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Sometimes the punishment doesn’t fit the crime

Editorial: Sometimes the punishment doesn’t fit the crime In the case of the brutal assault on Youngtown


Last July, in the midst of a battle featuring Girard Mayor James Melfi and former police Chief Frank

Editorial: Last July, in the midst of a battle featuring Girard Mayor James Melfi and former police Chief Frank


Taking stock of the national economy isn’t an exact science

Editorial: Taking stock of the national economy isn’t an exact science We suppose it depends on what the


Padlocking drug houses important policing tool

Editorial: It is well documented that Youngstown’s double-digit homicide rate and other crimes are directly


FDA should keep close eye on seafood reaching our tables

Editorial: FDA should keep close eye on seafood reaching our tables The Food and Drug Administration appears


Looking beyond I-80

Editorial: Looking beyond I-80 The U.S Department of Transportation gave Pennsylvania the only fair answer


There will be hockey this season at the Chev-rolet Centre in downtown Youngstown, but it isn’t

Editorial: There will be hockey this season at the Chev-rolet Centre in downtown Youngstown, but it isn’t the


Pakistan holds the key to bin Laden’s capture

Editorial: If you’re wondering why this newspaper and others around the country are so preoccupied with the


Aey’s relentless effort to run for sheriff crosses the line

Editorial: Aey’s relentless effort to run for sheriff crosses the line Just when one would have thought that


Today’s national remembrance of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on American soil will be

Editorial: Today’s national remembrance of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on American soil will be


Ohio avoided a showdown over sick leave this election

Editorial: Ohio avoided a showdown over sick leave this election Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland favors a law that


Youngstown gets a giant as a partner in business

Editorial: Any way you cut it, Wal-Mart is in a league of its own. So, when the worldwide retail giant agrees


Failure to heed warnings brings disastrous results

Editorial: Failure to heed warnings brings disastrous results The most frightening possibility about the


An ambitious blueprint for spurring Ohio development

Editorial: An ambitious blueprint for spurring Ohio development Even the executive summary of the Strickland


No place like home for growth

Editorial: No place like home for growth Who says you can’t go home? That rhetorical question is the