Monday's News

Business organizations and interested parties statewide are backing national efforts encouraging U.S. senators to help bolster businesses and consumers by creating a Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Discussions about establishing the CFPA have been in the works since last year when President Barack Obama first proposed the agency's creation.

Of the cases to be argued Tuesday at the Ohio Judicial Center downtown, Ohio Supreme Court justices are expected to interpret the court's 2006 decision in State v. Chandler - a case involving counterfeit drugs - for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Innumerable environmental factors have direct and indirect affects on the health of individuals, which then puts a burden on the nation's health-care system. As a result, local and statewide health-care providers are working to reduce the impact dangerous environmental situations have on people.

Senate Bill 236, introduced in the Ohio General Assembly last week, would restore discounts for customers with all-electric homes, restore electric load-management programs, and declare an emergency. Sen. Timothy Grendell, R-Chesterland, one of the bill's sponsors, said SB 236 is based on a broken promise that was made nearly 40 years ago.

The 10th District Court of Appeals upheld a Franklin County Court of Common Pleas ruling in favor of the signers of an assumption agreement to pay off the balance of a note attached to the sale of residential property on Columbus' South Side.

House Bill 460, introduced this week in the Ohio General Assembly, would require licensure of home health agencies. Rep. Barbara Boyd, D-Cleveland Heights, one of the bill's sponsors, said Ohio is one of a very few number of states that does not license or regulate the general delivery of home health services.

BOSTON (AP) - The Transportation Security Administration on Friday announced nine more U.S. airports that will receive body-scanning technology, as the U.S. heightens its effort to detect hidden explosives and other weapons amid a threat highlighted by an attempted bombing on Christmas Day.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A judge has ordered Mercedes-Benz USA LLC to pay $482,000 in damages and legal fees to a Wisconsin customer who was sold a defective car and not given a refund on time.

SOUTHLAKE, Texas - Toyota has for years blocked access to data stored in devices similar to airline "black boxes" that could explain crashes blamed on sudden unintended acceleration, according to an Associated Press review of lawsuits nationwide and interviews with auto crash experts.