LABOR DAY

LABOR DAY
Workers' future
k AS WE PAY HOMAGE today to the 147.9 million Americans who make up the national work force, it is appropriate to take stock of the economy and to press the presidential candidates on their plans for job growth. An editorial.
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LOCAL
Residents stay put
k SOUTH AVENUE in Boardman has undergone major changes the past several years, but residents still living on the busy highway say they are in no hurry to move.
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The schools within
k YOUNGSTOWN school officials are hoping that big dividends will result from a plan that will dramatically alter each of the district's three public high schools by creating small schools within them.
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SPORTS
Playoffs to start
k PUT FOOTBALL season aside, only for the short term. The Mahoning Valley Scrappers are back in town. At 7:05 tonight at Eastwood Field, the Scrappers (42-34) play host to Pinckney Division champion Auburn (50-24) in the best-of-3 semifinal championship series opener.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Chewed-gum sales
k BRITNEY SPEARS FANS don't think the pop star's chewed gum is "Toxic" -- they're buying wads of it on eBay.
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BUSINESS
Career paths
k PROGRAM AIDED by big-name athletes such as baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron and former Washington Redskins lineman George Starke are seeking to steer minorities toward careers in the automotive industry.
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COMING TOMORROW
k DIANE MAKAR MURPHY: You've never heard a fish story like this one. It starts the third Friday of last month, in the meeting room of First Presbyterian Church in Mineral Ridge.