Sudarsan Raghavan The Washington Post BAGHDAD — Suicide attacks across Iraq killed at least 144 people and injured scores in an 18-hour period, including a massive truck bombing in a northern Shiite village that ripped through a crowded market, burying dozens in the rubble of shops and mud houses, Iraqi officials said Saturday. Shattering a [...]

It’s Saturday afternoon and the writhing, pretzel-shaped silhouettes of Cedar Point’s roller coasters pepper the horizon near Jim Matia’s Sandusky summer house. On this day — 7-7-07 — the far-off, faded shapes at the amusement park conjure an obvious question: Is a fella’s life a series of unpredictable, pell-mell twists and turns — luck, per [...]

Barry Hatton The Associated Press LISBON, Portugal — The Great Wall of China, Rome’s Colosseum, India’s Taj Mahal and three architectural marvels from Latin America were among the new seven wonders of the world chosen in a global poll released on Saturday. Jordan’s Petra was the seventh winner. Peru’s Machu Picchu, Brazil’s Statue of Christ [...]

Hamilton Schools in southwest Ohio took gradual approach to avoid deficit A decade ago, state audits of the school districts in Lorain and Hamilton were remarkably similar: Each predicted the district in question would be millions of dollars in the red by the 2001-02 school year if drastic measures weren’t taken. Hamilton officials used that [...]

Firefighter allegedly killed three people in Cleveland shooting CLEVELAND — A judge denied bail Saturday for a city firefighter charged in the shooting deaths of three people in what police said was an apparent dispute over fireworks at a Fourth of July party at his neighbor’s house. Terrance Hough Jr., 35, stood handcuffed and expressionless [...]

COLUMBUS — Police investigating the theft of a computer backup device containing personal information on state employees and family members are going door-to-door and mailing postcards with tip line information to dig up new leads. The card says “WE NEED YOUR HELP” in bold letters and asks anyone with information to call the toll-free line, [...]