http://www.post-gazette.com/ All News en-us Copyright 2012, post-gazette.com. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:39:58 -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/12053/1211800-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml A homeless man faces arson charges after police said he became angry with the woman who asked him to leave her Hill District apartment Tuesday night, flicked open a lighter and set a mattress and some clothing on fire. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:33:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1212007-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Drivers should expect delays on Second Avenue near the 10th Street Bridge in the Bluff while crews work to repair a water main leak Thursday, the Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority head said today. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:42:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1212001-485.stm?cmpid=news.xml A man walked into a Fidelity Bank in Shadyside this afternoon, said he had a bomb and demanded money, authorities said. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:57:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211862-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml Prosecutors in DeKalb County, Ga., dropped drunken-driving charges against Steelers receiver Hines Ward today after he pleaded guilty to reckless driving. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:54:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211990-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml A missing 13-year-old girl from Pittsburgh was found in Jeannette today. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:35:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211880-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Former Pitt defensive coordinator and interim coach Keith Patterson was hired to join the defensive staff at West Virginia today. His specific role on the staff was not yet disclosed. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211972-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Allegheny County district attorney's office asked McKeesport police today to withdraw citations filed against a woman whose son died last week after he was bitten by her dog. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:22:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211685-44-0.stm?cmpid=news.xml At Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland last month, author Isabel Wilkerson recounted, with evangelistic fervor, how the great migration of African-Americans from the South to the North changed the nation. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:20:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211915-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Steelers and Rivers Casino have agreed to underwrite free rides to and from the new Allegheny station on the Port Authority's Light Rail Transit system. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:12:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211856-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Pennsylvania Superior Court rejected today an appeal by three newspapers, including the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, to open to the public the hearing for a juvenile accused of killing his father's pregnant fiancee in Lawrence County in 2009. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211857-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml HARRISBURG -- Decrying the governor's proposed 30 percent cut to several of the state's largest universities as moving them toward becoming private colleges, administrators called on lawmakers this morning to again restore funding. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:40:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211741-63.stm?cmpid=news.xml Erik Bedard had only spent a day and a half in Florida, but he heard some familiar conversation in the Pirates spring training clubhouse. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:02:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211835-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia filed federal conspiracy charges against the superintendent of the Upper Big Branch mine, saying he impeded federal inspections leading up to the April 2010 explosion there that killed 29 miners. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211870-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml HARRISBURG -- New state legislative maps, which were planned for a vote today, are still being negotiated, according to top lawmakers who held a brief meeting this afternoon. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:23:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211837-327-0.stm?cmpid=news.xml You know spring is almost here when it's time to present the annual list of Western Pennsylvania high school musicals. If this list is missing performances, please send an e-mail to magazine@post-gazette.com and the production will be added online. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:14:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211869-361.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) has decided not to take any action against Brentwood High School or its boys basketball team for alleged racist remarks during a Feb. 3 game against Monessen. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:50:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211861-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml A Georgia man who joined a conspiracy to use homeless people to cash fake checks pleaded guilty today, and prosecutors described him as part of a nationwide conspiracy to use the down-and-out to defraud the companies. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:42:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211712-28-0.stm?cmpid=news.xml Homeowners might want to think twice before bringing a dog into the house. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:37:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211867-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml EG Systems of Marysville, Ohio, owner of Scotts Lawn Service in Monroeville, has agreed to pay a $160,000 penalty to settle charges stemming from the intentional discharge of up to 1,000 gallons of wastewater into Thompson Run in June 2010. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:24:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211863-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml A former Lower Valley Ambulance Service paramedic sued that Cheswick-based nonprofit organization today, saying he was terminated after he complained about a supervisor's swearing. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211690-374-0.stm?cmpid=news.xml I have found myself being drawn into caring whether the Republicans nominate Mitt Romney as their presidential candidate, as opposed to the other remaining candidates -- Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:57:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211858-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml The former owner of a Mercer County bowling alley pleaded no contest Tuesday to five counts of corruption of minors in connection with accusations that he had sexual contact with teenage boys during sleepovers at his business. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:05:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211859-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml A North Side man was sentenced today to 30 to 60 years in prison for killing his wife and stabbing her aunt at their home in 2010. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:04:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211674-115.stm?cmpid=news.xml This is one of a series presented by the National Aviary. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:46:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211832-57.stm?cmpid=news.xml Two firefighters were taken to the hospital this morning after battling a blaze in Elliott. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:45:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211775-147.stm?cmpid=news.xml Pennsylvania's transportation funding shortfall could put the brakes on development of roundabouts, which are growing in popularity across the nation as a way to make congested intersections safer and more efficient. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:30:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211718-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml China, Russia and Iran all made declarations of support for the Syrian government Tuesday. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211834-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml A Pittsburgh police officer was hospitalized after a car accident this morning in Squirrel Hill. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:24:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211680-67.stm?cmpid=news.xml By turning the camera lens on his own struggles, John Kaplan created a beacon for others dealing with cancer. