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• Dog flu outbreak: How to protect your pet

  15-01-2016 23:37
  
  Pet owners are worried about a dangerous strain of dog flu spreading through western states.
  
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• Chicago Police Unions Push For Destruction Of Old Complaints

  15-01-2016 23:28
  
  A judge who has kept the records in limbo for more than a year said at a hearing Friday that he would keep a union-requested injunction in place pending the outcome of more negotiations between the city and the unions.
  
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• COTA Looking to Roll Out New Downtown-Airport Bus Line in May

  15-01-2016 23:00
  
  COTA is moving ahead with plans to provide regular bus service between downtown and Port Columbus. A proposed route will be presented at public meetings next week with the goal of rolling out the new service in May of this year. The route would make a loop through downtown, stopping at a number of hotels […]
  
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• Residents Scramble For Housing After City Orders Shut Down Of Apartments

  15-01-2016 22:22
  
  An employee with the apartment complex claims Thursday's water main break was intentionally done by tenants who were given a three day’s eviction notice.
  
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• Janet Jackson reschedules Columbus show for July

  15-01-2016 22:04
  
  A Janet Jackson concert originally set for Feb. 1 in Value City Arena has been rescheduled. The Control pop songstress will instead perform July 25 in the same venue. Tickets purchased for the canceled Columbus performance will be honored.
  
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• Kasich not getting much attention in GOP debate reviews

  15-01-2016 21:51
  
  Even with only seven people on the prime-time stage, Ohio Gov. John Kasich apparently faded into the background curtain for many who reviewed Thursday’s night’s Republican debate near Charleston, S.C. An extensive New York Times’ running blog referred to him only a couple of times. A Washington Post compilation of winners and losers didn’t include the Ohio governor as either.
  
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• Another teacher arrested on sex charges at La. high school

  15-01-2016 21:37
  
  Kimberly Naquin is accused of having sex with a female student at her Kenner apartment complex between August of 2014 and September of 2015.
  
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• Columbus City Council: Swearing-In Ceremony Of Mitchell J. Brown

  15-01-2016 21:30 via youtube.com
  
  
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• 9 Year Old Hit By Car While Sledding In Northern Ohio Has Died

  15-01-2016 21:10
  
  The boy was trapped underneath the car Tuesday when his sled glided into a street at the bottom of a popular sledding hill.
  
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• Shoplifting on rise

  15-01-2016 20:37
  
  Thanks to career criminals and some changes in state law, the number of shoplifting cases in Columbus has increased dramatically and so has the dollar value of the goods taken, according to data released Thursday by the office of City Attorney Richard Pfeiffer. The Prosecution Division in Pfeiffer's office filed a total of 4,590 theft charges in 2015, 11.2 percent more than in 2014 and 69 percent increase over the number in 2008 .
  
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• SEC documents: Former Treasurer Boyce attended meeting with lobbyist involved in pay-to-play scandal

  15-01-2016 20:12
  
  Former Ohio Treasurer Kevin Boyce attended a meeting in March 2010 in which his deputy demanded “direct monetary contributions” to Boyce’s campaign fund from a bank trying to land state contracts from Boyce’s office, according to a federal Securities and Exchange Commission finding filed Thursday. Larry James, Boyce's attorney, said the SEC's allegation is wrong.
  
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• SEC documents: Former treasurer Kevin Boyce attended pay-to-play meeting

  15-01-2016 19:57
  
  Former Ohio Treasurer Kevin Boyce attended a meeting in March 2010 in which his deputy demanded “direct monetary contributions” to Boyce’s campaign fund from a bank trying to land state contracts from Boyce’s office, according to a federal Securities and Exchange Commission finding filed Thursday. Larry James, Boyce's attorney, said the SEC's allegation is wrong.
  
