After Shortage, Vaccine for Flu Goes Unused

Still need a flu shot? Matthew Stefanak has so many left over he is giving them away by the carload. “I sent out a blast fax to 700 physicians in the Youngstown area offering to give it away if they just come pick it up,” said Mr. Stefanak, the health commissioner...

Tyson bores crowd in return to ring (AP)

" YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Mike Tyson's return to boxing was no knockout. Not even close. The former heavyweight champion and one-time baddest man alive opened his "World Tour" on Friday night with a ho-hum performance in a four-round exhibition against Corey "T-Rex" Sanders, a...

Guest Blogger: Hamdan and the Youngstown Framework (ACSBlog)

"Guest Blogger: Hamdan and the Youngstown Framework  —  By Aziz Huq, Associate Counsel of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law  —  It is not too early to mark the Supreme Court's decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld as a...

Problems plague new Ohio voting machines

May, 2006. Same problems will be there in November 2006. That's when there's an election. Or something that resembles an election.

Why the spotlight on Ohio?

Who runs Ohio, gets Ohio's electronic voting machines. Who gets Ohio's electronic voting machines, gets Ohio's 20 Electoral Votes. Who gets Ohio's 20 Electoral Votes, gets the White House. Who gets the White House, runs the World.

Ohio again center of political stage - Governor's race drawing spotlight

Old molds are being broken. Moderate Republicans are leery of Blackwell's stringent stances. Liberal Democrats find some of Strickland's positions too conservative.

The count goes on -- Results delayed until Friday

Good. Let's see more slow counts in future elections. Better a slow count and correct than a fast count and wrong.

Ohio Elections 2006, 2008, 2010

Complete directory of Ohio candidates in the current election cycle. Also Ohio political parties, the official Ohio election office and Ohio news sources.

The next Governor of Ohio will either be black or an ordained Methodist Minister

November 7, 2006 -- Republican Blackwell versus Democrat Strickland. Traditional party stereotypes will not make any sense in November. Voters will have to find some other yardstick to judge by.

Cuyahoga County election problems stretch into Wednesday

Better late and correct, than early and wrong. There's nothing bad about taking a few days carefully hand-counting votes. Especially in Presidential Elections.

Blackwell gets 55.87 percent

Of those whose votes were counted.