This little piggy gets visit from thousands

This little piggy gets visit from thousands

kThousands of young people and their families visited baby pigs, goats, sheep and other farm animals Sunday at Mill Creek MetroParks Farm in Canfield.

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YSU group seeks local organ donors

k The American Humanics Student Association at Youngstown State University is on a mission to secure thousands of organ donors in the Mahoning Valley.

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SPORTS

A dismal day for YSU softball team

k YOUNGSTOWN STATE’S softball team gave up 19 hits and committed five errors in dropping a 17-2 game to Illinois-Chicago at McCune Park on Sunday.

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NATION

Memorials pour in for Charlton Heston

k Nancy Reagan was heartbroken over Charlton Heston’s death. President Bush hailed him as a “strong advocate for liberty,” while John McCain called Heston a devotee for constitutional rights. The actor died late Saturday at 84.

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BUSINESS

Mortgage crisis hits rural America

k THOUGH news about the mortgage crisis often focuses on cities and suburbs, rural America has been hit hard, too. New research shows foreclosures are as prevalent in small towns as in cities.

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LIFE WORK

Try family diary

k Looking for new ways to strengthen your family ties? Try a family diary, an ongoing project to mark the special and not-so-special moments in your family history.

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HEALTH

Mix-ups harm kids while in hospital

k Medicine mix-ups, accidental overdoses and bad drug reactions harm roughly one out of 15 hospitalized children, according to the first scientific test of a new detection method.

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Sixteen stars will compete — ranging from R B star Mya (tap dancing) to Olympic skater Sasha Cohen (contortionism) to the ubiquitous Ben Stein (dancing the jitterbug) — in a live seven-week talent show, where viewers decide online who goes, who stays, and who finally wins the, uh, whatever they win.

“Secret Talents of the Stars