Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review back issues from January 2008:
Penguins Q&A: Rob Rossi answers your questions
Jan 01, 2008; ... Tribune-Review Penguins writer Rob Rossi answers questions aboutthe Pittsburgh Penguins. Q: What is Gary Roberts' recipe for his famous protein shake? Mywife is a workout and organic food nut and would love to be in thatkind of shape at his age. - Don Wallish of ...
Steelers Q&A: Scott Brown answers your questions
Jan 01, 2008; ... Tribune-Review Steelers writer Scott Brown answers your questionsabout the Pittsburgh Steelers. Q: Is there any talk of the Steelers using the franchise tag on(Alan) Faneca if a deal cannot be reached? Is this an option? If theSteelers don't invest in an offense line then the ...
Revisiting the legend of Brian Davis
Jan 01, 2008; ... The master plan at Pitt, looking ahead to the 1985 season, was tobuild college football's ultimate backfield. Brian Davis, the Parade Magazine National High School co-Playerof the Year, would line up behind a man-eating shark of a fullbacknamed Craig "Ironhead" ...
North Hills water authority liable for road fix
Jan 01, 2008; ... Up to 30 North Hills communities could save thousands of dollarseach year in road repairs because of a lawsuit PennDOT won. The municipalities stand to benefit from a state Supreme Courtruling that requires West View Water Authority to pay for damages toroads caused by waterline ...
Penguins Q&A archives
Jan 01, 2008; ... Tribune-Review Penguins writer Rob Rossi answers questions aboutthe Pittsburgh Penguins. The following are questions answered priorto December, 2007. Q: Will John Tavares have the same impact as Sidney Crosby, andis he as skilled as Sid? - Dan O'Neill, of Kitimat, British ...
Pitt wrestler continues perfect season
Jan 01, 2008; ... Keith Gavin of Pitt, the top-ranked NCAA Division I wrestler inthe 174-pound weight class, added another prestigious honor to hisresume by winning an individual championship at the highly regardedMidlands Wrestling Championship, hosted by Northwestern. Gavin, who registered his ...
Newsmaker: Gerald J. Pitzer
Jan 01, 2008; ... Age: 62 Residence: Scott Family: Married Occupation: Engineering manager, GAI Consultants Inc., Homestead. Education: Master's degree in business administration, 1972,University of Pittsburgh; master's degree in civil engineering,1968, West Virginia University; ...
Forbes Regional to donate defibrillators
Jan 01, 2008; ... Every minute counts during a heart attack. Recognizing that fact, Forbes Regional Hospital in Monroevilleplans to donate portable defibrillators on Jan. 15 to 10 ambulancecompanies in its service area that have the capability oftransmitting hospital-quality EKG readings from ...
January calendar of events
Jan 01, 2008 ... 1. New Year's Day 2. "The Bucket List," starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman asterminally ill men who head off on a road trip with a wish list ofto-dos before they die, arrived in theaters Friday. 3. Baroque pop singer Rufus Wainwright performs at ...
Trib's annual drive helps needy
Jan 01, 2008 ... &With the help of generous donors, Operation Santa Claus has beensetting the holiday table for 24 years. Once again, the Tribune-Review is planning dinner for thousandsof needy families throughout southwestern Pennsylvania. The Trib's 2007 campaign will provide about 8,800 ...
Dayton climbs into AP men's Top 25
Jan 01, 2008 ... Dayton's 25-point rout of previously unbeaten Pitt vaulted itinto The Associated Press' Top 25 for the first time in four years. The Flyers' 80-55 win over then-No. 6 Pitt on Saturday was the10th straight for the Flyers (11-1) since a 67-56 loss at GeorgeMason. They joined the poll ...
Sewer treatment rates will increase in Penn Hills
Jan 01, 2008 ... Penn Hills Council Monday approved a 2008 budget that includes a20 percent hike in sewer treatment rates and imposes a monthly sewersurcharge that will cost a family of four about $221 more a year. The $24.6 million budget was approved by a 4-0 vote. CouncilwomanYvonne Lamanna, who ...
