Word: ohio
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...case being argued this week before the Supreme Court. The A.C.L.U. is siding with the state of Wisconsin's view that it is constitutional for courts to impose heavier penalties when an action that is already a crime, like assault, is motivated by bigotry. In a rare step, the Ohio chapter of the A.C.L.U. has filed a Supreme Court brief that opposes the national organization and argues that such laws are an inadmissible limitation on free speech. And while the national organization in 1990 came out against speech codes that punish bigoted remarks on college / campuses, the board voted after...
Everything at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville was turned inside out: inmates were captors, guards were held prisoner, and chaos reigned. The standoff began after an estimated 450 inmates rioted and barricaded themselves into Cell Block L, taking guards hostage. So far the bloody uprising has left at least seven inmates and one guard dead. On Friday, as part of ongoing negotiations between prisoners and law-enforcement officials, an inmate who identified himself as Abdul Samad Mumin went on live TV to issue a set of demands, which included calls for higher-paying prison jobs, greater religious freedom...
...They are embracing such cutbacks not simply to slash up to 40% of payroll costs, though that might be inspiration enough. They are also freeing themselves from inconvenient labor and equal-employment requirements. Says Ronald Cohen, a senior partner of Cohen & Co., a regional accounting firm based in Cleveland, Ohio: "You don't need to worry about the incredible compliance problems and potential litigation if you fire someone." Using disposable workers also means that companies rarely have to train them. Moreover, getting rid of such workers is easy when they don't measure up. Says Robert Uhlaner, senior vice president...
...years after that historic experiment, Anderson reported to the Cold Spring Harbor symposium, both this child and another young Ohio girl who began the same treatment a few months later have acceptable levels of the ADA enzyme and are leading normal, healthy lives, needing only to return every six months for repeat treatments. This study, and one conducted by the University of Michigan's Dr. James Wilson on a woman with familial hypercholesterolemia, represent the only gene-therapy treatments to date with beneficial results. But Anderson expects more success from other projects getting under...
...Fourth-ranked Miami of Ohio (24-7-5) is paced by the explosive scoring duo of Chris Bergeron and Brian Savage. The CCHA regular sea son champion (yes, even over Michigan), it gets to play Ohio State in the playoffs. The Buckeyes rival Union as the worst college team in the country...