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• PeopleWorks program helping people find work in Franklin Co.

  28-03-2016 23:55
  
  The Franklin County program aims to put people back to work, and on a path to independence.
  
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• Escaped murderer might be traveling with two women

  28-03-2016 23:44
  
  A murderer who escaped from a Nelsonville, Ohio, prison was convicted of beating to death a 26-year-old Cleveland woman and dumping her body behind an abandoned factory in 2002. John Modie, 58, was not found at the Hocking Unit of the Southeastern Correctional Complex during the inmate count at 11 p.m. Sunday. He was serving 15 years to life in prison for the slaying of Ucianna Ortiz, 26.
  
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• Restaurant Roundup: Spring Things

  28-03-2016 22:41
  Spring is in session, along with a new batch of restaurant news from around the city. Hoof Hearted Brewery and Kitchen has extended their hours for spring. Hours of operation are now 3 p.m. – midnight on Wednesday, 3 p.m. – 2 a.m. Thursday and Friday, 11 a.m. – 2 a.m. Saturday, and 11 a.m. […]
  
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• Secret Service weighs in on petition calling for guns at GOP convention

  28-03-2016 22:37
  
  The Secret Service has the authority to prevent firearms from entering sites that are visited by their protectees, including presidential candidates.
  
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• South Side man convicted of raping three boys

  28-03-2016 21:40
  
  A 47-year-old South Side man could be sentenced to life in prison after a Franklin County jury convicted him of raping three boys at his home.
  
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• U.S. Geological Survey creates forecast for human-induced earthquakes

  28-03-2016 21:24
  
  In its first-ever earthquake forecast, the U.S. Geological Survey says temblors likely will increase in certain parts of the country, particularly Oklahoma and Texas, where a boost in oil drilling and injection wells has caused problems. The agency's forecast said activity should decrease in Ohio this year, despite a cluster of induced earthquakes in recent years.
  
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• Columbus Ranked #7 Best City for Young Professionals

  28-03-2016 21:10
  
  National list-making publication Forbes.com officially unveiled their new Top 20 list of the best US Cities for Young Professionals today, and Columbus ranked highly in 7th place. The survey takes into consideration multiple factors for determining the list, including median salaries, unemployment rates, cost of living, education levels and regional job growth. “Like every great […]
  
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• Police officer shot at U.S. Capitol, shooter caught

  28-03-2016 20:59
  
  Congress and White House on lock down after reports of shooting on Capitol Hill.
  
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• Man shot by police after drawing weapon at US Capitol

  28-03-2016 20:59
  
  The suspect was taken to a local hospital and a female bystander sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
  
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• Q&A: Memoirist Augusten Burroughs 'can really go off the rails' when not writing

  28-03-2016 20:40
  
  That memoir described his experiences growing up in a dysfunctional family in Massachusetts and being farmed out to an even more dysfunctional family headed by an alarming psychiatrist. The book created a good deal of controversy, and even more publicity, because many of the other people involved in the early life of Burroughs remembered events differently.
  
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• Ex-Marysville High School teacher pleads guilty to sex with student

  28-03-2016 20:33
  
  As her trial was set to begin Monday, a former Marysville High School English teacher pleaded guilty to having an illegal sexual relationship with a student. Stacy L. McConoughey, 36, pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual battery, each punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
  
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• Indiana man charged with rape, murder of 1-year-old

  28-03-2016 19:56
  
  An Indiana man drank whiskey with the uncle of a 1-year-old girl and then waited until the family fell asleep before abducting, raping and killing the toddler, prosecutors said Monday in court documents.
  
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• Grove City man discovered in bed with 10-year-old found guilty

  28-03-2016 19:19
  
  A man who was arrested last year wearing only his underwear and next to a 10-year-old boy has been found guilty after a week-long child sex abuse trial.
  
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• Georgia governor says he will veto religious exemption bill

  28-03-2016 18:14
  
  Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal on Monday said he will veto legislation shielding opponents of same-sex marriage, after a groundswell of opposition from companies threatening to boycott the state if it became law.
  
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• Democrats go after Rob Portman's attendance record

  28-03-2016 18:13
  
  The Ohio Democratic Party is teeing off on a report that Sen. Rob Portman has missed 72 percent of his Homeland Security Committee hearings during his first five years in the Senate. The report, in Politico, finds that Democrats are using a page from Republicans’ 2014 playbook by using senators’ attendance records against them. Also a Democratic target: GOP Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, who, like Portman, is running for re-election.
  
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• Worthington Industries receives tax incentives for Fulton County project

  28-03-2016 18:11
  
  Worthington Industries received state tax incentives today for a project that will add 26 jobs to a plant in Fulton County in northwest Ohio. The project was one of five to be approved by the Ohio Tax Credit Authority. Worthington's plant in York Township employs 175 people who earn $13 million a year. The additional jobs will have a payroll of $1.5 million.
  
