Wednesday's News

CHICAGO (AP) - With the public still furious over bank bailouts, Democrats desperate to keep President Barack Obama's old Senate seat are scrambling to counter revelations that a bank owned by their candidate's family may be nearing collapse.

A couple of recent reports indicate that companies are hiring more temporary workers, a sign that could point to the start of an improving job market. The U.S. Department of Labor announced last week that the temporary-help services sector increased for the fifth month in a row, growing nationally by 48,000 in February to a total of 2 million.

Each of the attorneys arguing before Supreme Court of Ohio justices Tuesday morning in the appeal of the non-capital convictions of Donald Ketterer made legitimate points that appeared to leave the court no nearer a resolution than before the session began.

House Bill 462, introduced this week in the Ohio General Assembly, would make capital reappropriations for the biennium ending June 30, 2012, and certain capital appropriations. Rep. Vernon Sykes, D-Akron, HB 462's sponsor, said the bill would basically re-up capital improvement projects that were approved in the 127th General Assembly.

Accountants, financial consultants and more than 500 attorneys from across the nation will come together at the 36th Annual Seminar on Bankruptcy Laws and Rules - an event led by judges, professors and experienced attorneys. Presented by the Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute, the seminar will be held at the InterContinental Buckhead in Atlanta from March 18 to March 20.

National transportation authorities are expected to participate in "Moving Ahead 2010: Sustainable Transportation Solutions for the 21st Century," a conference scheduled for May 2-4 at The Ohio State University.

A Franklin County appellate court overruled the objections of a Warren man seeking workers' compensation benefits for loss of use of both legs in an appeal of an earlier ruling by the Industrial Commission of Ohio.

ATLANTA (AP) - A grand jury indicted four members of an assisted suicide group Tuesday on charges they helped a 58-year-old man with cancer kill himself, clearing the way for a trial that could not only decide their fate but also help validate - or repudiate - their work.

DETROIT - Detroit, the very symbol of American industrial might for most of the 20th century, is drawing up a radical renewal plan that calls for turning large swaths of this now-blighted, rusted-out city back into the fields and farmland that existed before the automobile.