http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/oh-news/ en-us Tue, 5 Jan 2010 05:01:50 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421138/posts Brunner OKs 4 minor parties for ballot Monday, January 4, 2010 11:34 PM By Mark Niquette THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Candidates from as many as six political parties could be on the ballot for governor or other offices in Ohio this year. Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner issued a directive last week continuing ballot access for the Libertarian, Green, Socialist and Constitution parties in addition to the Democratic and Republican parties. The decision allows candidates of the four minor parties to qualify for the ballot under their party labels. Officials of the parties say they expect to have candidates for governor,... The Columbus Dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421138/posts#comment Tue, 5 Jan 2010 05:01:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420858/posts COLUMBUS, Ohio — A U.S. House hopeful says a former top Romanian spy who defected to the United States in the1970s has endorsed him in a closely watched northeast Ohio race. The campaign of Paul Schiffer said Monday that Ion Pacepa (YON' puh-CHEP'-uh) is backing the Republican in this year's election because he believes Democrats are turning America into a socialist dictatorship like the one he escaped. Daytona Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420858/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 21:54:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420763/posts When Bob Hagan was a boy people hereabouts equated the coke dust they swept off their doorsteps each day with opportunity, for it came from the steel mills that built this city. After graduating from high school more than 40 years ago, Hagan worked briefly at one of the local steel mills that dominated the local economy. In 1971, he became a locomotive engineer at railroad company CSX Corp, switching rail cars in every mill and yard in the area over the years. The job afforded him a ground-level view of the slow-moving disaster that would tear out Youngstown’s heart... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420763/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 19:23:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420557/posts CANTON, Ohio, Jan. 4 -- The highest-ranking Soviet and Eastern Bloc Intelligence Official ever to defect to America (in 1978) -- who went on to help Ronald Reagan win the Cold War -- has endorsed Paul Schiffer, Republican candidate for Congress in Ohio's 16th Congressional District. Pacepa escaped Romania to become an American citizen. Lt. General Ion Mihai Pacepa's statement follows: "Thirty-one years ago I paid with two-death sentences--from Communist Romania--for my desire to break with Marxism and become a citizen of the greatest country on earth. All former Soviet satellites have now 'defected' from Marx's socialism, which had transformed... Christian News Wire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420557/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 14:54:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419354/posts WEST CHESTER, Ohio, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- It wasn't a Spam lamb local police in Ohio found in a display microwave at home furnishings store IKEA -- it was a real lamb's head, officials said. An IKEA employee told the West Chester Township store's management of the grisly find, which was immediately removed, The Oxford (Ohio) Press reported Thursday. UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419354/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 05:48:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418924/posts Will Rewrite Health Care 'Bait & Switch' Bill in 2011, Vows Congressional Candidate Paul Schiffer by Staff December 29, 2009 CANTON, Ohio, christiansunite.com) -- Paul Schiffer, Republican candidate for Congress in Ohio's 16th Congressional District, accused Congressional Democrats of enacting a "BAIT & SWITCH" health care bill and promised to rewrite the bill in 2011 to match Americans' priorities. Schiffer claims: "The Democrats' health care bill is largely unrelated to what the public was told would be its goals. Democrats sold the bill as fixing specific problems which Americans - and I - all want to see fixed. When elected... Absolute News -- Christians Unite http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418924/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 14:17:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418922/posts > Angela Harvey, 34, told investigators she was among those who held James William Boyd McNeely at gunpoint in the basement of her Laddonia home on Dec. 17, and that she took part in beating him, investigators said in a probable cause statement. She said she told her husband, 38-year-old Chester Harvey Jr., that he should kill McNeely by suffocating him, then watched as he wrapped a black trash bag around the victim's face until he died, they said. > Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418922/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 14:09:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418523/posts Tennessee State Guard commander Richard Hamblen said it's his Second Amendment right as part of a militia to convert assault rifles into fully automatic weapons. The Sixth US Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed. A former commander in the Tennessee State Guard has lost an appeal to overturn his conviction for trying to provide his soldiers with homemade machine guns for possible use in defending the state. On Wednesday, a federal appeals court in Cincinnati threw the case out of court. “Whatever the individual right to keep and bear arms might entail, it does not authorize an unlicensed individual to possess... Christian Science Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418523/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:07:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418052/posts Jim Traficant, the weave-wearing, bold