DEATH ROW INMATE ASKS JUDGE TO STOP EXECUTION:
COLUMBUS (AP) - A man sentenced to death for fatally stabbing a woman, then scattering her body parts has asked a federal judge for an emergency order to stop his Tuesday execution.
Kenneth Biros asked U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Frost for the delay in a filing Thursday, arguing the state is rushing too fast to use its new, one-drug lethal injection process.
The 51-year-old Biros says the untested method announced last month could jeopardize his right to an execution that does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment.
Biros has also challenged the one-drug method in federal court and also asked a federal appeals court in Cincinnati to delay Tuesday's execution.
The state opposes any delay and Gov. Ted Strickland on Thursday denied Biros' request for clemency.
OBAMA: FORUM GENERATED USEFUL IDEAS
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says a jobs forum he hosted at the White House generated many useful ideas for jump-starting job creation, some of which can be put into action "immediately" by his administration.
The president said Thursday at the close of the jobs summit that other ideas will become part of legislation for Congress to consider. He said he was most struck by the overlap between the sessions on specific topics, leading him to conclude that job creation needs to be better coordinated.
Obama spoke to a gathering of academics, business executives and labor leaders on the eve of the government's report, due Friday, on November unemployment. The jobless rate in October shot up to 10.2 percent.
MARIETTA CITY COUNCIL TO MEET:
Marietta City Council will meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the community building at Lookout Park.
The agenda for tonight's session is a light one, including consideration of appropriations and transfers and a resolution to authorize a safety study for the Third and Putnam Street intersection.
You can find complete coverage of the meeting in Friday's edition of The Marietta Times.
