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Ohio House Democrats are moving ahead with a plan to put a bond issue on the May 2010 ballot to expand a technology jobs program.

A man in Ohio said he had to do some running of his own while watching football on TV when a deer crashed in through a window.

John Demjanjuk was brought by ambulance to a Munich court on Monday to face charges of being an accessory to the murder of 27,900 Jews at a Nazi death camp, opening the final chapter of some 30 years of efforts to prosecute the retired Ohio autoworker.

Police in northwest Ohio say a man who claimed to hate Christmas swiped a Salvation Army red kettle full of donated money and pushed one of the charity's bell ringers to the ground when she tried to take it back.

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON -- The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week to the lowest level in over a year.

A Cincinnati man was indicted Monday on a first-degree murder charge in the shooting death of a Lexington man.

Records reviewed by The Associated Press show that mostly conservative Christian groups backed a lawsuit that successfully challenged Gov.

Jarod's Law was meant to protect Ohio's schoolchildren from accidental death in their schools - and to atone for the tragic death of Jarod Bennett, a 6-year-old Lebanon first-grader who died after a cafeteria table fell on him in 2003.

With food stamp use at record highs and climbing, a program once scorned as a failed welfare scheme now helps feed one in eight Americans and one in four children.

Today, he's attracting notice for being the lowest-ranking person to go on trial for Nazi crimes in World War II.

LIBERTY TWP., Ohio - A teenager has died in a car accident that happened early Saturday morning.

An Ohio inmate fighting the state's new execution procedure is asking a federal court to intervene.

All over the country, a battle is going on for the heart and soul of the Republican Party.

American Municipal Power Inc. scrapped plans to build a coal-fired power plant in southern Ohio because construction costs jumped from $3.3 billion to $4 billion, officials said.

CLEVELAND - The state auditor has ordered a performance audit of the Ohio Lottery over the uncertainties of gambling revenue, but the lottery has balked at the idea and asked that the idea be reconsidered.

A Greek immigrant family has resumed a quarter-century tradition by hosting a free Thanksgiving dinner at its restaurant near Cleveland.

4. The Postal Service says mail sent to U.S. troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan should be sent by that date to assure arrival by Christmas.

A former anesthesiologist has admitted to making pipe bombs that were part of an arsenal seized at his apartment, federal agents say.An affidavit filed in federal court in Akron said Mark Campano told an FBI agent that he "did indeed" build the pipe bombs found this week at his Cuyahoga Falls apartment.Neither Campano nor the FBI agent who talked ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio hospitals, which have been cutting staff and medical services amid the recession, are bracing for a new state fee that begins Monday.

CINCINNATI -- Some Thanksgiving travelers making their way through Ohio acknowledge the economy has been on their minds as they've prepared for the holiday.

The Veterans Affairs Hospital in Cleveland says it's looking into whether employees nosed around in the private medical records of a suspected serial killer.

WASHINGTON a ' Troubled by the rising jobless rate, President Obama and the Democratic majority in Congress are assembling a jobs package that would devote billions of dollars to projects meant to put people back on payrolls in 2010 and keep them working.

After dropping for two consecutive months, Columbiana County's unemployment rate rose slightly in October to 12.7 percent.

An Ohio refinery is recommending that nearby residents toss out food, including pet food, that may have come in contact with oil mist accidentally discharged over the weekend.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has scheduled the first of a planned series of town halls on jobs for Cincinnati next week.

Coal-hungry Indiana ranks fourth in the nation for carbon dioxide emissions from mostly aging power plants that contribute to global warming, an environmental group said Tuesday.

About 35 pipe bombs, an assortment of firearms, hundreds of rounds of ammunition were found in a former doctor's apartment following two loud explosions, police said Wednesday.

A project helping people grow their own food in an Ohio community stung hard by the recession has won a $20,000 prize.

CINCINNATI -- A Hispanic group filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking a judge to stop Ohio from canceling vehicle registrations for thousands of people if they do not provide certain documentation.

A federal court has ruled that an execution set for Dec. 8 can go forward due to a change in Ohio's execution policies.

