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Dec. 30, 2007 ~ Video: Kwanzaa Celebration 2007
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Community Empowerment Association, Inc.'s 13th Kwanzaa celebration brought together families and friends at the Kingsley Association in East Liberty on Saturday night. The festivities included local artist groups, vendors, and food.
Video by Rebecca Droke
Dec. 29, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: High School Highlights
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: High School Highlights," video coverage of local high school basketball.
Each week, post-gazette.com will offer highlights from several of the region's biggest games, as selected by our prep sportswriters.
This week, we're offering highlights from New Castle at Blackhawk, Woodland Hills vs. Connellsville, Greensburg Salem vs. Hempfield and Thomas Jefferson vs. Norwin.
Video by Andrew Rush
Dec. 28, 2007 ~ Video: 'PG NewsNOW,' 12/28/2007
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Welcome to "PG NewsNOW," our daily video newscast.
Each weekday afternoon, we'll keep you up to date with topical stories, breaking news, special reports, even sports and weather -- all in just minutes.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Dec. 27, 2007 ~ Video: The Steelers Report with Ed Bouchette & Gerry Dulac
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Fifteen down, one and the postseason to go.
All that's left to wonder for the Steelers is who they'll play in the first round of the playoffs and what seed they'll take.
Ed and Gerry preview Sunday's game against Baltimore and how the Steelers could slot for the playoffs.
Video by Dan Gigler
Dec. 26, 2007 ~ Video: 'PG NewsNOW,' 12/26/2007
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Welcome to "PG NewsNOW," our daily video newscast.
Each weekday afternoon, we'll keep you up to date with topical stories, breaking news, special reports, even sports and weather -- all in just minutes.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Dec. 24, 2007 ~ Steelers video: Mike Tomlin's press conference
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The Steelers clinched the AFC North division and a playoff berth by virtue of the Browns blowing a game against the lowly Bengals Sunday afternoon.
The Steelers still have plenty to play for -- they could land the third or fourth seed in the postseason -- and pride is always a factor when facing the hated Baltimore Ravens.
Video by Dan Gigler
Dec. 23, 2007 ~ Video: PG Book Editor Bob Hoover interviews Kathleen George
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Kathleen George, a theater professor at the University of Pittsburgh, definitely knows this town and where to dine in it.
"Afterimage" shows characters as they meet and what they eat and drink is the kind of detail that makes them more three-dimensional, like people you know.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Dec. 22, 2007 ~ Video: Franco Harris remembers the Immaculate Reception
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It happened nearly two generations ago, but in the lore surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers, it's forever fresh.
Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris met with the Post-Gazette Friday to reminisce about his Immaculate Reception.
Video by Lake Fong
Dec. 22, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: High School Highlights
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: High School Highlights," video coverage of local high school basketball.
Each week, post-gazette.com will offer highlights from several of the region's biggest games, as selected by our prep sportswriters.
Video by Andrew Rush
Dec. 21, 2007 ~ Video: Inauguration of Luke Ravenstahl
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Mayor Luke Ravenstahl today told Pittsburghers they've "gotta believe" during an inauguration speech tonight that was more pep talk than vision statement.
Video by Lake Fong
Dec. 21, 2007 ~ Video: 'PG NewsNOW,' 12/21/2007
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Welcome to "PG NewsNOW," our daily video newscast.
Each weekday afternoon, we'll keep you up to date with topical stories, breaking news, special reports, even sports and weather -- all in just minutes.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Dec. 20, 2007 ~ Video: The Steelers Report with Ed Bouchette & Gerry Dulac
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A little more than a month-ago, the Steelers seemed to be a lead pipe lock for an AFC North division title, and a team that could make a serious run at the number one or two seeds in the AFC.
In this week's Steelers Report, Ed and Gerry explain what the Steelers must do to keep their edge in the postseason race.
Video by Dan Gigler
Dec. 20, 2007 ~ Video: 'PG NewsNOW,' 12/20/2007
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Welcome to "PG NewsNOW," our daily video newscast.
Each weekday afternoon, we'll keep you up to date with topical stories, breaking news, special reports, even sports and weather -- all in just minutes.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Dec. 19, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: High School Highlights
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: High School Highlights," video coverage of the PIAA State Championship games in Hershey, Pa.
Each week, post-gazette.com will offer highlights from several of the region's biggest games, as selected by our prep sportswriters.
Video by Andrew Rush
Dec. 19, 2007 ~ Video: Wounded Iraq vet from West Mifflin gets free home
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Disabled Iraq vet Corporal Carl Duda and his family, wife Darla and children Carleigh, 7; Reginald Harburger, 18; and Maria Harburger, 19; received a free home remodeled house, complete with furnishings for the holiday.
Video by Lake Fong
Dec. 19, 2007 ~ Video: 'PG NewsNOW,' 12/19/2007
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Welcome to "PG NewsNOW," our daily video newscast.
Each weekday afternoon, we'll keep you up to date with topical stories, breaking news, special reports, even sports and weather -- all in just minutes.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Dec. 18, 2007 ~ Video: 'PG NewsNOW,' 12/18/2007
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Welcome to "PG NewsNOW," our daily video newscast.
Each weekday afternoon, we'll keep you up to date with topical stories, breaking news, special reports, even sports and weather -- all in just minutes.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Dec. 18, 2007 ~ Steelers Video: Mike Tomlin's press conference
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Less than 24 hours after his team laid an egg at home in a loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin was in front of the Pittsburgh media shouldering blame for Sunday's 29-22 defeat, while his team begins preparations to end their 2-game slump against the Rams in a short week -- the game is Thursday night in St. Louis.
Video by Dan Gigler
Dec. 17, 2007 ~ Video: 'PG NewsNOW,' 12/17/2007
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Welcome to "PG NewsNOW."
Each weekday afternoon, we'll keep you up to date with topical stories, breaking news, special reports, even sports and weather -- all in just minutes.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Dec. 17, 2007 ~ Video: A postcard from Steelers Nation -- "JacksonBurgh"
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Welcome to "JacksonBurgh." Population: several hundred rabid Steelers fans spread along I-95 in northern Florida.
The Jacksonville Black & Gold fan club -- or JAX B.A.G. -- may have some crow to eat this Monday in their hometown, by virtue of their Steelers losing to the Jacksonville Jaguars Sunday at Heinz Field.
Video by Dan Gigler
Dec. 15, 2007 ~ Video: High School PIAA Football Championships
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Video highlights from the PIAA Class AAAA, AAA, AA, and AA State Championship games.
And don't forget to stay tuned to post-gazette.com for our video preview show every Wednesday.
"Varsity Video: This Week in High School Sports," hosted by Mike White and Colin Dunlap, sets up the weekend action with commentary, predictions, player profiles and more.
Video by Andrew Rush
Dec. 14, 2007 ~ Video: 'PG NewsNOW,' 12/14/2007
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Welcome to "PG NewsNOW," our daily video newscast.
Each weekday afternoon, we'll keep you up to date with topical stories, breaking news, special reports, even sports and weather -- all in just minutes.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Dec. 14, 2007 ~ Video: Flood water rises
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The 10th Street Bypass and the Mon Wharf parking lot are closed today because of flooding.
At 25 feet, river water begins spilling into a stretch of the inbound Parkway East between Wood Street and Commonwealth Place.
Video by Lake Fong
Dec. 13, 2007 ~ Video: 'PG NewsNOW,' 12/13/2007
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Welcome to "PG NewsNOW," our daily video newscast.
Each weekday afternoon, we'll keep you up to date with topical stories, breaking news, special reports, even sports and weather -- all in just minutes.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Dec. 12, 2007 ~ Video: The Steelers Report with Ed Bouchette
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Last Sunday's game versus the Patriots was billed as a "fact finding mission" for the Steelers and the facts were clear: the Steelers aren't even close to being the top dogs in the AFC.
However, they'll get a chance at redemption and to sew up a playoff spot when they take on the Jacksonville Jaguars Sunday at Heinz Field.
Video by Dan Gigler
Dec. 12, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: This week in high school sports
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: This Week in High School Sports," hosted by Mike White and Colin Dunlap.
Every Wednesday, post-gazette.com takes a look at the week's top high school football and basketball games, with commentary, predictions, player profiles and more. It's the place to be for up-to-date information about your favorite teams.
Video by Andrew Rush
Dec. 12, 2007 ~ Video: 'PG NewsNOW,' 12/12/2007
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Welcome to "PG NewsNOW," our daily video newscast.
Each weekday afternoon, we'll keep you up to date with topical stories, breaking news, special reports, even sports and weather -- all in just minutes.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Dec. 11, 2007 ~ Steelers Video: Mike Tomlin's press conference
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Perhaps still reeling from the pasting they took at the hand of the Patriots Sunday, the Steelers were dealt an even bigger blow when Mike Tomlin announced at his press conference that Aaron Smith would be out for the remainder of the season with a torn biceps injury.
Video by Dan Gigler
Dec. 11, 2007 ~ Video: 'PG NewsNOW,' 12/11/2007
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Welcome to "PG NewsNOW."
Each weekday afternoon, we'll keep you up to date with topical stories, breaking news, special reports, even sports and weather -- all in just minutes.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Dec. 11, 2007 ~ Video: A Majestic Star is born
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With the shout of "Gentlemen, start your engines," Don Barden broke ground this morning on his $450 million North Side casino. Mr. Barden pledged to make it a world-class facility and once again vowed to make it the flagship of his Majestic Star chain.
Video by Lake Fong
Dec. 10, 2007 ~ Video: 'PG NewsNOW,' 12/10/2007
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Welcome to "PG NewsNOW."
Each weekday afternoon, we'll keep you up to date with topical stories, breaking news, special reports, even sports and weather -- all in just minutes.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Dec. 10, 2007 ~ Video: Pirates serve homeless
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Pirates General Manager Neal Huntington; alumni Steve Blass and Kent Tekulve; members of Del Monte's corporate leadership team and the Light of Life Rescue Mission staff served breakfast to the homeless this morning.
