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  • All items in '12 Days of Christmas' now top $107K

    KEVIN BEGOS, Associated Press

    PITTSBURGH (AP) — Add seven swans, six geese and five golden rings to the list of Christmas gifts that cost more than they did a year ago. And if you get all 364 items repeated throughout "The Twelve Days of Christmas" carol, you'll pay 6.1 percent more this year, according to the so-called Christmas Price Index that PNC Wealth Management updates annually. That comes to $107,300. "The rise is larger than expected considering the modest economic growth we've had," said Jim Dunigan, managing executive of investments for PNC. H...

  • Doubts emerge over Penn State's PR strategy

    KEVIN BEGOS, MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press

    AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar Penn State University President Rodney Erickson waits for the beginning of a town hall meeting with alumni in Pittsburgh, Wednesday. Erickson was grilled Wednesday by alumni unhappy about how the school handled a child sex abuse scandal, the firing of longtime football coach Joe Paterno and a lack of transparency over the case. KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. — A plan designed to soothe angry Penn State University alumni may instead be sowing seeds of outrage. School President Rodney Erickson was scheduled to app...

  • Doubts emerge over Penn State's PR strategy

    KEVIN BEGOS, MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press

    AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar Penn State University President Rodney Erickson waits for the beginning of a town hall meeting with alumni in Pittsburgh, Wednesday. Erickson was grilled Wednesday by alumni unhappy about how the school handled a child sex abuse scandal, the firing of longtime football coach Joe Paterno and a lack of transparency over the case. KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. — A plan designed to soothe angry Penn State University alumni may instead be sowing seeds of outrage. School President Rodney Erickson was scheduled to app...

  • Gunman opens fire at Pitt psych clinic; 2 dead

    JOE MANDAK, KEVIN BEGOS, Associated Press

    PITTSBURGH (AP) — A man armed with two semiautomatic handguns entered the lobby of a psychiatric clinic at the University of Pittsburgh on Thursday and opened fire, killing one person and wounding several others before he was shot dead, apparently by campus police, the mayor said. Six people were wounded by the man's gunfire, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said. A seventh suffered unspecified injuries but wasn't shot, officials said. AP Photo/Keith Srakocic Police gather on DeSoto street near the front entrance to the Western P...

  • Santorum in White House race; 'In it to win'

    KEVIN BEGOS, PHILIP ELLIOTT - Associated Press

    SOMERSET, Pa. — Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, once the No. 3 Republican in the Senate, said Monday he's seeking the GOP nomination for president, vowing he's "in it to win." Santorum, a favorite among his party's social conservatives, chose to confirm his plans during an appearance Monday morning on ABC's "Good Morning America" at the balloon-draped site he chose in the western Pennsylvania coalfields for his formal announcement. AP Photo/Jim Cole In this May 31, 2011, file photo former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick S...