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Gulf oil platform explodes, burning off La. coast
2010-09-02T17:00:59Z
NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) -- An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 100 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site where BP's undersea well spilled after a rig explosion....
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National & World News
Gen. Petraeus calls relationship with Karzai sound
2010-09-02T13:40:17Z
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The top US military commander in Afghanistan says the sometimes strained relationship between the US and Afghan President Hamid Karzai is solid....
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Google, Skype targeted in India security crackdown
2010-09-02T15:00:15Z
MUMBAI, India (AP) -- India has widened its security crackdown, asking all companies that provide encrypted communications - not just BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion - to install servers in the country to make it easier for the government to obtain users' data. That would likely affect digital giants like Google and Skype....
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Book says Nazi hunter Wiesenthal worked for Mossad
2010-09-02T15:35:03Z
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Renowned Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal worked for Israel's Mossad spy agency, providing information on war criminals and Germans working in Arab countries, according to a new book released Thursday....
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Local News
Big Ten splits up Michigan and Ohio State
2010-09-02T06:09:52Z
The expanded Big Ten will place Ohio State and Michigan into different divisions....
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Most traditional rivalries live on in new Big Ten
2010-09-02T08:12:08Z
The Big Ten's athletic directors got together on what was truly a conference call on Wednesday. The first thing Ohio State's Gene Smith did was open some accompanying e-mails that listed proposed Buckeyes football schedules for 2011 and 2012....
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Explosion reported at Philly-area welding company
2010-09-01T18:16:25Z
COLLINGDALE, Pa. (AP) -- Multiple explosions have been reported at a welding supply company in suburban Philadelphia and police are evacuating the area....
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Christie to DRPA: come up with reforms _ and fast
2010-09-02T16:53:59Z
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is trying to push the Delaware River Port Authority to adopt rules to bar its politically connected board members from using their positions for political purposes....
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Jail guard linked to FBI slaying case fired
2010-09-02T16:44:12Z
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The Allegheny County Jail's internal affairs chief has been fired for falsely claiming to be a former police officer when he testified about an FBI slaying suspect's recorded jailhouse phone calls, and for other "inconsistencies and misrepresentations" of his employment history....
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Lentz, Meehan duke it out for House seat in Pa.
2010-09-02T16:36:24Z
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Congressional candidate Bryan Lentz is an Iraq War veteran, a former Airborne Ranger, one-time big-city prosecutor and a two-term state representative....
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Tennessee and Alabama gripe about EPA ash hearings
2010-09-02T15:35:54Z
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- The Environmental Protection Agency is hearing gripes that Tennessee and Alabama feel left out as the agency goes across the country asking if coal ash should be federally regulated as a hazardous material....
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DA: Pa. boy admits taking car as girl slept inside
2010-09-02T14:55:09Z
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Prosecutors say a Pennsylvania teenager has admitted stealing a car while a 6-year-old girl slept in the back seat....
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W.Pa. chief: Gunman may have sought suicide by cop
2010-09-02T14:38:39Z
BALDWIN, Pa. (AP) -- A Pittsburgh-area police chief says a man fatally shot by one of his officers while aiming a high-powered rifle at another may have been trying to commit "suicide by cop."...
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Armed robbers fire shot in Pittsburgh McDonald's
2010-09-02T14:18:15Z
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Pittsburgh police say they might have found the getaway car used by two armed men who robbed a McDonald's restaurant and fired a shot in the process....
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Opinion Poll
As the pre-season wraps up, how do you predict the Steelers will finish the 2010-2011 season? <More Info>
Not make the Playoffs:
Eliminated in Playoffs:
Play in Super Bowl XLV:
Total Votes: 329
Yesterday's Poll
If the election was scheduled for today, which of these candidates would likely get your vote…
Pat Toomey (R):
Joe Sestak (D):
Undecided:
Total Votes: 674