Tag: ohio
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mccain asked about pnac & 9/11 at town hall
from raw replay: During a town hall event in Portsmouth, OH, John McCain was asked why he wasn’t more supportive of 9/11 victims. The questioner asked, “I was curious about a document. Back in September of 2000, Project for New American Century (PNAC) whose members included Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Jeb Bush and Paul Wolfowitz…
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ohio parents told of school explosion, not told it’s a drill
from toledo blade: An automated message system told parents of a large explosion at a southwest Ohio elementary school, sending moms and dads into a panic before officials could clarify that it was all just a drill. The Mason School District outside Cincinnati had informed parents last week that there would be a disaster drill…
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cleveland increasing surveillance on trains & buses
from ap: More & more, trains & bus riders in the Cleveland area are being watched. The Regional Transit Authority is working toward installing cameras on all 700 of its buses. Rapid trains are next, with most to be equipped by the end of the year. The chief of the RTA’s police force, John Joyce,…
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news on the march
US says it will increase efforts against ‘tax defiers’from new york times: If you think paying taxes is unfair, illegal or unconstitutional, then watch out – the Justice Department is after you. Just as the Internal Revenue Service is getting into its perennial tax-season tough talk, Justice Department officials weighed in Tuesday with a vow…
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kucinich wins congressional primary
from ap: Dennis Kucinich may not be a presidential contender, but he is still a winner among his Cleveland constituents. The Ohio liberal won 50 percent of the vote in a five-way Democratic congressional primary Tuesday, beating back critics who said he ignored business at home to travel the country in his quest to be…
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ohio mayor kicks out marine’s urban warfare drills
mayor kicks marines out of toledofrom wnwo: Mayor Carty Finkbeiner on Friday ordered some 200 members of Company A, 1st Battalion, 24th Marines from Grand Rapids, Michigan, out of Toledo just before the unit was supposed to start a weekend of urban warfare training downtown. The mayor’s spokesperson, Brian Schwartz said, “The mayor asked them…
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dennis kucinich has left the presidential race
from cleveland plain dealer: Cleveland Congressman Dennis Kucinich is dropping out of the Democratic race for president. Kucinich will make the announcement Friday at a news conference in Cleveland. In an exclusive interview with Plain Dealer editors and reporters, Kucinich said he will explain his “transitioning” tomorrow. “I want to continue to serve in Congress,”…
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ohio sec of state: ’04 election could have been stolen
from free press: Ohio’s Secretary of State announced this morning that a $1.9 million official study shows that “critical security failures” are embedded throughout the voting systems in the state that decided the 2004 election. Those failures, she says, “could impact the integrity of elections in the Buckeye State.” They have rendered Ohio’s vote counts…
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West Virginia Town Remembers Silver Bridge Disaster
Exactly thirteen months later, to the day, the sightings abruptly stopped. Everyone in Point Pleasant remembers the date – December 15, 1967 – because that is also the date of the Silver Bridge disaster, the worst bridge disaster in American history.
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nationwide fluoride shortage being felt
from rogue government: Fluoride was actually put in the water in Nazi concentration camps to ensure the Jews were submissive to authority. Now our loving government does the same to us selling the use of it as a way to keep our teeth healthy. from wkyc: The City of Cleveland’s water system is feeling the…