http://www.post-gazette.com/ All News en-us Copyright 2010, post-gazette.com. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:01:34 -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/10070/1038215-37.stm?cmpid=news.xml DENVER - While ski and snowboard makers showed off their latest models at SnowSports Industries America's annual Snow Show this year, inventors with big ideas were trying to get retailers to bite. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041593-54.stm?cmpid=news.xml Butler - The Butler County Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Elisabeth Heath-Charles, will present its Family Pops Concert, Modern America, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041594-59.stm?cmpid=news.xml Greensburg - The Westmoreland Museum of American Art will sponsor "Conserving Our Paper Heritage" at noon Wednesday as part of its Brown Bag Lecture series. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041595-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Coraopolis United Methodist Church, 1205 Ridge Ave., will hold a performance by soprano Amy Stabnau and pianist and church music director Alastair Stout at noon Wednesday. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041596-58.stm?cmpid=news.xml Bethel Park - "Bunnies, Baskets and Bonnets," presented by Bethel Park Heritage Players' Theater for Kids Classes, will be held at 7 p.m. March 19 at Bethel Park Community Center. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041603-440.stm?cmpid=news.xml Last month, Munch read PG food writer Marlene Parrish's ode to the humanely slaughtered and locally sourced meats at the new Salem's Grill in the Strip District. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041604-388.stm?cmpid=news.xml Those booking They Might Be Giants right now can choose from a menu of three different packages: There's the basic anything-goes set, the 20th anniversary of "Flood" celebration show and then the one that helps you learn your numbers and ABCs. ... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041605-325.stm?cmpid=news.xml Lenora Nemetz loves to laugh and make audiences laugh, so thank heavens for "Nunsense." Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041611-361.stm?cmpid=news.xml The WPIAL basketball title games all take place at the A.J. Palumbo Center on the campus of Duquesne University. With the mind-set the Mt. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041612-361.stm?cmpid=news.xml Mt. Lebanon boys' basketball coach Joe David is pleased with his team's unbeaten record against Section 4-AAAA opponents this season, but he believes the 25-1 Blue Devils' prowess against Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041613-361.stm?cmpid=news.xml Last weekend's WPIAL championships did more than crown eight teams as best in Western Pennsylvania. They also gave new life to a handful of others. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041617-364.stm?cmpid=news.xml In this season featuring equal parts long runs of excellence and extended periods of ineptitude, the Mt. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041618-364.stm?cmpid=news.xml Bethel Park's Adam Lazenga experienced a first in Saturday's WPIAL Class AAA 285-pound title match against Connellsville's Travis Miller. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041619-361.stm?cmpid=news.xml When Gateway boys' basketball coach Mitch Adams talks about the fact his team was "taking shots" all season, he isn't referring to mid-range jumpers, 3-pointers or free throws. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041620-361.stm?cmpid=news.xml Last weekend's WPIAL championships did more than crown eight teams as best in Western Pennsylvania. They also gave new life to a handful of others. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041621-361.stm?cmpid=news.xml A memorable performance on a major stage can sometimes leave a player at a loss for words. Take Jeannette's Ciara Gregory, for example. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041622-361.stm?cmpid=news.xml Midway through the third quarter of Saturday's City League boys' high school basketball championship game against Oliver, the Allderdice team's substitutes and fans rocked the Peabody High Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041623-364.stm?cmpid=news.xml Forgive the Plum hockey team for having a feeling of invincibility -- and having it at just the right time, the start of the PIHL Class AAA Penguins Cup playoffs. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041624-364.stm?cmpid=news.xml Plum is wondering why it is seeded fifth in the PIHL Class AAA Penguins Cup playoffs despite having more points than the No. 3 seed, a team it defeated in the regular season. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041625-364.stm?cmpid=news.xml It was a double gold weekend for Central Catholic and Derry Area at the WPIAL Class AAA wrestling tournament. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041632-258.stm?cmpid=news.xml McKees Rocks residents can learn what to do to protect themselves and their property from possible flooding at 5:30 p.m. today in St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Church on Ella Street. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041633-388.stm?cmpid=news.xml 28 North, a bluesy Pittsburgh band that doesn't hide its classic-rock influences (from the Allman Brothers to Zeppelin to Santana), will release its second CD, "Mystery," with a show at Altar Bar in the Strip on Saturday at 9 p.m. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041635-57.stm?cmpid=news.xml Lydia's Place is seeking donations of bridal gowns, accessories and formal dresses for its second annual bridal and formal dress sale April 7-11 in the center atrium at the Mall at Robinson. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041636-57.stm?cmpid=news.xml Police news from the West suburban area: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041637-57.stm?cmpid=news.xml Carnegie council voted unanimously Monday to reduce the monthly delinquent sewage fee from 10 percent to 1.5 percent. Also, officials appointed Jordan Tax Service as delinquent sewage collector. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041638-327.stm?cmpid=news.xml Best of all is what's on stage, a high school production that felt more like a pretty good college. "Shall We Dance," which played to packed houses last weekend, was a slick, eye-filling revue. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041639-57.stm?cmpid=news.xml Complaints of foul odors around Findlay's Imperial Landfill have spiked recently, but landfill officials haven't pinpointed the source of the stink. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041640-56.stm?cmpid=news.xml Council President Mike Doyle said he feels so strongly the borough needs to close its police dispatch center and switch to the county's 911 service that winning the lottery wouldn't change his mind. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041642-361.stm?cmpid=news.xml This story is right out of Hollywood. Outstanding athlete suffers severe injury. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041643-361.stm?cmpid=news.xml It didn't take long before members of the Hopewell girls' basketball team wiped away any tears and broke their silence. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041644-361.stm?cmpid=news.xml Thoughts and leftovers from the WPIAL basketball tournament. Farrell coach Ed McCluskey is the WPIAL's version of John Wooden, even though Farrell no longer competes in the WPIAL. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041645-361.stm?cmpid=news.xml When the Sewickley Academy boys' basketball team started practice for the season, Carrington Motley wasn't in the gymnasium. Heck, he wasn't even in the country. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041646-364.stm?cmpid=news.xml The West Allegheny High School wrestling team doubled its pleasure at the WPIAL Class AAA tournament this past Saturday at Canon-McMillan High School, as Troy Reaghard and Aaron McKinney won gold Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041647-361.stm?cmpid=news.xml Thoughts and leftovers on and from the WPIAL basketball tournament. Buzzer-beater shots are the main reason basketball tournaments in March create madness. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041650-361.stm?cmpid=news.xml As North Catholic's free throws were rolling off the rim, hitting the side of the rim and doing anything but going in, coach Dave Long had visions of Penn State's Bryce Jordan Center. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041651-361.stm?cmpid=news.xml When Keturah Vactor walked onto the court at the Palumbo Center last Friday, she had plenty of motivation. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041652-364.stm?cmpid=news.xml "Snowmageddon" proved to be a good thing for the North Allegheny hockey team. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041653-364.stm?cmpid=news.xml Cole Baxter was hoping for another gold medal at Saturday's finals of the WPIAL Class AAA wrestling tournament. He had to settle for a less precious metal. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041657-94.stm?cmpid=news.xml Do you have an older computer? How secure is it? Depending on its age, the computer may no longer receive updates and security "patches" and the manufacturer may not offer support for it. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041658-298.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Penn Hills School District will soon send furlough notices to 64 of its 417 teachers for the upcoming school year. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041659-298.stm?cmpid=news.xml A presentation called Building Disability Awareness, sponsored by Easter Seals Western Pennsylvania, wasn't just a lecture. It was a hands-on experience. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041660-298.stm?cmpid=news.xml A year after Pennsylvania's new Right to Know law took effect, Mt. Lebanon School District is facing unexpected costs to comply with an increasing number of requests for e-mail correspondence. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041661-125.stm?cmpid=news.xml Penguins Q&A with Dave Molinari Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041662-298.stm?cmpid=news.xml Because Seneca Valley rejected a financing proposal for an $11 million building project at Butler County Area Vocational-Technical School, it will have to find another way to borrow the money. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041663-54.stm?cmpid=news.xml Plans to transfer about a dozen mail carriers from a post office in Millvale to one in Ross should not affect either local mail delivery or window services. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041677-34.stm?cmpid=news.xml By Marlene Parrish Pittsburgh Post-Gazette You'll come a-running when the breakfast cook hollers, "The pancakes are ready!" Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041678-34.stm?cmpid=news.xml A little girl's love of making maple syrup at age 6 has resulted five decades later in a gem of a museum. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041679-34.stm?cmpid=news.xml Hurry Hill Farm is part of the Northwest Pennsylvania Maple Association's Maple Taste & Tour Weekend, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 20 and 21. Thirteen maple syrup producers open their sugar houses. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041680-107.stm?cmpid=news.xml Maple Ham Breakfast Sandwiches These are good served with fresh fruit and hot coffee. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041681-34.stm?cmpid=news.xml Other sweet events are happening all around the region, including: The Pennsylania Maple Festival - this year is the 63rd - takes over Meyersdale, Somerset County, for a weekend and a week: March Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041682-34.stm?cmpid=news.xml It might seem odd, a girl who grew up in England preparing an Irish feast, but it is one of the things that Margaret Nicholas loves to do for her friends. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041684-389.stm?cmpid=news.xml This spring will be marked by one brewing operation closing, but a brand-new one finally could be opening. Red Star Agave Grill in Greensburg is to close by March's end. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041686-34.stm?cmpid=news.xml Two things are a given at tonight's annual "green tie and tux" American Ireland Fund benefit gala at Heinz Field: The Guinness, along with a variety of Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041687-34.stm?cmpid=news.xml Even at 62, Cheryl Tiegs still boasts the curvy, athletic body and All-American good looks that three times landed her the cover of Sports Illustrated's Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041699-107.stm?cmpid=news.xml Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041701-107.stm?cmpid=news.xml Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041702-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml State law and practice needs to encourage more efficient government Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041703-107.stm?cmpid=news.xml Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041706-389.stm?cmpid=news.xml Wine tastings come in many guises. After decades of participating in verticals, horizontals, blind and other tastings, I thought I'd tried them all. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041710-51.stm?cmpid=news.xml While Pittsburghers Andy Warhol and Burton Morris have gained international recognition as innovative artists, one painter -- and Pittsburgh native -- helped to inspire local artists 100 years Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041712-34.stm?cmpid=news.xml The winter thaw means only one thing if you've got a giant sugar maple in your yard: Time to tap it and make maple syrup. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041717-115.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft, which just had its mission to explore Saturn extended to 2017, is one of the many robotic space probes NASA has used to explore the solar system since 1958. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041722-107.stm?cmpid=news.xml Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041776-242.stm?cmpid=news.xml HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Lidia's Pittsburgh, Strip District, is celebrating its ninth anniversary with a special dinner Sunday. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041780-242.stm?cmpid=news.xml Look the wrong way for just a moment and it would be easy to miss Kous Kous Cafe on Washington Road in Mt. Lebanon. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041801-96.stm?cmpid=news.xml Video game review Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041816-60.stm?cmpid=news.xml The 17th annual Pittsburgh Jewish Israeli Film Festival continues at the SouthSide Works Cinema and, where noted, other venues: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041818-60.stm?cmpid=news.xml Jay Baruchel is Canadian, he calls hockey his "religion," and he met one of its patron saints and finest ambassadors while making "She's Out of My League" in Pittsburgh. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041819-60.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Pittsburgh Jewish Israeli Film Festival continues this weekend. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041821-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml In 2006, Jason Altmire said his No. 1 issue was the health insurance crisis and he rode into Congress on the promise to do something about it. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041825-60.stm?cmpid=news.xml When Nate Torrence read the character breakdown for "She's Out of My League," he thought, gee, that sounds familiar. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041826-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml I was tempted to turn my abaya into a black masquerade cloak and sneak into Mecca, just hop over the Tropic of Cancer to the Red Sea and crash the ultimate heaven's gate. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041832-388.stm?cmpid=news.xml Preview: The Manchester Craftsmen's Guild is sponsoring more than another concert this weekend in its Jazz Hall. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041837-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml We've got to do more to save our young people from alcohol abuse. It's a killer. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041840-388.stm?cmpid=news.xml Records are rated on a scale of one (awful) to four (classic) stars: Pop/Rock Gorillaz 'Plastic Beach' (Virgin) 1/2 "Plastic Beach" was inspired by Gorillaz chief Damon Albarn's visit to a Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041845-437.stm?cmpid=news.xml A list of recommended things to do this weekend. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041849-60.stm?cmpid=news.xml BRISTOL, Conn. -- Robert De Niro is set to play Vince Lombardi in an upcoming movie. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041852-388.stm?cmpid=news.xml Music preview: During its 27-year history, Megadeth has produced 12 studio albums -- some that have gone on to become thrash-metal classics, some of which the band and its fans might want to forget. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041856-437.stm?cmpid=news.xml Applause, please The conventional American symphony and classical music audience has in recent years been bullied into becoming a controlled, unreactive and somber herd. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041857-437.stm?cmpid=news.xml A list of things to do this weekend. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041858-60.stm?cmpid=news.xml 'Scarecrow and Mrs. King: COMPLETE FIRST SEASON' These days, if you want to watch an odd couple who work together amid sexual tension, you can watch the likes of Booth and Brennan on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041859-60.stm?cmpid=news.xml 'Precious' four stars That montage of horror clips shown at the Academy Awards ceremony last Sunday might have included yet another monster: the mother-from-Hell played by deserving Oscar-winner Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041861-475.stm?cmpid=news.xml So, I missed it again this year. The "unofficial" kickoff to the 2010 motorcycle season, 10 days in the fun and sun with hundreds of thousands of motorcyclists Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041862-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml Finally, American Eagle Outfitters Inc. did what Wall Street wanted. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041863-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml Sweeping credit card reforms that kicked in Feb. 22 promised to snuff out the card industry's most abusive practices, but experts say it's no time for consumers to let their guard down. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041869-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml RealtyTrac Inc. said today that the number of U.S. households facing foreclosure in February grew 6 percent from the year-ago level, the smallest annual increase in four years. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041871-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml In a move that could bring an end to the $40 cup of coffee, Bank of America is doing away with overdraft fees on purchases made with debit cards, a decision that could cost the bank tens of Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041872-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml SAN FRANCISCO -- Last year, Palm thought it had all the pieces for a turnaround in the market it pioneered: A new CEO known for making the iPod a household name, a sleek new smart phone called the Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041875-192.stm?cmpid=news.xml The appropriate response to how the Iraqis made it through Sunday's elections is "so far, so good." Scattered violence occurred and some voters were deterred from voting. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041876-192.stm?cmpid=news.xml It's been six months since world leaders assembled in Pittsburgh for the G-20 summit and protests led to the arrests of dozens of people. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041877-192.stm?cmpid=news.xml Americans should rejoice at the promised resumption of talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians toward peace in the Middle East. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041880-110.stm?cmpid=news.xml It is time for the Rooney family to seriously think of getting rid of Ben Roethlisberger. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041883-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's pension bailout proposal is facing a dogfight in Pittsburgh City Council. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041889-178.stm?cmpid=news.xml Rep. Daryl Metcalfe would be happy to run with either Tom Corbett or Sam Rohrer. And if they strayed from his vision of small government conservatism, he'd be happy to run against them. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041896-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Counterterrorism forces have shot and killed one of Southeast Asia's most-wanted Islamic militants, Indonesia's president said Wednesday. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041897-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml group of top scientists from around the world will review the research and management practices of the U.N. climate change panel so it can try to avoid the kinds of errors that have brought its work into question in recent months, officials said Wednesday. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041899-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml ISLAMABAD -- Suspected militants armed with assault rifles and a homemade bomb on Wednesday attacked the offices of a U.S.-based Christian aid group helping earthquake survivors in northwestern Pakistan, killing six Pakistani employees, police and the organization said. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041900-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- Congressional opponents of the war in Afghanistan forced a debate Wednesday on the House floor on a resolution to bring U.S. forces home and end the 8-year-old war. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041901-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml KABUL -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used a brief visit to Afghanistan on Wednesday to lob insults at the United States and argue that international forces won't stop terrorism and will only lead to more civilian deaths. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041904-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl declared a state of emergency on Wednesday in anticipation of flooding expected to occur this weekend. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041905-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml At first blush, the Pittsburgh Flea sounds like something you'd want to avoid. But Janis Surman is hoping a lot of people will get the itch. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041906-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml When Ben Roethlisberger went bar-hopping in Georgia on the night he allegedly sexually assaulted a local college student, a pair of lawmen from Western Pennsylvania were on vacation with him. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041907-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- House Democratic leaders banned Wednesday the practice of doling out multimillion-dollar, no-bid contracts to private contractors, a move that will shake up the lobbying industry that has come to rely on securing these so-called earmarks for their corporate clients. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041908-298.stm?cmpid=news.xml A panel of educators convened by the nation's governors and state school superintendents on Wednesday proposed a uniform set of academic standards, laying out their vision for what all the nation's public school children should learn in math and English, year by year, from kindergarten to high school graduation. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041910-56.stm?cmpid=news.xml William Page stood a distance away from his 23-month-old daughter and listened to her cry. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041913-132.stm?cmpid=news.xml Team owner Jack Roush said he is satisfied with the penalty NASCAR levied against driver Carl Edwards for his intentional accident with Brad Keselowski. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041915-364.stm?cmpid=news.xml HERSHEY, Pa. -- Derry Area's Jimmy Gulibon, Franklin Regional's Nico Megaludis, Connellsville's Nate Gaffney and Shady Side Academy's Frank Martellotti have experienced the exhilaration of winning Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041916-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml LaDainian Tomlinson is coming to Minnesota for a visit, and the Vikings believe he could be a good fit. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041918-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml About 40 percent of the homeowners who received questionnaires in preparation for the 2012 property reassessment returned the forms to the Allegheny County Office of Property Assessments, officials told Common Pleas Judge R. Stanton Wettick Jr. on Wednesday during a monthly status report meeting. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041920-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml A Hill District man Wednesday was ordered to stand trial on charges that he fired bullets at police who responded to a fight between the suspect and the boyfriend of his neighbor. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041921-113.stm?cmpid=news.xml Despite the pleas of environmental groups and Lincoln residents, the Allegheny County Board of Health has approved a federally mandated air pollution control plan for the Liberty-Clairton area that fails to reduce pollution below federal health standards for part of that area. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041922-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml It wasn't so much that Judah Simon hit Samuel Reed while driving along the Parkway East about 2:30 a.m. on Sept. 1, 2007. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041932-61.stm?cmpid=news.xml Responding to a topic that has grown legs on the Internet, Penguins center Sidney Crosby talked about his decision to decline an invitation last week to present the Top Ten List on the "Late Show Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041933-61.stm?cmpid=news.xml Maybe, Penguins captain Sidney Crosby said, it's fortuitous that winger Matt Cooke came under scrutiny for his hit to the head on Boston's Marc Savard on the eve of the NHL's general managers meetings in Florida. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041937-114.stm?cmpid=news.xml In recommendations that could make a dent in the nation's rising C-section rate, a national group of experts on Wednesday called for a revision of hospital guidelines to allow more women to avoid a repeat Cesarean birth. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041938-155.stm?cmpid=news.xml With Bill DeWeese pleading the Fifth before a judge in Harrisburg this week, Outrage Fatigue has reached epidemic levels in Pennsylvania. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041939-114.stm?cmpid=news.xml LONDON -- The average person's sex life ends by the age of 70, according to a report published Wednesday in the British Medical Journal. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041940-294.stm?cmpid=news.xml I am a widow, 71 years old, and drove myself to the movie theater in Bridgeville at night. When trying to get back in my car, I fell at the icy curb and couldn't get up. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041944-122.stm?cmpid=news.xml When Samuel Drake played minor league baseball in Macon, Ga., in 1955, he was called unspeakable, unprintable things simply because of the color of his skin. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041945-122.stm?cmpid=news.xml As chancellor of Penn State Fayette, Eberly Campus, Emmanuel I. Osagie worked to bring the campus closer to the community and to the world at large. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041947-122.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Rev. James Ruggiero, 74, who left a career in supermarket management to become a Catholic priest, died Tuesday of cancer. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041948-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama and the Supreme Court have waded again into unfamiliar and strikingly personal territory. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041949-114.stm?cmpid=news.xml CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time -- the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041951-135.stm?cmpid=news.xml A first under Ron Everhart just happened at Duquesne. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041952-142.stm?cmpid=news.xml NEW YORK -- Seton Hall was spanking Providence up and down 7th Avenue the other night, almost in the exact way that Pitt should have been deep-frying the Friars late last week, when Herb Pope abruptly fouled out. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041953-142.stm?cmpid=news.xml NEW YORK -- Notre Dame easily handled Pitt without its leading scorer two weeks ago. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041955-63.stm?cmpid=news.xml BRADENTON, Fla. -- Is Ramon Vazquez history with the Pirates? Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041958-114.stm?cmpid=news.xml ST. CHARLES, Mo. -- President Barack Obama on Wednesday made an impassioned case for his health care proposal, delivering a folksy, partisan argument for reform as industry groups prepare a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign to defeat it. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041959-454.stm?cmpid=news.xml HARRISBURG -- Closing arguments are expected today and Friday in the criminal trial of former state Rep. Mike Veon and three former aides. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041960-454.stm?cmpid=news.xml In an outspoken, iconoclastic career spanning three decades and two parties, Barbara Hafer has earned plenty of headlines in campaigns, mostly successful, for an array of state and local offices. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041961-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml A public hearing on proposed police reforms Wednesday night quickly turned to emotional talk of race relations and animated calls from residents for further punishment against three officers accused of beating a Homewood teen during his arrest in January. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041962-454.stm?cmpid=news.xml Mitchell Rubin, fired a year ago as chairman of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, was charged Wednesday with obstructing a federal investigation into his longtime friend, former State Sen. Vincent J. Fumo. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041963-54.stm?cmpid=news.xml Authorities in Alaska are investigating whether Candice Berner, a 32-year-old schoolteacher originally from Slippery Rock whose body was found in the woods of a remote Alaskan village, was the state's first recorded victim of a wolf attack. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041964-139.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's daily and Sunday Sports sections have been recognized as being among the Top 10 Sports sections in the country in the medium newspaper circulation category in judging this week by the Associated Press Sports Editors. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041965-275.stm?cmpid=news.xml LeBron James is expected to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers' lineup Friday against the Philadelphia 76ers, while Antawn Jamison will be a game-time decision. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041971-13.stm?cmpid=news.xml HAMDEN, Conn. -- Robert Morris forward Dallas Green had two words pop into his mind as he walked slowly to the free-throw line Wednesday night: Deja vu. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041980-63.stm?cmpid=news.xml Six years after he was traded away for the final pieces of Boston's World Series puzzle, Nomar Garciaparra finally got a friendly farewell from the Red Sox. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041457-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml Four points need to be made after the Steelers had a busy Monday, re-signing safety Ryan Clark to quarterback their secondary, bringing back Super Bowl XL star Antwaan Randle El as a fourth wide receiver and likely punt-return specialist, and bringing in wide receiver Arnaz Battle, safety Will Allen and offensive tackle Jonathan Scott to provide depth and special-teams help. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:07:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041882-169.stm?cmpid=news.xml HAMDEN, Conn. -- Robert Morris forward Dallas Green blocked a shot and sank two free throws all in the final minute as Robert Morris beat Quinnipiac, 52-50, in the NEC championship game tonight. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:28:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041903-142.stm?cmpid=news.xml NEW YORK -- Notre Dame easily handled Pitt without its best player two weeks ago. Now the Fighting Irish will face the Panthers with their superstar looking like he's 100 percent healthy again. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:18:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041888-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml BRADENTON, Fla. -- Luke Scott's two-run single in the first inning sparked the Orioles past the Pirates, 3-2, tonight at McKechnie Field. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:17:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041700-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Hockey Canada has found the missing Olympic equipment Penguins center Sidney Crosby used to score Canada's overtime goal in the gold-medal game Feb. 28 in Vancouver. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:14:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041453-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml Whether it happens or not, the Flood of 2010 already is historic in one sense. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041698-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Penguins winger Matt Cooke had a phone hearing this afternoon with NHL chief disciplinarian Colin Campbell regarding his hit Sunday on Marc Savard of the Boston Bruins. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:44:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041811-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml HARRISBURG -- The stage is set for final House passage Monday of legislation aimed at increasing education for teens and school teachers, in hopes of stopping or at least decreasing the potential for violence on dates. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041750-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml A Coraopolis police officer and a Pennsylvania state trooper were part of Ben Roethlisberger's retinue in Milledgeville, Ga. last week when the Steelers quarterback allegedly sexually assaulted a college student in a nightclub. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041791-355.stm?cmpid=news.xml Jim and Madelyn Wissenbach, of Brentwood, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on February 6. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:58:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041676-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml HARRISBURG -- Defense attorneys in the Bonusgate trial this afternoon rested their case after calling about two dozen witnesses. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:30:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041704-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Duquesne University today announced plans to build a residence hall to meet growing on-campus housing needs. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:30:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041683-389.stm?cmpid=news.xml Wine tastings come in many guises. After decades of participating in verticals, horizontals, blind and other tastings, I thought I'd tried them all. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:23:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041582-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml Mayor Luke Ravenstahl today declared a state of emergency as the city prepares for flooding expected to occur on the weekend Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:08:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041664-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State's annual spring football game next month will be televised live by ESPN2. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041583-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml A Penn Hills woman believed to have been smoking in bed died this morning when her bed caught fire and burned part of her house. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:51:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041459-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml Not long after wide receiver Limas Sweed was walking out of the Steelers office, Antwaan Randle El came strolling in, wearing a straw fedora and the look of a man happy to be back home again. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:40:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041656-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Pittsburgh City Council tentatively approved studying the worth of the city's parking garages and meters today, over the objections of investment advisors tied to the parking authority and the Ravenstahl administration. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:04:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041654-142.stm?cmpid=news.xml Ray takes your questions live from New York City, site of the Big East Tournament Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:58:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041587-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml An autopsy today was inconclusive in determining the cause and manner of death of a Lower Burrell man found dead Tuesday along the Allegheny River banks in New Kensington Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:45:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041631-126.stm?cmpid=news.xml Pirates Q&A with Dejan Kovacevic Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:11:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041609-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml A Hill District man today was ordered to stand trial on charges that he fired bullets at police responding to a fight between the suspect and the boyfriend of his neighbor Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041598-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml Emmanuel I. Osagie, who had been chancellor of Penn State Fayette since February 2007, died unexpectedly Tuesday of complications from an illness. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:59:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041607-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml BRADENTON, Fla. -- Three of the Pirates' top pitching prospects -- Colton Cain, Zach Fuesser and Brett Lorin -- will be out until mid-season because of injuries. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041606-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Allegheny County is on track to complete a full-scale reassessment of all 570,000 real estate parcels by 2012, officials told Common Pleas Judge R. Stanton Wettick Jr. this morning. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:54:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041608-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Trial began this morning in the death penalty case against a Braddock man accused of killing his 2-year-old daughter. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041597-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Former state treasurer and auditor general Barbara Hafer this morning announced she is dropping out of the race for the Democratic nomination to succeed the late U.S. Rep. John Murtha Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:22:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041601-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml Dr. Cyril Wecht's chief autopsy technician in his private practice appeared in court Tuesday on federal tax charges and was released on bond pending trial. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041600-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml In a sure harbinger of spring, PennDOT announced today that it has begun using hot mix asphalt to patch potholes Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:49:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041599-147.stm?cmpid=news.xml Port Authority riders might have noticed a large police presence at times over the past few weeks, as authority police and federal Transportation Security Administration officers conduct saturation patrols Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:38:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041592-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml ALTOONA, Pa. -- A man has been convicted of theft for not returning more than $280,000 mistakenly deposited into his bank account Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041591-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml ERIE, Pa. -- A man was found fatally stabbed after a reported break-in at an Erie apartment Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:59:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041590-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml ERIE, Pa. -- An Erie man has pleaded guilty to robbing five women at gunpoint, including two he forced to undress Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041589-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Police have arrested a second man in the stabbing death of a Honduran man in Canonsburg Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:52:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041588-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml The retailer Wednesday morning reported profits of $59.3 million, or 28 cents per share, in the three months ended Jan. 30, compared to $32.7 million, or 16 cents, in the previous year. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:19:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041535-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml For nearly a century, the J.E. Corcoran Co. has hawked fruits and vegetables from the Strip District's iconic produce terminal. But a proposed redevelopment could end its long run. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:51:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041474-63.stm?cmpid=news.xml TAMPA, Fla. -- One of Garrett Jones' many small spring goals is to hit better against left-handers, and he began to address that in a large way Tuesday. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:42:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041586-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Presston Volunteer Fire Department now is officially part of the McKees Rocks Volunteer Fire Department. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041585-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml North Fayette officials are calling for owners of private sanitary sewer systems -- such as trailer parks and industrial parks -- to pay for video inspection of their sewer lines. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041584-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Monroeville council recognized the memory of teen slaying victim Demi Cuccia during last night's meeting by supporting an anti-violence bill named in her honor. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:23:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041411-67.stm?cmpid=news.xml Public radio stations don't scramble for advertising revenues like their commercial counterparts, but they still compete for donors, ratings, public and grant support. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:09:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041397-96.stm?cmpid=news.xml Need to find a hotel in Starkville, Miss.? Find one with confidence at TripAdvisor.com, or any number of online websites. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041562-314.stm?cmpid=news.xml WHEN the world was young, there was a phenomenon loosely referred to as the Magical World of Television. Pains were taken to dazzle the eye. Chandeliers appeared extra-prismatic, with mescaline auras. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041563-314.stm?cmpid=news.xml AROUND the time I graduated from college, my parents sold the house I grew up in. It came as a shock to me to learn that my bedroom, which I had always assumed would be preserved for future generations to visit -- sort of like a Presidential library with a Bobby Sherman poster on one wall -- was being dismantled. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041564-314.stm?cmpid=news.xml LIKE millions of Americans, Marisa Tomei used to play with a Hula-Hoop as a child. And like most of those same Americans, she hadn't hooped since. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041565-314.stm?cmpid=news.xml PARIS Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041566-314.stm?cmpid=news.xml PARIS -- The wall is pitch black, yet as eyes adjust to the dark, outfits appear like cats in the night: the gleam of satin on a lapel, the sheen of a button, the outline of "le smoking" -- the tuxedo suit. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041567-115.stm?cmpid=news.xml Let's say you are a boy who collects frogs and snakes from a neighborhood bog and who keeps a spectacled caiman and boa constrictor as pets. Further, you take the boa into the family pool to cavort, although the human swimmers might have used a different verb. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041568-115.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- China and India formally agreed Tuesday to join the international climate change agreement reached in December in Copenhagen, the last two major economies to sign up. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041569-30.stm?cmpid=news.xml FOUR-BEDROOM TWO-AND-A-HALF-BATH HISTORIC HOUSE IN SURREY Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041570-30.stm?cmpid=news.xml HEBER CITY, UTAH Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041571-30.stm?cmpid=news.xml JOHANNESBURG -- Adam Levy was a teenager growing up in Melrose, a whites-only suburb in northern Johannesburg, when Nelson Mandela was released from prison 20 years ago. Today Mr. Levy -- much like the city itself -- has traded the racial restrictions of the apartheid era for a far more colorful (and cultural) urban existence. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041572-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml A conservative advocacy organization in Washington, Keep America Safe, kicked up a storm last week when it released a video that questioned the loyalty of Justice Department lawyers who worked in the past on behalf of detained terrorism suspects. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041573-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml CHICAGO -- This place is desperate to shed its political reputation for cronyism, insiders and backroom deals, a way of life once boiled down by a ward boss this way: "We don't want nobody nobody sent." Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041574-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- A Pennsylvania woman who called herself JihadJane was tied Tuesday to an alleged assassination plot against a Swedish cartoonist who depicted the prophet Muhammad atop the body of a dog. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041575-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml MIAMI -- The movie "Bait Shop" had too much boozing to earn the extra rebate from Florida's "family friendly" program of incentives for film production. "Confessions of a Shopaholic" was, well, just too violent. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041576-298.stm?cmpid=news.xml Rafaela Espinal held her first poolside chat last summer, offering cheese, crackers and apple cider to draw people to hear her pitch. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041577-298.stm?cmpid=news.xml For a few days last fall, the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood celebrated a big victory: the tiny advocacy group had successfully pushed the Walt Disney Company to offer full refunds to everyone who had bought the company's popular Baby Einstein videos from June 2004 to September 2009. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041578-298.stm?cmpid=news.xml One of the world's foremost experts on comparing national school systems told lawmakers on Tuesday that many other countries were surpassing the United States in educational attainment, including Canada, where he said 15-year-old students were, on average, more than one school year ahead of American 15-year-olds. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041579-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml HONG KONG -- The ruling military junta in Myanmar announced a new election law Wednesday that will likely prevent Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's leading opposition figure, from participating in upcoming parliamentary elections. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041580-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml As much as half the food aid sent to Somalia is diverted from needy people to a web of corrupt contractors, radical Islamist militants and local United Nations staff members, according to a new Security Council report. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041581-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml JERUSALEM -- Having been removed in favor of Israeli nationalist Jews, members of the Palestinian Ghawi family have been sheltering this winter in a tent on the sidewalk opposite their home of more than five decades in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041537-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml An attorney for Ben Roethlisberger said Tuesday his firm has assembled a team of investigators to gather information about sexual assault allegations that have been raised by a 20-year-old college student. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:54:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041460-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml Had he signed a contract with the Miami Dolphins, Ryan Clark said he was going to wear No. 43 for his new team, a salute to his safety partner for the past four years with the Steelers -- Troy Polamalu. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:12:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041539-113.stm?cmpid=news.xml Allegheny County has hired a consultant to conduct energy audits in 104 municipal building all over the county as part of its Energy Efficiency & Conservation Program, a part of a broad energy conservation policy that County Executive Dan Onorato implemented last year. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:19:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041481-122.stm?cmpid=news.xml Sylvia Pressler, a trailblazing New Jersey judge whose 1973 ruling opened Little League baseball to girls, has died. She was 75. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:03:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041480-122.stm?cmpid=news.xml Jerry Hale Owens, the son of a small-town West Virginia newspaper publisher who grew up to travel the world working on high-stakes newspaper acquisition deals, died Saturday after a long bout with Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:02:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1036264-37.stm?cmpid=news.xml Two points of consolation for any Olympics fans who find themselves in the wrong Vancouver - Vancouver, Wash., instead of Vancouver, British Columbia: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041165-114.stm?cmpid=news.xml Special events: Community Care, which is part of UPMC, is sponsoring its annual spring conference, "Creating Hope: Developing Communities of Care for Children, Youth, Young Adults and Families." Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041166-114.stm?cmpid=news.xml Events: The American Cancer Society is sponsoring a Daffy Workout, include toning, strength training, aerobics, water aerobics, spin, yoga and ta'i chi, from 8:30 to 11 a.m. March 20. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041174-437.stm?cmpid=news.xml Artist Jason Forck uses as his studio the Pittsburgh Glass Center, where he is also an instructor. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041381-125.stm?cmpid=news.xml If, for whatever reason, the league doesn't suspend Matt Cooke, do you think the Penguins' organization should? Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041383-290.stm?cmpid=news.xml Pitt basketball Q&A with Ray Fittipaldo Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041398-114.stm?cmpid=news.xml Early last week, Walter Breidigan felt tired and had a funny sensation of dizziness, like his blood pressure was plummeting down. The symptoms were familiar. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041399-114.stm?cmpid=news.xml "I'm no longer afraid of a buffet," said Antoinette Jucha, 70, of Scott. "I've made my peace with food." Ms. Jucha has been overweight all her life. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041406-388.stm?cmpid=news.xml Music preview: Here are two facts you might not know about the mandolin: It's not merely for folk and bluegrass but also a classical instrument, and people tend to play it in very large ensembles. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041407-388.stm?cmpid=news.xml Music preview: As nicknames go in classical music, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 3, "Polish," has one of the most misleading. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041410-348.stm?cmpid=news.xml Andy Richter, Conan O'Brien's sidekick at "The Tonight Show," is acknowledging some ill will toward NBC and Jay Leno in the wake of the network's late-night upheaval. "Why wouldn't I?" Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041412-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml Five million dollars. That's how much money seven arts groups have saved by sharing the costs of marketing, advertising, ticketing, theater programs and collectively purchasing everything from Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041413-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml The real work of preserving WDUQ-FM as an independent public radio station is going on behind closed doors, as the group trying to preserve WDUQ and keep its programming intact begins a long, hard fundraising and public awareness task. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041414-374.stm?cmpid=news.xml We and the rest of the world ought to leave the Somalis to their own devices Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041415-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml An excerpt from Newsweek on the volatility of the tea partiers Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041416-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml Fear-mongering has always been with us, but it never wins in the end Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041419-437.stm?cmpid=news.xml The success or failure of an art exhibition is often as much attributable to the curator who organizes the show as it is to the artists represented. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041421-51.stm?cmpid=news.xml The award ceremony to honor the local winners of the 2009 Jefferson Awards for Public Service has been rescheduled for April 21 at the Carnegie Museum of Art and Natural History, Oakland. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041423-67.stm?cmpid=news.xml Maybe part of the reason that "Human Target," tonight at 8 on Fox, doesn't appeal to me is that Christopher Chance has chosen a path "Burn Notice's" Michael Westen rejected -- being smart muscle for hire. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041427-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml Seniors at The Residence on Fifth assisted-living facility in Oakland were notified Monday that the facility would close on May 8, with a sale of the property to Carnegie Mellon University pending this spring. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041428-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml Three weeks after Saxonburg-based optical instruments maker II-VI had its unsolicited $169.4 million takeover bid for Zygo Corp. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041429-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Martin + Osa clothing chain has run out of time to keep looking for that elusive formula for winning over grown-up customers. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041431-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml LifeLock Inc. agreed to pay $11 million to the Federal Trade Commission and $1 million to 35 state attorneys general, including in Pennsylvania, to settle charges that the company used false Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041434-185.stm?cmpid=news.xml Lincoln, America's "other" storied luxury brand, which was almost dead five years ago, has gained new life with new models, new commercials and new customers. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041437-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml A late blast of cold, snowy weather around the country may have had commuters grumbling but it was refreshing for Dick's Sporting Goods Inc., which Tuesday reported a 10.7 percent increase in fourth-quarter sales. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041439-192.stm?cmpid=news.xml On March 23, 1994, Aeroflot Flight 593, flying from Moscow to Hong Kong, inexplicably plummeted from the skies over Siberia. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041440-192.stm?cmpid=news.xml New credit rules that kicked in last month will give consumers more control over their cost of borrowing, and more improvements are on the way. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041441-192.stm?cmpid=news.xml Parking is tricky. A space seen from half a block away may wind up being too short to meet the driver's needs. Or it might be beside a fire hydrant. Or somebody might get to it first. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041442-110.stm?cmpid=news.xml Ron Cook hit the nail on the head in his March 7 column ("Roethlisberger Guilty of Poor Judgment"). It is time for Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to grow up and act appropriately. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041461-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml The price of watching the Steelers play has gone up. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041464-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml HARRISBURG -- State transportation officials stressed Tuesday there is no "plan B" for funding road and bridge improvements if federal officials fail to approve tolls on Interstate 80. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041466-178.stm?cmpid=news.xml Republican Alex Dubart of Reserve will face off against Adam Ravenstahl in the May 18 special election to fill the unexpired term in the state Legislature's District 20. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041467-454.stm?cmpid=news.xml A museum in Philadelphia will once again showcase the head of Old Baldy, the horse Gen. George Meade rode during many of the Civil War's most infamous battles. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041468-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group will hold a strategy session for neighborhood block watch activists from 9 to 11 a.m. March 20 at its Hill District offices, 1901 Centre Ave., Suite 200. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041469-58.stm?cmpid=news.xml A Bethel Park man was charged last week with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of construction tools and equipment from sites throughout the South Hills, Washington County and elsewhere. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041470-54.stm?cmpid=news.xml A former secretary at the Moon Area School District was sentenced to serve up to 23 months in jail for stealing from her employer. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041471-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml Carnegie Mellon University and La Roche College are among eight colleges nationally being singled out for awards by NAFSA: The Association of International Educators, the Washington, D.C., organization announced Tuesday. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041473-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml A guide to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette coverage of the allegations involving Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and a Georgia college student. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041475-54.stm?cmpid=news.xml Three major roadwork projects that start on Monday will affect drivers on Route 65, Route 8 and Route 28 in the northern suburbs. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041482-122.stm?cmpid=news.xml Willie Davis, a speedy center fielder who collected two World Series rings, three Gold Gloves and was a two-time All-Star during his 14 seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers, has died. He was 69. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041483-178.stm?cmpid=news.xml State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-Butler County, is joining the already crowded field of candidates for the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041484-454.stm?cmpid=news.xml Former Speaker of the House Bill DeWeese Tuesday avoided testifying in the corruption trial of his onetime right-hand man, former state Rep. Mike Veon, while defense attorneys tried to chip away at investigators' tactics in the case. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041486-258.stm?cmpid=news.xml Maple syrup season is late due to unseasonably cold days, but the recent rise in temperatures is giving producers some hope. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041487-114.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- Thousands of liberal public-option backers and conservative tea partiers launched last-chance campaigns Tuesday in the nation's capital to persuade Congress to pass -- or reject -- sweeping health care legislation. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041488-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml COLUMBUS, Ohio -- An Ohio State University janitor who was about to lose his job walked into a maintenance building for his early morning shift Tuesday and shot two supervisors, killing one of them and fatally shooting himself. No students were hurt. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041489-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml EL CAJON, Calif. -- James Sikes bought his Toyota Prius in 2008, and 53,000 miles later, the car was driving fine. But Monday afternoon, when he accelerated to pass another vehicle on Interstate 8 east of San Diego, the car kept going. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041492-135.stm?cmpid=news.xml ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. -- There were no answers, only a bitter and stern reality. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041494-142.stm?cmpid=news.xml NEW YORK -- The first four games of the Big East men's basketball tournament took place Tuesday afternoon and evening. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041495-169.stm?cmpid=news.xml Robert Morris has had an on-again, off-again relationship with focus. The wins have been consistent, but the effort and the intensity have not. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041500-61.stm?cmpid=news.xml The five-game road trip that ended barely more than a year ago still resonates for the Penguins. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041502-144.stm?cmpid=news.xml HARTFORD, Conn, -- It was a different night, a different opponent and different set of circumstances for top-ranked Connecticut but, in the end, it was the same old story. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041511-361.stm?cmpid=news.xml Merissa Morgan's putback with three seconds to play capped a comeback from a deficit as large as 13, and Peters Township edged Erie McDowell, 49-48, in a PIAA Class AAAA girls' basketball Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041512-63.stm?cmpid=news.xml Stephen Strasburg battled some nerves and location issues during his spring training debut but was impressive. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041517-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml A conservative advocacy organization in Washington, Keep America Safe, kicked up a storm last week when it released a video that questioned the loyalty of Justice Department lawyers who worked in the past on behalf of detained terrorism suspects. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041518-407.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- Legislation to give additional months of unemployment benefits to people who have been out of a job for more than half a year cleared a key hurdle Tuesday that guarantees that it will soon pass the Senate. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041521-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml When Castriota Chevrolet in Dormont found out it wasn't one of 2,000 General Motors dealerships slated to close last year, the outfit printed signs and bought billboards proclaiming, "GM is here to stay and so is Castriota Chevrolet." One went up next to a shuttered GM dealership. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041524-114.stm?cmpid=news.xml An unusual study done in 49 remote Hutterite farming colonies in western Canada has provided the surest proof yet that giving flu shots to schoolchildren protects a whole community from the disease. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041525-294.stm?cmpid=news.xml My volunteer service for the Meals on Wheels program is filled with many rewarding moments, an experience that for years has connected me with recipients who appreciate the delivery of a hot lunch five days a week. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041526-154.stm?cmpid=news.xml At the Academy Awards presentation the other night, it was noted that the last time 10 films had been nominated for best picture was in 1943, the year "Casablanca" won. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041528-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml LONDON -- A chip for Spot? In a country where guns are tightly controlled, and even carrying a kitchen knife can bring prison time, some thugs use dogs to menace their victims. Now, the British government is proposing that dog owners be forced to have microchips embedded and take out insurance for their pets. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041530-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml JERUSALEM -- Hours after Vice President Joseph R. Biden vowed unyielding U.S. support for Israel's security here Tuesday, Israel's Interior Ministry announced 1,600 new housing units for Jews in East Jerusalem, prompting Mr. Biden to condemn the move as "precisely the kind of step that undermines the trust we need right now." Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041531-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml PARIS -- Is the Middle East about to go officially nuclear? Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041532-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml As much as half the food aid sent to Somalia is diverted from needy people to a web of corrupt contractors, radical Islamist militants and local U.N. staff, according to a new Security Council report. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041533-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- China and India formally agreed Tuesday to join the international climate change agreement reached in December in Copenhagen, the last two major economies to sign up. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041534-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml A top police official has warned city officers not to take any action on the job in response to a magistrate's decision to drop criminal charges against a Homewood teen who says he was beaten during his arrest in January. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041536-454.stm?cmpid=news.xml PHILADELPHIA --She has an American passport, so Colleen R. LaRose of Montgomery County, who called herself "JihadJane" online, decided that she was an ideal candidate to carry out a terrorist attack in Sweden, federal prosecutors alleged Tuesday. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041543-56.stm?cmpid=news.xml U.S. Route 30 will be closed in both directions this weekend near the Greensburg Pike overpass in North Versailles. The closure, from 8 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041545-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml Minnesota Vikings defensive lineman Kevin Williams, who sued the National Football League over leaked drug-test results, testified Tuesday that he never took steroids. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500