China will work to water down any Security Council resolution though a delay-and-weaken strategy that maximizes concessions from both Iran and the...

Using non-lethal weapons in Iraq and Afghanistan would support US efforts to demonstrate restraint and would reduce the catastrophic effects associated with...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Penguins center Sidney Crosby is thrilled that the gloves and stick he was using when he scored the overtime goal that won an Olympic gold medal for Canada have been recovered. And...

Kirk (Jay Baruchel, left) works as a TSA agent with former high school buddy Stainer (T.J. Miller, right). Here, they're seen in Mellon Arena at a Penguins...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Penguins left winger Matt Cooke said he wasn't surprised that the league didn't suspend him for his hit to the head of Boston center Marc Savard Sunday. But he also wouldn't have...

March 11, 2010 So Pres. Barack Obama's "Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force" has decided that the opinions of America's 60 million anglers aren't worthy of its consideration.This task force, headed...

If this meetup at a post-Oscar party between Betty White and Victoria Beckham wasn't the best thing that happened that night, we're pretty sure we couldn't handle whatever...

) that would criminalize certain behavior by women that results in miscarriage," the editorial notes. It adds, "The measure exempts lawful abortions, and particularly worrisome language about...

Forget the jobs bill. Obama's plan to boost exports by breaking down foreign trade barriers is the fastest way to employ jobless American. But will Obama be tough enough for the task, especially with...

What's Rahm Emanuel's Future? Rep. Eric Massa, (D) New York, had some choice words recently about Rahm Emanuel, calling him "the son of the Devil's spawn." David Mark, Senior Editor for POLITICO,...

An arrest warrant has been obtained by Castle Shannon police for the arrest of a borough woman already in jail on charges connected to a door-to-door fund-raising operation there and in nearby...

HARRISBURG -- Bill George is retiring as president of Pennsylvania's AFL-CIO after 20 years as one of the state's most visible organized labor leaders. The 68-year-old Mr. George said today that...

The Louisiana Municipal Police Employees Retirement System wants a federal judge in Pittsburgh to stop FirstEnergy's proposed $4.7 billion takeover of a western Pennsylvania electric company. The...

You'll come a-running when the breakfast cook hollers, "The pancakes are ready!" A steaming stack of hotcakes and sunny yellow butter are on the table along with some bacon. So is a pitcher of syrup....

At first glance, New Story school in Monroeville resembles most others with posters of encouragement in the hallways and the sound of activity from inside the classrooms. A closer look, however,...

A Derry Borough man died early this morning after he and another tenant were rescued from a apartment fire. The victim, James Gamble, 60, was pronounced dead in the emergency room at Excela Health...

Mandy Turek leads her 4-year-old "cowboys" on a gallop around the classroom to the rodeo music of Aaron Copland at Noah's Ark Preschool in Peters. The school is planning to build a natural playground...

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel addresses the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America in Washington on November 10,...

Vice President Biden gestures during a speech in Tel Aviv on March 11, 2010. Biden said he 'appreciates' Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's response to a row caused by the announcement of...

With nearly two-thirds of eligible voters casting ballots and braving violence, Iraq’s electoral process defied expectations. Forming a functional coalition government may prove more...

The American naval authorities have not been found asleep by the report that Great Britain has decided to adopt oil as fuel. The keen competition between the two navies is to continue. Naval officers...

West Jefferson Hills School District solicitor Ira Weiss testified Wednesday night that in August he advised Superintendent Terry Kinavey that the district could face legal action if it did not hire...

Two brief road closures are scheduled for next week in the Clinton area of Findlay. On Wednesday, Matchette Road will be closed just past Air Ground Xpress Inc. The detour will be Route 30 to...

Emani Jones, right, helps serve lunch to seniors at the Crafton United Presbyterian Church. She's one of the special needs middle school students from the Pittsburgh Classical Academy who stock the...

As the last few months have demonstrated, talking to Syria without putting its rights record on the table emboldens the government to believe that it can do whatever it wants to its people, without...

