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‘Pawn Stars’ provides a glimpse of the ‘family-friendly’ Las Vegas

Opinion: As a teenager in Las Vegas, I spent my weekends trawling through secondhand stores and pawn shops,


No crocodile tears for tanking trade

Opinion: According to a recent news article, the global economic downturn has taken a bite out of America’s


Apolitical efforts trigger reforms that aid seniors

Opinion: WASHINGTON — AARP, the gargantuan public interest group that has defended and expanded seniors’


Support of Medicare cuts shortchanges the elderly

Opinion: ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Clearly something must be up with AARP. Why else would the nation’s largest


Italy’s verdict on rendition

Italy’s verdict on rendition Los Angeles Times: “Extrajudicial detentions” and “extraordinary


BRITAIN

BRITAIN The Guardian, London, Nov. 4: The dimensions of the unfolding disaster in Afghanistan are


There’s no climate for a change treaty

Opinion: WASHINGTON — Intelligent people agree that, absent immediate radical action regarding global


Obama should ask nation to curb oil use

Opinion: TOKYO — Though discussion of climate change has been high on the domestic and international agendas,


Tragedy at Fort Hood begets more questions than answers

Editorial: Tragedy at Fort Hood begets more questions than answers Even before the dead are buried, the


A tale of two walls

Opinion: A tale of two walls EDITOR: Something there is that doesn’t like a wall. Those immortal words


With each Veterans Day, there are fewer vets left to honor

Opinion: As an octogenarian, the first things I read in The Vindicator each morning are the obituaries. I


After the votes are counted, the real work begins

Editorial: After the votes are counted, the real work begins When Vindicator editors interviewed candidates


What do Boardmanites want from township government?

Editorial: Boardman Township trustees Kathy Miller and Robyn Gallitto, with eight years and four years in

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Killing with a firearm becoming more precise

Opinion: Nonfatal shootings appear to be declining at a quicker pace than homicide. In 2008, there were


Who’s to blame for sales tax defeat?

Opinion: Make no mistake about it. Had the renewal of the half-percent sales tax in Mahoning County won voter