Economic Recovery? Ohioans Question Hopeful Messages
In Twinsburg Ohio a candy shop clerk, Julie Bittner, laments fading sales as locals doubt a national recovery. An AP-GfK poll shows only 25 percent see improvement while 76 percent call the economy poor. Officials dispute the pace, citing growing demand and ongoing recovery.
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Bittner
Ken Goldstein
Conference Board
Treasury
Timothy Geithner
White House
Federal Reserve
Ben Bernanke
Congress
Lorain leads state in personal bankruptcy filings
The Akron Beacon Journal reports Ohio personal bankruptcies rose 21 percent from 2008 to 2009, totaling 685,696 filings in five years. Lorain County saw a 29 percent jump to 1,970 filings last year, while Cuyahoga County led with 8,364. Experts warn the trend may worsen before improving.
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Akron Beacon Journal
Lorain
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Marc Gertz
Arizona
Wyoming
Nevada
California
Utah
Hawaii
Ohio prospectors find specks of gold along Kokosing River
Josh O Masters and about a dozen members of the Ohio State Prospectors Association tested a Norris family farm claim near Mount Vernon in Knox County. The group, which leases the claim April through September, seeks gold as camaraderie and adventure, noting the river’s gold likely came from Canada via glacial carry. The outing adds to regional claims and geologic insight from ODNR experts.
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Ohio State Prospectors Association
Norris
Mount Vernon
Knox County
Mark Hunt
Port Washington
Tuscarawas County
Kokosing
Hunt
Ohio
Young rower completes solo Atlantic crossing
Ohio's Katie Spotz, 22, became the youngest person to row the Atlantic solo. She spent over two months at sea from Dakar to Georgetown, Guyana, crossing in two hour shifts with aid from four iPods, 300 chocolate bars and 100 audiobooks. She trained with meditation and logged long days at sea.
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Ohio
Atlantic Ocean
Katie Spotz
Spotz
Mentor
Dakar
Senegal
Georgetown
Guyana
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Ely Square
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Josh Jarman
Columbus Dispatch
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