Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review back issues from January 2007:
Meet the new bosses ...
Jan 01, 2007; ... In his poem "Cape Cod," George Santayana asks, "What will becomeof man?" Not a bad question, given that two or three dozen nationsare expected to develop nuclear weapons within the next two decadesor so, starting with North Korea and Iran. Framing the question more narrowly, one ...
Preservationists worry about Fort Pitt site
Jan 01, 2007; ... The state's top historical preservation agency, after months ofinsisting that only clean fill be used to bury Fort Pitt's MusicBastion, suddenly reversed itself this month. Demolition debris nowis being dumped at one of the largest British forts in colonial NorthAmerica. The ...
Briefs: New actors slated for 'Drive' roles
Jan 01, 2007 ... New actors slated for 'Drive' roles "Firefly" star Nathan Fillion will have his hands full with twomore competitors on his upcoming series "Drive." Fox's midseason drama has signed on Kevin Alejandro and MirceaMonroe as co-stars in the chronicles of an underground race ...
Paterno still weighing sideline appearance
Jan 01, 2007; ... TAMPA - Joe Paterno's presence on the sidelines for today'sOutback Bowl will be a game-day decision. The 80-year-old Penn State coach, less than two months removedfrom surgery to repair a broken leg and torn knee ligaments, onlyrecently has been allowed to put weight on the leg. A ...
WPIAL, City League conference all-star teams
Jan 01, 2007 ... Here are the WPIAL and City League all-conference teams for the2006 football season, as chosen by conference and league ...
A resolution to fly again
Jan 01, 2007; ... After downing 14, 15 or maybe more rum-and-cokes late into thenight on March 7, 1990, in Fargo, N.D., Northwest Airlines Capt."John S." piloted an uneventful one-hour flight to St. Paul, Minn.,early the next morning. "That's not a lot, a drink and a half an hour," he said about ...
Disappointed
Jan 01, 2007 ... Given the renovation project at Point State Park that has buriedthe remnants of Fort Pitt, I guess I should consider myself luckythat I walked the trenches of the fort in September ("They're sellingthe soul of Pittsburgh," Dec. 7 and PghTrib.com). I visited Pittsburgh twice in 2005 ...
Steelers end on high note
Jan 01, 2007; ... CINCINNATI - Let the Bill Cowher watch officially begin. The Steelers closed out a disappointing season with a 23-17overtime win over the Cincinnati Bengals, shifting any focus that hadbeen on the season to what will happen now that it is over. Steelers linebacker Joey Porter ...
Students gamble on offshore education
Jan 01, 2007; ... Each year, thousands of desperate Americans head to more than twodozen medical schools in developing Caribbean countries such asBelize, Aruba, Grenada, Dominica and St. Kitts. Some lack the grades or test scores or money to get into U.S.schools, while others were denied admission ...
Newsmaker
Jan 01, 2007 ... Paul King Age: 60 Residence: Oakland Family: Wife, Mary Jo; daughters, Anne and Liz Occupation: Director of environmental health and safety atDuquesne University Noteworthy: Re-elected board chair of the PennsylvaniaEnvironmental ...
January Calendar
Jan 01, 2007 ... 1. New Year's Day 2. Pittsburgh Public Theater hosts the hit play "The Chief," aboutSteelers owner Art Rooney Sr. for the fourth year straight. Tonight'sshow is at 8 p.m. at the O'Reilly Theater, Downtown. Shows runthrough Jan. 7. 3 ....
Military honors
Jan 01, 2007; ... At ease was the order of the day as 58 cadets and midshipmen andwomen came marching home for Friday's All Academies Ball at Oakland'smagnificent Soldiers & Sailors National Military Museum. Here for theholidays from Annapolis, West Point, the Air Force, Coast Guard andMerchant Marine ...
Latrobe man's medical school in Caribbean is target of probe
Jan 01, 2007; ... FEDERATION of ST. KITTS and NEVIS -- Government officials in thistiny Caribbean nation are investigating a medical school started by aLatrobe man who was fired from another school for falsifying hisacademic credentials. St. Theresa's Medical University opened last year in St ....
