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Kucinich Drops White House Bid: Cleveland Congressman Dennis Kucinich has ended his run for the Presidency to concentrate on keeping his seat in Congress. Kucinich's presidential bid failed to generate much support while four rivals have entered the March primary to challenge for his tenth district seat in the House of Representatives.
It's No Party for the GOP: Summit County's Republican Party apparatus is on the verge of a breakdown with a major election year approaching. Party factions are squabbling publicly over the future of long-time party boss Alex Arshinkoff. The dispute boiled over at a recent meeting of the Summit County Board of Elections where partisans, including Arshinkoff, clashed over which central committee members could run in the March primary and which couldn't. It's possible the Ohio Supreme Court might settle that question.
Tough Quarter for Banks: Cleveland's National City Bank lost millions of dollars in the fourth quarter of 2007. KeyCorp reported a profit for the quarter, but the good news was offset by anticipated loan losses. Another Ohio bank, Cincinnati's Fifth Third, also reported fourth quarter profits substantially lower than a year ago. Local banks are dealing with the fallout from the sub prime mortgage meltdown, the same phenomenon blamed for the stock market's wild swings of recent days. The rumbles are also being felt on Capitol Hill where Congress wrangled over an economic stimulus package that could result in tax refunds of hundreds of dollars.
Little Tykes: Toymaker Little Tykes may soon be history in Hudson. California-based MGA Entertainment says it's putting the Little Tykes plant and corporate headquarters on the market. The announcement comes about a year after MGA announced plans to keep operations in Hudson. City officials say the plan to sell the plant came as a surprise.
Blizzard Anniversary: No one who experienced it will ever forget the Blizzard of '78. This weekend marks the 30th anniversary of the greatest winter storm ever recorded in Ohio. Heavy snow, gale force winds and sub-zero temperatures paralyzed the state and closed the entire length of Ohio Turnpike for the first and only time. The panel will share their favorite blizzard memories.
January 25, 2008