Zubik has lived in Sewickley, Ambridge
PITTSBURGH — The Roman Catholic Church has chosen a Pittsburgh-area native to head his hometown diocese, bringing him back from his...
PHILADELPHIA — A letter that documents President Franklin Pierce's pardon of a black man who harbored slaves went up for sale Monday.
The 1854 presidential pardon, which...
Details of the state budget approved by the Legislature for the fiscal year that began July 1:
• Increases total state general fund spending by 3.2 percent to $27.2 bill...
State budgets, by final spending figures in billions of dollars, and percentage annual increase:
1997-98: $17.3
1998-99: $18.4; 6.2%
1999-00: $19.4; 5.8%
2000-01: $20; 2...
They work as well for less
Older, cheaper diabetes drugs are as safe and effective as newer ones, concludes an analysis that is good news for diabetics and may further hu...
Jury will decide life, death for wife
AKRON, Ohio — The wealthy doctor liked to select his wife's clothes for her — and her shoes, perfume and purses, and where she and h...
ERIE — A woman accused in a bank robbery that ended with a pizza deliveryman being killed by a bomb locked around his neck will not appear in court for her arraignment t...
Schools, services get new funds
HARRISBURG — More than two weeks into the fiscal year, lawmakers have sent Gov. Ed Rendell a $27.2 billion budget as part of a wider deal ...
Talks seen resuming later
HARRISBURG — A bill that would have barred smokers from lighting up in Pennsylvania's restaurants, bars and casinos stalled Monday as the state ...
Examples of places where smoking indoors would be banned under legislation passed by the state House of Representatives:
• Bars
• Restaurants
• Casinos
• Public transpor...
