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The Columbus Dispatch

• Jill Biden begins her bus tour at Columbus State
  Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, along with Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis made their first stop on the Community College to Career Tour, looking to draw attention to successful partnerships between businesses and community colleges. The mission: to develop the most “competitive workforce in the world,” said Biden. […]
• Ash Wednesday marks beginning of Lent
  Today is Ash Wednesday, when Christians receive ashes on their forehead and steel their resolve to keep a Lenten promise to give up a bad habit or take on a good one. The six weeks of Lent will culminate on Easter Sunday, April 8. […]
• GOP candidate Santorum to speak in northwest Ohio
  Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum will add northwest Ohio to his state campaigning. GOP officials say Santorum will speak March 3 at the Lincoln-Reagan Day dinner for the 5th House district. They say all Republican presidential candidates have been invited to the dinner at Bowling Green State University’s student union. […]
• Twice nearly deported, Nigerian man becomes U.S. citizen today
  A Nigerian immigrant and chef who was almost deported twice took the oath of American citizenship Downtown this morning. […]
• Justices quiet critic of excessive noise law
  A Wayne County man was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct during his Halloween party in 2009, after neighbors repeatedly complained about the booming music and sheriffs deputies made repeated trips to his building. An appeals court upheld the conviction, but noted that it was in conflict with a separate appeals court ruling. […]