Wednesday's News

Seeing need for a single resource for Central Ohio women, TaKeysha Sheppard Cheney last year stepped away from a secure corporate job to start The Women's Book, a print directory of local women.

A bill that would specify dyslexia as a specific learning disability and require a 3-year pilot project to provide early screening and intervention has been introduced into the Ohio General Assembly. House Bill 572 was born out of concerns presented to Rep. Ted Celeste, D-Columbus, by members of the International Dyslexia Association.

A Franklin County appellate panel accepted the argument of a Washington Courthouse man who alleged a trial court abused its discretion when it allowed cross examination testimony centering on a prior criminal conviction of his expert medical witness.

Just weeks removed from a research project in the Netherlands, Dennis D. Hirsch is preparing to offer his preliminary findings to students, alumni and colleagues. Hirsch, Geraldine W. Howell Professor of Law at Capital University Law School, will present "Government Legislation, Industry Self-Regulation or Something In-Between? Privacy Codes of Conduct in the Netherlands" from 4:45-7 p.m.

An Arizona metal company has been awarded tax incentives to build a new $14.9 million facility in Columbus that is expected to create 120 jobs. Based in Phoenix with a distribution center in Dayton, International Technical Coatings Inc. has been awarded a 50 percent job creation tax credit for seven years for the project.

A London Correctional Institution inmate was unable to convince a 5th District Court of Appeals panel that the appellate court should stop the trial court's plan to resentence him as a result of post-release control having been omitted from his initial sentence.

CHICAGO (AP) - The economy is weakening, home sales are plunging and stocks are on a long slide. Now comes something even scarier for investors - the beginning of what is traditionally the worst month in the market.

WASHINGTON (AP) - More than half a dozen states suing to overturn President Barack Obama's health care law are also claiming its subsidies for covering retired state government employees, according to a list released Tuesday by the administration.

COLUMBUS - A resurgence of bedbugs across the U.S. has homeowners and apartment dwellers taking desperate measures to eradicate the tenacious bloodsuckers, with some relying on dangerous outdoor pesticides and fly-by-night exterminators.