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Friday, March 18, 2011
Congressman Jordan to appear on Fox News Sunday
U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Urbana, is scheduled to appear with Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace at 9 a.m. on WRGT Channel 8 and again at 2 p.m. on the Fox News Channel. Jordan, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, will discuss spending cuts and the next steps toward a budget solution.
Dayton Daily News Washington correspondent Jack Torry will have a story about Jordan in this Sunday’s edition of the paper. Jordan represents a large section of northwestern Ohio including Champaign, Shelby, Logan and Auglaize counties.
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TweetHope Taft doesn’t need your money
If you get an e-mail from former Ohio First Lady Hope Taft asking for money to get home from England, you can rest easy and hold on to your cash, according to the Better Business Bureau in Dayton.
She’s just fine and not stranded in England, but she is the victim of a common email scam, according to a news release issued Friday by the bureau. A local resident sent a copy of an email from a person claiming to be Taft, the wife of former Ohio Gov. Bob Taft. The email claims she was robbed of her money and passport and needed money to get back to the U.S.
“This is not the first time I’ve been contacted by colleagues that their address books have been compromised,” said John North, BBB president and chief executive. “Scanners use hijacked contact lists to send bogus e-mails, playing on emotions, posing as someone they’re not, sharing frantic sob stories, asking for aid and money is needed to solve the problems.”
The bureau recommended several tips to protect yourself from email scams:
- Confirm identities by asking for details. Ask questions only the alleged sender would know.
- Verify information before sending money. Call the alleged sender or his or her family and friends to confirm the story.
- Beware if you're asked to wire money. Scammers prefer wire transfers because they're fast and easy. But, money is hard to recover once it's wired.
- Protect your personal information. Never give out credit card or bank account numbers unless you're confident with whom you're speaking.
- Consider closing your e-mail account and contacting those in your address book to let them know about the bogus e-mails if your e-mail address has been compromised.
- Change your passwords monthly using a variety of characters, numbers and capitalization.
- Be sure to have the latest updates for antivirus programs and firewalls.
For more information about email scams visit www.bbb.org or call 222-5825.
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TweetOhio jobless rate dips to 9.2 percent
Ohio’s unemployment rate in February was 9.2 percent, down from 9.3 percent in January, according to data released Friday by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
Ohio’s jobless rate is still above the national average of 8.9 percent.
Roughly 542,000 Ohioans were out of work last month, down from 624,000 in February 2010 when the jobless rate was 10.6 percent.
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