After serving as defense counsel in courts-martial for the United States Army, sitting on the bench at the municipal court and court of common pleas and practicing law in Indonesia, Judge Guy Reece is enjoying his final term as a judge in Franklin County.

Born in Mississippi, it was a long road that lead Reece to Columbus, but it was one he thinks can be an inspiration to area youth.

A dozen House members have signed on as co-sponsors of a bill that would prevent the state or a political subdivision from assisting the U.S. armed forces in the illegal investigation, prosecution or detention of any person within Ohio who is lawfully present in the country.

House Bill 354, jointly sponsored by Reps. Jim Butler, R-Dayton, and Ron Young, R-Leroy, was crafted in response to a federal law that permits the arrest and imprisonment, without trial, of an American citizen who is alleged to have aided in terrorism.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Creative industries led by Hollywood account for about $504 billion, or at least 3.2 percent of U.S. goods and services, the government said in its first official measure of how the arts and culture affect the economy.

On Thursday, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the National Endowment for the Arts will release the first-ever estimates of the creative sector’s contributions to U.S. gross domestic product based on 2011 data, the most recent figures available.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy grew at a 3.6 percent annual rate from July through September, the fastest since early 2012. But nearly half the growth came from a buildup in business stockpiles, a trend that could reverse in the current quarter and hold back growth.

The Commerce Department’s second estimate of third-quarter growth released Thursday was sharply higher than the initial 2.8 percent rate reported last month. And it was well above the 2.5 percent growth rate for the April-June quarter.