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• Columbus library eliminating overdue fines in 2017

  01-12-2016 23:59
  Josie Kitter and Colleen Tappel relax with books at the grand opening of the renovated Columbus Metropolitan Library on Grant Avenue on June 25, 2016. The Columbus Metropolitan Library announced today that beginning Jan. 1, 2017, its locations no longer will impose new fines on overdue materials.
  
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• Columbus Zoo announces medical procedure for Colo, world's oldest gorilla

  01-12-2016 23:55
  
  The Columbus Zoo & Aquarium announced that Colo, the first gorilla born in human care, will receive a biopsy in the upcoming days.In a Facebook post, officials said veterinarians will take tissue samples from a mass under Colo’s arm that has started to cause her noticeable discomfort.Veterinarians will try to determine the cause of the mass and develop a treatment plan for Colo.“At the Columbus Zoo, care of our animals comes first. When we saw that the mass under her arm was star
  
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• White House announces support for women in military draft

  01-12-2016 23:53
  
  WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration declared its support Thursday for requiring women to register for the military draft, a symbolic but significant shift that reflects the U.S. military's evolution from a male-dominated force to one seeking to incorporate women at all levels.President Barack Obama has been considering whether to adopt the position since last December, when Defense Secretary Ash Carter ordered the military to open all jobs to women, including the most arduous combat posts. Ne
  
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• Standing with Standing Rock: Local woman shares experience

  01-12-2016 23:25
  
  From her Grove City home, Cathy Cowen-Becker clicking through a collection of photos taken at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota.
  “These were taken from a place called ‘media hill’ which is the only place you can get reception,” said Cowen-Becker.
  She traveled from Central Ohio to a campground near Bismarck to be a part of the peaceful protests. She was one of thousands in attendance.
  “It was just very prayerful and peaceful,” Cowen-Becker sa
  
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• Death toll from Tennessee wildfires increases to 10

  01-12-2016 23:23
  
  Crews discovered the remains of three more people as they searched the rubble of wildfires that torched hundreds of homes and businesses near the Great Smoky Mountains, bringing the death toll to 10, officials said Thursday.Authorities set up a hotline for people to report missing friends and relatives, and after following up on dozens of leads, they said many of those people had been accounted for. They did not say whether they believe anyone else is still missing or may have died."I think it's
  
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• Neil Diamond to celebrate career with world tour

  01-12-2016 23:05
  
  Neil Diamond took "Song Sung Blue" to the top of the charts, and now he promises to leave "no song unsung" when he takes the stage next year for a world tour.The 75-year-old singer-songwriter promises to play the highlights of his discography on his upcoming "50 Year Anniversary World Tour" - including songs he wrote for the 1960s TV rock band The Monkees."Especially stuff from The Monkees," Diamond told The Associated Press before taking the stage at the annual lighting of the Christmas tree at
  
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• Newark police officer cleared of assault charge

  01-12-2016 22:55
  
  NEWARK — A Newark police officer accused of assaulting another man in October will not face criminal charges. A Licking County grand jury opted not to indict Officer Dale Queen this week, Special Prosecutor Mark Weaver said Thursday. Queen’s ex-girlfriend, however, was indicted on charges of tampering with evidence and obstructing justice for reportedly giving false information to police about the incident.
  
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• Investigators warning about 'unconventional violence'

  01-12-2016 22:37
  
  In the wake of Monday's attack on the Ohio State University campus, investigators are talking about what they call "unconventional tactics" to commit violence.Police said when the suspect's car crashed into a crowd of unsuspecting people, 911 callers reported they heard a blast or a gunshot. Columbus Police Lieutenant Brent Mull said the moment of impact sparked the confusion.
  "You're going to hear an explosion. If you don't see it, you hear what you think is an explosion,"said Mull.
  For hours,
  
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• Injury crash closes US 23 in Pickaway County

  01-12-2016 22:36
  
  Pickaway County Sheriff's Office is investigating an injury crash along US 23 south, just north of Circleville.Dispatchers say a crash along the highway resulted in injuries and a medical helicopter was called to the scene.Deputies are working on a detour route for diverted traffic while they process the scene.The road is expected to be closed for some time.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• 1 dead, 3 injured in crash on US 23 in Pickaway County

  01-12-2016 22:36
  
  Pickaway County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal crash along US 23 south, just north of Circleville.Authorities say that one person was killed and three others were injured in the crash.Two of the injured victims were transported to a local hospital by helicopter.Officials said that three vehicles were involved in the crash.The road is expected to be closed for some time.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Home health-care operators plead guilty to Medicaid fraud

  01-12-2016 22:06
  
  The owners of a home health-care company pleaded guilty Thursday to defrauding Medicaid and using the money to build a $932,000 house. The government will be the new owner of the house in Brown Township in western Franklin County.
  
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• Crime 31 mins ago 3:43 p.m.Ohio woman sentenced in theft of charter school funds

  01-12-2016 22:00
  A central Ohio woman who authorities say used money from a startup charter school to a $40,000 Mercedes-Benz among other things has been sentenced to three years in prison. The Columbus Dispatch reports a judge in Delaware County sentenced 39-year-old Wendy Marshall on Monday.
  
