Mistrust hinders ID of Cleveland slaying victims
By VICKI SMITH and MEGHAN BARR
Associated Press Writers
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Police say there's only one way for the families of missing women to know for sure if their loved ones are among the victims found in suspected serial killer Anthony Sowe ...
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Ohio agency director softens on prevailing wage
By STEPHEN MAJORS
Associated Press Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Gov. Ted Strickland's administration apparently is backing off efforts to apply the prevailing union wage to more construction projects that get state financing, in the wake of an ...
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White House panel on oceans visits Great Lakes
By JOHN FLESHER
AP Environmental Writer
A White House panel developing a strategy for managing oceans and their coastlines is including the Great Lakes in its plan, which will propose ways to protect the environment while preventing conflicts amo ...
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Poker champ Berman stakes claim in Ohio casinos
By JULIE CARR SMYTH
AP Statehouse Correspondent
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The casino developer and poker champion whose bid for an Ohio casino failed in 2008 has staked a claim to all four Ohio casinos voters approved Tuesday.
Lakes Entertainment ...
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Clergy urge Ohio families of missing to give DNA
By MEGHAN BARR and JOHN SEEWER
Associated Press Writers
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Pastors urged the families of missing people Thursday to provide DNA samples that could help the coroner's office identify the remains of 10 people found in a home, and t ...
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Nightmare hid in Cleveland block short on dreams
By VICKI SMITH and MEGHAN BARR
Associated Press Writers
CLEVELAND -- The run-down Cleveland neighborhood where 50-year-old Anthony Sowell quietly carved out an existence is the type of place where women can disappear almost in plain sight.
Wh ...
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Ohio casinos to hit Mich., Ind. gambling taxes
By MIKE SMITH and DAVID N. GOODMAN
Associated Press Writers
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Ohio voters have approved the opening of casinos in Toledo and three other cities, leaving officials and gambling interests in neighboring Indiana and Michigan worri ...
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Ohio GOP lawmakers: Execution process can be fixed
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS
Associated Press Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Two Republican lawmakers advising Ohio's Democratic governor on changes to the state's lethal injection process say it shouldn't be hard to fix the system.
The lawmakers ...
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Ohio voters approve new library taxes
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Voters in a number of Ohio communities came to the aid of public libraries that have been cutting hours and staff due to state budget cuts.
Levies were approved Tuesday to support 30 library systems, including one of the state's large ...
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More than 40 percent turn out for Ohio election
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Unofficial results show that 40.31 percent of Ohio's voters cast ballots for this year's general election, nearly 10 percent higher than 2007 and roughly the same as 2005, when the state had its highest odd-year turnout since ...
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Ohio Catholic priests to meet on marriage issues
CLEVELAND (AP) -- An unprecedented gathering of Ohio Roman Catholic priests this week will focus on an institution of marriage that the church believes is under attack.
Dan Andriacco, a spokesman for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, says the meetin ...
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Ohio Supreme Court sets 2 new execution dates
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS
Associated Press Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday set two new execution dates even as the state continues to rework its procedures for putting condemned inmates to death by injection.
The ...
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Ohio high school student wins seat on school board
MASSILLON, Ohio (AP) -- Administrators in one Ohio school district will now have to answer to a high school senior elected to the school board.
Unofficial results from northeast Ohio's Stark County show Kathryn Knowles has won a four-year term ...
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PERSPECTIVE: Ohio governor quiet on casinos
By STEPHEN MAJORS
Associated Press Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Arguments for and against casinos bombarded Ohioans via the airwaves, phone lines and news media for weeks.
But the state's first citizen, and the bearer of its most powerful bully p ...
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Economy hovers over Ohio casino vote
By JULIE CARR SMYTH
AP Statehouse Correspondent
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The economy is the big question mark in Tuesday's election, as Ohio voters grappling with 10 percent unemployment decide whether to reverse their long-held antigambling stance for the p ...
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