| Story Archive - July, 2008 |
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| Jul 1, 2008 |
| • Obama brings a message to faith to Ohio just before the Fourth |
| • Obama is back in the Buckeye State, taking his message to eastern Ohio |
| • Progressive advocates worry that Ohio is taking advantage of sweatshop labor |
| • Some activists want Ohio to celebrate freedom from fireworks - and the injuries they can cause |
| • State replants program promoting locally-grown food and produce |
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| Jul 2, 2008 |
| • City plans 4th of July party around controversial rock, while Ohio man facing losing his freedom |
| • Fallen soldiers honored in Rotunda for one more weekend, but exhibit will still be around |
| • Governor plans next step in his education funding process |
| • Lawmaker proposes cancelling a state tax on satellite TV |
| • Money wiring company agrees to settlement with Ohio and 42 other states |
| • Thirteen is turning out to be a lucky number for some jobless Ohioans |
| • Treasurer charges Ohioans to share their stories of credit card troubles to help change rules |
| • Troopers weed out another huge stash of pot on Ohio's highways |
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| Jul 3, 2008 |
| • Drivers aren't free to get behind the wheel and drive after drinking - on roads or on water |
| • Just in time for Independence Day, governor appoints head of new veterans' agency |
| • Senator wants to give something back to teachers who spend their money in the classroom |
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| Jul 4, 2008 |
| • As Ohioans honor military men and women on July 4th, one lawmaker speaks from Iraq |
| • Freedom to enjoy all-American treat can be frank in revealing a person's politics |
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| Jul 7, 2008 |
| • Holiday weekend was longer this year, but less deadly than in 2007 |
| • Investigators looking into role fireworks may have played in huge blaze in Toledo |
| • Ohio University researchers develop program to increase exercise and lower diabetes numbers |
| • Protests raise their voices - and their bodies - over a planned power plant in Ohio |
| • Researchers push cord blood as a way to harvest stem cells without controversy |
| • Small businesses sue BWC over the way the agency charges them for disability payments |
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| Jul 8, 2008 |
| • Feds send largest settlement of its kind to Ohio for environmental cleanup |
| • Fireworks legally sold but illegally set off get the blame for weekend incidents |
| • Groups supporting access to health care come together to push candidates on the issue |
| • Hedge fund manager who lost millions for BWC sentenced to a dozen years in prison |
| • Landlords can't be held liable for not stopping tenants from harassing each other |
| • Ohio offers free college degrees to veterans, but there's something in it for the state |
| • Scientists starting to change views and practices regarding umbilical cord blood |
| • Southeast Ohio man takes small-town values to national group advocating for rural residents |
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| Jul 9, 2008 |
| • As John McCain comes to his old district, governor comes in to campaign for Barack Obama |
| • Diabetes still attacking kids around in the state, and especially in the Dayton area |
| • Governments around the country making move toward four-day weeks - but maybe not Ohio |
| • John McCain comes to Ohio for the fifth time in four months |
| • Ohio environmentalists get the green flag on three initiatives, surprising even themselves |
| • Secretary of State urges counties to start planning for big voter turnout now |
| • Stories of survival because of cells in umbilical cord blood now not just theoretical, but real |
| • Time is ticking away, but Speaker says plan to give bonuses to vets isn't dead yet |
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| Jul 10, 2008 |
| • Cincinnati leaders say landing the NAACP shows progress in moving beyond racial tensions |
| • Cleveland leads the nation in population loss, but the city says people will come back |
| • Ohio launches bid to bring in new Air Force Command HQ to Wright Patterson AFB |
| • Quick-loan industry gets go-ahead for ballot issue, but time is short to gather signatures |
| • Two lawmakers, each with different views on pit bulls, team up to attack the issue |
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| Jul 11, 2008 |
| • "Queen City" ready to roll out red carpet for NAACP convention delegates |
| • Casino backers ready to roll the dice on a ballot issue, and finding some surprising support |
| • Governor says down economy is no reason to be pessimistic |
| • Multi-million dollar award for residents discriminated against and denied water service |
| • Ohio sets first execution date since US Supreme Court upholds lethal injection |
| • Weak US dollar means strong improvement for some Ohio manufacturers |
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| Jul 14, 2008 |
| • Expert says workers and businesses have to share pain to keep jobless fund from going broke |
| • Mystery writer takes readers into the unusual world of Ohio's Amish |
| • NAACP convention well underway in Cincinnati, with politics taking center stage |
| • New officer in charge at Wright-Patt |
| • Obama is the first of the two presidential candidates to take the stage at NAACP convention |
| • Southwest Ohio community still fighting against DHL's plans to ship jobs out of state |
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| Jul 15, 2008 |
| • Cleveland-based bank getting new scrutiny in wake of disasters in the financial industry |
| • GM accelerates plans to close up plants in Ohio, but state leaders are still hopeful |
| • Mayor taunts opponents in asking for support of plan that sends sewer money flowing to schoolkids |
| • State is searching for new schools chief, but not in the standard way |
| • State puts its efforts to fight foreclosures on display - on billboards |
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| Jul 16, 2008 |
| • BWC targets businesses not paying into the workers' comp fund |
| • Farmers fed up with cost of fertilizer find idea of going back to manure isn't a load of crap |
