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Pan Am bomber’s death won’t close the book on terror attack

Editorial: If members of his family are to be believed, mass murderer Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi could well be


These are some of the best days of this community’s life

Editorial: There’s always something old and something new at the Canfield Fair. Just two for-instances, this


Why the rush to fill position of city park and rec director?

Editorial: With the North Side swimming pool closed until next summer and Youngstown’s summer recreation


Coming to grips with the dangers of distracted driving

Editorial: In the legal battle over whether killing someone with a car while texting or talking on a cellphone


We can’t discard an 11-year-old

Editorial: We can’t discard an 11-year-old There is an age at which a child might be held fully responsible


Youngstown school system improves — albeit slightly

Editorial: The academic collapse of the Youngstown City School District did not occur overnight, which means


State’s higher education plan prompts concerns about YSU

Editorial: When former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and his chancellor of higher education, Eric Fingerhut, rolled


‘No one wins in a strike’ is a phrase worth remembering

Editorial: Conventional wisdom holds that no one wins in a strike, but surely there would be easily identifiable losers in a strike by faculty members at Youngstown State University.


Youngstown’s new police chief will not need a learning period

Editorial: Capt. Rod Foley has been a part of law enforcement in Youngstown long enough to know that its


Predictions grow that Gadhafi will fall, but what will follow?

Editorial: There are no simple answers to what ails the Middle East and Northern Africa, where dictators are


Ohio Republicans are to blame for partisan tone in Columbus

Editorial: Ohio Gov. John Kasich, President of the Senate Tom Niehaus and speaker of the House Bill Batchelder,


Accused killer awaiting trial is charged with killing again

Editorial: In a city where murder has been a scourge for decades — sometimes in the past even more of a


It is best to stand united

Editorial: Doing more with less has been a recognized necessity of life in business for some time now, and the


Girard government officials should go slow on pay hikes

Editorial: There’s a legal reason why Girard City Council members passed legislation earlier this month


Pakistan once again proves it cannot be trusted as an ally

Editorial: Even though there hasn’t been official confirmation of news reports that Pakistan gave the Chinese