http://www.yourstreet.com/news/soho-pa The latest Soho, PA news updated hourly from thousands of sources. To see this news on a map, visit YourStreet.com. en-us Taxes & guts: Allegheny County Council today is expected to approve a reduction in the drink tax, from 10 percent to 7 percent. The levy, on all poured alcoholic drinks, has... http://www.yourstreet.com/4767782/pittsburgh-tuesday-takes Despite parking laws that seem devised by Torquemada The Grand Inquisitor and enough panhandlers to give Calcutta a run for its money, Downtown during the holidays is a... http://www.yourstreet.com/4767783/curtains-for-curtain-call-city-culture-slips-notch Hertz Investment Group of Los Angeles, owner of Gateway Center, has placed its only other Pittsburgh property, the 12-story Verizon Building, on the market. http://www.yourstreet.com/4767781/verizon-building-on-the-market Caliber Infosolutions Inc., a information technology company affiliated with Caliber Technologies Pvt. Ltd. of Hyderabad, India, has located its headquarters at the Pittsburgh... http://www.yourstreet.com/4767780/caliber-opens-hq-here Rebecca L. Flora, who helped nurture the region's "green" building movement, is leaving her position as executive director of the Green Building Alliance in Pittsburgh. http://www.yourstreet.com/4767778/green-building-to-lose-leader Stalled auto sales pushed Pittsburgh Glass Works to announce the closing of one manufacturing facility and two assembly plants early next year, plus layoffs of 150 salaried... http://www.yourstreet.com/4767777/ppg-spinoff-to-shutter-3-sites The 5-foot-11 Chartiers Valley junior is one of the top scoring guards in the WPIAL and for more than a year has been committed to play at Duquesne University. http://www.yourstreet.com/4767705/mcconnell-shoots-cv-to-no-1 Duquesne University forward David Theis will miss the annual City Game on Wednesday night at Petersen Events Center against No. 3 Pitt. http://www.yourstreet.com/4767682/dukes-forward-out-with-bruised-kidney Clairton (14-0) and Farrell (12-2), the District 10 champion, will square off 7 p.m. Friday at North Allegheny's Newman Stadium in the PIAA Class A Western final. http://www.yourstreet.com/4767680/clairton-sees-itself-in-piaa-opponent New immigration rules will make it harder for nuns, priests, rabbis and other temporary religious workers from abroad to get into the United States and stay here, a Pittsburgh... http://www.yourstreet.com/4767581/rules-target-foreign-religious-workers Gregory Podlucky looted LeNature's of more than $500 million with the help of investment bankers, family, friends and former company officers, according to a civil lawsuit filed... http://www.yourstreet.com/4767578/lenature-s-plundered-for-500-million-lawsuit More families are turning to food pantries for help this year because of rising grocery prices and unemployment rates, representatives of four Pittsburgh-area charities told... http://www.yourstreet.com/4767573/4-charities-ask-city-to-increase-funding A Chartiers City man acquitted of fatally shooting a Sudanese immigrant outside an Uptown nightclub has sued the city and a number of Pittsburgh police officers whose... http://www.yourstreet.com/4767575/acquitted-man-sues-city-police-officers Pittsburgh landlords have four months to register their rental properties with building inspectors and begin following new "disruptive property" rules, officials announced Monday. http://www.yourstreet.com/4767574/rental-oversight-aims-to-cut-nuisances When it comes to a turning point in the 2008 season for the Steelers, if one game can be pointed to, certainly Sunday's 33-10 win over New England at Gillette Stadium will be... http://www.yourstreet.com/4767784/steelers-dominant-victory-over-patriots-adds-momentum Pittsburgh homicide detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a 42-year-old man in St. Clair Village Sunday night. http://www.yourstreet.com/4767588/st-clair-village-man-shot-killed-at-housing-complex More people need help getting food, so hunger-fighting groups need more money from Pittsburgh, advocates told City Council at a public hearing yesterday. http://www.yourstreet.com/4767590/hunger-fighters-ask-city-for-more-money The board of the Pittsburgh Public Schools last night elected its first new president in five years, Theresa Colaizzi of Greenfield, who started out as an active parent, joined... http://www.yourstreet.com/4767591/greenfield-woman-picked-to-head-city-school-board The West Penn Allegheny Health System reported a $17.4 million operating loss for the first quarter of the new fiscal year, while investment income fell from $7 million a year... http://www.yourstreet.com/4767448/west-penn-health-system-making-cuts City fire investigators believe that a five-alarm fire that destroyed several townhouses on Marchand Street in Shadyside was the result of a cigarette that was tossed into a... http://www.yourstreet.com/4767592/shadyside-fire-leaves-20-people-displaced Pittsburgh Amnesty International will hold its 22nd annual Write-A-Thon on Human Rights Day, Dec. 10, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Calvary Episcopal Church, Shady Avenue and Walnut... http://www.yourstreet.com/4767509/amnesty-to-host-write-a-thon FINDLAY TWP. — Monday was get-away day for many people who traveled to the Pittsburgh region for the Thanksgiving holiday, but no problems were reported at Pittsburgh... http://www.yourstreet.com/4767565/holiday-visitors-leave-region-without-a-hitch PITTSBURGH — At last, the Steelers unleashed a two-headed running attack. Willie Parker got his share of carries. So did Mewelde Moore. http://www.yourstreet.com/4767564/dynamic-duo-part-i The Pittsburgh Public School Board electes Theresa Colaizzi as president. http://www.yourstreet.com/4767400/pittsburgh-public-school-board-elects-new-president Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look: Pittsburgh Geek Night - meet other Pittsburgh Geeks every other month at the Church Brew Works. Happy Birthday,... http://www.yourstreet.com/4767418/links-worth-a-look-december-1st Residents in one Pittsburgh neighborhood have been evacuated following a fire.  