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Pitt to pay $7.5M to leave Big East early
Pittsburgh's bitter breakup with the Big East finally has an official separation date. Pitt and the conference announced Wednesday that the school ...
Romney accuses Obama of casting shame on success
A fiery Mitt Romney on Tuesday accused President Barack Obama of believing the government is more vital to a thriving economy than the nation's ...
Can fracking pollute water? Study tries to answer
A new study being done by the Department of Energy may provide some of the first solid answers to a controversial question: Can gas drilling fluids ...
Pirates stay hot, beat Giants 13-2
A day before he takes part in the home run derby as part of the All-Star festivities in Kansas City, Andrew McCutchen put on a show for the home fans.
Tepid jobs data set a tone for presidential debate
Disappointing job growth jolted the presidential campaign four months before Election Day, and the candidates quickly put their vastly different views ...
First-place Pirates beat Astros 6-4
Two months ago, an early two-run deficit would have had the Pittsburgh Pirates scrambling. Now, it's just a blip. And for the moment, two decades of ...
Obama climbs back on the campaign bus in Ohio, Pa.
It's the kind of trip President Barack Obama relishes — one that plays to his natural political abilities by taking him outside of Washington to mix ...
Get ready for Rangers to fill up All-Star roster
Two straight trips to the World Series have turned the Texas Rangers into baseball's glamour gang. Josh Hamilton is the most popular player in the ...
Penguins sign Sidney Crosby to lengthy extension
Sid the Kid is sticking around. The Pittsburgh Penguins and superstar center Sidney Crosby have agreed to a 12-year contract extension Thursday that ...
Hero medals go to 2 who saved Pa. bar from gunman
Two men who subdued a gunman in a crowded western Pennsylvania bar and a woman who swam through a flash flood to save an elderly woman in Pittsburgh ...
Americans represented in 2nd round of NHL draft
Anthony Stolarz tried to drink in the biggest moment of his life. The crowd inside Consol Energy Center never gave him a chance, booing the lanky ...
Oilers take Russian F Yakupov with NHL's top pick
The Edmonton Oilers are getting tired of going first in the NHL draft and Nail Yakupov knows part of his job is to make sure it doesn't happen again.
Penguins deal C Jordan Staal to Hurricanes
Jordan Staal wanted a family reunion, and the Pittsburgh Penguins obliged. The Penguins traded the talented center to the Carolina Hurricanes for two ...
Yakupov taken by Oilers with top pick in NHL draft
Nail Yakupov is ready to live with the spotlight that comes with being a No. 1 pick. On the night he was chosen first in the NHL draft, he had to ...
Pittsburgh's Malkin takes MVP honors at NHL Awards
Geno and the Swedes were hockey's biggest winners in Vegas. Pittsburgh center Evgeni Malkin won the Hart Trophy on Wednesday night, becoming the NHL's ...
Furries looking to 'shed' bad rap in Pittsburgh
The furries are gathering in Pittsburgh, and they're ready to shed. No, not clumps of fur. They're looking to dispel what they contend are the ...