News+Features
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- News
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Puzzling Choices: Not many are surprised at Westinghouse's failure, but can it be put back together again?
"We are not surprised by this kind of confusion. ... This was a disaster waiting to happen."
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- News
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Coming Clean
Can we solve the problem of carcinogens in the environment?
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- Last Word
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Lex Became a Junkie
A poem by Jimmy Cvetic
Food+Drink
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- Dining Reviews
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Luke & Mike's Front Porch Grill
A casual eating spot is a great fit for Aspinwall's former train station
- On The Side
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Zeke's Coffee
Beans roasted in small batches is the hallmark of this coffee purveyor.
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- On The Rocks
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The Worm Turns
New restaurant to boost tequila's popularity
Music
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- Music Features
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Christiane D. releases her first solo album
"I really needed to learn how to just do my own thing."
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- Music Features
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Dirty Charms bring old-school rock back
Music Charms the Savage Beast is tremendously tight, filled with infectious melodies
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- Music Features
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On the Record with dead prez
"It's rebellious to be healthy. It's rebellious to take care of your children in this day and age."
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- Critics' Picks
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Critics' Picks: November 25 - 30
Anti-Flag comes home, Gangwish releases a tape, Title Town celebrates a birthday, The X celebrates the holidays
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- Local Beat
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CypherStyles supplies street dance apparel to the world -- from Swissvale
"I'm not just manufacturing widgets. Wellness is a focus for me."
Screen
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- Movie Reviews + Features
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The Descendants
A feel-good dramedy set in Hawaii and starring George Clooney
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- Movie Reviews + Features
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Melancholia
Lars Von Trier's sci-fi psychodrama succeeds beautifully at making the complex simple
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- Movie Reviews + Features
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Arthur Christmas
An entertaining animated holiday comedy about how Santa gets it all done
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- Movie Reviews + Features
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Like Crazy
A bittersweet charmer that's a welcome respite from the usual slate of treacly rom-coms
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- Movie Reviews + Features
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The Muppets
They're back ... and back on the big screen!
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- Movie Reviews + Features
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1
After the wedding, the human-vampire romance gets more complicated
Arts
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- Fashion
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A new design outfit looks to change the way dresses are made.
"We set out to disrupt the globalized fashion industry."
Views
- Potter's Field
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Occupational Therapy
Can Occupy movement succeed where steelworkers failed?
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Savage Love
One day, your cranky LGBTQA friends might accept who you are, just as you've accepted them.
Books
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- Book Reviews + Features
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Politically outspoken sportswriter and author Dave Zirin talks about John Carlos ... and Tim Tebow.
Why are some commended for speaking, yet others are told, in short, to shut up and play?
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- Book Reviews + Features
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Pittsburgh-based Creative Nonfiction launches its own publishing venture.
"The trend to publish high-quality nonfiction writing is moving in a smaller-press direction."
Stage
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- Theater Reviews + Features
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Red
When the collision occurs, this two-man show fiercely explodes.
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- Theater Reviews + Features
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Sam Bendrix at the Bon Soir
While the show at present isn't what playwright Keith Bunin wants it to be, what it is is swell.
