All News Is Local: Census shows...
Word -- it might be a stretch to call it "news" -- that the population of Buffalo and most of upstate New York shrank slightly last year, pushed its way up to the front of the City & Region section of today's Buffalo News.
But it was the big-deal front-page splash in Cleveland's Plain Dealer because: More people left Cleveland last year than any other major city in America, the U.S. Census Bureau will report today. Since 2000, 
only hurricane-ravaged New Orleans weathered a sharper rate of population loss.
What's really got to hurt the folks trying to puff up Cleveland is that, while New Orleans was the biggest population loser in the U.S. over the past seven years, it was the biggest gainer for the 12 months ending July 1, 2007.
The Census numbers were also big news in St. Louis [down], Dallas [up] Tucson [moving to the 'burbs], but oddly didn't get that much play in New Orleans [way up, after being way down].
Elsewhere, Indianapolis joins Buffalo in dealing with a horrible spate of murders.
And, the Headline of the Day: "TV anchor promoted sludge deal" - from The Detroit News.
--George Pyle/Editorial Writer
