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Wednesday, December 31 (120 stories)

• OSHP in Lisbon handles two Wednesday crashes  10:46 p.m.
• Convicted killer to remain on death row  8:52 p.m.
• Hispanic Three Kings Day celebration set Saturday  4:56 p.m.
• Water boil advisory in Brookfield  4:54 p.m.
• Christmas tree recycling locations  4:52 p.m.
• Warren’s residency law heads to Ohio Supreme Court  4:46 p.m.
• Happy pay raise: Minimum wage increases  4:44 p.m.
• Conviction stands in drug, robbery and death case  9:52 a.m.
• New Year blues: Time Warner might lose MTV, Comedy Central at 12:01 a.m.  9:26 a.m.
• Warrior’s Inc. to offer computer classes  8:54 a.m.
• A Garden in the winter: Centre Series set to start  12:11 a.m.
• GMAC aid to trickle to Valley car buyers  12:10 a.m.
• Browns target Pioli, Mangini  12:10 a.m.
• Grenga fights order to move  12:09 a.m.
• Big Ben must pass tests before returning to play  12:09 a.m.
• Another birthday bummer: Heat pulls past Cavaliers  12:08 a.m.
• In Valley, demonstrators express their support for Palestinians  12:08 a.m.
• Pryor faces another challenge  12:07 a.m.
• Police review handling of car chase  12:07 a.m.
• Pa. bar robbed of beer, chicken  12:06 a.m.
• Women in Dann scandal cleared of harassment  12:05 a.m.
• Possible V&M expansion gives council air of optimism for ’09  12:04 a.m.
• Watch Night welcomes new year  12:03 a.m.
• CLEAR MESSAGE: Ahmed Gihed of Youngstown and his 2-year-old son, Abrahim, were among the  12:00 a.m.
• MOUNTAINEER RESults  12:00 a.m.
• Inmate stabs guard at East Side prison  12:00 a.m.
• Commissioners approve temporary spending plan  12:00 a.m.
• Today  12:00 a.m.
• Dog suffers enclosure with others, box gluing  12:00 a.m.
• YSU women’s rally falls short at Toledo  12:00 a.m.
• Monday’s Games  12:00 a.m.
• Area colleges Tuesday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• Israel considers truce offer on Day 4 of assault  12:00 a.m.
• Mahoning County | First-quarter budget  12:00 a.m.
• Gary Coleman continues to attract attention  12:00 a.m.
• No rise in property taxes in budget  12:00 a.m.
• Howland to rehire 92 for 2009  12:00 a.m.
• NASA report details Columbia’s final minutes  12:00 a.m.
• FBI IDs robbery suspect  12:00 a.m.
• watch night services  12:00 a.m.
• Jury hands up indictments in ’79, ’08 Trumbull slayings  12:00 a.m.
• Double your pleasure: Jan. schedule dotted by doubleheaders  12:00 a.m.
• Niemi makes a point by putting team first  12:00 a.m.
• 2009 has to be better  12:00 a.m.
• Here’s how to fix something the kids will want to eat  12:00 a.m.
• The year offered optimism and glory as well as crime and punishment  12:00 a.m.
• Spice up that scallopini  12:00 a.m.
• New Year’s Eve Celebrations: In light of America’s fiscal woes, we suspect many will  12:00 a.m.
• Lewd e-mails sent despite reprimand  12:00 a.m.
• Bruins’ streak at nine after beating Penguins  12:00 a.m.
• E-mails \ Listing  12:00 a.m.
• Cut fat, calories in soup  12:00 a.m.
• These Top 10 photos, as chosen by the staff of The Vindicator, represent all facets of news-  12:00 a.m.
• Bill to target candidate spending  12:00 a.m.
• Reader shares recipe for family dessert  12:00 a.m.
• Gazans unsure of how to evade Israeli airstrikes  12:00 a.m.
• area  12:00 a.m.
• Broncos fire Shanahan, stun NFL  12:00 a.m.
• PAMELA PIRES | ELVIS MADERA  12:00 a.m.
• Ford unveils self-parking technology  12:00 a.m.
• No. 25 Butler rallies to win; CSU falls  12:00 a.m.
• Weekly quiz  12:00 a.m.
• New twists to traditional favorites  12:00 a.m.
• Manny, Dodgers are talking again  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Wednesday, Dec. 31, the 366th and final day of 2008. On this date in 1879, Thomas Edison  12:00 a.m.
• Wall Street gains as GMAC gets boost  12:00 a.m.
• Film archive adds ‘Terminator,’ others  12:00 a.m.
• Ball drop from City Hall Annex to top off First Night celebration  12:00 a.m.
• TOP LEFT: This unidentified girl apparently cut classes to see singer Brad Paisley during a John  12:00 a.m.
• GREAT MEMORIES: Ted Toles of Warren, a former Negro League baseball player, posed for a portrait for  12:00 a.m.
• HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Royal Oaks Tavern owners and brothers Lou, left, and John Kennedy donned Jim  12:00 a.m.
• LEFT: Football season was over, but that didn’t matter to Devon Dorsey, 13, as he ran down the  12:00 a.m.
• TOP RIGHT: Mora Armstrong, 7, of Warren showed her support for the McCain-Palin presidential ticket  12:00 a.m.
• Top 10 compelling or unforgettable stories of the year:  12:00 a.m.
• Up, up on the roof for midnight drop  12:00 a.m.
• Defiant governor names Obama replacement  12:00 a.m.
• New financing rates by GMAC Financing:  12:00 a.m.
• TUESDAY’S RESULTS  12:00 a.m.
• Brenda Ingalls to be bride of Timothy Brown  12:00 a.m.
• Williams leads Campbell past Struthers, 53-45  12:00 a.m.
• Brookfield girls rally to win tournament, 41-36  12:00 a.m.
• Newton Falls rolls past Hubbard in 65-59 win  12:00 a.m.
• Cards clip Dogs in OT  12:00 a.m.
• BIRTHS  12:00 a.m.
• Rocket streak at end seals it  12:00 a.m.
• TUESDAY drawingS  12:00 a.m.
• Not enough  12:00 a.m.
• BASEBALL  12:00 a.m.
• NFL Playoffs  12:00 a.m.
• New Additions - National Film Registry  12:00 a.m.
• List nixes less-than ‘maverick’ words of ’08  12:00 a.m.
• Lakers’ Bryant prepares with his video player  12:00 a.m.
• SOCIETY DIGEST  12:00 a.m.
• National Business Digest  12:00 a.m.
• A summary of recent criminal activity in Boardman and Poland townships:  12:00 a.m.
• Critics urging Congress to rescind $4,700 pay raise  12:00 a.m.
• MAHONING COUNTY  12:00 a.m.
• FOOD SALES AND DINNERS  12:00 a.m.
• nba roundup Tuesday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• East-West vulnerable. East deals.  12:00 a.m.
• Neither vulnerable. North deals.  12:00 a.m.
• nhl roundup Tuesday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• Bowl roundup \ Tuesday’s game  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Phantom’ sequel is nearing completion  12:00 a.m.
• Flexible spending deadline looms  12:00 a.m.
• North-South vulnerable. South deals.  12:00 a.m.
• Bush, Cheney baring their souls  12:00 a.m.
• top 25 roundup Tuesday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• What’s the best thing since sliced bread?  12:00 a.m.
• selected stocks  12:00 a.m.
• Controversy over credit cards creates chaos  12:00 a.m.
• At 79, Dick Clark is still rockin’ New Year’s Eve  12:00 a.m.
• Senseless U.S. policy on Haitians persists  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Outliers’ provides insight into success  12:00 a.m.
• Quick, easy twists on pork dishes  12:00 a.m.
• “It allowed everybody to believe that this Sarah Palin-like president — because,  12:00 a.m.
• Companies force workers to take unpaid vacation  12:00 a.m.
• This is not a good time to pursue a life of crime  12:00 a.m.
• GMAC to get $5B of rescue package  12:00 a.m.
• STACIE STROMSKI | JOSHUA DURIG  12:00 a.m.

Tuesday, December 30 (94 stories)

• Youngstown council approves first-quarter budget of $30M  9:48 p.m.
• Prison guard stabbed by inmate at state prison in Youngstown  9:44 p.m.
• Mahoning commissioners pass $16.1M temporary budget  9:08 p.m.
• Probe under way for animal abuse case on city’s South Side  9:08 p.m.
• Attorney appointed to fill Salem City Council vacancy  7:44 p.m.
• Joseph Grenga continues his fight to keep his property  7:40 p.m.
• Trumbull Co. grand jury indicts two men on murder charges  6:20 p.m.
• Browns to interview Mangini, Pioli, McKay  5:29 p.m.
• Arab-Americans protest downtown  4:54 p.m.
• Lawrence Co. 2009 budget contains no property tax increase  3:26 p.m.
• Howland will pick up Christmas trees next month  2:58 p.m.
• GMAC would pass its bailout money along to car buyers  1:08 p.m.
• Cleveland man suspected in Austintown bank robbery  12:58 p.m.
• 2 women at center of Ohio AG scandal cleared  11:54 a.m.
• Key Foundation donates $10,000 to Beatitude House  8:56 a.m.
• Vandals spray paint duck blinds at Presque Isle  8:54 a.m.
• ANDREA CEPLECCI | SEAN HALL   1:00 a.m.
• Phantoms sweep series against Ice Diggers at Chevy Center, 4-1  12:25 a.m.
• Mount Union topples Kean in tournament opener 78-70  12:25 a.m.
• Woody Allen jazzes it up at Warsaw concert hall  12:23 a.m.
• Ex-youth league treasurer put on probation, ordered to pay restitution  12:10 a.m.
• Inmate’s wife files wrongful death suit  12:09 a.m.
• Fairhaven to maintain programs with levy  12:08 a.m.
• Struthers chief probes complaint that alleges excessive force  12:07 a.m.
• Medicare users offered advice on plan options  12:06 a.m.
• Salem school board seeks applicants for superintendent post  12:05 a.m.
• Hearings set for two charged with assault  12:05 a.m.
• Coach Mainhardt, six Phantoms selected  12:03 a.m.
• Browns owner wants to act fast  12:03 a.m.
• USC, Penn State match high-scoring offenses  12:02 a.m.
• Jed York is named president of 49ers  12:02 a.m.
• Deadline to keep deputy status nears for employees in Columbiana County  12:01 a.m.
• Bengals looking to make changes  12:01 a.m.
• if you go  12:00 a.m.
• selected stocks  12:00 a.m.
• Holiday outfits can present challenges  12:00 a.m.
• NBA team owner reports Carmike Cinemas stake  12:00 a.m.
• Man kills self after apparently strangling girlfriend  12:00 a.m.
• Midwife delivery can lead health care reform  12:00 a.m.
• Economic stimulus package should be big  12:00 a.m.
• Winds cause power outage in Cornersburg  12:00 a.m.
• YRC extends deadline for vote on pay cut  12:00 a.m.
• YSU ready for Horizon  12:00 a.m.
• WORK OF ART: Marsha Dykes of Girard displays tapestry throws she had for sale at a Kwanzaa event at  12:00 a.m.
• Forum Health Northside Medical Center  12:00 a.m.
• MAHONING COUNTY  12:00 a.m.
• A summary of recent criminal activity in Canfield and Austintown:  12:00 a.m.
• GM looks to secure first part of U.S. aid $4B loan agreement in works for company  12:00 a.m.
• ’70 Kent State shootings voted top Ohio story  12:00 a.m.
• A year for upgrades, breakdowns, inspirational neighborhood action  12:00 a.m.
• Postal Service lifts curtain on ’09 stamps  12:00 a.m.
• Hard to hear at holiday parties? Blame your brain  12:00 a.m.
• Hamas pounds Israeli targets  12:00 a.m.
• Sunday’s Games  12:00 a.m.
• Man arrested in burglary at Howland condo  12:00 a.m.
• Top 10 community news stories of 2008  12:00 a.m.
• Sporst digest  12:00 a.m.
• Motorist killed in crash in Weathersfield Twp.  12:00 a.m.
• Suspect in police chase held in lieu of $225,000 in bonds  12:00 a.m.
• NFL Playoffs  12:00 a.m.
• What's open/closed on New Year's?  12:00 a.m.
• Celebrating Kwanzaa values Observers appreciate benefits of economic teamwork  12:00 a.m.
• Top 10 Newsworthy People of 2008  12:00 a.m.
• Scandal, tragedy and perseverance characterize top newsmakers list  12:00 a.m.
• Business news digest  12:00 a.m.
• TODAY  12:00 a.m.
• Fallout begins after dismal holiday sales  12:00 a.m.
• MEDICARE  12:00 a.m.
• Hollywood is happy with 2008 box office  12:00 a.m.
• Outdoor hockey not a problem  12:00 a.m.
• Rutgers’ rally caps comeback season  12:00 a.m.
• Free eye care program is available for seniors  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Tuesday, Dec. 30, the 365th day of 2008. There is one day left in the year. On this date in  12:00 a.m.
• Road teams favored in 1st round  12:00 a.m.
• Griswold leads Mooney past Central Catholic  12:00 a.m.
• Retailers \ Bankruptcy  12:00 a.m.
• Ohio calls on states to buy road salt as group  12:00 a.m.
• Dow Chemical may negotiate lower price for Rohm & Haas  12:00 a.m.
• Oil ends above $40 as fighting escalates  12:00 a.m.
• GMAC stays mum on debt swap  12:00 a.m.
• National Hockey League  12:00 a.m.
• Rusted Root singer offers memory of Cleveland visit  12:00 a.m.
• FIRST NIGHT EVENTS Ticket information  12:00 a.m.
• “NOVA: Is There Life on Mars?” (8 p.m., PBS): Still no little green men, but science  12:00 a.m.
• Wrongly jailed man adjusts to freedom  12:00 a.m.
• Judge dismisses suit against Rep. English  12:00 a.m.
• Small group protests official’s replacement  12:00 a.m.
• Jets’ Mangini, Lions’ Marinelli join Crennel  12:00 a.m.
• Simple strategies will offset groom’s strange behavior  12:00 a.m.
• Poland outlasts Boardman in thriller  12:00 a.m.
• Brother’s disorder is no excuse for abuse  12:00 a.m.
• Designer leggings offer chic alternative to baggy sweat pants  12:00 a.m.
• MOUNTAINEER RESults  12:00 a.m.
• Dog dies in West Side fire  12:00 a.m.

Monday, December 29 (84 stories)

• High winds cause power outage in Cornersburg area  11:00 p.m.
• Penguins rout Lock Haven in final game of ’08  10:20 p.m.
• Howland police make arrest that could be linked to December death  10:14 p.m.
• Search under way for new Salem schools superintendent  6:56 p.m.
• Fairhaven to maintain programs with levy  6:16 p.m.
• Boardman Township Civil Service Commission meets Tuesday  6:00 p.m.
• Ex-youth league treasurer pleads to reduced theft and forgery charges  5:06 p.m.
• Wrongful death suit filed over prison death  3:56 p.m.
• Romeo booted; Cowher not interested in Browns job  2:27 p.m.
• Canfield man killed in Weathersfield crash  1:12 p.m.
• Mother temporarily on house arrest  1:10 p.m.
• Fire damages West Side house  11:30 a.m.
• 10 killed on Ohio roads in holiday crashes, patrol says  10:54 a.m.
• No big changes planned with new Fairhaven levy money  10:50 a.m.
• Ann Savage, femme fatale in cult movies, dies at 87  12:17 a.m.
• YSU teams hoping to play better  12:05 a.m.
• Ex-attorney general saga continues  12:04 a.m.
• Motion seeks to force state of Pa. to pay for county court costs  12:03 a.m.
• Browns GM Savage is out; Crennel is expected to be next, possibly today  12:03 a.m.
• Phantoms turn back IceDiggers  12:03 a.m.
• Mayor’s celebration set at Stambaugh Auditorium  12:03 a.m.
• YMCA offers vacation program  12:03 a.m.
• Fifth-grader dazzles ‘Ice Tour’ promoters  12:03 a.m.
• “The day after I lost to Ali, people came by and put a hand on my shoulder and said,  12:03 a.m.
• Niles safety forces to face cuts in ’09  12:03 a.m.
• Big Ben provides only drama in Steelers’ rout  12:02 a.m.
• 49ers win, Singletary sheds ‘interim’ label  12:02 a.m.
• Valley leaders at odds over reasons for Mideast strife  12:01 a.m.
• Assistant Bradley is loyal to Paterno  12:01 a.m.
• Cincinnati finishes season strong, beats Chiefs, 16-6  12:01 a.m.
• Protecting public lands is a gift for us all  12:00 a.m.
• made in ohio Movies filmed in state  12:00 a.m.
• She must respect friend’s choice  12:00 a.m.
• LBJ’s spirit much in evidence today  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Monday, Dec. 29, the 364th day of 2008. There are two days left in the year. On this date  12:00 a.m.
• U.N.’s call for cease-fire in Middle East should be heeded  12:00 a.m.
• BET, TV One plan to cover inauguration extensively  12:00 a.m.
• Domestic oil production should be priority  12:00 a.m.
• “It was not an amicable divorce.”  12:00 a.m.
• Between 2002 and 2008, the number of privately held firms where minority women control at least half  12:00 a.m.
• Nostalgia is healthy response to feelings, study shows  12:00 a.m.
• Dann’s fall, Valley’s role in election shape year  12:00 a.m.
• Sunday’s Games  12:00 a.m.
• MOUNTAINEER RESults  12:00 a.m.
• VALLEY EVENTS  12:00 a.m.
• Sports digest  12:00 a.m.
• College Football Bowl Games  12:00 a.m.
• Data on shooting deaths  12:00 a.m.
• Business news digest  12:00 a.m.
• 1 Marc Dann’s May 14 resignation under pressure after a May 2 internal attorney general  12:00 a.m.
• How will OSU, Texas respond?  12:00 a.m.
• TODAY  12:00 a.m.
• Valparaiso falls to Purdue for fifth straight loss  12:00 a.m.
• Agenda Tuesday  12:00 a.m.
• High winds batter Michigan, New York  12:00 a.m.
• U.S. MARSHALS MOST WANTED  12:00 a.m.
• ISRAEL  12:00 a.m.
• Rags-to-riches for Dolphins, Falcons  12:00 a.m.
• In Afghanistan, education under attack  12:00 a.m.
• Chargers rout Broncos to win weakest division  12:00 a.m.
• A better transit bailout  12:00 a.m.
• Flight 93 kin seek land seizure  12:00 a.m.
• McDonald’s courts moms with talk about nutrition  12:00 a.m.
• Fluctuating gas prices complicate 2009 budgeting for Ohio police  12:00 a.m.
• Answers to weekly quiz  12:00 a.m.
• There’s faith in the face of Juarez’s evil  12:00 a.m.
• Lions lose to Packers, end perfectly awful season  12:00 a.m.
• Shooting clubs in Ohio see growth  12:00 a.m.
• Safe Internet practices will help to foil identity thieves  12:00 a.m.
• Recession survivors will emerge stronger  12:00 a.m.
• coping with costs  12:00 a.m.
• Veto puts filmmaker tax credit on hold  12:00 a.m.
• Monday's Best Bets on TV  12:00 a.m.
• 2008: A little of everything  12:00 a.m.
• Top 10 sports moments of 2008  12:00 a.m.
• Youngstown man accepted into Mensa  12:00 a.m.
• Saturday’s Games  12:00 a.m.
• MINDS OF MENSA  12:00 a.m.
• BASEBALL  12:00 a.m.
• Forum Health Northside Medical Center  12:00 a.m.
• SUNDAY drawingS  12:00 a.m.
• Cavs rally to win again at home  12:00 a.m.
• New Castle police probe slaying of man, 24  12:00 a.m.
• COLUMBIANA COUNTY  12:00 a.m.

Sunday, December 28 (174 stories)

• Phantoms double up on Alpena  9:58 p.m.
• Savage out as Browns GM  6:44 p.m.
• New Castle police probe homicide  5:18 p.m.
• Valley boy dazzles ‘Ice Tour’ promoters  5:06 p.m.
• YSU basketball teams close out non-league schedules this week  4:48 p.m.
• YMCA holiday program gives parents a break  4:46 p.m.
• Mayor Williams, wife to host celebration  4:42 p.m.
• Youngstowner clears Mensa hurdle  4:40 p.m.
• Legal action sought on Pa. court funding  4:32 p.m.
• Making the Top 10 political stories of 2008  4:28 p.m.
• Mahoning Valley Arab-American community plans vigil, demonstration  4:12 p.m.
• Can you ID the birds at your feeder?  10:38 a.m.
• Neighborhood stabilitzation program in Lawrence County  10:13 a.m.
• New Castle budget meetings Tuesday  8:15 a.m.
• TMH docs reach milestones  6:02 a.m.
• Learn how to achieve financial peace  5:07 a.m.
• Jameson gets four-star rating  4:00 a.m.
• Free spray flu vaccine  2:00 a.m.
• Hinelys mark 50th with outdoor party and vow renewal  1:00 a.m.
• Huey anniversary is celebrated at church social hall  1:00 a.m.
• Bonners mark their 51st anniversary on Dec. 24  1:00 a.m.
• VICTORIA HENRY | CHRISTOPHER MOSKO  1:00 a.m.
• DANIELLE HIVELY | LARRY WEIMER  1:00 a.m.
• SENIOR SIDELIGHTS  1:00 a.m.
• SENIOR NUTRITION  1:00 a.m.
• Dinner reception at Holiday Inn honors Connollys  1:00 a.m.
• SENIOR CITIZENS  1:00 a.m.
• Crime & punishment  12:10 a.m.
• Big Ben leads Poland, 72-71  12:10 a.m.
• Playhouse season succumbs to storm  12:09 a.m.
• Playing for pride (and end of slide)  12:09 a.m.
• Ice skate at the Chevy on the last night of year  12:08 a.m.
• Five strive for first in North Division  12:08 a.m.
• 85 Scouts enjoy YSU lock-in  12:07 a.m.
• Former PSU QB Robinson takes pride in prize pupil  12:07 a.m.
• Bridal show offers wedding options  12:06 a.m.
• Solution appears to ‘beet’ plain salt  12:05 a.m.
• Makeover of Wall Street leads AP list of top business stories  12:00 a.m.
• It’s been a year of ups and downs  12:00 a.m.
• 1. General Motors gets access to the cash needed to keep the company in operation. President George  12:00 a.m.
• Governor: Ohio needs massive aid from U.S.  12:00 a.m.
• Top 10 Crime Stories of 2008  12:00 a.m.
• Births for 2008-12-28  12:00 a.m.
• COURTS  12:00 a.m.
• Remembering Bhutto one year after her death  12:00 a.m.
• Valley temperature hits record-high 63  12:00 a.m.
• NFL  12:00 a.m.
• Cavs’ talent, chemistry lead to team-best start  12:00 a.m.
• TONDAY  12:00 a.m.
• MOUNTAINEER results  12:00 a.m.
• Learn financial peace  12:00 a.m.
• local  12:00 a.m.
• MERCER COUNTY Crime Solvers  12:00 a.m.
• Obama chosen most-admired live man  12:00 a.m.
• STAFF REPORT  12:00 a.m.
• PREP FOOTBALL  12:00 a.m.
• Shapiro’s offseason objectives fall short  12:00 a.m.
• All-Steel Valley Conference Honorees  12:00 a.m.
• YOUNGSTOWN STATE  12:00 a.m.
• MERCER COUNTY | Common Pleas Court  12:00 a.m.
• TEAMS  12:00 a.m.
• TODAY  12:00 a.m.
• Cause of downfall no secret  12:00 a.m.
• Agenda Monday  12:00 a.m.
• Landlords are an asset to the city; they are victims of crime, not the cause of it  12:00 a.m.
• “Child 44” by Tom Rob Smith (Grand Central Publishing): A search for a serial killer in  12:00 a.m.
• Vindicator file photo  12:00 a.m.
• FIRST NIGHT YOUNGSTOWN  12:00 a.m.
• THE BEST OF 2008  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Finder’ garners accolades as top mystery  12:00 a.m.
• Dropping this, that on Dec. 31  12:00 a.m.
• Readers: Medication is causing silver hair to turn black  12:00 a.m.
• For the most part, it really is the thought that counts with gifts  12:00 a.m.
• White makes right in Mountaineers’ victory  12:00 a.m.
• Pediatric weight management program  12:00 a.m.
• Bubbly that won’t fizzle  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Dark Knight’ will not be visiting mainland China  12:00 a.m.
• Air travel growing  12:00 a.m.
• nhl roundup \ Saturday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• nba roundup Saturday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• Men’s top 25 \ Saturday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• horizon league \ Saturday’s game  12:00 a.m.
• “The Sound of Music” (7 p.m., ABC): The hills are once again alive with “The Sound  12:00 a.m.
• Bowl roundup \ Saturday’s other game  12:00 a.m.
• NFL PREVIEW \ Today’s games  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Sugar Mountain — Live at Canterbury House 1968’  12:00 a.m.
• NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City man has designed a calendar that will drive Bubble Wrap  12:00 a.m.
• Streisand, Freeman to receive honors  12:00 a.m.
• ALL MY CHILDREN  12:00 a.m.
• PlayStation 3 console sales lag behind the gaming competition  12:00 a.m.
• selected stocks  12:00 a.m.
• CoolIT takes heat off your PC  12:00 a.m.
• REGION  12:00 a.m.
• Deadline passes for GMAC to clear big hurdle  12:00 a.m.
• Opening files attached to e-mail  12:00 a.m.
• Christmas goat burned again in Stockholm  12:00 a.m.
• Kostitsyn gets first hat trick  12:00 a.m.
• U.S. blames Hamas for starting fight  12:00 a.m.
• Femtocells boost cell phone reception indoors  12:00 a.m.
• Midwest prepares for flooding as rain, temperature melt ice  12:00 a.m.
• Retailers brimming with affordable gifts  12:00 a.m.
• Schools serve hot lunches during vacation  12:00 a.m.
• More states look to Japanese to improve system  12:00 a.m.
• Guests will remember the food  12:00 a.m.
• MAHONING COUNTY  12:00 a.m.
• Baghdad bombing kills, hurts scores  12:00 a.m.
• What makes a good teacher? Debate goes on  12:00 a.m.
• Dirty diaper causes caustic burns on boy  12:00 a.m.
• Arizona doctor sues OU medical school  12:00 a.m.
• Coach takes pleasure in Buckeye beatdown  12:00 a.m.
• Senior Independence Senior Center of Mahoning County, 1110 Fifth Ave., Youngstown, has planned the  12:00 a.m.
• Woman finds $10,000 in cracker box  12:00 a.m.
• Ohio woman, 104, to attend inauguration  12:00 a.m.
• Volatile energy prices strain ties in Northeast  12:00 a.m.
• Seven people die in house fire; kerosene heater apparent cause  12:00 a.m.
• Arduous recovery ahead after market’s unraveling  12:00 a.m.
• ella mae johnson Biographical details  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Sunday, Dec. 28, the 363rd day of 2008. There are three days left in the year. On this date  12:00 a.m.
• 5 nursing home employees charged with abusing patient  12:00 a.m.
• Putting ‘High School Musical’ on ice  12:00 a.m.
• if you go  12:00 a.m.
• Just 20 years ago, 1989 provided a year of miracles  12:00 a.m.
• Time to move forward  12:00 a.m.
• The financial wisdom of Scrooge  12:00 a.m.
• GO, SEE AND DO  12:00 a.m.
• Notebook shipments overtake desktops  12:00 a.m.
• A mother’s love knows no bounds  12:00 a.m.
• Feel like a loser? You’re not alone  12:00 a.m.
• Hard times spark interest  12:00 a.m.
• Obama raises the bar on economic stimulus  12:00 a.m.
• There’s no tie in attire for most holiday parties  12:00 a.m.
• Mother of special-needs child needs lessons  12:00 a.m.
• Throw party without breaking the budget  12:00 a.m.
• Lifelike models Through the ages  12:00 a.m.
• SITES ON BOOK SWAPPING There’s more than one way to trade online. Here are details on PaperBackSwap and similar sites:  12:00 a.m.
• Editor’s note  12:00 a.m.
• Book enthusiasts swap and save online  12:00 a.m.
• Good mannequins serve as silent salespeople  12:00 a.m.
• Hot off the presses \ The year’s biggest sellers  12:00 a.m.
• PaperBackSwap How it works  12:00 a.m.
• French novel zones in on literary record  12:00 a.m.
• Neither vulnerable. North deals.  12:00 a.m.
• CELEBRATE!  12:00 a.m.
• DESIGN FOR ALL AGES  12:00 a.m.
• travel Trends \ A look ahead to 2009  12:00 a.m.
• Youngstown & Mahoning County  12:00 a.m.
• Judge weight, texture, quality by handling  12:00 a.m.
• Greyhound offering special fares, discounts  12:00 a.m.
• You can stay at unusual hotels of the world  12:00 a.m.
• hAuthors offer decorating tips  12:00 a.m.
• Sellers set the stage for homes  12:00 a.m.
• CURRENT PRICES  12:00 a.m.
• It’s high season for gardening classes  12:00 a.m.
• information  12:00 a.m.
• Opportunities abound to learn about gardening  12:00 a.m.
• girls roundup \ Saturday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• boys roundup \ Saturday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• Get a deal  12:00 a.m.
• Israel retaliates against Hamas, hits Gaza Strip with 100 tons of bombs  12:00 a.m.
• GLASS: This champagne glass was sold by Garth’s Auctions in Delaware, Ohio, for $40. It may be  12:00 a.m.
• Top 10  12:00 a.m.
• Phantoms preview \ Upcoming games  12:00 a.m.
• BOYS BASKETBALL  12:00 a.m.
• Howland wears down Warren JFK, 63-50  12:00 a.m.
• Area teen gets top score of 36 on ACT exam  12:00 a.m.
• The Top 10 Entertainment stories of 2008  12:00 a.m.
• Mason saves Blue Jackets’ win  12:00 a.m.
• Bucks bounced  12:00 a.m.
• BASEBALL  12:00 a.m.
• Losers in 2008 outshine winners  12:00 a.m.
• Fitness for overweight kids  12:00 a.m.
• MASONIC GROUPS  12:00 a.m.
• SENIOR CITIZENS  12:00 a.m.
• HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY | Edith T. Hill  12:00 a.m.

