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/cat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf/ en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:25:29 -0400 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:25:29 -0400 30 The FBI and local law enforcement agencies are asking for the public's assistance in identifying a man they say robbed a Bentleyville PNC Bank Wednesday morning.According to police, the man robbed the PNC Bank on Wilson Road at gunpoint just before 10 a.m. Wednesday.Investigators said the man in his 20s or 30s, around 5 feet 9 inches tall, thin to medium build with a beard and a mustache. He ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215298427/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:20:11 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215298427/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Concerts, nature programs, movies, sports clinics, plays, athletic events, classes, historical tours and fundraisers are all included in the Fun ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215298429/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:18:18 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215298429/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf A mother who formerly headed the football boosters program at a western Pennsylvania high school has been charged with stealing more than $27,000 from the ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215298428/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:18:18 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215298428/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf 2min A campfire left untended sparked a blaze near Yosemite National Park that is threatening hundreds of homeowners, but firefighters are starting to get a handle on it. About 500 homes are under mandatory evacuation orders, including one that belongs to ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215298430/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:18:17 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215298430/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf The search in a field near Detroit for ex-Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa ended Wednesday, and as with so many past attempts to find him, authorities walked away empty-handed, the FBI ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215298239/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:11:05 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215298239/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - An active-duty member of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard is suing Target after he was allegedly fired for not showing up to work due to mandatory military training. According to the civil complaint, Andrew Lanier was terminated under Target's "no call-no show" policy. The complaint claims this is a violation of Lanier's rights under the Uniformed ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215298432/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:54:39 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215298432/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Last night, the San Antonio Spurs possibly choked away a championship. They led the Miami Heat by 5 points with 20 seconds to play and lost in OT. That’s a choke. You don’t blow 5 point leads with 20 seconds to play. You just can’t do that. Not with a title on the ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215298431/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:54:38 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215298431/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf You are using Internet Explorer 6. Internet Explorer 6 is unsupported by this site and you may experience layout and functionality issues. It is recommended that you upgrade to a newer version of Internet Explorer or switch to another browser. ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215298023/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:43:57 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215298023/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf According to police, one of the men, later identified as 25-year-old Andrew Peters, charged at an officer and tackled him. Peters then took off on foot again, before officers eventually took him into custody using a stun gun on Lawn Street near Kennett Square, above the Parkway ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215296884/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:09:28 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215296884/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf A federal judge ruled a Christian college in western Pennsylvania can exclude coverage for birth control like the morning-after pill and the week-after pill when it offers a health insurance plan to its students.The injunction issued in favor of Geneva College will remain in effect until the federal judge in Pittsburgh rules on the school's lawsuit challenging looming federal health care ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215296885/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:09:28 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215296885/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf State police are looking for the man who robbed a greenhouse Tuesday night in Mount Pleasant Township.According to police, the armed man robbed the Amenity Farm and Greenhouse about 6 p.m. Tuesday. Police said he got away with an undetermined amount of cash.Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to contact ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215296886/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:09:27 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215296886/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf U.S. President Barack Obama followed in the footsteps of past U.S. leaders with a speech Wednesday at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate that a senior administration official said would ask Russia to join the United States in slashing its supply of strategic nuclear ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215296693/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:00:02 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215296693/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) — Pirates color commentator and former pitcher Bob Walk joined The Fan Morning Show today for another edition of his weekly segment, ';Walk on ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215296887/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:44:23 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215296887/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf A Carnegie man will be sentenced Wednesday for his role in a deadly robbery more than two years ago.Tersaun Cole was convicted of first-degree murder, robbery and conspiracy in March for his involvement in the December 2010 incident.Prosecutors said Cole shot Teante Hill several times in the Hill District. Hill died the following day.Police arrested Cole almost a month later during a traffic stop ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215295045/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:00:14 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215295045/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf A library aide in the Franklin Regional School District has quit her job amidst accusations that she stole from an elementary school.According to Channel 11's news exchange partners ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215295047/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:00:14 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215295047/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf The severe weather that moved through the Channel 11 viewing area Tuesday afternoon and night left behind damage in several areas.In West View, parts of Perry Highway had to be closed near Center Avenue after a sinkhole opened up.The giant sinkhole opened up during the storm and is about 20 feet deep. Officials haven't said when they expect to have the hole fixed.Chopper 11 also flew over ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215295046/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:00:13 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215295046/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf to cover the Andy Warhol Bridge. The group has solicited more than 1,200 volunteers and more than 100 organizations to knit panels for the project. It's funded by grants. The bridge is expected to be draped with yarn on Aug. 10 and remain covered through Sept. 7. ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215295048/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:58:06 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215295048/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Directions: In a large skillet, cook the bacon over moderately high heat, turning once, until crisp, about 6 minutes. Drain and cut the bacon into large pieces. Light a grill to medium high and fill a large bowl with ice water. Gently mix the ground chuck with the ground sirloin, salt and pepper. Form the meat into six 4 inch patties, about 1 inches thick. Press an indentation in the center ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215295049/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:34:06 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215295049/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Elizabeth Kindelberger, who faces theft charges stemming from her time as president of Heritage Elementary School's parent-teacher organization, has resigned as a library aide with the ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215295051/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:29:28 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215295051/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Pennsylvania colleges are doing little to curb America's steady decline from educational powerhouse to middle-of-the-pack contender, according to a study published Tuesday by the National Council on Teacher ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215295050/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:29:26 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215295050/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle figured the odds were against Mat Latos extending his impressive streak without a defeat."He's due to lose," Hurdle said pregame.With one good inning, the Pirates pulled it off.Pedro Alvarez singled home a pair of runs in the first inning, and the Pirates ended Latos' streak of 21 regular-season starts without a loss, beating the Cincinnati Reds ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215293502/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:53:34 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215293502/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Police are investigating after getting reports of someone throwing firecrackers at at least two Edgewood homes.Authorities said a woman called police on June 13 after someone threw a firecracker through an open window at her Pennwood Avenue apartment. The woman said the small explosive left a burn mark on a pillow.A short time later, police said a man on Washington Street called and said a ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215293501/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:53:34 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215293501/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Police