The Pirates and Del Monte decided to extend their partnership to better the lives of those in need in the community.
Video by Lake Fong
Dec. 9, 2007 ~ Video: Allegheny City ... then and now
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One hundred years ago today, 145,000 people who had gone to sleep the night before in Allegheny City woke up in Pittsburgh. Two to one, they were not happy about it.
Stripped of political identity overnight, Allegheny went forward as the North Side. Many Alleghenians, however, mourned the loss.
Video by Rebecca Droke and Melissa Tkach
Dec. 7, 2007 ~ Video: 'PG NewsNOW,' 12/7/2007
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Welcome to "PG NewsNOW," our daily video newscast.
Each weekday afternoon, we'll keep you up to date with topical stories, breaking news, special reports, even sports and weather -- all in just minutes.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Dec. 7, 2007 ~ Video: 'SportsNOW,' 12/7/2007
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Welcome to "SportsNOW," a weekly video talk show moderated by Jerry Micco, assistant managing editor/Sports, and columnists Gene Collier, Ron Cook and Bob Smizik.
Each week, the panel will discuss hot topics in the world of sports and react to e-mail questions from readers and viewers. The columnists also will offer closing thoughts on an issue of their choice.
Video by Lake Fong
Dec. 7, 2007 ~ Video: The return of Abdul Hakeem
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Abdul Hakeem Hussein, the wounded Iraqi boy who captured countless hearts during his five-month stay in Pittsburgh for reconstructive facial surgery, returned to the city yesterday for the next stage of treatment.
Video by Lake Fong
Dec. 6, 2007 ~ Video: The Steelers Report with Ed Bouchette & Gerry Dulac
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Perhaps you've heard of the New England Patriots. Undefeated through 12 games. Randy Moss. Tom Brady. Bill Belichick. A squad that was already being coronated throughout the national sports media as the greatest team in league history, as early as week 7.
They've blown teams out and survived close scares and this week a hungry Pittsburgh Steeler outfit heads to Gillete Stadium eager to prove the adage, to be the best, you have to beat the best.
But can these Patriots be beaten?
Video by Dan Gigler
Dec. 6, 2007 ~ Video: 'PG NewsNOW,' 12/6/2007
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Welcome to "PG NewsNOW," our daily video newscast.
Each weekday afternoon, we'll keep you up to date with topical stories, breaking news, special reports, even sports and weather -- all in just minutes.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Dec. 5, 2007 ~ Video: Fun in the snow
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Wednesday's snowfall may have put a scowl on the face of motorists, but some people found reason to smile.
At West Park on the North Side, Ruth Daniels found a winter wonderland awaiting her and a couple of canine snow lovers. She and the dogs -- Dominic and Linus -- enjoyed a game of fetch as the snow continued to fall.
Video by Lake Fong
Dec. 5, 2007 ~ Video: 'PG NewsNOW,' 12/5/2007
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Welcome to "PG NewsNOW," our daily video newscast.
Each weekday afternoon, we'll keep you up to date with topical stories, breaking news, special reports, even sports and weather -- all in just minutes.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Dec. 5, 2007 ~ Video: Lighting of community Hanukkah menorah
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The Festival of Lights is upon us.
Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish holiday beginning on the 25th day of Kislev, according to the Hebrew calendar, began at sundown Tuesday.
Video by Lake Fong
Dec. 5, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: This week in high school sports
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: This Week in High School Sports," hosted by Mike White and Colin Dunlap.
Every Wednesday, post-gazette.com takes a look at the week's top high school football and basketball games, with commentary, predictions, player profiles and more. It's the place to be for up-to-date information about your favorite teams.
Video by Andrew Rush
Dec. 4, 2007 ~ Steelers Video: Mike Tomlin's press conference
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You may have heard that the New England Patriots are undefeated thus far this season. Mike Tomlin has heard that too, and is fairly unconcerned with that fact.
Or so he says.
In his weekly press conference, Tomlin said that the Patriots record isn't a concern, but that this game is important because it's "the next game" in the "story" of the 2007 Steelers.
Video by Dan Gigler
Dec. 4, 2007 ~ Video: 'PG NewsNOW,' 12/4/2007
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Welcome to "PG NewsNOW," our daily video newscast.
Each weekday afternoon, we'll keep you up to date with topical stories, breaking news, special reports, even sports and weather -- all in just minutes.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Dec. 4, 2007 ~ Video: An interview with poet Sheryl St. Germain
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Sheryl St. Germain is both a poet and director of the graduate writing program at Chatham University and she's having a banner year in both roles.
On Dec. 5, she joins fellow poet Andrea Budy at the International Poetry Forum reading at 8 p.m. at Carnegie Library Lecture Hall.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Dec. 4, 2007 ~ Audio Slideshow: Holiday Harvest
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Enjoy a holiday audio slideshow from an Indiana County farm as they harvest this year's crop of Christmas trees.
Slideshow produced by Peter M. Borsh and photos by VWH Campbell
Dec. 3, 2007 ~ Video: 'PG NewsNOW,' 12/3/2007
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Welcome to "PG NewsNOW," our daily video newscast.
Each weekday afternoon, we'll keep you up to date with topical stories, breaking news, special reports, even sports and weather -- all in just minutes.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Dec. 3, 2007 ~ Steelers Tailgating Video: Steeler Nation "Hateration"
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Members of Steelers Nation may beg to differ, because for as much as they love their boys in Black & Gold, they truly do hate the players and personnel from other NFL squads: Raiders, Cowboys, Patriots, Bengals, Ravens ... not a surprise.
See who Steelers fans really despise in our latest tailgating video.
Video by Dan Gigler
Nov. 30, 2007 ~ Video: Ban on electronic devices goes into effect Monday
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Criminal court judges unanimously signed a resolution prompted by courtroom visitors allegedly caught snapping photos of witnesses and undercover narcotics officers in the courts and hallways of the county courthouse.
Video by Lake Fong
Nov. 30, 2007 ~ Video: Steve Pederson returns as Pitt AD
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Steve Pederson has proven you can come home again.
Pederson was introduced Friday as Pitt's athletic director at a news conference in the Peterson Events Center on campus..
Video by Lake Fong
Nov. 30, 2007 ~ Video: 'PG NewsNOW'
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Welcome to "PG NewsNOW," our daily video newscast.
Each weekday afternoon, we'll keep you up to date with topical stories, breaking news, special reports, even sports and weather -- all in just minutes.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Nov. 30, 2007 ~ Video: 'SportsNOW'
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Welcome to "SportsNOW," a weekly video talk show moderated by Jerry Micco, assistant managing editor/Sports, and columnists Gene Collier, Ron Cook and Bob Smizik.
Each week, the panel will discuss hot topics in the world of sports and react to e-mail questions from readers and viewers. The columnists also will offer closing thoughts on an issue of their choice.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Nov. 29, 2007 ~ Video: 'PG NewsNOW'
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Welcome to "PG NewsNOW," our daily video newscast.
Each weekday afternoon, we'll keep you up to date with topical stories, breaking news, special reports, even sports and weather -- all in just minutes.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Nov. 29, 2007 ~ Video: The Steelers Report with Ed Bouchette & Gerry Dulac
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Last year the Steelers dashed the Cincinnati Bengals playoff hopes with a win in the last game of the season.
Though this season is a dud for the Bengals, they've played strong as of late and could make the Steelers playoff picture as murky as the Heinz Field sod with a win on Sunday.
Video by Dan Gigler
Nov. 28, 2007 ~ Video: 'PG NewsNOW'
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Welcome to "PG NewsNOW," our daily video newscast.
Each weekday afternoon, we'll keep you up to date with topical stories, breaking news, special reports, even sports and weather -- all in just minutes.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Nov. 28, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: Montour Coach
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Take a behind-the-scenes look at Montour Coach Lou Cerro on the sidelines of the WPIAL Class AAA Championship game last Friday night.
Video by Andrew Rush
Nov. 28, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: This week in high school sports
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: This Week in High School Sports," hosted by Mike White and Colin Dunlap.
Every Wednesday, post-gazette.com takes a look at the week's top high school football games, with commentary, predictions, player profiles and more. It's the place to be for up-to-date information about your favorite teams.
Video by Andrew Rush
Nov. 27, 2007 ~ Steelers Video: Mike Tomlin's press conference
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Conventional wisdom would suggest there wouldn't be much for Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin to talk about after a lackluster -- and that's putting it mildly -- 3-0 win over the Dolphins Monday night.
But Tomlin was practically loquacious given the previous evening's outcome.
Video by Dan Gigler
Nov. 27, 2007 ~ Video: Penguins host Make-A-Wish party
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The Pittsburgh Penguins held their annual Make-A-Wish Practice & Party on Tuesday at Mellon Arena.
Some 25 children and their families were treated to practice and a luncheon with the team in The Igloo Club.
Video by Lake Fong
Nov. 27, 2007 ~ Video: Dwarf brothers get comfortable in middle-school social scene
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Second part of an occasional series on Max and Will Graf's first year of middle school.
Both were born with the most common form of dwarfism.Video by Steve Mellon
Nov. 26, 2007 ~ Video: 'PG NewsNOW'
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Welcome to "PG NewsNOW," our daily video newscast.
Each weekday afternoon, we'll keep you up to date with topical stories, breaking news, special reports, even sports and weather -- all in just minutes.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Nov. 26, 2007 ~ Video: Deer season begins ...
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Viewer discretion advised: Graphic footage of deer at processing station Pennsylvania's two-week rifle deer season began Monday morning with rain and fog greeting hunters across the region. About 1 million hunters were expected to head for the woods through Dec. 8.
