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Crew Rallies For Tie In Champions League
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Whether at the national team level or when two clubs playing in a regional tournament play there is always friction when the United States and Mexico get together. It was no...


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Garon, Blue Jackets Beat Ducks 5-2
The Columbus Blue Jackets have known for quite some time that they likely won’t return to the playoffs. The Anaheim Ducks are starting to realize a similar...
Top Big Ten Teams Still Have Much To Prove
INDIANAPOLIS—It seems every team has something to prove heading into the Big Ten tournament. Ohio State’s Evan Turner, the conference player of the year, will try to give the No. 5...
LeBron To Play Vs. 76ers, Jamison Could Miss Game
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio—LeBron James is expected to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers’ lineup against the Philadelphia 76ers, while Antawn Jamison remains day to day. Cleveland coach Mike...
Anderson Apologizes For Remarks
Former Browns quarterback Derek Anderson has apologized after saying Cleveland fans “don’t deserve a winner” following his...
Indians Rookie Brown Has Right Knee Surgery
GOODYEAR, Ariz.—Cleveland Indians rookie Jordan Brown has had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee. Brown tore the medial meniscus in the knee during outfield drills Friday before the...
Lewis, Perez Key To Indians Relief Corps
GOODYEAR, Ariz.—Jensen Lewis and Rafael Perez seem to go unnoticed by Cleveland Indians fans - until they fail. Both relief pitchers received plenty of unwanted attention in 2009, as...
Boys Basketball Division III Tuesday’s Scores
Barnesville 54, Zanesville W. Muskingum 42 Campbell Memorial 61, E. Palestine 43 Cle. Cent. Cath. 46, Gates Mills Hawken 39 Cle. VASJ 54, Kirtland 47 E. Can. 59, Louisville Aquinas 55 ...
Girls Basketball Division I Tuesday’s Scores
Can. McKinley 82, Green 53 Kettering Fairmont 49, Cin. Princeton 41 Perrysburg 44, Brecksville-Broadview Hts. 36 Pickerington N. 56, Xenia 29 Reynoldsburg 44, Gahanna Lincoln 31 Tol. Waite 73,...
Officials: Ohio death row inmate sought suicide
FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, Lawrence Reynolds is seen. Officials say on Wednesday, March 10, 2010, Lawrence Reynolds, an Ohio...
Inmate who overdosed sought suicide, state says
COLUMBUS -- Officials say an Ohio death row inmate was attempting suicide when he overdosed on pills two days before his scheduled execution. Spokeswoman Julie Walburn said today that the...
Fifth Third Greater Cincinnati adding hours
Fifth Third Bank will add evening and weekend hours at many of its Greater Cincinnati offices in response to customer demand. The bank said 83 branches will expand their hours, and 39 of those will...
$1.2M settlement reached in Ohio caged kids case
Eleven adopted and foster children forced to sleep in cages by their adoptive parents have reached a $1.2 million settlement with the Ohio county where they once...
Agent: Bengals, Bryant 'very close'
tweeted congratulations to Bryant, his fellow Miami native: "Antonio Bryant signs a 4 year deal with the Cincy Bengal, congrats to the homie from the 305 DADE COUNTY...
Settlement Reached In 'Caged Kids' Case
— Eleven adopted and foster children who were forced to sleep in cages by a northern Ohio couple have reached a $1.2 million settlement with the county where they once lived. Lawyers for the...
Bradley: Rain Continues Thursday
— Wednesday night will be cloudy and mild as thunderstorms move into the area, Live Doppler 10 chief meteorologist Chris Bradley said. The low will dip to 46 degrees overnight. Thursday, the...
Lancaster Man On Trial For Allegedly Taping Nude Siblings
— A man was on trial Wednesday, accused of videotaping two young children in the nude. William Thomas pleaded not guilty to gross sexual imposition, 10TV News reported. Thomas is accused of...
Construction Begins On New Rich Street Bridge
— Groundbreaking was held Wednesday for the new Rich Street Bridge, over the Scioto River, in downtown Columbus. Community members called the new bridge a start to the revitalization of the...
