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Show us the money by Monday, or we'll pull the trigger on Wednesday. That was Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's message to the city's universities yesterday, as he asked for a $5 million-per-year promise from the city's tax-exempt entities in return for the shelving of the proposed 1 percent tuition levy that he calls the Fair Share Tax.

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Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl says he will ask city council to again delay a vote on a first-of-its-kind 1 percent tax on college tuition.

A two-hour meeting between Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and three university presidents was positive enough to spur the mayor to seek another one-week delay in a council vote on a proposed tuition tax.

Mark Kanny can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7877. Ways to get us Greer Reed Jones says her goal for Dance Alloy Theater is pretty simple.

A closed-door meeting on a proposed tuition tax, involving two university presidents and four Pittsburgh City Council members, ended today with claims that the gathering "was productive," but participants offered no details.

Perhaps it's timely that "Monk," the USA television series that stars Tony Shalhoub as a germaphobic detective, ends its eight-year run tonight.

Pittsburgh City Council postponed a planned vote on a controversial tuition tax proposal yesterday in hopes of sparking talks with universities.

Kiesha Lalama-White is no stranger to the limelight. In January, Lalama-White, a full-time dance faculty member at Point Park University, was recognized last year as one of Dance Magazine's Top 25 up-and-coming professionals to watch in 2009.

Dozens of college students showed up at City Hall this morning to voice opposition to Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's so-called "Fair Share Tax" and present to city council more than 10,000 signatures against the 1 percent tuition tax proposal.

A proposal to impose a first-of-its-kind 1 percent tuition tax on Pittsburgh's 65,000 college students brought more than 150 to council Monday to assail what is being promoted as the only way to generate revenue in an almost bankrupt city.

Amanda King may skip three classes today to get an education in civics. The Community College of Allegheny County student said last week that she'll be among the students packing Pittsburgh Council Chamber for a 10 a.m. hearing on Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's proposed tuition tax.

Smith Brothers Agency takes an offbeat approach to college advertising by creating the ultimate "everyschool" called Generic U , attended by dull, clichA©-spouting plastic figures whose lives are going nowhere because their education is lacking.

Realtor Kathy Logan was asked what the best advice or wisdom she received from the woman under whom she began her real estate career, Elizabeth "Betty" Czekalski of Harrison.

In reply to the letter "Fair share? Bad idea" , in which David L. Grande says Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's proposed 1 percent tax on college tuition would be counterproductive: Mr.

Large tax-exempt landowners would have to pay their host cities fees based on the size of their buildings, under legislation that state Sen.

Lee Marks, a junior Musical Theater major at CMU, auditions in the Union last week.

The state-picked Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority is poised to reject Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's $453.8 million budget because it doesn't go far enough to cut costs and includes a tax that may not be enforceable, officials said this morning.

Shannon McDonald thought China was the ultimate international power until learning about the European Union's ties to the United States.

Kelley Bowen, left, Amy Landis, Jennifer Tober, Erica Highberg, Bridget Connors and Shirley Tannenbaum all have their eyes on the prize in "Queens." The women of prime-time drama would have a field day with some of the dialogue in "The Queens," a play that defies conventions despite its hints of Shakespeare and history, although strictly of the ...