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• Prince's death raises numerous questions about prior health

  22-04-2016 23:58
  
  There were no obvious signs of trauma on Prince's body when he was found unresponsive at his home in suburban Minneapolis, and suicide isn't suspected in the superstar musician's death, the local sheriff said Friday.
  
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• Columbus police asking witnesses to come forward in Golden Corral shooting

  22-04-2016 22:16
  
  It has been nearly six months since an armed robber approached Shueyb Abukar and his family as they walked out of the Golden Corral on Dublin Granville.
  
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• Police to hold two sobriety checkpoints tonight

  22-04-2016 21:35
  
  Columbus police plan to conduct two sobriety checkpoints tonight. One checkpoint will be at Livingston and S. Grant avenues Downtown. The other will be at Neil Avenue and W. Nationwide Boulevard in the Arena District.
  
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• Small and Minority Business Development Committee Hearing 4/21/16

  22-04-2016 21:31 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Worker indicted over Honda bomb threat

  22-04-2016 21:29
  
  A Union County grand jury has indicted a former contract worker at Honda in Marysville on one count of inducing panic for a bomb threat made last month that forced the plant to shut down for several hours. Jeffery H. Martinez, 30, of Bellefontaine, told detectives that he wrote the threat on a bathroom the day before it was found March 30, forcing the sprawling complex to close.
  
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• Columbus Police conducting 2 sobriety checkpoints Friday into Saturday

  22-04-2016 21:20
  
  Those who will consume alcohol are reminded to plan for a designated driver and make sure others do not drive while impaired.
  
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• 5 ways Prince slammed high tech in music

  22-04-2016 21:10
  
  Prince was adamant about protecting his copyrights. He owned the song publishing rights to his music and vigorously pursued online outlets that used it without permission.
  
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• Man indicted in death of contract worker at Honda plant

  22-04-2016 20:11
  
  A Logan County man has been indicted in the January forklift death of a contract worker at the Honda R&D Americas facility in Raymond. A Union County grand jury indicted John P. Hixon, 49, of Bellefontaine, on one count of reckless homicide for the death of Ghouse Gulam, 61, who died Jan. 4 after being struck by a forklift driven by Hixon.
  
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• Woman killed in Newark Wal-Mart parking lot

  22-04-2016 19:40
  
  NEWARK, Ohio — A woman was struck and killed in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Newark late this morning. Emergency crews were dispatched at about 11:43 a.m. to the store at 1315 21st St., Newark Police Sgt. Clint Eskins said.The 76-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene, he said.
  
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• Restaurants for Sale: Two Zen Chas, Japanese Steakhouse & More

  22-04-2016 19:40
  
  Businesses regularly change ownership and management, and restaurants are no exception. A restaurant for sale by no means indicates that it is closing — but when a restaurant is listed for sale, it means an opportunity has arisen for a new small business owner to step into a new venture. To that end, we occasionally publish […]
  
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• 76-year-old killed in Walmart parking lot in Newark

  22-04-2016 19:34
  
  According to the Newark Advocate, the woman was outside of her car when she was struck.The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
  
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• Take used electronics out to the ballpark on Saturday morning

  22-04-2016 19:11
  
  Old computers, broken cell phones and other used electronics can be recycled Saturday. Franklin County Commissioners are working with Goodwill Columbus and the Columbus Clippers for an annual e-waste recycling event from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Huntington Park, 330 Huntington Park Lane.
  
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• Honda worker indicted in co-worker's death

  22-04-2016 17:40
  
  A Logan County man has been indicted in the January forklift death of a contract worker at the Honda R&D Americas facility in Raymond. A Union County grand jury indicted John P. Hixon, 49, of Bellefontaine, on one count of reckless homicide for the death of Ghouse Gulam, 61, who died Jan. 4 after being struck by a forklift driven by Hixon.
  
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• Old North Arcade Expanding into Cafe Bella Space

  22-04-2016 16:51
  
  Many fans of Cafe Bella were saddened by the loss of the restaurant back in February, but the prominent High Street address isn’t going to be sitting empty for much longer. The Old North Arcade, located next door at 2591 North High, is expanding their business concept into 2593 North High, with plans to have […]
  
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• Retro 50′s-Themed Bakery Opening in Gahanna

  22-04-2016 16:09
  
  If you like your cookies with a twist, you’re in luck. A new bakery known as Mrs. Turbo’s Cookies is opening this weekend in Gahanna, and the whole place is decked out with a 1950s-era diner theme. Holly Schaffner began introducing her cookies to the Central Ohio market a few years ago, through delivery, catering […]
  
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• Sources: At least 7 dead near Pike/Adams county line

  22-04-2016 15:53
  
  At least seven people are dead near the Pike/Adams county line, according to sources from 10TV.
  
