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Regulatory hurdles are stymieing growth in natural gas production in the Marcellus-Utica basin, the largest U.S. gas-producing region, which is set to miss out on the expected boom in American liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports in the coming years. Not only is Marcellus-Utica missing the opportunity to export and monetize natural gas in a world scrambling for LNG supply, but it is also unable to provide more natural gas to the regions close to it in New England, analysts and the pipeline industry say.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has aggressively pushed a bike-friendly agenda, adding about 100 miles of dedicated .

And from the Great Spencer on May 27th....France: Muslims stone Christians in church during mass No one will take much note of this. It is just one story among the thousands that together tell the tale of France's decline and Islamization. Eurabia Update: Here is my translation of "Carcassonne Des fidèles caillassés pendant la messe à Saint-Joseph," by Yannick Bonnefoy in Midi Libre, May 27 (thanks to David): Carcassonne: The faithful stoned during Mass at St. Joseph Yesterday at 6:20PM, as Fr. Roger Barthes began to celebrate mass, four youths, aged 14 to 18, broke into the Church of St....

The Green Bay Packers beat the Pittsburgh Steelers, 31-25, to win Super Bowl XLV in a game that went down to the final minute.

Mark Murphy is an educated man and a former hard-hitting NFL safety. Both conditions help the Green Bay Packers' president understand why Super Bowl XLV is unique. "To me it's the two most storied franchises in the league," he said of the Packers and Steelers, who meet today at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. "You look at the team with the most championships versus the team with the most Super Bowl championships. It's really something." The names ring out. Art Rooney and Curly Lambeau. Terry Bradshaw and Bart Starr. Joe Greene and Ray Nitschke. Chuck Noll and Vince Lombardi. And...

Mahogany shelves are filled with neatly lined books. Pictures that cover an adjacent wall also tell the history of the Steelers. But what makes the second-floor room at Steelers headquarters one of the most unique libraries on the planet: Six Lombardi Trophies are displayed in a row, and they have the same effect as a six-car pile-up on the Parkway.

The Steelers advanced to the final four of the NFL playoffs today, and few could have foreseen the manner in which they did it. After spotting the Ravens a 14-point halftime lead, the Steelers dominated the second half en route to a 31-24 win in front of a frenzied crowd of 64,879 at Heinz Field.

"A hand came through my facemask and, the next thing I knew, blood was running down my face," Roethlisberger said. "I said to [referee Terry McAulay], 'He hit me in the head.' He said, 'He was just trying to tackle you.' " So much for protecting the quarterback, right?

After billions of years the Sun finally has an owner -- a woman from Spain's soggy region of Galicia said Friday she had registered the star at a local notary public as being her property. Angeles Duran, 49, told the online edition of daily El Mundo she took the step in September after reading about an American man who had registered himself as the owner of the moon and most planets in our solar system.

JERUSALEM (AFP) - – The appearance of a grey whale off the coast of Israel has stunned scientists, in what was thought to be the first time the giant mammal has been seen outside the Pacific in several hundred years.

National and local conservative activists rallying in Schenley Park Saturday said their organizational firepower is leagues ahead of where they were in 1994, when Newt Gingrich's Republican Revolution picked up dozens of congressional seats. If so, President Obama and his allies in the House and Senate might want to pay attention to what happened yesterday morning on Flagstaff Hill. Hundreds of people showed up to boo Obama and Democratic economic and national health care policies at the Pittsburgh Independence Day Tea Party.

One of the heroes of the game nearly became a bus driver. The owner of the team walks to work every day. The fans of the team drink Iron City beer, wave dish towels and ignored the slumping economy

Gathering in true Steelers weather -- cold and occasional snow -- fans lined Downtown sidewalks 20 deep this morning for a parade of the Super Bowl champions.

The Weather Channel has lost its way, according to John Coleman, who founded the channel in 1982. Coleman told an audience at the 2008 International Conference on Climate Change on March 3 in New York that he is highly critical of global warming alarmism. “The Weather Channel had great promise, and that’s all gone now because they’ve made every mistake in the book on what they’ve done and how they’ve done it and it’s very sad,” Coleman said. “It’s now for sale and there’s a new owner of The Weather Channel will be announced – several billion dollars having changed...

An Allegheny County judge today refused to extend an injunction that delayed a smoking ban in bars and restaurants. Unless a state appeals court takes action later today, the ban will take effect at midnight tonight. Judge Michael A. Della Vecchia, who had granted additional time for some bar owners, this afternoon said he wouldn't extend that time. "This is not a matter I've treated lightly," the judge said during a hearing. He said he had allowed time for opponents of the smoking ban to try to get the state Legislature to resolve the question.

Upon further and further review, Troy Polamalu's interception stands. Troy Polamalu sees the ball drop to the ground after an apparent interception. However, the play was ruled an incomplete pass after Indianapolis challenged the call. The NFL today admitted that referee Peter Morelli erred when he overturned Polamalu's interception in the fourth quarter of Sunday's AFC divisional playoff game between the Steelers and Colts in Indianapolis. "Before he got up he hit it with his leg with his other leg still on the ground," Morelli told a pool reporter after the game. "Therefore, he did not complete the catch. And...

Friday night: Dear Politically Savvy Friends, The hearts of every American go out to the people of the Gulf Coast. Many of us have relatives in that part of the country -- my cousin lives in New Orleans but was out of the city when it was besieged by Hurricane Katrina. We all ache for the misery that our fellow Americans have endured now day after day after day. The pictures from New Orleans seem to get worse by the hour, and it sometimes seems like we are watching the agony of a third world country instead of the pain...

NEW YORK A cargo plane carrying 150,000 cartons of illegal cigarettes was detained at John F. Kennedy International Airport, authorities said. Agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms seized the cigarettes Tuesday morning as part of a nationwide effort to halt sales of contraband tobacco. Buyers of illegal cigarettes usually hope to avoid city, state and federal tobacco taxes, the ATF said. The cargo airline, which was not identified, was cooperating with the government and no charges were expected to be filed.