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FBI: Anarchists Tried to Trigger Fake Bombs

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 02 May 2012 08:12:13 CDT

The five men charged with plotting to blow up an Ohio bridge actually did attempt to detonate what they believed were real explosives, the FBI alleges. The men, unknowingly working with an FBI informant, repeatedly tried to use a text-message detonation code to blow up the fake bombs, which they...

Feds: 5 Anarchists Plotted to Bomb Ohio Bridge

Kevin Spak — Tue, 01 May 2012 10:51:36 CDT

The FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested five men yesterday for their role in an alleged plot to blow up a bridge near Cleveland, officials revealed today. This isn't a case of international terrorism; at least three of the men are home-grown, self-proclaimed "anarchists," officials said, according to Fox News...

Romney to Go-Getters: Borrow $20K From Parents?

Mark Russell — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:30:05 CDT

Good advice for young entrepreneurs or another sign that Mitt Romney can't relate to ordinary Americans? Romney told Ohio college students yesterday that if they wanted to start a business, they should just borrow $20,000 or so from their parents, as a friend of his did. (Jimmy John of...

Cartel Hitman Lived in Small-Town Ohio

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:42:05 CDT

You never know who your neighbor might be. In January, authorities arrested an alleged assassin employed by the most powerful drug cartel in Mexico who had been living in the small town of Sandusky, Ohio, for 10 years, reports CNN . Edgar Campos-Barraza, also known as "El Cholo," is accused of...

School Caves, Lets Gay Kid Wear Banned T-Shirt for Day

Polly Davis Doig — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:26:05 CDT

Maverick Couch fought the man, and the man caved: The 16-year-old gay student, who sued his Ohio school for the right to wear a T-shirt emblazoned with "Jesus Is Not a Homophobe," will be allowed to wear it for a day. But it's a big day: The annual April 20...

Student Sues to Wear 'Jesus No Homophobe' Shirt

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 02:07:00 CDT

A gay student is suing his Ohio high school for the right to wear a T-shirt saying "Jesus is not a homophobe." The Lambda legal organization filed the suit on behalf of Maverick Couch, 16, arguing the ban on the shirt violates his right to free speech, and flies in...

6 Female Politicians Go After Male Masturbation, Viagra

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:29:23 CDT

Female politicians in four other states are joining Ohio and Georgia representatives in a bid to crack down on men's sexual and reproductive freedoms, including access to Viagra and vasectomies. It's their way of striking back against restrictive state abortion laws and attacks on health insurance coverage for birth control....

Need Viagra? Ohio Pol Wants Notarized Letter

Kate Schwartz — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:20:21 CDT

It's certainly not the first bill to be presented as a foil to the abortion- and contraception-related bills coursing through America's legislatures, but it is an amusing one. Ohio Democrat Nina Turner last week introduced Senate Bill 307, which would make getting Viagra a pretty big ordeal. A man in...

Forget Dennis Kucinich

Kevin Spak — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:38:05 CST

Dennis Kucinich's 16-year stint in Congress is about to end , and Alex Koppelman, for one, does not care. "Liberals lost one of their favorite elected officials, and the press lost one of its favorite sources of comic relief," he writes for the New Yorker . "But Congress did not lose a...