Ohio business leaders back tax overhaul push in Ohio
The Ohio Business Roundtable, led by CEOs from about 80 firms, partners with Gov Taft and lawmakers on a plan to shift Ohio toward a new tax system aimed at growth. Proposed reforms include a gross receipts tax, elimination of corporate franchise tax, lower personal income tax, broader sales tax base, and higher cigarette and alcohol taxes.
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Columbus
Taft
Ohio
Ohio Business Roundtable
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Roundtable
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May 3 or June 28 ballot fight over Trenton charter
Supporters push for May 3 ballot on a charter amendment while city officials back a June 28 date. A local judge indicated the government sought release of hundreds more records. Sunny with a high near 34 and a low around 8.
Last option with bariatric surgery changes Colaizzi life
Dominic Colaizzi, obese for years, chooses gastric bypass at Middletown Regional Hospital after failing weight loss attempts. The Kettering resident, 30, 5'10" and 350 pounds, battles diabetes and hypertension, needs to lose weight before running again, with his wife Jenny supporting the decision as they anticipate a difficult but hopeful road ahead.
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Colaizzi
Springboro
Middletown Regional Hospital
Kettering
Alter High School
Jenny Colaizzi
Pat Auckerman
Middletown Journal
Jenny Coxaizzi
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Arrest of 79 year old preacher linked to Freedom Summer murders
Oxford residents reacted to Edgar Ray Killen being charged with three murders in the 1964 killings of civil rights workers Michael Schwerner Andrew Goodman and James Chaney. Killen pleaded not guilty and was held without bond after a grand jury decision. Nearby residents recalled the 1964 voter registration drive and the courage of students and leaders who faced fear to register black voters in Mississippi.
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Mississippi
Edgar Ray Killen
Killen
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
James Chaney
Schwerner
Goodman
Chaney
Strippel
Friends of the Mississippi Project
Arthur Miller
NAACP
Weight loss surgery rises in popularity and risk
The number of procedures grew 36 percent in 2004 to 141000, five times the 1999 total. WISH Center notes patients can shed up to 75 percent of excess weight in one to two years, but major abdominal surgery carries infection, hernia and clot risks. A USA Today study cited in October 2004 found one in 50 gastric bypass patients die within a month. Candidates must be at least 100 pounds overweight and have tried other methods. Lifelong strict eating guidelines apply.
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Wish Center
USA Today
Tsunami era memory as clock stops at 9 21 a m in India
In Nagapattinam a clock on the Indian Naval Detachment Center stopped at 9 21 a m as floodwaters swamped streets and wrecked homes. Survivors recall the silence amid devastation three weeks after the disaster, with officials recording deaths and cattle tolls while rescues and debris clearing proceed.
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Nagapattinam
India
Indian Naval Detachment Center
Asha Illiyarama
Ravindra Kakar
Indian Navy
Chris Stewart
COX
Yellama
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