have released a surveillance photo of two men they said used a credit card that was stolen during an armed robbery earlier this month in Squirrel Hill.Authorities said a woman told detectives she was getting into her car on June 10 when a man with a knife grabbed her purse and ran away.The victim said her cellphone, cash and credit cards were inside the purse at the time.According to ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215293504/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:53:33 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215293504/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf A 26-year-old man accused of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend Tuesday morning in Reserve Township has died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds, police said.According to Allegheny County Police, 27-year-old Alisha Virtue's mother found her and the ex-boyfriend in a bathroom of her daughter's Spring Garden Avenue home.Investigators said Virtue's mother heard the shower running, and ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215293503/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:53:32 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215293503/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf A man who's suspected of burglarizing an Oakland home was in custody early Wednesday after a search that involved dozens of police officers canvassing the neighborhood and a hillside near the Parkway ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215293505/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:51:45 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215293505/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf OAKLAND (KDKA) – A man was taken into custody after being accused of breaking into a home in Oakland Tuesday night. According to police, the man tried to break into a home on Niagara Street around 8 p.m. Around midnight, police cornered the suspect near Kenneth Square. Police used a Taser to subdue him to take him into ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215293507/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:28:24 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215293507/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf RESERVE TOWNSHIP (KDKA) - Police are investigating after a man shot and killed his ex-girlfriend before turning the gun on himself Tuesday night in Reserve Township. The two people were found inside a home in the 3400-block of Spring Garden Road. According to police, 25-year-old Alisha Virtue was shot by her ex-boyfriend, before he then turned the gun on ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215293506/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:28:24 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215293506/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Councilman Dan Lloyd said Galla "gave lots of reasons" for resigning and the resignation letter reads as follows: "Although my time with the borough of Munhall has been, for the most part, satisfying and productive, for quite a while now I have become disillusioned, disenfranchised and less and less satisfied with my current work situation. Attempts at resolution have been ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215293508/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:22:40 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215293508/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf "Li'l Red" is not exactly the Brothers Grimm's storybook version of "Little Red Riding Hood." In Richard Kinter's modern adaptation of the classic fairytale, which opens the summer season for Johnny Appleseed Children's Theatre at Apple Hill Playhouse, the wolf that frightened the little girl on her way to see her grandma is more "cool dude" than ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215291753/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:37:37 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215291753/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Skeptics who have long theorized that TWA Flight 800 was brought down by sinister forces will get a fresh surge of energy when a new documentary attempts to disprove that the 1996 crash was ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215291254/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:40:34 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215291254/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Officer Dan Boehme said police have been notified of 15 vacant properties since posting a request for the public's assistance on the Munhall Crime Watch Facebook page on ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215290772/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:12:52 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215290772/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a joint news conference with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen following a security handover ceremony at a military academy outside Kabul June 18, ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215289925/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:07:41 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215289925/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf That's what happened in a burglary incident over the weekend at a trailer owned by a contractor working on the new ATI-Allegheny Ludlum hot-strip ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215289434/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:03:47 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215289434/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf DiMarco was in his second year as president. Vice president Eugene Skerkoski assumed the role of acting president. He ran Tuesday night's meeting and plans to continue to do so unless council wishes to reorganize and chose a new president and vice ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215289435/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:03:37 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215289435/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Mary Bowlin, (left), from the Allegheny Valley Chamber of Commerce, Charmin Worthington of StrongLand Chamber, Frank Amato of StrongLand and steering committee spokesman for the new AKRCC and Lynda Pozzuto from the Armstrong Chamber gather during the local Chambers of Commerce, Armstrong, StrongLand and Allegheny Valley press conference on Tuesday June 18, 2013 at the Belmont Complex in East ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215289436/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:03:35 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215289436/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Council on Tuesday considered, then unanimously tabled a plan that would require dealers to wait a full 30 days before they could resell items brought into their shops. Dealers now must wait five ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215288899/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:03:21 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215288899/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Pittsburgh Pirates ' Opening Day rotation remaining in his current role on June 19, pat yourself on the back. Injuries have reshaped the starting staff as individuals have gone on both the disabled list and come off of it to take vacant ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215288510/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:17:05 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215288510/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf While preparing to pass its final 2013-2014 budget next week, the Charleroi Area School Board made sure someone will be recording its actions and organizing its ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215288511/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:00:57 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215288511/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Borough council voted 4-0 Tuesday to buy the firetruck from Rosenbauer America of South Dakota for about $354,000. Councilmen Jonathan Skedel, Neal Hohman and Brian Harvanek were ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215288514/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:00:48 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215288514/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf CLO veteran actor Paul Palmer, who is playing the Minister of Culture, said choosing between the two versions doesn't have to be an either/or equation for fans of the story. He said the Kopit and Yeston show gives audiences more back story on the ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215288513/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:00:47 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215288513/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf "I was confident we'd be back," series organizer Lori Kolodziej of the Plum Street Project said. "The series has the support of the community and ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215288512/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:00:46 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215288512/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Four Americans were killed during a rocket attack at Bagram Air Base, outside of Kabul, a Pentagon official said Tuesday on the condition of ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287660/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:24:12 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287660/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Of the five pitchers the Pirates broke Spring Training with in late March, Jeff Locke is the only remaining right now. Because of injuries to A.J. Burnett, Wandy Rodriguez and James McDonald, the rotation has seen a major overhaul since the beginning of the season. But Locke, the No. 5 starter when the year began, has been as reliable as they come. Locke will put his 6-1 record and 2.19 ERA on ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287661/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:01:39 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287661/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Police said a woman's request to guzzle beer while suspended upside down over a keg at a party of about 50 people led to the double stabbing on April ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287663/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:57:23 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287663/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf In the meantime, crews have been out working on blacktopping roads affected by the sewer lines installed in the Norvelt, Calumet and Hecla areas of the township over the past two ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287662/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:57:21 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287662/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf According to the affidavit of probable cause, members of the vice squad placed an advertisement on a social media site advertising sex in exchange for ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287665/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:57:19 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287665/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Benjamin Polyblank, 4, of