Archive for July 11th, 2008
Ohio plans first execution since moratorium
COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio is planning its first execution since a U.S. Supreme Court decision ended a national pause on killing inmates.
The Ohio Supreme Court on Friday set an execution date of Oct. 14 for Richard Cooey, who was convicted of raping and murdering two […]
Head-on crash today bottlenecks Route 58
PITTSFIELD TWP. — Two men were flown by helicopter to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland on Friday afternoon following a head-on crash on state Route 58.
Both men were the drivers in each of their vehicles—one which held a family of four.
State troopers said the driver of the […]
Stocks fall sharply on Fannie, Freddie worries
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks tumbled Friday as investors focused on troubles at mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and watched oil prices climb further into record territory. The Dow Jones industrials fell more than 200 points and slid below the 11,000 mark for the first time in two […]
Suspect arrested in western Pa. triple killing
MARIANNA, Pa. (AP) — A man suspected of killing his wife and two young children in the family’s rural home in western Pennsylvania was arrested Thursday after a daylong manhunt and charged in their deaths.
Orlando Maurice Guarino, 38, was charged with three counts of homicide after being captured in […]
Bodies of 2 missing U.S. soldiers found in Iraq
DETROIT (AP) — For more than a year, Gordon Dibler held out hope that his stepson, Army Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, would return home from Iraq. Then military officials delivered the grim news that the body of Fouty and another soldier captured during an ambush south of Baghdad had […]
Antioch faculty to keep teaching as school closes
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Former faculty at Antioch College, which is temporarily closing amid financial problems, plan to teach in coffee shops, bookstores and parks to keep alive the spirit of the private school known for its pioneering academic programs.
Scott Warren, former associate professor of philosophy and political theory at Antioch, said 22 […]