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• Short North White Castle Development Approved

  15-01-2016 18:48
  
  Demolition and construction work could start as soon as this summer on the Short North White Castle site after the Victorian Village Commission approved the latest plans for the development at their meeting yesterday. Although final details such as lighting, signage, and the color of some exterior elements will still need to get final approval, […]
  
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• Today At 4 PM: Dr. Phil Examines "Making A Murderer" Case (Part 2)

  15-01-2016 18:36
  
  In a daytime television exclusive, Dr. Phil goes beyond the documentary and speaks to some of the key players, as surprising new details are revealed.
  
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• Today At 4 PM: Dr. Phil Examines "Making A Murderer" Case

  15-01-2016 18:36
  
  In a daytime television exclusive, Dr. Phil goes beyond the documentary and speaks to some of the key players, as surprising new details are revealed.
  
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• Walmart To Shutter 154 U.S. Stores, Including One Ohio Location

  15-01-2016 18:09
  
  Walmart is closing 269 stores, more than half of them in the U.S. and another big chunk in its challenging Brazilian market.
  
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• Feds Going After Bank Executive For Money Owed to Ohio

  15-01-2016 17:52
  
  The SEC is going after a Boston bank executive to pay back the state of Ohio, saying the executive is linked to a scheme that funneled bribes intended to sway business with the Ohio Treasurer’s Office.
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Mayor Ginther Announces Upgrades To Columbus Snow & Ice Control Plan

  15-01-2016 17:33
  
  Mayor Andrew J. Ginther and Councilmember Shannon Hardin announce upgrades to the Columbus Snow and Ice Control Plan
  
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• Mayor Ginther Announces Upgrades To Columbus Snow & Ice Control Plan

  15-01-2016 17:33
  
  Mayor Andrew J. Ginther and Councilmember Shannon Hardin announce upgrades to the Columbus Snow and Ice Control Plan
  
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• Columbus Council On World Affairs: Feeding Over 9 Billion People by 2050

  15-01-2016 16:37 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Suspect in string of robberies hit by police vehicle, arrested after holdup

  15-01-2016 16:27
  
  Columbus police say a serial robbery suspect is in stable condition after he was shot at by one SWAT officer and hit by a cruiser driven by another while fleeing the scene of an attempted armed holdup Thursday night on the Southeast Side, a division spokesman said. Clifton Satterwhite and two accomplices allegedly robbed the O'Reilly Auto Parts store at gunpoint on Parsons Avenue at the intersection with Sheldon Avenue just before 8:35 p.m. when SWAT officers on a robbery stakeout pursued them t
  
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• Columbus SWAT officers shoot one, arrest two others after robbery on South Side

  15-01-2016 16:25
  
  SWAT officers staking out a South Side business confronted three suspected robbers on Thursday night and shot one of them when he reached into his waistband, police said. Clifton Satterwhite, 37, was taken to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center following the 8:35 p.m. incident that began as a robbery at the O’Reilly Auto Parts store in the 1400 block of Parsons Avenue. He was in stable condition and expected to recover.
  
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• Advocates turn to federal court to force Husted on drug price issue

  15-01-2016 16:19
  
  Advocates of a drug price ballot issue doubled down in their legal fight against Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, asking a federal court on Thursday to force him to send an initiated statute to the General Assembly. The Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the group backing the drug initiative, earlier this week filed an emergency motion asking the Ohio Supreme Court to take action against Husted, the state’s top elections official.
  
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• Chipotle Closing All Restaurants Next Month For Company Meeting

  15-01-2016 16:09
  
  This comes after Chipotle suffered from several outbreaks of E. coli , salmonella and norovirus that poisoned customers and caused its stock price to plunge more than a third over the last three months.
  
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• Outdoors | More than 12,000 deer checked in Ohio’s muzzleloader season

  15-01-2016 15:56
  
  More than 12,000 white-tailed deer were checked by hunters during Ohio’s muzzleloader season for a decrease of more than 1,000 from last year. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources said 12,505 deer were checked in the season that ran from Jan. 9 through Jan. 12 compared with 13,724 deer last year.
  
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• Over 12,000 deer checked in Ohio’s muzzleloader season

  15-01-2016 15:50
  
  More than 12,000 white-tailed deer were checked by hunters during Ohio’s muzzleloader season for a decrease of more than 1,000 from last year. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources said 12,505 deer were checked in the season that ran from Jan. 9 through Jan. 12 compared with 13,724 deer last year.
  
