Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe OLD PITTSBURGH HOMICIDES MAY BE SOLVED A man who has confessed to four separate homicides during one 18-month period has been ordered to stand trial in Pittsburgh. Court officers tell the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 24-year-old Christopher Scott, from suburban Penn Hills, already faces trial in Washington County, Pa., for the 1997 killing of his uncle. Advertisement Scott reportedly was serving time in yet another Pennsylvania county when he gave a letter to prison guards to give to Pittsburgh-area authorities about at least one unsolved slaying. The four killings in which Scott allegedly is implicated are of a: 23-year-old whom he says was "disrespectful" of his female cousin, a 19-year-old who was killed while sitting in his car, a 20-year-old man shot 10 times outside a Pittsburgh bar, and a 41-year-old man caught in the crossfire between Scott and a rival gang member. PHOENIX FREEWAY ADDING HOV LANES Advertisement A major Phoenix freeway is about to get High Occupancy Vehicle lanes in what may be a painful project for local motorists. Even though after the work is done traffic is predicted to move more smoothly, the process of adding the lanes may cause months of disruptions and delays. The Arizona Republic says the project will involve adding the limited access lanes to the Squaw Peak Freeway. The construction will cost more than $75 million. The lanes will be added between Interstate 10 and Shea Boulevard. Much of the work will be carried out on weekends when traffic is the lightest. More than 280,000 vehicles travel the route each day. During the project several controversial pieces of public artwork will be temporarily removed. The so-called "Squaw Peak pots," installed on the soundwalls of the freeway a decade ago, will be stored for possible later use. ST. LOUIS MAN FALLS FROM BRIDGE, RESCUED A man caught on video cameras walking across the Eads Bridge in St. Louis that spans the Mississippi River was rescued after falling. The man, identified as being in his mid-30s, fell 35 feet from light-rail tracks onto a partially dismantled pier. Workers who were rebuilding a nearby decking heard someone screaming and then went to the man's rescue. A crane operator helped lower a police rescue worker onto the area where the man had fallen. Advertisement The incident caused a shutdown of commuter train service during one of the busiest times of day. Surveillance tape seems to indicate the man might have missed a train and, for some reason, started out on foot. ATLANTA ADDS NORAH JONES TO CONCERT LIST The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has scored a coup, signing meteoric entertainer Norah Jones to this year's Chastain concert series. The Atlanta Journal and Constitution says Jones was a big winner at this year's Grammys -- including winning the Album of the Year honor for "Come Away with Me." Jones will open the annual summer series on June 14. Other big-name attractions who have agreed to appear in the Atlanta series are: David Sandborn and the Crusaders on June 20, Johnny Mathis with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra on June 21, Three Dog Night with the ASO on June 25, The Beach Boys and the ASO on June 28, and Natalie Cole appears with the ASO on July 2. Last year's big attractions were singers who provided much of the sound for the movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
