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Church Offers Free Chick-fil-A for Straight Couples

$25 gift card for a 'biblical marriage'

(Newser) - A church in Dayton, Ohio gave out free $25 Chik-fil-A gift cards to straight married couples attending its "Day to Honor Biblical Marriage" event. An ad for the event was picked up by Reddit and, as these things do, spread quickly around the Internet, reports the Huffington Post . Despite...

Man Convicted of Murder Based on Victim's Blinks

Ricardo Woods rejected a plea deal

(Newser) - An Ohio man was convicted of murder and felonious assault today, in a case that hinged in large parts on the videotaped blinks of a dying man . Prosecutors on numerous occasions offered a plea deal to Ricardo Woods that would have seen him spend just 5 years in prison, the...

Castro Daughter: I Now See There Were Signs

Angie Gregg refuses to see father again

(Newser) - Once, she saw her father as a "friendly, caring, doting" person—but things have changed for Ariel Castro's daughter. Angie Gregg tells CNN her father, the Cleveland kidnapping suspect , is "dead to me," adding that he's "the most evil, vile, demonic criminal" she's...

Outrage After Steubenville Extends Coach's Contract

Reno Saccoccia gets two more years in admin role

(Newser) - Reno Saccoccia, the Steubenville High School football coach whose star players were found guilty of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl, has had his contract as the school's "director of administrative services" extended for two years. The news has sparked outrage across social media, the Washington Post reports, though...

Ohio Sentences Craigslist Killer to Death

Richard Beasley killed 3 men seeking farm jobs

(Newser) - A self-styled street preacher who teamed up with a high school student in a deadly plot to lure men with bogus Craigslist job offers has been sentenced to death. A judge in Akron sentenced 53-year-old Richard Beasley today; the jury that convicted him recommended last week that he be executed....

Man Leaving Easter Service Murdered by Son: Police

Reshad Riddle accused of gunning down father Richard

(Newser) - An Easter church service in Ohio turned tragic yesterday when a man was gunned down—by his own son, say police—while leaving the church with his wife. The associate pastor tells the Star Beacon that Reshad Riddle approached Richard Riddle, 52, and killed him with a single shot, then...

Rob Portman's Son: Why Dad Backs Gay Marriage

Will Portman describes coming out

(Newser) - When Sen. Rob Portman announced his shift in support of gay marriage , he cited his son's coming out as a factor. Now, Will Portman, a junior at Yale, is offering his own side of the story in the university's Daily News . His mother and father were immediately "...

Steubenville Rape Case Far From Over: Ohio AG

Mike DeWine plans grand jury to probe more suspects

(Newser) - The Steubenville rape case isn't over yet, according to Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine—who says he will convene a grand jury to see whether more people should be charged, CBS News reports. Two teenage football players were found guilty today of raping a 16-year-old girl, but DeWine notes...

Under Microscope, Steubenville Rape Trial Kicks Off

No electronic devices allowed in courtroom after weeks of online furor

(Newser) - There will be no electronic devices allowed in the Steubenville courtroom where the trial begins today for the two high school football players accused of raping a 16-year-old girl last summer—ironic considering how the accused and the entire town have been on trial via all matter of social media...

Ohio Craigslist Killer Guilty, Could Get Death

Richard Beasley masterminded plot to kill jobseekers

(Newser) - The Ohio street preacher who masterminded a plot to kill jobseekers lured to an Ohio town by ads on Craigslist has been found guilty of killing three men. Relatives of the three victims hugged and Richard Beasley, 53, slumped forward in his wheelchair as the verdict was read out, the...

SUV in Fatal Ohio Crash Was Stolen: Owner

None of the teens wore seat belts, investigators say

(Newser) - The owner of an SUV that flipped into a pond with a load of teens in Ohio says the vehicle had been stolen. Six teens died in the crash yesterday morning in the Ohio city of Warren, while two others managed to escape from the wreckage. The State Highway Patrol...

6 Teens Killed in Ohio Crash
 6 Teens Killed in Ohio Crash 
Mar 11, 2013 8:10 AM CDT

6 Teens Killed in Ohio Crash

SUV was carrying 8 when it overturned into swamp

(Newser) - A horrific crash in Ohio yesterday left six teenagers dead, and investigators say high speed was a key factor. Eight teens ages 14 through 19 were in the SUV when it veered off a two-lane road in Warren around 7am, hit the guardrail and overturned, sinking upside down in a...

Mom: Dumping Dead Body 'Stupidest Thing' I Ever Did

Sandra Inman said her son accidentally killed his estranged wife

(Newser) - The Ohio murder occurred nearly two years ago, but just unsealed transcripts of her taped confession reveal some truly grim rationalizing by the killer's mother. Sandra Inman told investigators that she wanted to see her grandchildren more so she came up with the idea of forcing her son's...

5th Straight Year: Hawaii Best for Well-Being

At the bottom: West Virginia

(Newser) - Seems Hawaii is still the place to be: It's now topped a Gallup-Healthways well-being poll for the past five years, USA Today reports. The survey evaluates overall well-being based on a series of questions on everything from physical health to job satisfaction. Over the past five years, Colorado, Minnesota,...

GOP Governors Are Coming Around on ObamaCare

How lobbying, politics are making them change their tune

(Newser) - Rick Scott's stunning about-face on expanding Medicaid in Florida made him the seventh Republican governor to back the ObamaCare provision, a trend delighting the law's supporters, the New York Times observes today. "I think this means the dominoes are falling," says the head of one consumer...

Threats Draw FBI Into Ohio Teen Rape Case

Facebook post threatens lives of sheriff's family

(Newser) - As an Ohio city wrestles with rape allegations involving a pair of high school football players, online threats have spurred the FBI to act. An anonymous Facebook commenter threatened to kill the Jefferson County sheriff's family, CBS News reports. Meanwhile, Steubenville's police chief opened an email yesterday that...

Student in Rape Comment Video Drops Out of College

Teen is 'ashamed' of his comments, says his lawyer

(Newser) - The Ohio teenager caught on a video joking about the alleged rape of a teen girl has left Ohio State University amid an avalanche of negative attention, reports the Steubenville Herald-Star . Michael Nodianos decided it would be an "insurmountable distraction" to return after his first semester, says his lawyer,...

Ohio Spares Man 'Too Fat to Be Executed'

But it wasn't Ronald Post's weight that saved him

(Newser) - A 450-pound murderer in Ohio who argued that he was too fat to be executed has been spared—but not because of his weight. Gov. John Kasich followed a parole board's recommendation and commuted Ronald Post's death sentence to life without parole on the grounds that he had...

Emboldened, Right-to-Work Group Eyes New States

But other GOP governors seem leery of inviting controversy

(Newser) - The success of right-to-work legislation in Michigan has emboldened the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation to try to work the same anti-union magic in yet more states, the group's president tells the Washington Post . "If Michigan can do it, then I think everybody ought to think...

What We Learned Last Night
 What We Learned Last Night 
Election 2012
Nov 7, 2012 7:57 AM CST

What We Learned Last Night

Obama's win reveals a lot about the electorate, the race

(Newser) - The dust has cleared, the votes have been counted, and Barack Obama stands victorious. What did we learn? What did this entire long election drama mean? Politico and CNN break down some takeaways from the big night:
  • Team Romney was bluffing. Romney's campaign said it had a chance in
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