In this May 8, 2007 file photo, Dr. Jay Chapman holds a human skull from Nepal that has been hand decorated with silver at his home in Napa, Calif.

A fugitive task force found Leonardo Rodriguez hiding in Puerto Rico two years after authorities say he broke into a home in Elyria, beat the residents and stole their money and cars.

A group of central Ohio lawmakers is advancing a plan to beef up cities' rights against four casinos that Ohio voters authorized in November.

Two school buses have collided at a red light, sending 17 children to several Ohio hospitals.

A former Ohio doctor has pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to distribute methadone in eastern Kentucky.

A Republican state senator in Ohio wants to prohibit the nation's largest state-run injured worker insurance program from providing benefits to illegal immigrants.

COOLVILLE, Ohio -- 'Here's home,' Lori Hopkins said, gesturing toward a dilapidated camper parked along a gravel road in the hills of southeastern Ohio.

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has granted clemency to 78 inmates after a painstaking review of three years of requests extending into his predecessor's term.

Ohio's new "Beautiful Ohio" license plates. COLUMBUS a ' Motorists can now show off their state with colorful new "Beautiful Ohio" license plates.

Prices at Ohio gas pumps have jumped 12 cents in the last week, ahead of the busy Thanksgiving holiday travel period.

Each time Ohio natives Dominic and Vilma Baragona visit Washington in search of justice for the son they lost in Iraq, Army Lt.

Every fall, Barry Conrad crosses his fingers and hopes that most of the bees in his 50 hives will survive the coming winter.

Ryan Widmer is awaiting a second trial in the death of his wife, Sarah. He was convicted in April of killing her at their home in Hamilton Township in August 2008.

A student at Kent State University who was severely beaten last week has died at an Ohio hospital.

Ohio's most populous county has just two sheriff's deputies to check regularly on 1,416 of the worst sex offenders, an issue highlighted by charges against a serial murder suspect who was living in a house with 11 bodies.

The state's largest teachers union and the Ohio Republican Party have gone to court over a GOP request for the names and addresses of all educators.

The new "Beautiful Ohio" plate will be available for about $12. Beginning tomorrow, a new design for license plates will be available for Ohioans.

Ohio's children are fat and getting fatter. The problem has reached such alarming proportions that a new, powerful coalition of businesses and health-care advocates is pushing for statewide standards designed to make Ohio students healthier.

An Ohio woman attempted to commit suicide immediately after her conviction on charges that she abused her five adopted children, accusations she denied.

Confronted with a public smoking ban, higher sin taxes and more anti-smoking efforts, fewer Ohioans are lighting up.

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport says there have been minor delays for departures.

A federal appeals court is pushing a condemned killer to say why his lawsuit opposing lethal injection in Ohio shouldn't be dismissed.

By AP Economics Writer CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER WASHINGTON – In a sharp improvement, more than half of U.S. states added jobs in October, though economists said many of the gains likely occurred in temporary employment.

The arrival of winter is still several weeks away, but already Cedar Point is looking to start hiring for next summer's live shows.

A bill introduced to Ohio legislators Tuesday makes schools the new battlefield in the war on childhood obesity.

WASHINGTON -- Ohio residents deemed most at risk for the H1N1 virus should have been vaccinated by now, and vaccination efforts now are focusing on a larger at-risk population, the state health director said.

COLUMBUS - Ohio Department of Job and Family Services has been named the recipient of two American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Labor Market Information Improvement grants aimed at building a skilled workforce for "green jobs" in Ohio.

This photo file photo taken July 31, 2009, shows Martins Ferry Police Chief Barry Carpenter during his arraignment in Belmont County Court in St.

The federal government has come through with an additional $4.4 million to help workers in southwest Ohio hurt by the relocation of DHL shipping operations.

Thrilled with twin victories this month, Republican governors are looking to lead a party-wide resurgence in 2010 and shape the GOP for years to come.

An Ohio man has been charged with attempted murder after authorities said he put an infant and a toddler in a trash bin.

The American Civil Liberties Union has asked an Ohio school to stop punishing a student who refused to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

Ohio lawmakers were deadlocked once again on how to fix Ohio's budget Wednesday, as a Senate Republican proposal blending most of Gov.

