Sen. John McCain is not a religious man, but he has people around him who are qualified to talk to God on his behalf. ...

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She and her son have been burned out of their home twice in the past seven months, yet Lori Pasteryk wouldn't take so much as a french fry from me when I met her at a Wendy's to talk about it....

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FSN Pittsburgh finally got it right this year when it hired Kent Tekulve as its Pirates analyst. ...

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Sports commentary by Ron Cook ...

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The Grabowskis and the Lewises are the kind of families -- and their teenagers are the students -- that the designers of the Pittsburgh Promise hope to entice to the city. ...

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There's no method for accurately quantifying what Ryan Malone has meant to the Penguins since he first turned up in the glacial ice wasteland that was the winter of 2003-2004, so let's just search ...

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Few foreign leaders have received as favorable news coverage in the United States as has Moqtada al-Sadr, with less factual basis for it. ...

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George McGovern and Barry Goldwater disagreed about the Vietnam War, Social Security, military spending and tax policy. ...

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Welcome to "American President 2020," the show that brings hi-def democracy into your home and lets you vote without getting off the couch or even being fully conscious. ...

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Due to some oversight, I have not been asked to give any graduation speeches in this abundant season of them. I have decided to jot down some advice anyway. ...

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The big projects won't matter much if the city can't clean up the litter and make people feel safe

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There's nothing wrong with a tough fight; the commentariat ought to chill out

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