News Headlines for Adams Mills, Ohio

Ohio St. makes Tressel highest-paid in Big Ten (Sports Illustrated)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio State says Jim Tressel has agreed to contract revisions that will make him the highest-paid football coach in the Big Ten Conference.

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Jury reaches verdict in Ohio microwaved-baby case (AP via Yahoo! News)
Jurors in Dayton, Ohio, have reached a verdict in the case of a woman accused of killing her month-old daughter by burning the child in a microwave oven. The verdict was expected to be announced Friday.

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Ohio judge postpones hearing in Mauk's lawsuit vs. NCAA (USA Today)
A judge in Ohio has postponed a hearing in quarterback Ben Mauk's lawsuit against the NCAA. On Friday, Hardin County Judge William Hart in Mauk's hometown of Kenton agreed to an NCAA request postponing the next hearing in the court case by two days to Sept. 4.

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McCain and Palin in Dayton, Ohio (New York Times)
The following is a transcript of Senator John McCain of Arizona and Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska speaking in Dayton, Ohio, as recorded by CQ Transcriptions.

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Ohio judge postpones Mauk hearing (AP via Yahoo! News)
A judge in Ohio has postponed a hearing in quarterback Ben Mauk's lawsuit against the NCAA.

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County joining Ohio suit over voting machines (USA Today)
A southwest Ohio county that had voting problems in the March primary will join Ohio's lawsuit against the voting machines' maker.

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Mourners pay respects to late Ohio congresswoman (AP via Yahoo! News)
Hundreds of mourners filed into a church Friday to pay their respects to the late U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress.

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Showers put Ohio Players on hold (Dayton Daily News)
A late summer shower and rain-damaged sound equipment put the start of the Ohio Players' debut performance at Fraze Pavilion on indefinite hold.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Ohio State awards Tressel a $1 million increase to make him Big Ten's highest paid coach (Detroit Free Press)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State coach Jim Tressel has agreed to contract revisions that will make him the highest-paid football coach in the Big Ten. Tressel's compensation beginning in February will be $3.5 million, a $1 million increase, the school said Friday.

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Condemned Ohio inmate's murder claim gets examined (Washington Post)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A claim by an Ohio death row inmate that he committed an unsolved murder more than two decades ago will be investigated, a prosecutor said Thursday.

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