The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) back issues from December 2007:
HOME SWEET SCENTS ADD FRAGRANCE TO ROOMS AT EASY PRICES.(At Home)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Della De Lafuente, Associated Press Here are some inexpensive ways to bring fragrance into your home: Plug-In Oil Diffusers * ScentPort, a refillable, plug-in scented oil diffuser. With its sleek, modern design, the home-fragrance device created by ...
'HIGH PRAISE' FOR INCLUSION.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: William Hershey, Dayton Daily News COLUMBUS -- After toiling 12 years in politically polarized Washington, D.C., as a congressman from a rural district in southern Ohio, Democrat Ted Strickland didn't know what to expect from Ohio Republican legislative leaders when he ...
TJX TO PAY UP TO $40.9M FOR SECURITY BREACH.(Business)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press Discount retailer TJX Cos. could pay as much as $40.9 million in a settlement with Visa Inc. and Fifth Third Bancorp, the bank that processes the retailer's credit card payments, over a massive breach of customers' card data. The deal hinges on banks ...
FENDER JOINS HUNTINGTON AS SENIOR VP.(Business)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Louis A. Fender has joined Huntington Bank as senior vice president in the commercial banking group. With 28 years of banking experience, Fender previously worked at two local banks. He started his career in 1979 at the First National Bank of Cincinnati as a management trainee and he was ...
FULL-SERVICE GROCERIES SUPERMARKETS AIM TO LURE HOLIDAY SHOPPERS.(Business)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Dan Sewell, Associated Press Do your holiday shopping in a grocery store? Some grocery chains, appealing to consumers' desires to save gas, money and time, are pushing that notion this season. Cincinnati-based Kroger Co., the nation's largest traditional ...
BERNANKE COMMENTS GOOD NEWS FOR BULLS.(Business)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- Wall Street closed out a volatile week and month with a comparatively mild performance Friday, ending mostly higher on encouraging words from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. The major indexes ended the week with gains, but still posted ...
HOSTAGE SEIZE ENDS QUIETLY AT CLINTON OFFICE.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press ROCHESTER, N.H. -- A distraught man wearing what appeared to be a bomb walked into a Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign office Friday and demanded to speak to the candidate during a hostage drama that dragged on for nearly six hours before he peacefully ...
DEAL REACHED ON FUEL ECONOMY.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... WASHINGTON -- Congressional Democrats reached a compromise late Friday to boost automobile fuel economy by 40 percent, clearing the way for a House vote probably next week on an energy bill that Democratic leaders would like to send to President Bush before Christmas. The ...
PIPELINE PLANNED.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... JUNEAU, Alaska -- ConocoPhillips wants to build potentially the world's largest, most expensive energy facility -- a multibillion dollar natural gas pipeline running from Alaska's North Slope to ...
SHUTTLE CLEARED.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. -- NASA has cleared Atlantis for a Thursday launch, one month after the last space shuttle flight and a flurry of work since then getting the international space station ready for a new laboratory. Shuttle managers confirmed the launch date following a ...
TROOPER INCIDENT.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah trooper who used a Taser to subdue a stubborn motorist who was walking away from him during a traffic stop felt threatened and acted reasonably, state officials said Friday. Trooper Jon Gardner remains on leave, primarily for his safety, after numerous ...
NEW FORM OF EBOLA.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... GENEVA -- A new form of the deadly Ebola virus has been detected in an outbreak in western Uganda that has so far killed 16 people, the World Health Organization said Friday. Tests conducted by a national lab in Uganda and confirmed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...
STUDENT REMAINS JAILED.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... PERUGIA, Italy -- A University of Washington student and her Italian ex-boyfriend --both held in connection with the slaying of a 21-year-old British student -- must remain in jail, a court ruled Friday. Amanda Marie Knox, of Seattle, and Raffaele Sollecito have been jailed ...
BUSH SEEKS CUTS IN HOMELAND SECURITY.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration intends to slash counterterrorism funding for police, firefighters and rescue departments across the country by more than half next year, according to budget documents obtained by the Associated Press. ...
