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Obama in Paris after rapturous scenes in Berlin

Barack Obama headed for Paris Friday on a European tour that saw 200,000 cheering fans turn out in Berlin to hear the US presidential hopeful call for the world to tear down walls of division and hate.

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Hamilton County inmates to hit
streets Monday

Hamilton County jail inmates start cleaning up streets Monday in nine Cincinnati neighborhoods and eight suburbs as part of a yearlong pilot project paid for with city, county and private dollars.

More clues revealed about
new Kings Island coaster

The clues about Kings Island's new roller coaster began arriving piecemeal fashion.

Immature, insensitive,
sex-mad? Not us, say men

Young, single men are fed up with being typecast as immature, insensitive and sex-obsessed, with a survey finding that the majority believe in having a soul mate, aren't scared of commitment, and say real men can cry.

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Brawl erupts at Dayton baseball
game, fan struck by ball

DAYTON -- It had all the elements of a good baseball game -- as well as hockey game, rugby contest and boxing match. Extreme martial arts? Oh, yeah, that, too.

Hollister to
shutter Levee store

The Hollister Co. store at Newport on the Levee is closing Saturday, eliminating one of the few remaining apparel stores at the entertainment center.

Coroner: No more
budget cuts

Hamilton County Coroner O'dell Owens complied with county commissioners' midyear order to lop 6 percent out of his budget to help cover a $6.9 million shortfall.

Corryville dancers at club charged
with prostitution

Cincinnati police vice officers arrested four dancers early today at a nightclub and charged them with prostitution and public indecency.

Stupid people: 12% still
think Obama is Muslim

A July Pew Research survey found 12% of Americans continue to say Barack Obama is Muslim, virtually unchanged from 10% in March. This misperception is not limited to voters who oppose Obama.

Obama wins European hearts
with impassioned speech

Barack Obama touched hearts during an impassioned speech to a 200,000-strong crowd in Berlin, German newspapers agreed, but suspicions remain about the White House contender's motives for courting a European audience.

Ich bin ein Obama

The International Herald Tribune says Obama made his Berlin speech "before a sprawling sea of people" - the word "sprawling" was used in the paper, but not on the website, curiously. The Daily Telegraph calls them "pilgrims".

Is Obama's trip
a hit back home?

Not bad for a junior senator from Illinois - but not surprising either. Surveys suggest three out of four Germans want him to be the next US president.

Damaged Qantas jet makes
emergency stop in Manila

A Qantas flight en route to Australia from London made an emergency stop in Manila on Friday after a loud bang punched a hole in the Boeing 747-400's fuselage, officials and passengers said.

Air Force missile
launch crew fell asleep

Three ballistic missile crew members in North Dakota fell asleep while holding classified launch code devices this month, triggering an investigation by military and National Security Agency experts, the Air Force said Thursday.

US home foreclosures
jump 14% in 2nd quarter: survey

US home foreclosures leapt nearly 14 percent in the second quarter from the previous quarter, research group RealtyTrac said Friday in a sign of deepening housing woes.

The slump persists: Home
sales tumble across US

Sales of existing homes tumbled more sharply than expected in June, pushing activity down to the lowest level in more than a decade.

Giant oil spill closes
Mississippi River, shuts off exports

The largest petroleum spill to hit the Mississippi River since 2005's Hurricane Katrina snarled ship traffic on Thursday from New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico and brought flows of grain and other key exports to a standstill.

Scientists find complete
dinosaur fossil

Japanese and Mongolian scientists have successfully recovered the complete skeleton of a 70-million-year-old young dinosaur, a nature museum announced Thursday.

Report: Hate crimes hit
5-year high in LA County

Hate crimes in Los Angeles County soared last year to their highest mark in five years even as overall crime dropped across the region, according to a report released Thursday.

Anti-gay Okla. lawmaker caught
with gun at Capitol

A state lawmaker who gained national notoriety with an anti-homosexual rant was stopped from entering the state Capitol Wednesday when she was found to have a loaded handgun in her purse, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

Schoolgirls' math skills
now measure up to boys'

Sixteen years after Barbie dolls declared, "Math class is tough!" girls are proving that when it comes to math they are just as tough as boys.

Poll: Latinos favor
Obama by big margin

Democrat Barack Obama has opened a big lead among Hispanic voters, winning support from the vast majority of those who had voted for rival Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primaries, according to a poll released Thursday.

Meanwhile, McCain settles for lunch at German eatery in Ohio

As the Illinois Democrat spoke before the picturesque Victory Column in Berlin today, the Arizona Republican had a lunch meeting with small business leaders at a German restaurant in German Village, Columbus, Ohio.

Spiegel: ' Hard to imagine that John McCain still has any chance '

"Anyone who saw him make the short way from the Victory Column in Berlin on Thursday to the podium saw a man with the serious gait of a basketball player, a man who seemed young, decisive and focused. For those who witnessed his appearance in Berlin, it is hard to imagine that John McCain still has any chance."

Former Downtowner publisher
sues Roger Ach for $56,000

The former publisher of the Downtowner newspaper has sued the publisher of Pulse Weekly for $56,000 to collect on an alleged unpaid debt, according to court records. Doug Taylor turned management of the Downtowner over the corporation headed by Roger Ach in 2006, only to see the agreement terminated a year later. Ach then started a paper called Pulse, which had the look and style of the Downtowner.
There was no comment in this week's Pulse, which seems to have shrunk in paper-width and number of pages. >> CityBeat has more

Gas wars: Fight
to the finish

On May 7, the average price of regular, unleaded gas shot up 16 cents overnight in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky - then spiked another 16 cents six days later.

