Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato yesterday appointed a group of 15 people from the private sector, environmental circles, county and municipal officials to the county Environmental Air Quality Task Force. (Today)

A Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor charged with drunken driving three times in eight days could go to jail today, much to the relief of his neighbors in Squirrel Hill. (Today)

A University of Pittsburgh alumnus is one of eight recipients of the 2007 National Medal of Science, the nation's highest honor for scientists. (Today)

Barack Obama's coolness cuts both ways. (Today)

The squat, 33-year-old Reizenstein building in Shadyside may lack the architectural majesty of the historic, triangular Schenley building in Oakland. ... (Today)