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Ohio union calling households in labor fight
Thousands of households are getting phone calls from striking workers at a nursing home in northern Ohio seeking support in their labor fight over wages and benefits.
Researchers report toadfish sing to attract mates
It's not exactly Tony serenading Maria in "West Side Story," but for all their homeliness toadfish also sing to attract mates.
Antero Pietila: Roland Park headlines
Breaking news: Roland Park’s first African-American resident has decamped. Retired Circuit Court Judge Kenneth Lavon Johnson relocated to Atlanta to be close to a daughter and a sizable farm his kin have owned in Mississippi since the Civil War.  Presidential candidates court Hispanic votersWith the Hispanic vote potentially a deciding factor in key swing states, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama each aggressively courted the League of United Latin American Citizens at the group’s annual meeting Tuesday in Washington.
Continental to add 4 flights from Ithaca to Newark
Bucking a national trend of airlines cutting flights, Continental Airlines is adding service in upstate New York.
Scientists think big impact caused two-faced Mars
Why is Mars two-faced? Scientists say fresh evidence supports the theory that a monster impact punched the red planet, leaving behind perhaps the largest gash on any heavenly body in the solar system.
Ithaca program offers way for residents to share cars
Faced with rising fuel prices, residents in this upstate New York city can rent a gas-efficient car by the hour through a new car sharing program designed as a model for other communities.  Tip-reliant workers say slowdown cuts into tipsAt the Corner Pub on Cincinnati's west side, bartender Melissa Metz can count the cost of the economic hangover in the stack of bills she has at the end of a shift.  Some searchers still expect to see rare woodpeckerFor the last three years, researchers in camouflage and waders have slogged through the east Arkansas woods hoping to spot a rare bird that so far seems unwilling to be seen. |
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