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Stop teens from getting pregnant

Opinion: By Barbara Shelly The Kansas City Star One in five American women give birth to a child before


Sex and the military in the spotlight

Opinion: The headline on the front page of the New York Times said it all: “Women in the Senate Confront the


Snooping, past and present

Opinion: By Susan Reimer The Baltimore Sun For us aging Vietnam War protesters, the secret domestic


Egging on North Koreans

Opinion: By Emily Schwartz Greco and William A. COLLINS OtherWords As our dust-up with North Korea


Women over 40 — not seen, but heard

Opinion: By Gina Barreca The Hartford Courant Ever notice how women get noisy as we age? Ever notice how


On deck tonight: Scrappers open 15th season of sustained success

Editorial: Over the past 15 years, a string of lower-tier professional sports teams has come and gone in the


Will trial in Boston spur FBI?

Opinion: James “Whitey” Bulger, who had shared top billing on America’s most-wanted list with the world’s


Valley’s spring athletes triumph

Editorial: Warren JFK track trio win titles; Ursuline, Springfield baseball teams excel at state


Anxiety in Detroit

Opinion: By Donald Kaul OtherWords My old hometown — or, as I like to call it: “The


What’s in a name? If it’s Vallourec — global reach

Editorial: When a transnational corpora- tion headquartered on the outskirts of Paris, France, invests more


Dearth of development in Valley proves government is a fraud

Opinion: Dearth of development in Valley proves government is a fraud Citizens’ thanks should go to


Dad’s lessons in losing

Opinion: I’m blessed to have a good job that allows a good life, where great lessons to live by are all


If only we could clone Mandela

Opinion: Listening to reports of Nelson Mandela’s failing health, I can’t help thinking how different the


Playing it real cool in Ohio

Opinion: COLUMBUS A couple of years ago, not too long after taking office, Gov. John Kasich told a Columbus


Don’t put spin on BMV plates

Opinion: The Times, Munster, Ind.: An administrative judge’s recent ruling on specialty license plates for