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Bar-k Mortgage Fund And Investment Broker Gubernatorial candidates Ken Blackwell and Ted Strickland used an hourlong televised debate Wednesday to fine-tune their education platforms without straying from entrenched positions. Christine Russo won't have a cakewalk after all in November. Republican fund-raiser Tom Noe did not use public money to funnel illegal campaign contributions to President Bush, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Thirty-nine Democrats in the state legislature tried to breathe life Monday into the seemingly moribund court battle to change the way Ohio pays for the education of 1. The Greed Machine The problem at Putnam is not just fund managers illicitly trading their own funds. Scroll down for their listings or select a letter below. Amanda Nebbia of Mentor is nursing what she says is a case of whiplash since a drunken legislator's pickup truck rear-ended her car early Friday morning. If Cleveland wins the 2008 Republican National Convention, it will be the smallest city in two decades to host the mega-event. The maker of the Cuyahoga County election machines that failed to count ballots properly for the May 2 primary will appear today before a panel investigating the many foul-ups on Election Day.

Republican gubernatorial candidates Jim Petro and Ken Blackwell sparred Tuesday more than 100 miles apart. Substantial fees are paid to the Pontes Financial Group, Ltd. Some of the increasingly nasty undercurrents of the race for the 13th Congressional District surfaced Wednesday at a debate by Democrats at the Cleveland City Club. Alex Arshinkoff, Summit County's tough Republican Party boss, has spent three decades battling in the political trenches, taking on some tough opponents. Given the hurdles, many people don't finance their second home as an investment property, Todd says. October Housing Construction Trends Report Released by Forefront Economics Inc. Columbus- The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday disbarred Medina County attorney Arthur Wootton for theft and other misconduct. Democratic billionaires and labor unions eager to reclaim the White House are pouring money into the Ohio governor's race.

Bertha Lavelle and her six children can't explain how the 87-year-old widow survived the beating that Matthew Moore inflicted upon her last September. The confrontation over the future of elections Director Michael Vu has subsided with the decision to hire Ohio Lottery Director Tom Hayes to oversee the general election. Jesse Jackson and Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell continued to spar Monday over who is better representing blacks in bellwether Ohio. Stephanie Tubbs Jones has organized five regional forums for Cuyahoga County voters to speak out on their voting experiences during the May 2 primary. So you need to know where the hazards are and aren't. Here is how the two plans to limit government spending compare. Washington- George Voinovich is mad at Iran, and he thinks Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is mad, too, but in an entirely different way. Still, with more properties competing for vacationers, it stands to reason that securing renters will be more difficult, adds Koebel.