SPORTS

SPORTS
Reporting onracial diversity
A RECENT REPORT by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport found the percentage of black players in Major League Baseball is the lowest it has been in 26 years. Brent Thomas, a second-year player with the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, has seen firsthand the declining popularity of baseball among blacks.
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LOCAL
A new chancefor cancer patient
A WOMAN diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Follicular Lymphoma has been accepted into a Cleveland study on cancer patients and a new experimental drug. If this drug does its job, then chemotherapy won't be needed for people with her type of cancer.
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BUSINESS
New descent device
A PRODUCT that Winner Global Defense is preparing to market emerged from the horrific scenes of people leaping to their deaths from the World Trade Center.
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ENTERTAINMENT
A classic offer
THE NATIONAL Packard Museum is hoping to make classic car and cinema fans an offer they can't refuse with the upcoming 17th Annual Packard Car Show.
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HOME
It's not so badin the doghouse
HOMEOWNERS WHO are building or remodeling have taken to considering their pets' needs as much as they do those of their biped family members, turning "pet-friendly decorating" into industry buzzwords.
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LIFE & amp;WORK
Self-injury trend
PSYCHOLOGISTS AND counselors say they've noticed an increasing number of patients reporting self-injury.
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TRAVEL
Scenic Idaho rocks
MOST OF the more than 70,000 people who visit the City of Rocks National Reserve in Idaho annually come not for pioneer recollection, but for world-class rappelling.
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