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Friday, November 20, 2009

Oprah Winfrey: Prayer, careful thought influenced exit

Oprah Winfrey’s production company says she’ll announce Friday that her show will end in 2011.

By Associated Press

CHICAGO — Holding back tears, Oprah Winfrey told her studio audience today...

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Ohio AG sues credit agencies over mortgage-backed securities ratings

By Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s attorney general has sued the three credit ratings agencies alleging that they gave unjustifiably high ratings to mortgage-backed...

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Dad charged in slaying of son after sex confession

By Associated Press

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. - A 37-year-old father irate over hearing his 15-year-old son had sexual contact with a 3-year-old girl...

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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Watchdog group requests probe of Bachmann health care rally

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., speaks during a rally against the health care reform bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.

By Associated Press

ST. PAUL, Minn. - An ethics watchdog group said Tuesday that U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann...

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Not-guilty plea for 15-year-old in Mo. slaying

By Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A judge has entered a not-guilty plea on behalf of a 15-year-old-girl charged as an adult in...

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Cleveland seeks survivors of ’house of horrors’

By Associated Press

CLEVELAND — Now that most of the bodies found at the home of a suspected serial...

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Crooks grab the brass rings

By Herald wire services

TOLEDO - Another for the annals of stupid criminality! An Ohio jeweler says thieves who did a smash-and-grab burglary are in for a surprise. Henry Triplett...

Missouri to freeze higher education tuition

By Associated Press

ST. LOUIS — Tuition and academic fees will be frozen for the second straight year at Missouri’s four-year public colleges and universities. Gov....

Uninsured trauma mortality higher

By Associated Press

CHICAGO - Uninsured patients with traumatic injuries, from car crashes, falls and gunshot wounds, were almost twice as likely...

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Monday, November 16, 2009

Ohio chief’s trial begins in Parker-Broderick case

In this Feb. 22, 2009 file photo, actress Sarah Jessica Parker and her husband actor Matthew Broderick arrive for the 81st Academy Awards in Los Angeles.

By Associated Press

ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio — A police chief on trial in Ohio acknowledges that he joked with paparazzi about working...

Michigan caseworkers worry about threats from welfare clients, unemployed

Michigan state Department of Human Services word processing assistant Rosalind Alexander, helps a client at the Family Independence Agency in Detroit, Friday.

By Associated Press

LANSING, Mich. — One frustrated client hurled a piece of concrete through...

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Autopsy: Chicago schools leader committed suicide

Chicago Board of Education President Michael Scott (File)

By Associated Press

CHICAGO — Autopsy results show that the Chicago Board of Education president...

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Colgate picks Miami of Ohio provost as president

By Associated Press

HAMILTON, N.Y. — Miami University of Ohio provost Dr. Jeffrey Herbst is the new president of Colgate University. Colgate trustees say Monday they’ve...