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• 8 family members killed in “execution-style” shootings in Pike Co.

  22-04-2016 15:53
  
  The victims were identified as members of the Rhoden family. Three children, 4 day old, 6 month old & 3 year old, survived the killings.
  
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• 8 dead in “execution-style” killings in Pike Co.

  22-04-2016 15:53
  
  The Ohio Attorney General's office confirms that an eighth body was found at a fourth location.
  
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• 5 adults, 2 children killed “execution-style” in Pike Co.

  22-04-2016 15:53
  
  All of the victims are believed to possibly be members of the same family.
  
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• Iowa mom loses two sons to heroin in one night

  22-04-2016 14:44
  
  A mother from Iowa is grieving the loss of both of her sons from apparent heroin overdoses on the same night.
  
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• New in Theaters: The Huntsman: Winter’s War & More

  22-04-2016 14:00
  
  Well, the world lost yet another of its most fascinating, versatile, enduring, talented cool cats this week. To help you cope, you can check out Gateway Film Center’s free screening of Purple Rain Monday night. Sadly, aside from one or two indie gems, there’s not a lot new in the cinemas this weekend to take […]
  
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• Bumped-up half-marathon event to spur visitor spending

  22-04-2016 13:17
  
  The 13th annual OhioHealth Capital City Half Marathon will take place on April 30 in an increasingly crowded field of road races locally and nationwide. In a deal that will elevate the profile of the race along with the city of Columbus, race organizers have joined forces with USA Track & Field to incorporate the USATF Half Marathon Championships into this year's event.
  
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• Bumped-up marathon event to spur visitor spending

  22-04-2016 12:11
  
  The 13th annual OhioHealth Capital City Half Marathon will take place on April 30 in an increasingly crowded field of road races locally and nationwide. In a deal that will elevate the profile of the race along with the city of Columbus, race organizers have joined forces with USA Track & Field to incorporate the USATF Half Marathon Championships into this year's event.
  
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• Renovation projects booming in central Ohio, study shows

  22-04-2016 12:08
  
  More than 10,000 central Ohioans renovated their kitchens, added decks, finished their basements, replaced their windows and otherwise remodeled their homes last year. They spent more than $172 million doing it. But nowhere did the money flow like it did in Upper Arlington. More than 400 Upper Arlington homeowners renovated their houses last year.
  
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• LIST: Sears, Kmart closing dozens of locations, including 7 Ohio stores

  22-04-2016 12:07
  
  The ailing retailer released a list of 68 Kmarts and 10 Sears stores that will close this summer.
  
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• LIST: Sears, Kmart closing dozens of locations, including 5 Ohio stores

  22-04-2016 12:07
  
  The ailing retailer released a list of 68 Kmarts and 10 Sears stores that will close this summer.
  
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• Merger of 2 Delaware Area Career Center campuses approved

  22-04-2016 11:55
  
  DELAWARE, Ohio — Final plans have been approved for a new career center that is to merge two centers onto one's campus just south of the city. The five-member Delaware Area Career Center board voted unanimously Thursday night at the site of the proposed $38.6 million project at the center's south campus along Route 23 near Glenn Parkway.
  
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• JustServe website details volunteer opportunities by interest, location

  22-04-2016 11:46
  
  Margo Smith of Powell is frequently searching for service projects for the youths and teens she mentors at her church, for her children and for herself. So when she first visited the new JustServe.org website, she was thrilled. The site, which also has a mobile app, links volunteers with service opportunities in their communities.
  
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• Dublin may build Cosgray Rd. roundabout near new Costco

  22-04-2016 11:38
  
  The Dublin City Council will decide Monday whether to enter into a construction agreement with Union and Franklin counties to build a roundabout at the Cosgray Road intersection at Route 161 and Post Road.
  
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• Door barricades a step or two away for Southwest Licking schools

  22-04-2016 11:37
  
  PATASKALA, Ohio — When parents of Southwest Licking schools students set out in 2014 to purchase door barricades to make classrooms safer in the event of an active shooter, they figured fundraising would be a challenge. Turns out, raising the nearly $30,000 for the devices wasn’t the hard part.
  
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• Morning Forecast: Light rain & mild temps

  22-04-2016 11:36
  
  More showers expected today, along with a chance for scattered thunderstorms this afternoon.
  
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• Evening Forecast: Scattered showers & thunderstorms clearing by night

  22-04-2016 11:36
  
  Showers and thunderstorms moving across parts of Central and Southern Ohio.
  
