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• 2 killed in separate wrecks on Route 13 in Licking, Knox counties

  18-11-2016 23:59
  
  Two men were killed in separate crashes on Route 13 Friday morning.
  
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• College students built a fix for Facebook's fake news problem

  18-11-2016 23:31
  
  As Facebook executives issue statements and tweak their policies to quell frustration over the growth of fake news on its platform, one group of students has taken the problem into their own hands — and came up with a fix for fake news problem in 36 hours flat.At a hackathon at Princeton University this week, student teams were given the straightforward challenge of developing a technology tool in one and a half days.hallenge accepted. According to a report in The Washington Post, four und
  
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• Friday's record warmth will turn to a nasty chill Saturday

  18-11-2016 23:29
  
  Friday's beautiful fall weather was one for the records. In fact, Columbus hit a sunny 75 degrees at 3:03 p.m. at John Glenn Columbus International Airport, breaking the record of 73 degrees set in 1954 for Nov. 18.
  
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• Court documents: Boyfriend stabbed Texas teen 50-60 times

  18-11-2016 23:22
  
  BAYTOWN, Texas -- The boyfriend of a 16-year-old Houston-area girl found murdered last week has been charged in her death, reports CBS affiliate KHOU.Jesse Dobbs, 21, remains in the Galveston County jail on a murder charge for the death of Kirsten Fritch. According to court documents, Dobbs allegedly stabbed Kirsten between 50 and 60 times. He reportedly told detectives the victim was “not the real Kirsten.”Dobbs is also being questioned in the murders of Kirsten’s mother, 37-y
  
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• Girl's suicide divides Champaign County community

  18-11-2016 22:47
  
  NORTH LEWISBURG — Bethany Thompson's suicide last month after reportedly being harassed by some classmates at Triad Middle School drew worldwide sympathy, fundraisers and benefits and a surge of awareness about bullying.
  
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• Trump University lawsuits settled for $25M

  18-11-2016 22:33
  
  New York's attorney general says President-elect Donald Trump has agreed to a $25 million settlement to resolve three lawsuits over Trump University, his former school for real estate investors.The deal announced Friday by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman would settle two class-action lawsuits in California and a civil suit filed by Schneiderman.The suits had alleged that Trump University failed to deliver the quality real estate investing education it promised.Schneiderman says the $25 millio
  
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• Bizarre hexagon on Saturn shines in NASA photo

  18-11-2016 22:15
  
  A stunning new photo of Saturn’s north pole spotlights the planet’s bizarre hexagon-shaped vortex and beautiful bands of swirling winds. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured this dramatic view on Sept. 5, as the probe flew 890,000 miles above the planet. The image, which NASA released Monday, looks toward the sunlit side of Saturn’s rings.A six-sided jet stream known as “the hexagon” — which measures approximately 20,000 miles wide — swirls above Sat
  
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• Reports pintpoint health concerns in central Ohio

  18-11-2016 22:09
  The 2016 Franklin County Health Map outlines areas of the community that have the highest rates of diseases.
  If you live in the 43223 zip code you rank highest in obesity. The 43207 zip code ranks highest for cardiovascular disease.The 43081 zip code has the highest rate of stroke.
  Nettie Watts remembers when shewas first diagnosed with diabetes.
  "I was scared, upset. There's a lot thinks you can't have, can't do," she said.
  The 43207 zip code is located in south Columbus and stretches towards O
  
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• Reports pinpoint health concerns in central Ohio

  18-11-2016 22:09
  The 2016 Franklin County Health Map outlines areas of the community that have the highest rates of diseases.
  If you live in the 43223 zip code you rank highest in obesity. The 43207 zip code ranks highest for cardiovascular disease.The 43081 zip code has the highest rate of stroke.
  Nettie Watts remembers when shewas first diagnosed with diabetes.
  "I was scared, upset. There's a lot thinks you can't have, can't do," she said.
  The 43207 zip code is located in south Columbus and stretches towards O
  
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• Bear gets stuck in SUV and destroys it while escaping

  18-11-2016 21:57
  
  STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. -- A mama bear destroyed an SUV in Steamboat Springs after getting stuck inside the vehicle --and leaving her cubs outside -- on Tuesday morning, CBS Denver reported.Colorado Parks and Wildlife said Tuesday’s snowfall should help bears move into hibernation -- but that residents aren’t out of the woods just yet.Scott Franz of Steamboat Today, a local news publication, caught the damage on camera. Franz said the bear got stuck after opening the driver’s
  