Connellsville, reads a book in the new Children's Area at the Dunbar Community Free Public Library in Dunbar Borough. Polyblank's mother, Emma, has signed him and his 2-year-old sister Elizabeth up for the library's summer reading program, "Dig Into ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287239/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:57:17 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287239/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Michael Edwards, executive director of the Connellsville Redevelopment Authority, said Connellsville was one of five communities recently selected as finalists for the program. A total of 20 cities applied for the ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287664/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:57:15 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287664/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf "They (Federal Communications Commission) completely ignored all of the small company concerns," said James Kail, president and CEO of Laurel Highlands Total Communications, which provides telecommunications services for rural ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287669/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:57:14 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287669/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf CAIRO -- The appointment of a state governor with links to Egypt's worst terrorist attack has provoked outrage in the city where that attack ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287667/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:57:10 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287667/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Claim to fame: Hineman went 2 for 4 with a game-tying, two-out single in the top of seventh in an eventual 5-4 loss to Loyalsock in the PIAA Class AA title game June 14. He went 2 for 3 with two RBI and two runs in Beaver's 10-0 first-round win in the PIAA playoffs over Karns City and went 1 for 1 with two RBI in a 7-1 win over Quaker Valley in the WPIAL Finals. This season, Hineman batted ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287666/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:57:05 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287666/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf The budget represents an increase of about 4 percent over the 2012-13 budget, which Callahan had attributed primarily to rising retirement costs plus contractual employee ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287670/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:57:00 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287670/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf John Darnley, a meteorologist from the National Weather Service Pittsburgh offices in Moon, said a cold front passing through Western Pennsylvania sparked the storms. Although there was a possibility for hail and lightning, Darnley said rain was the star of the show for the A-K ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287671/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:56:58 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287671/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf The $49.5 million budget, the first in a decade without a tax increase, was approved 8-to-1 during the public meeting. Dennis Pavlik cast the lone dissenting ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287673/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:56:55 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287673/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf What conclusion can be drawn from that statistic? Probably that the people charged with responsibly distributing guns across the state are an unusually absentminded bunch that probably is prone to forgetting important family ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287674/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:56:54 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287674/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf "The market for new apartments with a modern dcor located near the shops and nightlife of downtown Greensburg is strong," Gifford said later in an e-mail. "We have been following this trend and are ready to capitalize on it. The decision of Seton Hill to place a second academic building within the city's cultural district was the last piece of our ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287675/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:56:52 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287675/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Lucille Santella worked 40 years as a legal secretary before retiring. But she never stopped working, volunteering three days a week in a hospital and senior center into her ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287676/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:56:51 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287676/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Fayette County's board of commissioners on Tuesday adopted a resolution to spend county money to perform preliminary work for the possible construction of a new county ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287677/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:56:48 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287677/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Franklin Regional school board will look into objections that its directors met privately regarding the appointment of a director to fill a vacancy, its president said on ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287678/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:56:44 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287678/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf A Westmoreland County judge on Tuesday rejected arguments from a Vandergrift man who said there was insufficient evidence linking him to fatal injuries inflicted against his 2-month-old daughter last ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287679/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:56:43 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287679/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf The Latrobe Municipal Authority board approved a national nonprofit organization to move forward with design plans for the possible removal of the Kingston Dam on the border of Derry and Unity ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287681/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:56:40 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287681/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf The Greater Latrobe School Board will consider a tax increase at next week's regular meeting after a discussion at Tuesday night's agenda ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287680/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:56:39 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287680/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf At least five on-duty Pittsburgh police officers and two civilian employees have been assigned to help out during the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives' 37th convention in the David L. Lawrence Convention ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287120/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:56:35 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287120/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf A part-time Charleroi Regional police officer removed from the shift schedule last month after his girlfriend was caught allegedly using drugs in his personal vehicle could be reinstated during Wednesday's police board meeting, according to the board ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287682/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:56:35 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287682/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf A Fayette County man was killed Tuesday afternoon and two others were injured in a four-vehicle accident on Route 119 at the Moyer Road intersection in Bullskin, state police at Uniontown ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287683/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:56:33 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287683/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf After more than a year of debate, Presbyterian church leaders in Sewickley can move forward with plans to repurpose a so-called "pink house" in the borough from a private residence to a fellowship ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287684/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:56:32 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287684/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf BOSTON (AP) - Five things learned in the Boston Bruins’ win over the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals Monday night: ___ SUPAH TUUKKA: Tuukka Rask is proving the Bruins right for putting their faith in him. Rask watched the Bruins’ entire 2011 Stanley Cup run from the bench while Tim Thomas led Boston to the NHL title, winning the Conn Smythe Trophy in the ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287368/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:52:02 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215287368/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The heavy rain this afternoon is being blamed for a sinkhole that swallowed up part of Perry Highway in West View. The hole is about 15 feet long, 8-to-10 feet wide and about 20 feet deep. Police Chief Bruce Fromlak says it’s big enough to swallow a PAT ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215286778/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:57:16 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215286778/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Pedro Alvarez singled home a pair of runs in the first inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates ended Mat Latos' streak of 21 regular-season starts without a loss, beating the Cincinnati Reds 4-0 on Tuesday ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215285922/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:13:52 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215285922/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf "You killed friends?" Bulger attorney Hank Brennan shot. "Yes," replied prosecution witness John Martorano. "Families?" "Yes." "Strangers?" "Yes." "Innocent people?" "Yes," said Martorano, who has admitted to 20 murders and who earlier served 12 years in prison on a government deal for his cooperation in the case ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215285800/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:06:01 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215285800/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf PIT@CIN: Alvarez's single plates a pair, extends lead CINCINNATI -- Pirates manger Clint Hurdle had a feeling Reds starter Mat Latos was due for a loss. A dominant performance from Charlie Morton and a big first inning from the Pirates' offense turned Hurdle's feeling into reality, as Pittsburgh beat Cincinnati, 4-0, on Tuesday at Great American Ball Park. Entering the game, ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215285923/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:51:03 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215285923/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf