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  • 28
    Feb
    2012
    8:19pm, EST

    Hundreds show support at Chardon vigil

    Shannon Stapleton / Reuters

    People gather outside St. Mary's of Chardon on Feb. 28 for a candlelight vigil remembering the victims of a school shooting in Chardon, Ohio.

    Jeff Swensen / Getty Images

    Students and those in the community embrace one another as they hold a candlelight vigil at St Mary's of the Assumption Church in Chardon, Ohio on Tuesday night.

    Slideshow: Deadly school shooting in Ohio

    Aaron Josefczyk / Reuters

    Three students was killed and 2 were injured in a shooting Monday morning at an Ohio high school, officials said.

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    Hundreds gathered at St. Mary's of Chardon Tuesday night following the deadly school shooting at Chardon High School. 

    The death toll rose to three students as the suspect, 17-year-old T.J. Lane, appeared at a preliminary hearing where a prosecutor said Lane had confessed to investigators and that he said he fired at students randomly.

    --Msnbc.com news services contributed to this post

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  • 28
    Feb
    2012
    4:57pm, EST

    Chardon High shooting suspect appears in court

    Aaron Josefczyk / Reuters

    Alleged gunman T.J. Lane is escorted out of the Geauga County Courthouse Annex by deputies, Feb. 28, 2012, after his court appearance for shooting and killing three students and wounding two others at Chardon High School in Chardon, Ohio. Another student has died from wounds suffered in Monday's shooting rampage at the Ohio high school, authorities said on Tuesday, as the shaken suburban Cleveland town prepared for a vigil for the teenage victims of the attack.

    Slideshow: Deadly school shooting in Ohio

    David Maxwell / EPA

    Chardon High School shooting rampage

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    NBC News reports: The death toll in an Ohio high school shooting rose to three students Tuesday as the suspect, 17-year-old T.J. Lane, appeared at a preliminary hearing where a prosecutor said the victims appeared to have been chosen at random.

    A prosecutor said Lane had admitted firing 10 shots and that he fired at students randomly. Two other teens were wounded; one remains hospitalized and the other was released on Tuesday.

    When Lane exited in custody of police, he turned to his two aunts and his grandfather, who is his legal guardian, and said with emotion "I'm sorry I'm so sorry" as he clenched his jaw, appearing to hold back tears.

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    I do feel for him.. Only if he didn't take the matters to his own hands, lives could have been saved as well as his soul. This is very sad.. not only for the family of their slain sons, but for T.J. too. Very sad and tragic.

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  • 27
    Feb
    2012
    11:42am, EST

    Suspect in custody following deadly Ohio school shooting

    Video from WKYC-TV in Cleveland, Ohio, shows the suspect in the Chardon High School shooting being taken into custody.

    By Jonathan Woods, msnbc.com

    Officials confirm that one person has died and at least four others are injured after a shooting Monday morning at Chardon High School in Chardon, Ohio. The alleged gunman is in custody, according to sheriff spokesman John Hiscox. 

    WKYC

    Students comfort each other as they leave the scene of a shooting at Chardon High School in Chardon, Ohio on Monday, Feb. 27.

    Mark Duncan / AP

    S.W.A.T. members leave Chardon High School in Chardon, Ohio on Monday, Feb. 27. A gunman opened fire inside the high school's cafeteria at the start of the school day Monday, wounding five students, officials said. Special Agent Vicki Anderson said Monday the shooter was taken into custody near his car about a half-mile away from the high school. A spokeswoman for the Cleveland Clinic confirmed five students were being treated at two different hospitals.

    Tony Dejak / AP

    Students leave with parents from Maple Elementary School after a shooting at Chardon High School on Feb. 27.

    John Horton / The Plain Dealer

    Parents wait for news at at Chardon High School early Monday morning, Feb. 27.

    Tony Dejak / AP

    Doug Gasper, a ninth grader at Chardon High School, is hugged by his mother, Sandy, as they leave Maple Elementary School on Feb. 27.

     Read more on this developing story.

    23 comments

    Why is it easier to walk into a school in America with a loaded gun than it is to walk onto an airplane with a plastic bottle of Coke? There's something VERY wrong with this picture!!!

