http://www.post-gazette.com/ Local/regional news and features, Latest news, Education, Transportation, Mining Safety, Weather, Capitol Notes, Casino News, Casino Journal, News Obituaries, Morning File en-us Copyright 2009, post-gazette.com. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:44:48 -0500 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/09312/1011483-82.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml When the Berlin Wall fell on Nov. 9, 1989, David Francis was just a kid in Pittsburgh. Today, he's a journalist in Berlin. Amid the bustle, he feels history in every footstep. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:17:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011880-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml North Huntingdon police have identified the victim of a fatal pedestrian accident that occurred just before 6 p.m. Friday. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 14:29:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011878-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml City police are investigating a shooting that occurred about 11:15 a.m. today. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 11:36:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011838-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A driver whose vehicle got stuck on train tracks in Manchester last night managed to escape from the car before a freight train crashed into it. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 09:34:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011876-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Sun, 8 Nov 2009 09:30:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011875-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Pittsburgh police are investigating the exchange of gunfire near the intersection of North Lang Street and Thomas Boulevard. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 09:10:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011837-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Crews still were working this morning to repair a Verizon phone cable that was damaged Saturday. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 08:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011874-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Five people were hurt, two critically, in a crash this morning in the city. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 08:31:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011375-454.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml HIDALGO, Texas -- Pablo "Paul" Peralta-Cruz stepped up to the U.S.-Mexico border just as the sun was falling to the horizon last month, casting a dull light over one of the busiest international crossing points in southern Texas. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 07:40:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011388-454.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Watch a series of four videos by Post-Gazette photographer Michael Henninger, who accompanies illegal immigrants as they're returned to their native land. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 07:23:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011800-84.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Disgraced ex-New York Times reporter Jayson Blair talking to college students about ethics? What's next? The former head of Lehman Brothers on financial risk management? Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:46:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011654-122.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Shel Dorf, a prominent comic-book collector who instigated the founding of the pop-culture showcase in San Diego now known as Comic-Con, has died. He was 76. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:20:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011653-122.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Art D'Lugoff, who was widely regarded as the dean of New York nightclub impresarios and whose storied spot, the Village Gate, was for more than 30 years home to performers as celebrated, and diverse, as Duke Ellington, Allen Ginsberg and John Belushi, died on Wednesday at a New York City hospital. He was 85 and lived in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:19:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011650-122.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml William "Bill" Basch, a retired Los Angeles garment industry executive who was one of the Holocaust survivors whose stories were told in the Oscar-winning documentary "The Last Days," has died. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:18:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011488-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Mary Blandino was reading her Bible seven years ago when James 1:27 stopped her cold. "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress ... ." Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011759-53.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Because only a fraction of struggling middle-grade readers sign up for summer school, Pittsburgh Public Schools officials are trying something different to lure them in next year. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011775-455.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml All is quiet in the nearly completed subway tunnels 66 feet below the surface of the Allegheny River. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011796-454.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml GUATEMALA CITY -- Marta Munoz-Lopez strode through the room with a steely determination, her voice booming with the passion of an evangelical minister. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011757-53.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml About 40 parents, educators, pastors, school volunteers and other Hill District stakeholders gathered yesterday at Pittsburgh Milliones to begin writing a blueprint for the future of the neighborhood's schools in light of a new round of proposed closings by the board of Pittsburgh Public Schools. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011708-455.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml About 40 parents, educators, pastors, school volunteers and other Hill District stakeholders gathered yesterday at Milliones Magnet School to begin writing a blueprint for the future of the neighborhood???s schools in light of a new round of proposed closings by the board of Pittsburgh Public Schools. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011616-147.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml What's in a name? In the case of the newly renumbered Interstate 376, 15 years and nearly $40 million. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:43:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011617-53.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml For the last decade, North Siders who use Allegheny Commons Park have lamented the condition of their bridge to nowhere -- a fenced-off pedestrian span over Norfolk Southern railroad tracks that has been dropping chunks of concrete and nurturing weeds. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:41:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011563-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml No one was more surprised than Northside Urban Pathways Charter School teacher Jamilla Rice to find out a school assembly was actually a ruse to present her with a $25,000 Milken Educator Award. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:37:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011611-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml For some classes, teachers can pull open a file drawer to show off student work, but the creativity of Hampton High School teacher Dan Franklin's stage technology students isn't so easily contained. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:18:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011591-57.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has extended the operating license for two nuclear reactors in Beaver County by 20 years each. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:04:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011584-55.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A driver and four passengers were injured when their vehicle crashed into the former Coca-Cola plant building early yesterday in Washington County. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:03:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011583-56.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A man was fatally shot yesterday by a someone who walked into a crowded Wilkinsburg barbershop. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:02:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011610-454.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Penn State University plans to build a new Children's Hospital on the campus of its Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:02:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011593-53.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Former Pittsburgh Public Works Operations Coordinator John Barley took his bid to return to his former job to Allegheny County Common Pleas Court yesterday, appealing a Civil Service Commission decision that reversed his June firing but allowed the city to suspend him for a year. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011401-113.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Holy pumpkins, it's almost time to turn the rain barrel cylinder from "collect" to "bypass." Such a simple act, yet so difficult -- another acquiescence to the cold. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011589-122.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml John Dennis Ursu believed a quick wit and sense of humor could lighten almost any situation. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011595-53.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Longtime writer and editor Mark Roth of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has been named winner of the Joanie Award for excellence in journalism related to lung cancer for 2009. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011594-53.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A trial was ordered yesterday for a man who was charged with homicide after he showed up at a hospital with a bullet wound from a shooting last month in the Hill District. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011378-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A Northside Urban Pathways teacher today won a $25,000 Milken Education Award. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:58:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011437-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Penn State University plans to build a new Children's Hospital on the campus of its Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:53:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011376-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A man was fatally shot this afternoon by a man who walked into a crowded Wilkinsburg barber shop with his gun drawn Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011377-455.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml State and local officials today announced that the redesignation of Interstate 376 from Interstate 80 in Mercer County to the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Monroeville has been completed. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:43:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011373-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A driver and four passengers were injured when their vehicle crashed into a building early today in Washington County Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:55:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011371-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A trial was ordered today for a man who was charged with homicide after he showed up at a hospital with a bullet wound from a shooting last month in the Hill District Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:52:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011368-147.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml PennDOT has moved up the start time for construction on the Parkway North between Interstate 79 and Bellevue-West View to accommodate Pitt football traffic Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:39:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011221-455.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml It was, in the end, a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:16:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011355-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Cranberry Supervisors last night gave the go-ahead to plans for a new grocery along Freedom Road Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:46:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011353-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Parkway North high occupancy vehicle lane was closed today because of icy conditions Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011352-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has extended the operating license for two nuclear reactors in Beaver County by 20 years each Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011248-122.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Dr. Cynthia Ayers, a trailblazing Pittsburgh physician who broke down barriers of race and gender in the medical profession and in 2007 became the first woman to receive the Physician of the Year Award from Gateway Medical Society, died Wednesday. She was 67. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011349-455.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml SHARON, Pa. -- An 11-mile stretch of eastbound Interstate 80 is closed because of two crashed tractor-trailers Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:36:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011211-53.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Two unions are seeking to organize thousands of employees at the Rivers Casino, about three months after the North Shore venue opened its doors. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011227-58.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Ten years after he saved her from likely becoming the third murder victim in a day-long rampage, Squirrel Hill psychologist Barbara Vey posthumously returned the favor to Terrell Yarbrough, helping to convince jurors to spare his life. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011230-53.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Police are looking for leads to a pants-sagging robber who stole money at gunpoint Wednesday night at an Oakland convenience store. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011258-53.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Expressing concern about the closings and reconfigurations of recent years, the Hill District Education Council will host a public meeting tomorrow to develop a blueprint for neighborhood schools. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011224-53.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml St. John the Baptist Church in Lawrenceville may be no more, but its buildings live on in new ways -- the historic main church has been a popular brewpub and restaurant since 1996, and now its former rectory will become a residence for teenage students at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011225-53.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Pittsburgh City Council gave its first approval yesterday to a new ordinance that would require a chain of approvals before anyone in the 3,300-employee city work force could peek into anyone else's e-mail account. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011232-56.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A judge yesterday doubled the bond for a man recently acquitted of killing a 12-year-old Wilkinsburg boy who now faces new gun charges. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011299-51.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml For fans in the stands, the circus is two popcorn-scented hours of acrobats and animal acts, clowns and contortionists and trapeze artists and trick ponies. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011226-147.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml After 40 years of discussion and 20 years of planning, preliminary work on a $14.3 million project to widen the Wexford Flats portion of Route 19 should begin about this time next year, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials said. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011229-53.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A baby found dead yesterday in a storage bin at a Hill District apartment was not born alive, investigators said. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011250-122.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Nien Cheng, whose memoir "Life and Death in Shanghai" was widely praised as one of the most riveting accounts of the Cultural Revolution, died Monday of cardiovascular and renal disease at her home in Washington, D.C. She was 94. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011257-53.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Tempers flared and voices rose as Allegheny County Council members yesterday revisited the sale of the county Health Department building in Oakland, with Council President Rich Fitzgerald announcing that he has asked County Executive Dan Onorato to veto the deal the council members had overwhelmingly approved the night before. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011295-294.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml As it did all over America, World War II touched many families on North Euclid Avenue in Pittsburgh's East End. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011231-57.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml An Allegheny County judge ruled this week that a 17-year-old Clairton boy will be tried as an adult in the slaying of an 82-year-old female neighbor. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011233-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Trustees at the Community College of Allegheny County voted yesterday to approve a new three-year contact with 384 secretarial, library, accounting, clerical, housekeeping and maintenance personnel. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011238-178.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml HARRISBURG -- A statewide grand jury is considering recommending charges against former House Speaker John Perzel, R-Philadelphia, and a number of others in connection with millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded computer data that investigators believe was used for political campaigns. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011102-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A baby found dead this morning in a storage bin at a Hill District apartment was not born alive, investigators said yesterday. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:50:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011161-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Pivik Elementary School will remain closed tomorrow while gas lines are repaired, according to Plum School District spokeswoman Dawn Lynn Check Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:08:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011137-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Pittsburgh City Council today tentatively approved a new e-mail privacy policy for the city's 3,300 employees, after a repeat of last week's debate over whether the Mayor's Office has peeked at the nine legislators' internal communications Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:21:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011122-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A judge today doubled the bond for a man, recently acquitted of killing a 12-year-old Wilkinsburg boy, who now faces new gun charges. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011111-455.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A Washington County jury today spared the life of a Pittsburgh man convicted of first-degree murder in the killing 10 years ago of two students from Franciscan University of Steubenville Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:49:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010920-55.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml About 400 people visit the emergency room every day at the Hospital Pediatrico William Soler in Havana, Cuba. Here in the South Hills, St. Clair Hospital gets about 175 patients a day to its ER. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:44:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011105-67.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A sculpture of the late children's television pioneer Fred Rogers was unveiled on the North Side today Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011110-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Westmoreland County commissioners today announced a Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program, which will serve individuals and families who are at risk of homelessness because of loss of employment or illness or lack of a support system. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:31:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011107-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Allegheny County fire marshal says a fire that killed three children near Pittsburgh began as a grease fire on a stove that another resident of the house tried to extinguish Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:29:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010925-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The books have been formally closed on the 2008-09 budget year in the Steel Valley School District and the numbers aren't pretty. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010930-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml It's been a decade since the bloodshed at Columbine High School opened the nation's eyes to the issues of school security, bullying and disenfranchised students, and in that time progress has been made. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010876-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The school board has given middle and high school students 10 days to begin using the hand-scanner identification system to buy lunch in the school cafeteria, or they can dig out that old Harry Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010943-56.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Another fatal train accident at a popular shortcut across Derry has renewed borough leaders' push to construct an enclosed overhead walkway across the tracks. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010827-34.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Got roller skates? Toss them in the trunk when you head west to check out the new Market District Supermarket. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 11:32:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011103-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A 17-year-old Clairton boy will be tried as an adult in the slaying of an 82-year-old female neighbor, an Allegheny County judge ruled yesterday. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:58:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010844-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Sewickley's manager has compared a request by the Leetsdale Municipal Authority to combine waste-water treatment plants to high school dating. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011099-147.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Monongahela Incline will close this weekend beginning at 7 a.m. Saturday for maintenance. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:30:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010933-56.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A correctional company's request to allow 108 adult offenders into a facility currently housing juveniles has mobilized protests in Wilkinsburg. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010861-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The weather was not a factor in Mary Lou Capan's return to Western Pennsylvania. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:20:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010867-57.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The great ship Titanic will sink once again, this time on a stage in Carnegie with a cast of 62 actors who range in age from 5 to 82. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:14:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010836-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml At a time when volunteer fire departments are struggling to maintain their ranks, Cranberry is marking its 50th year with membership numbers on the rise. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010857-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml In the past 34 years, Jackie Robinson can recall only three days that she hasn't cared for a horse or, more likely, a dozen. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:04:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010911-55.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml On a recent trip to the World War II Memorial in our nation's capital, veteran Saul Kaufman, 91, noticed a 20-something walking with a cane. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:58:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010929-181.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Some voters and candidates got up yesterday morning and had an "ah-ha" moment when they checked the returns. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:54:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010795-57.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml There is little doubt about how Jacques Pignot, 82, of Mont-Saint-Aignan, France, feels about America and Americans. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:48:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010934-56.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The push to re-envision some Mon Valley communities continues. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:45:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010936-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Proponents of the recently approved Propel Charter School in Braddock Hills say it will give parents a much needed choice regarding their children's education. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:44:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010941-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Save the Children foundation's Carolyn Miles was discussing conditions she said will lead to 1 billion people dealing with hunger before the end of the year. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:42:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010947-56.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml This morning, 17 travel-weary students from Valley High School are due to arrive in Beijing, thrilled to be reuniting with old friends and eager to meet the students they'll be living with. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:35:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011004-122.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml John Mashek, a Washington, D.C., fixture who covered every president since John F. Kennedy and enjoyed a front-row seat in the pageant called the American Century, died Tuesday. He was 77. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:29:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010984-454.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Two years after pleading guilty to crimes he now says he did not commit, former state Rep. Frank LaGrotta is looking for exoneration in the court of public opinion. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:40:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011092-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Oakdale council voted 5-0 last night to raise the Local Services Tax on workers from $10 to $52, the maximum state law allows. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:28:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011094-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Whitehall council last night unanimously passed a resolution to participate in a joint feasibility study of the Streets Run watershed sanitary sewer system. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011093-57.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Collier officials are offering an informational workshop, "Natural Gas Exploration", at 7 tonight in the township municipal building. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:22:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011051-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A Westmoreland County man was killed yesterday when the mobile home he was trying to move shifted and pinned him to the ground. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:15:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010888-58.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml It's the season for giving thanks, and may we make a practical -- perhaps life-saving -- suggestion about a really meaningful way to do so? Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:57:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010928-58.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml There is a victim of domestic violence every fifteen seconds in the United States, according to Lisa Hannum, prevention and education coordinator with the Washington Women's Shelter Inc. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010927-58.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Orthodontist John Fishell figures he sees about four youngsters each month who come to his office with a sports-related injury to their teeth. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:55:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010926-58.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The California Area Historical Society and the California Area School District Foundation are holding a wreath auction. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:54:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010924-55.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Three Mon Valley communities will be asked to ante up a combined $20,000 to keep the doors open at a local branch of Carnegie Library of McKeesport next year. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:53:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010923-55.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Members of the Commission for Women at Penn State Greater Allegheny are hosting a fundraiser to provide more opportunities for professional development and other workplace programs. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:52:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010916-55.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The year was 1920. Pittsburgh was one of the 10 largest cities in the country; today, it's 60th of the 273 cities with more than 100,000 people. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:50:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010917-55.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Dormont solicitor Deron Gabriel, who came under fire last month for questioning some political signs in an antique shop in the borough, has been exonerated of any wrongdoing by council. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:50:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010907-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Mt. Lebanon Municipal Manager Stephen Feller presented his recommended 2010 budget this week, calling it a "bare bones, conservative proposal that reflects the difficult times we are in." Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:49:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010918-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Mt. Lebanon School Board has voted to create a community advisory committee to review the design plan for the pending $113 million high school renovation project and make recommendations to Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:48:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010919-55.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Scott: Despite the objections of some property owners, commissioners voted unanimously last week to change the parking pattern on Carothers Avenue, a busy street that links Heidelberg with Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010921-55.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Last year, the government of Zimbabwe stopped paying its hospital employees, resulting in hospital closings. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:45:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010932-55.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Sean Biagini has a knack for spotting drunk drivers. Their extrawide turns, the way they often weave in and out of lanes and their long stops at stop signs are all red flags. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:43:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010910-55.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml As American service members continue fighting, many civilians remain unfamiliar with the established military rituals for honoring those who have died in war. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:42:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010909-55.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Staff Sgt. David Wieger was 28 years old when he was killed in Iraq on Nov. 1, 2007. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:40:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010922-55.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Mt. Lebanon police made numerous arrests for underage drinking at two separate parties allegedly hosted by parents during the month of October. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:39:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011091-55.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Producer Jude Pohl is looking for children, age 4 to 8, for his upcoming show "The Nun Before Christmas" at the Crowne Plaza Cabaret Dinner Theatre in Bethel Park. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:33:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010942-56.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Our military personnel, past and present, will be recognized Wednesday, Veterans Day. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:26:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010948-56.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A newly constructed Walgreens pharmacy will finally open in North Huntingdon tomorrow. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010946-56.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Greensburg attorney Patrick Mahady calls it "a very simple issue." Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:24:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010945-56.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Westmoreland County Community College has approved a 10-year master plan that calls for moving the technology and work force training programs, but does not call for construction of new Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:24:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010937-56.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A proposed Sheetz convenience store on the border with Oakmont received a recommendation for approval last month from the Plum planning commission. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:22:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010939-455.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Wilson Frantz is in Iraq, thousands of miles from home. But when his 6-year-old needed him Tuesday, he was there. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:19:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010940-181.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The general election Tuesday yielded few surprises in the PG East region. But there was a significant development in Penn Hills. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:17:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010803-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Harmony Museum's 19th annual WeihnachtMarkt, (Christmas Market), will be held Nov. 14-15 in Historic Harmony and will offer food, shopping and entertainment. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:08:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010852-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Zach Albert, 17, of Boy Scout Troop 404, has earned the rank of Eagle Scout. He is the son of Jim and Karen Albert, of Cranberry, and a senior at Seneca Valley High School. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:08:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010879-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Fox Chapel Area High School Marching Band, performing its 2009 program, "One Way Out," recently brought home Class A trophies from their first two Pennsylvania Interscholastic Marching Band Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:07:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010873-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml North Hills Community Outreach, 1975 Ferguson Road in Hampton, will be open from 9 a.m. to noon again Saturday to accept donations of food and other items. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010835-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Concerns of a dozen or more neighbors of a new grocery on Freedom Road appeared to be at least partially allayed during a public hearing last week, just in time for Cranberry supervisors to vote. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:05:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010804-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Neighbors had no objections to a request by the owner of a landmark North Hills restaurant to rezone its parking lot for commercial use. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:04:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010877-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Computers topped the list of items that some Millvale residents would like to have in addition to books in the proposed Millvale Community Library. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:03:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010875-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Todd Kolson, principal of Mars Area High School, presented the school board with suggestions for five new courses and several course modifications at its Monday agenda meeting. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:02:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010811-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Capt. Erick M. Foster, a 1996 graduate of North Allegheny Senior High School, was posthumously honored last Thursday by the Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010810-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Services to veterans who live in the Cranberry area will be boosted exponentially by the decision to open an outpatient medical clinic in the fast-growing town. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010809-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The future of the Butler County-owned Sunnyview Nursing Home will be influenced by a panel that includes a man best known for his former role as chief executive of Allegheny County. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 05:59:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010793-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Most former water customers of the Saxonburg Area Authority should see smaller bills in the coming months. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 05:58:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010856-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml I am writing as a resident of Ross Township to express my extreme displeasure in reading [Commissioner Lana Mazur's] comments in a Post-Gazette article. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 05:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010850-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Amber Crowe of Butler County's Center for Community Resources is bracing for a rough winter. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 05:55:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010851-181.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Four North Allegheny school board incumbents, running as a group, appear to have retained their seats, all earning nearly twice as many votes as challenger and former district administrator Kathy Roppa. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 05:54:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010843-57.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Crafton Elementary sixth-graders will sponsor a schoolwide food drive through Nov. 20 for the food pantry at Crafton United Presbyterian Church. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 05:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010890-57.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Carlynton High School girls in grades nine through 12 will play two Powder Puff football games starting at 6 p.m. Saturday at Honus Wagner Field in Carnegie. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 05:46:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010883-57.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml It took years for Monique Raguet Jones to realize why she could not bear to have anything on her face. Or why the smell of hay upset her so. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 05:45:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010863-57.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A giant East Rochester sinkhole has been turned into a pile of mud, and that's good news for businesses in Riverview Plaza and motorists on Ohio River Boulevard. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 05:42:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010865-57.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Despite the objections of some residents and property owners, Scott commissioners have voted unanimously to change the parking pattern on Carothers Avenue, a busy two-lane thoroughfare. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 05:41:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010884-57.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Water was shut off to 20 delinquent customers in Carnegie on Tuesday -- the day after the deadline to pay delinquent sewer bills in full or set up a plan to pay off the bills in four months. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 05:41:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010871-181.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml By all accounts, Allegheny County Councilman Matt Drozd is the lightning rod on a 15-member council, which most critics and Grant Street observers say is devoid of any political backbone. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 05:40:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010849-181.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Allegheny County Councilman Michael Finnerty, a Democrat from Scott, won his second term on council on Tuesday, easily defeating his challenger, Republican Dean Petrone of North Fayette. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 05:39:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010900-181.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Robinson commissioners apparently will stay under Democratic control, although an upset had appeared to be in the offing until the early-morning hours yesterday. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 05:37:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010864-57.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A year ago, the Moon supervisors voted 3-2 to deny Wal-Mart approval to build a 160,000-square-foot superstore in West Hills Plaza. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 05:36:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010889-181.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The turnout was light Tuesday among West voters, who returned most incumbents to their municipal and school board seats. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 05:36:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010773-57.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Carnegie: The Carnegie Clutter Crew will be conducting a fall cleanup at 9 a.m. Saturday on Flynn Avenue, Hulton Street, Cubbage Street and surrounding areas. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010789-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Not many things can convince an 8-year-old to part with a fistful of cash. But Emily Morrison, 8, of Millvale, knows a deal when she sees it. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010957-53.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml One of the nation's top hotel management companies will oversee operations at the Hilton Pittsburgh, Downtown, as part of a proposed ownership change. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010978-53.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A rental property in Larimer was heavily damaged early yesterday by vandals who set the house on fire. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010734-59.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml North Huntingdon -- St. Stephen Byzantine Catholic Church will sponsor the following. Call 724-863-7429. Pirohi sale, 11 a.m. tomorrow. Cost: $8 per dozen. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010790-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The auction sale of the Evergreen Hotel property is scheduled to start at noon Nov. 10 at 1937 Babcock Boulevard. Proceeds from the sale will be used to fund drug enforcement programs. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010791-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A Ross hotel that has been the site of two very different kinds of gentlemen's clubs is scheduled to be auctioned off next week. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010951-294.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml I'm a college student, and I've been a die-hard Penguins fan since I attended my first game in the early 1990s with my uncle, and have followed the team every year. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010969-58.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Until he was 5 years old, Terrell Yarbrough suckled a baby bottle. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011018-178.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml HARRISBURG -- Democrats lost some key elections around the state and nation on Tuesday, but in central Pennsylvania, two Democratic candidates came away with historic victories. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011027-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml WASHINGTON -- When first lady Michelle Obama attended a performance by students at CAPA Pittsburgh along with other G-20 spouses in September, the percussion work of Jason Yoder stood out. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011029-58.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Sarah Palin won't be making book tour stops in the usual big cities when her autobiography hits the shelves, but she is coming to Washington, Pa. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010733-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml O'Hara -- Fox Chapel Area High School Marching Band is holding a craft show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 14 at the high school, 611 Field Club Road. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010783-57.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A $146,984 remediation system for abandoned coal mine drainage will be dedicated at 2 p.m. today in Findlay. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010982-53.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The family of a young shooting victim wept with relief yesterday over guilty verdicts in his homicide, while the relatives of one of the young men convicted stood startled in a courthouse hallway. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011022-181.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Amy Stoddard left South Side's Market House Tuesday evening without voting for Pittsburgh mayor. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011025-178.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Republican candidates' robust showings across Pennsylvania Tuesday raised GOP hopes for the next year's state and congressional elections. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010735-57.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Moon -- The Moon Parks and Recreation Department will hold ballroom dance classes from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays starting next week and continuing through Dec. 14. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010787-57.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Police news from the West suburban areas: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010979-53.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh tomorrow will host its annual State of Black Pittsburgh job fair and a town hall meeting keynoted by Chicago-based journalist and commentator Roland Martin. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010980-56.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Investigators think burglars cut hole in roof of Hempfield bank Investigators suspect burglars recently cut a hole in the roof of a Westmoreland County bank with the intention of stealing money. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010983-147.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A one-year countdown to a big change in the Pittsburgh parking business, and the city's finances, starts now. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500