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:21:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211838-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml A man who steered $165,815 from IKEA's coffers into his own account was sentenced today to a year in a halfway house, and ordered to pay back the money from future earnings. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:08:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211678-44.stm?cmpid=news.xml As a child, Lorena Amos embraced books. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:57:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211836-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Mall at Robinson is planning a house-cleaning now that the shopping center is 10 years old with some features to be updated and numerous stores to be renovated. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:39:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211689-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml Four things to watch for this week in the GOP race: 1. There's a debate tonight in Arizona. Rick Santorum's debate record is mixed. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:28:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211671-325.stm?cmpid=news.xml Artistic director Maria Caruso remembers when her company, Bodiography Contemporary Ballet, was just an idea. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:26:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211830-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Drivers 65 and older account for 8 percent of all miles driven but 17 percent of traffic fatalities came in crashes where at least one driver was 65 or older. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:05:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211730-115-0.stm?cmpid=news.xml PHILADELPHIA -- In 2006, when John Whyte first started studying the remarkable effect that the sleep medicine Ambien can have on people with severe brain damage, he hoped the drug might be a miracle treatment. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:04:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211738-57-0.stm?cmpid=news.xml Geneva College, an evangelical school, has filed suit against the federal government. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:04:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211737-455-0.stm?cmpid=news.xml When he lived in Colorado, Paul Crawford rarely saw others in public with an Ash Wednesday cross smeared on their foreheads. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:03:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211777-53-0.stm?cmpid=news.xml Pittsburgh police Officer Adam Skweres, charged with offering women legal help in exchange for sexual favors, failed in his first attempt to join the force because a city psychologist deemed him unfit for police work, civil service commission records show. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211829-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Devonte Snowden was shot around 1 a.m. inside the vehicle that was stopped in the 7200 block of Somerset Street. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:35:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211713-294-0.stm?cmpid=news.xml Every day is special, but Valentine's Day has always been extra special to my husband and me. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:07:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211828-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml While temperatures remain above freezing for most of the area, a few locations, especially valleys in the region, have seen below-freezing conditions. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:38:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211789-61.stm?cmpid=news.xml Marc-Andre Fleury has had games like this before. Chances are good that he'll have quite a few more, too. It's just that no one, including Fleury, can predict when. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:19:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211827-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Solicitor Bonnie Brimmeier and Manager Wayne Jones said it was being offered as an early retirement incentive. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:09:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211826-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Mayor Kenneth LaSota told borough council last night that the final design for the Route 50 streetscape project has been completed. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:03:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211684-388.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has won a 2012 International Classical Music Award in the symphony category Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211703-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml Also in today's headlines: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211704-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml Pittsburgh-based Dollar Bank said Tuesday it will be the first bank in the region to install new interactive technology at its automated teller machines that will let customers see and speak with live tellers. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211714-154.stm?cmpid=news.xml Readers are politely advised that the following column is best read with a nice cup of tea and perhaps a buttered scone or crumpet. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211716-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml As tension grew in its nuclear dispute with the West, Iran was reported Tuesday to have struck an increasingly bellicose tone. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211720-454.stm?cmpid=news.xml Gus the groundhog, the furry fictional pitchman for the Pennsylvania lottery, is headed for the unemployment line. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211724-454.stm?cmpid=news.xml Testimony resumed on Tuesday in the trial of former Democratic state Rep. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211729-54.stm?cmpid=news.xml Police took a man suspected of robbing a Blawnox bank into custody Tuesday afternoon, a county dispatch supervisor said. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211735-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml The eight children confined in a small, dark bedroom with a piece of plywood over the window included two 2-year-olds Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211768-365.stm?cmpid=news.xml Some of the most well-known names in the sports history of Western Pennsylvania are among the 10 newest members who will be inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame Western Chapter. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211785-122.stm?cmpid=news.xml Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, a president of Italy who held the post during the sweeping corruption scandal of the early 1990s that reshaped the country's post-war political landscape, died Jan. 29 in Rome. He was 93. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211673-60.stm?cmpid=news.xml What are ways that Pittsburgh or Pittsburghers have changed the world? Or what would you do to change the world? Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211675-51.stm?cmpid=news.xml It's a quintessential summer day, and Boston Commons is abuzz with activity. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211679-483.stm?cmpid=news.xml Today is the official start of Lent, so if you're Catholic, you're probably Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211681-44.stm?cmpid=news.xml Poet Tyehimba Jess will present a free reading and book signing at 8 p.m. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211682-388.stm?cmpid=news.xml At last, Madonna has re-discovered Pittsburgh on the map. The Material Girl will make her first appearance here in 27 years on Nov. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211683-44.stm?cmpid=news.xml Zach Smith loves his magazines. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211687-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml We're living in the middle of an amazing era of individualism. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211688-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml A stiff tariff would spur the economy and reduce the deficit Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211694-348.stm?cmpid=news.xml The 2009 Grammys marked the beginning of a domestic violence drama that revealed a darker side to Chris Brown's relationship at the time Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211696-192.stm?cmpid=news.xml Just when the federal auto bailout is front and center in the Republican debate, a new report shows vehicles made by two American companies becoming more dependable. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211697-192.stm?cmpid=news.xml How far Pittsburgh has progressed is not revealed simply by old photographs and nostalgia-tinged memories. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211698-192.stm?cmpid=news.xml It is hard to see how it happened, but the United States has ended up with former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh here for medical treatment, and he's likely to stay. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211699-110.stm?cmpid=news.xml While everyone is aghast at the heartlessness of Gov. in cutting funds to all education (K-12 plus colleges and universities around the state), let's remember what the man promised in his election bid: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211701-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml Aquion Energy expects to create more than 400 jobs within three years to fill the Carnegie Mellon spin-off's new Westmoreland County manufacturing space, the Lawrenceville-based battery technology firm announced Tuesday. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211702-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml It's the repository for Bonnaroo Buzz, Chunky Monkey, and Chocolate Therapy. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211705-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml Highmark officials said Tuesday they won't even discuss a one-year contract with UPMC that would provide in-network access to the new UPMC East hospital when it opens in July. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211715-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml U.S. officials sought to quell a widening furor over what they said was the accidental incineration of the Islamic holy book. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211717-55.stm?cmpid=news.xml The McKeesport woman whose infant son died after being bitten by her husky last week now faces summary offenses for violating dog laws, police said Tuesday. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211722-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml Debate over Greece's rescue plan now shifts to the International Monetary Fund. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211723-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml Police have charged a Highland Park man with a number of crimes after police said he fled a traffic stop Tuesday and then nearly struck a pair of officers who fired their guns in fear for their safety. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211725-454.stm?cmpid=news.xml The campaign of U.S. Rep. Mark Critz, D-Johnstown, claims almost 950 nominating signatures filed by U.S. Rep. Jason Altmire, D-McCandless, are faulty and his Democratic rival should be kept off the April 24 primary ballot. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211726-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml Allegheny County Council on Tuesday night confirmed county Executive Rich Fitzgerald's choice of Andrew F. Szefi to be the new county solicitor. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211727-57.stm?cmpid=news.xml The owner of a McKees Rocks animal control company charged with billing the state about $37,000 for euthanizing dogs that did not exist waived his preliminary hearing on Tuesday and will head to trial. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211728-59.stm?cmpid=news.xml A Westmoreland County man pleaded guilty Tuesday to involuntary manslaughter for a crash that killed his best friend. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211731-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml Front-runners Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum opened one of the most crucial periods in the Republican presidential campaign. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211732-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml A North Side man was sentenced to seven years probation for causing a crash on the McKees Rocks bridge last year that killed a woman. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211733-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Food and Drug Administration has moved to increase the supplies of two needed cancer-treatment drugs. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211736-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml Justices announced that they would hear an appeal from a disappointed white student from Texas who seeks an end to "racial preferences." Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211739-55.stm?cmpid=news.xml Ryan Safka, 21, was found guilty of all counts. He will be sentenced May 15. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211742-150.stm?cmpid=news.xml Nothing in the comprehensive hockey profile of the New York Rangers suggests that they are destined for anything short of a decorous spring, so anything the Penguins did to portray themselves as capable of matching Gotham's team stride for powerful stride was certainly worth the effort. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211743-63.stm?cmpid=news.xml The moment had finally arrived for a media horde gathered for days at the Surprise Recreation Campus, and it was over in less than a minute. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211745-61.stm?cmpid=news.xml Detroit Red Wings star Pavel Datsyuk is expected to miss two weeks after having arthroscopic surgery Tuesday to remove fragments from his right knee. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211746-61.stm?cmpid=news.xml Jaromir Jagr scored at 4:16 of overtime to lift the Philadelphia Flyers to a 5-4 victory against the Winnipeg Jets. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211747-61.stm?cmpid=news.xml Social media kicked into high gear Feb. 3 when prospect Eric Tangradi was a late scratch for the Penguins Wilkes-Barre/Scranton team. Was he traded? In fact, it was back spasms. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211752-55.stm?cmpid=news.xml An 85-year-old woman died when one car cut in front of another in a Fayette County intersection Tuesday night. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211753-55.stm?cmpid=news.xml An 85-year-old woman died when one car cut in front of another in a Fayette County intersection Tuesday evening. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211755-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Steelers have spent the past three years using their No. 1 draft choice to rebuild and strengthen their lines of scrimmage. Could this be No. 4? Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211756-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml While the Steelers made another bookkeeping move to dig out more room on their salary cap, they also made a statement -- offensive tackle Willie Colon is here to stay. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211757-175.stm?cmpid=news.xml Rodney McGruder scored 24 points and Kansas State upset No. 3 Missouri, 78-68, the Wildcats' second win this season against the Tigers. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211759-135.stm?cmpid=news.xml Duquesne delivered one of its best road performances of the season at Dayton earlier this month, shooting well, rebounding well and finding ways around the Flyers height advantage. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211762-132.stm?cmpid=news.xml If Michael Waltrip were to count up all the concussions he has sustained over a NASCAR career that stretches back nearly 30 years, he certainly would hit 10 -- and probably keep going. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211763-275.stm?cmpid=news.xml Dwyane Wade had 30 points and 10 assists, Mario Chalmers and Chris Bosh each scored 20 points and the NBA-leading Miami Heat stretched their winning streak to seven games with a 120-108 win against the visiting Sacramento Kings Tuesday night. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211764-233.stm?cmpid=news.xml Pitt football coach Paul Chryst met with the media Tuesday to discuss a variety of topics ranging from coaching changes and recruiting to how he has settled into his first head-coaching job. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211765-175.stm?cmpid=news.xml There are plenty of statistical ways to show just how dominant the Connecticut women's basketball team has been over the past two decades, but one that really stands out is just how well it rebounds after a loss. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211766-136.stm?cmpid=news.xml Tiger Woods must be mellowing with age. When Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, who faces Woods in the opening round today, said that his opponent is "beatable," Woods didn't seem the least bit bothered. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211771-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml On a day when the Food and Drug Administration boasted of its success at addressing drug shortages, a Pittsburgh-led group of patients filed a lawsuit accusing the agency of doing far too little. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211774-454.stm?cmpid=news.xml Gov. Tom Corbett's budget proposal would eliminate the Public Employee Retirement Commission, the watchdog agency that last year allowed Pittsburgh to keep control of its pension fund. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211778-454.stm?cmpid=news.xml Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed state budget would not save money for taxpayers but instead would shift more social-service costs to counties, policy analyst Sharon Ward cautioned Tuesday. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211780-361.stm?cmpid=news.xml Basketball Box Scores Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211783-122.stm?cmpid=news.xml Remembered by friends and family as a woman who "laughed and cried with reckless abandon," an adventurous traveler and a role model for women in higher education, Kate Brennan of Oakmont died on Thursday. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211790-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml Allegheny County property owners challenging their new assessments now can ask to have their appeals heard at any of the Kane centers. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211791-58.stm?cmpid=news.xml Peters and its school district have settled a federal suit by a resident and former basketball coach who claimed her civil rights were violated when she was barred from her daughter's basketball practices and games. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211793-361.stm?cmpid=news.xml Micah Mason helped Highlands pull off another stunner. Well, at least for a half. Highlands surprisingly led No. 1 seed New Castle at halftime, but the heavily-favored Red Hurricanes rebounded to defeat the Golden Rams, 74-58, Tuesday night in a WPIAL Class AAA first-round playoff game at North Allegheny. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211794-361.stm?cmpid=news.xml And now for something completely different in WPIAL basketball: Mars advances past the first round of the playoffs. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211795-361.stm?cmpid=news.xml Losers of its final two regular-season games, Bethel Park got defensive in its playoff opener. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211796-361.stm?cmpid=news.xml The WPIAL Board of Control met Tuesday to discuss possible action on the allegations of racial slurs from Brentwood students and players in a boys basketball game Feb. 3 between Monessen and Brentwood. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211804-96.stm?cmpid=news.xml OTTAWA -- Research in Motion, the company that introduced wireless e-mail to the world, on Tuesday finally brought e-mail to its tablet computer, the BlackBerry PlayBook. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211805-96.stm?cmpid=news.xml SAN FRANCISCO -- Sgt. Brandon Davis vividly recalled the moment before he killed Eric Wayne Berry, but it was not the way it really happened. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211806-115.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- Something resembling a "fog of war" prevailed at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's headquarters in the first hours and days after the Fukushima accident began last March, the N.R.C.'s chairman said Tuesday, as the agency released a cache of transcripts of internal conference calls beginning hours after the earthquake. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211807-115.stm?cmpid=news.xml SOWETO, South Africa -- Shortly after Michel Sidibé became executive director of the United Nations' AIDS prevention agency, a court in Senegal sentenced nine gay men, all AIDS educators, to eight years in prison for "unnatural acts." Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211808-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml Last June, Harold C. Simmons, a wealthy Texas businessman, sent a $100,000 check to Americans for Rick Perry, a "super PAC" preparing for Mr. Perry's entry into the presidential race. A few months later, he donated $1 million to a different pro-Perry group through his company. In December, as Mr. Perry's fortunes waned, Mr. Simmons wrote another check, this one for $500,000, to Winning Our Future, a super PAC supporting Newt Gingrich. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211809-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml In the brilliant sunshine of Arizona, Rick Santorum aggressively challenged Mitt Romney in a state where the Tea Party is strong and the politics of immigration are poised to take center stage at a debate on Wednesday night. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211810-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- In a busy day at the Supreme Court, the justices on Tuesday issued a decision limiting the circumstances in which prisoners must be told of their rights before they are questioned, added to what had already been a long schedule for arguments in the challenges to the 2010 health care law and made public an internal ethics resolution from 1991. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211811-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- As Newt Gingrich prepares for what may be the last debate of the primary season, much in need of another comeback, his campaign has a new saying born of frustration with two earlier lackluster debates: "Let Newt be Newt." Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211812-298.stm?cmpid=news.xml The news that the Supreme Court is revisiting the use of race as a factor in admissions decisions, just nine years after upholding it in a University of Michigan case, has admissions officials worried about maintaining diversity and confounded that the question is being reconsidered so soon. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211813-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela said on Tuesday that doctors had found a new lesion that could indicate a return of his cancer, and that he would undergo an operation to have it removed. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211814-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- The United States has now endured what by some measures is the longest period of war in its history, with more than 6,300 American troops killed and 46,000 wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan and the ultimate costs estimated at $3 trillion. Both wars lasted far longer than predicted. The outcomes seem disappointing and uncertain. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211815-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml MEXICO CITY -- Just after 1 a.m., the guards opened the doors, and 30 men climbed up to guard tower No. 6 of the state prison outside the northern city of Monterrey. One by one, they slipped down ropes to waiting vehicles. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211816-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml BAGRAM, Afghanistan -- Word that NATO personnel had burned an undisclosed number of Korans and were preparing to dispose of many more by incineration set off an angry protest here on Tuesday. NATO officials rushed to apologize publicly and profusely, trying to head off what they feared could be a nationwide outburst of violence as news of the burning was gradually broadcast across the country. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211817-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- An inflammatory call by an American congressman for the secession of Pakistan's largest province has sparked uproar in the country, injecting fresh complications into stalled efforts to restart diplomatic relations between Washington and Islamabad. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211818-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat, who vaulted to fame after her scandalous marriage to a cement tycoon, then expanded his empire after his death and became a major art collector and philanthropist as well as the richest woman in Argentina, died on Saturday at her home in Buenos Aires. She was 90. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211819-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml BAGHDAD -- Moving to repair a long-fractured diplomatic relationship, Saudi Arabia has named its first ambassador to Iraq in more than two decades, Iraq's foreign minister announced Tuesday. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211820-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml JERUSALEM -- As Israelis watch the bloody confrontation between the Syrian people and the government of President Bashar al-Assad, they are torn by two sentiments: The downfall of Mr. Assad would deal a major blow to Iran and so would be welcome. But without a central authority, Syria could descend into being a land of chaos and terrorist bases on Israel's northeast border. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211821-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml JERUSALEM -- A Palestinian who fasted for 66 days to protest his detention without charge ended his hunger strike on Tuesday after the Israeli authorities agreed to release him in mid-April, if no major new evidence is brought against him. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211822-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml The mother of an American man sentenced to death in Iran for espionage visited her gaunt and frightened son on death row in a Tehran prison this month, as his lawyers in Iran began an appeal of his conviction, an American lawyer representing the family said on Tuesday. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211823-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml PARIS -- Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the financial power broker whose political career was ruined last year after he was accused of attempted rape in New York, was held overnight on Tuesday for a second day of questioning by police officials in the northern French city of Lille in an investigation into a prostitution ring accused of operating in France and Belgium. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211786-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Pittsburgh police are asking residents to help them find a missing 13-year-old girl with "mental health issues." Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:20:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211751-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml An 85-year-old woman died when one car cut in front of another in a Fayette County intersection tonight. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211656-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Police have charged a Highland Park man with a number of crimes after police said he fled a traffic stop today and then nearly struck a pair of officers who fired their guns in fear for their safety. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:12:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211709-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury made 27 saves to tie a franchise record with his 22nd career shutout and the Penguins played a solid game in a 2-0 win over the New York Rangers, who lead the Eastern Conference, tonight at Consol Energy Center. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:45:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211708-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml When the Connecticut women's basketball team gets together with Pitt in recent years the final score has generally been the same - a lot of points for the Huskies to not so many for Pitt. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:26:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211692-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml The WPIAL Board of Control met Tuesday to discuss possible action on the allegations of racial slurs from Brentwood students and players during a Feb. 3 game between Monessen and Brentwood. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:28:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211691-100-0.stm?cmpid=news.xml Pitt football coach Paul Chryst met with the media Tuesday to discuss a variety of topics ranging from coaching changes and recruiting to how he has settled into his first head coaching job. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211677-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml The McKeesport woman whose infant son died after being bitten by her husky last week now faces summary offenses for violating dog laws, police said today. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:05:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211676-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Peters Township and its school district have settled a federal suit by a resident and former basketball coach who claimed her civil rights were violated when she was barred from her daughter???s basketball practices and games. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:33:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211535-460.stm?cmpid=news.xml A reception and preview of "Teenie Memories: New Photographs by Rebecca Droke and Bill Wade" preceded the Post-Gazette's Town Meeting Thursday at the August Wilson Center. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:26:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211672-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml HARRISBURG -- Testimony resumed today in the trial of former Democratic state Rep. Mike Veon, who is facing a second round of public corruption charges in Dauphin County court. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:50:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211666-114.stm?cmpid=news.xml Geneva College today sued federal agencies and officials, saying provisions in the new healthcare law violate the constitutional rights of the Christian institution by requiring its insurer to pay for morning-after and week-after anti-pregnancy medications. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:37:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211668-176.stm?cmpid=news.xml Two attorneys including one from McCandless and 25 people with treatable medical conditions including several from Southwestern Pennsylvania sued the Food and Drug Administration in federal court today, accusing it of failing to address drug shortages. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211660-55.stm?cmpid=news.xml Dormont is not legally held to a 2010 council motion approving a planned multi-use park nor the contract it entered into a year later, according to the borough solicitor. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:09:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211509-325.stm?cmpid=news.xml Designing costumes for acrobats and jugglers, aerialists and contortionists comes with certain rules. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:49:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211516-314-0.stm?cmpid=news.xml "Hollywood style for everyday moms" is the thinking behind Janice Mahoney's line of quilted totes, wristlets and Kindle cases. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:48:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211670-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml An Upper St. Clair man was found guilty of all counts this afternoon for a crash on the Parkway West two years ago that killed three people. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:33:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211669-54.stm?cmpid=news.xml The owner of a McKees Rocks animal control company charged with billing the state about $37,000 for euthanizing dogs that did not exist waived his preliminary hearing today and will head to trial. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:22:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211649-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml The old Fort Steuben Bridge was closed after the Veterans Memorial Bridge over the Ohio River was completed. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:13:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211667-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Police took a man suspected of robbing a Blawnox bank into custody this afternoon, a county dispatch supervisor said. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:21:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211661-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Highmark Inc. officials have rebuffed inquiries by UPMC about signing a one-year contract to cover patients who seek care at UPMC East when the hospital opens in July. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:07:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211500-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml He's regaining this key demographic as the gender gap widens Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:36:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211654-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Penguins have recalled goaltender Brad Thiessen from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:15:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211658-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml If there was any doubt that the Steelers intended Willie Colon to rejoin them as their starting right tackle, the Steelers made their intentions clear today when they restructured his contract. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211657-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml An Allegheny County Common Pleas judge this morning postponed the release of a city police officer from jail pending the results of an evaluation by the jail's behavioral clinic. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211648-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Madonna's World Tour 2012 has expanded to include a Nov. 6 date at the Consol Energy Center. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:54:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211655-388.stm?cmpid=news.xml Rob Zombie will darken the door at Stage AE for the second straight year on May 16, this time with Megadeth and Lacuna Coil. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:30:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211518-28-0.stm?cmpid=news.xml Live well. In 2011, perhaps no company lived up to its own slogan better than GNC Nutrition Centers. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:39:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211537-460.stm?cmpid=news.xml In honor of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's Distinctively Dutch Festival, Renee Jones-Bos, the Netherlands' ambassador to the United States, was in Pittsburgh for a series of events. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:35:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211653-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml Generic drug maker Mylan Inc. this morning reported fourth-quarter net income rose to $129.5 million, or 30 cents per share, up from $2.6 million, or 1 cent, in the year-earlier period. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:24:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211524-348.stm?cmpid=news.xml All hail Will Ferrell, er, King Bacchus! Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:20:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211547-28-0.stm?cmpid=news.xml As upscale retailer Saks Fifth Avenue prepares to depart the city in less than a month, a major push is on to bring more women's boutiques Downtown. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:15:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211609-59-0.stm?cmpid=news.xml Perhaps it was the Christmas lights. Or maybe it was the procession of emergency vehicles leading him home, lights and sirens blaring. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:13:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211591-294-0.stm?cmpid=news.xml As I wandered the aisles of Lotus Foods in the Strip, looking for dried bean thread, my mind idled back to a wintry afternoon in the early 1980s. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:09:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211525-51-0.stm?cmpid=news.xml DEAR MARY ANN: I have a problem that may sound silly, but it is causing a rift between me and my husband. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211506-44-0.stm?cmpid=news.xml If you have a young reader who loves nonfiction, check out the 2012 winner of the Robert F. Medal, and the four 2012 Sibert Honor books. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:02:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211585-67-0.stm?cmpid=news.xml Mark Shields and David Brooks go head-to-head every Friday in a televised sparring match. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:59:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211652-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml Wabtec today reported fourth-quarter profit of $72.5 million, or $0.96 per share, compared to $51.3 million or $0.64 per share for the fourth quarter of 2010. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:58:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211651-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml Aquion Energy Inc., a Pittsburgh company that started out based on research at Carnegie Mellon University, plans to build a facility to manufacture sodium ion batteries and energy storage systems in Westmoreland County. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:53:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211650-54.stm?cmpid=news.xml A Lawrence County Jail inmate who sued after a corrections officer videotaped him and posted the clip on YouTube saw his case dismissed this morning when a judge found that he had no privacy rights. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:40:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211550-455-0.stm?cmpid=news.xml STEUBENVILLE, Ohio -- Rick Santorum accused the Obama administration of stifling energy development and the economy through its Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:41:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211600-58.stm?cmpid=news.xml The DEP was continuing its investigation of the second spill in three months at a Chevron-Appalachia Marcellus Shale gas well operation in Robinson, Washington County. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:58:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211615-503-0.stm?cmpid=news.xml A new, first-of-its-kind medical program to assess both the individual and public health impacts of widespread Marcellus Shale gas Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211520-28-0.stm?cmpid=news.xml The cost of food prepared at home rose 6 percent last year, following an increase the year before -- trends that are not helpful for supermarkets trying to satisfy their customers. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:49:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211545-61.stm?cmpid=news.xml The numbers say it still is possible. That the Penguins not only could make up the 10-point gap separating them from the New York Rangers, who will visit Consol Energy Center tonight, but actually could end up 36 in front of the Rangers. All it would take is for the Penguins to finish the season on a 23-0 roll, while New York loses its final 25 games. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:12:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211645-82-0.stm?cmpid=news.xml ATHENS -- After months in which Greece has teetered on the verge of bankruptcy, European officials appeared to reach agreement early Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:15:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211502-192.stm?cmpid=news.xml Penn State students really know how to party. That's not something school administrators are typically thrilled to hear about, but the weekend-long event known as Thon is the exception. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211507-437.stm?cmpid=news.xml This is a biweekly series about art and artists in the region. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211515-348.stm?cmpid=news.xml NEW YORK -- Aretha Franklin was thankful to be alive and was thinking about lost friends, among them Whitney Houston. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211521-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml TNT Express NV, Europe's second-largest express-delivery service, is facing pressure to agree to an improved sale agreement with United Parcel Service Inc. as investor confidence in its ability to improve margins flags. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211530-122.stm?cmpid=news.xml John Turner Sargent Sr., a publisher, editor and socialite who as CEO of Doubleday worked with authors from Dwight Eisenhower to Stephen King and helped recruit his friend Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis as an editor, died Feb. 5 at age 87. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211536-460.stm?cmpid=news.xml Three Rivers Center for Independent Living held a Wine Tasting benefit Thursday at the Fairmont Pittsburgh, raising funds to support its services for people with disabilities. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211539-460.stm?cmpid=news.xml A celebration lunch at the Omni William Penn was held Friday for The Three Rivers Adoption Council's 2011 Community Partnership Award. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211546-175.stm?cmpid=news.xml Is Pitt the most disappointing team in college basketball this season? A perfectly reasonable question, given how the season has unfolded, and it appears the answer is yes although Big East peer Connecticut is giving the Panthers a run for their money. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211554-63.stm?cmpid=news.xml He has made similar comments in the past, dating back more than a decade, but now with the all-time saves record in hand, and his age finally matching his famous uniform number, New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera sounds a lot like someone who is about to play his last season. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211556-56.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has revised the posted detour for the closure of the eastbound ramp from Route 30 to Electric Avenue in Chalfant and North Braddock. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211558-54.stm?cmpid=news.xml Police in Reserve said two people stole a charity's fundraising tickets and sold them door-to-door, pocketing about $300 meant to go to support Jamie's Dream Team, an organization that grants requests to the terminally ill. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211563-175.stm?cmpid=news.xml There is never really a good time to play Connecticut, but Pitt coach Agnus Berenato is pretty sure the timing for her team to play the Huskies couldn't be worse. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211567-61.stm?cmpid=news.xml Erik Karlsson had a simple explanation for Ottawa's dominant performance Monday. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211579-298.stm?cmpid=news.xml A+ Schools has concluded that the district has responded to "pressing financial challenges" but must continue to control costs. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211581-136.stm?cmpid=news.xml LOS ANGELES -- Bill Haas played alongside Phil Mickelson in what seemed like a one-sided affair outside the ropes, where chants of "Phil" chased after them in the cool air of the Pacific Ocean. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211592-153.stm?cmpid=news.xml I've been told that it is way too early to begin showing signs of Rick Santorum derangement syndrome. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211597-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml JERUSALEM -- Despite its confident saber-rattling, Israel's concern is growing that the country is vulnerable to a devastating Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211599-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- The United States and Mexico reached agreement Monday on regulating oil and gas development along their maritime border in Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211614-176.stm?cmpid=news.xml Weeks of intense campaigning in the early nominating states have left the leading Republican presidential candidates increasingly Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211498-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml Of all the issues you can raise in a political campaign, the dumbest is whether a member of Congress has moved his/her family to Washington. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211499-109.stm?cmpid=news.xml We all lament the rise of incivility in our democracy. Allegheny College is launching a quest to reverse it. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211501-192.stm?cmpid=news.xml Visitors to Pittsburgh International Airport can be forgiven for thinking, at certain times, that they wandered into an aviation ghost town. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211503-192.stm?cmpid=news.xml There are moments when America's apparent policy toward Iran is so twisted into knots that it scarcely deserves to be called a policy. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211504-110.stm?cmpid=news.xml I would like to provide insight into two of Gov. Tom Corbett's defenses for "defunding" public education (see Bob Gold's letter "The Funding Facts," Feb. 14). Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211510-348.stm?cmpid=news.xml While some people were not happy about Chris Brown's performances and win at the Grammy Awards, his ex Rihanna seems to be in a good Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211517-314.stm?cmpid=news.xml NEW YORK -- All sights may be set on spring, but what to wear next fall and winter was the focus of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, which wrapped up last week after eight days of runway shows, parties and presentations throughout New York City. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211519-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml Within a few months, a specialist from the West Penn Allegheny Health System will be able to electronically share radiology test results with a primary care physician through a new health information exchange being developed by Highmark Inc. and Verizon, the two companies announced Monday. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211523-442.stm?cmpid=news.xml Frances Cardillo of Oakdale loves to read. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211529-122.stm?cmpid=news.xml When Paul J. Kuszaj suffered a severe brain hemorrhage in 2001, his wife was told he likely had just hours to live. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211531-122.stm?cmpid=news.xml Philip Vannatter, who as a Los Angeles police detective helped lead the investigation of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald L. Goldman and who was a major prosecution witness in the failed attempt to convict O.J. Simpson, died Jan. 20 in Santa Clarita, Calif. He was 70. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211532-460.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Pittsburgh International Auto Show just wasn't the same these past few years without its Red CARpet Charity Preview Gala. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211533-460.stm?cmpid=news.xml It was a banner night at the Heinz History Center Friday during the "Red, White and Blue" affair. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211534-460.stm?cmpid=news.xml The 12th annual ABOARD benefit gala for the Autism Connection of Pennsylvania was held Saturday night at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211538-460.stm?cmpid=news.xml Linus was wearing fatigues Saturday, but he's no soldier. He was being a really good sport for Hello Bully's fourth annual Lovers Not Fighters Gala at Solders & Sailors Memorial Hall in Oakland. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211540-460.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Mattress Factory held a kickoff reception at Phipps Thursday for its 2012 Urban Garden Party, which will be held June 15. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211541-361.stm?cmpid=news.xml California University of Pennsylvania police plan to meet with the Washington County District Attorney's office to decide whether to file criminal charges against a Woodland Hills High School basketball player who punched an opposing player in a WPIAL playoff game Saturday. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211542-63.stm?cmpid=news.xml A.J. Burnett departed his Maryland home Saturday for Florida, though his exact destination remained unclear. Once he received a call from Pirates general manager Neal Huntington and manager Clint Hurdle, his route solidified. Endpoint: Bradenton. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211543-87.stm?cmpid=news.xml There is no one whose opinions I respect more on all matters baseball than Jim Leyland's. He still lives in Pittsburgh after managing the Pirates from 1986-96 and is starting his seventh season with the Detroit Tigers. Naturally, he was the first baseball man I thought to ask about the Pirates' wisdom in trading for New York Yankees pitcher A.J. Burnett. He said he liked the deal. That means I like it, too. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211549-176.stm?cmpid=news.xml CINCINNATI -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney focused heavily on jobs while in Ohio on Monday, arguing he is the Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211552-63.stm?cmpid=news.xml Manny Ramirez and the Oakland Athletics agreed on a minor league contract that is worth approximately $500,000 if he's added to the big league roster. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211553-63.stm?cmpid=news.xml Decked out in Angels gear from head to toe, Albert Pujols looked like the same slugger whose swing in St. Louis became as symbolic as the Gateway Arch. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211555-56.stm?cmpid=news.xml A New Kensington driver will likely face charges in connection with a crash that killed another driver Saturday evening, police said Monday. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211559-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Diocese of Pittsburgh Secretariat for Catholic Education is looking at developing a regional approach to governing and supporting Catholic elementary schools using three models: the single parish school, the consortium model and the regional school model. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211560-55.stm?cmpid=news.xml Two nursing students who had stopped to help a motorist on the side of Interstate 79 in Greene County were injured Monday morning when they jumped from an overpass to avoid being hit by an oncoming tractor-trailer. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211561-143.stm?cmpid=news.xml Nikki Greene had 25 points and 15 rebounds to help No. 11 Penn State beat No. 8 Ohio State, 84-66, at the Bryce Jordan Center, clinching at least a share of its first Big Ten title since 2004. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211566-61.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Detroit Red Wings put goaltender Ty Conklin on waivers. If Conklin, a former Penguin, isn't claimed by noon today, he will be assigned to the AHL's Grand Rapids Griffins. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211568-61.stm?cmpid=news.xml At this point, there's no evidence that any of Evgeni Malkin, James Neal, Matt Cooke and Brooks Orpik will be unable to dress when the Penguins face the New York Rangers tonight at Consol Energy Center, although Dan Bylsma was somewhat cryptic about their status after the workout. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211571-132.stm?cmpid=news.xml Former NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield was hit with new criminal charges as he fights his suspension from the racing circuit. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211576-132.stm?cmpid=news.xml Kyle Busch twice appeared destined to destroy his race car, and twice used breathtaking saves to keep on running around Daytona International Speedway. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211577-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Minnesota Vikings are going younger this offseason in their attempt to catch up with the rest of their division. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211578-275.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Portland Trail Blazers said Monday that a procedure to clear debris out of Greg Oden's left knee resulted in another microfracture surgery. Oden had the surgery in Vail, Colo. It was originally expected to be an arthroscopic procedure to clean out the 7-foot center's knee, but the surgeon determined there was additional damage. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211580-139.stm?cmpid=news.xml Dereck Chisora apologized "wholeheartedly" Monday for the brawl with David Haye that followed his loss Saturday night to WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211583-361.stm?cmpid=news.xml Janay Bottoms found the bottom of the net often in the first half, and now Allderdice gets a chance to finish on top in the City League. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211584-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml Allegheny County officials have agreed to release background information on a controversial $11 million reassessment effort. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211586-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml Pittsburgh police said Monday that they are reviewing previous arrests made by a suspended officer. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211587-454.stm?cmpid=news.xml Tom Corbett's administration achieved a drastic reduction in numbers by redefining what constitutes a state vehicle. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211596-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml LONDON -- A team of U.N. inspectors arrived Monday in Iran for its second visit in three weeks, saying its highest priority remained Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211598-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml CAIRO --Two Iranian warships docked in a Syrian port Monday as a senior Iranian lawmaker denounced the possibility that the United Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211602-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml NEW YORK -- Indian reservations have for years grappled with chronic rates of crime higher than all but a handful of the most violent Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211603-361.stm?cmpid=news.xml Basketball Box Scores Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211604-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- Xavier Alvarez told of playing hockey for the Detroit Red Wings, marrying a Mexican starlet, piloting a helicopter in Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211607-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml Feb. 29 is the last day for local governments and nonprofit organizations in Allegheny County to apply. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211608-55.stm?cmpid=news.xml Kirk Bloodsworth will speak about his experience abd the danger of executions in a flawed justice system at 2 p.m. Sunday. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211610-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml CULVER CITY, Calif. -- YouTube is enlisting Hollywood's help to reach a generation of viewers more familiar with smartphones than TV Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211613-54.stm?cmpid=news.xml An investigation has led to the conviction of 11 people as part of a a welfare fraud scam in Mercer County. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211617-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml Barry and Rebecca Vest can't conceive children -- or of why a woman pretended to be pregnant and persuaded them to travel from Idaho Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211624-115.stm?cmpid=news.xml A prominent environmental researcher, activist and blogger from California admitted Monday night that he had deceitfully obtained and distributed confidential internal materials from the Heartland Institute, a libertarian group based in Chicago devoted in part to questioning the reality of global warming. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211625-115.stm?cmpid=news.xml To the Editor: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211626-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml Indian reservations across the United States have grappled for years with chronic rates of crime higher than all but a handful of the nation's most violent cities. But the Justice Department, which is responsible for prosecuting the most serious crimes on reservations, files charges in only about half of Indian Country murder investigations and turns down nearly two-thirds of sexual assault cases, according to new federal data. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211627-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml Political campaigns, which have borrowed tricks from Madison Avenue for decades, are now fully engaged on the latest technological frontier in advertising: aiming specific ads at potential supporters based on where they live, the Web sites they visit and their voting records. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211628-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml Weeks of intense campaigning in the early nominating states have left the leading Republican presidential candidates increasingly dependent on millions of dollars spent on their behalf by outside "super PACs," reports filed with the Federal Election Commission on Monday showed. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211629-84.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- The government's attempt to reduce childhood obesity is moving from the school cafeteria to the vending machines. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211630-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml BRUSSELS -- Greece finally secured its second giant bailout early Tuesday after euro zone finance ministers agreed to save it from bankruptcy in exchange for severe austerity measures and subject to strict conditions. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211631-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml WARSAW -- For all that Poland has accomplished since the fall of the Iron Curtain, it has long resisted fully coming to terms with its Communist past -- the oppression, the spying, even the massacres. Society preferred to forget, to move on. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211632-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml CAIRO -- Two Iranian warships docked in a Syrian port on Monday as a senior Iranian lawmaker denounced American calls for arming the Syrian opposition, adding to the international tensions over the nearly yearlong crackdown by the government of President Bashar al-Assad. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211633-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml HONG KONG -- An unauthorized addition to a luxury home may be sinking the hopes of the man China is thought to favor as Hong Kong's next leader. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211634-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml LONDON -- James Whitaker, considered by many of his peers to be the dean of the tight-knit pack of reporters who specialize in covering the British royal family, had the good fortune that comes to those in all walks of life who fall into jobs to which they are innately suited. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211635-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml DUBLIN -- Ireland has positioned itself to become China's springboard into Europe, Irish government officials said on Monday at the conclusion of a three-day official visit by Xi Jinping, the vice president of China, who is expected to succeed Hu Jintao as its paramount leader next year. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211636-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml WASHINGTON -- The United States and Mexico reached agreement on Monday on regulating oil and gas development along their maritime border in the Gulf of Mexico, ending years of negotiations and potentially opening more than a million acres to deepwater drilling. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211637-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml SANA, Yemen -- A day before a national vote that will signify the formal end of his presidency, Ali Abdullah Saleh signaled his hope to be an anomaly in the Arab Spring: a toppled autocrat who can preserve some degree of influence in his nation's governance. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211638-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml CAIRO -- The Egyptian prosecution's summary of the case against at least 16 Americans and others from five democracy and human rights groups focuses largely on the testimony of their accusers, with evidence primarily limited to proof that their organizations used American and other foreign funds for payrolls and rent. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211639-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea's Workers' Party will hold a conference in mid-April, the government announced Monday, affording its new leader, Kim Jong-un, the opportunity to inherit top party posts held by his late father. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211640-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml JERUSALEM -- Israel's High Court is scheduled to hear an urgent petition on Tuesday in the case of a Palestinian detained without charge who has been on a hunger strike for two months. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211641-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml SOCHI, Russia -- The scene at a hotel conference room here could have sprung whole from a daydream by Donald Trump. Hundreds of young people milled about, buzzing with praise and admiration for a billionaire who decided to run for president. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211642-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml The Department of Defense has identified 1,883 American service members who have died as a part of the Afghan war and related operations. It confirmed the deaths of the following Americans recently: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211643-82.stm?cmpid=news.xml LONDON -- A team of United Nations inspectors arrived in Iran on Monday for its second visit in three weeks, saying its highest priority remained "the possible military dimensions" of Iran's nuclear program, which Tehran insists that the program does not have and which the inspectors' previous visit did nothing to resolve. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500