
PITTSBURGH – Ever since Ben Roethlisberger’s second sexual assault allegation came to light last month, the consensus view has been that he is his own worse enemy. Yesterday, Mr. Roethlisberger legitimized this opinion after filing sexual assault charges against himself. “It was awful,” the Pittsburgh Steelers’ star quarterback told reporters at a hastily called press-conference. [...]

PITTSBURGH – A coalition of Pittsburgh Women’s Shelters dedicated to combating domestic violence issued a joint press release today thanking the Oakland Raiders for sparing “untold numbers” of Pittsburgh-area women from more serious injuries Sunday evening. Earlier in the day, the Pittsburgh Steelers suffered an embarrassing, overtime loss to the struggling Kansas City Chiefs. The [...]
November 23, 2009 | Posted in
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PITTSBURGH – Police who patrolled the grounds of the G20 summit held in Pittsburgh last week have drawn international condemnation for using a controversial new anti-riot weapon that projects loud bursts of sound at target subjects. A week later, dozens of protesters remain in the hospital after being subjected to the cutting-edge sonic weapon. Observers [...]
October 5, 2009 | Posted in
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PITTSBURGH – When the Group of Twenty (G-20) met earlier this year in London, the gathering of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of the world’s top 20 industrialized countries signed off on urgent action to temper the ravaging effects Great Depression 2.0 was having on the developing world. Although the crux of the plan [...]
August 18, 2009 | Posted in
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