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LOCAL Boy with disease defies the odds jNICHOLAS CUTLIP, 7, of Boardman suffers from a rare genetic disease, but despite medical opinions to the contrary, he has learned to walk and run. His mother continues to work tirelessly to find new ways to bring more progress. PAGE B1 High-tech field gains new ground at YSU kGEOGRAPHY isn't only about maps anymore. Youngstown State is offering new high-tech fields of study within the discipline. PAGE B1 WORLD Hurricane slams into Nicaragua kHURRICANE BETA swirled onto Nicaragua's central Caribbean coast Sunday, ripping off roofs, toppling trees and flooding low-lying neighborhoods before weakening to a tropical storm. PAGE A2 BUSINESS Valley store offers variety of products kFARMER DAVE'S Gift and Garden Shoppe in Berlin Township offers a plethora of products. Among the most popular are outhouses, which come in many sizes and varieties. PAGE B4 SPORTS High school playoffs kTHE MATHEWS High football team is making its first appearance in football playoffs in school history. The team is among 14 from the region that begin post-season play this week. PAGE C1 Houston sufficient to give Browns loss kTHE HOUSTON TEXANS were far from great, but they still managed a 19-16 victory over the struggling Cleveland Browns on Sunday. PAGE C1 ENTERTAINMENT Rivera returns kGERALDO RIVERA is returning to daily syndicated television, but not to the world of flying chairs, broken noses and transvestite makeovers. PAGE B7