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Outside review of Ohio county child welfare agency
CLEVELAND (AP) -- An independent panel will review the actions of the child welfare agency in Ohio's largest county after the deaths of two children and the near starvation of two others....
Police: radio drowned out Ohio boy's fatal beating
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Police say a woman turned up the radio to drown out the sound of a beating her 4-year-old son received that allegedly led to his death....
Xavier, Pitt, Ga. Tech, Ohio St. win in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Xavier, Pittsburgh, Georgia Tech and Ohio State never allowed their opponents to get close enough for last-second heroics. On Sunday, the four might not be so lucky....
OH Lottery
CLEVELAND (AP) -- These Ohio lotteries were drawn on Saturday:...
Reds hit 4 HRs, beat Mariners 6-2
GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) -- Chris Heisey had a pinch-hit, two-run homer - the first of four off left-hander Jason Vargas - and the Cincinnati Reds powered their way to a 6-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners, who lost outfielder Milton Bradley to another ejection....
James becomes youngest to 15,000 points
CHICAGO (AP) -- LeBron James became the youngest player to score 15,000 points, breaking Kobe Bryant's mark by more than two years in the first quarter of the Cleveland Cavaliers' 92-85 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Friday night....
James, Cavs beat Bulls 92-85
CHICAGO (AP) -- If indeed LeBron James decides to leave Cleveland, fans in Chicago would certainly hail The King. They certainly let out enough cheers along with those oohs and aahs as he soared around the United Center on Friday night....
Minor leaguer suspended for positive drug test
NEW YORK (AP) -- Cleveland Indians minor league second baseman Manuel Boscan has been suspended 50 games after testing positive for a performance enhancing drug....
Video: Parkinson's patient chided on health vote
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A man with Parkinson's disease who was harassed at a rally by opponents of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul said Friday that Americans have lost the ability to engage in civil discourse....
More ill Ohio inmates refuse post-prison help
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- More mentally ill inmates are refusing help in making the transition from prison to the free world even as advocates are suing Ohio to force the state to do more for them, state records show....
GM fighting Ky.'s efforts to protect auto dealers
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -- General Motors is fighting legislation in at least five states that gives automobile dealers leverage over carmakers in the scramble for franchises....
Judge orders polygraphs from sex-assault victims
CLEVELAND (AP) -- For reasons still unclear, a judge ordered four teenage sex-assault victims to take polygraph tests - after she convicted the boys accused in the cases....