Video by Dan Gigler
Nov. 25, 2007 ~ Video: Backyard Brawl memories with Beano Cook & Mickey Furfari
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Between the two of them, they've forgotten more about college football than most mere mortals will ever remember.
But some games that college football analyst and former Pitt athletic director Beano Cook, and longtime WVU beat writer Mickey Furfari won't forget are the classics of the Backyard Brawl.
Video by Dan Gigler
Nov. 24, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: High School Highlights
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: High School Highlights," video coverage of the week's top high school football playoff games.
Each week, post-gazette.com will offer highlights from several of the region's biggest games, as selected by our prep sportswriters.
This week, we're offering highlights from all four WPIAL championship games at Heinz Field, Serra Catholic vs. Springdale, Jeannette vs. Beaver Falls, Montour vs. Thomas Jefferson and Central Catholic vs. Gateway.
Video by Andrew Rush and Luke Good
Nov. 23, 2007 ~ Video: PG 'NewsNOW'
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Welcome to "PG NewsNOW," our daily video newscast.
Each weekday afternoon, we'll keep you up to date with topical stories, breaking news, special reports, even sports and weather -- all in just minutes.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Nov. 23, 2007 ~ Video: Black Friday -- the holiday shopping season begins
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The holiday shopping season began in earnest today with Black Friday, the
traditional day-after-Thanksgiving rush to the stores.
At Grove City's Prime Outlets, thousands of bargain hunters -- including caravans
from Canada -- commenced a shopping frenzy that began at the stroke of midnight.
Video by Lake Fong
Nov. 23, 2007 ~ Video: Welcome to 'SportsNOW'
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Welcome to "SportsNOW," a weekly video talk show moderated by Jerry Micco, assistant managing editor/Sports, and columnists Gene Collier, Ron Cook and Bob Smizik.
Each week, the panel will discuss hot topics in the world of sports and react to e-mail questions from readers and viewers. The columnists also will offer closing thoughts on an issue of their choice.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Nov. 23, 2007 ~ Video: Central Catholic vs. Gateway -- Class AAAA
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The WPIAL high school football championships were held Friday at Heinz Field.
This game pitted Central Catholic (12-0) against Gateway (11-1) in Class AAAA championship.
Video by Andrew Rush and Luke Good
Nov. 23, 2007 ~ Video: Thomas Jefferson vs. Montour -- Class AAA
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The WPIAL high school football championships were held Friday at Heinz Field.
This game pitted Serra (12-0) against Springdale (10-1) for the Class AAA championship.
Video by Andrew Rush and Luke Good
Nov. 23, 2007 ~ Video: Jeannette vs. Beaver Falls -- Class AA
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The WPIAL high school football championships were held Friday at Heinz Field.
This game pitted Jeanette (12-0) against Beaver Falls (11-1) for the Class AA championship.
Video by Andrew Rush and Luke Good
Nov. 23, 2007 ~ Video: Serra vs. Springdale -- Class A
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The WPIAL high school football championships were held Friday at Heinz Field.
This game pitted Thomas Jefferson (12-0) against Montour (12-0) for the Class A championship.
Video by Andrew Rush and Luke Good
Nov. 22, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: Fabulous 22
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: The Fabulous 22.
It's a Thanksgiving tradition. No, not turkey, stuffing and gravy but the Post-Gazette's Fabulous 22 football team.
Here are highlights from this year's best of the best.
Video by Andrew Rush
Nov. 22, 2007 ~ Video: The Steelers Report with Ed Bouchette & Gerry Dulac
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The mighty Steelers were humbled mightily Sunday against the usually hapless New York Jets.
A chance for redemption presents itself on Monday night when the Black & Gold plays host to the winless Miami Dolphins and former Steeler motormouth and sack machne Joey Porter.
Video by Dan Gigler
Nov. 21, 2007 ~ Video: PG News NOW
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Welcome to "PG NewsNOW," our daily video newscast.
Each weekday afternoon, we'll keep you up to date with topical stories, breaking news, special reports, even sports and weather -- all in just minutes.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Nov. 21, 2007 ~ Video: 31st Street Bridge reopens
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With a snip of the ribbon, the 31st Street Bridge opened for traffic again on Wednesday.
The bridge, which crosses the Allegheny River and connects with Route 28, had been closed since February 2006.
Video by Lake Fong
Nov. 21, 2007 ~ Video: Airport prepares for holiday travelers
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Pittsburgh International Airport prepared for holiday travelers Wednesday, but all was calm early in the day.
Travel experts were forecasting a 4 percent jump this year in air passenger traffic.
Video by Lake Fong
Nov. 21, 2007 ~ Steelers Video: Mike Tomlin's press conference
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By their own admission and that of their coaches, the Steelers stunk the joint up Sunday against the Jets, but another week brings another game and another chance to make corrections before the season home stretch begins.
Video by Dan Gigler
Nov. 21, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: This week in high school sports
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: This Week in High School Sports," hosted by Mike White and Colin Dunlap.
Every Wednesday, post-gazette.com takes a look at the week's top high school football games, with commentary, predictions, player profiles and more. It's the place to be for up-to-date information about your favorite teams.
Video by Andrew Rush
Nov. 20, 2007 ~ Video: PG NewsNOW
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Welcome to "PG NewsNOW," our daily video newscast.
Each weekday afternoon, we'll keep you up to date with topical stories, breaking news, special reports, even sports and weather -- all in just minutes.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Nov. 19, 2007 ~ Video: Penguins score with turkey giveaway
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You may remember the Penguins hand-delivering season tickets to a few of their fans in the pre-season. This time around, their goal is to help create a happier Thanksgiving for local families.
Today at the Bedford Dwellings Hope Center in the Hill District, Penguin players Colby Armstrong, Max Talbot, Georges Laraque and Kris Letang distributed 150 turkeys to families in need.
Video by Lake Fong
Nov. 19, 2007 ~ Video: Steelers' Batch plans housing at old Homestead bakery
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Gov. Ed Rendell awarded $4.8 million in Housing Finance Agency grants to five developments in Allegheny County and one each in Westmoreland and Butler counties.
The most notable grant was $480,000 for a company owned by Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch to convert the former Homestead Bakery building on East Seventh Avenue into 16 apartments and six commercial spaces.
Video by Lake Fong
Nov. 19, 2007 ~ Video: PG NewsNOW
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Welcome to "PG NewsNOW," our daily video newscast.
Each weekday afternoon, we'll keep you up to date with topical stories, breaking news, special reports, even sports and weather -- all in just minutes.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Nov. 18, 2007 ~ Videos: The Carnegie Museum unveils its new dinosaur hall
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The Post-Gazette takes a comprehensive look at the 2 1/2 year, $36 million renovation of the Carnegie Museum's dinosaur exhibit in special package of articles, video, audio, an interactive graphic, a forum for reader comments and more.
Read, listen, watch and enjoy!
Video by Annie O'Neill and Courtesy of the Carnegie Museums
Nov. 17, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: High School Highlights
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: High School Highlights," video coverage of the week's top high school football playoff games.
Each week, post-gazette.com will offer highlights from several of the region's biggest games, as selected by our prep sportswriters.
This week, we're offering highlights from Brashear vs. Allderdice, Pine-Richland vs. Thomas Jefferson, Jeannette vs. Aliquippa, Riverside vs. Beaver Falls and Central Catholic vs. McKeesport.
Video by Andrew Rush
Nov. 16, 2007 ~ Video: City lights Christmas tree; Macy's unveils holiday windows
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While we're scarcely past Halloween, and with Thanksgiving just around the corner, the city turned the lights on Christmas today, in a manner of speaking.
Mayor Luke Ravenstahl led the lighting delegation of the official Pittsburgh Christmas tree. And nearby at Macy's, store officials took the wraps off this year's holiday window display.
Video by Lake Fong
Nov. 16, 2007 ~ Video: An interview with Dr. Leo McCafferty
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The recent death of rap superstar Kanye West's mother following cosmetic surgery has put a spotlight on the risks inherent in any surgery.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Nov. 16, 2007 ~ Video: Welcome to 'SportsNOW'
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Welcome to "SportsNOW," a new weekly video talk show moderated by Jerry Micco, assistant managing editor/Sports, and columnists Gene Collier, Ron Cook and Bob Smizik.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Nov. 15, 2007 ~ Video: The Steelers Report with Ed Bouchette & Gerry Dulac
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Fresh off of a heart stopper at home against the Cleveland Browns, the Steelers travel to the swamps of New Jersey to take on the hapless New York Jets.
Conventional wisdom would infer that the Steelers should romp in this game, but conventional wisdom doesn't always apply in the National Football League, where every team -- even one with a 1-8 record -- is "dangerous" according to Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin.
Video by Dan Gigler
Nov. 14, 2007 ~ Steelers video: Mike Tomlin's press conference
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After a game in which his team let up kickoff returns of 90 and 100 yards, you'd be wise to guess that a primary topic of conversation at Mike Tomlin's press conference might be the kickoff coverage.
Video by Dan Gigler
Nov. 14, 2007 ~ Video: CMU art students capture images for posterity
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Cast in aluminum and welded together in striking collages, the sculptures that line the basement of University Center at Carnegie Mellon University represent 15 years of work by art professor Ron Bennett's sophomore students.
Video by Andy Starnes
Nov. 14, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: This week in high school sports
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Every Wednesday, post-gazette.com takes a look at the week's top high school football games, with commentary, predictions, player profiles and more. It's the place to be for up-to-date information about your favorite teams.
Video by Andrew Rush
Nov. 13, 2007 ~ Video: Councilwoman Twanda Carlisle resigns
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Pittsburgh City Councilwoman Twanda Carlisle today pleaded no contest to charges she operated a kickback scheme with her staff members and will resign effective today.
Video by Lake Fong
Nov. 13, 2007 ~ Video: Look, up in the sky ...
