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...Pittsburgh Brewing Co. has begun bottling its Iron City Beer in 12 oz. aluminum long-neck bottles. Lighter than glass, the bottles chill faster and prevent light from degrading freshness
...made America safer. But Afghanistan has been in chaos for years, and Iraq is a new breeding ground for terrorists. Now we learn that the Taliban is back and the opium trade is funding al-Qaeda. It is time that Americans look beyond tough talk. Matthew Ball Pittsburgh...
...Jamie Ayers, 32, of Pittsburgh, Pa., there was never any question he would participate equally in raising his son Austin, 5. "The generation of fathers before mine didn't do everything they could for their children," he says. "I wanted to take responsibility for bringing a child into this world and be dedicated to raising him." Yet when he and Austin's mom Dawn Williams split up, Williams fought to retain sole custody. "It was incredibly frustrating," Ayers explains. "She knew it was important for our son to have a father in his life but couldn't emotionally deal with...
...even that arrangement won't keep the peace for the angriest exes. Some parents never accept the fifty-fifty split and appeal endlessly to the courts for modifications, says Candice Komar, a family-law attorney in Pittsburgh. "They'll say it's in the best interest of the child to change the custody arrangement," she says. "But the truth is, often it's because joint custody is driving these parents crazy. I've had people consult me because they fight over whether their child wears a spring coat or a winter coat--and I'm not kidding...
...tempting to think that when parents fail to compromise, kids should decide for themselves where to live. Yet most courts try to protect children from having to make such choices, partly because parents will try to manipulate them. In Pittsburgh, Komar doesn't often hear testimony from kids younger than 11. "The first thing out of kids' mouths, whether they talk to the judge in chambers or talk to me," she says, "is, 'Don't make me pick...