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3 hrs ago | Post-gazette.com

The Morning File: The tactics for winning a Powerball are simple: practice luckiness

I know where you were at 11:22 p.m. Saturday, and it's not just because I have a part-time custodial position with Google that provides a 24/7 satellite feed showing the whereabouts of any American I want to locate .

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Related Topix: Lottery

7 hrs ago | Pittsburgh Tribune

Weighty, measured matters

Joseph Sabino Mistick is a lawyer, law professor and political analyst. He lives in Squirrel Hill.

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Related Topix: Opinion

11 hrs ago | Post-gazette.com

Death in trash-filled home shows difficulty of aiding solitary seniors

Stanley Biolowas Jr.'s Ingram home was filled with trash when firefighters found his body Feb.

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Related Topix: Home Listing, Home

16 hrs ago | Post-gazette.com

Four Pittsburgh wards, four reassessment stories

Marilyn Pavlik recites a litany of increased assessments in a two-block length of dead-end Mary Street on Pittsburgh's South Side.

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Related Topix: Pittsburgh, PA, South Side (Pittsburgh, PA), Carrick (Pittsburgh, PA), Buena Vista, PA

20 hrs ago | PittsburghLive.com

Allegheny County controller Wagner gives birth to boy

The couple said their second son, Isaiah Wagner Mosley, was born today at 12:03 a.m. He was delivered by the Midwives' Practice at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC.

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Yesterday | PittsburghLive.com

Pittsburgh police arrest three in connection with prostitution

Pittsburgh police said they've arrested a 14-year-old girl, who had been reported as a runaway from a juvenile detention facility, for prostitution and an adult man for sexually abusing and exploiting her.

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Related Topix: Pittsburgh, PA, Oakland (Pittsburgh, PA)

Sat Feb 11, 2012

Post-gazette.com

Police investigate fatal shootings of 2 in Wilkinsburg

Allegheny County homicide detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of two men whose bodies were found in car parked on a Wilkinsburg street early Saturday.

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Related Topix: Wilkinsburg, PA, Drugs

PittsburghLive.com

South Heights, Crescent residents wary of impact of drilling

Concern is growing over potential natural gas drilling near a water supply that serves 15,000 customers in Allegheny and Beaver counties, officials reported on Friday.

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Related Topix: Beaver County, PA, Crescent, PA, South Heights, PA, Wyomissing, PA, Reading, PA

PittsburghLive.com

Pitcairn man wanted for probation violations turns himself in

A Pitcairn man wanted on three warrants for violating terms of his probation and parole for sex-related offenses was arrested late Thursday after an acquaintance persuaded him to surrender to Allegheny County Sheriff's deputies, said sheriff's Lt.

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Related Topix: Pitcairn, PA, East Pittsburgh, PA

PittsburghLive.com

Judge urged to deny fugitive's visits with infant son

A federal judge should deny an international fugitive's request for visits with his infant son because of Allegheny County Jail policy and the circumstances surrounding his arrest, federal prosecutors argued in a court document filed on Friday.

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Related Topix: Verona, PA

The Lebanon Daily News

Trial ordered in western Pa. teen's shooting death

A western Pennsylvania man has been ordered to stand trial in the shooting death of teenager during a family gathering in a Pittsburgh-area apartment last month.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Duquesne, PA

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Man arrested for stealing pocket calender gives police false name

A 53-year-old wanted man was in the Allegheny County Jail Friday on a theft charge after police said he stole a pocket calendar from a Downtown store and gave officers a false name.

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Fri Feb 10, 2012

Patch.com

Winter Weather Advisory in Effect for Plum-Oakmont Area

A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect in our area for the weekend. According to the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh , Allegheny County-including Plum, Oakmont and Verona-is under an advisory from 6 p.m. tonight through 6 a.m. Sunday morning.

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Related Topix: Weather, Verona, PA

Patch.com

News Nearby: Man Charged in Ross Rapes Pleads Not Guilty, Remains in Jail Friday

Arthur Lamont Henderson pleaded not guilty in a preliminary hearing todayA to the charges he faces in Ross for the rapes and robberies of two women in early January.A Henderson, 38, of the North Side, also pleaded not guilty to charges related to the rape and robbery of a third woman in Hopewell Township and the assault of a man in Ohio Township.A ... (more)

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Related Topix: Ross Township, PA

Patch.com

Winter Weather Returns This Weekend

Winter weather will return this weekend with two episodes of snow, according to the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh .

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Related Topix: Blizzard, Weather

Allegheny County

02-09-12 - Pilot Program to Fight Tooth Decay Now Permanent

In recognition of National Children's Dental Health Month in February, the Allegheny County Health Department is pleased to announce that a pilot projectA to fight tooth decay in needy preschool children is now a regular part of its Dental Program.

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Related Topix: Wisdom Teeth, Health

PittsburghLive.com

Albert Gallatin school officials find blasting cap in bag

A blasting cap was found in a student's duffel bag as classes were being dismissed at about 2:45 p.m. Thursday from Albert Gallatin South Middle School.

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Post-gazette.com

Man found shot to death near West Mifflin apartment complex

Allegheny County homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in the woods behind a West Mifflin apartment building by officers who were searching for a missing man.

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Related Topix: West Mifflin, PA

Thu Feb 09, 2012

Post-gazette.com

Sex assault suspect arrested after skipping trial

A North Side man charged with sexually assaulting a teenager was in the Allegheny County Jail Thursday after deputies spotted him in a Braddock home hours after he ditched his trial.

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Related Topix: McKees Rocks, PA

Post-gazette.com

Man charged in fatal shooting at birthday party in Duquesne

Allegheny County sheriff's deputies on Wednesday arrested a man wanted in connection with a shooting at a Sweet 16 birthday party that left one teen dead and seven others wounded in Duquesne.

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Related Topix: McKeesport, PA

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