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• Trump aims "insults, degrading comments" toward family of slain U.S. solider, Clinton says

  31-07-2016 21:40
  
  Donald Trump’s continuing critique of an Islamic couple whose U.S. soldier son was killed in Iraq continued to provide controversial campaign fodder for Hillary Clinton today as she traveled toward Columbus. Meanwhile, Trump -- who has called for a temporary ban on Muslim immigrants -- was attempting to extricate himself from raising questions about Khizr and Ghazala Khan, whose son was killed by a suicide bomber in 2004.
  
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• Theodore Decker commentary: Development stripping historical character from N. High

  31-07-2016 21:23
  A visit to the Union Station arch, that ornate stone vestige of old Columbus now surrounded by the brick and glass of the Arena District, had me thinking about a Wild West movie set. The fictional frontier town's mercantile, hotel and watering hole appear authentic from the dirt-track Main Street, but to walk through the saloon's swinging doors is to be in on the ruse.
  
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• E. coli alert expanded to include Madison Lake

  31-07-2016 21:13
  
  A bacteria contamination alert recently issued by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources has been expanded to include Madison Lake in Madison County.
  
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• Trump repaid family of slain U.S. solider with "insults," Clinton says

  31-07-2016 20:28
  
  CLEVELAND — Hillary Clinton defended the bereaved parents of a Muslim U.S. Army captain, saying Donald Trump has a "total misunderstanding" of American values and has inflamed divisions in American society. Her comments came after the Republican nominee refused to back down from his criticism of the Gold Star parents' remarks. John Kasich, the Ohio governor who sought the GOP presidential nomination, said on Twitter, “ There’s only one way to talk about Gold Star parents: with
  
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• Contamination advisory issued for 3 different beaches in Central Ohio

  31-07-2016 19:55
  The Ohio Department of Health has issued a contamination advisory, after high levels of bacteria were found in three different bodies of water.The department issued the warning Friday, for the Alum Creek Reservoir, the Delaware Reservoir and Madison Lake in Madison County.Even though the water along the beach at Alum Creek felt good to most swimmers Saturday, many of them did not know something else lingered in the water."To be honest I'm disappointed, because I was really pleased about being ab
  
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• Kentucky judge furious at jailers for not giving woman pants

  31-07-2016 19:34
  
  A Louisville judge scolded jail officials for bringing a female inmate to court without a jail jumpsuit and, it appeared, with no pants.On Friday's courtroom video recording, an attorney for the woman tells Judge Amber Wolf the jail refused to give her client pants or hygiene products.WDRB-TV reports the woman was jailed for not completing a diversion program for shoplifting. She said she had been held for days without pants.An angry Wolf phoned jail officials during the hearing and demanded an
  
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• Deadly shooting in downtown Austin as bars close

  31-07-2016 19:26
  
  A man shot into a crowd in downtown Austin just after the bars closed, killing one woman and wounding at least four others.The shooter is still on the loose, reports CBS affiliate KEYE-TV in Austin.The shooting in a crowded entertainment district of the Texas capital early Sunday set off a chaotic scene, leaving one woman who was believed to be in her 20s dead and three others wounded and police searching for a suspect.Austin Police Chief of Staff Brian Manley says police received reports of gun
  
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• Opinion: Building Authentic Relationships is More Important than City Council Structure

  31-07-2016 18:50
  
  On August 2nd, Columbus voters will have an opportunity to voice their vote regarding Issue 1. Over the last several months there has been no shortage of opinions, both for and against, Issue 1. I have dear friends who represent both sides and who, in some cases, have pushed their own friendships to the limits […]
  
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• Aaron Fowler’s Tough Love

  31-07-2016 18:42
  
  On June 1 it was announced that Michael Goodson would resign his position as Director of Exhibitions at the Beeler Gallery at Columbus College of Art and Design and assume the role of Senior Curator of Exhibitions at the Wexner Center for the Arts. While I expect Mr. Goodson will be greatly missed at CCAD, […]
  
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• Kasich rebukes Trump comment on slain soldier’s parents

  31-07-2016 18:27
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump sparked bipartisan backlash after the Republican attacked the bereaved parents of a Muslim U.S. Army captain who spoke at the Democratic convention last week. Critics from both parties on Saturday questioned whether Trump had the empathy and understanding to be president, particularly after he questioned why mourning mother Ghazala Khan stayed silent during her husband’s Thursday night address.
  
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• Vehicle crash knocks out power in Sunbury

  31-07-2016 18:01
  
  Hundreds of AEP Ohio customers in the Sunbury area have been without power since 7:30 a.m. this morning.
  