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• Ruth’s Chris Closing Crosswoods Location

  15-01-2016 15:40
  
  After 17 years in business, the Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse located at 7550 High Cross Boulevard will be closing its doors on Sunday February 14th. In an official statement released from the chain’s headquarters in Florida, the company said that the reason for closure was “due to changing marketplace dynamics”. The Crosswoods area where the restaurant […]
  
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• Bucks Shift Coaching Duties; Kiper Taps Bosa As No. 1

  15-01-2016 15:38
  
  On Friday, the Ohio State Buckeyes did a little shifting to their coaching structure, and the NFL’s draft guru says Joey Bosa will be the first pick in the draft.
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: A look at the fights, the facts and who won the GOP debate

  15-01-2016 14:51
  
  It was a night of tussles between the seven GOP presidential candidates on the prime-time debate stage Thursday. But despite earlier jabs from billionaire Donald Trump, Ohio Gov. John Kasich got a compliment from the frontrunner, Dispatch Public Affairs Editor Darrel Rowland writes. “I’m likin’ this guy tonight,” Trump said of Kasich.
  
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• New in Theaters: 13 Hours, Ride Along 2 & More

  15-01-2016 14:30
  
  Aaah, January. Now’s the time to catch up on the Oscar nominees while they’re still playing on Columbus’s big screens because – aside from the indies that trickle into town – very little of merit will be released between now and March’s thaw. For instance… 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi   While it […]
  
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• Coast Guard: 2 Marine Helicopters Collide Off Hawaii's Oahu

  15-01-2016 14:26
  
  The U.S. Coast Guard says two Marine helicopters have collided off the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
  
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• Date training for teenagers

  15-01-2016 13:41
  
  Love Without Hurt and United Way of Central Ohio will offer a Safe Dates Leadership Day for girls in grades eight through 12.
  
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• Sean Penn Breaks His Silence: Has "A Terrible Regret" About "El Chapo" Meeting

  15-01-2016 13:30
  
  In an interview for this Sunday's "60 Minutes," Penn spoke to "CBS This Morning" co-host Charlie Rose Thursday night in Santa Monica to talk about his seven hours with Guzman.
  
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• Woman Killed In Seven-Car Pileup Involving Dump Truck

  15-01-2016 13:28
  
  Seven vehicles were involved in a Delaware County crash that killed a woman Thursday afternoon. Find out more.
  
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• Suit aims at Brice’s ticketing powers

  15-01-2016 13:01
  
  The village of Brice has until Monday to respond to a class-action lawsuit that accuses it of illegally collecting money from traffic tickets. The suit in Franklin County Common Pleas Court seeks to return all of the money the village has collected from drivers under its civil-violations system.
  
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• State Supreme Court rejects truth-in-sentencing rule

  15-01-2016 12:58
  
  Suspects, defense lawyers and prosecutors can continue to enter felony plea bargains in which judges are asked to sign off on criminal charges that may not square with the facts. The Ohio Supreme Court this week rejected the recommendation of the state’s judges and its own rules commission to require felony charges in plea bargains to be based on the factual circumstances of underlying crimes.
  
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• Get Ready To Pay More For Chocolate

  15-01-2016 12:54
  
  Valentine boxes filled with chocolate may become a thing of the past, or at least a costlier venture, amid another warning about the state of the confection.
  
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• Ruth’s Chris leaving region, for now

  15-01-2016 12:49
  
  The Ruth’s Chris Steak House in Columbus will close on Valentine’s Day. The chain, known for steaks served on 500-degree plates, is shutting down its company-owned store at 7550 High Cross Blvd. in the Crosswoods development.
  
