MCKEES ROCKS — A poor Pittsburgh-area school district received supplies, including computers, from the campaign offices of president-elect Barack Obama.

The Sto-Rox School District west of the city received piles of felt-tipped markers, paint, and poster board, plus reams of printer paper. The schools also are receiving six computers and an all-in-one printer copier and fax machine.

The donations were coordinated by iloveschools.com, a Web site that connects school officials with organizations willing to donate school supplies.

The Web site's marketing director said 200 Obama campaign offices in 10 states pledged to donate supplies to schools.

DELMONT — A woman famous for campaigning against pricing errors at retail checkout counters won another court case against Wal-Mart.Mary Bach of Murrysville is nicknamed the "Scanner Lady" for her repeated small claims suits against Wal-Mart whenever she is overcharged because of incorrectly scanned price tags. Wal-Mart has been ordered to pay $164 in damages and court costs for violating a consumer protection law when it overcharged Bach for a dress last month.Bach's efforts helped lead to a law requiring the state to inspect price scanners.

PITTSBURGH — A group of forensics students at a downtown Pittsburgh university are reopening the murder case of Lizzie Borden.Borden was acquitted of the 1892 ax murders of her father and stepmother in Massachusetts, though she was widely believed to be guilty.The Point Park University students have built a scale model of the Borden household to re-examine the infamous cases. The actual house is still standing, though it has been converted into a bed and breakfast.Students are using the model to learn the steps investigators take in studying a murder scene.Their next project is a study of the John F. Kennedy assassination, complete with a scale model of Dealey Plaza where the president was shot in 1963.

PITTSBURGH — About 2,200 Pittsburgh-area bus and trolley drivers, mechanics and clerks will vote before Thanksgiving on a possible strike but won't walk off the job until at least Dec. 1.The union is considering a strike because the Port Authority of Allegheny County Board last month voted to impose a new contract effective Dec. 1 after declaring an impasse with its union.If the drivers walk out, they'll strand customers who take about 230,000 rides a day.The strike vote by Amalgamated Transit Union Local 85 is scheduled for Nov. 23

PITTSBURGH — An attorney is applauding a Washington, D.C.-based pension review board for ruling veterans' nurses who worked part-time in the 1960s, 70s and 80s must get full pensions.Attorney Timothy O'Brien represented 158 nurses in their benefits' appeal. He said Tuesday the August decision by the Merit Systems Protection Board might apply to several dozen nurses nationwide who worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs prior to April 1986.O'Brien said the final order only became official in late October, when the 60-day appeal period passed without the government filing.

PHILADELPHIA — The former campaign manager to Democratic state Sen. Vince Fumo is scheduled to be back on the witness stand in Philadelphia to face continued cross-examination by the defense.Fumo's corruption trial is in its third week.The 65-year-old lawmaker is a veteran of 30 years in the statehouse. He is charged with misusing more than $2 million of Senate funds and another $1.5 million from the coffers of a Philadelphia charity and a seaport museum to fund personal and political endeavors.Consultant Howard Cain testified he was illegally paid by the state of Pennsylvania for personal and political work for the Philadelphia senator. Fumo denies the allegations.Cain pleaded guilty to tax evasion, and the defense has challenged Cain's credibility.