Pittsburgh News, Sports, and Events

The next nominees?

A recent poll …

A recent poll suggests the majority of voters want to see the field of potential contenders thin before committing to a 2016 presidential candidate.
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Predators silence Pens

The Penguins’ remarkable …

The Penguins’ remarkable inability to mount a comeback was on display again Sunday at Consol during a 4-0 loss to Nashville.
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Home ice advantage

Within days of …

Within days of his opening his backyard rink, a Lower Burrell man was welcoming neighborhood hockey players for impromptu evening games.
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Just trying to get by

Familiar Downtown presence …

Familiar Downtown presence Carl Harris tried to live a normal life after losing an arm and a leg in a train accident when he was only a boy.
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The bus to Canton

Jerome Bettis, the …

Jerome Bettis, the NFL’s sixth-leading rusher, was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday in his fifth year of eligibility.
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Breaking News

SWAT responds to report of Sheraden fire, threats

By Tribune-Review 7:53 p.m.

Pittsburgh SWAT officers were at a house in Sheraden on Sunday evening after a man …

Pittsburgh Street in Cheswick to remain closed Monday 7:39 p.m.

2 injured in Washington County crash

Snow, freezing rain, bitter cold coming to Western Pa. 8:38 p.m.

Southbound McKnight Road reopened after power line repairs 5:00 p.m.

Top Sports

Pens again fail to mount comeback against Nashville

By Josh Yohe 8:27 p.m.

It was over before the game was seven minutes old. Statistics don’t lie. The Penguins …

Penguins notebook: Pouliot heading west with team 7:27 p.m.

Tennessee’s Peterman to enroll at Pitt in May 8:26 p.m.

Starkey: Pitt needs this version of James Robinson 6:25 p.m.

Tennessee quarterback Peterman considers transfer to Pitt

Go Red again calls attention to heart disease

By JoAnne Klimovich Harrop 5:45 p.m.

Red is the color of power, passion, energy — of love. So, it’s fitting to …

Senator Toomey, GOP target Obamacare 8:34 p.m.

PBT stages elaborate new production of ‘Beauty and the Beast’

Pittsburgh-set ‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’ sweeps Sundance 6:15 p.m.

Voters opt for ‘Don’t Know’ in 2016 presidential race, poll finds

Pittsburgh-set ‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’ sweeps Sundance

Pitt upsets No. 8 Notre Dame to snap losing streak

Best way to have a good hair day? Talk to your stylist

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Allegheny

Snow, freezing rain, bitter cold coming to Western Pa.

By Megha Satyanarayana and Adam Brandolph 8:38 p.m.

Falling snow, a hockey game and the Super Bowl were more than enough reasons for Eileen McAndrews to stock up on milk, eggs and bread Sunday and hunker down inside …

SWAT responds to report of Sheraden fire, threats 7:53 p.m.
Southbound McKnight Road reopened after power line repairs 5:00 p.m.
Gulls fleeing frozen Great Lakes fill skies over Pittsburgh’s Point
CMU software eases task of mining prostitution ads

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Westmoreland

Homemade hockey rink popular in Lower Burrell

By Jason Bridge 8:44 p.m.

“If you build it, they will come.” That famous line from “Field of Dreams” applies not only to baseball, but to hockey. Fred Lukac of Lower Burrell, a youth hockey …

Westmoreland museum spotlights artist John Kane’s late-in-life fame
Snow, freezing rain, bitter cold coming to Western Pa. 8:38 p.m.
Westmoreland Museum makeover draws raves
Hempfield man receives long-overdue Bronze Star for World War II service
Monessen woman dies in truck-car crash on Route 51 in Fayette County

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Business

As banking goes mobile, branch closures rip through local economy

By Chris Fleisher

Phil Arlia has been dispensing medication in Pitcairn since 1968, but he was more than a pharmacist. He was a kind of banker. “We always had a courtesy of cashing …

Plus-size fashion bloggers recruited
8th-grader gets venture capital for inexpensive Braille-printer
Decoding mutual funds jargon
Cheap gas lets small business dream big
Taxpayer clinics fill IRS void

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Arts & Entertainment

Pittsburgh-set ‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’ sweeps Sundance

By The Associated Press 6:15 p.m.

Sundance breakout “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,” a quirky, heartfelt story about a pair of Pittsburgh high school film lovers who befriend a girl with cancer, won both …

Zentangles are ‘yoga for the brain’ 6:45 p.m.
TV draws more top directors these days 6:02 p.m.
PBT stages elaborate new production of ‘Beauty and the Beast’
Westmoreland museum spotlights artist John Kane’s late-in-life fame
Sax player finds fulfillment in new home
Exhibit at Kerr Museum in Oakmont explores grief during Victorian times

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Lifestyles

Best way to have a good hair day? Talk to your stylist

By Joyce Hanz 7:08 p.m.

Fifteen years ago, Margie Conley sat in a Shadyside-area salon and experienced a very bad hair day. “I’m not naming the salon,” says Conley of Gibsonia, “but it was a …

Go Red again calls attention to heart disease 5:45 p.m.
Zentangles are ‘yoga for the brain’ 6:45 p.m.
How to keep your kitchen appliances in tiptop shape 5:53 p.m.
Mt. Washington renovation is a labor of love
Road Trip! Destination: Louisville, Ky.
Cooking Class: Vanilla Shrimp and Scallops at The Wooden Nickel

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Featured Commentary

EXCLUSIVE TO THE TRIB: Treat Pennsylvania’s pension crisis as an opportunity, not a political hot potato

By Matthew J. Brouillette & Jake Haulk

Crisis management can be broken down into three general phases: identifying the problem, developing the best plan to fix it and executing that plan while adjusting as needed. It’s a …