Word: ohio
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...such case is in Columbus, Ohio. For almost 14 years it had passed without comment that the local Congressman, John Kasich, the powerful chairman of the House Budget Committee, stretches his paycheck by sharing a Virginia town house for the two or three nights a week that Congress is in session. His housemate? His male chief of staff. Last month Cynthia Ruccia, Kasich's Democratic challenger, called for a Justice Department investigation of what she said was "a serious appearance of impropriety" because Kasich, who is divorced, lived with someone whose government salary he controls...
...says Bob Fitrakis, Kasich's 1992 Democratic opponent. And the gay community in Kasich's congressional district also sensed an invitation to gay baiting. "It's disappointing to see it from a party that has been the most progressive on the issues," says Phil Martin, president of Stonewall Union, Ohio's largest gay-rights organization, which counts Ruccia as a member...
...suspension immediately instead of at the start of next season. On Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Edmund Ludwig in Philadelphia ruled that the Umpires Association would be in violation of its collective-bargaining agreement if it staged a walkout, and so the A.L. umps reluctantly showed up in Cleveland, Ohio, and Arlington, Texas. But we haven't heard the last of the Alomar Affair. This could go beyond beyond-beyond...
...been a hard year for the umpires, who lead a hard life. On Opening Day in Cincinnati, Ohio, John McSherry collapsed on the field and died of a heart attack; and on the last weekend of the season, they were humiliated by Alomar and then Budig and Selig. They deserve better. In the same way, fans deserve far better baseball leadership. For now, we're just being spit upon...
...Zamora, nearly nine months later to bring about the arrest of this nefarious pair? The teenage couple knew precisely what they were doing. This is a blatant case of premeditated murder. If ever there was an argument in favor of capital punishment, this is it. TOM CARDELLO Mayfield Heights, Ohio Via E-mail...