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Archive for July 28th, 2008
Columnist Robert Novak diagnosed with brain tumor
BOSTON (AP) — Conservative political commentator Robert Novak announced Monday he has been diagnosed with a brain tumor, less than a week after he struck a pedestrian with his Corvette and drove away.
Novak, 77, fell ill on Cape Cod this weekend while visiting his daughter and was rushed to Brigham and Women’s [...]
Where’s the party at? U. of Florida, study says
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Just call ‘em the Guzzling Gators: The University of Florida is the nation’s No. 1 party school.
The school tops the annual list of party campuses compiled by the Princeton Review. The university has made the list before, but has never been first. It wrested the title [...]
Former AG’s aide under scrutiny for vehicle buys
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — State investigators are looking into vehicle purchases made by a man fired amid the scandal under former Ohio attorney general Marc Dann.
As Dann’s general services chief, Anthony Gutierrez spent $1.8 million on 94 new cars and SUVs for the attorney general’s office.
Records [...]
FBI searches county offices in Cleveland
CLEVELAND (AP) — FBI and IRS agents served search warrants Monday at Cuyahoga County offices and homes as part of a public corruption investigation, authorities said.
About 200 FBI agents, some brought in from Pittsburgh to help with the searches, raided the county administration building, engineer’s office [...]
Trial begins for Ohio deputy charged with murder
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — The murder trial is set to begin for a northeast
Ohio sheriff’s deputy charged in the death of a jail inmate nearly two years ago.
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County deputy Stephen Krendick is the first of five deputies to go on trial in the death of Mark McCullaugh Jr. and [...]
Man shot churchgoers over liberal views
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An unemployed man accused of opening fire with a shotgun and killing two people at a Unitarian church apparently targeted the congregation out of hatred for its support of liberal social policies, police said Monday.
Knoxville Police Chief Sterling Owen IV said a signed, [...]
Paul Hamm not going to Beijing
Paul Hamm won’t be going to the Beijing Olympics, after all.
The reigning Olympic gold medalist announced Monday that he is withdrawing from the U.S. team because his broken right hand is not sufficiently healthy enough for him to compete in Beijing.
He also hurt his rotator cuff in his [...]
FBI searches county offices in Cleveland
CLEVELAND (AP) — FBI and IRS agents served at least 10 search warrants Monday at Cuyahoga County offices and homes as part of a public corruption investigation.
About 200 FBI agents descended on the county administration building in Cleveland. Agents, some brought in from [...]
Pedestrian killed on Interstate 90
AVON — A man in his late teens or early 20s was killed late Sunday night when he was struck by several cars on Interstate 90 in Avon, said Lorain County Coroner Paul Matus.
The man, who was pronounced dead at the scene, was not carrying identification, Matus said.
Authorities are doing fingerprint analysis to determine [...]
Wimbley sacks the predictions: Browns linebacker hasn’t lost confidence, he just plans to keep his goals to himself
Kamerion Wimbley doesn’t show much emotion. Not in interviews, not on the field. But when reminded Sunday of the sack-a-game goal of his first two seasons, he became almost animated. “I don’t want to make another statement like that ever again,” he said, voice rising for emphasis. [...]