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After holding small leads in PPP’s first two Ohio polls of 2010 John Kasich has opened up a 50-40 advantage in his bid to unseat Democratic incumbent Ted Strickland. (more)

ELMWOOD PLACE, Ohio – A police officer who stopped a car because it had illegally tinted windows received a bit of a shock when he looked inside. (more)

Last week I made a good-faith effort to find things to love about Keith Olbermann. Good thing I got that out of the way, because this week was rough. (more)

CANTON, Ohio – A self-proclaimed ninja entered a home, pocketed a can of noodles and a pack of cigarettes and then climbed into bed with a man and his wife. (more)

MONROE — A woman who allegedly dragged a man’s body under her vehicle told a gas station clerk the man jumped in front of her SUV as she was fleeing his home. (more)

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Representative Mary Jo Kilroy, one of nearly three dozen freshman Democrats elected on the coattails of President Obama, has been true to her campaign vows. She supported virtually every component of the Obama agenda, and she recently stood beside House Financial Services chairman Barney Frank of Newton to declare her pride in backing a financial regulatory bill. (more)

AKRON, Ohio — Such is the ubiquity of the once-rare score of 59 on the PGA Tour these days that the United States Open champion Graeme McDowell — after first dismissing the notion that anyone could shoot a 59 this week at the W.G.C.-Bridgestone Invitational and duplicate the magic number shot twice in less than a month — began a debate with himself. (more)

CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James has extended an olive branch to his Ohio hometown in the form of a full-page newspaper ad, days before making his first public appearance in Akron since leaving for the Miami Heat. (more)

House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said on Monday that he would support John Boehner (Ohio) as House Speaker if Republicans were to win back the majority in this fall's elections. (more)

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Stuart Appleby understands the scrutiny that might come with shooting a 59 on a par-70 course. (more)

Donald Trump will once again be presented on NBC this fall as the as an incredibly successful businessman and host of a so-called “reality” show, The Apprentice. (more)

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — He was called the “Assassin.” (more)

Will Obamacare paperwork lead to increased suicidal thoughts? — Paul Ryan wishes his party cared about governing as much as he does — Barbara Boxer knows that being real these days ain’t easy — Netroots ninnies are allegedly terrified of John Thune — Democrats are not completely sold on the idea that they are going to lose everything in 2010 — Dems from the Rustbelt feel like laundry in the wind (more)

In a major development, Rep. Betty Sutton (D-Ohio) on Friday night called on beleaguered Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) to resign. (more)

The Senate voted on Thursday to include a proposed $30 billion lending program in a package of aid for small businesses, as two Republicans joined with Democrats to support the amendment. (more)

The emergence of the Journolist listserv at The Daily Caller has created quite a stir on the Internet, but among mainstream media journalists, the silence is deafening. The listserv creates the impression that the entire profession of journalism protected presidential candidate Barack Obama in the spring of 2008, when controversy over his attendance at the church of Jeremiah Wright reached its zenith, and ever since. (more)

MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, Ohio — Cleveland Browns defensive lineman Shaun Rogers has had his trouble with the law, but this time he is getting kudos from a local police chief. (more)

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DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – Police hope recently acquired video images of a bizarre attack with a stiletto heel used as a weapon will put the right people in jail. (more)

In a rare departure from this year’s intense political posturing over the soaring budget deficit, House leaders of both parties recently signaled that they are prepared to tackle a leading long-term liability — Social Security — by raising the retirement age. (more)