ATLANTA - Petr Sykora redirected Sidney Crosby's slap shot on a power play with 2:40 remaining to give Pittsburgh a 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Thursday night, the Penguins' seventh win in their last games.

PITTSBURGH - Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers know exactly how to beat the Cincinnati Bengals _ with or without Chad Ocho Cinco.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Here are the winning numbers selected Friday in the midday Pennsylvania State Lottery drawing:

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Republicans have controlled the Pennsylvania Senate for most of the last three decades, and now they have new bragging rights: The Senate is the last state legislative chamber in the Northeast in GOP hands.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Here are the winning numbers selected Wednesday in the midday Pennsylvania State Lottery drawing:

MINNEAPOLIS - Al Jefferson wouldn't allow his Minnesota Timberwolves to collapse in the fourth quarter again.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - A long-delayed 30-mile stretch of Interstate 99 in central Pennsylvania will be fully open next week.

PITTSBURGH - The NFL didn't do Bengals quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick any favors by acknowledging an officiating error cost the Pittsburgh Steelers' defense a touchdown on Sunday.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - An eastern Pennsylvania man thought he had a good bargain when he was offered a $16,000 backhoe for $6,000. Too good, it turns out.

PHILADELPHIA - A man who worked as a computer technician for a state senator facing corruption charges says dedication motivated his personal work for the senator.

GLENSHAW, Pa. - The wife of an alleged drug dealer was charged with killing an FBI agent who showed up at the couple's suburban Pittsburgh house to arrest her husband.

MADISON, Pa. - Traffic on a stretch of eastbound Interstate 70 in southwestern Pennsylvania is being slowed by a tractor-trailer wreck.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Southern cooking queen Paula Deen is lending her name to an American Red Cross blood drive during the Thanksgiving holiday period.

PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia high school is getting its new mock court off to a great start.

PITTSBURGH - A city-county authority has plans for an $8.5 million riverfront park in Pittsburgh. The plan is being described as the "missing link" to a continuous recreation trail along the southern shore of the Allegheny River.

PHILADELPHIA - Another Philadelphia police officer has been injured in a car crash, but this time the injuries weren't serious.

PITTSBURGH - FBI Director Robert Mueller III is in Pittsburgh to meet with the family and colleagues of an agent killed in the line of duty.

PITTSBURGH - The transit agency that serves the Pittsburgh area wants to replace its cash fare boxes with a "smart card" system.

PHILADELPHIA - Two Philadelphia firefighters are hospitalized after being injured during a fire at an automotive repair shop in the Holmesburg section of the city.

PITTSBURGH - Dozens of business and community groups, including the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, want local bus and trolley drivers, mechanics and clerks to accept a new contract instead of striking on Dec. 1.