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The iconic Heinz Ketchup sign, first unveiled in 1995, has a new home.
It was installed today atop the Senator John Heinz History Center in the Strip District.
The red-and-white neon sign -- it's a giant bottle of ketchup that empties and refills itself every 30 seconds -- is made of steel and aluminum and stands more than 42 feet high and 32 feet wide.
Video by Lake Fong
Nov. 12, 2007 ~ Steelers tailgating video: Browns still a rival?
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Once upon a time, it was a game that the fans would circle in red pen as soon as the schedule came out.
Steelers versus Browns. A bloodfeud on par with any other in sports.
But when one team wins 15 out of 16 games from the other, is it still a rivalry?
Video by Dan Gigler
Nov. 11, 2007 ~ Video: A chat with author Stewart O'Nan, author of 'Last Night at The Lobster'
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Author Stewart O'Nan, who has produced 10 novels and two nonfiction books in 13 years, has a reputation for letting the reader's imagination consider the greater implications of his writing while he sticks to the story and character.
O'Nan's new novel, "The Last Lobster," is a 146-page look at the last day at a Red Lobster chain restaurant that closed just before Christmas due to slow business.
Video by Lake Fong
Nov. 10, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: High School Highlights
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Each week, post-gazette.com will offer highlights from several of the region's biggest games, as selected by our prep sportswriters.
This week, we're offering highlights from Allderdice vs. Schenley, Gateway vs. Upper St. Clair, Bethel Park vs. Central Catholic, Pine-Richland vs. Chartiers Valley and Steel Valley vs. Beaver Falls.
Video by Andrew Rush
Nov. 9, 2007 ~ Steelers Video: Sneak peek at Heinz History Center exhibit
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The Chief's cigars. The turf where Franco made an "Immaculate" moment. Ben Roethlisberger's draft card. Rocky Bleier's Purple Heart. The bronze busts of 19 immortals. All of these artifacts and more will be on display starting Saturday at the Heinz History Center in the Strip District.
Video by Dan Gigler
Nov. 9, 2007 ~ Video: Talk host takes a public bath
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KDKA talk show host Kevin Miller made good on a promise today despite weather better suited to a bowl of chili than a pool of water.
Miller, you see, had promised his radio audience he would sit in a dunk tank if Mayor Luke Ravenstahl won re-election.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Nov. 9, 2007 ~ Video: Wild deer jumps into polar bear exhibit
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A wild whitetail deer jumped from the top of a 20 foot wall into the tank of two young polar bears at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium this morning.
If you look at the top right of the screen, you will see the wild deer jump into the polar bear exhibit. The Post-Gazette edited a time-lapsed video provided by the zoo.
Video by Melissa Tkach
Nov. 8, 2007 ~ Video: The Steelers Report with Ed Bouchette & Gerry Dulac
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Welcome to another edition of "The Steelers Report," our weekly Webcast hosted by Ed Bouchette and Gerry Dulac.
This week, Ed and Gerry take a detailed look at the Pittsburgh Steelers matchup with the Cleveland Browns, with commentary, game analysis, injury updates, predictions and more. It's the place to be for up-to-date information about the black and gold.
Video by Dan Gigler
Nov. 7, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: This week in high school sports
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: This Week in High School Sports," hosted by Mike White and Colin Dunlap.
Every Wednesday, post-gazette.com takes a look at the week's top high school football games, with commentary, predictions, player profiles and more. It's the place to be for up-to-date information about your favorite teams.
Video by Andrew Rush
Nov. 7, 2007 ~ Video: 'Ambassadors' field questions about race, ethnicity
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The Post-Gazette asked readers to share stories of times they've been ethnic or racial "ambassadors" -- been asked to represent, explain or field questions about their ethnicity or race.
Video by Annie O'Neill, L.A. Johnson and Melissa Tkach
Nov. 7, 2007 ~ Video: Ravenstahl looks to the future
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Supporters of Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, who was formally elected last night to the position he inherited when Mayor Bob O'Connor died of cancer in 2006, had plenty to cheer about last night when final results of the vote became apparent.
Video by Annie O'Neill
Nov. 7, 2007 ~ Video: DeSantis thanks his supporters
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Supporters of Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, who was formally elected last night to the position he inherited when Mayor Bob O'Connor died of cancer in 2006, had plenty to cheer about last night when final results of the vote became apparent.
Video by Lake Fong
Nov. 6, 2007 ~ Steelers Video: Mike Tomlin's press conference
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Less than 12 hours after his team finished a hellacious beatdown of the Baltimore Ravens, Mike Tomlin and the Steelers coaching staff were back at work preparing for the 5-3 ... Cleveland Browns?
Video by Dan Gigler
Nov. 5, 2007 ~ Steelers Tailgating Video: Your favorite Steelers moments
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A driving rain and wicked lightning wasn't nearly enough to keep Steelers fans from tailgating in the Heinz Field Parking lot last night.
Not when it's Monday Night Football.
Not when the Steelers All-Time team was being honored.
Not when the hated Baltimore Ravens were in town.
Video by Dan Gigler
Nov. 6, 2007 ~ Video: Pirates name Russell as manager
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The Pirates this morning made it official -- John Russell is their new manager.
Russell, 46, is a former Pirate third base coach who spent the previous two seasons managing Philadelphia's Class AAA team.
Video by Lake Fong
Nov. 4, 2007 ~ Steelers Video: A Black and Gold Diamond Gala
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As part of their diamond jubilee weekend, the Steelers "suited up" for a $250-a-plate banquet and gala last night at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.
The festivities included honors for the 75th anniversary All-Time Team punctuated by plenty of stories shared among the generations of players present.
Video by Annie O'Neill
Nov. 4, 2007 ~ Steelers Video: More from the gala
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Our second Steelers 75th Anniversary gala video features extended interview outtakes with legends Joe Greene, Jack Ham, John Stallworth, Donnie Shell, Rocky Bleier and Gary Anderson.
These black and gold luminaries talk about what it's like to be a Steeler, the Steelers of yesteryear and today, and the heart and soul of the franchise: Steelers fans.
Video by Dan Gigler
Nov. 3, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: High School Highlights
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: High School Highlights," video coverage of the week's top high school football playoff games.
Each week, post-gazette.com will offer highlights from several of the region's biggest games, as selected by our prep sportswriters.
This week, we're offering highlights from Schenley at Perry Traditional Academy, Bethel Park at Seneca Valley, East Allegheny at Steel Valley, Shaler at Upper St. Clair and Highlands at Blackhawk.
Video by Andrew Rush
Nov. 2, 2007 ~ Video: Dan Rooney ... My 75 years with the Steelers and the NFL
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Five decades ago, when NFL owners sat down with members of the newly formed players' union and agreed to pay them for pre-season games, the Steelers were represented by 24-year-old Dan Rooney.
The book -- "Dan Rooney, My 75 Years with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the NFL" -- is available in stores on Monday, the day the Steelers honor their 75th anniversary all-time team as part of their game against the Baltimore Ravens. Published by DeCapo Press, it sells for $26.
Video by Annie O'Neill
Nov. 1, 2007 ~ Video: Artist reaches century mark
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Mary Males turned 100 years old on Sunday. The day before that birthday, her family and friends came together for two reasons: to honor a wonderful long life and to celebrate her great artwork.
Video by Doug Oster
Nov. 1, 2007 ~ Video: The Steelers Report with Ed Bouchette & Gerry Dulac
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Welcome to another edition of "The Steelers Report," our new weekly Webcast hosted by Ed Bouchette and Gerry Dulac.
This week, Ed and Gerry take a detailed look at the Steelers Monday night matchup against the Baltimore Ravens, with commentary, game analysis, injury updates, predictions and more. It's the place to be for up-to-date information about the black and gold.
Video by Annie O'Neill
Oct. 31, 2007 ~ Steelers Video: Mike Tomlin's press conference
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Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin met with the media yesterday, looking past the victory over Cincinnati at Paul Brown Stadium to the Monday Night football challenge of hosting the Ravens.
Video by Annie O'Neill
Oct. 30, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: This week in high school sports
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: This Week in High School Sports," hosted by Mike White and Colin Dunlap.
Every Wednesday, post-gazette.com takes a look at the week's top high school football games, with commentary, predictions, player profiles and more. It's the place to be for up-to-date information about your favorite teams.
And remember to stay connected to post-gazette.com for video highlights of high school football following all the action on Friday nights.
Video by Andrew Rush
Oct. 30, 2007 ~ The WPIAL Pairings Meeting -- Coaches talk about preparing for the "second season."
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The WPIAL playoff pairings were unveiled last night with 64 teams vying to compete at Heinz Field on Nov. 23 for the championship in their class.
The number one seeds were announced at the Embassy Suites in Moon Twp.: Central Catholic (AAAA), Thomas Jefferson (AAA), Jeannette (AA), and Clairton (A).
And remember to stay connected to post-gazette.com for video highlights of high school football following all the action on Friday nights.
Video by Andrew Rush
Oct. 29, 2007 ~ Photo Journal / Slideshow: Game 7 vs. Bengals
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Photography by Peter Diana edited and produced by Peter Borsh and Lizabeth Gray
Oct. 28, 2007 ~ Slideshow: 2000 and beyond
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Multimedia presentation by Lizabeth Gray and Jim Mendenhall
Oct. 28, 2007 ~ Video: Corn maze at the Beacon Hotel
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On a sunny October afternoon, we had the chance to follow a group through the corn maze at the Beacon Hotel in Renfrew, Butler County. A Girl Scout group came to make its way through the maze, but it was 6-year-old Wayne Sell who was the star of the show as he "helped?" the group find its way through the maze.
