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Ohio education chief Delisle takes reins of Y’town schools

Editorial: There’s bad and good in the Youngstown City School District’s being rated the worst in academic


A little warm glow returns

Editorial: A little warm glow returns The prospect that the skies south of Warren may soon be lighted by the


Trade’s benefits a tough sell today

Opinion: WASHINGTON — U.S. trade representatives jet around the world so much that annual travel miles can


Foolish father of ‘balloon boy’ in jail — still spinning a yarn

Editorial: Two days before Christmas, Richard Heene, 48, choked back tears as he apologized in court for the


Christian, Islam violence spreading

Opinion: Europe and the Islamic world are at war. It’s a proxy conflict, fought in European capitals and on


License plate fees kicking up a storm

Opinion: COLUMBUS — Sometimes it’s the little things that lead to the biggest headaches for state lawmakers.


What will Haiti be like 20 years hence?

Opinion: Nature has a way of delivering some of its most devastating blows to those who already suffer


License plate fees kicking up a storm

Opinion: COLUMBUS — Sometimes it’s the little things that lead to the biggest headaches for state lawmakers.


Too little, too late (and too unbelievable)

Too little, too late (and too unbelievable) The Boston Globe: Mark McGwire’s belated apology for


Healthy school lunches can end obesity

Opinion: It’s not a bully stealing their lunch money. It’s the recession. In a clear illustration of the


The devastation in Haiti is unimaginable, the need real

Editorial: The devastation in Haiti is unimaginable, the need real Imagine that nearly the entire population

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President can live with Sen. Harry Reid’s truth

Opinion: President Obama is right to pass up a schoolyard invitation to beat up Senate Majority Leader Harry


Gender aside, it’s the same old story

Opinion: WASHINGTON — So the tables-turned, she-cheated-on-him political sex scandal we’ve all been waiting


A lot is at stake in Massachusetts race

Opinion: The recent uproar over retirement announcements by two Democratic senators and a governor may pale


To repeat: Jay Williams not in the running

Opinion: Gov. Ted Strickland sent an e-mail to supporters stating that “in the coming days, I’ll be