JULIE CARR SMYTH

Associated Press
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Company cautions against linking well, Ohio quakes

Boos, applause and the occasional outburst marked a gathering of about 500 Ohio residents seeking explanations for a series of earthquakes that has hit their area since deep injection drilling came to town.

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Consumer watchdog Cordray called smart, tough

Former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray's contentious tumble onto the national stage has been anything but typical for the intelligent, mild-mannered public servant who occasionally pads about his office in sock feet.

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Gas drilling surges in Ohio; brings jobs, worries

After a childhood spent moving around, Patti Gorcheff vowed that she'd never uproot her daughter. But she says wastewater disposal in her area from an oil and gas drilling frenzy that's hit Ohio and other states has forced her to change her mind.

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Public retirement ages come under greater scrutiny

After nearly 40 years in public education, Patrick Godwin spends his retirement days running a horse farm east of Sacramento, Calif., with his daughter.

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Dems: US Chamber altered Ohio sen's photo in ads

Ohio Democrats are accusing a leading national business federation of altering a photo of U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and misrepresenting one of his votes in TV attack ads airing statewide.

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Ohio vote shows unions still a political force

Union leaders said Wednesday their success in striking down an Ohio law curbing collective bargaining rights for public workers points to an energized labor movement that could be pivotal in helping Democrats win battleground states in next year's election.

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Ohio House agrees to push presidential primary

Ohio voters can prepare for two primaries in 2012 after the governor signed a bill on Friday night to hold most national contests in June with local primaries still taking place in March.

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Colleges expand offerings amid natural gas boom

Shuttered businesses and boarded-up houses dot the streets of historic Zanesville, the struggling river city where Cory May is starting a life with his young wife.

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Opponents of Ohio union-limiting law air 1st TV ad

Firefighters are featured in the first TV spot in the campaign to overturn an Ohio law limiting the bargaining powers of public employee unions.

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Ohio 1st in US to sell prison to private company

A lockup along the shores of Lake Erie has become the first state prison in the nation to be sold to a private company.

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Drinks on the House? Ohio Statehouse considers bar

After spending their days serving the public, Ohio lawmakers soon might be able to head to the basement and get served at the pub.

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Ohio high court: Health care signatures are valid

Opponents of the federal health care overhaul championed by President Barack Obama scored a key legal victory on Friday that should clear a proposed ballot measure for a fall vote in a pivotal state.

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Mysterious notebook fuels Ohio drilling feud

A memo that appears to coach buyers of oil and gas drilling leases to use deceptive tactics on unsuspecting landowners has provoked a state investigation and spirited debate in rural Ohio, the latest frontier in America's quest for new energy resources.

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News Corp. reports $115K in 2011 political giving

Under assault in a phone hacking scandal, News Corp. met a self-imposed deadline Friday for reporting its latest political contributions online, revealing $115,750 in contributions mostly to Democrats.

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GOP gov. pushes change in battleground Ohio

Ohio's new Republican Gov. John Kasich is a study in contradictions.

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Ohio union law opponents deliver repeal signatures

Thousands of opponents of Ohio's new collective bargaining law marched through the streets of Columbus on Wednesday to deliver signatures aimed at getting a repeal question on the November ballot, even as Gov. John Kasich continued to defend the law.

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Ohio State head: Football troubles are temporary

Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee told the institution's largest graduating class that a scandal in its celebrated football program is "but a temporary condition."

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Fox parent company to disclose political giving

The directors of media conglomerate News Corp., the owner of Fox News Channel, have quietly put in place a policy to disclose corporate political donations on the company's website.

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Labor group born after Ohio gov's Bob Evans gaffe

A labor-backed group seeking to capitalize on a verbal gaffe by Gov. John Kasich delivered a letter Thursday to Bob Evans Farms Inc. pushing the company to improve benefits for employees.

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Ohio court weighs greed vs. public right to know

A citizen activist says he was wronged by the failure of a small Ohio city to give him 20 years of 911 tapes he sought, which were long ago recorded over. The city says he can prove no harm and that he didn't even want the tapes — he wanted the thousands in penalty dollars for requesting records that no longer exist.

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Ohio House panel OKs anti-abortion Heartbeat Bill

A state House committee on Wednesday narrowly approved a bill that would impose the strictest abortion limit in the nation, outlawing the procedure at the first detectable fetal heartbeat.

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Lawmakers' cell phones often out of public reach

It was 1992 and Ohio Senate President Stanley Aronoff was on the golf course when his cell phone rang.

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State of State doesn't solve Ohio budget mystery

Gov. John Kasich gave one of the longest State of the State addresses in recent memory, yet he provided few specifics as to how he's going to fill a historic $8 billion budget gap.

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Anti-abortion groups adopt in-your-face tactics

Anti-abortion activists have recently conducted hidden-camera stings at clinics, put up a billboard declaring abortion the No. 1 threat to blacks, and on Wednesday performed ultrasounds on pregnant women in front of Ohio legislators.

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Democrats, union leaders say no fix for Ohio bill

Republican state lawmakers in Ohio sifted through stacks of proposed changes to a bill that would dramatically reduce collective bargaining rights for state employees, as thousands of opponents geared up for demonstrations ahead of a likely vote next week.

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