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• Mom: Coin stuck in baby's throat for 37 days before docs noticed

  18-11-2016 21:43
  
  LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Most people don’t think much about pennies these days. But for one mother, a single penny was the difference between life and death for her young son, CBS Los Angeles reported.Samantha Knox said a penny was stuck in her son’s throat for 37 days before doctors could figure out what was wrong with him.
  She said her son, E.J., became listless and withdrawn in June, developed a fever of 103 and had a rash on his belly. According to Knox’s account, she took her
  
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• Dozens injured when Nashville school bus turns over

  18-11-2016 21:34
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Authorities say a school bus crashed and rolled over on an interstate off-ramp in Nashville, sending 23 students to the hospital, all of whom were expected to survive.Metro Nashville Fire Department spokesman Brian Haas says the school bus from Chester County in western Tennessee crashed Friday morning as it left Interstate 65 northbound.Haas says a 17-year-old student received the most serious injury, a broken collarbone. Two other students had arm injuries. WTVF
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• Record warmth today will turn to a nasty chill Saturday

  18-11-2016 21:11
  
  Nice fall day today. In fact, we hit 75 degrees at 3:03 p.m. at John Glenn Columbus International Airport, smashing the record of 73 degrees for today set in 1954. But, the bottom falls out overnight. Keep the memory of this warm, sunny day because temperatures will struggle to reach the mid-40s on Saturday as a cold front sweeps through, said Allen Randall, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Wilmington.
  
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• Police: 16-month-old survives attempted hanging at day care

  18-11-2016 21:06
  
  MINNEAPOLIS – Police say a woman tried to hang a 16-month-old boy at a Minneapolis day care then threatened to jump from a freeway overpass.Assistant Police Chief Kris Arneson says a parent arriving at the day care Friday rescued the boy, and that he is "doing fine."Arneson says the woman fled in a van, ran over a pedestrian and struck a bicyclist. Arneson says the pedestrian and bicyclist will survive.The woman later went to the Park Avenue overpass above Interstate 94 and threatened to j
  
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• Could an Ohioan re-connect national Democrats to the working class?

  18-11-2016 20:50
  
  Now that wheels are turning toward a new Congress and the coming Trump administration, the political drama keeps unfolding and a juicy bit of it is centered right here in Ohio. As Omar said in HBO’s gritty drug drama, The Wire, ‘you come at the king you best not miss.’In the case of Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan he’s coming after the queen but the quote applies.Ryan is challenging Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi for the democratic top job.No small task given she’s the cur
  
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• UN agency lifts Zika emergency, prepares for long-term fight

  18-11-2016 20:42
  
  Acknowledging Zika is here to stay, the United Nations health agency is lifting a 9-month-old emergency declaration against the mosquito-borne virus that can result in severe birth defects when pregnant women are infected.The World Health Organization is instead shifting to a longer-term approach against a virus that has spread across Latin America, the Caribbean and beyond.Dr. David Heymann, head of a WHO emergency committee on Zika, cited a "significant and enduring" threat.Nearly 30 countries
  
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• Enjoy the weather today for tomorrow we chill

  18-11-2016 19:50
  
  Nice fall day today. In fact, we hit 72 degrees at 1 p.m. at John Glenn Columbus International Airport, only one degree shy of the record for today of 73 set in 1954. But, the bottom falls out overnight. Keep the memory of this warm, sunny day because temperatures will struggle to reach the mid-40s on Saturday as a cold front sweeps through, said Allen Randall, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Wilmington.
  
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• Award-Winning Coffee, New Brews, and Other Restaurant Announcements

  18-11-2016 19:49
  
  Columbus has so many new restaurants, expansions, menu updates and other changes that it’s sometimes hard to keep up with them all. That’s why our Restaurant Roundup series was designed to keep you informed with the latest and greatest updates. Here’s what’s new in the local dining scene: Crimson Cup Awarded Crimson Cup’s Ethiopian Kossa […]
  
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• Suspect charged in mother's fatal shooting at child's birthday party

  18-11-2016 19:37
  
  DYERSBURG, Tenn. -- Authorities say they've arrested a man accused of fatally shooting the mother of a 2-year-old during the child's birthday party in western Tennessee.Dyersburg, Tennessee, Police Chief Steven Isbell said 30-year-old Torius Russell was charged Friday morning with first-degree murder.The shooting happened about 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Six people at the party, including a 6-year-old, were hospitalized. The child's condition wasn't immediately known. Dyersburg Mayor John Holden said o
  
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• Ohio man wrongly put on death row seeks ability to sue the state

  18-11-2016 19:03
  
  The Ohio Supreme Court ruled last year that Dale Johnston was entitled to sue the state for damages for serving nearly seven years on death row for a pair of grisly murders did not commit.
  
