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2 Dozing Teens Sunbathing on Road Hit by Car

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:55:06 CDT

Two teenage girls who fell asleep while sunbathing on a quiet rural road in Pennsylvania were struck by a car yesterday. The 13-year-old pals were airlifted to a nearby hospital, and are expected to survive. They were hit by a car driven by a cousin of one of the girls....

Romney's Latest Gaffe: Dissing Local Cookies

Kevin Spak — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:46:05 CDT

In Pittsburgh, they're calling it "CookieGate," but fair warning, it's not exactly a serious political scandal. Mitt Romney held a tax day picnic just outside the city Tuesday, in what should have been an easy photo op, if only he hadn't mentioned the food. "I'm not sure about these cookies,...

2 Dead in Pittsburgh Psych Clinic Shooting

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:42:32 CST

Gunfire at a psychiatric clinic at the University of Pittsburgh killed two people and injured seven others this afternoon. Police reported one of the dead was the gunman. It was unclear whether the wounded people were patients, employees, or visiting family members at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Police...

Firefighters Get Flu Shots —and Parking Tickets

Rob Quinn — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:37:04 CDT

City council members in Pittsburgh won't put up with anybody taking their parking spots, apparently. City firefighters ordered to get their flu shots at City Hall came out to find that their fire trucks, which they left in permit-only spaces for around five minutes, had been ticketed, WPXI reports. A...

Liquor Control Board Worker Accused of DUI

John Johnson — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:43:42 CDT

An otherwise par-for-the-course DUI arrest is making the local headlines in Pittsburgh because the suspect happens to be an enforcement officer with the state Liquor Control Board. Police say the 39-year-old woman blew a 0.117 after being involved in a two-crash downtown last night, reports WPXI . Nobody was injured...

Carnegie Mellon Wins $265M Gift

Mark Russell — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:40:35 CDT

Carnegie Mellon University just scored a big boost, as former steel magnate William Dietrich pledged $265 million to the Pittsburgh-based school, reports AP . With charitable giving down due to the economic downturn, Dietrich's gift is considered one of the largest to a private university in recent years. "It is one...

Pittsburgh Flash Flood Leaves 4 Dead

John Johnson — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 10:35:47 CDT

A mother and her two daughters, ages 8 and 12, were drowned in their car yesterday when a flash flood overwhelmed a Pittsburgh neighborhood. Another victim, a 70-year-old woman, was found dead today. The Post-Gazette offers a wrenching detail: Rescuers in a boat floated right above the three victims in...

911 Dispatchers Expect Calls During Filming of Batman

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:45:39 CDT

Emergency dispatchers in Pittsburgh are preparing to take calls from residents who may be unprepared for fake gun shots, explosions, and other mayhem while the Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises films at various city locations. The movie has received mammoth publicity in the local media, but emergency response teams...

America's 40 Worst-Dressed Cities

Sarah Whitmire — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:57:55 CDT

US fashion is as diversified and geographically distinct as food or accent, but as GQ found when ranking 40 American cities based on fashion, our bad taste in clothing is rampant regardless of which coast you’re on. Take a look at the results of their “deeply scientific, irrefutable poll” to...