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What champs? Despite footballĢƵ rabid fans stuffing the North Shore like a mattress in a briefcase last week and setting an attendance record for the annual NFL Draft, Pittsburgh will have a difficult time maintaining its “City of Champions” moniker. After a mediocre season with three ...

EDITORIAL: Ban ‘gas station heroin’ now

The colorful packaging bears trippy names like ZaZa, NeptuneĢƵ Fix, Pegasus and Purple Magic. Sold as an elixir or in pill form, the products promise feelings of “euphoria,” “happiness” and “bliss,” and are marketed to grab the attention – and cash – of young and old ...

EDITORIAL: Let’s renew our promise

A travesty of justice is the only way to describe the continued persecution of law-abiding immigrants at the hands of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. In cities across the country and right here at home in Southwestern Pennsylvania, immigrants are being plucked from their ...

EDITORIAL: Take the high road

We’ve all been there. Whether blinded by the high beams of a tailgating vehicle or unexpectedly cut off by another, the unexpected maneuvers that occur on short jaunts to the grocery or long drives to the beach are enough to provoke even the most even-tempered among us to raise a shaking ...

EDITORIAL: Put the phone down or pay up

Imagine driving 55 miles per hour with your eyes closed for five seconds – the equivalent of the length of a football field. Sounds terrifying, doesn’t it? Now, imagine reading or sending a text message while behind the wheel. The five seconds spent looking at your cellphone and not the ...

Feeling blue? Take a hike

Gas prices, war in the Mideast, yo-yoing stock market got you down? You might benefit from a little “forest bathing.” The Japanese wellness practice has nothing to do with showering in the woods but is intended to provide a digital detox, an opportunity to disengage from urban trappings ...