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• Kasich commended on lake clean-up efforts, environmentalists say more needs done

  30-09-2015 23:46
  
  The Ohio House took the unusual step Wednesday of formally patting Gov. John Kasich on the back for his efforts to clean up Lake Erie. Environmental groups agree that the Kasich administration has done good things and gone further than previous administrations to reduce algae in the lake, where this summer’s algae bloom was the largest in recent history, stretching from Toledo to Cleveland. But they also say Kasich and state lawmakers have largely picked the low-hanging fruit, and there is
  
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• Governor halts execution for Oklahoma inmate

  30-09-2015 23:28
  
  The latest on the scheduled execution of an Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, who was convicted of ordering the 1997 beating death of his boss but claims he was framed by the actual killer.
  
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• No Shutdown: House Approves Bill To Keep Government Open

  30-09-2015 23:23
  
  Congress is sending legislation to President Barack Obama that would head off the threat of a government shutdown at midnight Wednesday.
  
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• Joyce Avenue Phase 2 Ribbon Cutting

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• Deputies search for man in connection with double homicide

  30-09-2015 23:16
  
  MOUNT VERNON, Ohio —The mother and girlfriend of a man police want to question were found dead this morning inside a home about five miles east of downtown Mount Vernon. The Knox County Sheriff received a 911 call about 9:30 a.m. from the daughter of Sandra Lee Stelk, 50, reporting that her mother had been killed inside a home on Coshocton Road about 5 miles east of Mt. Vernon, said Sheriff David Shaffer. When deputies arrived, they found Stelk, and Jaime Linn Barber, 23, of Newark, dead i
  
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• College Campuses Report Sex Assaults Are Up

  30-09-2015 23:13
  
  The Ohio State University saw a 37% increase in sexual assaults, from 27 reported in 2013 to 37 reported in 2014
  
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• Fatal crash may have medical cause, police say

  30-09-2015 22:14
  
  A man who died after he veered into oncoming traffic and collided with a taxi on the East Side this morning may have suffered some kind of medical emergency, Columbus police said. Police said Arthur Matlock Jr., 69, of the North Side, was driving west on E. 5th Avenue near Drexel Avenue when he crossed the center line at 9:52 a.m. and collided with an eastbound Bobcat Taxi cab driven by Adrian Davidson II, 45, of the South Side.
  
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• Sherrod Brown joins Clinton, Sanders in opposing Cadillac tax

  30-09-2015 22:13
  
  Sen. Sherrod Brown has joined Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in trying to kill a tax designed to both finance part of the 2010 health law and control the rise in health costs. Although the effort by Brown, Clinton and Sanders puts them at odds with the White House, it likely will be embraced by congressional Republicans who are eager to repeal either parts or all of the new law which President Barack Obama considers his signature domestic achievement.
  
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• Man indicted on fraud charges relating to mortgage deals

  30-09-2015 22:04
  
  A federal grand jury has charged a Columbus man with fraud, money laundering and tax evasion in connection with his mortgage fix-it business. Gary Jones, 52, ran 3Arck Capital Group, a company that claimed it could erase or modify mortgages that homeowners couldn’t pay, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
  
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• Prosecutors decline to charge Caitlyn Jenner in fatal crash

  30-09-2015 22:03
  
  Authorities said Jenner was towing an off-road vehicle on a trailer behind a Cadillac Escalade on Feb. 7 when she crashed into two cars, pushing one into oncoming traffic.
  
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• New Momentum To Raise Awareness, Fight Breast Cancer In Central Ohio

  30-09-2015 21:12
  
  October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month bringing together survivors, families, patients, doctors and communities in an effort to stop this deadly disease that affects 1 in 8 women.
  
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• Vandals damage grave sites at Green Lawn Cemetery

  30-09-2015 20:42
  
  Two vandals joy-riding in a stolen dump truck drove over and damaged dozens of headstones and grave sites last week at historic Green Lawn Cemetery. Franklin County deputies said the damage occurred about 9 p.m. Thursday, when two young men, possibly teens, found a dump truck in which a cemetery employee inadvertently had left the keys.
  
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• 5 Things To Know About New Chip-Enabled Credit Cards

  30-09-2015 20:38
  
  What do consumers need to know if they're not prepared on Oct. 1?
  
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• Lawmakers to start working out differences in charter school reform bill

  30-09-2015 20:32
  
  Months after a vote was delayed, the Ohio House returned to session today and voted to send a wide-ranging charter school reform bill to a conference committee where the chambers can work out a final measure. The question now is what changes will be made to the bill, as some, particularly Democrats, worry that key provisions could be weakened.
  
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• Court Strikes Down Possible Payments To College Athletes

  30-09-2015 20:20
  
  The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the NCAA could not stop schools from providing full scholarships to student athletes but vacated a proposal for deferred cash payments.
  
