NATION
NATION
Ruling opens wayfor drug-price cuts
k ARMED with a Supreme Court ruling, states are set to follow Maine's lead in trying to force drug companies to lower prices on prescription drugs for the elderly, the working poor and others who have trouble paying for their medicine.
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LIFE & amp;WORK
Treating diabetes
k STANDARDIZED treatment guidelines, aimed at cutting diabetes death rates and the cost of treatment for the disease, have been developed by a consortium of health-care entities and distributed to area health-care professionals.
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ENTERTAINMENT
A TV milestone
kNBC'S "LAW & amp; ORDER" will soon overtake "Dallas" and several other long-running TV series as the second longest-running fiction prime-time series in TV history. "Gunsmoke" keeps its top spot intact with its 20-year run.
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LOCAL
Foundation funds
k THE TERRY LYNCH Foundation will host a dinner-dance Sunday at the Holiday Inn in Boardman to raise money to fight juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and other related diseases in children.
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YSU
Spring graduates
k ABOUT 1,000 students graduated from Youngstown State University on Saturday. Look for a listing of spring 2003 graduates' names on this Saturday's School page.
SPORTS
Ursuline advances
k URSULINE blanked Columbiana 6-0 in a district semifinal baseball game Monday at Cene Park.
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WEATHER
Chance of storms
k CLOUDY TONIGHT with a chance of showers and thunderstorms early, then partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Partly cloudy Wednesday. Highs near 60.
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COMING TOMORROW
k GAIL WHITE: It is in those little, seemingly insignificant, unimportant instances in life that the true test of character lies.
k GRILLING TIME: Some people grill all year round, but even the least grill-savvy folks are getting into the mood as Memorial Day approaches.