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Hundreds in Valley remember 9/11

Austintown fi refi ghter Nick Reed holds his daughter, Ariana, 3, at an observance at Austintown 9/11 Memorial Park. Hundreds of area residents and representatives ...

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Stories published September 12, 2011

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Pit bulls kill terrier on South Side

YOUNGSTOWN A 45-year-old South Side woman told police she helplessly watched two pitbull terrier

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  • September 12, 2011 4:36 p.m.

AAA: Gas prices remain steady in Valley

AAA: Gas prices remain steady in Valley

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  • September 12, 2011 1:34 p.m.

Habitat needs to hire two workers

Habitat needs to hire two workers

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  • September 12, 2011 1:32 p.m.

Traffic is light at reappraisal meetings

Traffic is light at reappraisal meetings

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  • September 12, 2011 12:20 p.m.

Cattle die in early morning crash

Cattle die in early morning crash

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  • September 12, 2011 11:29 a.m.

Farmer's National Banc Corp. to begin trading on NASDAQ Thursday

Farmer's National Banc Corp. to begin trading on NASDAQ Thursday

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  • September 12, 2011 11:05 a.m.

New vehicle sales up 18 percent in Valley

New auto sales up 18 percent in Valley

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  • September 12, 2011 11:02 a.m.

Hungarians celebrate culture

By CHRISTINE KEELING ckeeling@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Members of the American Hungarian Club of

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Voting in Mahoning to return to paper ballots

By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Nine years after switching from paper ballots


Last-minute goal stuns YSU

By Matthew Peaslee sports@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN All it took for Youngstown State to get on the

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YSU’s defense doesn’t rest

But the Penguins will get a big test against Illinois State this weekend By Joe Scalzo

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More poverty, competition challenge Boardman schools

By Robert Guttersohn rguttersohn@vindy.com Boardman The Boardman school district is changing.


Grants help Valley to be prepared

By christine Keeling ckeeling@vindy.com Local emergency-management leaders say a natural

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Cancer survivors: Life is beautiful

By JORDAN COHEN news@vindy.com WARREN Life is beautiful, said cancer survivors at the 22nd


Vacant house in Brier Hill to come down

By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Residents living near the house at 1029


Buckeyes ready to hit the road after close call

Associated Press columbus No. 17 Ohio State has already moved on from Saturday’s close call

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Creativity hides septic systems

By ED RUNYAN runyan@vindy.com CHAMPION Over the past decade, the phrase “septic tank” has


Bengals’ trick no treat for Browns

Associated Press cleveland By the time the Browns realized what was happening, it was already

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Chew on this: Pittsburgh loses ugly

Associated Press baltimore The Pittsburgh Steelers had just absorbed a 35-7 beating at the hands

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  • September 12, 2011 12:02 a.m.

Support group offers advice in finding jobs

Staff report CANFIFELD The Ursuline Center, 4280 Shields Road, will host a seven-week program

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Sports Digest || DeFrank to fight in PAL nationals

DeFrank to fight in PAL nationals HUDSON, Fla. Female amateur boxer Alecia (Foutz) DeFrank, a

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Howland girls, Fitch boys stay unbeaten in soccer

HOWLAND Jenn Boyd and Erika Nites scored goals to help lift the undefeated Howland girls soccer

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birthdays

birthdays Actor Dickie Moore (“Our Gang” films) is 86. Actor Ian Holm (“Lord of the Rings,”

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  • September 12, 2011 midnight

Jimenez, Valbuena help Cleveland salvage split

Associated Press chicago Luis Valbuena had a a big zero in the home-run column, and it was

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Marlins complete Bucs sweep

Associated Press pittsburgh It all fell apart in a hurry for James McDonald. The right-hander

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Original play at JCC by Holocaust survivors

Original play at JCC by Holocaust survivors YOUNGSTOWN The Jewish Community Center, 505 Gypsy

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WORTH A LOOK

AUCTIONS Saxon Club, 710 S. Meridian Road, Austintown, will host a basket auction from 2 to 4 p.m.

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Consider the 80/20 percent factor

Opinion: Consider the 80/20 percent factor The electorate of this Re- public needs to understand what their

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We need the pause that came with Sept. 11

Opinion: I like the pause that comes when you ask someone about Sept. 11. I liken that pause to the dash on

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Shriners convention in Youngstown

The Mahoning Valley has been selected to be the host city for the Great Lakes Shrine Association

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U.S. Marshals Most Wanted

U.S. Marshals Most Wanted The U.S. Marshals Service in Northern Ohio is asking the public to help

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  • September 12, 2011 midnight

BIRTHS

BIRTHS ST. joseph health center Mary Wright and Scott Rader, Niles, girl, Sept. 6. Rebekah and

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bridge

bridge Weekly quiz answers Q. As South, vulnerable, you hold: x9 3 u5 vK Q J 8 7 wA K J 9 8

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Drug collection

Drug collection WARREN Law-enforcement officers from the Trumbull Ashtabula Group Law

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Agenda Tuesday

Agenda Tuesday Ellsworth Township Zoning Commission, 7 p.m., township administration building,

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No charges against 3 detained in Detroit

No charges against 3 detained in Detroit ROMULUS, Mich. Police temporarily detained and

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  • September 12, 2011 midnight

Losing cool hurts Busch’s chances

Associated Press richmond, va. There’s been a lot of discussion this season about Kyle Busch and

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  • September 12, 2011 midnight

Trumbull County Court filings

COURTS Divorces granted Lisa Smith v. Jason Smith. Joann Gingerich v. Ronald L. Gingerich.