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• Former Bishop Watterson teacher sentenced to 25 years for making child porn

  18-11-2016 18:53
  
  Former Bishop Watterson High School music teacher Brian Sze on Friday was sentenced to 25 years in prison for producing child pornography involving a student at the school. Sze, 36, also will have 15 years of supervised release when he gets out of prison.
  
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• Sheriff: Indiana mom calls 911, confesses to killing kids, 7 and 3

  18-11-2016 18:41
  
  DARLINGTON, Ind. -- A central Indiana woman killed her two young children and then stabbed herself in the neck a day after her husband filed for divorce, a sheriff said Thursday.Brandi Worley, 30, of Darlington, confessed in a “matter-of-fact” demeanor to the killings in a 911 call about 4:30 a.m., said Montgomery County Sheriff Mark Casteel. Casteel said the woman didn’t appear to show remorse on the call, reports CBS affiliate WTTV.A deputy found 7-year-old Tyler Worley and 3
  
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• Patrol IDs man killed in crash near Buckeye Lake

  18-11-2016 18:38
  
  Authorities have identified the victim in a Licking County rollover crash discovered this morning as Thornville resident James “Chris” Dotson. The State Highway Patrol said the crash occurred on Route 13 near Park Drive, in Licking Township. Dotson, 47, was traveling southbound in a Honda CR-V when he went off the right side of the roadway, struck a tree and overturned. Dotson was ejected and died at the scene, the patrol said.
  
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• Multiple companies in talks to buy Limited Stores, sources say

  18-11-2016 18:24
  
  Sources tell 10TV more than one company is in talks to buy Limited stores.Limited Stores is currently owned by Sun Capital.A company spokesperson says, "Limited Stores, like many of its peers, is facing ongoing challenges in the current retail environment. The company is exploring a number of options to address these challenges and provide greater financial flexibility."The first Limited store in the country opened at Kingsdale Shopping Center in Upper Arlington in 1963.L Brands sold Limited Sto
  
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• Former central Ohio teacher sentenced 25 years for sexual misconduct

  18-11-2016 18:18
  
  A former Catholic school teacher will spend 25 years in prison for sexual misconduct with a teenage boy.Brian Sze taught music for three local Catholic schools: Bishop Watterson High School, St Brigid of Kildare and St Brendan.The father of a 15-year-old student of Sze's discovered sexually charged text messages from Sze on his son's phone last year and went to police.In March, Sze pleaded guilty to a charge of producing child pornography with the boy.Today a federal judge sentenced him to 25 of
  
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• Target has high hopes for its new tiny stores

  18-11-2016 18:08
  
  Target (TGT), long associated with cavernous big-box stores for decades, plans to open hundreds more new locations in coming years, but some will be a fraction of the 140,000-square-feet of its typical store.The sixth-largest retailer plans to open more than a dozen of what it calls “Flexible Format” stores in 2017 in urban areas and near college campuses. They’ll include one in Bethesda, Maryland, outside of Washington, D.C.; Cambridge, Massachusetts, where Harvard University
  
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• Ohio unemployment rises slightly in October

  18-11-2016 17:26
  
  COLUMBUS - State officials say Ohio's unemployment rate rose just a bit from September to October.The state Department of Job and Family Services said Friday that Ohio's rate of 4.9 percent was up from 4.8 percent the previous month.Ohio's rate was in line with the national average 4.9 percent. That's slightly lower than the 4.8 percent rate from a month ago and in October 2015.The state says Ohio's nonagricultural wage and salary employment decreased by 2,800 last month.Job gains were reported
  
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• Donald Trump offers national security adviser job to Michael Flynn

  18-11-2016 17:16
  
  Lt.-Gen. Michael Flynn (ret.) has been offered the position of national security adviser by President-elect Donald Trump, CBS News’ Major Garrett confirmed Thursday.Trump transition to the White House - live blogFlynn, a lifelong Democrat, is a former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) -- he was one of the highest-ranking national security officials supporting Trump, whom he also informally advised him on foreign policy during the primary campaign. He is also known to be a propo
  
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• Reviews: The Edge of Seventeen, Fantastic Beasts & More

