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10:45am: State braces for ice storm
January 6, 2009
CINCINNATI (AP) — Much of Ohio is bracing for a slippery ride.
Freezing rain and winter weather advisories are in effect for the vast majority of the state's 88 counties because of the potential for wintry precipitation and slick roads.
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10:30 am: 2 former Dann employees reject offer
January 6, 2009
COLUMBUS (AP) — Their lawyer says two women at the center of a sexual harassment scandal in the Ohio attorney general's office have rejected a settlement offer worth about $200,000.
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8:46 a.m.: Freezing rain coming
January 6, 2009
Tribune Chronicle
Freezing rain will hit Trumbull County this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
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Cobalt sales better, but still down
January 6, 2009
Sales of Lordstown-built Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5 small cars by General Motors Corp.
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Village council: GM plant could extend shutdown
January 6, 2009
LORDSTOWN — With Lordstown’s council members hearing new reports that the GM complex could extend its shutdown into March, officials are trying to figure out how to best plan for the village budget.
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Warren tax returns better than expected
January 6, 2009
WARREN — The city collected $326,513 more in income taxes than was expected in 2008, according to a press release from Tax Administrator Tom Gaffney.
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Explaining the pyramid
Fri, January 2, 2009 @ 4:54PM
When visiting www.mypyramid.gov, you might be a little confused about where to start. On the left side of the opening page are several links that will take you to areas that are designed to help get started on the mypyramid program. The menu planner requires sign up and registration, but there no charge to participate and you will never be asked to fill out your name, address or other personal information. To register, you will be asked to devise an ID and password for future log-ins. This is because the menu planner is strictly yours to use to design your own daily food intake. It’s there if you choose to use it or if you feel you need the extra help, but isn’t necessary to find out about the program itself. The next item on the list is mypyramid tracker. This link will request your ID and password and is helpful in analyzing your food and exercise program. Skip down to the fourth item on the list, My Pyramid Plan.
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Down Memory Lane
Tue, January 6, 2009 @ 2:55PM
When I heard the name of Youngstown's first shooting victim of 2009 on New Year's Day, I was instantly taken back in time. The time was one of the most emotional stories I ever covered, the trial of convicted cop killer Martin Koliser in 2003. No trial is like the ones on TV; they are often dull to the point of a migrane and tedious beyond all imagination. But not the Koliser trial. It was wall to wall emotion and fast paced and every day, sometimes every hour, there was something that would make even the most seasoned observer gasp in shock. And one of those moments had to do with the shooting of the man Koliser shot before he killed YPD officer Mike Hartzell. And that was the man who was found shot in a SUV that rammed into a porch on the South Side early New Year's morning, Donel Rowe. Rowe and Koliser had argued in the sweaty, dank, Casaloma Gardens and took their beef to the parking lot.
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Carousel Dinner Theatre shuts its doors
Mon, January 5, 2009 @ 10:36AM
Carousel Dinner Theatre announced over the weekend that it is canceling its 2009 season, which was supposed to start Wednesday with “Life Is But a Dream.” According to a press release issued this morning, “For the past year, the economy has materially affected the theater’s attendance and its ability to make cost adjustments to keep pace with the decrease in attendance. The final tipping point became the reversal of certain stakeholders’ written or verbal promises that would have had a major impact on the theatre’s continuance for the 2009 season and beyond.” The theater employed about 150 people. The Carousel, which opened in Ravenna in 1973, moved to its current location in Akron in 1988, according to its Web site. The press release urges customers who purchased tickets or gift certificates with their credit cards to contact their credit card company to process a full refund. No word yet on what those who paid cash for upcoming tickets should do.
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Eric's the man?
Fri, January 2, 2009 @ 11:16AM
There was a report Friday that Browns owner Randy Lerner was impressed with his interview of ex-New York Jets coach Eric Mangini and that Mangini tops his list to replace Romeo Crennel as coach. It doesn't surprise me that Mangini might be the choice. When Lerner met privaterly with reporters last Monday, he didn't know at the time that the Jets had fired Mangini. When someone told him that Mangini had been fired, Lerner had a look of pleasant surprise. When asked about Mangini, Lerner indicated that he would like to interview him. It happened two days later in New York City. Mangini meets the requirement that Lerner and most fans seem to want -- a person with head coaching experience in the NFL. Mangini directed the Jets the last three seasons, leading the way to two winning sesaons and one playoff appearance.
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New Year Tattoo
Sun, January 4, 2009 @ 0:39AM
Rick Muccio cartoon for Sunday, January 4, 2009
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The candidates
Tue, December 30, 2008 @ 12:26PM
So Bill Cowher doesn't want to come to Cleveland. It seems most Browns fans would have embraced the former Cleveland backup linebacker and special teams coach, even with his 15 seasons as the coach of the rival Pittsburgh Steelers at the top of his resume. But it's OK. Cowher would have been a good hire, but he didn't invent football and he didn't radically change the game in any way, shape or form. He was, however, a solid caretaker of an established NFL team for years. But would Cowher have been the right guy for a team that is about to begin rebuilding ... again? Perhaps. But perhaps not. We'll apparently never know. One thing for sure, the Browns' search for a new coach and general manager shouldn't drag long into January. Owner Randy Lerner knows - or should know - there are only so many rebuilding projects a city and fan base can handle before they become ambivalent about a team.
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A New Year's resolution, again
Tue, January 6, 2009 @ 2:57PM
I know it's time for the New Year's resolutions. I have mine. It's to quit smoking, again. I have stopped smoking several times since I started about 15 years ago, with varying success. It usually would last about two or three months. I'm going to do it this time, with a new approach. At the urging of my new bride (imagine that) I plan to explore a brave, new -- at least for me -- method. It's coordinated through Humility of Mary Health Partners, and is about a six-week program. The brochure I was given says the HMHP program consists of 'six weeks of nicotine replacement therapy and five counseling sessions (once a week) with certified tobacco treatment specialists.' It lays out all the deaths associated with smoking, etc., which I already know, but I think it's worth a try. I know smoking is no good for me.
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