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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:47:04 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042037-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml RALEIGH, N.C. -- Penguins center Sidney Crosby is thrilled that the gloves and stick he was using when he scored the overtime goal that won an Olympic gold medal for Canada have been recovered Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:18:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042036-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml RALEIGH, N.C. -- Penguins left winger Matt Cooke said he wasn't surprised that the league didn't suspend him for his hit to the head of Boston center Marc Savard Sunday Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:12:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041995-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A Hill District man has been charged in connection with the shooting Wednesday evening of another man on the Reed-Robert section ofthe Hill District Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:11:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042035-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A handful of community groups lined up this morning to support Pittsburgh City Councilman Ricky Burgess' efforts to enact a "living wage" for all city employees and companies that contract with the city Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042029-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml An arrest warrant has been obtained by Castle Shannon police for the arrest of a borough woman already in jail on charges connected to a door-to-door fund-raising operation there and in nearby towns Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:44:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042034-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The Louisiana Municipal Police Employees Retirement System wants a federal judge in Pittsburgh to stop FirstEnergy's proposed $4.7 billion takeover of a western Pennsylvania electric company Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:33:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042033-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml HARRISBURG -- Bill George is retiring as president of Pennsylvania's AFL-CIO after 20 years as one of the state's most visible organized labor leaders Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:26:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042032-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml HARRISBURG -- Steve Keefer is an ordinary man, not a hero. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:24:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042031-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml EQT Corp. has priced a new public offering of its common stock at $44 a share. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:18:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042030-84.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Traffic fatalities for last year fell by nearly 9 percent, reaching their lowest level since 1954, the U.S. Department of Transportation reported today. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:15:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042028-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The victim, James Gamble, 60, was pronounced dead in the emergency room at Excela Health Latrobe Hospital, the Westmoreland County coroner said. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:29:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042026-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml West Jefferson Hills solicitor Ira Weiss testified he advised Superintendent Terry Kinavey that the district could face legal action if it did not hire Denise Breisinger. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:05:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042025-147.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Two brief road closures are scheduled for next week in the Clinton area of Findlay. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:54:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041903-142.stm?cmpid=latest.xml NEW YORK -- Notre Dame easily handled Pitt without its best player two weeks ago. Now the Fighting Irish will face the Panthers with their superstar looking like he's 100 percent healthy again. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:11:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041888-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml BRADENTON, Fla. -- Luke Scott's two-run single in the first inning sparked the Orioles past the Pirates, 3-2, tonight at McKechnie Field. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:39:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041700-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Hockey Canada has found the missing Olympic equipment Penguins center Sidney Crosby used to score Canada's overtime goal in the gold-medal game Feb. 28 in Vancouver. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:08:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041698-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Penguins winger Matt Cooke had a phone hearing this afternoon with NHL chief disciplinarian Colin Campbell regarding his hit Sunday on Marc Savard of the Boston Bruins. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041811-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml HARRISBURG -- The stage is set for final House passage Monday of legislation aimed at increasing education for teens and school teachers, in hopes of stopping or at least decreasing the potential for violence on dates. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041750-66.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A Coraopolis police officer and a Pennsylvania state trooper were part of Ben Roethlisberger's retinue in Milledgeville, Ga. last week when the Steelers quarterback allegedly sexually assaulted a college student in a nightclub. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:40:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041676-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml HARRISBURG -- Defense attorneys in the Bonusgate trial this afternoon rested their case after calling about two dozen witnesses. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:30:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041704-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Duquesne University today announced plans to build a residence hall to meet growing on-campus housing needs. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:30:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041582-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Mayor Luke Ravenstahl today declared a state of emergency as the city prepares for flooding expected to occur on the weekend Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041664-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State's annual spring football game next month will be televised live by ESPN2. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041583-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A Penn Hills woman believed to have been smoking in bed died this morning when her bed caught fire and burned part of her house. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:07:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041656-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Pittsburgh City Council tentatively approved studying the worth of the city's parking garages and meters today, over the objections of investment advisors tied to the parking authority and the Ravenstahl administration. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:04:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041587-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml An autopsy today was inconclusive in determining the cause and manner of death of a Lower Burrell man found dead Tuesday along the Allegheny River banks in New Kensington Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:31:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041609-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A Hill District man today was ordered to stand trial on charges that he fired bullets at police responding to a fight between the suspect and the boyfriend of his neighbor Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:37:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041598-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Emmanuel I. Osagie, who had been chancellor of Penn State Fayette since February 2007, died unexpectedly Tuesday of complications from an illness. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041607-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml BRADENTON, Fla. -- Three of the Pirates' top pitching prospects -- Colton Cain, Zach Fuesser and Brett Lorin -- will be out until mid-season because of injuries. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041606-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Allegheny County is on track to complete a full-scale reassessment of all 570,000 real estate parcels by 2012, officials told Common Pleas Judge R. Stanton Wettick Jr. this morning. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:13:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041608-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Trial began this morning in the death penalty case against a Braddock man accused of killing his 2-year-old daughter. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:26:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041597-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Former state treasurer and auditor general Barbara Hafer this morning announced she is dropping out of the race for the Democratic nomination to succeed the late U.S. Rep. John Murtha Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:24:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041601-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Dr. Cyril Wecht's chief autopsy technician in his private practice appeared in court Tuesday on federal tax charges and was released on bond pending trial. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041600-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml In a sure harbinger of spring, PennDOT announced today that it has begun using hot mix asphalt to patch potholes Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:49:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041599-147.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Port Authority riders might have noticed a large police presence at times over the past few weeks, as authority police and federal Transportation Security Administration officers conduct saturation patrols Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:38:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041592-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml ALTOONA, Pa. -- A man has been convicted of theft for not returning more than $280,000 mistakenly deposited into his bank account Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041591-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml ERIE, Pa. -- A man was found fatally stabbed after a reported break-in at an Erie apartment Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:59:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041590-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml ERIE, Pa. -- An Erie man has pleaded guilty to robbing five women at gunpoint, including two he forced to undress Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041589-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Police have arrested a second man in the stabbing death of a Honduran man in Canonsburg Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:52:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041588-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The retailer Wednesday morning reported profits of $59.3 million, or 28 cents per share, in the three months ended Jan. 30, compared to $32.7 million, or 16 cents, in the previous year. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:17:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041586-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The Presston Volunteer Fire Department now is officially part of the McKees Rocks Volunteer Fire Department. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041585-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml North Fayette officials are calling for owners of private sanitary sewer systems -- such as trailer parks and industrial parks -- to pay for video inspection of their sewer lines. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041584-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Monroeville council recognized the memory of teen slaying victim Demi Cuccia during last night's meeting by supporting an anti-violence bill named in her honor. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:23:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041882-169.stm?cmpid=latest.xml HAMDEN, Conn. -- Robert Morris forward Dallas Green blocked a shot and sank two free throws all in the final minute as Robert Morris beat Quinnipiac, 52-50, in the NEC championship game tonight. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:12:00 -0500