Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review back issues from February 2008:
Rare heart condition not stopping Jeannette girls basketball player
Feb 01, 2008; ... If Jeannette Senior High School upperclassmen ever try to pullthat "take the elevator" trick on sophomore Samantha Linsenbigler,she laughs ... all the way to the elevator. In her two years in the high school, Linsenbigler has definitelymade good use of the school's elevator pass, ...
FSNP to televise 125 Pirates games
Feb 01, 2008; ... Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh will televise a record 125 regular-season Pirates games and two spring training games this year. The network will air the Grapefruit League game against the NewYork Yankees at 7 p.m. March 19 at McKechnie Field in Bradenton,Fla. The second ...
Rams eye first winning season since 1987
Feb 01, 2008; ... NEW FLORENCE--The year was 1987. A first class stamp cost 22cents, Ronald Reagan was president, the New York Giants defeated theDenver Broncos in the Super Bowl and "Platoon" won an Academy Awardfor best picture. That year also was the last time the Laurel Valley boys'basketball ...
NHL should scrap All-Star Game
Feb 01, 2008; ... ATLANTA There's a fine line between daring and desperate, betweencreative genius and nothing else has worked, so what the heck, let'stry it. As such, you never quite know how much to credit the NHL when oneof its out-of-the-box ideas actually works. But you have to ...
Murphy's building consultant set; downtown group encouraged
Feb 01, 2008; ... BLAIRSVILLE--Buoyed by local development projects that are comingto fruition and others that are gaining steam, the BlairsvilleDowntown Group set for itself goals of expanding local participationand fundraising at its annual reorganization meeting Tuesday. President Linda Gwinn ...
Steelers Q&A archives
Feb 01, 2008; ... Tribune-Review Steelers writer Scott Brown answers questionsabout the Pittsburgh Steelers. The following are archived questionsand answers. Check out Scott's View from the Press Box blog entry for hislatest take on the Pittsburgh Steelers. Q: Outside of offensive line help ...
Penguins Q&A: Rob Rossi answers your questions
Feb 01, 2008; ... Tribune-Review Penguins writer Rob Rossi answers questions aboutthe Pittsburgh Penguins. Q: Sidney Crosby will be out several weeks. Will general managerRay Shero make a bigger trade to compensate for Crosby's absence? Iam not sure the Penguins can hold their current playoff ...
'13th of Paris' delves into relationships' intricacies
Feb 01, 2008; ... Vincent really loves his girlfriend, Annie. They're committed and comfortable. He can't imagine spending hislife with anyone else. And yet ... Something is missing. His vague discontent sends him on an impulsive visit to hisgrandparents' apartment in the 13th ...
Phil's not the only hog basking in Feb. 2 spotlight
Feb 01, 2008; ... Tomorrow, at about 7:25 a.m., a certain rodent in nearbyPunxsutawney will become the center of attention as members of thetown's Inner Circle interpret the furry critter's annual predictionfor the arrival of spring. Tradition holds that if "Phil" sees his shadow, there will be ...
All Yough, Penn-Trafford schools merit Keystone Achievement Awards
Feb 01, 2008; ... Since 2004, the Department of Education has partnered with thePennsylvania Association of Federal Program Coordinators inpresenting the Keystone Achievement Awards to qualifying schoolsacross the state. The awards are presented annually to public schools that haveproduced two ...
Harris: College of Pryor's choice
Feb 01, 2008; ... Hey Terrelle: So, who's it going to be? Ohio State or Michigan? Michigan or Ohio State? Rich Rodriguez's spread offense, or Jim Tressel's spread-the-wealth offense? One-hundred-thousand-plus fans at Ohio Stadium, or one-hundred-thousand-plus fans at ...
Derry losing a football rivalry
Feb 01, 2008; ... DERRY--The long-standing football rivalry between Mt. Pleasantand Derry Area in the Keystone Conference will end, at least for thenext two seasons. The end to the long football rivalry was necessitated when theWPIAL, because of enrollment, moved Mt. Pleasant from the Class ...
February calendar of events
Feb 01, 2008 ... 1. 1980s rocker Eddie Money performs at 7:30 p.m. at the CarnegieMusic Hall of Homestead. 412-323-1919. The national tour of "Stomp" comes to the Palace Theatre,Greensburg, for an 8 p.m. show today and two shows Saturday. 724-836-8000. 2. "Joseph and the ...
