Archive for February, 2008

Ohio funder launches networking tool (Philanthropy Journal)

Friday, February 29th, 2008

The Columbus Foundation has launched an online networking tool to connect people with nonprofits in central Ohio. PowerPhilanthopy offers potential donors an online database of more than 340 central Ohio nonprofits.

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Ohio’s Leap Day babies (NBC 24 Toledo)

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Posted: Friday, February 29, 2008 at 9:29 a.m. COLUMBUS (AP) — An estimated 400 babies will be born in Ohio Friday but won’t have a first birthday until 2012.

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Busick, Stine, Eddy advance in Columbus (The Steubenville Herald-Star)

Friday, February 29th, 2008

COLUMBUS — For grapplers across the state, an entire season comes down to one short weekend, as the Ohio Division II State Wrestling Championship got under way at the Jerome Schottenstein Center on Ohio State University’s campus on Thursday.

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Columbus’ Tavares stresses Somalian acceptance during heritage dinner (Newark Advocate)

Friday, February 29th, 2008

NEWARK — Young black people should remember their heritage by welcoming Somalian immigrants into the community and finishing their education, Columbus City Councilwoman Charleta Tavares told a crowd of more than 100 people Thursday at the Newark campus of Ohio State University and Central Ohio Technical College.

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Efficiency is key word in Ohio Republicans’ energy bill (The Plain Dealer)

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Columbus- Ohio lawmakers want to force electric utilities to help you buy less power- and then have you pick up the tab. A modest version of the idea that energy efficiency should be considered a kind of resource was tucked into Gov. Ted Strickland’s comprehensive energy bill.

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Governor’s off to Ohio today (The Sacramento Bee)

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will travel today to Columbus, Ohio, for the 20th annual Arnold Sports Festival, a three-day competition of bodybuilding, gymnastics and other endeavors that bears his name.

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Counting crowds may not predict Ohio presidential winner (FOX 45 Dayton)

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Barack Obama’s rock concert-style rallies are a sharp contrast to rival Hillary Clinton’s more intimate, sobering campaign gatherings.

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Hillary Clinton hoping sisterhood helps revive her candidacy, starting with Ohio voters (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Fighting to survive, Hillary Rodham Clinton is counting on female power to energize her faltering presidential bid. She’s hoping a double-digit lead among women in Ohio is the answer.

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Clinton Hoping ‘Sisterhood’ Helps Revive Campaign, Starting In Ohio (The Kentucky Post)

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Fighting to survive, Hillary Clinton is counting on female power to energize her faltering presidential bid.

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Ohio Gov. Strickland, Dick Gephardt campaign for Hillary Clinton today (WKYC Cleveland)

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

COLUMBUS — The “Ohio for Hillary” campaign announced that Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and Former Majority Leader Dick Gephardt will campaign for her Friday in Akron, Canton, Ashtabula and Youngstown.

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