Trib's annual drive
Jan 01, 2007; ... Dinner has been served, and it's time to say "thank you." By year's end, donors contributed $116,215 to the 2006 OperationSanta Claus campaign, almost reaching our goal of $125,000. More than 8,000 families received the ingredients for a festiveholiday meal, and children in ...
County won't raise airline offer
Jan 01, 2007 ... Allegheny County will not get into a bidding war with Phoenixafter the Arizona city more than doubled its offer for a US Airwaysflight operations center, county Chief Executive Dan Onorato saidSunday. Phoenix is promising incentives and tax breaks that could save thecompany as ...
Assistants in dark about Cowher's future
Jan 01, 2007; ... CINCINNATI - Wide receivers coach Bruce Arians insisted BillCowher's unresolved status as the Steelers' head coach beyond 2006didn't affect the assistants this season, but he acknowledged thatsituation is about to change. "Next week, it will," Arians said following Sunday's ...
A-10 honors two Dukes players
Jan 01, 2007; ... It was not even January yet, and the Duquesne University men'sbasketball team already had been honored by the Atlantic 10Conference a school-record seven times after the league on Sundayrecognized two Dukes. Guard Aaron Jackson was named player of the week for the secondtime in a ...
Lots of party-goers, no witnesses to slaying
Jan 01, 2007; ... Although more than 30 people were in a Homewood playground withRoderick Thompson the night he was shot to death in 2005, no one hascooperated with detectives trying to solve his slaying. Thompson, 30, of Braddock, was with friends shortly before 9 p.m.July 28 in a park on East ...
Crosby closes prolific 2006
Jan 01, 2007; ... Not everything about 2006 was great for Sidney Crosby. He was passed over for the Canadian Olympic hockey team inFebruary. The Penguins finished 29th in the NHL. He lost to theWashington Capitals' Alexander Ovechkin in voting for the CalderTrophy for NHL Rookie of the ...
WVU's Slaton back in the mix
Jan 01, 2007; ... JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The star-struck-down Gator Bowl finallyreceived some positive news. West Virginia All-American tailback Steve Slaton continued hisrecovery from a deep thigh bruise and is expected to see limitedaction against Georgia Tech in today's game, coach Rich ...
Cowher gives no word on his future to players
Jan 01, 2007; ... CINCINNATI - If Sunday's 23-17 Steelers overtime win over theCincinnati Bengals was Bill Cowher's final game as coach, hecertainly acted the part. Cowher pulled out all the stops -- from a new-look trick formationon the opening kickoff featuring Hines Ward and Willie Parker ...
Cowher's one for the road?
Jan 01, 2007; ... CINCINNATI Bill Cowher shook a lot of hands on Sunday afternoon -- with hisplayers prior to kickoff, with his defense after a first-and-goalfrom the Steelers' 4-yard line had yielded only a Bengals fieldgoal, and with former assistant Marvin Lewis after a 67-yard catch-and-run by ...
Vikings heavyweight falls to familiar rival
Jan 01, 2007; ... Keystone Oaks senior Myles Caragein won the first of a possiblesix meetings against Mt. Pleasant junior Paul Snyder in theheavyweight match at the 40th annual Powerade Christmas WrestlingTournament. Caragein, a senior who will play college football at Pitt, used anescape in ...
Sheraden boy, 3, dies of gunshot wound
Jan 01, 2007; ... A 3-year-old Sheraden boy died Sunday after he apparently shothimself while visiting relatives in Wilkinsburg, police reported. Jamal Walters was pronounced dead at Children's Hospital ofPittsburgh, Oakland, at 11:54 a.m., the Allegheny County MedicalExaminer's Office said. An ...
Holiday closings
Jan 01, 2007 ... Banks, post offices and city, county, state and federal governmentoffices are closed today for New Year's Day. They normally would reopen Tuesday, but President Bush declared ita national day of mourning for former President Ford and ordered mostfederal ...
Ekman to have MRI as early as today
Jan 01, 2007 ... There was still no update on Sunday on the extent of the injuryto left winger Nils Ekman, who left Friday's game with an elbowinjury. Ekman is expected to have an MRI either today or Tuesday,depending on the level of swelling in the left arm. General managerRay Shero did say yesterday ...
