Tornado rips through Blue Ash then Montgom ery outskirts
Residents in Hamilton Clinton and Warren counties assess widespread damage after a pre dawn tornado battered Blue Ash and Montgomery near Cincinnati. Four people died and hundreds of homes were destroyed or damaged as shelters opened and crews cleared debris. Volunteers provided food and support while officials warned of more storms to come.
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Kent Meiser
Meiser
Vicki
Fallsington Court
Cincinnati
State Emergency Management Agency
Hamilton
Clinton
Warren
Ohio
Red Cross
Blue Ash
Montgomery
Metsers
Suzanne Smith
Smith
Mike Sniddy
Ohio lawmakers open hearings on electric competition bills
Ohio House and Senate committees begin hearings on identical bills to introduce competition in the electric power industry while maintaining regulation of transmission and distribution. Gov Taft backs deregulation as lawmakers race to act by June, with leaders hopeful hearings will clarify the plan and move it forward.
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Columbus
House
Senate
Bob Taft
Bruce Johnson
Rep
Priscilla Mead
Johnson and Mead
Ohio
General Assembly
Jo Ann Davidson
Davidson
R-Reynoldsburg
At Home in America with Refugees Story
A look at how refugees adapt to life in the United States through stories from Laos Bosnia Cuba and Kosovo. Pahoua Yang recalls an angel’s help in Ohio while Mithat and Senada Sadovic describe a perilous Bosnian war journey with family, camp life, and survival.
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America
Pahoua Yang
Laos
Mekong River
Thailand
Yang
Gahanna
University of Minnesota
Louise
United States
State Department
Southeast Asia
Soviet Union
States
Kurdistan
Cuba
Bosnia
U.S
Karen Johnson Elsharly
American Refugee Committee
Mithat and
Senada Sadovic
Chia Hang
Brooklyn Center
Minn
Activists push for public hearing on Toledo landfill plume
Environmental groups ask the Ohio EPA to hold a hearing by the Ohio Environmental Review Appeals Commission in Columbus. They report liquid with potentially hazardous chemicals like benzene seen beneath Envirosafe Services of Ohio Inc. since 1994 and criticize reliance on data from Oregon company tests.
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Toledo
Ohio Epa
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Oregon
Carolyn Muller
Coalition
Miller
EPA
Ferry to offer one day trips to Canada
A new 70-foot catamaran ferry by Island Express Boat Lines will run from Sandusky to Pelee Island Ontario. The round trip lasts about 40 minutes and carries up to 149 passengers. Prices are 30 dollars for adults and 10 dollars for children.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Canada
Island Express Boat Lines Ltd
Pelee Island
Ontario
Island Express
Joe Fratoe
Lake Erie
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Kosovo
Yugoslavia
Slobodan Milosevic
Macedonia
Albania
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United
Mostar
Senada
Mithat
Wote
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