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Police officer faces
federal fraud charges

A Cincinnati police officer turned himself in to federal authorities this morning. Adrian Mitchell faces mail, bank and wire fraud charges.Federal prosecutors say Mitchell operated a real estate company called "Rich properties" and/or "Rich Investments."

Demolition continues
for new Xavier Square

It was clear on Thursday that times are changing in big ways in around and around Xavier University – from its current Evanston campus through to Norwood. Cranes and other heavy equipment started to demolish the old, cherished "Norwood Cafe" on Montgomery Avenue this morning.

Housing aid bill faces
veto by Bush

Democrats' plans to help hundreds of thousands of homeowners struggling with rising subprime mortgage rates and plummeting house values could be sidetracked by Bush's threatened veto and the backing of many congressional Republicans.

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Small tornado moved
through Clinton County

Reports of two small tornados dropping and lifting are similar throughout Port William in Clinton County. "They just kept going back up," said Josh Curtis, who taped the tornados in his back yard.

Police say nightclub
shooting victim fired first

Cincinnati police say a man shot dead outside a College Hill night club fired first, hitting three people. Investigators say staff at the Shaker's Lounge, at Hamilton and Cedar avenues, had just kicked out Jerrod Mason for being disorderly.

Delta Air Lines, American boost
fuel charge by $20 roundtrip

Two of the three biggest U.S. carriers said Thursday they have again raised ticket prices, this time by $20 roundtrip, to recoup rapidly rising fuel costs.

Oil close to $126 a barrel

Oil raced to a new record high above $125 a barrel on Friday, as a strong performance over the last week and a surge in heating oil futures saw investment funds trooping into the market.

Kick the oil habit and
make your own ethanol

A new company hopes drivers will kick the oil habit by brewing ethanol at home that won't spike food prices.

More shoppers seeking shelter
from economy in discounters

Low-price operators Costco Wholesale Corp., Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and TJX Cos. reported better-than-expected sales on Thursday, while traditional apparel chains J.C. Penney Co. and Limited Brands Inc. struggled.

Retail: Still not so great
veto by Bush

Despite a good month, even Wal-Mart is worried about the future economic climate for retailers.

Judge orders CIA to turn over torture memo, says ACLU

A U.S. judge ordered the Central Intelligence Agency on Thursday to submit to the court a 2002 memo said to specify harsh interrogation methods used on suspected terrorists held abroad.

Obama open to
Clinton as running mate

Democrat Barack Obama on Thursday did not rule out selecting rival Hillary Clinton as his vice presidential running mate if he ultimately defeats her in a race in which he has an almost insurmountable lead.

Clinton presses on, urges supporters to ignore calls to quit

Her voice raspy, her tone determined, Hillary Rodham Clinton urged her supporters Thursday to ignore the political pundits who have declared her toast. The former first lady raced into a long West Virginia-to-the-West Coast campaign day.

GOP voters still
dissing John McCain

On the surface, it would seem that McCain, the party's presumptive nominee, still has some distance to go in winning over his party.

Man who lost homes in Katrina
claims $97M Powerball prize

A construction company owner who lost two homes in Hurricane Katrina claimed a $97 million Powerball prize, a jackpot won off a ticket he bought at a convenience store where he stopped to buy his wife a gallon of milk.

Police: Convicted murderer
shot hikers on Appalachian Trail

A convicted murderer is suspected of shooting and wounding two men on the Appalachian Trail a few miles from the spot where he killed two hikers in 1981, authorities said.

7 more cops pulled from
Philly streets over taped beating

Seven more police officers were taken off street duty Thursday as investigators look into the videotaped police beating of three shooting suspects during a traffic stop.

Woman fired for giving
16-cent treat to toddler

An attendant at a Canadian restaurant who was sacked for giving a bite-sized doughnut, worth 16 cents, to an agitated toddler was given her job back on Thursday after the case received wide media attention.

Court orders American Indian
to trial for shooting eagle

An American Indian who shot a bald eagle for use in a tribal religious ceremony must stand trial, a federal appeals court has ruled.

Congress begins to look into NBC News' use of propaganda program

On Tuesday, Reps. Rosa DeLauro and John Dingell sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin “urging an investigation of the Pentagon’s propaganda program” to determine if the networks or analysts violated federal law.

