Butler poverty, wages fall as housing costs rise in Butler County
Census Bureau data show 8,909 county families below the poverty line in 2003, up about 18 percent from 2000. Median household income dropped 10 percent to 42,188, while average income slipped 8 percent to 52,763. Individual earnings fell 1.4 percent to 24,541. Unemployment rose from 3.1 percent in 2000 to 7.2 percent last year, with overall U S and Ohio rates between 7 and 8 percent. Housing prices climbed over 10,000 to 137,962. Local officials cite job quality and future growth as keys to wage recovery.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Census Bureau
United States
Michael Fox
Fox
Ohio
U.S
Gregory Jolivette
Cox News Service
Newbauer balances Arby’s duties with Delphi job amid wage shifts
The article profiles Mike and his wife in Dayton as they juggle construction work, Arby’s hours, and a Delphi position offering weekends off to gain custody time with their son. It situates their midlands income against rising poverty in Montgomery County, where 13.7 percent live below the poverty line and the charity network struggles to meet demand. Poverty and income figures are placed against city contrasts, noting Cleveland’s high poverty and Montgomery County’s lower median income compared with San Jose.
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Newbauer
University of Cincinnati
Arby’s
Huber Heights
Delphi
Newbauers
Mike
Food Bank
Burma Rai
Foodbank
Catholic Social Services
Montgomery
Greene
Preble
Rai
Montgomery County
U.S
San Jose
Calif
Dayton
Ohio
Cleric al Sadr agrees to peace plan in Najaf crisis
Al Sadr accepts a five point peace proposal amid ongoing battles with U.S. and Iraqi forces. The plan envisions weapons free Najaf and Kufa, foreign troop withdrawal, government police security, compensation for victims, and a census ahead of January elections. Al Sistani aides say Mahdi Army will leave the Imam Ali Shrine with a dignity preserving mechanism.
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al-Sadr
U.S
Qassim Dawoud
Najaf
Ayad Allawi
Dawoud
Kufa
Al-Sistani
Hamed al-Khalaf
Mahdi Army
Imam Ali Shrine
al-Khafaf
al- Jazeera Television
Terrorism Suspicions Rise Over Chechnya Airline Attacks
Warnings from officials point to possible terrorist acts as two planes vanish near simultaneously after leaving the same airport. Investigators say flight recorders were turned off quickly, suggesting rapid events. A Tu-154 carrying 46 and a Tu-134 with 43 disappeared near 11 p.m. Tuesday en route to Volgograd and Sochi.
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Chechnya
Moscow
Russia
Ruben Suryaninov
Volgograd
Black Sea
Sochi
Vladimir Putin
Nader petitions face invalidation over signatures and addresses
Nader campaigns report wave of rejected petitions as circulators are cited for invalid addresses and unregistered voters. About 229 signatures on 17 petitions were rejected for listing Candlewood Suites Blue Ash as an address, while other petitions show signatures from Lorain and Cuyahoga counties deemed impossible to have gathered in the stated time. Several circulators had unregistered or moved voters, and some signatures were deemed non genuine or from non registrants. Nader must file at least 5,000 valid Ohio signatures. meanwhile four states denied ballot access due to petition issues.
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Candlewood Suites
Blue Ash
Ohio
McGary
Cleveland
Lorain County
Cuyahoga County
California
Nader
Illinois
Maryland
Missouri
Virginia
Troy scales up staffing for Straw berry Festival
Fire Chief John Denney says 37 firefighters will work six to eight hour shifts Saturday, up from eight. Police Chief Charles Phelps confirms 37 officers on duty for the event, with current staffing higher than typical four on Saturdays. Overtime is expected to be far less than the usual 14 to 16 hours per officer. Lt. Danny Springs notes 11 troopers may be reduced by the Secret Service request level. Miami County Sheriff’s Office will deploy all deputies except one on vacation, totaling 40 deputies and two auxiliaries. Cox News Service contributed.
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al Troy
John Denney
Troy
Charles Phelps
Phelps
Danny Springs
Ohio Highway Patrol
Piqua Post
Post
Secret Service
Miami County
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Ali Husseini al-Sistani
Holy City
Sistani
Natalia Kozhelupova
Yakovlev
First Channel
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Manchester Road
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Springboro
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