Video by Doug Oster
Oct. 28, 2007 ~ Video: Luke Ravenstahl meets with the Post-Gazette editorial board
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Mayor Luke Ravenstahl met with the Post-Gazette's editorial board recently for a discussion of issues likely to face the city's next mayor. At age 27, Ravenstahl is the nation's youngest big-city mayor. A democrat, his challengers at the ballot box on Nov. 6 are Republican Mark DeSantis, Libertarian Tony Oliva and Socialist Worker Ryan Scott.
Video by Annie O'Neill and Susan Mannella
Oct. 28, 2007 ~ Video: Mark DeSantis meets with the Post-Gazette editorial board
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Mayoral challenger Mark DeSantis met with the Post- Gazette's editorial board recently for a discussion of issues likely to face the city's next mayor. DeSantis, 48, a high-tech businessman and consultant, is the Republican challenger to Democrat and incumbent mayor Luke Ravenstahl. Other challengers are Libertarian Tony Oliva and Socialist Worker Ryan Scott.
Video by Annie O'Neill and Susan Mannella
Oct. 27, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: High School Highlights
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: High School Highlights," video coverage of the week's top high school football games. This week, we're offering highlights from Jeannette at Greensburg Central Catholic, Highlands at Knoch, Penn Hills at Woodland Hills, Monaca at Rochester and Beaver Falls at Beaver.
Video by Andrew Rush
Oct. 26, 2007 ~ Video: Archbishop Desmond Tutu visits Pittsburgh
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The retired archbishop of Capetown, South Africa, visited Pittsburgh today against a backdrop of deep divisions within the Episcopal Church. Archbishop Desmond Tutu prayed alongside Bishop Robert Duncan at an interfaith service in Calvary Episcopal Church, Shadyside.
Video by Andy Starnes
Oct. 25, 2007 ~ Slideshow: Steelers All-Time Team
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Picking an all-time greats team for the Steelers is a daunting challenge not unlike trying to assemble a list of the best pieces of art in the Louvre: both boast too many artists, too many masterpieces.
Multimedia presentation produced by Peter Borsh
Oct. 25, 2007 ~ Video: The Steelers All-Time Team
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Picking an all-time greats team for the Pittsburgh Steelers is a daunting challenge not unlike trying to assemble a list of the best pieces of art in the Louvre: both boast too many artists, too many masterpieces.
Video by Dan Gigler
Oct. 25, 2007 ~ Video: Steelhead running on Walnut Creek
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ERIE -- Long awaited rain finally fell yesterday, filling Lake Erie tributaries with murky water and thousands of steelhead trout. The steelhead spawning run began yesterday when runoff from nearly two inches of rain triggered the migratory instincts of fish that for weeks had been pooling near the mouths of creeks.
Video by John Hayes
Oct. 25, 2007 ~ Video: The Steelers Report with Ed Bouchette & Gerry Dulac
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Welcome to another edition of "The Steelers Report," our new weekly Webcast hosted by Ed Bouchette and Gerry Dulac. This week, Ed and Gerry take a detailed look at the Steelers matchup with the Cincinnati Bengals, with commentary, game analysis, injury updates, predictions and more.
Video by Ed Bouchette, Gerry Dulac & Dan Gigler
Oct. 24, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: This week in high school sports
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: This Week in High School Sports," hosted by Mike White and Colin Dunlap. Every Wednesday, post-gazette.com takes a look at the week's top high school football games, with commentary, predictions, player profiles and more. It's the place to be for up-to-date information about your favorite teams.
Video by Andrew Rush
Oct. 24, 2007 ~ Steelers Video: Mike Tomlin's press conference
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Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin met with the media Tuesday as his team tries to shake off a narrow loss in Denver, via a Jason Elam field goal as time expired. At issue: why didn't the Steelers run the football against the league's worst run defense?
Video by Dan Gigler
Oct. 24, 2007 ~ Video: A how-to on pumpkin carving techniques
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Everywhere you look, some clever mom, a copy of Martha Stewart Living in hand, is carving out some burnt-orange masterpiece with finely cut stencils and half-exposed pumpkin flesh, an eerie glow emanating from the inside. With all the pressures of modern life and modern Halloween, carving the once-lowly pumpkin can be a daunting task.
Video by Annie O'Neill
Oct. 22, 2007 ~ Photo Journal / Slideshow: Game 6 Vs. Broncos
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Photography by Peter Diana edited and produced by Peter Borsh
Oct. 21, 2007 ~ Slideshow: Luke Ravenstahl, Democratic candidate for Pittsburgh mayor
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In the Pittsburgh mayoral race, incumbent Democrat Luke Ravenstahl faces Republican challenger Mark DeSantis. Mr. Ravenstahl, previously City Council president, became mayor in September 2006 after Mayor Bob O'Connor died from cancer. Mr. Ravenstahl, 27, of the North Side, previously worked as a sales representative for an overnight shipping firm. This multimedia presentation offers a biographical look at his background and experiences in the mayor's office.
Multimedia presentation by Christine Zapinski and Dan Majors
October 20, 2007 ~ Slideshow: End of an era, beginning of a new one
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The new coach was one of the city's own. William Laird Cowher was introduced within a month of the job opening up. At 34, the Crafton native was younger than his predecessor was when he got the job.
Multimedia presentation by Lizabeth Gray and Jim Mendenhall
October 20, 2007 ~ Video: Raising successful gun dogs
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We watched as Duke vom Buffeltaler , 2 1/2-year-old winner of the 2006 International Armbruster trophy, trotted into the thicket. In less than two minutes, he emerged with the pheasant gently cradled in his mouth, sat obediently at his master's side and offered up the bird.
Hunting with a good dog changes everything. Breed matters -- Detusch Drahthaars such as Duke were originally bred in Germany to be versatile hunting dogs adept at pointing, tracking and retrieving.
Video by John Hayes
October 20, 2007 ~ Video: Penn Hills pumpkin grower harvests giants
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A quiet suburban neighborhood in Penn Hills might seem like an unlikely place for a pumpkin patch filled with giant orange pumpkins. But Lew Yohe is no "normal" gardener. He's spent years learning how to grow the biggest pumpkins and is always willing to share his secrets.
The rambling vines take up half his backyard and support one pumpkin that weighs more than 800 pounds.
Video by Doug Oster
October 20, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: High School Highlights
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: High School Highlights," video coverage of the week's top high school football games.
Each week, post-gazette.com will offer highlights from several of the region's biggest games, as selected by our prep sportswriters.
This week, we're offering highlights from Woodland Hills at Kiski Area, East Allegheny at Jeannette, Blackhawk at Montour, Brashear at Allderdice and Steel Valley at South Fayette.
Video by Andrew Rush
October 19, 2007 ~ Video: 30th anniversary of Take Back the Night
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Pittsburgh Action Against Rape and other partnering agencies sponsored the 30th anniversary of Take Back the Night, held at the East Liberty Presbyterian Church on Penn and Highland Avenues.
The phrase "Take Back the Night" comes from a speech given in 1977 by Anne Pride, former Executive Director of PAAR, at an anti-violence rally held at the Public Safety building in Pittsburgh.
Video by Melissa Tkach, Lake Fong and Annie O'Neill
October 18, 2007 ~ Video: The Steelers Report with Ed Bouchette and Gerry Dulac
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Welcome to "The Steelers Report," a new weekly Webcast hosted by Ed Bouchette and Gerry Dulac.
Every Thursday, post-gazette.com takes a detailed look at the Pittsburgh Steelers and their opponents, with commentary, game analysis, injury updates, predictions and more. It's the place to be for up-to-date information about your hometown heroes.
Video by Ed Bouchette, Gerry Dulac, Dan Gigler and Melissa Tkach
October 17, 2007 ~ Video: Sheriff's race pits Bill Mullen against Edward J. Kress
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Bill Mullen took over the role of Allegheny County Sheriff when Pete DeFazio retired abruptly amid a federal corruption investigation. In the Nov. 6 general election, he is being challenged for the post by Republican Edward J. Kress, an attorney.
Video by Annie O'Neill and Susan Mannella
October 17, 2007 ~ Steelers Video: Mike Tomlin's press conference
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Back from the bye week, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin held his weekly press conference Tuesday and like a skilled poker player, Tomlin wasn't showing much.
Ed Bouchette files this report from the Steelers training facility on the South Side.
Video by Dan Gigler
October 17, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: This week in high school sports
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: This Week in High School Sports," hosted by Mike White and Colin Dunlap.
Every Wednesday, post-gazette.com takes a look at the week's top high school football games, with commentary, predictions, player profiles and more. It's the place to be for up-to-date information about your favorite teams.
Video by Andrew Rush
October 14, 2007 ~ Slideshow: Mark DeSantis, Republican candidate for Pittsburgh mayor
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In the Pittsburgh mayoral race, Republican Mark DeSantis is challenging incumbent Democrat Luke Ravenstahl.
Mr. DeSantis, 47, is a high-tech businessman and a consultant. This multimedia presentation offers a biographical look at his background. An additional audio clip, in which Mr. DeSantis talks about his family background, is linked from the left column of this page.
Multimedia presentation by Timothy McNulty and Christine Zapinski
October 13, 2007 ~ Video: Pitt basketball media day
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The Pitt basketball team met the media for Friday at the Peterson Events Center in anticipation of the 2007-08 season.
Pitt basketball coach Jamie Dixon has the daunting task of replacing three seniors who started 109 games last season. Center Aaron Gray, forward Levon Kendall and guard Antonio Graves left a gaping void in the Panthers' lineup.
Video by Dan Gigler
October 13, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: High School Highlights
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: High School Highlights," video coverage of the week's top high school football games.
Each week, post-gazette.com will offer highlights from several of the region's biggest games, as selected by our prep sportswriters.
This week, we're offering highlights from Thomas Jefferson at Trinity, Shaler at North Allegheny, Penn Hills at Gateway, Western Beaver at Monaca and Upper St. Clair at Bethel Park.
Game videographers were Andrew Rush, Peter Diana, Matt Freed and Dan Kerner.
