Friday, July 18, 2008

Quest Under Way To Identify Those Buried In Ohio Potter's Field

MEDINA, Ohio (AP) - A history buff who turned folklore into fact by discovering a long-rumored cemetery now wants to identify the 55 people buried in unmarked graves.

4 Percent Of Ohio Test Scores Not Counted

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS

Associated Press Writer

Arson destroys cab garage in Cleveland

CLEVELAND (AP) - Arson destroyed a cab-company garage on the city's east side Monday, lighting up the early morning sky but causing no injuries, authorities said.

Suspicious bottle prompts dorm evacuation

FAIRBORN, Ohio (AP) - A dormitory at Wright State University was evacuated Monday following the discovery of a suspicious bottle outside the building, authorities said.

Prosecutors ask jury pool if priests capable of killing a nun

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Attorneys prosecuting a priest accused of killing a nun in a hospital chapel over Easter weekend 26 years ago tried to find jurors Monday who could believe a reverend is capable of a brutal crime.

Jury convicts Ohio stepfather on all counts in syringe rape case

AKRON, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio man accused of impregnating his teenage stepdaughter with a syringe eight years ago was convicted Monday of rape.

Museum preserves cherished keepsake left behind by WWII hero

PRINCETON, W.Va. (AP) - When Ulvert M. ''Fuzzy'' Moore left Bluefield for World War II, he gave his then fianc Dee a fraternity pin to remember him by.

Five injured in Canaan Valley blast

THOMAS, W.Va. (AP) - Five construction workers were injured, four of them severely, in an apparent natural gas explosion at a home construction site near the Canaan Valley Resort, State Police said Monday.

Company says code not to blame for Sago miscommunication

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The use of a code to prevent media eavesdropping on the Sago Mine rescue mission is not to blame for the miscommunication that had relatives believing for three hours that 12 men had survived, International Coal Group Inc. said Monday.

Md. wins access to hospital records of inmate charged in killing

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - Washington County prosecutors won access Monday to the hospital records of a state prison inmate accused of murdering the correctional officer who was guarding his Hagerstown hospital room.

State unemployment rate drops to 4.5 percent in March

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia's unemployment rate fell eight-tenths of a percentage point in March to 4.5 percent to give the state another record low for the year, Workforce West Virginia announced Monday.