Federal court in Ohio OKs 1912 'gold' lease clause
By LISA CORNWELL
Associated Press Writer
CINCINNATI (AP) -- A landlord can enforce a clause in 1912 lease requiring that rent be paid in gold coin for a landmark building in Cleveland, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
A three-judge ...
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Ohio offering $56 million to keep GM plant open
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher says the state is offering General Motors Corp. a tax credit and grant worth more than $56 million to keep open its SUV plant in the Dayton suburb of Moraine.
The automaker has said it plans to close t ...
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Investigation says former Ohio AG misused aircraft
By JULIE CARR SMYTH
AP Statehouse Correspondent
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Former Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann misused state aircraft to travel to and from his Youngstown home and twice took his daughter on flights for which she wasn't authori ...
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Findlay's downtown still recovering from flood
FINDLAY, Ohio (AP) -- Vacant downtown storefronts are a constant reminder of the flood that swamped the city's business district a year ago.
Shop owners who have returned say they're still struggling to remind customers that they're back in busines ...
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Ohio company owner gets 25 years in fraud case
By TERRY KINNEY
Associated Press Writer
CINCINNATI (AP) -- A business owner convicted of defrauding customers with male sexual enhancement tablets and other herbal supplements was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison.
Steve Warshak, 42, fo ...
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Cleveland has second highest poverty rank in US
By M.R. KROPKO
Associated Press Writer
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Cleveland was the nation's second most impoverished big city in 2007, according to the Census Bureau's American Community Survey released Tuesday.
The northeast Ohio city along Lake Erie ...
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Akron eyes sewage system deal for scholarships
By THOMAS J. SHEERAN
Associated Press Writer
AKRON, Ohio (AP) -- Some people dub it "stools for schools," yet the mayor's plan to lease the city's sewage system gets high marks from others.
Mayor Don Plusquellic has proposed leasing the city-ow ...
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Ohio man sentenced for writing hate letters
By JOE MILICIA
Associated Press Writer
CLEVELAND (AP) -- A man who wrote racially hateful letters to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter was sentenced Tuesday to three years and 10 months in prison.
Dav ...
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Man behind 'Smiling Bob' to be sentenced in Ohio
CINCINNATI (AP) -- A man convicted of defrauding customers seeking male sexual enhancement supplements and other herbal remedies is due in federal court in Cincinnati for sentencing.
Steve Warshak is founder and president of Berkeley Premium Nutr ...
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Finger pointed at boy in Ohio microwaved-baby case
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- A boy who testified Tuesday for a woman accused of killing her baby in a microwave oven said he saw another boy carry the baby into a kitchen, heard the microwave go on, and then saw the baby burned in the oven.
The boy, no ...
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Worker dies at Ohio canning factory
OTTAWA, Ohio (AP) -- A worker at a tomato canning factory in northwest Ohio has died following an industrial accident.
Putnam County Sheriff Jim Beutler says it appears 49-year-old Nicacio Garcia was working on a new machine with a co-worker when it malfuncti ...
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12 in Ohio Patrol face firing in probe
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The State Highway Patrol on Tuesday recommended firing 12 officers accused of cheating on a required test for certification to run breath testing equipment used to determine if a person is intoxicated during drunken driving arrests.
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