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• Judge convicts man of killing someone over $23 debt

  06-04-2016 23:56
  
  Brandon P. Knowles fired into a car at a South Side intersection and killed a man over a $23 debt. Knowles, 21, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with no chance of parole for 24 years by a Franklin County judge in the death of 61-year-old Walter Fly.
  
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• Six inducted as YWCA's Women of Achievement

  06-04-2016 23:53
  
  Six extraordinary women were honored by more than 1,500 people at the Greater Columbus Convention Center today. The 2016 Women of Achievement inducted at the YWCA Columbus luncheon were the city's first woman police chief, an advocate for people with disabilities, a woman who has lobbied for housing and other help for single mothers, another who aims for equal access to health care, an arts professor who celebrates diversity, and a woman known for founding a company and also giving her time.
  
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• Athens Police hopes DNA-generated sketch leads to serial rapist

  06-04-2016 23:46
  
  ATHENS, Ohio — As Ohio University women take safety precautions, Athens police have released composite photographs of the serial rapist they are pursuing in three cases linked by DNA evidence. A lab analysis of the suspect's DNA was used to create two images, showing him with and without a ball cap. He is described as a fair-skinned man of northern European ancestry, with blue, green or hazel eyes, and hair that is reddish brown or blond.
  
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• Columbus listed as nation's top market for rentals

  06-04-2016 23:26
  
  Even though 6,800 new apartments have been added throughout central Ohio in the last three years, rent in the older buildings has gone up over 5 percent according to Zillow.
  
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• Columbus Rotary: Columbus Through A Wide Angle Lens April 4, 2016

  06-04-2016 23:08 via youtube.com
  
  
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• The Columbus Metropolitan Club: Crowdfunding - Boom or Bust?

  06-04-2016 23:02 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Councilwoman says she made an 'error in judgment' in ODOT hiring Facebook post

  06-04-2016 22:40
  
  State Democrats are calling for an investigation of the Ohio Department of Transportation's hiring process, alleging the agency might be giving preferential treatment to Republican teens for summer jobs.
  
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• Columbus Zoo, Wilds to go smoke-free

  06-04-2016 22:22
  
  The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and The Wilds in Muskingum County will become smoke-free beginning Friday, encouraged by zoo patrons and advocacy groups who have sought the change for years. The zoo joins others around the country, including all of those in Ohio, with smoking prohibitions. Currently, the zoo and The Wilds have designated smoking areas.
  
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• Don’t Miss Junk Dada!

  06-04-2016 22:21
  
  Sunday is the last day of Wexner Center for the Arts‘ remarkable NOAH PURIFOY: JUNK DADA show and there’s free admission that day. You will be amazed! #artmakescbus The Columbus Foundation is working to capture The Spirit of Columbus through images that showcase the determination, dedication, and commitment of people in our smart + open community. Be sure to […]
  
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• Landfill trashes $100M project to separate recyclables from garbage

  06-04-2016 22:06
  
  A recycling sorting facility that would have turned trash into cash and diverted waste from Franklin County’s landfill is dead. The Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio has canceled a contract with Team Gemini, which was supposed to build the facility, after the company failed to pay rent on its leased land next to the landfill.
  
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• Columbus film festival joins with CCAD

  06-04-2016 21:56
  
  The 64th installment, to begin on Thursday, is being produced under the auspices of the Columbus College of Art & Design, which officially merged with the festival on Dec. 15. CCAD acquired the event with an eye toward creating a School of Media Arts, according to Provost Kevin J. Conlon. "Even if you're not in school," he said, "because you tend to see films that you're not seeing anywhere else, you get your eyes opened to other points of view."
  
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• Athens police release new images of sexual assault suspect

  06-04-2016 21:18
  
  Authorities are searching for the suspect who is wanted in connection to three cases spanning a decade.
  
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• Ask Lisa: Why did my sugar substitute based cake crack and not brown?

  06-04-2016 20:52
  
  Q.: I have a favorite poppy seed cake recipe that I have been making for years, usually in batches of five or six at a time.
  
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• Columbus Zoo and Aquarium goes smoke-free

  06-04-2016 20:23
  
  The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium along with the Wilds will be going smoke-free on April 8.
  
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• Victoria's Secret cutting some 200 jobs amid reorganization plans (UPDATE)

  06-04-2016 20:05
  
  The company announced on Thursday 200 jobs will be eliminated between offices in Columbus and New York City.
  
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• Victoria's Secret cutting some 200 jobs amid reorganization plans

  06-04-2016 20:05
  
  A source who spoke on the condition of anonymity said approximately 200 jobs will be eliminated between offices in Columbus and New York City.
  
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• Country legend Merle Haggard dies at 79 of pneumonia

  06-04-2016 19:49
  
  Haggard's manager, Frank Mull, said the country icon died in Palo Cedro, California, of pneumonia.
  
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• Reward offered for information on deadly Kenton fire ruled arson

  06-04-2016 19:09
  
  A fire that claimed the life of a man trying to save others has officially been ruled arson.
  
