| Story Archive - August, 2008 |
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| Aug 1, 2008 |
| • Consumer watchdog group ready to jump-start campaign against utility rate hikes |
| • Democrats come to stronghold of Northeast Ohio to craft party platform for convention |
| • French company once linked to kings now helping with a new kind of power |
| • Green efforts at the Ohio State Fair seek to trim trash left by hundreds of thousands of visitors |
| • Three big power companies want shocking increases in utility rates |
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| Aug 4, 2008 |
| • Insurance rates are low in Ohio, but maybe not for long |
| • Killer says his execution would potentially be unconstitutionally cruel - because of his weight |
| • Ohioans charge forward in campaign to change rules on credit cards |
| • Players ante up for first day of Keno in Ohio |
| • Unusually-named network brings together artists and musicians from around Ohio |
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| Aug 5, 2008 |
| • Columbus-area company changes workers' hours to help them save on gas |
| • Developers of casino say they've gathered enough signatures to take a chance on the ballot |
| • No compromise in sight as mandatory sick leave supporters file for fall ballot |
| • Obese killer's lawsuit isn't Ohio's first, but state prisons department is fighting back |
| • Thousands turn out for Obama town hall, but want to talk about more than energy |
| • Twins travel to northeast Ohio city to meet other multiples - and also researchers |
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| Aug 6, 2008 |
| • 250,000 Ohioans may not be getting the rebate they're entitled to receive |
| • DHL is shipped back and forth as a political football in presidential campaign |
| • Four Ohio cities listed as "dying", but at least one says it will be revived |
| • Governor brings his "conversation on education" to Cleveland, but still no talk of funding |
| • Less than a third of school issues on ballot pass across Ohio |
| • List of parents applying for state-paid vouchers is growing longer |
| • New law on cable has pulled the plug on some independent local programming |
| • Residents scramble to protst massive egg farm planned for Union County |
| • Two Republican lawmakers proposal bill to fight bizarre type of sex crime |
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| Aug 7, 2008 |
| • Dayton putting into action new plan to help the homeless and their community |
| • New cable law has brought in dozens of companies, but for many the issue is rates |
| • Payday lending issue hasn't even made the ballot, but campaigns have already started |
| • Some companies say great employees are invaluable assets - and can be hard to find |
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| Aug 8, 2008 |
| • Cleveland seeks medical mart as cure for dying riverfront district |
| • High-tech game of hide-and-seek comes to historical sites around the state |
| • Leaders of Ohio's two major parties ready to do battle this fall |
| • McCain supporters say he shouldn't be blamed for loss of jobs at DHL |
| • Obama's campaign says McCain had a hand in deal that could ship thousands of jobs out of Ohio |
| • Payday lenders may be trying unique strategy to put issue before voters |
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| Aug 11, 2008 |
| • Catholic diocese develops austere rules to keep apart children and clergy |
| • Conservative group launches new campaign to expose government records and budgets |
| • Contract from space agency launches local company with big bucks |
| • County board of elections looks to study to help with the lines that plagued the 2004 vote |
| • Gas prices driving school districts crazy as they prepare for kids to come back to class |
| • OU grad student escapes battle in Georgia, wonders about US role in fighting |
| • State says it's banking on Keno after early numbers show big ante in first week |
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| Aug 12, 2008 |
| • Governor back on the road with his education forums, this time in Chillicothe |
| • Local war vets protest at air show, saying teens aren't getting the real picture of war |
| • Longtime outspoken Cleveland councilwoman dies, leaving poor and downtrodden East Siders in mourning |
| • New poll shows Republican AG candidate has low numbers, but GOP still sees positives |
| • Petition gatherers may be using misleading argument to get people to sign |
| • State fights back against more deer with more preserves for hunting |
| • Utilities and consumer groups remember five years since the huge blackout that started in Ohio |
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| Aug 13, 2008 |
| • Agency that helps aging workers prepares for a crush of new clients |
| • Driving is down in Ohio, and no surprise - so are gas prices |
| • Lawmakers wants to stub out parts of the smoking ban, and that has critics fuming |
| • Rising number of deer lead state to open more hunting in nature preserves |
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| Aug 14, 2008 |
| • A long timeline - and a huge bill - are part of the cost to clean up Piketon |
| • Feds and environmentalists celebrate partnership that's added thousands of acres to national forest |
