Anne Enright's novel "The Forgotten Waltz" and Robert Massie's biography "Catherine the Great" have won the first-ever Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in literature. full story ![]()

Irish author Roddy Doyle is among this year's contenders for the prestigious Carnegie Medal for children's fiction.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Winners of Carnegie Hero medals awarded Thursday: — Loren Earl Hazen, 21, of Kalkaska, Mich. died helping to save Andrew J. Killingsworth, 18, from drowning in Rapid City, Mich.,...
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Author Roddy Doyle is in the running for the highly regarded children's book prize the Carnegie Medal.
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Three Westmoreland County residents and one man from Moundsville, W.Va., were among the 22 named as recipients of the Carnegie Medal.
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A Tennessee truck driver who rescued a pregnant assault victim in Tobyhanna has earned the Carnegie medal for heroism.
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HARRISBURG (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden, who had a boyhood home in Scranton, will receive the Pennsylvania Society's Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement. Society president Jim Nevels said Wednesday that a sitting vice president has never won the award in the society's 115-year history. It'll be presented Dec. 14 at the society's traditional annual holiday dinner in...
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - A Pennsylvania woman who lost her life while coming to the aid of a victim of domestic violence was one of 22 people honored with Carnegie medals for heroism on Thursday. Stacey Lynn Feiling of Mount Pleasant died on June 1, 2010, after stopping to rescue Janet Piper, who was fleeing after being shot by her husband. Feiling was driving home from work and...
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - A Pennsylvania woman who lost her life while coming to the aid of a victim of domestic violence was one of 22 people honored with Carnegie medals for heroism on Thursday. Stacey Lynn Feiling of Mount Pleasant died on June 1, 2010, after stopping to rescue Janet Piper, who was fleeing after being shot by her husband. Feiling was driving home from work and...
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PITTSBURGH Winners of Carnegie Hero medals awarded today:
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