Saturday 4th July, 2009
Garden tours highlight region's blossoming buds
Pittsburgh Tribune Review... will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The self-guided tour will feature 10 gardens in and around Green Tree. Visitors can experience a bamboo oasis, see a train make its way around a "railroad...
Today In History July 4, 2009
2KDKAToday is Saturday, the 185th day of 2009. There are 180 days left in the year. This is Independence Day. Today's Highlight in History: On 1776, the Continental Congress adopted...
Independence Day will always be special
Pittsburgh Tribune ReviewThere is a widespread tendency to dismiss the significance of holidays. A lot of times we view them as just another day off from work or school. Today, we celebrate Independence Day. It's not just...
Moss And Vazquez Lead Pirates Over Marlins
The Pittsburgh ChannelSports Network) - Brandon Moss and Ramon Vazquez hit early home runs, and the Pittsburgh Pirates shut down Hanley Ramirez, on the way to a 7-4 win over the Florida Marlins in the opener of a...
Pirates going in right direction
Pittsburgh Tribune ReviewI like what the Pirates are doing because it's a refreshing change from their pathetic past. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying general manager Neal Huntington has a better idea, or that the next 16...
Morton shows stuff, Pirates flatten Florida, 7-4
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteThere had been questions about Charlie Morton, long before he became the Pirates' most immediate return in the Nate McLouth trade. Chief among them: 1. Was he mentally tough enough? 2....
Taliban offers stiff resistance to U.S. drive in Afghanistan
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteU.s. Marines Cpl. Nolan Archer Dyer, IN, with a U.S. flag in his backpack take positions with his fellow marines from the 2nd MEB, 1st Battalion 5th Marines in the Nawa district in Afghanistan's...
Greensburg man, woman jailed on drug charges
Pittsburgh Tribune ReviewA man and woman from Greensburg were jailed on drug charges after drugs and cash were found in their apartment, city police said. Kiley Ciocca, 26, and Danny Jones, 28, both of 35 Westminster Ave....
All students were winners at scholarship banquet
Pittsburgh Tribune ReviewRonald Lincoski and Kelly Pleva won the top prizes, but all of the nominees turned out to be winners Thursday night at the ninth annual banquet of The Valley Independent-California University of...
Latrobe man dies of injuries after vehicle crash
Pittsburgh Tribune ReviewA Latrobe man died of his injuries early Thursday morning after a vehicle crash in Unity Wednesday night, state police said. Peter Saxman, 62, was pronounced dead at Allegheny General Hospital in...
Man hit, critically injured in Donegal Twp.; DUI to blame, police say
Pittsburgh Tribune ReviewA pedestrian was critically injured early Monday morning when he was struck by a vehicle in Donegal Township, and alcohol may have played a factor, police said. The man, whose name was not released...
Magic City Market House new community resource
Pittsburgh Tribune ReviewSix years ago, Donn Henderson campaigned for a gathering place in downtown Charleroi that would house community events for years to come. The former head of the borough's now-defunct...
Homeless animals jam shelter
Pittsburgh Tribune ReviewCages containing cats were stacked in the hallways of the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society in the North Side Friday after an unusually large number of people turned animals in before the holiday...
United Way announces agencies to receive funds
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteThe United Way of Allegheny County announced the partner agencies that will receive Impact Fund allocations for 2009-10. The Impact Fund is designed to support Pittsburgh's most critical needs. In...
Two members of Pagan motorcycle gang head to court
Pittsburgh Tribune ReviewIt began three summers ago, when armed sentries stood watch over a two-day orgy of drugs and alcohol at a picnic ground, just off Interstate 70 in Westmoreland County. The party, so secretive that...
His fellow pitchmen give Billy Mays a proper sendoff
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteAfter six sad men in khaki and blue slid the casket of William Mays II into the back of the hearse, Anthony Sullivan assembled a lineup, fetched William Mays III, and ordered all thumbs up for a last...
O'Hanlons take pride in preserving America's liberty
Pittsburgh Tribune ReviewWith three generations of military service, the O'Hanlons regularly celebrate the country's independence and don't get particularly revved up about the Fourth of July. "We always have Old Glory out...
Armstrong ready for Tour return
Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe Tour de France is ready for another edition with Lance Armstrong, and today's opening stage may show whether he's ready to challenge for another title. Armstrong's 37-year-old legs...
West Mifflin Irish-Catholic educator placed reading first
Pittsburgh Tribune ReviewAn educator devoted to improving youngsters' reading skills, Dorothy Conway gave part of her estate to establish a scholarship at Duquesne University. Dorothy E. Conway of West Mifflin, a retired...
Foliage can add color if flowers are out
Pittsburgh Tribune ReviewIf it's honey bees you're concerned about, Mom's old verse: "They won't bother you if you don't bother them" is certainly appropriate. Honey bees are far more concerned with gathering nectar than...
Wecht's lawyers seek rebuke of Buchanan
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteThe legal team for Dr. Cyril H. Wecht is asking U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to formally rebuke Pittsburgh's U.S. attorney for insisting at a news conference last month that Mr. Wecht committed...
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