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Lettuce Photo Gets 3 Burger King Workers Fired

July 19, 2012 in WDAZ

MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) Burger King says three workers were fired after a photo posted online appeared to show an employee stepping on lettuce in bins at a northeast Ohio restaurant.
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Father of Ohio cancer patient, 4, denies Disney trip

July 19, 2012 in West Central Tribune

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A 4-year-old girl who went through two years of cancer treatments isn’t being allowed to go on a Make-A-Wish trip to Disney World because her father said she’s in remission and the trips should go to children who are sicker than his daughter.
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Ohio freight train carrying ethanol derails and causes blast and fire (video)

July 11, 2012 in West Central Tribune

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Part of a freight train carrying ethanol derailed and caught fire in Ohio’s capital city early Wednesday, shooting flames skyward into the darkness and prompting the evacuation of a mile-wide area as firefighters and hazardous materials crews monitored the blaze.ff Continue Reading

New Oil Patch resident dives into N.D. politics

June 10, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Cincinnati native takes taxes very seriouslyOne of Williston, N.D.’s most visible Measure 2 supporters lives in an RV and has never paid property taxes in the state. But Palmer Reising said just because he’s from Ohio doesn’t mean he and other newcomers to North Dakota are second-class citizens. Continue Reading

Prep track: Ohio runner helps carry competitor to finish line

June 5, 2012 in West Central Tribune

A western Ohio high school runner who helped a struggling competitor finish their race is being praised for her sportsmanship and trying to cope with the attention it has sparked. Continue Reading

Experts: Pa. to remain center of gas drilling

June 2, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

PITTSBURGH (AP) Like a runner who’s gotten a big head start in a race, Pennsylvania may be set to dominate natural gas production in the Marcellus Shale region for many years, experts say. Continue Reading

OBIT: John Demjanjuk, 91, convicted Nazi death camp guard, Ohio autoworker

March 18, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

John Demjanjuk was convicted of being a low-ranking guard at the Sobibor death camp, but his 35-year fight on three continents to clear his name a legal battle that had not yet ended when he died Saturday at age 91 made him one of the best-known faces of Nazi prosecutions. Continue Reading

Ohio community college names Lake Region State’s Bower its president

March 14, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Mike Bower, 62, has been Lake Region State College president since 2008. Continue Reading

Santorum, Romney duel in Ohio

March 6, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

WASHINGTON (AP) Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney split six states and dueled in an almost impossibly close race in Ohio on a Super Tuesday that stretched from one end of the country to the other in the most turbulent Republican presidential race in a generation. Continue Reading

Romney wins Ohio, four other Super Tuesday states

March 6, 2012 in Worthington Daily Globe

WASHINGTON (AP) Mitt Romney squeezed out a win in pivotal Ohio, captured four other states with ease and padded his delegate lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination but was forced to share the Super Tuesday spotlight with a resurgent Rick Santorum. Continue Reading