  18-11-2016 17:00
  
  You can almost smell that turkey cooking — or is that the scent of holiday blockbusters? Because sometimes those stink too, and they can make you sleepy. This weekend though, JK Rowling whets your seasonal appetite with a tangential tale of tales from the Potter universe. Not digging the whole sorcery vibe? First time filmmaker […]
  
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• Fair to Middling Movies and Where to Find Them

  18-11-2016 17:00
  
  You can almost smell that turkey cooking — or is that the scent of holiday blockbusters? Because sometimes those stink too, and they can make you sleepy. This weekend though, JK Rowling whets your seasonal appetite with a tangential tale of tales from the Potter universe. Not digging the whole sorcery vibe? First time filmmaker […]
  
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• Minnesota mom sues teenage child over transgender treatment

  18-11-2016 16:59
  
  MINNEAPOLIS -- A Minnesota mother is suing her teenage child for transitioning from male to female without her permission.Anmarie Calgaro is also suing the 17-year-old’s doctors and public health and school officials in the lawsuit filed in Minneapolis federal court Wednesday.Calgaro says in the lawsuit that her child has been treated at a Minneapolis health clinic and given medication for transgender issues without her consent. Calgaro says the St. Louis County school district, where the
  
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• One killed after truck crashes into utility pole near Lancaster

  18-11-2016 16:48
  
  WALNUT TOWNSHIP - The Ohio State Highway Patrol of Lancaster and Walnut Township Fire Department are investigating a one vehicle crash that happened on High Street in the Village of Thurston in Fairfield County on Monday. The crash happened around 4:40 p.m. as Cody Knox, 21, of Lancaster was driving southbound on High Street in a red 1992 Dodge Dakota.Knox lost control of his vehicle and went left of the centerline while driving through a curve, ultimately striking a utility pole.Knox was flown
  
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• Not Your Average Wrestling League

  18-11-2016 16:27
  
  As with any music and arts fest, this September’s Independents’ Day Festival in East Franklinton attracted a crowd made of eclectics and hobbyists. Amidst all the local artists, musicians, and chefs was a group of individuals dressed in full lucha libra (Mexican wrestling garb) performing an odd mix of painting and fighting. It’s the Artists […]
  
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• Franklinton Artists Mix Pro Wrestling With Creativity

  18-11-2016 16:27
  
  As with any music and arts fest, this September’s Independents’ Day Festival in East Franklinton attracted a crowd made of eclectics and hobbyists. Amidst all the local artists, musicians, and chefs was a group of individuals dressed in full lucha libra (Mexican wrestling garb) performing an odd mix of painting and fighting. It’s the Artists […]
  
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• Man given 54 months for sexually battery

  18-11-2016 16:21
  A Columbus man was sentenced to 54 months in prison after being found guilty of two counts of sexual battery after a trial in Delaware County Common Pleas Court.Brandon Michael Ward, 30, appeared in Delaware County Common Pleas Court Monday morning to be sentenced on two counts of sexual battery, third-degree felonies and one count of theft, a ... (more)
  
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• Patrol investigating fatal crash near Buckeye Lake

  18-11-2016 16:18
  
  The State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash this morning near the border of Licking and Perry counties. The one-vehicle rollover crash occurred at about 7:45 this morning on Route 13 near Boundaries Road, north of Thornport near Buckeye Lake, according to the patrol.
  
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• Ohio's big city mayors join forces to push urban agenda at the Statehouse

  18-11-2016 16:16
  
  For the first time, mayors of Ohio’s largest cities are banding together in an effort to bring a more unified voice to the Statehouse and find ways to learn from one another.
  
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• Top 3 Holiday Mistakes: Protecting your home

  18-11-2016 16:13
  
  Keeping your home safe when you go on holiday vacation should be a top priority.But safety experts with the Franklin County Sheriff’s office say many people often forget some critical steps that could lead to their homes getting burglarized while they are away.
  Here are three mistakes to avoid:
  Leaving your spare key in the flower pot, fake rock, or under the door mat.
  Police say that's the first place a criminal will look.Instead, safety expert say give the key to a trusted neighbor or fr
  
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• Bond set at $2.5 million for homicide, hotel barricade suspect (UPDATE)

