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Daughter in Missing Family Rescued
 Daughter in 
 Missing Family 
 Rescued 
NO SIGN OF OTHERS
Nov 15, 2010 12:24 AM CST

Daughter in Missing Family Rescued

'Weirdo' Ohio man charged with kidnapping

(Newser) - A police swat team has rescued a 13-year-old girl found bound and gagged in the home of an Ohio man suspected in the disappearance of her family. "We did not want to give him time to harm her, so we used a tactical team," said a police spokesman....

Ohio Town Seeks Missing Mom, Friend, 2 Kids

'Unusual' amount of blood found inside house

(Newser) - A rural Ohio town is searching for a missing mom, her female friend, and two kids after police say they found an "unusual amount" of blood in her home. Thirty-two-year-old Tina Herrmann, 41-year-old Stephanie Sprang, and Herrmann's 13-year-old daughter, Sarah Maynard, and 10-year-old son, Kody Maynard were reported missing...

Ohio NASA Facility Locked Down, Reports of Gunman

Spokesperson will not confirm whether gunman is involved

(Newser) - A sprawling NASA research center next to Cleveland's airport is under lockdown amid reports of a possible gunman. NASA Glenn Research Center spokeswoman Sally Harrington wouldn't say whether police were checking for a gunman but she says the complex was placed under "complete lockdown" this morning.

McDonald's Owner to Workers: Vote GOP!

Note in paycheck underscores candidates who will 'help our business grow'

(Newser) - A McDonald's in Canton, Ohio, inserted handbills in employee paychecks that helpfully recommended GOP candidates who will "help our business grow in the future"—implying lower wages and benefits if Republicans lose in upcoming elections on Tuesday. A local attorney says the document violates Ohio election law, reports...

House Candidate Used to Be Nazi Re-Enactor

It's just history, says Ohio's Rich Iott

(Newser) - A Republican House candidate in Ohio is busy today explaining why he used to dress up as a Nazi in re-enactments. Rich Iott got the unwelcome publicity courtesy of Joshua Green in the Atlantic , who broke the story (with photos) of Iott's years-long affiliation with a group called Wiking that...

Mother Records 2-Year-Old Smoking Weed: Cops

Jessica Gamble faces 11½ years in prison

(Newser) - An Ohio woman encouraged her 2-year-old daughter to smoke pot, made a cellphone video of the child puffing on a joint, and now faces three felony charges and as much as 11½ years in prison, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. "It’s beyond disgusting,” the prosecutor says of the...

'US Fritzl' Charged in Daughter Rape

He faces 19 criminal counts for rape, domestic violence

(Newser) - America's own version of sadistic Josef Fritzl is locked up in Ohio facing charges for imprisoning one child and raping another, say law enforcement authorities. "They weren't like a traditional family," said an investigator after Jeffrey York's wife reported him to police. The wife and the couple's seven...

Dems File Complaint on Fox 'Illegal GOP Contribution'

Candidate's web site crawl an 'in-kind' contribution

(Newser) - Ohio Democrats have filed documents accusing Fox News of illegally contributing to a Republican Party candidate. Fox broke election law by plugging a GOP gubernatorial candidate by running his web site address along the bottom of the screen as he solicited contributions on Bill O'Reilly's program last month, according to...

Woman Busted for Driving With Sex Toy in Her Lap

Colondra Hamilton of Ohio was watching a sex video behind the wheel

(Newser) - An Ohio woman faces a charge of "driving with inappropriate alertness" after she was pulled over for having illegal tinted windows and police discovered her with a sex toy in her lap. Colondra Hamilton, 36, was wearing unzipped pants and watching a sex video on a computer her passenger...

Cities With Worst Bedbug Infestations

Ohio has three in the top 10

(Newser) - The bedbug problem continues to spread across the US, with 95% of pest companies reporting encounters. But which cities are the hardest hit? The Daily Beast consulted exterminator Orkin for information—and found that it's not a good time to be in Ohio. The biggest infestations are in:

Bear Kills Caretaker


 Bear Kills Caretaker 
Aug 20, 2010 12:31 PM CDT

Bear Kills Caretaker

Owner used to offer bear-wrestling at Cleveland Expo

(Newser) - An Ohio animal caretaker was mauled to death by a bear during feeding, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. The victim, 24-year-old Brent Kandra, worked for Sam Mazzola, an exhibitor of exotic animals who has run afoul of animal-rights groups in the past. It's not clear what provoked the attack. The...