Video by Andrew Rush
October 12, 2007 ~ Video: A postcard from Steelers Nation -- Finnigan's Pub, Burlington, VT
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Because Steeler fans can be found in nearly every corner of this country, two to three dozen of them are found each and every football Sunday at Finnigan's Pub, in Burlington, Vermont -- a small capillary in the circulatory system of the national black & gold bloodline.
Finnigan's may be a bit quiet this Sunday -- it is a bye week after all -- but here's a peak at a typical Sunday afternoon in this smallest of Steeler Nation outposts.
Video by Dan Gigler
October 10, 2007 ~ Video: Post-Gazette Candidates Mayoral Forum
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The Post-Gazette Candidates Mayoral Forum, held last night at the Senator John Heinz History Center, gave audience members a chance to observe a lively exchange of opinion and assertions between the four men running for mayor of Pittsburgh.
The candidates -- Democrat Luke Ravenstahl, Republican Mark DeSantis, Libertarian Tony Oliva and Socialist Worker Ryan Scott -- responded to questions posed by the editorial board of the Post-Gazette.
Video by Annie O'Neill, Melissa Tkach and Allan Walton
October 10, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: This week in high school sports
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: This Week in High School Sports," hosted by Mike White and Colin Dunlap.
Every Wednesday, post-gazette.com takes a look at the week's top high school football games, with commentary, predictions, player profiles and more. It's the place to be for up-to-date information about your favorite teams.
Video by Andrew Rush
October 8, 2007 ~ Video: Escaped bank robber captured
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An escaped bank robber suspected of several more heists since escaping from a Kentucky jail in June was arrested today after U.S. marshals, the Allegheny County SWAT team and police from several local departments surrounded a South Fayette motel.
U.S. Marshal Tom Fitzgerald said authorities got a tip this morning that Anthony Ray Artrip, 35, of Kentucky, was staying in the Knights Inn near Interstate 79.
Video by Annie O'Neill
October 8, 2007 ~ Video: Steelers' Super Bowl XL memories and more
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It had been 20 months and 2 days since the Steelers and Seattle Seahawks last met in a football game. That statistic would be otherwise insignificant if not for the significance of that last meeting: Super Bowl XL.
The players and coaches might say those things are all in the past, but for Steelers fans it was the memory of a lifetime. Seahawks fans ... not so much.
We canvassed the Heinz Field parking lot for partisans from both teams to ask their memories from that February night, and for Steelers fans, how soon they'll be celebrating again.
Video by Dan Gigler
October 7, 2007 ~ Video: Pine-Richland's innovative new school
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There's no mistaking the excitement in the voice of Pine Richland school superintendent Dr. James C. Manley as he passionately discusses the merits of the new Upper Elementary School to a crowd of 40 Pine Richland school officials, teachers and students.
That tax, coupled with a $2 car rental surcharge designed to pay the county's $26.3 million subsidy for the Port Authority, has drawn the ire of the Pennsylvania Restaurant Association, which staged a rally earlier in the day.
Video by Doug Oster
October 6, 2007 ~ Video: Alternative Transportation Festival
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As the pamphlet says, the Alternative Transportation Festival (ATF) is an event to raise public awareness of alternative means of transportation and advocate for the increased use of public transportation, car-sharing, alternative fuels, fuel efficient hybrid and advanced vehicles.
Video by Annie O'Neill
October 6, 2007 ~ Video: Pittsburgh Pedal Express
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One evening this summer, Mel Packer opened the front door of his home in Point Breeze to a young man wearing a bicycle helmet. His name was John Pena, and in his hand was a letter, handwritten by two friends of Mr. Packer's 17-year-old daughter, Rosa.
It was one of the few evening rounds all summer that Mr. Pena had cycled without his partner, Ally Reeves. The Carnegie-Mellon University art students, in a collaborative performance-art project, have delivered more than 300 letters as the self-styled "Pittsburgh Pedal Express."
Video by Annie O'Neill
October 6, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: High School Highlights
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: High School Highlights," video coverage of the week's top high school football games.
Each week, post-gazette.com will offer highlights from several of the region's biggest games, as selected by our prep sportswriters.
This week, we're offering highlights from Hopewell at West Allegheny, McKeesport at Bethel Park, Pine-Richland at Highlands, Blackhawk at New Castle and Aliquippa at Beaver.
Video by Andrew Rush
October 5, 2007 ~ Video: Homewood's Healing Angels
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Laurie Marshall, who taught at the Helen S. Faison Elementary Arts Academy before leaving Pittsburgh for California, returned to Homewood to revisit her students, now 7th-graders at the Faison Intermediate Arts Academy.
Before leaving, Ms. Marshall had given her 45 students hand-painted portraits of themselves as angels, "to capture their divinity." At her return, she gave them copies of a book, "Homewood's Healing Angels," that containes all of the portraits.
Video by Elwin Green
October 5, 2007 ~ Video: Pirates fire manager Jim Tracy, three others
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The Pirates today fired manager Jim Tracy after two losing seasons, as well as three front-office employees -- director of baseball operations Jon Mercurio, director of player development Brian Graham and scouting director Ed Creech.
Video by Annie O'Neill
October 3, 2007 ~ Video: Drinking tax protest
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Allegheny County Council's proposed drink tax drew dozens of speakers to a hearing last night.
That tax, coupled with a $2 car rental surcharge designed to pay the county's $26.3 million subsidy for the Port Authority, has drawn the ire of the Pennsylvania Restaurant Association, which staged a rally earlier in the day.
Video by Annie O'Neill
October 2, 2007 ~ Video: Supporting the Jena Six
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Students at several local universities marched yesterday from the streets of Oakland to the District Attorney's office Downtown in support of the Jena Six.
The "walkout," as it was called, was inspired by rapper/activist Mos Def, who had urged Oct. 1 be turned into a day of protest about the jailing of black students in Jena, La., after a racially charged incident there nearly a year ago in which white students allegedly hung nooses in a schoolyard tree.
That, in turn, led to a physical altercation between a white student and those now referred to as the Jena Six.
Video by Annie O'Neill
October 2, 2007 ~ Slideshow: The Steelerettes ... Memories from a bygone era
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Four decades ago, a group of young women from Pittsburgh made sports history when they became professional football's first cheerleaders. The Steelerettes made their debut in 1961, and for nearly a decade brought color and spirit to games played by mostly losing Steelers teams.
They cheered from the sidelines at Pitt Stadium because the Steelers had no other home. But the cheerleaders were all students at what was then Robert Morris Junior College (now Robert Morris University.)
They wore knee-length skirts and, in their first season, hardhats.
Multimedia presentation Photography by Annie O'Neill, Audio by Steve Mellon.
September 30, 2007 ~ Slideshow: Not the same old, same old
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"Lots of characters," mused Dick Hoak, who was a rookie running back in 1961 and a witness to history before he collected five Super Bowl rings as the longest-tenured assistant coach in franchise history.
It started with uncomplicated times that conjured images of Camelot. Bill Mazeroski's home run slew the Yankees. A new president played touch football on the White House lawn. And some swashbuckling Steelers introduced Baby Boomers to life in the fast Layne, as in quarterback Bobby Layne, along with coach Raymond (Buddy) Parker's rogues' gallery of Tom (The Bomb) Tracy, Buddy Dial, Eugene (Big Daddy) Lipscomb, John Henry Johnson, Ed Brown, et al.
Multimedia presentation by Lizabeth Gray and Jim Mendenhall.
September 29, 2007 ~ Video: New bishop challenges Catholics to live their faith
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In an address infused with humor, gratitude and Scripture, Pittsburgh's new Roman Catholic bishop spurred members of his flock to "get excited" about living and sharing their faith each day.
Following his installation yesterday as leader of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, Bishop David A. Zubik rose to stand above the altar of its mother church and to challenge its 764,000 members to "be excited about our faith, and how we live it."
Video by Annie O'Neill.
September 28, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: High School Highlights
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: High School Highlights," video coverage of the week's top high school football games.
Each week, post-gazette.com will offer highlights from several of the region's biggest games, as selected by our prep sportswriters.
This week, we're offering highlights from Moon at Montour, Clairton at Springdale, Mt. Lebanon at McKeesport, Indiana at Pine-Richland and Beaver Falls at Sto-Rox.
Video by Andrew Rush.
September 27, 2007 ~ Video: BASS Federation Mid-Atlantic Divisional
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Darin Doll, 37, from York, Pa., caught a limit of five smallmouth weighing 8 pounds, 3 ounces to take over the lead in the individual standings in the BASS Federation Mid-Atlantic Divisional today.
Video by Annie O'Neill.
September 26, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: This week in high school sports
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: This Week in High School Sports," hosted by Mike White and Colin Dunlap.
Every Wednesday, post-gazette.com takes a look at the week's top high school football games, with commentary, predictions, player profiles and more. It's the place to be for up-to-date information about your favorite teams.
Video by Andrew Rush.
September 26, 2007 ~ Video: Excerpts of Mike Tomlin's press conference
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Mike Tomlin says its "not a story" and to him that might be the case; but to the football media this week's game versus Arizona has an added level of intrigue because Tomlin will face off against the two men who nearly had his job -- former Steelers assistants Ken Whisenhunt and Russ Grimm.
Video by Dan Gigler.
September 24, 2007 ~ Slideshow: Game 3 Steelers vs. 49ers
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Enjoy photos from the Steelers win at Heinz Field where they defeated the 49ers, 37-16
Multimedia presentation by Peter Diana, Matt Freed and Lizabeth Gray.
September 23, 2007 ~ Slideshow: Tough times, tough men
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The Steelers of the 1950s weren't polished or highly paid, but there were teams that would define the franchise in the years to come -- the blood-and-guts, hard-nosed style of Pittsburgh's team.
