Ohio boy, 9, dies after accidental shooting
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DECATUR, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a 9-year-old boy has died after being accidentally shot in the head.
Rock Hall of Fame to open Rolling Stones exhibit
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CLEVELAND (AP) — The story of The Rolling Stones is so huge it takes 2½ floors of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum to tell.
OSU increases commencement ticket allotment to 6
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — After a flood of complaints, Ohio State University says it will issue tickets for six guests instead of four to graduates participating in the May commencement ceremony featuring President Barack Obama.
Ohio slaying suspect denied parole 4 times
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A newspaper reports that an ex-convict accused of killing a 13-year-old girl over the weekend was denied parole four times before being released last August.
Driver sentenced to 30 years in double fatal crash
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COLUMBUS — Following an investigation by the Ohio State Highway Patrol in coordination with the Clermont County Prosecutor’s Office, Ronald Godfrey, of Cincinnati, was sentenced to 30 years in prison Feb. 22 in Clermont County Common Pleas Court.
Adoptive father sentenced in child rape case
Written by DAN SEWELL,Associated Press
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A judge who called the crimes "despicable" sentenced an adoptive father Tuesday to 50 years to life in prison, the second lengthy sentence for the 40-year-old western Ohio man who admitted raping three boys in his care and allowing two other men to rape one of his adopted sons.
Prosecutors present Ohio Craigslist evidence
Written by KANTELE FRANKO,Associated Press
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A man who says he was wounded by gunfire but escaped testified Tuesday as prosecutors began trying to show that robbery and identity theft were motives behind attacks two years ago that left three men in Ohio dead. All four were lured by phony Craigslist job offers.
Teen charged in Chardon school shooting pleads guilty
Written by THOMAS J. SHEERAN,Associated Press
CHARDON, Ohio (AP) — A teenager charged with killing three students at an Ohio high school pleaded guilty Tuesday to three counts of aggravated murder and other charges.