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Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 6:45 am

BREAKING NEWS
Penguins snap 5-game skid
The Pens were desperate for a win, and they played like it Tuesday, snapping their five-game skid with a 3-1 victory over the Thrashers. 12:28 am
  Body found inside a parked vehicle in Wilkinsburg 12:16 am
  Donor tied to Richardson contributed to Obama 12:16 am
  Cheaper gas too good to last 12:16 am
  Airlines offering fare sales 12:16 am

State's lottery spending climbs 12:13 am

TOP STORIES

MOST CUTTING SPENDING

Hospitals hurting in ailing economy
Pennsylvania hospitals are being hit hard by the nation's economic crisis, according to a survey that paints a bleak financial picture at 160 acute care facilities. 12:14 am

HIRING FREEZE

Alcoa chops 13,500; city's hit unknown
Alcoa Inc. announced a major restructuring on Tuesday that will eliminate 13,500 jobs, including 260 at its corporate offices, as part of a plan to save about $450 million a year in the face of the global economic downturn. 12:14 am

MULTIMEDIA
Pitt in the Sun Bowl
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Yough plunge
Connellsville Polar Bear Club
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Duquesne wins
Duquesne beats Bowling Green
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Powerade wrestling tournament
Elite high school wrestlers
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Basketball roundup
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Pitt women
Pitt 72, West Virginia 63
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Tomlin on the win
Steelers 31, Browns 0
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MORE NEWS
Steelers in playoffs
Coach Mike Tomlin expects LaDainian Tomlinson to play in Sunday's AFC divisional game even though the Chargers running back has a groin injury.
Scott Brown's blog:
View From the Press Box

Steelers Q & A
12:15 am

Not nonprofit
Former state Rep. Mike Veon's nonprofit empire contained yet a fifth organization to which he funneled state money, some of it in violation of state guidelines for grants. 12:01 am

Donor earned $600K
Gov. Ed Rendell was not aware the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency awarded a no-bid contract in 2003 to a California company headed by a member of his transition team. 12:24 am

Party church?
William "Willie" Pritts professed that God's grace extends to partying on and that his Fayette County church opposes "bogarting," especially when failing to share involves marijuana. 12:15 am

ERIC HEYL

BAD ECONOMY

Naming rights sliced
No matter how you slice it, one fact in this convoluted drama is clear: Local pizzeria owners aren't particularly creative when it comes to naming their businesses. Pay attention. 12:23 am
Companies continue investing
British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline Plc, which employs more than 450 in Moon at its Consumer Healthcare unit, recently sliced hundreds of employees in a restructuring, including about 60 locally. 12:15 am
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