kYoungstown State freshman basketball player Ashen Ward isn’t shy with words on the court.

kYoungstown State freshman basketball player Ashen Ward isn’t shy with words on the court.

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nation

Senate’s not for sale

kIllinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was roused from bed and arrested Tuesday after prosecutors said he was caught on wiretaps audaciously scheming to sell Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat for cash or a plum job for himself in the new administration.

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local

A fast-dying town?

kThe township of Austintown was ranked Tuesday as one of America’s fastest-dying towns, according to Forbes magazine.

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