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• Exhibit features Picasso's WWI work, influences

  31-07-2016 17:25
  From left, Georges Braque's 'The Guitar,' Henri Matisse's 'Lorette in a Red Jacket,' Pablo Picasso's neo-classical revival style ' Woman by the Sea,' and Ferdinand Leger's 'The Punching Machine.' COLUMBUS - An exhibition of Pablo Picasso's work at the Columbus Museum of Art explores the unsettled genius of the master as he navigated through different techniques during the period surrounding World War I. Picasso: The Great War, Experimentation and Change showcases more than 50 paintings, photogra
  
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• Theodore Decker: Development stripping historical character from N. High

  31-07-2016 16:51
  
  A visit to the Union Station arch, that ornate stone vestige of old Columbus now surrounded by the brick and glass of the Arena District, had me thinking about a Wild West movie set. The fictional frontier town’s mercantile, hotel and watering hole appear authentic from the dirt-track Main Street, but to walk through the saloon’s swinging doors is to be in on the ruse. The place is nothing but facades, propped up by raw lumber and brash trickery.
  
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• White Castle Development to Feature “Iconic” Piece of Public Art

  31-07-2016 16:05
  
  With construction scheduled to start soon on the Short North White Castle Development, plans are starting to come together for a significant piece of public art that would be incorporated into the project. The Create Columbus Commission announced on Thursday that they are awarding a $10,000 grant to a group called Columbus Inspires to “design, […]
  
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• The Latest: NTSB looking for cellphone videos of balloon

  31-07-2016 15:26
  
  The Latest on the fatal hot air balloon crash in Central Texas (all times local):9 a.m.The National Transportation Safety Board says they're particularly interested in any cellphone video of the balloon's flight.NTSB member Robert Sumwalt said Sunday at a news conference in Washington that balloons don't have black boxes, but that cellphone video has been helpful in the past.Investigators will be combing the wreckage looking for devices that have recoverable video shot by passengers. They'll als
  
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• John Switzer | From the Stump: Beautiful prairies provide link to Ohio’s colorful past

  31-07-2016 14:20
  
  Every July, one of the things on my “must-do” list is to go about central Ohio and visit some of the replanted tracts of prairies. July is the month when prairies are in their glory and their flowers are in bloom.
  
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• No fines are just fine with some libraries

  31-07-2016 14:15
  
  Of all the feel-good attributes of public libraries — free books and movies, comfortable areas to read and helpful staff — there’s always been the party killer: the overdue fine. Designed to keep items in the hands of more people, the fine is the gentle slap on the wrist to encourage sharing. The Delaware County District Library has taken a different approach: eliminating the fines altogether.
  
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• 3rd Chicago cop relieved of powers over man shot in back

  31-07-2016 13:41
  
  Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson on Saturday relieved a third officer of his police powers in the death of a suspect after autopsy results showed the 18-year-old died of a gunshot wound to the back.Johnson's move came hours after the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office ruled Paul O'Neal's death a homicide.In a statement, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Superintendent Johnson spent hours reviewing video evidence with other officials following the release of the autopsy report
  
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• To reduce disease bug-bite risk, prepare kids headed outside

  31-07-2016 13:23
  Summer is a perfect time for kids to explore the outdoors, but health experts warn parents that millions of tiny mouths are waiting to nibble on them. In central Ohio, mosquitoes, ticks and chiggers are the three main culprits behind itchy bug bites, according to Dave Shetlar, an Ohio State University entomologist.
  
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• Community members take up brushes to help paint Whitehall mural

  31-07-2016 13:13
  
  The eastern wall of Victory Ministries' Center of Hope has been converted into a kind of giant, paint-by-number canvas. Over the next few weeks, the blank space on East Main Street in Whitehall will be covered by a mural of a vibrant, 100-foot-long garden.
  
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• Entrepreneur growing saltwater shrimp in central Ohio

  31-07-2016 13:03
  
  GRATIOT — In the village straddling Licking and Muskingum counties, a large building is tucked away on a quiet road less than a quarter-mile north of Interstate 70. With several large garage doors and simple gray siding, the structure is unassuming, but three little words on the blue sign at the gate of the property would make many do a double-take: Ohio grown seafood.
  
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• What Columbus voters need to know on Issue 1 council changes

  31-07-2016 12:58
  
  The campaigns for and against adding district representation to the Columbus City Council have thrown a lot of numbers at voters, and they sometimes have made untrue statements to sway opinion.
  
