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Google honors Gideon Sundback: Father of the zipper (+video)

Gideon Sundback is certainly the inventor of the modern 'zipper.' Except Sundback didn't invent the name.
Super Tuesday: For some Ohio voters, Santorum's populist touch resonates

Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum have striven to explain how each is distinguished from the other. Surveys taken ahead of Super Tuesday in Ohio show the two candidates are in a dead heat.
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LeBron James: How one writer both loved and hated him

Esquire writer Scott Raab explores his own anger as he follows the career of LeBron James.
Miami Hurricanes vs. Ohio State: Who won the sanctions game?

Miami Hurricanes, in trouble with the NCAA, play Ohio State Buckeyes, already sanctioned by the NCAA. So who won in terms of financial sanctions?
Felony charges reduced for mother who lied to put children in a better school

An Ohio mother who served jail time earlier this year for illegally enrolling her children in a safer neighborhood's school has had her felony convictions reduced to misdemeanors.
Goodyear 2Q earnings up 43 percent

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. earning increase came along with a 24 percent increase in revenue. Goodyear CEO says earnings will be 'difficult to repeat.'
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"Parks and Recreation" jumps into the book business with "Pawnee: The Greatest Town in America"

"Parks and Recreation" deputy director Leslie Knope (a character who exists only on TV) will publish a book about Pawnee (a place every bit as fictional as Knope).
NCAA Tournament: Sweet 16 coaches have paid their basketball dues

Reaching this point in the NCAA tournament represents a major achievement in careers that began modestly, even for Coach K.
Jim Tressel suspended after Ohio State football memorabilia sales

Jim Tressel has been suspended from Ohio State after the university learned that Tressel, the football team's head coach, had withheld information about players violating NCAA rules and continuing to let them play. Jim Tressel issued an apology.
Jail time for sneaking kids into a better school: Was justice served?

The case of an Ohio woman who lied so her girls could attend a better school triggers a sharp debate about equity in public education.
Winter storm hits Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey

Winter storm knocks out power for thousands in Ohio, closes schools in two states, and forces residents to dig out from under yet another winter storm.
New research: If you love your town, prosperity follows

When people are passionate about the place they live, the local economy blossoms, according to a Gallup survey of 26 US cities.
LeBron James thanks hometown fans for their support

LeBron James said thank you to fans in his hometown of Akron, Ohio with a full-page ad in Tuesday's Akron Beacon-Journal. LeBron James plans to attend his charity bike event in Akron this weekend.
Put off by the LeBron James spectacle? Here's a redeeming virtue.

Overlooked in the buzz over the NBA star's decision to exit Cleveland, and milk the announcement for prime-time ad dollars, is this news: LeBron James arranged to have all 'The Decision' proceeds donated to charity.
LeBron James and his superteam: Player collusion or OK?

LeBron James is moving to the Miami Heat to join best courtside buds Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. Currently, the league has no mechanism to address what some critics call player collusion.
LeBron James being courted by Nets and Knicks on first day of free agency

LeBron James will hear sales pitches from Nets part-owner Jay-Z and former Knick great Allan Houston.
Larry King announces retirement; King says tired of 'nightly grind'

Larry King will do his last show on CNN in the fall. Larry King could be replaced by CBS News anchor Katie Couric. She has long been considered a potential successor.
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Leash law for cats? Vermont law raises feline firestorm.

Leash law for cats: In Vermont, a clause in a city law to restrict roaming felines has gotten cat fanciers' dander up.
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Letters to the Editor – Weekly Issue of April 12, 2010

Readers write in about teacher's jobs, where to put nuclear waste, and the US attitude to war.
Put down that NCAA basketball bracket, we've got trivia!

Snacks? Check. NCAA basketball tournament bracket? Check. Remote? Check. OK, time for some last-minute cramming about the best March Madness trivia.
Bhutanese refugees find their calling as urban farmers

Seven thousand miles from their ancestral home, Bhutanese refugees are going back to their roots and tilling the good earth.
Seven cities that surprised in recession

Akron, Ohio, and Pittsburgh have done unexpectedly well, according to a new ranking of the best and worst performing cities. One lesson: There's more to economic activity than housing.
American voices: Resilience runs deep in a somber time

On a journey from Plymouth Rock to the Grand Canyon, we find an America that is neither as divided as talk-show histrionics would suggest, nor as sullen as a flagging economy says we should be. We find a country that is struggling, yes, but is also pragmatic and still harbors a little idealism.