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• Unusually widespread flooding across Louisiana, Mississippi

  12-03-2016 23:52
  
  Downpours - part of a system affecting Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee and Alabama - submerged roads and cars, washed out bridges and forced residents to flee homes.
  
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• Ted Cruz to host rally in Columbus on Sunday

  12-03-2016 23:18
  
  Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz will host a rally in Columbus on Sunday, just days before the Ohio primary.
  
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• Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz to hold rally in Columbus on Sunday

  12-03-2016 22:58
  
  Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas will host a rally in Columbus on Sunday, two days before voters head to the polls in the Ohio presidential primary. The rally is set for 7:30 p.m. at the Northland Performing Arts Center on the city's North Side.
  
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• Kasich on Trump rallies: 'it’s too crazy'

  12-03-2016 22:49
  
  HEATH – Ohio Gov. John Kasich said he would never take his kids to a Donald Trump rally because “it’s too crazy.” When asked by a reporter if the New York billionaire is becoming disqualified as a nominee, Kasich said, “He’s getting close to it.”
  
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• Scott Kelly leaving NASA after record 340-day flight

  12-03-2016 22:48
  
  Astronaut Scott Kelly, just back from a record 340-day stay aboard the International Space Station, is leaving NASA at the end of the month.
  
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• Evening Forecast: Cloudy with a chance of light rain

  12-03-2016 22:26
  
  Clouds will increase this evening, with a slight chance of rain toward the south. A chance of showers tonight with the possibility of a thunderstorm after midnight.
  
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• Ex-Wounded Warrior employee on execs' firing: "It feels good"

  12-03-2016 22:01
  
  A former Wounded Warrior Project employee's anger has subsided now that the charity's top two officials, CEO Steven Nardizzi and COO Al Giordano, were fired.
  
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• Volunteers seek clues in man's disappearance

  12-03-2016 21:00
  
  Nearly 200 volunteers combed through the neighborhoods of the Short North and Arena District on Saturday morning in search of clues to the disappearance of a 26-year-old man who has been missing for a week.
  
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• Some mail-in ballots mistakenly returned to voters

  12-03-2016 20:30
  
  The Franklin County Board of Elections mistakenly returned 79 absentee ballots to voters by mail and is working to get them back. Board employees discovered the error when they began to sort incoming ballots that will be counted after the polls close on Tuesday, Ben Piscitelli, the board spokesman, said in a news release on Saturday.
  
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• Snyder administration wants 1,000 new jobs in Flint

  12-03-2016 20:15
  
  Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's administration has a goal of creating 1,000 new jobs in Flint as a way of helping recover from the ongoing crisis sparked by lead in the city's water.
  
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• Donald Trump: Bernie Sanders supporters "harassed" Chicago rally-goers

  12-03-2016 20:08
  
  Donald Trump addressed Friday's violent Chicago rally during a campaign event in Dayton, Ohio, shifting much of the blame for the violence to Bernie Sanders' supporters, who Trump said "taunted" and "harassed" his fans.
  
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• Trump takes aim at Kasich during rally near Dayton

  12-03-2016 19:39
  
  VANDALIA, Ohio – Invading the home turf of Gov. John Kasich, Donald Trump today taunted his chief rival in the state’s winner-take-all Republican presidential primary on Tuesday. The boisterous billionaire from New York City held court before a crowd of several thousand that packed an aircraft hangar shoulder-to-shoulder, three-fourths full. Thousands more stood on the tarmac behind him with his Boeing 757 in the background.
  
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• Ohio man charged with rushing the stage at Donald Trump rally

  12-03-2016 18:53
  
  Four Secret Service agents rushed onto the stage, as the audience chanted "Trump! Trump! Trump!" The agents quickly cleared.
  
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• Ohio man arrested at Trump rally told police act was preplanned

  12-03-2016 18:53
  
  Four Secret Service agents rushed onto the stage, as the audience chanted "Trump! Trump! Trump!" The agents quickly cleared.
  
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• Ohio man arrested at Trump rally pleads not guilty

  12-03-2016 18:53
  
  Four Secret Service agents rushed onto the stage, as the audience chanted "Trump! Trump! Trump!" The agents quickly cleared.
  
