COLUMBUS: This summer's weather has caused Ohio's crop of sweet corn to pop out faster than usual, and farm stands expect to run out of homegrown ears fairly early.
WASHINGTON: Private employers hired more workers over the past three month than first thought, lifting hopes for the weak economy. But the unemployment rate rose in August for the first time in four months as more people entered the market looking for work.
LONDON: BP says it has so far spent $8 billion responding to the disastrous oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. The company said Friday that the total included $399 million paid to settle 127,000 claims from businesses and other affected by the oil spill.
A legendary scream machine from 1925 has roared onto eBay. The classic wooden Big Dipper roller coaster, which raced along Geauga Lake in Aurora for several decades, is up for grabs to the highest bidder.
The American Red Cross anticipates an unusually active hurricane season and a local chapter is reaching out to help those living along the Atlantic Ocean.
Two Akron Aeros players have pleaded no contest to minor misdemeanor charges in Akron Municipal Court resulting from a fight with a customer at a downtown bar.
A security guard at Ohio Knife and Grinding on Beaver Street alerted police after he observed a man climbing through the business window around 2:30 this morning.
A group of retirees and others protested against the policies of Republican U.S. House candidate Tom Ganley outside his East Market Street Toyota Mercedes-Benz dealership Thursday.
Robbed of his wallet by two men as he walked along the 700 block of West Market Street. That's what police say happened to a 53-year-old man around 2:30 this morning.
