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Kenny in line for millions of pounds in compensation - Edinburgh News
KENNY RICHEY could be in line for millions of pounds in compensation after his murder conviction was quashed by a United States judge. Under Ohio state rules, the Edinburgh-born 40-year-old will be entitled to make a claim for a huge pay-out

Kilgores attack Obama-Biden on coal - Inrich.com
The Kilgore twins pounded the Democratic ticket of Sens. Barack Obama and Joseph R. Biden Jr. yesterday for what they called doublespeak on coal. Former Attorney General Jerry W. Kilgore and his identical twin brother, Del. Terry G. Kilgore, R-Scott

Reporter: Obama ‘truth squad’ story got twisted - News-Leader.com
A St. Louis television reporter says a story he reported last week about Barack Obama’s campaign forming a truth squad of prosecutors has been twisted out of context. Republicans, including Gov. Matt Blunt, and conservative talk shows hosts

Some Web payday lenders yanking money back - Columbus Dispatch
Some Internet-based payday lenders are calling in Ohioans’ loans, citing a new state law that they contend leaves them no other option. In recent weeks, Ohio’s attorney general has received several complaints from borrowers who said lenders withdrew

OUR VIEW: Elect Richard Cordray Ohio attorney general - Morning Journal
On Nov. 4, Ohio voters will choose an attorney general to finish the two years left in the term of Marc Dann, who was forced to resign in disgrace in May. Dann left amid a scandal involving sexual harassment allegations against a top aide, a frat

Legendary actor Paul Newman dies - Detroit News
WESTPORT, Conn. — Paul Newman, the Academy-Award winning superstar who personified cool as the anti-hero of such films as “Hud,” “Cool Hand Luke” and “The Color of Money” — and as an activist, race car driver and popcorn impresario — has died. He

Blevins Loses Law License, Still in Race - Intelligencer
WHEELING - The Republican candidate for Ohio County prosecutor no longer has a law license, but his name will still be on the Nov. 4 ballot. In a ruling released Friday, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals voted 5-0 to annul the license of

ODOT wins $5 million in ‘05 barge-wreck case - Columbus Dispatch
ATHENS, Ohio — The Ohio Department of Transportation and its attorneys will collect $5 million from American Electric Power and affiliated companies to settle a lawsuit the agency filed over a 2005 Ohio River barge wreck that damaged nearby roads

State Supreme Court Of Appeals Issues Ruling In Wheeling Attorney - WTRF
WHEELING — A Wheeling attorney who is running for Prosecuting Attorney in Ohio County will temporarily lose his law license after the state supreme court ruled that Mark Blevins violated the bar association’s code of conduct. Blevins is accused of

Ohio court: Request for lawmaker’s records too much - Marion Star
COLUMBUS (AP) - The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that an attorney went too far with a public records request to investigate whether a state lawmaker was investing in the same foreign interests she was trying to outlaw. The request by Columbus

State, mortgage broker settle suit - Chillicothe Gazette
A Cincinnati mortgage broker has paid the State of Ohio $30,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging predatory lending practices. Attorney General Nancy H. Rogers reached a settlement with Ace Mortgage Funding, LLC to end a lawsuit based on Ohio’s Consumer

Mortgage Broker Settles With State Of Ohio - WCPO
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The attorney general’s office says a Cincinnati mortgage broker has paid the state $30,000 to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of pressuring real-estate appraisers to inflate home values. The office said yesterday that a

OUR VIEW: Elect Richard Cordray Ohio attorney general - Morning Journal
On Nov. 4, Ohio voters will choose an attorney general to finish the two years left in the term of Marc Dann, who was forced to resign in disgrace in May. Dann left amid a scandal involving sexual harassment allegations against a top aide, a frat

Local Attorney Pleads Guilty To Federal Drug Charge - WLWT 5
CINCINNATI — A well-known local attorney who had his law license suspended by the Ohio Supreme Court has pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge. Ken Lawson was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday morning in federal court on a charge of conspiracy

Race for attorney general heats up - Akron Beacon Journal
COLUMBUS: Two largely unknown candidates for Ohio attorney general used the national financial crisis and a trendy TV ad Thursday to bring attention to their important but overlooked race. Ohio’s role as a swing state in the U.S. presidential contest

About the candidates - Cincinnati.com
NAME - Richard Cordray. PARTY - Democrat. AGE/BIRTH DATE - 49; May 3, 1959. EDUCATION - Bachelor’s degree, Michigan State University, 1981; master’s degree, Oxford University, 1983; law degree, University of Chicago, 1986. EXPERIENCE - Attorney

11:45 a.m. U.S. Attorney and AG attend national conference in - Guam Pacific Daily News
11:45 a.m. U.S. Attorney Leonard Rapadas, Attorney General Alicia Limtiaco, and the Attorney General s Chief Prosecutor Phil Tudingco are attending the 2008 Project Safe Childhood National Conference in Columbus, Ohio, according to a news

Ex-boyfriend competent for attempted murder trial - Middletown Journal
TRENTON A Kentucky man facing multiple felony counts, including attempted murder, for stabbing his ex-girlfriend at her Trenton home before fleeing in a stolen is scheduled to stand trial in December. Jesse Lee DunawayJr., 34, of Southgate, Ky

Mortgage fraud results in lawyer being disbarred - Cincinnati.com
A Cincinnati attorney lost his law license Thursday after being convicted in a house “flipping” scheme that cost banks $3.5 million. The Ohio Supreme Court disbarred Donald Powers Jr. for what it called his “egregious violations” of the court’s code