Sarah Palin has been called the rock star of the Republican Party, and on Wednesday her supporters treated her like one.

Some people who get arrested for nonviolent crimes in nine Kentucky counties will be able to post bail immediately instead of going to jail, under an initiative that court officials hope will help slow down the rising cost of locking people up.

A report released Tuesday shows increasing obesity rates in Ohio and across the country will result in higher health care spending for states and individuals.

A one-time aide who helped bring about the downfall of former Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann has been sentenced to 45 days on unrelated theft in office and other charges.

Developers of the casinos that voters approved for Ohio want a rule that would block communities from "unreasonably" holding up building permits or other local action.

An Ohio police chief says a police officer fatally shot a man who fled after a traffic stop and exchanged gunfire with officers.

A 1,679-mile pipeline crossing eight states is now fully completed and funneling natural gas from Wyoming and Colorado to the eastern edge of Ohio.

Henry Sternweiler who, as a young U.S. Army lieutenant in Germany helped save thousands of files from destruction, sits with photos of him as a young soldier, He will receive the Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany.

Vonage customers in Ohio could be eligible for refunds regarding issues with company service dating five years back.

An Olympic gold medalist and an NFL veteran have joined those urging an Ohio school board to keep requiring all high school students to take gym class.

Henry Triplett of Henry's Jewelers in Toledo says what appeared to be thousands of dollars in gold rings in his display cases were actually rings made of brass and worth barely 25 cents apiece.

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick turned to a surrogate mother in St. Clairsville, Ohio, to carry their twins.

A A Butler County Engineer's Office worker was transported to Atrium Medical Center this morning, Nov.

An Ohio man is accused of striking a repo man with his car when he tried to take it back after it was repossessed.

In Las Vegas, house prices have dropped 55 percent since peaking in August 2006, and the foreclosure rate is seven times the national average.

COLUMBUS -- Ohio has created a culture of tolerance for domestic violence by not enforcing the laws on its books and often treating the crimes with leniency, a newspaper investigation found.

Ohio taxpayers are paying for the defense of three former state employees who were sued by " Joe the Plumber." Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher has sued former state employees Helen Jones-Kelley, Douglas Thompson and Fred Williams, alleging that they illegally accessed his personal information after he became a public figure during last fall's ...

Each year, hundreds of off-the-radar schools teach thousands of students Chinese in the United States, yet relatively little is known about such schools.

Four counts of child endangering have been filed against the mother of two children who died in an afternoon apartment fire that Ohio authorities believe was started by a child playing with a cigarette lighter.

GROVE CITY -- A group of bar owners is fired up about Ohio's three-year-old smoking ban.

Statehouse antics this week could determine if Ohioans can keep looking to the state Senate for some Columbus leadership -- or should expect cheap-shot politicking until the 2010 election.

Authorities say a mother and two of her children have died and two others were injured in a fire at a duplex in Dayton.

A six-player recruiting class, dubbed by some analysts as the best in the nation, has signed with No.

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin reportedly received a $125-million advance for her book, Going Rogue.

A union representing 130,000 Ohio teachers convinced a Columbus judge to hold up release of teachers' home addresses and phone numbers to the Ohio Republican Party.

Former hostage Terry Anderson, who was held captive in Lebanon for nearly seven years, has filed for bankruptcy.

Ohio prison officials on Friday announced wholesale changes to its lethal injection procedures.

The future of a bipartisan, billion dollar program that spurs technology jobs is in limbo because of a partisan disagreement.

A northeastern Ohio pastor didn't lose his nerve about asking his girlfriend to marry him -- even after he dropped the diamond engagement ring overboard during their hot-air balloon ride.

Eight years after the 9/11 attacks, the time has come to shift crime-fighting resources to other areas while keeping terrorism as a top priority, a new Ohio federal prosecutor said.

An Ohio man has been jailed on domestic violence charges after police say he excessively paddled his 10-year-old son.

Ohio parents who say their children endured long, complicated walks home are panning the disruption of school bus service for a Hollywood movie shoot.

Ohioans disapprove of President Barack Obama's work in office and his handling of the economy and health care reform.

