Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Last Top Stories: Ohio autism group launches new online video-training program

  • Ohio autism group launches new online video-training program

    A new, online video-training program aims to help families, agency workers, in-home aides — anyone who interacts with a person who has autism — gain the skills they need to support kids and young adults on the spectrum.The state-funded project, launched today, is the first of its kind in the nation, said Shawn Henry, executive director of OCALI, the Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence.“I think that’s what parents are dying for — to have their children understood,” Henry said.OCALI deve..
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  • Failed pot campaign says it made mistakes, will be back

    Failed pot campaign says it made mistakes, will be back
    The man who led the for-profit marijuana legalization amendment that Ohioans soundly defeated on Nov. 3 says the campaign made two major mistakes: limiting growing sites to 10 owners and using the pot-head mascot Buddie.But in an “Open Letter to Ohioans,” Ian James, executive director of ResponsibleOhio, the organization that backed the failed amendment, said an overhauled “free market” plan will be back next year. It will eliminate the monopoly-ownership scheme, replacing it with “a plan f..
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  • Miniaturists discover passion in crafting fairy-sized vignettes

    Miniaturists discover passion in crafting fairy-sized vignettes
    Using tweezers, Ruth Mason carefully opened the door on her 6-inch-tall ostrich egg — prompting the lights to turn on and revealing an even-smaller world inside.Rows of books paper the walls. A tiny table with a lamp and book stand on one side.“I saw a demonstration (of making miniature scenes in eggs) in 1972, liked it, went home and tried a couple,” said Mason, 82, of the East Side.“And it turned into 100 the first year.”Not far away, Sam Bruskotter sat quietly as he painted a tiny door r..
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  • Top Lobbyist Owes Several Years Back Taxes

    Top Lobbyist Owes Several Years Back Taxes
    COLUMBUS, Ohio - Courts: John Raphael owes city and state at least $70,000Lobbyist got board positions and licenses while behind on taxesRaphael didn’t pay IRS income taxes several years.The man at the center of the Columbus red light camera scandal is in trouble for another reason.He owes several years in back taxes.John Raphael, one of Columbus' top political consultants, once went 5 years without paying his taxes.Even after the IRS caught up with him, Raphael continued to get lucrati..
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  • Big Ten football power rankings | Are you ready for some football...

    Big Ten football power rankings | Are you ready for some football...
    Dispatchcollege football writer Todd Jones provides a weekly assessment of the Big Ten hierarchy. This week: It's mid-November, and Ohio State gets a chance to make its first real statement of the season.1. Ohio State --Finally, the real season begins against Michigan State and Michigan. Urban Meyer has set the bar so high that 10-0 seems boring. It doesn’t help that the 10 teams OSU has defeated are a combined 45-56, with each having at least three losses.2. Iowa --The Hawkeyes are 10-0 fo..
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  • New Bob Evans CEO tells us why he's betting on the iconic brand

    New Bob Evans CEO tells us why he's betting on the iconic brand
    Pardon Our Interruption... As you were browsinghttp://www.bizjournals.comsomething about your browser made us think you were a bot. There are a few reasons this might happen: You're a power user moving through this website with super-human speed. You've disabled JavaScript in your web browser. A third-party browser plugin, such as Ghostery or NoScript, is preventing JavaScript from running. Additional information is available in thissupport article..
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  • YA author John Green to give Kenyon commencement speech

    Kenyon College announced Wednesday that John Green, mega-selling author of young-adult favorites includingThe Fault in Our Stars, Paper TownsandLooking for Alaska, will speak at the school’s commencement on May 21.Green graduated from Kenyon, a highly ranked liberal-arts college in Knox County’s Gambier, in 2000.He has gained legions of fans via his books, films adapted from those books and from YouTube channels VlogBrothers and CrashCourse, which he produces with his brother, Hank Green.Wh..
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  • PUCO: 'Fixed' electricity rates can't be raised

    PUCO: 'Fixed' electricity rates can't be raised
    When you sign up for a fixed-price contract for electricity, the supplier cannot change the price, Ohio utility regulators ruled today in response to complaints early last yearabout charges stemming from the severely cold weather.“Fixed means fixed,” said Andre Porter, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio chairman.The decision follows an investigation by the commission into complaints that electricity suppliers, most notably FirstEnergy Solutions, had instituted a “pass-through charge” to co..
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  • Norfolk Southern target of takeover bid by Canadian Pacific

    Norfolk Southern target of takeover bid by Canadian Pacific
    Canadian Pacific expects to deliver a premium approaching 60 percent to Norfolk Southern shareholders with its cash-and-stock offer to combine the two North American railroad operators.The Calgary, Alberta, company filled in some financial details on Wednesday for a deal it outlined broadly a day earlier. Its target, Norfolk Southern, had given its offer a lukewarm reception late Tuesday, saying that the parts — $46.72 in cash and a portion of Canadian Pacific shares — added up to a premium..
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  • Families struggle with Ohio's mental-health-care system

    Families struggle with Ohio's mental-health-care system
    Debbie Sizemore begged emergency-department doctors to reconsider. But they said her delusional husband wasn’t a threat, not to her or anyone.Go home, they said.The next day, Sizemore found 56-year-old Randy crouched like a warrior, sword in hand, fighting the zombies on his TV. He glanced at his wife.“Go smell the flowers,” he said, referring to a scene inThe Walking Deadin which a woman shoots a young girl while telling her to keep her eyes on a patch of yellow flowers.Sizemore called pol..
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