REGION

REGION
Request by Hagan, Dann
YOUNGSTOWN -- State Sens. Robert Hagan and Marc Dann are asking the Mahoning Valley's Republican U.S. senators in Washington to try to persuade President Bush not to repeal the steel tariffs. Hagan, D-33rd of Youngstown, and Dann, D-32nd of Liberty, made the request in a letter to Sens. Michael DeWine and George V. Voinovich. They asked the lawmakers to invite Bush to visit the area to see the impact that foreign steel dumping has had on local steelmakers such as WCI Steel in Warren.
NATION
More copyright suits filed
WASHINGTON -- The recording industry has filed 41 more lawsuits against computer users in at least 11 states it said were caught illegally distributing songs over the Internet. The Washington-based Recording Industry Association of America has filed 382 suits since beginning its aggressive campaign six months ago.
From Vindicator staff and wire reports