WTAE meteorologist Cropper visits Newlonsburg Elementary
Feb 01, 2008; ... A storyteller presented a science show at Newlonsburg ElementarySchool in the Franklin Regional School District last week. Parent-Teacher Organization President Elizabeth Hatifieldrequested the presence of WTAE Channel 4 meteorologist StephenCropper. "I just saw it on the ...
Penguins Q&A archives
Feb 01, 2008; ... Tribune-Review Penguins writer Rob Rossi answers questions aboutthe Pittsburgh Penguins. The following are questions answered priorto December, 2007. Check out Chipped Ice Rossi's Penguins blog, for the latest on2007-08 Penguins. Q: What is Gary Roberts' recipe for his famous ...
Indiana County bridge deficiency up
Feb 01, 2008; ... INDIANA--Approximately 40 percent of Indiana County's bridgeshave been deemed "structurally deficient." That is what PennDOT District 10 executive Joseph Dubovi IIIreported last Friday at the district's 2008 outreach meeting at thedistrict office in Indiana. Dubovi said, when ...
Trojans move one step closer to first Heritage crown
Feb 01, 2008; ... SALTSBURG--Before the season started, Saltsburg boys' basketballcoach Jeff Clawson said taking the Heritage Conference crown was theteam's first goal. After winning Tuesday night's game against Homer-Center, achieving that goal is now a near-certainty. The Trojans beat the Wildcats ...
Procedures make wrinkles around mouth less noticeable
Feb 01, 2008; ... Question: What can be done about tiny wrinkles around the mouthif you don't want the puffy, swelled-lip look? Can anything helperase them? I'm a prune-mouth lady who needs help. Answer: Why so hard on yourself? "Tiny" wrinkles do not make youa "prune-mouth." They are simply a ...
Mendon students use books as food for thought
Feb 01, 2008; ... Talking and eating may not sound like things you'd be allowed todo in a library, but at Mendon Elementary School those activitiesare encouraged. Mendon librarian Cathleen Laird offers fourth-grade students theoption to join the BookEaters Club, which meets every other day inthe ...
Murrysville recreation director calling it quits
Feb 01, 2008; ... Murrysville recreation director Michele Clarke is stepping downafter 11 years in the position. The time has come for the recreation director to direct her ownrecreation. After 11 years as the director of Murrysville Parks andRecreation, Michele Clarke will retire from the ...
Indiana Area board buys fitness machines
Feb 01, 2008; ... INDIANA--The last major piece of the Indiana Area Senior Highfitness center soon will be in place, with the installation of newaerobic exercise equipment approved by the school board Monday. The fitness center, which was completed in November and is opento students, does not ...
Steelers Q&A: Scott Brown answers your questions
Feb 01, 2008; ... Tribune-Review Steelers writer Scott Brown answers your questionsabout the Pittsburgh Steelers. Given that the Steelers will likely be done with Dan Kreider andJerame Tuman because of their age and injury issues, I am wonderingwhether you think they might be interesting in drafting ...
Digging deep
Feb 01, 2008; ... The grind continued Wednesday night for No. 18 Pitt. Get used to it. The challenge in general was to continue pressing on in theabsence of fallen starters Mike Cook and Levance Fields, andspecifically to bounce back from an unimaginable loss to Rutgers onSaturday at the ...
Norwin alum organizes university's Relay for Life
Feb 01, 2008; ... A Norwin resident is bringing the Relay For Life to CaliforniaUniversity of Pennsylvania. Brian Crawford, a junior at California and a graduate of NorwinHigh School, is organizing the fundraising event. For the past threeyears, Crawford participated in the Norwin relay, but this ...
Penguins' Armstrong aiming for weekend return
Feb 01, 2008; ... There weren't many players on the ice during the team's optionalworkout yesterday at Mellon Arena. But two of those who participatedcould go a long way toward alleviating the team's current forwardvacancies. Colby Armstrong missed the two games in New Jersey and Atlantabecause of ...
Bulgarian steelworkers protest unpaid wages
Feb 01, 2008; ... Bulgarian steelworkers from Kremikovtzi AD Steel Corp., theBalkan nation's largest plant, protested in central Sofia againstunpaid wages as sale talks led by owner Pramod Mittal stalled. Some 3,000 workers took part in the rally Thursday, blockingtraffic in the capital to demand ...
