Read more Ohio stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2275/ohio.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:40:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74531/ohio-sues-credit-rating-agencies-for-role-in-crisis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOhio's attorney general sued the three biggest credit-rating agencies today on behalf of state employee retirement funds that lost $457 million in complex securities that imploded in the financial crisis. Richard Cordray alleges Moody's, Standard & Poor's, and Fitch conspired with issuers of the high-risk investments to give top ratings...http://www.newser.com/story/74531/ohio-sues-credit-rating-agencies-for-role-in-crisis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 15:29:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74240/ohio-woman-tipped-cops-to-sowell-last-year.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Cleveland woman says she was assaulted by accused murderer Anthony Sowell last December in a struggle that left her blood at his house—but after she narrowly escaped and went to the police, authorities believed him instead of her. In the ensuing months, five more women went missing. Wade...http://www.newser.com/story/74240/ohio-woman-tipped-cops-to-sowell-last-year.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 12:04:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73336/police-find-11th-body-at-rapists-house.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCleveland police found another body at the home of convicted rapist Anthony Sowell, bringing the total to 11. Law enforcement also identified the first victim found as 53-year-old Tonia Carmichael, who went missing last November. "We expected the worst when these bodies starting popping up," a relative tells the Cleveland...http://www.newser.com/story/73336/police-find-11th-body-at-rapists-house.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 17:30:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73236/police-find-4-more-bodies-at-rapists-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPolice found four more bodies today at the home of a convicted rapist in Cleveland, bringing the total to 10. Authorities also charged Anthony Sowell with five counts of aggravated murder, sources tell the Plain Dealer . Crews will spend the night digging up Sowell's yard in search of more victims....http://www.newser.com/story/73236/police-find-4-more-bodies-at-rapists-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 17:33:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73174/rapist-lived-openly-among-rotting-victims.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Ohio rapist arrested in the strangulation of six women lived openly among their rotting corpses in his home, according to cops. Bodies were found exposed in bedrooms and the living room. Officers said the stench was overpowering. "Not a pretty sight inside the home," said a Cleveland police spokesman....http://www.newser.com/story/73174/rapist-lived-openly-among-rotting-victims.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 5:11:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72606/gay-marriage-to-gambling-key-ballot-initiatives.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVoters in six states will head to the polls next Tuesday to decide ballot initiatives on everything from medical marijuana to livestock care. The Atlantic lists some of the most interesting, and the most likely to reverberate across state lines. Question 1, Maine. Maine voters are being given the chance...http://www.newser.com/story/72606/gay-marriage-to-gambling-key-ballot-initiatives.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 4:24:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71794/fake-lottery-winner-causes-store-ruckus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Ohio woman may be charged with inciting panic after telling a store full of shoppers that she had won the lottery and was treating. Police had to show up at the Burlington Coat Factory to put down the ruckus when word got out, the Columbus Dispatch reports. The 45-year-old...http://www.newser.com/story/71794/fake-lottery-winner-causes-store-ruckus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 15:40:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70979/failed-execution-cited-in-stay-for-another-man.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA federal appeals court today halted the execution of an Ohio inmate three weeks after problems with a lethal injection foiled another man's execution. The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 to grant a stay to 43-year-old Lawrence Reynolds Jr., who had been sentenced to die for strangling...http://www.newser.com/story/70979/failed-execution-cited-in-stay-for-another-man.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 10:55:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69505/ohio-con-wins-week-break-after-botched-execution.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Ohio death row inmate was given a week-long reprieve by the governor yesterday after the execution team couldn't find a usable vein in over 2 hours of trying at his planned execution, reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer . Rowell Broom, convicted of raping and killing a teen girl in 1984,...http://www.newser.com/story/69505/ohio-con-wins-week-break-after-botched-execution.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Sep 2009 1:21:54 CDT