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Fracking Blamed for Ohio Quakes

Expert says quakes caused by injection well could continue for a year

(Newser) - Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking—recently hailed as the solution to Youngstown's economic woes —now appears to have left the Ohio city with a big problem. Wastewater from oil and gas drilling is almost certainly behind a series of 11 quakes that have occurred in the area since last...

Sheriff: Amish Girl's Death Was Freak Accident

Bullet believed to have been fired by man more than a mile away

(Newser) - The Amish girl who was fatally shot while driving her horse and buggy home from a Christmas party appears to have been killed by a man cleaning his gun more than a mile away. The local sheriff says he has been contacted by an Amish farmer whose son fired his...

Amish Girl Shot Dead in Buggy

 Amish Girl Shot Dead in Buggy 
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Dec 20, 2011 10:28 AM CST

Amish Girl Shot Dead in Buggy

Ohio shooting ruled a homicide

(Newser) - The case of a young Amish girl who was fatally shot while driving her horse and buggy home from a Christmas party has been ruled a homicide. Rachel Yoder, 15, died on Friday, a day after she was found lying on the ground outside her family's Ohio home. Relatives...

'White Only' Pool Sign Just 'Historical,' Landlord Says

Outraged tenant files civil rights complaint

(Newser) - An Ohio landlord says the "White Only" sign in front of a pool at a duplex she owns was just an antique, but a former tenant says her views on race also appear to be from 1930s Alabama. "We invited my daughter, who is African-American, to visit and...

Texas Mom Shoots Kids as She's Denied Food Stamps

Mother is dead, 2 children 'very critical'

(Newser) - A desperate mom denied food stamps for months shut herself in a Texas welfare office and shot her two children before killing herself. Her daughter, 12, and 10-year-old son are in very critical condition. Rachelle Grimmer, 38, had recently moved from Ohio and had not completed the proper paperwork to...

2 New Bodies Could Be Linked to Craigslist Scheme

One could be man missing more than a week

(Newser) - Authorities found two more bodies in Ohio today that could be connected to a suspected Craigslist murder scheme , potentially bringing the death toll to three. One body was found in a shallow grave near an Akron mall, the other in a shallow grave about 90 miles away in a rural...

FBI Nabs 7 in Amish Haircutting Attacks

They face federal hate crimes charges

(Newser) - FBI agents arrested seven men in Ohio and charged them with federal hate crimes in connection with Amish haircutting attacks , the AP reports. Breakaway Amish sect leader Sam Mullet, four family members, and others were taken into custody after agents raided their compound in Bergholz. The men are charged with...

Teen Arrested in Craigslist Killing

Victim lured by prospect of cattle ranching job

(Newser) - A 16-year-old high school student has been arrested in connection with what appears to be a plot to lure people to an Ohio town with Craigslist job ads and then kill them, police announced today. A 52-year-old, Richard Beasley, also is being held as a suspect, the Akron Beacon Journal...

Party&#39;s Over Conservatives, Prepare for Battle
Party's Over Conservatives, Prepare for Battle
Charles Krauthammer
Nov 11, 2011 1:15 PM CST

Party's Over Conservatives, Prepare for Battle

2011 elections show the midterm wave is over: Krauthammer

(Newser) - Charles Krauthammer thinks the 2011 elections were a clear warning to conservatives: “The 2010 party is over. 2012 will be a struggle,” he writes in the Washington Post . In Ohio voters easily rejected a law limiting public sector unions—though they also voted against the individual health care...

Ohio in Play Again for Obama

Collective-bargaining law's defeat offers president hope

(Newser) - President Obama’s campaign had largely written off Ohio in its plan for reaching 270 electoral votes—but now strategists are eyeing victory in the state once again, reports Politico . The president still isn’t depending on a win there, but the defeat of GOP governor John Kasich’s collective-bargaining...

