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The Birth Circle's doulas ease worries of mothers before, during and after birth In Memory Day honors Vietnam veterans absent from famous wall Pitt basketball and football coaches highest paid Syria draws U.N.'s ire on massacre killing 116 Let's do better job filling time capsule with not just blob Obituary: Christina Divens / Never let shyness get ... (more)

Keri and Rebecca Tenza of Wattsburg are delighted to announce the engagement of their son, Nicholas, to Chantal Ziemianski of Bethel Park, Pa., daughter of Michael and Jane Ziemianski.

The parents of Jeffrey David Fromknecht of Erie are pleased to announce his engagement to Anne Elizabeth George of Wellington, Fla.

A near capacity crowd gathered at the Benedum Center as Pittsburgh CLO and the University of Pittsburgh honored Allegheny County's finest high school performers at the 22nd Annual Pittsburgh CLO Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater on Saturday, May 26, 2012.

Case's flaws led to release of Joncarlo Patton in India Orthodox bishops from near and far remember Metropolitan Constantine Washington County families sue over fracking, water testing Near-record heat expected for Memorial Day weekend Headstones of Civil War soldiers at Chartiers Cemetery are undergoing a resurrection of sorts Pittsburgh's new ... (more)

St. Peter's Episcopal Church and Seekers, Spiritual Treasures at St. Peter's Square, will welcome back renowned astronomer James Mullaney Thursday, May 31, for the first of the 2012 Summer Spirituality Series.

U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Dan Rooney and his wife, Patricia, at the ambassador's residence, "Deerfield," in Phoenix Park, Dublin.

Favorite quote: "You see things, and you say 'why?' But I dream things that never were, and I say 'why not?' " - George Bernard Shaw Academic achievements: PAGE Foundation STAR Student for high school and county, 2011 Governor's Honors Program participant for mathematics, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society recognition, College Board AP Scholar with Honor, ... (more)

In what he described as his final homework assignment, Nicholas Martin delivered his salutatory speech Friday night to the 98 graduates of York Catholic's class of 2012.

Local high school students will be attending the Gene Kelly Awards tonight, Saturday.

FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2012 ALTOONA BANK ROBBERY THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR THE MAN WHO ROBBED CITIZENS BANK ON BROAD AVENUE IN ALTOONA SHORTLY BEFORE 2:30 THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

Each class began with updates Had there been an Elvis sighting? Who had new jeans? Or maybe possibly Did anyone have a story published? Even then his face was lined the waves of wrinkles springing to life when he raised an eyebrow frowned over a rough passage or laughed.

Delta Air Lines has teamed up with Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, VisitPittsburgh, and the Allegheny Conference on Community Development to showcase the Pittsburgh region to Delta's worldwide business and leisure travelers during the month of June 2012 in Sky Magazine, Delta's onboard monthly publication.

The Lake Erie Regional Health System signed a five-year agreement with UPMC Hamot, a 412-bed hospital in Erie, Pa., an affiliate of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center While stopping short of a merger or acquisition, the agreement is the first step in exploring how the two systems can work together collaboratively to create efficiencies and ... (more)

Next to the sidewalk on Sixth Avenue and Bigelow Square in downtown Pittsburgh stands a sculpture called "The Flow," which was done by well-known Pittsburgh artist Louise Pershing.A It is a 16 x 10 x 8 feet abstract figure made from Cor-Ten steel and was dedicated on June 27, 1979.A Cor-TenA is a steel alloy designed to never need painting and have ... (more)

The teenage urge to tinker is often driven by "the desire to circumvent a rule-setting, safety-conscious mother," reports Molly Baker in the Wall Street Journal .

IU Health's University Hospital has named Lori Knarr its new chief nursing officer and vice president.

Cops continue to search for the man who robbed an Altoona bank Wednesday. The robbery happened shortly before 2:30 Wednesday afternoon at Citizen's Bank in Altoona.

The first bomb dog in the history of the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office is retiring after six years of sniffing out trouble.

U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Dan Rooney and his wife Patricia, at the ambassador's residence, "Deerfield," in Phoenix Park, Dublin.