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• Ohio workers could get 12 weeks of paid family leave under proposed legislation

  06-04-2016 17:24
  
  Ohio workers would get up to 12 weeks of paid leave per year to care for a new baby or sick family member under new legislation from House Democrats. Paid for through employee payroll deductions that, based on other states, could cost workers about $25 to $30 per year, Ohioans could get a portion of their salary paid for up to 12 weeks for qualifying circumstances.
  
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• Two charged with making explosives in wake of east Columbus blast

  06-04-2016 17:08
  
  Two men are facing felony counts of manufacturing explosives after man lost his hands in a blast on Tuesday.
  
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• Pope Francis blesses eyes of 5-year-old Ohio girl going blind

  06-04-2016 16:29
  
  Pope Francis on Wednesday blessed the eyes of a 5-year-old Ohio girl who suffers from a rare genetic disease that is gradually robbing her of her sight.
  
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• Hunters kill massive gator accused of eating cattle at farm

  06-04-2016 16:13
  
  A massive alligator killed by two Florida hunters might be big as the tractor they used to pull it out of the water,CBS Miami reports.
  
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• Columbus Ranked #1 Apartment Development Market in US

  06-04-2016 16:08
  
  A new report was released yesterday from real estate database company Zillow, revealing the top 10 US markets for apartment development, and Columbus clocked in at first place on the list. While the national recognition for the city is certainly noteworthy, the author of the release unfortunately mislabels the Columbus MSA — a region of […]
  
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• Police ID men killed in shooting behind Far East Side rental-car business

  06-04-2016 15:56
  
  Columbus police identified two men killed Tuesday afternoon at a rental-car parking lot on the East Side. Gary Ashton Francis, 20, and James Earl Miller Jr., 21, were shot as they sat in a car in the Enterprise Rental Car Co. lot at 6501 Tussing Road.
  
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• Troy Smith pleads not guilty to OVI, drug charge

  06-04-2016 15:55
  
  Former Ohio State quarterback entered a not guilty plea on Wednesday in Westerville Mayor’s Court to OVI and drug charges.
  
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• Columbus Dept. of Public Utilities' Street Lighting Program

  06-04-2016 15:22 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Deposition set for woman at center of debunked Rolling Stone gang-rape story

  06-04-2016 15:05
  
  The woman who said she was gang-raped at a University of Virginia fraternity house and was the centerpiece of a now-retracted Rolling Stone article must answer attorneys' questions in a defamation lawsuit.
  
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• Eat Right: Best Restaurants in Columbus for Dessert

  06-04-2016 15:00
  
  Always save room for dessert. Especially when you’re eating at one of these restaurants, where the dessert offerings go far beyond the basics. Whether they employ an in-house pastry chef, change the offerings with the season, or switch up the classics with unexpected ingredients, these restaurants rank among the best in Columbus when it comes […]
  
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• BWC cutting opioid use by Ohio’s injured workers

  06-04-2016 14:12
  
  The numbers were stunning, even to those who already knew that scores of injured workers were being prescribed potentially dangerous amounts of painkillers. More than 9,300 workers — nearly 20 percent of claimants receiving medication paid for by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation — had prescriptions sufficient to render them physically dependent on opioids.
  
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• Columbus is nation’s hottest apartment market, Zillow says

  06-04-2016 14:07
  
  Central Ohio’s apartment boom can be heard across the country. According to a new report from Zillow, Columbus is the nation’s hottest apartment market, just above Seattle, Denver and San Jose, California. In the past three years, 6,800 apartments have been added in central Ohio, according to the Columbus apartment research and consulting firm Vogt Strategic Insights.
  
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• Restaurant Review: Freshii

  06-04-2016 14:00
  
  So, Freshii is officially a thing. It’s the next McDonald’s, or the next Chipotle, or the next healthy-something. At least, that’s what the business investment websites say. Freshii’s goal is to take boutique healthy foods, and make them fast n’ friendly. It doubled its outlets last year with 120 new locations in 2015. Now in […]
  
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• Dogs, drugs, guns, suspects seized in dogfighting bust

  06-04-2016 13:48
  
  Animal cruelty investigators seized 45 dogs and Columbus police took 11 people into custody this morning in multiple raids across the city, all part of a dogfighting investigation that began more than a year ago. Columbus police and agents with the Capital Area Humane Society said the dogs, drugs and guns were seized from four homes on the Hilltop and one on the Far East Side.
  
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• Janet Jackson delays tour; planning family, ordered to rest

  06-04-2016 13:18
  
  Janet Jackson is delaying her "Unbreakable" tour, saying Wednesday she and her husband are planning their family and that she is under doctor's orders to rest.
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Kasich campaign says nomination process 'wide open' after finishing 3rd in Wisconsin

  06-04-2016 13:17
  
  Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Bernie Sanders won their respective primaries in Wisconsin Tuesday. The Cruz win makes it harder for front-runner Donald Trump to get the 1,237 delegates needed to win the nomination outright and means the GOP is more likely to end up with a contested convention.
  
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• Gap apologizes for so-called ‘racist’ kids ad

  06-04-2016 12:52
  
  Some on social media claim the ad is racist because the black girl is being used as a "prop."
  
