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• Theatre Review: The Full Monty Bares it All at Short North Stage

  02-04-2016 21:15
  
  When your job is all you have and it goes away, some really struggle with their personal identity. They’ve been this one thing that truly defined them for so long, how can they possibly be anything else? It’s the year 2000 and The Full Monty takes us to Buffalo, New York, where a group of […]
  
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• Police: Death of Lakota grad found in river 'suspicious'

  02-04-2016 20:38
  
  A coroner says a man whose body was found in the Scioto River was probably dead before he went into the water. Franklin County's coroner says there is a "high probability" that Joseph "Joey" LaBute Jr. was dead before he went into the river in Columbus.
  
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• O'Brien is the clear choice for prosecutor

  02-04-2016 16:25
  
  I read a press release from the city of Columbus today concerning City Council President Zach Klein's opinion on court processes. It struck me as odd that a man with neither courtroom experience nor experience practicing criminal law would feel the need to use his public office to opine.
  
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• Treat to Try: Killer Brownies

  02-04-2016 14:00
  
  You may think you make some “killer” brownies, but you probably don’t. Unless you work for the bakery with the trademark on the name. Otherwise, you make lethal, toxic or poisonous brownies: those naming options are still available. Killer Brownies — the trademarked ones — are now available in Columbus. Weiland’s began carrying the confections […]
  
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• Panera to Open Location in New Children’s Hospital Building

  02-04-2016 14:00
  
  Shortly after employees begin moving into the new Nationwide Children’s Hospital Faculty Office Building this summer, they’ll soon get a new place nearby to grab meals and coffee. The first retail tenant has been announced for the ground floor of the building: a Panera Bread location, owned by local franchise operator Covelli Enterprises. “The Panera […]
  
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• Best Bites Brunch Preview: Pistacia Vera, Forno, Guild House, Little Eater & Hills Market

  02-04-2016 14:00
  
  On April 14th, Columbus Underground and Crimson Cup Coffee will team up to present Best Bites: Brunch, bringing together Columbus’s best brunch offerings for one spectacular breakfast for dinner experience. Columbus is filled with a wide variety places to grab brunch, and while you might already have a favorite spot, you could find a new favorite at this event! The […]
  
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• After Obama visit, Cubans await change and wonder how soon

  02-04-2016 13:44
  
  In the garage of his home in a rough-and-tumble Havana neighborhood, Rolando Alfonso is fixing up a 1960 Oldsmobile he hopes will be a ticket to a more profitable future: Driving tourists around Cuba. After President Barack Obama's visit to the city last week, he's more optimistic than ever that his vision might become reality.
  
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• Walker says Cruz victory in Wisconsin can change momentum

  02-04-2016 13:14
  
  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is calling on those who backed his ill-fated presidential run to now vote for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, saying a win for him Tuesday will change momentum in the race.
  
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• Ohio GOP Senator Portman still hoping for Kasich as nominee

  02-04-2016 12:44
  
  Ohio's Republican U.S. senator, Rob Portman, says he intends to support his party's nominee for president, but he really hopes it is Governor John Kasich.
  
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• Police search for missing girl

  02-04-2016 12:15
  
  Columbus police are looking for a missing 12-year-old girl.
  
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• Even if job goals aren't met, Columbus still wins, development director says

  02-04-2016 11:56
  
  Four years ago, MSC Industrial Direct approached Columbus officials with an aggressive plan to create 300 new jobs and add $55.5 million in new manufacturing space and equipment. In return, the oil-refinery-equipment supplier received lucrative incentives, including a rebate of income taxes on new employees' pay and a 10-year, 75 percent property-tax abatement.
  
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• County program illustrates the challenge of treating hoarding

  02-04-2016 11:46
  
  At home in her Clintonville condominium, Susan delicately threads her way through stacks of boxes, piles of holiday decorations and mounds of clothes. Since the late 1980s, the retiree has struggled with hoarding. She knows she has a problem and wants to remedy it.
  