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• Clinton super-PAC buying airtime in Ohio ahead of general election

  22-04-2016 11:31
  
  The primary super-PAC behind Hillary Clinton is buying a head start in Ohio and other presidential battleground states. Priorities USA already has booked $6.1 million in TV commercials — 6,160 of them — in four Ohio television markets, including Columbus, according to a Dispatch review of station political advertising reports.
  
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• Nationwide Children's, Wexner Medical Center share $4 million grants for infants

  22-04-2016 11:27
  
  The only reason doctors know what they're doing with babies — especially the tiniest ones — is because parents in the past have allowed those babies to be studied. That's what Dr. Pablo Sanchez tells parents when he's looking for participants in a clinical trial. He means it. "Sometimes, what we think we should be doing — it’s the opposite," said Sanchez, principal investigator in the Center for Perinatal Research at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and professor of p
  
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• Developer eyes dormant site on Olentangy Street in Powell

  22-04-2016 10:20
  
  The Dublin City Council will decide Monday whether to enter into a construction agreement with Union and Franklin counties to build a roundabout at the Cosgray Road intersection at Route 161 and Post Road.
  
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• Hundreds get tested for lead in Granville

  22-04-2016 05:13
  
  Last week, elevated levels of lead were found in some water fountains in Granville schools.
  
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• Tips for finding new jobs & careers in central Ohio

  22-04-2016 05:07
  
  Some say Columbus has been riding a wave of prosperity since the recession ended so much that hundreds of jobs go unfilled in the capital city.
  
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• Family, friends were worried about Texas church murder victim

  22-04-2016 04:21
  
  Those who were close to Terri "Missy" Bevers, a fitness instructor murdered Monday at a Texas church, say they had grown worried about her in the weeks leading up to her death.
  
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• Death of Texas mom found in SUV with 3 live children ruled suicide

  22-04-2016 04:18
  
  A Frisco police statement says the Collin County Medical Examiner's Office has determined that Christine Thi Woo died of a self-inflicted overdose.
  
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• Thrift store in Utah finds cat hiding in couch

  22-04-2016 04:15
  
  A Utah woman is thankful her friend convinced her to donate her couch to a local thrift store instead of taking it to a dump, because her beloved cat was hiding inside when it was dropped off.
  
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• Spielman family discusses importance of continuing Stefanie's mission

  22-04-2016 03:02
  
  What began as a $250,000 goal has become more than $17 million raised.
  
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• OU Marching 110 to perform in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

  22-04-2016 02:36
  
  Members of Ohio University's Marching 110 band ended this year's concert season Thursday with an announcement beyond the naming of next year's officers: They're headed for New York and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade — in 2017.
  
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• Prince: Music icon, but also social activist

  22-04-2016 02:29
  
  He was known for his boundless on-stage energy, his love of reinvention, his chameleon-like personal style, and above all his musical talent but Prince was also a social activist.
  
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• Dead man's wife points finger at gang member in Short North Posse trial

  22-04-2016 02:29
  
  Money, jealousy or both might have played a part in the death of Rodriccos Williams. Either way, said Williams' former wife, she believes Robert Brandon Ledbetter was involved.
  
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• Community unites to give dying girl a prom with grandpa

  22-04-2016 02:19
  
  Eleven-year-old Lydia Wahlstrom has a terminal disorder called Batten disease. Her grandpa wanted her to have the prom experience, so he asked her to be his date.
  
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• Opponents: Medicaid fee plan would hurt poorest

  22-04-2016 02:06
  
  About a dozen people spoke out against a state plan that would implement new fees for those receiving government health coverage, saying the proposal would disproportionately penalize the poorest in the state and cause tens of thousands of Ohioans to lose coverage.
  
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• Charlotte could lose NBA All-Star Game if transgender bathroom law isn't changed

  22-04-2016 01:45
  
  Commissioner Adam Silver believes the NBA has been "crystal clear" that the 2017 All-Star Game only stays in Charlotte if a North Carolina law goes.
  
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• Suspect indicted for allegedly causing south Columbus home explosion

  22-04-2016 01:31
  
  Lucas Talbot admitted to removing the copper plumbing and other recyclable metals from the home which may have caused a gas leak.
  
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• Vanessa Williams to Speak at Women’s Fund Event

  22-04-2016 01:19
  
  Keyholder 2016, an annual event hosted by The Women’s Fund of Central Ohio, will feature renowned actress, singer and author Vanessa Williams on May 10 at the Ohio Theatre. “Every year we do want to bring somebody who we have been very thoughtful to select,” said Sarah Mitchell, Communication Manager for the Fund. “Somebody we […]
  
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• Reynoldsburg police dealing with increase in car break-ins

  22-04-2016 00:35
  
  Along one of the cul de sacs struck in that rash of attacks, one resident had a surveillance camera rolling.
  
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