iPhone rocks the vote

 
By Rachel Vasquez

With rush hour vast approaching and cars beginning to crowd the streets of Downtown, Pittsburgh, Melissa Levrio, a student at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, manages to dodge between the cars and cross to other side of the Boulevard of the Allies.

Gamblers taking odds on presidential candidates

 
By:Kenneth Fibbe

Photo by Rebecca Winters
Lois Fuchs, 77, of Baldwin, stamps her bingo cards with colorful stampers at the 
Lithuanian Hall on the South Side on Sunday, April 13, 2008.

 
A rmed with an oversized marker and $50 worth of Bingo cards, Lois Fuchs, 77, said she loves to gamble.
But with the presidential race gathering large amounts of [...]

Needy kids get chance to ride

Rich Kragness hoisted a small Spider-Man bike onto an old bicycle stand and rubbed his hands together, his breath fogging in the warehouse air as he wiped the handles with an old cloth. 
“It just called to me,” he said. “It’s a cute little bike. It needs a home.”
Thanks to Kragness, 47, and other volunteers who [...]

Pet owners get a treat at ‘pawty’

Peg Zwahlen holds up a bottle of organic, biodegradable toilet bowl cleaner designed to be safe for dogs that drink from commodes, as party guests nibble on crackers and appetizers nearby.
A senior pet adviser for Petlane Inc., a company specializing in safe pet products that are generally not available in retail pet supply stores, Zwahlen [...]

Young people are voters also

 

By: Peter Martincek, Angela Gaitaniella and Rachel Vasquez
Lissa Geiger, 20, started a group on the Web site Facebook when she wanted to find other local supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton.
“The Internet makes it easier to connect with a group of other supporters,” said Geiger, a University of Pittsburgh student from Mechanicsburg. “It’s also [...]

‘Burgh gets crazy for cupcakes

Saturday mornings at 4 a.m., James Gray, 33, of Regent Square, can be found baking in the basement of his temporary kitchen at Second United Presbyterian Church.
Dozens of eggs, sacks of flour, pounds of butter and chunks of chocolate line the kitchen table as he begins to pipe out sweet buttercream icing on the latest [...]

Principal covers school walls with campaign buttons

By: Tiffany Jordan
As a 6th grade student in the 1950s, Stephen Russell’s enthusiasm for collecting baseball cards transformed into a passion for collecting political memorabilia when Topps came out with Presidential collector cards.
Now principal of Belle Vernon School District’s Bellmar Middle School, Russell has covered school walls and filled display cases with his massive collection.