Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:53 PM EST
An Ohio investment group's lawsuit seeking to collect $100 million on three-decade-old Venezuelan promissory notes is headed back to a federal judge for further deliberations.
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Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:24 PM EST
Ohio has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the state's lethal injection procedures, arguing that minor deviations in policy don't mean the system is unconstitutional.
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Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:29 PM EST
A federal judge has set a sentencing date for ex-Ohio State and NFL quarterback Art Schlichter (SHLEES'-tuhr) in a fraud case stemming from a million-dollar ticket-selling scheme.
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Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:49 AM EST
A Muslim death row inmate has settled a lawsuit that accused the Ohio prison system of denying him meals prepared according to Islamic law while providing kosher meals to Jewish prisoners.
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Wed Jan 18, 2012 3:41 PM EST
A self-styled chaplain suspected in a deadly Craigslist robbery scheme pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges including aggravated murder and kidnapping.
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Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:11 AM EST
A Cincinnati landlord who claimed a black girl's hair products clouded an apartment complex's swimming pool discriminated against the child by posting a poolside "White Only" sign, an Ohio civil rights panel said Thursday in upholding a previous finding.
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Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:08 PM EST
The president of Ohio State University apologized Friday for comparing the problem of coordinating the school's many divisions to the Polish army, an off-the-cuff remark that a Polish-American group called a "slanderous" display of bigotry and ignorance.
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Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:35 AM EST
Ohio won't go forward with an execution that had been scheduled for this week as it asks the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that the state's protocol for lethal injections is constitutional.
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Mon Jan 9, 2012 11:21 AM EST
A former Ohio pharmacist linked by the government to two drug overdose deaths but never charged in those cases was sentenced to two years in prison Monday for illegally dispensing pain pills.
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Thu Jan 5, 2012 4:07 PM EST
A prosecutor says charges will be dropped against four Ohio men accused of trying to steal the carcass of a lion from an exotic-animal compound as long as they each complete 40 hours of community service.
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Wed Jan 4, 2012 3:33 PM EST
The owner of a medical clinic in southern Ohio that authorities allege was a notorious drug house has pleaded not guilty to charges of illegally dispensing thousands of prescription pain pills.
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Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:47 PM EST
Girls seeking abortions in New Hampshire must first tell their parents or a judge, some employers in Alabama must verify new workers' U.S. residency, and California students will be the first in the country to receive mandatory lessons about the contributions of gays and lesbians under state laws set to take effect at the start of 2012.
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Fri Dec 23, 2011 3:05 PM EST
A southern Ohio judge has ordered the continued closure of a medical clinic described by authorities as little more than a drug house.
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Thu Dec 22, 2011 12:27 PM EST
The only U.S.-licensed maker of a drug used by several states to execute inmates is selling the product to another drug manufacturer, saying pentobarbital — a sedative never intended for capital punishment — wasn't an important product for the firm.
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Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:05 PM EST
The last pain medication clinic in a southern Ohio county plagued by painkiller addictions and overdose deaths was shut down Tuesday, the Ohio attorney general announced Tuesday.
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Wed Nov 30, 2011 7:15 PM EST
The sentence of a former health care financing executive has been reduced from five to four years in a $1.9 billion corporate fraud case in Ohio that federal prosecutors likened to the Enron or WorldCom scandals.
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Tue Nov 29, 2011 2:31 AM EST
The mother of an Ohio teenager charged with attempted murder in connection with a phony Craigslist job scheme that proved deadly says her son is not a monster, but a "scared little boy."
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Wed Nov 16, 2011 12:51 PM EST
A group of private business jet operators is suing the Internal Revenue Service for $643 million, saying the government wrongly applied a ticket tax meant for commercial passengers only.
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Mon Nov 14, 2011 10:53 AM EST
A lawyer whose emails to Ohio State University's former football coach triggered an ongoing scandal and NCAA investigation that cost the coach his job and led to several players' suspensions denied Monday he broke any legal misconduct rules.
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Mon Nov 7, 2011 6:36 PM EST
A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit alleging torture claims against a former Somali military colonel who lives in Ohio.
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Mon Nov 7, 2011 3:26 PM EST
For all the frustration surrounding the economy, voters refused to throw incumbent parties out of governors' and most big-city mayors' offices, and they turned back an Ohio law that aimed to ease grinding budget problems by restricting the union rights of public employees.
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Fri Nov 4, 2011 12:10 PM EDT
A federal judge on Friday upheld changes Ohio made to its execution policies, saying the state had tightened procedures that the judge previously criticized, such as not having enough executioners on a given day.
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Wed Oct 26, 2011 2:36 PM EDT
The tattoo parlor owner whose purchase of Ohio State University football memorabilia triggered a far-reaching scandal and an ongoing NCAA investigation could serve his prison sentence close to home.
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Wed Oct 26, 2011 1:11 PM EDT
A federal judge on Wednesday handed down a three-year sentence to the tattoo parlor owner whose purchase of Ohio State University football memorabilia triggered a far-reaching football scandal and an ongoing NCAA investigation.
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Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:02 AM EDT
The tattoo parlor owner whose purchase of Ohio State memorabilia triggered a far-reaching football scandal appears before a federal judge for sentencing Wednesday.
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