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There's plenty you can do to save, and now is the ideal time to optimize your budget

There's plenty you can do to save, and now is the ideal time to optimize your budget

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What the Pittsburgh Zoo lost - and continues to lose - without AZA accreditation

What the Pittsburgh Zoo lost - and continues to lose - without AZA accreditation

More than a century after its opening in 1898, the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium has become a local landmark,…

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$1 million grant to help renovate Westinghouse Castle

$1 million grant to help renovate Westinghouse Castle

The Westinghouse Castle has received a $1 million grant from the Allegheny Foundation to help with its renova…

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In Cook Forest State Park, there's plenty to do - and marvel at

In Cook Forest State Park, there's plenty to do - and marvel at

Just two hours north of Downtown Pittsburgh is "a slice of heaven." That's what Ryan Borcz calls Cook Forest …

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Pittsburgh club aims to reel in young people to a healthy outdoor hobby

Pittsburgh club aims to reel in young people to a healthy outdoor hobby

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988 suicide hotline launches, despite concerns about staffing

988 suicide hotline launches, despite concerns about staffing

This story mentions suicide. If you or a loved one are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 (beginnin…

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RAGBRAI 2026 rolls to its finish in Dubuque. What's ahead for 2027?

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By Nick El Hajj Verified
| Southwest Iowa Herald Verified
RAGBRAI has a little trick it likes to play on riders. kAmxE =6ED E96> 36=:6G6[ 7@C 2 76H A=62D2?E >@>6?ED[ E92E x@H2 92D 8@?6 D@7E]k^Am kAm{6DD E92? c__ >:=6Dn %96 D9@CE6DE 6G6Cn w@H 492C>:?8] w@H 4:G:=:K65] w@H E9@F89E7F= @7 x@H2[ 2E =@?8 =2DE[ E@ AC@G:56 2 >@56DE C:56 H:E9 2 ?62E 5:A :? E96 |:DD:DD:AA: 2E E96 6?5]k^Am kAm%96?
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RAGBRAI 2026 rolls to its finish in Dubuque. What's ahead for 2027?

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By Nick El Hajj Verified
| The Daily Nonpareil Verified
RAGBRAI has a little trick it likes to play on riders. kAmxE =6ED E96> 36=:6G6[ 7@C 2 76H A=62D2?E >@>6?ED[ E92E x@H2 92D 8@?6 D@7E]k^Am kAm{6DD E92? c__ >:=6Dn %96 D9@CE6DE 6G6Cn w@H 492C>:?8] w@H 4:G:=:K65] w@H E9@F89E7F= @7 x@H2[ 2E =@?8 =2DE[ E@ AC@G:56 2 >@56DE C:56 H:E9 2 ?62E 5:A :? E96 |:DD:DD:AA: 2E E96 6?5]k^Am kAm%96?
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RAGBRAI 2026 rolls to its finish in Dubuque. What's ahead for 2027?

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By Nick El Hajj Verified
| MSN Verified
DUBUQUE — RAGBRAI has a little trick it likes to play on riders. It lets them believe, for a few pleasant moments, that Iowa has gone soft. Less than 400 miles? The shortest ever? How charming. How civilized. How thoughtful of Iowa, at long last, to provide a modest ride with a neat dip in the Mississippi at the end. Then summer rolls in. The pavement gets hot. The Loess Hills rise out of the Missouri River valley. The state starts collecting its dues.
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