Back to school for the billionaires

By Rita Beamish

Business titans find reforming schools much harder than just writing checks

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"… is delving deeply into the topic, devoting $290 million to experiments in Pittsburgh, Memphis, Hillsborough County, Fla., and Los Angeles charter schools, and …"

Fed loophole lets lenders keep using college logos to pitch student loans

By Cezary Podkul

Fed loophole lets lenders keep using college logos to pitch student loans

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"… ed’s rules because Grove City College recommends, or endorses, the large Pittsburgh-based bank to its students. And splashed across the top in large, red let …"

Analysis — Death panels, fact and fiction

By Wendell Potter

“Death panels” are back in the news and Congress is turning its attention to them once again. The problem is, lawmakers are looking in all t

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"… nger if she had the procedure.A CIGNA medical director 2,500 miles away in Pittsburgh disagreed. To the astonishment of Nataline’s doctors, he ruled the trans …"

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One town’s recurring coal ash nightmare

By Kristen Lombardi

Stand before the pond known here in southwestern Pennsylvania as Little Blue Run, and you’ll see nothing that resembles its bucolic-sounding

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"… rsight; he testified against federal regulation at a September hearing, in Pittsburgh. Currently, Pennsylvania manages coal ash as a solid waste, requiring such …"

Not a Cardinal sin — Obama backs supporter-owned Steelers

By Matthew Lewis

When it comes to endorsing a Super Bowl team, it seems President Obama might see a lot of himself in the Arizona Cardinals. An underdog that

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"… t last spring (though no traceable donations). As the President mentioned, Pittsburgh legend and Super Bowl MVP Franco Harris also campaigned in Pittsburgh, in …"

"… ned, Pittsburgh legend and Super Bowl MVP Franco Harris also campaigned in Pittsburgh, in addition to maxing out with a $2,300 Obama contribution during the gen …"

Federal legal aid vulnerable to fraud, questions of conflicts and intimidation

By John Solomon

U.S. Assistant Attorney General Tony West hailed Maryland’s Legal Aid Bureau with a rousing speech a few weeks ago that equated the nonprofi

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"… gave to the nonprofits. Then last year, LSC was criticized for allowing a Texas nonprofit to use funds to pay for a decorative exterior wall made of Itali …"

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EPA sets public hearings on coal ash disposal options

By Kristen Lombardi

Environmental advocates plan to organize citizens by the busload for a series of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency meetings on its propos

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"… heart of coal country, where coal ash has long been a problem, such as in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Sept. 21, and in Louisville, Ky., on Sept. 28. Other day-long hea …"

Army general had business deal with Clinton-Gore money man

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 27, 2000 — Lt. Gen. Claudia J. Kennedy, the first female three-star general in the history of the U.S. Army and the a

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"… r is the president of La Roche College, a small Roman Catholic school near Pittsburgh. Prior to coming to La Roche, Kerr was a vice president of Catholic Univer …"

Starr Struck: Part one

By Florence George Graves

BOSTON, April 1, 1998 — The Kenneth Starr assailed by the Clinton administration as an agent of a vast right-wing conspiracy is the same Ken

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"… e any videotapes showing Lewinsky with the president.Starr also subpoenaed Pittsburgh’s WPXI-TV for its interview with retired Secret Service agent Lewis Fox, …"

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part four

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — Throughout his political career, Bill Bradley has defined himself by what he is not. ...

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"… searches the subjects of prison life, growing up as an African American in Pittsburgh and racial injustices in America.Roger Wilkins: Wilkins is an attorney, a …"

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