US attorney general gives nod for feds to seek death penalty in Cleveland fire that killed 9

October 5th, 2009 Feds: No death penalty for US embassy bomb suspectNEW YORK — The U.S. government has decided not to seek the death penalty against a Guantanamo detainee charged in the 1998 bombings of two U.S.

September 25th, 2009 Ohio AG to probe county auditor in ClevelandCLEVELAND — Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray will conduct a special investigation of a top political leader's work setting property values in the state's most populous county. Cuyahoga (keye-uh-HOH'-guh) County Auditor Frank Russo is also at the center of a federal corruption probe that began last year when federal agents raided the homes and offices of Russo and county Commissioner Jimmy Dimora.

September 22nd, 2009 No death penalty sought in Pa. FBI agent shootingPITTSBURGH — Federal prosecutors say they won't seek the death penalty against a Pittsburgh-area woman who fatally shot an FBI agent.

September 14th, 2009 Prosecutor to pursue death penalty in Ga. slayingsBRUNSWICK, Ga.

August 25th, 2009 Feds want death penalty for dead Vt. girl's uncleMONTPELIER, Vt.

August 14th, 2009 Death penalty sought for 3 tied to border groupARIVACA, Ariz. — Prosecutors said Thursday they plan to seek the death penalty against the leader of an anti-illegal immigrant group and two others charged in an Arizona home invasion that left a 9-year-old girl and her father dead.

August 10th, 2009 DA may seek death penalty in 1991 Pa. murderHONESDALE, Pa.

August 7th, 2009 Agency: Ohio bus driver on phone when man killedCLEVELAND — An Ohio transit agency says a Cleveland bus driver was on her cell phone when her bus struck and killed a pedestrian in March. The disclosure came as 49-year-old Angela Williams of Cleveland was indicted Thursday on a felony charge of aggravated vehicular homicide.

July 22nd, 2009 DeWine says he's running for Ohio attorney generalXENIA, Ohio — Former U.S. Senator Mike DeWine says he plans to run for Ohio attorney general.

July 22nd, 2009 Ex-Sen. DeWine says he'll run for OH atty generalXENIA, Ohio — Former U.S. Senator Mike DeWine of Ohio says he will run for Ohio attorney general.

June 27th, 2009 Gulls killed, maimed by cooking oil in Ohio riverCLEVELAND — Hundreds of gulls were killed or maimed in Cleveland after what investigators believe was cooking oil spewed from a sewer pipe into the Cuyahoga (keye-uh-HOH'-guh) River. Investigators said Friday that several hundred gallons of the substance killed or disabled hundreds of gulls near the Kingsbury Run tributary.

June 18th, 2009 Death penalty sought for throwing baby from carTAMPA, Fla. — Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a man accused of throwing his ex-girlfriend's baby out of a car on a Florida highway, killing the infant.

June 5th, 2009 Conn. gov. vetoes measure to end death penaltyHARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut's governor has vetoed legislation that would have abolished the death penalty.

June 2nd, 2009 Ex-Cleveland reporter red-faced over parking moveCLEVELAND — A former TV investigative reporter in Cleveland has found himself on the other end of embarrassing questions after he tried to grab free parking he wasn't entitled to. Tom Merriman is now an attorney with a Cleveland law firm, but acknowledges he put an old press pass on his dashboard recently to use a parking spot reserved for the media across from the courts building downtown.

May 30th, 2009 DA won't seek death penalty in editor's murderOAKLAND, Calif. — Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for two men charged in several murders, including that of an Oakland journalist, Alameda County District Attorney Tom Orloff said Friday.