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May 3, 2013 / People

Marte Latham, “Queen of the Jungle”

Marte Latham was warned against venturing into the remote, unexplored jungles of Colombia without a military escort.

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May 1, 2013 / Places and landmarks

Pittsburgh’s Liberty Avenue

In Amsterdam, it’s called De Wallen. In London, it used to be King’s Cross. And in Pittsburgh, in the 1970s and ’80s, it was Liberty Avenue.

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April 29, 2013 / Sports

Branch Rickey, Pirates’ general manager

As a manager of baseball teams, he was innovative and his ideas improved the game we know today.

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April 26, 2013 / Old crime

Murder of the Yablonskis

At 1 a.m., the farmhouse went dark.

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April 24, 2013 / Sports

Mean Joe Greene and Bennie Cunningham

Thankfully, this picture is black and white because that jacket is so dizzying that in full color it might induce a seizure to an unsuspecting epileptic.

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