Quarter-by-quarter summary
Jan 01, 2007 ... FIRST QUARTER Highlight: Willie Parker rushed for 48 yards, and BenRoethlisberger threw for 59 as the Steelers outgained the Bengals,116-36. The Steelers didn't yield much to the Bengals' offense, whichtook a couple of deep shots to Chad Johnson in an unsuccessfulattempt to get ...
Testing strives to gauge mercury levels
Jan 01, 2007; ... Are the fish pulled from area waters safe to eat? A study set to kick off this spring -- with the help of areafishermen -- aims to find out. Stephen LoRusso and Lane Loya, professors at St. FrancisUniversity in Loretto, Cambria County, are trying to determine ifanglers eating ...
ATV crash claims Indiana County man
Jan 01, 2007 ... An Indiana County man was killed over the weekend when the ATV hewas attempting to drive up a steep embankment flipped over. Robert Lee Lenhart, 37, of 642 Ridge Road, Buffington Township,was pronounced dead at 3:43 p.m. Saturday at the scene of the crashon a former mine site near ...
Some know devoted family man; court papers allege abuse
Jan 01, 2007; ... Samuel Pontier, accused of setting his family's home on fire,appeared to be a concerned father and husband who stepped out ofpublic office to care for his wife and sick daughter, O'Hara CouncilPresident John Smith said Sunday. Pontier, 56, a lawyer and former township councilman, ...
Porter 'the coin toss king'
Jan 01, 2007 ... Wide receiver Hines Ward said the Steelers are used to co-captain Joey Porter making the correct call on coin flips. Portercalled heads in overtime, giving the Steelers the ball. On the thirdplay of the drive, Ben Roethlisberger and Santonio Holmes connectedon a 67-yard touchdown pass ...
People from many walks of life pay their respects
Jan 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON -- Jack Ford bent down to see the little girl, the shyone with her head buried in her father's jacket, as they walked intothe Capitol rotunda Sunday afternoon. The campaign button pinned to the front of her striped dresscaught Ford's eye as he shook hand after hand, ...
Driver injured in collision with truck
Jan 01, 2007 ... A New Florence man was flown by medical helicopter to a Pittsburghhospital after his car collided with a tractor-trailer Sunday. Jeremy Suschak, 22, was taken to an unidentified hospital afterthe crash at 5:45 a.m. on Route 22, near School Road, Derry Township.His condition was not ...
How they scored
Jan 01, 2007 ... Second quarter Steelers: Willie Parker 1-yard run (Jeff Reed kick), 11:01. Drive:15 plays, 90 yards, 8:34. Steelers 7, Bengals 0 Bengals: Shayne Graham 34-yard field goal, 0:07. Drive: 14 plays,43 yards, 5:27. Steelers 7, Bengals 3 Fourth quarter Bengals: Chris ...
Health Happenings
Jan 01, 2007 ... Blood Drives * These American Red Cross blood drives are scheduled: -- Noon-6 p.m. Tuesday, New Eagle Volunteer Fire DepartmentSocial Hall, Chess Street, Courtney. -- Noon-6 p.m. Wednesday, Mother of Sorrows Church, 4200 OldWilliam Penn Highway, Murrysville. -- ...
Accountant served briefly in state Legislature
Jan 01, 2007; ... Charles C. Kessler spent one year as a state representative, thenleft politics to focus on God and accounting. Kessler, a Republican, was voted into the Pennsylvania Legislatureduring a special election on Nov. 8, 1949, to represent the 2ndLegislative District of Clearfield County ....
Downtown rises to the occasion
Jan 01, 2007; ... Thousands of people filled the streets of Downtown's CulturalDistrict Sunday night to celebrate the arrival of a new year. Evening temperatures that hovered around 50 degrees might haveincreased attendance for the 13th annual First Night, andintermittent light rain early in the ...
Trio of 'miracles' blesses family
Jan 01, 2007; ... For the Towey family, a Christmas miracle came in threes. There was a planned trip to Rome. But they attribute the trio ofevents that followed to divine intervention. James Towey, president of St. Vincent College, near Latrobe, tookhis family to the Eternal City on Dec. 20 to ...