Kentucky&#39;s Democratic Governor Wins Re-Election
 Ohio Voters Reject 
 Anti-Union Measure 
election night
Nov 8, 2011 8:37 PM CST

Ohio Voters Reject Anti-Union Measure

It would have limited collective bargaining rights

(Newser) - Ohio voters today defeated the state's new collective bargaining law after an expensive union-backed campaign that pitted firefighters, police officers, and teachers against the Republican establishment. In a political blow to GOP Gov. John Kasich, voters handily rejected the law, which would have limited the bargaining abilities of 350,...

Ohio Quarantines Animals, Keeps Widow From Reclaiming

Marian Thompson may get them eventually, however

(Newser) - The widow of the Ohio man who freed exotic animals before killing himself hoped to reclaim the surviving animals today—but the state has quarantined them instead, at least for the time being. Six of the creatures remain following dozens of executions: Three leopards, two macaques, and a grizzly bear,...

Romney Backpedals: I Back Limits on Unions

He supports Ohio ballot measure to curb collective bargaining rights

(Newser) - Mitt Romney is backpedaling today after right and left slammed his stance—or lack thereof—on union powers in Ohio. Yesterday, Romney told listeners at a GOP phone bank that he was “not speaking about the particular ballot issues” in Ohio, including one that would allow the Republican governor...

Donor Map Suggests Trouble for Obama in Ohio

If contributions are a guide, voters in the swing state aren't wild about him

(Newser) - Better keep an eye on Ohio, President Obama. So concludes the Daily Intel blog at New York after some serious number-crunching on a national map of political donors. The color-coded chart suggests that voters in the important swing state aren't that enthusiastic about having Obama win the state in...

Ohio Calls Off Search for Missing Monkey

It was probably eaten, sheriff says

(Newser) - The slaughter of dozens of escaped exotic animals in Ohio was horrific but it was the only way to prevent human deaths, animal expert Jack Hanna says. "I’ve been out all over the world tranquilizing animals," and it's not as easy as many people think, especially...

Owner Freed Wild Animals Before Suicide

56 escaped and 48 were killed; wolf and monkey still at large

(Newser) - The wild animals on the loose in Ohio had a hand with freeing themselves. Terry Thompson, 62, owner of the 46-acre animal farm, deliberately released 56 animals from their cages last night before killing himself, police say. More developments:
  • Only a monkey (with herpes) and a wolf remain at large
...

Exotic Animals Escape Ohio Farm, Owner Found Dead

Police have shot 25 of the creatures

(Newser) - Schools in Zanesville, Ohio, won't have class today because of lions, tigers, and bears. Dozens of exotic animals, including big cats, bears, wolves, camels, and giraffes, have escaped from a local animal sanctuary, and 25 have already been shot dead by local police officers, CBS reports. After some of...

Amish Seek Help Over Hair, Beard Attacks

Five men arrested in hirsute crime spree

(Newser) - America's Amish have rarely gone to police for help—only over extreme cases like murder, rape, or a multi-million-dollar investment deal gone wrong. Now Amish leaders in Ohio are bending their rules and cooperating police to stop a spate of hair-cutting attacks, the AP reports. Five men from a...

3 Busted in Amish Beard Attacks
 3 Busted in Amish Beard Attacks
Oct 11, 2011 1:28 AM CDT

3 Busted in Amish Beard Attacks

Beard-stealing is matter for church, says renegade bishop

(Newser) - Police in Ohio have arrested three men suspected of being involved in attacks that left several members of the Amish community beardless . The men are part of a renegade Amish sect led by apparent revenge-seeking bishop Sam Mullet, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Two of Mullet's sons were among those...

Amish Battling Beard Thieves

 Amish Battling Beard Thieves 
Oct 6, 2011 11:39 AM CDT

Amish Battling Beard Thieves

Police probing hair-cutting spree

(Newser) - Something weird is happening in Ohio's Amish country. Police are probing several incidents in which groups of Amish men allegedly forced their way into the homes of other members of the Amish community and cut off the hair and beards of the people inside, the Wheeling News-Register reports—the...

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