Strickland, Republicans To Fight Payday Lending
Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland and Republican legislative leaders say they will fight an effort by payday lenders to repeal loan restrictions.

Ohio Boxer Hopes For Olympic Gold
Lightning quick hands and experience make a local boxer the favorite to win gold at the Beijing summer olympics. ONN's Lot Tan reports.

Youngstown Fights Dying Image
Forbes says life is leaving 4 Ohio cities, ranking them among the 10 fastest dying in the country. Leaders in Youngstown say they can prove the list means nothing.

Paris And Politics In Ohio
First John McCain put Paris Hilton in a political ad and then Paris made a commercial of her own. Find out what McCain is saying about "Paris" politics.

Detroit mayor ordered jailed after bond violation
DETROIT (AP) -- Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, charged with perjury and other felonies for his testimony in a civil trial, was ordered to jail Thursday because he violated his bond by taking a quick trip to Canada without notifying authorities....

Where's Caylee? Florida toddler drama grips public
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- What's captivated us are the photos - the toddler's fawnlike eyes and chubby cheeks resting in her hands....

Remote-control warriors suffer war stress
MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif. (AP) -- The Air National Guardsmen who operate Predator drones over Iraq via remote control, launching deadly missile attacks from the safety of Southern California 7,000 miles away, are suffering some of the same psychological stresses as their comrades on the battlefield....

McCain says Obama wants to forfeit war in Iraq
LIMA, Ohio (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who has contended that Barack Obama is willing to lose in Iraq to win the election, on Thursday said his rival would forfeit the war as part of an agenda that also promotes big government and high taxes....

Gitmo jury gives bin Laden driver 5 1/2 years
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- A military jury sentenced Osama bin Laden's former driver to 5 1/2 years in prison for aiding terrorism Thursday, making him eligible for release in just six months, despite prosecutors' pleas to give him no less than 30 years....

Iraqis: Deal close on plan for US troops to leave
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq and the U.S. are near an agreement on all American combat troops leaving Iraq by October 2010, with the last soldiers out three years after that, two Iraqi officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. U.S. officials, however, insisted no dates had been agreed....

Pakistan's Musharraf faces impeachment
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan's ruling coalition said Thursday it would seek the impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf, alleging the U.S.-backed former general had "eroded the trust of the nation" and increasing pressure on him to resign....

Chinese Islamic group threatens Olympic transport
BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese Islamic faction that has threatened to attack the Olympics released a new video warning Muslims to stay away from the Beijing games and avoid buses, trains, planes and buildings used by Chinese, a U.S. group that monitors militant organizations said Thursday....

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Brett Favre joins Jets after trade from Packers
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Off the couch and out of the cold, Brett Favre is slipping on a new jersey. Favre's summertime soap opera ended Wednesday night when the Green Bay Packers traded their iconic quarterback to the New York Jets, who haven't had a star of No. 4's stature since the days Joe Namath was slinging passes and strolling down Broadway....

Morgan Hamm out of Olympics with ankle injury
BEIJING (AP) -- Morgan Hamm's eyes were red, his voice shaky....

Karlsson, Jeev Milka Singh share early PGA lead
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- With two-time defending champion Tiger Woods at home recuperating from knee surgery, everyone expected a wide-open PGA Championship at Oakland Hills....

Air pollution shrouds Beijing on eve of Olympics
BEIJING (AP) -- The wall of gray haze around the National Stadium and across the city cut visibility down to a mile. On the eve of opening ceremonies, Beijing's polluted air took center stage Thursday as the most visibly pressing problem for Olympic organizers who had promised to clean up the Chinese capital....