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An effort to bring a controversial legal bill to a vote passed a first hurdle today, as Pittsburgh City Council voted 5-3 to take the $10,706 invoice for work done related to a billboard permit off the back ...

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His lawyer painted him as a modern-day Sir Galahad, who came with noble intentions to rescue a damsel in distress, but the former lance corporal in the U.S. Marines will be spending the next three to six years ...

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Working with 41 separate law enforcement agencies, a federal effort known as Operation FALCON this month resulted in more than 100 arrests.

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About a decade ago, I lived next to an interracial gay couple in the North Side.

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The Bob O'Connor Cookie Cruise is making a comeback. The cruise on the Gateway Clipper was developed 15 years ago, when the late mayor O'Connor was a city councilman.

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Robert Morris University on Monday announced a 20-year, $120 million plan to expand and renovate its Moon and Downtown campuses.

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A former Farrell man who has been in jail for 1 1/2 years on federal drug charges pleaded guilty Monday to a charge of possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine.

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A Taylor Allderdice High School junior has turned her idea for painting pants into a $2,000 scholarship and a shot at more.

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A 38-year-old Shadyside man was held for trial today in the May 29 stabbing death of Lisa Maas, an 18-year-old student at the Pennsylvania Culinary Institute.

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Pittsburgh Business Times - by Ben Semmes Pittsburgh Controller Michael Lamb is looking into several city loans to Bernardo Katz -- a local developer who moved to Brazil recently amid foreclosures on many of ...

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A few days ago, it was not unusual for John Kusajtys to leave his house unlocked when he went to the store.

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Pittsburgh police are investigating after two people pretending to be police officers robbed a couple in Spring Garden early Tuesday morning.

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Pittsburgh police stepped up patrols after one of the most violent weeks this year.

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State gambling regulators face the uncomfortable prospect of possibly rejecting a financing plan for Pittsburgh's casino after granting Don Barden's PITG Gaming a license in 2006, a witness told a House panel ...

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Police are searching for a man who shot two people after they left a Forbes Avenue McDonald's in Oakland early this morning.

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A Pittsburgh parklet, which has been renovated was rededicated on Monday in honor of a former fire chief.

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Police need the public's help to find a missing woman. Mary Louise Horwood left Follansbee, West Virginia on Tuesday morning headed to a doctor's appointment in Pittsburgh.

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An Arlington man died early today after being shot in a Mt. Washington bar, Pittsburgh police said.

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Pittsburgh police are warning residents about two men who were spotted impersonating police officers in the North Side and then robbed at least one motorist.

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The city of Pittsburgh is putting some green behind going green. Mayor Luke Ravenstahl announced on Wednesday at the City-County building downtown that he's creating a $100,000 Green Initiatives Trust Fund and ...

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A Pittsburgh man is under arrest in connection with a fire at a vacant home that spread to an adjacent house in the city's Esplen section.

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Pittsburgh police are searching for the gunman in a Hill District shooting Monday afternoon.

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An Allegheny County jury has convicted a man of raping several women in Pittsburgh's East End communities.

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The American Red Cross provided food, shelter, and clothing to four adults who were affected by a fire in East Pittsburgh early Monday morning.

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Ten years ago, the Pittsburgh Public Schools board began a spending spree -- building and renovating schools -- that more than doubled the district's debt from $181 million to $476 million at a time when its ...

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A Mt. Oliver girl died early this morning in a shooting in Mt. Washington that also injured two youths, authorities said.

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Years of debate and planning ended last week when ground was broken for the expansion of Butler Memorial Hospital.

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Viewed from its starting point, the new Port Authority tunnel looks like an ivory umbilical cord swooping beneath the Allegheny River.

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Jury selection has begun for the trial of a Highland Park man accused of raping several women in Pittsburgh's East End communities.

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Everyone trying to delay the Steelers' plans to build a hotel and entertainment complex on the North Shore should be "ashamed," the developer said Wednesday.

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A Port Authority driver was run over by his own bus and three passengers were injured this morning in Lincoln-Lemington. The 74A Homewood-Squirrel Hill bus stopped to pick up a person in a wheelchair on ...

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William C. King Jr., 55, of Highland Park, was sentenced today to 11 1/2 to 23 months in the Allegheny County Jail for his handling of the $1.7 million estate of the late Bishop Charles H. Foggie.

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Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl urged a Columbus, Ohio, developer and the city's Stadium Authority yesterday to resolve a dispute over the validity of an option agreement involving North Shore land short of ...