SUDANESE DEMAND DEATH OF TEACHER.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Mohamed Osman, Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Clad in the green of Islam and his hair in dreadlocks, the angry young protester raised the sword over his head and proclaimed that the West should know the Prophet Muhammad cannot be insulted. Gillian ...
DOZENS HURT IN AMTRAK WRECK.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press CHICAGO -- When the Amtrak train carrying insurance agent Coert Vanderhill and his wife hit a stretch of tracks on Chicago's South Side, they knew they were nearing the end of the ride from Grand Rapids, Mich. They were about 15 minutes from ...
U.S. WITHDRAWS UN RESOLUTION ENDORSING ISRAELI PEACE PACT.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press UNITED NATIONS -- In an about face, the United States on Friday withdrew a U.N. resolution endorsing this week's agreement by Israeli and Palestinian leaders to try to reach a Mideast peace settlement by the end of 2008, apparently after Israel objected ....
A SPEECH BESHEAR MIGHT CONSIDER.(Editorial)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Mark Neikirk Tattered and splattered, abandoned on a side street in Frankfort and just waiting for the next wind to blow it into Kentucky River to bob among the milk jugs and other cultural flotsam, was this -- a speech, written for an inauguration but abandoned. ...
EDITOR'S GUIDE TO COMICS.(Editorial)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Keith Herrell It has been well documented (boy, has it ever) that newspapers are facing hard times. But it had not occurred to me until recently that not all is well in comic-strip land, either. I guess I should have been able to figure it out. After all, if ...
SAVING A DEMOCRACY.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Venezuelans go to the polls Sunday to vote in a referendum that would effectively decide whether their country becomes a Cuban-style dictatorship with their current strongman president, Hugo Chavez, playing the part of Fidel Castro. Chavez is proposing 69 amendments to the ...
SETTING PRIORITIES.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Dec 01, 2007 ... The 2008 "Legislative Priority Agenda" prepared by the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce is notable for more than its stances on an exhaustive list of public policy issues. Its significance lies as much in the way it was assembled as in the specifics that it argues ....
REGION MOURNS FIRE VICTIMS.(Editorial)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Dan Hassert and Robert White This was a deadly week for home fires, and doubly tragic because the victims were particularly vulnerable. Three children -- Aubrey Butler, 7, Alexander Butler, 5 and Branden Butler, 3 -- died early Saturday in a fire in their ...
REBUILDING THE RANKS AS NEW ORLEANS CRAWLS BACK FROM KATRINA, NOPD STRUGGLING TO REINVENT ITSELF.(Editorial)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Allen G. Breed, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS -- Det. Sheila Celious has less than an hour to give members of Cadet Class 159 an overview of domestic violence policing, so she doesn't mince words. "There was a Russian proverb that says, 'A woman isn't a jug ....
KASPAROV BLASTS RUSSIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press MOSCOW -- The former world chess champion is awaiting his opponent's next move. Garry Kasparov, released from jail after serving a five-day sentence for leading a protest against Vladimir Putin, acknowledged Friday he holds the weaker ...
ARRESTS MAY HIKE SECTARIAN TENSIONS.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press BAGHDAD -- Iraqi troops arrested the son of a leading Sunni politician and dozens of his associates after a car bomb was discovered near his compound and keys to the vehicle were found on one of his bodyguards, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Friday. ...
CHAVEZ: NO OIL IF U.S. TRIES TO MEDDLE IN VOTE.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez urged supporters Friday to approve constitutional changes that he said could keep him in power for life and threatened to cut off oil exports to the United States if it tries to meddle in Sunday's vote. ...
2 LINKED TO MISSING TEEN CASE TO BE RELEASED FROM ARUBA JAIL.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press ORANJESTAD, Aruba -- A judge on Friday ordered the release of two brothers suspected in the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, ruling that the evidence wasn't strong enough to continue holding them, a prosecutor said. Satish ...
