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Octavia Shelly, 20, from West Mifflin High School, waves to onlookers before the graduation ceremony for the class of 2010 from Phase 4 Learning Center at the Century III Mall in West Mifflin on May 26.
Back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth and children walked to school -- uphill both ways -- students who failed a class had two options: Retake it next year and risk being held back, or brave the sweaty halls of summer school. (Today)
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Tony Lerrew of Munhall watches the Labor Day parade along Grant Street with daughter Brianna, 2.
When it was first proposed more than 130 years ago, Labor Day was envisioned as a day to celebrate "the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations." (Today)
Tax us, please. That's the surprising plea from local energy companies and barge operators who depend upon the area's rivers for their business, and are desperate for federal upgrades to the waterways' crumbling locks and dams. (Today)
Scores of politicians mixed with tens of thousands of union partisans Monday in the Labor Day rite that marks the unofficial kickoff of the fall political season. (Today)
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Linda Niedermeyer, a volunteer with the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society, gives a smooch to Gar, a 7-month-old mix with three legs who is up for adoption, during Doggy Dip, a benefit Monday for the humane society and the Friends of the Dormont Pool. About 300 dogs attended.
For 7-year-old Merlin, a golden retriever from Upper St. Clair, the only thing he wanted to do was to be in the water and chase the ball. (Today)