| The
Hill… Obama:
New sanctions against Russia will 'have an even bigger bite',
By Rebecca Shabad - 07/29/14 - The United States and Europe imposed a
new round of sanctions against Russia on Tuesday for its assistance to
rebels in eastern Ukraine who have been blamed for the downing of
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. “Because we’re closely coordinating our
actions with Europe, the sanctions we’re announcing today will have an
even bigger bite,” Obama said in a statement from the White House.
European leaders had long resisted stronger sanctions against...
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MSN
News… Obamacare
on Path Back to High Court After Ruling Split,
By Andrew Harris and Andrew Zajac - July 23, 2014 - The U.S. Supreme
Court may not be done with Obamacare yet. With appellate courts
reaching opposite conclusions on the same day about a crucial financing
provision of the 2010 law, a third showdown before the justices is
probable. Splits among the federal circuits have preceded previous high
court rulings on the Affordable Care Act. In 2012, the law was narrowly...
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County
faces serious public safety communications decisions
DARKE COUNTY – “In the next five years we have some very serious public
safety communications decisions to make,” Darke County Chief Deputy
Mark Whittaker said. Cost? Possibly up to a million dollars. In 2010
Darke County’s CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch) failed over Easter
weekend. Dispatchers had to do everything by hand; this led to the
purchase and installation of the current Spillman CAD system. The cost
of the system was $302,008...
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Rasmussen…
What
They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s
Key Polls
Saturday, July 26, 2014 - Some of America’s attention has shifted
overseas in recent days, but major problems persist on the homefront.
Sixty-seven percent (67%) of voters now think the United States is a
more divided nation than it was four years ago, and Republicans are the
most eager to do something about it at the ballot box. Voters continue
to trust the GOP more than Democrats on the majority of issues
regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports including the economy,
government spending and...
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Greenville
Police Department… Two
suspects now charged with multiple
offenses
Two suspects have been named and charges will be
filed
regarding the recent vehicle fires and thefts from
vehicles
which occurred on July 22,
2014: Joshua C.
Willis, 18 years of age, from Greenville, Ohio and Lowell "Bill"
Bowers, 34, also from Greenville. Charges include multiple arsons,
thefts, and felony theft and will be filed at the Darke County
Prosecutor's Office next week...
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MSN
News… Drought-stricken
California agencies seek
'water cops'
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 22 (Reuters) - Hosing down a driveway in
drought-stricken California could soon mean a visit from the "water
cops," as agencies throughout the state begin beefing up staff to
enforce strict new conservation rules set to take effect next month.
The water district serving the state's Silicon Valley tech hub
unanimously approved spending half a million dollars on enforcement,
including agents, at a board meeting Tuesday night. Los Angeles' water...
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Today.com…
Vietnam
vet gets new wheelchair after
Lowe's employees help him, by Jeffrey Donovan
July 16, 2014 - Michael Sulsona had no idea a trip to Lowe’s would end
up changing his life. The Marine Corps veteran, who lost both
legs after stepping on a landmine in Vietnam in 1971, says he’d waited
two years for the Department of Veterans Affairs to send him a new
wheelchair. It finally arrived at his New York City home yesterday
after the 62-year-old’s story went viral following a random act of
kindness. Sulsona was shopping at a Lowe’s on Staten Island when a bolt
snapped on his old...
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Dayton
Business Journal… Pizza
chain to hire 100 employees in Dayton
region
Donatos Pizza will hold a job fair on July 30 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the Beavercreek Courtyard by Marriott. Donatos Pizza, with 18 area
locations, needs to hire an additional 100 employees to handle
increased business at all of its locations. The company is hiring in
anticipation of even more demand. “As the Miami Valley’s economy
continues to rebound we want to position ourselves to handle the
projected positive sales from businesses and residential customers,”
said Terry Ryan, vice president of...
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Ohio
Senator Bill Beagle… PSA
Airline Expansion at Dayton
International
COLUMBUS—State Senator Bill Beagle (R-Tipp City) today attended the
groundbreaking for the over $1.6 million expansion of PSA Airlines Inc.
at the Dayton International Airport. “Expansions like PSA Airlines
continue to show our economy is improving and that the Miami Valley is
a great location for businesses to expand and grow,” said Beagle. PSA’s
expansion plans include the construction of a 7,500-square-foot
addition to its existing training...