Saturday, December 27 (93 stories)

• Terroristic threats in New Wilmington  10:48 p.m.
• Warren armed robbery probed  9:47 p.m.
• Day-after deal hunting  12:10 a.m.
• Swimming is cool  12:10 a.m.
• Students in 8 Pa. counties get break at YSU  12:09 a.m.
• MVOC, mayor, city unite to fight blight  12:08 a.m.
• ‘Everyone can be a philanthropist’ Valley organization helps others establish charities  12:06 a.m.
• ‘Photographic odyssey’ continues for Valley native  12:06 a.m.
• Youngstown museum visits led to career in D.C.  12:02 a.m.
• Buckeyes’ perception is what counts  12:02 a.m.
• Penn State’s center Shipley set for finale, eyes the NFL  12:02 a.m.
• McGinest is focusing on Steelers, not retirement  12:02 a.m.
• Trumbull Co. offers sites to leave Christmas trees  12:01 a.m.
• Christmas tree recycling locations  12:01 a.m.
• Fleury’s first shutout of the season leads Penguins to 1-0 win over New Jersey  12:01 a.m.
• GMAC was required to clear final hurdle for bailout funds  12:00 a.m.
• Today  12:00 a.m.
• Packers and Rodgers have had rough year  12:00 a.m.
• Time is running out for Cowboys  12:00 a.m.
• Local topics on TV  12:00 a.m.
• Prayer Shawl Ministry to hold blessing ceremony for caps  12:00 a.m.
• Board members named  12:00 a.m.
• Economy reducing Cub Scout numbers  12:00 a.m.
• NFL  12:00 a.m.
• COLD PLAY: The Courthouse Square Ice Rink in Warren was the site of some cutting-edge fun Friday.  12:00 a.m.
• Baby Jesus thefts abound  12:00 a.m.
• MAHONING COUNTY  12:00 a.m.
• Dann’s charges of bias by inspector stem from Coingate probe in 2005  12:00 a.m.
• Merchants endure big sales slump  12:00 a.m.
• Sports digest  12:00 a.m.
• Free pasta dinner planned  12:00 a.m.
• Northfield Results  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Saturday, Dec. 27, the 362nd day of 2008. There are four days left in the year. On this  12:00 a.m.
• Farrell man arrested after chase that injured officer, police say  12:00 a.m.
• SUNDAY TV NEWS SHOWS Guest lineup  12:00 a.m.
• Invitation sends the wrong message  12:00 a.m.
• Car, township dump truck collide, catch fire  12:00 a.m.
• STATUE OF FREEDOM: The Statue of Freedom sits atop the Capitol Building Dome in Washington. The  12:00 a.m.
• She wants a baby, but ‘Marc’ doesn’t want more children  12:00 a.m.
• Two boys beaten severely in Phoenix park die  12:00 a.m.
• FRIDAY DRAWINGS  12:00 a.m.
• Police: Santa gunman planned to flee to Canada but was burned  12:00 a.m.
• Thursday’s Game  12:00 a.m.
• New trend? Theaters charge for leg room  12:00 a.m.
• The Capitol Visitor Center opened Dec. 2 and is expected to host 3 million visitors annually. The  12:00 a.m.
• Organize linens during white sales  12:00 a.m.
• Newest Oscar voters are giddy with excitement  12:00 a.m.
• It’s time to tease hair again, for big is back  12:00 a.m.
• emancipation service The details  12:00 a.m.
• New Year’s Day service provides rallying point  12:00 a.m.
• Multi-racial congregation reveals trend  12:00 a.m.
• Pastor helps to promote personal good stewardship  12:00 a.m.
• First Congregational sets pastor installation  12:00 a.m.
• Covenant service  12:00 a.m.
• For safety, check the fit of pets’ collars  12:00 a.m.
• And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a  12:00 a.m.
• CWU recognizes work of area couples  12:00 a.m.
• Keep Jesus in your hearts, homes and lives  12:00 a.m.
• Weekly quiz  12:00 a.m.
• New war looms between India and Pakistan, some officials fear  12:00 a.m.
• The Community Foundation of Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio has made it easy for those wishing  12:00 a.m.
• Computer system for foster cases works well  12:00 a.m.
• Does U.S. count in Latin America?  12:00 a.m.
• if you go  12:00 a.m.
• Democrats will be blamed if Congress takes pay hike  12:00 a.m.
• NBA ROUNDUP \ Friday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• Bargain hunters sink sales of store gift cards  12:00 a.m.
• Storm blankets West with snow, ice glazes Midwest  12:00 a.m.
• NHL ROUNDUP  12:00 a.m.
• St. Elizabeth’s Family Birthplace  12:00 a.m.
• 1976 Bucs ready to give up torch  12:00 a.m.
• The Emerald Bowl (3 p.m., ESPN): Our college football cup runneth over this time of year. Today,  12:00 a.m.
• NBA coaches falling like flies  12:00 a.m.
• DISCOUNTS GALORE: Doug Caffelle, manager of Target in Niles, said 70 to 80 people were lined up at  12:00 a.m.
• Ursuline reaches tournament final  12:00 a.m.
• Fire destroys rented house in Howland; officials estimate total loss at $85,000  12:00 a.m.
• Storm blankets West with snow; icy in Midwest  12:00 a.m.
• Bill to outlaw Salvia goes to Strickland  12:00 a.m.
• GREAT EXPECTATIONS: Ken Kollar, manager at Eastwood Mall, said he expected post-Christmas sales to  12:00 a.m.
• Obamas watch dolphin show at Sea Life Park during 12-day vacation in Hawaii  12:00 a.m.
• Ruling jeopardizes ‘Watchmen’ release  12:00 a.m.
• NATION  12:00 a.m.
• Trumbull tourism bureau offers new calendar of events  12:00 a.m.
• Amazon: Holiday sales were ‘best ever’  12:00 a.m.
• Like Martin and Lewis, duo does comedy old-school  12:00 a.m.
• Obama indulges in politics of prayer  12:00 a.m.
• ‘The Spirit’ director keeps Will Eisner’s spirit alive  12:00 a.m.
• THE DAY AFTER  12:00 a.m.
• Florida Atlantic pulls out Motor City Bowl victory  12:00 a.m.
• An unconscionable rule  12:00 a.m.
• Utah startup hits jackpot with big geothermal field  12:00 a.m.
• A state-by-state look at juvenile justice cuts  12:00 a.m.
• Caroline Kennedy: 9/11 attacks, Obama led me to public service  12:00 a.m.

Friday, December 26 (89 stories)

• Burglar strikes St. Christine's  11:32 p.m.
• Car rams cop during chase  7:28 p.m.
• Warren police respond to Christmas crime complaints  2:52 p.m.
• Car hits Sharon house on Christmas morning  1:42 p.m.
• Truck fire snarled Christmas night interstate traffic  1:36 p.m.
• After-Christmas deals greet Friday mall shoppers  1:26 p.m.
• Poland trustees will talk about police pact on Saturday  12:36 p.m.
• Governor names two Valley residents to state boards  11:40 a.m.
• Retailers hope today can save the shopping season  10:20 a.m.
• Demolition of State Theatre is back on track  12:20 a.m.
• New fitness center opens at Eastwood  12:20 a.m.
• Pupil loss threatens Youngstown school district  12:20 a.m.
• Economy victimizes Ohio cities  12:20 a.m.
• Political novice in Senate won’t have luxury of time  12:20 a.m.
• Notre Dame’s first bowl win in 15 years excites Weis  12:10 a.m.
• Steelers’ ground game up in air: Line problems, injuries hurt run  12:10 a.m.
• Washington kept it close but the Cavaliers rallied to improve to 15-0 at home.  12:10 a.m.
• Steelers don’t see a Cowher move  12:10 a.m.
• high five  12:00 a.m.
• State inspector general’s report on Dann is damning  12:00 a.m.
• Cabinet nominee receives high marks  12:00 a.m.
• Harrison repeats as team MVP  12:00 a.m.
• CLUB CALENDAR  12:00 a.m.
• A MOVING DISPUTE  12:00 a.m.
• Governor asks residents to help feed hungry Ohioans  12:00 a.m.
• There’s nothing flak about this operation operation  12:00 a.m.
• MAHONING COUNTY  12:00 a.m.
• Surplus food  12:00 a.m.
• BASEBALL  12:00 a.m.
• NFL  12:00 a.m.
• THURSDAY DRAWINGS  12:00 a.m.
• Today  12:00 a.m.
• NORTHFIELD ENTRIES  12:00 a.m.
• SCHEDULE  12:00 a.m.
• HOLIDAY ROUNDUP  12:00 a.m.
• Thursday’s Game  12:00 a.m.
• Travel tips help pave road to a better trip by avoiding loss of luggage  12:00 a.m.
• U.S. troops in Iraq mark holiday with services, meals, memories  12:00 a.m.
• Christians in Iraq celebrate holiday officially for first time  12:00 a.m.
• LOCAL  12:00 a.m.
• Pope appeals for solidarity amid tough economy  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Friday, Dec. 26, the 361st day of 2008. There are five days left in the year. The seven-day  12:00 a.m.
• Year ends with 6 Nazi-tale moviesSFlb  12:00 a.m.
• Lakers avenge Finals defeat  12:00 a.m.
• Singer, actress Eartha Kitt dies at 81  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Sopranos’ actor ‘Johnny Cakes’ dead in suicide  12:00 a.m.
• Nobel laureate Harold Pinter dies at 78  12:00 a.m.
• NBA ROUNDUP \ Thursday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• Companies struggle to keep on donating  12:00 a.m.
• “Transformers” (5:30 p.m., HBO): Toys come to life and battle it out in 2007’s  12:00 a.m.
• Kwanzaa is more relevant than ever in the midst of the recession  12:00 a.m.
• Effects of recession expected to cut even deeper  12:00 a.m.
• the scoop  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Picturing America’ is worth an investment  12:00 a.m.
• NATION  12:00 a.m.
• Madoff had willing partners in scam  12:00 a.m.
• Sloppy record-keeping will impede officials’ compliance with law  12:00 a.m.
• Is bloated executive pay headed for a deflation?  12:00 a.m.
• Terror threat to stem from Africa, Mideast  12:00 a.m.
• Concert industry posts record year  12:00 a.m.
• White ready to close out career in Meineke Bowl  12:00 a.m.
• Black women in U.S. shrink in stature, data show  12:00 a.m.
• POLICE CALLS  12:00 a.m.
• Holiday camaraderie, food in Youngstown  12:00 a.m.
• Hundreds treated to annual meal Santa’s visit tops off day of food, camaraderie  12:00 a.m.
• Inauguration team can’t please all wealthy donors  12:00 a.m.
• MLK food drive planned  12:00 a.m.
• Gradkowski looks forward to Sunday  12:00 a.m.
• BIRTH  12:00 a.m.
• Military prepares to give base to Iraqi government  12:00 a.m.
• Christmas Tree  12:00 a.m.
• We need more talk, not less  12:00 a.m.
• Bushes spend 12th Christmas at Camp David retreat in Md.  12:00 a.m.
• How to defend your big blind  12:00 a.m.
• Unexpected mix of shades is trend in holiday jewelry  12:00 a.m.
• Canton infant gets rare double-lung transplant  12:00 a.m.
• Winter storm covers West, heads east  12:00 a.m.
• Man in Santa suit kills 6 at party, then self  12:00 a.m.
• Frozen body ID’d as man missing since 1980s  12:00 a.m.
• Mom wonders why rich daughter doesn’t help her brother  12:00 a.m.
• Writer: Learn to live with uncertainty  12:00 a.m.
• Financing shift means less control for GM  12:00 a.m.
• “The act he did in and of itself I consider to be heroic. Despite being mortally wounded, he  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Doubt’ falls flat in translation to the big screen  12:00 a.m.
• ‘DOUBT’  12:00 a.m.
• Singer is done with sad songs  12:00 a.m.
• Direct sales pitch: Amway angles for a comeback in U.S.  12:00 a.m.
• A season for giving  12:00 a.m.
• Indeed, a tough row to hoe  12:00 a.m.

Thursday, December 25 (115 stories)

• Campbell crews working on waterline break  11:02 p.m.
• Two stars lost, one from world of music, other from realm of drama  9:54 p.m.
• Someplace Safe seeks help  5:12 p.m.
• Food drives planned to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day  4:32 p.m.
• The presence of a Christmas past  1:00 a.m.
• From Web to soldier overseas, with love  12:12 a.m.
• Centre of attention: Series bigger & better  12:12 a.m.
• Plaxico’s guns, clothes seized  12:10 a.m.
• 2 Cleveland men jailed in robbery of 13-year-old  12:10 a.m.
• Verdict is in: Carol sing is awesome tradition  12:10 a.m.
• New fitness center offers place, price for every Fizek  12:10 a.m.
• Pack coach downplays Lions’ mark   12:10 a.m.
• Lost in a bowl rush, Mercy remembered  12:10 a.m.
• 11 hometown heroes named by Red Cross  12:10 a.m.
• TCU gets W after LT talk: Frogs rally past Boise St.  12:10 a.m.
• History Channel marvels at Zambelli  12:10 a.m.
• SOUP WORK: Vincenzo DeCenso, 11, adds carrots that he chopped to a soup pot in the Austintown home  12:00 a.m.
• ‘VALKYRIE’  12:00 a.m.
• A summary of recent criminal activity in Boardman and Poland townships:  12:00 a.m.
• Backlog causes FedEx to open sorting stations 4 hours today  12:00 a.m.
• Local woman releases CD of sacred Christmas music  12:00 a.m.
• North-South vulnerable. North deals.  12:00 a.m.
• 12 shows stood tall in down year for television  12:00 a.m.
• BIRTHS  12:00 a.m.
• Dance, dance, dance! 10 parties for Obama  12:00 a.m.
• Jobless claims rise to highest level since ’82  12:00 a.m.
• NFL  12:00 a.m.
• Guest’s poem shows when man is at his finest  12:00 a.m.
• WEDNESDAY DRAWINGS  12:00 a.m.
• Celebrity disc jockey files suit in fatal plane crash  12:00 a.m.
• Springsteen disciples rocked the hardest  12:00 a.m.
• Pack coach downplays Lions’ mark  12:00 a.m.
• Historian believes cave was the first Arkansas school  12:00 a.m.
• Plaxico’s guns, clothes seized  12:00 a.m.
• BASEBALL  12:00 a.m.
• Centre of attention: Series bigger & better  12:00 a.m.
• Michael Stanley continues to look forward  12:00 a.m.
• GRAND SETTING: Participants gather in the Mahoning County Courthouse rotunda during the annual  12:00 a.m.
• Obama hopeful in Christmas radio remarks  12:00 a.m.
• Obama to boldly go where no geek has gone before  12:00 a.m.
• New Year’s Eve TV specials will have pop stars aplenty  12:00 a.m.
• Recycling holiday items through mid-January  12:00 a.m.
• A little help in being green  12:00 a.m.
• “President-elect Obama is deeply honored that the Library of Congress has made the Lincoln  12:00 a.m.
• From Web to soldier overseas, with love  12:00 a.m.
• MOTHER AND SON: Court reporter Chastity M. Feezle of Poland and her son, Ethan, 3, participated in  12:00 a.m.
• Lost in a bowl rush, Mercy remembered  12:00 a.m.
• Snowzilla rises again despite Anchorage order  12:00 a.m.
• Pope ushers in Christmas at the Vatican  12:00 a.m.
• NATISHA VEGA/JEFF PHIFER IV  12:00 a.m.
• If you go  12:00 a.m.
• Second-half comeback saved concert season  12:00 a.m.
• Fox News’ White House reporter to replace anchorman Brit Hume  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Thursday, Dec. 25, the 360th day of 2008. There are six days left in the year. This is  12:00 a.m.
• Applications for mortgages rise 48 percent  12:00 a.m.
• LET THERE BE LIGHT: Alan Streb, 17, of Boardman lights a candle during a Christmas Eve service at  12:00 a.m.
• Baby Jesus stolen from Nativity display  12:00 a.m.
• FAMILY, PRAISE AND MUSIC:  12:00 a.m.
• Icy weather trips up travelers  12:00 a.m.
• TCU gets W after LT talk: Frogs rally past Boise St.  12:00 a.m.
• In Northwest U.S., tribes anticipate brighter future  12:00 a.m.
• MAHONING COUNTY  12:00 a.m.
• NORTHFIELD RESULTS  12:00 a.m.
• The Zou finds inspiration in the unlikeliest places  12:00 a.m.
• Fla. Medicare fraud dispute targets patients  12:00 a.m.
• Tina Fey voted AP Entertainer of the Year  12:00 a.m.
• TODAY  12:00 a.m.
• Battle of Bulge instructive  12:00 a.m.
• ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ becomes a reality  12:00 a.m.
• The First Christmas  12:00 a.m.
• Merry Christmas and ...  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Recession Tree’ reflects present and future  12:00 a.m.
• NATION  12:00 a.m.
• selected stocks  12:00 a.m.
• Christmas brings no break for some workers  12:00 a.m.
• World falling apart this Christmas  12:00 a.m.
• Air-traveler bill of rights remains on ground  12:00 a.m.
• The presence of a Christmas past  12:00 a.m.
• Specialists: Signs of ADHD in adults often misconstrued  12:00 a.m.
• CHRISTMAS: What’s open/closed  12:00 a.m.
• In-house fashion brands foster own identity  12:00 a.m.
• Want to borrow? Return to lender when done  12:00 a.m.
• TheSources  12:00 a.m.
• Fed lets GMAC tap bailout fund  12:00 a.m.
• Yellow Mo. oleo: Some can’t believe it’s not legal!  12:00 a.m.
• BOYS BASKETBALL  12:00 a.m.
• Movie listings are based on the best information provided to us at press time. Schedules are subject  12:00 a.m.
• CHRISTMAS TRADITION: John Senzarin and his wife, Alice, turn their Austintown home into a veritable  12:00 a.m.
• Iran leader gives tidings of Christmas  12:00 a.m.
• History Channel marvels at Zambelli  12:00 a.m.
• 2 Cleveland men jailed in robbery of 13-year-old  12:00 a.m.
• Hotel evacuated after waterline breaks  12:00 a.m.
• This year’s party clothes are about wearing ‘the piece’  12:00 a.m.
• ‘THE SPIRIT’  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Valkyrie’ capably recreates a hidden moment in history  12:00 a.m.
• Verdict is in: Carol sing is awesome tradition  12:00 a.m.
• Gas station robbed  12:00 a.m.
• auditions \ Where to try out for roles  12:00 a.m.
• Culture of spying grows in Europe  12:00 a.m.
• Traffic fatalities decline in Ohio  12:00 a.m.
• ADHD Symptoms  12:00 a.m.
• Death Valley tries to preserve night sky  12:00 a.m.
• Valley services observe Kwanzaa  12:00 a.m.
• Last-minute bargain hunters can’t assuage retailers’ fears  12:00 a.m.
• Toy makers take issue with lead law  12:00 a.m.
• Police probe daylight homicide, shootings  12:00 a.m.
• DJ Mick Boogie comes home for performance in the Valley  12:00 a.m.
• Bethlehem festive, Gaza ferocious  12:00 a.m.
• Sharon to raise wage tax, lower property taxes  12:00 a.m.
• local  12:00 a.m.
• “Walt Disney World Christmas Parade” (9 p.m., ABC): Mickey and his pals get festive in  12:00 a.m.
• RATES  12:00 a.m.
• FIRST CHRISTMAS: Natalie Ludban, 4 months, takes in the Christmas Eve Family Worship Service at Good  12:00 a.m.
• ‘The Spirit’ is a dream for fans  12:00 a.m.
• 11 hometown heroes named by Red Cross  12:00 a.m.

Wednesday, December 24 (105 stories)

• Midlothian Speedway robbed  6:22 p.m.
• Boil alert issued for some Canfield residents  1:18 p.m.
• VIDEO: Howland police probe murder, gunshot victims  12:08 p.m.
• Wedding professionals to be bridal show feature  11:28 a.m.
• FOOD SALES AND DINNERS  11:27 a.m.
• 2 young Cleveland men jailed in robbery of Warren boy  10:44 a.m.
• Three fires on Tuesday in Youngstown  10:26 a.m.
• Icy roads make for tricky driving, accidents  9:22 a.m.
• Artists dream of White House Christmas  12:10 a.m.
• Hubbard outbattles Cards, 48-39  12:10 a.m.
• Former Dann aide could face thousands in fines, jail time  12:09 a.m.
• Ursuline beats St. Thomas Aquinas with good defense  12:09 a.m.
• Need help? Hot line aid abounds for those in needSFlb  12:08 a.m.
• League on the Horizon  12:08 a.m.
• 45 Penguins earn 4.0 GPAs in fall semester  12:07 a.m.
• Valley despairs as demand for social programs flares  12:07 a.m.
• Warren women voted twice, board alleges  12:06 a.m.
• Police arrest 2 suspects in gas station robbery spree  12:05 a.m.
• Yes, Virginia  12:00 a.m.
• Dann asked for it  12:00 a.m.
• Economy slows growth in the South and West  12:00 a.m.
• MAHONING COUNTY  12:00 a.m.
• Multiple vehicles involved in crash  12:00 a.m.
• TUESDAY drawingS  12:00 a.m.
• Columbiana, behind Witmer’s 25 points, tops McDonald 55-51  12:00 a.m.
• Newton Falls holds off Windham for sixth straight win  12:00 a.m.
• YSU clinic to assist war vets  12:00 a.m.
• A merry, little Christmas display  12:00 a.m.
• Where to Get help  12:00 a.m.
• Northfield Results  12:00 a.m.
• YSU SCORES/SCHEDULE  12:00 a.m.
• TUESDAY’S summaries  12:00 a.m.
• FOR THE BOYS & GIRLS  12:00 a.m.
• Finally, blighted building is razed  12:00 a.m.
• Presidential beefcake  12:00 a.m.
• Short break  12:00 a.m.
• Plan to merge precincts in Pa. awaits OK  12:00 a.m.
• Rash of fires adds to Red Cross burden  12:00 a.m.
• BASEBALL  12:00 a.m.
• COLORFUL: Linda Parks of Plattsburgh, N.Y., formerly of Hermitage, Pa., created this ornament for  12:00 a.m.
• Men slash woman in bar parking lot  12:00 a.m.
• Sprinkler leak forces hotel in Austintown to shut down  12:00 a.m.
• Governor picks treasurer to replace Cordray  12:00 a.m.
• Ex-rape suspect admits 2 killings  12:00 a.m.
• Fire at vacant house causes $2,000 damage  12:00 a.m.
• Christmas Tree  12:00 a.m.
• VOTING CHANGE | Precinct mergers  12:00 a.m.
• Obama plans to use Lincoln’s Bible at ceremony  12:00 a.m.
• NFL  12:00 a.m.
• FIRE SAFETY | Tips  12:00 a.m.
• Forum Health Northside Medical Center  12:00 a.m.
• It’s worth what you pay for it  12:00 a.m.
• Co-workers sue over win  12:00 a.m.
• tag exhibit Don Drumm show, more  12:00 a.m.
• TODAY  12:00 a.m.
• Contest gets testy, Cavs pass test  12:00 a.m.
• Tampa blanks tired Pens  12:00 a.m.
• Thursday’s Game  12:00 a.m.
• Recession could get a lot worse, analysts warn  12:00 a.m.
• Investigators, Obama, aides met last week  12:00 a.m.
• area  12:00 a.m.
• Blue Jackets blanked by Kings  12:00 a.m.
• Biden says pork won’t be allowed in stimulus  12:00 a.m.
• Rape suspect found incompetent to stand trial  12:00 a.m.
• Amtrak trains delayed by cold, snowstorms  12:00 a.m.
• Adam Sandler’s ‘Bedtime Stories’: It was a good idea on paper  12:00 a.m.
• Bush signs bill involving pension plans  12:00 a.m.
• NFL roundup News and notes  12:00 a.m.
• Tomlin wants team to care about Browns  12:00 a.m.
• Aniston, Wilson star in dog of a movie  12:00 a.m.
• CANFIELD CITY  12:00 a.m.
• Ahmadinejad still the man to beat in Iran  12:00 a.m.
• NBA roundup Tuesday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• nhl roundup Tuesday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• ‘MARLEY & ME’  12:00 a.m.
• ROUNDUP Men’s basketball  12:00 a.m.
• Actors guild delays vote on strike authorization  12:00 a.m.
• Angel Biscuits let reader indulge in batches of the baked goods  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Wednesday, Dec. 24, the 359th day of 2008. There are seven days left in the year. This is  12:00 a.m.
• STATE TREASURER  12:00 a.m.
• Q. I have two friends who are like brothers to me, making it almost impossible to choose a best man.  12:00 a.m.
• Mean comments by ‘Dennis’ cause concern for his girlfriend  12:00 a.m.
• Crafts add festive look to any holiday table  12:00 a.m.
• A versatile, crunchy, tasty treat  12:00 a.m.
• Fudge nirvana  12:00 a.m.
• Workers say goodbye to SUV plant  12:00 a.m.
• “I don’t want to wait until Obama. I think we can do it now.”  12:00 a.m.
• “It’s a Wonderful Life” (8 p.m., NBC): Rumor has it that every time you watch  12:00 a.m.
• 24-hour stores attract nocturnal shoppers  12:00 a.m.
• ‘BEDTIME STORIES’  12:00 a.m.
• Corruption’s cost, beyond Blago  12:00 a.m.
• There’s a cure for what ails medicine  12:00 a.m.
• REGION  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Marley and Me’ deserves two paws up  12:00 a.m.
• Airline bag fees likely to stay permanently  12:00 a.m.
• Madoff’s $50B: Where did it go?  12:00 a.m.
• Both vulnerable. South deals.  12:00 a.m.
• SWEET MEMORIES Comfort & joy  12:00 a.m.
• Giving to others all year delights local woman  12:00 a.m.
• selected stocks  12:00 a.m.
• Let us honor generosity  12:00 a.m.
• Crocker: Iraq has a chance of making it  12:00 a.m.
• Existing home sales fell by 8.6% in November  12:00 a.m.
• GM’s oldest plant has its final day  12:00 a.m.
• Fresh, fruity and free of alcohol  12:00 a.m.

