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Word Watch: And another thing -- put 'and' in its proper place

4 hours 20 min ago
In my journalism class, in junior high school, in 1938, the rule was that there is no "and" in whole numbers.

Boeing warns of possible layoffs in 2009

9 hours 24 min ago
Boeing Co. says it will probably lay off more workers next year as it cuts costs in a slowing economy.

Winter weather advisory in effect for much of region

11 hours 53 min ago
Lake-effect snow bands moving across the region today will cause travel difficulties and school delays, particularly to the north and east of Pittsburgh.

Shelters now help homeless kids with ABCs, too

13 hours 18 min ago
Four years ago, when her mother took her out of a dilapidated home in Oakland, two garbage bags of clothes in hand, Keiona became a homeless child, bouncing from homeless shelter to shelter to a house of a family friend.

The slain agent: Samuel Hicks 'was so good at what he did'

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:46

Special Agent Samuel Hicks's classmates at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Va., used to follow his lead when training how to safely enter homes and serve warrants, trusting the Westmoreland County

Entrepreneurs in Pitt contest show you can still make bucks

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:25

Who says you can't make a buck in a bad economy?

Two Rooney brothers to sell all shares

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:02
But Art Jr., John to retain minority ownership in Steelers

Startup medical school rides through Pittsburgh to recruit new students

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:00

Turning the traditional medical school application process on its head, administrators and faculty for The Commonwealth Medical College in Scranton rolled into Pittsburgh yesterday to recruit students for the institution's charter class next fall.

18-year-old held for trial in death of Westmoreland businessman

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:00

Anthony Blaine Mowry was sick of being hit on.

Beaver-Butler Presbytery dismisses second church

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:00
Beaver-Butler Presbytery has dismissed Portersville Presbyterian Church from the Presbyterian Church (USA) into the more theologically conservative Evangelical Presbyterian Church.

Jury awards $1.8 million to Bethel Park woman fired while on maternity leave

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:00
A jury awarded $1.8 million to a Bethel Park woman in federal court yesterday after it found that her employer fired her improperly during maternity leave.

Latest deaths

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:00
From around the region.

Obituary: Warren Dale Messner / Findlay contractor who loved moving dirt

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:00
Warren Dale Messner loved moving dirt. Later in life, when he was more of a supervisor for his construction company, he loved watching others move dirt.

Groups sue over well drilling near forests

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:00
A coalition of environmental and recreation groups and federal forest employees has filed suit in U.S. District Court in Erie alleging the U.S. Forest Service approved several oil and gas drilling projects that will damage sensitive animal habitat without doing required environmental reviews.

Supreme Court upholds conviction, death sentence

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:00
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court yesterday declined to grant a new trial or revisit the death sentence of Richard S. Baumhammers, rejecting his appeal.

335 pounds of marijuana seized in South Strabane

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:00
State police in Washington County confiscated about 335 pounds of marijuana from an unattended truck tractor in South Strabane yesterday afternoon.

Lane restrictions announced for I-79, Parkway West

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:00
Single-lane traffic is planned this weekend on Interstate 79 in the North Hills and the Parkway West in Robinson, weather permitting.

Dispute resolved over Schenley Farms playground

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:00
The Islamic Center of Pittsburgh and its Schenley Farms neighbors have resolved a four-month dispute over a playground the center wants to build on its Bigelow Boulevard property.

Westmoreland man wins in eye surgery lawsuit

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:00
A North Huntingdon man won more than $1 million in a malpractice lawsuit in which he contended his laser eye surgery was botched.

Parkway East restriction to last through weekend

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:00
The Parkway East/I-376 will be limited to a single lane outbound this weekend from the Edgewood-Swissvale Interchange to the Monroeville/Business Route 22 exit.