Ohio court: Request for lawmaker’s records too much - Marion Star
COLUMBUS (AP) - The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that an attorney went too far with a public records request to investigate whether a state lawmaker was investing in the same foreign interests she was trying to outlaw. The request by Columbus

11:45 a.m. U.S. Attorney and AG attend national conference in - Guam Pacific Daily News
11:45 a.m. U.S. Attorney Leonard Rapadas, Attorney General Alicia Limtiaco, and the Attorney General s Chief Prosecutor Phil Tudingco are attending the 2008 Project Safe Childhood National Conference in Columbus, Ohio, according to a news

FBI raids court chambers in Ohio corruption probe - Forbes
The FBI raided the chambers of two judges in a corruption probe that began with earlier seizures at the offices and homes of two elected officials in Ohio’s most populous county, officials said Wednesday. Agents searched the courtrooms of Cuyahoga

Election endorsement - Morning Journal
On Nov. 4, Ohio voters will choose an attorney general to finish the two years left in the term of Marc Dann, who was forced to resign in disgrace in May. Dann left amid a scandal involving sexual harassment allegations against a top aide, a frat

Iowa Hawkeyes - Newsday
The Iowa attorney general is asking the state Supreme Court to reconsider a ruling that allows former Iowa basketball player Pierre Pierce to leave the state to play professional basketball in France. In a filing late Tuesday afternoon, the attorney

About the candidates - Cincinnati.com
NAME - Richard Cordray. PARTY - Democrat. AGE/BIRTH DATE - 49; May 3, 1959. EDUCATION - Bachelor’s degree, Michigan State University, 1981; master’s degree, Oxford University, 1983; law degree, University of Chicago, 1986. EXPERIENCE - Attorney

Ohio attorney general hopeful says foe wasted state funds - Toledo Blade
Article published Wednesday, September 24, 2008 Ohio attorney general hopeful says foe wasted state funds GOP s Crites claims Democrat Cordray has spent $1.8M a year to promote himself

FBI raids court chambers in Ohio corruption probe - Forbes
The FBI raided the chambers of two judges in a corruption probe that began with earlier seizures at the offices and homes of two elected officials in Ohio’s most populous county, officials said Wednesday. Agents searched the courtrooms of Cuyahoga

Ohio court: Request for lawmaker records overbroad - Fox 19
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that an attorney went too far with a public records request to investigate whether a state lawmaker was investing in the same foreign interests she was trying to outlaw. The request by Columbus

John Marra is WSAZ’s gardening expert. - WSAZ
GREENUP, Ky. (WSAZ) — The border battle continues to rage over the Indian Head Rock, which remains stuck in a garage. Last year, an Ohio dive team raised the historic artifact from the Ohio River. The problem was that they took the eight-ton ton

Man charged in explosion that destroyed Ohio house - WDTN
GIRARD, Ohio (AP) - A man has been charged in a natural gas explosion that destroyed a vacant house under renovation near Youngstown and damaged 50 others. Donald Shelley Jr. was arrested Tuesday on charges of aggravated arson, vandalism and breaking

Judge: Free or retry ex-Panther in 1972 stabbing - Ledger-Enquirer
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has given Louisiana 120 days to dismiss charges or retry a former Black Panther whose conviction was overturned in a prison guard’s 1972 death.

The Credit Crunch and Small Business - BusinessWeek
by John Tozzi How directly will small business lending be affected by the ongoing financial crisis and forthcoming bailout? The evidence is mixed. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress that the $700 billion plan was needed “in order to avoid

Pastors plan to defy IRS ban on political speech - Los Angeles Times
Setting the stage for a collision of religion and politics, Christian ministers from California and 21 other states will use their pulpits Sunday to deliver political sermons or endorse presidential candidates — defying a federal ban on campaigning

2:10 p.m. Attorneys attend child-safety forum - Guam Pacific Daily News
2:10 p.m. U.S. Attorney Leonard Rapadas, Attorney General Alicia Limtiaco, and the Attorney General’s Chief Prosecutor Phil Tydingco are attending the 2008 Project Safe Childhood National Conference in Columbus, Ohio, according to a news release

Attorney general race lost amid presidential election - Canton Repository
COLUMBUS Two largely unknown candidates for Ohio attorney general used the national financial crisis and a trendy TV ad Thursday to bring attention to their important but overlooked race. Ohio’s role as a swing state in the U.S. presidential contest

Judge: Free or retry ex-Panther in 1972 stabbing - Ledger-Enquirer
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Ohio attorney general hopeful says foe wasted state funds - Toledo Blade
COLUMBUS Republican attorney general candidate Mike Crites yesterday accused his Democratic opponent, Ohio Treasurer Richard Cordray, of spending $1.8 million a year in taxpayer funds to promote himself. This is a colossal waste of taxpayer

Iowa Hawkeyes - Newsday
The Iowa attorney general is asking the state Supreme Court to reconsider a ruling that allows former Iowa basketball player Pierre Pierce to leave the state to play professional basketball in France. In a filing late Tuesday afternoon, the attorney

Lawyer accuses Pentagon in Gitmo evidence case - Ledger-Enquirer
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Ohio man accused of planting fake pipe bombs - WKRC
A grand jury on Monday indicted 44-year-old Patrick Slider of multiple charges, including aggravated robbery and two counts of inducing panic. Athens County prosecutor C. David Warren said the Hocking Valley Bank in Coolville was robbed of $20,000