The Supreme Court of Ohio recently ruled that a manufacturing company in Warren, Ohio violated a safety requirement when it failed to provide a worker with proper safety equipment.

In the 7-0 decision, the justices rejected Glunt Industries Inc.’s argument that it did not violate the specific safety requirement because the electrical breaker that exploded and left its employee seriously injured was not “equipment to be worked on” under Ohio law.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney is discouraging supporters from going forward with an advertising strategy that would highlight President Barack Obama’s ties to his controversial pastor.

Romney said Thursday he would “repudiate” efforts by a super PAC to spend at least $10 million to dredge up the Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s incendiary statements. Romney says he would prefer his allies focus on the economy, on getting people back to work and on seeing rising incomes and growing prosperity.

WASHINGTON — Congress is producing little this election year that will become law, yet both parties are churning out bills designed to make the other side look bad.

Take a look at separate measures that would protect women from violence, keep student loan rates low and build roads and bridges. Each is a widely shared goal and seemingly easy to enact. But the proposals are caught in pitched battles, each party adding language that infuriates the other.