Symphony promotes city with artistic excellence
Feb 01, 2008; ... The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is scoring in many ways on itssix-country European tour. The symphony changed conductors Tuesday for a concert that wasled by Marek Janowski in the famously beautiful acoustics of theConcertgebouw in Amsterdam, Netherlands. "We know the ...
Universe brave new world for CMU professor
Feb 01, 2008; ... Tiziana Di Matteo's blue eyes sparkle and her face lights up withan infectious smile as she describes the mysterious forces that madethe universe a chunky mishmash of galaxies, planets, gas and dustinstead of a smooth soup of subatomic particles. On Thursday, the Carnegie Science ...
Snapped cables cause wide Web outages
Feb 01, 2008 ... At least for a while, the World Wide Web wasn't so worldwide. Two cables that carry Internet traffic deep under theMediterranean Sea snapped, disrupting service Thursday across aswath of Asia and the Middle East. India took one of the biggest hits, and the damage from ...
LaGrotta expected to enter plea
Feb 01, 2008; ... Former Democratic state Rep. Frank LaGrotta is expected Monday toenter a plea to charges that he engineered a scheme to pay hissister and niece more than $25,000 as ghost employees in his EllwoodCity legislative office. A spokesman for the Dauphin County court administrator's ...
Briefs: Cultural events in the city
Feb 01, 2008 ... PNC Broadway Across America -- Pittsburgh presents Disney's "TheLion King" at 8 p.m. Performances continue through Feb. 17 at theBenedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $24.50-$74.50. 412-456-6666. Pittsburgh Public Theater presents "Amadeus" at 8 p.m.Performances continue ...
Boiler explosion displaces 8 in Latrobe
Feb 01, 2008; ... A boiler explosion displaced eight residents from a Latrobeapartment complex late Wednesday. Westmoreland 911 dispatched emergency crews at 10:42 p.m. to thesix-unit complex at 1743 Raymond Ave. after receiving a report fromone resident of an unknown type of explosion with ...
Woods leads Dubai Classic by 2 strokes
Feb 01, 2008 ... Tiger Woods shot a 7-under-par 65 on Thursday to take a two-shotlead after the first round of the Dubai Desert Classic. * Charles Warren and Kevin Sutherland shared a one-stroke lead infront of a record opening-round crowd of 83,657 at FBR Open. * Finland's Ursula Wikstrom shot ...
CMU student convicted in fatal car crash
Feb 01, 2008; ... An Allegheny County jury convicted a Carnegie Mellon Universitystudent Thursday for causing a deadly car crash while he was drunk. A vehicle driven by Moon Jong Kim, 21, of Shadyside, collidedwith another driven by Jamie Ricker, 30, of the South Side, atCentre and South Negley ...
Duquesne wants to start over
Feb 01, 2008; ... On a night when Massachusetts coach Travis Ford said his players"played harder than they've ever played," Duquesne's Shawn James satwith his head in his hands and tried to explain the Dukes' undoing. "I think we were just out of sync," James said. "Usually we'reflowing on offense ...
Driver crashes into cemetery
Feb 01, 2008 ... A vehicle traveling south on Route 819 (Scottdale-Dawson Road) inEast Huntingdon Township crashed through the fence and traveledabout 100 yards into St. John's Cemetery, smashing many tombstonesand grave markers. The crash happened shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday. The driverwas ...
Behind the numbers
Feb 01, 2008; ... Ask the next hundred people you meet if child sexual abuse casesare increasing nationwide and don't be surprised if everyone saysyes. Lisa Jones wouldn't be surprised, even though she knows caseshave decreased 49 percent since 1990. This surprisingly good news could be very bad ...
Cross-country skiing a winter workout
Feb 01, 2008; ... MILL RUN - In any good beginning cross-country skiing class, oneof the first lessons will be how to get back up after a fall. There are two good reasons for that. The first is that getting up in the snow with long planksattached to one's feet isn't the most natural activity in ...
CLO Cabaret will add 3 shows to 2008-09 season
Feb 01, 2008; ... A trio of popular, long-running shows are planned for the 2008-09 CLO Cabaret season. "Shear Madness," which has been running continuously in Bostonsince 1980 and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., since1987, will play the CLO Cabaret May 15 to Sept. 28. A comedic ...
