Ben Rubin

AIDS Walk won't run next year

The quixotic candidate appears at an Oakland coffeeshop

Less than a year ago, says Brandon Cohen, a recent Pitt grad, he knew no one outside Pittsburgh. Now he's become a Pittsburgh point person for a non-profit group aimed at aiding African refugees.

When the NRA conference came to Pittsburgh, gun lovers and gun reformers were shooting in opposite directions

For 50 years, Engineering Week at Pitt has pitted nerd against nerd

Rally, sit-in cap weekend protest over Iraq, one year later

Twenty-five years ago, Jean Martin made her first "Plague Rat" out of fake fur. Since then, she's sewn thousands of these stuffed animals and is called the "Rat Lady" by friends in the Society for Creative Anachronism...

Pittsburgher in Gaza finds the Israeli wall the least of problems

Thousands of dollars are missing from Pitt's radio station, bank records show, but Pitt officials aren't saying if they know who's to blame.

Local Dean supporters keep the faith be