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• Mother found dead inside Texas church

  18-04-2016 23:57
  
  Terri Bevers, 45, a mother of three girls, was found dead around 5 a.m. at the Creekside Church in Midlothia, Texas.
  
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• Stepmom of scalded Ohio boy who died is charged with murder

  18-04-2016 23:21
  
  Grand jurors indicted Anna Ritchie on charges of murder, involuntary manslaughter, felonious assault and endangering children.
  
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• Prisons plan to still work with food banks after farms close

  18-04-2016 22:58
  
  Vegetables grown at state prisons could still end up stocking Ohio Association of FoodBanks despite a plan to close prison farms. Officials from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction met today with Lisa Hamler-Fugitt, executive director of the agency that supplies 12 regional food banks statewide. Both sides said they hope to work out something after this year, when all 10 prison farms are set to close.
  
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• Six Story University District Proposal Returns for Review

  18-04-2016 22:51
  
  A new plan to replace the Dollar Tree building at the intersection of High Street and Seventh Avenue has resurfaced exactly one year after when it was first proposed to the University Area Review Board in April 2015. The six-story project would include 156 apartments, 16,000 square feet of ground-floor retail along High Street, and […]
  
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• New fire station, improved rec centers targeted in new budget

  18-04-2016 22:37
  
  Some of the next targeted fixes for Columbus in 2016 are slatted in areas that Central Ohio families use and rely on the most.
  
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• Security experts warn Windows PC users to uninstall QuickTime

  18-04-2016 22:30
  
  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is warning Windows PC users to uninstall QuickTime because the system is vulnerable to exploitation by hackers.
  
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• Columbus to pay $237,000 settlement to man shot by officer

  18-04-2016 21:57
  
  The Columbus City Council is expected to approve paying $270,000 to a man who was shot and wounded by a police officer in 2013. The payment would settle a lawsuit in which the man claimed the officer used excessive and unnecessary lethal force. James R. Barber is expected to be awarded the settlement when the council meets at 5 p.m. at City Hall. If approved, the settlement would be one of the largest involving excessive force by police in the last 10 years.
  
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• Trailer Roundup: Suicide Squad, Game of Thrones, Doctor Strange & More

  18-04-2016 20:32
  
  New movies to watch. New shows to binge. New games to play. 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: Suicide Squad The third official trailer from the Suicide […]
  
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• Smog alert issued today for sensitive groups

  18-04-2016 20:04
  
  It's beautiful out there today— unless you're part of the unlucky group that suffers with breathing problems. The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission issued the year's first smog alert for central Ohio today, the earliest it's ever done such a thing. The lovely weather is partly to blame. There has been no rain or heavy wind to combat the smog that forms when the sun's heat cooks pollutants in the air from things such as cars and factories, said Evelyn Ebert, air-quality program supervis
  
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• Tenn. mom arrested for infant in hot car during strip club audition

  18-04-2016 20:00
  
  A woman and her friend are facing charges after they left her infant in a hot car outside a strip club where she was auditioning.
  
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• In these parts, friends and family maintain appeal of euchre

  18-04-2016 19:59
  
  A preteen Katy Ferris watched her older cousins with envy as they dealt game after game of euchre at family get-togethers. Fortunately, she didn’t have to sit on the sidelines for too long: She was asked to join in around age 13. “As I got old enough that they would have the patience to teach me and I the patience to learn, I finally got to play,” said Ferris, 20, of Pickerington.
  
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• Columbus to pay $270,000 settlement to man shot by officer

  18-04-2016 19:14
  
  The Columbus City Council is expected to approve paying $270,000 to a man who was shot and wounded by a police officer in 2013. The payment would settle a lawsuit in which the man claimed the officer used excessive and unnecessary lethal force. James R. Barber is expected to be awarded the settlement when the council meets at 5 p.m. at City Hall. If approved, the settlement would be one of the largest involving excessive force by police in the last 10 years.
  
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• New campaign aims to bridge gap between law enforcment, community members

  18-04-2016 18:34
  
  It's part of the work being done by the Ohio Collaborative Community-Police Advisory Board convened by Governor Kasich to examine ways to strengthen relations between police and the community.
  
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• 3 die after crash on Rt. 33 in Athens County

  18-04-2016 18:08
  
  Three people died after a head-on crash in Athens County Friday night that happened when a motorist tried to pass a truck and hit an oncoming car, the State Highway Patrol said.
  
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• Life After Prison Forum Addresses Reentry, Recidivism

  18-04-2016 18:02
  
  Community leaders and experts convened Wednesday to discuss successful reentry for previously incarcerated citizens at the latest Columbus Metropolitan Club forum luncheon. Attendees met at The Boat House at Confluence Park. Denise Robinson, President and CEO of Alvis, moderated a forum engaging several speakers in a conversation on the goals and challenges in successful reentry. […]
  
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• 3 die in crash on Rt. 33 in Athens County

  18-04-2016 17:27
  
  Three people died after a head-on crash in Athens County Friday night that happened when a motorist tried to pass a truck and hit an oncoming car, the State Highway Patrol said.
  
