April 16, 2014 12:11 PM

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Supports hold signs early this morning in front of the Newlonsburg Presbyterian Church as students return to Franklin Regional High School.

Classes resume at Franklin Regional High School

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Obama, Biden visit to CCAC West will center on job training grants

Obituary: John Gaisford / Surgeon, vet who founded the West Penn Burn Center

Duquesne school fact-finder rejects achievement as a salary measure

Obituary: Zander Hollander / Shepherd of sports trivia

Point Park student agency to help nonprofits connect

SAT exam undergoes an intense makeover

Former South Side whiskey distillery to transform into condos

DA investigators collect financial records from Wilkinsburg Middle School

4 to stand trial in fatal shooting of child during robbery

Deputies close Pitcairn bar for not paying drink tax

Mayor nominates former cop, pastor to Citizen Police Review Board

Classes resume at Franklin Regional High School

Monstrous edge in experience provides Penguins with no guarantee for success

Gene Collier: Time for Penguins to play like ... uh ... Penguins

'Healing' continues for Mike Tyson

Transition to next phase begins for Pitt football

West Virginia QB battle will produce clear winner

Gaby Sanchez's two home runs Monday night were important because they came against right-handed pitchers.

Pirates notebook: Sanchez makes most of starts at first base

African adventure: The Pentagon pursues a costly, risky expansion

Reverse course: Yellow Cab seeks to join the ride-share business

Worthy honor: Reporting on NSA surveillance draws a Pulitzer

The president knows the value of natural gas

Punished for getting married

Director Carlos Saldanha's trip to Amazon shaped 'Rio 2'

Galleria 6 theaters in Mt. Lebanon to reopen April 25

'Bridge the Gap' project advances at Westmoreland Museum of American Art

'Heaven Is for Real' succeeds in depicting strong family life

One hundred years of John Hodiak

"Balanced Garden" by Duncan MacDiarmid with flowers painted by Victor Capone.

Exhibition at the Westmoreland focuses on Earth's natural wonders

Former South Side whiskey distillery to transform into condos

PNC Financial Services earnings rise 7% in first quarter

Koppers eyes growth with purchases

Heartbleed bug fixes threaten to cause Internet disruptions in coming weeks

Business Briefs: 4/16/14

Camille Downing, left, associate professor at Point Park University’s School of Communication, teaches a class on Web design and marketing Tuesday. The class is launching Wood Street Communications — a student agency that will service nonprofits with Web design, marketing, PR and other communications. Students will do the work for nonprofits pro bono as part of their course work. Ms. Downing teaches a class that is organizing the agency.

Point Park student agency to help nonprofits connect

Community turns out to support Franklin Regional students

Boston Marathon bomb survivors talk at memorial service

Director talks about Pittsburgh Opera's 'Orphee'

Tech Talk: What is the Heartbleed bug?

Sports 'n 'at: A look back at Pirates' 'Wee' Tommy Leach

A number of parents and well-wishers were on hand to show support for Franklin Regional High School students who returned to classes today for the first time since last week's mass knife assault. (Video by Nate Guidry; 4/16/2014)

Community turns out to support Franklin Regional students

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Pa. seeks U.S. flexibility in new emissions rules

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is urging flexible new pollution emissions rules for existing coal-fired power

Pa. Cyber Charter teachers join union

Teachers at the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School have voted for representation by the PSEA.

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Pa. seeks U.S. flexibility in new emissions rules

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Pa. Cyber Charter teachers join union

1 day ago

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Nation

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden this afternoon are expected to discuss revised criteria for the Trade Adjustment Assistance and Community College and Career Training competitive grant program.

Obama, Biden visit to CCAC West will center on job training grants

The White House is refocusing a $500 million grant program on job training programs that involve partnerships with regional employers.

Only ticketed guests will hear Obama, Biden

Resolute Boston remembers victims of marathon bombings

The city marked the first anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings Tuesday by honoring the dead and wounded.

National briefs: Active shooter training urged

about 12 hours ago

Heartbleed bug fixes threaten to cause Internet disruptions in coming weeks

about 12 hours ago

Court upholds EPA's emissions standards

about 12 hours ago

Obama grants clemency to correct a sentence extended by a court typo

about 12 hours ago

Obamacare costs expected to be lower than predicted

about 13 hours ago

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World

Ukraine sends troops to curb unrest

The Ukrainian military landed airborne troops at an airport about 25 miles south of Slovyansk.

Russians get warped view of Ukraine

Russians get warped view of Ukraine

Political analysts say Moscow's propaganda campaign reflects a new brazenness on the part of Russian officials

Ukraine sends troops to curb unrest

World briefs: Pistorius ends his testimony

about 12 hours ago

Violence surges from Islamic uprising in Nigeria

about 12 hours ago

Iraq says Abu Ghraib prison closed

about 12 hours ago

National briefs: Cities grapple with high rents

1 day ago

World briefs: Pistorius challenged by prosecutor

1 day ago

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Bike escalators for Pittsburgh hills?

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5 days to back bike safety kick-starter

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The Cautionary Instruction: DOJ unveils National Center for Building Community Trust and Justice

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State

PSU's future has trustee candidates divided

Penn State's Board of Trustees election could indicate the direction the PSU community wants its university to go.

Portfolio

Local Dispatch: With gentiles' help, my husband's last Seder was one of his best

A personal care home went the extra mile one year on behalf of Passover dinner for its few Jewish residents.

Kyle Houghtelin filets a red snapper at Penn Avenue Fish Co.

Diana Nelson Jones' Walkabout: Passover fish shortage scrambles the menu

Scarcity of certain foods can force adaptations and forge new traditions.

Sharon Randall: Reminders appear of the needless way we hold on to stuff

1 day ago

Gary Rotstein's The Morning File: God works in mysterious ways, and so do humans

2 days ago

Caption contest 234 ... and the winners of 233

3 days ago

Portfolio: Marathoners are in the running to visit N. Korea

4 days ago

RIP, good dog Gus: You made memories for many you met

5 days ago

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Science

A total eclipse of the moon in 2011. The moon can look red during the eclipse because sunlight is bent by the Earth's atmosphere before striking the moon and reflecting back into our eyes.

Clouds, rain expected to blot out total eclipse of the moon over Pittsburgh region

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Environment

PixController president and CEO Bill Powers is the force behind the live streaming images of the bald eagle nest in Pittsburgh's Hays neighborhood.

Health

Neuro Kinetics is using high speed digital photography and a software program to diagnose based on how accurately patients track a light pattern from a "optic kinetic sphere."

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