Jan. 1: Scenes from the Arts-burgh
Jan 01, 2008 ... Offerings from Pittsburgh's cultural arts and entertainmentevents: The Ten Tenors The Ten Tenors started out slow during Thursday's concert atHeinz Hall, but ended with a crescendo. The 10 Austrialians, who were dressed identically in black suitsand white shirts, sang ...
City controller's personal woes grow
Jan 01, 2008; ... It was a tough 2007 for acting City Controller Tony Pokora. Andnow he has to find a job. Pokora, who failed to win a full term in office, hopes PittsburghMayor Luke Ravenstahl will appoint him to the vacant city treasurerpost. "I have had a discussion with the mayor about ...
Scouting the Sabres
Jan 01, 2008 ... AMP Energy NHL Winter Classic Penguins (20-16-2, 42 points) vs. Buffalo Sabres (19-16-2, 40points) TV/radio: NBC/WXDX-FM (105.9) When, where: 1 p.m., Ralph Wilson Stadium, Orchard Park, N.Y. Probable goaltenders: Penguins: Ty Conklin (4-0-0, 2.71 GAA);Sabres: ...
Energy prices still on upswing
Jan 01, 2008; ... Residential natural gas customers can breathe a bit easier, asthe region's three major distribution companies have maintained orslightly lowered their winter rates. But be prepared for slightly higher electricity prices andgasoline prices. Industry watchers pin the ...
Pa. military honor roll of '07
Jan 01, 2008 ... The men and women of the U.S. military who died in Iraq andAfghanistan in 2007: IRAQ Army Reserve Sgt. Thomas E. Vandling Jr., 26, of Bellevue, inBaghdad. A graduate of Northgate High School, Vandling was majoringin psychology and philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh ....
Making race irrelevant
Jan 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON -- America's foremost black intellectual has publisheda slender book about the most interesting presidential candidacysince 1980. Shelby Steele's characteristically subtle argument isultimately unconvincing because he fundamentally misreads BarackObama. Nevertheless, so fecund ...
Banks, offices closed on New Year's Day
Jan 01, 2008 ... Banks, post offices and city, county, state and federalgovernment offices are closed today for New Year's Day. Pittsburgh will not have garbage pickup Tuesday, and ...
City needs adjustment in attitude for '08
Jan 01, 2008; ... This morning, a new year yawns before us, offering our city achance to grasp opportunities, concepts and changes. Heaven knows we need them. Because after spending the past week looking at news stories from2007, I saw a pattern emerge: If we'd just shake off some of ...
Penguins strike a pose
Jan 01, 2008; ... Penguins players, coaches, staff and officials posed for a teampicture in their retro-themed uniforms and gear prior to a practiceon the outdoor rink Monday at Ralph Wilson Stadium. Injured playersMark Eaton (torn anterior cruciate ligament), Marc-Andre Fleury(high right ankle sprain) ...
Top business stories of '07
Jan 01, 2008 ... The top 10 local business stories of 2007: 1. NEW HOME FOR WESTINGHOUSE March 20: Westinghouse Electric Co. selects Cranberry to locatenearly 2,000 employees by 2010. The growth is fueled by multi-billion-dollar nuclear-power contracts with China. 2. MELLON ...
Peters Creek church ownership disputed
Jan 01, 2008; ... Washington Presbytery officials plan to contest in court Friday aclaim to the church property by Peters Creek Presbyterian Churchofficials. "These things are virtually never settled on the local level,"said the Rev. David L. Bleivik, head of the Washington Presbytery."Whatever ...
Making '08 a year to celebrate
Jan 01, 2008; ... Political reporters love a horse race. Bruising campaigns -- withtheir polls, promises and pandering -- offer endless excitement forscribes. By contrast, day-to-day governing -- with itsconversations, cooperation and compromises -- seems boring. This year, the presidential primary ...
Rated PU, unfit for any audience: Worst Films of 2007
Jan 01, 2008 ... LOS ANGELES -- 'Tis the season for critics to brighten our liveswith year-end lists of their favorite films, to celebrate thecinematic achievements that have blessed our big screens -- howeverfleetingly -- with tales of star-crossed love, psychotic mayhem andquality French medical care ....
