Caring Place Celebrates Special Day With New Tree
When the Highmark Caring Place marks its annual Children’s Grief Awareness Day Thursday, it will be looking back as much as it is looking forward. The...» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleOne Year After Sandyhook, Mental Health Overhaul Offered
The shootings and Sandyhook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. focused the nation’s attention on mental health care but now that the tragedy is a year behind...» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticlePittsburgh Company Grabs Free App of the Year Title from Apple
Apple has chosen a Pittsburgh-born app as its free app of the year. Doulingo teaches people how to speak a new language, and it's been downloaded more...» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticlePenn State's Moon Shot Looks For Crowdsource Funding
A crew at Penn State is hoping to use crowd funding to help get a rocket to the moon. The team is working on grabbing the Google Lunar Xprize which is...» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticlePittsburgher Takes on Diabetes Education as National Chair
When the National Diabetes Education Program gathers for its annual meeting this summer it will install a Pittsburgher in its top elected position....» E-Mail This
View ArticleEducation the Focus of PA Governor Debate
Being “pro-recess” earned businessman and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf the biggest laugh of the night, but it was PA Treasurer Rob...» E-Mail This
View ArticleFor Pittsburghers, Return Trip To Boston Is Not To Be Missed
When the Boston Marathon steps off Monday morning there will be nearly 39,000 men and women ready to take to the 26-mile course. Several of them are...» E-Mail This
View ArticleWhere Do The Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates Stand On Issues Important To...
Candidates in a field of four Democrats are fighting to earn the right to take on Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett in the November General Election. Voters...» E-Mail This
View Article60-Year-Old Mellon Square Returns As A Downtown Refuge
When it opened in 1955, Mellon Square was the first garden plaza to be built on top of a parking garage, and the public flocked in to use it.But...» E-Mail This
View ArticleOrganizers Hope Point Park Is Just The First to Unionize
Point Park University Adjunct Facility have voted to unionize and the administration seems to be ready to let that happen. “This is long over due,” said...» E-Mail This
View ArticleEPA Carbon Rules To Be Well Vetted in Pittsburgh
In June, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed rules designed to cut carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal plants by 30 percent by 2030....» E-Mail This
View ArticleUnseen Warhol Films To Be Brought To Life Friday With Live Music
Back in the late '60s, Andy Warhol would frequently ask artists like the Velvet Underground to perform live as he projected his films. The practice...» E-Mail This
View ArticleFor Corbett, Re-Election Campaign Has Been An Uphill Battle
From the very beginning of the 2014 campaign, Gov. Tom Corbett was fighting an uphill battle. His approval ratings were low, polls consistently showed...» E-Mail This
View ArticleTom Wolf's Election Bid Fueled By Cash And GOP Stumbles
The Democratic candidate for governor in Pennsylvania launched his political campaign with a television ad blitz and has never trailed in the polls in...» E-Mail This
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