http://www.post-gazette.com/ Local and regional news as it develops during the day en-us Copyright 2010, post-gazette.com. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:14:25 -0400 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/10074/1043008-388.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Rock band Kings of Leon will close its 32-date summer tour with a concert at the First Niagara Pavilion in Burgettstown on Sept. 7. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:05:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042969-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The body of a Squirrel Hill man was found bound and shot this morning on a hillside in the 100 block of Hazlett Street on the North Side Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:28:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1043044-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's administration this afternoon released three legal opinions saying that a proposal to tansfer ownership of parking garages to the troubled pension fund is illegal and unworkable. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:54:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1043042-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml BRADENTON, Fla. -- Zach Duke had his strongest start of the spring, but Evan Meek allowed three runs in relief, and the Pirates lost to the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-1, this afternoon at McKechnie Field Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:44:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1043039-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml HARRISBURG -- A new report shows campaign contributors to justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court often appear before the court Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:19:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1043033-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The Rivers Casino filed a petition today seeking authorization from the state gaming control board to operate 86 table games at the North Shore venue Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:55:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042933-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml City police are investigating the fatal shooting of a retired firefighter Sunday in Marshall-Shadeland. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1043017-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Paleontologists at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History have described a new species of early terrestrial amphibian whose fossilized skull was found in 2004 near Pittsburgh International Airport and named after the University of Pittsburgh student who found it and the FedEx Corp., which owns the property where it was discovered Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:01:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1043018-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Two dozen toga-wearing protesters retold the story of the assassination of Julius Caesar today, with several of the region's community hospitals given the role of victims Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:05:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042994-66.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The Steelers wasted little time today bringing back another former player, reaching agreement with inside linebacker Larry Foote on a three-year, $9.3 million contract shortly after he passed a physical Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:12:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1043012-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml STRONGSVILLE, Ohio -- Opening what may be remembered as the climactic week of the long debate on health care, President Barack Obama defended his proposal in this economically troubled state, saying that it would bring a significant middle class tax break and rebutting critics who contend it would weaken Medicare. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:50:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1043009-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml X-rays on Evgeni Malkin's injured right foot today did not detect a fracture Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:35:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042968-147.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The 10th Street Bypass opened in time for the morning rush hour. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:17:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1043004-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The state Department of Education today announced the team that Wednesday will make a presentation aimed at winning up to $400 million in Race to the Top money to improve education Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:25:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1043000-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A University of Pittsburgh astronomer is a key member of an international team that will use the Hubble Space Telescope to peer through time and space to witness galaxy formation that occurred a mere 600 million years after the Big Bang Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042983-388.stm?cmpid=latest.xml It might not be the first concert at the Consol Energy Arena, but it's the first announced for it. Lady Gaga will bring her Monster Ball Tour to the new arena on Sept. 5. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:26:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042992-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml BRADFORD, Pa. -- The police chief here has resigned after state police charged him with assaulting a woman during a domestic dispute Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:41:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042991-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml An Ohio woman has sued a Beaver County plastic surgeon who allegedly used the wrong kind of implants during breast augmentation surgery. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:38:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042988-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml WARREN, Pa. -- Police say a New York man sent nude and lewd text messages to several teenage girls in northwestern Pennsylvania after accessing their personal information on Internet social networking sites. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:33:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042977-135.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Duquesne (16-15) has accepted a bid to play in the College Basketball Invitational postseason tournament and will play at Princeton (20-8) on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:42:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042976-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Michael Baker Corp. said today fourth quarter earnings jumped 59 percent despite falling revenue. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:37:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042975-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Wilmerding-based Wabtec Corp., a technology product and service manufacturer, has purchased Xorail LLC for $40 million in cash. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:24:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042974-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Consol Energy Inc. said today it has agreed to buy Dominion Resources Inc.'s Appalachian exploration and production business for $3.475 billion, substantially increasing its natural gas reserves and production capacity Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:10:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042972-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Nova Chemicals reported 2009 fourth-quarter net income of $17 million compared with a net loss of $212 million in fourth quarter 2008 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:43:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042971-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml BRADENTON, Fla. -- The Pirates this morning cut seven more players, including top pitching prospect Brad Lincoln, to reduce the spring roster to 54 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:41:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042970-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The University of Pittsburgh trustees' budget committee gave its blessing today to several construction projects, including a $28.2 million upgrade to physics and astronomy department laboratories Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:34:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042932-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A man was taken to a local hospital Sunday evening after being struck by a bus in Wilkinsburg. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1042830-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Flooding closed the 10th Street Bypass in Downtown Pittsburgh this morning but authorities throughout the region reported little serious damage and no injuries from floodwaters that were far less severe than what had been forecast. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:28:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1042848-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml TAMPA, Fla. -- The Penguins scored two third-period goals to defeat Tampa Bay, 2-1, at the St. Pete Times Forum this evening. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:35:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1042847-169.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The Robert Morris men's basketball team earned a No. 15 seed in the NCAA tournament and will play Villanova, a No. 2 seed, Thursday in Providence, R.I. in first-round action. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:40:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1042846-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml West Virginia (27-6) earned a No. 2 seed in the East region of the NCAA Basketball Tournament and will play Morgan State (27-9) on Friday in Buffalo. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:35:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1042844-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Pitt's basketball team will be the No. 3 seed in the West region of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:24:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1042840-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml BRADENTON, Fla. -- The Pittsburgh Pirates just made their first six cuts of the spring this afternoon. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:12:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1042833-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml BRADENTON, Fla. -- Charlie Morton pitched four scoreless innings, and five home runs -- two by Bobby Crosby, one each by Akinori Iwamura, Delwyn Young and Steve Pearce -- carried the Pirates past the New York Yankees, 10-5, this afternoon at McKechnie Field. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:12:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1042829-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A Pittsburgh man has been sentenced in federal court in Pittsburgh to 63 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, on drug charges. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:22:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1042831-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A Washington County man was sentenced Friday in federal court in Pittsburgh to 15 years in jail and five years of supervised release for unlawfully possessing a firearm. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:37:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1042828-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml TAMPA, Fla. -- Tampa Bay left winger Ryan Malone, a former Penguin, will sit out the game against his old team at 5:08 p.m. today at the St. Pete Times Forum. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:15:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1042825-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A fire marshal has been sent to investigate a blaze that started in a tractor-trailer then spread to a house on Neville Island. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:18:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1042824-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml An infant and two adults were hurt in a three-vehicle crash this morning in Point Breeze. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:01:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1042823-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Roving police patrols throughout the city of Pittsburgh following the St. Patrick's Day parade yielded eight arrests for drunken driving. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:21:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1042822-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Two people were critically injured during a police chase that began in the city and ended in Penn Hills. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:10:00 -0400