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Huber Heights police looking for armed man
03/28/2012

Huber Heights police are asking for the public’s help in locating a man considered armed and dangerous.

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Jobs drive boomers to acquire new skills
03/28/2012

With high unemployment, low home values and downsized retirement accounts, hundreds of thousands of baby boomers are turning to college to boost their job skills.

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Bill could eliminate landline service
03/28/2012

COLUMBUS - Phone companies want to get out of the landline business to pursue high-speed networks, but consumer advocates and Ohioans who rely on that service say it’s too soon to let companies off the hook.

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Dayton manufacturing could benefit from innovation centers
03/28/2012

Advocates for the Dayton area say it could benefit from one of 15 manufacturing innovation centers proposed by the Obama administration as part of its 2013 budget.

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Former treasurer permanently surrenders license
03/28/2012

Embattled former charter school treasurer Carl Shye has permanently surrendered his state treasurer’s license to the Ohio Department of Education.

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Cold case turns into closed case for Springfield man
03/28/2012

Noah Wells was 9 the morning he and his 8- and 11-year-old brothers were awakened at 3 a.m. Sept. 7, 1984, by gunshots that wounded their father five times and left their beloved grandfather dead on the landing of a Los Angeles apartment.

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Long-term joblessness another 1st for boomers
03/28/2012

The Dayton Daily News ?is collaborating with Ohio news organizations to bring you in-depth coverage on how the aging of Ohio will change the state’s economy.

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Wright State Alumni Association reconnects with graduates
03/28/2012

FAIRBORN - The Wright State Alumni Association is working to help more of the university’s 93,000 graduates find a way to reconnect.

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City to reject nightclub liquor permit
03/28/2012

HUBER HEIGHTS - Huber Heights City Council is expected to object to a liquor permit renewal for Heat Nightclub at their meeting tonight.

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Air Force, Navy collaborate to find answers on hypoxia
03/28/2012

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE - The Air Force and the Navy have combined research into a perplexing problem that may have vexed both services in the skies.

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STEM school possible for South High
03/28/2012

SPRINGFIELD - The iconic South High School building could be home to a proposed agricultural sciences STEM school, but no decisions have been made.

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Nearly $40K in loans from grocer called theft
03/28/2012

TIPP CITY - The former owner of a grocery store here, who was arraigned in Miami County Municipal Court for making loans to employees for nearly $40,000 over a six- to-seven-year period without the new owner’s permission, said he expects charges of theft to be dropped next week and the money repaid.

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First female 4-star in AF is a native of Beavercreek
03/28/2012

The next commander of Air Force Materiel Command is taking an unprecedented role as the Air Force’s first female four-star general.

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Ohio wants to expand free online tutoring
03/28/2012

Free tutoring will soon be just a click away for more Ohio college students. The Ohio Board of Regents has invited all Ohio universities and colleges to join the Ohio eTutoring Collaborative.

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Trotwood man may have wanted to be shot
03/28/2012

TROTWOOD - A man shot by a Trotwood police officer on Sunday likely was attempting suicide, a department spokesman said on Tuesday.

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25 local homeless vets among those to get housing vouchers in $72.6M initiative
03/28/2012

DAYTON - Twenty-five Dayton area homeless veterans will have permanent housing vouchers under a $72.6 million nationwide initiative to house 10,000 former service members, the U.S.

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Report details area heroin sales
03/28/2012

Members of a Dayton street gang working in Fairborn, Middletown and Wapakoneta peddled hundreds of grams of heroin to addicts throughout Montgomery, Greene, Butler and Auglaize counties as law enforcement caught up with them, according to an affidavit filed in U.S.

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Military counterfeit parts fraud exposed
03/28/2012

A dozen suspected counterfeit parts for military equipment were purchased by government investigators, who said the parts “endanger troops’ lives,” according to a report released this week.

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Returning home: Repeat deployments build trauma
03/28/2012

Repeated deployments to war zones build a traumatic legacy that won’t let go of soldiers returning home, prompting responses that can range from merely embarrassing to much worse, said an Army Reserve clinical psychologist who has deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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Malnourished horse found in Turtlecreek Twp.
03/28/2012

Justin McClelland Staff Writer TURTLECREEK TWP. - A 62-year-old man was arrested Monday after an allegedly neglected horse was found on his property, the Warren County Sheriff’s Office said.

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Marriage Equality Petitions Delivered
03/27/2012

I'm amazed at the grassroots energy behind the Ohio marriage equality movement. A few weeks ago, driven by grassroots volunteers, the Freedom to Marry group turned in petitions to the attorney general's office with more than the 1,000 signatures needed to submit summary ballot language to get approval to start collecting the 385,000 to put it on the ballot.