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• Columbus Metropolitan Club: Housing Trends That Will Define US 2/24/16

  12-03-2016 17:42
  
  
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• Columbus Metropolitan Club: Keeping The Lights On 3/9/16

  12-03-2016 17:24
  
  
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• LIVE UPDATES: Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign

  12-03-2016 17:13
  
  The latest news and live video from the 2016 presidential campaign
  
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• Columbus Public Health Zika Virus Update 3/10/16

  12-03-2016 16:49
  
  
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• Columbus man dies after I-70 motorcycle accident in Ohio

  12-03-2016 16:02
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police say a man has died after he was thrown off his motorcycle after losing control of the bike while passing another vehicle on Interstate 70 in central Ohio.
  
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• Rehab Activity Picking up Steam on Near East Side

  12-03-2016 15:52
  
  Neighborhood leaders and city officials are cautiously optimistic about a recent uptick in rehab activity on the Near East Side. John Turner, Administrator of the city’s Land Redevelopment Office, said that 23 homes — all vacant and in need of serious work when they were bought from the city’s land bank — are currently in […]
  
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• District to add security measures after shooting

  12-03-2016 15:20
  
  HAMILTON, Ohio — A southwest Ohio school district is bolstering its security after a 14-year-old student was accused of shooting and wounding two other students in a cafeteria.
  
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• Best Bites Preview: Uno Pizzeria and Grill

  12-03-2016 15:00
  
  On March 24th, Columbus Underground will be hosting Best Bites: Pizza — a celebration of the city’s best pizza shops, pizza food trucks, restaurants and more. A limited number of tickets are still available, so be sure to purchase yours online before they’re sold out. To get your tastebuds watering, we’ll be previewing what each of our participating […]
  
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• Food Network show, 'Restaurant: Impossible' turns Cray into Factory on Fourth

  12-03-2016 14:47
  
  When Crystal Park watched episodes of "Restaurant: Impossible," the popular Food Network show, she promised herself that if she ever wound up on the show, she would not cry. Last week the show's star, Robert Irvine, surprised Park at Cray, her restaurant in the old Wonder Bread factory on N. Fourth Street.
  
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• City of Columbus Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance 2015

  12-03-2016 14:42
  
  
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• Obama credits Nancy Reagan with spurring medical research

  12-03-2016 14:23
  
  President Barack Obama is crediting the late Nancy Reagan with spurring research into Alzheimer's and other diseases.
  
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• Iraqi officials: IS chemical attacks kill child, wound 600

  12-03-2016 13:19
  
  Iraqi officials say the Islamic State group has launched two chemical attacks, killing a three-year-old girl and wounding some 600 people near the northern city of Kirkuk.
  
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• Fire forces families out of their homes

  12-03-2016 12:47
  
  It happened early Saturday morning on Queensbridge Drive in north Columbus. Get the details.
  
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• Chipotle's bosses see big pay cut

  12-03-2016 12:06
  
  At Chipotle, even the two executives who share the job of CEO were hurt by the company's rough year.
  
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• Longtime Circleville charity now in need of help itself

  12-03-2016 11:59
  
  CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — The man hunched over the front desk of the Clothing Center — a free store/mission that has operated in Pickaway County since 1961 — and filled out the paperwork for the seed potatoes, onion sets, garden seeds and tomato plants that he can pick up free this spring.
  
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• 5 ways daylight saving time affects your health

  12-03-2016 11:58
  
  This Sunday marks the beginning of daylight saving time, meaning it's once again time to change the clocks ahead one hour.
  
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• Skeleton found in Innis Park was a man who still isn't identified

  12-03-2016 11:57
  
  Authorities say a skeleton that was discovered in a North Side park three months ago has been identified as a man who likely was killed, but investigators haven't figured out who he was and aren't saying whether his death might be connected to that of a slain teenager who was found nearby.
  
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• Senate race features opposite approaches

  12-03-2016 11:53
  
  When you're a young city councilman, the need to become known statewide takes on a whole different level of urgency than that of a former governor and congressman backed by the state party. Thus, the Democratic battle for the right to face U.S. Sen. Rob Portman in November has featured starkly different campaigns.
  
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• Proposed budget hikes point to bond issue for city schools

  12-03-2016 11:51
  
  Almost half of the $98 million increase in non-personnel spending that Columbus City Schools Superintendent Dan Good is proposing for next year would go to capital expenditures such as roof replacements, new buses, textbooks and other purchases that could be funded by a bond levy.
  