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• Rebranded Sbarro Opens Stores in Dublin and Worthington

  30-09-2015 20:05
  
  Sbarro, the restaurant known for their pizza by the slice, has opened two new Columbus locations. The company, which rebranded after moving their headquarters to Columbus from Melville, NY in 2014, now offers sit-down service alongside a new menu. The brand expansion will be implemented nationally and internationally. The Dublin location, located on 6485 Perimeter […]
  
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• Ohio Democrats to introduce series of abortion rights bills

  30-09-2015 19:16
  
  Saying they are “done sitting on the sidelines,” female Democratic legislators and groups supporting abortion rights proposed a half-dozen bills Wednesday and vowed to fight Republican efforts to further limit abortion access. “We will not allow Ohioans to hear only one message from its legislature,” said Rep. Greta Johnson, D-Akron, flanked by fellow lawmakers and about 25 supporters with signs backing Planned Parenthood and health care choice.
  
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• Film Review: Sicario

  30-09-2015 19:00
  
  How versatile is Emily Blunt? Who’d have thought, back when she caught our attention in Devil Wears Prada or The Young Victoria, that she’d step so easily into the role of badass? But between her shotgun-wielding protector in Looper and her Sigourney Weaver-esque role in Edge of Tomorrow, she’s proven as compelling a figure in […]
  
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• Ohio House to vote on 'ban the box' bill

  30-09-2015 18:23
  
  Ohio House lawmakers are expected to vote on a bill today that would make law Gov. John Kasich’s “ban the box” executive order from earlier this year. What is “ban the box”? It removes questions pertaining to past criminal records when applying for civil service jobs.
  
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• Victims Identified In Mount Vernon Double Homicide

  30-09-2015 18:05
  
  Authorities are on the hunt for a man who may be connected to the murders of two women in Knox County.
  
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• Knox Co. Deputies Searching For Double Homicide Suspect

  30-09-2015 18:05
  
  Authorities are on the hunt for a man in connection to the murders of two people in Knox County.
  
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• Kasich says indefinite freeze of clean-energy standards is 'unacceptable'

  30-09-2015 17:59
  
  Count Gov. John Kasich among the opponents of a legislative plan to be released today calling for an indefinite freeze in the state’s clean-energy standards. “A continued freeze of Ohio’s energy standards is unacceptable and we stand willing to work with the Ohio General Assembly to craft a bill that supports a diverse mix of reliable, low-cost energy sources while preserving the gains we have made in the state’s economy,” said Kasich spokesman Joe Andrews in an e-m
  
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• Kasich not on board with continued freeze of energy standards

  30-09-2015 17:46
  
  Count Gov. John Kasich among the opponents of a legislative plan to be released today calling for an indefinite freeze in the state’s clean-energy standards.
  
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• Teens Sentenced To Prison In 2014 Slaying Of Pizza Deliveryman

  30-09-2015 17:42
  
  Teens have been sentenced to prison in the wake of the 2014 murder of Grandma’s Pizza delivery driver James Crabtree.
  
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• Deputies investigating double homicide near Mount Vernon

  30-09-2015 17:18
  
  The Knox County Sheriff's office is investigating the reported homicides of two people about 10 miles east of Mount Vernon this morning. Just after 9:30 a.m. deputies responded to 18628 Coshocton Road where they found two victims, according to dispatchers.
  
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• Two sentenced in slaying of pizza-delivery driver

  30-09-2015 17:08
  
  Two people were sentenced to prison this morning for the fatal shooting of a pizza-delivery driver last fall. Diondre J. Jefferson, 17, pleaded guilty in July to murder with a gun specification in the death of 45-year-old James A. Crabtree Jr.
  
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• Couple from Ohio Robs Bank And Posts the Money on Social Media

  30-09-2015 16:57
  
  Here are some smart thieves right here from Ohio. After they robbed a Bank 20 miles south if Columbus, they decided to pose with the money Once the images were uploaded on to Facebook several days after the robbery, Mogan and Duboe were tracked down and arrested.
  
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• Columbus City Council Finance, Health & Human Services, and Workforce Development Committees

  30-09-2015 16:41 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Jim Jordan says Republicans need to focus on fighting for voters

  30-09-2015 16:03
  
  Rep. Jim Jordan says it’s “time for Congress to change, time for us to really get focused on fighting for and doing what we told the voters we were going to do.” Jordan, who is from Urbana and leads the ultraconservative Freedom Caucus in the U.S. House. He and a few other members of the caucus met with House Speaker John Boehner Thursday.
  
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• Restaurant Review: The Crest Gastropub, Parsons Edition

  30-09-2015 16:00
  
  It’s not completely clear what the design motif for the new Crest Gastropub is. Housed in a newer construction on Parsons, it’s not particularly modern decor. Modern typically implies sparse, and the space is delicsiously and deeply cluttered with art and lighting installations. It’s not retro or woodsy either. Maybe it’s Restoration Hardware style. That’s […]
  
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• Columbus Mayoral Race: Ragland Discusses Ginther Endorsement; Scott Campaign Responds

  30-09-2015 15:48
  
  Yesterday morning, former mayoral candidate James Ragland announced his support for current mayoral candidate Andrew Ginther. The two men disagreed on many issues during the primary debates earlier this year, so the news caught some by surprise. We reached out to Ragland for some additional information on his decision, and he said that he came […]
  