A boyhood home of writer Langston Hughes has been purchased after foreclosure by a nonprofit community development group in Cleveland that seeks to preserve it.

An Ohio college's beheaded statue of President James Garfield is back in one piece months after it was vandalized.

A Cincinnati man and woman married more than 60 years have not been separated long by death.

The family of a Michigan toddler who drowned is suing an Ohio water park that calls itself the nation's largest.

Gov. Ted Strickland is feeling what Republicans felt in the last two elections: the crushing pressure of a bad economy.

An Ohio man landed a 95-pound blue catfish in Lake Isabella, a park district record and only one pound less than the state record holder, park officials said.

A stench around the home of a suspected serial killer returned stronger than ever Wednesday as police searched the house next door for more bodies and carried out bags of evidence.

Get ready, America. Like her or not, Sarah Palin is coming to a city near you. Last year's Republican vice presidential nominee is starting a book tour next week to promote her memoir, "Going Rogue: An American Life." Is it a thinly-veiled bid to test the waters for a possible 2012 Republican presidential bid, or simply an effort to make money and ...

CLEVELAND -- A family attorney says a Connecticut woman who was mauled by a 200-pound chimpanzee may be discharged soon from the Cleveland Clinic.

COLUMBUS -- Attorney General Richard Cordray is warning Ohioans of a phone scam in which callers pose as representatives from the Attorney General's Office and demand personal information.

WASHINGTON -- The Republican Party has launched a political attack against three Ohio Democrats they say cast the decisive votes for a $1.1 trillion health care reform bill that the GOP claims will cost American jobs.

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason filed more charges today in the corruption probe into the Ohio Department of Transportation District 12 offices in Garfield Heights.

Firefighters are trying to contain a wildfire that has spread through an estimated 70 acres in Ohio's only national forest.

It's been just a week since Ohio voters approved casinos for Cincinnati and the state's other big cities, and already, developers for the Broadway Commons casino are preparing to talk about their plans.

COLUMBUS -- Ohio House Democrats want voters to be able to register online without then having to send information through the mail.

Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Austria, a former state Senator from the Dayton suburb of Beavercreek, repeatedly championed state laws that he and other supporters believed would make the state safer.

COLUMBUS: Ohio legislative leaders have received scores of e-mails from Ohioans who have been told by a conservative anti-tax group that a proposal to delay planned income tax reductions is a "retroactive tax increase." Another driving force behind constituent feedback on the proposal is school districts and mental health providers.

The U.S. Supreme Court has reinstated the death penalty against an Ohio man who strangled and stabbed to death a man he met in a gay bar in 1985.

Ohio's governor and members of the horse racing industry are concerned that voters' recent approval of casinos in four cities will hurt the state's already struggling racetracks, which employ about 12,000. Gov.

Authorities are investigating whether the Cleveland man who owned the home where several bodies were found is connected to any killings in places he lived while in the military.

The Ohio business of Tri-State Racetrack and Casino comes from Southeast Ohio where voters rejected the casino measure.

The family of a Connecticut woman mauled and blinded by a chimpanzee is seeking to sue the state for $150 million.

Television cooking star Rachael Ray has descended on a reeling Ohio town to boost the local food supply.

The report, Toxic Chemicals on Tap: How Gas Drilling Threatens Drinking Water , details how the chemicals in gas drilling could endanger clean water in Ohio.

COLUMBUS -- Large budget cuts to Ohio's adoption services will make it more difficult for the 3,000 children in need of a stable home to find suitable parents, advocates said.

WASHINGTON, Pa. -- A man was convicted for a second time for his role in the shooting deaths of two Ohio college students a decade ago.

People at the highest risk to contract the H1N1 virus across the state should all be vaccinated within the next two weeks, according to Ohio's top health official.

SPRINGFIELD -- A prosecutor said five adopted children of an Ohio woman accused of abusing them were in a 'living nightmare.' Prosecutor Chris Wagner leveled the charge during opening statements Thursday in the trial of Vonda Ferguson of Springfield.

Authorities say Anthony Sowell lured women into his home in a busy neighborhood, killed them - most by strangulation - and scattered their remains throughout the inside and buried some in the backyard.

