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Elise Haybron, 11, a sixth-grader at Quaker Valley Middle School, plays with a corn snake as her classmates, from left, Gabby Sharp and Jenny Bosh, both 12, and Kayla Foster, 11, watch at Fern Hollow Nature Center in Sewickley Heights last week.
Quaker Valley students spend day exploring Fern Hollow reserve
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uaker Valley sixth-grader Faith Cook of Sewickley had never caught a crayfish before, but with her classmates at Little Sewickley Creek, she proudly showed off two big ones she found. (Today)
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Democrats telling staffers steer clear of campaign efforts in wake of scandal
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With a statehouse scandal still brewing over the use of taxpayer money and resources for campaign purposes, House Democrats are going to unusual lengths to appear squeaky-clean in Nov. 4 general election. (Today)
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David Panasiuk, of Oakland, leads a group down the long series of steps yesterday along Sterling Street on Pittsburgh's South Side Slopes during the 8th annual Step Trek.
Step by step by step, hundreds celebrate the South Side Slopes
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Hundreds of men, women and children voluntarily trekked up and down hundreds of steps and dozens of steep hills yesterday, and most of them were downright gleeful for the opportunity to do so. (Today)
Walking the steps
Obituary: Arthur J. Edmunds / Civil rights giant who transformed Urban League here
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One by one, the civil rights giants whose names grace the Freedom Corner Monument in the Hill District are passing away. Arthur J. (Today)
Step by step by step, hundreds celebrate the South Side Slopes
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Hundreds of men, women and children voluntarily trekked up and down hundreds of steps and dozens of steep hills yesterday, and most of them were downright gleeful for the opportunity to do so. (Today)
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