ATHENA Award goes to Valley doctor

ATHENA Award goesto Valley doctor
SHERYL FIGLIANO, a doctor of audiology, has won this year's prestigious ATHENA Award honoring outstanding business and professional women in the Mahoning Valley.
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GM stocks rise
GENERAL MOTORS Corp. shares jumped to their highest price in seven months Thursday, as a published report said that 20,000 of the company's workers had accepted buyout offers and that the world's biggest automaker plans to hire temporary workers at some plants.
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NATION
Immigration bill
CONGRESS' STRUGGLE to reform America's immigration law heads to House-Senate negotiations. The Senate OK'd legislation Thursday that would put nearly two-thirds of the nation's illegal immigrants on track to U.S. citizenship.
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LOCAL
Panel backs grant
A CITY small-business committee has recommended a $20,000 grant to a planned downtown Youngstown wireless Internet restaurant and lounge.
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Poll: Strickland leads
DEMOCRATIC U.S. Rep. Ted Strickland, who represents part of the Mahoning Valley, has a slight lead over Republican Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell in the race for Ohio governor, according to a new statewide poll.
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UPNEXT
Actress on the rise
UPNEXT profiles Ellen Page, the young actress who stars in "Hard Candy," a movie about a young girl who is lured to the home of a predator she met on the Internet.
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ENTERTAINMENT
35.4 million see 'Idol'
FOX'S two-hour special that resulted in Alabama's Taylor Hicks' being crowned the fifth "American Idol" was a big hit among viewers, drawing an audience of 35.4 million people.
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SPORTS
YSU season is over
A 6-4 loss to sixth-seed Cleveland State at the Horizon League Tournament on Thursday ended the Youngstown State University baseball team's 2006 campaign abruptly at 26-29.
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