Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review back issues from July 2009:
Putting Bernie away: A just sentence
Jul 01, 2009 ... Bernie Madoff will spend the rest of his life in prison. No doubtsome would argue he should spend his afterlife in prison, too. Mr. Madoff, 71, perpetrated one of the largest, if not thelargest, frauds in Wall Street history. His Ponzi scheme collapsed,as all such schemes usually ...
26,000 contractors register with Pennsylvania under consumer law
Jul 01, 2009 ... Nearly 26,000 have registered in Pennsylvania under the state'sHome Improvement Consumer Protection Act, which goes into effecttoday. The law requires home improvement contractors and any person orcompany that provides homeowners with a service involving theirproperties, to ...
Decide the issue
Jul 01, 2009 ... New Haven, Conn., indeed violated the rights of whitefirefighters who were denied promotions, the U.S. Supreme Courtruled in a 5-4 decision announced Monday. The city improperly threwout results of officer exams on which no blacks had qualifyingscores. The ruling, however, did ...
ACORN probe's halt suspect
Jul 01, 2009 ... Regarding "Probe of ACORN stopped," a story from The WashingtonTimes that was on the front page of the June 26 Trib: By whom?Someone higher up than House Judiciary Committee Chairman JohnConyers? It was "the powers that be," according to Conyers. Who might that be? House Speaker ...
Midweek briefing ...
Jul 01, 2009 ... The Capital Research Center's Matthew Vadum is asking thequestion just about everybody wants an answer to: Who got to JohnConyers? The powerful Democrat House Judiciary chairman said it was"the powers that be" who scotched the congressional probe intoACORN's alleged voter-registration ...
Help for parents
Jul 01, 2009 ... On behalf of the Allegheny County Department of Human Services'Children, Youth and Families Advisory Board, I want to express myappreciation for Kellie B. Gormly's story"Children's freedom a toughcall for parents" (June 22 and TribLIVE.com). The question of when a child is capable ...
Professor off-base
Jul 01, 2009 ... While his letter "Peters misreads Middle East" (June 24 andTribLIVE.com), which rebutted Ralph Peters' column "Obama vs.freedom" (June 21 and TribLIVE.com) on President Obama's response tothe turmoil in Iran, was less than useful, Paul S. Adams, assistantprofessor of political science at ...
Willing to pay more
Jul 01, 2009 ... I am extremely grateful that our family was able to afford high-quality child care when our children were young and to live inneighborhoods that provided a quality school experience as they grewolder. I want these same opportunities to be available for my neighbors'children -- in ...
Hot picks: Butterflies at Phipps, Vans Warped Tour
Jul 01, 2009 ... Nature: Flutter by Phipps Phipps Conservatory once again is aflutter with butterflies. Adults and children can watch as butterflies emerge from cocoonsand venture out to dine amidst the lush tropical plantings of theStove Room. Butterflies in a variety of sizes and ...
Troopers will increase patrols of busy roads in 4 county area
Jul 01, 2009 ... State police in Westmoreland, Indiana, Somerset and Cambriacounties will intensify patrols on high-traffic roadways during thenext four months. Trooper Jeanne Martin said the Traffic Enforcement SaturationTeams will be in effect this month and continue through Octobertargeting ...
South Park teacher tried to put every student in spotlight
Jul 01, 2009; ... It was Kathy Cecotti's goal to make sure that every student inher drama club was given an opportunity to perform. "Kathy would double-cast and even add additional roles in bothher fall shows and spring musicals at Thomas Jefferson High School,"said her husband, Allegheny County ...
Indiana County pickup driver from Commodore dies in Green Township crash
Jul 01, 2009 ... An Indiana County man was killed Monday when his pickup truckstruck three utility poles and a tree in Green Township. The Indiana County coroner's office identified the victim as thedriver, Jody Ferrier, 35, of Ferrier Road, Commodore. A passenger,Judy McCombs, also of Commodore, ...
Brookville's Smith wins third straight West Penn Amateur
Jul 01, 2009; ... Nathan Smith joined an elite group Tuesday at Allegheny CountryClub by winning the 109th West Penn Amateur Championship. The Brookville native and Pittsburgh resident, a financialadvisor, became the sixth golfer to win the tournament at leastthree consecutive years. He joins ...
