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Battle over beer business continues in Ohio
The battle over Ohio’s beer business continues to brew in Columbus. State Rep. Jim Buchy, R-Greenville, on Wednesday introduced another bill to block brewers from buying beer distributorships, even though lawmakers just passed such a measure. This time around, Buchy wants an emergency clause attached to the bill so that ...
International League Standings
North Division W L Pct. GB Buffalo (Blue Jays) 26 19 .578 — Pawtucket (Red Sox) 27 20 .574 — Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Yankees) 21 24 .467 5 Lehigh Valley (Phillies) 21 25 .457 5½ Rochester (Twins) 19 28 .404 8 Syracuse (Nationals) 18 27 .400 8 South Division W L Pct. ...
Stubbs, Reynolds lead Indians to 12-3 win over Sox
Drew Stubbs and Mark Reynolds drove in three runs each and Cleveland had 16 hits in the Indians' 12-3 win over the Boston Red Sox in manager Terry Francona's return to Fenway Park on Thursday night. Francona, let go by Boston after the 2011 season, got a standing ovation after ...
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Thursday's Scores
Boy's Baseball Division I Region 1-Canton District Semifinal Austintown Fitch 6, Chardon 2 Brunswick at Twinsburg, ppd to May 24. Can. Glenoak 3, Uniontown Lake 0, suspended 3rd inning to resume May 24 Hudson at Medina Highland, ppd to May 24. Mayfield at Willoughby S., ppd to May 24. Mentor ...
Procter & Gamble brings back A.G. Lafley as CEO
Procter & Gamble Co. is bringing back its former CEO, as the world's largest consumer-products maker tries to spur global growth. In a surprise move, P&G said Thursday that former CEO A.G. Lafley, a 33-year industry veteran, is returning to the Cincinnati company's helm. Lafley, 65, replaces CEO Bob McDonald, ...
Indians call up LHP Barnes, designate LHP Huff
The Cleveland Indians have recalled left-hander Scott Barnes and designated left-hander David Huff for assignment. Barnes was 2-2 with a 5.74 ERA in 12 relief appearances for Triple-A Columbus. In two previous stints with Cleveland this season, he was 0-0 with a 4.50 ERA in three relief outings. Huff appeared ...
Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys
The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders — a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members and donors. Of the roughly 1,400 voting members of the BSA's National Council ...
Francona manages at Fenway for 1st time since 2011
Terry Francona felt right at home in the visiting dugout. Back at Fenway Park as a manager for the first time since being let go by the Boston Red Sox in 2011, he was calm and occasionally funny while wearing the cap of the Cleveland Indians. After all, he's back ...
Company pleads guilty in Ohio fish deaths case
A Strongsville company and the owner's wife have pleaded guilty for their roles in the dumping of liquid cyanide into a storm drain, resulting in the death of almost 31,000 fish in an Ohio river last year. U.S. Attorney Steven Dettelbach in Cleveland said Thursday Kennedy Mint Inc. pleaded guilty ...
Medical marijuana issue clears Ohio ballot board
A proposed constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana and certain uses of hemp has cleared Ohio's ballot board. The panel's approval Thursday sends the issue into its signature-gathering phase, with a 2014 vote most likely. The deadline for this fall's ballot is July 6. Proponents of the Ohio Cannibis Rights Amendment ...
Teen pregnancies fall to record lows in Ohio and U.S.
Teen birth rates have fallen to a record low in the United States and Ohio, declining by 25 percent nationwide from 2007 to 2011, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The overall rate for teens 15 to 19 has dropped from 41.5 births ...
Procter & Gamble says retiring CEO Robert McDonald to be replaced by former CEO A.G. Lafley
Procter & Gamble says retiring CEO Robert McDonald to be replaced by former CEO A.G. Lafley.
With 3 women freed, Cleveland police seeking tips
Police investigators returned to the Cleveland neighborhood where three women were held captive in a house for a decade hoping to get tips on unsolved missing-person cases. Cleveland city and public transit police and the FBI sponsored Thursday evening's event called a "Night Out For Missing Persons." There were two ...
Ohio school board considers creationism curriculum
A civil rights group is asking a southwest Ohio school district to abandon proposed policies that teach creationism in the classroom. The Springboro School Board is considering whether to include creationism in its curriculum and is slated to discuss the issue at a meeting Thursday night. The board previously weighed ...
Ohio kidnap case hero gets year of free McDonald's
The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for years in a Cleveland house will get free McDonald's for the next year, a company spokeswoman confirmed Thursday. Local franchisees in Charles Ramsey's neighborhood have offered him free food at their restaurants, said ...
Memorial out to battle phone distractions
There isn't a pro golfer who doesn't have a story about a "Play That Funky Music" ringtone coming from the gallery during a backswing, or the time a tourist with a flip phone was snapping photos in the middle of a critical putt. The Memorial is the latest tournament to ...
Browns QB Weeden to help with Oklahoma tornado
Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden is heading home to help his cherished Oklahoma heal. Weeden will return to his home state over the holiday weekend to assist in any way he can in the aftermath of the deadly tornado that tore through Moore, Okla., killing 24 people and destroying more than ...
Arrest made in slaying of former NFL player
Police in suburban Atlanta say an arrest has been made in the death of former NFL player David McMillan III. DeKalb County police Sgt. W.L. Wallace says 31-year-old McMillan was shot outside his car early Saturday morning. Wallace says McMillan and a man identified as 19-year-old Antonio Faust got out ...
Effort underway to legalize marijuana for medical use in Ohio
Supporters of legalizing medical marijuana can now start collecting signatures to put the issue on the ballot in Ohio.The Ohio Ballot Board voted 5 to 0 Thursday to allow the group to start collecting the more than 300,000 signatures from registered voters to put the issue on the ballot. It ...
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