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Hundreds in Valley remember 9/11

Austintown fi refi ghter Nick Reed holds his daughter, Ariana, 3, at an observance at Austintown 9/11 Memorial Park. Hundreds of area residents and representatives from many fire departments gathered to mark the 10th anniversary of terrorist attacks on the U.S.

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Official: Gadhafi’s son flees to Niger

Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger A convoy carrying ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s son al-

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  • September 12, 2011 midnight

No argument: Stosur bests Serena

Associated Press new york Already outplayed by Sam Stosur in the U.S. Open final, the last thing

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  • September 12, 2011 midnight

A shift on deportations

Opinion: A shift on deportations Seattle Times: Economic and political realities prompt the Obama

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  • September 12, 2011 midnight

Bomb blast at US base is reminder of ongoing war

Associated Press KABUL A powerful Taliban truck bomb that wounded 77 American soldiers and

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newsmakers

newsmakers ‘Contagion’ cleans up box office with 1st place LOS ANGELES “Contagion” infected

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Surplus food

Surplus food Lakeview Assembly of God, 17930 Mahoning Ave., Lake Milton, various commodities, 10

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Unease, confidence among 9/11 fliers

Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. Some travelers were plainly jittery about flying Sunday.

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The nation remembers 9/11

Associated Press NEW YORK Determined never to forget but perhaps ready to move on, the nation

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Eatery owner sues over ‘carcass removal’ listing

Associated Press HELENA, Mont. A Montana restaurant listed in the phone book under “Animal

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‘Diet’ picture book causes outrage

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK Messages of good health and positive self-esteem

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video game review

‘dead island’ Grade: C Details: Deep Silver, for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, $59.99; PC,

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Elderly already being hit

Opinion: By Orson Aguilar and Carla Saporta McClatchy-Tribune While national politicians argue about

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More ground turkey recalled

Associated Press CHICAGO Cargill Inc. announced a second recall of ground- turkey products

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  • September 12, 2011 midnight

October wedding for Salma Rajeh, Matthew Hallett

AUSTINTOWN Ghassan and Samia Rajeh of Austintown are announcing the engagement and coming marriage

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Salve for America’s wounds

Opinion: WASHINGTON On Dec. 8, 1951, the day after the 10th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, The New York

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  • September 12, 2011 midnight

Is Big Brother watching?

Opinion: By Michelle Richardson McClatchy-Tribune “If you’re not doing anything wrong, you have nothing

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  • September 12, 2011 midnight

blink-182 goes mature

By JOHN BENSON entertainment@vindy.com Two years removed from its high-profile reunion tour,


Borders in Niles to close this week

Borders in Niles to close this week NILES The last remaining Mahoning Valley Borders bookstore

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Expect ‘yes’ on jobs-deal tax cuts

By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON The real takeaway from President Barack Obama’s

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Beach wedding for Tricia Rains, Jacob Smith

LORDSTOWN Robert and Patricia Smith of Lordstown are announcing the engagement and coming marriage

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9/11 attacks no Pearl Harbor

Opinion: As the nation marked Sunday’s 10th anniversary of 9/11, these terrorist attacks have assumed a place

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When disaster strikes, people (and states) look for help

Editorial: After a weekend devoted to the commemoration of the unnatural disaster of Sept. 11, 2001, it seems

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Nolte’s love of acting gives heart to fight film ‘Warrior’

By SANDY COHEN AP Entertainment Writer MALIBU, Calif. In “Warrior,” Nick Nolte plays a man

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Volunteers work in spirit of post-9/11 sense of unity

Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. She was just a girl when she heard it on TV — the notion of

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Years Ago

Today is Monday, Sept. 12, the 255th day of 2011. There are 110 days left in the year. ASSOCIATED

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Photos

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Heart transplant patient Andrea Ybarra and her husband Moises stand outside the UCLA Hospital in Westwood, California, on July 28, 2011. The hosptial is experimenting wiht a new heart transplant procedure that keeps the heart beating outside the body using a mechanical device instead of the traditional ice method to preserve the organ in transit. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/MCT).
Rob Evans, 61, sits at the UCLA Hospital in Westwood, California, on July 28, 2011, where he is a heart transplant patient. The hosptial is experimenting wiht a new heart transplant procedure that keeps the heart beating outside the body using a mechanical device instead of the traditional ice method to preserve the organ in transit. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/MCT).
Actor Charlie Sheen is the butt of many jokes during Comedy Central's Roast of Charlie Sheen at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California, Saturday, September 10, 2011. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
Jeres Achkar and his wife Ofelia, will say goodbye to Achkar Jewelers, a mainstay in the Mahoning Valley since they came to the United States from Cuba nearly 50 years ago. Achkar has been a jeweler for 65 years.
Jeres Achkar and his wife Ofelia, will say goodbye to Achkar Jewelers, a mainstay in the Mahoning Valley since they came to the United States from Cuba nearly 50 years ago. Achkar has been a jeweler for 65 years.
A woman places her hand on a name etched in the wall of one of the pools at the 9/11 memorial plaza in the World Trade Center site in New York Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, on the first day that the memorial was opened to the public. (AP Photo/Mike Segar, Pool)

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