LOCAL

LOCAL
Prisoner release
k MANY Mahoning County jail inmates may soon see the place in their rear-view mirrors.
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REGION
Act 72 to reduce tax
k ACT 72, one of the biggest tax-cutting programs in Pennsylvania history, is expected to reduce the property taxes of the state's homeowners by $1 billion a year. But not everyone is in favor of the program.
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BUSINESS
SunGard buyout
k A CONSORTIUM of seven private investment firms is paying $10.8 billion to acquire financial data powerhouse SunGard Data Systems Inc. in the nation's second-largest leveraged buyout ever.
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SPORTS
Improved Indians?
k THE CLEVELAND Indians have a newbullpen. But it remains to be seen if it has improved.
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Pirates' hard times
k THE PITTSBURGH Pirates, one of baseball's pre-eminent franchises in the 1970s and early 1990s, has become a symbol for everything that is wrong in the sport during a club-record 12 consecutive losing seasons.
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OPINION
GM warning sign
k THE TROUBLES at General Motors provide a cautionary tale of post-industrial America and a warning for America itself.
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