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Illnesses, dog deaths may be linked to Ohio lake

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Ohio health officials are investigating whether nine people who reported suffering from stomachaches, rashes and numbness were sickened by toxic water from the state's largest inland lake.



One man, whose dog died after a swim in the lake, was hospitalized last week after he gave the dog a bath. Within days, the 43-year-old man began having trouble walking and lost feeling in his arms and feet.



"We weren't swimming in the lake because it's disgusting," said Laura Jenkins, whose husband, Dan, is still having trouble with memory loss and fatigue. "Our dog was just covered in that sludge, and my husband washed him."



Thick patches of green and turquoise slime with toxins that health officials say can cause rashes, vomiting or even liver and nerve damage have been floating on Grand Lake St. Marys in western Ohio since the beginning of summe.

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Job and cost cuts sends AEP profits down 57 pct

July 31, 2010

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — American Electric Power Inc. said Friday its second-quarter earnings dropped 57 percent, mainly from charges as the company slashed 11.5 percent of its work force and cut costs.

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County manager charged in Ohio corruption probe

July 31, 2010

CLEVELAND (AP) — A county government manager was charged in a wide-ranging federal investigation Friday with bribing an elected official who had appointed him with cash, gifts and phony loans that...

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New blood-alcohol devices slow to catch on in Ohio

July 31, 2010

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new device for testing suspected drunken drivers in the field has not dramatically changed the way Ohio law enforcement officials do their job, a newspaper reported Friday.

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Blobs of algae overtaking some Ohio lakes, ponds

July 30, 2010

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Slimy blobs of algae like the ones that have polluted Ohio's largest inland lake are now being found in some small lakes and ponds.

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7 indicted in corruption investigation in Ohio

July 30, 2010

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Two elected officials, a prominent developer and four other people have been indicted in a corruption investigation in northeast Ohio.

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