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• Area's creativity excites new CCAD president

  02-04-2016 11:38
  
  Columbus College of Art & Design's sixth president comes to central Ohio with a bright view of the region's future and a mission to put creativity at the center of it. Melanie Corn, who until March 21 was provost of California College of the Arts in San Francisco, says she is committed to preserving CCAD's longtime success in preparing studio artists and commercial designers for careers in those fields.
  
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• Obama responds to Donald Trump's comments about nuclear weaponry

  02-04-2016 11:23
  
  Speaking to reporters at the end of the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, President Obama on Friday gave a critical response to Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's recent remarks about nuclear weaponry.
  
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• Newlyweds become medical researchers to find cure for wife's disease

  02-04-2016 10:38
  
  Sonia Vallabh and Eric Minikel were still pretty much newlyweds when they found out they would never grow old together.
  
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• Obama says IS will 'lash out' beyond Iraq, Syria

  02-04-2016 10:31
  
  President Barack Obama says as the Islamic State group gets squeezed in Iraq and Syria, it will "lash out" elsewhere in the world.
  
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• Warriors' home winning streak ends at 54 in loss to Celtics

  02-04-2016 07:22
  
  Stephen Curry missed a long 3-pointer to tie it with 5.3 seconds left and the Golden State Warriors suffered their first home defeat in more than 14 months, losing 109-106 to the Boston Celtics on Friday night to snap an NBA-record 54-game winning streak in the regular season at Oracle Arena.
  
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• Dem lawmakers push to fund 31 Ohio communities in fiscal distress

  02-04-2016 07:08
  
  Democratic lawmakers are introducing a bill on Monday that would fund 31 communities that the state auditor says are in fiscal distress because of state cuts in 2011. State Reps.
  
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• Man suspected of slitting wife's throat while she's driving

  02-04-2016 04:09
  
  New Jersey investigators believe a man slit his wife's throat while she was driving, causing her to crash, before he fled to a diner where he was found partially dressed and covered in blood.
  
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• Tiger Woods says he won't play the Masters

  02-04-2016 03:38
  
  Recovery from two back surgeries last year has not progressed to the point where he is ready to tee it up at the Masters.
  
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• Ohio ethics panel to clarify stance on elected officials' nonprofit jobs

  02-04-2016 02:56
  
  The Ohio Ethics Commission is working to clarify its position on elected officials who work for nonprofit organizations that receive public money after an investigation that cleared Columbus City Council members of wrongdoing.
  
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• Pair arrested for involuntary manslaughter in 8-month-old's death

  02-04-2016 02:55
  
  This comes after 8-month-old Adriana Barker was found unresponsive on February 20, 2015 at a home in Martin Avenue. The child suffered blunt force injuries and was not breathing when she was taken to Nationwide Children's Hospital, where she died several hours after arriving.
  
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• Emergency director described as 'wasted' at work resigns

  02-04-2016 02:40
  
  The leader of the Franklin County agency that coordinates local emergency response resigned this morning following allegations that he appeared to be “wasted” on the job and mistreated employees. The Franklin County Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency’s executive committee accepted the resignation of Mike Pannell, 60, at their meeting today.
  
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• NC mom charged with murder ordered photos with deceased girl

  02-04-2016 02:35
  
  A North Carolina mother who is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter allegedly ordered photos of herself with the deceased girl.
  
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• LAPD: Knife found at O.J. Simpson's home not murder weapon

  02-04-2016 02:28
  
  Investigators ruled out the knife after weeks of forensic tests.
  
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• Pennsylvania couple charged in death of 8-month-old girl in Columbus

  02-04-2016 00:54
  
  A mother and her boyfriend were arrested in Florida on Friday on charges that her 8-month-old daughter was fatally injured last year while in their care at a Franklinton apartment.
  
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• Columbus man living in tent after hoarding problem takes over his home

  02-04-2016 00:04
  
  A Hoarding case that's been in the Franklin County courts for more than a decade appears to nearing an end.
  
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