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18 hrs ago | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Popularity of TV dance shows inspires new interest in ballroom, salsa

Barbara Johnson waltzes with Brandon Perpich, a dance instructor at Arthur Murray's, Downtown.

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Related Topix: Downtown (Pittsburgh, PA), Reality TV, Entertainment, Dancing With The Stars, Television, Pittsburgh, PA, Edgewood, PA, Carnegie, PA

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Mayor, students extend tuition tax argument

About 50 students and representatives from the area's universities attended a hearing by Pittsburgh City Council on the city's proposed tuition tax.

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Related Topix: Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh Metro, University of Pittsburgh

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Casey discusses climate change bill at CMU

While declaring that, "Carbon pollution threatens our future and human life itself," Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Spam's new flavours

Filtering is keeping more unwanted messages from our inboxes a ' but provoking more sophisticated scams on social networks and elsewhere Has filtering managed to contain the spam problem? Illustration:Images.com/Corbis When Luis von Ahn gives talks on his work fighting spam , he likes to start by asking the audience a question.

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Related Topix: Email Spam, Science, Computer Science, Computers, Computer Security, Science / Technology

Tue Nov 17, 2009

TMCnet

Are Shape Shifting Robots on the Horizon?

Last week, Computerworld featured a piece on shape shifting robots that are getting ever closer to reality.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots, CPU

R & D

Carnegie Mellon customizing electric cars for cost-effective urban commuting

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute have converted a 2001 Scion xB into an electric commuter vehicle that will serve as a test bed for a new community-based approach to electric vehicle design, conversion and operations.

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Related Topix: Science, Computer Science

Mon Nov 16, 2009

OfficialWire

Pittsburgh Eyeing Tuition Tax For Students

Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said he wants to impose a 1 percent tax on tuition paid by students at the city's seven colleges and universities.

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Related Topix: Pittsburgh, PA, Carlow College, Public Relations

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Researchers at CMU refining electric vehicle

If they ever make a sequel to the 2006 documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car," it might begin with a resurrection scene scripted by Carnegie Mellon University robotics researchers and set in a Panther Hollow parking garage.

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Related Topix: Science, Computer Science, Pittsburgh Metro

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Pittsburgh Tribune

Students taxed by the new professor

When the well runs dry, turn to Sigma Chi. Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is proposing to do just that.

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Related Topix: Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh Metro, University of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Ravenstahl defends his proposal for tuition tax

Pittsburgh's proposed 1 percent tuition tax is just a nibble compared to the bite that college fees and tuition hikes take out of student and parent wallets, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl argued yesterday, as questions surrounded the unique levy he proposed Monday.

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Related Topix: Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh Metro, Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, University of Pittsburgh, Point Park University

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Pittsburgh Tribune

Intel shows devices getting smarter all the time with ability to learn

Herb finally can make it out of the kitchen. The personal robotic assistant that scientists at Intel Research Pittsburgh have worked on since 2006 is smarter and more confident now, and can do more than move cans around.

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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology, Headphones, Home Listing, Home, University of Pittsburgh, Santa Clara, CA

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Daily Times

Australian HC bids farewell to Pakistani scholarship recipients

Staff Report ISLAMABAD: Australian High Commissioner Tim George on Thursday bid farewell to 52 Australian scholarship recipients who were about to begin Masters-level study in Australia.

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Related Topix: Pakistan, Asia, World News,

NetworkWorld

Intel says shape-shifting robots closer to reality

Imagine a day when you can make your cell phone smaller to fit more comfortably in your pocket, then make it bigger so you can text more easily.

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Related Topix: Robots, Science / Technology, Cellphones, Science, Computer Science, CPU

Hollywood Reporter

ABC Family fills comedy, 'Liars' roles

Scott Cohen and Stephanie Childers Scott Cohen and Stephanie Childers have been tapped to star in ABC Family's untitled Michael Jacobs comedy pilot.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Scott Cohen, Soap Opera, Comedy, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Family, Teenagers

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Schools throw book at mayor's tuition tax

The tuition tax that Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl sees as the city's ticket out of financial distress drew mixed reviews from council members, yelps from students and parents and harsh words from some of the biggest targeted schools yesterday.

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Related Topix: Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh Metro, Duquesne University, Duquesne, PA, Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens

Wed Nov 11, 2009

WTAE-TV

College Heads Lash Out At Mayor's 'Fair Share' Tax Plan

Leaders of Pittsburgh's major universities and Mayor Luke Ravenstahl are sniping back and forth in a public debate over the mayor's controversial plan for a 1 percent tax on all post-secondary students in the city.

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Related Topix: Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh Metro, University of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University, Allegheny County, PA

Tue Nov 10, 2009

KSDK-TV Saint Louis

Sleep away the flu

Before you rise and shine tomorrow, you may want to hit that snooze button -- getting enough sleep could be the healthiest thing you do this flu season.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Influenza

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Pittsburgh Business Times

Mayor proposes tax on higher ed students

Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl discusses his proposed budget with reporters Monday at the City County Building Downtown.

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Related Topix: Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh Metro, University of Pittsburgh, Libraries

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Pittsburgh Business Times

College tuition above $50K more common

In a startling trend, the new standard for private college tuition has hit $50,000 per year, according to data compiled by the Chronicle of Higher Education .

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Related Topix: Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh Metro, Franklin, PA, Lancaster Metro, Lancaster, PA

Sat Nov 07, 2009

ThePittsburghChannel

High-Speed Rail Service Discussion On Track

State legislators heard testimony on Friday morning supporting the idea of building a Maglev high-speed rail system in Pennsylvania.

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Related Topix: Pittsburgh Metro, Harrisburg Metro, Harrisburg, PA

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