This is a data file meant to be read by an RSS reader. See http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/rss/index.html for more information. Local Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, news from WTAE television and ThePittsburghChannel.com. News http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/index.html?rss=pit&psp=news en-us Copyright 2008, Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc Local Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, news from WTAE television and ThePittsburghChannel.com. ThePittsburghChannel.com 60 http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17724353/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:06:50 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17724671/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:32:09 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17724592/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1006/17637321.jpg Since the state Supreme Court has yet to rule on two proposed questions on the Allegheny County drink tax, those who want the questions on the ballot may run out of time. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:28:26 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/sports/17723815/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1015/17724744.jpg Recenty penalties off the field have some Pittsburgh Steelers wondering why they're not being flagged during the game. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:56:02 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17672259/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1009/17672777.jpg The U.S. Post Office in Langeloth, near Burgettstown, is robbed by an armed man who locks an employee in a bathroom. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:45:45 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17723054/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1015/17724726.jpg Want to know who will win the presidential election? One Halloween company says they have an eerie prediction method. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:20:46 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17723689/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news The Seneca Valley School District is investigating an incident in which a senior high school student was hit by an air gun pellet Wednesday. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:28:53 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17721897/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1015/17721907.jpg The same artist who lit six buildings for Pittsburgh's first "Festival of Lights" has returned to help the city celebrate its 250th birthday. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:51:25 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17719094/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1015/17724389.jpg An intense firefight at four buildings in Beaver Falls gutted a 100-year-old church and forced part of the Big Beaver Falls Area School District to operate on a delay Wednesday morning. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:13:24 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17717513/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1015/17724730.jpg Teenagers Iesha Drake and Naim Drake were beaten with a dumbbell inside a Penn Hills home. The teen's mother was also beaten and stabbed. Police say her boyfriend is behind the killings. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:21:16 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17651769/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1008/17653143.jpg The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said the Shippingport Bridge will reopen Wednesday, eight days after it was closed due to a deteriorated floor beam during a routine inspection. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:42:58 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17717462/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/0905/17397562.jpg The North Huntingdon Township Zoning Board decided the fate of a so-called church, finding that it's not a church, it's a business. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:35:21 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/health/17719733/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/0829/17336158.jpg A Butler County township near Cranberry will allow a pole dancing studio to open, ending a federal lawsuit that accused town officials of violating the First Amendment rights of the prospective businesswoman. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:58:37 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17719231/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news Three police officers were hurt during a student fight at Ambridge Area High School Tuesday morning. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:58:32 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17716836/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news A man has been sentenced to 23 to 46 years in prison for fatally shooting his wife and her boyfriend. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:06:38 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17716227/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news A local man hopes to prevent Energy Department officials from hiding behind a claim of "national security" if he was actually discriminated against. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:20:09 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17661947/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1009/17667544.jpg Police have now charged the father of a child who was found abandoned behind a fast food restaurant. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:06:18 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17714317/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1014/17714022.jpg The Western Pennsylvania Humane Society has custody of a boxer who was tied to train tracks in Braddock. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:50:28 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17715061/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1014/17715477.jpg Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:07:05 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17713994/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1014/17714188.jpg Two buildings have been evacuated in Mt. Lebanon because of a natural gas leak. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:01:18 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17714358/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1014/17715830.jpg Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:46:47 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/sports/17712855/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1014/17713491.jpg Plans call for a new luxury "boutique" hotel to be built adjacent to the new Pittsburgh arena. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:37:10 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17712622/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news ACORN has been accused of voter fraud in cities throughout the United States, including Pittsburgh. The group is holding a rally on Tuesday to address the allegations. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:37:55 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17712296/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/0609/16547156.jpg Charges have been dismissed against a Perry Township mother whose foster son drowned in a swimming pool because a state trooper didn't show up for court on Tuesday. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:41:20 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17712246/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news A construction project at Poff Elementary School has caused the Allegheny County Elections Division to relocate the polling location. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:57:41 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17709314/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1014/17712198.jpg Firefighters battled a fire in North Braddock Tuesday morning which destroyed one home and damaged two others. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:04:47 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/sports/17712046/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/0801/17067460.jpg Head coach Mike Tomlin gave an update Tuesday on the Steelers' injury report -- a list that looks to be getting shorter with key players eyeing a return to the field this Sunday following a bye week. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:01:16 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17712095/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1014/17712129.jpg Police say the body of Michael Joseph Karpinski, a New Kensington man, is found in the Allegheny River in Westmoreland County. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:02:57 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17711613/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news Police have made an arrest in the theft of trucksloads of Halloween decorations in Cranberry and Seven Fields, Butler County. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:09:23 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17711680/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news Investigators say Jessica Wiles has been missing from her Fayette County home since Sunday afternoon. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:04:37 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17711523/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1013/17706644.jpg Three Pittsburgh City Council members are proposing a law requiring gun owners to report lost or stolen weapons within 24 hours. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:00:04 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/money/17707730/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/0706/16802285.jpg Pittsburgh-area shoppers may have to change the way you shop to take part in a discount on gas. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:48:08 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17707104/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1013/17707046.jpg Sean Broderick had never been out of the country, or on an airplane for that matter, but a brilliantly written essay and an impressive interview with the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, won him a spot in the middle of a Canadian arctic adventure. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:58:25 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/sports/1139680/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2007/1028/14443380.jpg Fans of the winless Cincinnati Bengals are trying to unload thousands of tickets -- many of them well below face value -- for the upcoming Pittsburgh Steelers game. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:55:31 EDT