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Ohio Political News
| ACORN Agrees To Leave Ohio Under Settlement The community organizing group ACORN has agreed to permanently give up its business license in Ohio, under a settlement with a libertarian organization. comments: 4 |
 AUDIO Elections Deputy Chief HiredThe Summit County Board of Elections has hired a new deputy director. |
 VIDEO Elections Board Ponders SAAThe Summit County Board of Elections argues about which short cuts - if any - are acceptable on nominating petitions. comments: 2 |
| Charging Back Election Costs The Summit County Board of Elections is sending out bills to various communities for their share of election costs. comments: 6 |
| AUDIO Plusquellic In DC Mayor Plusquellic is among 30 big city mayors on Capitol Hill today asking lawmakers to pass a jobs bill. comments: 22 |
| Poll: Portman Tops Dems In Senate Race Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher leads Secretary of State Jennifer in the Ohio U.S. Senate race, but a poll also finds both Democrats slightly behind Republican Rob Portman. comments: 1 |
| VIDEO Traficant To Run As Independent It appears former congressman Jim Traficant hasn't taken his eye off placing his name on the ballot. comments: 6 |
| VIDEO Elections Board Squabbles Over Petitions It was an all-out battle as two sides fought over how much attention should be given to a certain set of nominating petitions. comments: 3 |
| Strickland's Approval Rises A poll shows Ohio voters are slightly more approving of the job done by Gov. Ted Strickland, and he has pulled ahead of Republican challenger John Kasich. comments: 3 |
| Will Traficant Run? Democrats in northeast Ohio are watching to see if a former congressman who spent seven years in federal prison for corruption will try to stage an unprecedented political comeback. comments: 4 |
National Political NewsNeed for results drives Obama's domestic juggle
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's intense juggling of domestic issues reflects all the realities he faces: a vast agenda, a smaller window for results this year and a need to keep promises to constituencies that will have a huge say in the fall congressional elections....
AP Source: Obama wants Yellen as Fed vice chair
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama intends to nominate Janet Yellen, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, to take over as vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, a person familiar with the selection said Friday....
Reid's wife hospitalized after traffic accident
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife remained hospitalized Friday with serious injuries suffered when a tractor-trailer rear-ended the minivan she and their daughter were riding in on a suburban Virginia interstate, officials said....
Senators question $1 million pay for charity's CEO
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A group of Republican senators is questioning high salaries and expensive travel bills for executives at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, raising issues that could jeopardize millions in federal funding for the national charity....
Democrats pare differences over health overhaul
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Top Democrats say they are resolving disputes over President Barack Obama's health overhaul plan, but they face decisions on subsidizing coverage and are still hunting votes to push the vast package through Congress....
Lawmakers probe lax enforcement of animal rules
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- The knives at the slaughterhouse weren't properly sanitized, a government investigator said, and employees at the meatpacking plant didn't know how to test the carcasses of days-old veal calves for a dangerous pathogen. Food safety conditions were so poor at the Vermont processing facility that it should close before someone got sick, officials warned....
Utah House GOP leader says he paid off woman
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah's House majority leader said late Thursday he paid a woman $150,000 to keep silent about going nude "hot-tubbing" with her when she was minor a quarter century ago....
'Little Billy' punks VIPs in wide-eyed letters
WASHINGTON (AP) -- "Little Billy" was in a jam: His parents blamed him for dismembering his sister's doll, but the dog did it. How could he clear his name?...
Pa. GOP picks Burns as nominee for Murtha's seat
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Republicans in Pennsylvania have nominated a political newcomer to fill the congressional seat of the late Rep. John Murtha....
Dodd to offer his own financial regulation bill
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With one eye on the calendar and the other on elusive bipartisanship, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd plans to offer his own version of a sweeping overhaul of financial regulations without Republican support....
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