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• WATCH: Body of fallen SWAT officer transported to Westerville church

  18-04-2016 17:04
  
  The body of fallen Columbus SWAT officer Steven Smith will be transported today to a Westerville church, where mourners will pay their last respects.
  
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• Body of fallen SWAT officer transported to Westerville church

  18-04-2016 17:04
  
  The body of fallen Columbus SWAT officer Steven Smith was transported Monday afternoon to a Westerville church, where mourners will pay their last respects.
  
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• Theatre Review: OSU’s Coast of Illyria is a Devastating Look at The Ways We Cripple Ourselves

  18-04-2016 16:40
  
  Even for big fans of eviscerating wit and gimlet-eyed truth-teller Dorothy Parker – to be clear, this writer considers himself among them – her handful of forays into playwrighting have been harder to grasp and harder still to embrace. It felt as though she traded her trademark concision for a sprawl that made it hard […]
  
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• Charly Bauer, Short North Unsung Hero!

  18-04-2016 16:32
  
  Last night was the 10th Annual Short North Gala – with awards to many who have made the Short North such an asset to our community, including the wonderful Charly Bauer, praised as an “Unsung Hero!” The Columbus Foundation is working to capture The Spirit of Columbus through images that showcase the determination, dedication, and commitment of […]
  
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• Bigger, Better Idea Foundry!

  18-04-2016 16:28
  
  Columbus Idea Foundry in east Franklinton is undergoing a transformation to become an even greater destination for creativity and industry. This photo was taken as the roof was removed to replaced in the next few days. Look for an October opening of this exciting new co-working space, brought to you by Christopher Celeste, Nancy Kramer, Alex […]
  
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• CAPA announces 46th annual Summer Movie Series

  18-04-2016 15:49
  
  Those looking for fun ways to escape the heat this summer can enjoy the CAPA Summer Movie Series, the longest-running classic film series in America, June 10–August 7 at the historic Ohio Theatre. You’ll have a chance to see 25 films over the nine week run. With movies shown in 35mm being quite popular now, […]
  
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• Average Ohio gas price increases to $2.09 per gallon

  18-04-2016 14:13
  
  Ohioans are continuing to see a rise in gas prices as the average price is reported at more than $2 going into the workweek.
  
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• Nationwide continues TrustedChoice.com role

  18-04-2016 13:21
  
  Nationwide has renewed its support and participation in TrustedChoice.com, a website that seeks to connect people buying insurance with the right independent insurance agent.
  
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• Huntington wins regional award for retail banking

  18-04-2016 13:19
  
  Huntington Bancshares has won the 2016 TNS Choice Award for consumer retail banking in the 20-state central region of the U.S.
  
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• Abercrombie hires J. Crew veteran as creative director

  18-04-2016 13:18
  
  Abercrombie & Fitch has hired former J. Crew executive Ashley Sargent Price as creative director of marketing. Price will oversee creative marketing for the retailer's three brands — Abercrombie & Fitch, abercrombie kids and Hollister Co. — the company's internal photo studio and marketing operations.
  
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• Downtown’s venerable Main Bar staying put for now

  18-04-2016 13:14
  
  The venerable Main Bar Downtown isn’t going anywhere. For now. Surrounded by new apartments and other development, the future of the squat building at 16 W. Main St. was in doubt after the owner of the property on which the bar sits filed suit last year, trying to evict the bar owners while citing in part a rent-escalation provision from a lease that dates from before the Civil War.
  
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• Thai New Year celebrated with joyous festival at East Side temple

  18-04-2016 13:05
  
  Joy and celebration were the focus on Sunday at the Songkran Festival for the Thai New Year at the Wat Buddha Samakidham Temple. This is an annual celebration for the temple, at 3296 Watkins Road on the East Side.
  
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• More than 400 attend vigil for slain officer

  18-04-2016 13:03
  
  Under a brilliant blue sky as the setting sun cast a golden glow, hundreds gathered Downtown at the Columbus Police Memorial on Sunday evening to remember Officer Steven M. Smith. More than 400 — including Smith's family and fellow Columbus Police SWAT Team officers — attended the candlelight vigil on the banks of the Scioto River.
  
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• Columbus, Franklin County to curtail travel to North Carolina

  18-04-2016 13:00
  
  Columbus plans to ban all unnecessary travel to North Carolina by city employees in the wake of that state’s new law that many feel discriminates against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Franklin County Commissioners also are planning to ban non-essential travel for board of commissioners employees to North Carolina and Mississippi.
  
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• OSU researchers put sunscreens to the test

  18-04-2016 12:56
  
  Researchers at the Ohio State University compared SPF-30 sunscreens. Read more.
  
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• Ohio State researchers put sunscreens to the test

  18-04-2016 12:56
  
  With the sun finally shining, it's time to slather on that sunscreen.
  