Tuesday, December 23 (85 stories)

• North Lima crash sends several to hospital  11:22 p.m.
• YPD searching for Arby’s robber  8:42 p.m.
• Girard police arrest two in connection with gas station robbery  6:42 p.m.
• Strickland names new state treasurer  3:46 p.m.
• Blighted building torn down in Boardman  12:40 p.m.
• Trumbull County investigates cases of double voting  12:08 p.m.
• Fire set under porch of vacant South Side home  11:58 a.m.
• Youngstown woman killed in Portage County crash  9:48 a.m.
• Families shop with cops  12:10 a.m.
• Engineer’s office to lay off nine  12:07 a.m.
• Hubbard mayor, council lock horns over raises for 2 workers  12:06 a.m.
• Kids join Santa and wife for lunch  12:05 a.m.
• Fourth-graders learn by doing  12:04 a.m.
• Forum CEO ready to present his choice for executive VP  12:03 a.m.
• Captain of the Titanic: Let me stay  12:03 a.m.
• Crosby’s goal lifts Penguins  12:02 a.m.
• OSU big man has big game: Mullen paces 83-59 victory  12:02 a.m.
• Blaney’s future shaky after Davis sells team  12:02 a.m.
• Wean appoints 2 board members  12:02 a.m.
• Wright St. captures San Juan Shootout  12:02 a.m.
• Pirates’ Doumit nabs extension  12:01 a.m.
• Bengals’ Andrews hurt, shelved, surgery-bound  12:01 a.m.
• Mother looks for answers  12:00 a.m.
• Yes, everyone, there is a Santa Claus  12:00 a.m.
• China lures top scholars home  12:00 a.m.
• Here’s what to wear when the party is at your home  12:00 a.m.
• TODAY  12:00 a.m.
• A “person of interest” is the focus of Crime Stoppers of Greater Youngstown this week:  12:00 a.m.
• Bitter temps, high winds leave their mark on Ohio  12:00 a.m.
• How was bailout money spent?  12:00 a.m.
• Five Muslims convicted of plotting to kill soldiers  12:00 a.m.
• Judge cuts legal fees in GM settlement  12:00 a.m.
• Winter hits with a vengeance across U.S.  12:00 a.m.
• “I have done nothing wrong. And I’m not going to quit a job that people hired me to do  12:00 a.m.
• New SEC coaches are not splashy  12:00 a.m.
• REUNIONS  12:00 a.m.
• Sean MacBride Division members are honored  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Gary’ needs to face up to parents’ problems  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Tuesday, Dec. 23, the 358th day of 2008. There are eight days left in the year. On this  12:00 a.m.
• Youngstown mayor justified in blasting funding decision  12:00 a.m.
• “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (8 p.m., ABC): Pass the roast beast.  12:00 a.m.
• area  12:00 a.m.
• Chronically Ill Kids Qualifying by income  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Mockingbird’ director dies  12:00 a.m.
• Former AG says the Ohio inspector general has a ‘clear bias’ against him  12:00 a.m.
• Lions’ Marinelli mad at columnist  12:00 a.m.
• Sooners’ Bradford AP player of year  12:00 a.m.
• Southern style UAW busting  12:00 a.m.
• E. Palestine OKs borrowing for building  12:00 a.m.
• CHOOSING TRAINS: Chase Libert, 6, gets a helping hand from Niles Police Officer Les Nagy in a toy  12:00 a.m.
• City offices: Youngstown, Warren, Niles, Salem, Sharon, Newton Falls Municipal Court, closed  12:00 a.m.
• Neglected dogs discovered  12:00 a.m.
• Inspector general slams Dann on fund misuse  12:00 a.m.
• Northfield Results  12:00 a.m.
• Second Harvest reaps $35,000 gift  12:00 a.m.
• Births for 2008-12-23  12:00 a.m.
• PREP ROUNDUP Monday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• Maltonics will observe their 47th anniversary during holiday season  12:00 a.m.
• MAHONING COUNTY  12:00 a.m.
• Shifted liner causes carbon-monoxide scare  12:00 a.m.
• 3 juveniles face charges in attempted robbery  12:00 a.m.
• Births for 2008-12-23  12:00 a.m.
• Business news digest  12:00 a.m.
• NFL  12:00 a.m.
• Laid-off workers face loss of health care  12:00 a.m.
• Council mulls income tax rise  12:00 a.m.
• Elect a successor  12:00 a.m.
• In defense of Austintown  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Benjamin Button’ fable clings to profound theme  12:00 a.m.
• YMCA Program  12:00 a.m.
• Woman, 20, reports being beaten for days  12:00 a.m.
• State health program reaches few ill youngsters  12:00 a.m.
• Mark Felt was one of many FBI leakers  12:00 a.m.
• Thursday’s Game  12:00 a.m.
• MARC DANN  12:00 a.m.
• Agenda Wednesday  12:00 a.m.
• Packers, Bears go to overtime  12:00 a.m.
• Ray Travaglini dies at 80 after lengthy illness  12:00 a.m.
• Boil alert in Campbell  12:00 a.m.
• Brown, Moore spark victory  12:00 a.m.
• Toyota to report first operating loss  12:00 a.m.
• Shoppers bring haggling skills to the mall  12:00 a.m.
• Steelworkers OK Thomas pact  12:00 a.m.
• Argus Lodge has induction of slate of officers for 2009  12:00 a.m.
• Tutor program in homeless shelters offers hope  12:00 a.m.

Monday, December 22 (93 stories)

• Boil alert in effect for Campbell residents  7:34 p.m.
• House fire kills Salem man  6:50 p.m.
• State Inspector General issues report blasting Marc Dann  5:52 p.m.
• League treasurer’s court date continued to Dec. 29  5:46 p.m.
• Sharon student charged with assaulting teacher  5:14 p.m.
• Dann refutes inspector general’s report  4:08 p.m.
• Two gunmen rob Austintown store clerk  3:16 p.m.
• Three boys charged after pizza shop robbery  2:58 p.m.
• Man lured to motel, then beaten and robbed  2:48 p.m.
• Inspector General details Dann mispending  1:42 p.m.
• One killed in fatal Salem house fire  12:32 p.m.
• State inspector’s report slams spending, conduct under Dann’s leadership  12:32 p.m.
• Mahoning engineer will lay off nine laborers  12:04 p.m.
• Today: Two investigative reports into Dann’s actions  10:48 a.m.
• Surprising success for My Network TV  12:33 a.m.
• Workers face life without GM  12:15 a.m.
• Kidney donor, recipient put faith in God  12:13 a.m.
• Planners ready with stimulus projects  12:12 a.m.
• Board swears in student members  12:11 a.m.
• Residents take to the ice at Chevy  12:10 a.m.
• Early blitz propels Ohio State women  12:10 a.m.
• Howland teen wins U.S. awards  12:09 a.m.
• Penguins double pleasure  12:09 a.m.
• Cold, empty, home ending for Browns  12:08 a.m.
• No charges for Garrett in incident with paparazzo  12:08 a.m.
• A deflating day  12:07 a.m.
• Cleveland continues to streak  12:06 a.m.
• Gunman robs teen on North Side  12:04 a.m.
• Youngstown man, woman report robbery outside South Avenue bar  12:02 a.m.
• NHL ROUNDUP \ Sunday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• Biden to lead campaign to build up middle class  12:00 a.m.
• Election of Obama voted top news story of 2008  12:00 a.m.
• Obamas vacation in $9 million home in Kailua, Hawaii  12:00 a.m.
• Pension Funds  12:00 a.m.
• Trends to watch in the upcoming year  12:00 a.m.
• Everyone walked calmly from crash, fire official says  12:00 a.m.
• A CHRISTMAS HUG: Meredith Lauther, left, gets a hug from her cousin Lexi Tonty, both 4 and of  12:00 a.m.
• Firms that own jet fleets got billions in bailout  12:00 a.m.
• HOLIDAY BLOOMS: Poinsettias, for sale at Kraynak’s in Hermitage, show off their holiday  12:00 a.m.
• Banks we bailed out paid $1.6B to top execs last year  12:00 a.m.
• TRUMBULL COUNTY  12:00 a.m.
• Forum Health Northside Medical Center  12:00 a.m.
• St. Louis police chief wears $5,900 badge  12:00 a.m.
• area  12:00 a.m.
• if you go | Kraynak’s  12:00 a.m.
• Agenda Tuesday  12:00 a.m.
• northfield results  12:00 a.m.
• Economy forces rise in Medicaid  12:00 a.m.
• Winter’s opening day freezes Valley, northern half of country  12:00 a.m.
• Associated Press  12:00 a.m.
• Police continue probe of death in Craig Beach  12:00 a.m.
• BASEBALL  12:00 a.m.
• Saturday’s Games  12:00 a.m.
• Plan to start troop pullout in early ’09  12:00 a.m.
• STUDENT MEMBERS | Youngstown School Board  12:00 a.m.
• Weak economy victimizes pets  12:00 a.m.
• Saturday’s Scores BOYS BASKETBALL AREA  12:00 a.m.
• NFL  12:00 a.m.
• YSU has another setback on road  12:00 a.m.
• Pitt overcomes cold shooting to remain undefeated, 56-48  12:00 a.m.
• Special Olympians compete in Columbus  12:00 a.m.
• U.S. MARSHALS MOST WANTED  12:00 a.m.
• Arizona relishes bowl win  12:00 a.m.
• Stevens’ 20 lead Champion girls past Niles, 48-26  12:00 a.m.
• Giants outlast Panthers in OT  12:00 a.m.
• EMU to hire Ron English for football  12:00 a.m.
• NBA ROUNDUP  12:00 a.m.
• TODAY  12:00 a.m.
• Whatever YSU wants ...  12:00 a.m.
• NFL ROUNDUP Sunday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• China vs. the pirates  12:00 a.m.
• LaTanya Foster Kidney transplant  12:00 a.m.
• OTHER PROJECTS Trumbull County  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Monday, Dec. 22, the 357th day of 2008. There are nine days left in the year. On this date  12:00 a.m.
• Bush setting markers for assessment  12:00 a.m.
• Pension plan protector could see more trouble  12:00 a.m.
• President renders Congress irrelevant  12:00 a.m.
• Video game loyalists play on through recession  12:00 a.m.
• Holiday donating replaces gift-giving for some  12:00 a.m.
• For a mild scrub, paste of baking soda gets in your face  12:00 a.m.
• Pension funds in Ohio, Pa. take dip  12:00 a.m.
• 49ers regroup to sink Rams  12:00 a.m.
• CHRISTMAS AT KRAYNAK’SSFlb  12:00 a.m.
• Cherish the ideal of Santa  12:00 a.m.
• Counting more than just your pennies  12:00 a.m.
• Grandma worries about the boys  12:00 a.m.
• Troupe takes it (almost) off in bringing back burlesque  12:00 a.m.
• REGION  12:00 a.m.
• “I’m the guy they used to call Deep Throat.”  12:00 a.m.
• BRITAIN  12:00 a.m.
• In a survey, 44 percent of women reported that the economic downturn is affecting their retirement  12:00 a.m.
• Change at the top is first step toward redirecting the SEC  12:00 a.m.
• “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (8:30 p.m., ABC): The 2005 feature film  12:00 a.m.

Sunday, December 21 (155 stories)

• Beeghly Oaks workers plan vigil tonight over contract  11:58 p.m.
• Initial reports suggest no foul play in Craig Beach death  11:58 p.m.
• Valley residents take to skates at the Chevy  11:54 p.m.
• Ohio hospitals must report infection rates  1:54 p.m.
• Howland High sophomore wins top award in U.S. horse competition  1:50 p.m.
• Youngstown school board swears in new student members  1:46 p.m.
• Kidney donor, recipient put their faith in God  1:44 p.m.
• Trumbull County prepares list of public-works stimulus projects  1:40 p.m.
• Despite Wall Street losses, state and county pension funds stay safe  1:38 p.m.
• For generations, Kraynak’s in Hermitage thrives as Christmas destination  1:34 p.m.
• Mt. Union avenges ’07 loss, captures 10th Div. III crown  12:11 a.m.
• LeBron open to Cavs extension  12:10 a.m.
• Canfield wrestlers rally to win own tournament  12:09 a.m.
• Sending holiday wishes  12:09 a.m.
• Shedding light on Hanukkah  12:08 a.m.
• Brown erupts for 40 in JFK’s victory  12:08 a.m.
• Ursuline has good day vs. Knights  12:07 a.m.
• Salem ‘rocks’ in the new year with music  12:07 a.m.
• Officials will support incubator  12:06 a.m.
• Valley princesses vie for glass slipper  12:05 a.m.
• Take extra care to prevent crime at Christmastime, police advise  12:04 a.m.
• YMCA offers activities during school break  12:03 a.m.
• Trumbull conservation district wins national excellence awards  12:02 a.m.
• “Brotherhood” (8 p.m., Showtime): On the season finale of “Brotherhood,”  12:00 a.m.
• Let’s have a party to repudiate Traficant  12:00 a.m.
• SENIOR MENU  12:00 a.m.
• Phantoms flip Rangers to jump into first place  12:00 a.m.
• BRIGHT NIGHT LIGHTS Radiant beams from ... front lawns below  12:00 a.m.
• COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCORES & SUMMARIES  12:00 a.m.
• Christmas Lights | History  12:00 a.m.
• COLLEGE BASKETBALL \ Saturday’s area games  12:00 a.m.
• SATURDAY’s RESULTS  12:00 a.m.
• Craig Beach police investigate woman’s death  12:00 a.m.
• NFL  12:00 a.m.
• Northfield Results  12:00 a.m.
• Forum Health Northside Medical Center  12:00 a.m.
• Skid-snapper is a gift-wrapper: YSU women upend Akron, 58-52  12:00 a.m.
• Federal officials probe pedestrian-bridge collapse  12:00 a.m.
• AMANDA SHAK/RICHARD CRAVEN  12:00 a.m.
• DANIELLE POLITO/MICHAEL BRATT  12:00 a.m.
• Detroit man found dead in Farrell  12:00 a.m.
• BROWNS  12:00 a.m.
• Provitt achieves perfection with money on his mind  12:00 a.m.
• Agenda Monday  12:00 a.m.
• CLEO KOSTOGLOU/JOSEPH HILL  12:00 a.m.
• SUZANNE PADEN/JOHN VARGO  12:00 a.m.
• Fugitive of the Week  12:00 a.m.
• Buckeyes rally for a romp  12:00 a.m.
• YSU PREVIEW \ Today’s game  12:00 a.m.
• Austintown house is damaged by fire  12:00 a.m.
• VETERANS  12:00 a.m.
• Ohio Senate passes controversial bill giving bonuses to vets  12:00 a.m.
• TODAY  12:00 a.m.
• COLUMBIANA COUNTY  12:00 a.m.
• NASAL SPRAY Flu vaccine  12:00 a.m.
• Free nasal flu vaccine offered  12:00 a.m.
• FIGHT HOLIDAY CRIME  12:00 a.m.
• JENNIFER FROOMKIN/MATTHEW LLOYD  12:00 a.m.
• Breunig-Winters engagement is being announced  12:00 a.m.
• YOUNGSTOWN STATE  12:00 a.m.
• Christopher Brocious installed by Argus Lodge  12:00 a.m.
• Thursday’s Game  12:00 a.m.
• Dreams come true for debutantes at Cinderella Ball  12:00 a.m.
• Vindicator file photo  12:00 a.m.
• BASEBALL  12:00 a.m.
• Medicare coverage enrollment ends Dec. 31  12:00 a.m.
• FIRST NIGHT | Schedule  12:00 a.m.
• Warren is making the tough, right decision to downsize  12:00 a.m.
• 700s  12:00 a.m.
• ACCOUNT-ABILITY  12:00 a.m.
• Is Saturn satellite a source for unknown space alien life forms?  12:00 a.m.
• Medicine triggers musical hallucinations  12:00 a.m.
• Dann misused campaign cash, review shows  12:00 a.m.
• Detroit’s woes extend beyond auto industry  12:00 a.m.
• Obama increases jobs goal to 3M  12:00 a.m.
• Wintry weather creates misery all across northern part of U.S.  12:00 a.m.
• Ex-Pirate Ellis dies; claimed gem on LSD  12:00 a.m.
• NBA roundup \ Saturday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• Evidence removed from Florida home  12:00 a.m.
• Penguins’ defense breaks down as Maple Leafs roll to 7-3 victory  12:00 a.m.
• Ravens stun Cowboys in Texas Stadium finale  12:00 a.m.
• nhl roundup \ Saturday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• area  12:00 a.m.
• Companion dog helps pastor guide congregation  12:00 a.m.
• Canada pledges $3.2B in auto aid  12:00 a.m.
• Flynn overcomes injury to lift No. 11 Syracuse  12:00 a.m.
• In Cabinet choices, Obama goes for experience  12:00 a.m.
• Johnson’s career day leads Colorado State  12:00 a.m.
• No. 2 UConn survives Gonzaga  12:00 a.m.
• SENIOR SIDELIGHTS  12:00 a.m.
• Green Bay freezes North Dakota  12:00 a.m.
• Duke crushes Xavier, 82-64  12:00 a.m.
• Power customers get reprieve from increases  12:00 a.m.
• TROUBLES CONTINUE  12:00 a.m.
• Having guests? Stock up well  12:00 a.m.
• Ways to cheat on cleaning during busy holidays  12:00 a.m.
• Must-see (NFL) TV, live from Nashville  12:00 a.m.
• Long drought plagues South  12:00 a.m.
• No Lighty weighs on Bucks: OSU struggles early in win  12:00 a.m.
• Problems growing in Somalia  12:00 a.m.
• Mullen: Forces could double  12:00 a.m.
• More unusual Christmas items gain most in value  12:00 a.m.
• SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH  12:00 a.m.
• Experts: Laws don’t deter Net bullying  12:00 a.m.
• Tired of running, fugitives stop safely  12:00 a.m.
• Battle of Woe-hio: Bengals, Browns in state of disrepair  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Sunday, Dec. 21, the 356th day of 2008. There are 10 days left in the year. Winter will  12:00 a.m.
• hGet eco-holiday ideas for less than $10  12:00 a.m.
• in the room  12:00 a.m.
• online  12:00 a.m.
• WELCOMING ROOMS \ Pros offer their tips  12:00 a.m.
• Amazon pollution case could cost Chevron billions  12:00 a.m.
• Gift exchange that’s hard to avoid: the flu  12:00 a.m.
• CURRENT PRICEs  12:00 a.m.
• information  12:00 a.m.
• Survey: More travelers are booking online  12:00 a.m.
• A POPULAR IMPORT: This 5-inch-tall Santa-shaped china salt and pepper set was imported by Holt-  12:00 a.m.
• MASONIC GROUPS  12:00 a.m.
• Michigan’s ski industry  12:00 a.m.
• Airport security  12:00 a.m.
• REGION  12:00 a.m.
• ‘AIDA’: Brian Palumbo is flanked by Rachell Joy, left, and Julie Palumbo. The three were  12:00 a.m.
• The movie year in review: best and worst of 2008  12:00 a.m.
• Give yourself a gift: Cut back  12:00 a.m.
• BANKING  12:00 a.m.
• Small gas stations feel the pinch of falling prices  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Fine-Tune’ screenings this weekend at Oakland  12:00 a.m.
• TCM has the best lineup for Christmas viewers  12:00 a.m.
• Despite economy’s impact, ’08 had magical productions, performances  12:00 a.m.
• More inexpensive gift ideas for the holidays  12:00 a.m.
• Americans sell burial plots, scale back traditional services  12:00 a.m.
• No relief in sight: Filings for bankruptcy escalate  12:00 a.m.
• No room for a computer  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Folie a Deux’  12:00 a.m.
• PC makers aim for more sales with netbooks  12:00 a.m.
• Christmas in the city will never be the same  12:00 a.m.
• We and GOP owe Bush thanks  12:00 a.m.
• ALL MY CHILDREN  12:00 a.m.
• Mother passes along love of stage to son  12:00 a.m.
• Cable companies to delay confusing digital switch  12:00 a.m.
• Prepare for worst in time of layoffs  12:00 a.m.
• Be aware of warning signs of depression  12:00 a.m.
• selected stocks  12:00 a.m.
• 5 ways to cheat on cleaning during busy holidays  12:00 a.m.
• Election-reform measure warrants governor’s veto  12:00 a.m.
• MODERN VIBE  12:00 a.m.
• Car museum is pit stop for enthusiasts  12:00 a.m.
• Navajos open tribal casino  12:00 a.m.
• Potluck: Fear and loathing in the lunchroom  12:00 a.m.
• HEAD TO THE HILLS  12:00 a.m.
• Bipolar diagnoses are a prescription for failure  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Prince of Persia’  12:00 a.m.
• Gift wrapping provided during JCC fundraiser  12:00 a.m.
• Tyler Perry, Mary J. Blige to be honored by BET  12:00 a.m.
• SENIOR CITIZENS  12:00 a.m.

Saturday, December 20 (114 stories)

• Woman found dead in Craig Beach; police investigate  10:26 p.m.
• Leafs shell Pens, 7-3  10:18 p.m.
• Detroit man shot dead in Farrell  7:54 p.m.
• Break-in at Speed Check in Campbell  7:36 p.m.
• Basement fire damages Austintown home  7:34 p.m.
• Send a holiday message to military personnel  6:48 p.m.
• Campaign spending by Dann ‘defies logic,’ inspector general says  6:46 p.m.
• Mount Union tops Wis-Whitewater, 31-26  6:42 p.m.
• Mahoning County offers free nasal spray flu vaccine  6:40 p.m.
• Winter hours at historical center  6:00 a.m.
• Limongi finds winning formula in Nebraska  1:00 a.m.
• Web site lets fans sing duet with Elvis Presley  12:59 a.m.
• Ties to Cruze spare Lordstown’s future  12:10 a.m.
• Poland pupils grant teacher’s wish, help people who are in need of food  12:08 a.m.
• YSU buys final city land for business college  12:07 a.m.
• Funding shortage angers mayor  12:06 a.m.
• St. Louis brokerage purchases Butler Wick  12:05 a.m.
• Eight-school wrestling meet is today at Canfield  12:05 a.m.
• Phantoms fall to Marquette, 5-2  12:04 a.m.
• Linemen ready for Mount  12:04 a.m.
• Youngstown police honor Chaplaincy Corps for service  12:02 a.m.
• Students show holiday spirit  12:01 a.m.
• Thomas Steel Strip workers to vote on contract  12:01 a.m.
• Sports digest  12:01 a.m.
• Swimming - High school previews  12:01 a.m.
• Auto rescue fails to boost the Street  12:00 a.m.
• Bailout package has a greed loophole  12:00 a.m.
• TRUMBULL COUNTY Indictments  12:00 a.m.
• DNA test confirms remains are Caylee's  12:00 a.m.
• Warren woman indicted in case police categorized as road rage  12:00 a.m.
• YSu \ Women’s basketball  12:00 a.m.
• Son is concerned that his mother’s attitude may be due to early dementia  12:00 a.m.
• Births for 2008-12-20  12:00 a.m.
• Grand jury declines murder charge in shooting  12:00 a.m.
• Comedian Hughley gets topical on talk show  12:00 a.m.
• CHAPLAINS Working in the community  12:00 a.m.
• Mahoning county Grand jury  12:00 a.m.
• Ex-Warren man is charged in double slaying  12:00 a.m.
• Ohio lawmakers require use of kids’ booster seats  12:00 a.m.
• Conditioner gets burr out of dog’s fur  12:00 a.m.
• TODAY  12:00 a.m.
• Toward a shorter winter  12:00 a.m.
• Depressing times bring changes in card-sending  12:00 a.m.
• Thursday’s Game  12:00 a.m.
• Accomplice in copper theft gets probation  12:00 a.m.
• Surplus food  12:00 a.m.
• Ex-Attorney General Dann says complaints filed against him by state officials are false  12:00 a.m.
• HOLIDAY SPIRIT Things to do  12:00 a.m.
• Help needed  12:00 a.m.
• Sandler turns out family-friendly role  12:00 a.m.
• “Do not be afraid: For see — I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the  12:00 a.m.
• Old movie remains relevant  12:00 a.m.
• if you go  12:00 a.m.
• Trinity Lutheran seeks audience participation  12:00 a.m.
• In spirit of Christ, keep celebration going  12:00 a.m.
• Holiday services | In the area  12:00 a.m.
• Snow, freezing rain hit large swath of country  12:00 a.m.
• Void ban on gay marriage, Calif. AG urges  12:00 a.m.
• Mount Union, Whitewater set to battle again  12:00 a.m.
• Richmond captures FCS crown  12:00 a.m.
• Messy Ohio weather cuts power to tens of thousands  12:00 a.m.
• nba roundup \ Friday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• Plane crashes on lawn, killing pilot  12:00 a.m.
• YSU men’s five-game skid ends  12:00 a.m.
• nhl roundup Friday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• Browns’ security tries to maintain PG rating  12:00 a.m.
• sunday news shows Scheduled guests  12:00 a.m.
• 2 brothers sentenced to 20-40 years in slaying of student  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Saturday, Dec. 20, the 355th day of 2008. There are 11 days left in the year. On this date  12:00 a.m.
• NFL PREVIEW \ Today’s game  12:00 a.m.
• Ponzi scam artists share charm, respectability  12:00 a.m.
• Obama’s education pick is a reformer  12:00 a.m.
• Among area high schools, excellence starts with a ‘C’SFlb(Chaney, Canfield and  12:00 a.m.
• LOCAL TOPICS ON TV Sunday program  12:00 a.m.
• “Our First Christmas” (9 p.m., Hallmark Channel): “Our First Christmas,”  12:00 a.m.
• Struggling homeowners walk away from their mortgages  12:00 a.m.
• President-elect completes Cabinet  12:00 a.m.
• Janet Jackson isn’t pregnant, says boyfriend  12:00 a.m.
• Perry isn’t afraid to be different  12:00 a.m.
• WRAPPED UP IN THE SEASON: Members of the Warren Junior Women’s League/GFWC have volunteered to  12:00 a.m.
• JENNIE LUZIK/THOMAS TIMLIN JR.  12:00 a.m.
• STEPHANIE ZALOVCIK/JAMES WILLIAMS JR.  12:00 a.m.
• Laura Bush looks ahead to cooking and decorating  12:00 a.m.
• Mark Felt, Watergate’s ‘Deep Throat,’ dies  12:00 a.m.
• AUTO INDUSTRY  12:00 a.m.
• Is reindeer Rudolph really a girl?  12:00 a.m.
• Beaver Local girls roll easily past Linsly  12:00 a.m.
• East Palestine wins on Gyin’s final shot 42-40  12:00 a.m.
• Giants’ struggle near end  12:00 a.m.
• Carter paces East past Chaney; Fitch loses 79-50 tilt to Hoover  12:00 a.m.
• Podolsky finds his shot, lifts Canfield  12:00 a.m.
• Rasile’s ‘clones’ remain perfect  12:00 a.m.
• FRIDAY’S RESULTS  12:00 a.m.
• WRESTLING \ Notebook  12:00 a.m.
• Lordstown toppled by Bloomfield, 47-45  12:00 a.m.
• Auto cutbacks  12:00 a.m.
• Another water line break  12:00 a.m.
• Hubbard auditor doubts city’s partial ’09 budget  12:00 a.m.
• top 25 roundup \ Friday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• Hubbard outlasts Howland  12:00 a.m.
• Strickland trims budget a total $1.9B  12:00 a.m.
• Unbeaten Salem squeaks past Niles  12:00 a.m.
• Man indicted in shooting over McCain sign  12:00 a.m.
• FAVORITES PREVAIL  12:00 a.m.
• Charged in stabbing sister  12:00 a.m.
• Insurance policies for ’09 save money for Weathersfield schools  12:00 a.m.
• SOCIETY DIGEST  12:00 a.m.
• Lumpkin to head Job and Family Services  12:00 a.m.
• Business news digest  12:00 a.m.
• Inaugural gowns on view at the Smithsonian  12:00 a.m.
• Youngstown State University  12:00 a.m.
• MAHONING COUNTY  12:00 a.m.
• MISSION OF MERCY  12:00 a.m.
• Ill. governor promises to fight for job  12:00 a.m.

