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Facial recognition technology moving toward identifying almost anyone

By Andrew Conte 12:01 a.m.
The Tsarnaev brothers, like anyone in a crowd of strangers, might have expected to be anonymous. But when the FBI released blurry, off-angle images of the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings, researchers with Carnegie Mellon University’s CyLab Biometrics Center began trying to bring them into focus. In a …

Congressional leaders unswayed by VA promises

By Carl Prine 12:01 a.m.
Pummeled in the media and on Capitol Hill because of continuing delays in processing benefits claims, the Department of Veterans Affairs instituted mandatory overtime hours as part of its pledge to resolve by 2015 a backlog estimated at more than …

Pa. capital’s woes big focus of primary

By Megan Rogers 12:01 a.m.
HARRISBURG — Voters in the state capital, a city teetering toward bankruptcy, will select a Democratic nominee for mayor on Tuesday in a primary that experts see as a referendum on enigmatic Mayor Linda Thompson. Thompson, in office since 2010, …

Allegheny

Organ recipients thank donor families

By Bill Zlatos 12:01 a.m.
Born two years ago without the left side of his heart, Jameson McKain was blue, his fingernails gray and his breathing labored. His development did not even register on the …

Westmoreland

Hundreds of races, but light turnout expected for primary in Westmoreland

By Rich Cholodofsky 12:50 a.m.
There are more than 850 races on Tuesday’s primary ballots in Westmoreland County. Political experts and elections officials, though, are concerned that ballot, with only …

Fayette

4 Fayette County positions at stake in primary

By Liz Zemba 12:18 a.m.
Four positions at the county level are at stake in Tuesday’s primary election in Fayette County. Voters will nominate two candidates for judge and two for the row offices of prothonotary and treasurer. Five attorneys are seeking the Democratic and …

Armstrong

Stark divide for coroner

By Tim Karan
The race in the primary for Armstrong County Coroner is between two candidates with vastly disparate backgrounds: One has served as deputy coroner for the past four years, and the other won’t be able to be certified as a coroner …

Beaver

Air national guardsman put his life on the line

By Christina Gallagher
The gunfire was inescapable. Nearly 10 Afghan terrorists fired machine guns and launched rocket grenades designed to kill. Tech. Sgt. Mike Sears was trapped in an open, dusty field with …

Butler

Shared programs by Butler County government agencies benefit many

By Bill Vidonic
After starting a health-care cooperative that saved local municipalities more than $1 million, the Butler County Council of Governments is gauging interest on other ideas that could help communities control …

Indiana

Indiana County toddler dies of abuse injuries

By Liz Zemba 12:18 a.m.
A 20-month old Indiana County boy who was hospitalized with life-threatening head and torso injuries has died and homicide charges are pending against his stepfather, according to the district attorney. Malachi Patterson died early Sunday afternoon at Children’s Hospital of …

Somerset

Somerset County couple charged with setting up ‘marijuana grow’ operation

By Mary Pickels
A Somerset County man and woman are charged with operating a “marijuana grow,” which police learned about while investigating a report of a domestic assault this week. Mary Elizabeth Beeman, 24, and Johnathan Richard Barr, 21, both of Somerset, were …

Washington

Alleged Washington County carjacker arrested at airport

By Timothy Puko
State police are holding a Chicago-area man on charges he stole his ex-wife’s car in Washington County before trying to flee on a flight out of Pittsburgh International around dawn Sunday. Allegheny County police arrested Jason Scott Sargent, 39, of …

Education

Foundations a lifeline for school districts, students

By Rick Wills
Seneca Valley High School senior Robert Kunkle wanted to make a battery fueled by bacteria — a far-fetched project more typical for a university lab or biotech company than a …

Pennsylvania

Pa. capital’s woes big focus of primary

By Megan Rogers 12:01 a.m.
HARRISBURG — Voters in the state capital, a city teetering toward bankruptcy, will select a Democratic nominee for mayor on Tuesday in a primary that experts see as a referendum on enigmatic Mayor Linda Thompson. Thompson, in office since 2010, …

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Saturday - May 18, 2013

Daily images from around the region by Trib Total Media staff photographers. …

Luis Fábregas

Luis Fábregas
Pittsburgh-area woman made similar decision long before Jolie
Rachel Golden believed it would be only a matter of time before doctors found cancer in her breasts. Not only did her two grandmothers have …

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Salena Zito

Salena Zito
Minority Leader Pelosi’s priority: Recapturing House for Democrats
WASHINGTON — Nancy Pelosi says she cares more about enabling Democrats to regain control of the U.S. House than becoming speaker again. “It’s not about …

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Eric Heyl

Eric Heyl
Tea Party or pizza  party: Feds watching
C ONFIDENTIAL REPORT — FOR YOUR EYES ONLY To: U.S. Attorney General Eric (redacted) From: J. Ridley (redacted), director, U.S. Department of Justice, Clandestine Division …

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Nafari Vanaski

Nafari Vanaski
Mall play gym gives children — and parents — a taste of life in the ‘jungle’
There is no better place than a suburban shopping mall to measure the grittiness of your child, or to compare your kid to others to …

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Obituaries

Dedicated, people-loving pharmacist ideal for job …

By Renatta Signorini 12:01 a.m.
Stanley Kavel would often head to his pharmacy during off-hours, …