Dec 20th, 2008 · Priya Narasimhan, a football fan in Pittsburgh, wants to help referees make the right call. Her experiment: embed GPS units and accelerometers into football equipment to keep track of where the ball is and who has possession of it.
Dec 13th, 2008 · Week 15 in the NFL means it's do-or-die time — especially for Dallas. After a devastating loss to Pittsburgh last week, they can't be happy about facing the Giants Sunday.
Dec 6th, 2008 · Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or title in which one word starts with P-I as in Pittsburgh and the other starts with P-A. The P-A and P-I words can be in any order.
Dec 4th, 2008 · Lillian Allen, who turned 100 in April, says she never expected to see a black man sworn in as president in her lifetime. The Pittsburgh native who volunteered for the Obama campaign plans to travel to Washington, D.C., for the historic inauguration.
Nov 17th, 2008 · Dr. Jim Withers founded Operation Safety Net after he began making "house calls" under bridges in Pittsburgh, Pa. Now it's one of the nation's first full-time street medicine programs.
Nov 4th, 2008 · Across the country, there are small armies of volunteers whose sole purpose today is to get out the vote. Dusty Kline of Lancaster, Ohio, who's canvassing for John McCain, Donna Grantinetti who's hitting the Pittsburgh suburbs for Barack Obama, Michele Boyer and her daughter, Nicole, who are working the phone banks for the GOP in Indianapolis, and and John Tull, who's been canvassing in Reno, Nev., for Barack Obama, offer their insight.
Nov 4th, 2008 · As voting began Tuesday, poll workers were getting ready for what is expected to be record turnout throughout the day. Workers in Pittsburgh; Clermont County, Ohio; Raritan Township, N.J.; Chelsea, Mich.; and Roanoke, Va., talk about how things are going in their precincts.
Oct 4th, 2008 · Pittsburgh kicks off its semiquincentennial this weekend. The city was founded 250 years ago by Gen. John Forbes and his sidekick, a young colonel named George Washington.