Minimum wage in Ohio going to $7.85

Minimum wage in Ohio going to $7.85

TOLEDO

The minimum wage in Ohio will increase by 15 cents to $7.85 an hour Jan. 1.

The Ohio Department of Commerce announced the hike Friday and says for employees who receive tips, the new minimum will increase to $3.85.

According to The (Toledo) Blade, the new minimum- wage rates will apply to employees of businesses with annual gross receipts of more than $288,000.

Ex-NYT publisher Sulzberger dies

NEW YORK

Former New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, who led the newspaper to new levels of influence and profit while standing up for press freedom during some of the most significant moments in 20th-century journalism, died Saturday. He was 86.

Sulzberger, who went by the nickname “Punch” and served with the Marine Corps before joining the Times staff, first as a reporter, and then following his father and grandfather as publisher, died at his home in Southampton, N.Y., after a long illness, his family announced.

During his three-decade tenure, the newspaper won 31 Pulitzer prizes, published the Pentagon Papers and won a libel-case victory in New York Times v. Sullivan that established important First Amendment protections for the press.

GM recalls more than 40,000 cars

DETROIT

General Motors Co. is recalling more than 40,000 cars sold in warm-weather states because a plastic part might crack and cause a fuel leak.

The company is recalling Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5 sedans from the 2007 through 2009 model-years and Chevrolet Equinox and Pontiac Torrent SUVs and Saturn Ion sedans from the 2007 model year.

The recall affects vehicles sold or currently registered in Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada or Texas. Owners in Arkansas and Oklahoma also are included in the recall of the 2009 Cobalt and G5.

Gitmo detainee returns to Canada

TORONTO

The last Western detainee held at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay returned to Canada on Saturday after a decade in custody after his capture in Afghanistan at age 15 when he was wounded in a firefight with U.S. soldiers, officials said.

Canadian Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said that 26-year-old Omar Khadr arrived at a Canadian military base on a U.S. government plane and was transferred to the Millhaven maximum- security prison in Bath, Ontario.

The son of an alleged al-Qaida financier, Khadr pleaded guilty in 2010 to killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan.

Troubled lottery winner found dead

ECORSE, Mich.

Police say a Detroit-area woman who collected welfare benefits despite winning a $735,000 lottery prize has died of a possible drug overdose.

Ecorse police Sgt. Cornelius Herring confirmed that 25-year-old Amanda Clayton was found dead about 9 a.m. Saturday at a home in the community.

Clayton, of Lincoln Park, pleaded no contest to fraud in June and was sentenced to nine months’ probation in July. Her attorney has said Clayton repaid about $5,500 in food aid and medical benefits.

Michigan’s Department of Human Services says Clayton didn’t inform the state about her pre-tax lottery windfall last year.

Associated Press