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  • Armed 'good guys' and the realities of facing a gunman

    By Martin Kaste | NPR | Jan. 29, 2013

    NPR profiles a private citizen whose intentions were good, but his story reveals that confronting a shooter may not be as easy as pulling the trigger.

  • Could these crazy intersections make us safer?

    By Emily Badger | The Atlantic | Jan. 23, 2013

    Given that there are 32 ways cars can collide at traditional intersections, traffic engineers are searching for safer ways to move traffic in all directions. But can newfangled geometries work on Pittsburgh's crazy quilt streets? And what about pedestrians and bikers?

  • Mixed response to Comcast in expanding net access

    By Amy Chozick | The New York Times | Jan. 20, 2013

    The New York Times reports on a controversial internet package that's offered to low-income Chicago residents, and includes comments from Comcast's David Cohen, one of Pennsylvania's top individual political donors from 2011 and 2011.

  • New tanning industry campaign to dismiss skin cancer threat draws fire from doctors’ group

    By Bridget Huber | Fair Warning | Jan. 22, 2013

    As another gray Pittsburgh winter is underway, tanning is at the heart on an ongoing debate. Investigative News Network member, Fair Warning, has the story.

  • Will Mississippi close its last abortion clinic?

    By Alissa Quart | The Atlantic | Jan. 22, 2013

    On the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the last abortion clinic in Mississippi may be forced to shut its doors.

  • TSA removes x-ray body scanners from airports

    By Mark Schoofs | ProPublica | Jan. 18, 2013

    The U.S. is now set to remove all of the current X-ray body scanners from it's airports, but are the risks being eliminated, or just the machines? The Pittsburgh International Airport still uses X-ray scanners, according to ProPublica.

  • Investigating slavery now and then

    By Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism

    The Schuster Institute together with PBS and WGBH Boston Public Radio have created a package of written and audio investigations that examine the past and present of slavery.

  • Record-breaking temperatures are now the norm

    By Peter Aldous | New Scientist | Jan. 15, 2013

    Does Pittsburgh's warm or cold temperatures surprise you? Check out New Science magazine's interactive map to see how our region compares to global climate trends.

  • Benefits for veterans are all over the map

    By Mark Brunswick | Minneapolis Star-Tribune | Jan. 12, 2013

    Minnesota war veterans whose homes are in small towns or rural areas are more likely to see health benefits and other government assistance, according to a Star-Tribune analysis.

  • Military suicides hit record high in 2012 and experts fear they could rise again this year

    By Associated Press | The Washington Post | Jan. 15, 2013

    Last year's total of 349 suicides among active-duty troops is more than the 295 Americans killed in Afghanistan last year, according to Pentagon figures collected by The Associated Press. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and others have referred to military suicides as an "epidemic".

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