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Noon: Obama signs jobs bill
March 18, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has signed into law a package of tax breaks and spending designed to give the nation a jobs boost.
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11:05 a.m.: Fire victim identified
March 18, 2010
FARMINGTON - The husband of a woman who died in a fire here overnight has identified the victim as Katherine Lee.
Fire officials said they were called out about 12:40 a.m. today to the blaze at 5585 Ensign Road N.W.
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9:45am: Woman killed in Farmington fire
March 18, 2010
FARMINGTON -- A fire about 12:40 a.m. today at 5585 Ensign Road N.W. claimed the life of a woman.
A supervisor at the Trumbull County 911 Center did not have a name for the woman.
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Cafaro sent to jail — for now
March 18, 2010
AKRON — John ‘‘JJ’’ Cafaro did as expected on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to a charge accusing the former high level executive at the Cafaro Co. of influencing a staffer on his daughter’s failed 2004 U..
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By the book
March 18, 2010
WARREN — As Warren City Schools prepares to move its operations into the former Trumbull Savings & Loan building next month, work on the school district’s two remaining K-8 buildings continues as planned.
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Denman files for Chapter 7
March 18, 2010
LEAVITTSBURG — Following several weeks of uncertainty, the Denman Tire Corp. filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Wednesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Ohio, according to court documents.
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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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Joe Gorman
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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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Mike McLain
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Clean slate
Thu, March 18, 2010 @ 1:38PM
No one knows if Jake Delhomme will give stability to the Browns' muddled quarterback position, but that doesn't matter in the middle of March. The most-important thing is that Brady Quinn and Derek Anderson are no longer in the mix. It's a case of addition by subtraction that should make training camp practices easier to watch. It was time to clean the slate. Team president Mike Holmgren and general manager Tom Heckert wasted no time to do exactly that and put another unforgettable sage in recent team history to bed. It wasn't going to work in Cleveland for Quinn or Anderson. By landing Delhomme, the Browns are hoping that he can play reasonably well until the young quarterback that will be drafted this year or next year is in place. Make no mistake about it. The Browns will select a quarterback high in one of the next two draft.
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Tim Ryan - Dragonslayer
Wed, March 17, 2010 @ 6:10PM
Rick Muccio cartoon for March 14, 201...
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Ed Puskas
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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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More Community Stars named
Wed, March 17, 2010 @ 2:12PM
It was another beautiful banquet honoring a group of people who do so much for the community. The ninth annual banquet and awards ceremony sponsored by the Tribune Chronicle and the Trumbull-Mercer Chapter of the American Red Cross was held Tuesday evening. A dozen people were honored at th Packard Music Hall for going above and beyond the norm when it comes to helping their communities. I just want to give a personal congratulations to the people chosen as this year's Community Stars: James Noyes, Katie Watson, Ann and Jim Townley, Don Strock and David J. Kostalansky, Julie Vugrinovich, Earl Parthemer, Barbara Busko, Mary Busko, Ben Rhoads and Terrill Harvey. I have been to every banquet. It's always a wonderful event. At times, you can look around while someone is being honored and see someone in the audience discreetly wiping a little tear.
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