Author: John Seewer
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What to do after you hit the Mega Millions jackpot
With a half-billion-dollar multistate lottery jackpot up for grabs, plenty of folks are fantasizing about how to spend the money. But doing it the right way — protecting your riches, your identity and your sanity — takes some thought and planning. Making sure you don’t blow the nation’s largest-ever lottery jackpot within a few years…
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Dad wants more answers in Ohio soldier’s suicide
TOLEDO, Ohio — The father of an Ohio soldier who killed himself in Iraq says the Army didn’t do enough to punish three superiors accused of mistreating men in their platoon. Two of the men were sentenced to several months’ confinement and the other — who had faced up to 25 years behind bars —…
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Government sets some $600 million to go to renewable energy plants
TOLEDO, Ohio • The federal government is speeding up plans to produce more renewable fuels, announcing today it will spend nearly $600 million to help build plants that turn wood chips, cornstalks and algae into fuel.The government will team up with private companies to create 19 biorefinery projects in 15 states, including one project in…
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Farm states may copy Ohio vote on livestock rules
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) Ohio voters will decide next week whether to create a board overseeing livestock care in a move that could give farmers in rural America a blueprint for battling animal rights groups intent on outlawing cramped cages for chickens and hogs. Agriculture industry leaders pushed the issue onto the state ballot, hoping to…
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Is ‘Joe the Plumber’ a plumber? That’s debatable
HOLLAND, Ohio – Joe the Plumber’s story sprang a few leaks today.Turns out that the man who was held up by John McCain as the typical, hard-working American taxpayer isn’t really a licensed plumber. And court documents show he owes nearly $1,200 in back taxes.”Joe,” whose name is Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, was cited repeatedly in…