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Published: 02/9/11

Ohio Couple Charged With Locking Girl in Bathroom for 6 Years

By  Dana Chivvis - AOL News
Ohio Couple Charged With Locking Girl in Bathroom for 6 Years

An Ohio couple is in jail facing charges they kept a 9-year-old girl locked in their bathroom for six years, letting her out only to go to school and for special occasions, the Dayton Daily News reports. Brian G. Hart, 50, and his wife Rivae L. Hart, 49, told Dayton police they started locking her up when she was 3 years old because she had behavioral problems. A psychologist who examined her at that age reportedly said her behavior was normal. Sgt. Larry Tolpin told the Dayton Daily News that the girl's development is normal for a fourth-grader, despite being kept in the bathroom, which was ...

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Published: 08/24/10

The 15 Most Bedbug-Infested Cities in the US

By  David Knowles - AOL News
The 15 Most Bedbug-Infested Cities in the US

(Aug. 24) -- Just thinking about them is enough to make you itch. On Tuesday, the pest control company Terminix released its list of the 15 most bedbug-infested cities in the nation. To compile the rankings, the company used data on the number of calls received by its service centers nationwide that reported a bedbug problem. Certainly, this is one list that no city or town wants to top, and while that distinction went to a place that has long fought a public battle with the blood-sucking insects, the appearance of four Ohio metropolises in the top 15 is a bit eye-catching. Per Terminix, ...

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Published: 07/30/10

It Takes a Village to Build a Home for Conjoined Twins

By  Marc Hartzman - AOL News
It Takes a Village to Build a Home for Conjoined Twins

(July 30) -- At the age of 58, the world's oldest living conjoined twins, Ronnie and Donnie Galyon, have spent plenty of time exhibiting the wonders of the human body. But over the last few months, they've shown that the human spirit can be far more wondrous. During that time, the twins have inspired an entire community to donate time, labor, materials, guidance and even food to help build their much-needed new home. The house, just outside of Dayton, Ohio, is an addition to the home of their younger brother, Jim, and his wife, Mary. Ronnie and Donnie moved in two weeks ago. Christian Youth ...

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Published: 04/16/09

The Tea Party Attendance Count

By  Dave - Politics Daily
The Tea Party Attendance Count

Pajamas TV currently has it at 462,803. The writeup, obviously done a little earlier...PJTV's Crowd Estimates for Tea Parties Still ClimbingThe estimated number of participants in yesterday's tea parties - sent in by citizen journalists who signed up to the site to enter attendance data from the event they participated in - currently stands at more than 383,000. More than 850 ordinary Americans signed up to report on their community's protest. The number of participants will continue to rise as more of our field observers upload their photos and videos of the events and send us their ...

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