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Virginia profile rises in presidential contest

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Move over, Ohio and Florida. Virginia is becoming the hottest new battleground in this year’s race for the White House.

May 3 2012 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Delaware County woman seeks to stamp out dog auctions

When Lewis Center resident Mary O’Connor-Shaver attended her first dog auction in 2006, she knew that something needed to be done to put an end to the events where hundreds of discarded puppy mill dogs, oftentimes in poor health, are sold to the highest bidder.

Dec 31 2011 | Posted in Current News,Local News | Read More »

Group likely to suggest new exotic animal ban

COLUMBUS — New ownership of lions, tigers and other dangerous animals likely would be banned in the state under proposed rules that would allow existing owners to keep them but require them to face new permit rules, according to members of a committee studying exotic animals.

Nov 1 2011 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

An Ohio safari

By all accounts, what happened Tuesday night and Wednesday in Muskingum County was the largest exotic animal escape in American history. Some 56 animals, most of them large cats, bears and wolves, escaped from a private farm near Zanesville shortly before dark on Tuesday when their owner released them from their cages, cut the cage wires to prevent the cages from being reclosed and then committed suicide.

Oct 20 2011 | Posted in David Hejmanowski | Read More »

Rising GOP star in Ohio a prime target for Dems

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.

Aug 30 2011 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

High court to Calif: Cut prison inmates by 30,000

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday narrowly endorsed reducing California’s cramped prison population by more than 30,000 inmates to fix sometimes deadly problems in medical care, ruling that federal judges retain enormous power to oversee troubled state prisons.

May 23 2011 | Posted in AP News | Read More »