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• Ohio State docs say sunscreen may reduce melanoma by 80 percent

  18-04-2016 12:56
  
  With the sun finally shining, it's time to slather on that sunscreen.
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: John Kasich tells Donald Trump 'be a pro'

  18-04-2016 12:38
  
  GOP front-runner Donald Trump has been complaining that the party’s presidential nomination process is “rigged.” But Ohio Gov. John Kasich, whose hopes to be the nominee are pinned on a contested convention, has a message for Trump: "Act like you're a professional, be a pro."
  
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• Columbus mom runs Boston Marathon weeks after giving birth

  18-04-2016 12:37
  
  Just two weeks after qualifying for the Boston Marathon in 2015, Worthington mom Elizabeth Varga found out she was pregnant.
  
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• Monday's Most Wanted: John A. Roby and Maria Roby

  18-04-2016 12:20
  
  Frankling County SWAT is searching for a pair of criminals on the run.
  
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• Battelle chosen for role with ecological network

  18-04-2016 12:20
  
  Battelle has been selected by the National Science Foundation to complete the construction, commissioning and the initial operations of the National Ecological Observatory Network.
  
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• Nursing assistants in Ohio have some of the toughest work, lowest pay

  18-04-2016 12:17
  
  Nursing assistants do some of the most intimate, as well as physically and emotionally draining, work in nursing homes. They make sure residents are bathed, groomed and dressed; lift them from their beds; and take them to meals, activities and medical and therapy appointments. Yet they earn near-poverty wages, work unpredictable hours, get limited training and are given little on-the-job support, according to a new report by PHI, the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute, a New York advocacy gro
  
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• Ginther’s proposals to boost Columbus capital budget to $1 billion

  18-04-2016 12:01
  
  Mayor Andrew J. Ginther plans to hand the Columbus City Council an $866 million capital budget for approval today, a plan that he said will live up to his campaign promises to help neighborhoods. Combine Ginther’s plan with the carryover from his predecessor, and the city’s capital budget, which pays for long-term repairs and construction, will be a record $1 billion.
  
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• 'Boaty McBoatface' wins online poll to name British vessel

  18-04-2016 11:58
  
  Boaty McBoatface has topped an online poll to name the U.K.'s newest polar research vessel, beating entries that honored scientists and explorers.
  
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• 'Boaty McBoatface' wins online poll to make British vessel

  18-04-2016 11:58
  
  Boaty McBoatface has topped an online poll to name the U.K.'s newest polar research vessel, beating entries that honored scientists and explorers.
  
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• Darby watershed remains clean a decade after protection deal

  18-04-2016 11:44
  
  Ten years ago, the Big and Little Darby creeks were two of the highest-quality waterways in the Midwest, making them an inviting home for a variety of insects, fish and other aquatic life. But Columbus was starting to grow quickly, and the creeks and their tributaries were at risk of becoming polluted. So, the group decided to work together to protect the watershed.
  
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• Authors, fans to meet at 10th Ohioana Book Festival

  18-04-2016 11:41
  
  The inaugural Ohioana Book Festival focused on a single title: “Good Roots: Writers Reflect on Growing Up In Ohio,” a collection of works by 20 authors. Ten of the writers appeared at the festival, which attracted about 600 people. Nine years later, the 10th annual Ohioana Book Festival — to take place Saturday at a Downtown hotel — will feature more than 120 authors and draw an estimated 4,000 people.
  
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• Forecast: Warm & sunny day ahead; High 80

  18-04-2016 11:37
  
  It's Monday and it's going to feel like Summer later today as high pressure stays in control of our weather.
  
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• Evening Forecast: Clear to partly cloudy, low of 53

  18-04-2016 11:37
  
  Air quality alert for Franklin, Madison, Union, Delaware, Knox, Licking and Fairfield Counties for high ozone.
  
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• Afternoon Forecast: Hot & sunny; temps in low 80s

  18-04-2016 11:37
  
  It's Monday and it's going to feel like Summer later today as high pressure stays in control of our weather.
  
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• Sunny skies and heat up for Monday

  18-04-2016 11:11
  
  It's Monday and it's going to feel like summer.
  
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• Paralyzed man regains control of hand after chip implanted in brain

  18-04-2016 09:59
  
  In this September 2014 photo provided by Ohio State University, Ian Burkhart participates in a study with neural bypass technology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. A computer chip in Burkhart's brain reads his thoughts, decodes them, then sends signals to a sleeve on his arm, that allows him to move his hand.
  
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• More than 400 people, including family and fellow officers, attend vigil for Officer Smith

  18-04-2016 04:20
  
  Under a brilliant blue sky as the setting sun cast a golden glow, hundreds gathered Downtown at the Columbus Police Memorial on Sunday evening to remember Officer Steven M. Smith. More than 400 — including Smith's family and fellow Columbus Police SWAT Team officers — attended the candlelight vigil on the banks of the Scioto River.
  
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• Thai New Year celebrated with joyous festival

  18-04-2016 02:43
  
  Joy and celebration were the focus on Sunday at the Songkran Festival for the Thai New Year at the Wat Buddha Samakidham Temple. This is an annual celebration for the temple, at 3296 Watkins Road on the East Side.
  
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