Briefs: Low water supply hinders firefighters
Jan 01, 2007 ... City firefighters had to contend with water supply problems whilebattling a four-alarm fire Sunday morning at a vacant single-familyhome on Jucunda Street in Knoxville. The fire at the two-story structure in the 100 block was reportedat 5:54 a.m. Water supply problems were ...
Westmoreland teens dance at bowls
Jan 01, 2007; ... Two Westmoreland County teens will be showcasing their dancingskills during half-time festivities at two of the biggest footballevents of the year. Brittany Jones, 16, of Export, and Caitlin Felker, 18, ofGreensburg, will be appearing during today's Capital One Bowl andthen again ...
Holiday ailments kept in check
Jan 01, 2007; ... Health officials say the typical holiday illnesses appear to bestaying in check, and mild weather may be the reason. Dr. Donald Yealy, vice chairman of emergency medicine at theUniversity of Pittsburgh, said there hasn't been an inordinate risein gastrointestinal illness this ...
Faneca: Cowher leaning to leaving
Jan 01, 2007; ... It won't surprise Alan Faneca if Bill Cowher steps down as theSteelers coach. Following his exit interview with Cowher Monday, Faneca said, "Ithink he's definitely leaning towards calling it a day." Cowher has a year left on his contract but he could walk away fromthe job he ...
Dispute blocks rail-crossing upgrade
Jan 01, 2007; ... Tim Rupert counts himself lucky. Last July, Rupert lost control of his car and slid into the sideof a freight train at the Eureka Hill Road railroad crossing in SouthHuntingdon Township. "My brakes locked up, and I slid on the gravel," recalled Rupert,who was not seriously ...
Briefs: Gift company jokes about life before kids
Jan 02, 2007 ... Do you remember life before children? Or, perhaps, before yourfriends had kids? When that sweet bundle of joy enters the picture,late-night parties and gourmet meals are traded for sleepless nightsand drive-thru dinners. After hearing so many friends comment, "before kids, I ..." ...
WPIAL, City League conference all-star teams
Jan 02, 2007 ... Here are the WPIAL and City League all-conference teams for the2006 football season, as chosen by conference and league ...
Briefs: Cultural events in the city
Jan 02, 2007 ... Pittsburgh Public Theater presents "The Chief" at 8 p.m.Performances continue through Sunday at the O'Reilly Theater, 621Penn Ave., Downtown. $12.50-$60.50. 412-316-1600. Most Americans hooked on TV As you sink into your couch to watch a favorite TV show, takecomfort in the ...
Pittsburgh is 13th in magazine's list of '20 Best Cities'
Jan 02, 2007; ... Pittsburgh might not be a good place for singles to find true loveor college graduates to start their careers, but residents do have aplethora of healthful resources for getting and staying fit. Cooking Light magazine announced today that it has rankedPittsburgh 13th in a list of ...
Cowher sending mixed signals
Jan 02, 2007; ... Alan Faneca's exit interview with Bill Cowher apparently felt morelike a goodbye to the Steelers' Pro Bowl guard. "I think he's definitely leaning toward calling it a day," Fanecasaid of Cowher, who has said he hasn't decided if he will return asthe Steelers' coach. "But you never ...
Greensburg Tuesday takes
Jan 02, 2007 ... Outrageous!: An audit revealing suspect protocols in howWestmoreland County tracks more than $6 million in various computerequipment drew a stinging rebuke from county commissioners Tom Balyaand Tom Ceraso, who blasted Controller Carmen Pedicone for supposedlyoverstepping his authority ....
Stadium Accounting 101
Jan 02, 2007 ... The "Pens get ballpark figure for arena" (Dec. 28 andPghTrib.com), which favorably compared the stadium deals the Piratesand Steelers got with the proposed Penguin arena deal, was inaccurateat best. Of the team contribution calculations the Trib reported, nonereflect the ...
The SEC's CEOs
Jan 02, 2007 ... The investment community wanted greater transparency in theawarding of stock options. It got less. On Dec. 22, the last business day before Christmas, the U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission greased up and slipped quietlydown the chimney to give corporate America a wonderful ...
Making resolutions requires some strategy
Jan 02, 2007; ... As someone who always looks forward, it's only natural that themoment one year ends, I begin thinking about what the next will hold.The dawning of 2007 gives me the opportunity to think about whereI've been, what I have accomplished thus far, and what I want to doin the ...