3 Men Face Charges
In 2006 Covington Murder

Three men face charges, accused in an August 2006 murder in Covington. The grand jury indicted Broderick Brown, Ricky Luckey and Toshawn Sims on murder and robbery charges.

Grand Theft Auto IV:
Vicarious Violence?

It is the hottest video game on the market today, but, despite its popularity with gamers of all ages, Grand Theft Auto IV is hardly child's play. According to experts, the impact on those who play it may last long after the game controller has been put down.

Letter Carriers Collect
To "Stamp Out Hunger"

With food prices soaring over the past few months, your letter carrier is hoping you'll help them put food on Tri-state tables this weekend.

3 Teens Charged In
Deerfield Twp. Explosion

Three Warren county teens are charged in connection with an explosion that injured one of them. The incident happened Saturday just after midnight on Pembrooke Drive in Deerfield Township.Police arrived to find an injured 15-year-old teen.

Mason FD Gets New
Hi-Tech EKG Equipment

The Mason fire department has some new, life-saving technology. Paramedics can now send EKG reports to the hospital from a heart attack victim's home.The results are sent over a cell phone.

Man Jailed After Daughter
Fails To Get GED

A Fairfield man is in jail because his daughter hasn't gotten her General Equivalency Diploma (GED). A judge ordered the father to stay on top of his daughter's education months ago and when that order wasn't followed, Brian Gegner was sentenced to 180-days in the Butler County jail.

Newport Business Raided By
FBI Under Investigation

The Newport business at the center of the FBI raid Wednesday has been under investigation before. In 2005, a government committee subpoenaed the president of Spectrum Labs to testify in Washington, D.C.

Tri-state Myanmar Cyclone
Relief Efforts Underway

Amy Schlegel fired off e-mail after e-mail Thursday to anyone and everyone at the University of Cincinnati. The senior psychology major was trying to raise money and awareness to help the people of Myanmar devastated by the deadly April 15 cyclone.

Forum Aims To Help Landlords
Avoid Foreclosures

Several community groups are hoping to fight a rising tide of foreclosures and substandard rental housing in a brand new way: by giving more advice and help to landlords.

Investigators Ask For
Information On Oxford Tasing

The Butler County Sheriff's Office is looking for anyone who may have witnessed a tasing in Oxford last month. Officers used a taser on Kevin Piskura on April 19 outside Brick Street Bar.

Non-Paying Parents
Owe Over $30,000

The search is on Thursday for two fathers who are more than $30,000 behind in their child support payments. David Ruffin owes nearly $22,000 in payments to his family. According to police, his last known address was Newton Avenue in Evanston.

Deer Park Man Sentenced
For Abusing Minors

A Deer Park father has pleaded guilty to molesting children. Police said Russell Back, 52, admitted to tying up three children in his neighborhood and sexually abusing them. At the time of the alleged abuse, the children ranged in age from four to eight years old.

Cincinnati Police Officer
Due In Court On Fraud Charges

A Cincinnati police officer is due in federal court Friday to answer to charges he swindled homeowners facing foreclosure.

Development Plans For
Highly Visible Real Estate

The Showcase Cinemas has been closed for only a week, but the city says the owner already has some nibbles on the property. National Amusements owns 135 acres at the Erlanger location. It sits right along I-75.

Police Search For
Missing Hamilton Man

Police in Hamilton are asking for help locating 68 years-old Charles Tieke. His last known address is 404 South Fourth Street. Tieke's son says his father frequents the Salvation Army and New Life Ministry, but he has not been seen there for several weeks.

Mason Considers Tax
on Admission Tickets

It may cost you more to have fun at Kings Island and the Beach Water Park. The City of Mason is considering a tax on ticket sales. The money generated from the tax would go to repair roads around the parks and any emergency crews called to the parks.

Norwood Firefighters Donate
Special Tricycle to Boy

A nine-year old boy with cerebral palsy received a special tricycle, courtesy of some local firefighters. The Norwood Firefighters Association gave Xavier Johnson the trike at their firehouse on Montgomery Road this morning.

Omaha man uses steak knife to perform self-tracheotomy

An Omaha man struggling to breathe used a steak knife to perform an at-home tracheotomy. Steve Wilder said he thought he was going to die when he awoke one night last week and couldn't breath.

