Amtrak train collides with pickup in Ohio, 2 injured
CLAY CENTER, Ohio (AP) -- Authorities in northern Ohio say an Amtrak train struck a pickup that failed to stop at a railroad crossing. Two people in the pickup were injured.
The State Highway Patrol says the driver of the pickup, 23-year-o ...
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Planned Parenthood warns of prank phone calls
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Anti-abortion activists' prank phone calls pledging to underwrite abortions for blacks are an attempt to portray Planned Parenthood as racist, a spokeswoman for the health care provider said.
The calls to Planned Parenthood ...
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Canton man's repair shop keeps old electric shavers humming
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CANTON, Ohio (AP) -- Customers at one of the few remaining electric shaver repair shops in Ohio come for all kinds of reasons, usually dead batteries or dull blades.
No matter, owner Tom Fuchs usually has what th ...
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Ohio woman survives Pennsylvania car accident that kills 6
By DAVID N. GOODMAN
Associated Press Writer
DETROIT (AP) -- A minivan carrying a group of Indian computer programmers and their wives to a Niagara Falls vacation flipped and crashed in western Pennsylvania, killing six of seven peo ...
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Tiger reaches past mesh barrier, injures Toledo Zoo official
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- The Toledo Zoo says a tiger reached through a double mesh barrier and injured a zookeeper, sending the keeper to the hospital with three lacerations to the chest.
Zoo officials say the employee was doing normal ...
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Second trial in alleged theft from church set
CLEVELAND (AP) -- The boss of a former Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland accountant who was convicted of funneling $784,000 in kickbacks goes on trial Monday on multiple charges that include making false personal income tax returns, money launder ...
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Older retail area struggles in slumping economy
NORTH RANDALL, Ohio (AP) -- What was once called the "world's largest shopping" center has become a cavernous echo chamber, and the Cleveland-area cinema nearby often finds theaters empty when the movie starts.
A lagging economy and urban decay ...
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Ohio teen admits holding toddler who was given marijuana
NEWARK, Ohio (AP) -- Authorities say a teenager who held a toddler on her lap as her boyfriend gave the child marijuana has pleaded guilty to a felony count of corrupting another with drugs.
Prosecutors say a videotape shows 16-year-ol ...
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State turning over management of more historic sites
URBANA, Ohio (AP) -- A state nature preserve home to snakes, turtles and several endangered plants and animals is now in the hands of volunteers, one of 26 historical sites transferred to local groups as part of a cost-cutting strategy by th ...
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Customers waiting hours for 23-cent pizzas in Ohio
By THOMAS J. SHEERAN
Associated Press Writer
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) -- Wearing a blue Lebron James "Witness" T-shirt, Patrick Mone was willing to wait as long as necessary to get a 23-cent pizza in a promotion aimed at apologizing t ...
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Studios file lawsuits alleging illegal movie distribution
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS
Associated Press Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Three film studios have sued four Ohio residents to stop them from illegally sharing movies online, part of a string of similar lawsuits filed around the country ...
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Driver found guilty in crash that killed 5 in Ohio
By JOHN SEEWER
Associated Press Writer
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Danny Griffin grew quiet when the man who slammed a pickup truck into his family's van stepped into the courtroom Friday.
He rubbed a necklace he was wearing against his lips wh ...
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Democrats take different views on Ohio A.G. impeachment
By JULIE CARR SMYTH
AP Statehouse Correspondent
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Urging impeachment was a radical step that Ohio Democrats are ill-advised to carry through, a former longtime chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party said Friday.
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Ohio businesses: Review workers' compensation rates
By JULIE CARR SMYTH
AP Statehouse Correspondent
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A group of Ohio employers who say their businesses are being crushed by injured-worker insurance rates that the state modified last year has asked the state's watchdog ...
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Ohio congressional hopefuls swift to rebuke attorney general
By JULIE CARR SMYTH
Associated Press Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- As a sex scandal involving Ohio's attorney general becomes the butt of national jokes, Democratic congressional candidates who will face the state's voters this f ...
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Cooper Tire earnings drop 92 percent in 1Q
FINDLAY, Ohio (AP) -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. said Wednesday that its first-quarter earnings fell 92 percent because of the cost of raw materials, increased charges for product liability claims and lower shipments. The shares fell 5 percent.
Co ...
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Ohio official: Help needed on whether AG should be impeached
By STEPHEN MAJORS
Associated Press Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The leader of Ohio's House of Representatives said Wednesday that lawmakers determining whether Attorney General Marc Dann should be impeached over a sex scandal ne ...
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Mother sentenced to at least 30 years in deaths of children
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- A mother was sentenced Wednesday to at least 30 years in prison for setting the fire that killed her two young children.
"I would take it back if I c ...
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Teen to be tried as adult in death of twin
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS
Associated Press Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Following testimony from a weeping mother and harsh comments from a prosecutor, a judge on Wednesday ordered a teen accused of being an accomplice in the shooting death of his ...
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Howard University names new president
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Howard University has picked Bowling Green State University's president to become the 16th leader of one of the nation's most prestigious historically black schools.
The school said Wednesday that Sidney Ribeau will succeed H. Patrick ...
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