others arrested in Ireland over an alleged plot to assassinate

Swedish artist Lars Vilks have been freed without charge.

   Seven people -- including the American woman, three Algerians, a

Libyan, a Palestinian and a Croatian -- were arrested Tuesday in

Ireland. After the arrests, U.S. authorities unsealed terror

charges against Colleen LaRose of Pennsylvania. She allegedly went

by the name "Jihad Jane" to recruit others online to kill the

cartoonist.

   Irish police said Saturday three others who were also arrested

remained in custody and were being questioned.

   In Leadville, Colo., a woman identified the American woman who

had been held in Ireland as her daughter, 31-year-old Jamie

Paulin-Ramirez. Christine Mott said she was informed of

Paulin-Ramirez's arrest by the FBI and other federal law

enforcement agencies.

not expressly prohibited from returning to Ohio under a settlement

reached in a lawsuit that claimed it used fraudulent voter

registration practices.

   But a lawyer for a group that filed the lawsuit says it would

fight in court any attempt by ACORN to reopen its doors in Ohio for

voter registration purposes because "it's inherent in the nature

of their practice to submit unlawful voter registration forms."

   A copy of the confidential settlement obtained by The Associated

Press shows that ACORN has agreed to refrain from supporting or

enabling others to engage in certain "unlawful conduct." It also

will surrender its Ohio business license.

   An ACORN spokesman says its opponents are lying in an effort to

keep down the black vote and prevent organizing in low income

areas.

Gunther Berg and Wendell Strutz say they will pay up. They are exploring some options like asking the city for tax abatements and seeing if the Dayton Metro Library wants to move its main branch into the Arcade. Berg will meet with the library board on March 17.

The pair say development of the property is not moving along as quickly as they would like. They are asking Dayton residents to remain positive and to support the project.

They must either brace for a flood of new money in politics, or find new ways to rein it in.

At least eight states are pushing for greater disclosure of political spending by corporations and unions.

Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunne has asked state lawmakers to require greater disclosure from companies,

unions and other groups that buy the kinds of ads the court ruled are protected by the First Amendment.

Brunner is the state's chief elections officer. She wants Ohio lawmakers to act before this year's election spending begins in earnest.

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Chief Master Sgt. William C. Gurney has 18 charges filed against him including: adultery and misuse of official position; failure to obey an order or regulation, and dereliction of duty; maltreatment, indecent conduct and wrongful sexual contact.

Gurney was removed from his position and placed at a desk job when the allegations began to surface in November.

The hearing is to compile a factual basis that the Air Force can use to decide whether to refer Gurney for a court-martial, dismiss charges against him or impose other discipline that could include loss of rank and pay.

The Dayton Daily News contributed to this story.

The service for 48-year-old Larry Wallington is scheduled for 7 p.m. Sunday at a Columbus church, following visitation and a wake.

Authorities say Wallington was shot early Tuesday by 50-year-old Nathaniel Brown. Police say Brown recently received a bad job review, was upset he was about to be dismissed and came to a campus maintenance shop armed with two handguns and more than 50 rounds of ammunition.

Another supervisor was wounded before Brown took his own life.

About 150 Ohio State students, administrators and others prayed for peace on campus at a candlelight vigil Thursday evening.

The blaze started about 4:45 a.m. Friday, march 12. Emergency crews were able to save nine puppies but fear on or possibly 2 adult dogs perished in the fire.

The man was treated at Miami Valley Hospital for minor injuries and smoke inhalation.

Firefighters had to break through the roof and ceiling to fight hot spots from the fire. They had no cause or estimate of the damage cost at this time, though the house was heavily damaged, according to Campbell.

Flood watches were in effect Friday for dozens of Ohio counties, including those along the Ohio River. A few other counties scattered around the state are under a more serious flood warning because of minor flooding already seen along creeks and streams.

Overlooking the Ohio River in Brilliant, Matthews Chevrolet owner Joe Matthews says he's been moving equipment to higher floors and will relocate his cars. He says water went 6 feet high in the building during a 2004 flood and several earlier ones in the community 45 miles southwest of Pittsburgh.

The Brilliant fire chief says the firehouse has flooded 35 times.

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Bobby Williams, 49, was arrested on Thursday night in Piqua on charges of gross sexual imposition and abduction.

Williams is accused of trying to force a woman into a shed. He is being held on $50,000 bond.

Jurors deliberated for about 3 1/2 hours Friday before finding 41-year-old Anthony Kirkland guilty of aggravated murder and attempted rape in the slayings of 13-year-old Esme Kenney and 14-year-old Casonya Crawford.

The jury also found Kirkland guilty of aggravated robbery and gross abuse of a corpse in each slaying.

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. That phase of the trial will begin Tuesday.

Leet, 26, is charged with four counts of murder, four counts of felonious assault, one count of tampering with evidence, and one count of robbery.

The bodies of Nathan Gray, 49, and Harvey Sims, 54, were found with bullet wounds along Bear Creek in February 26.

The killings were not gang related and the murder weapon has yet to be found.

If convicted, Leet could face up to 83 years in prison.

WHIOTV.com contributed to this story.

Sixty-eight-year-old Ralph Conone was arrested at a Columbus Walmart Wednesday after a mother told the store her 6-year-old son said Conone hit him.

The boy was treated for a minor cut on the head. Police say a brother also had been struck.

Sgt. John Hurst says Conone told police it was exciting to hit children with their parents nearby.

When Conone was in court Friday on two counts of assault, a judge set bond at $150,000 and told him to keep out of Walmarts. His public defender said Conone is manic depressive.

Police say they're looking for two other children seen getting struck on store video.

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It's not far from Medina, the hometown of an uninsured cancer patient named Natoma Canfield, whom the president has made a symbol of the need for reform. The self-employed cleaning worker wrote Obama recently about her health insurance premium, which rose to nearly $8,500 a year and led her to drop her coverage.

Obama pitched his health care plan this week in both Pennsylvania and Missouri.

The Strongsville event is scheduled for 1 p.m. Monday at the Walter F. Ehrnfelt Recreation and Senior Center. It's free and open to the public, but tickets are needed. They'll be available at the center Sunday at 2 p.m.

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