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Opinion

PUCO should say no to FirstEnergy, lower standards

When your power goes out, FirstEnergy wants you to stay in the dark longer and perhaps even more often. The corporation, which owns Ohio Edison (which services the Mahoning Valley), the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. and Toledo Edison, is asking state regulators to grant permission for ...

Minnesota fraud case raises questions

Back in the mists of time, Minnesota Sen. Hubert Humphrey was asked on “Meet the Press” whether he liked spending the taxpayers’ money. The question was barbed, but his response was masterful. Yes, Humphrey said, he was fine if the public dollars went to beneficial projects and the money ...

Breakfast on the Hindenberg

I stumbled across an old menu the other day on social media, one claiming to be from 1937, for the passengers on a German zeppelin crossing the Atlantic. “Breakfast,” it read, “on board the airship Hindenburg.” The words dotted the page in elegant script like a poem: “Coffee, ...