Friday, December 19 (119 stories)

• Sister treated for six stab wounds  11:45 p.m.
• Warren robbery attempt fails  11:00 p.m.
• Home invasion in Warren  10:51 p.m.
• Gift-wrapping by Rotary in East Palestine   9:23 p.m.
• YMCA lunch with Santa  8:52 p.m.
• Campbell water line break found   7:47 p.m.
• Trumbull grand jury indicts Christopher Moore on manslaughter charge  6:08 p.m.
• Mayor irked that Ohio won’t give Youngstown more demo funds  5:08 p.m.
• Former Warren man confesses to double homicide in 2007  5:02 p.m.
• Loans to car makers spell relief for area’s U.S. legislators  3:20 p.m.
• Analyst: GM Lordstown will survive  2:42 p.m.
• Accomplice to fatal copper theft gets probation and fine  2:28 p.m.
• Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes sponsor free holiday Web casts  1:16 p.m.
• YSU buys last parcel for new business college  12:50 p.m.
• Robbers thwarted at Warren Payless Shoe store  11:24 a.m.
• Wall Street boosted by Bush's $17.4 billion auto bailout  11:14 a.m.
• Butler Wick & Co. to be sold for $12M  11:12 a.m.
• Ohio to become 44th state to enact a booster-seat law  11:00 a.m.
• Youngstown firefighters search for cause of South Side blaze  9:36 a.m.
• Source: Bush to OK $17.4 billion auto bailout  9:20 a.m.
• For new approach, pair forms another band  12:31 a.m.
• Youngstown to buy land for expansion of V&M Star  12:10 a.m.
• Kresge grant means $2.4M match for YSU  12:09 a.m.
• Chief of Warren schools gets 2 percent pay raise  12:08 a.m.
• Canfield lawyer, 29, to replace Boccieri  12:07 a.m.
• ’Tis better to give a pet voucher  12:06 a.m.
• Ursuline graduate enjoys rebound  12:06 a.m.
• Rolling Rangers to face Phantoms  12:05 a.m.
• Linguist speaks at the U.N.  12:05 a.m.
• Sykes, North power Chaney in 71-45 win  12:05 a.m.
• Complaints lodged against Dann  12:03 a.m.
• Embattled WR Edwards: I don’t want to be traded  12:02 a.m.
• Big Ben comes up big in big moments  12:02 a.m.
• Wood anxious to begin closing for Tribe  12:02 a.m.
• WRTA to restore night, Saturday routes  12:02 a.m.
• Pirates hire Neverett after Frattare ‘retires’  12:02 a.m.
• Malkin’s four points trigger Penguins romp  12:01 a.m.
• Trumbull Co. panel expects to get grant for park land  12:00 a.m.
• Antonini declares war on Senate Dems  12:00 a.m.
• Births for 2008-12-19  12:00 a.m.
• Soldiers from region send home video greetings  12:00 a.m.
• TODAY  12:00 a.m.
• If you go  12:00 a.m.
• MAHONING COUNTY  12:00 a.m.
• Sheriff’s office to provide patrol for Newton Twp.  12:00 a.m.
• Mercer Co. commissioners increase property tax  12:00 a.m.
• J-M treasurer: Ohio woes could mean district cuts  12:00 a.m.
• Business news digest  12:00 a.m.
• Mahoning Co. to purchase updated computer system  12:00 a.m.
• Curbside appeal of recycling system yields results in Liberty Township  12:00 a.m.
• 3 arraigned in gambling case  12:00 a.m.
• In a couple of shakes, save time and money  12:00 a.m.
• COLUMBIANA COUNTY Indictments  12:00 a.m.
• YSU PREVIEW Today’s game  12:00 a.m.
• Suspect in wife’s slaying indicted on bomb charge  12:00 a.m.
• Authorities probe fire at Youngstown house  12:00 a.m.
• MCDONALD | Council notes  12:00 a.m.
• Firefighters find suspected marijuana crop  12:00 a.m.
• 2 men indicted in Lordstown robbery  12:00 a.m.
• Man found guilty in nightclub shooting  12:00 a.m.
• FBI workers in Iraq were told to fake OT  12:00 a.m.
• “Greatest Holiday Moments: TV & Film Countdown” (8 p.m., NBC): “Greatest  12:00 a.m.
• Surplus food  12:00 a.m.
• No decision yet in case of Fort Dix attack plot  12:00 a.m.
• Agenda Saturday  12:00 a.m.
• MEET JOE SCHIAVONI  12:00 a.m.
• Rapper June Nature gets Youngstown’s vote  12:00 a.m.
• Three detainees sent home  12:00 a.m.
• Hundreds of layoffs loom Recession socks Valley steelmaker, auto parts supplier  12:00 a.m.
• girls basketbALL  12:00 a.m.
• Boy arrested in shooting  12:00 a.m.
• Arkansas family has 18th child  12:00 a.m.
• Obama to tap California rep, ex-Dallas mayor for Cabinet  12:00 a.m.
• Government adopts new credit card rules  12:00 a.m.
• area roundup Thursday’s game  12:00 a.m.
• Weathersfield schools OK state aid for project  12:00 a.m.
• RUN AND DONE  12:00 a.m.
• Ex-colonel guilty of genocide in Rwanda  12:00 a.m.
• Stocks finish lower amid lingering economic fears  12:00 a.m.
• Meltdown 101: Is it time to refinance a mortgage?  12:00 a.m.
• Camelot redux with Caroline Kennedy  12:00 a.m.
• Clinton charity donors listed  12:00 a.m.
• White House considers ‘orderly’ auto bankruptcy  12:00 a.m.
• Shame on the addicts on Wall Street  12:00 a.m.
• OHIO and HORIZON \ Thursday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• Internet sales: procrastinators’ paradise  12:00 a.m.
• nhl roundup \ Thursday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• U.S. must deal with the future of Kashmir  12:00 a.m.
• Small plane strikes big rig, lands on turnpike guardrail  12:00 a.m.
• Niles school board fills seat; another opens  12:00 a.m.
• Iraqis wary of security agreement with Washington  12:00 a.m.
• Top 25 roundup \ Thursday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• Stars drop Blue Jackets in OT, 6-5  12:00 a.m.
• Nearly-perfect Peyton lifts Colts past emotional Jaguars, 31-24  12:00 a.m.
• nba roundup Thursday’s game  12:00 a.m.
• Secret Service penalized in discrimination case  12:00 a.m.
• Another African nation falling through cracks  12:00 a.m.
• Police find bomb material at bank blast suspect’s home  12:00 a.m.
• New rule for health providers stirs objections  12:00 a.m.
• “He’s trying to throw up enough dust ... to make people think the governor is guilty of  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Friday, Dec. 19, the 354th day of 2008. There are 12 days left in the year. On this date in  12:00 a.m.
• Stealing blinds from early position  12:00 a.m.
• Pair of aces trump rivals as Yankees tout C.C., A.J.  12:00 a.m.
• the scoop  12:00 a.m.
• Defending champions accept underdog role  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Doubt’ leads pack with 5 nods for SAG Awards  12:00 a.m.
• Police: Country singer attempted to kill self  12:00 a.m.
• Celebrity sickness for sale on eBay  12:00 a.m.
• high five  12:00 a.m.
• Graduate student may be making a mistake  12:00 a.m.
• Report: Networks lag in diversity  12:00 a.m.
• Economists expect unemployment rate to rise  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Fallout 3’ led action-packed year  12:00 a.m.
• Governor to decide which bills he’ll veto  12:00 a.m.
• Snowfall surprises West, sets record for Las Vegas  12:00 a.m.
• Actress falls to death during show  12:00 a.m.
• CLUB CALENDAR | Area groups announce activities  12:00 a.m.
• Chevrolet Centre turns into a Rockefeller Center  12:00 a.m.
• Roadblocks arise in effort to impeach Ill. governor  12:00 a.m.

Thursday, December 18 (141 stories)

• Newton Townships chooses Trumbull sheriff to provide police protection  5:20 p.m.
• Man awaiting trial for murder is indicted on weapons charge  5:08 p.m.
• Feds indict three in credit union heist  5:04 p.m.
• Democratic caucus selects Atty. Schiavoni to Ohio Senate  4:54 p.m.
• Delphi Packard idles 99 workers due to declining orders  4:08 p.m.
• Boil-water advisory issued for parts of the city of Columbiana  3:46 p.m.
• State accuses Dann and campaign staffers of violating law  3:40 p.m.
• Purchase options would aid V&M Star expansion  2:30 p.m.
• Trumbull planning commission to acquire more park land  1:30 p.m.
• Romanian choir performs Saturday at North Side church  1:10 p.m.
• Warren school board approves pay raise for superintendent  1:04 p.m.
• Gas station employee robbed in Warren  12:18 p.m.
• West Middlesex man dies in vehicle-pedestrian accident in Vienna  11:32 a.m.
• Liberty residents warming up to hauling/recycling program, trustee says  11:24 a.m.
• Suspected marijuana plants found at Struthers house fire  11:04 a.m.
• Are you frustrated wrapping those gifts? Head to East Palestine  10:40 a.m.
• Fire causes $15K damage to vacant South Side home  10:36 a.m.
• Vacuum machine to pick up leaves in Leetonia on Friday  9:26 a.m.
• Cruze stays on track despite delay at engine plant  12:10 a.m.
• Defensive fix for Irish  12:10 a.m.
• Trottier enjoys NHL connection  12:09 a.m.
• Lordstown plans to freeze wages of of village workers  12:09 a.m.
• Nurses’ union aims to negotiate its contract with Forum Health  12:08 a.m.
• Mount’s Kehres respects ’Hawks  12:08 a.m.
• Trustees at YSU question contracts  12:07 a.m.
• Eyes on the chin: Browns fans want Cowher  12:07 a.m.
• Officials OK bill to illegalize hallucinogenic herb Salvia  12:06 a.m.
• James, Cavs cruise to win  12:06 a.m.
• Ex-auto dealer in Valley pleads guilty to three felony charges  12:05 a.m.
• Phantoms partner with Lemieux charity  12:05 a.m.
• Dragster designers ace race  12:04 a.m.
• Murder case ends in a mistrial  12:03 a.m.
• Columbus posts 2-1 OT win  12:00 a.m.
• Face transplantSFlbpatient had severe injuries  12:00 a.m.
• OEPA to test air, water in town fearing cancer  12:00 a.m.
• Movie listings are based on the best information provided to us at press time. Schedules are subject  12:00 a.m.
• BIRTHS  12:00 a.m.
• Curry helped lower high blood pressure  12:00 a.m.
• NHL roundup Wednesday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• Surplus food/clothing  12:00 a.m.
• Stimulus plan expected to cost $850B in 2 years  12:00 a.m.
• Virginia Commonwealth stops Akron on Maynor’s 30 points  12:00 a.m.
• Cost of oxygen therapy may rise  12:00 a.m.
• GETTING IT RIGHT  12:00 a.m.
• Men’s top 25 \ Wednesday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• Ice caused resort accident  12:00 a.m.
• Time names Obama ‘Person of the Year’  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Delgo’ proves a big-time box-office bomb  12:00 a.m.
• City gets funds to clean concrete-company site  12:00 a.m.
• Obama working to fill up posts in new government  12:00 a.m.
• Steelers using slight to show their might  12:00 a.m.
• Agenda Friday  12:00 a.m.
• Ohio official resigns as JFS director  12:00 a.m.
• A summary of recent criminal activity in Boardman:  12:00 a.m.
• Hansbrough could break Tar Heels’ record tonight  12:00 a.m.
• These DVDs make great stocking stuffers  12:00 a.m.
• NBA ROUNDUP \ Wednesday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• Northeast Ohio native: ‘We’re 100% Nashville’  12:00 a.m.
• TheSources  12:00 a.m.
• Magic’s season so far is magic  12:00 a.m.
• LAURA SEMCHEE/TIM PHILIBIN  12:00 a.m.
• Banged-up Favre focused on Seattle  12:00 a.m.
• Red-hot Colts eye playoffs  12:00 a.m.
• Tiger: I’ll come back better  12:00 a.m.
• NFL ROUNDUP \ News and notes  12:00 a.m.
• Don’t expect details of Madonna’s divorce  12:00 a.m.
• Chaos erupts over jailing of shoe-tosserSFlb  12:00 a.m.
• Egyptian women challenge harassment  12:00 a.m.
• The last time Hinder was in town was February 2007 at the Eastwood Expo Center in Niles. The  12:00 a.m.
• Owners approve new plan  12:00 a.m.
• Falling rates spur refinancing  12:00 a.m.
• One reader plus a bevy of hints equal success  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Thursday, Dec. 18, the 353rd day of 2008. There are 13 days left in the year. On this date  12:00 a.m.
• 67% understand their pets  12:00 a.m.
• Daughter’s continual lying has become a disgrace  12:00 a.m.
• Yambar to sign books at Eastwood Mall gallery  12:00 a.m.
• After 7 weeks, owner finds 3-legged cat  12:00 a.m.
• selected stocks  12:00 a.m.
• Michael W. Smith, others lend voices to charity  12:00 a.m.
• ‘THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX’  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Canadian Idol’ show canceled for 2009  12:00 a.m.
• “Secret Millionaire” (8 p.m., Fox): Are they out of money already? The short season of  12:00 a.m.
• Hip-hopper admits throwing fan off stage  12:00 a.m.
• GMAC is extending early delivery time for swap offer  12:00 a.m.
• Busy ‘Despereaux’ ignores simplicity  12:00 a.m.
• With next CD, Asleep aims to widen audience  12:00 a.m.
• Black history exhibition to begin U.S. tour  12:00 a.m.
• REGION  12:00 a.m.
• Cooper Tire to close plant in Albany, Ga.  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Seven Pounds’ earns the tears it may bring  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Yes Man’? Just say no  12:00 a.m.
• Chrysler closing all 30 plants for a month  12:00 a.m.
• Detroit is today’s buggy whip  12:00 a.m.
• As corny as it sounds: Ford had a better idea  12:00 a.m.
• auditions Where to try out for roles  12:00 a.m.
• SOCIETY DIGEST  12:00 a.m.
• Carols are legal in school  12:00 a.m.
• Rebuilding Iraq remains a long, expensive proposition  12:00 a.m.
• .  12:00 a.m.
• ALICIA HEHR/BRIAN STEFANSKI  12:00 a.m.
• Strock house lease dropped  12:00 a.m.
• RATES  12:00 a.m.
• SINGING ALONG: Residents at Shepherd of the Valley and their friends sing songs as part of the  12:00 a.m.
• Antonini: Caucus tried to woo Vindy  12:00 a.m.
• CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS  12:00 a.m.
• Fair board proposes July fair date switch  12:00 a.m.
• Past torture victim arrested in theft, flight from police  12:00 a.m.
• Moore leads Boardman to 68-30 win over Fitch  12:00 a.m.
• Megachurch pastor to be in inauguration  12:00 a.m.
• TELLING THE STORY: Bill Wade and Madeline Shanks tell the story of the birth of Jesus as part of the  12:00 a.m.
• WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS  12:00 a.m.
• Probe grows convoluted  12:00 a.m.
• Area colleges Wednesday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• ANDREA FORTE/NICHOLAS GENTILE  12:00 a.m.
• YSU’s offense falters in loss to Canisius  12:00 a.m.
• Clock ticks to reconcile budget  12:00 a.m.
• Keeping tenants makes sense  12:00 a.m.
• Commissioners vote to spend less in 2009  12:00 a.m.
• NILES COUNCIL Highlights  12:00 a.m.
• Grant closes book on library overcrowding  12:00 a.m.
• We’re losing America  12:00 a.m.
• MAHONING COUNTY  12:00 a.m.
• Campaign to add $1M  12:00 a.m.
• Officials will make county job changes  12:00 a.m.
• TOP DRAGSTERS The winners  12:00 a.m.
• Accomplice in robbery gets four years  12:00 a.m.
• On the fairways \ This weekend’s events  12:00 a.m.
• Cash robbery, car theft end with arrests of two  12:00 a.m.
• Social Security bill finalized by Legislature  12:00 a.m.
• No. 17 Ohio St. starts off hot, cans Dolphins  12:00 a.m.
• Sixth-graders send Christmas to U.S. Marine serving in Iraq  12:00 a.m.
• Another Youngstowner vies for 'Momma's Boys'  12:00 a.m.
• The Vindicator  12:00 a.m.
• LIVING NATIVITY  12:00 a.m.
• GOP would destroy what the UAW built  12:00 a.m.
• Spencer-Albrecht wedding date is announced  12:00 a.m.
• GINA MAVRIKIS/GLEN COX  12:00 a.m.
• Oil tumbles below $40 for first time since 2004  12:00 a.m.
• Wedding planned by Janet Trivelli and Michael O’Neil  12:00 a.m.
• ‘YES MAN’  12:00 a.m.
• ‘SEVEN POUNDS’  12:00 a.m.

Wednesday, December 17 (124 stories)

• Antonini blasts Dem caucus over Boccieri replacement process  11:06 p.m.
• Council wants answers from administration on Youngstown’s budgets  8:44 p.m.
• Phantoms partner with Lemieux foundation  7:56 p.m.
• Mount's Kehres respects Wisconsin-Whitewater  7:55 p.m.
• NFL approves Steelers' ownership deal  7:53 p.m.
• Columbiana Co. will have less to spend in 2009  6:34 p.m.
• Youngstown gets state money to clean up North Side plant  4:46 p.m.
• Armed teens rob bar patron of wallet  4:42 p.m.
• Salem man gets prison time for sex charges against 7-year-old girl  3:08 p.m.
• Lordstown Village freezes wages, cuts expenses  2:58 p.m.
• Lordstown’s Cruze on schedule despite engine plant holdup  2:46 p.m.
• Formerly legal drug now illegal in Ohio  2:38 p.m.
• Warren men charged in aggravated robbery in Howland  12:36 p.m.
• City man gets four-year prison term for Sept. 14 robbery  11:24 a.m.
• West Side fire causes $6,000 damage to home  11:12 a.m.
• I-680 lane restrictions set today  9:30 a.m.
• Free firewood available Saturday at Mill Creek Park  9:08 a.m.
• SOCIETY DIGEST  7:11 a.m.
• FOOD SALES AND DINNERS  7:08 a.m.
• Tanner’s ring missing during stay at hospital  12:10 a.m.
• Reverse holiday blues at church  12:10 a.m.
• Eminent domain prevails for YSU  12:09 a.m.
• Irish end Turner picks Ohio State  12:09 a.m.
• Polamalu, Farrior, Harrison earn Pro Bowl invites  12:08 a.m.
• Group finalizes community college plans  12:08 a.m.
• Suspects in heroin dealing arrested  12:07 a.m.
• Poland escapes Farrell uprising  12:07 a.m.
• Library branch cafes temporarily close  12:06 a.m.
• Mathews may cancel freshman sports  12:05 a.m.
• TUESDAY’S RESULTS  12:00 a.m.
• Speakers express their support for Webb in face of poor ratings  12:00 a.m.
• A summary of recent criminal activity in Hubbard, Liberty and Girard:  12:00 a.m.
• Playing bailout roulette  12:00 a.m.
• 14 athletes earn degrees; four receive honors  12:00 a.m.
• Spartans outlast Howland  12:00 a.m.
• Pendleton hopes to cap career with more wins  12:00 a.m.
• KELVIN BRIGHT  12:00 a.m.
• Police to fill in for township  12:00 a.m.
• YSU SCHEDULE  12:00 a.m.
• St. Elizabeth’s Family Birthplace  12:00 a.m.
• Mailing hits peak as holiday nears  12:00 a.m.
• BRIGHT SIDE  12:00 a.m.
• Guilty plea in rape delivers life sentence  12:00 a.m.
• ysu  12:00 a.m.
• Consultant discusses 911 consolidation with officials  12:00 a.m.
• JAMEL TURNER \ Ursuline High School  12:00 a.m.
• WOMEN’S BASKETBALL YSU (1-7) at CANISIUS (4-4)  12:00 a.m.
• Detroit Free Press to limit home delivery to 3 days  12:00 a.m.
• NFL  12:00 a.m.
• ASHLEY PENDLETON  12:00 a.m.
• Bowling together, 2 brothers score 300  12:00 a.m.
• Woman has face transplant at Cleveland Clinic  12:00 a.m.
• MAHONING COUNTY  12:00 a.m.
• Buckeye honored again  12:00 a.m.
• horizon STANDINGS  12:00 a.m.
• Disaster is avoided when ski tower falls  12:00 a.m.
• COLLEGE BASKETBALL Top 25 games  12:00 a.m.
• NBA \ Tuesday’s games and news  12:00 a.m.
• Thomas, Rogers going to Hawaii  12:00 a.m.
• Budget is $143,000 less than last year’s  12:00 a.m.
• Shooting of vet’s dog prompts reward  12:00 a.m.
• Report explains high road-salt prices  12:00 a.m.
• Joe Paterno gets three-year deal  12:00 a.m.
• Manning brothers picked to Pro Bowl  12:00 a.m.
• Laurinaitis is second to be 3-time honoree  12:00 a.m.
• WEAPONS BAN  12:00 a.m.
• TODAY  12:00 a.m.
• GETTING IT RIGHT  12:00 a.m.
• Thursday’s Game  12:00 a.m.
• NHL \ Tuesday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• Security Council approves ground, air attacks on pirates  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Wednesday, Dec. 17, the 352nd day of 2008. There are 14 days left in the year. On this date  12:00 a.m.
• Winner offers flavorful cookie  12:00 a.m.
• Drifter killed Adam Walsh in ’81, Fla. police say  12:00 a.m.
• special services At area churches  12:00 a.m.
• Wells pondering return to Buckeyes  12:00 a.m.
• Networks ditch dramas in final prime-time hour  12:00 a.m.
• CANTUCCI NATALIZIE CON CILIEGIE CANDITE (Twice-baked Christmas cookies with candied cherries)  12:00 a.m.
• Wednesday's Best Bets on TV  12:00 a.m.
• Agenda Thursday  12:00 a.m.
• Creating delicious memories  12:00 a.m.
• COOKIE SWAP Give a little, get a little  12:00 a.m.
• Surplus food  12:00 a.m.
• “Muntadhar al-Zeidi has expressed the feelings and ambitions of the Iraqi people toward the  12:00 a.m.
• Boardman’s wrestlers are no match for Perry  12:00 a.m.
• Can Tom Cruise revamp image in a Nazi uniform?  12:00 a.m.
• Sales shoot up  12:00 a.m.
• More than 130 actors oppose strike vote  12:00 a.m.
• Stocks surge as Fed pledges broad support  12:00 a.m.
• Target for key rate cut to record low  12:00 a.m.
• Husband’s concern over their relationship needs to be discussed  12:00 a.m.
• America’s leadership needed in the world  12:00 a.m.
• Crude prices sink with talk of production cuts  12:00 a.m.
• Coal-to-liquid fuel plan receives $500,000 grant  12:00 a.m.
• Poland council mulls sidewalk project  12:00 a.m.
• An enduring crisis confronts black family  12:00 a.m.
• Steel strikers prepare to make counteroffer  12:00 a.m.
• Mayors present ‘Santa’ with wish list  12:00 a.m.
• NATION  12:00 a.m.
• Reality is catching up  12:00 a.m.
• What happens after U.S. exits Iraq?  12:00 a.m.
• Tight city funds in store for 2009  12:00 a.m.
• Few adults with autism are independent, study finds  12:00 a.m.
• selected stocks  12:00 a.m.
• GOP, Dems press White House on car deal  12:00 a.m.
• Paulson: No need for rest of bailout yet  12:00 a.m.
• Have your cake and eat soup, too  12:00 a.m.
• kDespite the 1-7 record for the Youngstown State men’s basketball team, there is a Bright side  12:00 a.m.
• Lude lifts Western Reserve  12:00 a.m.
• County recommends ’09 wage freezes  12:00 a.m.
• Driver killed when tractor-trailer overturns  12:00 a.m.
• BASKETBALL District games  12:00 a.m.
• Campbell turns back Lakeview at foul line  12:00 a.m.
• Chaney defeats Niles; Salem wins another  12:00 a.m.
• Tasered woman found guilty in Denny’s assault incident  12:00 a.m.
• Youths steal car after struggle with owner  12:00 a.m.
• No raises in Weathersfield  12:00 a.m.
• Wintry weather causes slick roads  12:00 a.m.
• BASEBALL  12:00 a.m.
• Warren police continue investigation of shooting  12:00 a.m.
• Council mulls creek dredging  12:00 a.m.
• Listen to Lincoln  12:00 a.m.
• COLLEGE BASKETBALL Tuesday’s area games  12:00 a.m.
• Mountaineer Results  12:00 a.m.

Tuesday, December 16 (108 stories)

• Paterno gets extension  8:34 p.m.
• Turner picks Buckeyes  7:38 p.m.
• Man gets life sentence for raping 7-year-old girl  6:40 p.m.
• Tractor-trailer driver dies in accident on I-80 in Pa.  5:46 p.m.
• ODOT questions the dramatic rise of salt prices this winter  5:36 p.m.
• Youngstown council considers passing temporary budget Wednesday  5:28 p.m.
• Newton Township disbands police department  4:46 p.m.
• Baard facility in Columbiana gets $500K state grant for land purchase  3:44 p.m.
• Union workers at Thomas Steel to make counteroffer Wednesday  3:24 p.m.
• What’s a popular gift this year? Guns  2:52 p.m.
• Boil warning issued for some Lordstown water customers  1:38 p.m.
• Mahoning County Vets Service Commission moving to new digs  1:34 p.m.
• Consolidating Mahoning 911 services will take time, consultant says  1:14 p.m.
• Chapters Cafes in Poland, Austintown libraries temporarily close Dec. 23  12:46 p.m.
• Diversion officer sought for city of Struthers and Struthers schools  12:10 p.m.
• Mahoning Co. MRDD board approves $27.5M budget for 2009  12:00 p.m.
• Firewood available Saturday at Mill Creek Park’s Stitt Pavilion  11:02 a.m.
• Volunteers sought for Christmas food basket project for New Middletown and Springfield Township  10:56 a.m.
• WARM-HEARTED: Members of Niles Chapter of the American Sewing Guild embellished 59 sweatshirts as a  10:22 a.m.
• Weed and Seed Christmas caroling takes place Thursday  9:54 a.m.
• I-680 work postponed due to inclement weather  9:08 a.m.
• Local owners say af2 is safe  12:27 a.m.
• Ursuline title caps fine year for 33’s anchor  12:26 a.m.
• First Night Youngstown seeks adult volunteers  12:23 a.m.
• GMAC’s plight worries some dealers  12:10 a.m.
• 13 remain in running to succeed Boccieri  12:09 a.m.
• Some Liberty residents take issue with water price charged by Girard  12:07 a.m.
• Are you ready for digital TV? Local stations will do a test  12:07 a.m.
• Salem lawmaker to start D.C. job  12:05 a.m.
• Wood Works  12:05 a.m.
• Poland shooting victim’s estate sues accused  12:05 a.m.
• How NFL players with local ties fared in Week 15  12:05 a.m.
• Jackson’s buzzer beater stings No. 11 Syracuse  12:02 a.m.
• Room to be named after local educator  12:02 a.m.
• Steel Valley Conference  12:01 a.m.
• Obama: Review confirms no improper contact  12:00 a.m.
• Study: Combo therapy best for prostate cancer  12:00 a.m.
• EAGLES’ HOPES SOARING  12:00 a.m.
• SOCIETY DIGEST  12:00 a.m.
• COLLEGE FOOTBALL Penn State notebook  12:00 a.m.
• Woman who helped get rid of body released early  12:00 a.m.
• Chicago politics in need of ‘Change’  12:00 a.m.
• Ohio Electoral College casts historic Obama-Biden votes  12:00 a.m.
• Mayor to pay ex-chief of police for racial issues  12:00 a.m.
• A 2005 homicide is the focus of Crime Stoppers of Greater Youngstown this week:  12:00 a.m.
• Police officer bitten while rescuing dog from fire  12:00 a.m.
• Son killed mom, pastor dad testifies  12:00 a.m.
• Pact factor in future of AFL  12:00 a.m.
• Heart attack, stroke deaths decline 30% since 1999  12:00 a.m.
• OPEC signals desire to cut production to prop up prices  12:00 a.m.
• Many Arabs regard shoe thrower as hero  12:00 a.m.
• Automakers await loan deal  12:00 a.m.
• NFL Monday’s news  12:00 a.m.
• Valley sings praises of staple Christmas carols  12:00 a.m.
• Panthers on playoff bye prowl  12:00 a.m.
• Recycle that little black dress to make a big hit at parties  12:00 a.m.
• Forbes’ slam should trigger dialogue  12:00 a.m.
• Alleged fraud exposure extends worldwide  12:00 a.m.
• After strong starts, teams now shaky  12:00 a.m.
• ELIZABETH DUTKO/PADRIAC FINNERTY  12:00 a.m.
• Top three teams retain poll spots  12:00 a.m.
• Analysts expect Fed to cut key interest rate  12:00 a.m.
• COLLEGE HOOPS \ Top 25 games  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Tuesday, Dec. 16, the 351st day of 2008. There are 15 days left in the year. On this date  12:00 a.m.
• City workers win $207M jackpot  12:00 a.m.
• YSU drops seventh at KSU  12:00 a.m.
• Harding’s Brogdon commits to YSU  12:00 a.m.
• MONDAY’S RESULTS  12:00 a.m.
• PREP BASKETBALL Monday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• Armstrong ornaments to raise food-bank funds  12:00 a.m.
• Don’t be rude: Empty out the fitting room  12:00 a.m.
• Births for 2008-12-16  12:00 a.m.
• selected stocks  12:00 a.m.
• 14 apply for vacancy on Niles school board  12:00 a.m.
• Steelers control home-field destiny  12:00 a.m.
• NBA \ Monday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• Howland continues undefeated  12:00 a.m.
• Car crash leaves driver in critical condition  12:00 a.m.
• Township auctions off equipment, evidence  12:00 a.m.
• Howland school board OKs insurance coverage, nonfaculty salaries  12:00 a.m.
• Agenda Wednesday  12:00 a.m.
• Owner detects stolen vehicle  12:00 a.m.
• Man, 51, pleads guilty in robbery of wallet, jersey  12:00 a.m.
• Brunner: Postpone election reform bill  12:00 a.m.
• COLETTE BALDWIN/JOHN YANIGLOS  12:00 a.m.
• CANFIELD CITY  12:00 a.m.
• MAHONING COUNTY  12:00 a.m.
• wanted fugitives  12:00 a.m.
• Thirteen candidates will be interviewed today and Wednesday for the state Senate seat being vacated  12:00 a.m.
• Capital murder trial setSFlbfor March  12:00 a.m.
• BARGAIN HUNTERS: Chuck Raiti, in the cap, of Orangeville, and Mary Kovack of Vienna check out a coat  12:00 a.m.
• Business news digest  12:00 a.m.
• NHL Monday’s game  12:00 a.m.
• Winter Classic factors in wind  12:00 a.m.
• “NCIS” (8 p.m., CBS): It’s not such a merry Christmas for the “NCIS”  12:00 a.m.
• KIM LOVELAND/RON NANOSKY  12:00 a.m.
• LISA DEMETRUK/TERRY MARZANO  12:00 a.m.
• Mega Millions Facts  12:00 a.m.
• “This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq.”  12:00 a.m.
• Bratz dolls going bye-bye next year  12:00 a.m.
• New Muppet special: mundane, mediocre  12:00 a.m.
• In Vegas, former showgirls are trying to save their art  12:00 a.m.
• Madonna, Ritchie settle  12:00 a.m.
• Vets haven’t changed, America has  12:00 a.m.
• It’s best to end abusive relationship gradually  12:00 a.m.
• Obama’s rules, or Chicago rules?  12:00 a.m.
• Politicians, public blame auto execs for industry plight  12:00 a.m.
• Former health commissioner gets an early Christmas gift  12:00 a.m.