NEW ORLEANS COPS MAY WINCE AT 'K-VILLE' PORTRAYAL, BUT THEY WATCH.(Editorial)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Allen G. Breed, Associated Press HARAHAN, La. -- One of the main characters on the Fox TV police drama, "K-Ville," is a man who escaped from a prison flooded during Hurricane Katrina and used the destruction of his criminal records in Hurricane Katrina to reinvent ...
WOMAN ACCUSED OF MANSLAUGHTER.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... COURTS -- A Sycamore Township woman allegedly involved in a crash that killed a Duke Energy worker in Madeira was charged Friday with vehicular manslaughter. Keshia N. Jordan, 28, of the 7700 block of Montgomery Road, was at the wheel of a 2000 GMC Jimmy that hit Jeffrey R ....
REWARDS OFFERED.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... POLICE -- The Carole Sund/Carrington Foundation is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to the conviction of the culprits in two local murders. On June 7, John Harris, 30, was shot before 2:25 a.m. at 4259 Fergus St., Northside, and died at the scene. The Northside man's ...
DEPARTMENT AUDIT.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... POLICE -- The Middletown Police Department will find out if it will receive accreditation after the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies finishes examining the efficiency of the department's methods. Examiners will ...
TAX AIDES NEEDED.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Volunteers -- The AARP is seeking volunteers during the 2007-08 tax season to help with its Tax-Aide service, which assists poor and middle class people and senior citizens with preparing and filing their income tax returns. AARP will provide volunteers ...
DOZENS OF VOTES WEREN'T COUNTED.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: WCPO Dozens of absentee ballots weren't counted on Election Night and several close races could possibly be impacted. New vote totals for the November general election in Hamilton County should be known by thisafternoon. More than 29,000 absentee ...
COURT WILL REVIEW BIDS FOR BUILDING.(News)
Dec 01, 2007; ... Byline: Feoshia Henderson, Post contributor The uncertain fate of the Northern Kentucky Community Center will remain so a while longer while two bids for the historic building undergo a court review later this month. Trustee L. Craig Kendrick said both bids had ...
OSU PRESIDENT: CANCER CENTER PART OF UNIVERSITY.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Andrew Welsh-Huggins , Associated Press COLUMBUS -- Supporters of Ohio State University's "crown jewel" cancer center must remember it is part of a university and not an independent entity, Ohio State's new president said on a televised news show. "I'm just ...
SCHOOLS RANKED AMONG BEST.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Post staff report Three local public high schools have been named among the top 100 in the nation, according to a report in this week's U.S. News and World Report. Indian Hill High School was tabbed as the 48th best one in the nation, according to the story ...
THEY'RE STILL TOO YOUNG TO DRIVE, BUT NOT TO GET A SPEEDING TICKET.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press COLUMBUS -- More and more kids not even old enough to have a driver's license are being ticketed for speeding in Ohio. Troopers have issued 202 citations already this year to drivers younger than 16, compared with 112 in 2006, Sgt. Carlos ...
PERSONAL DATA NOT AT RISK IN VOTER MAILINGS, OFFICE SAYS.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Stephen Majors, Associated Press COLUMBUS -- A company accused of violating privacy laws would be in charge of mailing voter registration forms to Ohioans who move to a new address under a proposal by the state's top elections officer. Secretary of State ...
DEATH.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... DAVID B. DUKES, 57, of Cincinnati, died Thursday. He was a truck driver and a veteran of the Navy ...
FOREIGN ADOPTIONS DECLINING IN U.S.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- The number of foreign children adopted by Americans has dropped for the third year in a row, a consequence of tougher policies in the two countries -- China and Russia -- that over the past decade have supplied the most children to U.S ....
FOSTER PARENTS SUE LIFEWAY OVER LOSS OF LICENSE.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press LONDON, Ky. -- A Southeastern Kentucky couple who say they refused to agree not to attend snake-handling religious services have sued a foster-care agency after their license was revoked. Melissa Dixon, a lawyer for Jason and Tammy Barrett of ...
