Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Westmoreland County coroner has scheduled an open inquest for Dec. 15 into the shooting of a Seton Hill University student by a state police trooper in February Full Story »

A closed-door meeting on a proposed tuition tax, involving two university presidents and four Pittsburgh City Council members, ended today with claims that the gathering "was productive," but participants offered no details. Full Story »

The Penguins have placed forward Chris Bourque on waivers Full Story »

TRENTON, N.J. -- A New Jersey state trooper says she was raped by one superior officer, sexually harassed by another and retaliated against for reporting the alleged misconduct. Full Story »

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will increase fines for overdue books, audio and visual materials by 5 cents a day, levy a 20 cent late fee on children's items and charge 25 cents a page for pages printing from library computers, starting Jan. 1 Full Story »

Pittsburgh City Council today pushed Mayor Luke Ravenstahl to seek a portion of the money Allegheny County gets from the 7 percent drink tax -- an option the mayor said he'd explore but perhaps not pursue Full Story »

Authorities have released the identity of a man who was killed in a shooting yesterday in which the estranged wife of the suspect was critically wounded Full Story »

The Preserve Croatian Heritage Foundation and Northside Leadership Conference presented five options for use of the former St. Nicholas Church on East Ohio Street today at a press conference at the Penn Brewery Full Story »

SCHNECKSVILLE -- President Barack Obama is touring Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley this morning in his first trip outside the White House since announcing he would double the number of troops in Afghanistan. Full Story »

A prosecutor and a defense attorney presented starkly different views today of former state Rep. Sean Ramaley, the first defendant to go to the trial in the so-called Bonusgate public corruption scandal. Full Story »

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. -- A Blair County judge has dismissed criminal charges against a man who sent an e-mail to Gov. Ed Rendell saying that he prayed every night that someone would kill the governor Full Story »

Sen. Arlen Specter is trying to keep open five federally funded centers that help predominantly older veterans in rural Pennsylvania Full Story »

The national unemployment rate decreased in November by two-tenths of a percentage point to 10 percent, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this morning. Full Story »

The Penguins won their third game in a row and eighth in their past 10, 4-1, over the Colorado Avalanche tonight at Mellon Arena. Full Story »

Completing construction of a $124 million patient tower by July will be a challenge, the president of Butler Health System said. Full Story »

A two-hour search through the sprawling Duquesne Place apartment complex ended in the arrests of two men this afternoon, one of whom was wanted in a fatal shooting last month in McKeesport. Full Story »

The Pennsylvania attorney general has been asked to conduct a criminal investigation of the massive fish kill on 43 miles of Dunkard Creek, near the Pennsylvania-West Virginia border. Full Story »

A man shot his estranged wife and killed her male companion today during a domestic dispute that scalated to gunfire in the parking lot of a Beaver County shopping center, police said. Full Story »

One man died and another was injured in a crash on state Route 22 today. Full Story »

A Monroeville man is accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl he met on MySpace.com, according to Allegheny County police. Full Story »

HARRISBURG -- The public corruption trial for former state Rep. Sean Ramaley of Beaver County will start tomorrow morning. Full Story »

HARRISBURG -- State Revenue Secretary Stephen Stetler has received a letter from state prosecutors inviting him to testify before a statewide grand jury, a spokesman for Gov. Ed Rendell said today. Full Story »

The Westmoreland County coroner's office will conduct an autopsy today for a man whose "mummified" remains were found yesterday in his deceased father's house in North Huntingdon. Full Story »

HARRISBURG -- Gary Cuccia fully supports a proposal that will come before the state Legislature soon. Full Story »

After a rape suspect had his case dismissed due to a paperwork error, Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. today told reporters the ultimate responsibility for tracking the case lay with his office. Full Story »