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Secretary
of State Jon Husted… Mandatory
Training for All 2014 General
Election Poll Workers
Awards $760,000 in grants to help defray training and development costs
-- COLUMBUS – Recognizing the importance of having properly trained
elections officials in place, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted today
issued Directive 2014-21, requiring all poll workers for the upcoming
general election to undergo mandatory training. To help offset the cost
for county boards of elections, Secretary Husted also announced
$760,000 in grants for the state’s...
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Adams Announces
Recognition of William M. McCulloch by CSRAB
COLUMBUS, Ohio—State Representative Richard Adams (R-Troy) today
announced that the Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board (CSRAB) has
approved the placement of a bust of former Speaker of the Ohio House of
Representatives, William Moore McCulloch, in the great hall
outside the House Chamber in the Ohio Statehouse. Rep. Adams now holds
the seat of the district that was held by McCulloch...
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Greenville Police Department
makes one
arrest in vehicle fires/thefts
On July 22, 2014, the Greenville Police Department, with the assistance
of the Darke County Sheriff's Office, has
taken
one person into custody
regarding a
rash (current count is 7) of vehicle
fires and at
least 12 thefts from vehicles which occurred in the early
morning
hours of July 22, 2014. The person arrested is being
transported
to the Mercer County Jail...
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Rasmussen…
What
They Told
Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
Saturday, July 19, 2014 -- These are not happy times for President
Obama and his party, although it’s far from clear if Republicans can
capitalize on that. One-in-three voters (32%) think the president
should be impeached and removed from office. But most voters think
electing an opposition Congress is the better way to halt or change his
policies. However, as Kyle Kondik points out in his commentary this
week, that may be easier said than done, requiring Republicans to do
something they haven’t done... read
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Ohio and U.S. Employment
Situation
(Seasonally Adjusted)
Ohio's unemployment rate was 5.5 percent in June 2014, unchanged from
May 2014. Ohio’s nonfarm wage and salary employment increased 12,700
over the month, from a revised 5,292,700 in May to 5,305,400 in June.
The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in June was 316,000, down
1,000 from 317,000 in May. The number of unemployed has decreased by
114,000 in the past 12 months from 430,000. The June unemployment rate
for Ohio was... read
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Net
Top 20… Top
News sites on the net
The News Net Top 20 brings you the pick of the most popular and
highest-rating sites for news on the Net today, from a single page.
That way you get quick one-stop access to the best of the Net for news
sites. CNN.com is a substantial and extremely popular news site. It is
frequently updated with the latest news thanks to CNN's staff of
thousands both from the US and around the globe. The day's feature
stories are constantly refreshed and updated, some featuring live
streaming video streaming and audio...
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Attorney
General DeWine… DeWine
Adds New
Technology to Document Complex Crime Scenes
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today
that crime scene agents with the Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal
Investigation (BCI) have a new tool to assist in documenting complex
crime scenes. Agents are now using a 3D laser scanner, which sits on a
tripod and rotates 360 degrees, to take millions of precise laser
measurements and hundreds of digital photographs. The end
result
produced with this latest crime...
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Crime Stoppers... New
Most
Wanted Posting
Roy Richard Spurling - Wanted for 2 counts of Trafficking in Heroin -
MOST WANTED ARCHIVE - Below is current list of featured Most Wanted
fugitives and what they are wanted for. Click on name for profile or
click here for complete archive listing. KAISHAN HUDSON - BUSTED JULY
17, 2014, DENZEL MASSEY - Weapons Under Disability, RUZBEL MENDEZ – Rape...
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Secretary of State Husted… Husted
Releases New Business Filing Figures for June 2014
COLUMBUS – Secretary of State Jon Husted today announced that 7,660 new
entities filed to do business in Ohio in June 2014. These numbers are
up compared to June 2013, in which 7,185 new entities filed with the
Secretary of State. The Secretary of State’s office has assisted with
49,254 new business filings to date in 2014 (January-June). This is an
increase from the... read
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FBI… A Byte
Out of History: 50th
Anniversary of the FBI’s Jackson Field Office
07/15/14 - Fifty years ago this summer, Mississippi was at the front
and center of our country’s civil rights struggles, with cases such as
the June 21, 1964 disappearance of three civil rights workers becoming
issues of national concern. Less than two weeks later—and in response
to that tragic event—the FBI opened its Jackson Field Office. On June
10, 2014, FBI employees joined...
