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Local officials don't fight records requestsSaturday, March 13, 2010 @ 7:43AMEver wonder what public employees are being reimbursed for? Or what they are charging on government credit cards? Those answers are likely on paper somewhere, and Ohio law says they are open to all of us.

Police know who killed Lin familySaturday, March 13, 2010 @ 7:01AMDETECTIVES have made a breakthrough in the baffling Lin family murder investigation, identifying a person connected to the family as a prime suspect.

Teller County leads state in foreclosures per capitaSaturday, March 13, 2010 @ 6:56AMSharon Roshek keeps a box of Kleenex near the front of her desk at Coldwell Banker 1st Choice Realty.

Remembering when S&P 500 closed in a bear marketSaturday, March 13, 2010 @ 5:31AMWeekly Market Recap It was one year ago this week that the Standard & Poor's 500 closed at its bear market nadir of 676 on March 9, 2009. Last week, it closed at 1138, which represents a gain of 68% from the year ago low. What insights can we learn from the painful decline to 676 and the rapid rise to 1138? We have a few, but before we get to them, here's the market box score.

On Investing: Reflections on the NASDAQ Index of 10 years agoSaturday, March 13, 2010 @ 3:55AMTen years ago this week, the NASDAQ Composite Index closed at its all time high of 5048.62.

Kevin O'Leary: Canada's unrepentant DragonSaturday, March 13, 2010 @ 3:49AMKevin O'Leary is breathing fire (and building his personal brand) on CBC TV's business reality show Dragons' Den. "The CBC was a platform for journalists," O'Leary says. "Now it's a platform for a right-wing Attila the Hun guy." He's referring to himself.

Borrowers wait for answers on Obama loan planSaturday, March 13, 2010 @ 3:48AMALAN ZIBEL

Three incumbents, three newcomers running for BPS Board of EducationSaturday, March 13, 2010 @ 3:38AMKim Hawley Kim Hawley moved to Bellevue with his family four years ago from Missouri, and before that he lived in Illinois. He and his wife run Town & Country Heating and Air in Omaha.

Vote affirms county office renovationsSaturday, March 13, 2010 @ 3:34AMEASTVILLE -- The Northampton Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted to move forward with the long-planned administration buildings renovation project after another detailed presentation by the architecture firm in charge.