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AP) GREENSBORO, Pa. Giving sultry looks and sexy smiles to the camera, 12 Pittsburgh-area women recently posed at Monongahela historical sites, baring it all -- or almost all -- to create a charity-driven calendar. The catch? The nearly nude ladies are all in their 70s and 80s, driven to adventure by a desire to raise money for a historical society in Monongahela, a small community 17 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. Overcoming fears the priest would walk by during a photo shoot or embarrassing their children and grandchildren, the women -- all well-known members of the tight-knit community -- are now...

Washington County Commissioner and Pennsylvania 12th district Republican Congressional nominee Diana Irey – the woman standing up to U.S. Rep. Jack Murtha – will make two national media appearances today: first as an in-studio guest on Mike Gallagher’s nationally-syndicated Salem Communications radio show, and then as an in-studio guest on FOX News Channel’s “Dayside.” WHO: PA-12 GOP candidate Diana Irey WHAT: Guest appearance on “The Mike Gallagher Show” WHEN: Tuesday, June 22, 2006 10:05 AM EDT WHERE: 200+ radio stations around the country

Why Did Monongahela Indians Disappear From Western Pennsylvania? Massive Droughts May Be Answer to Mystery, Says Anthropologist at Carnegie Museum of Natural History Story Filed: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 10:31 PM EST PITTSBURGH, Oct 01, 2002 (ASCRIBE NEWS via COMTEX) -- For decades, anthropologists have struggled to explain why the once thriving Monongahela Indian culture disappeared from southwestern Pennsylvania by 1635 - well in advance of European settlement. Jim Richardson, Curator of Anthropology at Carnegie Museum of Natural History, believes he may finally have the answer. In a study published in the journal Archaeology of Eastern North America, Richardson and...