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Twenty-five Wall Street analysts cover International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) and 22 follow Pfizer Inc. If you invest in big, well-known stocks like these, it’s a challenge for you to see what others don’t. Your odds of finding an undiscovered gem are higher, in my opinion, in the realm of...

The Chicago Blackhawks won Stanley Cups in 2010, ’13 and ’15. They lost in the first round of the playoffs in ’16 and ’17, and then missed the postseason in ’18 and this year. The Los Angeles Kings won Stanley Cups in 2012 and ’14. They did not qualify for...

Mary Smithnosky hasn’t compiled a checklist, but she said there is a litany of reasons why the Mt. Pleasant softball team once again has positioned itself as the team to beat in WPIAL Class 4A. “We have a lot of depth,” Smithnosky said. “We have a lot of strength and...

How do you fill the hole left by grief and sorrow? How do you close the wound ripped open by hate? With hope. The Tree of Life synagogue stands — an empty shell — since the Oct. 27 shooting that shattered worship services on a quiet Sabbath morning. In the...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A state lawmaker from Cincinnati who faced a felony charge over a pill found in his vehicle has completed a drug education program, and the charge was reduced and dismissed Monday to resolve that matter. An Adderall pill was found when a state trooper stopped Democratic Rep....

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minneapolis man said he came to the Mall of America Friday “looking for someone to kill” before throwing a 5-year-old boy nearly 40 feet over a railing in an attack that shocked the nation. Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda, 24, was formally charged Monday with attempted first-degree premeditated murder...

LOS ANGELES — Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband pleaded not guilty Monday to charges against them in the far-reaching college admissions scandal. Loughlin and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, are accused of paying $500,000 to have their two daughters admitted to the University of Southern California in an...

It’s the day after another Penguins loss, and Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss the state of the team, how good the Islanders are and what, if anything, can be done to salvage this first-round playoff series for Pittsburgh. Benz and Madden discuss the Penguins’ issues maintaining momentum, the stars...

More hilarious than the comics section of the Trib are the occasional letters that extol Fox News as the “other side” of current political discourse. The failure of so many to recognize the network’s dishonesty has led to their conviction that to get the “truth” out of any political controversy,...

In regard to lawyer Mitchell Garabedian’s criticisms of the Erie diocese opening its files (“Erie Catholic diocese will open files to priest sex abuse victims,” April 5, TribLIVE): Garabedian does not prosecute priests but represents victims. The diocese has not released these names. This is a search for customers. Robert...

Democrat Pam Iovino won the hotly contested Senate race in the 37th District and what happened the next day? Nothing. No angry mobs roaming the streets and picketing the Senate office. No paid protesters with prepared signs marching. No calls of voter fraud. No blocked highways. No local celebrities crying...

Editorial cartoons for the week of April 15....

Plans for a mixed-use development at the corner of Beaver and Walnut streets in the borough are moving forward. Forastero LLC has hired Sewickley-based architectural firm Studio St. Germain to redesign the building at 400-402 Beaver St., which currently houses the Esthetics of Sewickley spa and hair salon. After redesign,...

Hello, Sewickley, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald will be the speaker at the April 26 meeting of the Senior Men’s Club of Sewickley ValleyYMCA. The club is open to all senior men, meets weekly starting at 9 a.m. in Hunter Gym followed by a program at 10, and includes speakers...

ELSTERHEIDE, Germany (AP) — A small Slavic minority in eastern Germany is keeping alive a long, intricate tradition of hand-painted Easter eggs that’s been passed down by Sorbian families for generations. At an Easter egg market in Elsterheide near the Saxon town of Hoyerswerda, around two dozen egg painters showed...

Hampton Township School District was awarded the District Team Leadership Award for 2019 by the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), an achievement sought by school districts throughout the nation. Team leaders from the school district were presented with an award at the CoSN conference in Portland this April. Austin Independent...

Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of April 15....

High Schools Baseball WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Allderdice at North Allegheny, 7 p.m.; Pine-Richland vs. Butler, Kelly Automotive Park, 7:30 p.m.; Seneca Valley vs. Central Catholic, LaRoche College, 4 p.m. Section 2 Connellsville at Hempfield, 4:15 p.m.; Latrobe at Penn-Trafford, 4 p.m.; Norwin at Plum, 4 p.m. Section 3...

The Trib HSSN Team of the Week picked up two section wins this past week and left their opponents feeling blanked as we salute the Keystone Oaks Golden Eagles. After splitting their first four games and their first two section contests, Keystone Oaks was looking to shut down Washington and...

Jacob Schmidt School: Elizabeth Forward Class: Junior Elizabeth Forward began this decade with a bang on the diamond, reaching the district postseason in four of the first five years, highlighted by a WPIAL baseball championship in 2011. However, the program has hit a bit of a wall, failing to reach...

For the first time in a long time, I managed to do my taxes early this year. My refund check arrived by mail. Opening it, I looked down at the (paltry) sum, sighed and placed the letter into my bag. And then it blew away. Literally. It blew out of...