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Tonight, the fireworks arcing over the Ben Franklin Parkway will be a little bit greener.

Four years and tens of millions of dollars into Mayor John Hickenloopera s signature 10-year plan to end homelessness in Denver, organizers have created more than 1,500 housing units and settled on a philosophy: Build more.

None of the tickets sold for Wednesday's Hoosier Lotto game matched all six numbers drawn, so the jackpot grows to an estimated $4 million for Saturday's drawing.

We routinely warn individuals not to trust material that flies into their e-mail in-boxes as the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

The office for a consolidated magisterial district judge's territory handling cases from Lower Burrell to Vandergrift likely will open in Allegheny Township sometime next year, officials said.

Two charity organizations that partnered with an Oklahoma electronics recycling company earlier this year say they fear they might be the victims of a scam.

The owner of an Oklahoma electronics recycling company says he'll pay the money he owes animal shelters in Washington and Westmoreland counties.

WHEN LYNNE Abraham became district attorney in 1991, her ascent to one of the city's highest offices was hailed as a breakthrough for women in local politics - often viewed as an exclusive old-boys network.

Many landfills around the country have smokestacks for burning off methane gas. The smokestacks offer a good perch for hawks and other birds, but the birds risk getting scorched or killed by the flames.

The rape of an 11-year-old girl in an abandoned house in Greenfield last week has properly engaged the attention of Pittsburgh City Council.

A demolition crew will level a 600-foot exhaust stack tomorrow morning at PPL Corp.'s retired coal-to-electricity plant in Martins Creek , Lower Mount Bethel Township.

A Squirrel Hill man accused of raping an 11-year-old girl in Greenfield likely should have registered as a sex offender in Pennsylvania because he spent 12 years in an Oklahoma prison for sexual assaults, police said Tuesday.

May 11, 2009 8:14 pm US/Eastern The KDKA investigators have learned that a man accused of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl in Greenfield has been convicted of sex crimes in the past.

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The VORTEX2 study area , shown as a red loop, stretches some 900 miles from north to south across the Great Plains.

Chuck Biedka can be reached via e-mail or at 724-226-4711. A North Apollo resident shot another man outside a house along Sugar Hollow Road early yesterday because he claims the victim tried to run him down after a dispute with a woman, Kiski Township police said.

Paul Peirce can be reached via e-mail or at 724-850-2860. A Harrison City mother who allegedly allowed an Oklahoma man to move into her home and have sex with her daughter for three months is facing criminal charges.

Local news, sports and weather. King of Queens 10:30PM - 11:00PM Carrie entertains a female client at a Mets game and invites Doug along, but she soon regrets it after he has a run-in with the woman; Arthur hosts a dinner party, but he's upstaged by Holly's gay uncle .

Rhapsody , a composition for violin, clarinet, and piano written by Dr. Daniel Perttu , Westminster College assistant professor of music, was recently published by BRS Music, Inc., in Indianapolis.

Cheerleaders waved pom-poms, the lights dimmed and about 500 fans cheered and rose to their feet as Cael Sanderson walked out for his official introduction as the new head wrestling coach at Penn State.