U.S. PLANS NEW SPY SATELLITE PROGRAM.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The U.S. is pursuing a multibillion-dollar program to develop the next generation of spy satellites, the first major effort of its kind since the Pentagon canceled the ambitious and costly Future Imagery Architecture system two years ago, ...
ANDERSON CAPTURES DIVISION II STATE TITLE.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press MASSILLON, Ohio -- Daniel Rod passed for two touchdowns and ran for another to lead Anderson High School to a 31-25 win over Louisville in the Division II championship game at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium on Friday night. Neal Seaman threw ...
TRYING TO CONTAIN BEN PITTSBURGH QB A CHALLENGE.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2007; ... Byline: Kevin Goheen, Post staff reporter Ben Roethlisberger's 6-foot-5, 240-pound frame doesn't bring back thoughts of a zigzagging Fran Tarkenton scramble but if the Bengals are to beat Pittsburgh Sunday night they are going to have to figure out a way to contain the Steelers ...
UC LOOKS FOR LIFT FROM ROAD TRIP.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2007; ... Byline: Josh Katzowitz, Post staff reporter BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The team hasn't quite meshed yet, and that, to University of Cincinnati freshman guard Larry Davis, is evident to anybody who's paying attention. It's not that the Bearcats aren't working hard, he said. ...
BENGALS RECALL OWN FIELD PROBLEMS.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2007; ... Byline: Kevin Goheen, Post staff reporter Watching last Monday night's Miami-Pittsburgh game being played at Heinz Field stirred up memories for the few Bengals players who were with the team prior to in 2004. They weren't good memories. The quagmire that was Heinz ...
LOSSES TO UNC INCENTIVE FOR UK TAR HEELS WON LAST 3 GAMES.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2007; ... Byline: Victoria Sun, Post staff reporter LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The University of Kentucky's three-game losing streak to North Carolina started two years before Wildcats' sophomore Perry Stevenson arrived, but he is hoping to help end the skid when the two storied programs tangle ...
43-YEAR-OLD ROGERS SIGNS 1-YEAR DEAL WITH TIGERS.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2007 ... DETROIT -- Kenny Rogers knew all along where he wanted to be. The 43-year-old left-hander ended his free agency Friday when he agreed to a one-year deal that will keep him with the Detroit Tigers for a third season. ...
IZTURIS SIGNS WITH CARDINALS.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2007 ... ST. LOUIS -- Free-agent infielder Cesar Izturis agreed Friday to a $2.85 million, one-year contract with the Cardinals, a sign St. Louis may have decided to abandon trying to re-sign shortstop David Eckstein. Izturis, 27, won a Gold Glove in 2004 and was an NL All-Star ...
RAYS SIGN PERCIVAL TO 2-YEAR DEAL.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2007 ... ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. -- Troy Percival thinks the Tampa Bay Devil Rays have a bright future, and wants to do everything he can to help the young team realize its potential. Spurning suitors that included the New York Yankees, the 38-year-old reliever agreed to an $8 million, ...
MILLEDGE TRADED TO NATIONALS.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2007 ... WASHINGTON -- Catcher Brian Schneider and outfielder Ryan Church were traded to the New York Mets by the Washington Nationals on Friday for outfielder Lastings Milledge. In Schneider, the Mets add yet another catcher, following their trade for Johnny Estrada last week. ...
BOWDEN TO REMAIN AT FLORIDA STATE.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2007 ... TALLAHASSEE, FLA. -- Bobby Bowden will be at Florida State for at least one more year, his attorney confirmed Friday. Florida State's general counsel, Betty Steffens, said she would not discuss details of the new contract until ...
PENN ST. ACCEPTS ALAMO BOWL BID.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2007 ... STATE COLLEGE, PA. -- Penn State is going back to the Alamo Bowl. The Nittany Lions accepted a bid Friday to play in the Dec. 29 bowl game in San Antonio against a Big 12 team -- likely either Texas Tech or Texas A&M. The final determination will probably be made Sunday, after ...