  18-11-2016 16:03
  COLUMBUS - The suspect who barricaded himself Thursday inside a north Columbus hotel has now been charged with murder and two counts of felonious assault with bond set at $2.5 million.Police identified the suspect as 22-year-old DeAnthoni Truss. The suspect was wanted in connection with a June shooting at an east Columbus convenience store that left one dead and two others injured.The incident started around 7:30 a.m. at the Sheraton Suites on Hutchinson Avenue when US Marshals were attempting t
  
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• Holiday Shopping Guide 2016 – Week One

  18-11-2016 16:00
  
  Welcome to Columbus Underground’s Holiday Shopping Guide! Over the next five weeks, we’ll give you lots of great gift ideas for everyone on your list. Thanks once again to Elm & Iron for being the presenting sponsor of our shopping guide. Make plans to stop by their Holiday Open House in Clintonville for special holiday sales and […]
  
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• Holiday Shopping Guide 2016

  18-11-2016 16:00
  
  Welcome to Columbus Underground’s Holiday Shopping Guide! Over the next five weeks, we’ll give you lots of great gift ideas for everyone on your list. Thanks once again to Elm & Iron for being the presenting sponsor of our shopping guide. Make plans to stop by their Holiday Open House in Clintonville for special holiday sales and […]
  
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• Man, 24, gets jail time for pretending to be Penn. high school student

  18-11-2016 15:42
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A 24-year-old Ukrainian man who faked his name and age to attend a Pennsylvania high school has been ordered to spend two months in prison on federal fraud charges.
  On Thursday, U.S. Middle District Senior Judge Sylvia Rambo sentenced Artur Samarin to less than the three-month jail term prosecutors suggested. Samarin pleaded guilty to passport fraud and Social Security fraud in August.
  He faces deportation during a sentencing next week for separate fraud and sex crime charges.
  
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• Quintuplets delivered on mom's birthday

  18-11-2016 15:36
  
  A rare set of quintuplets arrived last week, beating the stroke of midnight to share a birthday with their mother.Katie Schaftlein gave birth to four girls and one boy – Savannah, Sadie, Sofia, Scarlett and Lucas – on November 11 at UK HealthCare in Lexington, Kentucky.The babies were born prematurely at 29 weeks, but all five are healthy.At a press conference on Thursday, Schaftlein thanked the team of specialists who helped deliver her children.“This was a very scary time for
  
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• Video: Bo Jackson training center to open in Hilliard

  18-11-2016 15:29
  
  Baseball and football superstar Bo Jackson offered construction-site tours of his new Bo Jackson Elite Sports training facility in Hilliard.
  
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• Eight-Story Hotel Proposed for University District

  18-11-2016 15:15
  
  The latest proposal for the University District calls for an eight-story hotel with ground floor retail at the corner of West Eighth Avenue and North High Street. That puts it right next door to the currently-under-construction Northside Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library. NBBJ, the architecture firm responsible for the library’s design, presented the new […]
  
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• Eight-Story Hotel Proposed for Eighth and High

  18-11-2016 15:15
  
  The latest proposal for the University District calls for an eight-story hotel with ground floor retail at the corner of West Eighth Avenue and North High Street. That puts it right next door to the currently-under-construction Northside Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library. NBBJ, the architecture firm responsible for the library’s design, presented the new […]
  
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• Columbus City Council: Zoning Committee 11/17/16

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• Donald Trump picks Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo to run CIA

  18-11-2016 14:39
  
  President-elect Donald Trump has picked Mike Pompeo - a Kansas congressman - to be CIA director.That's according to a Trump transition official.Pompeo is a conservative Republican and a fierce critic of President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran.Trump is beginning to fill out his governing team, and the transition official says Trump will make the Pompeo announcement on Friday morning, along with his nomination of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions to be attorney general and his selection of retire
  
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• Theater review | Holiday Hoopla, a Shadowbox Live staple, delivers amusing, familiar entertainment

  18-11-2016 14:28
  
  If there was any doubt that Shadowbox Live has become a Columbus institution, the troupe’s annual Holiday Hoopla show will put that doubt to rest. The show, which has now gone on for 25 years, varies enough that longtime attendees will find something new to enjoy, but at its heart, it offers the pleasures of the entertainment equivalent of comfort food.
  
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• Trump offers Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions attorney general post

  18-11-2016 14:25
  
  President-elect Donald Trump is offering the post of attorney general to Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, one of the Trump's closest and most consistent allies.That's according to a senior Trump official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the conversation.The official on Friday wouldn't say whether Sessions had accepted the job, which left open the possibility that the arrangement was not finalized.Sessions was the first senator to endorse Trump and was a close adviser throughout the cam
  
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