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Costlier feed, costlier pork

Bradley C. Bower/For the Post-Gazette

Hog farmer Dave Reinecker's 100-pound piglets in York Springs, Pa.

YORK SPRINGS, Pa. -- Dave Reinecker switches on an auger, and dozens of hogs barrel toward stainless steel feeders through which bits of corn kernels and soy meal begin to stream. ... (05/18/2008)

A worried man, far from home

Andy Starnes/Post-Gazette

San Kyi trims prosciutto at Parma Sausage Products, Inc. in the Strip District.

On Monday, May 5, San Kyi followed the daily routine of his new life in Pittsburgh. ... (05/18/2008)

Region And State

Costlier feed, costlier pork (05/18/2008)
A worried man, far from home (05/18/2008)
Getting a job is one thing, a visa is another (05/18/2008)
When houses are hot, they're hot (05/18/2008)
Task force tackles state's infrastructure riddle (05/18/2008)
Real stories of road tragedies impress teenagers at Shaler Traffic Camp (05/18/2008)
One former student sentenced, two plead guilty (05/18/2008)
Pair heads home with church aid (05/18/2008)
Two West Virginia University professors suspect retaliation for remarks (05/17/2008)
Afraid of public trial, author to plead guilty in online obscenity case (05/17/2008)
VA center getting 'comfort house' (05/17/2008)
Penn State to require course on alcohol abuse (05/17/2008)
Sympathy felt here for quake in China (05/17/2008)
Barden racing the clock to cement casino funds (05/17/2008)
More housing woes in Oakland (05/17/2008)
Backers try to revive ban on same-sex marriage (05/17/2008)
Public warned about abandoned mines (05/17/2008)
Veterans stepping up for troubled comrades (05/17/2008)
Groups taking donations for earthquake relief (05/17/2008)
Postal facility closing a blow to E. Pittsburgh (05/16/2008)
State unlikely to approve table games anytime soon (05/16/2008)
Teacher's aide stands trial on sex charges (05/16/2008)
Prank costs farmer portion of alfalfa crop, lands driver in deep water (05/16/2008)
Even the priest gives his blessing to casino (05/16/2008)
Preservationists make wish list of sites to be saved (05/16/2008)
Bishop says priest broke church laws (05/16/2008)
March for Darfur on Sunday (05/16/2008)
Turnpike bid race narrows (05/16/2008)

Education

Merger for Monaca front and Center (05/18/2008)
Getting a job is one thing, a visa is another (05/18/2008)
Mars Area principal facing court charges (05/18/2008)
Retiring music teacher in Peters left administrative career behind to return to classroom (05/18/2008)
California DARE program sought (05/18/2008)
Mars Area board approves $15.5 million to renovate high school (05/18/2008)
Board aims to discuss Schenley privately (05/17/2008)
Penn State to require course on alcohol abuse (05/17/2008)
Contract talks drag for city schools staff (05/17/2008)
Landlord challenges city's right to vacate apartments (05/16/2008)
Steel Valley students evacuated twice after threats (05/16/2008)
Teacher's aide stands trial on sex charges (05/16/2008)

Casino News

Barden racing the clock to cement casino funds (05/17/2008)
Even the priest gives his blessing to casino (05/16/2008)
State unlikely to approve table games anytime soon (05/16/2008)

The Morning File

You want to be my cat? Take this test (05/17/2008)
Local Dispatch: A Poetry Slam dunk, from the halls of Pittsburgh Sterrett (05/16/2008)
Save Me (05/16/2008)
What Will He Be? (05/16/2008)
Looking Out My Window (05/16/2008)
Dreams (05/16/2008)
Lost From My Dreams (05/16/2008)

City Neighborhoods

Rescuers take to the trees at Flagstaff (05/18/2008)
Task force tackles state's infrastructure riddle (05/18/2008)
When houses are hot, they're hot (05/18/2008)
Getting a job is one thing, a visa is another (05/18/2008)
More housing woes in Oakland (05/17/2008)
Graffiti artist decides to plead guilty at last (05/17/2008)
Board aims to discuss Schenley privately (05/17/2008)
Barden racing the clock to cement casino funds (05/17/2008)
Contract talks drag for city schools staff (05/17/2008)
VA center getting 'comfort house' (05/17/2008)
City Council members ask for review of $10,706 legal bill (05/17/2008)
No buses in Market Square (05/16/2008)
Plans for strip club trouble its Liberty Avenue neighbors (05/16/2008)
Postal facility closing a blow to E. Pittsburgh (05/16/2008)
Landlord challenges city's right to vacate apartments (05/16/2008)
Man charged in 12-year-old's death (05/16/2008)
Preservationists make wish list of sites to be saved (05/16/2008)
Two arrested in Homewood after standoff with police (05/16/2008)
Downtown fire victim dies (05/16/2008)
Union, parking authority approve labor contract (05/16/2008)
Final demolition approved for site of new Penguins arena (05/16/2008)
Arrests made in Banksville, Brookline robberies (05/16/2008)
Oral arguments scheduled in Cyril Wecht appeal (05/16/2008)