Contract talks continue in Hempfield Area for bus drivers, food service workers and custodians
Jul 01, 2009; ... The contract between Hempfield Area School District and its busdrivers, food service workers and custodians has expired, but don'texpect a strike, according to officials. Negotiations toward a new contract will continue, said Gil Gall,a union representative for the Pennsylvania ...
Hempfield Area unions win health care injunction
Jul 01, 2009; ... The Hempfield Area School Board will not be able to implementchanges in the district's health care coverage for teachers andmaintenance workers today. Westmoreland County Judge Jay Ober issued an injunction Tuesdaybarring the district from making any changes in health care ....
PA Hero Walk to pass through Ligonier today
Jul 01, 2009; ... Ligonier will offer a big welcome when marchers in the PA HeroWalk arrive in the borough about 7 p.m. today. Marchers will be greeted by the Ligonier Valley Veterans HonorGuard and neighboring fire departments. Ligonier council members TomFreeman and Kim Shaffer are among those who ...
Newsmaker: Robert Arnhold
Jul 01, 2009; ... Residence: Volant Age: 53 Family: Wife, Pam; children, Laura, Benjamin, Jill and Nicholas Occupation: Professor of exercise and rehabilitative sciences atSlippery Rock University Education: Bachelor's degree in health and physical education,Temple University; ...
Flood robs Avalon-area towns of July 4 fireworks
Jul 01, 2009; ... Except for a hiatus during World War II, fireworks have lit upthe sky over the Avalon Athletic Fields every year since 1911 forthe Fourth of July. But the annual tradition was postponed this year because lastmonth's heavy rains flooded the fields. Three feet of mud covered ...
It must be time for the state budget impasse
Jul 01, 2009; ... Incompetence this consistent is impressive. Gov. Ed Rendell and state legislators once again failed toperform their primary function as elected officials, and I don'tmean lunching with lobbyists. For the seventh consecutive time, they have ushered in a fiscalyear without ...
Uniontown teens charged as adults in South Union convenience store heist
Jul 01, 2009 ... Two Uniontown teenagers are charged as adults in the armed holdupof a convenience store in South Union. Christopher Leon Chisler, 17, of Coolspring Street, and DavisWade Hall, 16, of Snyder Terrace, are each charged with robbery,criminal conspiracy, theft and simple ...
Uniontown teen charged with attempted homicide
Jul 01, 2009 ... A Fayette County teenager faces charges of attempted homicidestemming from a shooting in Uniontown. Timothy Bradley, 17, of Pershing Terrace, Uniontown, is chargedas an adult by Uniontown police with two counts each of attemptedhomicide, aggravated assault, simple assault and ...
New Penn Township officer to start working in mid-July
Jul 01, 2009 ... Penn Township will have another police officer July 20. Commissioners last week hired Patrick Schwer, 31, to fill thevacancy created when Capt. Allan Anderson retired in December. Schwer, who has been a ...
Retired trooper's new duty: Keep seniors safe from scams
Jul 01, 2009; ... Retired state police Lt. John Rock may have left the job lastyear, but he knows there's no retirement for criminals. For the last several months, Rock has been speaking toWestmoreland County senior citizens about how they can protectthemselves from scam artists trying to get inside ...
Starkey: Blair will have last laugh
Jul 01, 2009; ... The more you learn about DeJuan Blair's drop in the NBA Draftfive nights ago, the more it makes sense. But like NBA assistant director of scouting Ryan Blake, I amconvinced the San Antonio Spurs scored a major coup by taking Blairas the 37th pick. Blake's office provides ...
Columbia and Dominion Peoples slice natural gas rates
Jul 01, 2009; ... Continued weak demand coupled with relatively strong supply havecombined to bring a smile to Western Pennsylvania's natural gasusers for the three-month period beginning today. Two of the region's three largest natural gas distributioncompanies submitted and had approved by the ...
Another fiscal year ends, another Pennsylvania standoff ensues
Jul 01, 2009; ... HARRISBURG -- As Pennsylvania missed its budget deadline for theseventh year, Senate Republicans on Tuesday presented unitedopposition to Gov. Ed Rendell's proposed state tax increases anddemanded the Democrat-controlled House vote on a spending plan. Budget negotiators from both ...
