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A last minute addition to the Ohio Senate’s two-year state budget included a provision to allow the OneOhio Recovery Foundation — which is in charge of giving out $1.1 billion of the state’s opioid settlement money — to bypass public meetings rules.

Super Tuesday pushed Republican presidential candidate John McCain well ahead of his opponents in the delegate chase, but it did little to resolve the underlying differences with the GOP. McCain held a news conference Wednesday to look ahead.

It was a day of rescue and recovery in Arkansas as officials worked their way through the wreckage of Tuesday night's deadly tornadoes. The unusual mid-winter violent weather pushed through parts of Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi and Alabama — leaving at least 50 dead.

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki takes the oath of office for a second term amid protests. Kibaki claims a dramatic, come-from-behind victory over challenger Raila Odinga in the tightest presidential race in Kenya's history. Fewer than 300,000 votes separated the two candidates.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announces three days of mourning for Benazir Bhutto, his longtime adversary who was killed at a rally in Rawalpindi. In a nationally televised speech, he says, "This cruelty is the work of those terrorists with whom we are fighting."

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton campaigns with renewed vigor in New Hampshire after placing third in the Iowa caucuses last week. Clinton says she's going to work as hard as she can to reach voters before Tuesday's primary.

As the death toll mounts in Kenya following a disputed election, a history teacher in McLean, Va., fears for his family back home in the Kibera slum. Ken Okoth helps them get to safety in Tanzania. Now he worries about children from an orphanage he runs.

The newly-released Mitchell report shows widespread abuse of performance-enhancing drugs by baseball players. Wall Street Journal sportswriter Stefan Fatsis says the report is a fascinating summary of what we already knew about baseball — with just a few headline-grabbing bits of new information.

Mike Huckabee may have won over much of Iowa, but there's still no clear front runner for the GOP presidential nomination. That's evident in New Hampshire, where polls have John McCain a few points ahead of Mitt Romney.

The death toll from tornadoes that tore through the South continues to rise Wednesday, as authorities prepare to go door-to-door to search for victims. Fay Graves, who manages a McDonald's restaurant in Jackson, Tenn., describes the destruction.