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Wire Service
Wednesday, October 13, 2004Web Spells Out Letter of LawQ: What's wrong with lawyer jokes?A: Lawyers don't think they're funny and nobody else thinks they're jokes.There's some truth to the notion that everybody picks on lawyers. (If you don't believe it, pay a visit to www.lawyer-jokes.com/us.) But the fact is, just about everyone needs some legal advice now and then. Although nothing beats face-to-face interaction when you've got a problem, there are plenty of Web sites that can help.One site that caught my attention is LegalMatch (www.legalmatch.com).
Success Story
Wednesday, October 13, 2004New Owners of Team Office FocusOn Business-to-Business ServiceMonthly sales grow to nearly $100,000 since they acquired business one year ago.Though big-box office products stores permeate the area and major retailers carry a wide array of office products, the owners of Team Office Equipment in Austintown don't see those operations as their competition. "Our focus is business-to-business office products as opposed to residential office products," says Nick DePinto, vice president. Last November, DePinto and his partner, Tom Reeveley, acquired Team Office, formerly Blend Office Equipment.
Journal Opinion
Wednesday, October 13, 2004A Right Not to be DeniedWhen vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies. Article I, Section 2 of the ConstitutionThe above passage lacks the phrase "unless it would be too expensive, inconvenient or confusing," the lame excuses served up two years ago when Gov. Bob Taft refused to call a special election in the wake of James A. Traficant Jr.'s expulsion from Congress.Once Traficant was convicted in April 2002 in U.S.
Points of View
Wednesday, October 13, 2004Revisiting Man's Inhumanity to ManLatest bloodbath is being waged by African tribes.The images never change. They are the young, trembling with fear and hunger, whose photographs become the photo essays in Time, Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report. They are the victims of radical militias, made up of bullies and thugs, in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe.A half century ago, they were the Ibos in Nigeria, the rebels in Katanga. In the 1960s and '70s, they were the thousands who fled Idi Amin in Uganda.
Media Scope
Wednesday, October 13, 2004Prime Time for Massaro No one in the Mahoning Valley has seen more of George W. Bush and John Kerry -- and the 2004 presidential campaign -- than Jim Massaro. No, he's not a big money man for the parties, nor a political strategist or media pundit. He's the man behind the camera, the man whose employees are operating the satellite trucks parked outside most major campaign events in Midwest battleground states.Massaro owns and operates First Call UpLinks, a Boardman satellite transmission, mobile editing and video production company.
Wire Service
Tuesday, October 12, 2004"Web Spells Out Letter of LawQ: What's wrong with lawyer jokes?A: Lawyers don't think they're funny and nobody else thinks they're jokes.There's some truth to the notion that everybody picks on lawyers. (If you don't believe it, pay a visit to www.lawyer-jokes.com/us.) But the fact is, just about everyone needs some legal advice now and then. Although nothing beats face-to-face interaction when you've got a problem, there are plenty of Web sites that can help.One site that caught my attention is LegalMatch (www.legalmatch.com).
Points of View
Tuesday, October 12, 2004"Revisiting Man's Inhumanity to ManLatest bloodbath is being waged by African tribes.The images never change. They are the young, trembling with fear and hunger, whose photographs become the photo essays in Time, Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report. They are the victims of radical militias, made up of bullies and thugs, in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe.A half century ago, they were the Ibos in Nigeria, the rebels in Katanga. In the 1960s and '70s, they were the thousands who fled Idi Amin in Uganda.
Journal Opinion
Tuesday, October 12, 2004"A Right Not to be DeniedWhen vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.-- Article I, Section 2 of the ConstitutionThe above passage lacks the phrase "unless it would be too expensive, inconvenient or confusing," the lame excuses served up two years ago when Gov. Bob Taft refused to call a special election in the wake of James A. Traficant Jr.'s expulsion from Congress.Once Traficant was convicted in April 2002 in U.S.
Success Story
Tuesday, October 12, 2004"New Owners of Team Office FocusOn Business-to-Business ServiceMonthly sales grow to nearly $100,000 since they acquired business one year ago.Though big-box office products stores permeate the area and major retailers carry a wide array of office products, the owners of Team Office Equipment in Austintown don't see those operations as their competition. "Our focus is business-to-business office products as opposed to residential office products," says Nick DePinto, vice president. Last November, DePinto and his partner, Tom Reeveley, acquired Team Office, formerly Blend Office Equipment.
Media Scope
Tuesday, October 12, 2004"Prime Time for Massaro No one in the Mahoning Valley has seen more of George W. Bush and John Kerry -- and the 2004 presidential campaign -- than Jim Massaro. No, he's not a big money man for the parties, nor a political strategist or media pundit. He's the man behind the camera, the man whose employees are operating the satellite trucks parked outside most major campaign events in Midwest battleground states.Massaro owns and operates First Call UpLinks, a Boardman satellite transmission, mobile editing and video production company.