McGwire won't say if he used steroids

McGwire won't sayif he used steroids
kRED SOX PITCHER Curt Schilling, above, listens at a Capitol Hill hearing where former single-season home run king Mark McGwire would not answer whether he used steroids when he hit 70 homers in 1998. Schilling later called ex-player and author Jose Canseco "a liar."
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March Madness
kALABAMA became the first high seed to fall in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Kentucky and Utah, meanwhile, passed tough tests in opening-round games Thursday.
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LOCAL
Welcome home
kLEETONIA pupils waved flags and sang at an assembly honoring local men and women who recently returned from military service in Iraq.
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Casino concerns
kTHE PRESIDENT of a community group told Mahoning County commissioners Thursday to keep a careful eye on a proposed Las Vegas-style casino in Lordstown, saying there are lots of holes in the proposal from an Indian tribe.
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UPNEXT
An icy review
kTHE LATEST Disney movie doesn't live up to the company's best work. "Ice Princess" has good heart and intentions but falls well short of "Princess Diaries."
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WORLD
Democracy delayedanew in Afghanistan
kPARLIAMENTARY elections in Afghanistan scheduled for spring will not take place until at least September, President Hamid Karzai said Thursday, in a further delay of the country's full transition to democracy.
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NATION
Ohio congressman
now U.S. trade rep
kPRESIDENT BUSH has picked Ohio's Rob Portman to open foreign markets to American products.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Little bit country
kNEWCOMERS' videos have pulled down plenty of nominations for CMT Music Awards. Big & amp; Rich and Gretchen Wilson show the elders that they are the forces of the future.
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