talking, convicted felon and former congressman who once called Congress "a big whore house," told a Youngstown, Ohio, business group Tuesday that he wants his old job back and will run in 2010. According to the Youngstown Business Journal, Traficant declared to 35 members of the local Biz Society "I'm going to run for Congress somewhere." He said he has not decided which Ohio district he'll run in, nor which political party he would affiliate with, but the former Democrat did say he has nominating petitions in three congressional districts. Traficant had hinted several months... politics daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418052/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:26:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417570/posts Paul Schiffer, Republican candidate for Congress in Ohio's 16th Congressional District, has already written legislation to repeal last Monday's decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency calling carbon dioxide a "pollutant." Paul Schiffer pledged to introduce and fight for this repeal in January 2011 after being elected in November 2010. "All life on earth depends on carbon dioxide. Plants breathe carbon dioxide as the lifeblood of plant growth. Animals cannot exist without plants for food. Carbon dioxide is a harmless, colorless, odorless part of the air that nourishes plants,” Schiffer said. “The EPA's decision makes as much sense as calling... THE VOICE Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417570/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:33:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417439/posts AMSTERDAM, Ohio -- Deputies found garbage wall to wall inside the Amsterdam home and now one parent is facing charges. The 10-year-old girl and 6-year-old boy are in the care of a foster parent tonight and the father is facing a charge of child endangerment. Sheriff Fred Abdalla said me he did not arrest the mother because she is pregnant with the couples third child. WTRF-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417439/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:08:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417374/posts An apparent home invasion went wrong today for two suspects when a Hilltop resident apparently shot one of the suspects, police said. Two men knocked on the door of 177 Haldy Ave. about 2:21 p.m. and asked for money, Columbus Police Sgt. Eric Pilya said. One of the suspects then took a resident to a back room, where the would-be robber was shot, Pilya said. His wounds were life-threatening, and he was taken to Mt. Carmel West hospital. The second suspect, who was armed, fled. Columbus Dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417374/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:49:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417123/posts A series of videos of RONALD REAGAN exposing the errors in Barack Obama's socialist policies. What is amazing is that nothing has changed. Reagan warned as early as 1967 of exactly what Barack Obama, Nancy Pelsoi, and Harry Reid are doing today. It's the same old scam. CLICK ON THE LINK: http://www.paulschiffer2010.com/videos.html Schiffer for Congress http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417123/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:53:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416029/posts New population figures give a boost to the GOP By: Chris StirewaltPolitical EditorDecember 28, 2009 The 2010 census is sure to be controversial.Republicans will thunder about the community organizers who get hired to do the counting, and Democrats will wail that the homeless and migrant workers are undercounted.But in the final pre-count estimate just released by the Census Bureau, we already have a broad idea of where the results are headed and what they will mean politically.The numbers are cause for alarm for Democrats.Of the states gaining House seats -- Texas (three) and Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, South Carolina, Utah... Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416029/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:44:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416689/posts Will Rewrite Health Care 'Bait & Switch' Bill in 2011, Vows Congressional Candidate Paul Schiffer Contact: Paul Schiffer, 216-276-8257; www.PaulSchiffer2010.com CANTON, Ohio, Dec. 28 /Christian Newswire/ -- Paul Schiffer, Republican candidate for Congress in Ohio's 16th Congressional District, accused Congressional Democrats of enacting a "BAIT & SWITCH" health care bill and promised to rewrite the bill in 2011 to match Americans' priorities. Schiffer claims: "The Democrats' health care bill is largely unrelated to what the public was told would be its goals. Democrats sold the bill as fixing specific problems which Americans – and I – all want to see... Christian News Wire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416689/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:31:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415559/posts An apparent home invasion went wrong today for two suspects when a Hilltop resident apparently shot one of the suspects, police said. Two men knocked on the door of 177 Haldy Ave. about 2:21 p.m. and asked for money, Columbus Police Sgt. Eric Pilya said. One of the suspects then took a resident to a back room, where the would-be robber was shot, Pilya said. His wounds were life-threatening, and he was taken to Mt. Carmel West hospital. The second suspect, who was armed, fled. dispatch.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415559/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:52:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414877/posts CINCINNATI — Years after a wave of construction brought publicly financed stadiums costing billions of dollars to cities across the country, taxpayers are once again being asked to reach into their pockets. From New Jersey to Ohio to Arizona, the stadiums were sold as a key to redevelopment and as the only way to retain sports franchises. But the deals that were used to persuade taxpayers to finance their construction have in many cases backfired, the result of overly optimistic revenue assumptions and the recession. Nowhere is the problem more acute than in Cincinnati. In 1996, voters in Hamilton County... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414877/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:24:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414370/posts Despite his inability to walk or even talk, a young man still obtained an honor typically reserved for the elite. GALLIA COUNTY, Ohio (WSAZ) -- The few, the proud, the Marines - it's a badge of honor many strive for, but only a few achieve. But for one young man fighting for his own life, he never lost his dream of fighting for his country. Despite his inability to walk or even talk, this young man still obtained an honor typically reserved for the elite. Ernie Stumbo is like most dads -- proud of his son's achievements and eager to... WSAZ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414370/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:15:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413463/posts 12/22/2009 - POPE AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. (AFNS) -- You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen. But on Dec. 6 at Pope Air Force Base, it was not a team of reindeer, but Maj. Jeff Dasher, a navigator in the 95th Airlift Squadron who guided the mission for the 440th Airlift Wing's C-130 Hercules that flew a group of Soldier Santas across the morning sky. One might say he was born for this mission. "It's the name," Major Dasher chuckled. "I had to be on this flight." His flight was part of the 12th annual Randy Oler Memorial... Air Force http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413463/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:57:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413177/posts The magistrate in the Rifqa Bary case ruled today that the 17-year-old who ran away from her Columbus home in July does not have to sit down for mediation with her parents. There were several issues resolved today at the hearing in Franklin County Juvenile Court, including: Mediation. Magistrate Mary Goodrich said issues now being discussed would best be resolved with individual counseling instead of group mediation. Third-party messages. Bary's parents don't want her to receive Christmas cards, and had filed a motion that any third-party messages first go to Franklin County Children Services. Omar Tarazi, the family's attorney, withdrew... The Columbus Dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413177/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:08:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412853/posts There is a major misrepresentation in this country when it comes to the Bill of Rights. A recent letter to the Readers' Forum said that "nearly everything that makes an American proud to be one comes from the Bill of Rights. Freedoms to speak, print, read, assemble, pray, petition the government, and keep and bear arms." Even at the tea parties, they get it wrong when they say the Second Amendment gives us the right to bear arms. The fact of the matter is the Bill of Rights gives us nothing. The Bill of Rights is simply a confirmation of... toledoblade.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412853/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:03:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412566/posts Many leaving state, advocates say The signs are popping up at Latino markets throughout Columbus. "Necesitas ride?" one asks in a mix of English and Spanish. "I'll take you wherever you want." For a fee, the impromptu taxi services offer transportation to undocumented immigrants who were forced to park their cars because they could not prove legal U.S. residency. Some are transferring "ownership" of their cars to family members or friends who are legal U.S. residents so that they can remain on the road in legally registered vehicles. Those without friends or family members here are turning to strangers, paying... THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412566/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:27:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412534/posts CLEVELAND, Ohio — A truck hauling beer flipped about 8 p.m. Sunday, tossing kegs and spewing beer across Interstate 90 west, under the West 110th Street bridge. The truck fell onto its side in the median. Police and a cleanup crew were still at the scene at 6:50 this morning. Police were requesting a salt truck to melt a sheet of frozen beer. A police dispatcher, speaking to a Plain Dealer reporter, quipped, "Bring the pretzels." All lanes of the highway were expected to be reopened by 7:15 a.m. Cleveland Plain Deater http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412534/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:44:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410424/posts CANTON, Ohio, Dec. 18 /Christian Newswire/ -- Paul Schiffer, Republican candidate for Congress in Ohio's 16th Congressional District, has already written legislation to repeal last Monday's decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency calling carbon dioxide a "pollutant." Paul Schiffer pledged to introduce and fight for this repeal in January 2011 after being elected in November 2010. Schiffer's legislation would leave in place all regulation of genuine pollution but exclude carbon dioxide from the definition of a pollutant in all Federal laws. This would strip the EPA of authority to regulate the carbon dioxide which plants breathe. It would also... Christian News Wire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410424/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:38:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409577/posts I can only post a link to this site due to copyright. http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20091216/SPT02/312160072/Chris+Henry+in+serious+accident http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409577/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:42:28 GMT