By DANIEL MALLOY, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Investigators first traced the cause of a fatal crash in Pittsburgh to the brakes, then to the fluid cap, then to the mechanic who left the cap unscrewed.
Last week, the mechanic was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter, setting in motion what legal experts say is a remarkable case.

Word spread quickly through in a Pittsburgh, Pa, high school last week, when students learned that the administrative offices were filled with Barack Obama paraphernalia.

After a two-hour, high-speed jaunt in his foster mother's station wagon this week, during which he crashed into a state police car, an 11-year-old Pennsylvania boy was charged with a host of offenses, including aggravated assault.

PITTSBURGH -- By her own admission, Katie Spotz was no swimming star at her high school in Mentor, Ohio. In fact, she was one of the worst on the team."I'm slow," she said. "But endurance I can do."

PITTSBURGH -- A compound developed in Pittsburgh could be the key to diagnosing Alzheimer's disease 10 years before it strikes.

PITTSBURGH -- When he arrived home to find his longtime companion dead four years ago, Kenneth Zang panicked.

Later this year, a plant in China will begin churning out liquid fuel made from coal, a technology that -- if all breaks right for the coal industry -- is headed to American shores.Coal-to-liquids is a popular topic, spurred by rising gasoline prices and this country's ever-present need to wean itself from oil imports.

On Saturday, a circuitous 65-year journey will end when Ernest "Glenn" Munn is finally laid to rest in the family plot in Colerain, Ohio.

With millions of dollars at stake, the debate concerning how best to diagnose sleep apnea is hardly a snore.