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Ohio's dropout rate increased between 2002 and 2009 at a higher rate than all other states except Illinois, but was just slightly higher than the national average in 2009, according to a newspaper analysis of state statistics.

He says a new partnership will give the state access to out-of-state death records and allow election officials to share the information with the election boards in all 88 counties.

The political fire still burns in Ohio to push more public money into classrooms, even after other states have backed off the idea amid evidence it does little to improve kids' grades.

Members of a flying club that has operated out of an Air Force base in Ohio since the 1950s aren't happy that they're being grounded.

The State Highway Patrol is expanding its presence in Ohio's three largest metropolitan areas to crack down on dangerous driving with around-the-clock operations at posts near Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus for the first time in its nearly 80-year history.

A woman allegedly stabbed by her best friend during an argument while sitting behind the wheel of a car tried to drive away and struck her attacker's 2-year-old daughter, authorities said Friday.

Are Republican lawmakers deliberately stalling the economic recovery to hurt President Barack Obama's re-election chances? Some top Democrats say yes, pointing to GOP stances on the debt limit and other issues that they claim are causing unnecessary economic anxiety and retarding growth.The latest Democratic complaint came after House Speaker John ... (more)

By TIMBERLY ROSS Associated Press Rescuers chiseled away rock Saturday in an effort to free a man trapped overnight in a cave at an Iowa state park.

President Barack Obama has honored a northeast Ohio police officer who fatally shot a man who killed seven people in a shooting rampage last year as one of America's top police officers in a White House ceremony on... President Barack Obama has honored a northeast Ohio police officer who fatally shot a man who killed seven people in a shooting ... (more)

The 2010 opponents in Ohio's U.S. Senate race had a cordial reunion Friday, with the defeated Democrat pointing to winner Rob Portman's frequent mentions now as a possible Republican presidential running mate.

A coin toss on Friday will decide the outcome of a West Texas city council election in which the candidates received the same number of votes.

U.S. stock futures are rebounding as leaders of eight of the world's biggest economies begin to gather outside of Washington to determine how best to limit damage from the debt crises rattling Europe.

A 3-day-old infant died hours after she was attacked by a family dog while sitting in a swing at her grandmother's home in northwest Ohio, a sheriff's deputy said Friday.

Some Ohio mail-processing facilities are being spared from the first round of closings by the financially struggling U.S. Postal Service this summer and instead are slated to close later.

The Utah Attorney General's office says 49-year-old Darin Casper of Cleveland pleaded not guilty this week to 150 counts of sexual crimes against children.

A northwest Ohio coroner says a wrong-way driver killed in a head-on interstate crash didn't have alcohol or drugs in her system at the time of the collision, which also killed three sorority sisters.

An Ohio coroner's investigator says a 3-day-old infant died hours after she was attacked by a family dog while sitting in a swing.

A partnership between the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services and the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption will help identify permanent homes for children awaiting adoption.

An Ohio couple who authorities say kept a 9-year-old girl barricaded in a bathroom for several years was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison.

The Obama administration is ordering federal, state and local prisons to increase efforts to stop prison rape by issuing mandatory screening, enforcement and prevention regulations in hopes of reducing sexual victimization... The Obama administration is ordering federal, state and local prisons to increase efforts to stop prison rape by issuing ... (more)