Feb 6, 2012Ohio hunters kill fewer deer this season
Ohio hunters took 219,698 white-tailed deer during the 2011-12 hunting season, a drop of 8 percent from last season’s harvest, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources said yesterday.
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Feb 6, 2012Kasich heads east for second State of the State
Gov. John Kasich said there would be a "couple surprises" in his second State of the State address, scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday in Steubenville. “It’s heavy on everything,” Kasich told reporters today, following a scheduled meet and greet with supporters at historic Roscoe Village in...
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Feb 6, 2012ODNR can't pinpoint origin of bobcat killed on highway
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources was unable to determine whether the bobcat found dead along Rt. 315 at Henderson Road on Wednesday was a wild animal or an escapee from a private owner.
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Feb 6, 2012Former South Side rendering plant wins $11.6 verdict against city of Columbus
A former South Side rendering plant has won an $11.6 million verdict against the city of Columbus for a 2005 sewage backup that damaged the business and its equipment. Assistant City Attorney Susan Ashbrook said the city hasn’t decided whether to appeal the verdict, which was reached Friday by...
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Feb 6, 2012Union County church copes with second fire
RAYMOND, Ohio – A Union County minister who lost his church to arson on Jan. 10 is now dealing with more losses following an accidental fire that destroyed a barn belonging to a church member.
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Feb 6, 2012Cluck You
Madonna was upstaged at her own Super Bowl halftime show Sunday when guest performer M.I.A. extended her middle finger at the camera. When did we start calling this gesture “flipping the bird?”
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Feb 6, 2012Time for QE3
Three and a half years into the Great Depression, just-inaugurated President Franklin D. Roosevelt urged Americans to believe that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Three and a half years into the worst recession since then, America is more threatened by complacency than fear....
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Feb 4, 2012Dems want their candidate as Ind. elections chief
(AP)
AP - While Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels held off Saturday on appointing a permanent replacement for the state elections chief convicted early that morning of voter fraud, Democrats said they planned to move quickly to wrest control of the politically powerful office from the GOP.
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Feb 3, 2012Senate Democrats ready backup plan on payroll tax bill
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Reuters - Senate Democrats have begun preparing a backup plan to extend a tax cut for workers if a special congressional negotiating committee fails to reach quick agreement, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Friday.
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Feb 2, 2012NC's Heath Shuler won't seek re-election to House
(AP)
AP - North Carolina Democratic Rep. Heath Shuler won't seek re-election to the House, potentially making it harder for the Democrats' effort to win seats in the Republican-controlled House.
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Feb 2, 2012Democrats may get lengthy Republican primary race
(AP)
AP - President Barack Obama has long relished a dragged-out Republican primary contest that would leave the eventual GOP nominee battered before the fall election.
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Feb 6, 2012Obama administration keeps equal pay on the agenda with app challenge
The Obama administration is taking another "if Congress won't do the big stuff that needs doing, we'll do what we can" step, this time on equal pay. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was a nice first step, but it didn't come close to finishing the job, and this Congress won't pass the Paycheck...
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Feb 6, 2012Ari Fleischer admits advising Komen, but denies 'leading their PR efforts'
Ari Fleischer, official spokesman
for clusterfucks everywhere
Just how bad is the public relations disaster formerly known as Susan G. Komen for the Cure? So bad that Ari Fleischer—former George Bush flack and the public face of selling the war in Iraq—is distancing himself from it...
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Feb 6, 2012Paul Ryan to pick budget fight with President Obama over Medicare, defense cuts
Rep. Paul Ryan, leading his team to even greater heights of disapproval. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) remains convinced that ending Medicare is the right policy solution, politics be damned. He's got the misguided assistance of Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), an assist that's not...
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Feb 6, 2012Tuesday night: Time for Rick Santorum to make his move
Do or die time for Rick Santorum (Gage Skidmore)
Mitt Romney barely cracked 50 percent in the no-turnout Nevada caucuses, but it's clear Republicans are still not rallying around his candidacy. They just don't like him. But he's also been lucky in his opposition—luck that continues to this...
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