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Mayor vetoes cap on campaign donations

High-dollar campaign contributions will likely continue to be an integral part of city of Pittsburgh politics, following Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's veto yesterday of a measure to cap the money ... (06/10/2008)

Girl, 7, faces juvenile hearing in baby's death

A 7-year-old girl who apparently killed an infant at a Garfield day care center last week will face a dependency hearing in juvenile court, according to the Allegheny County district attorney's ... (06/10/2008)

City Neighborhoods

Mayor vetoes cap on campaign donations (06/10/2008)
Girl, 7, faces juvenile hearing in baby's death (06/10/2008)
Twins guilty in slaying of North Side teenager (06/10/2008)
3 charges dropped against minister in gay wedding (06/10/2008)
PUMPing up Pittsburgh (06/10/2008)
Senate panel tries to block high school exit exams (06/10/2008)
Barden not ready to go before gaming board (06/10/2008)
1 caught, 2 sought in Lawrenceville house robbery (06/10/2008)
Garfield Heights project ready (06/09/2008)
Re-enactors play out the events that led to French and Indian War (06/09/2008)

East Neighborhoods

Man dies in ATV crash (06/10/2008)
Hundreds honor Kiski headmaster's life (06/09/2008)
Businessman collapses and dies while pursuing suspect (06/09/2008)
Man falls into river at Ohiopyle (06/07/2008)
Parkway East inbound to close this weekend (06/06/2008)
New river park opens in Somerset County (06/06/2008)
Dial 'P' for porn: Explicit cell phone pics of underage teens illegal (06/05/2008)
'Invasion' puts Mount Pleasant on the silver screen (06/05/2008)
34 teachers laid off in Penn Hills; Gennari resigns (06/05/2008)
March to peace in the Mon Valley (06/05/2008)

North Neighborhoods

Restricted building urged in slide areas (06/10/2008)
Teen from Hampton lends her voice for autism (06/10/2008)
Adult shellfish join newly hatched babies in effort to restock waterways (06/09/2008)
Series of Erie fires has police looking for connections (06/09/2008)
Passenger dies in cycle crash (06/08/2008)
The snake hunter: Cranberry road plans prompt search for rare rattler (06/08/2008)
His mission: Stake out potential home of elusive critter (06/08/2008)
Five Butler communities to look at regional policing (06/08/2008)
Kids catch WeatherBug at Centennial School in Mars (06/08/2008)
Orchard Park residents gear up to fight rezoning (06/08/2008)

South Neighborhoods

Family maintains vigil at Ohiopyle (06/10/2008)
Police nab slay suspect after chase, crash in Munhall (06/10/2008)
Investigators test locomotive involved in mine fatality (06/09/2008)
2-year-old found in pool near church picnic dies (06/09/2008)
Students videotape attack; 3 Bethel Park teens charged (06/07/2008)
Court upholds conviction of nursing home operator (06/07/2008)
Jury convicts Fayette County man in 2005 slaying (06/06/2008)
McKeesport lighthouse, marina aim to bring life back to sagging town (06/05/2008)
Working farm in middle of suburbs provides living history (06/05/2008)
Rolling display at CCAC South gives picture of poverty (06/05/2008)

West Neighborhoods

Holistic vet advocates alternative pet care (06/10/2008)
After thefts, county beefs up police at pools (06/10/2008)
Beaver Falls man killed in motorcycle crash (06/07/2008)
Airport board to replace, rehabilitate, sell jetways (06/07/2008)
Robert Morris to hold forum for veterans' programs (06/07/2008)
Center-Monaca merger raises several questions (06/05/2008)
State may take action on consolidation in September (06/05/2008)
Living Treasures Animal Park gets $300,000 expansion (06/05/2008)
Scott looks at traffic changes for Raceway Plaza (06/05/2008)
Letter to the editor/West (06/05/2008)

Washington County

Washington County sheriff charged with DUI in W.Va. (06/10/2008)
Death of Washington County man tied to booze, drugs (06/10/2008)
In first year, Meadows casino is coming out a winner (06/09/2008)
Boy alive thanks to young lifeguard's quick action (06/08/2008)
New fares, extended service hit Mon Valley, Washington (06/08/2008)
Mayor Colaizzo refuses to seek another term (06/08/2008)
Cows + curiosity = new family business (06/08/2008)
Animal shelter kicks off campaign (06/08/2008)
Washingotn Sunday Municipal News (06/08/2008)
Washington Sunday News Briefs (06/08/2008)

Westmoreland County

Crash kills Greensburg woman (06/10/2008)
Dial 'P' for porn: Explicit cell phone pics of underage teens illegal (06/05/2008)
'Invasion' puts Mount Pleasant on the silver screen (06/05/2008)
Business park zoning possible in North Huntingdon (06/05/2008)
Part-timers may be added to Irwin police force (06/05/2008)
Merger won't affect service, Irwin bank officials say (06/05/2008)
Probe may lead to state ethics investigation in Yough (06/05/2008)
Firefighters sponsor blood drive for resident with leukemia (06/05/2008)
WCCC tuition increasing (06/05/2008)
East News Briefs (06/05/2008)

Twins guilty in slaying of North Side teenager

After less than two hours of deliberation, an Allegheny County jury convicted identical twins of second-degree murder yesterday, accepting the prosecution's argument that it didn't matter which of ... (06/10/2008)

Restricted building urged in slide areas

A state report on the September 2006 Kilbuck landslide that sunk a $28 million Wal-Mart shopping plaza development recommends new legislation to prevent developers from building in slide-prone ... (06/10/2008)

Family maintains vigil at Ohiopyle

Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette

People wade in the Youghiogheny River near the bike trail bridge where Esker Cottrill III, 26, of Canonsburg, was swept away Friday by the current.

OHIOPYLE, Pa. -- Sherry Cottrill, her family and friends maintained a vigil in this Fayette County community while divers looked for her son in the Youghiogheny River, about two miles downstream. ... (06/10/2008)

3 charges dropped against minister in gay wedding

The Rev. Janet Edwards will be tried in a church court for conducting a marriage ceremony for a lesbian couple in 2005, although three of five charges against her were dismissed yesterday. ... (06/10/2008)