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All that offense keeps fans coming to the stadium
When West Virginia Athletic Director Oliver Luck was looking for a new football coach, he wanted one who would not only win, but do it in a way that ...
White Sox eliminated after 11-0 win over Indians
Their collapse complete, all the White Sox could do was watch from afar as another team celebrated winning the AL Central. This wasn't their year, but ...
US: $100M scam suspect in Ohio is Harvard Law grad
A former fugitive suspected of running a $100 million cross-country scam collecting donations for Navy veterans has been identified as a ...
Poll: Dem. Brown leads GOP's Mandel in Ohio race
A new newspaper poll shows that Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown has opened up a 10-point lead over Republican challenger Josh Mandel. The poll published ...
O's, Yanks, Rangers clinch; Tigers, A's on verge
Here's how the pennant races look with three days to go: — TRIPLE CLINCH: Mike Napoli homered twice and drove in six runs as the Texas Rangers assured ...
As race stands, Obama within reach of second term
Five weeks to Election Day, President Barack Obama is within reach of the 270 electoral votes needed to win a second term. Republican Mitt Romney's ...
No. 14 Ohio St holds off No. 20 Michigan St 17-16
Urban Meyer's first Big Ten game as Ohio State coach turned out to be a classic welcome to the conference. His quarterback got shaken up twice, but ...
High debate stakes: Romney looks to gain momentum
Barack Obama is cruising into the presidential debates with momentum on his side, yet he's still struggling to revive the passion and excitement that ...
Ryan vows to protect sportsmen's rights in Ohio
Republican vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan is telling a national sportsmen group that he and Mitt Romney would work to prevent any more ...
Growing voter confidence in economy lifts Obama
Americans are growing more optimistic about the economy and President Barack Obama's leadership, creating a significant obstacle for Republican rival ...
Will Ohio's economic uptick be a boon for Obama?
In this crucial battleground in campaign 2012, William Healy and Joe Halter stand on opposing sides of the great divide: How to jump-start the ...
Electoral College math: Not all votes are equal
When it comes to electing the president, not all votes are created equal. And chances are yours will count less than those of a select few.
Bank of America to pay $2.43B in settlement
Bank of America says it has agreed to pay $2.43 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit related to its acquisition of Merrill Lynch at the height of ...
Ohio St just another rival now for Dantonio
For years, Mark Dantonio and Ohio State were on fairly cozy terms. Dantonio was a defensive coordinator there — a protege of coach Jim Tressel — ...
Cheers as NFL refs return: 'It's good to be back'
The final pass of the game sailed out of the end zone, saving the regular refs from the same type of call that brought the replacements to the height ...
Ginseng poachers take to the woods as prices soar
They slink through the woods in camouflage and face paint, armed with tire irons, screwdrivers and hoes, seeking a plant that looks like a cross ...
Indians fire manager Manny Acta with 6 games left
One month, one miserable month wiped out almost everything Manny Acta did for three years. "That month just crushed our hopes," Acta said. And cost ...
What do Ohio's white working-class voters want?
To look at Ohio is to glimpse America in a nutshell — a state full of places where laborers, truck drivers, cooks, store clerks and business owners ...
Obama makes new appeal in 2-minute ad
Trying to command attention and build his lead in the polls, President Barack Obama unveiled a new two-minute TV commercial Thursday calling for an ...
Romney: My health care law is evidence of empathy
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is pointing to his Massachusetts health care law as evidence that he has empathy for ordinary Americans.
West Virginia gears up for Big 12 scoring spree
West Virginia is ready to start a new era, with what is primed to be a classic Big 12 scoring spree, and Urban Meyer will coach a Big Ten game for ...
Conservatives pour new money into 6 Senate races
A conservative super PAC affiliated with Republican strategist Karl Rove has jumped back into the Indiana Senate race with a nearly $1 million ad buy ...
Ravens must avoid letdown vs Browns
Championship teams avoid letdowns after big wins. The Baltimore Ravens know that, and they're coming off one of their most significant regular-season ...
Provisional ballots could be hanging chads of 2012
New voting laws in key states could force a lot more voters to cast provisional ballots this election, delaying results in close races for days while ...
THE RACE: Obama, Romney blast replacement NFL refs
President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are crisscrossing Ohio's prime swing-state turf with opposing views on almost everything under the ...