Multimedia presentation by Lizabeth Gray and Jim Mendenhall
September 22, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: High School Highlights
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: High School Highlights," video coverage of the week's top high school football games.
Each week, post-gazette.com will offer highlights from several of the region's biggest games, as selected by our prep sportswriters.
Video by Andrew Rush.
September 21, 2007 ~ Video: 17-month-old has liver/kidney transplant surgery
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Andrew Morrissey, a 17-month-old from Maryland, has received a combination liver/kidney transplant, with organs donated by his father and grandmother.
Andrew suffered from a congenital kidney and liver disorder known as autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease.
Video by Annie O'Neill.
September 19, 2007 ~ Video: Town Hall Meeting with the Penguins
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You'd need a pretty big town hall to have a meeting with thousands of constituents, but that's exactly what the Penguins did Thursday night at Mellon Arena when the team invited its season ticket holders for a special forum to kick off the new season.
Video by Seth Rorabaugh and Dan Gigler.
September 19, 2007 ~ Video: Dr. Pausch's farewell lecture at CMU
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Randy Pausch set the tone early on yesterday at his farewell lecture at Carnegie Mellon University.
"If I don't seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you," said Dr. Pausch
It is probably the last public speech Dr. Pausch will give anywhere. The 46-year-old computer science professor and father of three preschoolers has incurable pancreatic cancer. Doctors have given him months to live.
Video by Annie O'Neill.
September 19, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: This week in high school sports
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: High School Highlights," video coverage of the week's top high school football games.
Each week, post-gazette.com will offer highlights from several of the region's biggest games, as selected by our prep sportswriters.
Video by Andrew Rush.
September 19, 2007 ~ Video: Mike Tomlin's press conference
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In previous Steelers seasons, the wheels on "the Bus" -- Jerome Bettis -- went round and round.
But new Steelers head coach says he's going to run tailback Willie Parker "until the wheels fall off."
Tomlin addressed that and other subjects during his weekly press conference, as the 2-0 Steelers prepare to face another 2-0 team, the San Fracisco 49ers Sunday at Heinz Field.
Video by Dan Gigler.
September 18, 2007 ~ Video: Anchors weigh in on 'Back to You'
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Last week we invited KDKA's Sonni Abatta, WPXI's David Johnson and WTAE's Sally Wiggin to watch the premiere episode of Fox's Pittsburgh-set, newsroom-based sitcom "Back to You."
The series stars Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton as an anchor team whose relationship includes a bit of friction, considering they were once romantically linked.
Video by Annie O'Neill.
September 17, 2007 ~ Slideshow: Game 2 Vs. Buffalo Bills
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Enjoy photos from the Steelers home opener at Heinz Field where they defeated the Bills, 26-3
Multimedia presentation by Matt Freed, Peter Diana and Lizabeth Gray
September 17, 2007 ~ Video: Who is your all-time favorite Steeler?
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Lambert. Woodson. Bettis. Greene. Ward. Lloyd. Ham. Blount. Bradshaw. Harris. Polamalu. And on, and on, and on.
Too many greats to name have worn the black & gold, and as part of the season long celebration of their 75th anniversary, the Pittsburgh Steelers have named a "Legends" team and will name and "All-Time Greatest" team.
But who is your favorite Steeler of all time? We hit the Heinz Field parking lots on gameday to find out.
Video by Dan Gigler.
September 16, 2007 ~ Slideshow: Pirates, Steelers, buy, sell
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First there was the name change. Then came the big sell. Not much later there was the swap.
War was upon the counrty and Pittsburgh and its steel industry played a major part in the war effort.
While the 40s saw many other short-lived NFL teams fade away, the Steelers merged with the Philadephia
Eagles to create the war-time "Steagles." Officially the team was called the Phil-Pitt Eagles-Steelers Combine.
Multimedia presentation by Lizabeth Gray and Jim Mendenhall
September 13, 2007 ~ Video: Steelers have largest female fan base in NFL
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The Steelers have known for years their fan base included countless women - that was evidenced by all the pink official team jerseys they sell and the hundreds who attend their female training camp each summer.
Now the Steelers have proof that, when it comes to building a female fan base, Pittsburgh does it better than any other NFL market.
Video by Dan Gigler.
September 13, 2007 ~ Video: Meet Pirates president Frank Coonelly
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The Pittsburgh Pirates officially introduced Frank Coonelly as the club's new president Thursday at PNC Park. The Philadelphia native and Penn State graduate Coonelly brings an ambitious agenda to the Pirates though he faces an uphill climb in trying to right a team and energize a fanbase that has suffered through 15 consecutive losing seasons.
Video by Dan Gigler.
September 12, 2007 ~ Video: Dedication of Steelers-themed plane
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Steelers fans will now be able to fly around in a freshly painted US Airways Airbus A319, which was unveiled today at the US Airways maintenance facility at Pittsburgh International Airport.
Video by Annie O'Neill.
September 12, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: This week in high school sports
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: This Week in High School Sports," hosted by Mike White and Colin Dunlap. Every Wednesday, post-gazette.com takes a look at the week's top high school football games, with commentary, predictions, player profiles and more. It's the place to be for up-to-date information about your favorite teams.
Video by Andrew Rush.
September 12, 2007 ~ Video: Dwarf brothers find bigger challenges in middle school
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The Post-Gazette has followed the lives of Will and Max Graf since 1998. Today begins an occasional series on the brothers' first year of middle school. Both were born with the most common form of dwarfism.
Video by Steve Mellon.
September 11, 2007 ~ Steelers Video: Mike Tomlin's press conference
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At his press conference today, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin responded to the allegations that the New England Patriots have used cameras illegally to focus on opposing coaches along the sideline in order to steal their signals. Tomlin stopped short of accusing the Patriots of cheating, but said the rumors have been around and "where there is smoke, there's fire."
Video by Dan Gigler.
September 11, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: High School Highlights
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: High School Highlights," video coverage of the week's top high school football games. Each week, post-gazette.com will offer highlights from several of the region's biggest games, as selected by our prep sportswriters.
Video by Andrew Rush.
September 10, 2007 ~ Slideshow: Game 1 Vs. Cleveland Browns
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Enjoy photos from the Steelers season opener at Cleveland Browns Stadium where they defeated the Browns, 34-7
Multimedia presentation by Matt Freed, Peter Diana, Lizabeth Gray
September 9, 2007 ~ Slideshow: The Steelers in the 30s
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The depression held the country in its grip. Unemployed men and women waited in long lines for food and sometimes the hope of work. Many lived in the shanty towns that had sprung up around the city. But in the darkness of the time a National Football League team brought about the birth of a new nation ... the Steelers Nation.
Multimedia presentation by Lizabeth Gray and Jim Mendenhall
September 8, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: High School Highlights
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: High School Highlights," video coverage of the week's top high school football games. Each week, post-gazette.com will offer highlights from several of the region's biggest games, as selected by our prep sportswriters.
Video by Andrew Rush.
September 7, 2007 ~ Video: Reactions to Dave Littlefield's dismissal
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The Pirates this morning fired general manager Dave Littlefield near the end of his seventh losing season. Littlefield, 47, took the post July 31, 2001, and his teams went a combined 442-581 in his tenure, never approaching .500. That included 67-95 finishes in 2005 and 2006, and the current edition's 61-79 record.
Video by Dan Gigler.
September 6, 2007 ~ Video: A very special delivery
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Sidney Crosby, the NHL's reigning scoring champion and MVP, was one of six Penguins players who hand-delivered season tickets to 24 homes around the Pittsburgh area today. The others were forwards Evgeni Malkin, Colby Armstrong and Maxime Talbot, defenseman Ryan Whitney and goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury.
Video by Annie O'Neill.
September 6, 2007 ~ Video: BODIES ... The Exhibition
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The Exhibition will open its doors October 8 in a specially designed section of the SportsWorks facility at Carnegie Science Center. BODIES provides visitors with an up-close look inside the body's systems using real human body specimens.
The Exhibition will be open daily from 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at Carnegie Science Center ticket counters, online at www.CarnegieScienceCenter.org or by calling 412.237.3400.
Video by Annie O'Neill.
September 6, 2007 ~ Video: License(s) in hand, Heckmann quads are ready to roll
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It's 8 in the morning and about 20 people are lined up at the driver's license center in Duncan Manor Plaza in McCandless.
Standing outside, away from the crowd, are three 16-year-olds who are about to take their driver's tests.
Brian, Doug and Matt Heckmann, of McCandless, are three of the quadruplets who have spent the past six months learning to drive with their parents, Joyce and Steve Heckmann. Their brother Mike will take his test the next day.
Video by Annie O'Neill -- Reporting by Doug Oster.
September 6, 2007 ~ Video: Penguins unveil new uniforms
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The Penguins' new uniforms drew favorable reviews from four players last night. At least, that was their impression after wearing the sleeker, high-tech Rbk EDGE Uniform System long enough to model them on a stage in front of hundreds of fans packed into the food court of the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills.
Video by Seth Rorabaugh
September 5, 2007 ~ Video: Twin remembered in emotional service
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Hundreds of mourners representing a cross-section of the community gathered at Deliverance Baptist Church this morning to say farewell to Tyron Hill, the Penn Hills twin mortally wounded a week ago in an alleged attack by a delusional older brother.
At times the line of family and friends stretched out the doors of the Wilkinsburg church.
Video by Annie O'Neill
September 5, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: This week in high school sports
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: This Week in High School Sports," hosted by Mike White and Colin Dunlap.
Every Wednesday, post-gazette.com takes a look at the week's top high school football games, with commentary, predictions, player profiles and more. It's the place to be for up-to-date information about your favorite teams.
Video by Andrew Rush
September 2, 2007 ~ Slideshow: 2007 Labor Day Parade
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Hundreds of teachers belonging to the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers march down Grant Street through Downtown Pittsburgh.
