Avonworth wins big in the Kelly Awards - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
28 May 2012, 7:47 am
Avonworth High School made the daring choice to present the dark, blood-soaked "Sweeney Todd" as its spring musical, and the risk paid off in a big way Saturday night at the 22nd annual Pittsburgh CLO Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical ...

Small thoughts at large -- May 28 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
28 May 2012, 6:57 am
Some idle ramblings and off-the-cuff opinions for a Memorial Day morning: *** Defenseman Scott Harrington's junior hockey career came to a disappointing end Sunday night, when his London Knights lost to Shawinigan, 2-1, in overtime in the Memorial Cup ...

Kathleen Marshall enjoys her 'Nice Work' - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
28 May 2012, 4:55 am
Speaking to the Post-Gazette ShowPlane group after it had seen "Nice Work If You Can Get It," director-choreographer Kathleen Marshall seemed to exemplify that title, thoroughly at home on Broadway. Her own nice work includes two Broadway collaborations ...

Pennsylvania closes in on health IT network - TMCnet
27 May 2012, 10:14 pm
May 27, 2012 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Within two years, Pennsylvania should have in place a first-generation, Internet-based communications network that allows for the exchange of patient ...

As crazy as this sounds, Pirates might be best with Harrison at shortsop - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
27 May 2012, 10:00 pm
A sentence I kind of thought I’d never write: The Pirates need to find a way to keep Josh Harrison in the lineup. A sentence I absolutely, positively thought I’d never write: The Pirates need to find a way to keep Josh Harrison in the lineup, even if ...

Walking the Plank: Breaking away - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
27 May 2012, 7:58 pm
A big game for the Pirates' offense. But consistency is king, and the Pirates don't get the Cubs everyday. Pedro Alvarez - His most successful game as a cleanup hitter this season, with a home run and a sacrifice fly. He is the second Pirate this season ...

South Park's Stanley would be one of best college javelin throwers - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
27 May 2012, 7:01 pm
It has been a little more than 24 hours since South Park's Bill Stanley set a national high school record for the javelin. Time sometimes helps a marvelous effort sink in. How much should we marvel at Stanley's effort? Well, consider this: It would put him ...

WWII ship's 'angel' painting resurfaces; will go on display at Pittsburgh's Soldiers & Sailors - PennLive.com
26 May 2012, 12:18 am
Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette Michael Kraus, the curator and staff historian at Soldiers & Sailors, talks about the "pinup angel" in the basement of Solders & Sailors Memorial in Oakland. The art was originally part of the USS Sangay, a munitions ship ...

Bethel Park man's story puts Romney's business record in spotlight [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] - Businessweek
22 May 2012, 7:04 am
May 22--Randy Johnson's been stalking Mitt Romney for decades. In the past few months, his pursuit has been particularly relentless -- from Iowa to New Hampshire to South Carolina to Florida. For the Bethel Park resident, the journey began in ...

The Fortunate 50: Pay up 12 percent for the top 50 execs [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] - Businessweek
20 May 2012, 7:06 am
After analyzing Mylan's pay plan, Institutional Shareholder Services concluded it "enables superior pay for middling performance." Glass Lewis, the other proxy advisor, said Mylan "paid more than its peers and performed moderately better than ...