
YSU's Bojana Dimitrov takes a shot during a game against ...
YSU's Bojana Dimitrov takes a shot during a game against Green Bay on Jan. 3.

YSU's Brandi Brown looks for a shot during a game ...
YSU's Brandi Brown looks for a shot during a game against Valparaiso on Jan. 14.

Charlie Sneek, 4, of Boardman, crawls into a bubble and ...
Charlie Sneek, 4, of Boardman, crawls into a bubble and hangs out at Skedaddles Indoor Playground, which opened on Market Street Monday.

Drivers on Walker Mill Road in Boardman Township slow to ...
Drivers on Walker Mill Road in Boardman Township slow to a crawl as they maneuver to avoid hitting potholes.

A woman walks her dog on Lyon Boulevard. The Poland ...
A woman walks her dog on Lyon Boulevard. The Poland Township road is riddled with potholes, and the Mahoning County Engineer’s Office plans to improve the road this summer.

Lyon Boulevard, a county road in Poland Township, is riddled ...
Lyon Boulevard, a county road in Poland Township, is riddled with potholes. The Mahoning County Engineer’s Office plans to improve the road this summer.

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks during a joint press ...
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks during a joint press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, unseen, at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, March, 7, 2011. Gates said that both the U.S. and ...

Children’s author Shelley Pearsall visited Monday with eighth-graders at Volney ...
Children’s author Shelley Pearsall visited Monday with eighth-graders at Volney Rogers Middle School in Youngstown. The students talked with the writer about her book of historical fiction, “Crooked River,” which they read in school. They ...

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, speaks during a Presidential Lecture ...
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, speaks during a Presidential Lecture Series sponsored by The Family Leader, Monday, March 7, 2011, in Pella, Iowa.

YSU sophomore pitcher Kevin McCulloh has been one of the ...
YSU sophomore pitcher Kevin McCulloh has been one of the bright spots on a pitching staff that has struggled through the first nine games.

In a March 2, 2011 photo, French singer Yoland Sirard ...
In a March 2, 2011 photo, French singer Yoland Sirard dances with a costumed dancer during one of the performances in the show, "Moonshine Follies" at Resorts Casino Hotel, in Atlantic City, N.J. This year ...

Giuliana Ricchiuti, 4, gets an eyeful at Skedaddles Indoor Playground ...
Giuliana Ricchiuti, 4, gets an eyeful at Skedaddles Indoor Playground on Market Street. Giuliana inspired her mom, Dini Ricchiuti, to open Skedaddles.

Libyan rebels who are part of the forces against Libyan ...
Libyan rebels who are part of the forces against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi ride on an armed truck near Ras Lanuf, eastern Libya, Monday, March 7, 2011.

Children’s author Shelley Pearsall visited Monday with eighth-graders at Volney ...
Children’s author Shelley Pearsall visited Monday with eighth-graders at Volney Rogers Middle School in Youngstown. The students talked with the writer about her book of historical fiction, “Crooked River,” which they read in school. They ...

Cardinal Mooney's Kevin McGuire (5) attempts a shot against the ...
Cardinal Mooney's Kevin McGuire (5) attempts a shot against the defense of Struthers' Ja'Meire Brown (5) during Northeast Division II Sectionals, Monday, March 7, 2011 at Boardman High School.

Struthers' Katelyn Ardale (11) heads down court as Jenn Bjelac ...
Struthers' Katelyn Ardale (11) heads down court as Jenn Bjelac (14) plays defense Monday night in Struthers.

Struthers’ Jake Jacubec blocks an attempt by Mooney’s Ryan Farragher ...
Struthers’ Jake Jacubec blocks an attempt by Mooney’s Ryan Farragher (14) during Monday’s tournament game.

Lowellville’s Anthony Alfano (24) and Dean Donatelli (42) defend against ...
Lowellville’s Anthony Alfano (24) and Dean Donatelli (42) defend against McDonald’s Nick Rota (23) during Monday’s game in Struthers.

Cathy Lewis, right, and daughter Krista Lewis, second right, from ...
Cathy Lewis, right, and daughter Krista Lewis, second right, from Clear Mountain Church in Williamsburg, Ohio exits John Boehner's district office in West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio Monday, March 7, 2011 after talking with ...

Krista Lewis, left, and Cathy Lewis from Clear Mountain Church ...
Krista Lewis, left, and Cathy Lewis from Clear Mountain Church in Williamsburg, Ohio protest the federal funding of Planned Parenthood Monday, March 7, 2011 in front of John Boehner's district office in West Chester Township, ...

Ohio Governor John Kasich holds up paperwork signifying that American ...
Ohio Governor John Kasich holds up paperwork signifying that American Greetings Corp., with 2,000 employees, will remain in northeast Ohio, at the company's headquarters in Brooklyn, Ohio on Monday, March 7, 2011. With Kasich are ...

