-- NATE HARPER

Pittsburgh police chief, after the third recent death of an individual involved in a standoff with police. Two of the victims were shot by police, but one took his own life during the showdown

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"It's a game. It's OK to party. But to destroy people's property --that isn't right."

-- AARON MARKS

Oakland restaurant employee, reacting to the broken windows, fires and other damage caused by some of the thousands of young people who took to streets there after the Steelers' Super Bowl win

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"There are programs, no matter how dear to the heart of the governor, that just can't be rationalized in this economy."

-- CHUCK ARDO

Spokesman for Gov. Ed Rendell, explaining his budget plan to cancel the eight popular Pennsylvania Governor's Schools of Excellence, which have provided free summer programs for talented students