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Jury recommends death for Ohioan in teen slayings

CINCINNATI (AP) — A jury Wednesday recommended the death penalty for an Ohio registered sex offender convicted of killing two teenage girls and burning their bodies.



Jurors deliberated nearly four hours before recommending that Anthony Kirkland, 41, be executed for the slayings of Esme Kenney, 13, and Casonya Crawford, 14, both of Cincinnati.



On Friday, the jury convicted Kirkland of aggravated murder, attempted rape, aggravated robbery and gross abuse of a corpse in the deaths of the two teens.



Kirkland, with tears in his eyes, told jurors in a statement in court Tuesday that he didn't deserve to live but asked them to spare his life.



"I can't believe how horrible I am," he said. "They say I am evil and a monster. They are right."



Judge Charles J. Kubicki Jr. will impose sentence March 31. He can follow the jury's recommendation or choose to sentence Kirkland to life in prison.

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2 arrested in Cincinnati schools protest

March 18, 2010

CINCINNATI (AP) — Two Cincinnati civil rights leaders have been arrested at a protest of the city schools' hiring practices on construction project.

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Top transportation official defends rail project

March 18, 2010

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A plan to restore passenger train service in Ohio is economically sound and has such strong ridership potential that an early estimate of 478,000 is probably low, the state's...

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Judge in Ohio bodies case backs off from reporter

March 18, 2010

CLEVELAND (AP) — A judge threatened to arrest a newspaper reporter who saw a psychiatric evaluation of a serial-killing suspect, then backed off Wednesday when she learned that her predecessor in th...

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AARP sponsors career fairs for those 50 and older

March 17, 2010

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — AARP says about 1,200 people in southwest Ohio attended the first of 48 scheduled career fairs scheduled to help job seekers aged 50 and older.

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Ohio officer fatally shot responding to 911 call

March 17, 2010

ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) — A man accused of exposing himself to a neighbor's child fatally shot a responding police officer and was killed by backup officers, authorities said Tuesda.

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