US factories help job recovery endure in March

WASHINGTON — A resurgent U.S. job market that has lifted the economy appears to be enduring.

WASHINGTON — A resurgent U.S. job market that has lifted the economy appears to be enduring.
WASHINGTON — The final weeks of 2011 were among the economy’s strongest as Americans shopped and traveled more, ending the year with a shot of optimism for 2012.

CLEVELAND — The home where a serial killer dumped the remains of the 11 women he murdered was torn apart Tuesday by a demolition crew, a move that neighbors and victims’ relatives said would help bring closure and stop gawkers from seeking out what some have dubbed a “house of horrors.”
A Delaware County Grand Jury this week returned indictments against seven members of a multi-jurisdictional theft ring that stole numerous pieces of heavy equipment then made a profit by selling some of the items on Craigslist, Delaware County Prosecuting Attorney Carol O’Brien said.

JOPLIN, Mo. — A massive tornado that tore a 6-mile path across southwestern Missouri killed at least 89 people as it slammed into the city of Joplin, ripping into a hospital, crushing cars like soda cans and leaving a forest of splintered tree trunks behind where entire neighborhoods once stood.

A 12 year-old boy from the Sunbury area is expected to face felony charges, including murder, accusing him of shooting and killing his mother’s fiance early Saturday morning. The boy, about five-foot-two with wavy shoulder-length brown hair with shackles on his ankles and wrists, appeared in Delaware County Juvenile Court Monday. He was flanked by two public defenders and a court-appointed guardian. During the hearing, Juvenile Judge Kenneth J. Spicer ruled that the boy will be held in a juvenile detention facility in Marysville, where had had spent the weekend, for the immediate future.