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Reds 8, Brewers 3

Brayan Pena’s second career pinch-homer started Cincinnati’s big eighth-inning rally and swept the Reds to over the Milwaukee Brewers 8-3 Thursday night.

Cubs 9, Reds 4

Nate Schierholtz drove in three runs and Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run homer, rallying the Chicago Cubs over the Reds 9-4 Wednesday night.

ACLU wants execution pause; Kasich grants mercy

Shortly after the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio called for a moratorium on executions through 2015, Gov. John Kasich commuted the death sentence of the next inmate scheduled to die by lethal injection.

Suit challenges gay marriage ban

Civil rights attorneys have filed a lawsuit seeking to strike down Ohio’s gay marriage ban and to allow same-sex couples to marry in the state.

Controversy shrouds Ohio’s next execution

Ohio prison officials are increasing the dosage of lethal injection drugs used to put inmates to death, even as an execution in another state prompts an investigation and mercy is recommended for Ohio’s next condemned convict.

Damage reported after storms

Severe storms raced across central Ohio skies around sunset Tuesday night, bringing high winds that caused scattered damage and power outages.