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CCYYMK Associated Press Oil prices drop Crude oil prices for July delivery fell $4.41 Thursday on the New York Mercantile Exchange before settling at $126.62. NYMEX light sweet crude SOURCE: Department of Energy May 29 $126.62 20082007 85 95 105 115 125 $135 per barrel MAMFJDN www.ohio.com News Online Home Delivery 800-777-2442 A KRON EACON OURNAL A KRON EACON OURNAL Copyright 2008 Beacon Journal Publishing Co. Akron-Canton TV news ends today after years of trying to be financially viable, attract viewers inal hour for newscast ongtimeanchor ricM ansfield to still cover area By Ric hHeldenfels eaconJ ournal popular culture writer A bout two weeks shy of its seventh birthday, the A kron anton news ends today. At 6:30 and 10 tonight, anchor ricM ansfield will present a half hourof news, weather and sports to viewers receiving Time arnerC ablein five local counties plans some kind offare well he was still working on what kind at midweek. A fterthat local TV news viewers will have to get their information from Cleveland telecasts imeW arner would like to find a new partner for Akron TV news, a cable company spokesman said, but there are no talks with anyone right now.

ansfield will be the sole A kron antonreporter for WKYC hannel3), which has produced the A kron anton news ewill still be based in the United Building in downtown A kron he has been since WKYC moved in back in 2001. Bu tinstead of sharing that space with as many as 10 otherstaffers from WKYC, he will work with two videographers andeventual ly just one. The spacewill change as WKSU (8 9.7-F M) and WNEO WEAO( hannels 4 9)plan to use part of the facilities beginning in uly Th ereason etruth is, the half hour shows justcouldn be produced at the revenue level that was necessary to make itviable hannel3 General Manager rookeS pectorsky said in Akron nWednesday not that everyone try over seven years. Anybody from every major company here to the mayor to the head of Time arnerC able everybody put a yeoman effort forward. But as things tighten up economical has to he said uc a trying to make something work that we support for, in the sense of advertising will still be covering Ak- hannel 3 news director leasesee Ne uantanamo prosecutors play politics, defense says A ttorneys for accused terrorists say trials timed for elections A ssociatedP ress SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO: efenselaw yers accused the government ofr i the ept 11 defendants to trial at uantana mo to influence the U.S.

presidential elections and asked the military judge to dismiss the case in a court filing obtained hursday by the Associated ress hefiling also shows that the former chief prosecutora tGuantanamo who resigned in October over alleged political interference was sanctioned by the military nMay 23 after testifying for the defense i naGuantanamo hearing. Th eformer prosecutor, Air Force Co l. orrisD avis wrote that the actionw i discourage any other military members from providing information about the controversial war crimestribunals etribu nals legal adviser, Air Force rig n. homasH artmann told the APD aviswas sanctioned because of poor job performance and not because he testified. ilitary lawyers for allegedS ept .11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed leasesee errorists I nvestigation of speculation ossibleoil price manipulation part of federal probe By Dan Caterinicchia A ssociatedP ress WASHINGT ederal regulators are six months into a wide ranginginvesti gation of U.S.

oil markets, with a focus on possible price manipulation. heC ommodityF uturesT rading ommissiono nThursday said it started the probe in December and took the unusual step of publicizing it because of unprecedented marketcon ditions rude prices have risen more than 42 percent since earlyD ecember after a decline of more than $4 to $1 2 6.6 2a barrel on the Ne wYork Me r- cantile xchange asoline prices are nearing a national average of $4 a gallon up from about $3.2 0a year ago. Th ecommission said it is investigating potential abuses in the way crude oil is purchased, shipped, stored and traded nationwide, but did notreveal details A nalysts said the CFTC action would likely have a limited impacton oil prices, which have risen on a combination offactors including growing demand in China and other developed nations falling value of the dollar, geopolitical tensions and low interest rates which have fueled a futuresbuy ing binge by institutional investors seeking to ride supward momentum It is the last factor, exacerbated by the Federal eserve efforts to prop up the ailing housing market, that is playing the biggest role in the recent run- to Howard imons strategist at Bianco Research in hica o. liminate that excess moneya leasesee Oi idowfield to withdraw from race for county council seat GOP chairman says legislator told him it was due to new job By Stephanie Warsmith and Dennis Willard eaconJ ournal staff writers ormerstate Re p.J ohnW idowfield who resigned from the Ohio House of epresentativeso nWednesday plans to withdraw from running for Summit oun yCouncil this fall. ummitC ountyR epublicanP arty hairmanA lexA rshinkoff said idow field told him a few weeks ago that he planned to drop out because of hisnew private sectorjob if this is going tohurry it up or Arshinkoff said, referring to idowfield sresigna tion andallegations that he profitedfrom the saleo fOhio State tateU niversityfoot ball tickets purchased with campaignfunds eare all decisions Mr.

Widowfield has to make.H ewill let us If Widowfield withdraws from the county council race, the county party will have until Au g.20 to appoint a new candidate to run in the No v.4 election for county District 3 seat. idowfield chose not to run for reelection for his House seat though he was eligible to serve two more years beforeb e- ing term limited nstead he successfully challenged Louise eydorn the only Republican on county council, in the March primary idowfield abruptly resignedW ednes day afternoon, handing in a two paragraph letter to House leaders that gave littlee x- planation a phone messages from the Beacon Journal left over the past three days. ourcestold the Beacon Journal that idowfield sold the football tickets onthe leasesee Sa atrickM anamonbalks at Tribe numbers. SPORTS I ndex earA bby D6 usiness C8 lassified E1 omics D6, 7 eaths B5-7 obD yer B1 ditorials A6 ocalN ews B1 ottery A2 ationB riefs A4 ovieL istings D5 ovies ore D1 ports C1 udoku D6 VListings D5 orldB riefs A4 arveyK orman dead at 81 arveyK orman the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously funny contributions to Th eC arolB urnettS how and on the big screen in lazing addles died hursday was 81. orman died at UCLA Medical Center after suffering complications from the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm four months ago, his family said in a statement.

In their 70s, he and Northeast Ohio native Tim onway one of his Burnett show co stars toured the country with their ogetherA gain show hey stopped at Ak E.J. Thomas Hall in March 2000. A rmy soldiers commit suicide in 2007 at the highest rate on record. A4 rosecutors oppose release of mother in prison for manslaughter B1 levelandC linic ainbow named among best hospitals for child care. C8 Harvey Korman Widowfield weather Partly sunny and breezy; a p.m.

thunderstorm High Low Forecast, Page B8 Search the classifieds htt ://www.ohio.com omeo fEric ansfield press passes hang in the Akron studio. After today, local TV news viewers will have to get their information from Cleveland telecasts. seen on TV Sh should feel satisfied. MOVIES KEN LOVE A kronB eaconJ ournalphotos ricM ansfield anchor of the A kron antonnews prepares for a newscast hursday eshow will end today after nearly seven years. ricM ansfield preparation for a news broadcast is a bit different than his service in Iraq with the Ohio Army National uard INSIDE FRIDAY, May 30, 2008 ABC Story 05-30 a1 4x System AKRE by RSTALLSM Time 23:01:53 Date A 14X Pg.

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