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Barbara Johnson waltzes with Brandon Perpich, a dance instructor at Arthur Murray's, Downtown.

About 50 students and representatives from the area's universities attended a hearing by Pittsburgh City Council on the city's proposed tuition tax.

While declaring that, "Carbon pollution threatens our future and human life itself," Sen.

Filtering is keeping more unwanted messages from our inboxes a ' but provoking more sophisticated scams on social networks and elsewhere Has filtering managed to contain the spam problem? Illustration:Images.com/Corbis When Luis von Ahn gives talks on his work fighting spam , he likes to start by asking the audience a question.

Last week, Computerworld featured a piece on shape shifting robots that are getting ever closer to reality.

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute have converted a 2001 Scion xB into an electric commuter vehicle that will serve as a test bed for a new community-based approach to electric vehicle design, conversion and operations.

Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said he wants to impose a 1 percent tax on tuition paid by students at the city's seven colleges and universities.

If they ever make a sequel to the 2006 documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car," it might begin with a resurrection scene scripted by Carnegie Mellon University robotics researchers and set in a Panther Hollow parking garage.

When the well runs dry, turn to Sigma Chi. Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is proposing to do just that.

Pittsburgh's proposed 1 percent tuition tax is just a nibble compared to the bite that college fees and tuition hikes take out of student and parent wallets, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl argued yesterday, as questions surrounded the unique levy he proposed Monday.

Herb finally can make it out of the kitchen. The personal robotic assistant that scientists at Intel Research Pittsburgh have worked on since 2006 is smarter and more confident now, and can do more than move cans around.

Staff Report ISLAMABAD: Australian High Commissioner Tim George on Thursday bid farewell to 52 Australian scholarship recipients who were about to begin Masters-level study in Australia.

Imagine a day when you can make your cell phone smaller to fit more comfortably in your pocket, then make it bigger so you can text more easily.

Scott Cohen and Stephanie Childers Scott Cohen and Stephanie Childers have been tapped to star in ABC Family's untitled Michael Jacobs comedy pilot.

The tuition tax that Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl sees as the city's ticket out of financial distress drew mixed reviews from council members, yelps from students and parents and harsh words from some of the biggest targeted schools yesterday.

Leaders of Pittsburgh's major universities and Mayor Luke Ravenstahl are sniping back and forth in a public debate over the mayor's controversial plan for a 1 percent tax on all post-secondary students in the city.

Before you rise and shine tomorrow, you may want to hit that snooze button -- getting enough sleep could be the healthiest thing you do this flu season.

Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl discusses his proposed budget with reporters Monday at the City County Building Downtown.

In a startling trend, the new standard for private college tuition has hit $50,000 per year, according to data compiled by the Chronicle of Higher Education .

State legislators heard testimony on Friday morning supporting the idea of building a Maglev high-speed rail system in Pennsylvania.