Equitable Resources' quarterly profits tumble
Feb 01, 2008; ... Equitable Resources Inc. on Thursday reported a smaller fourth-quarter profit than a year ago, partly because of a $10.1 millionwrite-off of expenses related to the company's failed plan to buytwo natural gas utilities from Dominion Resources Inc. The North Shore-based company ...
Pens' Beech finally on track to play
Feb 01, 2008; ... Kris Beech has been back with the Penguins organization foralmost a week. In that time, however, he has yet to actually take the ice withhis teammates. He was picked up on waivers from Washington on Saturday while theCapitals were attempting to send the 27-year-old center to ...
Tale of 2 malls sunrise, sunset
Feb 01, 2008; ... From slag heap to scrap heap? When Century III Mall debuted in 1979, it was heralded as amarked improvement over the slag heap on which it was built. Thattalk has long since ceased. You probably have heard the buzz that the cavernous West Mifflinshopping destination is in ...
Court urged to deny accused trooper bail
Feb 01, 2008; ... The 2006 murder of a Blairsville dentist was so brutal that astate police trooper accused in the killing should remain in jailwhile awaiting trial, the state Attorney General's Office contends. Senior Deputy Attorney General Anthony J. Krastek Jr. maintainsFoley could be convicted ...
Falcons get win over Canon-McMillan, advance to final
Feb 01, 2008; ... Thursday's WPIAL Class AAA semifinal wrestling match betweenConnellsville and Canon-McMillan at Trinity High School was filledwith toughness, desire and top-notch performances on both sides. Unfortunately, the match will likely be remembered for thecontroversy that surrounded ...
Rooney defends Heinz Field against critics
Feb 01, 2008; ... PHOENIX -- Dan Rooney defended the playing surface at Heinz Fielda day after NFL Players Association executive director Gene Upshawcalled for the Steelers to switch from natural grass to a form ofartificial turf. "Our number one concern is the safety of our players," theSteelers ...
Penn-Trafford upsets Kiski Area
Feb 01, 2008; ... Penn-Trafford's wrestling team endured a tumultuous regularseason that was marred by an outbreak of herpes gladiatorum thatsidelined the team for a few weeks. The Warriors are enjoying a postseason run that has taken them ashigh as they were low. Penn-Trafford, the No. 9 ...
Suicide talk preceded gunplay: witness
Feb 01, 2008; ... Zachary Lucov talked about suicide shortly before a .40-caliberGlock discharged over a chess board and wounded his best friendinside a Greensburg apartment, Lucov's girlfriend testifiedThursday. "I heard Zachary make the comment, 'Wouldn't it be fun if Ikilled myself?' " said ...
Pitt-Johnstown women rally to beat Davis & Elkins
Feb 01, 2008 ... Despite trailing by 12 points at the half, Pitt-Johnstown (7-11,6-5 WVIAC) pulled out the 59-52 win over Davis & Elkins (6-11, 3-8). Lindsay Cale led Pitt-Johnstown with a game-high 18points.District Men Quinnipiac 73, St. Francis (Pa.) 55 St. Francis (Pa.) (5-17, ...
Pirates claim infielder Ray Olmedo off waivers
Feb 01, 2008; ... The Pirates today claimed infielder Ray Olmedo off waivers fromthe Toronto Blue Jays. To clear space on the 40-man roster, left-hander Sean Burnett was designated for assignment. Burnett, 25, was the Pirates' first-round draft pick in 2000. Hemade his major league debut in 2004 and ...
DUI crackdown set for Super Bowl Sunday
Feb 01, 2008 ... Pennsylvania is joining a national crackdown on those who drinkand drive this weekend. Enforcement efforts, which begin today, will include sobrietycheckpoints and roving patrols, with special emphasis being placedon Sunday evening and early Monday. There were 81 ...
RMU edges Monmouth, 61-60
Feb 01, 2008 ... The Robert Morris University men's basketball team improved itsalready spectacular road record tonight, but it wasn't easy. Jeremy Chappell scored 18 points, including four 3-pointers, andthe Colonials held on for a 61-60 victory at Monmouth (N.J.), theirninth road victory in 11 ...
