Bids $10M over budget Building a new Butler County jail will cost about $40 million, a third more than the $30 million budgeted in 2003. Returning raises? Despite the repeal of a legislative pay hike in November, 14 Western Pennsylvania lawmakers who took so-called "unvouchered expenses" as a mid-term raise have not repaid the money to taxpayers, according to state records. Slaying suspects charged Two suspects in the Nov. 5 slaying of a Washington, Pa., woman were arraigned Tuesday under tight security and held without bail in the slayings of seven Virginians. Some area lawmakers big fans of arena plan A team of local lawmakers is expected to line up today behind the Penguins' plan to fund a new hockey arena with casino money. Mine probe gains focus While federal investigators haven't determined whether a roof collapse or a lightning strike triggered a Jan. 2 explosion that killed 12 West Virginia miners. Schatten's hand in bogus paper detailed An academic panel investigating the work of Hwang Woo-Suk revealed Tuesday the deep involvement of biologist Gerald Schatten in preparing papers. Advocates hold out hope for stem cell therapy Having spent 23 years in a wheelchair, Wall Street analyst Henry Stifel keeps a close eye on spinal cord research. And he says the latest scientific scandal in South Korea has not dimmed his hope that stem cells one day may help people like him. Investor a jet pilot, patriot, philanthropist When Dick George helped fund an elementary school in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, he was doing what he did best -- reaching out to others. B R I E F S Bond set for three slaying suspects Three of the five Greenfield teenagers charged with the fatal bludgeoning of a Lincoln Place youth will be allowed to go home to await hearings and a possible trial, an Allegheny County judge ruled Tuesday.
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