| • Financial fiascos have some Ohioans worrying about the money in their local banks |
| • McCain tells NAACP delegates he needs them, whether or not they vote for him |
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| Jul 17, 2008 |
| • Group still fighting election of 2004 says judge can reveal critical facts about that vote |
| • Religious leaders say they'll help voters separate the good ads from the bad |
| • Researchers find surprise in the skies - there may have been water on the moon |
| • Women at the center of ex-AG sex harrassment scandal now accused of causing trouble themselves |
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| Jul 18, 2008 |
| • Charities get unexpected big bucks from class action lawsuit settlement |
| • For some southwest Ohio rope-jumping champs, mastering the sport is doubly important |
| • Local man headed to GOP convention goes way back with McCain - all the way to the war |
| • Money is piling up as the state goes after bad debts |
| • Prison officials find lawman was in trouble not only in their lockup, but elsewhere as well |
| • Republican Party still not ready to announce candidate for attorney general this fall |
| • Skateboarders and their fans set up park in unlikely "utopia" in southeast Ohio |
| • Unemployment rate jumps again - now the highest in 15 years |
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| Jul 21, 2008 |
| • Elections officials trying to choose whether to appeal courtroom victory by libertarians |
| • Many companies blowing in to take advantage of interest in wind power, to the anger of residents |
| • Northeast Ohio cemetery offering a green "after-life" style with all-natural burials |
| • Veterans sound off on McCain ads promoting his war credentials |
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| Jul 22, 2008 |
| • After years of staying out of the health care debate, insurers jump in with their own campaign |
| • Governor rings the bell on the first of a dozen meetings on education in Ohio |
| • PUCO staff suggests rules for new energy rates, but they're a shock to consumer groups |
| • The countdown is on to the day the state will open Keno in more than a thousand locations |
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| Jul 23, 2008 |
| • Coalition of medical providers and advocate groups say prevention is cure for health care system |
| • Forty years after the Glenville Riots in Cleveland, the neighborhood is little changed |
| • Governor hits the road, traveling to northeast Ohio for another education conversation |
| • Lawmakers plan hearing on DHL's plans to take thousands of jobs out of Ohio |
| • Longstanding northern Ohio furniture company runs out of money, tells employees to stay home |
| • Ohio GOP reveals its pick for AG, two months after the Democrats and four months before the vote |
| • Ohio ready to take a chance on Keno, as businesses count on the game to lure in customers |
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| Jul 24, 2008 |
| • Cleveland Clinic researchers find new development in brains that could be a breakthrough |
| • Decision in favor of Libertarians could mean more minor party labels on ballot |
| • Governor hoping for compromise on sick days issue, but supporters say it's unlikely |
| • McCain sole candidate at "presidential" cancer summit, but gets some mixed reviews |
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| Jul 25, 2008 |
| • New gel offers possibility of prevention of HIV for women around the world |
| • OSU researchers say they've found way to turn gas guzzlers into heat creators |
| • Republicans suggest governor is "buying out" certain GOP districts Democrats can't win |
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| Jul 28, 2008 |
| • Fair organizers suggest marketing of event by Columbus PR isn't "fair" |
| • FBI launches massive raid on offices and homes in Cuyahoga County |
| • High gas prices have driven many Ohioans to consider getting behind the wheel less often |
| • Many are living with mysterious and devastating illness - often for more than a decade |
| • New, unfortunate rite of summer has arrived in Ohio |
| • Ohio's senior senator says DHL should work to help region that's been its home for years |
| • Organic farmers reaping benefits from current economic and ecologic conditions |
| • OSU professor hopes to warm up world to possibility of global climate change |
| • Small business group reaching out to those who can't get standard bank loans |
| • State reaches a new milestone in helping law enforcement deal with mentally ill inmates |
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| Jul 29, 2008 |
| • Cuyahoga County commissioner not named in probe offers up search warrant from FBI probe |
| • Governor continues his forums on education, this time in Dayton |
| • Governor pushing for compromise on sick leave bill, but it's starting to seem unlikely |
| • Ohio's transportation officials take one-year anniversary to talk about dangers of Ohio bridges |
| • State leaders reacting to FBI corruption probe rippling through Cuyahoga County |
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| Jul 30, 2008 |
| • 155th Ohio State Fair is open; 800,000 visitors expected |
| • Akron wins bid to keep world's largest tiremaker in town |
| • Calls for continuation of mission of college to continue, even though college is soon to close |
| • Conservative groups bets again that Ohioans don't want a casino, even in bad economic times |
| • Ex-AG who once fought for public records access keeping busy by asking for public records |
| • Natural gas company wants to hike rates, but consumer group says the proposal is bloated |
| • Professor has new mission, trying to spark new energy work around the state |
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| Jul 31, 2008 |
| • Democratic Party chair at center of Cuyahoga County probe speaks out |
| • Leaders of both parties come together to pass big ballot issue tied to jobs package |
| • Ohio Senator says he's concerned about "ongoing problem" of safety of bridges |
| • Ohio's biosciences industry gets a big boost from a national publication |
| • Polls show presidential race is a virtual toss-up in this key battleground state |
| • Study hopes to show how much money Ohioans need to get by without help |
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