Church Protests Strippers, So Strippers Protest Church

Ohio congregation gets a taste of its own medicine

(Newser) - Sunday services at one Ohio church have had an unusual feature lately: strippers frolicking in front of the building. Fed up with protests by the New Beginnings Ministries community, which employs tactics like filming clubgoers' license plates and posting them online, employees of the Foxhole have begun traveling 7 miles...

Jesus Destroyed by Lightning?
Lightning Strikes Jesus
Jun 15, 2010 10:41 AM CDT

Lightning Strikes Jesus

(Newser) - In what might be described a disaster of biblical proportions, a 62-foot-tall statue of Jesus Christ along an Ohio highway was struck by lightning in a thunderstorm last night and burned to the ground. The 6-story "King of Kings" statue was erected in 2004 by the evangelical Solid Rock...

Drunk Woman to 911 Operator: Find Me a Husband

Audrey Scott jailed after trying to dial-a-mate...5 times

(Newser) - She was looking to shack up for life, but instead, she found herself in the big house for 3 days. An Ohio woman was arrested and sent to jail after calling 911 looking for a husband—five times. The dumbfounded dispatcher tried to clarify her request by asking Audrey Scott,...

Woman Gets in Argument, Causes Crash, Gives Birth

She was fighting with someone in the back seat

(Newser) - Paramedics were already on the scene when a pregnant woman started having contractions on the side of the interstate in Ohio Saturday—because she’d just caused a five-car accident. Police say the 20-year-old stopped dead in the left lane of I-77 because she was having a fight with a...

Tornadoes Leave Ohio a 'War Zone'
 Tornadoes Leave 
 Ohio a 'War Zone' 
SLIDESHOW
Jun 6, 2010 4:22 PM CDT

Tornadoes Leave Ohio a 'War Zone'

At least 7 dead; storms losing power as they head east

(Newser) - A tornado unleashed a "war zone" of destruction in northwest Ohio, destroying dozens of homes and an emergency services building as a line of storms killed at least seven people and threatened to do more damage today as it hit the Northeast. Storms collapsed a movie-theater roof in Illinois...

Ohio Couple Busted on Terror Charges

Toledo pair accused of funneling cash to Hezbollah

(Newser) - A Lebanese-American Toledo couple was arrested yesterday and accused of attempting to funnel money to Hezbollah. Prosecutors say Hor and Amera Akl researched and pitched 10 ways to sent money to the terrorist group, ultimately plotting to conceal up to $1 million from anonymous US donors in a vehicle and...

Seeking Cheaper Land, Amish Go West

Population in Colorado surges

(Newser) - With fewer than 1,000 residents, Westcliffe, Colo., looks like a lot of other Western towns—until you notice the buggy crossing sign and the hitching post outside the supermarket. Amish farmers are seeking out the rural community 3 hours south of Denver, where land is six times cheaper than...

Horrific Video Lands Farm Worker in Jail

Billy Joe Gregg caught beating dairy cows with crowbars

(Newser) - An Ohio dairy farm worker was charged with 12 counts of animal cruelty yesterday, after an animal rights group released an undercover video showing him and other dairy workers viciously beating cows with crowbars and stabbing them with pitchforks. Billy Joe Gregg is currently in jail awaiting arraignment, and faces...

Drunk, Swearing Teen Dragged Out of Prom

18-year-old leaves Ohio party spitting blood at police

(Newser) - An Ohio teen expelled from her prom for being drunk and belligerent was spitting mad—spitting blood, that is, from a self-inflicted nosebleed. Jessica Halter, 18, is facing a litany of charges after refusing to take a Breathalyzer test and screaming at school administrators, "You are f---ing bitches this...

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