Miami Dolphins defensive end Kendall Langford, right, pressures Cleveland Browns …
Miami Dolphins defensive end Kendall Langford, right, pressures Cleveland Browns quarterback Colt McCoy in the first quarter in an NFL football game on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
Pittsburgh Penguins' Evgeni Malkin (71), or Russia, lines up for …
Pittsburgh Penguins' Evgeni Malkin (71), or Russia, lines up for a face off during the second period of an NHL pre-season hockey game against the Detroit Red Wings in Pittsburgh Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. (AP …
In this film publicity image released by Paramount Pictures, Tom …
In this film publicity image released by Paramount Pictures, Tom Cruise is shown in a promotional image for the 1986 film, "Top Gun." (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures)
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., a key member of the Senate …
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., a key member of the Senate Democratic leadership, walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Sept. 26, 0211, as the Senate prepares to vote on a short-term funding measure that includes …
A piano chair hangs from the ceiling in the home …
A piano chair hangs from the ceiling in the home of Martha Gordon as she looks through her home destroyed during the flood in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, in Wayne, …
Cleveland Browns coach Pat Shurmur walks off the field with …
Cleveland Browns coach Pat Shurmur walks off the field with a game ball after the Browns beat the Miami Dolphins 17-16 in an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
Photographer Yair Medina, left, shows Pnina Shor, right, curator and …
Photographer Yair Medina, left, shows Pnina Shor, right, curator and Head of Dead Sea Scrolls Project at the Israel Antiquities Authority, IAA, scanned fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls on a computer screen, at the …
San Francisco 49ers players, from left, Delanie Walker, Vernon Davis …
San Francisco 49ers players, from left, Delanie Walker, Vernon Davis and Justin Peelle visit patient Teasia Tarver, 15, of Youngstown at the Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley in Boardman.
Police and Youngstown City Schools officials are investigating a one-vehicle …
Police and Youngstown City Schools officials are investigating a one-vehicle school bus accident on the West Side on Monday afternoon. No children were on the bus marked “67” when the bus went over an embankment …
A teacher at Taft Elementary School in Youngstown accompanies a …
A teacher at Taft Elementary School in Youngstown accompanies a student down the hall. Taft administrators say students need to know that the school is a safe place and that someone there cares about them.
The 49ers’ Bruce Miller holds 3-week-old Michael McCall, who was …
The 49ers’ Bruce Miller holds 3-week-old Michael McCall, who was born 32 weeks premature.
Lois Thornton, behavioral specialist, and Michael Flood, Taft Elementary School …
Lois Thornton, behavioral specialist, and Michael Flood, Taft Elementary School principal, treat the South Side school as a family. The school saw the biggest improvement of the city schools on the latest state report card, …
Frank Ohl Intermediate School teacher Shelly Culp uses containers and …
Frank Ohl Intermediate School teacher Shelly Culp uses containers and quick descriptions of books as an eye-catching way to keep her students interested in reading. She just added 200 more books to her classroom shelf …
Cerise Mills, a third grade teacher at Taft Elementary School …
Cerise Mills, a third grade teacher at Taft Elementary School in Youngstown, works with third grader Delaney Niemczura on her lessons.
Mickey Howard, 6, a patient at Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning …
Mickey Howard, 6, a patient at Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley, waits to have his football autographed by Jim Harbaugh, head coach of the 49ers. Harbaugh and several players visited the hospital Monday.
Detroit Tigers' Alex Avila safely slides under the tag of …
Detroit Tigers' Alex Avila safely slides under the tag of Cleveland Indians catcher Lou Marson on teammate Ryan Raburn's triple during the second inning of a baseball game, Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, in Detroit. (AP …
Language-arts teacher Shelly Culp helps fifth-graders Conner Murphy, left, and …
Language-arts teacher Shelly Culp helps fifth-graders Conner Murphy, left, and Matt Bohr select books from some of the new books she purchased with a grant. The Frank Ohl Intermediate teacher applied for and received a …
Shelly Culp tries to get her fifth-grade class to read …
Shelly Culp tries to get her fifth-grade class to read more. She purchased 200 books with a $2,912 grant she received from the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation.