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Marine Staff Sgt. Tabitha Williams
When Staff Sgt. Tabitha Williams completed basic training for the U.S. Marine Corps at Parris Island, S.C., it was the proudest moment of her life. (Today)
A group of parents and taxpayers is coalescing around concerns about the Pittsburgh Public Schools' changes to middle grades and high schools. (Today)
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Velouise Bell, left, an adviser in the University of Pittsburgh's MBA program, chats with business administration undergraduate Christina Whittaker outside the new financial analysis lab in Pitt's Katz Graduate School of Business. The $2.3-million lab simulates a trading room at a stock brokerage house with 60 computer stations, live stock tickers and news feeds.
What's your major? There are hundreds, if not thousands, of possible answers to that question. Students can choose from majors as common as business or as unusual as blacksmithing. (Today)
U.S. Rep. Jason Altmire and challenger Melissa Hart argued yesterday over Social Security, a potent issue in the senior-rich 4th Congressional District. (Today)
When Lance Shaeffer was an undergraduate and residence hall adviser at Drury University in Springfield., Mo., a couple of guys tapped into the housemother's phone line and put $100 worth of calls (Today)