CANTON, Ohio — T.J. Campbell made a 20-foot jump shot with 1.6 seconds remaining Saturday to give the Canton Charge an 89-88 victory against the Maine Red Claws at the Canton Memorial Civic Center. Maine held an 83-75 lead with 5:27 remaining, but Canton climbed back into it with a 7-0 run keyed by four […]
March 2012
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Officials caution NYPD that spying backfires
Police investigators, prosecutors and mayors nationwide warn that the clandestine surveillance of Muslims will destroy public trust.
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People & EntertainmentOprah salutes abduction survivor
NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey was embraced by longtime friend Diane von Furstenberg as she took to the stage to accept a Lifetime Leadership honor at the third annual DVF Awards. “She is the most formidable person I have ever met in my life,” the designer and humanitarian said of Winfrey at the event, held […]
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On Baseball: Determination pays off for former St. Joseph’s player
Like any college graduate, Todd Keneborus searched for work or an internship. But it was conditional. He could do the job … unless baseball came calling. Keneborus, a standout outfielder at Cheverus High and St. Joseph’s College, wasn’t ready to forget his dream of playing pro ball. He had the resume – .399 career average […]
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Company’s offer to buy, run state prisons meets with rejection
The rebuff by five of the 48 states that got the offer may signal prison privatization’s waning popularity.
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Michigan unions mobilize to shield collective bargaining
Citing a possible right-to-work push, labor groups propose a constitutional amendment.
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Fifteen Palestinian militants killed in Israeli airstrikes
The most deadly violence in Gaza for many months ‘is far from being over,’ Israel’s defense chief says.
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Assad could weather Syrian revolt, U.S. intelligence assessment finds
Top officials also report that they can’t say with confidence that the rebels represent most Syrians.
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Anti-Putin rally draws activists
Saturday’s protest attracts fewer people than others in past months, but it does highlight civic activism.
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Airstrikes kill 18 al-Qaida-linked militants after attack in Yemen
SANAA, Yemen — Airstrikes killed 18 al-Qaida-linked militants in central Yemen on Saturday while separate strikes targeted militants in the south, officials said, as the military struck back at the group after it killed nearly 200 of its soldiers. The military offensive comes in response to an attack last week in which al-Qaida’s militants sneaked […]