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Columbus
Dispatch… Kasich,
Portman to get spotlight at
Cleveland GOP convention, Buckeye Forum Podcast
WASHINGTON — Regardless of whether Sen. Rob Portman or Gov. John Kasich
runs for president in 2016, the Republican convention in Cleveland will
give both a chance to enhance their national profile as they try to
highlight what they believe is their pragmatic brand of conservatism.
At a time when Republicans are hoping to temper the image of a party in
the grips of social conservatives and tea party activists, analysts say
Portman and Kasich can help Republicans present Americans with...
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The
Hill… House
GOP group to recommend changes to
immigration law, By Cristina Marcos and Peter
Schroeder
07/14/14 - Fresh off a trip to Guatemala and Honduras, a House GOP
working group on immigration will recommend Tuesday that the conference
change a 2008 trafficking law to stop the thousands of immigrant
children flooding across the border. Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas), the
working group’s leader, will argue that child immigrants from Central
America should be subject to the same rules as those from Mexico. A
source close to Granger said the group will also advise that National
Guard troops be... read
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Darke
County Crime Stoppers… New
Most
Wanted Postings
Denzel Massey - Wanted for Having Weapons Under Disability; Kaishan
Hudson - Wanted for 2 counts of Trafficking Heroin. MOST WANTED
ARCHIVE: Below is current list of featured Most Wanted fugitives and
what they are wanted for RUZBEL MENDEZ – Rape; LUIS FLORES -
Trafficking Cocaine; BRIAN O'CONNOR - Non-Support; LARRY WESTFALL -
Probation Violation; JOYCE COX - Probation Violation; PAUL GORMAN -
Theft of... read
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Buy/Bust in Darke County Yields
Two Arrests
On July 16, 2014, Michelle Middaugh (46) of Union City, Ohio and James
Spencer (37) of Union City, Indiana were taken into custody without
incident following a buy/bust operation conducted by the Darke County
Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit, along with Darke County Deputies and
Union City (Ohio) Police, in the 100 Block of E. Spearmint Street in
Union City, Ohio. Both Middaugh and Spencer were
transported to the Darke County Jail, where they...
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Ohio
Treasurer Josh Mandel… Mandel
Receives AGA Award for "Excellence in Financial Management"
- ORLANDO, FL - The Association of Government Accountants (AGA) today
awarded Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel with an award for "Excellence in
Financial Management" on behalf of the Ohio Treasurer's office.
Treasurer Mandel was the only State Treasurer in the country to win
this award. "In just over three years we've taken Ohio's financial
ranking from 43rd in the country to 7th in the country. I'm proud of
this progress... read
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Ballot Board Decides Clean Energy
Amendment
is Single Issue
COLUMBUS – The Ohio Ballot Board, chaired by Secretary of State Jon
Husted, today certified that a proposed constitutional amendment
concerning clean energy consists of one issue. Petitioners will now
need to collect 385,247 signatures, which is equal to 10 percent of the
total vote cast for governor in the most recent gubernatorial election.
As part of the total number of signatures needed to place the measure
on the ballot, petitioners must also...
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Blue Bag Media… Banner
year for
The Early Bird benefits Darke Co. residents
GREENVILLE – For over 45 years, residents of Darke County have been
relying on The Early Bird for local news and features about the people
and events in the community. In addition to providing timely news, The
Early Bird has partnered with local businesses promoting their products
and services, which gives residents an opportunity to save money and,
of course, a chance to support locally owned businesses in Darke and
surrounding... read
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FBI… Dog
Fighting Ringleader
Pleads Guilty; Multi-State
Criminal Enterprise Shut Down
07/11/14 - In 2011, our Mobile Field Office had received some
disturbing reports about a possible high-stakes dog fighting and
gambling enterprise based in Alabama with activities spanning several
nearby states. So in April of that year, the Bureau—in conjunction with
our law enforcement partners in those states—opened an investigation.
By August 2013, this broad and coordinated investigative effort—which
involved sophisticated techniques...
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MSN Money… Is the new American dream way out
of reach?
The definition of the term is changing as people begin to want more
than just a home and a decent salary. A new study shows that a majority
of Americans are living the American Dream -- even if they largely
don't realize it. The poll, conducted by marketing firm DDB as part of
its 2014 Life Style Study, found that only 40 percent of American
adults over the age of 18 believe they are "living the American Dream."
