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Republican Senator Rob Portman of Ohio, voicing support for same-sex marriage with a personal note that his son is gay, joins a bipartisan movement toward a recognition of rights that many Americans are embracing.
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The road to Midwestern acceptance of same-sex marriage runs through Illinois, the home of President Barack Obama that’s poised to be the 10th state and the first legislature in the region to endorse such unions.
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Pastor Rick Towe shuns politicking from the pulpit, avoiding any mention of President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney during a recent Sunday sermon at the small Pentecostal church in the southeastern Ohio River town of Kanauga. Yet the battle for the White House always seems to find him.
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President Barack Obama ended months of internal White House debate by siding with a group of mostly female advisers who urged him not to limit a health-care law mandate to provide contraceptives, even at the risk of alienating Catholic voters in November, people familiar with the discussions said.
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After Masses last weekend at St. Thomas More Catholic Parish in suburban Cleveland, the Reverend William Bouhall collected signatures opposing President Barack Obama’s requirement that health insurers provide contraceptives.
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Investec Asset Management , a Cape Town-based money manager, aims to increase the funds it manages on behalf of Japanese investors by as much as five-fold over the next two years after hiring Makoto Sakaguchi from Citibank Inc.
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Ohio Republican Josh Mandel started a bid to unseat U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown trailing by as much as 17 percentage points in polls. He’s since racked up more fact-checker censures for complete inaccuracy than any Ohio politician.
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Mitt Romney, facing an extended fight for the Republican presidential nomination, is boosting his fundraising efforts as his campaign seeks to outspend and outlast his rivals.
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President Barack Obama rode the federal auto bailout and an improving state economy to win Ohio, a state both sides fought to win for its potential to decide the U.S. presidential race.
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Employers may be allowed to switch their health insurers and still be shielded from costly coverage changes mandated in President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul, a White House official said.