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Local
Massillon man serves time for local robberies A Massillon man was sentenced to eight years in prison on Tuesday. Ryan Shaheen, 23, was charged with three counts of robbery in the second degree for robbing two pharmacies in Orville and the Wooster Dollar General with a pellet gun in July. Shaheen pled guilty on Nov.…
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National
Mass. Republican wins vital Senate seat Republican Scott Brown was declared the victor in a bitter election battle Tuesday for the Massachusetts Senate seat.† Brown won the special election over Democrat Martha Coakley for the seat left vacant by late Senator Ted Kennedy. Brown trumped Coakley 52 percent to 47 percent after 90 percent of…
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World
Al-Quaeda leader ambushed by Yemen Yemeni war planes launched an attack on the rural home of al Qaeda leader† Ayed al-Shabwani on Wednesday. Details of the strike, including if Shabwani was successfully targeted, were unknown as of press time. Yemen declared war on al Qaeda last week after Sanaa officials received pressure to crack down…
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LOCAL
Orville man named Firefighter of the Year Ryan May, a firefighter from Orville, was recently named Firefighter of the Year. He and his family will hold preside over this title during the local Independence Day parade this coming July. ìIn becoming a firefighter, I have fulfilled my lifeís true ambition,” May told The Daily Record.…
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NATIONAL
Morphine reduces post-traumatic stress An issue of the New England Journal of Medicine published earlier this week stated that in a study of 696 troops wounded in Iraq, those who received morphine soon after injury were half as likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder as those who did not receive the drug. In this study,…
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INTERNATIONAL
Star Trek alum knighted by Queen Patrick Stewart, better known as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: Next Generation or Charles Xavier in recent X-Men films, was knighted as part of Queen Elizabeth IIís New Years honors list. ìThis is an honor that embraces those actors, directors and creative teams who have in these recent…
