By RICH LORD, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Though former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky faces far more serious charges, it is another former university official, former vice president for finance Gary Schultz, who may be in the most financial jeopardy.

With soldiers fighting two wars, and mortgage delinquencies persistently high, one might think that America would have figured out how to avoid foreclosing on men and women who are fighting overseas.

The role of the fingerprint -- long the universal identifier of the accused -- may eventually be overtaken by DNA following a federal appeals court's decision Monday.

In a precedent-setting decision, a divided 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that law enforcement can take and test DNA samples from people who are arrested but not yet convicted.

Last time, it was a bagel with poppy seeds. This time, it's pasta salad containing the tiny kernels that caused a positive test for opiates at Jameson Hospital in Lawrence County, Pa., and the subsequent seizure of a newborn from his mother, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court.

A Pennsylvania man arrested Wednesday stands accused of tricking teenage girls into sending him revealing pictures of themselves and then using those images in a cycle of extortion that even extended to demands for photos of one girl's mother.

PITTSBURGH - The Internet and social networking fuel an increasing demand for child pornography that demands an international response, the top U.S. immigration and customs official said upon the sentencing of an Arizona man here.

Calling the impending summit of world leaders an opportunity to learn and a potential wellspring of legislation, a councilman is floating a resolution to create a G-20 Fact-Finding Committee, he said Tuesday.

Lose a gun in Cleveland and fail to report it to police and you could face a $250 fine and 30 days in jail. But in the 12 years that ordinance has been on Cleveland's books, only two people have been taken to court for failing to report a lost or stolen gun.