Pittsburgh dips to 60th in population among U.S. cities
Jul 01, 2009; ... Pittsburgh became a little smaller in the past year, falling twonotches in the ranking of largest U.S. cities. U.S. Census figures released today show that Pittsburgh slid fromthe 58th largest city in population in 2007 to the 60th largest in2008. Ellen Kight, president of ...
Mazeroski, Groat discuss trades
Jul 01, 2009; ... If some Pirates fans are frustrated by the volume and nature ofthe team's recent trades, Bill Mazeroski sympathizes. But he also views the moves as steps in the right direction. "I can understand the fans because they've gone through thisthree or four times," Mazeroski said ....
Locks-and-dam work by Army Corps of Engineers to jam upper Ohio River
Jul 01, 2009; ... For recreational boaters using the waters around the upper OhioRiver this month, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a clearmessage: Stay away from the locks and dams. Starting July 6, the Corps will close the main locks at Emsworthnear Neville Island and the Dashields facility ...
Trib 30 posts 4th gain, highmark since August
Jul 01, 2009; ... Most stocks in the Trib 30 list rose in June, providing the localindex with its fourth consecutive monthly increase. It gained nearly 4 points in June to end the month at 217.0 onTuesday, the last trading day of June. That put the Trib 30 at itshighest level since August, when it ...
Fund to aid G-20 preparation in Pittsburgh grows to almost $500K
Jul 01, 2009; ... Some of the region's largest businesses, nonprofits and laborgroups will pony up money to help make Pittsburgh ready for itsglobal close-up. The Pittsburgh G-20 Partnership -- which started with the city,Allegheny County, VisitPittsburgh and the Allegheny Conference onEconomic ...
Milwaukee track not paying the bills
Jul 01, 2009 ... MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Mile's past includes more than acentury's worth of auto racing's biggest names, from A.J. Foyt tothe Unsers and the Andrettis. Now the track's promoters are behindon payments to NASCAR and the Indy Racing League, leaving its futureuncertain. The ...
'O'Connor Cookie Cruise' shoves off from Station Square Aug. 18
Jul 01, 2009 ... The 17th annual "O'Connor Cookie Cruise" will set sail from theGateway Clipper Docks on Aug. 18, said Judy and Corey O'Connor, thewife and son of late Mayor Bob O'Connor. Tickets are $25, and proceeds will benefit the Leukemia andLymphoma Society. A ...
Pennsylvania House honors Pittsburgh's 3 fallen Pittsburgh police officers
Jul 01, 2009 ... Fallen Pittsburgh police Officers Eric G. Kelly, Stephen J.Mayhle and Paul J. Sciullo II were honored Tuesday by the stateHouse. The officers, who were shot and killed April 4 while answering areport of a domestic disturbance in Stanton Heights, were honored byfour resolutions -- ...
3-acre plot in Oakland may help CMU spur economy
Jul 01, 2009; ... Carnegie Mellon University officials plan to develop about threeacres of land in Oakland that the school has bought from theCarnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and PNC Bank. Development options include creating another location that wouldattract private-sector companies, which CMU did ...
Mazeroski part of biggest moment at Forbes
Jul 01, 2009; ... As expected, Bill Mazeroski's home run in Game 7 of the 1960World Series was the winner in voting by the fans for the top threemoments in Forbes Field history. Roberto Clemente's major-leaguedebut on April 17, 1955, finished second, and the Pirates winningtheir first World Series game ...
Homewood trio charged with assault, robbery of Blairsville man
Jul 01, 2009 ... Three Homewood men were arrested Tuesday on charges of assaultingand robbing a Blairsville man who went to a home on Forest Way tobuy marijuana and crack cocaine, city police spokeswoman DianeRichard said. Timothy Terrance Bazmore and Julian Edward Larkins, both 18, andClifford ...
McKees Rocks fugitive, mother found asleep in SUV
Jul 01, 2009; ... A McKees Rocks man accused of wounding three people in a shootingin Stowe and his mother, charged with an unrelated assault, werefound Tuesday sleeping inside a vehicle that had been stolen from aRoss police officer. Michael Hirschfield II, 23, and his mother, Tammy ...
Westmoreland County Prison union president says he's been suspended
Jul 01, 2009; ... The president of the guards union at the Westmoreland CountyPrison said he has been suspended indefinitely because he advisedcorrections officers about what they should say to officials probingthe alleged beating of an inmate last month. Casey Mullooly, 31, president of Local 522 ...
