Suit alleges state underpaid injured welfare workers
Bruce Smith, a Youngstown welfare recipient injured at work, sues the state, claiming the 1996 Ohio Supreme Court ruling on death benefits should apply to all welfare workers. The suit seeks recalculation of benefits for thousands of workers and cites potential claims in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Bruce Smith
Youngstown
Smith
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Ohio Supreme Court
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Equal Justice Foundation
Emily Hicks
Workers’ Compensation Bureau
Andy Douglas
Ohio
Douglas
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Ohio District Court of Appeals
Workers Compensation Bureau
Hicks
Foundation
General Motors
Mahoning County
Industrial Commission
Doctor sparks reading push distribution of millions of books
Dr Robert Needlman started Reach Out and Read after noting a bare waiting room in Boston. The program now delivers millions of books annually through 2100 clinics nationwide and worldwide, with support from publishers and government funding.
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Robert Needlman
MetroHealth Medical Center
Inner City
Boston
Needlman
Old South Church
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Canada
Italy
Australia
Israel
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Needman
Needsman
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Neediman
Laura Bush
Sen
Hillary Rodham Clinton
U.S. Department of Education
Robert
Barry Zuckerman
Reach
Zuckerman
Boston Medical Center
Associated Press File
Sonya Dean
Darrion Polk
Ray’Quil Newton
Women and Children’s
MetroHealth
Iraqi boy receives prosthetic legs after blast surgery
An 11-year-old Iraqi boy, Majid Fadhil Sabor, who lost parts of both legs in a roadside bomb near Al Kut, underwent surgery in Akron Children's Hospital to remove bone shards. He may receive prosthetics within two weeks, funded by the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, with artificial limbs from Yanke Bionics of Akron at a cost up to 12,000 dollars per leg.
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Akron
Majid Fadhil Sabor
United States
Palestine Children's Relief Fund
Akron Children's Hospital
Paul Fleissner
Steve Sosebee
Yanke Bionics of
Majid
al Kut
Iraq
Karen Schiely
Associated Press
Maso Fapui Sasor
Crystal Clinic
Bath Township
Ohio
Children’s Hospital
FBI mob fighter Joseph E. Griffin dies at 65 in Chicago
Joseph E. Griffin, longtime head of the FBI’s northern Ohio office and a Medal of Valor recipient, died at 65 in Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago from a bacterial infection. He led cases against Cleveland crime figures including Angelo Lonardo, later writing Mob Nemesis. He retired in 1988 and is survived by his wife Sandy and several children. A funeral service is planned in Park Ridge Illinois.
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Joseph E. Griffin
FBI
Ohio
Griffin
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Teamsters
Jackie Presser
DePaul University
Louisville
Angelo “Big Ange
Lonardo
John Sommer
Robert Hawk
Sandy
Shawn
Christopher
Joseph Jr
Cincinnati
Kevin
Miami
Jennifer Might
Pittsburgh
Mary Seat of Wisdom Catholic Church
Park Ridge
Ill
Man convicted in 1987 rape and murder seeks clemency
William H. Smith, 47, sentenced to death for the September 1987 stabbing and sexual assault of Mary Bradford in Cincinnati, will seek clemency from the Ohio Parole Board in February to urge a sentence reduction to life. The board will forward a recommendation to Gov. Taft. an execution date was set for March 8 by the Ohio and U.S. Supreme Courts.
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Columbus
Ohio Parole Board
Supreme Court
William H. Smith
Parole Board
Bob Taft
State Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
Smith
Mary Bradford
Cincinnati
Laurence Kemp
Subur
Disabled student pursues dream to be journalist
Allen Hines, a Kent State Stark student with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy, types six words a minute and overcomes daily challenges to pursue journalism. He travels by bus an hour each day from home, using a motorized wheelchair, while his mother Karen emphasizes his perseverance.
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Allen Hines
Hines
Stark
Kent State University
Karen Hines
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