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  • 12
    Jan
    2012
    7:35pm, EST

    Reuters

    A "white only" sign is pictured on the fence around a Cincinnati swimming pool in this undated handout photo received by Reuters Jan. 12, 2012. A Cincinnati landlord found to have violated state anti-discrimination laws after she hung a "white only" sign outside her swimming pool lost an appeal with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission on Thursday.

    Ohio civil rights panel sticks to 'white only' pool sign ruling

    By Rich Shulman

    Really? Are we still arguing about this in 2012?

    AP reports: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Cincinnati landlord who claimed a black girl's hair products clouded an apartment complex's swimming pool discriminated against the child by posting a poolside "white only" sign, an Ohio civil rights panel said Thursday in upholding a previous finding.

    The Ohio Civil Rights Commission voted 4-0 against reconsidering its finding from last fall. There was no discussion.

    The group found on Sept. 29 that Jamie Hein, who is white, violated the Ohio Civil Rights Act by posting the sign at a pool at the duplex where the teenage girl was visiting her parents.

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    American businesses are not exempt from United States laws, in this case, laws against discrimination and violations of a citizen's civil rights. It's a good sign that the vote to uphold the previous ruling was 4-0.

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  • 6
    Dec
    2011
    5:03pm, EST

    Democrats charge US Chamber with altering Ohio senator's photo in ads

    AP

    This still frame from a December 2011 video advertisement by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce shows Rep. Sherrod Brown, left, D-Ohio, who is facing re-election in 2012. Democrats said the original Associated Press photo of Brown was altered to make him look haggard and unshaven in this ad. The AP authorized the use of the original photo, but did not authorize alterations.

    By Rich Shulman

    It seems like anything goes in political television ads these days (original photo below). But you have to wonder if it's time for the Associated Press to stop selling photos for use in campaign and "issue" ads.

    AP reports:

    COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Democrats are accusing a leading national business federation of altering a photo of U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and misrepresenting one of his votes in TV ads airing statewide.

    Brown is a Democrat facing re-election next year. Democrats say the U.S. Chamber of Commerce made him look haggard and unshaven in an Associated Press photo that was used in the ad. The AP says it authorized use of the photo but not alterations.

    Chamber spokesman J.P. Fielder says the organization didn't doctor the photo. He says Democrats are distracting from the message of the ad, which targets Brown's vote to end $4 billion in government subsidies for five large oil companies and other positions that could raise energy prices.

    Brown calls the $1 million ad campaign cynical, with "outright lies."

    David Kohl / AP

    This combo shows a July 7, 2006 file photo, left, of Rep. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, in Middletown, Ohio, and a still frame of Brown from a December 2011 video advertisement by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Brown is facing re-election in 2012. Ohio Democrats said the original Associated Press photo of Brown was altered to make him look haggard and unshaven in the ad.

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    So he voted to end billions in subsidies for the most profitable corporations on earth. Screw the Senate, let's vote for him for President!

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  • 8
    Nov
    2011
    10:35pm, EST

    Ohio voters soundly defeat effort to curb unions

    Amy Sancetta / AP

    Issue 2 opponents cheer at a rally co-sponsored by the Cleveland Teachers Union and We Are Ohio in Cleveland as Issue 2 as they hear election results sounding the defeat of Issue 2 in the Ohio general election on Nov. 8, 2011. By voting no on Issue 2, Ohioans overturned the controversial Senate Bill 5 which, among other things, limited collective bargaining for 350,000 unionized public workers.

    msnbc.com's Tom Curry:

    In a rebuff to Republican Gov. John Kasich, Ohio voters have decided to reject curbs on public employees.

    The Associated Press projected that voters would reject S.B. 5, the law enacted last spring by Kasich and the Republican-controlled legislature that limited the ability of public employee unions to collectively bargain.

    With nearly a third percent of precincts reporting, more than 60 percent of voters were rejecting the law. Read the full story.

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    2 comments

    paul your confused lets see The koch brothers & there groups, Freedom-work's, karl rove's groups. Do you need more? Now who has the money. I sure these groups dropped more than the union in this race. UNION YES!!!! Are the public union workers evil or are they Good AMERICANS? tea baggers you tel …

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  • 20
    Oct
    2011
    3:11pm, EDT

    Rescued animals from Ohio farm at Columbus zoo

    Grahm S. Jones / Columbus Zoo via AP

    This is a handout photo from the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium of one of two macaques that were captured by authorities Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011, a day after their owned released dozens of wild animals and then killed himself near Zanesville, Ohio. Sheriff's deputies shot and killed 48 of the animals, including 18 rare Bengal tigers, 17 lions, six black bears, two grizzly bears, a baboon, a wolf and three mountain lions. Six of the released animals - three leopards, a grizzly bear and two monkeys - were captured and taken to the Columbus Zoo.

