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WINTER SPORTS
Check out our annual ski preview of the area's best slopes.

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Manhattanites could be among the greenest citizens on the planet.

FOCUS ON HEALTH CARE
Tatum Marks, 14 months, dressed as a chicken, was on hand as volunteers from the Coalition of Labor Union Women and the Allegheny County Labor Council ladeled out chicken soup on Carson Street today urging passersby to call their representatives in congress to support health care reform. The House is deliberating over the controversial measure at this hour. Read updates.
A vote on an overhaul of the nation's health insurance system is tentatively scheduled for this evening.

Pitt pounded Syracuse, 37-10, as the 13th-ranked Panthers now look ahead to three big games looming over the next month.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
It took One drive. One big defensive play. And one superb effort from a terrific defensive lineman to take a 14-7 victory in a WPIAL Class AAAA first-round playoff game.
TONIGHT: PENGUINS AT SAN JOSE
The Penguins have recalled defenseman Deryk Engelland from their Wilkes-Barre/Scranton farm team, a hint that Alex Goligoski might not be available for tonight's game.
Also in the news ...
A simple ceremony today marked the groundbreaking for a permanent national memorial on the site where United Airlines Flight 93, hijacked by terrorists, crashed on Sept. 11, 2001 as passengers battled to retake control of the plane.
Two Western Pennsylvania women were among the victims in Thursday's shooting rampage in Fort Hood, including a 55-year-old grandmother who was one of 13 people who died in the attack.
The figure surprised economists who had been predicting a more modest increase in the national unemployment rate from September's 9.8 percent.
For the last decade, North Siders who use Allegheny Commons Park have lamented the condition of their bridge to nowhere.
PG VIDEO | GARDENING
Today: Composting 101.

PET TALES
Linda Wilson Fuoco says some of the gaming revenue from the Meadows Racetrack and Casino helps community causes, including an animal shelter in North Strabane.