Archive for July 14th, 2008
Dead Army nurse’s husband charged with murder
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities have charged the husband of a Fort Bragg Army nurse with murder after the woman’s remains were found in a brush fire three days after she went missing.
Police in Fayetteville have also charged 23-year-old […]
U.S. Sen. Brown takes up Ohio job fight
WILMINGTON , Ohio (AP) — Sen. Sherrod Brown says he will give DHL officials in Wilmington petitions bearing more than 9,000 signatures urging the package delivery service to keep its work at its hub in southwest
Ohio .
Brown will hand over the signatures […]
Family: Woman with five dead spouses obsessed by cash
CHARLOTTE , N.C. (AP) — Jeff Carstensen was spooked when he learned his grandmother planned to buy him a $100,000 life insurance policy — and name herself the beneficiary.
“She told me that people of our stature have insurance policies on each other,” he said. “That way, if something happens […]
Family of Ohio State president injured in crash
COLUMBUS , Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University President Gordon Gee has gone to the
Philadelphia area to be with his daughter and son-in-law, who were injured in a crash Saturday night.
Authorities say the two were riding a Vespa motor scooter that collided with a […]
Ohio department mourns slain officer
TWINSBURG, Ohio (AP) — Twinsburg Police Chief Chris Noga says his department is mourning the loss of an “all-around great officer” killed early Sunday.
Thirty-three-year-old Joshua Miktarian is the first officer to die in the line of duty in the 56-year history of the suburban
Cleveland police force.
A makeshift […]
Indians’ Lee to start All-Star game
NEW YORK (AP) — Cliff Lee of the Cleveland Indians and Milwaukee ace Ben Sheets will be the starting pitchers in Tuesday night’s All-Star game at Yankee Stadium.
Lee is 12-2 with a 2.31 ERA, a remarkable resurgence after the left-hander was demoted to the minors last season. He was chosen by American League manager […]