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Monday, September 6, 2010, 3:42 am
Tributes heaped on Mazeroski
Christopher Horner | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
PROMISED TAX CUT DIDN'T HAPPEN
Dan Onorato says he forged efficient rule in Allegheny County
When Dan Onorato ran for Allegheny County executive in 2003, he promised a drop in spending and 10 percent tax cut. Seven years later, the county budget has grown by 18 percent and the only change in tax rates came from Onorato's enactment of a tax on poured booze.
PROTECTING COMPUTERS FROM ASSAULT
Universities push to turn out cyber guards as demand explodes
"The government needs 1,000 people every year," said Carnegie Mellon's Dena Haritos Tsamitis. "Higher-ed institutions across the country aren't even close to providing enough."
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Dozens chased from high-rise in Allentown by fire
Firefighters evacuated dozens of elderly and disabled residents of the Richard S. Caligiuri high-rise in Allentown after fire ripped through a 10th floor-apartment, firefighters said.It's been a very hot summer, that's for sure
Through yesterday, the temperature hit 90 degrees or higher on 15 days, almost double the number of 90-degree days usually recorded at Pittsburgh International Airport each summer. Tree fossil found by Delmont man nearly 300 million years old
Shaun Blackham was paddling his kayak on the Kiskiminetas River in Armstrong County in July when he spotted a snapshot of history imprinted on a rock. Driver of SUV that killed Mt. Lebanon jogger turns himself in
A 20-year-old Mt. Lebanon man turned himself in yesterday, and was arraigned on charges of vehicular homicide and involuntary manslaughter in the death of a woman who was jogging near her home with her two young children. Attendees urged to arrive early for Flight 93 service
With thousands of spectators expected to descend on four major events in Somerset and Westmoreland Saturday morning, at least one event organizer recommends spectators arrive at least 1 1/2 hours early.
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