As I explained Friday, AG Mike DeWine turned down their first language, saying it as too long and referred to provisions in Ohio state law that were not mentioned in the 2004 "Defense of Marriage" Amendment they want to repeal.

http://www.ohiodailyblog.com/content/freedom-marry-gaining-steam-clevela...

They adjusted the language and went back out to collect another 1,000 signatures. As of Friday, it looked like they could have over 1,500 signatures from more than 40 counties. But boy, did they overshoot that by the time they delivered the petitions to the AG's office today. Ian James, one of the main catalysts behind this marriage equality effort, posted this on the group's Facebook page today:

BREAKING NEWS: FreedomOhio is preparing to file its Summary Petition containing 2,387 signatures from 60 counties with the Ohio Attorney General. Upon approval of the summary, the Ohio Ballot Board will meet to review the petition language. We anticipate having a certified petition no later than April 24th for circulation. Get ready Ohio, Freedom to Marry is just ahead.

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn#!/groups/336986719657855/

The petitions were delivered by former congresswoman Mary Jo Kilroy, who recently fell a little short in her primary bid to return to Congress from the Columbus area. Apparently she's going to devote her time to the marriage equality effort. She was interviewed today after turning in the petitions, talking about what's going on:

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Freedom to Marry Gaining Steam; Cleveland Rally Tomorrow
03/27/2012

Just a few months ago, it would have been hard to imagine that hundreds of volunteers would be enlisting in every corner of the state to push for marriage equality in Ohio, and sign on to begin the process of repealing the odious Issue 1 "Defense of Marriage Amendment" that banned gay marriage in Ohio for the third time — this time writing it into the state constitution.

But ever since a handful of activists in Columbus decided to put out word on Facebook in January and see who was on board, the effort has snowballed.

http://www.facebook.com/groups/336986719657855/

Volunteers quickly gathered the 1,000 valid signatures needed to get the approval of summary ballot language from attorney general Mike DeWine to begin collecting the 385,000 signatures needed to bring a constitutional amendment to voters. DeWine turned down their initial submission due to technicalities in the language. Organizers rewrote the language, and are prepared to submit the petitions again on Monday. They've been pre-validating signatures and have over 1,300 they believe will be approved.

And tomorrow in Cleveland, marriage equality supporters will rally at the Free Stamp at E. 9th and Lakeside at 11:30 with a long list of speakers from all sorts of LGBT and other groups, which you can find here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/297446103621236/

That will be followed by a "mass marriage" event of both gay and straight couples at the Galleria a few blocks away, making a statement that marriage should be equally available to all consenting adults. (The entire event will be inside in case of rain).

According to their press release, this rally was organized by a 17-year-old Ohioan, Adam Hoover, primarily through a Facebook page he created.

http://www.facebook.com/MarriageEqualityOhio

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Hate Group Coming to Ohio
03/27/2012

No, no, NOT Fred "God Hates Fags" Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church. We're talking a slicker, "friendlier" face of hate: the Family Research Council. The D.C.-based group, led by smooth-talking Tony Perkins, has been preaching its distorted "values" for nearly 30 years — and was branded a "hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center in 2010 for its vitriolic attacks on LGBT people, based on fraudulent research. The group is a spin-off of James Dobson's infamous ultra-right-wing group Focus on the Family.

And they are coming here to Ohio with their "Values BUsh" and the goal of "swinging the election."

http://www.frc.org/alert/help-us-equip-ohio-to-vote-in-2012

Though there are tens of millions of eligible Christian voters in the United States, far too many of them never vote. This disparity must be done away with so values voters can have a voice in 2012. Help us take Ohio out of this lopsided equation!

That actually isn't TRUE (notice a theme here). In fact, the disparity occurs among voters unlikely to vote Republican (which of course is what this group is talking about) who are less likely to vote than evangelical Christians. But the so-called "Values Bus" will be here from April 9-15, looking for voters who share their narrow-minded agenda.

But they'll also be meeting some other folks. The people over at Freedom to Marry, which is growing faster than garlic mustard this spring, plan to be attending the stops of the "Values Bush" and bringing some TRUE truth along. Find out here where they will be when:
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn#!/groups/336986719657855/

If you want to know WHY they will be there, read this from the FRC's website:

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Virtual Online jobs (VBPsafdar352)
03/26/2012

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A Message from the desk of Todd J. Saporito, Board President/CEO of Cleveland Pride, Inc
03/22/2012

Hello Friends, I am Todd Saporito, and i am honored to be returning to fulfill another term as your Board President & CEO of Cleveland Pride. It has been a wonderful journey watching the Greater Cleveland/Greater Akron area’s LGBT community grow and shine.   But we have much more work to get done. I’m excited to [...]

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