The saddest part of the potential sale of the Steelers isn't that it could take control of the team out of Rooney hands for the first time in more than 75 years. ... Sports commentary by Ron Cook

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The ugly side of college football is well known. We see it too often in the newspapers and on radio and television. We see it in coaches who don't understand what it means to honor a contract. ...

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Though it's rarely been considered an occupational hazard, that sure doesn't mean it's not hazardous, so, yes, Jason Bay might actually have hit a baseball too hard this week. Too hard. Too well. ... Sports commentary by Gene Collier

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He lectures everyone on conservation while wasting energy himself

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There's never enough time in the endless expanse of unchanging mountains

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We're deep into summer and way past the time for recommended reading lists for a lot of folks. But here's a list of books I'm either currently juggling or have finished in the last few months or so ...

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Summer means sandals, and sandals mean pedicures. ...

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Sixty-six years ago this month, a U.S. submarine went down in the cold Bering Sea, killing all 70 men aboard, including a young father from West Homestead. ...

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With Americans fleeing to multiplexes to escape reality and the heat by seeing the latest Batman movie, it is important that someone speak up for poor, neglected reality. ...

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The influence of the military is growing but don't worry about a coup d'etat

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These are difficult days to be a liberal with a sense of humor, and I feel your pain, so I'd really like to help the three of you. Just kidding! ...

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I'm finally making my little piece of the world just a little greener

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