Greater Latrobe holds line on taxes
Jul 01, 2009; ... Greater Latrobe School Board didn't raise property taxes Tuesday,despite concerns of some directors over uncertainty as to how muchthe district will receive in state subsidy or other changes proposedby the Legislature. In an 8-0 vote, directors kept millage at 69 when passing ...
West Penn drops IntegraCare at center
Jul 01, 2009 ... West Penn Allegheny Senior Care is running The Residence onFifth, an assisted care facility in Oakland, after droppingIntegraCare as manager. "Effective Monday, our contract wasterminated, and they're going to manage it directly," said RichardD. Irwin, CEO of IntegraCare, Wexford, on ...
McClelland replaces Shar as West Mifflin head girls basketball coach
Jul 01, 2009; ... There have been three WPIAL championship teams in the history ofthe West Mifflin Area School District. The coach who led all threewas replaced Tuesday night. Phil Shar, who won 381 games in 19 seasons at West Mifflin,received an enormous amount of public support at the school ...
Remedy Restaurant and Lounge in Lawrenceville gives old favorite recipes a twist
Jul 01, 2009; ... BACKGROUND The kitchen at Remedy Restaurant and Lounge runs on democraticprinciples, says Robert Sayre. "It's a small kitchen, so there's notreally a need for structure. Sayre, who runs the kitchen but prefersto avoid titles such as executive chef, came to Remedy a year agoafter ...
Two malls in region on problem list
Jul 01, 2009 ... Two shopping malls in the Pittsburgh region -- Century III inWest Mifflin and Washington Crown Center in Washington, Pa. -- areamong 10 malls listed as America's most endangered malls by U.S.News and World Report. Using the ratings by Green Street Advisors of Newport ...
Three Rivers Regatta roars into town
Jul 01, 2009; ... Live concerts, daredevil stunts, boats, rivers, fishing,fireworks, or just plain, clean fun -- no matter what floats yourboat, literally, you can find something to enjoy at the Three RiversRegatta this weekend, organizers say. The Regatta, in its 32nd year, offers three days of ...
Woodland Hills' Timbers commits to Syracuse
Jul 01, 2009; ... Woodland Hills running back Dom Timbers had made the tour ofcolleges this summer, looking for a place to call home after hegraduates from high school next year. It took some time and some wear off the tires on Woodland Hillscoach George Novak's car, but Timbers found a comfortable ...
State legislator's laptop stolen from vehicle over weekend
Jul 01, 2009 ... Thieves took a state-issued laptop computer from State Rep. FrankDermody's vehicle over the weekend, but the legislator said nosensitive state data was on it. Dermody, an Oakmont Democrat, said he used the laptop mostly fore-mail. He said there were an undetermined number of ...
Country musician Steve Azar aims to lift spirits
Jul 01, 2009 ... With his quirky hit single "Moo La Moo," country star Steve Azarsays he hopes to put "YMCA" and "The Macarena" into retirement withhis song's matching new dance. Gary Valentine -- comedian and actor from "The King of Queens"and a longtime friend of Azar's -- invented a goofy dance ...
Three Dog Night spreads 'Joy' to new generation
Jul 01, 2009 ... Three Dog Night's Danny Hutton says the band's signature hit,"Joy to the World," continues to amaze and energize him as much asit does worldwide audiences. However, Hutton -- a founding member whose band will headline theFourth of July festivities Saturday at the Three Rivers ...
Penguins lose Gill, sign Rupp
Jul 01, 2009; ... One part of the Penguins' shutdown defense pair will not returnnext season. Defenseman Hal Gill, who paired with Rob Scuderi to goagainst top opposing forwards, has signed with the MontrealCanadiens. Canada's TSN reports Gill, 34, has signed with Montreal for twoyears at ...
Pitt to play Indiana in Jimmy V Classic basketball event
Jul 01, 2009 ... Pitt will participate in the 15th annual Jimmy V Classicbasketball event Dec. 8 at Madison Square Garden in New York. ThePanthers will play Indiana, with the game tipping off atapproximately 9 p.m. on ESPN. Georgetown and Butler will ...