Multimedia presentation by by Post-Gazette
September 4, 2007 ~ Video: Plum High School bomb threat
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Plum Senior High School was delayed this morning due to what officials are calling a "credible threat" against the school by a former student.
The threat came from a 14-year-old former student who left a message on his ex-girlfriend's answering machine in which he made a threat against some boys at the school, according to police.
Video by Annie O'Neill
September 4, 2007 ~ Steelers Video: Now, it's for real
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Now it counts.
After an extended preseason, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin held his weekly press conference Tuesday as his team prepares to open the 2007 regular season and he makes his official debut as an NFL coach.
Video by Dan Gigler
September 2, 2007 ~ Slideshow: A year after, Pittsburgh discovers Mayor O'Connor's vision
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Eleven weeks after his inauguration, Pittsburgh Mayor Bob O'Connor and key staff began working with a consultant to develop a one-page statement of 45 goals and strategies for the young administration. The final version of the mayor's vision for the city arrived in his office in early August 2006 -- just as O'Connor was hospitalized for what would be diagnosed as a rare central nervous system lymphoma. He died Sept. 1, 2006.
Multimedia presentation by by Rich Lord, Pete Zapadka and Larry Roberts
September 1, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: This week in high school sports
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: This Week in High School Sports," hosted by Mike White and Colin Dunlap.
Every Wednesday, post-gazette.com will take a look at the week's top high school football games, with commentary, predictions, player profiles and more. It's the place to be for up-to-date information about your favorite teams.
And stay connected to post-gazette.com for video highlights of high school football following all the action on Friday nights.
Video by Andrew Rush
August 29, 2007 ~ Varsity Video: This week in high school sports
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Welcome to "Varsity Video: This Week in High School Sports," hosted by Mike White and Colin Dunlap.
Every Wednesday, post-gazette.com will take a look at the week's top high school football games, with commentary, predictions, player profiles and more. It's the place to be for up-to-date information about your favorite teams.
And stay connected to post-gazette.com for video highlights of high school football following all the action on Friday nights.
Video by Andrew Rush
August 28, 2007 ~ Steelers Video: Making the cut
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One last dress rehearsal
.That's all that remains between the Steelers and the start of the 2007 NFL regular season.
They head down to Charlotte to take on the Carolina Panthers Thursday night and for some players it may be their last opportunity to show head coach Mike Tomlin their stuff and to make the team.
Video by Dan Gigler
August 19, 2007 ~ Video: Out of Control / Living with Type 2 Diabetes
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Linda Torch regularly enjoyed 5th Avenue candy bars and other carb-loaded foods. That is, until 2003 when she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
Her personal fight with the disease and the changes she needed to make for the sake of good health reflect some of the wider issues facing a nation where diabetes has become epidemic.
Linda's story was part of the first installment of a comprehensive series by the Post-Gazette examining the rise of diabetes and the efforts in Western Pennsylvania and across the country to reverse its deadly momentum.
Video by Lake Fong
Related story
First in a Series: Diabetes epidemic rolls across America
August 16, 2007 ~ Video: Life in Balance
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Steve and Ami Sciulli are the creative force behind Life In Balance, a musical duo billed as "pioneers in ambient and trance-inducing electro-acoustic music."
The duo recently performed a sound healing meditation session at Yoga on Centre in Shadyside. Participants stretched out on yoga mats and took in the sound and vibrational forces created by Life In Balance.
Video by Andy Starnes
Related story Life In Balance takes its meditative sound into a fresh new realm
August 15, 2007 ~ Video: Awake Craniotomy
(Viewer discretion advised)
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Stephen Dubovich, 61, of McClellandtown, Fayette County, underwent surgery recently for the removal of a brain tumor. The procedure was performed while he was awake, enabling him to follow instructions issued by a neurophysiology technician.
The operation is called an awake craniotomy, and Mr. Dubovich had it done so that the surgeon could carefully remove a tumor that threatened to invade the brain's motor strip, which lets him use his left side.
Video by Andy Starnes
Related story Surgery with a smile: wide-awake brain surgery
August 14, 2007 ~ Video: Welcome back Barry
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Some came to cheer, others to boo, but they all came to see him, major league baseball's career home run king, Barry Bonds on his return to Pittsburgh with the San Francisco Giants.
When the Pirates and Giants both flew to Pittsburgh from San Francisco Sunday night, Aug. 12, 2007 landing about 11:30, the public was still unsure if the one-time Pirate would even play against his old team.
Then the news came late afternoon that Bonds would play and that he had put himself in the line-up. Pittsburgh baseball fans would get their show after all. And some of the fans were a show in themselves as they made the opinions known to all including the king.
Video by Annie O'Neill
Related storyAugust 12, 2007 ~ Video: Children's Hospital Construction
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Children's President Roger Oxendale explains how the region's largest construction project came to be and how much more still needs to be done before the 1.5 million-square-foot pediatric complex can open in May 2009.
The new home for the region's sole pediatric specialty hospital is rising above the dense landscape of Pittsburgh's East End on a 10-acre site bordered by Penn Avenue and the Allegheny Cemetery.
Video by Lake Fong
Related story Building new Children's Hospital changes community and how patients are cared for
August 9, 2007 ~ Video: The raging flood waters of Girty's Run
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It was part of a wider series of floodings and wind damage that swept through Southwestern Pennsylvania in one of the most powerful storms of the summer.
Video by Dan Majors
Related story
More rain complicates storm cleanup; emergency declared
August 2, 2007 ~ Slideshow: One man's work / Restoring the Schwab mansion
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In 1984, Dr. Bruce Dixon purchased the Charles Schwab mansion, an 1890s Richardsonian Romanesque home in North Braddock. He has been working to restore it ever since.
Over the last 24 years, Dr. Dixon has slowly revived the mansion's splendor, drawing on a passion for Victorian antiques and a taste for vivid Bradbury & Bradbury wallpapers.
This multimedia presentation offers a virtual tour inside the house and a look at Dr. Dixon's efforts so far.
Slideshow by Bob Donaldson, Marylynne Pitz and Christine Zapinski
Related story
Bruce Dixon has poured years into Schwab home in North Braddock
May 13, 2007 ~ Video: The Fire / A mother's valor saves her family from a burning death
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Crystal Hauser and her family have shared their experiences of rescue, healing and homecoming with Post-Gazette photographer Steve Mellon and reporter Anita Srikameswaran for a special Mother's Day story and video series.
Story: A young W.Va. mother lost her home in a horrific fire, but she saved what counted most -- her son and her unborn baby By Anita Srikameswaran, photos by Steve Mellon
Index to video series By Steve Mellon and Anita Srikameswaran
April 15-18, 2007 ~ Video: Busted / A behind-the-scenes look at our criminal justice system
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Index to video and slideshows by Gabrielle Banks and Steve Mellon
April 11, 2007 ~ Video: Fans show Penguins pride
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Video by Steve Mellon
Related story
Penguins fans rally in support of team's first playoff game
March 25, 2007 ~ Video: Judging cupcakes
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Video By Lake Fong and L.A. Johnson
Related story
Who makes the best cupcakes in Pittsburgh?
March 22, 2007 ~ Video: A school with rockin' classes
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Video By Steve Mellon
Related story
School of Hard Rocks puts kids in the spotlight
March 8, 2007 ~ Slideshow: The one that we want / 'Grease'
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Slideshow By John Heller and Christopher Rawson
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Review: Shaler Area's vibrant cast, bubbly 'Grease' go together
Read more about: High school musicals
March 4, 2007 ~ Video: Helping Miss Hattie
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Video By Annie O'Neill
Feb. 26, 2007 ~ Video: Oscar night in Pittsburgh
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Video By Curt Chandler
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'Departed,' Scorsese go home with Oscars
• Marylynn Uricchio's SEEN
Feb. 25, 2007 ~ Video: From tragedy, a team is formed
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Video By Steve Mellon and Chico Harlan
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Feb. 4, 2007 ~ Video: Gritty Brits -- New London Architecture
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Video By Patricia Lowry
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Architecture Review: Mod London architects with a mind for history
Feb. 3, 2007 ~ Video: Chillin' with the Pitts-Burrrrrgh Drowned Hogs
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Video By Steve Mellon
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Jan. 31, 2007 ~ Slideshows and video: The Steelers season of 2006
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Index compiled by Liz Gray
Jan. 30, 2007 ~ Video: A learning experience for Ryan Ballou
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Video By Steve Mellon
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Student finds coursework a greater challenge than his special needs
Jan. 30, 2007 ~ Video: A look at the Best Picture contenders
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Video By Barb Vancheri
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Follow the latest Academy Awards coverage in Oscar Watch
Jan. 25, 2007 ~ Slideshow: Hot spot for an icy harvest
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Slideshow By Rebecca Droke and Bob Batz Jr.
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• Savor ice wine at big festival or at home
Jan. 21, 2007 ~ Slideshow: Sidney Crosby, All-Star
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Slideshow produced by Larry Roberts
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Jan. 18, 2007 ~ Video: A bashing good time with the Steel City Derby Demons
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Video By Steve Mellon and Bob Batz Jr.
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Steel City Derby Demons put their bodies on the line for the thrill of the game
Jan. 14, 2007 ~ Slideshow: Blight for sore eyes
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Slideshow By Andy Starnes and Diana Nelson Jones
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Stretch of road exemplifies what years of neglect can do
Jan. 7, 2007 ~ Slideshow: 2006 -- The year in pictures
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Slideshow Produced by Jim Mendenhall
Jan. 4, 2007 ~ Video: Penguins players visit Children's Hospital
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Video By Annie O'Neill
Jan 2, 2007 ~ Video: Connecting with penguins
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Video By Rebecca Droke and Annie O'Neill
Jan 1, 2007 ~ Video: Raising the 'Future of Pittsburgh' ball for First Night
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Video By Curt Chandler
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