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Albrecht's Pittsburgh Blog March 2004 Archive

By Albrecht Powell, About.com Guide to Pittsburgh since 2000

Cities Ranked & Rated

Tuesday March 30, 2004
The latest issue of "Cities Ranked & Rated" is out and Pittsburgh received some very positive mentions, coming in #28 overall and receiving postive recommendations in several categories. The 820-page book ... Read More

Three Mile Island - 25 Years Later

Sunday March 28, 2004
On March 28, 1979, America experienced its worst nuclear accident - a partial meltdown of the reactor core at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania. During ... Read More

Scrappy Pittsburgh Headed to the Sweet 16

Sunday March 21, 2004
Revenge is sweet. Despite being slighted by the NCAA selection committee with a No. 3 seed and having lower-seeded Wisconsin given what was essentially a home court advantage, the Pittsburgh ... Read More

Panthers Move On to Play Wisconsin

Saturday March 20, 2004
Boy, did that game have me holding my breath! Despite a valiant effort by Central Florida, keeping the game pretty much tied from shot one, the Panthers finally showed what ... Read More

Irish in Pittsburgh

Monday March 15, 2004
St. Patty's Day is a great time to be Irish in Pittsburgh, a city with a rich Irish and Scotch-Irish history. Celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Pittsburgh at one of ... Read More

Panthers Pounded in Big East Championship

Saturday March 13, 2004
Ninth-ranked Connecticut held on for a 61-58 comeback victory over No. 6 Pittsburgh in the championship game of the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden today. What hurts more ... Read More

The City That Rocks!

Friday March 12, 2004
Despite the recent closings of Metropol and Rosebud in the Strip District and the impending April 2 closure of Club Laga in Oakland, Pittsburgh's local music scene still thrives. At ... Read More

March into Madness

Thursday March 11, 2004
Follow the No. 6 ranked and Big East regular season champion Pittsburgh Panthers as they advance through the brackets in the 2004 Men's Basketball NCAA Tournament. The action begins today ... Read More

Panthers Win a Big One

Tuesday March 2, 2004
Two days after an upset loss to Syracuse which dropped them down to No. 6 in the rankings, the Pittsburgh Panthers rebounded dramatically tonight with an 88-61 victory over No. ... Read More

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