    Grahm Jones / Columbus Zoo via Reuters

    A rescued leopard is pictured at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in this photograph released to Reuters on October 20, 2011.

    Grahm Jones / Columbus Zoo via Reuters

    A rescued brown bear is pictured on October 19, 2011 in this Columbus Zoo and Aquarium photograph released to Reuters on October 20, 2011.

    Grahm Jones / Columbus Zoo via Reuters

    A rescued black leopard is pictured on October 19, 2011 in this Columbus Zoo and Aquarium photograph released to Reuters on October 20, 2011. The exotic animal collector who set free his lions, tigers, bears and other beasts was bitten in the head by a big cat shortly after committing suicide, authorities said on Thursday. Three leopards, a young grizzly bear and two macaque monkeys were recaptured and sent to the Columbus Zoo, and a zoo spokeswoman said they "were doing very well" in the zoo's animal hospital.

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  • 5
    Sep
    2011
    11:13pm, EDT

    Chris Russell /Columbus Dispatch via AP

    Black Lab jumps into the Tremont Pool during the annual "Doggy Dip" in Upper Arlington, Ohio. With most people abandoning public swimming pools as the weather cools down, those pools are opening themselves up for canine customers. More and more central Ohio public pools are hosting open swims for dogs. The chlorine content is reduced for the canines, and pool staff thoroughly cleans the filters before opening for humans the next summer.

    'Doggy Dip' marks the end of outdoor pool season

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    I bet that's one happy dog :)

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  • 8
    Aug
    2011
    12:38am, EDT

    Residents of Ohio community mourn shooting victims

    Karen Schiely / Akron Beacon Journal via AP

    Members of the Copley Township community bow their heads in prayer during a vigil at Copley Community Park in Copley Township, Ohio, Aug. 7. A man gunned down two people outside a Copley Township home and two more in a car Sunday morning. He then shot his girlfriend in a rampage that left eight dead including the gunman, who was shot by police.

    AP reports:

    A neighbor, Gilbert Elie, said he was getting ready for church when he heard gunshots and cries for help in his northeast Ohio neighborhood, a wooded, residential area outside Akron. He went to a house across the street and said he found a shocking scene: the woman who lived there lying in the driveway, her husband shot near the garage, and their young granddaughter and another woman shot in the front seat of a vehicle, the windows apparently blown out by gunfire.

    A third woman came out of the house next door and tried to talk to Elie, he said, but their brief exchange ended abruptly when a man followed her out of the house and shot her, sending the 75-year-old Elie running for safety behind a truck.

    "She was talking to me, and he come up behind her and shot her, so I figured, maybe I'm next," he told The Associated Press.

    Read the full story here.

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  • 24
    Jun
    2011
    2:00pm, EDT

    Drugs, family and absence along the Ohio River

    For the Soul of Athens multimedia project, students from Ohio University look at how the American Dream is evolving in the small towns of southeast Ohio. 

    Student Brad Vest told this story:

    "In and out of incarceration, Travis Simmons, 28, and his family deal with an emotional, social, and physical landscape that constantly changes. Their dreams hinge on his ability to stay away from drugs and support his family."

    Brad Vest

    The extended Simmons family gathers outside of Shelia Simmons camper. Travis finds it easier to stay away from old influences while living alongside his mother Shelia. "She keeps an eye on me." Travis said. "Whether I like it or not she's always there making sure that I don't screw this up."

    Brad Vest

    Travis Simmons watches over his two young daughters, Patience and Journey, as they play outside of his one room camper. "I sat in that room for 28 days," Travis said about the county jail cell. "I felt, God damn, this [camper's] a mansion."

    Brad Vest

    Travis adjusts his home confinement ankle bracelet as his daughter Patience, left, sleeps, and Journey nurses her last bottle of formula before bed. After completing his original sentence for conspiracy to commit grand larceny, Simmons was sent back to jail for breaking parole on multiple drug violations.

