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The Steelers continue to face backlash over the team's decision to sign Michael Vick. The Animal Rescue League has decided to move one of its biggest events away from Heinz Field because Vick's now on the roster. The ARL was going to hold its 16th annual Paws Prints Gala at Heinz, but the group decided to move the Oct. 31 event to Pittsburgh's CONSOL Energy Center instead because of the Vick signing. "While we understand that Mr. Vick has made an effort to atone for his past mistakes and has worked to help strengthen animal abuse laws, we do not...

Pittsburgh police arrested three men early yesterday on charges of breaking into Heinz Field. Adil Minocherhomjee, 22, of La Hoya, Calif., Shazad Mehta, 28, of Elmhurst, Ill. and Neville Medhora, 27, of Austin are accused of climbing a fence to get inside the stadium at Gate A at 6:43 a.m. They were charged with criminal trespass and conspiracy, taken to Allegheny County Jail and released. Medhora said the trio had attended a wedding at Heinz Field a few hours earlier but were not permitted on the gridiron. Hours later, they were walking by the stadium and thought they could run...

Students held on $1 million bond for Heinz Field break-in Two Carnegie Mellon students were arrested early yesterday morning as they tried to break into Heinz Field hours before a Steelers game at the stadium. Police arrested Sudeep Paul, a senior in business administration and economics, and Anand Shankar Durvasula, a junior in economics and social and decision sciences, for attempting to scale a fence at the stadium’s Gate 5 about 2 a.m. yesterday morning. The two are now being held on $1 million straight bond each after being arraigned in front of District Magistrate Gene Riccardi last night. Heinz...

And you thought guys at football games only patted each other's butts on the field. Not so. Starting tomorrow night at the gates of Heinz Field, all fans attending the sold-out, nationally televised preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles will be given a full pat-down by security guards before being allowed to enter the stadium. And no, it's not because Philadelphia's infamously tough fans might be trying to smuggle in D batteries to pelt their players on the road as well as at home. The policy will apply to all future games as well as tomorrow night's, according to Steelers...