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2:30pm: Fed holds rates at record lows
March 16, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve repeated its pledge Tuesday to hold interest rates at record lows to foster the economic recovery and ease high unemployment.
But its decision draws one dissent.
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2pm: Honda to recall 410,000 vehicles
March 16, 2010
DETROIT (AP) — Honda Motor Co. will recall more than 410,000 Odyssey minivans and Element small trucks because of braking system problems that could make it tougher to stop the vehicle if not repaired.
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12:15 p.m.: Ohio State adds 2 years to Tressel's contract
March 16, 2010
COLUMBUS — Ohio State has added two more years to Jim Tressel's contract.
The Buckeyes football coach had his original contract, signed in 2008, extended through the 2014 season.
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Noon: Tiger Woods to return for Masters
March 16, 2010
PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Tiger Woods said Tuesday he will return to golf next month at the Masters, ending a four-month hiatus brought on by a sex scandal that shattered his image as the gold standard in sport.
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11:30 a.m.: Ohio executes inmate
March 16, 2010
LUCASVILLE (AP) - Ohio this morning executed an inmate who strangled his neighbor in 1994 to get money for alcohol and whose lethal injection was postponed a week when he tried to kill himself on death row by overdosing on pills.
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9:45am: State set to execute killer
March 16, 2010
LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Ohio is scheduled to try for the third time Tuesday to execute an inmate whose lethal injection was postponed when he tried to kill himself on death row by overdosing on pill.
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Springing forward
Sun, March 14, 2010 @ 9:19AM
I am looking forward to April. My father in law used to tell me “don’t wish your life away,” and while I know I should be working on today, I can’t help but think about what might be going on a month from now. The reason I’m excited about April is because some crops in the greenhouse garden will be ready for harvest and there is a good possibility I’m going to get asparagus this year. It’s been a long time since I’ve grown asparagus. I had a small plot many years ago, but when the husband and the kids wouldn’t go near asparagus with a 10-foot pole, I grew disappointed and gave it up. And then a couple of years ago, I decided so what if no one else will eat it but me? I like asparagus and I want to grow it. So I bought enough plants to get started and dug out a trench alongside the vegetable garden fence just for them.
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Patrol presence
Tue, March 9, 2010 @ 4:16PM
Are things looking up for the Warren police department? The chronically short staffed department gets back a couple of officers recently and will have some patrol partners in the DEA and Adult Parole Authority when they start their Weed & Seed this spring. Additionally, this weekend's warrant sweep, even though it was countywide, made quite an impact in the city with over 50 people either being arrested or turning themselves in and paying their court costs (it reminds me of former YPD Chief Bob Bush, who was a big proponent of making arrests on small charges and traffic offenses. His reasoning was that most bad guys start off small and then either commit more serious crimes or are victims of more serious crimes themselves, so having them off the streets was a blessing. YPD executed the policy with such zeal, however, that it ultimately led to federal oversight of the Mahoning County Jail because of so many people being put inside).
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Cleveland, Pittsburgh included on Lady Gaga Tour
Mon, March 15, 2010 @ 1:31PM
Lady Gaga announced a 31-city arena tour today that includes shows in Cleveland and Pittsburgh. The singer will perform July 14 at Quicken Loans Arena and Sept. 5 at what likely will be one of the first events at Pittsburgh’s new Consul Energy Center. Tickets for some dates on the tour go on sale Friday, but on-sale dates for Cleveland and Pittsburgh haven’t been announced yet. The press release announcing the tour includes this quote from Lady Gaga telling fans what to expect: "It's still called Monster Ball, but it's more of a musical and less of a concert," Lady Gaga said in a February interview with KIIS-FM’s Ryan Seacrest. "It has a New York theme, it's a story, and the story is that me and my friends are in New York and we're going to the Monster Ball, and we get los.
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Taking a chance
Fri, March 12, 2010 @ 12:37PM
Former Browns safety Brodney Pool's decision to sign with the New York Jets is risky, to say the least. Pool, a second-round choice of the Browns in 2005, has had several concussions (at least four) that have limited his playing time. He finished last season on the injured reserve list after suffering a concussion. It's understandable on one level why Pool wants to continue playing. He was the youngest player selected in the '05 draft (he was 20 on draft day). He's played in five seasons and is just 25. He probably thinks he has a lot of football left to play. On another level it's confusing why Pool wants to go on. With so much talk about concussions of late, why would Pool want to risk further injury? Experts on head injuries say that once an athlete suffers one concussion, the chances of it happening again increase. When someone has suffered as many concussions as Pool has, it's almost a certainty that another one will occur.
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Best picture (in the Valley) nominees
Sun, March 7, 2010 @ 1:24AM
Rick Muccio cartoon for March 7, 201...
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Tough finish for Raiders
Mon, March 15, 2010 @ 2:41PM
A couple of months ago, Warren G. Harding's boys basketball team looked like a lock for another district championship. The Raiders had just crushed Cleveland St. Ignatius in Warren, and the Wildcats -- by most accounts -- figured to be Harding's toughest foe in the Solon sectional-district. But then Raiders coach Steve Arnold had to dismiss point guard Fred Williams from the team. That was a key loss, but one Harding might have been able to overcome. Even though the Raiders lost twice in the final week of the regular season, the team had enough time to deal with Williams' absence down the stretch. What the Raiders were ultimately unable to overcome was the loss of Angel Gonzalez, their other team leader and returning starter from last season's state semifinal team. Gonzalez tore his ACL in practice a few days before a district semifinal against Garfield Heights. Harding was able to win that game in double-overtime even without Gonzalez, but when St.
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Rotary breakfast attendance was up
Wed, March 3, 2010 @ 4:02PM
The results are in from the Rotary Club of Warren's annual breakfast and bake sale held this past Sunday. The following statistics were announced during the weekly Rotary meeting held at noon today at Sunrise Inn: -- Attendance was up compared with last year, by about 50, to 410 breakfasts sold. At $5 each, that's not bad. -- As part of the annual event, Rotarians sold 1-pound bags of Dunkin Donuts coffee. Through a special arrangement with Dunkin Donuts, for each $8 bag of coffee sold the Rotary Club got to keep $4. There were 241 bags of coffee sold. -- There also was a bake sale. Rotarians raised $289 with that work. The breakfast and bake sale occurs each February from at the Lincoln K-8 School, 2253 Atlantic Street, in Warren. The breakfasts are prepared and served by Rotarians and students in the Warren G. Harding High School Interact Club. The breakfasts featured pancakes, eggs, sausage, fruit cocktail, coffee, milk, orange juice and a bake sale.
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