Monday's News

A lawmaker's digging into matters involving a career college has culminated with the introduction of House Bill 573 into the Ohio General Assembly. "The main goal is to put transparency back where it needs to be," said Rep. Clayton Luckie, the bill's sponsor.

The Supreme Court of Ohio late last week ruled that when an indictment charges an offense by following the language of the criminal statute - which happens to lack a culpable mental state - it is in no way deficient for the omission.

Sen. Tom Patton says the concept of revising the law governing Medicaid payments to nursing facilities was agreed upon several years ago and he feels that now is the time to implement the changes.

A Franklin County appellate panel overruled the argument of a Scioto Southland man who opposed the trial court's ruling in his divorce proceedings. Robert Johnson argued that the lower court committed error and abused its discretion when it failed to recognize his pre-marital interest in the Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust as his pre-marital, separate property.

Sen. Eric Kearney has called Senate Bill 296 "a minor but much needed expansion of current law." The legislation, which recently was introduced into the Ohio General Assembly, aims to further limit where liquor stores can operate and would strengthen the procedure for renewing a retail liquor permit.

NEW YORK (AP) - Boeing Co. postponed the delivery of its first 787 airliner to the middle of the first quarter of 2011, adding to a string of delays that has put it more than two years past its originally scheduled debut. The latest delay is the result of engine delivery problems, Boeing said in a statement early Friday.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Four states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands were denied requests on Friday to ignore a new federal law meant to protect the voting rights of deployed troops and other Americans overseas, while five states were granted the waiver.

WASHINGTON (AP) - It's not even Labor Day and negative political ads are muscling in on your TV time. Across the country, ad spending is up and attack ads lead the way.

NEW YORK - The furor over how close is too close to ground zero for a planned Islamic center and mosque has raised a simple question nine years after Sept. 11: Where exactly is ground zero?