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• The Ohio Art League Offers Creativity and Originality in Fall Juried Exhibition

  30-09-2015 15:00
  
  Upon entering the Fort Hayes Shot Tower, I was struck by the airy spaciousness and simplicity of the environment. There was artwork hung up on the walls carefully, while the light shining in from the windows made its own art on the polished wooden floor. The Ohio Art League is here for its Fall Juried […]
  
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• Theatre Review: Otterbein’s Rent is a Kaleidoscopic Explosion of Charm

  30-09-2015 14:00
  
  19 years after Rent’s final form Off-Broadway premier in 1996, simultaneously with its creator Jonathan Larson’s (book, music, and lyrics) untimely death, we’ve finally arrived at a point where it’s enough of a period piece we can view the piece more as a play. The attendant baggage of its status as a cultural phenomenon – its rabid […]
  
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• Former police officer pleads guilty to theft

  30-09-2015 13:23
  
  A former part-time Mifflin Township police officer admitted on Tuesday that she stole from the township.
  
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• Landfill search doesn’t find newborn’s body

  30-09-2015 12:56
  
  CINCINNATI — The remains of a newborn infant were lost at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, leading to a fruitless search at a landfill and an apology, officials said.
  
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• Woman shot during pizza delivery in South Linden

  30-09-2015 12:42
  
  A woman was shot and seriously injured early Wednesday during an attempt to deliver a pizza in South Linden. Heather M. Newsome, 25, was shot in the upper back while in the front passenger seat of a vehicle waiting in the 900 block of E. 14th Avenue while the driver left to deliver a pizza, Columbus police said.
  
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• Woman Burned As A Baby Reunites With Nurse Who Cared For Her

  30-09-2015 12:18
  
  A woman burned as a 3 month old find the nurse who cared for her nearly 40 years ago. Read more.
  
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• Father Has Stepdad Help Him Walk Bride Down The Aisle

  30-09-2015 12:11
  
  The sweet moment was all captured by the wedding photographer. Read more.
  
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• Ohio wins $71 million federal grant for charter schools despite data cheat

  30-09-2015 11:34
  
  In their bid to win millions in federal grant money for charter schools, Ohio Department of Education officials described the sate as a beacon of oversight. But just days later, the official leading the effort resigned after he was caught scrubbing data to make school sponsors look better. On Monday, the grant application paid off: The U.S. Department of Education awarded Ohio the largest “Charter School Program” grant – $71 million – of any of the eight states receiving
  
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• Overdose-reversal drug Narcan now for sale at Short North pharmacy

  30-09-2015 11:33
  
  The first Columbus pharmacy is ready to dispense, without a prescription, a drug to be kept on hand by family members, friends and others who want to be ready to reverse potentially deadly heroin overdoses. AIDS Resource Center Ohio’s pharmacies in the Short North and in Dayton are prepared to sell naloxone, or Narcan, in either its nasal-spray form or its auto-injector form (which won’t be in stock but can be ordered).
  
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• Evening Forecast: Cloudy Skies With Some Clearing Towards Morning

  30-09-2015 11:28
  
  Lows tonight will drop into the upper 40s and lower 50s.
  
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• Clouds And Showers Possible For Wednesday Morning

  30-09-2015 11:28
  
  Look for lingering clouds and a slim chance for a sprinkle. Get the Doppler 10 forecast.
  
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• Afternoon Forecast: Cool & Breezy, High 65

  30-09-2015 11:28
  
  Look for lingering clouds and a slim chance for a sprinkle. Unseasonably cool temperatures will settle in for the end of the week and the weekend.
  
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• Komen Columbus Fills Breast Cancer Awareness Month With Events

  30-09-2015 11:22
  
  October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Komen Columbus encourages participation with events all month long. Read more.
  
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• Reward Offered For Serial Home Invasion Suspect

  30-09-2015 11:10
  
  Licking County Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a man suspected of breaking into several homes.
  
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• Judge orders Huntington to pay $71.8 million to victims of Michigan con man

  30-09-2015 10:56
  
  Huntington Bancshares has been ordered to pay more than $70 million to victims of a Michigan con man with whom the bank did business.
  
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• Female Death Row Inmate Executed Wednesday Morning

  30-09-2015 10:54
  
  Kelly Renee Gissendaner was put to death early Wednesday morning, despite numerous appeals to keep her alive. Read more.
  
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• World Health Organization Issues New HIV Guidelines

  30-09-2015 10:41
  
  The World Health Organization says HIV patients should begin treatment immediately.
  
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• Education Insider: Tool should ease applying to 80 colleges

  30-09-2015 10:36
  
  A year from now, high-school seniors applying to Ohio State University or 79 other colleges and universities could be using a new application document. And their little brothers and sisters, starting as young as ninth grade, could be using the same online tool to start their own paths to college.
  
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• Man’s body found along Scioto River on South Side; foul play not suspected

  30-09-2015 10:30
  
  A man found on a bank of the Scioto River near a South Side dam on Tuesday appears to have died from natural causes, Columbus police said. Police were called at 3:49 p.m. to the riverbank near the Greenlawn Avenue bridge after a fisherman found the body.
  
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