| |
|
 |
Like pres. race, Ohio A.G. scandal divides Dems
COLUMBUS (AP) - The Ohio standoff between Gov. Ted Strickland and company against Attorney General Marc Dann ought to appear to followers of this year's contentious Democratic presidential primary as just more of the same.
It is Democrats vs. Democrats, as is the to-the-bitter-end contest between presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
It features one underdog who refuses to budge.
And it looks like it is going to last a while.
“There is a similarity in that a prominent Democratic politician refuses to bow to the inevitable as seen by other Democrats,” said John Green, director of the University of Akron's Bliss Institute for Applied Politics.
At the national level, Clinton continues to fight back suggestions that her defeat for the Democratic nomination is assured and she needs to bow out gracefully. Even after Tuesday's primaries in North Carolina and Indiana gave another boost to Obama's long-standing lead among convention delegates, Clinton pledged to push ahead.
(Refer to page 5 of the Daily Chief-Union) |
 |
Tiger reaches past barrier, injures Toledo Zoo official
TOLEDO (AP) - The Toledo Zoo says a tiger reached through a double mesh barrier and injured a zookeeper, sending the keeper to the hospital with three lacerations to the chest.
Zoo officials say the employee was doing normal rounds at about 8:30 a.m. Sunday and was in an area where he had worked before without any problems.
The zoo says one its two female tigers was somehow able to get a paw through the mesh at an odd angle. The keeper was treated and released at a local hospital.
The Zoo was not open at the time of the incident. Spokeswoman Andi Norman said officials are reviewing whether the zoo needs to make changes to the tiger exhibit.
(Refer to page 1 of the Daily Chief-Union) |
|
| FRIDAY MAY 9, 2008 |
Cause of death unclear for Ohio man dragged beneath cruiser
IRONTON (AP) - A coroner says he can't determine the cause of death for a southern Ohio man dragged beneath a police cruiser in March.
The autopsy report on 46-year-old Guy Thomas says it's not clear if he was alive or already dead when Ironton police Officer Richard Fouts' cruiser drove over the man on a snow-covered street and dragged him for about a half mile.
Fouts said he didn't realize the man was underneath the cruiser until he arrived at the police department.
The autopsy report released Tuesday also said Thomas had been intoxicated.
Lawrence County prosecutor J.B. Collier says an investigation shows the case was an accident, and a grand jury this week decided not to return an indictment against Fouts.
Fouts resigned from the department and has moved out of the area.
(Refer to page 1 of the Daily Chief-Union) |
|
|
|
|
|