AUDIENCES at tomorrow night's Glasgow performance of Mahler's Sixth Symphony will hear a very different piece from Edinburgh audiences at the Usher Hall on Friday. To paraphrase the late Eric...

Pittsburgh police robbery detectives are investigating a shooting that occured Wednesday evening in the Hill District. The victim showed up at UPMC Presbyterian with a gunshot wound to the stomach...

As Scots rugby fans look forward to Saturday's Calcutta Cup clash with old foes England, there are calls for them and the country to "grow up" and bury the age-old rivalry, as Hazel Mollison...

IF YOU want to save money – move to Niddrie. It's as simple as that, according to researchers who have cleverly calculated that Edinburgh workers can save £152 a month for every two miles further...

us, perhaps they are truly, reverently, deeply singing to their maker. Cop those eyes, too. Suitably expressive.It's invariably a performance and top of the bill this week, our old mate the...

Yesterday was No Smoking Day, so I lit up my pipe in protest.I remember when First Minister Jack McConnell, cheered on enthusiastically by Nicola Sturgeon, told us how our brave new world, this...

Berglund is the Swedish bassist whose distorted, rock-inflected arco bass tones gave a distinctive edge to the late lamented EST – the Esbjörn Svensson Trio – whose inspired fusion of piano...

Douglas This competition is open to readers aged 18 years and over. The weekly winner will be chosen by our judging panel. The editor's decision is final. Usual Evening News rules apply. Weekly...

(AP) WASHINGTON (AP) - A year ago, President Barack Obama boldly, unequivocally demanded that Israel stop building settlements on the West Bank and east Jerusalem. Today he's left with little choice...

The decision to sign Nomar Garciaparra to a one-day contract so he can retire with the team was typical of the shrewd and sensitive gestures of the Red Sox ownership. Though none are native...

A$522 million city deficit has turned the unthinkable into reality. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has ordered - not just suggested - that 17,424 unionized workers be laid off and then rehired with...

There is a thick blend of sadness and outrage in state Sen. Roy Ashburn's abrupt acknowledgement that he is gay. The sadness is that the Bakersfield Republican, a divorced father of four and...

"Jobs, jobs, jobs" was the call from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in his State of the State message. No one heckled. Jobs are a bipartisan...

I look forward to reading this article Gerry.I still remember when Darnley was being built when the direct labour department was controlled by Pat Lally.A private contractor had quoted one million...

among the skeptics, arguing in its report that there are too many uncertainties involved in such modeling for accurate predictions. Despite those uncertainties, and without citing much in the way of...

When sea-urchin gonads become boring, jaded palates yearn for something more exotic -- such as the $60 morsels of endangered whale allegedly served up at a pricey Santa Monica sushi joint last week....

You know the conventional wisdom that says if you think you're crazy, you're probably not? Surely a similar adage applies to happiness: If you say you're happy, you're probably miserable. I don't...

Abraham Lincoln once asked an audience how many legs a dog has, if you called the tail a leg? When the audience said "five," Lincoln corrected them, saying that the answer was four. "The fact that...

In a couple of months, the doors to most Utah schools will open and spill out their contents — thousands of kids — for the summer. In the current economy, it's quite likely that it's...

Why have Utahns changed from people who earn what they get to people who think other people should pay for whatever they want? We want a $3,500 subsidy for a new car and $8,500 for the new home. We...

As we approached the entrance way of a local business, we noted the distinct odor of secondhand smoke. We observed the front-seat passenger of a small car parked in front smoking a cigarette. The...

Our country is trillions of dollars in the red, yet today many people in the Salt Lake area received a letter saying they would receive a census form next week! The media have talked about the...

Is there no Utah legislator who has the guts to stand up against Gayle Ruzicka and her Eagle Forum? I can't believe she has that much power. We need some leaders on the hill, not a bunch of weak...

As underfunded and understaffed as the Utah public education system is, it is still good enough to compete with private schools in many ways. But there is an element in our state that doesn't like...

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's decision not to list the sage grouse as an endangered species, but to keep a close eye on it, is a classic Salazar move. It doesn't fully satisfy environmentalists...