The state Department of Education recognized 1,939 public schools statewide with Keystone Achievement Awards for making adequate yearly progress ??? known as AYP ??? for two consecutive years, 2007-08 and 2008-09. (Today)
Duquesne University's public safety department has been accredited by the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association. (Today)
Six days a week in the wee hours of the morning, Saswati Patnaik logs into her home computer. (Today)
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About 50 students and representatives from the area's universities attended a hearing by Pittsburgh City Council on the city's proposed tuition tax. In the foreground is Philadelphia attorney Joseph C. Bright, who has been hired by the city to help defend the tax.
Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's proposed 1 percent tuition tax came under attack in Harrisburg yesterday, even as students panned it at a City Council meeting. (Yesterday)
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From left, Kalan Lynn, Kate Rusk and Devin Rivers search for evidence in the remains of a controlled house fire in Cecil. They and other Mercyhurst College students participated in a mock fire scene investigation Thursday, complete with planted evidence and pig remains.
What could have been misconstrued as an overzealous pig roast actually did involve dead pigs -- along with a house fire, 10 students in white work suits and a $300,000 grant from the National Institute of Justice. (Yesterday)