Monday, December 15 (91 stories)

• McNabb leads Eagles over Browns  11:54 p.m.
• Howland board OKs insurance coverage for ’09 academic year  11:00 p.m.
• 14 apply for vacancy on Niles school board  10:56 p.m.
• Liberty Township auctions off equipment, evidence  9:54 p.m.
• Poland shooting victim’s estate sues accused  9:28 p.m.
• Harding player commits to YSU  9:24 p.m.
• Longtime educator has MCCTC conference center named in her honor  6:40 p.m.
• City man pleads guilty to aggravated robbery charge, sentencing set for Wednesday  5:50 p.m.
• Salem councilman leaving to join U.S. Rep. John Boccieri in D.C.  5:40 p.m.
• Trial date set for man accused of killing owner of Freddie’s Diner in Warren  5:38 p.m.
• The Graedons are guests Tuesday on Louie Free radio show  4:54 p.m.
• AFL's cancellation won't affect Thunder  4:03 p.m.
• 13 get interviews for state Senate seat  3:40 p.m.
• Water bills frustrate Liberty Township residents  3:06 p.m.
• Niles man arrested in Hermitage, Pa. bank heist  2:48 p.m.
• GM dealerships fret for the future if GMAC financing folds  1:48 p.m.
• Youngstown TV stations will conduct digital test Wednesday  12:02 p.m.
• Man critical after single-car crash  11:04 a.m.
• Support United Way at United We Dine event tonight  9:50 a.m.
• Local Marine believed among the war dead on Tarawa Atoll  12:10 a.m.
• Boardman native competes for love on ‘Momma’s Boys’  12:10 a.m.
• Despite slow start, Ohio Lottery still betting Keno will catch on  12:10 a.m.
• Blackhawks bruise Blue Jackets  12:05 a.m.
• Men of Steel (in their veins)  12:05 a.m.
• Cavs good, but work still needed  12:05 a.m.
• Browns may look silly in Philly  12:05 a.m.
• nba roundup Sunday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• Take our advice, Illinois, oust Blagojevich quickly  12:00 a.m.
• Bluejays’ Wiseman, Matacic first; Brookfield’s Miller also wins title  12:00 a.m.
• Births for 2008-12-15  12:00 a.m.
• Births for 2008-12-15  12:00 a.m.
• nhl roundup | Sunday’s other game  12:00 a.m.
• Call centers return to U.S., for a price  12:00 a.m.
• Homeowners appeal, get tax breaks  12:00 a.m.
• Ursuline’s Grant scores 26 in loss  12:00 a.m.
• Lions stay winless with loss to Colts  12:00 a.m.
• Prisoner abuse started at top  12:00 a.m.
• NFL ROUNDUP Sunday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• if you go  12:00 a.m.
• No. 11 Wake Forest holds off Wright St.  12:00 a.m.
• SKATING HOURS  12:00 a.m.
• NORWAY  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Monday, Dec. 15, the 350th day of 2008. There are 16 days left in the year. On this date in  12:00 a.m.
• Bailout of Big 3 remains on hold  12:00 a.m.
• Ring dinner Feb. 8  12:00 a.m.
• NFL PREVIEW Today’s game  12:00 a.m.
• Trustworthy bookkeeper feels cheatedSFlb  12:00 a.m.
• Nearly one-third of senior citizens said they were planning to delay retirement because of the  12:00 a.m.
• It’s very clear that vinegar can make glassware like new  12:00 a.m.
• Veteran designer helps to bring Disney’s special magic to the ice  12:00 a.m.
• Officials: Stay home during risky blizzard  12:00 a.m.
• Columbiana COUNTY  12:00 a.m.
• Police probe fatal crash in Mercer County  12:00 a.m.
• GIRLS BASKETBALL  12:00 a.m.
• Answers to weekly quiz  12:00 a.m.
• More power loss possible  12:00 a.m.
• Agenda Tuesday  12:00 a.m.
• Colon cancer death rates up for blacks  12:00 a.m.
• U.S. MARSHALS MOST WANTED  12:00 a.m.
• Who do you believe: Al Gore or The Vindicator?  12:00 a.m.
• Bush ducks shoes  12:00 a.m.
• Hall of Famer Sorenstam ends career with birdie, no regrets  12:00 a.m.
• Monday's Best Bets on TV  12:00 a.m.
• Toledo turns to solar panels to revive city  12:00 a.m.
• “When you have no confidence from the people, in a democracy there’s nowhere else to go  12:00 a.m.
• The Electoral College was written into federal law in 1845 as a compromise on the election of  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Blago’ isn’t crazy by Chicago standards  12:00 a.m.
• Parents wonder at way pupils are to be chosen  12:00 a.m.
• Backers want Ohio to approve disputed breath-alcohol tester  12:00 a.m.
• Not enough  12:00 a.m.
• HOLY SUPPER | Carpatho-Rusyn Society  12:00 a.m.
• SALEM INCOME TAX  12:00 a.m.
• Sheen daughters in crash  12:00 a.m.
• Then and now: ’71 YSU grad draws comparisons  12:00 a.m.
• FALL COMMENCEMENT  12:00 a.m.
• GOP needs to get back to business  12:00 a.m.
• In downtown Warren, skaters enjoy the ice  12:00 a.m.
• Electoral College to cast your votes today  12:00 a.m.
• Ousting governor leads Illinois officials’ to-do list  12:00 a.m.
• REGION  12:00 a.m.
• Salem officials consider asking for tax increase  12:00 a.m.
• Is health care a priority?  12:00 a.m.
• WHO’S NEXT? Browns coaching candidates  12:00 a.m.
• Church dinner upholds tradition  12:00 a.m.
• Informational meeting  12:00 a.m.
• Cowboys dominate Giants with D  12:00 a.m.
• A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS  12:00 a.m.
• Women’s record dips to 1-7 after 78-50 loss at Central Michigan  12:00 a.m.
• NFL playoff picture still a little foggy  12:00 a.m.
• YSU PREVIEW | Today’s game  12:00 a.m.
• Sam Bradford’s hometown celebrates win  12:00 a.m.

Sunday, December 14 (191 stories)

• Snapz! Joy to the World!  11:21 p.m.
• Historic walk in Warren  8:44 p.m.
• 700 degrees issued at YSU graduation  8:40 p.m.
• Electoral College to cast your votes Monday  4:00 p.m.
• WWII remains could be of Valley Marine  3:56 p.m.
• Limelight shines on Boardman native  3:50 p.m.
• Warming up to Warren’s ice rink  3:46 p.m.
• Keno off to a slow start  3:44 p.m.
• First Place bank in Brookfield robbed  1:28 a.m.
• Fall 2008 will be long remembered around the Mahoning Valley as a season of champions.  12:10 a.m.
• Mount Union rolls into final  12:09 a.m.
• It seems that Boardman doesn't count  12:09 a.m.
• Canfield outlasts East in two OTs  12:08 a.m.
• Kids take can-do attitude to recycling  12:08 a.m.
• Bradford wins Heisman Trophy  12:07 a.m.
• Mercer, Lawrence visualize green-job potential  12:07 a.m.
• Parks’ class on evergreens offers seasonal creativity  12:05 a.m.
• Bailout uncertainty casts a pall over Detroit  12:00 a.m.
• 1M without power in Northeast  12:00 a.m.
• Food banks forced to partner with farms, fishermen  12:00 a.m.
• Revocation of agency certification upheld in case of foster child’s death  12:00 a.m.
• Cleveland police resume tracking cars sold for scrap  12:00 a.m.
• s Ariel Witmer s First area girl to win state golf title  12:00 a.m.
• Sweet charity: Nuns’ cookies help fund services for seniors  12:00 a.m.
• Pittsburgh airport to spend $600,000 to promote Paris flights  12:00 a.m.
• Russian blonde crowned Miss World  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Sopranos’ actor was glad to hear he was depressed  12:00 a.m.
• Some troops to stay in citiesSFlb  12:00 a.m.
• New analysis of federal study ties hormone use to breast-cancer risk  12:00 a.m.
• What are Obama’s true colors ... black, white or neither?  12:00 a.m.
• Religion threatens Cairo bars  12:00 a.m.
• Pupils get crash course in deer behavior  12:00 a.m.
• Pleasing people young and old  12:00 a.m.
• President-elect is good for business  12:00 a.m.
• Year’s top plays were found off-Broadway  12:00 a.m.
• Pennsylvania group seeks to protect health monies  12:00 a.m.
• Migraine medicine puts monkey wrench in sex life  12:00 a.m.
• Big Picture schools put emphasis on real world  12:00 a.m.
• Chords of Christmas to perform at church  12:00 a.m.
• Children threatened in Mexico  12:00 a.m.
• Some families create gift themes on the individual nights of Hanukkah, such as pajama or movie  12:00 a.m.
• Evidence of water seen on far planet  12:00 a.m.
• Wilmington crowned after 2OT  12:00 a.m.
• Nevels Sisters go national with CD  12:00 a.m.
• GOSPEL SINGERS: The Nevels Sisters, of Youngstown, are (from left) Veneice Andrews, Gail Nevels,  12:00 a.m.
• Hanukkah theme nights can use gifts to reinforce lessons  12:00 a.m.
• Streets named after Rolling Stones songs  12:00 a.m.
• PRAISE FOR SIMSIC Judges’ comments  12:00 a.m.
• Music director’s global victory  12:00 a.m.
• ALL MY CHILDREN  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Universal Mind Control’  12:00 a.m.
• QUIRKIEST BABY NAMES,  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Dark Knight’ tuned in for Oscar score eligibility  12:00 a.m.
• The celebrity baby boom expanded into 2008 with the arrivals of newborns belonging to A-listers like  12:00 a.m.
• Finding a mate in 2008: That was the theme for many celebrities as they hooked up with new partners  12:00 a.m.
• Windows updates? Load ’em up  12:00 a.m.
• Retailer highlights children’s dreams  12:00 a.m.
• WINDOWS TO THE HOLIDAYS  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Home Book’ helps you tap into creativity  12:00 a.m.
• PAMELA DEW/RONALD MOSELEY  12:00 a.m.
• Maybe he should audition for ‘Jerry Springer’  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Mirror’s Edge’  12:00 a.m.
• “Survivor: Gabon — Earth’s Last Eden” (8 p.m., CBS): “Survivor:  12:00 a.m.
• Review: HomeManager can make the landline smarter  12:00 a.m.
• Hawaii’s latest lure: Obama tourism  12:00 a.m.
• Book signing  12:00 a.m.
• Medical tools, containers can bring high prices  12:00 a.m.
• A plethora of choices confront TV buyers  12:00 a.m.
• LIGHTING CHOICES \ A few to check out  12:00 a.m.
• Headphones are music to your ears  12:00 a.m.
• 2 stabbed in brawl  12:00 a.m.
• Jonathon Critell's Switch to goalie was successful  12:00 a.m.
• s Sam Deskin s Despite injuries, he persisted  12:00 a.m.
• Births for 2008-12-14  12:00 a.m.
• Births for 2008-12-14  12:00 a.m.
• SATURDAY’S RESULTS  12:00 a.m.
• Card saver wants to recycle years’ worth of them  12:00 a.m.
• GIRLS BASKETBALL All-American Conference  12:00 a.m.
• Pesta scores 23, but Boardman falls, 56-54  12:00 a.m.
• COLLEGE BASKETBALL \ Area games  12:00 a.m.
• Stories of Hope  12:00 a.m.
• Phantoms drop 2-1 game to Team USA  12:00 a.m.
• North-South vulnerable. South deals.  12:00 a.m.
• Jim Traficant’s homecoming should be put in perspective  12:00 a.m.
• NOW PLAYING ...  12:00 a.m.
• All of our athletes of the year have been interviewed on video where they discuss their season, the  12:00 a.m.
• Audio technology can make movies feel real  12:00 a.m.
• Tourism tied to Obama  12:00 a.m.
• CURRENT PRICES  12:00 a.m.
• From the U.S. to India  12:00 a.m.
• If the old saying “Defense wins championships” is true, the Ursuline High Fighting Irish  12:00 a.m.
• Canfield wrestlers finish fifth  12:00 a.m.
• Amy Scullion s Two-sport ace credits teammates  12:00 a.m.
• Bruce Timko's Dad got him interested in playing golf  12:00 a.m.
• Touvelle leads Spartans’ victory over Massillon  12:00 a.m.
• Harding’s rally too much for Steelers, 78-56  12:00 a.m.
• Canfield hockey team posts 7-6 victory  12:00 a.m.
• LOCAL  12:00 a.m.
• Kids take a history journey to 1912  12:00 a.m.
• LEADERSHIP  12:00 a.m.
• NORTHFIELD RESULTS  12:00 a.m.
• 1912 | Fast facts  12:00 a.m.
• DID YOU KNOW?  12:00 a.m.
• FAST FACTS  12:00 a.m.
• GARDEN CLUBS  12:00 a.m.
• SENIOR SIDELIGHTS  12:00 a.m.
• COURTS  12:00 a.m.
• County officials to seek change in sentencing law  12:00 a.m.
• Traficant may forgo CCA house, friend says  12:00 a.m.
• NFL  12:00 a.m.
• Lesigonich 60th is marked with family at dinner  12:00 a.m.
• Thursday’s Games  12:00 a.m.
• Fed to vote on sweeping reform of the big credit-card industry  12:00 a.m.
• TODAY  12:00 a.m.
• REGION  12:00 a.m.
• selected stocks  12:00 a.m.
• Parents turn to old toys in hard times  12:00 a.m.
• LIMELIGHT  12:00 a.m.
• COLLEGE FOOTBALL \ MUC notebook  12:00 a.m.
• Ashley Cuba's One of the best players in the U.S.  12:00 a.m.
• Events celebrate 50th anniversary of the Fauvers  12:00 a.m.
• Absent workers can cost company  12:00 a.m.
• Is the era ending for the New York Stock Exchange?  12:00 a.m.
• U.S.-made game is great buy for gift  12:00 a.m.
• CRAFTY GIFTS  12:00 a.m.
• TODAY’S GAME Youngstown State at Central Michigan  12:00 a.m.
• It’s more than money  12:00 a.m.
• Christmas Scrimping Things you can make  12:00 a.m.
• Make benefits work for you  12:00 a.m.
• 21st century policing necessitates proaction  12:00 a.m.
• Online radio advertising network shows promise  12:00 a.m.
• NEW YORK (AP) — An online collection of World War II documents, billed as the world’s  12:00 a.m.
• Christmas party for kids  12:00 a.m.
• Nowitzki scores season-high 46 as Mavericks win, 103-99  12:00 a.m.
• West Virginia bests Duquesne with a rally  12:00 a.m.
• Hawks snap Cavaliers’ 11-game winning streak, 97-92  12:00 a.m.
• RETAIL For many area stores, survival is a tough sell  12:00 a.m.
• New Capitol center draws both praise and major criticism  12:00 a.m.
• Bethlehem Liberty defeats Bethel Park for state crown, 28-21  12:00 a.m.
• Mason saves Blue Jackets’ 3-1 victory  12:00 a.m.
• COLLEGE BASKETBALL Horizon League games  12:00 a.m.
• COLLEGE BASKETBALL Saturday’s Top 25 games  12:00 a.m.
• Xavier survives 76-66 battle with Cincinnati  12:00 a.m.
• GREENer pastures | What’s out there  12:00 a.m.
• NBA Saturday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• Slumping 76ers fire Cheeks, name DiLeo  12:00 a.m.
• Ohio State hangs on; Butler falls for 1st time  12:00 a.m.
• Whitewater next for Purple Raiders  12:00 a.m.
• TEAMS  12:00 a.m.
• Blue holiday lights to honor law enforcement  12:00 a.m.
• NHL \ Saturday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• Reliever Wood seals Tribe deal  12:00 a.m.
• Oklahoma QB wins Heisman  12:00 a.m.
• Grambling St. wins title behind Dillon  12:00 a.m.
• COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Saturday’s Top 25 games  12:00 a.m.
• Attack on American dream  12:00 a.m.
• Klitschko keeps IBF title on TKO in the seventh  12:00 a.m.
• Richmond rallies past Northern Iowa in 21-20 win  12:00 a.m.
• Agenda Monday  12:00 a.m.
• Fugitive of the Week  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Sunday, Dec. 14, the 349th day of 2008. There are 17 days left in the year. On this date in  12:00 a.m.
• 49ers put Battle on injured list, sign Clayton  12:00 a.m.
• Pens lose fourth in 5 games  12:00 a.m.
• Device disables phones in cars  12:00 a.m.
• Steelers, Ravens add hate to clash  12:00 a.m.
• Vindicator file photo  12:00 a.m.
• Minnesota Duluth captures first title  12:00 a.m.
• Eagles in must-win game with Browns  12:00 a.m.
• New BMV rules to take effect  12:00 a.m.
• Free-spending N.Y. teams should antagonize fans  12:00 a.m.
• Solving crimes: Is it in the cards?  12:00 a.m.
• White House assessing options to aid carmakers  12:00 a.m.
• SENIOR MENU  12:00 a.m.
• Fitzgerald Toussaint's RB has faith in Michigan, coach  12:00 a.m.
• Macy’s aims for biggest, best holiday windows  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Christmas Story’ fans can visit movie’s house  12:00 a.m.
• SENIOR CITIZENS  12:00 a.m.
• Publishers Weekly Best-Sellers For the week ending Dec. 6  12:00 a.m.
• Antonini, Cafaros good for a laugh  12:00 a.m.
• Holiday reads at bookstores near you  12:00 a.m.
• Rowlings gifts ‘Potter’ fans with new book  12:00 a.m.
• Spruce walls up with paper  12:00 a.m.
• APOTHECARY JARS: These Old Paris porcelain apothecary jars sold for $835 at a Neal Auction in New  12:00 a.m.
• SOCIETY DIGEST  12:00 a.m.
• ASHLEY MOORE/JACOB ZIMMERMAN  12:00 a.m.
• KELLY BURNS/RYAN PLACER  12:00 a.m.
• Inexpensive gadgets are great gift ideas  12:00 a.m.
• KELLY KOCHAMBA/AARON HAYES  12:00 a.m.
• SUZANNE MONTECALVO/JOEL ANTONUCCI  12:00 a.m.
• JULIANNE PUSZTAI/BRIAN NOTMAN  12:00 a.m.
• Monica Ciarniello's 3-time All-Ohio finisher in cross country  12:00 a.m.

Saturday, December 13 (104 stories)

• Holiday lights at the Arms  10:51 p.m.
• Hawks end Cleveland’s 11-game winning streak  10:20 p.m.
• Blue Jackets beat Islanders 3-1  9:48 p.m.
• Holiday child care at McGuffey Centre  9:44 p.m.
• Christmas day dinner, gifts for all in need  8:43 p.m.
• Food collection for needs through Friday downtown  7:41 p.m.
• Christmas party — all area kids welcome  6:38 p.m.
• Knuble leads Flyers to 6-3 win over Penguins  4:20 p.m.
• LOVE IN GLOVES: The Youngstown Campus of National College contributed 400 hats, scarves, mittens and  10:30 a.m.
• TOYS FOR TOTS: Sgt. Michael Masiari from the Youngstown Air Reserve Station in Vienna, who is the  10:30 a.m.
• CHECKING IN: As the result of weekly cruises at Joe Sylvester’s Shepherd Self Storage of  10:28 a.m.
• 29 seek Senate seat of Boccieri  12:10 a.m.
• Commissioner resigns after guilty plea  12:10 a.m.
• Sponsors recognize YSU autism center  12:10 a.m.
• Reports: Yavorcik’s bid got $120K from Cafaros  12:10 a.m.
• Hubbard city officials consider reductions in staff and services  12:10 a.m.
• Jabali sheds light on the accomplishments of individuals of African descent  12:06 a.m.
• Hubbard defense propels third win, 77-46  12:05 a.m.
• Ravens wary of Steelers, sack-man James Harrison  12:05 a.m.
• Cavs’ 11th win in row ties record  12:05 a.m.
• Paterno may be ready for field  12:05 a.m.
• Trumbull sees rise in transport requests from disabled seniors  12:00 a.m.
• Police seeking man in robbery of his New Castle grandmother  12:00 a.m.
• Gould’s OT kick keeps Bears in contention; help is needed  12:00 a.m.
• Mileage driven continues to decline in U.S.  12:00 a.m.
• Postal service card shop cuts out middle man (you)  12:00 a.m.
• Obama refuses to talk about Illinois governor  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Our country cannot allow the heart of our manufacturing base to collapse,’ said U.S.  12:00 a.m.
• Finding Jesus on the road  12:00 a.m.
• A special collection and outside donations will be gathered to fund the effort.  12:00 a.m.
• Courthouse gunman avoids death sentence  12:00 a.m.
• Behind goalie Tibbett, Phantoms beat U.S., 2-1  12:00 a.m.
• Liberty outlasts LaBrae in overtime duel, 82-80  12:00 a.m.
• High School BASKETBALL District roundup  12:00 a.m.
• SUNDAY TV NEWS SHOWS | Guest lineup  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Saturday, Dec. 13, the 348th day of 2008. There are 18 days left in the year. On this date  12:00 a.m.
• Ousted critic sues newspaper, orchestra  12:00 a.m.
• Payday lenders outspent victors in election  12:00 a.m.
• Submit services for Christmas  12:00 a.m.
• And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by  12:00 a.m.
• Sexual revolution icon Bettie Page dies at 85  12:00 a.m.
• One dies, five are injured in bar shooting  12:00 a.m.
• Acts of kindness exemplify God’s love in us  12:00 a.m.
• Judge temporarily lifts Stevens’ law license  12:00 a.m.
• Births for 2008-12-13  12:00 a.m.
• Authorities await results of DNA tests on remains  12:00 a.m.
• KIRSTEN NASH/CHRISTOPHER THOMPSON  12:00 a.m.
• Despite basketball fizzles, give Swish a chance to sizzle  12:00 a.m.
• 7th area teacher added to board-certified class  12:00 a.m.
• Story test  12:00 a.m.
• Lordstown considers wage freeze  12:00 a.m.
• TOday  12:00 a.m.
• REGION  12:00 a.m.
• Be aware of foods that shouldn’t go to the dogs  12:00 a.m.
• Paper: Felony charges weighed for ex-Dann aide Gutierrez  12:00 a.m.
• Kurta-Stark vows will take place in West Virginia  12:00 a.m.
• kTo find out more about America’s Best High Schools program, go to www.usnews.com, the U.S.  12:00 a.m.
• Going on during the offseason  12:00 a.m.
• Township reflects on progress while preparing for ’09  12:00 a.m.
• NHL \ Friday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• NBA \ Friday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• COLLEGE BASKETBALL Friday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• Jets’ Brad Smith likely is out of Sunday’s game  12:00 a.m.
• No word yet on potential Tribe-Kerry Wood deal  12:00 a.m.
• Close vote seen as three QBs vie to win Heisman  12:00 a.m.
• Coach claims Cowboys are not a divided team  12:00 a.m.
• Big oil bill beats roses any day of winter  12:00 a.m.
• TIFFIN, Ohio (AP) — A father and son are banking that a vegetable that grows like a soybean  12:00 a.m.
• FOOTBALL \ Pennsylvania championships  12:00 a.m.
• Land of Al Capone clings to its roots  12:00 a.m.
• 20 GM plants to close for now  12:00 a.m.
• Baby Boomers taking a big economic hit  12:00 a.m.
• “It’s a Wonderful Life” (8 p.m., NBC): Yes, you’ve seen it a million times,  12:00 a.m.
• SEC seeks to salvage assets of fraudulent NY financier  12:00 a.m.
• Cirque du Soleil sets performances at Chevrolet Centre  12:00 a.m.
• Jabali celebrates past, present black culture  12:00 a.m.
• Going after Blackwater  12:00 a.m.
• Fire at flower shop  12:00 a.m.
• Sci Fi sees life after ‘Battlestar Galactica’  12:00 a.m.
• CAMPAIGN FINANCE | Post-general election reports  12:00 a.m.
• MAHONING COUNTY  12:00 a.m.
• Judge denies early release for Niles man convicted in baby’s death  12:00 a.m.
• FRIDAY’S RESULTS  12:00 a.m.
• Ohio Department of Education rejects Coitsville district move  12:00 a.m.
• FRIDAY DRAWINGS  12:00 a.m.
• Youngstown native to speak at AIDS event  12:00 a.m.
• Honda to further reduce production of vehicles  12:00 a.m.
• McDonald wins third to remain unbeaten  12:00 a.m.
• Supplier: Valley’s future hinges on many factors  12:00 a.m.
• Schools in region achieve national recognition  12:00 a.m.
• Indians deciding  12:00 a.m.
• Mahoning County | Grand jury  12:00 a.m.
• Pessimistic parent has become a problem  12:00 a.m.
• SALVATION ARMY NEEDS YOU  12:00 a.m.
• Lessons learned from the Depression  12:00 a.m.
• Parishioners pray for financial miracles  12:00 a.m.
• Economic crisis may pinch collection plates  12:00 a.m.
• Man’s nap damages organ pipes at historic Massachusetts church  12:00 a.m.
• UAW leader happy White House will step in  12:00 a.m.
• Jackman to host Oscars  12:00 a.m.
• LOCAL TOPICS ON TV \ Sunday programs  12:00 a.m.
• Senga Mina and Zachary Liptak are engaged  12:00 a.m.
• Raiders subdue United by 60-58  12:00 a.m.
• selected stocks  12:00 a.m.

