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Ohio sues credit-rating companies
Study tracks newspaper, online readership
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College student mistaken for deer, shot to death
Man allegedly paid teens to spit in his face
Angel Food Ministries helps stretch grocery dollars
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Cat-loving chihuahua suckles seven abandoned kittens
The Heldenfiles:
Friday Night Notebook
Patrick McManamon:
For your Saturday entertainment …
Akron Zips:
Hitchens leads Zips in second-half comeback
Tribe Matters:
Seven players added to Tribe’s 40-man roster
Cleveland Browns:
Holmgren expresses interest in Browns position
Kent State Sports:
Kent State blown out in second half, loses to Temple 13-47
Cleveland Cavaliers:
Gameblog: Cavs vs. Philadelphia 76ers
Buckeye Blogging:
OSU – Michigan college football rivals meet in Baghdad
Varsity Letters:
Four area football teams play tonight
All Da King's Men:
Headed For Disaster
Blog of Mass Destruction:
Will Health Care Reform Pass?
Akron Law Café:
Federal Judge Declares DOMA Unconstitutional
See Jane Style:
Vintage Chic
Car Chase:
TIME TO GET YOUR COLLECTOR CARS WINTERIZED
Let's Talk Real Estate:
Silverdome Potentially SOLD!
Ohio Travels with Betty:
George is looking for a Thanksgiving buffet in Akron.
Sound Check:
Steely Dan Plays "The Royal Scam" at E.J. Thomas Hall
HRLite House:
Colloquium at University of Akron
Akron Gamer:
Nintendo's Mario endures even as games come and go
Published on Thursday, Oct 11, 2007
Shipments of toy from China halted
Marvel Entertainment Inc., the publisher of Hulk comic books, halted shipments of Curious George toys from China because of possible lead contamination.
The toys will be recalled if tests confirm they are unsafe, the company said.
Union workers vote down Kroger pact
Supermarket workers in the Cincinnati region voted Wednesday to reject a new three-year contract from Kroger Co. that would have increased health insurance costs for employees.
Leaders of the United Food and Commercial Workers union had urged rejection of the offer, giving membership the authority to call a strike if future negotiations don't progress. Union leaders said the proposal by Cincinnati-based Kroger also offered subpar wage increases.
The union didn't release vote totals but said Kroger's offer was rejected by 98 percent of voters, and turnout was strong. Both sides will return to the bargaining table Monday, said Kroger spokeswoman Meghan Glynn. The company is disappointed by the vote, she said.
A contract that expired Saturday has been extended to Nov. 3, but either side could cancel it by giving four days notice.
Wal-Mart accused in Heelys patent suit
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. was sued by wheeled-footwear maker Heelys Inc., which alleges the retailer sells knockoff skates that violate a patent.
Housing expected to drop even more
This year's decline in existing home sales will be steeper than previously anticipated, a trade group for real-estate agents predicted.
The eighth downwardly revised forecast in a row from the National Association of Realtors calls for U.S. sales of existing homes to be 10.8 percent below last year as housing-market woes persist. Sales of new homes are expected to finish 2007 at the lowest level in a decade.
Hyundai to idle plant in Alabama
South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. said it is shutting its auto plant in Montgomery, Ala., for 10 days in the fourth quarter amid sluggish demand. The plant, which makes the midsize Sonata sedan and the Santa Fe sport utility vehicle, was closed on Friday and will be closed this Friday and Oct. 19, with the remaining seven days yet to be scheduled.
BusinessWeek ends lifestyle coverage
BusinessWeek magazine is abandoning most lifestyle coverage and taking a more global approach to business news as part of a major overhaul to be revealed when its next issue appears.
Gone are executive travel, fashion and other soft topics, save for a wine column by noted critic Robert Parker.
Miller Brewing to get $70 million to settle
Ball Corp. said Tuesday it has agreed to pay Miller Brewing Co. about $70 million as part of a settlement of a contract dispute between its aluminum can manufacturing division and the nation's No. 2 brewer.
U.S. retains tariffs on some steel
In a victory for U.S. steel makers, the federal government agreed to continue tariffs on imports of certain steel products from China, India and four other nations.
General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., Chrysler and other steel consumers had opposed the tariff extension. But ending the tariffs would have increased steel imports, harming U.S. steel makers, said Alan Price, a lawyer for Nucor Corp. of Charlotte, N.C.
''China has a staggering amount of excess (steel production) capacity,'' he said.
The U.S. International Trade Commission extended the tariffs on hot-rolled steel from Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand and Ukraine in addition to China and India, but eliminated them for Argentina, Kazakhstan, Romania and South Africa.
The United States uses about 60 million tons of hot-rolled steel to make autos, household appliances and many other goods.
Shipments of toy from China halted
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