Jurors get murder case Thursday
HAMILTON - Jurors will begin deliberating Thursday in the murder trial of Khrendon Gray, accused in the September stabbing death of a Lakota West High School...
Female pilot honored for WWII duty
Photos: Jean Springer Excluded from flying in combat - and not even considered part of the U.S. Army - Springer and the other female pilots transported military personnel, towed targets for gunnery...
Teen bank robbery suspects in court
Hamilton County Juvenile Court Judge Thomas Lipps determined Wednesday that there is overwhelming evidence against two 17-year-olds accused of being part of a trio of men who robbed a Hyde Park bank...
Flood Watch issued for parts of Northeast Ohio
A Flood Watch in effect from Thursday evening through Sunday morning. The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has expanded the FLOOD...
Compact Corp. rings in 15 years
this week is celebrating 15 years of working to revitalize central city neighborhoods. Compact CEO Jon Beard is joining Mayor Michael Coleman and other local officials at the King Arts Complex on...
Rich Street bridge begins construction
Columbus officials hope to finish work on the new Rich Street bridge next summer, calling the more than $30 million structure a key link between downtown and Franklinton. Mayor Michael Coleman...
Nature conservancy selling 85 acres to parks system
Franklin County Metro Parks in the next few months could close on a deal to buy more than 80 acres along Big Darby Creek from the Nature Conservancy for $570,000. The park system and conservancy...
Cincinnati Rotary Club names Jefferson Award finalists
The Rotary Club of Cincinnati announced Wednesday the five finalists for the 2010 Jefferson Award, a program it presents annually to Greater Cincinnati citizens for public service. The winner of...
Ohio officer fired for speeding gets job back
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio police officer fired for off-duty speeding on his motorcycle at nearly 150 mph has gotten his job back. Deputy Chief Kenneth Bell of the Gahanna (guh-HA'-nuh)...
Cincinnati Bell plans $400M notes offering
CINCINNATI — Regional telephone company Cincinnati Bell Inc. said Wednesday that it plans to publicly offer $400 million worth of senior subordinated notes due in 2018. The company said it...
Abbott Labs spent nearly $2 million on lobbying
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Drug and device maker Abbott Laboratories spent $1.9 million lobbying on health care issues in the fourth quarter of last year, according to a recent disclosure...
Caged children will get $1.2 million from Huron County
NORWALK, Ohio -- Eleven adopted and foster children who were forced to sleep in cages by a northern Ohio couple have reached a $1.2 million settlement with the county where they once lived. ...
The Hot Issue: In addition to texting, what other driver behaviors should be outlawed?
<span class="hotissuelogo"></span><span class="highlight">The Hot Issue:</span> In addition to texting, what other driver behaviors should be...
The Hot Issue: Should the state keep a suicidal prisoner alive so he can be executed?
<span class="hotissuelogo"></span><span class="highlight">The Hot Issue:</span> In addition to texting, what other driver behaviors should be...
The Hot Issue: Should Columbus repeal the laws it does not enforce?
<span class="hotissuelogo"></span><span class="highlight">The Hot Issue:</span> In addition to texting, what other driver behaviors should be...
Construction jobs decline in Ohio for January
of America. Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana all lost jobs in January. The monthly report details seasonally adjusted employment changes in the construction industry in all states, as well as the District...
Wednesday update: Coats re-signs; Owens meets and greets; Gilyard eyed
As the Bengals finished up meeting with Bills wide receiver Terrell Owens on Wednesday morning, they re-signed tight end Dan Coats after he became a free agent when they didn’t tender him a...
Woman Wants Wildlife Officers To Act After Coyote Kills Dog
— Pet owners on Tuesday were being warned to keep an eye on their pets while outdoors, as more coyotes have been sighted in neighborhoods around central Ohio. In some cases, coyotes have...
Officer Who Got 149 MPH Ticket Gets Job Back
— A police officer who was fired after he was caught riding his motorcycle nearly 150 mph along Interstate 70 will get his job back, 10TV News reported on Wednesday. An arbitrator ruled that...
Traffic alert: Parade closures
The city of Cincinnati has issued the following traffic alert:The parade will start at Fifth Street near Sentinel Street and continue west on Fifth Street to Plum Street, then south on Plum Street to...