A study in pumpkin pie

We start off in this examination of pumpkin pie with a hard truth.  Most U.S.  pumpkin pie is a lie."An interesting fact is that most canned 'pumpkin' is actually hubbard squash. Hubbard squash has the...

Phony flatfoot nabbed

Man who impersonated police gets deferred jail BOWLING GREEN - A former Bowling Green man who said he'd hoped to become a police officer was sentenced yesterday to 30 days in jail for pretending he was...

Ohio boy gets first prosthetic iris

Nathaniel Brantley, a boy born without irises, is the recipient of the first-ever prosthetic iris implant. Now his right eye will be able to regulate light entry as well as focusing.So far, the procedure seems ...

Lions, Spartans, Buckeyes all vie for piece of the pie

"Mark Dantonio cut his football teeth under the tutelage of Ohio State coach Jim Tressel, who is not shy about calling Dantonio ''brother.'' Well, listen up, little brother -- how about a favor for your mentor?"

GM Collapse at $200 Billion would exceed baiout tab

 Tough days ahead, auto giant is going to halt the US economy if projection made proves right, and possibility of that cannot be denied. " General Motors Corp, burning through cash as sales slump, would cost the...

Time Right to Shake Up Detroit

Force Feed Reform to Car Makers, Add Mass, Personal Transport Systems OhioNewsBureau with John Michael Spinelli Columbus, Ohio: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the popular but polarizing understudy to Republican presidential nominee John McCain, repeatedly asked voters this fall...

Well, it’s official: Obama Springs

"By Diane Chiddister To the surprise of absolutely no one, Yellow Springs voters went overwhelmingly for Democrat Barack Obama in the presidential election last Tuesday, Nov. 4, with...

Is Ohio's, Nation's Unemployment Rate Higher Than Officials Say?

Labor Underutilization Rate Adds to Official Jobless Rates, Business Watcher Says  OhioNewsBureau with John Michael Spinelli Columbus, Ohio: Balmy summer breezes have been displaced by the onset of winter weather every bit as chilly and foreboding as recent reports...

Formaldehyde found in Victoria's Secret bras

Formaldehyde has been found in Victoria’s Secret bras.   There has been a lawsuit filed against the company claiming the Very Sexy Extreme Push-Up and Angels Secret Embrace bars made an Ohio woman...

Ohio State Revenues Down, Job Losses Up

Strickland Waits for Washington, Jobless Workers Push Benefits Fund to Brink of Bankruptcy OhioNewsBureauwith John Michael SpinelliColumbus, Ohio: The unwanted combination of falling state revenues and rising...

Brazil: rancher claims land US nun Dorothy Stang defended

As Brazilian President Lula received a phone call from just elected Barack Obama, there were signals of greater bilateral relations. However, other issues are in their pending agenda: the unfortunate killing of US...

Peeping Tom Landlord Accused of Spying on Tenant

A Cleveland, Ohio landlord faces charges that he set up a camera in a bathroom used by a mother and her teen daughters.The Pepping Tom has the funniest face of all time!!!!!!!!!!!!! Peeping Tom Landlord...

I would take my .357 Magnum out for a bike ride

So this guy who used to be mayor of Seven Mile, Ohio was out for a bike ride with his wife when a 10 pound terrier started chasing him. Fearing for his life after he fell off his bike, he pulls out his .357 Magnum...

OHIO DJFS Chief on leave over Illegal Records Search on "Joe the Plumber"

"Gov. Ted Strickland said today he is placing Helen Jones-Kelley, director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, on paid administrative leave "due to the possibility, as yet unconfirmed, that a state computer or state e-mail account was used to assist in...

US Election split the nation according to Dutch politician

According to a Dutch city council member, Jan Paternotte, the election of Obama may split the United States. Mr. Paternotte was an observer during the elections in the swingstate Ohio. He has offered a report with his observations to the government of Ohio. "In de grote...

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