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In January 1931, a Youngstown lawyer named Benjamin Roth decided to start a diary. Realizing that he was "living through an historic thing that will long be remembered" � as he put it in one early entry � he wanted to keep a record for posterity.

Mr. Roth's diaries have just been published in book form, and they are an eye-opening read, though not necessarily in the ways you might think, reports the New York Times.

Original source: The New York Times
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In the business world, "green" is the buzzword all around. But how many of these "green" companies and retailers promote their brands, events and products on signs and materials that can clog landfills for decades?

A Cincinnati company, Worldwide Graphics and Sign, offers a new line of earth-friendly signage to help companies take that extra step in going green, reports Soapbox.

Original source: Soapbox
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To the energy industry, REX is the king of pipelines. For Zanesville's struggling work force, REX is the king of jobs, reports the Wall Street Journal.

The last leg of one of the largest natural-gas pipelines built in 25 years -- stretching 1,679 miles from Colorado to Ohio -- is being laid, welded and buried under fields just east of Zanesville. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP's Rockies Express, or REX will link the vast but remote stores of fossil fuel buried under the Rocky Mountains with the power-hungry markets of the Midwest and Northeast.

Original source: The Wall Street Journal
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Ohio's bid for $564 million in federal stimulus money to launch passenger train service hinges on how much the Obama administration is willing to invest in a state with no track record of rail operations, reports the Associated Press in a story published in Forbes.

Ohio's proposal: a 79-mph, startup rail service connecting Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati.

Original source: Forbes
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The time frame in which gastric bypass surgery can be used to reverse morbid obesity in teens could be much shorter than previously believed, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

The findings center on 61 teens who had laparoscopic gastric bypass at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. The findings suggest that waiting until teens are "super obese" before performing weight-loss surgery may not resolve their obesity or related long-term medical problems, such as joint damage, the researchers say.

Original source: Atlanta Journal Constitution
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A group of 200 people welcomed the establishment of The Minority Business Incubator Sept. 30 outside the University of Toledo's Engineering Technology Center on the Scott Park Campus of Energy and Innovation, reports the Independent Collegian.

The incubator serves as a local hub for up-and-coming entrepreneurs to aid development of their endeavors by offering them office space, conference rooms, furniture, utilities, data packages, broadband Internet, security, a mentoring program connected with UT's College of Business Administration and a network of professional advisers.

Original source: The Independent Collegian
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Cleveland-based Eaton Corporation is one of the "Greenest Big Companies in America," reports Newsweek.

For more than a year, Newsweek worked with environmental researchers to fashion a ranking system for this inaugural listing. The magazine and its research partners ranked the 500 largest U.S. companies according to their environmental performance, policies, and reputation. Eaton Corp. was number 43 on the list of 500.

Original source: Newsweek
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