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• Authorities seek murderer missing from Nelsonville prison

  28-03-2016 17:54
  
  A murderer who escaped from a Nelsonville, Ohio, prison was convicted of beating to death a 26-year-old Cleveland woman and dumping her body behind an abandoned factory in 2002. John Modie, 58, was not found at the Hocking Unit of the Southeastern Correctional Complex during the inmate count at 11 p.m. Sunday. He was serving 15 years to life in prison for the slaying of Ucianna Ortiz, 26.
  
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• Dying woman's ring turns up after being reported stolen

  28-03-2016 17:42
  
  A wedding ring that was reportedly taken off the hand of a dying Staten Island woman has been found, according to the family.
  
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• Woman tries to steal cop car in wild Calif. police chase

  28-03-2016 17:06
  
  The chase ended in West Hills with the female suspect lunging for a police cruiser in a brazen attempt to elude authorities after getting out of a vehicle she allegedly stole.
  
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• Columbus council to vote on stricter ethics rules

  28-03-2016 16:29
  
  The Columbus City Council is set to approve new ethics rule proposed by Mayor Andrew J. Ginther after multiple scandals at City Hall. The Council plans to discuss and approve three pieces of ethics legislation when it meets today at 5 p.m. at City Hall.
  
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• How we got here: The road to the Final Four

  28-03-2016 16:12
  
  A quick look at the teams and their roads to the Final Four.
  
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• City Hall scandals prompt Ginther to propose new ethics rules

  28-03-2016 15:51
  
  The Columbus City Council is set to approve new ethics rule proposed by Mayor Andrew J. Ginther after multiple scandals at City Hall. The Council plans to discuss and approve three pieces of ethics legislation when it meets today at 5 p.m. at City Hall. The new rules center around more accountability for lobbyists, increased campaign finance reporting for city candidates and more disclosure of gifts and trips by elected officials.
  
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• Hexion to sell adhesives, powder-coating unit

  28-03-2016 15:21
  
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• Belgium seeks help identifying man in black hat

  28-03-2016 14:41
  
  The implication is that the suspected accomplice of the two airport suicide bombers could still be at large.
  
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• Forno on OpenTable’s list of hot U.S. restaurants

  28-03-2016 14:24
  
  A Short North restaurant made OpenTable’s annual list of the 100 Hottest Restaurants in America.
  
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• Seminar on Tuesday to focus on recruiting for STEM jobs

  28-03-2016 14:17
  
  A panel of experts from Ohio State University will discuss strategies for recruiting applicants for jobs in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields during a free breakfast seminar on Tuesday morning for Human Resources professionals.
  
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• Warm weather brings higher gas prices

  28-03-2016 14:13
  
  Prices at the pump have increased in the last month, largely due to seasonal increases in fuel demand and reduced production as some refineries conduct maintenance. The average retail price of regular gasoline in Columbus was $1.94 a gallon Monday morning, 13 cents higher than it was on Feb. 28, according to a daily survey from the AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and WEX, Inc. Nationwide, the auto club says prices are the highest since January, not unusual since prices tend to increase in
  
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• Gallipolis preservationists rush to save house from future as gas station

  28-03-2016 13:30
  
  GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — Preservationists who cherish the historic buildings that dot this Ohio River community are racing time to rescue a house in the path of a new Speedway gas station. The painted brick house at 809 Second Ave. near downtown Gallipolis is believed to have been built between 1825 and 1840 by John Gee, a black man who moved into the community by 1822 and became a noted builder and philanthropist.
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Family off-limits during elections, John Kasich says

  28-03-2016 13:26
  
  With GOP frontrunner Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz throwing feuding about each other wives, Ohio Gov. John Kasich had a different message: “Families have to be off-limits. I mean, you cannot get these attacks on families,” Kasich said in a response a question posed by Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd. “And if this becomes the order of the day, what kind of people are we going to have in the future that are going to run for public office?"
  
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• Rush to save historic house in Gallipolis

  28-03-2016 13:18
  
  GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — Preservationists who cherish the historic buildings that dot this Ohio River community are racing time to rescue a house in the path of a new Speedway gas station. The painted brick house at 809 Second Ave. near downtown Gallipolis is believed to have been built between 1825 and 1840 by John Gee, a black man who moved into the community by 1822 and became a noted builder and philanthropist.
  
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• Newly naturalized Americans eager to vote in presidential election

  28-03-2016 13:00
  
  The young woman's question quieted the din around her: “Do we have to vote?” In a room packed with fellow immigrants eager to become Americans and vote, it was like turning down a piece of cake at your own birthday party.
  
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• New American citizens eager to vote in presidential election

  28-03-2016 13:00
  
  The young woman's question quieted the din around her: “Do we have to vote?” In a room packed with fellow immigrants eager to become Americans and vote, it was like turning down a piece of cake at your own birthday party.
  
