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Police: Woman charged with murder in stolen baby case

5:47 p.m.

Afternoon storm leaves thousands without power

5:40 p.m.

Pirates lose fifth in a row, swept by Rockies

5:32 p.m.

Union reaches agreement with Latrobe Specialty Steel

5:15 p.m.

Afternoon storm at airport knocks baggage cart into ramp employee

3:38 p.m.

One dead in Westmoreland County truck crash

9:13 a.m.

Motorcycle crash in Bedford County kills man

9:19 a.m.

RACE DAY IN OAKLAND

V.W.H. Campbell Jr./Post-Gazette

Kurt Byrnes, of Upper St. Clair, driving a 1951 MG TD, has a video camera mounted on the roll bar behind him to record his drive in yesterday's practice and qualifying runs in Oakland.

At Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix, owners display classic rides with lots of pride

The qualifying races for the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix yesterday ran a circuit around a sea of restored metal, tubed tires and curvaceous fenders in Oakland's Schenley Park as 30 antique car clubs displayed their wares. Today is race day for 26th annual showcase.

Road closings set for today's race course

Hold the fries, all we need is the oil!

Larry Cassella and retrofitted station wagon.

Car tinkerer Larry Casella took his son, a friend and a retrofitted Mercedes station wagon on the road, finding their fuel in restaurant trash on a 5,493-mile round fishing trip from Mt. Lebanon to Montana and back again.

Hoping to tap a gas bonanza

Rising prices lure natural gas drillers to Appalachia's vast, but deep Marcellus Shale formation.

Penn State's Joe Paterno inducted into Hall

The second winningest coach in Division I history was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame last night, and talked about his future plans.

Also in the news ...

Body in suspect's apartment identified

Authorities have identified the woman found dead in the apartment of Andrea Curry-Demus as Kia Johnson of McKeesport, at right. Ms. Curry-Demus is under arrest after appearing at West Penn Hospital with a newborn baby whom she falsely claimed to be her own.

Dems used state funds to research foes

Top Democratic House aides, using state resources, undertook a wide-ranging opposition research campaign into both Democratic and Republican office seekers, e-mails show.

Winning Pennsylvania no puzzle for McCain

To win the state in November, the GOP presidential nominee has to win the southeast as a maverick, the west as a conservative.

Obama calls Afghanistan fight precarious, urgent

BASEBALL

Fame finally comes to Barney Dreyfuss

Without Pittsburgh's Barney Dreyfuss there might never have been an annual Fall Classic or a Forbes Field or many other innovations that nurtured the national pastime.