Man Struck By Car
In Bond Hill

A man was taken to a hospital after being struck by a car in Bond Hill Thursday night. Police said the 62-year-old man was not in a crosswalk as he darted across Reading Road.He was struck by a car being driven by a 19-year-old woman.

Woman, Child Killed
In Crash

A woman and child were killed in a single-vehicle crash in Butler County Thursday night. The crash happened on Ohio 747 near Kyles Station Road in Liberty Township.A third victim, another child, survived the accident and was flown by medical helicopter to an area hospital.

Police Must Determine Who Sent
Messages From Pol's Computer

The former head of Campbell County�s Democratic Party faces some serious allegations, but he�s not the only person under investigation by local and federal authorities.

Reider Memorial Service
Set For Saturday

A memorial service is planned this weekend for a local musician who died last week in New Jersey. Katie Reider died at 30 years old after battling a brain tumor diagnosed in 2006, shortly after she moved to the New York City area.

Vandalism to S. Indiana
cave may be permanent

Cave enthusiasts say vandals may have permanently damaged a southern Indiana cave. Four men caught spray-painting the interior of Buckner Cave on July 16 pleaded guilty to criminal mischief and criminal trespass on Thursday.

Pedestrian Struck By Car

Cincinnati police say a teen driver hit a pedestrian Thursday night. It happened after 7 p.m. on Reading Road in North Avondale.Officers say the man was not in the crosswalk when he crossed the street right in front of the car.

Hundreds At Veillette
Memorial Garden Dedication

Hundreds gathered Thursday evening for the dedication of the Veillette Memorial garden. The garden is located at Corwin Nixon park near the ballfield parking lot.Police say Michel Veillette killed his wife, Nadya and their four children in their Mason home in January.

Instrument Expert Responds
To Client Concerns

A woman, renown for her skills to fix expensive musical instruments, responds to her concerned customers. Pat North owns Cincinnati Flute-Works in Fairview, which appeared to suddenly shut down this week.

Busken to note birthday with
dime-a-donut special, plus coffee

Busken Bakery is noting its 80th birthday by offering a special from bygone days: donuts for a dime. The special, on Tuesday, July 29, includes one glazed donut and a small cup of coffee per customer, said President Dan Busken.

'Twilight' fans camp out
for a peek (and a scream)

If you haven't heard of "Twilight," ask a teenager. The best-selling young-adult book isn't bound for the big screen until December, but fan frenzy for the film practically took over Comic-Con on Thursday.

Creators of Scrabble
knockoff on Facebook sued

T-R-O-U-B-L-E could loom for a Scrabble knockoff that has become one of the most popular activities on Facebook.

Judge: Girl's name, Talula
Does The Hula, won't do

A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it.

in Ohio baseball brawl

Fifteen players and both managers were ejected � and a fan was sent to the hospital � following a 10-minute, benches-clearing brawl in a Class-A minor league game between affiliates of the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs on Thursday night.

Obama urges Europeans,
Americans to defeat terror

Cheered by an enormous international crowd, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Thursday summoned Europeans and Americans together to "defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports it" as surely as they conquered communism a generation ago.

Toxic Chemicals Found in
Laundry Products, Air Fresheners

A study of top-selling laundry products and air fresheners found the products emitted dozens of different chemicals. All six products tested gave off at least one chemical regulated as toxic or hazardous under federal laws, but none of those chemicals was listed on the product labels.

AP Exclusive: Secret Service
wants more money

The Secret Service has asked for an extra $9.5 million to cover unexpected costs of protecting the presidential candidates during what has turned into an historic year for the agency's campaign security job.

2002 Justice memo OKs
CIA interrogation tactics

The Justice Department in 2002 told the CIA that its interrogators would be safe from prosecution for violations of anti-torture laws if they believed "in good faith" that harsh techniques used to break prisoners' will would not cause "prolonged mental harm."

Food industry bitten
by its lobbying success

One of the worst outbreaks of foodborne illness in the U.S. is teaching the food industry the truth of the adage, "Be careful what you wish for because you might get it."

Report: Hate crimes hit
5-year high in LA County

Hate crimes in Los Angeles County soared last year to their highest mark in five years even as overall crime dropped across the region, according to a report released Thursday.

Scientists expose mystery
behind northern lights

Scientists have exposed some of the mystery behind the northern lights. On Thursday, NASA released findings that indicate magnetic explosions about one-third of the way to the moon cause the northern lights, or aurora borealis, to burst in spectacular shapes and colors, and dance across the sky.

New Zealand students offer
reward for Rice arrest

New Zealand students protesting the Iraq war offered a reward to anyone who carries out a citizen's arrest of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during her visit to the country Friday.

Obama beats McCain
in Europe donations

Barack Obama's campaign has received roughly 10 times more money from declared U.S. donors living in Germany, France and Britain than his Republican rival, reflecting his popularity in Europe as he makes his first tour of the continent as the presumed Democratic nominee.

N.M. cavers chart unique
`snowy' river of crystals

Hundreds of feet beneath Earth's surface, a few seasoned cave explorers venture where no human has set foot. Their headlamps illuminate mud-covered walls, gypsum crystals and mineral deposits.

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