This year's Academy Award nominees for Best Picture are all great films, but the Academy overlooked two obvious choices in "The Wrestler" and "Doubt." Both stand above some of their peers in the excellence...

Imagine seeing a young girl in a prom dress dumping a baby into a dumpster and then happily returning to prom while the baby proceeds to sing a ballad of being left to die. Then imagine a man impersonating...

The city is under rebuilding and so is Market Square. City officials have been trying to fix Market Square's past problems of drug sales, crime and loitering, and they hope that Dunkin' Donuts and a new...

The heavy snowfall that blanketed the city the first weekend of February has created a host of problems for local residents. The Feb. 5-6 snowstorm - the fourth largest in Pittsburgh history - dumped 21.1...

For the 21st-century technology user, it may come as a surprise that Apple has not always made trendy devices with slick interfaces. Over the past three decades, the company has introduced a number of...

Paul Costa, state representative and adjunct professor at Point Park University, has an extremely demanding and stressful schedule, starting with his drive back and forth to Harrisburg to fulfill his duties...

President Barack Obama's thoughtful expression and tilted head, colored in shades of red, white and blue, appeared above the word "hope" in an iconic poster that became an unofficial insignia of the Obama...

With the recent uncertainty surrounding the economy causing stress for many, and the current violence brought on by two U.S. wars dragging morale to an epic low, there does not seem to be much for Americans...

In America, people are often led to believe that their basic rights are protected. The cornerstone of American values is founded on the idea that people are entitled to certain civil liberties that have...

Nellie Mitchell, a 96-year-old woman, was awarded $1.5 million dollars in damages for a photograph of her that was used by The Sun in a fictionalized story. Melanie Geisler sued author Orlando Petrocelli...

After chaining herself to the steps of her home that was a crime scene, Catherine Scott, grandmother of Richard Poplawski, was interviewed by numerous organizations while sitting and protesting the fact...

On Nov. 19, 2007, seven strangers showed up to Piper's Pub in the South Side after seeing a post made by Eddie Batcho on the message boards of bigsoccer.com, expressing a desire to start a supporters group...