Friday, December 12 (120 stories)

• 29 people file applications to become state senator  7:00 p.m.
• Niles police wants help in finding suspicious man  6:56 p.m.
• Hubbard City Council to get a look Monday at a tight 2009 budget  4:46 p.m.
• Someone stole 100 shirts bearing East High logo, name  3:42 p.m.
• White House readies new rescue for auto industry   3:11 p.m.
• Beaver school board member resigns  2:54 p.m.
• GM to temporarily close 20 plants to slash output  2:42 p.m.
• Ethics commission refers possible charges against Dann aide to prosecutor  2:36 p.m.
• Seventh area teacher earns national honor  2:32 p.m.
• UAW chief happy that Treasury may save auto industry  11:27 a.m.
• State recommends denial of petitions to leave Youngstown schools  10:22 a.m.
• Convicted Columbiana County health commissioner resigns  9:50 a.m.
• 8 held for Pittsburgh-area Internet prostitution  8:44 a.m.
• Free dinner available for needy on Christmas  8:42 a.m.
• Auto talks collapse over wages  12:10 a.m.
• United serves notice in ITCL girls opener  12:10 a.m.
• Lawyer: YSU has smeared ACE, head  12:09 a.m.
• Third Holiday Classic features seven games Saturday at Chevrolet Centre  12:09 a.m.
• Wheaton stands between Mt. Union and title game  12:08 a.m.
• Ohio gathers data on city’s black males  12:08 a.m.
• Mooney grad set for bowl  12:07 a.m.
• Police support local car dealers  12:06 a.m.
• Panel: Youngstown school district should borrow funds from itself  12:05 a.m.
• Tebow gets second Maxwell Award as all-around best  12:00 a.m.
• 'Delgo'  12:00 a.m.
• Fridays Best Bets on TV  12:00 a.m.
• National Business Digest  12:00 a.m.
• KATHLEEN BRITT/EUGENE SCHNEIDER  12:00 a.m.
• JOLIN MAZIAS/TODD JACKSON  12:00 a.m.
• JENNIFER LUZADDER/PETE FANNIN  12:00 a.m.
• Births for 2008-12-12  12:00 a.m.
• Controversy flares over state Senate seat  12:00 a.m.
• GM trying to survive for a shot at Plan O — Obama  12:00 a.m.
• PORTABLE CARE  12:00 a.m.
• Cleanup collaborative enlists cooperation from landlord  12:00 a.m.
• Program cracks down on eyesore homes  12:00 a.m.
• Dawson’s put-back paces East to victory over Mooney  12:00 a.m.
• GIRLS BASKETBALL THURSDAY’S SCORES AREA  12:00 a.m.
• Thursday’s Game  12:00 a.m.
• Yo. Christian cruises past WR Academy  12:00 a.m.
• Walsh suffers 75-63 defeat to Cumberlands  12:00 a.m.
• Akron  12:00 a.m.
• Today  12:00 a.m.
• Michigan State to get $550M research facility  12:00 a.m.
• The commission identifies and promotes strategies and public policies to foster improvements in the  12:00 a.m.
• Deal offers expunging of case for ex-worker  12:00 a.m.
• THURSDAY LOTTERIES  12:00 a.m.
• Strickland outlines worst-case scenario for state  12:00 a.m.
• Jail count may mean temp budget  12:00 a.m.
• Attend a landlord training course.  12:00 a.m.
• NFL  12:00 a.m.
• BASEBALL  12:00 a.m.
• Firefighters to get raises  12:00 a.m.
• Mahoning sheriff warns about phony charity  12:00 a.m.
• Parker wants Steelers to get back to run game  12:00 a.m.
• Penguins romp past Islanders 9-2  12:00 a.m.
• Man pleads guilty in underwear case  12:00 a.m.
• Open for skiing today: The Yellowstone Club  12:00 a.m.
• Obama to work hard on health-care plan  12:00 a.m.
• Who will pay the tab for panel’s legal bills?  12:00 a.m.
• Pa. planner hired as new zoning director  12:00 a.m.
• Police seek female armed robber  12:00 a.m.
• DO YOU KNOW HER? This is the surveillance camera picture at Shawkey’s Market in Jamestown,  12:00 a.m.
• Resolution calls for confirmation of Obama’s citizenship  12:00 a.m.
• Bail denied for man in Russian child-sex case  12:00 a.m.
• Downtown funeral ceremony will honor former fire chief  12:00 a.m.
• Fire chief to be internal candidate  12:00 a.m.
• Ohio poll: Cut programs, don’t increase taxes  12:00 a.m.
• Detroit may be worst in the NFL  12:00 a.m.
• Budget \ Scenario  12:00 a.m.
• Bears rally, Gould kicks pair of FGs to beat Saints  12:00 a.m.
• CHAMPION — Terry Howell was named football coach at Champion High School Thursday by the  12:00 a.m.
• A summary of recent criminal activity in Hubbard, Girard and Liberty:  12:00 a.m.
• NBA ROUNDUP  12:00 a.m.
• Man calls police to free handcuffed wife  12:00 a.m.
• LOCAL  12:00 a.m.
• DOCTOR HOUSE CALLS  12:00 a.m.
• Miami (Ohio) dominates UWM, 69-45  12:00 a.m.
• Cities, township sue over Trumbull 911 plan  12:00 a.m.
• Russian trademarks emoticon for a wink  12:00 a.m.
• NORTHFIELD ENTRIES  12:00 a.m.
• NHL ROUNDUP Thursday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• MAHONING COUNTY  12:00 a.m.
• New York teams are big winners  12:00 a.m.
• Officials rush to identify remains  12:00 a.m.
• The Vindicator  12:00 a.m.
• Labonte is looking for a ride on NASCAR circuit  12:00 a.m.
• Germany acts on Ohio man’s case  12:00 a.m.
• Changes coming at Detroit’s daily papers  12:00 a.m.
• TOP 25 ROUNDUP  12:00 a.m.
• A little trickery can yield winning hand  12:00 a.m.
• CIA, Peru shot down 15 civilian aircraft  12:00 a.m.
• Winslow wants to stay with Browns  12:00 a.m.
• Gators’ Tebow may add another Heisman  12:00 a.m.
• Animated fable ‘Delgo’ will appeal to children  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Friday, Dec. 12, the 347th day of 2008. There are 19 days left in the year. On this date in  12:00 a.m.
• Obama’s habit  12:00 a.m.
• Accident claims life of Culkin’s sister  12:00 a.m.
• For how long should Hutchison vote?  12:00 a.m.
• “The president-elect agrees with Lt. Gov. Quinn and many others that under the current  12:00 a.m.
• Retailer KB Toys files for bankruptcy protection  12:00 a.m.
• War rages on our southern border  12:00 a.m.
• high five  12:00 a.m.
• Golden Globes nominations kick off new awards season  12:00 a.m.
• New jobless claims surge unexpectedly  12:00 a.m.
• Wu-Tang Clan hits the road  12:00 a.m.
• Obama is a blessing and a curse for Africa  12:00 a.m.
• Lawyers to get $60M in GM investor suit  12:00 a.m.
• the scoop  12:00 a.m.
• selected stocks  12:00 a.m.
• Golden Globes | Who’s nominated for what  12:00 a.m.
• Let’s build a bridge to Detroit’s future  12:00 a.m.
• Wall Street tumbles on auto bailout concerns  12:00 a.m.
• Turn that political frown upside down  12:00 a.m.
• Officials must work to ensure success of V&M’s expansion  12:00 a.m.
• Shoe bag is handy catchall for odds and ends  12:00 a.m.
• Parents and teens, pay attention: Talk of suicide may be cry for help  12:00 a.m.
• if you go  12:00 a.m.
• CLUB CALENDAR  12:00 a.m.
• JULIE JOHNSON/CALEB MUHS  12:00 a.m.

Thursday, December 11 (135 stories)

• Auto bailout scrubbed  11:00 p.m.
• Senate's auto vote could come tonight if final dispute resolved  9:20 p.m.
• Mahoning commissioners likely to adopt temporary budget to start ’09  7:18 p.m.
• Warren detective gets tough on owners of condemned homes  6:56 p.m.
• State Police in Mercer looking for woman armed robber  6:20 p.m.
• Former Union Township official accepts plea deal  4:42 p.m.
• Boardman has a new planning and zoning director  2:56 p.m.
• Boardman buys American  2:38 p.m.
• Electoral College should make sure its voting for citizens, lawmaker says  1:46 p.m.
• Fire truck will transport former chief’s casket  1:40 p.m.
• Mahoning County sheriff not soliciting donations for needy family  1:36 p.m.
• Local communities file court challenge to Trumbull 911 plan  1:22 p.m.
• Only current firefighters can apply to be Springfield chief  11:20 a.m.
• Ohioans want no new taxes, poll reports  10:58 a.m.
• Meeting scheduled for people interested in joining search and rescue group  8:52 a.m.
• Library to close Dec. 30   6:00 a.m.
• Poland High search yields no drugs   4:49 a.m.
• Hoover trips Canfield with last-second shot  12:10 a.m.
• Senate to debate auto bailout  12:10 a.m.
• League treasurer pleads innocent  12:09 a.m.
• George Burich Recognition Night slated Dec. 19 at East  12:09 a.m.
• Residents of Forbes-dubbed fast-dying town defend area  12:08 a.m.
• Goalie Tibbett denies Phantoms’ opponents  12:08 a.m.
• Peterson keys Fitch wrestlers  12:07 a.m.
• 6 teachers become nationally certified  12:07 a.m.
• NEOUCOM president gives back month’s salary  12:06 a.m.
• Hostile rivalry continues Sunday  12:05 a.m.
• Volunteers wrap with holiday cheer  12:05 a.m.
• Chief solicits input on police candidates  12:04 a.m.
• Board commits to hiring of development director  12:03 a.m.
• Ohio’s chief favored in poll  12:00 a.m.
• Tuesday’s Games  12:00 a.m.
• 3 apply for seat on board of education  12:00 a.m.
• Acts and alcohol  12:00 a.m.
• RATES  12:00 a.m.
• REGION  12:00 a.m.
• Ford won’t take bailout money  12:00 a.m.
• Former employees are surprised by gift cards  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Earl’ co-star Pressly finds joy in being Joy  12:00 a.m.
• Gates brings his world view to Defense  12:00 a.m.
• Criticism of Dr. Webb raises a number of questions  12:00 a.m.
• Construction set for senior housing  12:00 a.m.
• PUCO approves Trumbull 911 plan  12:00 a.m.
• Arsonist draws 10-year sentence for 15 fires, one assault charge  12:00 a.m.
• Blagojevich is the clown, but joke’s on voters  12:00 a.m.
• Art looted by Nazis returned  12:00 a.m.
• selected stocks  12:00 a.m.
• Screen actors will vote to authorize strike in Jan.  12:00 a.m.
• AP Poll: Shoppers cut back for holidays  12:00 a.m.
• Tebow seeking second Heisman  12:00 a.m.
• Shinseki has work cut out for him at VA  12:00 a.m.
• Congress takes aim at BCS system  12:00 a.m.
• She finds husband’s aggressive behavior to be very depressing  12:00 a.m.
• If there is to be a filibuster, make it a real filibuster  12:00 a.m.
• Officials: Obama chooses 4 for posts  12:00 a.m.
• IOC expected to hold off on TV rights bids  12:00 a.m.
• Injured vets await disability appeal process  12:00 a.m.
• TOP 25 ROUNDUP \ Wednesday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• NFL ROUNDUp News and notes  12:00 a.m.
• BCS championship hype building fast in Florida  12:00 a.m.
• Ill. governor ignores Obama’s call to resign  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Thursday, Dec. 11, the 346th day of 2008. There are 20 days left in the year. On this date  12:00 a.m.
• NBA All-Star Saturday night set live in 3D on 80 digital theaters  12:00 a.m.
• Yankees have CC Sabathia all but signed to 7-year deal  12:00 a.m.
• prospective police officers | Boardman  12:00 a.m.
• Man’s televised suicide condemned in Britain  12:00 a.m.
• Britain to pull troops by June  12:00 a.m.
• Generic drug prices fall  12:00 a.m.
• Toni Braxton has benign tumor removed  12:00 a.m.
• 6 Afghan police killed, 13 hurt in mistaken U.S. strike  12:00 a.m.
• Cavaliers sail to 10th straight win, 101-93, eye franchise record  12:00 a.m.
• Penn State women beat Army for eighth victory  12:00 a.m.
• NBA ROUNDUP  12:00 a.m.
• Creighton puts end to Flyers’ win skein  12:00 a.m.
• Clemmensen come through in stretch as Devils beat Pens  12:00 a.m.
• Kids with obesity-linked gene pick rich foods  12:00 a.m.
• NHL ROUNDUP \ Wednesday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• Auto plan brings more government control  12:00 a.m.
• “I’ve got this thing and it’s (expletive) golden, and I’m just not giving it  12:00 a.m.
• POLICE CALLS  12:00 a.m.
• Some top-selling drugs that have recently lost or soon will lose patent protection and face generic  12:00 a.m.
• About 1 in 9 U.S. kids, teens use alternative medicine  12:00 a.m.
• Procedure changes to get temporary driving permit  12:00 a.m.
• MAHONING COUNTY  12:00 a.m.
• Credit union, GM offer discounts to boost sales  12:00 a.m.
• EMINENT DOMAIN What is it?  12:00 a.m.
• It’s the second Thursday of the month, and that means Polish Happy Hour. This time it’s  12:00 a.m.
• Population trends Here are population statistics for Austintown Township and five of its surrounding communities going back 30 years, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.  12:00 a.m.
• Sounding off \ About Austintown  12:00 a.m.
• Britney’s new CD goes straight to top  12:00 a.m.
• Message overwhelms ‘Day Earth Stood Still’  12:00 a.m.
• top teachers  12:00 a.m.
• Latino family freshens ‘Nothing Like Holidays’  12:00 a.m.
• Protein plays role in fighting cancer  12:00 a.m.
• Agenda Friday  12:00 a.m.
• Rock show to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank  12:00 a.m.
• TheSources  12:00 a.m.
• TODAY  12:00 a.m.
• For Debby Boone, holiday tour is a family tradition  12:00 a.m.
• Hinder on Jagermeister tour: Are you ready for another shot?  12:00 a.m.
• Will drinking coffee keep diabetes at bay?  12:00 a.m.
• Movie listings are based on the best information provided to us at press time. Schedules are subject  12:00 a.m.
• AmericanChurch to relocate  12:00 a.m.
• Valley native’s Web page tracks Miss World voting  12:00 a.m.
• Victorian Holiday stroll features several stops  12:00 a.m.
• ‘THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL’  12:00 a.m.
• auditions \ Where to try out for roles  12:00 a.m.
• ORIGINAL VS. REMAKE \ The differences  12:00 a.m.
• SOCIETY DIGEST  12:00 a.m.
• ‘NOTHING LIKE THE HOLIDAYS’  12:00 a.m.
• if you go  12:00 a.m.
• Cleveland sticks out for rapper Matisyahu  12:00 a.m.
• HINDER IS, from left, Cody Hanson, Mike Rodden, Joe “Blower” Garvey, Austin Winkler and  12:00 a.m.
• Ex-Titan Reese is interested in becoming Browns’ GM  12:00 a.m.
• BIRTHS  12:00 a.m.
• Zero interest  12:00 a.m.
• Man hospitalized after knife-and-sword fight  12:00 a.m.
• Passed-out woman drives over 70-foot hill  12:00 a.m.
• Goalie with gain  12:00 a.m.
• LOCAL  12:00 a.m.
• OHIO  12:00 a.m.
• Federal deficit totals $164.4B in November  12:00 a.m.
• Jail to acquire new camera system  12:00 a.m.
• NORTHFIELD RESULTS  12:00 a.m.
• Hiram shatters Grove City streak  12:00 a.m.
• NFL  12:00 a.m.
• Keep receipt with driver’s license  12:00 a.m.
• JUSTIFYING EMINENT DOMAIN  12:00 a.m.
• Guilty plea delivers 11 years for fatal bar-fight shooting  12:00 a.m.
• • John and Marie (Bairamis) Belak, of 4035 Redroyal Ave, Gahanna, announce the birth of a  12:00 a.m.
• Thursdays Best Bets on TV  12:00 a.m.
• WHAT'S UP? BUTTON UP  12:00 a.m.
• ALLISON PROCHAK/ROBERT HORNER JR.  12:00 a.m.
• KIMBERLY RAGER/RONALD ANZEVINO  12:00 a.m.
• LESLIE OSMAN/RICHARD BECKER JR.  12:00 a.m.

Wednesday, December 10 (108 stories)

• Arsonist gets prison sentence for setting North Side fires  8:38 p.m.
• Howland lends financial support to economic development director post  8:14 p.m.
• 3 people file to fill vacant seat on Niles school board  5:42 p.m.
• Youngstown, machine shop owner at odds on road extension for YSU  5:30 p.m.
• PUCO approves Trumbull County 911 plan, releases $1.5M  5:04 p.m.
• Dying Austintown? No way, folks say  4:56 p.m.
• Manufacturer of church envelopes buys McClurg Road plant  4:38 p.m.
• Columbiana commissioners approve money for jail security cameras  3:40 p.m.
• Shoplifter hits sex shop  2:59 p.m.
• North Jackson man injured in Youngstown knife-sword fight  2:48 p.m.
• Trumbull housing authority to construct senior citizen apartment building  2:42 p.m.
• Funds awarded to clients of deceased Trumbull Co. lawyer  2:24 p.m.
• BMV changes procedure for getting certain permits  11:56 a.m.
• Informational meeting set on regional volunteer search group  11:42 a.m.
• Strickland’s popular, but his approval rating is slipping  10:56 a.m.
• Warren Harding offers family swim sessions  8:40 a.m.
• Austintown 5th-fastest dying town in U.S. says Forbes  6:00 a.m.
• Racino will determine plant size  4:00 a.m.
• No tax increase in Lawrence County next year  2:00 a.m.
• ysu seeks refund  12:32 a.m.
• GOP still uneasy over $15B auto deal  12:10 a.m.
• S. Range holds off Cowboys  12:10 a.m.
• Canfield defenders ignite first win  12:09 a.m.
• Dem caucus reopens Senate search  12:09 a.m.
• Howland surges to beat Liberty  12:08 a.m.
• Commissioner pleads guilty to theft  12:08 a.m.
• Ward touts benefits of being vocal  12:07 a.m.
• Body-dragging suspect free on bond  12:07 a.m.
• Girl shares Christmas with toy drive  12:06 a.m.
• Suspect in 1979 murder arrested  12:05 a.m.
• Ruffalo’s brother dies a week after shooting  12:00 a.m.
• Dow turns cautious in wake of 2-day rally  12:00 a.m.
• Gourmet group has its merry little dinner  12:00 a.m.
• Spice for life:  12:00 a.m.
• Sony to cut 4 percent of workers  12:00 a.m.
• Bush’s record has some positive aspects  12:00 a.m.
• REGION  12:00 a.m.
• Clinton will have her hands full  12:00 a.m.
• For some people, rules just don’t apply  12:00 a.m.
• Automakers grilled while financial institutions feast  12:00 a.m.
• Size of sewer plant depends on racino  12:00 a.m.
• Oprah: I’ve hit 200; I’m embarrassed  12:00 a.m.
• “Little Spirit: Christmas in New York” (8 p.m., NBC): NBC weighs in with the  12:00 a.m.
• Jay Leno to host prime-time show  12:00 a.m.
• Springfield needs OT to defeat Brookfield  12:00 a.m.
• Forbes: Township is fifth-fastest dying  12:00 a.m.
• Automakers paying for sins of banks?  12:00 a.m.
• Rochester’s March looking for extra time on the court  12:00 a.m.
• Poland, Salem triumph  12:00 a.m.
• selected stocks  12:00 a.m.
• Canfield team breaks a McKinley Relays record  12:00 a.m.
• Carter sparks East; Fitch, Mooney fall  12:00 a.m.
• Scandal is big headache for the president-elect  12:00 a.m.
• Regime change won’t be rapid  12:00 a.m.
• NHL ROUNDUP Tuesday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• NBA ROUNDUP Tuesday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• Yankees GM, Sabathia to meet  12:00 a.m.
• BASEBALL ROUNDUP News and notes  12:00 a.m.
• Police seek 2nd driver in 2-car pedestrian death  12:00 a.m.
• NFL ROUNDUP \ News and notes  12:00 a.m.
• Study: U.S. kids gain in math scores  12:00 a.m.
• A summary of recent criminal activity in Boardman:  12:00 a.m.
• If not Kenya, maybe Mars?  12:00 a.m.
• TOP 25 ROUNDUP \ Tuesday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• Smash and Dash attack has Panthers aiming for playoffs  12:00 a.m.
• BIRTHS  12:00 a.m.
• Bodybuilder’s benefit will help out animals  12:00 a.m.
• Bank to extend loans to help end worker sit-in  12:00 a.m.
• MAHONING COUNTY  12:00 a.m.
• Liberty-YSU partnership to benefit students  12:00 a.m.
• Report blasts FCC chairman  12:00 a.m.
• Youngstown State University will substantially reduce the pay of the president of its Association of  12:00 a.m.
• Suspect pleads innocent by reason of insanity  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Wednesday, Dec. 10, the 345th day of 2008. There are 21 days left in the year. On this date  12:00 a.m.
• COURT APPEARANCE: Bryce D. Burke, left, of Canfield, and his lawyer J. Gerald Ingram appear for  12:00 a.m.
• Coming Tomorrow  12:00 a.m.
• Agenda Thursday  12:00 a.m.
• Nutritionists assault us with words of warning  12:00 a.m.
• Mustard greens 101  12:00 a.m.
• Video clerks power new movie site  12:00 a.m.
• Southern autoworkers worried  12:00 a.m.
• Mother wants romantic relationship to end  12:00 a.m.
• Mumbai attacks meant to hurt peace  12:00 a.m.
• With special cupcakes, let the party begin!  12:00 a.m.
• Jessica Thompson, Nicholas Schwartz engagement told  12:00 a.m.
• Kristen Dominick, Nick Dasovich set June wedding date  12:00 a.m.
• Parents announce Samsa-Golubic engagement  12:00 a.m.
• Sarah Yeagley, Josh Hergenroder will wed in 2009  12:00 a.m.
• Church is chosen for DiMuzio-Rega wedding in July  12:00 a.m.
• “No one has the right to use this tragic incident as an alibi for actions of raw violence, for  12:00 a.m.
• FOOD SALES AND DINNERS  12:00 a.m.
• CHRISTMAS GOALS  12:00 a.m.
• Roads close for winter  12:00 a.m.
• Military faulted in bomb casualties  12:00 a.m.
• Ford relies on loans secured in ’06 to bypass taxpayer aid  12:00 a.m.
• Cavaliers romp to 9th straight  12:00 a.m.
• kYoungstown State freshman basketball player Ashen Ward isn’t shy with words on the court.  12:00 a.m.
• Icebreakers, friends get to steppin’ to raise funds  12:00 a.m.
• Indians offer former Cubs ace Wood two-year pact to be closer  12:00 a.m.
• Wie: Muddled future begins with clean slate  12:00 a.m.
• Ohio gets 8 of 10 in disaster readiness  12:00 a.m.
• Steelers are winning, aren’t running away  12:00 a.m.
• Raftis’ 21 points lead Allegheny past Thiel  12:00 a.m.
• Lawrence budget proposal keeps taxes from increasing  12:00 a.m.
• Musicians protest songs’ use in torture  12:00 a.m.
• Ill. governor faces bribery, fraud charges  12:00 a.m.
• Recession tackles NFL staffers  12:00 a.m.
• Bill on vegetation removal passes  12:00 a.m.

Tuesday, December 9 (108 stories)

• Icebreakers' fund-raising for kids to continue at Browns/Steelers game  11:36 p.m.
• Freshman not shy for YSU men’s team  6:46 p.m.
• Liberty schools, YSU form partnership  6:00 p.m.
• Arrest made in Arizona involving a 1979 homicide in Warren  5:50 p.m.
• Columbiana Co. health commissioner to be sentenced in February  3:30 p.m.
• Benefit to raise awareness of abused or misplaced animals  3:24 p.m.
• Youngstown police youth basketball league registrations under way  3:06 p.m.
• Some Mill Creek park roads closing Friday for winter  2:32 p.m.
• Christopher Moore, who police believe killed Warren man, gets psych test  1:42 p.m.
• FBI offers reward for information on bank robber  1:36 p.m.
• Man accused in dragging case free on bond  1:04 p.m.
• Senate Democrats reopen the process to replace Boccieri.  12:06 p.m.
• Alliance man survives car-train collision  11:44 a.m.
• Man killed after struck by cars  9:59 a.m.
• Poland Township seeks applicants for zoning positions  8:46 a.m.
• BRITTANY PAHON/CHRISTOPHER DOUGHER  4:18 a.m.
• LAURA STRAHIN/KYLE VERNON  4:17 a.m.
• SARAH ROSE/MICHAEL RATLIFF  4:17 a.m.
• LINDSAY WARGO/RYAN LOEW  4:16 a.m.
• AMY BARONE/JOHN MAZZUCCO  4:16 a.m.
• SOCIETY DIGEST  4:15 a.m.
• Local football officials slated to work upcoming bowl games  12:58 a.m.
• Cities aim to spearhead steel expansion project  12:10 a.m.
• Suspect in body dragging summoned on felony count  12:09 a.m.
• Dems plan to reopen search  12:08 a.m.
• Warren officials discuss placing cameras to cut traffic violations  12:06 a.m.
• Health commissioner to enter plea on charges  12:05 a.m.
• Girard seeks grant to revitalize downtown  12:04 a.m.
• Murder defendants plead innocent  12:03 a.m.
• Student speaker chosen for YSU fall graduation  12:02 a.m.
• “The current armed clashes, which now number into tens, will spiral up to hundred of armed  12:00 a.m.
• Scullion, Ritchie lead way as Salem topples Mooney  12:00 a.m.
• Births for 2008-12-9  12:00 a.m.
• College Basketbal: Monday’s area games  12:00 a.m.
• Campbell wins 3rd straight; Newton Falls edges Struthers  12:00 a.m.
• Jimbo heads home after eight years  12:00 a.m.
• Entertaining elders  12:00 a.m.
• Send a party in a box to cheer our troops  12:00 a.m.
• Truck driver survives head-on train collision  12:00 a.m.
• Beaver Twp. to store road salt  12:00 a.m.
• CANFIELD CITY  12:00 a.m.
• New Middletown council raises employees’ salaries  12:00 a.m.
• Business news digest  12:00 a.m.
• Work goes on in auto bailout  12:00 a.m.
• Howland board discusses algebra  12:00 a.m.
• Study: Nuts cut heart risk  12:00 a.m.
• Council looks for ways to avoid tax increase  12:00 a.m.
• 101 to be laid off in Austintown  12:00 a.m.
• Jury selection begins for strangulation retrial  12:00 a.m.
• Meeting rescheduled  12:00 a.m.
• YSU baseball program signs 2 prospects for next season  12:00 a.m.
• Slain dad’s kids accused of spying  12:00 a.m.
• Riots continue in Greece  12:00 a.m.
• Dennis Yost, lead singer of Classics IV, dead at 65  12:00 a.m.
• COLUMBUS (AP) — State officials say 116,798 white-tailed deer were killed by Ohio hunters last  12:00 a.m.
• Coming Tomorrow  12:00 a.m.
• Owner of Chicago Tribune, LA Times files for bankruptcy  12:00 a.m.
• Gender gap remains for heart care  12:00 a.m.
• COLUMBUS (AP) — Three groups from Ohio have been invited to march in the Presidential  12:00 a.m.
• Unemployment funds in Ohio running low  12:00 a.m.
• 3 dead, 1 missing after military jet crash  12:00 a.m.
• Pa. man remains jailed on child-sex charges  12:00 a.m.
• Don’t begrudge autoworkers decent pay and benefits  12:00 a.m.
• Amid talk of auto bailout, dealers face serious trouble  12:00 a.m.
• Pitt right at home in Sun Bowl  12:00 a.m.
• WEAN NEIGHBORHOOD SUCCESS GRANTS Receiving funds  12:00 a.m.
• running on empty  12:00 a.m.
• Challenge to Obama’s citizenship is stalled  12:00 a.m.
• Oklahoma’s Bradford has eyes on Heisman  12:00 a.m.
• Title now in focus for Steelers  12:00 a.m.
• Caroling kids bring joy to seniors  12:00 a.m.
• Police, FBI seeking bank robber  12:00 a.m.
• Crennel’s days are winding down  12:00 a.m.
• A 2005 homicide is the focus of Crime Stoppers of Greater Youngstown this week:  12:00 a.m.
• Football graduation rates are up overall for Bowl Subdivision teams  12:00 a.m.
• MAHONING COUNTY  12:00 a.m.
• Baseball begins winter meetings  12:00 a.m.
• Rooney finalizing ownership plan  12:00 a.m.
• McHale back on bench after Wittman is fired  12:00 a.m.
• Agenda Wednesday  12:00 a.m.
• Simpson: Justice delayed, but not denied  12:00 a.m.
• Governor turns up pressure on bank  12:00 a.m.
• Veteran’s Committee elects Joe Gordon to HOF  12:00 a.m.
• Panthers pound Bucs, 38-23  12:00 a.m.
• Market shoots higher for 2nd session in row  12:00 a.m.
• End-of-capitalism talk distracts from real issue  12:00 a.m.
• Coleman leads Ohio to 62-50 win in tourney  12:00 a.m.
• selected stocks  12:00 a.m.
• NHL Monday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• Census: Things have been getting worse since 2000  12:00 a.m.
• NBA \ Monday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• Reluctance to help Detroit reeks of class bias  12:00 a.m.
• Coal-to-liquid fuel project meets Obama’s energy goal  12:00 a.m.
• Vanek’s 20th goal sends Pens to second-straight defeat  12:00 a.m.
• No. 9 Louisville has easy time in 78-56 victory over Lamar  12:00 a.m.
• CNN’s King to helm Sunday newscast  12:00 a.m.
• Student’s plan is sensible, but her heart is lonely  12:00 a.m.
• Madonna wins her case against British tabloid  12:00 a.m.
• Jonas Brothers and Taylor Swift to rock in the new year in Times Square  12:00 a.m.
• A rare political move  12:00 a.m.
• Jazz rolls with Sloan  12:00 a.m.
• Fellowship sprouts in green city center  12:00 a.m.
• Sometimes, it’s OK to tell your kids that you’re broke  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Tuesday, Dec. 9, the 344th day of 2008. There are 22 days left in the year. On this date in  12:00 a.m.
• 9/11 defendants shock court, say they’ll confess  12:00 a.m.
• Arrest made in Mumbai attacks  12:00 a.m.
• Tuesday's Best Bets on TV  12:00 a.m.
• REUNIONS  12:00 a.m.

