Woman Sues Ex Over Trove of Secret Tapes
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(CINCINNATI) — An Ohio woman is suing her ex-husband after she said he spied on her with a hidden video camera, microphone and a GPS for months in their home.Cathy Zang learned about the recordings during their 2009 divorce proce…
New Obama Ad Hits Romney’s Bain Career in Ohio, Virginia
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(CHICAGO) — President Obama’s campaign will air yet another ad attacking Mitt Romney’s business career at Bain Capital, this one in the swing states of Ohio and Virginia.The ad has already begun airi…
Obama Challenges China with WTO Over Cars
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images(CINCINNATI) — Looking to bolster his standing with blue-collar voters, President Obama has for the second time in as many months filed suit against China for unfair trade practices on the eve of a major campaign swing thro…
Ohio Man Aids Same Stranger Twice in Eight Years
ABC News(NEW YORK) — In a turn of events described as “miraculous,” an Ohio man helped the same stranger twice in the span of eight years, most recently in a potentially deadly situation last weekend.It was late Saturday night on a country…
Biden Recounts Near Arrest in His College Years
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(ATHENS, Ohio) — Vice President Joe Biden told the story of a run-in with the cops he had back in the 1960s during a college trip to Athens, home of Ohio University where he was nearly arrested for stepping foot in a women&…
Ohio Teen’s Harrowing Journey into Storm Drain
ABC News(PARMA, Ohio) — A 14-year-old boy from Ohio says he is lucky to be alive after he was swallowed up by a sewer drain pipe and carried 1,500 feet by rising waters.Jeff LaPorta suffered scrapes and bruises on his legs and received six stitches in…
Obama Takes Credit for Ohio’s Economic Recovery
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images(TOLEDO, Ohio) — President Obama marked Labor Day in Ohio by claiming credit for the state’s resurgent economy and panning his rivals’ economic “playbook.”Obama told the UAW Labor Day Celebration tha…
Obama Takes Credit for Ohio’s Economic Recovery
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images(TOLEDO, Ohio) — President Obama marked Labor Day in Ohio by claiming credit for the state’s resurgent economy and panning his rivals’ economic “playbook.”Obama told the UAW Labor Day Celebration tha…
VP Joe Biden-opoulos: ‘The Most Greek Irishman?’
Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images(WARREN, Ohio) — Vice President Joe Biden gave himself a new nickname Friday when he introduced himself to three Greek men seated at a table at the Mocha House in Warren, Ohio.“I’m Joe Bidenopoulos,” Biden…
VP Joe Biden-opoulos: ‘The Most Greek Irishman?’
Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images(WARREN, Ohio) — Vice President Joe Biden gave himself a new nickname Friday when he introduced himself to three Greek men seated at a table at the Mocha House in Warren, Ohio.“I’m Joe Bidenopoulos,” Biden…
Husband Surprises Wife with Billboard to Help Her Job Search
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(SYLVAN, Ohio) — There’s love and then there’s this kind of love.It involves buying space on two giant billboards in two of the busiest intersections in town and putting your wife’s picture on them, listing all …
Ohio Woman Found Burned with Rope Around Her Neck in Road Dies
WSYX/ABC News(ZANESVILLE, Ohio) — An Ohio woman who was tortured in a wooded area and left abandoned near a remote road has died after being in critical condition for two days, officials said.The 29-year-old woman from Canton was discovered naked Sund…
Amish Beard-Cutting Trial: Jury Selection Underway in Cleveland
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(CLEVELAND, Ohio) — Jury selection began Monday in the hate crimes trial of Samuel Mullet Sr. and 15 followers of his breakaway sect, who are accused of forcibly cutting the beards and hair of other Amish men and women. U.S. Dist…
Amish Hair-Cutting Hate Crime Trial Set to Begin
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(CLEVELAND, Ohio) — The trial of members of a breakaway Amish sect charged with hate crimes for cutting off the beards and hair of other Amish men and women is set to begin Monday in an Ohio court. The government revealed Friday …
After a Challenging Week on Women’s Issues, Mitt Romney Seeks to Woo Them in Ohio
J.D. Pooley/Getty Images(POWELL, Ohio) — Mitt Romney doesn’t just want Ohioans to vote for him this fall, he wants female residents here to come out to the polls — making an explicit plea for the female vote on Saturday, one that is vital …
President Obama Shifts Aim to Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan Education Plan
JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/GettyImages(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — President Obama kicked off a two-day campaign swing through Ohio and Nevada Tuesday by shifting the focus of his attacks from Medicare and taxes to education, slamming the Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan plan to cu…
Returning to His Alma Mater, Paul Ryan Goes on Offense on Medicare
Matt Sullivan/Getty Images(OXFORD, Ohio) — Paul Ryan had a second homecoming Wednesday, returning to his alma mater, Miami University, where he took on the issue of Medicare. The subject is one which Democrats are using to frighten senior voters in ho…
Debunked, ‘Disgusting’ Ad Tying Romney to Cancer Death Allegedly Airs ‘in Error’
Jeff Swensen/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A controversial TV ad tying Mitt Romney to a woman’s cancer death aired Tuesday for the first time in Ohio, allegedly in error, according to the pro-Obama super PAC that produced it.”Station error is all,”…
Ohio Cop Busts Man with Gun, Knives at "The Dark Knight Rises" Screening
Photodisc/Digital Vision/Thinkstock(WESTLAKE, Ohio) — An off-duty police officer from Westlake, Ohio, is being credited for stopping what possibly had the makings of another Aurora, Colo., movie theater-style shooting spree.The cop noticed that a man …
Romney Says Obama Lawsuit Blocks Ohio Military Voters
(WASHINGTON) — A new flap in the ongoing battle on voting equality began this week when Mitt Romney accused President Obama’s re-election committee of suing to restrict military voting rights in Ohio. And while Romney did not address the issue c…