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$12 for $24 Worth of Greek and American Fare at Opa! Greek American Cuisine

The gyro takes its name from the motion of a motorized spit, which was invented after manual versions made chefs tired from constantly rotating their arms and fending off confused bingo players. Savor spiraling flavors with today’s Groupon: for $12, you get $24 worth of Greek and American fare at Opa! Greek American Cuisine. Opa! Greek American Cuisine’s culinary team populates menu space with authentic, multicultural tastes of Greece and the United States. The tour of Greece ($17.95) showcases a sampler of the nation’s edible staples that includes moussaka, dolmades, gyro meat, deep-fried chunks of the Parthenon, and pastitcio, a mélange of ground meat, pasta, and béchamel sauce. Protein whisperers charbroil a quintet of lamb chops ($16.95) and marinate juicy morsels of pork, chicken, and lamb to pair with eager pita bread in the mixed-kebab entree ($15.95). An eclectic hodgepodge of handhelds rounds out the eatery’s bill of fare, occupying all four rows of teeth with large gyros ($6.25), cheeseburgers ($7.65), patty melts ($7.95), and fried-cod-fish sandwiches ($6.95). Groupon Says The Groupon Guide to: Childhood Traditions Read more…

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$12 for $24 Worth of Greek and American Fare at Opa! Greek American Cuisine

$12 for $24 Worth of Greek and American Fare at Opa! Greek American Cuisine

The gyro takes its name from the motion of a motorized spit, which was invented after manual versions made chefs tired from constantly rotating their arms and fending off confused bingo players. Savor spiraling flavors with today’s Groupon: for $12, you get $24 worth of Greek and American fare at Opa! Greek American Cuisine. Opa! Greek American Cuisine’s culinary team populates menu space with authentic, multicultural tastes of Greece and the United States. The tour of Greece ($17.95) showcases a sampler of the nation’s edible staples that includes moussaka, dolmades, gyro meat, deep-fried chunks of the Parthenon, and pastitcio, a mélange of ground meat, pasta, and béchamel sauce. Protein whisperers charbroil a quintet of lamb chops ($16.95) and marinate juicy morsels of pork, chicken, and lamb to pair with eager pita bread in the mixed-kebab entree ($15.95). An eclectic hodgepodge of handhelds rounds out the eatery’s bill of fare, occupying all four rows of teeth with large gyros ($6.25), cheeseburgers ($7.65), patty melts ($7.95), and fried-cod-fish sandwiches ($6.95). Groupon Says The Groupon Guide to: Childhood Traditions Read more…

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Bayer and United Nations Environment Programme Launch 21st Annual International Children’s Painting Competition on the Environment

PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bayer Corporation and the United Nations Environment Programme’s Regional Office for North America (UNEP RONA) have kicked off the 21st annual International Children’s Painting Competition on the Environment (ICPC). The ICPC, sponsored globally by Bayer AG and regionally in North America by Bayer Corporation, is an environmental education initiative for elementary and middle school students that uses art as its primary instructional vehicle. The theme of this year’s

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Riverhounds Unveil Plans for New Stadium in Station Square

PITTSBURGH, PA. (January 10, 2012) The Pittsburgh Riverhounds announced today the construction of a multi-sport stadium to serve as a home field for the United Soccer League (USL) professional soccer club.

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Lot 24 in Pittsburgh’s Strip District Commences Construction Dan…

European members of UN Security Council condemn Israeli settlements The four European Union members of the United Nation Security Council on Tuesday strongly criticized Israel`s plan to expand its settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank.

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Hitchcock: Crosby’s leadership carried Canada to Olympic gold in Vancouver

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – As Canada’s Olympic hockey staff gathered for breakfast the morning after a 5-3 loss to the United States jeopardized the home team’s gold-medal chances, Sidney Crosby walked by towing a pile of suitcases.

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Children become American citizens in South Side ceremony

Hailing from Belarus, Burma, the Dominican Republic, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Serbia and Vietnam, the children swore an oath of allegiance to the United States and collected certificates of citizenship at the Department of Homeland Security offices in SouthSide Works.

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Eaton Awarded U.S. Coast Guard Contract

PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Eaton Corporation has been awarded an engineering services contract from the United States Coast Guard, in conjunction with Integrated Marine Services, valued at approximately $20 million.

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Pittsburgh makes Top 20 "best places" list

Downtown Pittsburgh as seen from Mount Washington. Pittsburgh has been named by National Geographic Traveler as one of the top 20 places to see in the world in 2012, one of only two places in the United States that made the list.

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Top BMX Brand Kink Bike ‘Doing It Big’ with Video Podcast

PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Wizzard Media (NYSE Amex: WZE), the world’s largest podcast hosting service, announced today that internationally acclaimed Kink Bike Co., one the leading BMX brands in the world, has chosen libsyn.com to host and publish the Kink BMX Video Podcast series. With a stable of world champion riders the Video Podcast follows the Kink family and highlights BMX riding worldwide. Kink BMX bikes are available in most major BMX shops in the United States and distributed in 30

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