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• Arnett Howard Bringing Live Creole Funk to Best Bites: Sweet Treats

  15-01-2016 12:46
  
  Generally speaking, Mardi Gras is not a widely-celebrated holiday in Columbus. Fans of Fat Tuesday can rest easy this year, because Columbus Underground is taking its Best Bites: Sweet Treats event to the next level on February 9th with the addition of local musician Arnett Howard to the entertainment lineup. Howard is well known throughout […]
  
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• Ohio legislature to study legalizing medical pot

  15-01-2016 12:45
  
  Two former top leaders of the ResponsibleOhio group that unsuccessfully pushed to legalize marijuana in Ohio in November have now decided to team up with Ohio House leaders to seek a more modest medical-marijuana initiative. Jimmy Gould, co-founder of ResponsibleOhio, knows his group took the kind of shellacking at the ballot last fall that makes it difficult to just regroup and try again. Instead, he and Chris Stock, a fellow attorney who worked on ResponsibleOhio, joined Speaker Cliff Rosenber
  
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• #OscarsSoWhite: Academy Awards Slammed For Lack Of Diversity

  15-01-2016 12:37
  
  Social media outrage over all 20 Academy Awards nominees being white. Find out more.
  
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• Michigan Governor Asks President For Emergency Declaration In Water Crisis

  15-01-2016 12:29
  
  Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has asked President Barack Obama to issue an emergency and major disaster declaration amid a drinking water crisis in Flint that began months ago. Find out more.
  
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• Andrew J Ginther Sworn in as 53rd Mayor of Columbus

  15-01-2016 12:23
  
  The Columbus community, and local and state officials, gathered in Lincoln Theatre Wednesday for the swearing-in of Andrew J. Ginther as the city’s 53rd mayor. The resonating phrase of the night seemed to be “purposeful, intentional,” as Ginther gave his address, and also as U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty spoke of mayors past, the foundation they […]
  
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• Success Stories, Calls to Action Discussed at Panel on Immigration

  15-01-2016 12:09
  
  Columbus’ American immigrant population grew by almost a quarter between 2007 and 2012. Foreign-born citizens now make up more than 10 percent of the city’s workforce, and more than 15 percent of the high-tech labor sector. On Wednesday, a panel of speakers, mediated by Guadalupe Velasquez, Programming and Education Director for the Hispanic Chamber of […]
  
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• Panel weighs congressional gerrymandering

  15-01-2016 12:05
  
  As another former Republican governor joins in support, the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission could soon recommend that lawmakers reform Ohio’s system of drawing congressional districts. A panel of the commission hopes to vote next month to recommend to the full group a redistricting plan very similar to the one passed overwhelmingly by voters in November to bring more transparency and bipartisanship to the process for drawing state legislative districts.
  
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• Church marks organist’s 50th year playing music

  15-01-2016 11:56
  
  For 50 years, Mary McMullen has given the melody to the Groveport Zion Lutheran Church services. As parishioners prepare to celebrate her half a century with the church, the Rev. Matthew Cox said he finds her dedication remarkable. “I don’t know any other place that I’ve served — and I’ve served in Montana and Florida and here — where I ran across anybody that had that kind of longevity and love for their congregation,” Cox, 61, said.
  
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• Forecast: Mild AM Temps, Chance For Rain This Afternoon

  15-01-2016 11:55
  
  It looks like another nice, mild day, but showers will develop ahead of a cold front that will bring a return to cooler temperatures over the weekend.
  
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• Evening Forecast: Wet Weather To Start The Weekend With Showers Likely Until Midnight

  15-01-2016 11:55
  
  A few snow flurries will be possible late tonight into tomorrow.
  
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• Afternoon Forecast: Showers Move In, Temps In Upper 40s

  15-01-2016 11:55
  
  It looks like another nice, mild day, but showers will develop ahead of a cold front that will bring a return to cooler temperatures over the weekend.
  
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• Human-trafficking victims still need more help

  15-01-2016 11:52
  
  Ohio has passed four laws to battle human trafficking laws since 2009, but the state continues failing many young trafficking victims by not providing needed services. That cautionary note underlined the 7th annual Ohio Human Trafficking Awareness Day, which attracted about 300 people today to the Statehouse.
  
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