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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 22.11.08 05:37 UTC

Port Authority to buy 20 more hybrid buses

The Port Authority plans to buy 20 more hybrid buses similar to a half-dozen that have been in service since Earth Day 2005. The board's Performance Oversight Committee intends to recommend the ...

New York Post, 07.11.08 11:12 UTC

WEIRD BUT TRUE

Last updated: 5:11 am November 7, 2008 Posted: 4:37 am November 7, 2008 There are blue states - and then there are booze states. An election-night party in Akron, Ohio, turned ugly after the ...

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 05.11.08 06:04 UTC

Duquesne law school team wins national competition

Duquesne University Law School's mock trial team finished first at the National Tournament of Champions competition, the school said yesterday. Duquesne was among 16 law schools with top rankings in ...

Telegraph, 25.10.08 14:32 UTC

'Mom-in-chief' Michelle Obama leads the charge as Barack Obama visits grandmother

Michelle Obama has cautioned exuberant supporters against complacency and urged them to make sure everyone they know goes to vote in the US presidential election.

WashingtonPost Politics, 25.10.08 06:31 UTC

Michelle Obama Revs Up in the Homestretch

AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 24 -- Michelle Obama is nearing the finish line of a race that has become her quest as much as her husband's. Once, scant dozens of people filed in to meet her in small Iowa towns. ...

CNN Top Stories, 24.10.08 16:39 UTC

McCain ad uses Biden to attack Obama

(CNN) -- Sen. John McCain's campaign released an ominous ad Friday invoking Sen. Joe Biden, who said earlier this week that the world will soon test "Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy."

CNN Top Stories, 21.10.08 23:38 UTC

Raunchy comic who influenced rappers dies

AKRON, Ohio (AP) -- Rudy Ray Moore, a raunchy 1970s comedian who played the title role of a flashy pimp in the movie "Dolemite" and influenced a generation of rappers, has died. He was 81.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 21.10.08 13:35 UTC

Obama, Clinton stump in Florida

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and his former Democratic presidential primary rival, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, yesterday sought together to swing this state to blue, mocking ...

USA Today, 21.10.08 12:03 UTC

Obama leaving campaign trail to visit grandmother

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is canceling nearly all his campaign events Thursday and Friday to visit his suddenly gravely ill 85-year-old grandmother in Hawaii, a spokesman said.