Stage Set For Final Big East Tournament As We Know It
The Big East tournament will have a touch of a wake to it this week. When games end, there will be plenty of reminiscing about rivalries and talk of what is to come.
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The Big East tournament will have a touch of a wake to it this week. When games end, there will be plenty of reminiscing about rivalries and talk of what is to come.
Chris Kunitz scored his second goal just 18 seconds into the third period to cap a four-goal rally and lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.
State Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin and her sister, Janine Orie, were convicted of theft of services and conspiracy for allegedly using Melvin's judicial staff – and legislative staffers of another sister, former Republican state Senator Jane Orie – to campaign for Melvin.
A Pittsburgh pastor who recently got his commercial driver's license is being credited with steering a Megabus to safety when its driver fell ill on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Gene Kelly's birth, his wife Patricia Kelly remembers her late husband's prolific accomplishments and Pittsburgh roots.
Mitt Romney on Monday assailed Democratic President Barack Obama's energy polices and urged Pennsylvania voters to back him in the fall. He planned a second stop later in the day with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.
Did you vote for Tom Corbett? Are you a Flyers fan? If you answered yes to those questions, get ready to possibly regret that vote.
Chris talks to Michael Bronstein and Jeff Roe on the Monday Morning Matchup about President Obama's accomplishment in his first term and to Todd Zolecki about his book, The Rotation, about the Phillies pitching staff from last season. He also debates the merits of corporal punishment in schools and the reception Vice President Joe Biden received at the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Pittsburgh.
Police say a woman from Pittsburgh was lured to Philadelphia and then later held hostage, beaten and set on fire by people she lived with.
Prosecutors say a North Philadelphia couple is facing numerous charges for assaults on two victims. One of the victims -- a 20-year-old woman -- was doused with flammable liquid and set on fire.
Down one man and then two, the Pittsburgh Penguins were at their best shorthanded.
Penn State University President Rodney Erickson was grilled Wednesday by alumni unhappy about how the school handled a child sex abuse scandal, the firing of longtime football coach Joe Paterno and a lack of transparency over the case.
A Pittsburgh rapper is suing hip hop star Wiz Khalifa for $2.3 million over allegations that he stole the hit song "Black and Yellow."
Jaromir Jagr and Max Talbot both scored in their return to Pittsburgh, leading the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-2 win over the Penguins on Thursday night.
On its home court, Penn should have worn the road uniforms.
Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Mellon University will operate the first full-fledged branch campus in Africa next year.
The driver, Kareem Edward Farmer, 24, of Philadelphia of the Greyhound bus bound for St. Louis lost control on the Pennsylvania Turnpike early Saturday, sending the bus careering across the highway and it landed on its side.
Higher education will still see major cuts in a budget deal negotiated by Governor Corbett and legislative leaders, although the pain will not be as bad as in the budget the governor originally proposed.
Governor Corbett's spokesman Kevin Harley says the governor is scheduled for what his office calls "routine" back surgery on Monday morning at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.
Film director Christopher Nolan, who has helmed the two previous Batman films -- starring Christian Bale as caped crime fighter and his alter ego, Bruce Wayne -- said Tuesday the Pennsylvania city will host filming for a third film for at least a month.
During a state Senate Appropriations hearing this past week, the heads of the four state-related universities – Temple, Lincoln, Pitt and Penn State – said that the governor's proposal to cut their funding by more than half would affect more than just tuition.
Pennsylvania's population is now 12.7 million -- up 3.4 percent in the last decade. Philadelphia's population actually rose a little, reversing a 50-year trend.
Is The Next Three Days a worthwhile investment of your next two hours? Only if you wear your gullibility cloak.