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• Digital Dashboard to give updated information on Columbus schools

  06-04-2016 12:41
  
  Did you know there are 5,368 Latino students in Columbus City Schools? And 3,323 eighth-graders? Or that the district served 24,108 breakfasts on Tuesday? Beginning Wednesday, you can keep track daily of such stats when the district launches its Digital Dashboard, giving "unprecedented insight into data on student attendance, enrollment, academic achievement and even the number of cafeteria meals served each school day." The dashboard will be updated in "near-time" - not real-time but close - gi
  
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• Democrats dispute Kasich's Ohio success story

  06-04-2016 12:41
  
  "Basically, the campaign rhetoric really does not match a lot of what we're experiencing in reality on the ground," said House Minority Leader Fred Strahorn, D-Dayton, of Gov. John Kasich, right. As Gov. John Kasich prepares to deliver his first State of the State speech as a presidential candidate, Ohio House Democrats argued Tuesday that on issues such as job growth, income, education and infant mortality, Ohio's story isn't as rosy as the governor portrays it.
  
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• Fed set up fake university, arrest 21 in bogus visa case

  06-04-2016 12:08
  
  The school was created by federal authorities, who used it to arrest 21 people on charges they conspired to help more than 1,000 foreigners fraudulently keep or obtain student or work visas.
  
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• White Castle considers development options for HQ site

  06-04-2016 12:00
  
  Apartments, offices and retail space could take the place of White Castle’s iconic headquarters building as the company considers options for its 18-acre headquarters site at 555 W. Goodale St.
  
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• Huntington counters consumer group’s objections to FirstMerit deal

  06-04-2016 11:47
  
  Huntington Bancshares is pushing back against claims by a New York consumer-watchdog group that its proposed purchase of Akron-based FirstMerit will harm consumers, especially its plan to close 107 branch offices.
  
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• Cardinal Health to consolidate Dublin workers at Nationwide site

  06-04-2016 11:42
  
  Cardinal Health plans to consolidate about 2,000 employees and contractors now working in four different Dublin offices into space being vacated next year by Nationwide.
  
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• Afternoon Forecast: Breezy & warm; temps in low 60s

  06-04-2016 11:39
  
  An advancing low pressure system will spread clouds over the region today ahead of a cold front that will bring showers and gusty winds later today and tonight.
  
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• Democrats propose 12 weeks of paid family leave for Ohio workers

  06-04-2016 11:34
  
  Ohio workers would get up to 12 weeks of paid leave per year to care for a new baby or sick family member under new legislation from House Democrats. Paid for through employee payroll deductions that, based on other states, could cost workers about $25 to $30 per year, Ohioans could get a portion of their salary paid for up to 12 weeks for qualifying circumstances.
  
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• Small Ohio university hires fired Ohio State band director

  06-04-2016 08:38
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - A small university in Ohio has hired Ohio State University's former marching band director who was fired after an investigation into what the university said was a "sexualized culture" within the famed band.Officials said Monday that Heidelberg University hired 39-year-old Jonathan Waters as its band director and a music education ... (more)
  
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• Wife of accused dogfighter says pit bulls weren’t bred for sport

  06-04-2016 07:26
  
  Bangaon Robinson is trying to get her life and home back in order, picking up the pieces of glass and debris left from a swat team raid targeting her husband and his pit bulls.
  
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• Lawmakers propose creation of Ohio’s first paid family leave insurance program

  06-04-2016 07:18
  
  Ohio lawmakers are saying that Ohioans should not have to choose between having a job and a child, but not all business owners say it is that cut and dry.
  
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• Four-peat: UConn beats Syracuse for 4th straight national title

  06-04-2016 04:57
  
  Breanna Stewart and UConn stand alone. Geno Auriemma, too, after another flawless season by the dominating Huskies.
  
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• Fans remember Kurt Cobain 22 years after his death

  06-04-2016 04:31
  
  Tuesday marks the 22nd anniversary of Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain taking his own life in his Seattle home.
  
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• Sunshine Sung soldiers on

  06-04-2016 04:29
  
  Ashley Winebrenner, of London, brought her three daughters - Natalie, 5, Hailey, 4, and Bentley, 2 - to the bike path Saturday to cheer on runner Sunshine Sung as she ran 50 miles in preparation to complete a 150-mile challenge. Ashley Winebrenner, of London, brought her three daughters - Natalie, 5, Hailey, 4, and Bentley, 2 - to the bike path Saturday to cheer on runner Sunshine Sung as she ran 50 miles in preparation to complete a 150-mile challenge.
  
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• Man injured in explosion while trying to make bombs, officials say

  06-04-2016 04:01
  
  An explosion at a vacant East Side house seriously injured a man and triggered an investigation into why chemicals suspected to be bomb-making materials were being stored there, authorities said. As of late Tuesday night, no arrests had been made, but the Columbus Joint Terrorism Task Force, headed by the FBI, was called in to assist the Columbus police and fire divisions. Authorities initially thought the explosion, which occurred at 10:39 a.m. in the 600 block of South Hampton Road, involved a
  
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