The arrest of a North-Central Pennsylvania man on Internet child pornography charges spurred dozens of more arrests from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, state police said.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood advisory for the Ohio and Monongahela rivers at the Point in Downtown Pittsburgh, saying the rivers will crest at 27 feet on Sunday afternoon, two feet above flood stage.

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

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

A handful of community groups lined up this morning to support Pittsburgh City Councilman Ricky Burgess' efforts to enact a "living wage" for all city employees and companies that contract with the city

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

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

HARRISBURG -- Steve Keefer is an ordinary man, not a hero.

EQT Corp. has priced a new public offering of its common stock at $44 a share.

Traffic fatalities for last year fell by nearly 9 percent, reaching their lowest level since 1954, the U.S. Department of Transportation reported today.

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 towns

The victim, James Gamble, 60, was pronounced dead in the emergency room at Excela Health Latrobe Hospital, the Westmoreland County coroner said.

West Jefferson Hills solicitor Ira Weiss testified he advised Superintendent Terry Kinavey that the district could face legal action if it did not hire Denise Breisinger.

Two brief road closures are scheduled for next week in the Clinton area of Findlay.

A Hill District man has been charged in connection with the shooting Wednesday evening of another man on the Reed-Robert section ofthe Hill District

NEW YORK -- Notre Dame easily handled Pitt without its best player two weeks ago. Now the Fighting Irish will face the Panthers with their superstar looking like he's 100 percent healthy again.

BRADENTON, Fla. -- Luke Scott's two-run single in the first inning sparked the Orioles past the Pirates, 3-2, tonight at McKechnie Field.

HARRISBURG -- The stage is set for final House passage Monday of legislation aimed at increasing education for teens and school teachers, in hopes of stopping or at least decreasing the potential for violence on dates.

A Coraopolis police officer and a Pennsylvania state trooper were part of Ben Roethlisberger's retinue in Milledgeville, Ga. last week when the Steelers quarterback allegedly sexually assaulted a college student in a nightclub.

Duquesne University today announced plans to build a residence hall to meet growing on-campus housing needs.

Hockey Canada has found the missing Olympic equipment Penguins center Sidney Crosby used to score Canada's overtime goal in the gold-medal game Feb. 28 in Vancouver.

Penguins winger Matt Cooke had a phone hearing this afternoon with NHL chief disciplinarian Colin Campbell regarding his hit Sunday on Marc Savard of the Boston Bruins.

HARRISBURG -- Defense attorneys in the Bonusgate trial this afternoon rested their case after calling about two dozen witnesses.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State's annual spring football game next month will be televised live by ESPN2.

Pittsburgh City Council tentatively approved studying the worth of the city's parking garages and meters today, over the objections of investment advisors tied to the parking authority and the Ravenstahl administration.

A Hill District man today was ordered to stand trial on charges that he fired bullets at police responding to a fight between the suspect and the boyfriend of his neighbor

Trial began this morning in the death penalty case against a Braddock man accused of killing his 2-year-old daughter.

BRADENTON, Fla. -- Three of the Pirates' top pitching prospects -- Colton Cain, Zach Fuesser and Brett Lorin -- will be out until mid-season because of injuries.

Allegheny County is on track to complete a full-scale reassessment of all 570,000 real estate parcels by 2012, officials told Common Pleas Judge R. Stanton Wettick Jr. this morning.

Dr. Cyril Wecht's chief autopsy technician in his private practice appeared in court Tuesday on federal tax charges and was released on bond pending trial.

In a sure harbinger of spring, PennDOT announced today that it has begun using hot mix asphalt to patch potholes

Port Authority riders might have noticed a large police presence at times over the past few weeks, as authority police and federal Transportation Security Administration officers conduct saturation patrols

Emmanuel I. Osagie, who had been chancellor of Penn State Fayette since February 2007, died unexpectedly Tuesday of complications from an illness.

Former state treasurer and auditor general Barbara Hafer this morning announced she is dropping out of the race for the Democratic nomination to succeed the late U.S. Rep. John Murtha

ALTOONA, Pa. -- A man has been convicted of theft for not returning more than $280,000 mistakenly deposited into his bank account

ERIE, Pa. -- A man was found fatally stabbed after a reported break-in at an Erie apartment

ERIE, Pa. -- An Erie man has pleaded guilty to robbing five women at gunpoint, including two he forced to undress

Police have arrested a second man in the stabbing death of a Honduran man in Canonsburg

The retailer Wednesday morning reported profits of $59.3 million, or 28 cents per share, in the three months ended Jan. 30, compared to $32.7 million, or 16 cents, in the previous year.

An autopsy today was inconclusive in determining the cause and manner of death of a Lower Burrell man found dead Tuesday along the Allegheny River banks in New Kensington