Officials are hoping to speed travel and spark development between Downtown and Oakland and in the Mon Valley.

Eleanor M. Ott is the sixth Pitt graduate chosen to win the international Rhodes award since 1983.
Leaders believe the group's founding principles still can engage and inspire children and their parents.
"I love the intenseness of the game. Girls can be tough, too," says a Fox Chapel High School senior.

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Last year's American Idol runner-up has a new album. Today, he talks about singing and relationships.