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Three stories this week: a 73-year-old hole in a hill that nobody can make people drive through faster, a bullpen rebuilt in seventy-two hours, and a steak the whole country has heard of. Every Sunday, this space closes the books on the week: what the Ledger published,
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Order a steak charred black on the outside and cool red in the middle and half the country will call it Pittsburgh rare. The origin story everyone tells has never been documented, and the name is a bigger deal outside the region than in it. Say you are from Pittsburgh
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Between Saturday and Wednesday, Pittsburgh rebuilt the part of its roster that had cost it games all summer and cut loose the offseason signing that was supposed to fix the other part. Here is what the club actually did, and what it gave up. Anyone who watched the Pirates this
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Pittsburgh's most cursed commute runs through a 73-year-old machine in the side of a hill. Here is how it works, why it clogs, and why the $138 million fix coming next does not touch the tunnel at all. It happens on clear days, in light traffic,
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Five stories in the Ledger's first full week: a bridge slid into place over the Parkway East, a new whistle in Latrobe, and driverless semis with Strip District software behind the wheel. Every Sunday morning, this space closes the books on the week: what the Ledger published, what
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Aurora Innovation, headquartered in the Strip District, launched a new driverless semi on July 22, signed a new freight customer on July 28, and told investors on July 29 that more than 200 trucks will be hauling freight with nobody aboard by New Year's Eve. A few years
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The Parkway East project that should have taken four years was promised in 25 days. It took 17. Here's how PennDOT pulled it off. If you drove the Parkway East earlier this month, you already know something unusual was happening. On July 10, PennDOT shut down Interstate 376
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The team reported to Saint Vincent College for the 59th summer in a row on Tuesday. Almost everything else about this camp is new. If you have ever made the drive east on Route 30 in late July, past Greensburg and into the hills above Latrobe, you know the ritual.
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The Tigers are one of just 20 schools nationwide chosen for Team Adidas, and the only high school in Pennsylvania. Here's what the deal covers, and what it means for families in the district. The Tigers have earned their stripes. North Allegheny Athletics announced Monday that it has
Pennsylvania's largest single infrastructure investment isn't in Philadelphia or Pittsburgh. It's in Monaca, and most of Beaver County drives past it without a second look. If you've crossed the Ohio River anywhere near Monaca lately, you've driven within sight of