DEER INVADES MELLON FINANCIAL OFFICE AT WATERWORKS MALL, MELLON MUST WAIT FOR DEER SEASON TO KILL IT

PITTSBURGH - A deer charged through the window of Mellon Financial Corporation's office near the Waterworks Mall on Freeport Road early yesterday morning and has been wandering throughout the office ever since, causing thousands of dollars of damage.

Mellon spokesman Ron Gruendl said there is nothing Mellon can do about it until November 27, the day deer firearms season begins. With first light on that Monday, Gruendl will don dark leather camouflage to blend in with the office furniture, then he will climb a tree stand he has constructed that attaches to the grandfather clock in the hallway. "I plan to take back my office," Gruendl said.

"I will tell you this," Gruendl confided. "November 27 can't come soon enough for me. That thing wants to start breeding with something and she keeps eyeing me up."