Topic: Pittsburgh

White House vows to push job bill "piece by piece"

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - The White House vowed to push forward with President Barack Obama's jobs package "piece by piece" if a vote fails on Tuesday in the U.S. Senate, as expected, to advance the legislation.Obama was in Pittsburgh as part of a ...
2 Pittsburgh TV stations pulling US chamber's anti-Sestak Senate ad over accuracy complaintA newspaper says two Pittsburgh-area television stations are pulling a commercial attacking the voting record of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Joe Sestak.The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Thursday that Sestak had complained ...
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, 50 new right-wing militia groups have been formed in the U.S. in the last two years. For example, the Second Amendment Task Force in Fairbanks boasts 7,000 members. " And many of them subscribe to ...
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, 50 new right-wing militia groups have been formed in the U.S. in the last two years. For example, the Second Amendment Task Force in Fairbanks boasts 7,000 members. " And many of them subscribe to ...

G20's Dominant Theme: Hypocrisy

As another G20 meeting rolls around, this time on home soil, the time comes once again for the economically curious but politically unconnected to wonder what is really happening behind closed doors. Everyone agrees that the principal agenda item in Pittsburgh will ...
Stimulus money for cops is blessing for some US cities; others curse their luckA $1 billion stimulus program to keep cops on the streets was praised Tuesday as a heavenly blessing in places like tiny Anguilla, Miss. "These officers will go to ...
Specter, lawyers criticize US attorney's comments after charges against pathologist droppedDefense lawyers and a U.S. senator are criticizing comments made by Pittsburgh's U.S. attorney last month as her office dismissed fraud and theft charges against a noted pathologist.Lawyers for former Allegheny County ...
McCain volunteer who faked attack, including 'B' scratched into face, gets probation in Pa.A former John McCain campaign volunteer who falsely claimed she was attacked in Pittsburgh because she had the candidate's bumper sticker on her car has been sentenced to nine ...
"There are going to be a whole bunch of people who are distraught and who won't know what to do no matter which side wins," says Chris Ivey, 36, a Pittsburgh filmmaker and ardent Barack Obama supporter. Sure, some Democrats joke about ...
If you're curious about the man who is making the most credible run against Pittsburgh's Democratic machine in the past eighty years, then you're going to want to listen to this week's discussion between candidate Mark DeSantis and former Allegheny County Executive ...