East Neighborhoods

Can a tomato revive a community ... and save the planet? (05/17/2008)
Judge frees man convicted of drug dealing in 1991 (05/17/2008)
Parkway East work rained out this weekend (05/17/2008)

North Neighborhoods

Real stories of road tragedies impress teenagers at Shaler Traffic Camp (05/18/2008)
One former student sentenced, two plead guilty (05/18/2008)
Saxonburg library buys land next door for expansion (05/18/2008)
Campaign 2008/North: Write-in candidate gets votes to be on ballot (05/18/2008)
Back to the ballroom (05/18/2008)
Mars Area principal facing court charges (05/18/2008)
Water tower plan vetoed (05/18/2008)
Adams water quality testing finds four problem spots (05/18/2008)
Mars Area board approves $15.5 million to renovate high school (05/18/2008)
Underage drinking hot line taking calls (05/18/2008)
Nursing Home nurtures butterflies (05/18/2008)
Obituary North: John Nicolajski / Survivor of war-torn Europe always kept eye on the future (05/18/2008)
Sunday North Bulletin Board (05/18/2008)
More Route 28 blasting today (05/17/2008)
AARP hosting health care forum in McCandless (05/17/2008)

South Neighborhoods

Woman admits taking VA death benefits for 28 years (05/16/2008)
Steel Valley students evacuated twice after threats (05/16/2008)

West Neighborhoods

Merger for Monaca front and Center (05/18/2008)
Carnegie graffiti suspect seen on video (05/17/2008)
Motorcyclist dies in Big Beaver crash (05/16/2008)

Washington County

Retiring music teacher in Peters left administrative career behind to return to classroom (05/18/2008)
Peters woman hopes to make difference in Peace Corps (05/18/2008)
Campuses maintain arboretums for the benefit of all (05/18/2008)
California DARE program sought (05/18/2008)
Washington Sunday News Briefs (05/18/2008)
Washington Sunday Municipal News (05/18/2008)
Washington Sunday School News (05/18/2008)
Washington Sunday Bulletin Board (05/18/2008)

Elections

Race on the trail (05/18/2008)
Warm to the task: McCain rejects Bush's inactivity on climate change (05/18/2008)
Campaign 2008/North: Write-in candidate gets votes to be on ballot (05/18/2008)
Obama's delegate count grows (05/16/2008)

Transportation

Getting Around: Where all the dirt is going (05/18/2008)
Grata Guide: Construction around the region (05/18/2008)
New lines ease flow for airport security (05/18/2008)
Parkway East work rained out this weekend (05/17/2008)
More Route 28 blasting today (05/17/2008)
Turnpike bid race narrows (05/16/2008)

Obituaries

Latest deaths 5/18/08 (05/18/2008)
Obituary North: John Nicolajski / Survivor of war-torn Europe always kept eye on the future (05/18/2008)
Obituary: Robert Moulis / Businessman and benefactor met tragedy with generosity (05/17/2008)
Latest deaths for 5/17/08 (05/17/2008)
Obituary: Rita Morrow Heatherington / Funneled tremendous energy into love of music (05/16/2008)
Latest deaths (05/16/2008)

Getting a job is one thing, a visa is another

Saurabh Awasthi has hit the same wall as many other foreign-born students. ... (05/18/2008)

When houses are hot, they're hot

Juliet and Jody Oliver figured it might take several weeks -- or months -- to sell their renovated 1910 Tudor in Ben Avon. ... (05/18/2008)

Task force tackles state's infrastructure riddle

HARRISBURG -- A statewide task force whose job is to find the money to improve aging and deteriorating water and sewer lines around Pennsylvania is coming to Pittsburgh tomorrow to discuss the ... (05/18/2008)

Real stories of road tragedies impress teenagers at Shaler Traffic Camp

They heard the latest statistics: In 2005, nearly 7,000 teenagers were killed in car crashes in the United States. ... (05/18/2008)

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