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• Doctors resist new painkiller prescribing procedures

  28-03-2016 12:53
  
  The nation's top health officials are stepping up calls to require doctors to log in to pill-tracking databases before prescribing painkillers and other high-risk drugs.
  
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• Lawsuit, legislation battle Ohio’s ‘tampon tax’

  28-03-2016 12:25
  
  Ohio’s “tampon tax” is under attack, both legally and legislatively, as discriminatory against women. A lawsuit filed in the Ohio Court of Claims this month seeks class-action status, an end to the collection of sales tax on feminine hygiene products and the refund of at least $66 million to female consumers.
  
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• Monday's Most Wanted: Jose P. Delgado

  28-03-2016 12:20
  
  Franklin County SWAT is searching for a man wanted for burglary.
  
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• Parents of autistic kids frustrated by lack of residential treatment options

  28-03-2016 12:19
  
  The Steffens can't go on a family outing to a park. Or stay with out-of-town relatives. Or, if 11-year-old Andrew is along, even stop by the grocery. “We’ve withdrawn from the community,” said Andrew’s mom, Jamie Steffen. And home isn’t exactly a refuge. It sometimes feels more like a holding cell, with alarms and locks on all the windows and doors to help keep Andrew, who has severe autism, from barreling out and causing harm to himself or others.
  
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• Students want Ohio State, other universities to boycott Israel

  28-03-2016 12:11
  
  The Israel-Palestine conflict, never absent from most U.S. college campuses, is fueling especially passionate debate in central Ohio this spring. Much of the argument centers on the nationwide “Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions” movement, which aims to punish Israel economically as a way to pressure it to change its treatment of Palestinians.
  
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• First election on the minds of new citizens

  28-03-2016 12:02
  
  The young woman's question quieted the din around her: “Do we have to vote?” In a room packed with fellow immigrants eager to become Americans and vote, it was like turning down a piece of cake at your own birthday party.
  
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• Medical marijuana plan may emerge from legislative task force

  28-03-2016 11:51
  
  A bill that would legalize medical marijuana in Ohio might be introduced in the House as early as this summer, state representatives say.
  
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• Evening forecast: mostly cloudy with a low around 36

  28-03-2016 11:51
  
  Patchy frost possible tomorrow morning, then sunny skies and highs in the 50s.
  
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• Cloudy, breezy and turning cooler Monday

  28-03-2016 11:51
  
  Any showers end early today, leaving mostly cloudy and much cooler weather behind.
  
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• Afternoon Forecast: Mostly Cloudy & Breezy, Temps In Low 50s

  28-03-2016 11:51
  
  Temperatures will be seasonably cool today and tomorrow with a nice warm-up by midweek.
  
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• Murderer missing from Nelsonville prison

  28-03-2016 11:50
  
  A murder convict is missing from a state prison facility in Nelsonville. John Modie, 58, was not found at the Hocking Unit of the Southeastern Correctional Complex during the inmate count at 11 p.m. Sunday night.
  
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• Author to share rape survival story at fundraiser for Ohio State program

  28-03-2016 11:36
  
  She decided she was going to bury everything that had happened. Just move on. She would push away the memory of the knife against her ribs, of how hard he had yanked her hair. She would put that terrifying hour in that apartment in Paris behind her. For years, Karyn Freedman stumbled through the world with a horrible secret.
  
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• Experts: Young professionals fueling Columbus-area growth

  28-03-2016 10:14
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus metro area has an estimated 2 million people now, an increase of about 1.2 percent from 2014.The Columbus Dispatch reports that the Census Bureau recently released estimates showing that while the home of Ohio's capital added residents, Cleveland's population fell slightly to less than 2.1 million.
  
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• Murderer escapes from Nelsonville prison (UPDATE)

  28-03-2016 09:37
  
  Authorities are on the hunt for a convicted killer who escaped last night from a Nelsonville prison.
  
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• Man convicted of murder missing from prison

  28-03-2016 09:37
  
  The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction said a convicted murderer may have escaped from the Southeastern Correctional Complex in Nelsonville, Ohio Sunday night.
  
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• Escaped inmate caught at Nelsonville gas station

  28-03-2016 09:37
  
  The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction tweeted late Monday that a joint task force captured John Modie without incident at 10:50 p.m. at a Shell gas station in Nelsonville.
  
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• Escaped inmate caught at gas station in Nelsonville

  28-03-2016 09:37
  
  Modie was apprehended at a Shell gas station on the east side of Nelsonville.
  
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• Trailer Roundup: LEGO Batman, Bridget Jones, LBJ & More

  28-03-2016 06:21
  
  New films. New tv shows. New video games. That’s what “Trailer Roundup” provides each week for our pop-culture and multimedia-savvy readers who want to keep tabs on what’s coming soon to big and small screens near you. Here’s the latest and greatest: The LEGO Batman Movie While some people chose to experience the new Batman […]
  
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