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Two very different cities in eastern and southern Europe — Kosice, Slovakia, and Marseille, France — begin their yearlong tenures as official European Capitals of Culture in 2013, a tradition dating to 1985. The two co-Capitals of Culture...

On Sunday morning, bikers and hikers on the Great Allegheny Passage in Somerset County will have their 15 minutes of fame. A WQED helicopter loaded with a camera crew will be shooting footage of the trail for a documentary. The crew will focus on the Big...

Paul Bogart, an Emmy Award-winning director who launched his career during the days of live television in New York and later was a prolific director on the groundbreaking 1970s sitcom "All in the Family," has died. He was 92. Bogart died of age-related...

Mary Fickett, who for decades played nurse Ruth Martin on "All My Children" and in 1973 won the first Emmy Award given to an actress in a daytime drama after her character made an impassioned anti-Vietnam War speech, has died. She was 83. Fickett, who...

Cliff Robertson, who starred as John F. Kennedy in a 1963 World War II drama and later won an Academy Award for his portrayal of a mentally disabled bakery janitor in the movie "Charly," died Saturday, one day after his 88th birthday. Robertson, who also...

PITTSBURGH -- United States Steel Corp. announced that Michael S. Rhoads has been appointed vice president and general director of U.S. Steel Serbia effective July 1. Rhoads, who currently serves as executive director — operations in Serbia, will...

Farley Granger, a handsome young leading man during Hollywood's post-World War II era who was best known for his starring roles in the Alfred Hitchcock suspense thrillers "Strangers on a Train" and "Rope," has died. He was 85. Granger died of natural...

Sydney Pollack, the Academy Award-winning director of "Out of Africa" who achieved acclaim making popular, mainstream movies with A-list stars, including "The Way We Were" and "Tootsie," died Monday. He was 73. Pollack, who also was a producer and actor,...

When the United States Steel Corp. went looking for a vast expanse to hold its new manufacturing complex, a "wasteland" of sand dunes and marshes at Lake Michigan's southern tip seemed the best location. Situated between the iron ore beds of the...

Thieves have stolen its finery. Fire has ripped open its roof, and time has scattered rubble where prayers once rose. Still, the long-abandoned City Methodist Church of Gary faces its future with a battered dignity. According to the Historic Landmarks...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - U.S. Steel says it is laying off 677 workers in the United States and Canada because of weakening customer demand. United States Steel Corp. spokesman John Armstrong says the layoffs are effective immediately for 500 employees in the...