Archive for July 9th, 2008
Prosecutor: DNA clears JonBenet Ramsey’s family
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Citing new DNA tests, prosecutors on Wednesday cleared JonBenet Ramsey’s parents and brother in the 1996 killing of the 6-year-old beauty queen and apologized to the family for casting the cloud of suspicion that hung over them for more than a decade.
Boulder County District Attorney Mary Lacy said […]
Ohio State tops list for most music piracy warnings
COLUMBUS — Ohio State University heads a list of colleges that have received the most warnings about music piracy from the recording industry.
The Recording Industry Association of America sent 2,336 warning letters to Ohio State in […]
Male dancer sues; says work stopped after he complained
CINCINNATI — A 54-year-old male dancer is seeking damages from a company he says stopped giving him work after he complained of being sexually harassed by customers.
David Mann sued Naughty Bodies in May and after a hearing Tuesday, Hamilton County Municipal Judge Bernie Bouchard refused to dismiss the case.
Mann said he started working […]
Dann selling his home
YOUNGSTOWN — The asking price is $295,000 for a five-bedroom house with two full baths, two half baths, an in-ground pool — and a whiff of scandal.
Former Ohio attorney general Marc Dann has put his Youngstown area house on the market, less […]
Ohio House blocks plan to give bonuses to war vets
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio House has blocked a plan to give bonuses to veterans of the Persian Gulf, Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
The measure would have provided bonuses of up to $1,000 for military personnel and up to $5,000 for families of those killed in action. […]
McCain to visit southern Ohio
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has given John McCain a welcome, of sorts, in southern Ohio. The Democratic governor led a rally in Portsmouth Wednesday morning for his party’s presidential candidate, Barack Obama. The governor and other Obama supporters gathered outside a union hall directly across from […]