The same 7,015-person study also found that sizable majorities reported
owning a home... read
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Fatal
accident on Hollansburg-Richmond Road
On July 13, 2013 at approximately 7:28 A.M. Darke County Deputies,
Darke County Coroner’s Office, Darke County Sheriff’s Accident
Reconstruction Team, Tri Village Rescue, Hollansburg Fire were
dispatched to the 600 block Hollansburg-Richmond Road in reference to a
motorcycle accident. Preliminary investigation revealed a 2006 Honda
CBR 600 RR driven by Lance G. Powell, 47, of Richmond, Indiana was
travelling north bound on... read
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Federal News Radio…
Race
to finish fiscal 2015 agency budgets
hits snag, By Jack Moore
Monday - 7/7/2014 - The budget process on Capitol Hill appears to have
hit a summer slump. Congress needs to pass 12 annual spending bills,
which set agency funding levels, before the end of the fiscal year on
Sept. 30. So far, the House has only passed five of those bills and the
Senate hasn't passed any. While the deadline is still more than two
months away, fewer than 30 working days are left for Congress to hammer
out a deal on spending levels before...
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Drugs Epidemic… Two arrested for heroin possession
Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey reports the Sheriff’s Office arrested
two female subjects on Wednesday 7-9-2014 in Celina for possession of
suspected heroin. Sheriff Grey stated a tip was received by
the
Sheriff’s Office Detectives indicating heroin was being transported to
Mercer County from the Dayton area, with a possible delivery in
Celina. The tip provided a...
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The Hill… Senate Democrats unveil
legislation to
reverse high court's Hobby Lobby ruling
By Alexander Bolton and Elise Viebeck -- 07/09/14 - Senate Democrats
introduced legislation on Wednesday to effectively reverse the Supreme
Court’s decision last week exempting some employers from having to
provide insurance coverage for contraception. The law would bar
for-profit corporations from seeking exemptions from the Affordable
Care Act’s mandate that their health plans cover contraception costs.
Religious institutions would still be able to opt out...
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Drugs Epidemic… Woman in Darke County Jail
Following Drug
Bust
On July 10, 2014 the Darke County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit,
along with Darke County Deputies, conducted a buy/bust operation at 851
Martin Street in Greenville, Ohio. Brandy Young
(20) of
Englewood was taken into custody without incident and is currently
being housed at the Darke County Jail where she awaits the formal
charge of Trafficking in Drugs. Young was also cited for
Attempted Prostitution. Also taken into custody during...
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Mercer
Sheriff patrols to monitor parks
Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey issued a warning today that the
Sheriff’s Office is increasing patrols in the public parks.
This
increase will include both marked patrol cars and plain clothes
deputies and extends to parks within the City of Celina and all
villages as well as parks in unincorporated areas, to include, but not
limited to the State Park on West Bank Road, Bunge Park on State Route
29, and Eden Haven Park on Hellwarth Road...
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Ohio Turnpike
Commission… More
night-time work zones coming to
turnpike
Chris Matta, Maintenance Engineer -- Note: Completion of all
construction projects is weather dependent. Beginning the week of July
14, 2014, Ohio Turnpike customers traveling after dark will notice an
increase in the number of active work zones at night. The Ohio
Turnpike, for the first time ever, will be staffing night-time work
zones with Turnpike maintenance workers. Typically, maintenance
operations such as full and partial depth...
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Blue Bag Media… Citizens react to Council’s
planned
sidewalk project
GREENVILLE – Nearly two dozen residents – many of them clearly
expressing frustration and anger – attended the Greenville City Council
meeting July 1. They are residents of the Gardenwood-Rhoades Avenue
area. They had attended the meeting due to Greenville’s Law Committee
submitting (and Council accepting) a recommendation requiring a planned
sidewalk construction project be partially funded by a grant...
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| Breitbart…
WH:
Obama Won't
Visit Border While Attending Three TX Fundraisers Next Week,
by Tony Lee - 3 Jul 2014 - President Barack Obama will attend three
fundraisers in Texas next week but will not travel to the border to see
the crisis that many say he has exacerbated by not enforcing the
country's immigration laws and vowing to enact unilaterally more
executive actions to ease deportations. White House Press Secretary
Josh Earnest said at Thursday's White House press briefing that Obama
is scheduled to attend a fundraiser for the Democratic...
