Sports elsewhere in Columbiana County
WELLSVILLE - Different location, same result. Wellsville picked up its second win of the season over rival Southern Local on Saturday, 58-56. It was the same score the Tigers defeated the Indians by early this season.
Twin Lakes makes history
The Twin Lakes senior boys? basketball team came within six points of doing the impossible on the weekend. In a hard-fought final, the home team lost the 68th Orillia Blackball tournament championship 57-51 to Governor Simcoe Secondary School from St.[...]
Spain clears bank reforms to revive ailing economy
ALAN CLENDENNING Associated Press MADRID Spain's new conservative government on Friday imposed sweeping new rules it hopes will flush out bad property loans and foreclosed property from the financial system, restore confidence in banks and set the ailing economy back on track toward recovery. The regulations approved by the Cabinet require banks to set aside an estimated ?50 billion ($65 billion ...
Spain tells banks to cover toxic assets or merge
Spanish banks must raise an additional euro50 billion ($65.5 billion) to cover their exposure to toxic real estate loans and assets accumulated during a construction boom that went bust with the financial crisis, according...
Judge rules against explorers in treasure dispute
An attorney for the Spanish government said a federal judge's ruling Tuesday means Florida deep-sea explorers will have to start making plans to hand over 17 tons of silver coins and other treasure from a sunken 19th century galleon.
Spain unemployment hitting nearly 1 of 4 workers
ALAN CLENDENNING Associated Press MADRID Spain's brutal unemployment rate soared to nearly 23 percent Friday and closed in on 50 percent for those under age 25, leaving more than 5 million people ? or almost one out of every four ? out of work as the country slides toward recession. Spain's National Statistics Institute reported that 5.3 million people were jobless at the end of December, up ...