70-year-old pleads guilty to robbing bank in Erie County
Feb 01, 2008 ... A 70-year-old man has pleaded guilty to robbing an Erie Countybank. Donald D. Cesare of Millcreek Township pleaded guilty in federalcourt in Erie to bank robbery and armed bank robbery. He faces amaximum of 25 years in prison when he is ...
Mt. Lebanon oral surgeon faces 15 more sex charges
Feb 01, 2008; ... An oral surgeon from Mt. Lebanon was charged Thursday withsexually assaulting 15 more female patients -- some of themteenagers -- while they were under anesthesia. Dr. Robert John Boyda Jr., 42, was charged last month withinvoluntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault, ...
PEMA protects Pa.
Feb 01, 2008 ... The Trib's editorial criticizing the management of homelandsecurity grants by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agencyfailed to include key facts ("Don't ask PEMA," Jan. 28 andPghTrib.com). Emergency response begins at the local level. It is importantthat officials have the ...
Newsmaker: Kenneth Saban
Feb 01, 2008; ... Age: 59 Residence: Valencia Family: Wife, Karen Education: Bachelor's degree, Youngstown State University;master's degree, Northwestern University; doctorate, University ofPittsburgh. Occupation: Associate professor of business administration atDuquesne ...
'Persepolis'
Feb 01, 2008; ... "Persepolis," an Oscar-nominated animated memoir based on thegraphic novels by Marjane Satrapi, is simply one of the bestanimated films ever made. It's a history of modern Iran compressed into the story of amischevious, precocious young girl with a very active imagination.It ...
Pitt's Biggs grabs greater role
Feb 01, 2008; ... Jamie Dixon glanced at the statistics sheet, double-checking indisbelief to see that Tyrell Biggs was credited with only fourrebounds against Villanova. The Pitt junior forward appeared more active than his numbersindicated, whether it was crashing the boards and drawing ...
Reborn 'George' lacks edgy spirit of original cartoons
Feb 01, 2008 ... HOLLYWOOD -- Jay Ward was my first auteur. Even as a littlefellow, I understood that his cartoons were different from othercartoons, even from the ones -- like "Underdog" and "King Leonardo" -- that were made to resemble them. There was clearly a renegadeintelligence at work, and I was ...
Manning's confidence never wavered
Feb 01, 2008; ... PHOENIX - It has become as much a part of the New York Giants'pregame routine as taping ankles and may be just as vital. Before the Giants take the field, Eli Manning will give PlaxicoBurress a pat on the backside and say, "Let's go be great." Manning has the Giants on the ...
Google's earnings growth decelerates in 4Q
Feb 01, 2008 ... Google Inc.'s earnings and revenue growth decelerated more thananalysts anticipated during the fourth quarter, magnifying worriesthat the Internet search leader's moneymaking machine is boggingdown as the U.S. economy teeters on the brink of recession. Thequarterly results released ...
Trib 30 index feels January's chill
Feb 01, 2008; ... January was cold and inhospitable for the Trib 30 index of localstocks. About the only haven was in utilities. The index fell to 240.5 on Thursday, the last day of January,from 249.7 at the end of the year. Last month's losers swampedgainers by more than 2-to-1, or 21 down stocks ...
What Bush forgot
Feb 01, 2008 ... In his final State of the Union speech Monday, George W. Bushforgot to apologize. He forgot to apologize to his successor, the person who will needto end the occupation of Iraq. He forgot to apologize to the Iraqi civilians for using outsidecontractors to rebuild their ...
Pryor probably has bright future
Feb 01, 2008; ... If recent history is a true indicator, Jeannette's Terrelle Pryoris destined for the NFL, probably as a first-round draft choice. That may be too much pressure to place upon the shoulders of ahigh school senior, but consider this: Each of the previous threetop-ranked high school ...
Testimony focuses on campaign work in Wecht trial
Feb 01, 2008; ... A former Allegheny County deputy coroner testified Thursday thatshe was dispatched to sell fundraising tickets for Dr. Cyril H.Wecht's son, now a judge, while on county time. Tiffani Hunt told jurors during the fourth day of Wecht's federalpublic corruption trial that she was ...
Judge questions legality of Pittsburgh police union signs
Feb 01, 2008; ... Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Lester G. Nauhaus has askedthe district attorney to investigate whether police officersviolated election law by urging voters not to retain the judge. County Police detectives on Thursday questioned Jim Malloy,president of the Fraternal Order of ...