Meridian altruist discussed social justice with Reagan
Jan 01, 2008; ... Holding faith and family above all else, William Schirra believedthere was always someone in the world needing help. "At Christmas, he'd send out a letter saying, 'I don't needanything. Please, if you're going to do anything, give money to yourfavorite charities in my name,' " said ...
Notables who died in '07
Jan 01, 2008 ... A roll call of some of the notables who died in 2007: JANUARY Yvonne De Carlo, 84 Hollywood beauty best known for portraying Lily in the televisionsitcom "The Munsters." (Jan. 8) Art Buchwald, 81 Syndicated newspaper columnist who poked fun at the rich ...
Top local sports stories of '07
Jan 01, 2008 ... The top 10 local sports stories of 2007: 1. BILL COWHER RESIGNS AS STEELERS COACH Jan 5: After leading the Steelers to the fifth Super Bowl titlein franchise history, Bill Cowher steps down as head coach to spendmore time with his family.Replacing Hall of Fame coach Chuck ...
Steelers defense feels new pressure
Jan 01, 2008; ... Here is a question that might seem as absurd as asking nosetackle Casey Hampton if he'd like a light salad for dinner: Will theSteelers have to find a way to win in the playoffs in spite of theirdefense? The Steelers straggle into the postseason having lost three oftheir last ...
North Pittsburgh Telephone merges with Consolidated
Jan 01, 2008; ... The 101-year-old North Pittsburgh Telephone Co. name willdisappear under a merger with an Illinois-based telecommunicationscompany that was completed Monday. Consolidated Communications will become the phone companyimmediately for North Pittsburgh customers in northern Allegheny ...
Growing up shouldn't mean growing stale
Jan 01, 2008; ... During winter break, a tinge of nostalgia led me to rummagethrough a box of old photos -- snapshots that somehow separated fromthe rest of the roll, that didn't quite make it into the photo albumor a picture frame. I flipped through them quickly, laughing at the ...
Trib 30's 28% gain outdoes Wall Street
Jan 01, 2008; ... The Trib 30 ended the volatile trading year on a high noteMonday, as the local stock index posted a 28 percent gain in 2007. The index finished at 249.7, flirting with the Trib 30's all-time high of 252, set in October. The index stood at 194.6 at theend of December 2006 ....
Sycamore Island to remain undeveloped
Jan 01, 2008 ... The last remaining privately owned, undeveloped island inAllegheny County will be forever protected and available for publiceducation, Allegheny Land Trust said Monday. The trust bought Sycamore Island on the Allegheny River nearBlawnox with money from the Colcom Foundation. The ...
Top national stories of '07
Jan 01, 2008 ... The top national stories of 2007: 1. Virginia Tech shootings On April 16, South Korean immigrant Seung-Hui Cho shot to death32 people at Virginia Tech, then took his life as police closed in.It was the worst school shooting in U.S. history. Cho began by sneaking into ...
Cold weather perfect for Pens' red-hot goalie
Jan 01, 2008; ... ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. Snow is predicted for today's Winter Classic, so it's a shame theaptly named Marc-Andre Fleury won't be in goal for the Penguins. But he might not have been their best choice, anyway. Not with The Ice Man Conklin available. That would be ...
Cost of living to strain area residents
Jan 01, 2008; ... "Everything's going up and up and up, except my salary," saysDeborah Jomisko, who is trying to counter the rising cost of heatingher Knoxville home. Soaring natural gas prices in the past two years have doubled thecost of heating her Knoxville home to $159 last month. Her ...
Game aids communications and learning skills
Jan 01, 2008 ... Professor Noggin's award-winning games help children learn andcommunicate while having fun. Players collect the 30 illustratedcards by correctly answering knowledge-based questions. In Professor Noggin's Human Body Card Game, players learn aboutthe weird and wonderful human body, ...
Pittsburgh Trib's top local stories of 2007
Jan 01, 2008 ... The top 10 local stories of 2007: 1. Casino Gambling Casino gambling made its way to Western Pennsylvania when PresqueIsle Downs, a slots parlor and future thoroughbred-racing track nearErie, opened its doors Feb. 28. The Meadows Racetrack & Casinorecorded the state's ...