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• Charter school sponsors say Ohio’s new evaluations go overboard

  31-07-2016 12:53
  
  If an Ohio charter school fails to display a U.S. flag of no less than 5 feet in length during the day, the school’s sponsor could lose points on new state evaluations. The same is true if a school fails to display the state and national mottoes, can’t show it has a policy for not penalizing an employee for jury duty or can’t show it is complying with outdoor pesticide rules. Charter school operators were told to submit documentation that schools are following roughly 300 state
  
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• Pelotonia riders give cancer researchers hope

  31-07-2016 12:44
  
  Jianhua Yu, an Ohio State University researcher, published a paper in the journal Nature Medicine in 2012 documenting how he and a team of scientists had eradicated tumors in the brains of rats. He submitted his research for a grant from the National Cancer Institute, but the grant didn’t come. Yu’s novel work to kill cancer cells, however, is now one of 10 new research projects that received more than $900,000 in the latest round of funding from Pelotonia, the annual bike ride that
  
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• Capitol Insider: DNC emails show state parties got little of joint fund

  31-07-2016 12:30
  
  Besides embarrassing party leaders, the hacked emails of the Democratic National Committee also exposed details of a controversial joint fundraising pact between the campaign of Hillary Clinton and state Democratic parties — including Ohio's. Politico reported that “during the three-month period when the DNC was working to spin the situation, state parties kept less than one half of one percent of the $82 million raised through the arrangement — validating concerns raised by ca
  
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• Ohio convention delegates reflect growing division between Democrats, Republicans

  31-07-2016 12:29
  
  If you thought you were seeing political conventions from different planets these past couple of weeks, there’s a reason for that. You essentially were.
  
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• Crime of the week: Progress Supply theft

  31-07-2016 12:00
  
  This week’s “Crime of the Week” focuses on a theft which took place in Columbus.On Tuesday, June 14, 2016, at 11:00 a.m., an unidentified male entered the supply area of Progress Supply, Inc., located at 1434 Fields Avenue, through an open entryway. Once inside, surveillance equipment recorded him moving throughout the structure and ultimately removing four containers of refrigerant, valued in excess of $1,690.00. It is suspected that the suspect may work within the “repa
  
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• Austin police warn of active shooting incident downtown

  31-07-2016 10:14
  
  Officials with the Austin Police Department say there is an active shooting incident downtown and there are multiple victims.Postings on Austin police's verified Facebook and Twitter page just before 3 a.m. announced the incident and warned people to stay away from downtown.No additional information was immediately available.
  
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• Parents should talk to kids about obesity, doctors say

  31-07-2016 10:03
  
  Parents are forced to explain some tough topics to their children, including where babies come from, what happens when we die and the difference between right and wrong. But new to the list is an issue that experts say nearly one-third of parents in the United States should be talking about with their children: obesity.
  
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• City prospered without wards

  31-07-2016 09:35
  
  The Dispatch welcomes letters to the editor from readers. Typed letters of 200 words or fewer are preferred; all might be edited.
  
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• 1 winning ticket sold in $487 million Powerball jackpot

  31-07-2016 08:07
  
  Powerball officials say one ticket sold in New Hampshire matches all six numbers in the Powerball drawing worth $487 million.The winning numbers for the Powerball are 11-17-21-23-32 and the Powerball number is 5.The numbers were drawn Saturday night for the nation's eighth-largest lottery jackpot.There had not been a winner since May 7, when a family from New Jersey won a $429.6 million jackpot.Tickets are sold in 44 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  
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• Clinton caravan rolls into Ohio

  31-07-2016 06:52
  
  YOUNGSTOWN — The hand-lettered sign on the red pickup parked near the Hillary Clinton rally Saturday night at East High School told the story. The painted plywood proclaimed the area as “Ground Zero” for Donald Trump crossover voters. And that’s why Clinton’s first campaign trip after last week’s Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia zipped straight to the Mahoning Valley, where a host of Democratic voters in Ohio’s March primary crossed over an
  
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• Ticket to Write: Sailing ships the highlight of festival in Sandusky

  31-07-2016 06:22
  
  The beauty and majesty of big sailing ships appeal even to a landlubber like me, especially with a backdrop as beautiful as Sandusky. The town on Lake Erie’s southern shore will host Festival of Sail Sandusky on Labor Day weekend.
  
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• Travel briefs: Festivals and special events

  31-07-2016 06:14
  
  Next weekend brings the Vintage Ohio Wine Festival near Kirtland, the Berlin Heights Basket Festival and Museum Day at the Campus Martius Museum and the Ohio River Museum in Marietta.
  
