’ or a ‘resource’?
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Sneak Peek – Woopra iPhone App
If you know me, you’ll know that I’m a big Woopra advocate, I love my iPhone too. Wouldn’t it be great it there was some way to bring the two together? There soon will be! The fine folks at Woopra are developing a Woopra iPhone app. I use Woopra as one...
Free Wordpress Theme: Stormy City Black
A quick, simple , one column Wordpress Compatible theme. Black and grey with a text only menu under the header image....
What is the next evolution in Internet Search?
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of LeapFish Inc. All opinions are 100% mine. I came across this terribly dramatic video about where Internet Search has been and where it might very well be going. We live in a society of instant everything, and although it’s close,...
GlobalListings.org Targets craigslist, Offers Better Classified Experience
GlobalListings.org Targets craigslist and eBay, Offers Newer, Better Classified Experience...
Exploring the Concept of Natural SEO
It may not have occurred to you that there is such a thing as natural SEO. Webmasters use natural seo services because they are mainly interested in ranking websites high while staying in the good graces of search engines. If you are thinking along the same lines, this concept can...
Burghilicious
Mac and Cheese with Caramelized Shallots
I may be more than six weeks late to the National Macaroni and Cheese Month party, but every month is Macaroni and Cheese Month for this girl, so I'm still celebrating. I first discovered the event via Michelle at Brown Eyed Baker - one of my must-check sites that also...
Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread, Take 2
As I mentioned previously, this year I'm working to curb my expensive bread habit by baking bread at home. My mentors and guides in this process is the King Arthur website and Peter Reinhart's magnificent book The Break Baker's Apprentice. This experiment is additionally prompted by the fact that 1....
Pittsburgh Food Events - March 2010
Grow Pittsburgh: A Garden PrimerSeries of 3 classes; First session starts March 11$50I probably neglected to mention that last summer, Scheidt and I endured an epic gardening FAIL. I've always had success with herbs but lack a certain willingness to get my hands dirty, if that dirt is literal, not...
It seems like forever ago that I made the no-bake Daring Bakers Challenge Nanaimo Bars. In my snark, I may have glossed over the fact that there was, actually, a baking element to the challenge: these graham crackers.Let me be frank: unless you need gluten-free grahams, there is absolutely no...
Pumpkin Rigatoni with Sausage and Mushrooms
Is it three years too late for a confession?I started cooking seriously because of Rachael Ray.Cue sound of all readers leaving.As a kid, I learned how to follow recipes from my mom. In the beginning of my adult life, I applied that skill to recipes on the bag of Lipton...
Pittsburgh Food Events - February 2010
New on Burghilicious: from time to time, I'm going to give you a line-up of interesting upcoming food events happening in Pittsburgh - BEFORE they happen! If you hear of something that sounds interesting, drop me a line.6th Annual South Side Soup Contest12-3pm, Saturday, February 20None other than the esteemed...
Pittsburgh Indymedia
Rustbelt Radio for March 01, 2010
On today's show: The Pittsburgh Public Schools are proposing more building closures and consolidations. We'll bring you voices of concerned residents and parents, as well as school representatives. Local music artist Jasiri X uses hip-hop as an organizing tool and more in our local and global headlines....
Rustbelt Radio for Feb. 15, 2010
On today's show: Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling may take place minutes from downtown Pittsburgh, UPMC Braddock has officially closed. We'll bring you a local reporter's insight into what's next for the facility, A prominent and contentious far right Israeli general and politician speaks at the Hillel Jewish University Center, The...
RUSTBELT RADIO: Linn Washington on Mumia Abu-Jamal & the Supreme Court
This week, Rustbelt Radio interviewed Philadelphia journalist Linn Washington Jr. about the January 19 ruling by the US Supreme Court that vacated previous 2001/2008 federal court rulings that overturned the death penalty for death row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal. The sixteen minute segment of the Rustbelt Radio is included here. Also...
Rustbelt Radio for Feb. 01, 2010
On today's show: Israel issued its response to the UN Goldstone Report on Operation Cast Lead in Gaza this week. Tree sitters halt mountaintop removal mining operations in West Virginia, New details emerge in the october FBI killing of Detroit Imam Luqman Abdullah, A feature length 2.3 Million and Rising...
The Northeast Anarchist Network (NEAN) is encouraging anarchists, anti-authoritarians and other comrades to turn this May into a Month of Anarchy, throughout the Northeast and beyond....
Rustbelt Radio for January 18, 2010
On today's show: UPMC Braddock's closure looms on the horizon, Queer activists target a local donut shop owner who made homophobic remarks online, A look at the healthcare debate and what it will mean for Pennsylvanians, One year after Israel's attack on Gaza, aid and solidarity convoys find Egypt barring...
post-gazette.com - Penguins/NHL
Penguins beat the Lightning, 2-1
TAMPA, Fla. -- The Penguins scored two third-period goals to defeat Tampa Bay, 2-1, at the St. Pete Times Forum this evening....
