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• Indomitable Spirit

  By Darragh Worland | Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:17 AM ET

  also draws strength from her 17-year-old daughter, a senior in high school who is living with friends in Connecticut while her mother recovers in Ohio. Mercifully, Nash has no memory whatsoever of the day of the attack and the first few months of her recovery.She appeared on the show with Read More

  More like this in: Connecticut, Cleveland Clinic, US, Entertainment, TV
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  Literature for Peace

  By Kendall Hunter | Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:04 AM ET

  a passageway, but as a wall – as a bulwark against the barbarians – creates a latent potential for war." Photo courtesy LinPernille vi Read More

  More like this in: Europe, Africa, Germany, Asia, Peace, Religion, Sheryl Wudunn
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  Public Libraries Help Erase Digital Divide

  By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:31 PM ET

  access to quality information."The initiative will give grants for the following projects, among others.Instituting mobile computer labs in Akron, Ohio, Lexington, Ky., Aberdeen, SD, Myrtle Beach, SC, and Milledgeville, Ga.Recruiting and training mutlilingual technology teachers in Browar Read More

  More like this in: Florida, Grants, North Carolina, Georgia, Kansas, South Carolina, South Dakota, Knight Foundation, Finland
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  Ginormous Gourd!

  By Sarah Parsons | Tue Oct 6, 2009 11:29 PM ET

  an orange elephant. Give up?It's what may be world's largest pumpkin ever!This past Saturday, an Ohio couple, Nick and Christy Harp, attended the Ohio Valley Pumpkin Growers weigh-off in Green Township. According to a story on Fox8.com, the giant gourd weighed in at 1,725 pounds, the bigges Read More

  More like this in: Coffee, Farming, Compost, Pumpkins, US, Life & Style, Regional/Local, Home & Garden, Food & Drink
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  Real Men Have Knitting Needles

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Tue Sep 29, 2009 3:14 PM ET

  if you're a guy yearning to unleash your inner knitter, just do it. You're in good company.Photo courtesy of Jared C. Benedict via Wikimedi Read More

  More like this in: Associated Press, Men, Knitting, Columbus, US, Life & Style, DIY
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  Honk For Forgiveness

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:06 PM ET

  I hold in front of a parking lot."What? You're not familiar with that last one? Then let us introduce you to Jess Duttry.Last week, the 19-year-old Ohio resident held a sign outside a Kroger supermarket parking lot that read, "I cheated. Honk If I deserve a second chance." On the back she ha Read More

  More like this in: Summer, Cheating, US
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  The Promise Of A Few Short Black Lines In Saving Lives

  By Judy Mottl | Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:55 AM ET

  first bar code ever scanned was on a pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit chewing gum at 8:06 am on June 26, 1974, at a supermarket in Troy, Ohio. There's a fun fact to open a conversation with at the next summer shindig right?Since that day bar code technology has become the wa Read More

  More like this in: Health, Technology, Summer, Shopping, Medicine, Health Care, Medication, Productivity, Bar Codes
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  Philly the Kidd

  By Cherise Benton | Wed May 27, 2009 6:39 PM ET

  Kidd is a local hero in Youngstown, Ohio. You may not have heard of him, but he is intent on bringing the city back to life. Tonic intern Cherise Benton recently spent time with the inspirationa Read More

  More like this in: Philanthropy, Virginia, Pittsburgh, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Business, Life & Style
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  The New Silicon Valley?

  By Cherise Benton | Mon May 18, 2009 5:56 PM ET

  business 100% worry-free. For more details, visit www.ybi.org or check out YBI’s Facebook or MySpace.Photo courtesy of Cheris Read More

  More like this in: Technology, Entrepreneur, Silicon Valley, Youngstown
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  Rosie Haney

  By | Mon May 18, 2009 9:15 AM ET

  her career. Still in her teens, she offers the world her ready mind and fresh perspective—everything is new. She is currently a student at Ohio University, and will spend her summer in the miniscule town of Newton Falls, Ohio, where her parents have recently relocated. All orientation i Read More

  More like this in: Summer, Ohio University, US, World