Provides the latest RSS feeds for Pittsburgh News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Pennsylvania Sun.com http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/ en-us Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:28:09 -0500 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:28:09 -0500 30 HARRISBURG -- A deal between Republican lawmakers and Gov. Tom Corbett on a Marcellus Shale regulatory and impact fee measure is nearly complete, with summaries of the expected compromise plan ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203265184/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:59:26 -0500 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203265184/ Margie Walls can't live a day without a "Jamie moment," when the sight of a woman's brown hair or a whiff of Tiffany perfume will flood her mind with memories of her daughter. ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203263474/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:09:44 -0500 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203263474/ In early 2010, in an effort to ease the burden of the state's prison system, Gov. Ed Rendell announced that Pennsylvania would contract with Michigan and Virginia to move 2,000 low-risk inmates ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203263475/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:09:43 -0500 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203263475/ Normally, The Morning File would have sources feeding us advance dope (no pun intended) about the governor's announcements. Unfortunately, all of those sources are either incarcerated due to ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203263477/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:09:42 -0500 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203263477/ Kim Fussenegger, a registered nurse, and Patty Takacs, director of adult day care services at Vintage in East Liberty, which is ending its day care ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203263476/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:09:42 -0500 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203263476/ By court order, Occupy Pittsburgh must get off BNY Mellon Green by today, but while many of the tents were removed Sunday, it was not clear whether all of the protesters would be gone. Matt ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203263480/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:09:41 -0500 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203263480/ Calvary Episcopal Church in Shadyside is being considered for the National Register of Historic Places. The board of the state historic preservation office will consider on Tuesday whether to ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203263479/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:09:41 -0500 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203263479/ The city of Pittsburgh will collect a new tax for the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh beginning this year, but how much the latter has to pay for that service is a matter of discussion. City and ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203263478/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:09:41 -0500 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203263478/ As Eleanor Bailey was helping to plan funeral services for her father, William R. Bailey Jr., she ran across a saying that immediately made her think of him. "If I cannot do great things, I ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203263483/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:09:40 -0500 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203263483/ Last year, Donate Life America, the nonprofit that advocates for people to donate their organs, reached an important, 5-year-old goal. Beginning in 2006, the organization pushed the number of ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203263484/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:09:39 -0500 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203263484/ The next time people try to tell you how much the data-driven education reform programs of President George W. Bush (No Child Left Behind) and President Obama (Race to the Top) have raised academic ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203263485/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:09:38 -0500 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203263485/ PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The clock is ticking for Occupy Pittsburgh protestors. Many were packing up their tents and heading out Sunday night. The protestors have been staying in Mellon Park for ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203263473/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:41:13 -0500 2KDKA http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203263473/ FINDLAY TOWNSHIP(KDKA) — There was a change of command for the 171st Air Refueling Wing Sunday morning. The ceremony was held at the base in Findlay Township as Col. Anthony J. Carrelli took ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203263472/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:41:12 -0500 2KDKA http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203263472/ INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Eli Manning and the Giants one-upped Tom Brady and the Patriots again, coming back with a last-minute touchdown to beat New England 21-17 Sunday night for New York's fourth ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203262246/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:40:34 -0500 WPXI http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203262246/ Triumphing in a thriller, quarterback Eli Manning led the New York Giants on Sunday to their second Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots in four years.Clutching the championship trophy, ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203262247/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:37:51 -0500 The Pittsburgh Channel http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203262247/ For all the pomp and excess of Madonna's Super Bowl halftime show, it is likely to be a single extended middle finger by guest singer M.I.A. that is most remembered.The gesture, accompanied by ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203262248/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:37:48 -0500 The Pittsburgh Channel http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203262248/ ROSS TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Fire caused some damage to a home in Ross Township on Sunday afternoon. Authorities say the fire started in a second-floor bedroom inside a house in the 100-block of ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203259760/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:46:40 -0500 2KDKA http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203259760/ BELLEVUE (KDKA) — Police are investigating after an armed robbery at a business in Bellevue Saturday night. The incident happened at Bellevue Beer around 9:45 p.m. on Ohio River Boulevard. ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203259759/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:46:39 -0500 2KDKA http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203259759/ For the second time in less than a week, police said a gunman fired shots early Sunday morning at the same Wilkinsburg house where a girl was injured with flying glass.A young girl was hurt during a ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203258230/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:40:29 -0500 The Pittsburgh Channel http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203258230/ Police said a woman was found stabbed along Court Place near Ross Street in downtown Pittsburgh on Sunday night.Investigators said they are trying to figure out if the victim was attacked or if she ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203258231/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:40:28 -0500 The Pittsburgh Channel http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203258231/ Police have made an arrest after a suspected carjacker tried to run down a police officer during a chase.Authorities with the McKees Rocks Police Department said Troy Naylor, 23, was arrested after ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203258233/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:40:26 -0500 The Pittsburgh Channel http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203258233/ Lamar Patterson - and trailed 21-16 with 7:19 left in the first half. But Pitt would recover from that early slump to hit 12 of its next 15 shots and sprint away on a 22-2 ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203258229/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:07:03 -0500 2KDKA http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203258229/ The brand new Flight 93 National Memorial in Somerset County brought in a record number of visitors in 2011.According