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• Pathways Project gives at-risk youth a start toward technology jobs

  12-03-2016 11:48
  
  Stephen Booker has learned plenty over the past eight weeks. He picked up hard skills, soft skills, an information-technology certification and, just as important, the confidence to put it all to use. "I also learned not to sell myself short," Booker said after his graduation ceremony on Friday at Per Scholas, a nonprofit agency that provides free technology training and employment services.
  
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• Kasich rolls up endorsements, but how much do they matter?

  12-03-2016 11:42
  
  Gov. John Kasich's presidential campaign has racked up more major newspaper endorsements than all other Republican candidates combined, active and inactive. He received heady praise from some unlikely sources, including The New York Times, which called Kasich "the only plausible choice for Republicans tired of the extremism and inexperience ... He has been capable of compromise and believes in the ability of government to improve lives."
  
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• Hilliard residents to weigh tax breaks for residential projects

  12-03-2016 11:38
  
  It will be a busy weekend for both sides trying to persuade folks how to vote Tuesday on the controversial and complex Issue 9. The measure would: prohibit the Hilliard City Council from passing zoning changes as emergency measures; extend to 60 days the time residents have to challenge zoning changes; and ban the use of tax-increment financing on residential projects.
  
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• A look who is running in the contested Ohio Supreme Court primary

  12-03-2016 11:36
  
  Two appellate judges, both first-time statewide candidates, are vying for the Republican nomination for one of three seats on the Ohio Supreme Court that are up for election this year. Pat Fischer, a judge on the state appeals court in Cincinnati, faces Colleen O’Toole, an appellate judge from the Warren area, in Tuesday's primary.
  
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• Saturday Forecast: Cloudy, chance for showers

  12-03-2016 11:30
  
  The day will start off with cloudy skies with chance for rain increasing as the day goes on. Get the forecast.
  
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• Outsourcing Oreos becomes a campaign issue

  12-03-2016 11:23
  
  In ten days, Michael Smith will lose his $25-an-hour union job at the Chicago plant that makes one of America's favorite snacks: the Oreo. He tells CBS News the company did not give the 600 workers who will be laid off an explanation.
  
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• Saturday Best Bets

  12-03-2016 10:12
  
  Brittany Begley has your Best Bets for some weekend fun.
  
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• State auditor asks for records for four employees at Franklin County Board of Elections

  12-03-2016 04:52
  
  Ohio Auditor Dave Yost is investigating the Franklin County Board of Elections. Yost’s office has issued at least two sets of subpoenas to the board for documents related to three current and one former employee, but it’s unclear what Yost is investigating.
  
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• Motorcyclist killed in I-70 crash identified as South Side man

  12-03-2016 04:29
  
  A motorcyclist was killed on Friday after a crash in the eastbound lanes of I-70 just west of Downtown, police said.
  
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• Community search effort planned for Saturday to help find man last seen in the Short North

  12-03-2016 03:20
  
  Relatives say Joey LaBute was at the Union Café just after 12:30 a.m. March 5 before disappearing.
  
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• Bernie Sanders hosting rally in Columbus Sunday

  12-03-2016 02:50
  
  Sanders' rally will be held at the Schottenstein Center.
  
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• Scott's Picks: The legacy of Nancy Reagan & if Ted Cruz still catch Donald Trump

  12-03-2016 02:36
  
  My third pick has an added bonus. Some camera time with Stephen Hess who’s advised four presidents.
  
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• Former interim sheriff pleads to child porn

  12-03-2016 02:28
  
  A former Delaware County sheriff faces up to 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to a child pornography charge Thursday.Mark W. Wolfe, 50, of 11720 Kilbourne Road, Sunbury, pleaded guilty to one charge of distribution of child pornography in U.S. District Court Thursday morning.
  
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• Man gets 20-year term for starving, beating foster children

  12-03-2016 02:21
  
  A third former operator of a San Antonio day care center was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for forcing his three adopted children to sleep in a shower, bite each other and pour bleach on wounds.
  
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• Millions awarded to parents of dead baby found in dumpster

  12-03-2016 02:12
  
  The parents of an infant who died shortly after birth and was discovered tossed in a North Miami dumpster has been awarded $28 million after a funeral home was found negligent in the transfer of the child.
  
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• Man accused of trying to join Islamic State pleads guilty

  12-03-2016 02:09
  
  Court papers show 23-year-old Muhammad Dakhlalla of Starkville pleaded guilty Friday to providing material support to terrorism.
  
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