114-Year-Old Man Takes
Longevity Keys to the Grave

A man who lived to age 114 died recently on a small Mediterranean island. Until age 102 he rode a bicycle every day to tend to his family's orchards. His 101-year-old brother, his two daughters aged 81 and 77, and a nephew aged 85 all still live in a small town on the Spanish island of Minorca.

Will taxpayers be on the
hook for subprime crisis?

With a nationwide housing crisis far from over, the risk of future mortgage losses is rapidly shifting from the private sector toward government – and potentially US taxpayers.

New idea in mortuary science:
Dissolving bodies with lye

Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest — dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down the drain.

Obama accuses McCain of
'losing his bearings'

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday that Republican John McCain was "losing his bearings" for repeatedly suggesting the Islamic terrorist group Hamas preferred Obama for president.

Tornado blows vehicles off
highway in N. Carolina, kills 1

A line of severe storms swept across the Southeast on Thursday, damaging homes and businesses in at least four states. One person was killed and three were injured by a tornado in North Carolina, authorities said.

UN blasts Myanmar for
visa policy on aid workers

The United Nations blasted Myanmar's military junta on Friday, calling its refusal to let in foreign aid workers "unprecedented" as survivors of a devastating cyclone waited for food, shelter and medicine.

New health woes as China
moves from famine to feast

Evening exercise classes at the Nirvana fitness centre in Beijing are in high demand these days as young professionals whose mothers once counted ration cards seek to stay svelte despite lavish lunches.

Study of 'Daily Show':
It's a lot like O'Reilly

A journalism think tank studying "The Daily Show" doesn't believe many people get their news from Jon Stewart — because otherwise they wouldn't get the jokes.

U.S. economic anxiety
hits women harder: study

The U.S. economic downturn has spread personal financial worries far and wide, but women are more worried about paying bills, losing jobs, providing for children and saving for retirement, according to a study released on Thursday.

Acting Mexican police
chief killed

Mexico's acting federal police chief was shot dead Thursday outside his home — a brazen attack that comes as drug traffickers increasingly lash back at a nationwide crackdown on organized crime.

Iraqi officials say leader
of al-Qaida in Iraq arrested

Iraqi police commandos captured the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq in a raid in the northern city of Mosul, Iraqi officials said Thursday, in what could mark a significant blow to the Sunni insurgency in its last urban stronghold.

Scientists map the genetic
makeup of the platypus

With a bill like a duck, a tail like a beaver and snake-like venom hidden in heel spurs, the platypus could be the result of some strange genetic experiment.

Lost in the Holocaust: experts
plumb newly opened archive

A mother and child separated. A father's war wound. An uncle's name on a list.The unrelated and disparate items are among the discoveries made by 40 Jewish genealogists who spent the past week plumbing a trove of Nazi documents made public after 60 years.

Housing aid bill faces
veto by President Bush

Democrats' plans to help hundreds of thousands of homeowners struggling with rising subprime mortgage rates and plummeting house values could be sidetracked by President Bush's threatened veto and the backing of many congressional Republicans.

Spain claims $500 million
in sunken treasure

Spain formally laid claim Thursday to a shipwreck that yielded a $500 million treasure, saying it has proof the vessel was Spanish.

Seaweed provides clues to earliest
inhabitants of Americas

Remains of meals that included seaweed are helping confirm the date of a settlement in southern Chile that may offer the earliest evidence of humans in the Americas.

Kick the oil habit and
make your own ethanol

A new company hopes drivers will kick the oil habit by brewing ethanol at home that won't spike food prices. E-Fuel Corp unveiled on Thursday the "MicroFueler" touting it as the world's first machine that allows homeowners to make their own ethanol and pump the brew directly into their cars.

Church records offer rare look
inside polygamist families

Hand-scrawled records taken from a polygamist sect are helping untangle the spider-web network of family relationships at the Yearning For Zion ranch, where some husbands had more than a dozen wives.

Medical know-how raises
suicide risk for doctors

There's a grim, rarely talked-about twist to all that medical know-how doctors learn to save lives: It makes them especially good at ending their own. An estimated 300 to 400 U.S. doctors kill themselves each year — a suicide rate thought to be higher than in the general population, although exact figures are hard to come by.

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