It happened around 9:45 p.m. near 374 Penfort Street. Police say a man was shot in the leg. His injury is not believed to be ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215285925/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:50:55 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215285925/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) -- Range Resources’ Matt Pitzarella joined KDKA Radio’s Robert Mangino for the Marcellus Shale Hour. They were joined by Commissioners Diana Irey Vaughan and Harlan Shober of Washington County. According to Commissioner Shober, impact fees for Washington Country will provide great benefits to the ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215285924/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:50:54 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215285924/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf WASHINGTON -- The director of the National Security Agency testified on Tuesday that the government's surveillance program helped thwart more than 50 terrorist "events" worldwide since 9/11, including a planned bombing of the New York Stock ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215285927/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:44:56 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215285927/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Google asked the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday to ease long-standing gag orders over data requests it makes, arguing that the company has a constitutional right to speak about information it is forced to give the ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215285926/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:44:54 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215285926/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf A woman was shot to death on Tuesday inside her home in Reserve by a person police described as a former boyfriend who then turned the gun on ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215285928/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:44:44 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215285928/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf A woman was shot and killed Tuesday by her ex-boyfriend, who then turned the gun on himself in a Reserve Township house, police said.According to Allegheny County Police, the 27-year-old woman's mother found her and the ex-boyfriend in a bathroom of the Spring Garden Road home.Investigators said the mother heard the shower running, and after not seeing her daughter for a while, attempted to ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215285151/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:09:48 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215285151/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Two other drivers -- a 73-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman -- were flown to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va., with moderate injuries, police ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215285152/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:08:04 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215285152/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf She said flooding dumped several feet of water into her basement two years ago, and that sewers often fill up quickly from the runoff. The flooding along Constitution Boulevard has since receded, but debris remained in the ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215285153/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:08:03 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215285153/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Email CINCINNATI -- In the ninth inning of Monday's 4-1 loss to the Reds, Neil Walker led off against Cincinnati closer Aroldis Chapman. With the count even at two balls and two strikes, Chapman buzzed a 100-mph fastball right past the chin of Walker, who barely evaded it and fell to his back. Walker popped up and struck out swinging on the next pitch, and that was the end of it. Except ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215285155/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:44:04 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215285155/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Email CINCINNATI -- Injured right-hander Jeanmar Gomez was expected to make his second rehab start Tuesday with Triple-A Indianapolis as he recovers from a right forearm strain and inflammation. The goal, manager Clint Hurdle said, was for Gomez to throw 65-70 pitches in about five innings. "We want to make sure he gets up and down five times," Hurdle said. "Unless the pitch count ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215285154/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:44:03 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215285154/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Council on Tuesday approved the Knit-the-Bridge public art project, which involves more than 1,200 people in knitting groups at schools, nursing homes and even the Shuman Juvenile Detention Center preparing blankets to cover the former Seventh Street Bridge that spans the Allegheny ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215284662/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:38:05 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215284662/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf The cash toll for a cross-state trip on the Pennsylvania Turnpike is expected to reach about $50 by 2021, state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said Tuesday as he urged lawmakers to halt the spiraling debt resulting from the massive contributions the turnpike is required to make toward the state's other transportation ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215284154/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:32:25 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215284154/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the government from requiring a private college in Beaver County to include coverage for abortifacients in the health insurance plan for its ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215283533/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:31:30 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215283533/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf 'We're linking the urban and suburban 'Food Not Lawns' movement with the urban core and our inner core, our inner health,' says Elisa Haransky-Beck, of Monroeville, of transforming the South Side's Schwartz's Market, which was once a mainstay grocery, into a food and art market. Mr. Beck's grandparents were Morris and Helen Schwartz, who moved their ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215284155/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:31:14 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215284155/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Severe Weather Team 11 Meteorologist Kevin Benson said that strong thunderstorms, with severe potential, moved through the Channel 11 News viewing area late Tuesday afternoon and persisted into the early evening.Severe thunderstorm warnings that had been issued for Allegheny, Armstrong, Fayette, Washington and Westmorelandcounties were allowed to expire. There is, however,an active flood advisory ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215283012/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:56:48 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215283012/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf THE PIRATES -- ONE OF THEIR FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICKS! REESE McGUIRE TURNS DOWN A SCHOLARSHIP TO THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO TO BECOME A BUCCO. ACTION SPORTS GUY JUNKER -- CATCHING U TODAY WITH THE CATCHER OF TOMORROW! 3 3 3 ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215283013/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:54:48 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215283013/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A sizable amount of money from a Westmoreland County booster club went missing. And now, a former Booster president is accused of bilking young football players out of nearly $30,000. The Derry High School football team works hard on the field. But it’s the parents in the booster club who work hard off the field to make it all possible. They organize ticket sales and ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215283015/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:32:24 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215283015/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Passes come fast and furious, and so do catches, at Ben Roethlisberger’s Football Camp. Among the campers are Andrew Ziegler and his brother, Steven, courtesy of their father, Navy Commander Mark Ziegler. ';My husband is currently stationed in Afghanistan,'; says his wife, Dena. ';And he gave the kids the gift of Ben’s camp for something to ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215283014/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:32:24 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215283014/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf The Southmoreland School District will vote on a final budget later this month with no expected real estate tax increase. On June 13, the board said the 2013-2014 school year will have expenditures set at $26,378,342 and revenues expected at $25,424,558, which would create a deficit of ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215283016/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:27:36 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215283016/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Robert Gumbita, board president, approached after the meeting, said the lawyer for the candidate for the position had not completed a review of the contract. Gumbita declined to name the candidate, adding no contract has been ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215283017/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:27:34 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215283017/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Members of the Tri-Town Community Crime Watch met in Dawson with the dog enforcement warden for Fayette and Westmoreland counties to provide information and answer questions concerning dog ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215283018/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:27:33 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215283018/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf The second Lions "Bike With Bud's" -- a 16-mile bike ride and fundraiser from Connellsville to Camp Carmel along the scenic Great Allegheny Passage -- will be held on ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215283019/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:27:31 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215283019/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Mt. Pleasant Community Yard Sale will be held Saturday. Anyone interested in selling or buying should plan to hit the borough's streets for some great shopping and treasure hunting. The yard sale will be held throughout the town and will begin at 8 a.m. Maps of the street addresses of many of the families who are participating will be available at the Cat Committee booth that will be set up ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215283020/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:27:22 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215283020/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf After more than a decade of war in Afghanistan, and nearly three years of sputtering and unsuccessful attempts at talks, the United States will open formal negotiations with the Taliban this week aimed at ending terror attacks, officials said on ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215282679/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:26:25 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215282679/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Mt. Pleasant council was informed on Monday night by Borough Manager Jeff Landy that the old Penn Theater building is now being demolished and plans for the new park are moving ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215282375/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:26:19 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215282375/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf The Connellsville Police Officers Association's Bicycle Poker Ride will be held on June 23. Making plans for the event are (from left) Bikes Unlimited employee John Basinger, Officer Thomas Patton, Bikes Unlimited owner Ruth Stout and Officer Andy ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215282411/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:26:13 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215282411/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf The 185-mile C&O Canal Towpath Heritage Trail is managed by the National Park Service. This peaceful scene along the trail was taken by park volunteer Nancy ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215282513/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:26:12 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215282513/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf A Fayette County cemetery is struggling to care for the graves of those buried there due to a lack of funding.Oak Grove Cemetery in South Union Township contains the burial sites of Revolutionary War and Civil War veterans, but the cemetery is running out of money to maintain the property.Gary Brian, head of the court-appointed board, said it costs the cemetery $3,900 each time the grass is ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215281808/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:53:11 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215281808/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf The woman said that her attacker sprayed hairspray on the back of her neck, while she was on her cellphone, then reached for the phone. She said she fought for her phone, then finally let go, in fear. She said when the man ran, she and several others chased him, then held him down until police ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215281809/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:51:28 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215281809/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — There was a time when trolleys were Pittsburgh’s prime source of transportation. Fifty years ago, volunteers in Washington, Pennsylvania, began preserving those symbols of the past. Tuesday morning, a trolley car from generations past takes a new generation on a clickety-clack ride through history, on the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum’s 50th ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215281810/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:29:21 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215281810/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It’s the newest Sheetz to open in this region — in Bethel Park — and like most Sheetz stores, it offers gasoline, meals to order, lots of snack foods and plenty of drinks. But one thing is missing, says Sheetz. ';We do business in Ohio, Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina — in all of those states, just about every one of our ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215281811/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:29:19 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215281811/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf PITTSBURGH (CBS) — Could air pollution be the cause of autism? The first large, national study of its kind suggests there is a link between exposure to air pollution during pregnancy and autism. Gleny Duran wants to know why her 8-year-old son, Angel, has autism. "Is it something that I’m eating? Is it the air? Is it genetic?" said Duran. Doctors don’t know exactly ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215281812/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:29:19 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215281812/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A woman wanted on numerous charges, including stealing a safe containing $40,000, was arrested on the North Side while pumping gas Tuesday. Police say 24-year-old Nicole Hooper was wanted on several bench warrants for theft and burglary charges. She was also named as an accomplice in the robbery of an Overbrook home, in which a safe containing $40,000 was stolen and put on ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215281813/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:29:17 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215281813/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Cecil Township Supervisor Elizabeth Cowden had a very personal reason for making the four-hour trip from Washington County to Harrisburg Tuesday. She believes her state Rep. Jesse White is the fictitious Internet poster ';Frank Reynolds'; who accused her of being a "liar," and that White made other posts under the name ';Lizzie Cowden," in ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215281814/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:29:17 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215281814/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The annual Three Rivers Regatta is just two weeks away. This year’s festival will feature all of the fun-filled traditions of years past along with some new attractions. It's the largest inland regatta in the country and it's right here in Pittsburgh. This year, the Three Rivers Regatta returns July 2-4. There will be plenty of powerboat races, food, ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215281815/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:29:16 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215281815/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl’s former bodyguard testified Tuesday afternoon before a federal grand jury that’s investigating alleged misconduct within the Pittsburgh Police Department. After more than two hours talking in front of the grand jury, Fred Crawford stood silent. His attorney got right to it. "What you will find is that there have been a ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215281816/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:29:13 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215281816/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf University of Pittsburgh Physical Activity and Weight Management Research Center assistant professor Renee Rogers demonstrates how to take exercise blood pressure as interventionist doctoral student Jackie Nagle, 25 of Greenfield works out on a treadmill at the Physical Activity and Weight Management Research Center at Oak Hill Commons in the Upper Hill ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215281817/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:24:06 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215281817/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Severe Weather Team 11 Meteorologist Kevin Benson said that strong thunderstorms, with severe potential, began to move through the Channel 11 News viewing area late Tuesday afternoon.The National Weather Service currently has in effect a severe thunderstorm warning for Allegheny, Armstrong and Westmoreland counties until 5:45 p.m. A warning that had been issued for Fayette and Washington counties ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215280663/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:48:49 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215280663/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf A man is facing charges after allegedly attacking a woman with a stun gun inside a house in Sheraden.Police said the attack happened in a house on Citadel Street about 1 a.m. Monday.Henry Robinson, 37, is accused of using a stun gun on a woman who was then heard by neighbors screaming for help.The woman, who has not been identified, ran to a neighboring house and began banging on the door, ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215280662/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:48:48 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215280662/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf According to a new national poll, just 16 percent of Americans approve of the way Congress is handling its job, with 83 percent of those questioned in a CNN/ORC International survey saying they disapprove. The poll was released ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215280504/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:39:25 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215280504/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf SAN ANTONIO (AP) - The Spurs have long been the NBA’s gold standard when it comes to drafting and development, preferring to roll up their sleeves and scour the globe to find the right players to slot into well-defined roles in San Antonio. They have more international players on their roster than any other team in the NBA, and even their American players don’t come straight from ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215280519/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:32:03 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215280519/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A little more than a year ago, the Miami Heat stood on the verge of elimination in the Eastern Conference Finals. The team’s heart and the ability of the Big Three were being questioned left and right ahead of Game 6 of the Conference Finals. Then LeBron James got "the look" and things were never the same for the Heat. James put the team on his shoulders ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215280521/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:32:00 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215280521/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh police are asking for help from the public as they search for two suspects wanted in connection with a knifepoint robbery on a street in Squirrel Hill. The incident happened in the 5800-block of Hobart Street last Monday afternoon. Police say the victim was getting into her parked car when she felt one of the suspect's pulling at her bag. The victim ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215280664/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:23:33 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215280664/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Is there any job in the military — frontline combat or on special commando missions — that women can not do? No, say military leaders, who are moving to end the disparity in jobs between men and women by mid-2015. ';Go for it. I think women can do anything that men can do,'; says Alison Sacriponte of Friendship. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215280666/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:23:32 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215280666/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf BELMAR, N.J. (KDKA) — When KDKA's Andy Sheehan went to Belmar just days after Superstorm Sandy, there was an ocean lake in the middle of town. The boardwalk had vanished in some places and was jutting out of the sand in others. On Ocean Avenue, bulldozers and earthmovers were trying to move the beach back to its rightful place. In Belmar now though, Ocean Avenue is clear and the ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215280665/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:23:32 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215280665/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Investigators think they are making progress in the description of the getaway car used in a fatal South Strabane Township bank robbery Sunday. The South Strabane Police Chief said they think the car was likely a white, four-door Toyota Camry, but they are not positive. A former FBI profiler also gave his take on who the suspect may ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215280667/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:23:31 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215280667/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf HARRISBURG -- A Bucks County senator, flanked by Republican leaders, on Tuesday offered a plan that he says would allow existing liquor licensees to sell wine and liquor to go, though he acknowledged his bill has no mechanism to force closure of more than 600 state-controlled ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215280669/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:18:30 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215280669/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf The storm - packing up to 40 mph wind gusts, torrential rains and possibly nickel-sized hail - is expected to impact Allegheny, Armstrong, Fayette, Washington and Westmoreland counties, weather service meteorologists ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215280668/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:18:28 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215280668/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Penn State's former vice president and former athletic director are facing a second loss in state appeals court, nearly two weeks after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled against ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215280670/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:18:26 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215280670/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf An Oakland restaurant recently cited for numerous violations has been ordered by the Allegheny County Health Department to close.A sign on the door of India Garden restaurant on Atwood Street tells customers it's closed due to maintenance, but the Health Department first issued a consumer alert for critical violations less than two weeks ago.The restaurant's owner told Channel 11 upon ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215279472/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:42:23 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215279472/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Evidence submitted by attorneys in criminal proceedings in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court must be secured, maintained and available for all court proceedings, including jury deliberations, says an administrative order signed by each of the county's 16 criminal court judges and filed ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215278820/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:10:35 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215278820/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf You are using Internet Explorer 6. 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It is recommended that you upgrade to a newer version of Internet Explorer or switch to another browser. ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215279094/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:07:52 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215279094/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf A woman is accused of embezzling more than $27,000 from the Derry football boosters organization over a three-year span.According to police, Lori Nicely, the president of the boosters, is facing several charges, including theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property.Authorities said another woman is accused of stealing more than $8,000 from the cheerleaders boosters organization during ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215278223/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:36:25 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215278223/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's former bodyguard Fred Crawford testified for more than two hours before a federal grand jury on Tuesday afternoon.Crawford's testimony is part of an ongoing and wide-ranging investigation into city finances. Grand juries are secret and Crawford and his attorney, Bob Stewart, left the room without comment.The investigation has already led to the indictment of ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215278224/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:36:20 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215278224/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf A western Pennsylvania man who threatened to have a female U.S. postal inspector investigating him for child pornography possession gang-raped and murdered was sentenced Tuesday to 38 months in ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215278225/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:35:00 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215278225/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Chrysler Group reversed course and agreed to a recall of 2.7 million Jeeps Tuesday, giving in to the government's request in the final hours before a ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215277511/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:14:46 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215277511/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf DETROIT (AP) -- Chrysler says it has resolved its differences with the government and will recall older Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty SUVs that could be at risk of a fuel tank fire. Earlier this month the company refused the government’s request to recall the Jeeps. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration contended that the gas tanks could rupture if hit from the rear, ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215278227/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:10:55 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215278227/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf HARRISBURG -- Crime victims and their families on Tuesday earned the right to speak to the Board of Probation and Parole when it considers releasing a person who perptrated a crime against ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215278229/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:05:32 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215278229/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Mayor Luke Ravenstahl makes a rare public appearance, but keeps mum on a federal investigation of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police that keeps hovering around his ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215276905/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:26:34 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215276905/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Police are investigating whether an armed robbery at an East McKeesport GetGo on Tuesday morning is related to a similar incident in nearby ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215276904/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:26:33 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215276904/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf HARRISBURG, Pa. - The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has built a website that compares competing plans to spend billions of dollars in new transportation money, but it's refusing to release similar information to the public, which will pay for chosen projects.Department officials gave lawmakers access to the password-protected website almost two weeks ago but refused again Tuesday ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215277061/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:12:34 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215277061/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf File photo: President of the Jim Henson Foundation, Cheryl Henson attends the 11th annual Sesame Street Workshop Benefit Gala on May 29, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Desiree ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215275352/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:20:24 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215275352/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf A man was arrested Saturday after a woman told police he tried to steal her cellphone by spraying her with hairspray.The alleged victim told police that she was walking on the Boulevard of the Allies about 11:30 a.m. when she felt a mist being sprayed around her.The woman told Channel 11's Vince Sims that she sensed a strange smell and moments later, a man grabbed her by the shoulder.She ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215275554/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:20:22 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215275554/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf A 29-year-old Greensburg man was arrested Thursday after a several-week prostitution investigation.According to Southwest Regional police, Adam Ross was arrested Thursday on charges on prostitution and related offenses after he allegedly met with an undercover cop to have sex.Authorities said Ross responded to an ad the undercover officer posted on Craigslist in May.The two talked online for ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215275553/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:20:22 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215275553/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf For the first time, the city's official Fourth of July celebration will feature two Zambelli fireworks shows. The first will be held atop the Wyndham Grand hotel on July 3, followed by the annual holiday display the next night at Point State ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215275555/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:18:33 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215275555/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Bomb plots targeting the New York Stock Exchange and the city's subway were among more than 50 worldwide thwarted by top-secret surveillance programs since the 2011 al Qaeda attacks on the United States, authorities said on ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215275412/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:10:50 