Speaker's wife urges insurers to cover trial costs in cancer care
Tina Husted, wife of Ohio House Speaker Jon Husted, backs a bill to force health insurers to cover routine costs of cancer clinical trials. She cites her father’s six trials funded by insurance and urges access for others while noting resistance from some insurers. Twenty states and Medicare already have similar rules.
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Court: Consensual stepfather sex illegal in Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court upholds family mistreatment law barring sexual contact between a stepfather and an adult stepchild even with consent. The ruling, 6 to 4, states parents remain parents at 18 and would apply if the stepfather remains in the stepchild’s life. Justice Pfeifer dissented.
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Boater charged with murder in Lake Erie death near South Bass Island
Ottawa County prosecutors say new witness placed Fairlawn resident Scott Speer at the scene in 2002 when he allegedly pushed James Barnett overboard. Barnett, 40, of Barberton, was found the next day near South Bass Island after a boating trip from Put-in-Bay.
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Scott Speer
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Seeing Ourselves: American Photography tour opens in Pensacola
A George Eastman House exhibition travels across small towns from Ohio to Alabama in a three year tour. It showcases iconic images including Marilyn Monroe Babe Ruth Angela Davis and more. The goal is to bring photography as heritage to communities outside major arts centers with films and performances alongside the photos.
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N.Y
Marilyn Monroe
Babe Ruth
Angela Davis
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Zanesville
Ohio
Appalachian
Hanceville
Alabama
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Ney reports to prison for corruption sentence
Former Ohio Republican congressman Bob Ney reported to federal prison to begin a 27 month term after pleading guilty to conspiracy and making false statements tied to gifts from lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Inmate No. 28882-016, Ney faces austere living, khaki attire, and pay as low as 12 to 40 cents an hour for prison work.
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Fluorescent green plates proposed for sex predators
State Sen. Kevin Coughlin and Rep. Michael DeBose push bills to require habitual and child-oriented sex offenders to display fluorescent green license plates for at least five years. The measure, echoing earlier pink plate attempts, faces criticism from the ACLU while supporters argue it would deter crime and protect children.
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Cleveland to go Wi-Fi network citywide
Mayor Frank Jackson announced a citywide wireless network to cover all 77 square miles of Cleveland to provide Web access and email from anywhere in the city. Spokeswoman Maureen Harper estimated about 100 million dollars with proposals from Internet providers and no tax money.
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Strickland pushes independent board for workers' comp
Gov. Ted Strickland proposes an 11 member independent board of financial experts to manage the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation fund, replacing the advisory oversight, with an inspector general auditor to oversee investments. The plan aims to restore trust after a $300 million investment scandal tied to Tom Noe.
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