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Onorato pitches merger to smaller municipalities

Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato not only believes in a city-county merger, but he is reaching out to small municipalities that are wary of the idea, pitching them on a services ... (05/13/2008)

Post-Gazette wins 14 Golden Quill awards

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette won 14 Golden Quill awards tonight in the annual journalism contest sponsored by the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania. (05/13/2008)

Region And State

Onorato pitches merger to smaller municipalities (05/13/2008)
Post-Gazette wins 14 Golden Quill awards (05/13/2008)
More than 36,000 people participate in the Race for the Cure (05/12/2008)
Marathon to resume its run in Pittsburgh next year (05/12/2008)
Kid chess players show off their moves (05/12/2008)
Penguins honor Beaver County teenager with cancer (05/12/2008)
Zelienople loses more than just bricks and mortar in blaze (05/12/2008)
Bishop's prayers answered? Signs point toward more joining priesthood (05/12/2008)
Pickup hits Amish buggy, injuring five family members (05/12/2008)
Campus ministry group one of country's best work places (05/12/2008)
For the mother of Mother's Day, it's just never been right (05/11/2008)
From troublesome boy to Medal of Honor (05/11/2008)
Intern shredded papers sought in House inquiry (05/11/2008)
Doctor plans novel treatment for autism (05/11/2008)
Hill coalition approves deal for arena site (05/11/2008)
Keeping family together (05/11/2008)
Plan to hand out 250,000 Bibles (05/11/2008)
Buchanan picks new target: products that mask drug use (05/11/2008)
Couple's relentless determination not unlike Anna Jarvis' (05/11/2008)
Consumers open wallets for Mom (05/11/2008)
Van crash kills 6 (05/11/2008)

Education

Full faculty at WVU to assemble on Garrison (05/13/2008)
Florida administrator chosen as chancellor of Pa. university system (05/13/2008)
City schools increasingly must teach non-English speakers (05/12/2008)

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Weather

Tornado deaths underscore the risks of taking shelter in cars (05/13/2008)

City Neighborhoods

Council members in conflict of interest over legal bills (05/13/2008)
Graffiti artist's attempt to plead guilty hits snag (05/13/2008)
Two-year, $1.2 million renovation of Riverview Park's Chapel Shelter complete (05/13/2008)
South Side's Locker Room Bar & Grille to be auctioned (05/13/2008)
Transit tunnel boring under river resumes (05/13/2008)
Marathon to resume its run in Pittsburgh next year (05/12/2008)
More than 36,000 people participate in the Race for the Cure (05/12/2008)
3 a.m. -- the graveyard shift: It's never dull after midnight at Ritter's (05/12/2008)
Infrastructure task force schedules series of meetings (05/12/2008)
Hill District killing probed (05/12/2008)
Sarah Heinz House teen volunteer wins state honor (05/12/2008)
Winners named in African-American History Contest (05/12/2008)
Applications online for city's summer jobs for teens (05/12/2008)
City calendar (05/12/2008)
Hill coalition approves deal for arena site (05/11/2008)
Plan to hand out 250,000 Bibles (05/11/2008)
Doctor plans novel treatment for autism (05/11/2008)

North Neighborhoods

Zelienople loses more than just bricks and mortar in blaze (05/12/2008)
Pickup hits Amish buggy, injuring five family members (05/12/2008)
Zelienople soldier kills himself in Afghanistan (05/12/2008)
From troublesome boy to Medal of Honor (05/11/2008)
Living Treasures Animal Park in midst of $300,000 expansion (05/11/2008)
Seneca Valley board rejects proposed tax hike for budget (05/11/2008)
Butler-Freeport Community Trail gets 5.4-acre donation (05/11/2008)
Monroe Street bridge work could start soon (05/11/2008)
Butler city officials receive warning on spending $1.2 million surplus (05/11/2008)
Butler firefighter named chief (05/11/2008)
New CYS director named in Butler County (05/11/2008)
Property tax ratio increase in offing in Butler County (05/11/2008)
Mars Area homeowners may get by without tax hike this year, using surplus (05/11/2008)
Couples club stages homegrown entertainment for the neighbors (05/11/2008)
17-year-old displays imagination to win window design scholarship (05/11/2008)
Obituary North: Robert Bryan / Former owner of Bryan Brothers Grocery, Bryan Bus Lines (05/11/2008)
Sunday North Business News (05/11/2008)
North School News (05/11/2008)
Sunday North Student News (05/11/2008)
Sunday North Bulletin Board (05/11/2008)

