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The Akron Legal News
The Akron Legal News is a daily publication devoted to legal, financial, real estate and general news. Designated by the Federal, County and Municipal Courts as the Official Law Journal of Summit County, Ohio.
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A look at Ohio’s exotic animal laws
On the evening of Oct. 18, 2011, Muskingum County authorities began receiving calls from residents reporting sights of wild animals roaming their neighborhoods. The sheriff’s office would soon discover that a Zanesville homeowner freed about 50 exotic animals kept on his farm before he died by suicide. Authorities had to use l ... (full story)
'Gas station heroin' is technically illegal and widely available. Here are the facts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health officials want you to think twice before buying one of those brightly colored little bottles often sold at gas stations, convenience stores and smoke shops.
Sometimes called "gas station heroin," the products are usually marketed as energy shots or cognitive supplements but actually conta ... (full story)