Cubs pitching thwarts Pirates
Jul 01, 2009; ... After earning their first June winning record in 12 years, thePirates opened their July schedule on Wednesday night with a moretypical outcome of past seasons. Derrek Lee smashed a two-run homer measuring 438 feet in thefirst inning, and the Chicago Cubs led the rest of the way in ...
Iron City still bottling
Jul 01, 2009 ... Iron City Brewing Co. still has beer to bottle, so it will nothalt bottling this week, but will continue into mid-July, MeredithMatthews, a representative of the Lawrenceville brewery, saidTuesday. Iron City Brewing President Timothy Hickman said last week heanticipated that ...
Kennametal sues Sandvik
Jul 01, 2009 ... Kennametal Inc. files a lawsuit against bigger rival Sandvik ABand its Walter unit over patented ways to make tools and drill bits. Unity Township-based Kennametal claims Sandvik is selling coatedcutting tools and drill bits that violate two patents its owns. Thecompany is seeking ...
Nova Chemicals deal Canadian review extended
Jul 01, 2009 ... Nova Chemicals Corp., which is being acquired by InternationalPetroleum Investment Co. in a $2.3 billion cash and debt deal, saidits acquirer and ...
Sweetbriar Village Ttownhouse construction to begin on Mt. Washington
Jul 01, 2009 ... Construction will begin Thursday on Sweetbriar Village, a 22-unit single and multi-family residential community being built at406 Sweetbriar St., Mt ....
Gasoline prices drop in region
Jul 01, 2009 ... The average price for gasoline across Western Pennsylvania thisweek dropped nearly 8 cents a gallon, just in time for the Fourth ofJuly weekend, AAA East Central said Tuesday. The weekly Fuel Gauge ...
Steelers' Gay focuses on conditioning
Jul 01, 2009; ... LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- When Steelers coach Mike Tomlin spoketo his players following their final off-season practice last month,cornerback William Gay listened intently. "Coach told us physical conditioning is what he's looking forwhen we come back (for training camp)," Gay said ...
Center-Monaca school merger unprecedented
Jul 01, 2009; ... When the Central Valley School Board convenes tonight in BeaverCounty, it will be an historic occasion. The meeting will be the first for the board, which was created bythe first merger of Pennsylvania school districts in 20 years. Themerger also is the first done voluntarily in ...
Dollar Bank and foundations to fund Dwelling House in the Hill District
Jul 01, 2009; ... Some of Pittsburgh's largest foundations and Dollar Bank came tothe rescue Tuesday of beleaguered Dwelling House Savings and Loanwith a financing plan to meet a deadline imposed by federalregulators. Details of the new financing won't be disclosed until the FederalDeposit ...
Painkiller addiction spurred ATM robbery suspect's downward spiral, family says
Jul 01, 2009; ... Jonathan Muhl's friends and relatives cannot reconcile thehardworking, loving young man they knew with the "threat to society"who police say robbed two women at gunpoint in McCandless, and thenfatally shot himself as police approached. The man they knew wasn't capable of such acts, ...
Pirates trade for young outfielder Lastings Milledge
Jul 01, 2009; ... The Pirates on Tuesday became the latest team to roll the dice onLastings Milledge, triggering a four-player trade to acquire thetalented yet enigmatic outfielder. In exchange for left fielder Nyjer Morgan and left-handedreliever Sean Burnett, the Pirates got Milledge and righty ...
Mayor Ravenstahl, Pittsburgh council reach accord on financial plan
Jul 01, 2009; ... What began as political sniping over Pittsburgh's financialfuture ended Tuesday in quiet compromise between Mayor LukeRavenstahl and a majority of City Council members. Council approved a five-year plan billed by state overseers asPittsburgh's ticket to independence and long-term ...
Pirates players 'wonder what's going on' with deals
Jul 01, 2009; ... Jack Wilson has seen this before. He saw it four weeks ago, when the Pirates traded Nate McLouth.He saw it last July, when Jason Bay was dealt on deadline day. Hesaw it when Aramis Ramirez, Brian Giles and Jason Kendall joined theConga line of players sent away to other ...
Carnegie Museum of Natural History paleontologist helps find a new 'link'
Jul 01, 2009; ... An international team including a Pittsburgh researcher announcedTuesday it discovered a fossil in Myanmar that challenges thepopular theory that humans evolved from a primate in Africa. Instead, the team that includes Carnegie Museum of NaturalHistory paleontologist K. Christopher ...