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FOOTBALL PLAYERS-RAPE
COLUMBUS — Search warrants are executed at the high school attended by two football players who raped a 16-year-old girl after an alcohol-fueled party in eastern Ohio. The move is related to a grand jury investigation into whether other laws were broken in connection with the rape. By Andrew Welsh-Huggins.
HEALTH OVERHAUL-OHIO-Q&A
TOLEDO — Gov. John Kasich’s plan for expanding Medicaid health insurance coverage to more low-income Ohioans may not be dead, but whatever comes next will have a much different look. Some questions and answers on what’s ahead. By John Seewer.
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OHIO GOP-CHAIRMAN
COLUMBUS — A contender for Ohio Republican Party chairman tells The Associated Press that his disagreement with the government over what taxes he owed led him to rack up years of back debt, not a lack of money. By Julie Carr Smyth.
AMISH EVICTIONS
KENTON — The Amish in one Ohio county say they want to work with county health officials who voted to evict them from homes that don’t have proper wells and outhouses. An Amish community leader apologized to the Kenton-Hardin Board of Health and said residents are seeking a compromise. The Amish had previously vowed to fight efforts to make them comply with new building edicts.
NASA-JET BIOFUEL
HAMPTON, Va. — NASA researchers say a series of test flights in California has shown a commercial jet could safely fly with a blend of jet fuel made from camelina plant oil while producing fewer emissions. The research, which involves NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, is looking at whether biofuels in jet engines could help cut down on pollution. By Brock Vergakis.
CELEBRATING RICHTER
CINCINNATI — Ohio native Charles Richter’s scale for measuring the power of earthquakes isn’t as widely used as before, but he has fans determined to make sure his name and legacy don’t fade away. By Lisa Cornwell.
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— WORKER DEATH-VIOLATIONS — NORTH JACKSON — A federal agency has cited an Ohio aluminum plant with eight safety violations following the death of a worker who was crushed by a hot metal rack stacked with heavy aluminum.
— GAS DRILLING-CONSULTANTS — ALBANY, N.Y. — Common Cause and 11 environmental groups are raising more questions about the role of gas industry-associated consultants in New York’s environmental impact study of shale gas drilling and fracking.
— BAND DIRECTOR-SEX CHARGES — CLEVELAND — A former Ohio college band director has pleaded not guilty to charges that he tried to have sex with underage girls at a motel.
— FACEBOOK RANTS-SENTENCE — CLEVELAND — An Ohio man who had been arrested for drunken-driving has been sentenced to 17 months in prison for subsequent Facebook rants against police and judges.
— POLICE SHOOTING-LAWSUIT — COLUMBUS — A judge in a wrongful-death lawsuit has ruled that a central Ohio police officer was justified in fatally shooting an armed man who was running away from him.
— TEEN ARRESTED-THREAT — NEW CARLISLE — Authorities say a 15-year-old western Ohio girl is in a juvenile detention facility after saying she wished she “could blow up the school.”
— MALICIOUS PROSECUTION LAWSUIT — CANFIELD — A northeastern Ohio couple is suing a city police department and a prosecutor for what they claim was the malicious prosecution of their 11-year-old daughter on rape charges.