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ORP Chairman Matt
Borges… Republican
convention to come to Cleveland
Greetings! Ohio received huge news today. The 2016 Republican
National Convention is coming to our state. Just before noon this
morning the Site Selection Committee recommended Cleveland as the host
city to Republican National Committee Chairman Reince
Priebus.
Today's announcement is the culmination of months of hard work by the
Cleveland... read
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Blue
Bag Media… McGreevey
new CT
director following Peltz resignation
GREENVILLE – The Greenville City School District is re-aligning its
administrative staff to move Administrative Director Jon McGreevey to
Career Technology and Business Operations Director. The restructured
position was accepted by McGreevey following the resignation of former
CT Director David Peltz. He begins his new duties Aug. 1. “Jon will do
an excellent... read
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The
Hill… Obama
to GOP: Bring it on,
By Justin Sink
07/04/14 - President Obama is embracing Republican criticism of his
aggressive use of executive actions as he shifts his focus to the
midterm elections. The president is openly daring the GOP to challenge
him, hoping he can parlay their complaints into ammunition for
congressional Democrats who argue Republicans should be blamed for
Washington’s dysfunction. Democratic aides and strategists say the
White House sees Speaker John Boehner’s promised lawsuit against his
executive actions... read
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Blue
Bag Media… GHS
remodeling work
on schedule for 2015
GREENVILLE – The last day of school didn’t lead to a quiet high school
campus like it did on the other campuses in the Greenville City School
District. Action started immediately after the last official session of
the year, a required teacher work day. Workers began the remodeling of
Greenville High School. The framework for the cafeteria shell is
starting to take shape, asbestos removal operations are underway, work
has begun on the new roof... read
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Rasmussen…
What
They Told
Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
Saturday, July 05, 2014 - The separation of powers between Congress,
the courts and the president is key to the Founding Fathers’
constitutional blueprint for America, but President Obama is chafing at
the restraints this separation is putting on his agenda. Most voters
continue to believe, as they have for years, that gaining control of
the border is more important than legalizing the status of undocumented
workers already living in this
country.
But if Congress passes a comprehensive immigration reform...
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Attorney
General Mike DeWine… Sham
Charity Ordered to Pay $320,000
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that
a Franklin County judge has granted a default judgment against TEEN USA
and Darien E. Smith of Cleveland for violating the terms of an
agreement the organization made with the Attorney General’s Office in
November 2013. Smith had agreed to dissolve TEEN USA, to not hold any
position in or participate in soliciting donations for any charitable
organization in Ohio, and... read
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Blue Bag Media… Judge Hein rules in favor of The
Early
Bird, again!
GREENVILLE – The Early Bird and Brothers Publishing Company, LLC has
once again earned a victory in the Darke County Court of Common Pleas.
For a third time, The Early Bird has been ruled a Newspaper of General
Circulation. The ruling was necessary for the newspaper to continue to
run and seek legal advertising. For each argument presented by Civitas
Media, Judge Jonathan P. Hein, Darke County Court of Common...
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Federal
News Radio… GPO
to offer buyouts
in first quarter of FY 2015, By Michael
O'Connell
Tuesday - 7/1/2014 - U.S. Government Printing Office employees will
have the opportunity to request early outs or buyouts in the first
quarter of Fiscal Year 2015, according to a GPO release. GPO told its
employees Tuesday that it planned to request authority from Congress
and the Office of Personnel Management to offer buyouts and early outs
to 1,850 of its employees. The agency aims to reduce its workforce by
100 positions or 5 percent. Employees who wish to...
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DeWine,
Sheriffs’ Assn unveil Sex Offender reverse lookup feature
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)— Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and the
Buckeye State Sheriffs’ Association today unveiled a new reverse lookup
feature accessible through the Electronic Sex Offender Registration and
Notification (eSORN) Database, which is maintained by the Ohio Attorney
General's Office. Starting today, the new feature allows anyone to
input unfamiliar phone numbers...
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MSN
News… U.S.
poll: more voters see
Obama as worst president in modern times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two years into President Barack Obama's second
term, more voters say they are dissatisfied with his administration's
handling of everything from the economy to foreign policy, giving him
the worst marks of any modern U.S. president, a poll on Wednesday said.
In a survey of 1,446 registered voters, 33 percent said Obama was the
worst president since World War Two, while 28 percent pointed to his
predecessor, George W. Bush, as the worst, the poll by...
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