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Embattled nonprofit entity does right by Youngstown

Editorial: In the midst of trying to deal with the fallout from a state investigation into its activities, the


In matters of debt and GDP, batting 100 is far from perfect

Editorial: In many areas of life there are numbers that in and of themselves may be of little significance, but


Enrollment jump at YSU presents fiscal challenges

Editorial: Two days after Youngstown State University officials announced that the fall enrollment would top


Forum gets another chance to emerge from bankruptcy

Editorial: After a year and a half of strug- gling through bankruptcy and spending millions of dollars on


Hosting the World Cup gives South Africa chance to shine

Editorial: With 3 billion football Fans around the world (including soccer fans the U.S.), the quadrennial


It felt good not to be at the top of the economic stress list

Editorial: It was nice for a change to see a story that listed 20 — yes, 20 — of the most economically stressed


Bhopal gas explosion victims still suffering after 26 years

Editorial: On the 20th anniversary in 2004 of the world’s worst industrial accident in Bhopal, India, we posed


If probation fails the first time, will it work in the second case? Time and J.J. Cafaro will tell

Editorial: Most convicted felons would consider themselves lucky to get probation rather than jail time when


Sheriff’s deputies should extend wage concessions

Editorial: During the campaign for the renewal of the half-percent sales tax in the May primary election,


Watch that salt

Editorial: The Daily Gazette, Schenectady, N.Y.: One week after the federal Institute of Medicine issued a


Failures of MMS to regulate offshore drilling are legion

Editorial: Imagine that the Treasury De- partment, the government entity which has the most to lose if General


V&M expansion project needs Youngstown to be at its best

Editorial: It was not an auspicious beginning for a showcase economic development project that has even


We don’t need no stinkin’ radar

Editorial: We don’t need no stinkin’ radar We’ve all heard about gotcha journalism; now Ohio has gotcha


Killing of al-Qaida’s CFO offers psychological boost

Editorial: It is easy to forget that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan against Islamic extremists are part of


GM profit is good sign during year of change and rebuilding

Editorial: General Motors Co. has come a long way in a short time. Last year it struggled through billions of