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The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center on Thursday announced the merger of rehabilitation services of UPMC Mercy and UPMC South Side hospitals as part of a five-year initiative that will cost between $75 ...

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A Pittsburgh City Councilman says he has a plan that could save Schenley High School from closing its doors permanently.

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The death of a 10-month-old baby girl at a daycare center in Garfield has been ruled a homicide.

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy on Marcia Poston and found that she died from blunt force trauma to the head.

Pittsburgh Police and medics were called to Bray's Family Daycare in the 5100-block of Dearborn Street Friday afternoon where the baby was found unresponsive.

According investigators, a 7-year-old girl allegedly threw the baby to the ground twice. Police have not released the girl's name, but say that she will undergo a psychological evaluation.

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If you've ever wanted to know the number of city of Pittsburgh homicide cases cleared in a month, of weed complaints in Fairywood, of unresolved graffiti complaints in Bon Air, now you can, by going to a new ...

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The 7-year-old girl who allegedly killed an infant at a Garfield day care center Friday had anger-management issues, said Lt.

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An infant girl allegedly killed by a 7-year-old at an in-home day care in Pittsburgh is being laid to rest.

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Del Monte Foods Co. reported growth in both its fourth-quarter and fiscal year-end earnings.

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' A standoff between police and an armed man in a Pittsburgh suburb has ended peacefully.

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A McKees Rocks man was shot and killed last night in Elmore Square in the Hill District.

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The Pittsburgh Film Office says principal photography began Thursday on a new comedy being shot in the city.

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Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl on Monday vetoed a City Council ordinance that sought to limit the size of political contributions to city candidates.

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Small business is risky business these days. Costs are rising, profits are shrinking and the ability of the big guys to keep prices relatively lower is drawing away customers.

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By Jerome L. Sherman and Timothy McNulty, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Night Sky #12 by Vija Celmins A guard at the Carnegie Museum of Art is accused of using a key to deface a $1.2 million painting.

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Pittsburgh police today are investigating the seventh incident involving a child being groped on her way to school.

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The person that was supposed to be protecting the painting "Night Sky 12" was accused of defacing it beyond repair on Thursday.

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Many parents today are worried about their child's weight. With the rising popularity of eating on the go, and decreasing popularity of playing outside, kids are becoming more and more overweight. The avg. kid's BMI (Body Mass Index - a ratio of height to weight) is now at least 10 percent above where it should be.Parents often don't know where to turn, other than the occasional advice from TV or books.

A new program is coming to the Pittsburgh area that plans to address these growing issues. Kick N'Fit Pittsburgh will be offering classes for kids ages 7 to 17 starting late summer or early fall. Their classes are based on the martial arts, but with a strong foundation in cardio.

This is what is missing from most activities today. They are not geared toward the child losing weight. Our program does just that. It is set up to promote a 10 pound weightloss over a 10 week period, while the kids have fun and learn a valuable skill ~ Paul Czerniak

Children in the program will also be working with a nutritional program. The program states it is all about learning better choices, and realizing the consequences that come from bad ones. (Click title for more story)

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There has been such a great response to this event, that Carmikes has extended it! Demonstrations will now be Friday June 7th AND Saturday June 8th. Live demos will be before and after the 5 and 7 pm show times. Kids will have a chance to win COOL Kung Fu Panda Prizes and free karate lessons!

You can also check out info on the Karate Summer Camp which begins June 16th. Demo is run by Dynamic Martial Arts Pittsburgh. Check them out at www.dynamicmartialartspa.com

Visit our booth from 4 to 8 pm at the Carmikes Southland 9 theatre to get more information.

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Two-term Pittsburgh Councilman Bill Peduto says he won't run for mayor next year and will travel much of the summer to get away from the pettiness of city politics.

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A suspended New Kensington-Arnold School District administrator will stand trial on charges of indecent exposure, open lewdness and solicitation.

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' UPMC today announced the appointment of Will Cook as President of UPMC Mercy, effective July 7, 2008.

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Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday voted 5-4 to limit candidates for a city office to a $2,000 donation from an individual and $5,000 from a group, corporation or union.

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Two Indiana men died following a head-on collision at 8:58 p.m. Saturday on Route 119 just south of Wynkoop Road in Rayne Township.

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Another Pittsburgh Public Schools student was assaulted on her way to school this morning in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh police said.

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At approximately 2 p.m. Sunday, the Allegheny County medical examiner pronounced a motorcycle rider dead upon arrival when they found him at the foot of the West End Bridge.

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