Tampa Bay's Malone won't play against Pens today
TAMPA, Fla. -- Tampa Bay left winger Ryan Malone, a former Penguin, will sit out the game against his old team at 5:08 p.m. today at the St. Pete Times Forum....
On the Penguins: High tech controls ice quality at Consol Energy Center
There are, the Penguins figure, some features in the city's new multi-purpose arena that fans simply won't be able to miss when the building opens in a few months....
NHL Roundup: Isles rally past Devils
Jon Sim and Mark Streit scored 50 seconds apart in the second period Saturday against New Jersey backup goalie Yann Danis, and the New York Islanders snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory against the visiting Devils....
Penguins Notebook: Tocchet reshapes Downie's game, image for the better
TAMPA, Fla. -- Steve Downie began to make a name for himself in hockey years ago....
NHL welcomes violence, so look out Sid!
Only in the NHL, where gratuitous violence among the players not only is legal but encouraged, is it not the least bit preposterous to suggest that a coach hold his star players out of a game for fear of retaliation by the opponents. ... Sports commentary by Ron Cook...
Today's Tribune-Review
Western Pennsylvania spared worst of heavy flooding
Many homeowners in river towns were spared heavy flooding today as a predicted surge of water from melting snow and a steady rain was less than expected. ...
Pitt, WVU and Penn State using practices to groom new starting quarterbacks
It's been nearly a decade since Pitt, West Virginia and Penn State were all in the unenviable position of having to break in a new starting quarterback. ...
'Alice' extends her No. 1 stay with $62 million
Alice is still ruling the movie palace. Johnny Depp and Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" easily remained the No. 1 weekend draw with $62 million. ...
Martin Amis' comic 'Widow' is trenchant, yet bawdy
The novel pivots on the summer of 1970. Keith Nearing, a 20-year-old college student prone to falling head over heels in love, is vacationing in an Italian castle. Though the sky is blue and the sun hot, he cannot relax. ...
'House of Versace' looks behind the sequined curtain
Deborah Ball's new book chronicles the life of fashion designer Gianni Versace, from his humble beginnings in Reggio, a town in southern Italy, to his death in 1997. ...
Alex Berenson's 'Midnight House' examines political place for torture
Cairo, Pakistan and Afghanistan provide some of the locales for "The Midnight House." Berenson, whose "The Faithful Spy" won an Edgar Award in 2007 for Best First Novel, again features John Wells, a CIA agent who chafes at regulations and has a unique code of ethics. ...
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It's Not Fair That There Isn't an Instruction Manual for this Stuff
I have bad skin. Terrible, no-good, awful skin. I always have. I've gone through phases where I care about it and try to do whatever I can to ward off the evil skin demons, but mostly it just is. The things that sort of work tend to have worse side...
I Know I Said The Snow Needs to Go Away Once March Arrives, But . . .
In what could only be described as a happy accident, I somehow managed to configure the landscaping in our front yard in such a way that we have consistently had more snow to play with than most of the other houses in our neighborhood. While we might have had two...
Up and Down and Up and Down, but at Least It's All Petty Stuff
I first placed it in my Amazon shopping cart a little over a year ago. Every time I had a some extra money, a gift or whatever, I earmarked it as "Lens Money." Nickels and dimes and pennies slowly added up, but then life got in the way and some...
Every day, someone throws common sense to the wind and declares that This! Is! The! Year! This year the Pirates won't suck so bad! This year the Pirates will play .500 ball! This year the Pirates will make the playoffs! This year the Pirates will win the World Series! I had...
post-gazette.com - Pirates/MLB
Pirates make first roster cuts
BRADENTON, Fla. -- The Pittsburgh Pirates just made their first six cuts of the spring this afternoon....
Morton, 5 homers lead Pirates over Yankees, 10-5
BRADENTON, Fla. -- Charlie Morton pitched four scoreless innings, and five home runs -- two by Bobby Crosby, one each by Akinori Iwamura, Delwyn Young and Steve Pearce -- carried the Pirates past the New York Yankees, 10-5, this afternoon at McKechnie Field....
Spring training: Maholm finds his stride
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Paul Maholm turned in the Pirates' best start of the spring and Delwyn Young homered in a 3-2 loss to the Boston Red Sox Saturday at City of Palms Park....
Spring training: Starling in the making
BRADENTON, Fla. -- Baseball scouting is never an exact science. Except when it is....
MLB Notebook: Hunter to curtail access over paper's story
Angels outfielder Torii Hunter, one of the most accessible players in baseball, said late this week he will restrict his exchanges with the media to baseball-only matters after a story in USA Today this week....
Maholm fares well, Young homers, but Pirates lose, 3-2
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Paul Maholm turned in the Pirates' best start of the spring and Delwyn Young homered in a 3-2 loss to the Boston Red Sox Saturday at City of Palms Park....