to Channel 11’s news exchange partners at TribLIVE, an estimated 265,000 ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203256973/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:03:43 -0500 WPXI http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203256973/ Ilya Kovalchuk had a goal and two assists, and the New Jersey Devils extended their winning streak to four with a 5-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday.Anton Volchenkov, Dainius Zubrus, ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203256974/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:03:42 -0500 WPXI http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203256974/ Authorities are investigating a shooting outside a Houston strip club that killed a Pittsburgh man.Police said Antoin Yarbrough, 39, was shot outside the Palace Gentleman’s Club around 2 ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203256975/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:03:40 -0500 WPXI http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203256975/ Taking risks and stepping out of your comfort zone are important when it comes to building a successful business. Starting a business can be scary, especially when we think about making mistakes and ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203256976/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:47:41 -0500 Examiner http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203256976/ NEWARK, N.J. (KDKA) – The Penguins were looking to win their second game in as many days, but the New Jersey Devils had other ideas Sunday afternoon. New Jersey jumped out to an early lead ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203256972/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:29:59 -0500 2KDKA http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203256972/ Police are looking for a man accused of robbing a Baskin Robbins on Forbes Avenue in Squirrel Hill Saturday.Officials said the suspect showed a gun and took off with an unknown amount cash from the ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203254932/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:56:24 -0500 WPXI http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203254932/ A car slammed into a pole and snapped it in half Sunday morning in Carrick.Police are investigating what caused the crash that happened on Brownsville Road just before 6 a.m.The driver, whose name ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203253748/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:22:25 -0500 WPXI http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203253748/ Attorneys representing a man who was sentenced to death more than two decades ago in the murder of a waitress in Fayette County are trying to stop prosecutors from retrying the defendant. A federal ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203253749/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:14:54 -0500 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203253749/ Firefighters battled a blaze in Bridgeville this morning that destroyed an apartment building and spread to a neighboring structure. An emergency dispatch supervisor said the fire at 667 Baldwin ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203250928/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:58:03 -0500 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203250928/ Two Beaver County residents were hurt Saturday in a car crash blamed on speed. State police at Beaver said Mark Frankenberry, 22, of New Brighton, was cited for driving at an unsafe speed following ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203250927/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:58:02 -0500 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203250927/ JEANNETTE (KDKA) — Residents are on alert as Westmoreland County authorities continue to investigate another fire at an abandoned home in Jeannette. The fire on Friday night in the 300-block ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203250926/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:32:33 -0500 2KDKA http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203250926/ PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) — In their all-red, "Bulls-like" throwback jerseys honoring the former Duke and first African American to be drafted in the National Basketball Association, ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203249970/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:40:30 -0500 2KDKA http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203249970/ Gov. Tom Corbett toured the Kurt J. Lesker Co., a manufacturer of vacuum products in Jefferson Hills, in April, defending his 2011 budget decisions. More cuts are expected for the 2012 ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203245325/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:46:52 -0500 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203245325/ CapCon 176 had Marshall's Dave Hatfield marching back into the winner's circle of the contest for the third time since October, which is mighty impressive considering his entries are up ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203245327/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:46:50 -0500 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203245327/ The image of the first day of school at the new Pittsburgh Westinghouse 6-12 in Homewood still sticks in one teacher's mind. "I think the first day in August was so beautiful. They came ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203245328/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:46:48 -0500 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203245328/ Using his uncle's Civil War diaries, Mark A. Miner chronicles how the not-yet-famous poet and his uncle overlapped in their service to wounded ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203245333/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:46:47 -0500 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203245333/ The railroad industry is picking up steam again, after losing ground decades ago to the nation's trucking industry. And Pittsburgh's expertise and history in the business -- Andrew ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203245332/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:46:45 -0500 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203245332/ HARRISBURG -- It's only a month into the new year, but things are already getting ugly at the state Capitol. While election-year wars are always rough and tough, House Democrats have kicked ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203245331/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:46:43 -0500 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203245331/ Sgt. Fredrich Ramien of Trafford hugs his son Jacob, 7, Saturday in New Kensington after a year in Afghanistan with the 307th Military Police ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203245329/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:46:41 -0500 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203245329/ Bishop David A. Zubik will celebrate a memorial Mass for the late Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua at St. Paul Cathedral on Feb. 19. Cardinal Bevilacqua, a retired archbishop of Philadelphia and the ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203245334/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:46:39 -0500 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203245334/ A Cambria County man driving on the wrong side of the road was killed early Saturday morning in a head-on collision, according to state police. Brian Polk, 34, of Salix was driving a minivan south ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203245335/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:46:38 -0500 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203245335/ SEATTLE -- This is the University of Washington's new math: 18 percent of its freshmen come from abroad, most from China. Each pays tuition of $28,059, about three times as much as students ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203245336/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:46:37 -0500 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203245336/ Green River Community College, 45 minutes south of Seattle, has no special overseas cachet, no global name recognition -- but it has enrolled 1,400 international students this year, most of them ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203245337/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:46:36 -0500 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203245337/ CHESTER, Pa. -- The Chester Upland School District is more than $20 million in debt, its bank account is almost empty and it cannot afford to pay teachers past the end of this month. To make ... http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203245338/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:46:35 -0500 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/id/203245338/