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Like presidential race, Ohio attorney general scandal divides Democrats
By JULIE CARR SMYTH
AP Statehouse Correspondent
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio standoff between Gov. Ted Strickland and company against Attorney General Marc Dann ought to appear to followers of this year's contentious Democratic presidential primary as just more of the same.
It's Democrats vs. Democrats, as is the to-the-bitter-end contest between presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
It features one underdog who refuses to budge.
And it looks like it's going to last awhile.
"There is a similarity in that a prominent Democratic politician refuses to bow to the inevitable as seen by other Democrats," said John Green, director of the University of Akron's Bliss Institute for Applied Politics.
At the national level, Clinton continues to fight back suggestions that her defeat for the Democratic nomination is assured and she needs to bow out gracefully.
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Mold costs builder $3 million
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio (AP) - A moldy house has been a headache for a central Ohio family and a $3 million liability for the homebuilder.
A Franklin County judge has awarded Roman and Jennifer Costner $3 million for their three-year-saga. Last week, another judge says construction firm Maronda Homes has to pay the family's almost $700,000 legal bill.
Maronda Homes says the ruling is completely unfair and says the homeowners stopped them from fixing the house.
The builder says they will consider an appeal.
The Costners say they bought their Reynoldsburg subdivision's house for $219,000 but were forced out after toxic mold took over. Court documents show the south side of the house wasn't attached to the foundation, the wrong windows led to leaks and waterproofing wasn't done properly. |
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Cause of death unclear
IRONTON, Ohio (AP) - A coroner says he can't determine the cause of death for a southern Ohio man dragged beneath a police cruiser in March.
The autopsy report on 46-year-old Guy Thomas says it's not clear if he was alive or already dead when Ironton police Officer Richard Fouts' cruiser drove over the man on a snow-covered street and dragged him for about a half mile. Fouts said he didn't realize the man was underneath the cruiser until he arrived at the police department.
The autopsy report released Tuesday also said Thomas had been intoxicated.
Lawrence County prosecutor J.B. Collier says an investigation shows the case was an accident, and a grand jury this week decided not to return an indictment against Fouts.
Fouts resigned from the department and has moved out of the area.
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Farmers reaping the benefits of cover crops
COLUMBUS - The benefits of cover crops continue to grow. Touted for conserving soil while filling forage needs, some plant varieties also have the potential to suppress soybean cyst nematode populations in no-till fields.
Ohio State University researchers in the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science have found that Italian ryegrass (also known as annual ryegrass), when planted as a fall cover crop, reduces soybean cyst nematode egg populations 30 percent to 50 percent in a single growing season. Additionally, researchers discovered that Italian ryegrass reduces weed populations by as much as 50 percent, including purple deadnettle which is a prolific overwintering host for soybean cyst nematode.
Kent Harrison, a weed ecologist with the university's Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, said that the findings offer an additional tool for managing soybean cyst nematode, a small round worm that can cause significant yield reductions in soybeans. Soybean cyst nematode is the No. 2 soybean pest in Ohio, behind Phytophthora root rot.
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