125 Quotes by Bill Dedman

Many visitors to Chicago know the Loop, the shops on the Magnificent Mile, and the Museum Campus. Meanwhile, much of the bustle is in the developing neighborhoods around the Loop: North, South and West.

I am not one to seek simple causes.

Every scandal has its road kill: the pedestrians who stumble into the headlights of the oncoming 18-wheeler.

I'm not in the what-people-feel business. It is not my place to guess.

In more than 500 instances, from the Gulf of Alaska to Bar Harbor, Maine, FEMA has remapped waterfront properties from the highest-risk flood zone, saving the owners as much as 97 percent on the premiums they pay into the financially strained National Flood Insurance Program.

It may be no surprise that Pittsburgh has direct flights to London, Paris and Frankfurt, but consider this: many of the tourists here have come from Europe to the capital of culture in the Alleghenies.

A city built on rivers and bituminous coal, Pittsburgh in the '90s has survived the boom and bust years.

Jason McDermott can be the most ingratiating young man: a born politician.

Spring and summer in Pittsburgh mean outdoor festivals.