Ohio State's Jon Diebler celebrates after Ohio State defeated Wisconsin ...
Ohio State's Jon Diebler celebrates after Ohio State defeated Wisconsin 93-65 in an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, March 6, 2011, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

Ohio State's Sarah Schulze, left, Jantel Lavender, and Brittany Johnson, ...
Ohio State's Sarah Schulze, left, Jantel Lavender, and Brittany Johnson, right, hold the championship trophy after Ohio State defeated Penn State 84-70 in an NCAA college basketball game, winning the Big Ten tournament in Indianapolis, ...

Ohio State guard Samantha Prahalis, center, shoots between Penn State's ...
Ohio State guard Samantha Prahalis, center, shoots between Penn State's Zhaque Gray, left, and Mia Nickson in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game for the championship in the Big Ten tournament in ...

Baltimore Ravens cornerback Domonique Foxworth , left, arrives for football ...
Baltimore Ravens cornerback Domonique Foxworth , left, arrives for football labor negotiations, Friday, March 4, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith, center, accompanied by NFLPA spokesman ...
NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith, center, accompanied by NFLPA spokesman with George Atallah, left, leave after football labor negotiations in Washington Friday, March 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell pauses while speaking with the media ...
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell pauses while speaking with the media after football labor negotiations, Friday, March 4, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

D'Andre Damous checks out a menu at the cafe - ...
D'Andre Damous checks out a menu at the cafe - Inside the Newport Branch of the Younstown Public Library is a corner cafe that one would see in New York. New Seasonings at Chapters is ...

In this March 4, 2011 photo, Peter Purinton puts a ...
In this March 4, 2011 photo, Peter Purinton puts a check valve tap into a maple tree in Huntington, Vt. The device was developed by maple researchers at the University of Vermont as a means ...

Inside the Newport Branch of the Younstown Public Library is ...
Inside the Newport Branch of the Younstown Public Library is a corner cafe that one would see in New York. New Seasonings at Chapters is operated by Everlife Worship Center from the Eastside of Youngstown ...

Zhang Ping, right, director of the National Development and Reform ...
Zhang Ping, right, director of the National Development and Reform Commission, speaks during a press conference on a five-year development plan in Beijing's Great Hall of the People Sunday, March 6, 2011. China's government is ...

Stranded foreign workers, who fled Libya after the uprising against ...
Stranded foreign workers, who fled Libya after the uprising against Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi, pass time playing cards by their baggage while waiting for Egyptian entry permission at the Egyptian terminal of the Egyptian Libyan ...

Inside the Newport Branch of the Youngstown Public Library is ...
Inside the Newport Branch of the Youngstown Public Library is a corner café that one might see in New York City. New Seasonings at Chapters is operated by the Everlife Worship Center on Youngstown’s East ...

The lobby of the Eagles Nest Lodge at the Youngstown ...
The lobby of the Eagles Nest Lodge at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station in Vienna features comfortable furniture and a large flat-screen television in front of the check-in desk. However, federal budget cuts could bring ...

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** ADVANCE FOR USE 12:01 A.M. EST MONDAY MARCH 7 ** FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2011 file photo, specialist Donald Civitanova, left, talks with trader Jonathan Corpina as they work on the floor ...

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2010 file photo, Carrie ...
FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2010 file photo, Carrie Larson, front, watches from her family's garage roof with friends as floodwaters rise around her house in Owatonna, south of St. Paul, Minn. The National ...

Sandra Robinson cooks all the food by hand putting her ...
Sandra Robinson cooks all the food by hand putting her own personal touch to every item --Inside the Newport Branch of the Younstown Public Library is a corner cafe that one would see in New ...

mmm good as Jackovia Dialey 7 Gariyon Dialey 11 and ...
mmm good as Jackovia Dialey 7 Gariyon Dialey 11 and Laquintin Dialey 9 eye a cinnamon role --- Inside the Newport Branch of the Younstown Public Library is a corner cafe that one would see ...

Inside the Newport Branch of the Younstown Public Library is ...
Inside the Newport Branch of the Younstown Public Library is a corner cafe that one would see in New York. New Seasonings at Chapters is operated by Everlife Worship Center from the Eastside of Youngstown ...

In this March 4, 2011 photo, a Check Valve Adapter ...
In this March 4, 2011 photo, a Check Valve Adapter is seen with a bottle of maple syrup in East Montpelier, Vt. The device was developed by maple researchers at the University of Vermont as ...

Carl Edwards celebrates his victory in the NASCAR Sprint Cup ...
Carl Edwards celebrates his victory in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race Sunday, March 6, 2011, in Las Vegas.