Penguins switch time for Saturday game
Jan 01, 2008; ... ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- The Penguins game against the FloridaPanthers at Mellon Arena on Saturday has been moved to 3 p.m. The game was originally scheduled to be played at 7:30 p.m. Teamofficials ...
Fayette County holds line on taxes
Jan 01, 2008; ... Fayette County commissioners on Monday passed a budget for 2008that holds the line on taxes. In enacting the $22 million spending plan, commissionerseliminated a projected $1.4 million shortfall. Commissioner Vincent Vicites said $750,000 in expenses were cut.The board ...
Presidential candidates reflect diversity in U.S.
Jan 01, 2008; ... 2007 will be remembered as the year a woman and a black man madeserious runs for the presidency, Russia re-emerged on the worldstage, and privacy issues ballooned, said several local professorsof history. According to Elaine Parsons, assistance professor of history atDuquesne ...
Steelers lose Starks to a season-ending knee injury
Jan 01, 2008; ... The Steelers have lost Max Starks to a season-ending knee injury,meaning Trai Essex will protect Ben Roethlisberger's blind side inSaturday night's AFC playoff game at Heinz Field against theJaguars. Starks sustained a meniscus tear in the Steelers' 27-21 loss tothe Ravens ...
WVU alum donates $1M to cover unsold Fiesta tickets
Jan 01, 2008; ... SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Arizona Diamondbacks co-owner Ken Kendrick,a West Virginia alumnus, has donated $1 million to the university tocover the cost of about 7,500 unsold tickets to Wednesday's FiestaBowl. Kendrick has been an outspoken critic of West Virginia athleticdepartment ...
Teen alleges attack on Five Star Trail in Westmoreland
Jan 01, 2008 ... Greensburg police are investigating a 16-year-old girl's claimsthat she was assaulted Saturday on the Five Star Trail. The girl, whom police did not identify, claimed that at about7:30 p.m. Saturday, two females threw her to the ...
Fondling incident diverts Seattle-bound flight to Pittsburgh
Jan 01, 2008; ... Federal air marshals accused a Seattle-area man of fondling awoman sitting next to him on a cross-country flight that wasdiverted to Pittsburgh. Michael Lamar Holland, 46, of Kent, Wash., was arraigned Mondayin U.S. District Court, Downtown. He is charged with abusive ...
Carriage overturns in Farmington; 5 sent to hospitals
Jan 01, 2008 ... Five people, including two children, were injured Saturdayevening when a horse-drawn carriage overturned at NemacolinWoodlands Resort near Farmington, Fayette County. Karen Harry, 42, Keith Harry, 41, and two boys, ages 3 and 5,were being driven along a path by Murray Butler, 45, ...
Pens try to keep game in proper perspective
Jan 01, 2008; ... ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - The ice rink atop the football field insideRalph Wilson Stadium played about as well as outdoor-game veteranGeorges Laraque hoped during the Penguins' practice on Monday. "It was OK, a little bit chippy," Laraque said. "It was aboutwhat I expected for an ...
Top international stories of '07
Jan 01, 2008 ... The top 10 international stories of 2007: 1. Iraq troop surge It was in the face of stiff opposition and contrary publicopinion -- 70 percent opposed the surge, and just 32 percent gavethe president their approval in an AP-Ipsos poll the next day --that President Bush on Jan ....
A readers' guide to the Winter Classic
Jan 01, 2008; ... There is a cartoon that depicts a man hanging upside down in amedieval torture chamber, screaming "Pain! More pain! I love it! Ilove it!" One of the torturers turns to an accomplice, points his thumbback at the suffering man and says, "Buffalo sports fan." I can ...
Steelers consider 'vanilla' defense
Jan 01, 2008; ... The word linebacker Clark Haggans used was "scorched." He wasn't talking about Anthony Smith getting beat deep. Haggans was talking about the Steelers' run defense. Coach Mike Tomlin was talking about the same thing following theregular-season finale Sunday in ...
Analysts decry legislative standstill
Jan 01, 2008; ... On the down side, it will cost more to rent a car in AlleghenyCounty this year, as it will to drink. But nursing mothers across Pennsylvania will be able feed infantswithout fear. And Wilkes-Barre -- maybe even Altoona -- could become the newHollywood if Pittsburgh and ...
