The legal team for Dr. Cyril H. Wecht is asking U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to formally rebuke Pittsburgh's U.S. attorney for insisting at a news conference last month that Mr. Wecht committed crimes even though charges against him were dismissed. (Today)

Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., defended the federal stimulus program, criticized Pittsburgh's U.S. Attorney and talked about his re-election campaign during a stop in Oakdale this morning (Yesterday)

MANDAN, N.D. -- Authorities say a Mandan man is accused of making a telephone threat to Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania (Yesterday)

Less than a week before Sen.-elect Al Franken (D-Minn.) is set to be sworn into office, a new national poll shows that 44 percent of voters have an unfavorable view of the former comedian and liberal radio host. (Yesterday)

She is just one of hundreds of digital placemarks inside a Google map of Pittsburgh on Barack Obama's Web site, but dig further and Overbrook's Kathleen Lane has a compelling story to tell about the state of American health care. (07/02/2009)