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Women sad angry over sale of nonprofit Ohio home
An insurance company has bought out a nonprofit home for struggling women in Cincinnati in a deal announced Monday, ending a bitter two-year court battle over the historic property in a picturesque downtown ...
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Actor Ed ONeill to be honored in Ohio hometown
Actor Ed O'Neill of TV's "Modern Family" will receive an honorary Doctor of Arts degree at Saturday's spring commencement at Youngstown State ...
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Will Boy Scouts accept gay youth Vote is imminent
Minnesota appears poised to legalize gay marriage, as the Democratic speaker of the state House said Tuesday that a gay marriage bill endorsed by the governor and likely to pass in the state Senate also now has enough backing in his ...
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NYC mayor addressing grads at Kenyon College in OH
GAMBIER, Ohio (AP) -- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was selected to speak to graduating seniors Saturday morning at Kenyon College in Gambier in central ...
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Flesh-eating disease victim gets prosthetic hands
ATLANTA -- A metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease was on her way back from Ohio Friday after being fitted with prosthetic hands.Aimee Copeland, 25, is returning from Hilliard, Ohio, where she was fitted with a pair of hands with 24 programmable functions that will improve her dexterity, her father, Andy, told the ...
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Ohio governor to alert families to execution mercy
Nichols added that the governor acknowledged the unfortunate timing of his decision to spare killer Ronald Post over concerns about Post's legal ...
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Ohio man held in stabbing death of infant
SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) -- A 19-year-old man wrestled an 11-week-old baby away from relatives and stabbed her to death with a kitchen knife, police ...
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Guilty plea for Ohio man for Obama Twitter threat
Temple, who entered his plea Friday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Norah McCann King, could be sentenced to five years in prison and pay a $250,000 ...
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Hilltop Clean-Up Event Slated For Saturday
The 12th Annual South Central Hilltop Cleanup is scheduled for Saturday.Organizers said they will meet at the park behind Burroughs Elementary School, located at 551 S. Richardson Avenue.They plan to take trash grabbers, trash bags, brooms and dustpans to the streets to clean up blighted areas and spread their enthusiasm for the neighborhood.The clean-up will be followed by a cookout at noon ...
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Firefighters Found Themselves In Middle Of Clintonville Gun Battle
Columbus firefighters who were caught in the crossfire of a deadly shootout earlier this week are talking about the scene that unfolded before their eyes. The gun battle, which left a woman and a man wanted for questioning in connection with a homicide dead, occurred just outside of Fire Station 19 in Clintonville Wednesday morning.Firefighters said they were sound asleep on the second story of ...
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Vinton County Woman Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Child
A Vinton County woman is being charged for allegedly sexually assaulting a child.Cassandra Holsinger, 28, was indicted by a grand jury on 12 counts, according to the Ohio Attorney General's Office.According to authorities, Holsinger faces three counts each of rape, sexual battery, gross sexual imposition and kidnapping.Authorities said the alleged victim was younger than 13.No other details ...
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Woman Charged After Turning Herself In For Allegedly Stealing Purse
A woman is charged with three counts of theft and one count of robbery for allegedly stealing an elderly woman's purse.According to the Zanesville Police Department, a woman was leaving the Walmart store, located at 2850 Maple Avenue, on May 14, when a woman approached her and grabbed her purse.A woman, identified as Rachel Penrod, 22, of Roseville, ran from the scene with the purse and its ...
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Buckeye Lake Explosion Remains A Mystery
Residents around Buckeye Lake reported hearing a huge blast Thursday night, but officials still have not found the cause.It happened near the Village of Buckeye Lake around 9:15 p.m.Officials said the blast could be felt for miles. Even police chief James Hanzey heard it.Police have been searching the area near the Leisure Village mobile home park. "This 'boom' - it was awful. It ...
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Eastern Illinois hires womens basketball coach
CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) -- Eastern Illinois University has hired longtime Ohio State assistant coach Debbie Black to take over its women's basketball ...
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Akron City Computers Hacked Personal Info Compromised
Officials in Akron say the city's website and internal systems have been hacked - and names, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers were compromised. Deputy Mayor Rick Merolla said the attacks, apparently by a Turkish group that has claimed credit, got past the city's firewall sometime Thursday. Merolla tells the Akron Beacon Journal that it appears the hackers got into the ...
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I-70 Closed Near Springfield Due To Crashes
The eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 were closed in Clark County on Friday morning due to several crashes.Officials said as many as 20 vehicles may have been involved in the crashes near the South Charleston Pike exit.The incidents were reported around 7:30 a.m. There was a dense fog advisory for the area at the time.According to WHIO-TV, several semi-trucks were involved with at least one ...
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17 Year Old Charged In Deaths Of Brothers Who Were Subject Of Amber Alert
A teenager who pointed Ohio authorities to the bodies of two dead brothers reported missing a week ago has now been charged in their deaths. A prosecutor in northwest Ohio says the 17-year-old is charged with delinquency in connection with aggravated murder. The Associated Press previously identified the teen but now is withholding his name because he has been charged as a juvenile. The bodies ...
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Ohio To Release Monthly Data On Jobs Unemployment
Ohio officials are expected to release the newest statewide labor force data on Friday morning, along with the unemployment rate for April. The state's unemployment rate in February and March was 7.1 percent, slightly higher than in January. Ohio officials are hoping to see a positive change. The rate has consistently remained below the national level. The U.S. unemployment rate for ...
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Truck Hits Pole Takes Down Lines In Grandview Heights
Bluff Avenue at Glenn Avenue was blocked off in Grandview Heights after a semi-truck hit some overhead wires bringing them down and snapping a pole.The crash occurred Friday morning around 9 a.m.The driver was not injured, but the incident caused a lot of damage. American Electric Power crews were on the scene. Bluff Avenue to Westwood was expected to be shut down for hours while the repair was ...
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17-year-old charged in deaths of Ohio brothers
Autopsies have been completed on two teenage brothers who were reported missing in northwest Ohio this week and found dead after a third teen directed authorities to their ...
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OH patrol fog contributes to multi-vehicle crash
Authorities believe dense fog contributed to the crashes in Clark County near Springfield. The dispatcher says the pileup occurred near an exit to a large area flea market where traffic had backed up near Ohio ...
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Fund for freed women in Ohio reaches $480000
The April 24 editorial, Restore Affordable-Housing Funds, promoted the William Sadowski Affordable Housing Act and encouraged the Florida Legislature to avoid raiding the Sadowski Trust Fund dedicated to housing help for some of Florida’s poorest ...
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Ohio unemployment rate drops slightly
Ohio's unemployment rate peaked at 10.6 percent during the last half of 2009 and early 2010 before beginning its trek downward. January marked the first time the rate failed to decline or at least remain steady since July ...
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Shale drilling boosts Ohio gas and oil output
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources announced Thursday that the drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in the shale region of eastern Ohio increased the oil output by 93 percent and the natural gas output by 80 percent in that ...
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Akron city computers hacked
AKRON, Ohio (AP) -- Officials in Akron say the city's website and internal systems have been hacked - and names, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers were ...
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Oliver the special gorilla
Oliver, a 21-year-old gorilla at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, has been to New York, Tennessee, Georgia and most recently Ohio. He is well-travelled because he is special for a number of reasons, and because of these reasons, he is also difficult to socialize, which is so important to his development and the survival of his species.
Oliver, the newest edition to the Western lowland gorilla population at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, is an extremely well-travelled primate; he’s probably seen more of the country than many humans. Read more
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