http://www.post-gazette.com/ 2013-05-17T12:01:04-04:00 The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-west/threats-made-against-bush-obama-and-secret-service-agents-outlined-in-mckees-rocks-case-688017/ 2013-05-17T12:00:58-04:00 2013-05-17T12:00:00-04:00

Jesse Almendarez faces charges of threatening a federal officer and making an interstate threat.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/politics-local/ravenstahl-attorney-contractor-documents-for-home-renovation-given-to-federal-prosecutors-687566/ 2013-05-14T23:16:37-04:00 2013-05-14T00:01:00-04:00

Charles Porter Jr. was responding to a story the P-G reported Friday about work done by Allstate Development on the mayor's Fineview home.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/region/appeals-court-reviews-titusville-child-porn-case-687563/ 2013-05-14T11:23:03-04:00 2013-05-14T11:22:00-04:00

Craig Alan Finley of Titusville, was convicted in U.S. District Court in Erie and sentenced just more than a year ago to 50 years in prison.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/retrial-in-1997-pittsburgh-killing-moved-to-july-687443/ 2013-05-13T14:47:55-04:00 2013-05-13T14:46:00-04:00

Taibu Grant won a new trial earlier this year after the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said his lawyer, Sumner Parker, made mistakes.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/legal/digital-assets-the-new-frontier-for-estate-planning-687401/ 2013-05-13T05:31:52-04:00 Tim Grant 2013-05-13T00:00:00-04:00

Make a plan for work or possessions stored on a computer and the Internet, which can be "a significant part of the financial footprint."

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/legal/dateline-pittsburgh-051213-687379/ 2013-05-13T00:06:43-04:00 2013-05-13T00:00:00-04:00

People on the move...

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/legal/judge-sets-resentencing-hearing-for-joan-orie-melvin-687098/ 2013-05-10T13:22:58-04:00 2013-05-10T13:21:00-04:00

Judge Lester Nauhaus sentenced the former Supreme Court justice to house arrest and ordered her to apologize to 500 Pennsylvania judges.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/one-ravenstahl-bodyguard-called-before-federal-grand-jury-686752/ 2013-05-09T08:31:44-04:00 2013-05-08T09:17:00-04:00

Sgt. Matthew Gauntner and Sgt. Dominick Sciulli as well as the Mayor Ravenstahl's personal secretary testified before the grand jury.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/owners-of-south-sides-hofbrauhaus-settle-in-girls-death-for-156-million-686644/ 2013-05-07T14:47:54-04:00 2013-05-07T14:46:00-04:00

The Hofbrauhaus restaurant also agreed to protocol changes to try to stop customers from getting too intoxicated.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/subponeas-served-on-pittsburgh-in-recent-weeks-686631/ 2013-05-07T13:17:50-04:00 2013-05-07T11:04:00-04:00

Acting police Chief Regina McDonald said one sought "all variances as issued to public or private entities (vendors)" for parking spots.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/legal/on-the-docket-pittsburgh-5613-686471/ 2013-05-06T00:11:37-04:00 2013-05-06T00:00:00-04:00

Houston Harbaugh said Anna Marks joined as director of marketing and communications.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/legal/the-us-supreme-court-weighs-whether-a-private-company-can-patent-human-dna-material-686453/ 2013-05-06T00:07:04-04:00 2013-05-06T00:00:00-04:00

Who owns the patent rights to certain genes and DNA fragments, strands of natural genetic code that are useful in medical research?

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/legal/top-court-says-individuals-can-resell-their-textbooks-for-profit-without-copyright-infringement-685491/ 2013-04-29T00:17:18-04:00 Teresa F. Lindeman tlindeman@post-gazette.com 2013-04-29T00:00:00-04:00

When Supap Kirtsaeng moved to the U.S. to study math at Cornell University, he soon realized that he could get textbooks cheaper back home.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/legal/on-the-docket-pittsburgh-42913-685464/ 2013-04-29T00:10:15-04:00 2013-04-29T00:00:00-04:00

David B. White, founding member of Burns White LLC, was one of two people named as this year's Distinguished Alumni by Duquesne Law School.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/state/pa-open-records-advocates-getting-mixed-results-685074/ 2013-04-26T00:07:13-04:00 2013-04-26T00:00:00-04:00

State officials sided with the Post-Gazette, which requested a statewide roster of certified police officers in February.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/city-firefighters-sue-over-siren-hearing-loss-684645/ 2013-04-23T00:15:33-04:00 2013-04-23T00:00:00-04:00

Four Pittsburgh firefighters filed have sued several manufacturers alleging loud sirens on the firetrucks have caused hearing loss.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/region/post-gazette-asks-federal-judge-to-make-certain-upmc-highmark-wpahs-documents-public-684537/ 2013-04-22T13:50:01-04:00 2013-04-22T13:38:00-04:00

UPMC has withheld some documents because it viewed them as subject to attorney-client privilege.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/education/9-fired-employees-sue-imani-christian-academy-684527/ 2013-04-22T09:36:40-04:00 2013-04-22T09:36:00-04:00

The ex-employees say they lost their jobs because of their association with the religious group Petra International Ministries.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/legal/on-the-docket-pittsburgh-42213-684495/ 2013-04-22T00:10:51-04:00 2013-04-22T00:00:00-04:00

Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP said Robert J. Cindrich joined the firm's business services department in the Pittsburgh office.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/legal/ipso-facto-susan-dunhoff-684490/ 2013-04-22T00:09:48-04:00 2013-04-22T00:00:00-04:00

Susan Dunhoff, a matchmaker for the town's professional singles, matches attorney, too.