Party's over at arts center
      The state issued an abrupt last call for alcohol in the parking lot of the PNC Bank Arts Center last week, ending a decades-long tradition of preconcert tailgating. It seems the winds of change were blowing in that direction since the first concert of the season, when about a dozen underagers wer...
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Time for air travelers to demand a bill of rights
GREG BEAN Coda
      My stepfather has some strong opinions, but he's a good Republican and hardly the type you'd accuse of being a rabble-rouser. Last time I saw him, though, he was ready to lead a national revolution, and his target was the United States airline industry, which he considers the most arrogant, most ...
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Mom goes above and beyond the call of duty
LORI CLINCH Are We There Yet?
      When our boys were little, they used to hold my hand on the way to their sporting events. My presence was not only welcome at their contests, it was crucial. They wanted me at their practices and in the bleachers during their games. No sitting in the car and honking for me. No sirree, my boys wan...
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