Xavier University is ranked with the nation's top 143 business schools, according to the Princeton Review's annual ranking of the Best 143 Business Schools, released Tuesday. This is the first time Xavier's business program has made the list. The rankings in both the best-colleges and best-business schools guidebooks are based on student surveys and institutional data from the prior school year. Xavier also was included in this year's edition, released earlier, of the Best 357 Colleges guide. The business-school guidebook rankings are based on five categories: admissions selectivity, academic experience, professors who are interesting, professors who are accessible and career, which measures students' confidence in employment.

$1 million funds jobs for youths

CINCINNATI - A $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor was awarded Wednesday to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services for jobs for at-risk Cincinnati youth. The money will be funneled through the Cincinnati Youth Employment and Development Initiative for youths, ages 14-22. The employment initiative is a partnership between Cincinnati Youth Collaborative, Citizens' Committee on Youth and the Urban League of Greater Cincinnati.

Ohio intends to help you quit

A new toll-free phone number is available in Ohio to link smokers to counseling services that can help them quit. The Ohio Tobacco Quit Line - (800) 934-4840 - provides callers with a Quit Kit. It has information about tobacco use, tips on quitting and resources in callers' geographic area.The service is provided by the Ohio Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Foundation, funded by the settlement agreement between the tobacco industry and 46 states

CORRECTION: CCV office is in Sharonville

Citizens for Community Values, a conservative activist group, has its office in Sharonville. A story Sept. 18 had a wrong location.