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The state Attorney General's office asked a federal judge in Pittsburgh to reconsider her ruling overturning a Hopwood man's first-degree murder conviction.

THE Pig Inn the City pub in Gloucester has not closed its doors for good, and has only stopped trading alcohol because of an administration error.

Property transfers listed in the Fayette County recorder of deeds office from Aug.

More than a hundred white candles burned on a table draped with white linens, each candle in memory of someone fighting cancer or someone who lost the battle.

More high schools will be ditching their chalk and blackboards as another infusion of Classrooms for the Future funding makes its way into Fayette, Greene, Washington and Westmoreland counties.

Connellsville Area High School will hold registration Aug. 7 and 8 for 10th-, 11th- and 12th-grade students who are new to the district.

Bethlehem Haven took this perfect opportunity to introduce their recently named executive director, Lois Mufuka Martin.

As part of an initiative to get residents in Fayette County out and walking about, Hopwood kicked off the Fayette County Summer Family Walking Series.

A Hopwood man was found guilty Wednesday by a Fayette County jury of third-degree murder and abuse of a corpse in the August 2005 death of 20-year-old April Lincoln.

Eric Bowser's attorney said he does not deny pushing April Lincoln to her death, covering up her body with rocks and leaving it in Redstone Creek in 2005.

Translated and adapted with permission by the Prague Daily Monitor A TK This year's production could reach 750,000 hectolitres of wine.

Farmhand Jeffrey R. Martin was convicted this morning of first-degree murder, rape of a child and numerous other offenses in the strangulation of 12-year-old Gabrielle Miranda Bechen on June 13, 2006. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“This required a significant amount of pressure”

Twelve-year-old Gabrielle Miranda Bechen was sexually assaulted shortly before she was strangled nearly two years ago, noted forensic pathologist Dr. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Black Clay in PA: A Dialogue in Flux”

A detail from "Ebo Landing: Requiem for Katrina" by Michael Clemmons, part of an exhibit at the August Wilson Center's Gallery 209/9. Clay continues to have strong presence in the city in the aftermath of a ... via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Part of my hope for Obama is that people throughout the world will say, 'Well, the United States has decided it can step beyond bondage in relation to race in its country. Maybe they can step beyond bondage in relation to me.' ”

Clinton aims Phila. talk straight at working people Brown meets U.S. candidates Protesters inject Tibet into U.S. politics PA Votes '08: Blog: The race today Complete coverage of politics in Pennsylvania SAVE ... via Philly.com

Prosecutors have petitioned a federal judge for a month's extension to file their response to a convicted double murderer's request to be freed from prison, in part because they are up against another deadline ... via PittsburghLIVE.com

The First Presbyterian Church free Promenade Series will end the season today with Jan Hart at the piano and Brown Bradley playing the organ in a recital featuring classical and sacred organ-piano duos. via Myrtle Beach Online

The case of a Fayette County man charged in the strangulation death of a 12-year-old Greene County girl will go to trial in April. via Pittsburgh Tribune

A Fayette County man's taped confession in the strangulation death of a 12-year-old girl in Greene County will be admissable at trial. via PittsburghLIVE.com

A man's alleged confession to killing a 12-year-old girl on a horse farm in Greene County will be admitted as evidence at trial. via ThePittsburghChannel.com