http://www.post-gazette.com/ All News en-us Copyright 2010, post-gazette.com. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:30:51 -0400 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043705-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml NEWARK, N.J. -- New Jersey defeated the Penguins, 5-2, at the Prudential Center tonight to sweep the six-game season series and move into a tie for first place in the Atlantic Division. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:33:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043697-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Allegheny County homicide detectives are investigating after bones were found in Bullock Pens Park in Churchill. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:08:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043683-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Tim Tebow's latest visit to Florida Field looked like most of the others. He was cheered, revered and pulled in every direction. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:04:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043667-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Several local police departments and the Pennsylvania State Police have surrounded a house in Butler County where a man has refused to come out and has fired at least one shot, a Butler County dispatcher said. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:22:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043608-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml A New Castle police officer who was accused in 2008 of sexually assaulting two teenage girls pleaded guilty Monday to two counts each of indecent assault and corruption of minors. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:02:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043641-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Police charged a Garfield man with animal cruelty today after they found dead and dying dogs in kennels in his backyard. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:54:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043447-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml HARRISBURG -- At least three jurors hearing the Bonusgate public corruption trial wept as they ended a fourth day of deliberation today. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:53:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043660-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml McGuffey School District teachers have notified the school district they intend to go on strike Monday unless an agreement is reached. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:42:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043280-437.stm?cmpid=news.xml Shhhh, listen. Is that cracking you hear the sound of a glass ceiling beginning to shatter? Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:57:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043644-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml The city of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County are discussing a draft agreement that would move the city's financial management onto the county's software platform, officials said today. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:48:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043643-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml The West Pittsburgh Partnership kicked off a state-funded $150,000 master plan process today to reinvigorate the West End under a new brand, the West End Village. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:45:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043642-147.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Public Parking Authority of Pittsburgh announced today that half of the Mon Wharf parking spaces will be available for parking Thursday Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:42:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043573-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml All charges were dropped today against Alonzo Cotton, a Pitcairn man who had been accused in a hit-and-run that severely injured a woman in Homewood Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:31:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043633-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml BRADENTON, Fla. -- The Pirates' Kevin Hart made another calamitous start Wednesday in his increasingly imperiled bid to make the rotation, walking six of 12 batters and hitting another in the 6-3 loss to the Detroit Tigers this afternoon at McKechnie Field. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:24:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043631-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml A structure that was being demolished in Cheswick this afternoon fell into a nearby building, prompting an evacuation. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:20:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043626-142.stm?cmpid=news.xml SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) -- Seton Hall basketball coach Bobby Gonzalez has been fired. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:14:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043617-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml A fight between two national unions that has stalled negotiations with several local employers was settled today with a ruling from the National Labor Relations Board. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:08:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043510-139.stm?cmpid=news.xml Jerry takes your questions on March Madness and l'affaire de Ben. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:06:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043613-126.stm?cmpid=news.xml Pirates Q&A with Dejan Kovacevic Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:04:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043577-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml If the city leases parking garages to a private entity, a transition plan to help consumers adjust to rate increases and other changes is highly important, a panel told Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership today. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:39:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043340-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml A man whose arrest during Saturday's rowdy St. Patrick's Day revelry was captured on YouTube made his first court appearance on a string of criminal charges Tuesday, his face bruised. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:30:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043389-364.stm?cmpid=news.xml Ricky Cannon stopped 20 of 21 shots and Joshua Hetz assisted on all three goals as No. 1 seed Shaler beat Mt. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:38:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043527-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml A federal grand jury has subpoenaed interview records for seven people, including five city police officers, as part of a look into complaints of police brutality in the beating of a city high school student Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:30:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043520-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml The locomotive engineer who was killed Tuesday in the crash of two freight trains in North Versailles died of compression and blunt force trauma, the Allegheny County medical examiner's office determined Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:15:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043517-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml Allegheny County is looking for a new sponsor for the annual Celebration of Lights at Hartwood Acres Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:50:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043471-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl this morning sought the public's help in persuading Google to select Pittsburgh as a test city for a new, superfast Internet network. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:33:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043509-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Tasha2, the female peregrine falcon at the Gulf Tower, Downtown, has laid her first egg of the season Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:24:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043459-113.stm?cmpid=news.xml Legislation that would define a green roof and establish zoning height allowances for rooftop gardens was considered and postponed until March 30 at a city Planning Commission hearing Tuesday Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:55:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043478-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml NEWARK, N.J. -- Penguins center Evgeni Malkin will not play tonight against the New Jersey Devils. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:53:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043448-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml A man was injured when pieces of metal fell on him at a plant in Westmoreland County. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:47:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043341-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml Allegheny County Council is preparing to step further into the controversy over paying prevailing wages to janitorial, hotel and food service employees. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:22:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043467-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml A Mount Washington man was sleeping in his apartment early this morning when he felt someone get into bed with him Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:15:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043470-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml BROOKVILLE, Pa. -- Before finding him dead, at least five Punxsutawney Borough employees -- including police officers and the mayor -- checked on a man who was drunk in the back seat of a police cruiser, an officer's attorney said this morning Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:47:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043469-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml HARRISBURG -- U.S. Senate candidate Joe Sestak is challenging the petition of a fellow candidate seeking to get his name on May's Democratic primary ballot Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:39:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043468-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml The beacon atop the Gulf Tower in Downtown Pittsburgh will be glowing green tonight to mark St. Patrick's Day Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:35:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043465-147.stm?cmpid=news.xml Port Authority has reduced its estimate of the final cost of the North Shore Connector by $10 million, citing management efficiencies. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:26:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043460-147.stm?cmpid=news.xml Port Authority has halted the installation of new bus fareboxes because of a problem with currency jamming in the machines. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:07:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043458-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Narcotics detectives found 1,000 stamp bags of heroin and arrested two people after searching a Carrick home on Tuesday Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:57:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1041810-30.stm?cmpid=news.xml It's the drop-dead gorgeous views of the city's visual expanses of steel, brick and glass from No. 714's concrete veranda, though, that will really take your breath away. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:39:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043417-388.stm?cmpid=news.xml We're only three months into 2010, but last night's show at the Mellon Arena may have been the hip-hop event of the year in Pittsburgh. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:29:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043446-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml A man walking along state Route 764 was struck and killed by a motorist Tuesday. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:04:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043325-63.stm?cmpid=news.xml BRADENTON, Fla. -- To understand what makes Andy LaRoche tick, follow this sequence of logic ... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:24:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043359-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml Protesters from both sides of the health reform debate Tuesday thronged outside the office of one of the House's remaining fence-sitters, each trying to pull him in their direction. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:08:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043441-185.stm?cmpid=news.xml The aggressive incentives offered by Toyota (NYSE:TM) appear to be working, bringing shoppers back to Toyota dealerships—and the automaker back from a recall-related sales slump. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043440-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Several residents from the North Fields neighborhood in Adams asked the Mars Area school board Wednesday night to send school buses into their plan. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:41:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043416-61.stm?cmpid=news.xml Buffalo's Ryan Miller was pulled after giving up three goals in the first six minutes and Jim Slater's third-period goal gave Atlanta a 4-3 win against Northeast-leading Sabres Tuesday night. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:27:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043409-275.stm?cmpid=news.xml San Antonio's huge lead was almost gone, Miami's building was roaring and the Heat were clicking better than they had at any point all night. With one shot, Manu Ginobili changed everything. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:26:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043418-449.stm?cmpid=news.xml From local and wire dispatches Duquesne junior swingman Bill Clark was been suspended from the men's basketball team indefinitely and will not accompany the team to its CBI tournament game Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:25:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043420-96.stm?cmpid=news.xml If a stranger came up to you on the street, would you give him your name, Social Security number and e-mail address? Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043421-96.stm?cmpid=news.xml Federal regulators on Tuesday made public the details of their ambitious policy to encourage the spread of high-speed Internet access. But their 376-page proposal, the National Broadband Plan, was met with a chorus of questions, even from the staunchest advocates of its goals. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043422-96.stm?cmpid=news.xml PARIS -- European public broadcasters are calling on lawmakers to make it easier to offer their programming over the Internet, saying cumbersome copyright practices restrict their ability to develop new digital services and prolong the fragmentation of the European television landscape. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043423-314.stm?cmpid=news.xml WHEN Tina Podlodowski, a public affairs consultant in Seattle, goes to the gym to run on a treadmill, she often brings her Kindle and immerses herself in a mystery novel. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043424-314.stm?cmpid=news.xml I AM 11.6 miles from my destination, otherwise known as a lamp repair store, and according to the Maps app on my iPhone, it should take me 15 minutes to drive there. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043425-115.stm?cmpid=news.xml State employees began an aerial wolf hunt on the Yukon border on Tuesday in what officials describe as an effort to preserve caribou for shooting by hunters. Officials at the adjacent Yukon-Charlie Rivers National Preserve argued against the hunt, saying that the wolves have had a particularly hard winter and need to recover. The state plans to kill as much as 80 percent of the local wolf population in the next week, or 185 wolves; there are an estimated 46,500 caribou. Since 2006 the state has regularly gr Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043426-115.stm?cmpid=news.xml Ordinarily, Felix Baumgartner would not need a lot of practice in the science of falling. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043427-30.stm?cmpid=news.xml A SIX-BEDROOM SIX-BATH HOUSE IN NABQ, SINAI PENINSULA Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043428-30.stm?cmpid=news.xml BOISE, IDAHO Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043429-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- Before the health care fight, before the economic stimulus package, before President Obama even took office, Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican minority leader, had a strategy for his party: use his extensive knowledge of Senate procedure to slow things down, take advantage of the difficulties Democrats would have in governing and deny Democrats any Republican support on big legislation. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043430-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml Whether it's a correctly called a movement, a backlash or political theater, state declarations of their rights -- or in some cases denunciations of federal authority, amounting to the same thing -- are on a roll. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043431-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- In the last days of the 2008 presidential campaign, Joseph Biden warned that "It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy." The young new president, his running mate declared, would face "crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy." Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043432-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml PITTSBURGH -- Nationally, it may seem that in the seven years since Fred Rogers's death, the legacy of America's favorite neighbor has waned. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043433-298.stm?cmpid=news.xml ITHACA, N.Y. -- All weekend, Cornell University's residential advisers knocked on dorm rooms to inquire how students were coping. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043434-298.stm?cmpid=news.xml Facing intense resistance from teachers' unions, the Obama administration has begun trying to persuade union leaders, teachers and the public that its proposals for overhauling federal education policies are good for teachers and for public schools. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043435-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml FOND-DES-BLANCS, Haiti -- Before the earthquake that changed everything, Chlotilde Pelteau and her husband lived a supremely urban existence. A cosmetics vendor and a mechanic, they both enjoyed a steady clientele and a hectic daily routine, serenaded by the beeping cars and general hubbub of Port-au-Prince. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043436-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml BAGHDAD -- The followers of Moktada al-Sadr, a radical cleric who led the Shiite insurgency against the American occupation, have emerged as Iraq's equivalent of Lazarus in elections last week, defying ritual predictions of their demise and now threatening to realign the nation's balance of power. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043437-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml JERUSALEM -- The discord between the United States and Israel over Jewish building in East Jerusalem deepened Tuesday with Israeli officials saying they would reject demands by Washington and expressing anger over the public upbraiding of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by the Obama administration. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043438-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml JOHANNESBURG -- Jacob Zuma, the president of South Africa, has 20 children, three wives and a fiancée. Recently, the matter of how he supports this large and widely dispersed family has been vigorously questioned. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043439-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- For President Obama, getting into a serious fight with Israel carries obvious domestic and foreign political risks. But it may offer the administration a payoff it sees as worthwhile: shoring up Mr. Obama's credibility as a Middle East peacemaker by showing doubtful Israelis and Palestinians that he has the fortitude to push the two sides toward an agreement. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043330-142.stm?cmpid=news.xml When Greg Kampe brought his Oakland Golden Grizzlies into the Petersen Events Center for a non-conference game against fourth-ranked Pitt in November 2006, he did what most coaches of lower-tier Division I schools do against major-conference opponents. He "tricked it up." Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:26:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043401-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Federal Railroad Administration is investigating the collision of two freight trains near U.S. Steel's Edgar Thomson Plant in North Braddock early Tuesday. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:22:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043278-115.stm?cmpid=news.xml See a graphic that explains the Earth's rotation around the sun. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:17:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043352-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml It seemed to police like a high-stakes kidnapping, complete with a missing son, a distraught father and suspects whose ransom demands grew increasingly desperate. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:15:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043328-61.stm?cmpid=news.xml There was much screaming around here when Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury fished four pucks out of his net March 4 before being pulled against the New York Rangers in his first game after the Olympic break. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:12:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043375-450.stm?cmpid=news.xml In a game that featured Darryl Webb's monster performance of 27 points and 12 rebounds and Julian Sanders' 17 points and five 3-pointers, IUP coach Joe Lombardi preferred to talk about his team's smothering defense in an 84-72 victory against West Liberty University Tuesday night before a raucous sellout crowd at Memorial Field House. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:27:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1038227-37.stm?cmpid=news.xml BC-UST-PORTLAND:SE - travel (1500 words) Four-star Portland on a two-star budget: Penny-pinching without pain (PHOTOS) By Carol Pucci The Seattle Times (MCT) PORTLAND, Ore. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1040279-30.stm?cmpid=news.xml Commercial-style ranges are often the focal point of a high-end, gourmet kitchen. That can mean a panorama of stainless steel and sleek European styling. But it doesn't have to. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1040282-47.stm?cmpid=news.xml There are bigger names in gardening than hers, people perhaps more skilled at self-promotion on HGTV or Barnes & Noble or those specialty magazines sold at Home Depot. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1040285-37.stm?cmpid=news.xml I was wrong. Sailing the Mediterranean on separate luxury liners last fall, David Bear and I decided this was a perfect opportunity to pit the best against the best. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1040286-37.stm?cmpid=news.xml "It's not just the ship itself and all the facilities that deserve the highest rating -- but the myriad details, outstanding cuisine and, above all, the personal and discrete service offered by the excellent crew," said Douglas Ward, longtime editor of the "Berlitz Guide to Cruising and Cruise Ships." Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1040289-34.stm?cmpid=news.xml They are some of the most exclusive restaurants in the world, in that to dine in them, you pretty much have to be booked on an around-the-world, trans-Aatlantic or other cruise on the legendary Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1040291-314.stm?cmpid=news.xml One of the biggest trends in designer apparel in the past years has been the shrinking of garments to fit the smallest of consumers -- tots. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1041809-389.stm?cmpid=news.xml A cocktail can be a particularly festive way to begin an evening out. But today's super-sized martinis or Manhattans aren't always the most suitable drink for before-dinner quaffing. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1041848-314.stm?cmpid=news.xml NEW YORK This spring, fashion goes back in time -- again. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1042334-185.stm?cmpid=news.xml Being affluent is a tough order in the midst of a recession. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043263-114.stm?cmpid=news.xml Although 54 million Americans ages 5 to 64 have disabilities, performers with disabilities are "virtually invisible" in entertainment media, contends I AM PWD (Inclusion in the Arts and Media of Performers with Disabilities), an advocacy campaign that's trying to change that. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043265-114.stm?cmpid=news.xml Seventeen-year-old RJ Mitte was at the right place at the right time four years ago when he was cast as the son of high school chemistry-teacher-turned-meth-lab operator Walter White in the AMC drama "Breaking Bad," which begins its third season Sunday. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043266-51.stm?cmpid=news.xml Animal Planet, the Silver Spring, Md.-based cable network that says it's the destination for animal lovers, announced Monday it has purchased a new TV series in which it will introduce Mike Tyson, the heavyweight pugilist and avid pigeon fan, to the competitive world of pigeon racing. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043267-125.stm?cmpid=news.xml I know the Consol Energy Center hasn't opened yet, but has anyone thought of a nickname for the new arena? Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043270-290.stm?cmpid=news.xml Pitt basketball Q&A with Ray Fittipaldo Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043273-114.stm?cmpid=news.xml Jim Semonik is connected to colorectal cancer. In May 2008, at age 31, he was diagnosed with it -- the same disease that killed his father five years earlier. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043274-114.stm?cmpid=news.xml UPMC has opened a center to treat patients with a condition in which the heart muscle is abnormally thick without apparent cause. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043275-114.stm?cmpid=news.xml Q What is obsessive compulsive disorder, and how is it treated? Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043276-115.stm?cmpid=news.xml The vernal equinox -- when the hours of daylight and darkness are equal -- arrives on Saturday, marking the official start of spring. But for Pittsburghers, that's a lie. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043279-472.stm?cmpid=news.xml Sweet and delicately flavored, scallops are best cooked the day you buy them. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043282-437.stm?cmpid=news.xml Art news: Globalization has made the trek to grandma's house far more than over the river and through the woods. But physical distance isn't the only thing that affects family relationships. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043285-348.stm?cmpid=news.xml "Two and a Half Men" is back to full capacity. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043286-325.stm?cmpid=news.xml Review: Long before the stage arts illuminati discovered Pittsburgh's Squonk Opera, it was an oddball local band that integrated elements of jazz, classical and folk music, visually augmenting the sound with film projections, homemade props and unashamedly clunky movement elements. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043287-61.stm?cmpid=news.xml For anyone who has ever been squeezed as tight as a vise into a seat or banged his head against a railing trying to see around a pillar at Mellon Arena, the Consol Energy Center might just qualify as the proverbial lap of luxury. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043288-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml Discount teen clothing chain rue21 Inc. on Tuesday reported profits of $22 million in the fiscal year ended Jan. 30, up from $12.6 million a year earlier. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043289-114.stm?cmpid=news.xml Highmark Inc. is suing the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance, claiming the department is trying to challenge Highmark's right to operate under the Blue Cross-Blue Shield brand, and alleging that the department has "overreached its legal authority" to investigate the state's Blues-affiliated insurers. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043290-96.stm?cmpid=news.xml Gov. Ed Rendell says a broadened sales tax, at a reduced rate, would be fairer for consumers and businesses alike, but computer services companies say the proposed changes to the tax code would disproportionately affect their industry, to the tune of $210 million a year. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043291-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml The weather may be nicer and the grapes juicier, but when it comes to paying sales tax, be glad you don't live in California. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043295-192.stm?cmpid=news.xml Americans have 400 billion reasons to fill out the U.S. Census forms that will begin arriving in mailboxes this week. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043296-192.stm?cmpid=news.xml Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, chairman of the banking committee, offered a sweeping bill Monday to bring stronger oversight and regulation to the financial industry. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043297-192.stm?cmpid=news.xml Sixty-five years is a long time to wait for recognition, but the women aviators of World War II took it in stride. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043298-110.stm?cmpid=news.xml I am all for the redevelopment of unused land in the Strip but am seriously frightened by the current plan that was put forth before the last community meeting, demonstrating how little those meetings mean. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043304-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml Human beings, the philosophers tell us, are social animals. We emerge into the world ready to connect with Mom and Dad. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043305-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml Even though health care hysteria is currently in the limelight, let's not forget the next imposition waiting in the wings -- "cap-and-trade," which is based on the notion that people are warming the planet's climate. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043306-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml America's relations with Japan are in a jumble on a number of fronts. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043309-55.stm?cmpid=news.xml Significant gains in student achievement have garnered a national award for Propel McKeesport charter school, along with $100,000 in cash for its staff. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043313-454.stm?cmpid=news.xml A bill to make "sexting" a second-degree misdemeanor rather than a felony has been approved by the House Judiciary Committee. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043314-147.stm?cmpid=news.xml Lane markings on the newly repaved Parkway East inbound from the Pennsylvania Turnpike to Churchill were decimated by snow plows over the winter and must be replaced. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043315-58.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Washington County coroner has scheduled an inquest in the death of a man who was shocked by a Taser during an altercation with police in November. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043316-147.stm?cmpid=news.xml A Port Authority board committee will hear a proposal today to hire a private contractor to operate and manage the South Hills Village parking garage. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043317-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml Pittsburgh City Council will hold a public hearing on the city's response to the Feb. 5 and 6 snowstorm. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043318-298.stm?cmpid=news.xml City and school police were at Pittsburgh Carrick High School Tuesday afternoon as a precaution, officials said, after a student fight Monday triggered text-message rumors of a potential gunfight. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043319-56.stm?cmpid=news.xml A man ordered to spend the rest of his life in prison for a 1975 slaying lost his appeal to the state Superior Court on Tuesday. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043320-454.stm?cmpid=news.xml After about 19 hours of deliberation over three days, jurors did not reach a verdict Tuesday in the government corruption case of former state Rep. Mike Veon and three former aides. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043321-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml A Forest Hills man pleaded no contest Tuesday to several charges in connection with his work with the voter registration group ACORN. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043322-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml A Stanton Heights woman was arrested Tuesday after she left her two young children in her sport utility vehicle at an East Liberty shopping center for at least a half-hour while she got her nails done, police said. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043324-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml ENFIELD, Conn. -- In what officials described Tuesday as a "sophisticated, well planned" heist, thieves scaled the walls of a cavernous Eli Lilly warehouse, cut a hole in the roof, slid down ropes and loaded dozens of pallets holding $75 million worth of prescription drugs on at least one truck. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043326-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Tuesday that Osama bin Laden will never face trial in the United States because he will not be captured alive. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043331-61.stm?cmpid=news.xml Linescores do not get a whole lot uglier than the Penguins' numbers against New Jersey this season. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043335-34.stm?cmpid=news.xml NEW YORK -- PepsiCo plans to remove sugary drinks from schools worldwide, following the success of programs in the United States aimed at cutting down on childhood obesity. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043336-294.stm?cmpid=news.xml Each year on March 17, I remember my mother's birthday and think of her at 25, left alone on a houseboat with three small children in the St. Patrick's Day flood of 1936. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043337-154.stm?cmpid=news.xml Watching a war movie conveys a vicarious pleasure similar to watching workers on a construction site. That's a dirty and dangerous job, onlookers say to themselves, thank goodness we are not involved in it. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043338-114.stm?cmpid=news.xml If Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl has his way, sales of sugary drinks one day might be refreshing the city treasury. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043349-364.stm?cmpid=news.xml As recently as this fall, 73-year-old Paul Garlitz Jr. was throwing flags, calling penalties and running all over Western Pennsylvania's high school football fields with able-bodied teenagers. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043350-298.stm?cmpid=news.xml MILWAUKEE -- Girls have bridged the gap with boys and now perform as well on state math tests, but boys consistently trail girls on state reading tests -- sometimes by dramatic margins, according to a national report released today. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043353-63.stm?cmpid=news.xml Minnesota star Joe Mauer is hitting in March like, well, an MVP. Mauer got two hits in his return from a four-day absence Tuesday, as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Twins, 3-1. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043354-56.stm?cmpid=news.xml HARRISBURG -- A state legislator from the State College area has some words of warning for teenagers regarding the people they date. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043355-361.stm?cmpid=news.xml Basketball Box Scores from Tuesday, March 16 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043356-176.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- As the House moves toward a vote on health care legislation, one possible route to passage involves a procedural measure called a "self-executing rule," or "deem and pass." Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043357-114.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- As the White House and congressional aides continued Tuesday to adjust the final health care reform bill, their package of changes did not address an issue that could sink their end-stage efforts: abortion. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043358-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml One-third of the United States faces the possibility of "historic flooding" in coming weeks, especially the upper Midwest states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa, federal government forecasters said. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043360-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml More than any other golf tournament, the Masters has a way of warming the spirit and tantalizing the soul. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043361-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml Four people, including three firefighters, were injured in a fire early Tuesday in the city's Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043363-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml A compromise between Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and City Council keeps a trio of parking-for-pensions plans alive, at least until a June showdown that could decide the price of a space and Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043364-147.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has been hearing it from motorists who erroneously thought last week's opening of the "hole in the wall" marked the end of the West End Circle reconstruction project. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043371-96.stm?cmpid=news.xml BEIJING -- The Chinese government appeared Tuesday to set the foundation for Internet giant Google to pull out of China, with one spokesman contending that the company's potential departure would be an "individual business act" and another warning Google to obey Chinese law, whether it leaves China or not. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043372-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- When the young woman needed to use the toilet, she went out into the darkened tent camp and was attacked by three men. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043374-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml BAGHDAD -- A secular coalition challenging the Iraqi prime minister in the country's historic parliamentary elections has narrowly pulled ahead for the first time in the overall vote count, although it still trails in the crucial province-by-province count. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043376-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml JERUSALEM -- The discord between the United States and Israel over Jewish building in East Jerusalem deepened Tuesday, with Israeli officials saying they would reject demands by Washington and expressing anger over the Obama administration's public upbraiding of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043379-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukraine's new governing coalition in parliament said Tuesday it will pass a law against joining military alliances such as NATO, a move that is sure to please Russia while tilting Ukraine away from its previous pro-Western course. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043382-61.stm?cmpid=news.xml Penguins center Evgeni Malkin was the only player missing from practice Tuesday at Southpointe. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043387-364.stm?cmpid=news.xml Sewickley Academy star Tom Droney was unusually quiet offensively Tuesday night, scoring a season-low seven points. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043388-361.stm?cmpid=news.xml Lizzy King is developing quite a reputation as a clutch player. King, a junior guard, had the winning layup in the closing seconds for the second consecutive PIAA tournament game. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043390-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml LaDainian Tomlinson produced Hall of Fame credentials during a nine-year run with the Chargers, but he is the first to admit none of it matters now that he has begun the second -- and likely final Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043392-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml Ben Roethlisberger has not granted Georgia authorities an interview about the allegation that he sexually assaulted a college student earlier this month, but investigators did speak Saturday with "a number" of his companions that night. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043393-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml Pittsburgh City Councilman Ricky Burgess on Tuesday introduced two more bills that he said are designed to improve public safety and boost public confidence in the police department. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043396-142.stm?cmpid=news.xml A year ago Bill Stull wasn't even sure he would be the starting quarterback as a senior at Pitt. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043397-54.stm?cmpid=news.xml She's been going on shopping trips to Victoria's Secret while she's supposed to be under house arrest. She still has at least two horses registered in her name. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043399-361.stm?cmpid=news.xml Montour tried a different approach against Hampton this time. But it was the same storyline. Easy Hampton win. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043402-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml Six environmental groups in Pittsburgh marked National Clean Air Day Tuesday by urging the U.S. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043403-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml Ronald J. Gardner Jr. told the jury that paying taxes is voluntary, and more than that, that the federal government has no authority over him to force him to pay them. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043404-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml The state Department of Education has issued waivers for making up some snow days in four school districts: Canon-McMillan, East Allegheny, Penn-Trafford and Philadelphia. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043284-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Pittsburgh police are investigating the discovery of two young children locked in a car by themselves. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:08:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043246-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml A rally for health care reform today attracted 100 supporters, two opponents and a loud argument Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:51:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043283-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml His face bruised and bandaged, a man whose arrest during this weekend's rowdy St. Patrick's Day revelry was captured on YouTube made his first court appearance today on a string of charges. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:26:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043277-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve today repeated its pledge to hold interest rates at record lows to foster the economic recovery and ease high unemployment. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:21:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043259-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl today expressed support for Philadelphia's proposal to enact a tax on sugary drinks Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:17:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1042998-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml Arts organizations in Pittsburgh spent 2009 battling for limited resources in tight times. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:34:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043272-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Discount teen clothing chain rue21 Inc. this afternoon reported profits of $22 million in the fiscal year ended Jan. 30, up from $12.6 million a year earlier. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:33:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043231-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml The state Department of Education has issued waivers for making up some snow days in four school districts: Canon-McMillan, East Allegheny, Penn-Trafford and Philadelphia Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:30:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043271-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml City and school police were at Carrick High School this afternoon as a precaution, officials said, after a student fight Monday triggered text-message rumors of a potential gunfight today Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:24:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043268-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Police this afternoon confiscated 500 stamp bags of suspected heroin from a car driven by a North Side man who was arrested during a buy-bust operation. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:16:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043261-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml HARRISBURG -- After about 19 hours of deliberation, jurors have not yet reached a verdict in the government corruption case of former state Rep. Mike Veon and three associates Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:05:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043260-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Washington County coroner has scheduled an inquest in the death of a man who was shocked by a Taser during an altercation with police in November. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:53:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043220-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Two trains operated by a U.S. Steel subsidiary crashed this morning near the Edgar Thomson Plant, killing a railroad employee. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:26:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043258-147.stm?cmpid=news.xml PennDOT reminds drivers that East Carson Street (on the South Side will be closed in both directions tonight and Wednesday and Thursday nights Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:15:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043237-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml A man on the run from federal tax charges for nearly two years was found guilty on all counts by a jury this afternoon. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:11:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043239-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Tiger Woods said today he will return to competitive golf next month at the Masters in Augusta, Ga., but don't expect the first major of the season to turn into a media circus. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:10:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043242-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Pittsburgh City Council will hold a public hearing on the city's response to the Feb. 5-6 snowstorm. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:10:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043257-30.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON - Housing construction fell in February as winter blizzards held down activity in the Northeast and South. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:27:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043255-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml Ed takes your questions on the black and gold. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:21:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043227-135.stm?cmpid=news.xml Duquesne junior swingman Bill Clark has been suspended from the men's basketball team indefinitely and will not accompany the team to its CBI tournament game against Princeton on Wednesday. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:05:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043254-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml LONDON - British regulators today banned a former trader at Merrill Lynch International Bank from working on financial markets after he manipulated his accounts by about $100 million last year to hide growing losses. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:05:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043252-185.stm?cmpid=news.xml ROYAL OAK, Mich. - Saab Cars North America plans to locate its headquarters in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:04:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043221-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Three people, including two firefighters, were injured in a fire this morning on Shadeland Avenue. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:02:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043054-51.stm?cmpid=news.xml He spent more than three decades making the Metropolitan Museum of Art a blooming success as director of special events and master floral designer. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:56:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043244-34.stm?cmpid=news.xml NEW YORK - PepsiCo plans to remove sugary drinks from schools worldwide, following the success of programs in the United States aimed at cutting down on childhood obesity. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:37:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043245-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Penguins center Evegni Malkin did not practice at Southpointe today, but coach Dan Bylsma said afterward that Malkin remains "day to day" and is traveling with the club to New Jersey, where it plays Wednesday night. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:31:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043243-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml The woman who ran what she called a cat sanctuary, where hundreds of dead animals were found after an undercover investigation, faces having her probation revoked. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:28:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043235-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml Environmental groups in Pittsburgh marked National Clean Air Day today by urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to follow through on legislation to strengthen health-based smog controls Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:25:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043241-142.stm?cmpid=news.xml Ray takes your questions on the Milwaukee-bound Panthers as the NCAA Tournament is set to begin. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:23:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043240-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml A Forest Hills man has pleaded no contest to several charges in connection with his work with the voter registration group ACORN. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:19:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043236-126.stm?cmpid=news.xml Pirates Q&A with Dejan Kovacevic Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:54:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043003-298.stm?cmpid=news.xml The University of Pittsburgh has maintained its No. 1 spot on the Top 20 list of wealthiest colleges and universities in the Pittsburgh region, but two other institutions of higher learning on this year's list fell to a lower rank while two others advanced. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:38:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043232-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl today outlined his administration's plan to cap parking rate increases if public garages and meters are leased to a private firm. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:09:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043234-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml HARRISBURG -- A bill to make "sexting" a second-degree misdemeanor rather than a felony was approved by the House Judiciary Committee today. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043090-147.stm?cmpid=news.xml Sidewalks installed less than two years ago as part of a $7 million renovation of Point State Park are already starting to crumble. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:53:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043233-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml As residents continued to complain about police conduct in the Jordan Miles case, Pittsburgh City Councilman Ricky Burgess this morning introduced legislation that would require the police department to make an annual public report on its activities and problems. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:45:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1038224-37.stm?cmpid=news.xml PARIS - Hotel de Londres & Anvers is perfect for the budget-conscious traveler who plans to spend most of his or her time out and about in Paris and not holed up in a hotel. ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:20:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043230-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml U.S. Steel said today it plans to sell $500 million in senior, unsecured notes and will use proceeds from the debt issue for general corporate purposes. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:17:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043211-460.stm?cmpid=news.xml The annual Go Red For Women Conference to promote heart-healthy living for women took place Tuesday at the Byham Theater and Renaissance Hotel. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:16:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043217-460.stm?cmpid=news.xml Former Pennsylvania Gov. and first Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge was guest speaker Thursday during the Traffic Club of Pittsburgh's 108th annual dinner at the Omni William Penn. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:16:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043212-460.stm?cmpid=news.xml "I have relocated five times, and nowhere was there an organization like this. It's a great way to meet people and get to know the city," said Ann Zalla. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:15:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043215-460.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Alle-Kiski Medical Center Emergency Department The Sky's the Limit benefit featured Jimmy Beaumont and the Skyliners at the Pittsburgh Field Club Saturday. ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:15:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043064-442.stm?cmpid=news.xml Dorothy Snyder is the kind of teacher you never forget. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:14:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043208-460.stm?cmpid=news.xml Sidney Crosby served it up in Vancouver with the winning goal for gold for Canada at the Winter Olympics, but Tuesday night he was serving something different. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:14:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043216-460.stm?cmpid=news.xml Wesley Spectrum's Helping Hands Gala was held Saturday at the Westin Convention Center honoring Diane Holder. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:14:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043210-460.stm?cmpid=news.xml Jeannette Walls, best-selling author of "The Glass Castle," was the guest of honor at Bethlehem Haven's Lighting the Way Home benefit Thursday night. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:13:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043213-460.stm?cmpid=news.xml Ralph and Ruth Anne Papa were honorary chairs Monday night during the annual Champions for Children benefit Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:13:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043214-460.stm?cmpid=news.xml Richard Rauh was this year's Kerry Stoner Award honoree at the 24th annual Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force benefit, "A Midwinter Night's Dream." Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:13:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043218-460.stm?cmpid=news.xml The eighth annual Crushed Grapes Wine Tasting to benefit Sisters Place, which supports homeless women and children, was held Thursday night at the U.S. Steel Tower. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:13:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043219-460.stm?cmpid=news.xml Arias in Bloom at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Thursday offered guests a sneak peek at the Spring Flower Show. ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:13:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043229-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml JOHNSTOWN, Pa. -- A woman is facing statutory sexual assault charges after allegedly having a child with an underage boy Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:21:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043058-388.stm?cmpid=news.xml It might not be the first concert at the Consol Energy Arena, but it's the first announced for it. Lady Gaga will bring her Monster Ball Tour to the new arena on Sept. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:17:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043228-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml INDIANA, Pa. -- A 31-year-old man has been sentenced to six to 23 months in jail for recording men on his cell phone while they were using restrooms at Wal-Mart stores and a college campus Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:15:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043222-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml The North Hills School Board gave unanimous approval during Monday night's regular legislative meeting to an elementary redistricting plan that will go into effect for the 2010-11 school year. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:09:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043224-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Mt. Lebanon School District's $113.3 million renovation of its high school has effectively been halted, after the municipality's zoning board denied two variances the school district had requested. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:07:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043226-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml HARRISBURG -- A conservative Republican senator from Blair County is making another attempt to strengthen the state???s existing ban on marriages between persons of the same sex. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:51:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043105-155.stm?cmpid=news.xml Who expects a canvas sack sent from the other side of your lifetime to arrive in the mail? Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:45:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043225-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml A new subdivision of estate homes on a 42-acre wooded site in Pine received preliminary approval Monday from the board of supervisors Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:44:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043005-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml The theme for this year's Top 50 in Business section is "Going for the Green: Finding Growth Through The Green Movement." But in the larger sense, it's about sustainability: how businesses ensure long-term viability by controlling or reducing their reliance on resources. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:43:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043223-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml The fate of the Mayview State Hospital property will be discussed at a meeting in Harrisburg Thursday, but South Fayette officials are pushing for a public meeting at the former hospital so more interested parties can attend Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:37:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043209-460.stm?cmpid=news.xml Going green was the theme of the American Ireland Fund 2010 Pittsburgh Dinner Gala, but this year it wasn't a reference to all things Irish. ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:20:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043203-185.stm?cmpid=news.xml Toyota's sudden acceleration problems seemed to get immeasurably worse last week when San Diego resident James Sikes' Prius appeared to accelerate uncontrollably, requiring assistance from a California Highway Patrol officer's car to come to a stop. The media frenzy that ensued spread the story to every corner of the Internet, TV and print worlds. But now it looks like the whole thing may have been a hoax. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043204-185.stm?cmpid=news.xml Ford and Hyundai have both been making tremendous progress in recent years in building their reputation with American consumers—and upping quality, reliability, and desirability. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043205-185.stm?cmpid=news.xml TheCarConnection.com hasn't yet driven the recently unveiled 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe, which gets revised powertrains and some appearance upgrades for 2010. However, we're presenting you the rest of the story here based on previous drives of the otherwise unchanged Santa Fe, including highlights from other expert reviews as well to provide you with the most information available. We'll be updating this with firsthand driving impressions as soon as possible. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043206-185.stm?cmpid=news.xml TheCarConnection.com has driven the 2010 Dodge Caliber to bring you this hands-on review that covers styling, performance, safety, utility, and features from on-the-road observations. TheCarConnection.com's editors also researched reviews from other sources to give you a comprehensive range of opinions from around the Web-and to help you decide which ones to trust. High Gear Media drove a manufacturer-provided Dodge Caliber to produce this hands-on road test. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043207-185.stm?cmpid=news.xml TheCarConnection.com has driven the 2010 BMW 3-Series to bring you this hands-on review that covers styling, performance, safety, utility, and features from on-the-road observations. TheCarConnection.com's editors also researched BMW 3-Series reviews from other sources to give you a comprehensive range of opinions from around the Web-and to help you decide which ones to trust. High Gear Media drove a manufacturer-provided BMW 3-Series to produce this hands-on road test. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043174-169.stm?cmpid=news.xml Four area teams have earned a berth in the Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT), which begins Wednesday. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:12:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043055-388.stm?cmpid=news.xml Seven years. That's how long it has been since Jay-Z visited the 412. All right, to be accurate, it was the 724. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043145-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml Larry Foote asked to be released last year because he didn't want to be a backup. And the Steelers obliged because Foote was scheduled to make $2,885,000 in 2009, a steep price for a backup. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:34:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043168-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Steelers will pause to catch their breath after a week of spending in free agency like few others in their history. The spate of signings ended Monday. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:34:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043166-63.stm?cmpid=news.xml BRADENTON, Fla. -- There is talking about maturity, and there is showing it. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:05:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043180-61.stm?cmpid=news.xml David Clarkson had a goal and an assist as the New Jersey Devils scored three times in the first period against Tim Thomas and held on for a 3-2 victory against the Boston Bruins Monday at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:03:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043182-275.stm?cmpid=news.xml Toney Douglas is making a strong case to remain in the starting lineup. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:02:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043183-96.stm?cmpid=news.xml BERLIN -- The next generation of faster mobile networks is poised to lower costs for operators and potentially unleash a new price war in the industry in Europe. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043184-314.stm?cmpid=news.xml PARIS -- What is the final assessment on the 321 collections shown over the last month in London, Milan, New York and Paris? There are, of course, strong trends -- particularly in the powerful return of outerwear and a new focus on a more womanly and rounded figure. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043185-314.stm?cmpid=news.xml Silhouettes: Linear and slim, oval or hourglass. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043186-115.stm?cmpid=news.xml The word "phocomelia" means seal limb. It describes an extremely rare condition in which babies are born with limbs that look like flippers. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043187-115.stm?cmpid=news.xml In the middle of a terrifying desert north of Tibet, Chinese archaeologists have excavated an extraordinary cemetery. Its inhabitants died almost 4,000 years ago, yet their bodies have been well preserved by the dry air. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043188-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- When Judge Robert C. Chambers handed down Timothy Oldani's federal sentence for selling stolen military equipment on eBay, he gave the former Marine a break. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043189-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml At first, it seemed like a straightforward matter. Jim McLaughlin, who had led the operating engineers' union local in Southern California for 17 years, was reviewing some expense accounts and grew convinced that his local's apprenticeship coordinator had charged more than $2,000 in improper expenses to the apprenticeship program. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043190-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- The Senate cleared the way on Monday for final Congressional approval of a Democratic plan to spur job creation as Democrats grew impatient with delays in enacting what they hope is the first in a series of economic measures. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043191-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- In an interview with GQ magazine, Rielle Hunter talks publicly for the first time about her relationship with former Senator John Edwards, which began during his presidential campaign. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043192-298.stm?cmpid=news.xml In the blueprint for overhauling federal education policy that President Obama sent to Congress on Monday, his administration seeks to confront some of the major educational challenges that have developed during the eight years that President George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind law has been a powerful influence on the nation's public schools. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043193-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Thai Parliament postponed a scheduled session Tuesday as protesters continued to occupy the streets of the main government district in Bangkok. But there were also signs that the crowds of demonstrators, who are demanding that the government step down, were thinning out. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043194-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml KABUL, Afghanistan -- Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top American commander in Afghanistan, has brought most American Special Operations forces under his direct control for the first time, out of concern over continued civilian casualties and disorganization among units in the field. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043195-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml TALCAHUANO, Chile -- Just a few weeks ago, some 2,000 fishermen who ply the waters of this port city for sardines and mackerel were busy mending their nets and testing their rigs in preparation for the start of the four-month fishing season. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043196-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- An ill-timed municipal housing announcement in Jerusalem has mutated into one of the most serious conflicts between the United States and Israel in two decades, leaving a politically embarrassed Israeli government scrambling to respond to a tough list of demands by the Obama administration. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043197-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml BAGHDAD -- Partial election results released Monday suggested a sharp and divisive shift in power in Iraq, with a secular candidate challenging Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki and old alliances fracturing against a surge of dissident movements. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043198-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml MUNICH -- The priest at the center of a German sex-abuse scandal that has embroiled Pope Benedict XVI continued working with children for more than 30 years, even though a German court convicted him of molesting boys. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043199-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml PARIS -- Late last week, Nicolas Sarkozy said, "The question of a possible second presidential term while I'm at the halfway point is laughable if you consider the concerns preoccupying the French people and myself. I forbid myself even to think about it." Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043200-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml MEXICO CITY--The British government has notified Mexico that a handheld device widely used by the Mexican military and police to search for drugs and explosives may be ineffective, British officials said. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043201-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml BAGHDAD -- Flanked by his national security team, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki went on television Sunday night and praised Iraq's security forces for their work during the recent parliamentary elections. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043202-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml MOSCOW -- The pro-Kremlin party, United Russia, has again dominated regional elections, according to preliminary results released Monday, though opposition parties have made slight gains in a vote that has been seen as a test of President Dmitri A. Medvedev's call for greater political pluralism in Russia. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043086-122.stm?cmpid=news.xml As a dedicated working man, Bernard R. Novak could do just about anything. He laid block and brick, poured concrete, did plumbing, wiring and carpentry work, and even could fix cars. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:01:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1042984-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml A year ago, when the economy was going to hell in a hand basket, the mantra was "cash is king." Now some investors are eager for a regime change. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:25:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043131-63.stm?cmpid=news.xml Albert Pujols for Ryan Howard? Let's just say the MVP sluggers don't plan to pack their bags anytime soon. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:18:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043167-135.stm?cmpid=news.xml Duquesne (16-15) accepted an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational postseason tournament and will play at Princeton (20-8) at 7 p.m. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:18:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043129-364.stm?cmpid=news.xml Matthew Wregget made 20 saves for his third shutout as Upper St. Clair beat Penn-Trafford, 4-0, in a PIHL Class AAA Penguins Cup quarterfinal game Monday night at the Ice Castle in Castle Shannon. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:15:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043147-144.stm?cmpid=news.xml In a perfect world, the West Virginia women's basketball team would have been rewarded for finishing second in the Big East regular season and conference tournament with first- and second-round games in the NCAA women's basketball tournament with a short drive up I-79 to Pittsburgh, one of the regional sites. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:10:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043135-142.stm?cmpid=news.xml One year after fielding an uncharacteristically high-scoring team that averaged nearly 78 points per game, that age-old question concerning Pitt's offense entering the NCAA tournament is surfacing again: Do the Panthers have enough firepower to advance deep into the tournament? Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:07:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043137-142.stm?cmpid=news.xml When it became clear that the Pitt women's team would not qualify for the NCAA women's tournament, a number of people in the administration of the school were hoping the selection committee would hand them a nice consolation prize to fill Petersen Events Center for first- and second-round games -- top-ranked and undefeated Connecticut. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:07:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1042887-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml Call it green, call it sustainable, call it saving money, but one thing you have to call any efforts to cut costs or help the environment: a delicate balance. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1042888-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml The green movement has come far since Bette Midler joked in 1977 that she had gone organic: "Last week I ate an Earth Shoe." There are easier steps to take than that. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1042930-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml Pittsburgh has always been a green city, it's just that for the industries that have been strong here, green as in environmentalism, lined up with green as in cash. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1042978-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml With its abundant LEED-certified buildings, its superlative green wall, its fledgling biofuel companies, its transmogrified riverfronts and reclaimed brownfields, Pittsburgh wants to be known as a city where sustainability is taken seriously. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1042979-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml A customer brought an impressively old, tube-style TV into the Best Buy store in West Mifflin not long ago, taking advantage of the chain's year-old program to recycle consumer electronics. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1042980-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml PNC Financial Services Group was the region's top performing company last year, ousting two-time defending champion U.S. Steel to claim the honor. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1042981-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml It's not easy being green," lamented Kermit the Frog -- but at least he had a song to get the message out. For businesses looking to tout and market sustainable practices, it can be much harder. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1042982-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml The private sector is the innovating force behind all manner of green technologies and sustainable-living strategies. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1042987-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml Perhaps no business sector is such an obvious candidate for going green as energy. After all, fossil fuels often are villainized as public enemy number one. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1042989-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml After Nova Chemicals shut down a production line at its Monaca, Beaver County, plant last year, the company saw an opportunity to realign the facility with a goal of making it sustainable. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1042990-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml From a former bakery in the East End to a luxury hotel in the heart of Downtown, more developers are finding gold in green. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1042993-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml The paradigm that there was a choice between protecting the environment or protecting jobs has shifted to one that argues protecting the planet can create good jobs. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1042995-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml The classic image of an architect walking into a meeting with a cardboard tube containing blueprints tucked safely under his arm is fading away. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1042996-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml The green activities of transportation companies with ties to the Pittsburgh area are on display from one end of the globe to the other -- including Vancouver, the site of the Winter Olympic Games. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1042997-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml Women gained one more director's seat at Pittsburgh-area public companies in 2009 but the region's businesses still trail the national average when it comes to female board members. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1042999-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml Between a stubborn recession and a still-uncertain course for health reform, running a healthcare organization these days calls for nerve, patience and perhaps a little therapy. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043001-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml PNC Financial Services Group distanced itself from the field last year, using its acquisition of Cleveland's beleaguered National City to attain a market value nearly twice as large as No. 2 H.J. Heinz. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043002-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml A hospital is a building where people go to get well. But how healthy is the hospital building? Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043007-125.stm?cmpid=news.xml Billy Guerin was pretty open with his thoughts about Matt Cooke's hit (on Boston center Marc Savard) and whether or not a suspension was warranted. Could that cause a rift in the room between those guys? Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043010-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml Green stocks and socially responsible investments are a niche market that is growing dramatically as investors are increasingly aware that decisions made with their money could have an impact on the future of the planet. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043011-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml In early 2010, a South Side-based search engine optimization company called Eyeflow decided to complete an image overhaul. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043013-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml From building environmentally friendly branches to supporting green power to replacing styrofoam cups with china in break rooms, Pittsburgh-area banks are embracing ways to protect the planet. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043014-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml Want to do your part to save the environment? Buy a leather handbag. That is the message eBay is pushing with a new green shopping site and ad campaign. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043019-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml PNC Financial Services Group reclaimed its spot as the region's most profitable company in 2009, replacing the previous year's champion, U.S. Steel, which took a spectacular fall to the bottom of the scrap heap. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043020-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml Wall Street's 2009 miracle cure had a biblical theme for stocks of Western Pennsylvania companies, as many of those who were first in 2008 were among the last in 2009, and last year's leaders were among the laggards of 2008. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043022-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml PNC Financial Services Group displaced U.S. Steel at the top of the list of companies ranked by 2009 revenues as a result of its merger with Cleveland-based National City Corp. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043023-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml The companies landing atop of the heap in the region's growth category this year posted solid results across a number of performance categories. But the numbers alone don't tell the full story. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043024-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml Anyone who wants to make the claim that "America doesn't make anything anymore" should say that somewhere other than Pittsburgh. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043026-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml Hit hard by the economic recession and the 2008 stock market crash that battered their investment funds, most local foundations gave less in 2009. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043027-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml Shipping giant FedEx Corp., based in Tennessee, has been slogging through courts across the country, trying to defend its system of using independent contractors in its important, truck-based FedEx Ground division. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043028-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml To stay competitive in the 21st century, CEOs must embrace the new challenges of the sustainability revolution. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043029-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml I bought a new car that gets very good fuel economy and I also started riding my bike to work. My car gets about 35mpg in city driving (and closer to 40 on the highway). Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043032-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml "Food, glorious food!" sang the boys in "Oliver!" and also, it seems, residents of Pittsburgh as Giant Eagle kept the top spot as the largest private company in the region. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043034-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml If you want to be part of the green economy, you need to be prepared. You need a solid base of training and skills to take real advantage of the growing opportunities. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043036-334.stm?cmpid=news.xml Pittsburgh is creating a global model for "sustainable prosperity," one that rides out rapid swings in the economy. The region's remarkable transformation has become an international curiosity. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043043-290.stm?cmpid=news.xml I think Jamie Dixon is a great coach and this year proves it, but one thing has always driven me crazy. Is Brown in Jamie's dog house or is there some other reason why he is not playing? Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043045-369.stm?cmpid=news.xml On March 8, to celebrate International Women's Day, the Women and Girls Foundation hosted a program called Girl Gov. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043046-44.stm?cmpid=news.xml Think "March Madness" is all about basketball? Think again. For the second consecutive year, School Library Journal is sponsoring a "Battle of the Kids' Books." Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043049-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml In "The March of Folly," Barbara Tuchman asked, "Why do holders of high office so often act contrary to the way reason points and enlightened self-interest suggests?" Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043050-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml I am a big Joe Biden fan. The vice president is an indefatigable defender of U.S. interests abroad. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043051-436.stm?cmpid=news.xml DEAR CAT: I've been seeing my boyfriend for about a year. Everything is really good except in one area ... he can't always perform. Or, more specifically, he "won't" perform. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043052-348.stm?cmpid=news.xml CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Rielle Hunter said she and "Johnny" Edwards "love each other very much" and criticizes media portrayals of her as untrue in an interview in GQ magazine released Monday. Ms. Hunter gave birth to a girl fathered by Mr. Edwards. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043053-60.stm?cmpid=news.xml News Corp. will earn $350 million to $400 million from James Cameron's "Avatar" once the world's top-grossing film is also released on pay television and DVD, said two people with knowledge of its financial performance. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043056-325.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Post-Gazette will again assemble a list of dance recitals. Dance teachers should send the name of the school, date(s), location, contact person and phone number. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043059-325.stm?cmpid=news.xml With an MFA in theater from the University of Pittsburgh, Javon Johnson is no stranger to the local stage. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043063-318.stm?cmpid=news.xml by Natalie Hill Business Notes The Master Builders' Association of Western Pennsylvania launched a redesigned website, www.mbawpa.org. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043065-348.stm?cmpid=news.xml Rielle Hunter is said to be upset with several somewhat racy photographs of her that accompany the long interview in the new issue of GQ in which she details her affair with John Edwards, People.com reports. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043067-67.stm?cmpid=news.xml ABC News reporter and "Good Morning America" weekend host Kate Snow is jumping to NBC News. NBC announced Friday that Ms. Snow will begin work as a "Dateline NBC" correspondent later this spring. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043068-192.stm?cmpid=news.xml The decision last week by Democrats in the House of Representatives to end the practice of earmarking money in budget bills for contracts to for-profit companies should be praised. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043069-192.stm?cmpid=news.xml In its first eight months of operation, the non-stop flight between Pittsburgh and Paris operated by Delta Air Lines experienced some economic turbulence. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043070-110.stm?cmpid=news.xml Regarding the editorial "Adults Only: The Business of Air Traffic Control Isn't Child's Play" (March 10): I'm quite insulted by the quick judgment and uneducated attacks the media blitz find the Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043071-192.stm?cmpid=news.xml Black women have never had it easy in American society. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043075-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml Also in today's headlines: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043076-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml Get ready for Big Six, big rolls and lots of poker and blackjack. The Rivers Casino is revving up its table games operation. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043077-454.stm?cmpid=news.xml In this recession, being behind the times has been a good thing as the unemployment rate in the Pittsburgh area continued to be much lower than that in the rest of the nation. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043078-114.stm?cmpid=news.xml Beginning April 1, the 128,000 Medicaid enrollees in the UPMC for You health plan will be charged co-payments ranging from $1 to $3 for hospital stays, doctor visits and X-rays. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043079-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml Wilmerding-based Wabtec Corp., a product and service manufacturer for the rail industry, completed its second acquisition in five months Monday, purchasing Xorail LLC for $40 million in cash. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043083-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml A multibillion-dollar deal announced Monday could place coal giant Consol Energy solidly within the ranks of major natural gas producers. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043085-96.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- Declaring expansion of broadband Internet access the nation's next great infrastructure challenge, federal regulators on Monday unveiled an ambitious, decade-long strategy to make. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043087-114.stm?cmpid=news.xml STRONGSVILLE, Ohio -- Opening what may be remembered as the climactic sprint in the marathon debate on health care, President Barack Obama called for courage to address the needs of patients ill-served by the nation's current insurance system. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043088-114.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- As the battle over health care legislation built Monday toward a weekend crescendo, congressional Democrats considered trying to pass the controversial Senate version without voting for it -- a tactic that Republicans and independent analysts warned could be politically treacherous and perhaps unconstitutional. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043089-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml A trio of legal opinions on Monday boosted Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's argument that leasing parking authority garages to a private entity is the best plan for infusing cash into the troubled city pension fund. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043091-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml When Chris Pollock was trapped alone in a farm field two years ago, his hands caught in a grinding, mechanized corn picker, "I asked God three times to let me die." Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043093-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml During a geology field trip in 2004, the professor told his students that a road-cut featuring rock formations near Pittsburgh International Airport was a great place to find plant fossils. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043097-54.stm?cmpid=news.xml A former project manager for UPMC pleaded guilty on Monday to stealing $250,000 over a seven-year period. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043098-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml A maintenance worker found the body of a Squirrel Hill man, bound and shot, on a hillside behind a North Side recreation center on Monday morning, police said. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043099-298.stm?cmpid=news.xml Duquesne University plans to brief the city planning commission today on a proposed change to the school's master plan to allow a residence hall to be built with 12 stories instead of eight. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043100-298.stm?cmpid=news.xml The University of Pittsburgh trustees' budget committee gave its blessing on Monday to several construction projects, including a $28.2 million upgrade to physics and astronomy department laboratories. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043101-57.stm?cmpid=news.xml Residents at a low-income housing development in Stowe now have free wireless access to websites designed to help them in job-hunting and education efforts. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043102-454.stm?cmpid=news.xml A jury on Monday acquitted a man of vehicular homicide while driving drunk in a 2008 crash that killed a state lawmaker. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043103-454.stm?cmpid=news.xml The former head of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission would serve six months of house arrest and pay $150,000 but would be spared prison time under a plea agreement with federal prosecutors who alleged that he got a no-work contract from a former state senator. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043107-114.stm?cmpid=news.xml LOS ANGELES -- For the first time, researchers have shown that erectile dysfunction is a strong predictor of the likelihood of death by heart disease. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043108-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml Looking back in time sounds like pure science fiction, but that's what happens every time you see a star. The light producing that image has been traveling through time for thousands, millions, even billions of years, depending on how far away the star was at the time. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043109-153.stm?cmpid=news.xml Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones did a brave thing at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America annual conference in Pittsburgh over the weekend. The platinum-selling rapper -- who goes by the instantly recognizable moniker Nas -- told an audience of 900 students to be smarter than he was when he was their age. He told them to stay in school. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043111-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml BAGHDAD -- Partial election results released Monday suggested a sharp and divisive shift in power in Iraq, with a secular candidate challenging Prime Minister Nouri Kamal al-Maliki and old alliances fracturing against a surge of dissident movements. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043112-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml JERUSALEM -- A day after calling for calm, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday pushed Israel further toward confrontation with the United States by publicly declaring that settlement construction in Jerusalem will continue unchanged. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043113-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml KABUL -- The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban's No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to one of Mr. Karzai's advisers. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043114-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml KABUL -- Under the cover of a benign government information-gathering program, a Defense Department official set up a network of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to help track and kill suspected militants, according to military officials and businessmen in Afghanistan and the United States. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043115-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml MUNICH -- The priest at the center of a German sex-abuse scandal that embroiled Pope Benedict XVI continued working with children for more than 30 years, even though the pope was personally involved in his case and a German court convicted the priest of molesting boys. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043116-298.stm?cmpid=news.xml The state Department of Education announced the team that Wednesday will make a presentation aimed at winning up to $400 million in Race to the Top money to improve education. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043132-142.stm?cmpid=news.xml You think Pitt shouldn't at least look into the possibility of joining the Big Ten Conference? You think it automatically will be better off staying in the Big East? Think again. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043134-61.stm?cmpid=news.xml Eric Godard has seen this kind of buildup before. The talk of retribution and carnage, of mayhem and vengeance. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043139-61.stm?cmpid=news.xml Evgeni Malkin's foot isn't broken. Whether his modest streak of 50 consecutive games played will be isn't quite so certain. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043150-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- Federal auditors on Monday put a stop to Army plans to award a $1 billion training program for Afghan police officers to Xe Services, the company formerly known as Blackwater, concluding that other companies were unfairly excluded from bidding on the job. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043151-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml A man found dead in the back of a Punxsutawney police car last year had been left there for more than five hours, "checked occasionally by borough employees," state police said Monday. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043152-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml Concerned citizens attend a public hearing held by city council Monday on the proposed strip club along West Carson Street. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043153-57.stm?cmpid=news.xml Two Catholic elementary schools in McKees Rocks and Coraopolis are on the endangered list because a private foundation is unable to continue donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to each next school year. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043155-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml Just after daybreak, Lt. John Sharpe lowered the American flags outside Engine Co. 38 to half-staff, but even as night fell he was still struggling with why. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043156-56.stm?cmpid=news.xml In his opening statement to jurors last week, William Page's defense attorney told them they should disregard the recorded statement his client made to police in which he admitted to leaving his nearly 2-year-old daughter in sub-freezing temperatures to die. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043158-114.stm?cmpid=news.xml Two dozen toga-wearing protesters retold the story of the assassination of Julius Caesar outside UPMC's Downtown headquarters on Monday. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043159-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- Eighteen months after Wall Street's brush with apocalypse, the Senate began Monday to rewrite the nation's financial regulatory rules with introduction of a sweeping bill designed to fix the causes of the deep economic crisis. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043163-454.stm?cmpid=news.xml HARRISBURG -- A Dauphin County jury Monday evening wrapped up its 11th hour deliberating the fate of former state Rep. Mike Veon and three former legislative aides accused in a wide-ranging government corruption scheme. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400