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• Energy industry developing new fracking fluids to ease environmental concerns

  February 3, 2013 1:45 PM

  PITTSBURGH (AP) - The oil and gas industry is trying to ease environmental concerns by developing nontoxic fluids for the drilling process known as fracking. But it's not clear whether the fluids will be widely embraced by drilling companies. Fracking has made it possible to tap into energy reserves across... more »

• Billions in gas drilling royalties transform lives

  January 27, 2013 11:56 AM

  PITTSBURGH (AP) - Private landowners are reaping billions of dollars in royalties each year from the boom in natural gas drilling, transforming some lives even as the windfall provides only a modest boost to the broader economy. In Pennsylvania royalty payments could top $1.2 billion for 2012, according to an... more »

• Penn. detective: Prankster registered as 'Obama'

  January 16, 2013 7:29 PM

  PITTSBURGH (AP) - A Pennsylvania detective is trying to figure out how a prankster was able to fill out a 2008 voter registration card signed "Barack H. Obama." Butler County Detective Scott Roskovski says nobody voted using the bogus voter registration card, though filling it out falsely could be a... more »

• Pa. church, pastor charged in fake kidnapping

  July 27, 2012 5:01 PM

  PITTSBURGH (AP) - A southeastern Pennsylvania church and a youth pastor are facing criminal charges for a mock kidnapping of a youth group that was meant to be a lesson in religious persecution. Authorities Friday charged the Glad Tidings Assembly of God in Middletown and 28-year-old Andrew David Jordan of... more »

• Experts: Some fracking critics use bad science

  July 22, 2012 12:37 PM

  PITTSBURGH (AP) - In the debate over natural gas drilling, the companies are often the ones accused of twisting the facts. But scientists say opponents sometimes mislead the public, too. Critics of fracking often raise alarms about groundwater pollution, air pollution and cancer risks, and there are still many uncertainties.... more »

• Pittsburgh mayor's Tebow jersey sells for $1,400

  January 18, 2012 6:15 PM

  PITTSBURGH (AP) - Perhaps the final score of the Pittsburgh Steelers' playoff loss to the Denver Broncos should read: Broncos 29, Steelers 23, Pittsburgh Promise $1,400. That's because Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is donating $1,400 he raised by selling his Tim Tebow jersey on eBay to the Promise. The... more »

• UPDATE: teen claims shooting in PA was accident

  November 17, 2010 11:12 AM

  The Colorado Springs man charged with killing a female friend in the Pittsburgh area told police that the shooting was an accident. Our sister station WPXI in Pittsburgh reports that Courtney Daily, 18, also of Colorado Springs was found with a gunshot wound to her upper body in an... more »

• Guard wrestles with gunman at Pittsurgh school

  April 14, 2010 5:17 PM

  Officials say a gunman who entered a Pittsburgh magnet school was disarmed after he fought with a security guard and both men crashed through a large window near the school's entrance. Police say a 23-year-old man sneaked the weapon into the Creative & Performing Arts School on Wednesday afternoon.... more »

• Super Bowl most watched TV show ever

  February 8, 2010 3:46 PM

  The Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of "M-A-S-H" to become the most-watched program in television history. The Nielsen Co. estimated Monday that 106.5 million people watched the New Orleans Saints upset the Indianapolis Colts. That beats the "M-A-S-H" finale, which... more »

• Huge garden grows on side of high-rise

  October 14, 2009 12:20 PM

  The next big thing in green building design might be to turn an existing idea on its side. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. recently installed a green wall the size of two tennis courts on one side of its headquarters. Like green roofs - their perpendicular counterparts - green... more »

• G-20 leaders push global economic reforms

  September 25, 2009 8:55 AM

  Leaders of the world's major economies gathered in Pittsburgh today are coming together on reforms to rein in huge bank bonuses, toughen financial regulations and guard against the dangerous imbalances that contributed to the global economic downturn. In the process, the Group of 20 have decided they will now serve... more »

• Obama asks more economic balance from G-20 nations

  September 24, 2009 9:04 AM

  Leaders of the world's major economies are gathering in Pittsburgh today with the goal of preventing a repeat of the conditions that took them to the brink of a devastating meltdown. President Barack Obama comes to the G-20 summit to tell world leaders that the global economy cannot continually rely... more »

• Hope to get a swine flu shot at work? Not likely

  September 17, 2009 10:21 AM

  Plan on getting your swine flu shot at work? Don't count on it. The new vaccine will be rationed initially to groups most at risk of contracting the virus or developing complications - children and young adults, pregnant women, health care workers and the chronically ill. People caring for... more »