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• Area has too many underused airports

  31-07-2016 05:44
  
  The Dispatch welcomes letters to the editor from readers. Typed letters of 200 words or fewer are preferred; all might be edited.
  
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• Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine to stop in Columbus on Sunday

  31-07-2016 05:01
  
  Democratic Presidential Nominee Hillary Clinton is scheduled to stop in Columbus on Sunday with her running mate, Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia.They will hold a joint rally at Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center located at 546 Jack Gibbs Boulevard in Columbus.Doors open to the public at 12:30 p.m. with the event starting at 2:45 p.m.People can RSVP to the event by clicking here.
  
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• Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine to stop in Columbus

  31-07-2016 05:01
  Democratic Presidential Nominee Hillary Clinton is scheduled to stop in Columbus on Sunday with her running mate, Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia.They will hold a joint rally at Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center located at 546 Jack Gibbs Boulevard in Columbus.Doors open to the public at 12:00 p.m. with the event starting at 2:30 p.m.Watch the event live:
  
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• Columbus volunteers hand deliver water, supplies to people in Flint, Mich.

  31-07-2016 03:43
  Early Saturday morning, more than a dozen grassroots volunteers headed out of Columbus to deliver 3,000 cases of bottled water to people living in Flint, Michigan.One volunteer says her alarm clock went off at 4:30 a.m., but says she was energized with the knowledge that things she takes for granted are near-to-impossible tasks in Flint.“I'm able to wake up every day and go to my faucet and brush my teeth, drink water, clean my children's faces and just knowing that people can't do that &h
  
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• Two slayings bring Columbus 2016 death toll to 55

  31-07-2016 03:42
  
  Columbus police are investigating two separate homicides within three hours of each other Friday night and Saturday morning.
  
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• Teen drivers learn how to 'Survive the Stop'

  31-07-2016 03:07
  On Saturday, Columbus teens sat in a room at the Mansion Day School listening intently to Sgt. Kevin Dillard.“I want to go home safe and I'm sure they do to,” said Dillard, a trooper for the Ohio State Highway Patrol Circleville Post.Dillard was on a panel of law enforcement teaching young drivers and soon-to-be drivers how to interact with officers when pulled over.“The community needs to have a better understanding of its rights, its roles and responsibilities in regards to e
  
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• Columbus man given jail and probation for trespassing

  31-07-2016 01:49
  A Columbus man who pleaded guilty to trespassing and assault was sentenced to 14 days in jail and two years of probation.Brandon Black, 30, appeared in Delaware County Common Pleas Court Friday morning where he was sentenced by Judge David Gormley on a charge of trespassing, a fourth-degree felony, and a charge of assault, a first-degree ... (more)
  
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• Hillary and Trump to Visit Columbus on Back-to-Back Tour Stops

  31-07-2016 01:46
  
  The next president of the United State of America is visiting in Columbus in the next few days. Both Trump and Clinton have local tour stops scheduled here in the capital city of one of the most important battleground states for presidential elections. Hillary Clinton and her VP pick Tim Kaine will be stopping in […]
  
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• ​Woman robs Wyo. bank, throws cash up in the air outside

  31-07-2016 00:53
  
  A woman who was recently released from prison in Oregon robbed a bank in Wyoming only to throw the cash up in the air outside the building and sit down to wait for police, authorities said Friday.Investigators say 59-year-old Linda Patricia Thompson told them she wanted to go back to prison.Thompson said she had suffered facial fractures after strangers beat her at a Cheyenne park last weekend.She said she couldn't get a room at a homeless shelter and decided to rob the bank Wednesday because sh
  
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• Teen texts grandma during shooting: "They're dead, they're dead"

  31-07-2016 00:42
  
  A gunman attacked a gathering of young adults at a suburban Seattle home early Saturday, killing two people at a fire pit before firing more shots from the roof, the grandmother of one of the witnesses said.Three people were killed and another injured at the Mukilteo property. State troopers pulled over and arrested the fleeing 19-year-old suspect on an interstate three counties away, authorities said.The Snohomish County Jail's roster shows that Allen Christopher Ivanov was being held for inves
  
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• E. coli advisory issued for three central Ohio beaches

  31-07-2016 00:42
  
  Ohio Department of Health has issued advisories at three central Ohio beaches for higher than normal E. coli bacteria levels.The affected beaches are Alum Creek, Delaware Reservoir and Madison Lake.The threshold for issuing an advisory is 235 E. coli colony-forming-units (cfu) per 100 ml of water at public beaches. After testing the water, the health department found the following levels of E. coli:At Alum Creek, the count is 422 cfu/100ml.At Delaware Reservoir, the count is 359 cfu/100ml​
  
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