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Researchers reveal robots designed to help vets, others with disabilities
Beaver County Times, Pa.Robotics opened more than a few doors for the disabled. They revealed a whole new world. Researchers at the Human Engineering Research Laboratories in Pittsburgh swung open their doors Thursday as part of National Veterans Affairs Research Week....Tags: Science and Technology, Research, Veterans Affairs, Diseases and Illnesses, Alzheimer's Disease
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Phila. smokers and drinkers get ready for (tax) hit
The Philadelphia InquirerThe destitute Philadelphia schools are counting on Kevin Sosinavage, and others like him, to come to the rescue by continuing to do what they're doing: smoking and drinking. Sosinavage, 45, sat at the bar at SugarHouse Casino on Friday, sucking on a...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Consumers, Health and Safety at School, Business, The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Trib poll: Peduto pulling ahead in Pittsburgh mayor's race
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewCity Councilman Bill Peduto grabbed the front-runner status he once claimed to have in the Pittsburgh mayoral race, seizing on growing disapproval of chief opponent Jack Wagner in the campaign's bitter, final weeks, a Tribune-Review poll shows. Peduto...Tags: Politics, Polls, Advertising, Jake Wheatley, Undecided Voters
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EDITORIAL: Thumbs ��� Saturday, May 18, 2013
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.Thumbs up ... to Woodrow Wilson High School senior Mihir Dave, the only National Merit Scholarship winner in southern West Virginia and one of only 13 in the state. Dave plans to attend the University of Pittsburgh, major in biology and eventually...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Politics, Methamphetamine (drug), Interior Policy, Health and Safety at Work
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Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, expert on diabetes
Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, an internationally known expert on the epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes who was director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Tuesday of...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Internists, American Diabetes Association, Pancreatic Cancer, Harvard University
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Hospitals fight delirium with volunteer help
Star TribunePaula Duncan saw how quickly it could happen with her father-in-law. When he was hospitalized with pneumonia at age 80, his personality changed. Almost overnight, he became aggressive and combative. As a hospital nurse, Duncan knew that older patients...Tags: Science and Technology, Brooklyn Park, Yale University, Hospitals and Clinics, Pneumonia
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'First Voice' showcases 5 artists
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"First Voice: A Pittsburgh International Black Arts Festival" showcases the achievements of the five artists picked as 2012-13 August Wilson Center Fellows. Performances and exhibitions by Nikki Young (media arts), Joshua Wilder and Nathan James (theater)...Tags: Georgetown University, Adele (music artist), Festive Events, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Fine Artists
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Making memories under the Kaufmann's clock
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"I'll meet you under the Kaufmann's clock tomorrow at noon," Bella Rubin of East Liberty would say to her granddaughter Marlene, who lived in Mt. Lebanon. Every Saturday in the early '60s, she and "Momo" would meet for a day together Downtown, recalls...Tags: Lebanon, Crime, Law and Justice, Boca Raton, Japan, Wedding Products and Services
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FBI informant payments derail sentencing hearing for 'best cop money can buy'
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteThe former police chief in Washington County who called himself "the best cop money can buy" won a reprieve from sentencing on extortion charges Thursday when his attorney suggested that the key informant had been bought for even more. Donald Abraham...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Firearms, FBI, Police Investigations, Punishment
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Obituary: John H. Stafford / Notre Dame advocate and family man
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteJohn H. Stafford didn't just get a degree from the University of Notre Dame -- he ensured that many Pittsburgh residents could do the same. With a passion and determination recognized by many who knew him, the Fox Chapel resident joined forces with...Tags: Financial Aid, Lebanon, Colleges and Universities, Business Enterprises, Aneurysm
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Investigation into Pittsburgh cyanide death includes white-collar crime experts
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteWhile trying to determine how UPMC physician Autumn Klein encountered a toxic amount of cyanide before she died, Pittsburgh police have called upon resources not typically used in less complex death investigations. Assistant district attorney Lawrence...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Political Corruption, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Allegheny County medical examiner: 'All options open' in UPMC doctor's cyanide death
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewInvestigators are still trying to determine how a prominent UPMC doctor ingested an apparently lethal dose of cyanide before collapsing at her home last month. "It's not a natural death, that's all I know," said Dr. Karl Williams, the Allegheny County...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Poisoning, Obstetrics, Health and Safety at School, Physical Conditions
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