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215275412/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf State Senate leaders reached a compromise on a bill to change the makeup of Port Authority's board of directors, increasing the Allegheny County executive's number of appointments from one to four, officials ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215275556/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:49:41 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215275556/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf An Allegheny County judge on Tuesday sentenced the former code enforcement officer for East McKeesport to serve three years on probation for withdrawing a citation in exchange for ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215275557/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:49:40 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215275557/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf A bill has been introduced to City Council that would bring red light cameras to Pittsburgh.Channel 11's Brittny McGraw reported that the General Assembly approved legislation that gives local leaders in Pittsburgh, and about a dozen other communities across the state, the right to decide if they want to start installing red light cameras.According to Channel 11's news exchange partners ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215274031/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:13:25 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215274031/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Police in Westmoreland County are investigating after a child was left in a car in a Walmart parking lot Monday night.Authorities said a parent left their child in the car while they went into the North Huntingdon Walmart.Paramedics were called to the scene to check out the child. There's no word if any charges will be ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215274030/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:13:23 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215274030/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf A rollover accident along the Parkway East caused traffic delays for several hours Tuesday morning.Around 8 a.m., a driver lost control of his pickup truck on the Parkway East just before the Squirrel Hill Tunnels when he swerved to avoid something in his path.Buckets of screws that were in the back of the man's pickup truck spilled on the road. The highway had to be swept before all lanes ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215274029/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:13:23 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215274029/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Firefighters were called in after a truck went up in flames Tuesday morning Zelienople.The cabin of the truck caught fire on the ramp from Route 68 to Interstate 79 South.The driver of the truck wasn't ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215274032/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:13:20 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215274032/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Andrew R. Morgan, M.D., 37, Major, U.S. Army, considers New Castle, Pa., home. Morgan is a graduate of The U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and earned doctorate in medicine from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md. He has experience as an emergency physician and flight surgeon for the Army special operations community, and currently is completing a sports ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215274033/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:11:22 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215274033/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf 5min Under pressure from House conservatives opposed to comprehensive immigration reform, House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday, "I don't see any way of bringing an immigration bill to the floor that doesn't have majority support of ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215274034/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:11:20 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215274034/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf The Pittsburgh Steelers have partnered with Leadership League, a Pittsburgh-based company, to offer fans a fully chartered Steelers theme cruise in March, 2014. The cruise will depart from Tampa, Fla., on March 10, and sail to Nassau, Bahamas and the private island of Coco Cay before returning to Tampa, Fla. on March 15. Nearly 20 current and alumni players from each decade of Steelers history ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215274035/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:09:29 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215274035/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Plots to bomb the New York subway system and the New York Stock Exchange were among more than 50 stopped by secret surveillance programs, the director of the National Security Agency and other officials disclosed ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215273840/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:03:46 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215273840/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Online court records don't list an attorney for 50-year-old Gregory Travis, of East Liverpool, who was taken to the Beaver County Jail after he allegedly met with an undercover trooper in the parking lot of a Chippewa Township restaurant Monday ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215272460/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:04:48 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215272460/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Government officials say National Security Agency surveillance programs helped foil plots to attack the New York City subway system and New York Stock ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215272307/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:04:05 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215272307/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf MIDLAND, Pa. (AP) – An Ohio man has been charged with trying to hire a hit man during an undercover state police sting in Beaver County. Online court records don’t list an attorney for 50-year-old Gregory Travis, of East Liverpool, who was taken to the Beaver County Jail after he allegedly met with an undercover trooper in the parking lot of a Chippewa Township restaurant Monday ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215272461/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:41:37 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215272461/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf The Reds beaned Andrew McCutchen and also narrowly missed hitting Neil Walker in the head. This comes on the heels of what happened last year. Colin thinks that it’s another instance of Dusty Baker and the Reds bullying the Pirates. If the Pirates don’t do something about it, Colin thinks that it will ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215272462/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:41:36 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215272462/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- The state auditor general says any statewide transportation funding plan should phase out the massive contributions that the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is currently required to ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215272605/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:41:02 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215272605/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Authorities said a 64-year-old pilot died of multiple injuries Monday when he crashed his ultralight plane into a grove of small pine trees in rural part of Indiana ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215272362/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:36:21 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215272362/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Ted Zablocki heard the horror stories about professional athletes and, frankly, was quite turned off by them."How some of them are, you don't want them to be a role model to your kids," Zablocki said.Brett Keisel doesn't fall into that category.The Steelers Pro Bowl defensive end hosted four boys ages 9-14 from Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC at the Alpine ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215271067/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:59:52 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215271067/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf A central Ohio day care worker sprinkled drugs on snacks to get children in her day care to sleep during the day, according to police charges filed Monday that the woman adamantly denies as a misunderstood joke.Tammy Eppley was charged in Franklin County Municipal Court with six counts of child endangering after police in suburban Westerville say they obtained text messages in which she admits ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215271068/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:59:51 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215271068/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Construction crews are preparing to straighten the road near the scene of a deadly accident that took the life of a young woman and her unborn child earlier last week in Zelienople.Pennsylvania Department of Transportation crews will also replace the bridge on Route 68 when work begins on Monday.Authorities said there have been several fatal crashes on that stretch of road, including the one that ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215271069/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:59:50 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215271069/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Everything we thought we knew about Cap'n Crunch has been a lie.Upon closer examination, the three stripes on his coat indicate he's a lower-ranked commander, not a ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215271071/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:59:49 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215271071/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf If you've passed through the exit of the Oakland Zoo recently, you couldn't have missed the thousands of 'fire goats'.These useful little creatures and their grass eating may look humorous against the backdrop of the urban Oakland landscape, but they serve a purpose.Back in May of 2010, the Oakland City Council approved $250,000 and an additional $1.5 million in Wildfire ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215271070/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:59:48 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215271070/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Dinesh Patel (left) and Rinku Singh were winners of a reality TV show searching for India's best pitchers. (AP) The story of Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh, India-born kids who parlayed winning a reality show contest into signing professional baseball contracts with the Pittsburgh Pirates, was the stuff of Hollywood legend when it happened back in 2008. The full-length movie based on that ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215271072/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:35:46 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215271072/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf PITTSBURGH (93.7 THE FAN)–With OTA’s and mini camp both in the book, the Steelers turn their attention to Training Camp that will be here in little over a month. To give insight to the Steelers’ off-season, the Fan Morning Show talked to Post-Gazette Beat Writer, Ed Bouchette. The running game seems to be one of Ed’s areas of least concern. Despite the ‘running back ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215271073/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:35:36 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215271073/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf The state Supreme Court on Monday struck down a challenge to a constitutional measure requiring judges to retire at the end of the year in which they turn ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215271074/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:30:55 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215271074/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Troopers will look for violations caused by distracted driving during routine patrol. Violations include speeding, dangerous lane changes, weaving between lanes, tailgating and failing to use a turn ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215271075/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:30:46 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215271075/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Attorneys representing the Whitehall parents suing the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium over the mauling death of their son are seeking information from the public about past problems with the African painted dogs ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215271076/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:30:41 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215271076/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf An Ohio man is scheduled for sentencing before a federal judge in Pittsburgh for his role in sending anonymous YouTube threats claiming to have hacked into the University of Pittsburgh's computer system on the heels of a series of unrelated bomb threats.Brett Hudson, 26, pleaded guilty in October and his co-defendant, Alexander Waterland, of Loveland, Ohio, has already been sentenced to a ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215269744/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:55:47 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215269744/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Emergency crews rushed to the scene of a two-vehicle accident late Monday night near the New Brighton Police Department.Officials said a car and truck collided just before midnight, pushing the truck into a utility pole.No injuries were reported, and the cause of the crash remains under ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215269742/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:55:46 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215269742/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf A driver is facing several charged after police said he led officers on a high-speed chase through multiple townships Monday night.Authorities said 41-year-old Jose Rios, of San Bernadino, Calif., hit at least two other cars during the chase that topped speeds of 100 mph.According to police, the chase started in Adams Township and ended outside of the Northtowne Square Shopping Plaza on Route 8 ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215269746/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:55:45 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215269746/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf A pilot was attempting touch-and-go maneuvers when he lost control of his small plane and crashed Monday night, the Indiana County Coroner's Office ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215269748/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:54:03 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215269748/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf The incident began when police got a report of a suspicious vehicle in Middlesex Township. Police officers spotted the vehicle in Adams and tried to stop the driver, but they said he took off and led them on a chase at speeds in excess of 100 ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215269747/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:54:03 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215269747/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Afghan forces formally took over security responsibilities for their violence-plagued country from NATO-led troops on Tuesday, marking a key transition in the long and costly war. President Hamid Karzai also announced that a government group dedicated to Afghan peace and reconciliation will go to the Gulf state of Qatar and participate in talks with the Taliban militant group -- long the ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215269586/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:46:57 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215269586/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Chrysler Group will formally respond Tuesday to the government's request for a recall of 2.7 million Jeeps that safety officials say pose too great a risk of fire in a rear-end ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215269044/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:35:30 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215269044/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf If you’re looking for a new appetizer for the next time you entertain guests, be sure to try out this recipe from the Stone House Restaurant & ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215269749/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:31:43 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215269749/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf A woman who was severely beaten in a Hempfield car dealership in 1996 and her son are accused of new counts of passing or attempting to pass bogus ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215269750/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:26:33 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215269750/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf For the second consecutive year, the McKeesport-based Progressive Music was named among top retailers by the National Association of Music ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215269751/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:26:31 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215269751/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf State Police and Rescue Workers gather at the scene of an ultralight aircraft wreck that claimed the pilot's life in Young Township, Indiana County on Monday, June 17, ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215269672/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:25:44 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215269672/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Congressmen on Monday accused Department of Veterans Affairs leaders of defying their requests for information about how a deadly Legionnaires' disease outbreak occurred at the VA ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215269752/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:25:40 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215269752/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Authorities are investigating an armed robbery at a Get-Go gas station in East McKeesport.According to police, a man with a knife robbed the store on Route 30 about 6 a.m. Tuesday.The man got away with an undetermined amount of cash.Detectives are checking to see if this robbery is related to another one earlier in the morning at a McKeesport gas ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215268556/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:52:02 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215268556/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Police are investigating two separate overnight shootings in the city of Pittsburgh.The first shooting was reported about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday on Kelly Street in Homewood.Officials said the victim, whose name hasn't been released, was shot in the hip. He was conscious and alert when he was taken to an area hospital.The second shooting happened just before 1:30 a.m. on Michigan Street in ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215268555/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:52:02 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215268555/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf A 64-year-old Conemaugh Township man died from injuries he sustained when the ultralight plane he was piloting crashed in rural Indiana County Monday night.Emergency crews responded just after 8:30 p.m. to the scene off of Church Street in the village of McIntyre, Young Township."It's a one-person plane," State Police Cpl. Jacob Jesse said. "Ultralight plane, just a ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215268557/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:52:01 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215268557/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Police are investigating after two people were injured in separate shootings in the Pittsburgh area early Tuesday morning. According to police, the first shooting happened around 12:10 a.m. in the 7300-block of Kelly Street in Homewood. One man was injured and taken to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital for treatment. The second shooting happened around 1:20 a.m. in the 300-block ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215268558/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:27:51 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215268558/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Question: Can you tell me who the narrator was on a lot of the old "Wonderful World of Disney" shows in the 1960s? I think he was a country singer, and his first name was Rex. Answer: That fella was Rex Allen, an actor-singer who narrated quite a few Disney nature specials, including the original 1963 version of "The Incredible Journey." He also did the voiceovers for Purina ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215267485/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:38:45 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215267485/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf McKeesport firefighters douses hot spots from the porch roof at 413 Long Run Road during the January 30 fire after McKeesport police Lt. Joe Lopretto was injured at the ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215267486/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:19:34 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215267486/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf The terms of a verbal lease agreement may decide the fate of Di's Kornerstone Diner as it prepares to relocate so that a Speedway fueling station can take over the lot in ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215267487/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:19:33 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/215267487/scat/ea5ecf6d7dafb8bf