Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for May 14th, 2008
BREAKING NEWS: Marc Dann resigns
COLUMBUS — Facing possible impeachment, Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann has resigned amid the scandal of a sexual harassment investigation in his office and his extramarital affair.
Dann, 46 and a Democrat, led the state on a 10-day odyssey, at first refusing to resign despite demands by Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland and others within his party, [...]
ALERT: Man freed from prison resentenced
ELYRIA — Thomas Holmes won’t be going back to prison, county Common Pleas Judge James Burge decided today.
Burge had freed Holmes last year by cutting Holmes’s original prison sentence of 23 years – imposed by Burge’s predecessor – to six years for hitting [...]
ALERT: Inspectors take materials from Dann’s office
COLUMBUS (AP) — Deputies of the state’s top watchdog removed a cartload of computers and files from the office of scandal-plagued Attorney General Marc Dann.
State lawmakers on Tuesday authorized Inspector General Tom Charles to investigate Dann, a Democrat, as they pursue impeachment [...]
Ohio station sells out after posting $3.66-a-gallon price
CINCINNATI (AP) — Gas pumps went dry for several hours at a Cincinnati station that had been jammed with customers hurrying to take advantage of the relatively low price of $3.66 for a gallon of unleaded.
Shonda Coughman says she rushed to the Thornton’s station in the city’s Bond Hill [...]
Strickland says he would decline Obama VP spot
COLUMBUS (AP) — Gov. Ted Strickland says he’s not interested in being vice president, no matter which candidate asks.
The first-term governor has been emphatic he has no interest in being his Democratic Party’s vice presidential nominee. His favorite candidate, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, faces a tough route to the [...]
Cavaliers: Turnovers the key to series turnaround
INDEPENDENCE — Just five days ago, the Cavaliers were teetering on the brink of disaster, having lost the first two games in the Eastern Conference semifinals to the Boston Celtics. “We felt we had a lot of adjustments to make to win games,” guard Daniel Gibson said Tuesday after practice at Cleveland Clinic Courts. [...]
Cavaliers commentary: LeBron has chance to take command of series
LeBron James now has a chance to tell the Boston Celtics the same thing he told his mother Monday night at Quicken Loans Arena: “Sit your (behind) down.” Having beaten the Celtics two straight times to even their best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series, James and the Cavaliers have a golden opportunity to steal Game [...]
Cavaliers notes: Series still in search of a road win
INDEPENDENCE — Forgive the Boston Celtics for feeling a bit anxious entering Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals tonight at TD Banknorth Garden. Though their best-of-seven matchup with the Cavaliers is tied at 2, Cleveland has taken over the series’ statistical lead in points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocked shots, field-goal percentage and 3-point [...]
Indians get total team effort in win over A’s
CLEVELAND — A little bit of everything was on display Tuesday night for the Indians in the series opener with Oakland at Progressive Field. As usual, Cleveland got plenty of pitching, with starter Paul Byrd producing a sparkling effort and reliever Masa Kobayashi finishing off a 4-0 victory over the A’s that accounted for [...]
Indians notes: Sowers getting call, but whose spot will he take?
CLEVELAND — Jeremy Sowers is coming Friday. Who’s going is still undecided. With the Indians in need of an extra starter, Indians manager Eric Wedge confirmed that Sowers would be promoted from Triple-A Buffalo to go in the first of a three-game series in Cincinnati on Friday. When that happens, Cleveland will have a [...]