Saturday 28th January, 2012
Pittsburgh drinks: Jan. 30-Feb. 5
As Old Man Winter tries to take hold of the situation here in Pittsburgh, keep your spirits up (sorry about that) with a great drink. It's the end of January, do you know where your drinks ...
Obituary: Robert Hegyes / Played Juan Epstein on TV's 'Welcome Back, Kotter'
Robert Hegyes, an actor whose Jewish-Puerto Rican character Juan Epstein was one of the Sweathogs on the 1970s TV sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter," died Thursday of a heart attack in New ...
Progress takes big step on Pittsburgh's North Side
Exhausting dramas such as "Ben Hur" and "Gone With the Wind" played at the Garden Theater in its mainstream days, but none could match that of the theater's own finale, a ...
Mount Washington: a nice place to visit, if only you can get there
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteEven before a landslide closed McArdle Roadway from the Liberty Bridge to Mount Washington, residents and visitors to the hilltop neighborhood were dealing with other lingering obstacles. A bridge ...
Court sides with driver in car-on-box accident
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteA box in the road could be considered, for insurance purposes, as an uninsured vehicle, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday in a narrow, but precedential, ruling that stemmed from a ...
Pitt wins legal battle over patent infringement
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteA 4-year-old legal battle between the University of Pittsburgh and California-based Varian Medical Systems over patents for radiotherapy devices was won by Pitt Thursday at a jury trial. The jury ...
Mayor wants to help pay for city home appraisals
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteMore help is on the way for city residents who want to challenge new property assessments. Mayor Luke Ravenstahl on Friday proposed splitting appraisal costs with homeowners who need ammunition for ...
Obituary: Joshua Clyde Whetzel Jr. / Tireless force for improving environment, science center
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteJoshua Clyde Whetzel Jr., a visionary scientist and conservationist who raised funds to build the Carnegie Science Center, dramatically increased the number of visitors to Fallingwater, and ...
Mixed Reviews of Obama Plan to Keep Down College Costs
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteIn a campus visit Friday morning, President Obama outlined his plans to keep college tuition costs in check, getting a wildly enthusiastic response at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Students ...
Southpointe II growth in works
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteFueled by the Marcellus Shale boom, a Green Tree developer intends to erect two new office buildings at the Southpointe II complex in Washington County. Burns & Scalo Real Estate Services has ...
Police seize nearly 50 pounds of marijuana from vehicle
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteTwo Fayette County men were arrested in Uniontown early Friday morning after police said they found nearly 50 pounds of suspected marijuana in their van. Richard Settles Jr., 31, of McClellandtown, ...
Raw milk sold here infected, state warns
Pittsburgh Post-GazettePeople who bought raw milk from The Family Cow farm in Franklin County this year should toss it, the state Department of Health said Friday. Six people who drank the farm's raw milk, sold in ...
Two men arrested in East Liberty home invasion
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRobbery detectives have charged a pair of Homewood men who police said barged into a house Friday morning and robbed a resident at gunpoint. Officers responding to reports of a domestic dispute on ...
Railroad bridge demolition to close West End street today
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRoute 60/South Main Street in the West End is scheduled to be closed from 6 a.m. to about 6 p.m. today for removal of the unused railroad bridge between Sanctus Street and Route 51. A detour will be ...
Motorcoach service begins between PIT and PHL airports
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteLenzner Coach Lines is offering motorcoach service between Pittsburgh International and Philadelphia International airports. There are two daily trips, seven days a week, on deluxe motorcoaches ...
Republican committee set to endorse U.S. Senate candidate
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteHERSHEY, Pa. -- With a closely watched party endorsement vote set for this morning, seven of the GOP contenders for U.S. Senate gave their final pitches for support in a forum here Friday evening. ...
Solo trek across Antarctica stirs emotions
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteBUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- British adventurer Felicity Aston this week became the first woman to ski alone across Antarctica, hauling two sledges around crevasses and over mountains into endless ...
Port Authority OKs comment period on cuts
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteWas it an omen when the wheels came off of a Port Authority bus this week? After years of facing recurring budget crises, fare increases, threats of service cuts and actual cuts, transit riders are ...
Obama's college proposals get mixed reactions
Pittsburgh Post-GazettePresident Barack Obama shakes hands with students at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Friday. Mr. Obama spoke about college affordability to the crowd of more than 3,000 students, ...
Obama Plan Links College Aid With Affordability
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteCorrection Appended President Obama is proposing a financial aid overhaul that for the first time would tie colleges' eligibility for campus-based aid programs -- Perkins loans, work-study ...
Silencing Cheers, to Save Troubled School District
Pittsburgh Post-GazettePREMONT -- A plan to save a school district has come down to rows of yellow Post-it notes. Dozens of the pieces of paper dot a wall in Superintendent Ernest Singleton's office, covering white ...
Ambridge Holds Premiere Party Fundraiser For New Katherine Heigl Movie
2KDKAAMBRIDGE (KDKA) — Pittsburgh is once again on the big screen. Some of the city's neighborhoods and surrounding area along with some of its people are featured in the new movie ';One ...
Police Seek UPS “Grinch” Theft Suspect
2KDKAPITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh police say surveillance video helped them crack a case that is reminding some of ';The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.'; An arrest warrant has been issued ...
Police In Fayette Co. Confiscate Drugs During Traffic Stop
2KDKAUNIONTOWN (KDKA) — Investigators say a morning traffic stop in Uniontown netted a garbage bag full of marijuana with a street value of $130,000. Uniontown police pulled the van over on Dunlap ...
Catholic Church Outraged at Health Care Mandate
2KDKAPITTSBURGH (NEWSRADIO 1020 KDKA) — KDKA Radio’s Mike Pintek talks to the director of the Religious Freedom Project Tom Farr. The mandate in the Healthcare Bill involving contraception ...
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