Monday, December 8 (80 stories)

• Man injured in car-train collision in Beloit  10:42 p.m.
• Pens fall to Sabres  10:24 p.m.
• Traficant heading home after eight years in federal prison  8:42 p.m.
• Warren council revisits proposal for cameras to catch speeders  8:26 p.m.
• Austintown company announces permanent layoffs  8:16 p.m.
• Howland school board mulls new state academic requirement  8:16 p.m.
• Retrial begins for man linked to 2002 death of Austintown woman  7:26 p.m.
• Boccieri replacement to be named next week  5:36 p.m.
• Man charged in body-dragging case  4:52 p.m.
• FBI, Hermitage police search for bank robber  4:44 p.m.
• Ohio Commission on African American Males hearing scheduled for Youngstown  2:32 p.m.
• Ohio OKs $2.6 million in incentives for V&M Star Steel  2:32 p.m.
• Stonewall center vandalized on its opening  2:12 p.m.
• Town hall meeting for Youngstown 3rd Ward residents  12:54 p.m.
• Wean Foundation announces latest SUCCESS grants  11:14 a.m.
• Vacant house burns on South Side  11:06 a.m.
• WORTH A LOOK | Area events open to the public  7:15 a.m.
• Senator to GM chief: Move on  12:11 a.m.
• Does jail crisis loom for county?  12:10 a.m.
• Retiring planner has faith in panel  12:09 a.m.
• OSU accepts Fiesta Bowl  12:09 a.m.
• Warren safety forces scramble to save jobs  12:08 a.m.
• Steelers snag win from the Cowboys  12:08 a.m.
• At Angela’s House, kids connect  12:07 a.m.
• Tribe’s Shapiro will be eyeing a relief pitcher at winter meetings  12:07 a.m.
• Spreading cheer in Boardman  12:07 a.m.
• YSU grad receives honorary degree  12:06 a.m.
• Browns can’t stop the Titans, 28-9  12:06 a.m.
• Colts gallop to most lopsided win, 35-3  12:05 a.m.
• Mahoning officials set recycling grant deadline  12:05 a.m.
• Panel to Obama: Protect against hackers  12:04 a.m.
• Miller, wife have a boy  12:00 a.m.
• Pipeline carries conflict  12:00 a.m.
• PEARLS OF WISDOM  12:00 a.m.
• SWEDEN  12:00 a.m.
• After police kill teen, riots break out in 2 Greek cities  12:00 a.m.
• Agenda Tuesday  12:00 a.m.
• Democrat wins central Ohio congressional race  12:00 a.m.
• Fire from trash bin causes $10,000 damage  12:00 a.m.
• Steelers steal their way past Cowboys  12:00 a.m.
• NBA ROUNDUP Sunday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• Four-year college degree not an end-all  12:00 a.m.
• Answers to weekly quiz  12:00 a.m.
• His size shouldn’t be a big problem  12:00 a.m.
• U.S. MARSHALS MOST WANTED  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Redneck’ is ‘right song for right time’  12:00 a.m.
• Ravens top Redskins, eye Pittsburgh next  12:00 a.m.
• NHL ROUNDUP  12:00 a.m.
• Sooners, Gators eye title  12:00 a.m.
• If you go  12:00 a.m.
• BCS BOWLS SCHEDULE  12:00 a.m.
• Streisand, Freeman, others receive honors  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Monday, Dec. 8, the 343rd day of 2008. There are 23 days left in the year. On this date in  12:00 a.m.
• Some employers freeze paid days off  12:00 a.m.
• COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP \ Saturday’s late games  12:00 a.m.
• TOP 25 ROUNDUP \ Sunday’s women’s games  12:00 a.m.
• In Ohio, officials struggle to enforce smoking ban  12:00 a.m.
• births  12:00 a.m.
• Clark sparks Louisville past Ohio, 91-56  12:00 a.m.
• Big-screen TVs likely to sell well over the holidays  12:00 a.m.
• We’re in a recession, and the deficit is going to grow  12:00 a.m.
• Mahoning County jail  12:00 a.m.
• The beer industry contributes $7.42 billion to Ohio’s economy.  12:00 a.m.
• It’s time for new strategy to fight piracy  12:00 a.m.
• Tips keep scum out of the vase  12:00 a.m.
• Acclaiming U.S. response to raid  12:00 a.m.
• Video games give you more bang for your bucks  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Boston Legal’ not likely to go gently in its finale  12:00 a.m.
• TRUMBULL COUNTY  12:00 a.m.
• Monday's Best Bets on TV  12:00 a.m.
• County conservationists accept accolades at annual banquet  12:00 a.m.
• Dems may revisit the fairness doctrine  12:00 a.m.
• Penguins eye leader on court  12:00 a.m.
• No. 6 Sooners stay unbeaten  12:00 a.m.
• Nation  12:00 a.m.
• U.S. auto industry is vital to the economy  12:00 a.m.
• NFL ROUNDUP \ Sunday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• “There have been lapses. I would be less than truthful if I said there had been no  12:00 a.m.
• 49ers finally are clicking, deal Jets second loss in row  12:00 a.m.
• Obstacles to AIDS testing  12:00 a.m.

Sunday, December 7 (145 stories)

• Fire causes $10,000 damage  10:50 p.m.
• Spreading holiday cheer in Boardman Park  6:52 p.m.
• Veterans commemorate Pearl Harbor  6:46 p.m.
• Penguins a long way from contending in the Horizon League  6:02 p.m.
• Warren police chief announces changes  4:12 p.m.
• Trumbull planning director nears retirement  4:02 p.m.
• Making connections at Angela’s House  3:58 p.m.
• Possible prison pact concerns officials  3:50 p.m.
• CATHERINE BISSETT/ROM DRESBACH  5:20 a.m.
• ABBY SOUCHOCK/ANTHONY COLUCCI  5:19 a.m.
• HOLLY PEKALLA/ERIC HUMPHREY  5:18 a.m.
• TIFFANY MARKOVICZ/JOSE PARRA  5:18 a.m.
• SHAYNA LUNTZ/SAMUEL LEVI  5:18 a.m.
• STEPHANIE SKAGGS/THOMAS BUCK  5:17 a.m.
• SENIOR SIDELIGHTS  5:10 a.m.
• Children’s hospital to open Monday  12:10 a.m.
• Penguins are better, but still lose 79-71  12:10 a.m.
• Boardman holds on to beat Canfield  12:09 a.m.
• In Josh, you find God’s special people  12:09 a.m.
• Mount Union stifles Cortland St.’s rush  12:08 a.m.
• Native of Africa registers charity to help Ghanaians  12:08 a.m.
• Festival day honors St. Nicholas  12:07 a.m.
• Foul-prone Ursuline eases up to post 1st win  12:07 a.m.
• NATIVITY DISPLAY  12:06 a.m.
• Activists open gay meeting center  12:05 a.m.
• NFL  12:00 a.m.
• Doctors disagree over shingles shot  12:00 a.m.
• “The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice” (8 p.m., TNT): Just call him Indiana Jones  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Twilight’ author’s moment in the sun  12:00 a.m.
• MERCER COUNTY Sentencings  12:00 a.m.
• AKRON CHILDREN’S BEEGHLY CAMPUS Facts and features  12:00 a.m.
• Build up instead of out in cramped kitchen  12:00 a.m.
• Christian rock parody band coming to theater  12:00 a.m.
• YOUNGSTOWN STATE  12:00 a.m.
• After 67 years: still a hero, and still remembered  12:00 a.m.
• Togetherness rules  12:00 a.m.
• Body fat testing  12:00 a.m.
• DOCTORS  12:00 a.m.
• NHL ROUNDUP \ Saturday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• Bombs, shootings leave 6 dead in Iraq, police say  12:00 a.m.
• Books aid in online ordering  12:00 a.m.
• Friends committee to meet at museum  12:00 a.m.
• CHRISTMAS IN CHRISTMAS  12:00 a.m.
• Heiress von Bulow dies at 76  12:00 a.m.
• BASEBALL  12:00 a.m.
• Wolverines rally to keep Titans winless  12:00 a.m.
• Candle lighting is in memory of children who live in hearts forever  12:00 a.m.
• COURTS  12:00 a.m.
• Northfield Results  12:00 a.m.
• saturday’s summaries  12:00 a.m.
• Vindicator editor Todd Franko spent a day at Akron Children’s Hospital for the program  12:00 a.m.
• PREP ROUNDUP \ Saturday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• Christmas destinations  12:00 a.m.
• Be sure your PC has the right driver  12:00 a.m.
• costly CHAIR: This whalebone chair is probably American. It had mortise-and-tenon joints and  12:00 a.m.
• Whale tales: Historic items hold much value  12:00 a.m.
• hSite sells products and supports women  12:00 a.m.
• The 10 best high-tech gadgets of 2008  12:00 a.m.
• ALL MY CHILDREN  12:00 a.m.
• CURRENT PRICES  12:00 a.m.
• Top 10  12:00 a.m.
• Julie Andrews to host New Year’s Day concert  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Circus’  12:00 a.m.
• A musical gift list  12:00 a.m.
• FEDERATED CLUBS  12:00 a.m.
• February wedding for Lisa Dinger and Joseph Sturm  12:00 a.m.
• GARDEN CLUBS  12:00 a.m.
• Brothers-Little engagement told, wedding May 9  12:00 a.m.
• Houlettes mark 60th in S.C. with family and friends  12:00 a.m.
• Family and friends help Bauns mark 70th anniversary  12:00 a.m.
• In struggling economy, Akron focuses on service  12:00 a.m.
• Is $45M cost fo arena valid?  12:00 a.m.
• Ski resorts in West becoming more environmentally friendly  12:00 a.m.
• TOP 25 ROUNDUP Saturday’s other men’s games  12:00 a.m.
• Making party plans  12:00 a.m.
• Neither vulnerable. North deals.  12:00 a.m.
• Best-Sellers Publishers Weekly  12:00 a.m.
• ‘CRUNCH!’ TIME  12:00 a.m.
• Characters linked in ‘Love We Share’  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Field Guide to Cookies’ is one sweet read  12:00 a.m.
• Sanders Family re-creates 1941 Christmas in theater  12:00 a.m.
• Recession drags on, with pain spreading  12:00 a.m.
• COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP Saturday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• NBA ROUNDUP  12:00 a.m.
• Creatures greet Santa at Animal Rescue fundraiser  12:00 a.m.
• B. Green rolls over Penguins  12:00 a.m.
• Buckeyes extend upset streak  12:00 a.m.
• HORIZON ROUNDUP \ Saturday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• OHIO ROUNDUP Saturday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• Quarterback Summers honored as Penguins’ MVP  12:00 a.m.
• Big Apple offers vast shopping  12:00 a.m.
• Having visions of seed catalogs  12:00 a.m.
• UHS Bookfair at B&N  12:00 a.m.
• SMALL SPACES  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Left 4 Dead’  12:00 a.m.
• Pennsylvania driver charged in deaths of charity walkers  12:00 a.m.
• DEPLOYED  12:00 a.m.
• National City shareholders file lawsuits over PNC sale  12:00 a.m.
• Time running out for auto deal  12:00 a.m.
• Forum Health Northside Medical Center  12:00 a.m.
• Highway projects wish list costs $64B  12:00 a.m.
• Obama offers 1st look at program to create jobs  12:00 a.m.
• Counties prepare wish lists for stimulus  12:00 a.m.
• OPEC head predicting output cuts  12:00 a.m.
• local  12:00 a.m.
• LOCAL CASUALTIES Killed in attack  12:00 a.m.
• MORE  12:00 a.m.
• Public invited to comment on parks plan  12:00 a.m.
• MEMORIES OF PEARL HARBOR  12:00 a.m.
• Stretch space with twofold furniture  12:00 a.m.
• World leaders try to ban nuclear weapons  12:00 a.m.
• Investigators: Children were executed in 1950 in S. Korea  12:00 a.m.
• Go green: Industries see algae’s promise as biofuel  12:00 a.m.
• MEETING THE NEED \ To contribute  12:00 a.m.
• Russian ex-tycoon turns shepherd  12:00 a.m.
• Pay increase for Tablack is ill-timed, unnecessary  12:00 a.m.
• Agenda Monday  12:00 a.m.
• Big Three give U.S. an edge in technology  12:00 a.m.
• Double standard in D.C.  12:00 a.m.
• Births for 2008-12-7  12:00 a.m.
• Actress Beverly Garland dies at 82 after long illness  12:00 a.m.
• OU provost hired as Otterbein president  12:00 a.m.
• Obama picks Shinseki as Veterans Affairs secretary  12:00 a.m.
• Red-hot Cavaliers sizzle Bobcats  12:00 a.m.
• Titans seek to clinch against aching Browns  12:00 a.m.
• Five die in fire at apartment complex  12:00 a.m.
• Urban League chief to be Jabali speaker at YSU event  12:00 a.m.
• Steelers, Cowboys to renew rivalry  12:00 a.m.
• SENIOR CITIZENS  12:00 a.m.
• Chaney’s Miller directs district  12:00 a.m.
• ceremony Pearl Harbor attack  12:00 a.m.
• Spezza’s hat trick sends Senators past Penguins  12:00 a.m.
• AKRON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL MAHONING VALLEY BEEGHLY CAMPUS  12:00 a.m.
• MASONIC GROUPS  12:00 a.m.
• INCLUDING HERS: Sister Mary-Joanna, one of the nuns at the Villa Maria community, admires the  12:00 a.m.
• SENIOR MENU  12:00 a.m.
• Game Time Today  12:00 a.m.
• TODAY  12:00 a.m.
• Thursday’s Game  12:00 a.m.
• Boy Scouts who were robbed are back in business  12:00 a.m.
• Nobel winner predicts HIV vaccine in 4 to 5 years  12:00 a.m.
• Laid-off workers occupy factory  12:00 a.m.
• Pakistani villagers confirm home of captured gunman  12:00 a.m.
• HANDS ON Volunteering  12:00 a.m.
• Montana judge: Man has right to assisted suicide  12:00 a.m.

Saturday, December 6 (103 stories)

• 9th annual Jabali celebration Friday at YSU  10:57 p.m.
• YSU men’s rally falls short vs. Butler  10:14 p.m.
• Ursuline girls wear down East in 66-54 win  6:14 p.m.
• Summers named YSU football MVP  5:38 p.m.
• Mount Union dominates Cortland in NCAA playoffs  5:30 p.m.
• Shop chairman fears economy hasn’t hit bottom  12:10 a.m.
• Congress, White House consider $15B in loans for auto industry  12:09 a.m.
• YSU labor leader’s pay raise is probed  12:09 a.m.
• Christmas tree brightens city  12:08 a.m.
• 6 community leaders support 911 lawsuit  12:06 a.m.
• The fourth St. Columba continues as center of faith, tribute to heritage  12:05 a.m.
• Brunner suggests voting changes  12:02 a.m.
• Girard forgoes creating water oversight panel  12:02 a.m.
• Salon offers free cuts for military families  12:02 a.m.
• Train owner returns to town for presentation  12:02 a.m.
• Friday's results  12:02 a.m.
• Tribe’s Tomo Ohka signed for minors  12:02 a.m.
• Buffalo upsets Ball State  12:02 a.m.
• Thursday’s Game  12:01 a.m.
• Varejao ‘wigs out’ against Indiana in Cavs’ 97-73 win  12:01 a.m.
• NHL ROUNDUP \ Friday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• Dallas Stars’ Avery draws six-game ban  12:00 a.m.
• Secret Santas dole out $100 bills on city streets  12:00 a.m.
• Dad’s comment left her feeling hurt and unappreciated  12:00 a.m.
• Don’t forget to pack for pets traveling over the holidays  12:00 a.m.
• Parents announce Digman-Ashton wedding plans  12:00 a.m.
• Sheila George sets Jan. wedding date with Stephen Dill  12:00 a.m.
• Stewart-Boddie wedding plans are announced  12:00 a.m.
• Families of 9/11 victims to attend tribunals  12:00 a.m.
• Ohio broker found guilty in fraud scam  12:00 a.m.
• Robbers in drag get millions in Paris diamond heist  12:00 a.m.
• O.J. Simpson gets 33 years in armed robbery case  12:00 a.m.
• Vindicator file photo  12:00 a.m.
• Indian official admits ‘lapses’  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Sunday, Dec. 7, the 342nd day of 2008. There are 24 days left in the year. On this date in  12:00 a.m.
• Overdue loans, foreclosures rise  12:00 a.m.
• Hutton leads cast of TNT’s ‘Leverage’  12:00 a.m.
• Economic recession has a silver lining  12:00 a.m.
• “Community Connection” (6:30 a.m., WFMJ Channel 21): JABALI!, an annual event at  12:00 a.m.
• Somebody has got to stop the madness in Zimbabwe  12:00 a.m.
• Oil prices drop to four-year low  12:00 a.m.
• Eugenics for soccer moms  12:00 a.m.
• M.I.A. pops with hit song and Grammy nomination  12:00 a.m.
• Election shouldn’t change policy  12:00 a.m.
• REALITY HITS HOME  12:00 a.m.
• Births for 2008-12-6  12:00 a.m.
• Births for 2008-12-6  12:00 a.m.
• Harding christens new home with romp  12:00 a.m.
• Team Obama isn’t easy to understand  12:00 a.m.
• Mended Hearts seats officers at brunch  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Saturday, Dec. 6, the 341st day of 2008. There are 25 days left in the year. On this date  12:00 a.m.
• Anne Heche is pregnant  12:00 a.m.
• Crestview edges W. Reserve in overtime  12:00 a.m.
• Niles OT winner over Boardman  12:00 a.m.
• Kirin, Spence keys for Tigers  12:00 a.m.
• Farrell falls, 24-21, as Clairton scores in final minute  12:00 a.m.
• Border official accused of hiring illegal workers  12:00 a.m.
• Poland has slow start, fast finish to roll  12:00 a.m.
• BUNDLED BABES: Zoe Miller, left, and Kasia Miller were snug in comfy caps and puffy winter coats on  12:00 a.m.
• Bush OKs easing of gun law for parks  12:00 a.m.
• Austintown Colts official reports theft to police  12:00 a.m.
• Business news digest  12:00 a.m.
• Man pleads guilty to one of 3 murders  12:00 a.m.
• Zion Lutheran pastor resigns amid misconduct allegations  12:00 a.m.
• Ivan maldonado  12:00 a.m.
• area  12:00 a.m.
• TODAY  12:00 a.m.
• MAHONING COUNTY  12:00 a.m.
• at zion lutheran Upcoming programs  12:00 a.m.
• NFL  12:00 a.m.
• HISTORY AND HERITAGE: The Rev. John E. Keehner, rector of St. Columba Cathedral in Youngstown,  12:00 a.m.
• Holiday gift ideas for conservationists  12:00 a.m.
• Faith is anchor in tough times  12:00 a.m.
• Submit services for Christmas  12:00 a.m.
• st. columba cathedral \ Details about the church  12:00 a.m.
• Police probing South Side homicide  12:00 a.m.
• Greater Eid marks the end of annual pilgrimage  12:00 a.m.
• At least the fishing is better nowadays  12:00 a.m.
• St. Nicholas’ Day Festival is today at St. James Episcopal Church  12:00 a.m.
• Ohio’s deer-gun season to be extended an additional weekend  12:00 a.m.
• “Thus, We settled Abraham at the site of the House. Do not associate anything with Me, and  12:00 a.m.
• Kentucky is ordered to clear record of man in girl’s slaying  12:00 a.m.
• Man pleads guilty to one of 3 murder  12:00 a.m.
• Army seeks to end Navy domination of rivalry  12:00 a.m.
• For now, five NFL players get OK  12:00 a.m.
• Employee says probe of ‘Plumber’ was hidden  12:00 a.m.
• Heart patients get ‘big chill’ treatment  12:00 a.m.
• Investigators ask to see Pierce and doctor in case  12:00 a.m.
• Missouri could make amends tonight  12:00 a.m.
• CEO of Ohio health insurer dies in plane crash  12:00 a.m.
• Bills may play more than once a year in Toronto  12:00 a.m.
• U.S. spells out mission under new pact with Iraq  12:00 a.m.
• Newspaper seeks buyer  12:00 a.m.
• Democrats want more action out of president-elect  12:00 a.m.
• Dems ask Obama to spread his wealth  12:00 a.m.
• Bank of America, Merrill shareholders OK merger  12:00 a.m.
• November sees record job cuts  12:00 a.m.
• Public’s right to know under attack  12:00 a.m.
• Wall Street closes up after jobless report  12:00 a.m.
• Diplomatic machine needs to be rebuilt  12:00 a.m.
• Richness comes from being satisfied  12:00 a.m.
• “Flirting With Forty” (9 p.m., Lifetime): Heather Locklear plays a love-starved divorcee  12:00 a.m.
• Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:  12:00 a.m.

Friday, December 5 (113 stories)

• Farrell loses in PIAA semifinals in final minute  11:02 p.m.
• Poland pulls away from Springfield  11:00 p.m.
• Reuters: Auto bailout agreement reached   9:55 p.m.
• Secretary of state would trim days for early voting  5:42 p.m.
• Six communities to sue Trumbull over 911 plan  5:42 p.m.
• City man found shot to death on South Side  5:12 p.m.
• O.J. Simpson gets at least 15 years in prison  1:52 p.m.
• Austintown detectives told of Colts league money missing  12:46 p.m.
• Rogers man dies in Columbiana County crash  12:04 p.m.
• Sobriety checkpoint set up today until Saturday in Mahoning Co.  11:22 a.m.
• St. E’s, St. Joe’s no longer giving out patient info related to crimes/trauma  10:50 a.m.
• 890 more layoffs at Lordstown; third shift eliminated  10:11 a.m.
• Hubbard High School play canceled this weekend  9:42 a.m.
• Worst job losses since 1974 rattle Wall Street  9:42 a.m.
• East Side fire causes $4,500 damage  9:38 a.m.
• LOUIE TODAY: Preventing breast and prostate cancer  6:00 a.m.
• YSU men collapse again in 68-57 loss  12:10 a.m.
• East High educator named Ohio Teacher of the Year  12:10 a.m.
• Plea deal made in dead dog case  12:09 a.m.
• Cortland defense could test Mt. Union  12:09 a.m.
• YSU negotiator on leave due to labor pact  12:08 a.m.
• Katie Dick ready for next stage  12:08 a.m.
• Zebrasky-Leix to vie in U.S. ice dancing  12:07 a.m.
• Council OKs loan for housing  12:07 a.m.
• Council selects new downtown director  12:06 a.m.
• Fellows gardens celebrate winter  12:05 a.m.
• Downtown road closing  12:00 a.m.
• Happy ending to Gilea case renews faith in our system  12:00 a.m.
• Democrats have edge they need in Senate  12:00 a.m.
• high five  12:00 a.m.
• the scoop  12:00 a.m.
• Cleaning miniblinds: an open-and-shut case  12:00 a.m.
• Dinner show features the Seraphim Chorus  12:00 a.m.
• “Greatest Holiday Moments: TV & Film Countdown” (8 p.m., NBC): “Greatest  12:00 a.m.
• Fanatic soccer fan doesn’t realize he is a loser  12:00 a.m.
• Prevailing wage to get hearing  12:00 a.m.
• Columbiana Co. 4-H honors volunteers and supporters  12:00 a.m.
• “The Pakistanis are sophisticated; they’ve been dealing with terrorism themselves for  12:00 a.m.
• 2 indicted in home-invasion death  12:00 a.m.
• Wyle hopes ‘Librarian’ franchise continues  12:00 a.m.
• Stalemate in California may be cracking  12:00 a.m.
• Road out of Iraq  12:00 a.m.
• Retail sales drop in November  12:00 a.m.
• Data bring stocks down in final hour  12:00 a.m.
• How will Clinton play on ‘Team of Rivals?’  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Robot Chicken’ attracts the stars  12:00 a.m.
• Surplus food/clothing  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Dark Knight’ emerges as Oscar contender  12:00 a.m.
• New J.K. Rowling book goes on sale  12:00 a.m.
• 4 charged in rash of crimes  12:00 a.m.
• Chargers cruise past Raiders, 34-7  12:00 a.m.
• nhl roundup \ Thursday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• Milwaukee topples Detroit in Horizon  12:00 a.m.
• Business news digest  12:00 a.m.
• Agenda Saturday  12:00 a.m.
• House gives glimpse of Victorian holiday  12:00 a.m.
• Israeli soldiers drag settlers out of house  12:00 a.m.
• Investigators date terror plot to SSRq07  12:00 a.m.
• GETTING IT RIGHT  12:00 a.m.
• STOCKS  12:00 a.m.
• Sykora, Crosby lead Penguins to 5-2 victory over Hurricanes  12:00 a.m.
• Local-government workers hit hard by budget squeezes  12:00 a.m.
• School appeals order to raise pay  12:00 a.m.
• CLUB CALENDAR  12:00 a.m.
• Trumbull winner to vie for Miss USA  12:00 a.m.
• Mistrial declared in tobacco lawsuit  12:00 a.m.
• Getting ready to rumble  12:00 a.m.
• TODAY  12:00 a.m.
• Asbestos removal delays demolition of Liberty inn  12:00 a.m.
• Fragrance seller helps Rescue Mission with half of business profits  12:00 a.m.
• Fire at vacant house considered arson  12:00 a.m.
• Amateur boxing card set tonight  12:00 a.m.
• Fitch sophomores help topple Girard  12:00 a.m.
• Sen. Hutchison exploring run for Texas governor  12:00 a.m.
• THURSDAY LOTTERIES  12:00 a.m.
• THURSDAY’S GAMES  12:00 a.m.
• Burdman Group thanks 14 companies for help  12:00 a.m.
• Niles school board member resigns  12:00 a.m.
• Zordich, Hughes lead Mooney to 61-45 win over Springfield  12:00 a.m.
• High School Preview \ Wrestling  12:00 a.m.
• A hint of optimism  12:00 a.m.
• Area colleges Thursday’s game  12:00 a.m.
• Bankruptcy for Detroit’s Big Three ‘not a viable option,’ lawmaker says  12:00 a.m.
• National service needs volunteers  12:00 a.m.
• selected stocks  12:00 a.m.
• Game time  12:00 a.m.
• PURCHASING WITH A PURPOSE  12:00 a.m.
• Oft-overlooked Dawson seeks 1st Pro Bowl berth  12:00 a.m.
• Star-studded Web video protests Proposition 8  12:00 a.m.
• AMATEUR Boxing At Yankee Lake  12:00 a.m.
• Phantoms getting needed break  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Friday, Dec. 5, the 340th day of 2008. There are 26 days left in the year. On this date in  12:00 a.m.
• St. Elizabeth’s Family Birthplace  12:00 a.m.
• fellows Riverside gardens | Classes  12:00 a.m.
• Employers announce 20,000 job cuts  12:00 a.m.
• Dodgers eyeing Pirates’ Wilson, but salary is steep  12:00 a.m.
• Bidding to open for space for county courts  12:00 a.m.
• MAHONING COUNTY  12:00 a.m.
• A small-ball guide for deep stacked tournaments  12:00 a.m.
• Officials doubt NAFTA will be renegotiated  12:00 a.m.
• Fed chief pleads for more housing relief  12:00 a.m.
• Shooting suspect’s bond is reduced  12:00 a.m.
• Contributed photo  12:00 a.m.
• If Ball State wins title, it still loses in the BCS  12:00 a.m.
• Hillary Clinton scrambles to reduce campaign debt  12:00 a.m.
• Happiness is contagious, study says  12:00 a.m.
• Antonini defends selection process for Senate seat  12:00 a.m.
• NBA roundup \ Thursday’s game  12:00 a.m.
• After two decades, jobs bank on notice  12:00 a.m.
• Zimbabwe declares national health emergency  12:00 a.m.
• 16 die in Fallujah blasts; 2 soldiers killed in Mosul  12:00 a.m.
• Top 25 roundup \ Thursday’s game  12:00 a.m.
• Bushes to return to old Dallas neighborhood  12:00 a.m.