WVU sizes up Oklahoma
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Pens win Winter Classic in a shootout
Jan 01, 2008; ... ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - Captain Sidney Crosby beat Buffalogoaltender Ryan Miller in the third round of a shootout to give thePenguins a 2-1 victory in the AMP Energy NHL Winter Classic at RalphWilson Stadium. It was the first outdoor hockey game staged by the NHL in theUnited ...
Abuse of baby in suitcase nixed
Jan 01, 2008; ... An infant whose skeletal remains were found in the home of adeceased elderly Hempfield woman was carried full term before itsbirth more than 40 years ago and suffered no apparent physicalabuse, investigators said Monday. An autopsy performed early yesterday by forensic pathologist ...
They won against all odds
Jan 01, 2008; ... He was 16 when he learned he could die of kidney failure. On Dec.12, at age 44, he got a new kidney and a second chance at life. Andnow Todd Smith is looking forward to 2008. No season of the year is like the present. The turn of thecalendar to a new year can be almost magical in ...
Briefs: 'SNL' star married producer
Jan 01, 2008 ... Longtime "Saturday Night Live" performer Jimmy Fallon and movieproducer Nancy Juvonen were married in the Caribbean, a publicistannounced. Fallon, 33, and Juvonen, 40, were married in a Dec. 22 ceremonyon Necker Island "with family and close friends in attendance," saida ...
West End police station returns
Jan 01, 2008; ... Pittsburgh's West End police station is ready to reopen today,more than four years after the city shuttered it to save money. "(Residents) will definitely see an increase of officers overhere," said Cmdr. Scott Schubert, who is in charge of Zone 6 and theSpecial Deployment ...
BAA airport strikes off
Jan 01, 2008 ... Workers at BAA Ltd.'s seven U.K. airports, including LondonHeathrow, Europe's busiest, called off the first of three strikesscheduled for next month, the Unite union said. London-based BAA,the world's largest airport operator, has met the union's "mainconcern" and agreed to negotiate ...
Wounded Pitt plots next moves
Jan 01, 2008; ... Pitt coach Jamie Dixon said Levance Fields' surgery Monday was asuccess, and he remains hopeful his star point guard will returnthis season. "The surgery went very well," Dixon said yesterday afternoon."I'm going to go check on him. (His return) is something where wehave to see ...
Missing West Mifflin man dies after he's pulled from creek
Jan 01, 2008 ... An elderly West Mifflin man who was reported missing by hisfamily early Monday was pulled from a creek after searchers used thesignal from his cell phone to locate him, police said. Robert Cotter, 80, of Centerview Street, was alive when removedfrom a creek ...
2 seriously injured in single-vehicle crash in Fayette County
Jan 01, 2008 ... Two Fayette County men were hospitalized Sunday, one in criticalcondition, after an early-morning crash in Menallen. According to state police, Michael Thomas, 21, of New Salem, wasdriving at a high rate of speed on New Salem Road at 1:27 a.m. whenhe lost control of his vehicle ....
Steelers coaches get no holiday break
Jan 01, 2008; ... Mike Tomlin said the fact that the Steelers played the Jaguars sorecently won't cut down on the time the coaches have to put in thisweek breaking down film and devising a game plan. "At this point in the year you would think you're a finishedproduct," the Steelers' coach said ....
Boys in the hoodie
Jan 01, 2008; ... In a man's wardrobe, perhaps nothing is so sacred as the hoodiesweatshirt. The perfect attire for playing video games, working out, pokernight or date night, it's a universally accepted essential forwarmth and comfort. By splashing the hoodie with bright graphic prints, ...
Police say Hill District man shot, jumps out window
Jan 01, 2008 ... A Hill District man who was shot in the leg during an apparenthome invasion Monday afternoon escaped by jumping out of a third-story window, Pittsburgh police said. The man, whose name was not released, made his way to a jitneyand fled, ...
NHL's best returning to their roots
Jan 01, 2008; ... Lindy Ruff likes to say his tiny Alberta community was so smallthat it only had one town sign, a side that read "Welcome toWarburg," and another that read, "You're leaving Warburg." He wasraised in a farm town that had about 430 residents, depending on whoshuffled home for the ...