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Radio Station Honored by Youngstown City Council
Youngstown City Council took time to recognize the city's number one urban radio station. During Wednesday's meeting, council members presented a resolution to Skip Bednarczyk. He is the Market Manager for WRBP JAMZ 101.9 FM. The resolution was in recognition of continued success in the urban format, and for keeping the radio station highly rated, profitable, and on the air
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Trumbull Residents Getting Big Bucks from Shale Boom
They've already signed over mineral rights on their property and on Wednesday, Trumbull County landowners came to Fowler Township Community Center to collect their first bonus checks. "So this came at a really good time for our family. It made it so we can keep the farm in the family," said Marian Koren of Champion Township. Shale Investment Fund of
Ohio News
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Ohio man charged with photographing women at salon
HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — A man accused of secretly photographing women in tanning booths at a southwest Ohio salon has been indicted on 14 counts of voyeurism. A Butler County grand jury on Wednesday also indicted 19-year-old Zachary K. Thomas of Hamilton on single counts of illegal use of a minor in a nudity-oriented material or performance and disseminating matter
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Vt. becomes 1st state to ban hydraulic fracturing
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin has signed into law the nation's first ban on a hotly debated natural gas drilling technique called hydraulic fracturing. Surrounded by environmentalists and students from Twinfield Union School who pushed for the ban, Shumlin said at Wednesday's bill signing the new law may help Vermont set an example for other states. Hydraulic
Pennsylvania News
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Death of central Pa. woman, 83, probed as homicide
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Police in central Pennsylvania say they are investigating the death of an elderly woman as a homicide. Officers were dispatched to a Lancaster apartment just before 9 a.m. Wednesday to investigate a report of a cardiac arrest. Lt. Todd Umstead said in a statement that they found the body of an 83-year-old woman in the kitchen
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Bill would push Pa. turnpike speed limit to 70 mph
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The speed limit on the Pennsylvania Turnpike would increase to 70 mph if a Pittsburgh lawmaker gets his way. The Patriot-News reported Wednesday that the House Transportation Committee endorsed the bill last week by a vote of 18-4, but it's unclear whether it will be debated on the House floor. Leaders of the House Republican majority
National News
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Edwards defense rests, closing arguments tomorrow
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Closing arguments are scheduled for tomorrow at the North Carolina trial of two-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, with jury deliberations expected to start the following day. The defense rested today without calling Edwards or his former mistress to the stand. The defense also chose not to question the former senator's oldest daughter, Cate, who has
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Lawyer: Mary Kennedy found dead
NEW YORK (AP) — An attorney says Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s estranged wife has been found dead in New York. Kerry Lawrence says Mary Kennedy died on Wednesday. He says he doesn't know the cause of her death. Police confirm a body was found on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s property in Bedford, north of New York City. Lawrence had represented
World News
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Syrian leader says terrorists are behind unrest
BEIRUT (AP) — In his first interview since December, Syrian President Bashar Assad insisted Tuesday his regime is fighting back against foreign mercenaries who want to overthrow him, not innocent Syrians aspiring for democracy in a yearlong uprising. The interview with Russian TV showed Assad is still standing his ground, despite widespread international condemnation over his deadly crackdown on dissent.
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US sees deal near; Pakistan haggling over money
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. hopes of reopening Pakistan's supply routes for the Afghanistan war ahead of next week's NATO summit are going down to the wire. Washington is hopeful of an imminent deal. But Pakistan is insisting that the United States pay more to repair relations and end the blockade. Both sides say negotiations continued in Islamabad on Wednesday. The