Thursday, December 4 (141 stories)

• Lyndsey Hughes will direct special events downtown  8:52 p.m.
• Sen. Sherrod Brown optimistic automaker loans will pass  7:14 p.m.
• Indictments come in Clinton Street murder  7:12 p.m.
• Brookfield school board appeals SERB ruling to Trumbull court  6:26 p.m.
• Youngstown OKs $2 million loan for student housing  6:06 p.m.
• Four face federal charges for November bank robbery in Lordstown  4:58 p.m.
• Man in fair condition after being hit by car  3:38 p.m.
• Plea deal would bring 4 months in jail for animal cruelty  3:14 p.m.
• New space for Mahoning County area courts?  2:56 p.m.
• YSU puts administrator on leave, examines ACE contract  2:48 p.m.
• Tolls rising on Pa. Turnpike beginning in January  1:00 p.m.
• OSHP security for two Ohio officials tops $70,000  12:58 p.m.
• Hubbard Christmas parade set for Saturday is canceled  12:44 p.m.
• Free gun locks available at New Middletown Police Department  12:02 p.m.
• Have your pet's picture with Santa taken Saturday  11:56 a.m.
• State Theatre demo closes downtown street next week  11:54 a.m.
• West Side fire started by pot left unattended on the stove  9:46 a.m.
• County must cut price  7:00 a.m.
• McDonald sets meeting on outdoor boilers  6:00 a.m.
• McDonald alums plan second stadium forum  5:00 a.m.
• 2 lawmakers vote against Warren budget, layoffs  2:00 a.m.
• Liberty gives chase late, but can’t catch Tigers  12:10 a.m.
• Crime-fighting technology spots trouble  12:10 a.m.
• Scrappers unveil first changes in team logos  12:09 a.m.
• UAW agrees to cutbacks, eyes more  12:09 a.m.
• Retroactive pay adds up to $16,000 check for Tablack  12:08 a.m.
• Penguins collapse for biting OT defeat  12:08 a.m.
• Records shed light on 2 state hopefuls  12:07 a.m.
• Red-hot Cavs have all of the answers at the ‘Q’  12:07 a.m.
• Trumbull opens new safe house for abused  12:06 a.m.
• Despite some objections, Warren OKs ’09 budget  12:05 a.m.
• Rangers persist for 3-2 victory  12:05 a.m.
• Rep. Wilson expects Big 3 aid approval  12:04 a.m.
• Pupils reflect on reason for Advent  12:03 a.m.
• TheSources  12:00 a.m.
• NICOLE DELUCIA/MATTHEW MONUS  12:00 a.m.
• FRAME OF MIND  12:00 a.m.
• REBECCA LAPAZE/TIMOTHY EYLER  12:00 a.m.
• HALLIE NEVEU/NICHOLAS DEWALT  12:00 a.m.
• Artist's admiration of Indians of the East shows in his work  12:00 a.m.
• YSU’s Summers, Keys get sweep of league awards  12:00 a.m.
• Ursuline’s football champs bring honor to team, Valley  12:00 a.m.
• Mother draws 5 years for delaying treatment of son  12:00 a.m.
• Judge acquits city woman in child endangering case  12:00 a.m.
• society  12:00 a.m.
• OHIO  12:00 a.m.
• Girls basketball \ Wednesday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• Lil Wayne up for 8 Grammys  12:00 a.m.
• Award winners  12:00 a.m.
• Grove City women earn first win of year, 68-58  12:00 a.m.
• High school preview \ District boys basketball  12:00 a.m.
• Area roundup \ Wednesday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS  12:00 a.m.
• Seniors propel Grove City win  12:00 a.m.
• READY, AIM: Lt. Robin Lees, commander of Mahoning Valley Law Enforcement Task Force, fires downrange  12:00 a.m.
• Fa la la la la ...  12:00 a.m.
• 911-call consolidation plan worries Niles police chief  12:00 a.m.
• Arson on North Side  12:00 a.m.
• U.S. releases first part of drug aid for Mexico  12:00 a.m.
• McDONALD COUNCIL Agenda  12:00 a.m.
• McDonald alumni asked to raise funds for complex  12:00 a.m.
• Poor economy keeping some couples together  12:00 a.m.
• Alternative holdings sour for endowments, pensions  12:00 a.m.
• Justices object to actions in tobacco case  12:00 a.m.
• Into the groove at Winterfest  12:00 a.m.
• Public-record copies to drop to 25 cents  12:00 a.m.
• Spread the wealth around  12:00 a.m.
• BIRTHS  12:00 a.m.
• LeBron: Questions are no distraction  12:00 a.m.
• Akron rallies to 63-59 victory against Niagara  12:00 a.m.
• A summary of recent criminal activity in Liberty, Girard and Hubbard:  12:00 a.m.
• GETTING IT RIGHT  12:00 a.m.
• Possible GM bankruptcy has officials, suppliers on edge  12:00 a.m.
• Although job on block, Browns’ Savage planning for 2009  12:00 a.m.
• TOP CATEGORIES  12:00 a.m.
• Steelers’ running not up to snuff  12:00 a.m.
• No. 2 Tar Heels shut down No. 18 Buckeyes in 72-63 win  12:00 a.m.
• Cleveland Clinic discloses doctors’ business ties  12:00 a.m.
• Top 25 roundup Wednesday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• Theological conservatives form rival group to Episcopal Church  12:00 a.m.
• Agenda Friday  12:00 a.m.
• Possible Obama choice is linked to clemency uproar  12:00 a.m.
• Weis gets reprieve to stay with Irish  12:00 a.m.
• Study finds chemicals in popular kids toys  12:00 a.m.
• Potential cited for nuclear attack  12:00 a.m.
• nhl roundup Wednesday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• Canfield police take over network  12:00 a.m.
• Surplus food  12:00 a.m.
• if you go  12:00 a.m.
• Movie listings are based on the best information provided to us at press time. Schedules are subject  12:00 a.m.
• It’s that time again. The time for endless reshowings of classic holiday fare on the  12:00 a.m.
• nba roundup Wednesday’s other games  12:00 a.m.
• Verna’s instant replay recalled in new book  12:00 a.m.
• Palin disclosure lists free trips in 2007  12:00 a.m.
• Texas blasted over mental care  12:00 a.m.
• Coming Tomorrow  12:00 a.m.
• Power plants vs. Fish  12:00 a.m.
• Westminster planetarium hosts holiday program  12:00 a.m.
• NFL tonight  12:00 a.m.
• Police discover 2 bombs  12:00 a.m.
• U.S. official: Attacks in Iraq drop  12:00 a.m.
• MAHONING COUNTY  12:00 a.m.
• Cruise passengers describe assault on ship by pirates  12:00 a.m.
• Bingo to benefit residents  12:00 a.m.
• Cell-phone cure: Just what doctor ordered  12:00 a.m.
• Obama delivers diversity; more sought  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Thursday, Dec. 4, the 339th day of 2008. There are 27 days left in the year. On this date  12:00 a.m.
• Woman sues Tyler Perry for copyright infringement  12:00 a.m.
• African sex herb has side effects, reader warns  12:00 a.m.
• “I have said that Pakistan needs to act with resolve and urgency, and cooperate fully and  12:00 a.m.
• She’s surprised to find she is the ‘other woman’  12:00 a.m.
• jFiddle-playing Americana artist Carrie Rodriguez returns to one of her favorite rooms — the  12:00 a.m.
• ‘NOBEL SON’  12:00 a.m.
• Local jazz performer brings ‘Christmas’ to Columbiana  12:00 a.m.
• Stars barely salvage ‘Nobel Son’ script  12:00 a.m.
• David Gregory to helm ‘Meet the Press’  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Boy in Striped Pajamas’ views Holocaust through fresh eyes  12:00 a.m.
• ‘PUNISHER: WAR ZONE’  12:00 a.m.
• ‘THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS’  12:00 a.m.
• “The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2008” (10:01 p.m., ABC): We can’t close out the  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Cadillac Records’ comes close enough for rock ’n’ roll  12:00 a.m.
• Ford F-150 production to rise in Mich. and Mo.  12:00 a.m.
• Moviegoers will want revenge for wasting time on ‘Punisher’SFlb  12:00 a.m.
• Muslims are India’s new ‘untouchables’  12:00 a.m.
• Stocks finish higher despite economic data  12:00 a.m.
• Comedian-hypnotist, Chinese auction at the Wedge  12:00 a.m.
• YRC, union tentatively agree on wage cuts  12:00 a.m.
• ‘CADILLAC RECORDS’  12:00 a.m.
• Labor-green rift fogs chances for auto aid  12:00 a.m.
• North-South vulnerable. South deals.  12:00 a.m.
• Mumbai attackers want victory, not compromise  12:00 a.m.
• NATION  12:00 a.m.
• Bush’s mess left to others to clean up  12:00 a.m.
• selected stocks  12:00 a.m.
• auditions \ Where to try out for roles  12:00 a.m.
• RATES  12:00 a.m.
• Brilliant economists aren’t man’s best friend  12:00 a.m.
• Anemia patient donates $250K to doctor’s brain-tumor-research fund  12:00 a.m.
• VALERIE D’ERAMO/PAUL PALUMBO  12:00 a.m.
• NICOLE FRIDLEY/BRANDON DUTTON  12:00 a.m.
• • Mr. and Mrs. Richard Faire (Dana Mangie), of Columbus, announce the birth of their third  12:00 a.m.

Wednesday, December 3 (107 stories)

• Niles chief calls 911 plan 'Russian roulette'  11:51 p.m.
• New home unveiled for Trumbull's troubled teens  10:24 p.m.
• Annual Winterfest Dance delights some area kids  9:45 p.m.
• Patient honors his doc with $250K donation  9:35 p.m.
• Woman gets maximum term for child endangering  8:22 p.m.
• Warren’s 2009 budget includes layoffs of safety forces  7:00 p.m.
• Tablack gets $16,027 on Friday in retroactive pay hike  6:46 p.m.
• Flu shot clinic set for Friday in Boardman  5:54 p.m.
• Two vying for Senate seat have had legal issues  5:48 p.m.
• Valley police work together on mobile system  3:40 p.m.
• UAW agrees to new concessions  2:20 p.m.
• U.S. Rep. Wilson says automakers are better prepared  2:08 p.m.
• Mom acquitted of shaking her son  1:38 p.m.
• Automakers’ bankruptcy would wreck some auto suppliers  1:06 p.m.
• GM: Bankruptcy is not an option  12:21 p.m.
• Man identified who was killed in car/pedestrian accident in Liberty  12:08 p.m.
• Arson today destroys North Side home  11:10 a.m.
• Boardman Twp. Civil Service Commission meets Thursday  11:10 a.m.
• FOOD SALES AND DINNERS  5:16 a.m.
• Mom accused of shaking son goes on trial  12:10 a.m.
• Dems pick candidates for Boccieri seat  12:10 a.m.
• Squad dismantles bomb left by gas station pumps  12:10 a.m.
• Woman arrested; accused of hitting another with car  12:10 a.m.
• BAILOUT OR BUST FOR GM  12:10 a.m.
• Real Contenders  12:05 a.m.
• Pro basketball coming here  12:05 a.m.
• Five YSU players league all-stars  12:05 a.m.
• Ohio St. rallies to spill Miami  12:05 a.m.
• Liles: YSU has talent, but must learn  12:05 a.m.
• NFL ROUNDUP \ News & notes  12:00 a.m.
• Parker, Moore could give Steelers 1-2 ground punch  12:00 a.m.
• Weak car demand remains constant  12:00 a.m.
• ‘Christmas Story’ fans gather  12:00 a.m.
• School district seeks federal bailout money  12:00 a.m.
• “I saw that figure this morning, and I thought: Oh, no. Here we go again.”  12:00 a.m.
• Memo dramatizes Vietnam dilemma  12:00 a.m.
• U.S. official blames Pakistani group for attack on Indian city  12:00 a.m.
• Police: Gunmen came by boat from Pakistan  12:00 a.m.
• Capitol Visitor Center opens to public  12:00 a.m.
• Expect falling wages in 2009  12:00 a.m.
• Iraq \ Developments  12:00 a.m.
• Automakers Big 3 recovery plans  12:00 a.m.
• Crews clean up chemical spill in Struthers  12:00 a.m.
• Bailouts are a check that must be paid  12:00 a.m.
• Oil, gas prices slip to new three-year lows  12:00 a.m.
• Oh, so pretty Perfect pies need to look good, too  12:00 a.m.
• selected stocks  12:00 a.m.
• Detroit’s lesson in the ways of Washington  12:00 a.m.
• His parents and vacationing vegetarian should meet halfway  12:00 a.m.
• Few surprises on Walters’ ‘Fascinating People’ list  12:00 a.m.
• Seafood dish need not be a challenge  12:00 a.m.
• Siege raises security concerns at U.S. hotels  12:00 a.m.
• TODAY  12:00 a.m.
• Soldiers choose to re-enlist with economy sinking  12:00 a.m.
• Energy group pledges to Tommy Fund  12:00 a.m.
• Thursday’s Games  12:00 a.m.
• Obama’s cabinet takes shape  12:00 a.m.
• Wall Street rebounds sharply after big drop  12:00 a.m.
• Biscotti is an easily adaptable gift idea  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Wednesday, Dec. 3, the 338th day of 2008. There are 28 days left in the year. On this date  12:00 a.m.
• Freedom and the left  12:00 a.m.
• Give something personal this year  12:00 a.m.
• Bedroom Bach? YouTube orchestrates a competitive cyber symphony contest  12:00 a.m.
• Britney Spears tour will come to Pittsburgh  12:00 a.m.
• NHL ROUNDUP  12:00 a.m.
• Both vulnerable. South deals.  12:00 a.m.
• Sticky marshmallow problem can be solved in the freezer  12:00 a.m.
• Cinnamon and Hazelnut Biscotti  12:00 a.m.
• College Basketball Roundup  12:00 a.m.
• Quinn to have finger fixed  12:00 a.m.
• Lessons to learn from latest attack  12:00 a.m.
• Lawmakers spar over proposal  12:00 a.m.
• Wednesday's Best Bets on TV  12:00 a.m.
• Call center InfoCision hosts hiring open house  12:00 a.m.
• NBA ROUNDUP  12:00 a.m.
• TOP 25 ROUNDUP  12:00 a.m.
• 2 arrested after chained teen shows up at gym  12:00 a.m.
• POLICE PRESENCE: Members of the FBI/Mahoning Valley Violent Crimes Task Force, U.S. Marshals  12:00 a.m.
• Around the world | Economic developments  12:00 a.m.
• Christmas comes early for special-needs kids  12:00 a.m.
• Rallying for bipartisanship  12:00 a.m.
• Report criticizes Treasury’s tracking of taxes for bailout  12:00 a.m.
• St. Louis official: Arm yourselves  12:00 a.m.
• National Business Digest  12:00 a.m.
• Big Three bailout requests rise to $34B  12:00 a.m.
• area  12:00 a.m.
• Warren plans holiday event on the square  12:00 a.m.
• Boardman seaman tours to help needy  12:00 a.m.
• Agenda Thursday  12:00 a.m.
• Off to a good start  12:00 a.m.
• Slocum eyes 1,000 games over 34 years  12:00 a.m.
• NFL  12:00 a.m.
• BASEBALL  12:00 a.m.
• MOUNTAINEER RESults  12:00 a.m.
• Youngstown man struck and killed crossing street  12:00 a.m.
• GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP  12:00 a.m.
• CLOUD HAS SILVER LINING  12:00 a.m.
• basketball scores  12:00 a.m.
• multistate  12:00 a.m.
• Shot fired at 2 agents adds to recent rash of violent crimes  12:00 a.m.
• New children’s hospital offers Valley sneak peek  12:00 a.m.
• POLICE CALLS  12:00 a.m.
• courts  12:00 a.m.
• Three vie for naming rights at the Chevy  12:00 a.m.
• OPEN HOUSE  12:00 a.m.
• Births for 2008-12-3  12:00 a.m.
• Georgia Republican wins Senate runoff  12:00 a.m.

Tuesday, December 2 (110 stories)

• Man struck and killed by car as he crossed Belmont Avenue  10:28 p.m.
• Slocum approaches 1,000th career game as basketball coach  9:06 p.m.
• LaFleur off the flying start for YSU women’s basketball squad  9:00 p.m.
• Liles: Penguins need to learn how to finish  8:36 p.m.
• YSU gets five players named all-conference in football  8:24 p.m.
• Pro basketball franchise hopes to set up shop at Chevy Centre  8:00 p.m.
• State releases local deer kill numbers from first day  6:52 p.m.
• Mom on trial for shaking baby, refuses plea  6:12 p.m.
• Ministries fill gift boxes for children  5:24 p.m.
• Three local firms seek Centre’s naming rights  5:18 p.m.
• Infocision relocates, plans to hire in New Castle  5:04 p.m.
• Sobriety checkpoint planned for Friday night  4:56 p.m.
• GM, Ford sales continue to tumble  4:20 p.m.
• BREAKING: Police surround house after shooting  2:28 p.m.
• Public open house for Akron Children’s Hospital in Boardman set for Sunday  1:44 p.m.
• Holiday floral arrangements available at MCCTC in Canfield  12:50 p.m.
• Woman arrested for assaulting pregnant woman with car  12:15 p.m.
• Youngstown police investigating shooting of two men on South Side  11:02 a.m.
• Pick a soldier's name to make holidays brighter  4:56 a.m.
• Dragonforce displays old-school metal  12:41 a.m.
• Strong final quarter lifts McDonald, 65-56  12:07 a.m.
• Moore propels Spartans to win  12:06 a.m.
• Mooney’s Hill is considering KSU and YSU  12:06 a.m.
• Youngstown flea market seeks tax break to rebuild  12:05 a.m.
• Mount-ing losses: Titans fall to 0-6  12:04 a.m.
• Shelter opens doors to the homeless  12:03 a.m.
• Police identify man dragged under vehicle  12:03 a.m.
• Valley’s newest judge credits his family  12:03 a.m.
• Deer-hunting season brings revenue to Ohio  12:03 a.m.
• Keeping Tradition Lit  12:03 a.m.
• Will GM’s cuts be enough?  12:03 a.m.
• Ohio State’s Fiesta Bowl chances improve  12:03 a.m.
• Mahoning Democrats to pick 3 for vacancy  12:03 a.m.
• Council discusses worker placement to balance budget  12:02 a.m.
• Thursday’s Games  12:01 a.m.
• Steelers’ defense is new gold standard  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Tuesday, Dec. 2, the 337th day of 2008. There are 29 days left in the year. On this date in  12:00 a.m.
• Husband should not bring up his past affair  12:00 a.m.
• “There is a limit a city can take. This is a very, very different kind of fear.”  12:00 a.m.
• Home-invasion suspect turns himself in  12:00 a.m.
• Will Coldplay, Alicia Keys get Grammy nominations?  12:00 a.m.
• The risks of gift cards  12:00 a.m.
• REUNIONS  12:00 a.m.
• Agenda Wednesday  12:00 a.m.
• Special-needs dance  12:00 a.m.
• A 2005 homicide is the focus of Crime Stoppers of Greater Youngstown this week:  12:00 a.m.
• Urgency missing from showroom floor  12:00 a.m.
• In final 50 days in office, Bush touts his legacy  12:00 a.m.
• Both vulnerable. South deals.  12:00 a.m.
• How does Obama view the world?  12:00 a.m.
• Williams’ sacks lead Texans over Jaguars, 30-17  12:00 a.m.
• Retailers offer ‘Cyber Monday’ deals  12:00 a.m.
• NHL Monday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• Marbury ordered to stay away from Knicks  12:00 a.m.
• Crosby hones his fancy shots during practice  12:00 a.m.
• Banks call off planned merger  12:00 a.m.
• Spending worries reduce Dow  12:00 a.m.
• No. 2 Huskies continue on unbeaten trail, 79-49  12:00 a.m.
• There’s a leadership gap growing in China  12:00 a.m.
• Kansas overwhelms Kent State; Bowling Green falls in Georgia  12:00 a.m.
• NBA roundup \ Monday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• St. Elizabeth Auxiliary marks 75 years of service  12:00 a.m.
• Shipped package could have spoiled surprise  12:00 a.m.
• Boy George admits restraining escort  12:00 a.m.
• NFL Monday updates  12:00 a.m.
• Volunteers’ Kiffin is youngest coach  12:00 a.m.
• Obama can build on Middle East plan  12:00 a.m.
• Social agenda key for GOP  12:00 a.m.
• Anderson out; Dorsey starts  12:00 a.m.
• Judge extends Delphi repayment deadline  12:00 a.m.
• Sabathia is offered salary arbitration  12:00 a.m.
• Onus is on Congress to treat U.S. automakers fairly  12:00 a.m.
• Burress on bail; Giants ponder move  12:00 a.m.
• Warren coke plant cuts production  12:00 a.m.
• Business news digest  12:00 a.m.
• National security team is an independent lot  12:00 a.m.
• GETTING IT RIGHT  12:00 a.m.
• 2 men shot behind bar on South Side  12:00 a.m.
• Ohio faces $640M in budget cutbacks  12:00 a.m.
• DEER HUNTING  12:00 a.m.
• BIRTHS  12:00 a.m.
• Shelter Program  12:00 a.m.
• Many hope railroad revival will bring jobs to Warren  12:00 a.m.
• DEER HUNTING IN OHIO | The rules  12:00 a.m.
• Police make arrest in Hudson murders  12:00 a.m.
• MAHONING COUNTY  12:00 a.m.
• One U.S. soldier died last month in AfghanistanSFlb  12:00 a.m.
• U.S. deaths in Iraq fall to 8 in November  12:00 a.m.
• MONDAY’S RESULTS  12:00 a.m.
• If you go  12:00 a.m.
• Springfield girls speak last word on Lowellville  12:00 a.m.
• It’s official: U.S. is in recession, experts say  12:00 a.m.
• Recession announcement pushes oil below $50 a barrel  12:00 a.m.
• POLICE CALLS  12:00 a.m.
• COLLEGE BASKETBALL \ Area games  12:00 a.m.
• Youngstown man pleads guilty to reduced charge  12:00 a.m.
• Man jailed for making false 911 calls to get out  12:00 a.m.
• area  12:00 a.m.
• James Wilson sets Jan. wedding with Amber Wedmore  12:00 a.m.
• April wedding set by Erin Rohdes, Jonathon Runcan  12:00 a.m.
• Police charge man in shooting outside trailer  12:00 a.m.
• “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” (8 p.m., ABC): You better watch out, you better  12:00 a.m.
• Cause of power outage in Hubbard not clear  12:00 a.m.
• Park board seeks commissioner  12:00 a.m.
• NFL  12:00 a.m.
• HIGH SCHOOL PREVIEW \ All-American Conference boys basketball  12:00 a.m.
• 17-year-old girl faces vandalism, robbery charges  12:00 a.m.
• Catholic Charities receives honor  12:00 a.m.
• Warren police probe weekend rash of crimes  12:00 a.m.
• TODAY  12:00 a.m.

Monday, December 1 (114 stories)

• Two shot in lot behind Coconut Grove; one critical  10:26 p.m.
• Police identify man dragged by car  6:42 p.m.
• Power is restored to Hubbard homes  5:46 p.m.
• Ohio faces $640 million in budget cuts  5:18 p.m.
• Four Seasons flea market asks for city help to rebuild main facility  4:30 p.m.
• Saint Lucia’s story lives on at First Covenant Church  3:44 p.m.
• Warren cops kept busy over the weekend investigating robberies  2:58 p.m.
• 57 Hubbard Twp. homes remain without power  2:46 p.m.
• Third suspect in weekend Youngstown home invasion in custody  2:36 p.m.
• Lou D’Apolito sworn in as new Mahoning County judge  2:22 p.m.
• Worker at Austintown convenience store robbed at gunpoint  2:10 p.m.
• 3 Mahoning Co. candidates for Ohio Senate seat to be selected Tuesday  2:06 p.m.
• Coke plant jobs safe despite downturn  2:02 p.m.
• Merger talks end for Warren-based First Place Financial Corp.  11:38 a.m.
• Poetry reading, open mic, at Cedars Lounge tonight  10:38 a.m.
• North Side house fire causes $6,500 damage  10:10 a.m.
• Ohio State Highway Patrol reports safest Thanksgiving weekend since 2001  10:00 a.m.
• Youngstown police still seek driver of car that dragged body  1:10 a.m.
• From artists to entrepreneurs at Eastwood Mall  1:08 a.m.
• Valley marks World AIDS Day with emphasis on teamwork  1:04 a.m.
• Phantoms win in overtime  12:10 a.m.
• Grant to aid environmental education  12:10 a.m.
• Playing it safe for holidays  12:09 a.m.
• Browns put up listless effort  12:09 a.m.
• From artists to entrepreneurs  12:08 a.m.
• LeBron takes over at the end  12:08 a.m.
• World AIDS Day speaker in Valley stresses teamwork to fight disease  12:07 a.m.
• Ravens unleash offense  12:07 a.m.
• Entertainment planned at city tree-lighting  12:06 a.m.
• Willis settles dispute  12:05 a.m.
• Air Reserve unit plans mosquito mission to N.D.  12:04 a.m.
• Defenses tough in win, loss  12:04 a.m.
• Driver of car that dragged body sought  12:03 a.m.
• Specter: I’m ready for 2010 race  12:00 a.m.
• New Deal did not vanquish Depression  12:00 a.m.
• NFL ROUNDUP  12:00 a.m.
• Price swings put oil dealers at risk for loss  12:00 a.m.
• NFL PREVIEW  12:00 a.m.
• Births for 2008-12-1  12:00 a.m.
• Step aside, Rep. Rangel  12:00 a.m.
• Kids need time to play  12:00 a.m.
• How to help kids play  12:00 a.m.
• TOP 25 ROUNDUP \ Sunday’s men’s games  12:00 a.m.
• NBA ROUNDUP  12:00 a.m.
• TRUMBULL COUNTY  12:00 a.m.
• Nations should join forces against piracy  12:00 a.m.
• Child intrudes on adult activity  12:00 a.m.
• “It’s obvious they were trained somewhere ... Not everyone can handle the AK series of  12:00 a.m.
• So far, so good on Obama’s transition  12:00 a.m.
• Snowstorm cancels flights  12:00 a.m.
• WORTH A LOOK  12:00 a.m.
• Kashmir remains flashpoint in India-Pakistan relations  12:00 a.m.
• Obama to name 6 to top positions Hillary Clinton gets nod to head State  12:00 a.m.
• JOURNEY TO CHRISTMAS PAST  12:00 a.m.
• MAJOR PLAYERS  12:00 a.m.
• Some doctors consider giving no more vaccines  12:00 a.m.
• Brain waves provide clue to language problems in autism  12:00 a.m.
• UAW president makes plea for government ‘bridge loan’  12:00 a.m.
• Health-care needs of autistic kids put big financial strain on parents  12:00 a.m.
• Restaurants offer more meal deals  12:00 a.m.
• Store owners give mixed bag of results on success of holiday weekend shopping  12:00 a.m.
• DAY BY DAY  12:00 a.m.
• Departments work together to break crime rings  12:00 a.m.
• ‘12 Days of Christmas’ items would cost $86,609 today  12:00 a.m.
• HIGH SCHOOL PREVIEW \ SVC & Federal League boys basketball  12:00 a.m.
• HOLIDAY CHEER: Above, Adrianna Conti, 5, of New Castle, dances with her aunt Renee Duval of  12:00 a.m.
• 2-24-2 regular World AIDS Day marked in valley withs.ad;kadsjk;ds  12:00 a.m.
• Monday's Best Bets on TV  12:00 a.m.
• HOURS  12:00 a.m.
• MOUNTAINEER RESults  12:00 a.m.
• Health official set for trial  12:00 a.m.
• To prevent crime, pay attention to surroundings, speaker urgesSFlb  12:00 a.m.
• INSIDE THE HELMET \ How local NFL players fared  12:00 a.m.
• hOLIDAY SAFETY Fire tips  12:00 a.m.
• Saturday’s Games  12:00 a.m.
• AREA COLLEGE ROUNDUP \ Sunday’s games  12:00 a.m.
• NFL  12:00 a.m.
• YSU men run thin on luck  12:00 a.m.
• Sarah Palin is back on the campaign trail  12:00 a.m.
• Internet coupon sites experience increase in visits  12:00 a.m.
• TODAY  12:00 a.m.
• 12 holiday specials to light up Christmas  12:00 a.m.
• DON’T BE A VICTIM  12:00 a.m.
• Lavender, Prahalis lead the way as Buckeyes rally past Dayton  12:00 a.m.
• DOG LICENSES Mahoning County  12:00 a.m.
• Rice to travel to India to show U.S. support  12:00 a.m.
• 49ers dash Bills’ playoff hopes 10-3  12:00 a.m.
• Tips for saving on shipping gifts  12:00 a.m.
• Global AIDS crisis overblown? Some say that’s the case  12:00 a.m.
• Minnesota takes control of NFC North  12:00 a.m.
• Video games remain strong  12:00 a.m.
• Putting up a live tree this weekend? Keep it watered.  12:00 a.m.
• No. 1 vs. No. 2 in SEC championship game  12:00 a.m.
• Costello TV show takes different look at music  12:00 a.m.
• U.S. MARSHALS MOST WANTED  12:00 a.m.
• Sooners jump to 2nd in BCS poll  12:00 a.m.
• Pakistani links explored  12:00 a.m.
• REGION  12:00 a.m.
• Agenda Tuesday  12:00 a.m.
• Economy has Broadway nervous  12:00 a.m.
• More students admit unethical acts, survey shows  12:00 a.m.
• area  12:00 a.m.
• Don’t blame autoworkers for General Motors’ woes  12:00 a.m.
• Answers to weekly quiz  12:00 a.m.
• AD Swarbrick, Weis meet Dec. 8  12:00 a.m.
• Hoerbiger, the Swiss firm that is in the process of buying Altronic of Girard, had 6,300 employees  12:00 a.m.
• Burress expected to be charged  12:00 a.m.
• Today is Monday, Dec. 1, the 336th day of 2008. There are 30 days left in the year. On this date in  12:00 a.m.
• GM to sell, lease back some of its European operations  12:00 a.m.
• BRITAIN  12:00 a.m.
• SHIPPING DEADLINES \ For the holidays  12:00 a.m.
• MASSILLON — The seed for the Ursuline High football team’s Division V state championship  12:00 a.m.
• To capture great photographs, let everyone in on the act  12:00 a.m.
• Endeavour astronauts return to Earth after 16-day journey  12:00 a.m.

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