South Neighborhoods

Chiropractor gets home detention for tax evasion (05/13/2008)

Washington County

Obituary: Baptiste J. Manzini / Old-school football coach in Mon Valley (05/12/2008)
A boy and his dog (05/11/2008)
Buffalo Township split over government involvement (05/11/2008)
'Flag Guy' walks to spark patriotism (05/11/2008)
National Road Festival kicks off with horse-drawn wagon treks (05/11/2008)
Developer seeks Canonsburg contribution to building costs (05/11/2008)
Canonsburg leaders discuss dangerous structures (05/11/2008)
March 23 blaze rekindles feud between town, firefighters (05/11/2008)
Help sought for injured Katrina volunteer (05/11/2008)
Little Lake Theater marks 60 years (05/11/2008)
Washington Sunday News Briefs (05/11/2008)
Washington Sunday Student News (05/11/2008)
Washington Sunday School News (05/11/2008)
Washington Sunday Bulletin Board (05/11/2008)

Westmoreland County

Obituary: Baptiste J. Manzini / Old-school football coach in Mon Valley (05/12/2008)
Slide shuts Route 30 (05/12/2008)

Elections

Rendell says he'll veto weakened ban on smoking (05/13/2008)
Political currents swirl in Smalltown, W.Va. (05/13/2008)
McCain acknowledges global warming (05/13/2008)

Transportation

At least 2 bidders interested in turnpike lease (05/13/2008)
Transit tunnel boring under river resumes (05/13/2008)
Construction Around The Region (05/11/2008)
Local taxi deal just a part of Veolia's U.S. growth (05/11/2008)
More tales of parkway woes (05/11/2008)

Obituaries

Obituary: Sidney Franklin Hout / Bus driver with millions of safe miles (05/13/2008)
Obituary: Ricardo Maroni / Trumpeting band leader for more than 50 years (05/13/2008)
Latest Deaths (05/13/2008)
Obituary: Baptiste J. Manzini / Old-school football coach in Mon Valley (05/12/2008)
Latest deaths (05/12/2008)
Obituary: Sheila Lorraine Casey Broadus / Speech pathologist went the extra mile for her students (05/11/2008)
Latest deaths (05/11/2008)
Obituary North: Robert Bryan / Former owner of Bryan Brothers Grocery, Bryan Bus Lines (05/11/2008)

More than 36,000 people participate in the Race for the Cure

Bob Donaldson/Post-Gazette

Lisa Deblanc-Smith, an eight-year breast cancer survivor, sings "I Believe I Can Fly" along with the nearly 3,000 other survivors before the start of yesterday's Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Schenley Park.

After Connie Close and her family crossed the finish line of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure yesterday in Schenley Park, emotions were as pervasive as the color pink. ... (05/12/2008)

Marathon to resume its run in Pittsburgh next year

It's been a long race, getting past financial problems, trying to change corporate disinterest, rejecting dead ends and moving on toward a finish line, but after a five-year absence, the ... (05/12/2008)

Kid chess players show off their moves

Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette

More than 2,000 chess-playing children filled the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh this weekend.

Ben Hinthorne rode the escalator at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center all by himself this weekend, grinning when he spotted his mother on an upper floor. ... (05/12/2008)

Penguins honor Beaver County teenager with cancer

Matt Freed/Post-Gazette

John Challis meets with Penguins owner Mario Lemieux during the Penguins' game against the Flyers yesterday.

John Challis yawned. "Smiling so much makes me tired," he said. ... (05/12/2008)

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