| • FirstEnergy customers observe anniversary of blackout in ironic way - by losing power |
| • Payday lenders and backers of the law they oppose battle over what voters will see on the ballot |
| • Republicans claim Democrats could commit fraud with early voting, but they say it's GOP's law |
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| Aug 15, 2008 |
| • Foresters say logging in largest state forest helps, but environmentalists aren't convinced |
| • Lawmaker wants to exempt some businesses from smoking ban, because voters who approve it were misled |
| • Non-profit invests in green energy for its vehicle fleet |
| • Ohio's jobless rate just keeps going up above a fifteen-year high |
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| Aug 18, 2008 |
| • Economic expo brings out people hoping "green" isn't just about the environment |
| • GOP says it may sue over directive that it says will mean "same day voting" |
| • Governor says compromise on sick leave issue is not going well |
| • New opinion poll isn't about politics - it's about the other major game in the fall in Ohio |
| • Panel has ten recommendations to improve the "learning day" in Ohio - but one idea is absent |
| • Professor says lull in fighting between Russia and Georgia may just be temporary |
| • Researchers at OSU looking into why some college students decide not to cheat |
| • Some say economic and energy crisis means it's time for more drilling in Ohio |
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| Aug 19, 2008 |
| • Cincinnati hospital looking into whether human touch can heal |
| • Elections chief says she's ready to go to court if needed to defend her directive |
| • First African American woman to represent Ohio in Congress dies of brain hemorrhage |
| • Former brownfields site finally unveiled as something of a natural wonder |
| • Lawmakers have been digging deep into the issue of more drilling in Ohio |
| • Many food products now contain substance that may lower cholesterol better than drugs |
| • OSU's president among those calling for a debate on lowering drinking age |
| • Residents near former uranium plant want incentives to bring in green manufacturing |
| • Secretary of State says "sleepovers" with voting machine and equipment must stop |
| • Small business group says its study shows sick leave issue will kill 75,000 jobs |
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| Aug 20, 2008 |
| • Candidates for attorney general battle over proposed anti-corruption plan |
| • Death of congresswoman has northeast Ohio residents wondering how to replace her |
| • Ohio's youngest lawmakers say they have a solution to keep their demographic in Ohio |
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| Aug 21, 2008 |
| • GM leaders come to Lordstown to reveal car that will save gas - and NE Ohio jobs |
| • Governor says after weeks of talks on sick leave issue, no compromise is possible |
| • Lawmaker says jail diversion program helps deadbeat parents - and their kids |
| • Panic over a lack of science education may backfire - there may be too many US scientists soon |
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| Aug 22, 2008 |
| • Hundreds of Ohio Democrats set off on their drive west to Denver |
| • More questions come to light about petition drive to take back payday lending law |
| • Now that compromise is off the table, governor comes out against sick leave issue |
| • Some ministers say they may defy the IRS and endorse from the pulpit |
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| Aug 25, 2008 |
| • Anti-gambling group says casino issue includes big win if Indian casinos come to Ohio |
| • Conservative ministers may try to "endorse from the pulpit", but maybe not in Ohio |
| • Delegates for Clinton struggling, even as preparations continue for Obama's nomination |
| • Strickland - first a Clinton supporter, now backing Obama - will give speech at DNC tonight |
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| Aug 26, 2008 |
| • Annual report on Ohio schools have some asking if state just changed grading curve |
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| Aug 28, 2008 |
| • As one convention ends and another begins, candidates criss-cross critical state of Ohio |
| • Consumer watchdog calling on Ohioans to watch their phone bills for charges |
| • Green Party uses ruling for another minor party to file a lawsuit |
| • More trouble for former attorney general - IG says he misused planes |
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| Aug 29, 2008 |
| • Delegates head home from Denver, inspired but aware of long road ahead |
| • Legislator wants to outlaw sale of uniforms normally available only to law enforcement |
| • McCain counters Obama's acclaimed speech ending the DNC with a historic announcement in Ohio |
| • No extra innings at the Coop - the Clippers set sail after this weekend's series |
| • Republicans ready for the convention cameras, now that their candidate has picked a VP |
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| Aug 30, 2008 |
| • Thousands of VIP and friends turn out to remember longtime Congresswoman |
| • Tubbs Jones memorial turns into unexpected campaign event for Democrats |
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