http://www.post-gazette.com/ All News en-us Copyright 2009, post-gazette.com. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:29:20 -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/09312/1011901-175.stm?cmpid=news.xml Pitt defeated Division II Coker College, 83-40, this afternoon in the final exhibition game before Friday's regular-season opener against Wofford. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:58:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011798-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml When Philip Warman learned of the shooting rampage Thursday at Fort Hood, Texas, his thoughts -- and fears -- naturally turned to his wife, Lt. Col. Juanita Warman. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:40:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011483-82.stm?cmpid=news.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=news.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/09312/1011879-142.stm?cmpid=news.xml Pitt is in the top 10 in both national polls marking the first time the Panthers have been ranked in the top ten in November since 1982. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 14:13:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011877-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Sun, 8 Nov 2009 12:26:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011878-100.stm?cmpid=news.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/09312/1011781-143.stm?cmpid=news.xml UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- While Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor earned the biggest victory of his young career yesterday, Penn State's Daryll Clark suffered through yet another big-game meltdown. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 11:26:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011838-100.stm?cmpid=news.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=news.xml Sun, 8 Nov 2009 09:30:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011875-100.stm?cmpid=news.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=news.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=news.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=news.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=news.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/09312/1011487-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml When Eli Manning and Philip Rivers play at Giants Stadium this afternoon it will be the first matchup between the two quarterbacks who were swapped for each other during the first round of the 2004 draft. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 03:38:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011659-61.stm?cmpid=news.xml DETROIT -- The Detroit Red Wings have dry-erase boards in the dressing room, nestled between the showers and training room, that show how they stack up. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 03:38:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011818-449.stm?cmpid=news.xml California tailback Jahvid Best was carted off the field last night and taken to the emergency room after he landed on the back of his head when he jumped more than 5 feet in the air and flipped Sun, 8 Nov 2009 03:36:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011764-132.stm?cmpid=news.xml FORT WORTH, Texas -- Carl Edwards has found a way to try to mask the frustration of his winless NASCAR Sprint Cup season. "I've kind of tried to think of it differently," Edwards said. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 03:33:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011850-61.stm?cmpid=news.xml Zach Parise and David Clarkson each had a goal and an assist on the power play, and the New Jersey Devils won their eighth consecutive road game with a 3-2 comeback victory against the Ottawa Senators last night at Scotiabank Place. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 03:32:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011813-139.stm?cmpid=news.xml ARCADIA, Calif. -- What a gal! Sun, 8 Nov 2009 03:30:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011847-61.stm?cmpid=news.xml SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Things came crashing down for the Penguins last night. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 03:23:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011479-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml Ed Bouchette's weekly look inside the team, the issues and the questions Sun, 8 Nov 2009 03:21:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011720-449.stm?cmpid=news.xml Until the games start this week there is still one topic that dominates all hoops talk -- Kentucky. Yes, Kansas was the runaway No. 1 choice in the preseason Top 25. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 03:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011808-135.stm?cmpid=news.xml Duquesne scored the first 18 points and went on to beat La Roche, 95-48, in an exhibition game last night at the Palumbo Center. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:58:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011721-135.stm?cmpid=news.xml Want an escape from all that is wrong with NCAA "student-athletes"? Want a lesson in what this is all supposed to be about, a young person whose merits read like a blueprint for the NCAA core values and mission statement? Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011722-175.stm?cmpid=news.xml Pitt coach Jamie Dixon has come to find that if you play on winning teams your friendships with teammates will last forever. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011165-140.stm?cmpid=news.xml Expert skiers seeking something new this season in New England might check out New Hampshire's reopened Mittersill ski area, next to Cannon Mountain. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011166-140.stm?cmpid=news.xml Hidden Valley will start the 2009-2010 season with free lift tickets. Wisp, the resort that overlooks Deep Creek Lake in McHenry, Md., will celebrate its birthday with $7 lift tickets on Dec. 13 and 14. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011486-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml A look ahead at the winners and the losers ... Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:43:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011772-362.stm?cmpid=news.xml Tied, 3-3, in the seventh round of penalty kicks in the WPIAL Class AAA girls' soccer championship, Seneca Valley coach Dave Sylvester turned to a freshman midfielder who never had attempted a penalty kick in high school. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:40:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011770-362.stm?cmpid=news.xml For more than 100 minutes, Upper St. Clair relied on strong legs and quick feet to stay tied with top-seeded Mt. Lebanon. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:33:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011833-364.stm?cmpid=news.xml It's one down and one to go for the Mt. Lebanon girls' volleyball team. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:28:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011767-450.stm?cmpid=news.xml Shippensburg rolled up 489 yards of total offense and held off a late California rally in winning its first Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference title since 1981 yesterday at Seth Grove Stadium in Shippensburg, Pa. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:26:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011751-449.stm?cmpid=news.xml A look back at yesterday and how it shaped the 2009 college football landscape. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011823-61.stm?cmpid=news.xml SAN JOSE, Calif. -- It was a red-letter day, a red-jersey day and a day Evgeni Malkin was more than ready for. