The House voted 67-30 on Wednesday to agree to Senate changes to the legislation.

State law currently defines a vicious dog as one that has seriously hurt or killed a person, killed another dog or is among those commonly known as pit bulls. The measure would remove the reference to pit bulls from the definition and require evidence to prove pit bulls are actually vicious.

The bill also specifies that the label does not include a police dog that has injured a person or has killed another dog.

Some dog wardens oppose the measure because of frequent pit bull attacks. Others say pit bulls are not inherently vicious.

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The Delta Air Lines terminal at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International was cleared for about 10 minutes Tuesday night after the device was found at about 7:30 during routine baggage screening.

Airport spokeswomen Barb Schempf said Transportation Security Administration officials found no detonator and determined the grenade was no longer an explosive, according to The Kentucky Enquirer.

The passenger who carried it was denied boarding and the grenade was confiscated. No flights were canceled or delayed.

The passenger was released, but is now under investigation by the TSA.

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Information from: The Kentucky Enquirer, http://www.nky.com

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Boehner, a Catholic, said Wednesday that the rule is an attack on religious freedom in the country. The Ohio Republican, speaking on the floor, said the rule "cannot stand, and will not stand."

The speaker said the Energy and Commerce Committee will move ahead on legislation.

The issue has roiled the presidential race and angered congressional Republicans. The White House signaled this week that it is searching for ways to allay the concern of Roman Catholics who say the birth control mandate would force them to violate their religious beliefs against contraception.

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The Mercer County sheriff says the four have taken hogs from large farms in Ohio and transported them to Indiana, where they were trying to sell the animals.

The Lima News and The Daily Standard of Celina report two people face charges of breaking and entering while the others are charged with receiving stolen property.

Investigators say it's not easy for farmers to notice when a few hogs are missing out of several thousand.

One farmer near the Ohio town of Fort Recovery began keeping closer track of his animals over the last few months and realized 22 hogs were missing over a 10-week period.

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Authorities say the 47-year-old man began acting strangely after taking a fall at the Erie County jail about two weeks ago and had been taken to a hospital four times since.

It's the second inmate death this year at the jail in Sandusky.

A 50-year-old woman died at the jail a few hours after she was brought in Jan. 1.

The Sandusky Register reports that preliminary information suggests a combination of alcohol and pills caused of the woman's death. Authorities are waiting for autopsy results.

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The panel voted 20-2 to send the bill to the full House, where a vote is expected next week. While it won bipartisan approval, lawmakers were split over whether more money should go to helping addicted gamblers.

The measure sets up a regulatory framework for gambling in Ohio. It also outlines a minimum number of live racing days at the state's seven horse tracks and gives the state inspector general authority to investigate the conduct of casino gaming.

Legislative leaders have made the bill a priority as voter-approved casinos in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus and Toledo prepare to open.

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Fifty-two-year-old Richard Beasley is scheduled for a pretrial hearing Wednesday in Akron on trial scheduling issues.

The self-styled chaplain from Akron has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder in the slayings of three men and the wounding of a fourth. He could face the death penalty if convicted.

A 17-year-old co-defendant has pleaded not guilty to juvenile counts. Brogan Rafferty was a student at Stow-Munroe Falls High School in suburban Akron when he was arrested in the fall.

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The News Journal in Mansfield reports Sens. Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman are expected to meet Thursday with the adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Deborah Ashenhurst. The senators have said they'll fight cuts to the C-27J program that includes four multipurpose cargo planes from the Mansfield base.

Under the cuts, those planes and six tanker aircraft from a Columbus-area base would be retired. The moves were part of plans detailed Friday to cut the service by nearly 10,000 active, National Guard and Reserve airmen next year and shift capabilities.

The plans indicated Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton might get more program-analysis and intelligence missions.

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A city planner says three walls of the shop stand inside the former Gem City Ice Cream building in Dayton.

The Dayton Daily News reports the Wright brothers ran the shop in the late 1800s, before their pioneering flight.

An assistant city manager says the structure didn't have enough "historic integrity" to be declared a Wright site but was included on the National Register of Historic Places as part of a larger historic district.

Resident Michael Perkins is fighting to preserve the building, but the city says it hasn't been able to find a developer to fund the redevelopment.

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On education reform, including increasing the number of vouchers and improving the charter school system:

"This is not an attack on our public school system, or public school teachers. We have to honor the ones that are really out there, just like we here at Wells Academy. But, when the schools aren't working and they're underperforming, let our children go."

On studying the privatizing of the turnpike:

"We will never give up underlying control of the turnpike. But if we can bond against that revenue, or if we can lease it, and take care of the maintenance and make sure that the people that live there, who have largely been ignored over the last 40 years ... get responsive agreements from those who might take this turnpike over.

"And we can generate millions of dollars, and we don't want to do that? You're kidding me.

On developing an energy policy:

"If America can't have a policy that makes us energy independent, well let's Ohio create an energy policy that makes us independent. We'll start with coal. We're the Saudi Arabia of Coal. Clean it and burn it. "

On Agriculture:

"Let's stop treating agriculture as a stepchild. It's the basic foundation of our state."

On Ohio technology jobs:

"BusinessWeek says that Cleveland is the fastest growing market for technology jobs in America, Cincinnati is third. We can begin to compete with the Silicon Valley, the Triangle of North Carolina, and with Boston — because we have people who know what they're doing, we just need to create the climate here so people are excited about being in Ohio."

On partnering with universities to create more jobs:

"It's not good enough to do research if you don't commercialize and create jobs, what's the point? I can find your research on the top shelf of a building 40 years from now? Commercialize, create jobs, spin off companies. We can get that done, but it's going to take new and renewed focus."

On problems with K-12 education, including what Kasich said was a 65 percent graduation rate in urban areas and a high number of Ohio high school graduates needing remedial courses in college:

"This is not sustainable. America's been falling behind, and Ohio's stuck in the middle. And we need to fix it. And I have to spend the next year building a consensus."

On ending human trafficking in Ohio:

"We've got to have a war on the slave trade business in Ohio. I know we started on it, but we've got to stop this, we've got to snuff this out in our state. It is a scourge."

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