
Stinky corpse flower blooms again at Ohio State
A large rainforest plant known as a corpse flower because of its awful smell has bloomed again at an Ohio State University greenhouse, and there's ...
White House 'horrified' hearing of Syria killings
The White House says it is "horrified" by reports that more than 100 people were executed Thursday in a western Syrian town. White House spokesman ...
Ohio zoo's baby monkey named for CBS TV character
The Columbus Zoo's recent additions include a monkey named after a quirky scientist character on the CBS comedy "The Big Bang Theory." The colobus ...

Indians' Carrasco suspended 8 games
Another dangerous pitch has Carlos Carrasco in trouble again. The Cleveland Indians pitcher was suspended for eight games by Major League Baseball on ...

Lincoln impersonators rub gangly elbows in Ohio
John Cooper's obsession with being Abraham Lincoln began one score and five years ago. Its beginnings were humble. Tall, lean and bearded, the Ohio ...

Ohio school: Jesus portrait has been taken down
A Jesus portrait that has hung in a southern Ohio school district since 1947 was taken down Wednesday, because of concerns about the potential costs ...

Oklahoma, McFarland stop Central Michigan 78-73
Joanna McFarland stepped in when no one else would for Oklahoma, then Aaryn Ellenberg waited until the right moment to take over. McFarland had 18 ...

Top teams could be forced to play on the road
Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw wasn't thrilled when the NCAA women's tournament bracket was released Monday. Her No. 1-seeded Irish were the latest ...

Baylor, ND, UConn, Stanford top NCAA women's seeds
If that NCAA women's tournament bracket looks familiar, it should. Baylor, Connecticut, Notre Dame and Stanford all earned No. 1 seeds when the field ...

Ohio woman, 106, finally gets high school diploma
A 106-year-old central Ohio woman who completed classes but didn't graduate in a dispute over a book has received her high school diploma. The News ...

Ohio students commemorate classmates slain by teen
One day after a teen gunman pleaded guilty in the deadly school shooting in northeast Ohio, students marked its one-year anniversary Wednesday with ...

Ohio court spars with lawyers in school Bible case
State Supreme Court justices sparred with lawyers on Wednesday in a heated hour of arguments over the extent to which a now-fired public school ...
Blue Jackets hire 1st European as NHL GM
The Columbus Blue Jackets hurried to make history. Just more than 24 hours after firing Scott Howson, they announced the hiring of Jarmo Kekalainen ...
Ohio school board votes to keep Jesus portrait up
An Ohio school district decided Tuesday night to keep a portrait of Jesus hanging in the school where it's been 65 years, denying a federal lawsuit's ...
AP Source: Cavaliers interested in Oden
Greg Oden's next comeback could be with the Cavaliers. A person with knowledge of Cleveland's interest said the team is exploring the possibility of ...

Blackhawks tie franchise-best start with 3-2 win
This was supposed to be the weekend for the NHL All-Star Game at Nationwide Arena. Instead, the Chicago Blackhawks flaunted their own constellation ...
No mention of weight as Ohio governor grants mercy
The decision by Ohio's governor to spare a morbidly obese death row inmate on legal grounds unrelated to the prisoner's weight means executions will ...
Correction: Moose Lodge-Abuse Lawsuit story
In a story Dec. 13 about an allegation of sexual abuse against the top official at the Loyal Order of Moose and Moose International fraternal ...

At 450 pounds, Ohio killer fights execution
At about 450 pounds, Ohio death row inmate Ronald Post is so fat that his executioners won't be able to find veins in his arms or legs for the lethal ...

Judge rejects obese Ohio inmate's execution claim
A condemned killer trying to delay his execution because of his extreme weight hasn't raised enough new issues to warrant the legal challenge, a ...

Undefeated: No. 4 Ohio State over No. 20 UM, 26-21
The only thing Urban Meyer lost during his first season at Ohio State was his cool — at the end of the last game. Carlos Hyde ran for 146 yards and ...

NHL cancels games through Dec. 14, All-Star game
More than a third of the NHL regular season and two of its marquee events have now been called off. The league announced its latest round of ...

Buckeyes close to perfection; Michigan in way
All that separates Ohio State from a season for the ages is a contest so big that everyone simply calls it "The Game." Just five teams in the ...

Review: Box sets from Cash, Kiss, Jackson, others
Select box set reviews from The Associated Press: Johnny Cash, "The Complete Columbia Album Collection" (Columbia/Legacy) If you're under 40, you ...