High achievers might be setting themselves up for burnout
Jan 02, 2007; ... Robert Shogry, 18, of Upper St. Clair, has plenty to impresspotential colleges. He gets good grades, has a lead in the highschool musical, plays the piano, and is senior class president andvarsity golf team captain. Yet, even though so many of his classmates at Upper St. Clair ...
Merriment
Jan 02, 2007 ... I write this to you to express my gratitude to the editor (FrankCraig). When I opened my Christmas Day edition of the Trib, I immediatelylooked at the top of the paper and saw the two little words that meanso much on Dec. 25 but yet seem to be the most feared words of ...
Rallying against the 'surge'
Jan 02, 2007 ... WASHINGTON Sen. John McCain, leading a blue-ribbon congressional delegationto Baghdad before Christmas, collected evidence that a "surge" ofmore U.S. troops is needed in Iraq. But not all his colleagues whoaccompanied him were convinced. What's more, he will find himselfamong a ...
Mario's options
Jan 02, 2007 ... The math is simple. Had Isle of Capri won Pittsburgh's casino license, the Penguinscommanded a $175 million price tag. Now that Majestic Star holds the cards, the buzz is that the teamis worth no more than $135 million if it remains in Pittsburgh andthe current Plan B ...
Rights, despised
Jan 02, 2007 ... Pittsburgh's Urban Redevelopment Authority won a victory over theGarden Theatre porn house on the North Side at year's end. And quite a victory it is -- for the government's power to buyprivate property against the owner's will and turn it over to privateinterests. The state ...
Drug war losers
Jan 02, 2007 ... Regarding Bill Steigerwald's column "America's No. 1 crop ain'tXmas trees" (Dec. 24 and PghTrib.com), the drug war is in large parta war on marijuana -- by far the most popular illicit drug. A University of Michigan study reports that lifetime use ofmarijuana is higher in the ...
Tuesday takes
Jan 02, 2007 ... Misguided notion: By state government diktat, the minimum wagebusiness must pay was increased on New Year's Day. Sen. Jay Costa, D-Forest Hills, who co-sponsored the legislation, says "the extra moneyin the paychecks of working families will undoubtedly improve theirquality of life." For ...
Steelers' Hoak to step down today
Jan 02, 2007; ... A Steelers coach will hold a news conference today to talk abouthis retirement. Not that coach, but one who has been with the organization sincethe 1960s and became an anomaly in the itinerant world of assistantcoaches. Dick Hoak will leave the Steelers after 45 years of ...
Mom targets state rules to aid son
Jan 02, 2007; ... A Unity Township woman faces an uphill battle against stateregulations in her efforts to ensure the safety of her autistic son. Jimmy Rohde, 39, suffers from a severe form of the bioneurologicaldevelopmental disability that he was diagnosed with in 2003. Doctorsconcluded then that ...
Wage increase challenges state's business owners
Jan 02, 2007; ... Minimum-wage workers in Pennsylvania got a $1.10-an-hour increaseon Monday, and that's a challenge for Greensburg grocer Ray Charleyand other business owners across the state. "It changes all the cost structures," said Charley, who owns twoShop 'n Save supermarkets in the ...
Harrop's AP ballot
Jan 02, 2007 ... Tribune-Review sports writer JoAnne Harrop covers womens' collegebasketball and casts a ballot for The Associated Press women'sbasketball poll. The following is Harrop's ballot for the week ofJan. 1, 2007: 1. Maryland 2. North Carolina 3. Duke 4 ....
Ironclad wishes for Steel City in 2007
Jan 02, 2007; ... Each Jan. 1, it's only natural that people wish each other a happynew year. Although the sentiment is surely appreciated, I feel this is atime of year when we Pittsburghers need to think of others. Insteadof filling our thoughts and hopes with wishes of what we, asindividuals, ...
Restaurant smokeout boosting food sales
Jan 02, 2007; ... Allegheny County's ban on smoking in bars and restaurants has beenpostponed until at least May, but some venues have banned lighting upon their own. The Renaissance Hotel Downtown, Lava Lounge on the South Side (atleast on Saturday nights) and Barb's Country Kitchen in Carnegie ...