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U.S. Coast Guard searches Lake Erie for two boaters |
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Written by Associated Press
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Thursday, 16 May 2013 09:36 |
MONROE, Mich. (AP) — U.S. Coast Guard crews from Michigan and Ohio are searching western Lake Erie for two Detroit-area boaters who were reported missing.
The Coast Guard says 54-year-old Godfried McKinney of Southfield and 64-year-old Kendrick Covington of Detroit headed out from Monroe, Mich., on Wednesday to go fishing in a 14-foot boat. They were due back that night and reported missing after they didn't return.
A Coast Guard helicopter from Detroit and a Coast Guard boat from Toledo, Ohio, are searching the lake Thursday morning. Marinas and the shoreline also are being checked.
Anyone with information about the boaters is asked to call Coast Guard in Detroit.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.
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Dying blink jury enters third day of deliberations |
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Written by LISA CORNWELL, Associated Press
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Thursday, 16 May 2013 06:18 |
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Jurors are set to continue deliberations for a third day in a Cincinnati murder trial revolving around whether a dying, paralyzed man identified his shooter by blinking his eyes.
The jury in the trial of 35-year-old Ricardo Woods of Cincinnati began discussions Tuesday afternoon and didn't reach a verdict Wednesday. Jurors were to reconvene Thursday morning.
Woods is accused of shooting David Chandler in 2010. Chandler was left paralyzed from the neck down and unable to speak before his death about two weeks later.
Prosecutors told jurors that Chandler clearly identified Woods by blinking his eyes in a video interview with police. Officials said Chandler blinked three times for "yes" to identify Woods' photo.
The defense called Chandler's blinking unreliable due to his condition and medications.
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Heavy rain heightens Lake Erie algae worries |
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Written by Associated Press
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Thursday, 16 May 2013 06:16 |
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — State officials are concerned that the wet Ohio spring will bring toxic algae problems back to Lake Erie.
Heavy rain this year in northwestern Ohio has nearly doubled the average amount of phosphorus that washes off farm fields each spring and flows down the Maumee River to Lake Erie. Phosphorous, found in fertilizers, helps blue-green algae grow.
That's according to Jeffrey Reutter, director of the Ohio Sea Grant Program, who shared the data with state lawmakers in Columbus Wednesday.
But Reutter said it's too early to tell if there will be a major problem this summer.
The Columbus Dispatch (http://bit.ly/15PlC7X) reports that researchers tracked about 210 tons of dissolved phosphorus in the Maumee from March through April 29. About 120 tons would be considered typical.
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Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com
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Ohio governor to sign bill creating state artifact |
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Written by Associated Press
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Thursday, 16 May 2013 06:17 |
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. John Kasich is ready to sign legislation establishing an official state artifact.
Kasich was scheduled Thursday to sign the measure about an object called the Adena Pipe. The prehistoric effigy pipe was linked to the ancient Adena culture and was found in 1901 in a burial mound near Chillicothe.
Students at the Columbus School for Girls fought for the measure for several years. Fourth-graders at the school began working on the proposal in 2009. Subsequent classes kept pushing it as they learned about the legislative process and the political system.
Lawmakers who approved the bill praised the girls for their persistence and civic involvement.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.
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Ohio lawmakers: disarm domestic violence suspects |
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Written by Associated Press
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Thursday, 16 May 2013 06:15 |
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A group of Democratic lawmakers in Ohio say domestic-violence deaths can be prevented by taking guns away from people served with restraining orders.
Legislation introduced by Rep. Bob Hagan, a Youngstown Democrat, would require those subject to domestic-violence protection orders to temporarily give up their weapons to law enforcement within 24 hours of being served.
The bill would also give defendants the option to sell their weapons to a licensed federal dealer instead of handing them over.
The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer (http://bit.ly/15PjexV ) reports that the proposal irked an Ohio gun advocacy group that has argued that one solution to domestic violence might be arming the victims.
The measure would need to gain ground with Republicans to survive the GOP-controlled Legislature.
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Information from: The Plain Dealer, http://www.cleveland.com
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.
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