Ohio is spending $18,000 in overtime to erase a backlog in the processing of mail-in vehicle registrations.

A Gurnee cab driver is being extradited to Ohio for gross abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence in connection with a skeleton discovered in southwest Ohio two years ago.

Senator Sherrod Brown announced Friday nearly 2,500 Ohioans have unclaimed tax refunds.

Ohio voters cleared the way in Tuesday's election for casinos to be built in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Toledo.

The floor of VFW Post 291 has been scuffed by the shoes and boots of veterans who fought in wars going back nearly a century, to World War I. The setting is a comfort for Willis Cochran, who served in the Navy during the Vietnam War.

COLUMBUS -- 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 Ohio Supreme Court decision.

Ohio officials are suing a mortgage-service company that they say has failed to help borrowers modify loans and save their homes.

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 1997.

OXFORD -- A 20-year-old man in a Breathalyzer costume found himself blowing into one after southwest Ohio police stopped him for allegedly driving the wrong way with no headlights on a one-way street Halloween night.

MTR Gaming says it's bracing for more revenue-sapping competition now that Ohio voters have approved a measure allowing construction of four casinos in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Toledo.

Thousands of registered sex offenders would be subject to less-stringent reporting requirements if defense lawyers succeed in challenging parts of a 2007 state law intended to crack down on sexual criminals.

With House Democrats considering a floor vote Saturday on a sweeping health-care package, the Ohio State Medical Association said yesterday it will oppose the measure unless it is dramatically revised.

Police say a Cincinnati officer was taken to the hospital after his cruiser flipped over onto its roof during a chase on an interstate highway.

Voters said yes to Issues 1, 2, and 3. ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO -- Casino gambling could be on the way to the Buckeye State.

Ohio voters have approved the opening of casinos in Toledo and three other cities, leaving officials and gambling interests in neighboring Indiana and Michigan worried that millions of dollars in gambling revenues - and taxes - are at risk.

An unprecedented gathering of Ohio Roman Catholic priests this week will focus on an institution of marriage that the church believes is under attack.

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.

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Police say a rapist living in an Ohio home where several bodies have been found has been charged with five counts of aggravated murder.

Arguments for and against casinos bombarded Ohioans via the airwaves, phone lines and news media for weeks.

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Boxer , D- Calif ., left, talks to committee member Sen.

A person who symbolized problems with Ohio education funding will help monitor the state's new system for paying for schools.

COLUMBUS: 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 promise of casino jobs.

Online auction house eBay said it has begun taking down several items of anti-abortion memorabilia posted to raise funds for the defense of Scott Roeder, who is accused of killing a Kansas abortion doctor.

An Ohio hospital is accusing a group of doctors of unfairly steering patients to a competing medical center in which they have a financial interest.

An Ohio village's Christmas parade has been canceled amid concerns over possible lawsuits, expected protests and logistical problems.

The state is investigating the discovery of homemade knives found in a prison where guards are alleging violent working conditions.

A bronze Egyptian sculpture from a Cleveland man's garden that he almost let an antique dealer take for $3,000 a few years ago has sold at auction for $118,000. The 4-foot-tall sculpture of a woman carrying a water vessel on her head was in the yard when the man bought his house 40 years ago.

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Voters in six states will decide Tuesday on a range of hot-button issues, from same-sex marriage and medical marijuana laws to borrowing funds for open space.

Police have taken two men into custody after someone fired a shot at two Ohio Division of Wildlife officials looking for deer poachers.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico a " Terrorism suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base will soon get swine flu vaccines, despite complaints that American civilians should have priority, a military spokesman said Sunday.Army Maj.

The Ohio Senate has unamiously approved a resolution sponsered by State Senator John Carey urging the federal government to take action to ensure that two critical advanced energy development projects in Southern Ohio have the resources necessary to move forward.

Most of the people voting Tuesday won't be farmers, but the work farmers do affects their lives every day.

More than 300 people were arrested and 200 more targeted in a crackdown on a multi-state prescription pill pipeline, a bust that Kentucky officials said Thursday was the largest in the state's history.