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Miami County, Ohio--State route 41 was a mess to say the least Saturday morning.

For five hours between Covington and Troy the rural route was shut down because of snow packed pavement, large drifts and numerous car slide-offs.

Miami county remains under a Level 2 Snow emergency. Those who have to be on the road are advised to use extreme caution because the roads are considered to be extremely hazardous.

With that being said I-75 and other major roads are very clear one day after the storm that dropped about six inches of snow across the county.Roads Still Problematic in Spots

Saturday, February 6 2010, 09:16 PM EST

LOCAL NEWS

Jurors to decide if Ohio man should be executed
March 16, 2010 06:26 EDT

CINCINNATI (AP) -- An Ohio man who pleaded guilty to slaying two women and was convicted by a jury of killing two teenage girls could receive the death penalty.

Jurors convicted 41-year-old Anthony Kirkland on Friday of aggravated murder and other charges in the slayings of 13-year-old Esme Kenney and 14-year-old Casonya Crawford of Cincinnati. His sentencing hearing begins Tuesday.

Jurors could recommend the death penalty or life in prison with or without the possibility of parole in the teens' deaths.

Defense attorneys say Kirkland may speak on his own behalf.

Kirkland was to have been tried in all four killings but pleaded guilty to murder and corpse abuse in the Cincinnati slayings of 45-year-old Mary Jo Newton and 25-year-old Kimya Rolison.

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BUSINESS NEWS

Stocks end mixed

NEW YORK (AP) -- Stock prices finished mixed in Monday's session, ahead of today's Federal Reserve meeting.

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 NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- U.S. Sen. David Vitter is calling on federal officials to do a thorough probe into the deaths of several people who lived in homes built with suspect Chinese drywall. ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The federal government is out with its blueprint for how to expand the nation's access to high-speed Internet surfing.

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