FAVRE SHOULD START NEXT WEEK.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2007 ... GREEN BAY, WIS. -- Packers quarterback Brett Favre is expected to start against the Oakland Raiders on Dec. 9 and keep alive his record streak for consecutive starts. The streak, which dates to 1992, stands at 249 games (269 including playoffs) and is a league record for ...
JUDGE SENTENCES VICK COHORTS.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2007 ... RICHMOND, VA. -- A federal judge made clear his disdain for animal cruelty when he sentenced two of Michael Vick's dogfighting cohorts to 18 months and 21 months in prison Friday. "You may have thought this was sporting, but it was very callous and cruel," Judge Henry Hudson ...
ROSE, IMMELMAN LEAD NEDBANK.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2007 ... SUN CITY, SOUTH AFRICA -- Justin Rose shot a 7-under 65 Friday to share the lead with Trevor Immelman after the second round of the Nedbank Challenge. Rose and Immelman (66) are at ...
INJURIES WILL KEEP SOME STEELERS ON THE SIDELINES.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2007; ... Byline: Kevin Goheen, Post staff reporter The Bengals took advantage of the absence of Tennessee defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth in last Sunday's 35-6 win against the Titans. It appears they will have the opportunity for more advantages thanks to injuries Sunday night at ...
BENGALS VS. STEELERS.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2007 ... * TIME: 8:15 p.m. Sunday * SITE: Heinz Field (65,050) * RECORDS: Bengals (4-7), Steelers (8-3) * SERIES: Steelers lead 45-29; Steelers lead postseason 1-0. * COACHES: Bengals, Marvin Lewis (5th season, 39-36 regular season, 0-1 postseason); ...
4 MEN ARRESTED IN TAYLOR SLAYING BURGLARY MAY BE THE MOTIVE.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Lisa Orkin Emmanuel, Associated Press MIAMI -- The Miami-Dade Police Department has arrested four people in connection with the shooting death of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor. Police spokeswoman Linda O'Brien identified the men as: Venjah K. Hunte, ...
SHAUN ALEXANDER READY TO START FOR SEAHAWKS.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Running back Shaun Alexander will start in the Seahawks' game Sunday at Philadelphia after practicing for a third straight day following a 3 1/2-week absence with a sprained knee. Exactly how much the NFL's 2005 MVP will ...
MUSKIES NOT READY FOR LET-DOWN VS. BELMONT.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2007; ... Byline: Marc Hardin, Post contributor Every victory is satisfying for a basketball player. Wins validate, they build confidence and momentum, and they can help remove the sting of indignity resulting from a poor individual effort. More importantly, wins lead to championships ....
VOLS CRUISE PAST RAGIN' CAJUNS.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: From Post news services Tyler Smith scored 22 points to lead five Tennessee players in double figures, and the No. 11 Volunteers beat Louisiana-Lafayette 98-70 on Friday night for their 22nd straight home victory. Jordan Howell added 17 points, JaJuan Smith 15 ...
ANKLE INJURY MAY SIDELINE LAWSON.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Victoria Sun LEXINGTON, Ky. -- No matter how much North Carolina point guard Ty Lawson wants to play against the University of Kentucky today, the final decision will be made by head coach Roy Williams. "He said he's going to play, but I get a lot of money to ...
PHELPS A WINNER IN COMEBACK.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press ATLANTA -- Michael Phelps won his first competitive race since breaking a bone in his wrist in October, taking the 200-yard freestyle at the U.S. short course national championships Friday night. He later led off the victorious 800 free relay ...
JULIO CHAVEZ JR. ON FATHER'S PATH.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: Tim Korte, Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has a request for boxing fans who revere his famous father: Take a closer look at the kid. The 21-year-old Chavez (33-0-1, 26 KOs) says he's ready for the biggest fight of his young career ...