The fire broke out at a two-story house in the 3300-block of Ridgeway Street in the Hill District. http://www.yourstreet.com/4767143/hill-district-fire-prompts-evacuations A building on fire collapses in Pittsburgh's Polish Hill neighborhood. http://www.yourstreet.com/4767122/building-collapses-amid-large-fire-in-polish-hill-road-closed A girl nearly abducted in Pittsburgh's Mount Oliver neighborhood says her schoolteacher saved her from danger. http://www.yourstreet.com/4767123/teacher-credited-with-saving-girl-from-predator Pittsburgh Police are investigating at least 23 residential burglaries that have occurred during the past few weeks in the Brookline, Banksville, and Green Tree city neighborhoods. http://www.yourstreet.com/4766925/rash-of-home-robberies-probed-in-pittsburgh The Pittsburgh Public Schools board has elected Theresa Colaizzi of Greenfield as its new president. http://www.yourstreet.com/4766798/colaizzi-heads-city-school-board Firefighters are on the scene of a two-alarm fire at an apartment building in Homestead.  The flames can be seen coming out of the building at 131 West 10th Avenue. http://www.yourstreet.com/4766696/crews-battle-homestead-apartment-building-fire I'm not sure what I have to offer on this topic tonight.  First, let me direct you to some other offerings. Pam's House Blend shares some comments from our President-Elect: ... http://www.yourstreet.com/4766646/today-is-world-aids-day The Pittsburgh Public Schools board has elected Theresa Colaizzi of Greenfield as its new president. http://www.yourstreet.com/4766564/colaizzi-named-city-schools-new-president Theresa Colaizzi was elected president of the Pittsburgh Public Schools board at today's annual reorganization meeting and promised to continue to support Superintendent Mark... http://www.yourstreet.com/4766391/colaizzi-elected-pittsburgh-pittsburgh-public-schools-board-president http://www.yourstreet.com/4766480/police-investigate-attempted-child-luring-in-mt-oliver from blog creator rick byerly : blog sponsor: The Pittsburgh Galleries blog is a volunteer effort from Rick Byerly to promote Pittsburgh art events which feature artists... http://www.yourstreet.com/4766470/unblurred-december-5-2008-pittsburgh-art-crawl http://www.yourstreet.com/4766069/pittsburgh-diaspora-council FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- New England won two Super Bowls this decade after beating Pittsburgh in AFC championship games. http://www.yourstreet.com/4766005/steelers-defense-stifles-patriots-in-33-10-win The New York Jets still lead the AFC East and are likely to win it. But a team that a week ago was being put in a New York-New York Super Bowl by the local tabloids is now being... http://www.yourstreet.com/4765856/jets-redskins-patriots-not-elite from blog creator rick byerly : blog sponsor: The Pittsburgh Galleries blog is a volunteer effort from Rick Byerly to promote Pittsburgh art events which feature artists... http://www.yourstreet.com/4765744/call-to-pittsburgh-artists-the-pittsburgh-project Tony Romo has thrown for 300-plus yards the last two games. That gives him six 300-yard games in nine starts this season, putting him one game shy of the franchise record he set... http://www.yourstreet.com/4765860/tony-romo-will-have-tough-time-extending-300-yard-game-streak Fittingly enough for a team that wears the color predominantly on its uniforms, but the Pittsburgh Steelers are the new gold standard for NFL defenses. The cast of characters... http://www.yourstreet.com/4765855/70s-redux-steelers-the-gold-standard-for-defense The top 25 teams in The Associated Press'  women's   college   basketball  poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 30, total points based on 25 points... http://www.yourstreet.com/4765535/the-associated-press-top-25-poll-week-3 A Chartiers City man acquitted of charges he fatally shot a Sudanese immigrant outside an Uptown nightclub has sued the city and a number of Pittsburgh police officers whose... http://www.yourstreet.com/4765262/acquitted-chartiers-man-sues-pittsburgh-police Pittsburgh Glass Works, the former auto glass unit of PPG Industries Inc., announced two plant closings and 150 layoffs to keep pace with slumping auto demand. http://www.yourstreet.com/4765187/pittsburgh-glass-works-to-lay-off-150-closing-two-plants Beginning today, Pittsburgh landlords have five months to register their rental properties with building inspectors. http://www.yourstreet.com/4765067/new-property-rules-start-in-pittsburgh-today Former West Mifflin police detective Noel Missig is taken to the Allegheny County Jail to begin a six- to 12-month sentence. http://www.yourstreet.com/4764796/ex-west-mifflin-detective-goes-to-jail-in-corruption-case from blog creator rick byerly : blog sponsor: The Pittsburgh Galleries blog is a volunteer effort from Rick Byerly to promote Pittsburgh art events which feature artists... http://www.yourstreet.com/4764843/sprout-fund-a-great-time-to-help-pittsburgh-arts Stalled auto sales pushed Pittsburgh Glass Works to cease production at one manufacturing facility, close two assembly plants and lay off 150 salaried employees, the local... http://www.yourstreet.com/4764806/pittsburgh-glass-works-to-close-plants-lay-off-150 The West Penn Allegheny Health System said today it lost nearly $16 million during the three-month period ended Sept. 30. http://www.yourstreet.com/4764775/west-penn-reports-loss-of-nearly-16-million