http://www.post-gazette.com/ Local and regional news as it develops during the day en-us Copyright 2009, post-gazette.com. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:13:21 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011663-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml North Huntingdon police last night were investigating a fatal accident in which a pedestrian walking along Route 30 was struck and killed by a passing vehicle. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:51:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011707-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has learned that West Virginia defensive lineman Scooter Berry, who was suspended indefinitely from the team on Oct. 20 following an arrest for public intoxication and disorderly conduct for an incident outside a Morgantown nightclub, is listed on the team's dress list for today's game against Louisville, thus making him available to play. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:37:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011706-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A 21-year-old bicyclist was killed last night when he was struck in Butler by a car that left the scene. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011378-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A Northside Urban Pathways teacher today won a $25,000 Milken Education Award. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:33:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011399-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml At least two people from Western Pennsylvania were among the victims of the shootings in Fort Hood, Texas. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:26:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011437-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Penn State University plans to build a new Children's Hospital on the campus of its Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:51:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011376-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A man was fatally shot this afternoon by a man who walked into a crowded Wilkinsburg barber shop with his gun drawn Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:11:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011394-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The Pirates today assigned pitchers Virgil Vasquez and Eric Hacker to Triple-A Indianapolis, and catcher Steve Larud to Double-A Altoona. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:45:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011377-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml State and local officials today announced that the redesignation of Interstate 376 from Interstate 80 in Mercer County to the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Monroeville has been completed. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:18:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011383-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Police are investigating the fatal shooting today of an 18-year-old man in Sharon, Mercer County. Two other people were wounded in the shooting Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:41:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011373-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A driver and four passengers were injured when their vehicle crashed into a building early today in Washington County Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:55:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011372-66.stm?cmpid=latest.xml While safety Ryan Clark is not expected to play in Monday night's game in Denver, there will be no official confirmation from him or coach Mike Tomlin on his status before the game. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:53:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011371-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A trial was ordered today for a man who was charged with homicide after he showed up at a hospital with a bullet wound from a shooting last month in the Hill District Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:52:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011368-147.stm?cmpid=latest.xml PennDOT has moved up the start time for construction on the Parkway North between Interstate 79 and Bellevue-West View to accommodate Pitt football traffic Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:39:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011355-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Cranberry Supervisors last night gave the go-ahead to plans for a new grocery along Freedom Road Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:46:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011354-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml First Commonwealth Financial this morning said it lost more money in the third quarter than previously reported because of another soured commercial loan and another write down on an investment. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:35:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011353-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The Parkway North high occupancy vehicle lane was closed today because of icy conditions Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011352-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has extended the operating license for two nuclear reactors in Beaver County by 20 years each Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011351-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml BERLIN, Pa. -- A Somerset County man has been charged with repeatedly raping a mentally disabled woman at her apartment and, later, the nursing home where she's lived since 2007 Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:52:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011350-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Police have dropped charges against a man who was arrested with seven others last month on charges they set 12 fires in the last two years Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:48:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011349-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml SHARON, Pa. -- An 11-mile stretch of eastbound Interstate 80 is closed because of two crashed tractor-trailers Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:36:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011348-84.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The nation's unemployment rate rose in October to 10.2 percent, as the number of those out of work increased by more than half a million people, to 15.7 million. 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