http://www.post-gazette.com News from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette en-us Copyright 2009, post-gazette.com. http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com 150 30 News and sports from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982816-325.stm?cmpid=rss.xml The PG's SummerBurgh bloggers attended Tuesday's opening-night performance of Pittsburgh CLO's "Les Miserables." They have these reviews. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 18:04:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982866-100.stm?cmpid=rss.xml The city of Pittsburgh is in an arms race with Boston to have the nation's most tech-friendly city government, Councilman William Peduto declared today. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 17:15:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982859-455.stm?cmpid=rss.xml Authorities are looking for a mentally handicapped man from Ohio who went missing from Pittsburgh International Airport on Sunday Thu, 9 Jul 2009 16:07:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982863-455.stm?cmpid=rss.xml The West Penn Allegheny Health System, which employs about 13,000 people, is in the process of eliminating the equivalent of 185 full-time positions systemwide Thu, 9 Jul 2009 16:04:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982658-388.stm?cmpid=rss.xml Recording engineers won't like it because some might lose their jobs, but the implications of current technology are clear -- with the ownership of a couple of computers and programs, a band can record an album itself without paying for studio time. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:53:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982817-455.stm?cmpid=rss.xml A request more than 15 years in the making to replace outdated housing at the 911th Airlift Wing cleared a big hurdle yesterday as the $12.4 million funding request was approved by the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:33:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982857-100.stm?cmpid=rss.xml HARRISBURG -- State education officials have agreed to scale back a controversial plan to require high school students to pass a new set of assessments before they can graduate Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:31:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982856-100.stm?cmpid=rss.xml State Sen. Jane Orie is considering a bid for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:26:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982586-57.stm?cmpid=rss.xml Leaf, bibb and romaine lettuce adorned the display table, contrasting nicely with big bunches of red beets. There was also broccoli, beans, Swiss chard and other vegetables -- all of it freshly grown and picked on a North Hills farm. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:07:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982823-100.stm?cmpid=rss.xml After issuing a controversial acquittal in the case of a South Hills oral surgeon accused of molesting his patients, Allegheny County Judge Anthony M. Mariani was escorted home by a sheriff's deputy and his home was guarded last night Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:06:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982833-407.stm?cmpid=rss.xml WASHINGTON -- General Motors and Chrysler are urging lawmakers to stop legislation that would prevent automakers from closing car dealerships that the dealers want to keep open, saying it would complicate their emergence from government-led bankruptcies. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:04:00 -0400