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:21:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011461-61.stm?cmpid=news.xml Dave Molinari's weekly look inside the team, the issues and the questions. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:19:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011745-233.stm?cmpid=news.xml Syracuse has one of the top rush defenses in the Big East and yesterday certainly seemed determined to stop the Pitt Panthers' vaunted rushing attack. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:12:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011857-37.stm?cmpid=news.xml THERE will be sirens, the menacing growls of attack dogs and blinding searchlights. But this time the terror will be prerecorded, a staged reminder that in this part of Europe, free speech once had a terrible price tag. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011858-37.stm?cmpid=news.xml Over the last year or so, the Vietnamese banh mi sandwich has taken New York by storm, elevating the once humble pork and pickled vegetable sandwich to heights of gastronomic chic. In Hanoi, however, the typical banh mi (which translates simply as "bread" in Vietnamese and is written in English as banh my in Hanoi) is a pedestrian fried egg or pâté sandwich with a few slices of cucumber or a light smearing of chili sauce. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011859-37.stm?cmpid=news.xml To the Editor: Regarding the Practical Traveler column "In Latin America, Luxe Costs Less" (Oct. 25): Even though Buenos Aires is not new on the "less expensive luxury" list, it still offers surprises. The last time I went, I found Miravida Soho, a recently restored 1930s mansion that has been turned into a small hotel and wine bar. It was probably the nicest hotel experience I have had in ages. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011860-37.stm?cmpid=news.xml To the Editor: Regarding the Practical Traveler column, "$855 a Night? Can We Talk?" (Nov. 1): The name of the game here is: It never hurts to ask. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011861-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml As Richmond High School tried to absorb the wrenching reality of a gang rape of a student on school grounds, the predominant reactions -- horror or sympathy or even fear -- were understood by the school's principal, Julio Franco. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011862-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml Dollars to doughnuts, Robert H. Rines will be mainly remembered not for holding more than 800 patents, starting a law school or writing music for the stage, but for his dogged pursuit of the Loch Ness monster. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011863-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- There are just over 100 people in the world serving sentences of life without the possibility of parole for crimes they committed as juveniles in which no one was killed. All are in the United States. And 77 of them are here in Florida. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011864-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- After two days of inquiry into the mass shooting at Fort Hood, investigators have tentatively concluded that it was not part of a terrorist plot. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011865-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml UNITED NATIONS -- The fact that it costs the United Nations an average of $2,473 per page to create every single document in its six official languages, while outside contractors complete the same work for around $450, prompts diplomats to accuse the organization of running amok during a global financial crisis. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011866-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml BERLIN -- "The Quiz of the Germans," a lighthearted entry amid a crush of serious examinations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, pitted three West German celebrities seated behind the sloping hood of an old Volkswagen Beetle against counterparts from the East perched above the front of a clunky Trabant. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011867-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml LONDON -- The questions before the judges in Courtroom No. 1 of Britain's Supreme Court were as ancient and as complex as Judaism itself. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011868-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml ICA, Peru -- A small grove of huarango, the storied Peruvian tree that can live over a millennium, rests like a mirage amid the sand dunes on this city's edge. The tree has provided the inhabitants of this desert with food and timber since before the Nazca civilization etched geoglyphs into the empty plain south of here about 2,000 years ago. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011869-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml BASRA, Iraq -- The orange glow of the giant natural gas flares in the oil fields around Basra represents this bustling city's wealth of natural resources. But for the impoverished people who live near them, the flames only serve as a reminder of their inability to share in the riches that lie beneath their feet. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011870-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml MOSCOW -- President Dmitri A. Medvedev said Russia might back sanctions against Iran if the Iranians did not take a "constructive position" on an international plan to temporarily diminish their stockpile of enriched uranium. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011871-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Afghan Defense Ministry and local officials in Badghis Province said on Saturday that seven members of the Afghan security forces had been killed in a NATO airstrike the day before that was part of an effort to aid a beleaguered Afghan and NATO operation against the Taliban. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011872-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml MOSCOW -- Along with the perennial calls for "land for farmers" and "factories for workers," Communists who marched in Moscow on the Saturday anniversary of the 1917 revolution offered a slogan of more recent vintage: "Russia without Putin." Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011873-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml HAVANA (Agence France-Presse) -- Secret police agents abducted and beat the blogger Yoani Sánchez, whose online reports chronicle the dark side of life in Communist Cuba, on her way to a march for nonviolence, she said Saturday. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011848-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml A monumental overhaul of the nation's health insurance system passed the House last night, in a vote that split Western Pennsylvania Democrats. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 01:13:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011846-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml If the Democratic-backed health care bill, which was approved in the House last night, becomes law, some changes in the way health insurance works in the United States would result. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 01:08:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011752-144.stm?cmpid=news.xml MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- A bad win? Never. That is something you never will hear West Virginia coach Bill Stewart say. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 01:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011795-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml The USS New York, built with steel from the rubble of the World Trade Center, was put into Navy service yesterday both as a symbol of healing and strength. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 01:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011844-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml A small majority of California voters supports the right of same-sex couples to marry, but by a much larger margin, voters oppose efforts to place the issue back on the ballot next year, a new Los Angeles Times/University of Southern California poll has found. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 01:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011777-87.stm?cmpid=news.xml UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor looked like a million bucks in his crisp gray pinstripe suit when he met his family and friends from Jeannette outside the locker room last night after the biggest victory of his football life. "My mom bought it for me. I make it look good, don't I?" the kid said with an enormous grin. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 01:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011481-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml ENGLEWOOD, Co. -- The flickering lights at Josh McDaniels' weekly press conference eventually were linked to construction outside the building. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:59:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011788-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml If holiday travelers on the same plane compare what they paid to fly, they're likely to find quite a spread, depending on when they bought their tickets. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011729-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml Linebacker Lawrence Timmons did not practice yesterday for the fourth consecutive day. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:55:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011789-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml A Minnesota teen who fled the state to avoid chemotherapy has finished his cancer treatment. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:54:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011843-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml Officials readied storm shelters along Mexico's Caribbean coast yesterday and told fishermen and tour operators to pull in their boats as Ida strengthened into a hurricane as it neared the resort city of Cancun. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:53:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011786-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml Saudi warplanes and artillery bombarded a Shiite rebel stronghold in northern Yemen yesterday for a third straight day, according to the rebel fighters, and Yemen's president vowed to wipe out the insurrection. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:52:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011780-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner yesterday turned a cold shoulder to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's call for a global tax on financial transactions by banks. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:51:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011782-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml Russia and the United States have a good chance of reaching a new nuclear arms reduction deal before year's end, but other nuclear powers must join disarmament efforts, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in remarks released yesterday. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:50:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011797-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service Tuesday honoring victims of the Ford Hood shootings, an attack he described as "all the more heartbreaking and all the more despicable" because it occurred on the nation's largest Army post. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:49:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011800-84.stm?cmpid=news.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/09312/1011794-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml No matter what Congress does with health care legislation in the next few weeks, one thing is already clear: The result will not do much to control the climbing costs of medical care in the United States. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:42:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011785-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml Massive colorful dominoes painted by German students were placed yesterday along the former path of the Berlin Wall to mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of the barrier that divided the city for nearly three decades. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:41:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011784-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml Anniversaries are the times to remember where we were when something significant happened. For Germans, Nov. 9 recalls 1989, when the Berlin Wall suddenly opened a crack and swiftly crumbled. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:39:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011811-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he may not announce it until after he consults with key allies and completes a trip to Asia later this month, administration and military officials have told McClatchy Newspapers. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:38:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011801-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml Afghan officials said yesterday a NATO airstrike inadvertently killed several Afghan soldiers and policemen a day earlier in northwestern Afghanistan. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:37:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011654-122.stm?cmpid=news.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=news.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=news.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/09312/1008887-67.stm?cmpid=news.xml New TBS late-night talk show hopes to reach wide audience Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011097-67.stm?cmpid=news.xml Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011162-437.stm?cmpid=news.xml Some things to do this week. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011163-44.stm?cmpid=news.xml Biography: "Charles Dickens: A Life Defined by Writing," by Michael Slater. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011168-37.stm?cmpid=news.xml NEW ORLEANS -- A grand celebration of Hollywood proportions has opened the newest wing of The National WWII Museum in the Big Easy. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011170-287.stm?cmpid=news.xml If you'd like to add to your snow-sliding repertoire, consider telemark skiing. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011171-287.stm?cmpid=news.xml It's the kind of publicity snowsports resorts savor -- free, around-the-clock videotape of snow descending on their slopes, lifts, parking lots and roads. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011359-139.stm?cmpid=news.xml While flag football got the PSL league started in 2000, the PSL now features 16 total sports with more continuing to be added. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011361-140.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks, a division of the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, recently won top honors in a nationwide evaluation of park systems. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011363-140.stm?cmpid=news.xml Plants seem to be at the mercy of the animals that eat them. But roses and blackberries protect themselves with thorns. Milkweeds produce toxins that poison all but monarch butterfly caterpillars. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011365-140.stm?cmpid=news.xml Some 15,000 years ago, as the last glaciers of the Wisconsin Ice Age retreated back to Canada Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011367-139.stm?cmpid=news.xml It's mid-October in the No. 1 Sports City in America, according to the Sporting News. It is 8 a.m. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011389-358.stm?cmpid=news.xml Hiking, winter activities, shoots, hunter safety courses, educational programs, volunteer opportunities and more Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011404-74.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Internet's a wonderful thing. It gives you the chance for do-overs, while print is permanent and unchanging. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011405-148.stm?cmpid=news.xml The old guard wishing for the return of the right-wing military dictatorship; anarchists and communists trying to promote a people's revolution: two brands of thugs serving the purpose of corrupt Greek politicians. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011406-139.stm?cmpid=news.xml Were all of American history written with the style and passion Wil Haygood pumps into his dazzling biography of boxer Sugar Ray Robinson, college history departments would be stormed by eager students. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011407-148.stm?cmpid=news.xml The monarch is the focus of history, but somebody has to make the show run behind the pageantry. For Henry VIII, it was Thomas Cromwell, for a time, at least. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011408-453.stm?cmpid=news.xml Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011410-358.stm?cmpid=news.xml Time-tested tactic on turkeys adds enjoyment and effectiveness to the hunt Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011411-358.stm?cmpid=news.xml A recent Pennsylvania Game Commission sales analysis report shows hunting license sales have jumped by more than 12 percent. From June 15 through Oct. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011412-140.stm?cmpid=news.xml Writer and historian Wallace Stegner called our national parks "the best idea we ever had." Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011413-358.stm?cmpid=news.xml Although November is prime time for targeting steelhead on Erie streams, there are still opportunities to fish from shore. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011415-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml Contrary to all available evidence, Obama suffered a horrible, terrible defeat Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011416-110.stm?cmpid=news.xml I commend the Post-Gazette for the Town Meeting on Health Care Wednesday night. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011417-373.stm?cmpid=news.xml Tuesday's elections ought to make them very uneasy Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011418-372.stm?cmpid=news.xml The 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's collapse marks more than the end of the Cold War Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011420-318.stm?cmpid=news.xml Business Calendar appears every Sunday Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011421-318.stm?cmpid=news.xml People on the Move Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011431-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml I will not text and drive, I will not text and drive, I will not ... promises PETULA DVORAK Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011432-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml On health-care tactics, self-destructive unions, inane local news, college lefties and more Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011433-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml Don't be deceived, says DR. CHRISTOPHER M. HUGHES, most physicians want fundamental health-care reform Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011434-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml Military families miss sending off their children to war by escorting them to their gates and watching as their planes taxi away toward foreign lands, says columnist and father DALE McFEATTERS Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011435-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml Yes, but that's just because people are crammed together there . . . Exactly! says author DAVID OWEN Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011436-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml My dad's out of it now, except when the Steelers play, reports BETH APONE SALAMON Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011438-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml Our global greenhouse Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011480-150.stm?cmpid=news.xml For a couple of teams who've won all but three of their 14 combined games, the Steelers and Broncos are lugging around plenty of issues, richly evident weaknesses that could send a promising football season careening into a u-turn tomorrow night in the Rockies. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011488-54.stm?cmpid=news.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/09312/1011490-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml After a look at banks' third-quarter financial results, one thing is clear: The industry continues to be hobbled by bad loans. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011492-435.stm?cmpid=news.xml Just when we're struggling to make sense of stock market's daily palpitations, the Oracle of Omaha comes along with a $26.3 billion offer for the shares of Burlington Northern Santa Fe [ticker: BNI] he doesn't already own and provides some insight to defog the befuddled brains of average investors. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011493-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml Can Rivers Casino -- riding a losing streak, with revenues below projections -- afford a unionized work force? We may soon find out. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011497-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml For the first 14 years that it provided free admissions to sports and cultural events for low-income and at-risk children, Tickets for Kids Charities relied entirely on donations. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011499-30.stm?cmpid=news.xml Taking the time to do a little preventive maintenance -- before things get stained, scratched, frayed, worn out or broken -- is like buying an insurance policy for everything in your house. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011504-468.stm?cmpid=news.xml Do you have a preference between Mac and Windows, and what do you know about Windows 7? Is it better than Windows Vista, which I have never used? Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011505-467.stm?cmpid=news.xml I love to have a lot of screen real estate. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011506-96.stm?cmpid=news.xml In an interesting article in last Sunday's Post-Gazette, Harrisburg Bureau Chief Tom Barnes wrote that, based on a trial in Philadelphia, red-light cameras soon could come to the city of Pittsburgh. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011507-96.stm?cmpid=news.xml SAN FRANCISCO -- Most people know eBay Inc. for its online marketplace, where deals abound on everything from gadgets to antique furniture. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011509-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml Vince Lombardi once said, "There is no room for second place" -- words that are quite pertinent to what your investment strategy should be. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011516-192.stm?cmpid=news.xml ELECTION DAY last Tuesday was an event for the few, the proud, the voters with the patriotism of Marines. As for the rest, they stayed home in droves. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011517-192.stm?cmpid=news.xml Allegheny County is premature in seeking proposals from firms to install electronic billboards on some of its buildings, roads and rights of way. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011518-192.stm?cmpid=news.xml Anyone remember Frank LaGrotta, the former Beaver County legislator who pleaded guilty to putting no-show relatives on his payroll? Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011519-110.stm?cmpid=news.xml I found the Nov. 1 article "Medicare Advantage Could Lose Some Luster" to be very timely and informative. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011714-155.stm?cmpid=news.xml Legendary investor Warren Buffett made a $26.3 billion bet on America's future last week. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011733-61.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Chevy Chase vehicle "European Vacation" was a mediocre follow-up to the first National Lampoon "Vacation" comedy. The St. Louis Blues should know something about that. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011736-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml Four proud old men gathered yesterday at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum to receive France's highest award, the Legion of Honor, for helping to liberate that country from the Nazis 65 years ago. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011753-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml Due to at least a temporary loss of endowment, the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh has slashed its budget, but still plans to launch 70 new churches over five years. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011755-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml A former Dick's Sporting Goods executive is facing criminal charges for insider trading as well as for more than $2 million in payments that prosecutors say he and associates received in connection with the development of new stores for the Findlay retailer. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011757-53.stm?cmpid=news.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/09312/1011758-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml Under a brilliant midday sun yesterday, a simple ceremony marked the groundbreaking for a permanent national memorial on the site where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a field on Sept. 11, 2001, killing everyone aboard. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011759-53.stm?cmpid=news.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/09312/1011771-364.stm?cmpid=news.xml For the second consecutive year the Quaker Valley boys' cross country team found itself on the victory stand at the PIAA championships. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011773-364.stm?cmpid=news.xml On the state's biggest stage, the WPIAL provided a standout performance at the PIAA girls' tennis championships yesterday in Hershey, Pa. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011775-455.stm?cmpid=news.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=news.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/09311/1011709-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml SAN JOSE, Calif. --Penguins defenseman Kris Letang left their game with the San Jose Sharks tonight about midway through the first period and is questionable to return. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 23:59:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011836-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- A monumental overhaul of the nation's health insurance system passed the House tonight, in a vote that split Western Pennsylvania Democrats. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 23:51:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011726-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. --- Much-maligned quarterback Terrelle Pryor enjoyed a triumphant homecoming in his first trip to Happy Valley as a visiting player. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:19:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011710-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml Shanksville, Pa. -- Under a brilliant midday sun, a simple ceremony today marked the groundbreaking for a permanent national memorial on the site where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed on Sept. 11, 2001, killing everyone aboard. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:43:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011711-142.stm?cmpid=news.xml Pitt pounded Big East basement-dweller Syracuse, 37-10, before a crowd of 46,885 today at Heinz Field and with that out of the way, the 13th-ranked Panthers can now start to look ahead to three big games awaiting them over the next month. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:31:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011712-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- On a brilliant, postcard day at Mountaineer Field, West Virginia overcame a leisurely start against a Louisville team that has struggled this season to eventually wrangle control and earn a 17-9 victory in front of 55,334 fans. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011708-455.stm?cmpid=news.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/09311/1011707-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml MORGANTOWN, W.Va.-- West Virginia West Virginia defensive lineman Scooter Berry, who was suspended indefinitely from the team on Oct. 20 following an arrest for public intoxication and disorderly conduct for an incident outside a Morgantown nightclub, had his suspension lifted and is playing today against Louisville. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:29:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011600-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml Two Western Pennsylvania women were among the victims in Thursday's shooting rampage in Fort Hood, including a 55-year-old lieutenant colonel who was one of 13 people who died in the attack. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:50:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011663-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml North Huntingdon police last night were investigating a fatal accident in which a pedestrian walking along Route 30 was struck and killed by a passing vehicle. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:39:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011706-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml A 21-year-old bicyclist was killed last night when he was struck in Butler by a car that left the scene. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011689-37.stm?cmpid=news.xml IN 2002, Doug Smith was bored. Korakia Pensione, his Mediterranean-style boutique hotel in Palm Springs, Calif., that attracted a celebrity crowd like Annie Leibovitz, Gore Vidal and Brice Marden, pretty much ran itself. Mr. Smith was looking for a new project -- a grand fixer-upper in an exotic locale -- where he could show off his well-honed style and settle into a life of rustic ease with his new wife, Josie. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011690-37.stm?cmpid=news.xml NASHVILLE isn't nicknamed Music City for nothing. Singers, songwriters and pickers -- not to mention their toe-tapping admirers -- have been pouring into the Tennessee capital for decades. Yes, the city's rhinestone-studded past still glimmers, especially downtown, where you'll find Hatch Show Print, the legendary poster shop, Ryman Auditorium, home to the original Grand Ole Opry stage, and a slew of honky-tonk joints. But there's more to Nashville than country music, especially in the once-sleepy neighborh Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011691-37.stm?cmpid=news.xml FOR many Americans, the fear of swine flu has made everyday acts like going to work, going to school or getting on a plane feel fraught with danger -- even more so since President Obama recently declared swine flu a national emergency. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011692-314.stm?cmpid=news.xml BY now, most high school dress codes have just about done away with the guesswork. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011693-314.stm?cmpid=news.xml SEVERAL years ago, as Labor Day approached and parents nationwide began that end-of-summer ritual I know all too well -- packing the children off to college -- I found myself facing a new and particularly fraught task: preparing to return my son not to college but to war, to the mountain passes northeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan, near the border with Pakistan. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011694-314.stm?cmpid=news.xml FIVE days a week, Michael Kiernan, 50, a computer network administrator, makes the 90-minute commute home from the Bronx County Courthouse, where he works, to suburban Long Beach on Long Island. Like a lot of New Yorkers, he has it down to a science. He leaves work at 4:45, walk-jogs across 161st Street, then hurries into the subway, where he gets into the first car on the D train. He stands by the door, riding two stops to 145th Street, then races up the stairs for the A train, a downtown express. Again he Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011695-314.stm?cmpid=news.xml RAPUNZEL has nothing on Avery, a 10-inch injection-molded mall princess whose flaxen hair cascades to her knees. Rapunzel might also have envied Avery's smart wardrobe and her arsenal of styling tools, from thumb-size lip gloss to a tiny curling iron. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011696-314.stm?cmpid=news.xml JAY-Z started spreadin' the news in September, and since then he has taken every prominent opportunity to remind us: he has a candidate for a new New York anthem, and he wants our votes. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011697-115.stm?cmpid=news.xml A start-up company from the Seattle area won $900,000 on Friday in a NASA contest to build a miniature prototype of a machine that could one day climb from Earth to outer space. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011698-185.stm?cmpid=news.xml NEW YORKERS maintain that Los Angeles is a city with no center. But Angelenos argue that the city of freeways has its core in the Stack, a tower of overpasses -- the first four-level connector interchange, according to the California Transportation Department -- where the Pasadena, Harbor, Hollywood and Santa Ana freeways intersect. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011699-185.stm?cmpid=news.xml FOR every smartly realized hybrid like the Toyota Prius or Ford Fusion, there has been one whose combination of price, economy and practicality doesn't quite add up. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011700-185.stm?cmpid=news.xml MY mission today is to offer my clear-eyed take on the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport. But the price keeps getting in the way. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011701-185.stm?cmpid=news.xml WHEN the Ecology Center, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group, released its 2009 guide to toxic chemicals in cars in September, the results held a pleasant surprise. For the first time since the center began rating vehicle interiors in 2007, a car built in the United States by a Detroit automaker had the lowest levels of toxic chemicals among all the models evaluated. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011702-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml Eighty-five Army reservists from three units trained to help with combat stress were among the thousands of soldiers stationed at Fort Hood on Thursday, and some of these mental health professionals were among the unlucky ones standing inside a medical and services processing center at Fort Hood, Texas on Thursday afternoon when a gunman trained as a psychiatrist went on a frightening shooting spree. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011703-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml JOHANNESBURG -- An international body charged with stopping the illicit trade in diamonds that fuel conflict has decided not to suspend Zimbabwe, officials said Friday, though its investigators had concluded that Zimbabwe's military had organized smuggling syndicates with the government's permission and used "extreme violence" against illegal miners. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011704-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011705-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml Israel on Friday rejected a United Nations General Assembly vote endorsing a report accusing it of war crimes in Gaza last winter, saying the resolution did not have "the support of the moral majority." The resolution, drafted by Arab member states, was approved Thursday on a vote of 114 to 18. The Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the Israeli Army had demonstrated "higher military and moral standards" in Gaza than any "of this resolution's instigators." Israel said the report was one-sided Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011626-61.stm?cmpid=news.xml SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Here in the Silicon Valley, where high-tech is the hometown staple, the San Jose Sharks have gone old school. It is a simple formula. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011635-365.stm?cmpid=news.xml Jason Bell stood proudly on the frosted turf at Cupples Stadium last night, reminiscing about how his Schenley players were so little the previous time the Spartans played for a City League championship, they don't believe it even happened. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011637-365.stm?cmpid=news.xml Class AAA: Franklin Regional cruised past Montour in a Class AAA first-round playoff game. And the Panthers owe it all to a two-minute stretch of dominance. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:24:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011647-365.stm?cmpid=news.xml CLASS AAAA: Pitt recruit Aaron Donald plays giant role as Indians shut down Upper St. Clair, QB Park Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:24:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011676-365.stm?cmpid=news.xml Football Summaries: Game by Game Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:24:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011602-139.stm?cmpid=news.xml Jeff Gordon is on the pole in Texas. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:18:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011644-365.stm?cmpid=news.xml North Hills stood its ground and its defense shut out fifth-seed McKeesport through the final three quarters to post a 19-7 first-round upset. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:16:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011645-365.stm?cmpid=news.xml Bill Arch's 6-yard touchdown run with 30 seconds left broke a 14-14 tie and lifted No. 12-seed Springdale (8-2) to a 21-14 upset at Monessen (7-3) last night. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:15:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011619-275.stm?cmpid=news.xml LeBron James scored 33 points in his only visit to Madison Square Garden this season, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 100-91 victory against the New York Knicks last night. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011569-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml KILLEEN, Texas -- On Wednesday and Thursday, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan seemed in a hurry to give his worldly belongings to a neighbor. First, a Quran. Then, bags of vegetables. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011656-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- By late afternoon, Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Forest Hills, was looking weary. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:58:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011571-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml Tina Reiter was treating one of her Iraq War veterans when he got the text message from his mom: an Army psychiatrist with orders to ship to the Mideast, a major no less, had just shot up a room full of soldiers preparing to deploy to war. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011622-34.stm?cmpid=news.xml Fox has ordered up "Master Chef," a new reality show that will pit amateur cooks against one another in a battle for culinary supremacy. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:51:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011426-388.stm?cmpid=news.xml In the very old days in Europe a musician would come to a new city with a letter of recommendation from a local patron. Beethoven had one, Chopin had one -- it was common practice. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:49:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011661-365.stm?cmpid=news.xml Football Leaders: Rushing, Passing, Receiving Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:49:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011616-147.stm?cmpid=news.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=news.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/09311/1011580-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml The national unemployment rate rose to 10.2 percent in October, surprising economists who had been predicting a more modest increase from September's 9.8 percent. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:40:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011623-388.stm?cmpid=news.xml If Brian Wilson were still taking stages with Mike Love and Bruce Johnston, would we have been bundling up to go see him on a November night at the Carnegie Library Music Hall of Homestead? Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:40:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011631-388.stm?cmpid=news.xml That hit the spot. A hallmark of the best classical music is its ability to usher in a world, taking you with it. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:40:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011563-298.stm?cmpid=news.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/09311/1011646-365.stm?cmpid=news.xml Andrew Bly rushed for 179 yards on 35 carries and scored three touchdowns to lead Hampton to a 19-7 upset of Chartiers Valley in the opening round of the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:21:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011611-298.stm?cmpid=news.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/09311/1011643-365.stm?cmpid=news.xml Aliquippa claimed a surprisingly easy, 27-7 victory at McGuffey last night in the first round of the WPIAL playoffs Darius Walker led the Quips with 113 yards rushing and one touchdown. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:18:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011636-365.stm?cmpid=news.xml Class AA: Cody Cook and Admire Carter combined to rush for 403 yards and six touchdowns to lead Beaver Falls to a 42-14 win against Steel Valley in the opening round of the WPIAL Class AA playoffs. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:16:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011612-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml During her annual "State of Black Pittsburgh" address yesterday, the president of the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh called for local black communities to rise above the weight of fatherless homes. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:15:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011614-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml At the convention of the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh, which is appealing a Common Pleas Court decision that awarded its property to the smaller Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh, there was laughter over the litigation and its possible consequences. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:14:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011618-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato yesterday vetoed the sale of the county Health Department building and a bill to impose county fees on nonprofit organizations, rounding out a week marked by episodes of legislative gamesmanship on Grant Street. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:13:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011639-365.stm?cmpid=news.xml Class AA: QB Jones battles first-half demons in first-round win Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:13:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011576-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml To those who yearn to see the Steelers implement the K-Gun offense run by Jim Kelly and the Buffalo Bills in the late 1980s, forget it. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:07:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011542-143.stm?cmpid=news.xml UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State wide receiver Derek Moye is lean and long and he has been coming on strong. He has rapidly developed into quarterback Daryll Clark's top target. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:05:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011591-57.stm?cmpid=news.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=news.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=news.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=news.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/09311/1011118-30.stm?cmpid=news.xml The value of a home is enhanced when it appears well maintained. The areas that are most thoroughly scrutinized are those that are readily visible during a quick walk-through. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011590-181.stm?cmpid=news.xml Rep. Don Walko's election to Common Pleas Court is likely to set off an avalanche of aspirants to fill the balance of his term in the Legislature. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011597-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml Shawn M. Garvin was appointed Thursday administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Region 3 in Philadelphia, encompassing Pennsylvania, Delaware, Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011625-61.stm?cmpid=news.xml SAN JOSE, Calif. -- After Tyler Kennedy missed practice yesterday at Sharks Ice, Penguins coach Dan Bylsma confirmed that the right winger has been shelved again by his injury. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1003472-37.stm?cmpid=news.xml We motored the Zodiac into Kealakekua Bay around noon, the sun shining off what I'd been looking for: The Captain Cook monument, its ivory surface and vertical shape sharply contrasting the green foliage background. ... Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1010492-37.stm?cmpid=news.xml McLEAN, Va. -- Winter Trails will celebrate its 15th year Jan. 9 at locations throughout the U.S. with free snowshoeing and cross-country skiing. ... Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1010962-30.stm?cmpid=news.xml No one knows what the future holds for you, your family, your job or your finances. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011116-30.stm?cmpid=news.xml Built around 1910, this Tudor-style stone house at 509 Clearview Ave. in Crafton boasts five bedrooms and two baths. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011120-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml Real estate news in brief. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011144-214.stm?cmpid=news.xml Bob Smizik wrote in his blog that he was sitting in the press box for the Pitt-USF game -- was that the first time in a long time? And will Ron Cook ever go to a game so that he can stop bashing Pitt for just a day? Both are in love with the Big Ten, why is that? Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011395-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml I'll be blowin' in the wind over America's Most Livable City Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011396-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml There is a primal scream that lurks within all of us, awaiting the proper moment to burst forth in all of its primordial glory. I uttered one of these Monday night. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011397-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml He hasn't brought enough force to bear against the recession Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011398-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml Oh pome of evil, of knowledge, of sin / plump and curved as a baby's buttocks. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011400-62.stm?cmpid=news.xml Have you ever lost money playing slot machines at the Meadows Racetrack and Casino? A small percentage of your losses are going to help homeless dogs and cats, if that makes you feel any better. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011401-113.stm?cmpid=news.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/09311/1011403-30.stm?cmpid=news.xml When home is where the view is, the heart will surely follow. That's how it happened for Judith and Steve Thomas. Leaving the land of sun and celebrity, Los Angeles, for Pittsburgh's variable weather and rabid Steeler fans wasn't as difficult as some might imagine. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011423-30.stm?cmpid=news.xml Home & Garden notes: A free seminar on "green" initiatives in home building is scheduled today from 9:45 a.m. to noon at the Crown Plaza Hotel on Fort Couch Road in Bethel Park, by South Hills Village. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011424-388.stm?cmpid=news.xml The stereotype of rock musicians paints them as flaky, unrealistic and even irresponsible. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011439-458.stm?cmpid=news.xml Homemaking: As my father got older, like a lot of men he became more finicky about certain things. One of them was his morning coffee. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011443-47.stm?cmpid=news.xml Q. We have a rather large pampas grass plant. What is the best way to reduce its size? In the past I have split it and given pieces away to be replanted by others. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011444-67.stm?cmpid=news.xml WTAE's expanded digital signal now is in operation 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011454-474.stm?cmpid=news.xml What happened to Tyler Urban? Lots of hype early about working him into the passing game but it hasn't happened. Sure seems like he could help out Brown. He must be frustrated as the extended tackle. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011494-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml Also in today's headlines: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011495-432.stm?cmpid=news.xml Giant Eagle's mission and second-class shopping Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011498-185.stm?cmpid=news.xml The $23 billion, five-year recovery plan for Chrysler Group LLC unveiled Wednesday was nothing if not ambitious, with big increases in market shares and sales forecast for each of its brands by 2014. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011500-432.stm?cmpid=news.xml Business Forum: The home medical equipment industry has become the scapegoat du jour in the cost-savings debate over health care reform. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011501-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml As PNC Financial Services Group converts about 80 National City branches in the region to the PNC system this weekend, customers aren't the only ones hoping things will go smoothly. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011527-63.stm?cmpid=news.xml NEW YORK-- Crowds roared, church bells rang and streams of paper rained down on Broadway as the New York Yankees celebrated their 27th championship yesterday in a way only this city can, with a parade up the Canyon of Heroes. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011528-192.stm?cmpid=news.xml Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of the greatest American writers of the 19th century, would have felt right at home this week in Bedford County. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011529-192.stm?cmpid=news.xml The killing of at least 13 people in the heart of America's military network in Fort Hood, Texas, is very hard to bear. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011530-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml Sure, Election Day 2009 will scare moderate Democrats and make passage of Obamacare more difficult. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011531-110.stm?cmpid=news.xml It infuriates me that Superintendent Mark Roosevelt and his executioners might place another 15 Pittsburgh Public Schools on the chopping block (Nov. 3 story). Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011540-233.stm?cmpid=news.xml Coaches often say that every game is important, and while that is generally true, it is also true that some games are a little more important than others. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011549-144.stm?cmpid=news.xml MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- It has been quite an eight days for -- as his head coach calls him -- "old No. 8." Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011557-139.stm?cmpid=news.xml ARCADIA, Calif. -- Life got sweeter for Life Is Sweet without her daunting stablemate Zenyatta in the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011559-450.stm?cmpid=news.xml In this day of on-field celebrations for making a tackle or recording a sack, Alex DiMichele is old school. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011560-449.stm?cmpid=news.xml Florida's Urban Meyer became the first coach to be disciplined under the Southeastern Conference's new policy regarding criticizing officials. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011564-63.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Minnesota Twins acquired shortstop J.J. Hardy yesterday, sending speedy outfielder Carlos Gomez to the Milwaukee Brewers in a trade. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011572-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml While safety Ryan Clark is not expected to play in Monday night's game in Denver, there will be no official confirmation from him or coach Mike Tomlin on his status before the game. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011573-136.stm?cmpid=news.xml Tiger Woods realized that no one was pulling away at the HSBC Champions yesterday in Shanghai, so he settled into a good groove with the putter and made sure he caught them. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011575-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Indianapolis Colts suddenly have some serious holes in the secondary: Cornerback Marlin Jackson and strong safety Bob Sanders are gone for the season. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011589-122.stm?cmpid=news.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/09311/1011593-53.stm?cmpid=news.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/09311/1011594-53.stm?cmpid=news.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/09311/1011595-53.stm?cmpid=news.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