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Garden tours highlight region's blossoming buds

Gardens in Western Pennsylvania should be in full bloom by now, and several local communities are going to be showing them off next weekend.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Freestyle contest puts All-Star rappers on their toes

Emcee Zone wins the All-Star competition of Rhyme Calisthenics at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty on Thursday.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

New Pittsburgh Courier Online

Splashes of Fashion

The Bradley House on Brownsville Road south of Pittsburgh was the scene of the Cora Cheatham Willing Workers Annual Luncheon and Fashion Show May 9. "The Splashes of Fashion"-themed show featured fashions from A Woman's Touch .

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

PittsburghLIVE.com

Allegheny County close to qualifying for designation as disaster site

Federal and state emergency officials plan visits this week to eight flooded Allegheny County towns operating under a disaster emergency declaration, municipal leaders said Wednesday.

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Sat Jun 27, 2009

PittsburghLIVE.com

Backyard snake's got him on the run

Mike Seate can be reached via e-mail or at 724-320-7845. View Seate's Archive One of my favorite old comedy routines hailed from the late Richard Pryor, who extrapolated on why more white people are bitten by snakes than blacks.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

PittsburghLIVE.com

Suspect in teen's fatal shooting in Wilkinsburg arrested in Orlando

A man accused in the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy in Wilkinsburg was arrested Thursday by federal marshals in Orlando, Fla.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

New Pittsburgh Courier Online

Wilkinsburg School District hosts annual Fun Fair

The Wilkinsburg School District marked the end of the school year by hosting its annual Fun Fair June 6 at Turner Elementary School Field.

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

One of city's oldest 'clubs' gets a new lease on life

From left, bartender Ed Kowalski, of Lawrenceville; John Smith, of Shaler, and George Rafaloski socialize over drinks at the Electric Club in Lawrenceville.

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

PittsburghLIVE.com

Wilkinsburg playground gunman sentenced to at least 11 years in prison

Bobby Kerlik can be reached via e-mail or at 412-391-0927. A man who opened fire in a Wilkinsburg playground, hitting two people, including an infant, was sentenced this morning to 11 to 22 years in prison.

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WTAE-TV

Some Allegheny Communities Face Big Cleanup After Storms

Leaders in Turtle Creek, Wilkinsburg and Forest Hills declared a state of emergency in those communities following Wednesday night's storms, which flooded roads and basements and knocked out power.

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Sat Jun 20, 2009

PittsburghLIVE.com

Two men charged with shooting death of McKeesport woman

The Tribune-Review can be reached online or at 412-321-6460. Police this afternoon arrested two men in the shooting death of a 40-year-old woman on Perry Street in McKeesport.

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

New Pittsburgh Courier Online

Seven shot in 10 days on North Side

Since June 5, seven people have been shot in the North Side of Pittsburgh. Though six of the victims survived, the most recent, 22-year-old Deray Pearson of Wilkinsburg, was killed June 14.

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Thu Jun 18, 2009

WPXI

Wilkinsburg Fire Victims Told To Move Out

Residents of a Wilkinsburg apartment building that was damaged in a fire were told Tuesday they can't come home.

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

WPXI

Shooting Victim Found In Wilkinsburg Street

Police said an 18-year-old was shot in the leg in Wilkinsburg Tuesday afternoon following a robbery.

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Tue Jun 16, 2009

WTAE-TV

Wilkinsburg Families Forced Out Of Burned Apartments

Residents of a small Wilkinsburg apartment building that was badly damaged by a fire were given two hours Tuesday to retrieve their belongings from the boarded-up property.

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Evening Sun

Man killed by bus near Pittsburgh missed stop

A 79-year-old man killed by a bus near Pittsburgh may have been drinking before he missed his stop, got out of the bus, and started chasing it before he was run over.

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Pittsburgh Tribune

Wilkinsburg man killed by bus got off at wrong stop: reports

A man run over and killed by a Port Authority bus in Swissvale rode for hours before getting off at the wrong stop, then ran and fell beneath it as he tried to stop it, witnesses said Monday.

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Mon Jun 15, 2009

WPXI

7th Man Shot To Death In Pittsburgh Neighborhood

A man from the suburbs is at least the seventh to be shot and killed in recent weeks in on Pittsburgh neighborhood.

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Kdka.com

Autopsy Set On Man Killed By Bus Near Pittsburgh

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Sun Jun 14, 2009

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Wilkinsburg man fatally shot in North Side

A Wilkinsburg man was shot and killed in the North Side Sunday afternoon. The 22-year-old man, whom police did not identify, got into an altercation with someone inside a blue or gray vehicle in the 1500 block of Garfield Avenue in the Central North Side about 2:30 p.m., Cmdr.

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