    Brad Vest

    Short, an old friend of Travis, snorts a line of Suboxone as Travis attempts to block Patience's view of the drug. Suboxone is a prescription drug used to help treat opiate addiction; however, it is also abused to get high. Travis has struggled to break off friendships with old friends. Most of them are recovering addicts or still using.

    Brad Vest

    Shelia Simmons confronts her son, Travis, after he was released on bond. Travis' grandfather put his home's mortgage up for the bail money required to prevent Travis from returning to jail. "This is the last @!$%#ing time," Shelia said. "I'm not coming back here if you get in trouble, no more."

    "This is a story about drugs, family and absence along a bend in the river. Travis Simmons is attempting to move past his addiction, and despite prison, parole, parents, and his devotion to his daughters, he cannot stay out of trouble. Now his mother, Shelia, helps care for his daughters, Patience and Journey, and worries for their future, wondering when her son will come home, and if he will screw up again."

    See the full story here.

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    and probably receive welfare check, with their coke sniffing.

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  • 24
    Jun
    2011
    2:00pm, EDT

    Ohio family of five lives in a school bus

    For the Soul of Athens multimedia project, students from Ohio University look at how the American Dream is evolving in the small towns of southeast Ohio. Meg Roussos focused on a family of five living in a school bus on 20 acres of land, producing an essay titled "The Refuge." See the full story here. 

    Meg Roussos

    Forest, Eli and Simon unload firewood as the fall sun sets through the trees, and their goats surround the boys. "We are trying to load up on firewood before winter comes around," Simon says.

    Meg Roussos

    Forest works on some homework and Eli sits on the couch, while Smiles types in some new song lyrics he wrote into their laptop, and Space cuddles with Simon. "This bus really makes us a close family, not just because we have to be around each other all the time, but because we want to be around each other" Smile said.

    Describing the lifestyle in the tent, Roussos writes:
    The school bus is small for five people. Shelves are stacked to the ceiling, filled with clothes and food. Headlamps hang from a bungee cord. There are touches of home, like a bookcase Smiles built. They improvise solutions to simple problems that do not exist in traditional houses.The kids warm bricks on the wood-burning stove and place them at their feet to keep warm during winter. Eli pulls out a rollaway bed every night, and Forest sleeps on the couch. There is no running water. They compost their waste. They have to start a generator in order to charge their cell phones. With only the small stove in the bus, it often gets cold during the long Appalachian winters. Smiles often gets up in the middle of the night to refuel the fire.

    Meg Roussos

    Simon steps through the kitchen, as Space's homemade apple pies wait to be baked in the oven. "It is such blessing to have this oven in here, I am able to bake a lot of homemade things" Space said.

     

     

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  • 24
    Jun
    2011
    2:00pm, EDT

    Life of a man confined to a wheelchair in Athens, Ohio

    For the Soul of Athens multimedia project, students from Ohio University look at how the American Dream is evolving in the small towns of southeast Ohio. 

    Anita Vizireanu photographed Noah Trembly, a 33-year-old man with cerebral palsy, who is struggling to live independently while confined to a wheelchair, and is able to speak only through a communication board. See the full story here.

    Anita Vizireanu

    Noah Trembly, 33, was born with cerebral palsy. He moves with the help of an automatic wheelchair and is able to speak only through his communication board using a laser guided silver dot on his forehead to type words.

    Anita Vizireanu

    Noah decided to dress in drag for Halloween with the help of his aides and friends. He borrowed the dress and wig from a close friend, who used to work as a stripper.

    Anita Vizireanu

    Noah Trembly and Thea Erwin, 19, a student at Ohio University, talked for a few hours before the girl was picked up from the bar by her boyfriend. Noah goes out drinking an average of four nights a week.

    Anita Vizireanu

    Todd Vanhorn helps Noah drink a beer in Noah's home. Todd has been Noah's night aide for more than two years and said that he thinks of Noah as his brother. Todd has suffered from insomnia since he was a child. Noah also suffers from insomnia, because he can not burn out his energy during the day. Drinking helps him sleep.

    Anita Vizireanu

    Mike and Ann Trembly welcome Noah and his sister, Chandra, home for Easter. Even though the whole family is atheist, Noah and Chandra go home for every family and religious holiday. "It's our mom's excuse to have us all at home," Chandra said.

     

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