LOCAL

LOCAL
Prisoner's freedom run ends in 1 hour
k FREEDOM for the first fugitive at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown was short-lived. He was captured less than an hour after he ran off from a minimum-security area of the prison.
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h Testing waters
k A GROUP of Youngstown junior high school pupils tested the water quality of a creek Tuesday as part of a global environmental project, sponsored in part by General Motors.
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Journalism awards
k MORE THAN 500 high school students from the region converged on Youngstown State University on Tuesday for Press Day, which featured a series of workshops, speeches and special events on print and broadcast journalism.
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NATION
Base-closing panel begins work
k NEW U.S. military base closings "will be tsunamis in the communities they hit," the head of the commission that will help decide which facilities survive said Tuesday. It was the panel's first meeting.
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FOOD
Plates for the picky
k FOOD WRITER Barbara Albright has tested thousands of recipes, but not all of them have been crowd pleasers. The mother of two shares some dishes that will please the entire family.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Movie releases
k DIRECTOR STEVEN Soderbergh has signed a deal to direct six movies that will be released simultaneously -- in theaters, on DVD and on pay cable and satellite television. The plan has angered Hollywood.
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SPORTS
Penguins falter
k THE YSU softball team lost its Horizon League season finale to Cleveland State on Tuesday.
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