Women spend less than half as much time cleaning today as they did 50 years ago, according to a study on the cleaning habits of adult women living in the UK. WORLD +2
Nonprofit group the Polaris Project ranked Ohio as one of four states judged as “most improved” in its recent statewide battle against human trafficking. CINCINNATI +1
Obesity is now the leading cause of ineligibility for military volunteers; between 1998 and 2010, the number of active military personnel labeled obese or overweight more than tripled, reports the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center. WORLD -1
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted finally admitted to the Cincinnati Enquirer that voter fraud is “very rare” despite a drawn-out tirade launched by Husted and the right wing purporting the contrary this past election season. CINCINNATI +1
A New Zealand chapter of the SCPA taught three shelter dogs to drive cars as part of a marketing campaign to demonstrate rescue dogs should be a first-rate adoption choice. WORLD +2
THIS WEEK:
CINCINNATI +2, WORLD +3
TO DATE:
CINCINNATI +23, WORLD -87