COLUMBUS — Republican hopes to unseat liberal Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio next year are riding on Josh Mandel, a boyish-looking, 33-year-old Marine veteran whose fledgling campaign has been shaken by allegations of questionable campaign cash and ethical lapses — and a broken promise.
Given the way the financial world is holding its collective breath, one might suppose Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is cut from the same magical cloth as his predecessor, “Maestro” Alan Greenspan. In earlier times, every word that dropped from the lips of Chairman Greenspan was treated as though it came from the Delphi Oracle given his seemingly inexhaustible ability to fine tune a faltering economy. It was only after he left the central bank that markets realized just how misdirected his loose monetary policy actions were. While still denied by Mr. Bernanke (one of Greenspan’s confederates at the time), most analysts agree that excessive money growth, low interest rates, and a loose regulatory environment contributed to the housing crisis that caused the U.S. and world financial markets to nearly implode.
An investigation continues into the cause of a Monday house fire in Oxford Township that fire officials consider to be suspicious since it occurred just hours after an arsonist torched a barn just down the road.
Like many humans do, Sorcha feels better when eating healthier, whole foods.
Much to the surprise of some Radnor Township dogs, a stick lying in the yard turned out to be a young alligator.
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) made a stop in Delaware County Tuesday outlining efforts to help Ohio manufacturers transition to the clean energy economy.
COLUMBUS — The deadline for removing a repeal question on Ohio’s contentious collective bargaining law from the fall ballot passed Monday without fanfare, positioning voters to decide the fate of the law in November. Passing the deadline doesn’t prevent Republican leaders and opponents of the law from reaching a deal later to change or toss out the legislation, though that’s seen as unlikely.
SPRING LAKE, N.J. — If you fix it, they will come. That’s the mantra — and the desperate hope — of tourism-dependent towns along the East Coast as they deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, which hit just eight days before Labor Day. Places that lost boardwalks, restaurants, roads and other fixtures in the storm are terrified the tourists will simply call it a season and stay away until next summer.