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• Woman killed in one-car crash in Madison Township

  01-12-2016 21:59
  
  A Groveport woman was killed in a one-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon in Madison Township.
  
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• What we know about the Ohio State attacker

  01-12-2016 21:51
  
  The Somali-born student who injured nearly a dozen people in a car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University showed few signs of bitterness despite what must have been a difficult early life, and he even danced onto the stage when he graduated from community college.Abdul Razak Ali Artan was fatally shot by a university police officer when he refused to drop his knife during Monday's attack. Those who knew him say he always said hello to his neighbors in the low-rent apartment complex where he l
  
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• How to find out if your Google account has been hacked

  01-12-2016 21:34
  
  The Gooligan malware attack targeting Android devices has infected more than a million Google accounts and growing by 13,000 new users a day. It affects devices running Android 4 (Jelly Bean, KitKat) and Android 5 (Lollipop), according to Check Point.Gooligan spreads via apps from third-party app stores and malicious links in phishing attack messages. It downloads a rootkit to steal authentication tokens to breach data from Google Play, Gmail, Google Photos, Google Docs, G Suite, Google Drive an
  
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• Killer of 3-year-old seeks mercy from Ohio parole board

  01-12-2016 21:18
  Ohio's prison parole board began hearing arguments Thursday for and against mercy for a man set to die in January for the 1993 rape and killing of his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter.Ronald Phillips is the first death row inmate scheduled for execution next year under a new process for putting condemned prisoners to death.The Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has said it plans to execute Phillips and two other inmates with a three-drug combination that's similar to a method it used se
  
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• LeBron James chosen as SI's Sportsperson of Year

  01-12-2016 20:42
  
  INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- LeBron James delivered on a promise and ended decades of Cleveland sports misery in 2016.For leading the Cavaliers to an NBA title and ending the city's 52-year title drought, James was chosen Sports Illustrated's Sportsperson of the Year on Thursday, joining Tiger Woods as the award's only two-time winners since its inception in 1954."I'm honored," James said following shootaround before the Cavs hosted the Los Angeles Clippers. "I'm more happy for my family, my kids, for
  
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• Sheriff: Suspect held hostages at bank, held gun to their heads

  01-12-2016 20:24
  
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- After a bank robber put a gun to the back of one hostage's head, SWAT team members resolved at the first chance they had Thursday to storm a north Florida credit union where nearly a dozen people were being held captive, authorities say.That moment came, they say, when two people hiding inside the Jacksonville building, unbeknown to the suspect, made a run for it, distracting the man. SWAT team members stormed the credit union and put themselves between the gunman and the 1
  
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• Mega Weekend Winter 2016 – Vol. 1

  01-12-2016 20:00
  
  It’s weekend time again! You can still share your thoughts on the state of the arts with GCAC. Contests to win tickets to 105.7 the Xmas party featuring The Struts! Nominate your picks for the Best of 2016 awards. Thursday Today is A Reason to Dine, where many restaurants come together to support HIV/AIDS awareness. The […]
  
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• Marysville police ID teens accused in rape of 13-year-old

  01-12-2016 19:54
  
  Marysville Police have released the names of three Marysville teenagers charged this week with raping a 13-year-old girl in September. Tae Travis, 15, of the 400 block of East Fifth Street; Dylan Moore, 14, of the 19000 block of Route 31 and Bret Collins, 17, of Gallop Lane, are each charged with a juvenile count of rape, among other charges.
  
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• Donald Trump, Mike Pence to stop in Cincinnati for 'thank you' tour tonight

  01-12-2016 19:34
  
  President-elect Donald Trump plans to start his “USA Thank You Tour” in Ohio this evening in a setting he loved on the campaign trail: a rally in a large arena before thousands of supporters. The Republican and Vice President-elect Mike Pence, Indiana’s governor, are scheduled to appear at 7 p.m. at U.S. Bank Arena in downtown Cincinnati.
  
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• America’s Greatest Films Come to The Drexel

  01-12-2016 19:34
  
  The Drexel Theatre starts its New Year’s resolution early. Richard Stoff, Chairman of Friends of the Drexel — the nonprofit organization behind the historic Bexley cinema – just wants to say thanks. After years of renovations – from roof to restrooms, seating to digital sound and more – the Drexel Theatre wants to thank all […]
  
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• WATCH: Ohio State students share powerful message in wake of campus attack

  01-12-2016 19:31
  
  An Ohio State University student group is sending a powerful message in the wake of this week’s attack on campus.The group EndHateOSU says it is focused on breaking stereotypes and standing up against hate speech and acts. Wednesday night, the group released a video online with the message: “It is time we all take a stand…It’s time we all #SpreadLoveEndHate.”The video features several Ohio State students addressing the stereotypes that have been ascribed to them, f
  
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• Sports Illustrated names LeBron James Sportsperson of the Year

  01-12-2016 19:12
  
  INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — LeBron James delivered on a promise and ended decades of Cleveland sports misery in 2016.
  
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• Terminally ill toddler was turned into cruel internet meme, mom says

  01-12-2016 18:38
  
  By Jennifer Earl / CBS NewsAs soon as her tiny baby boy was born, Jenny Smith knew something was wrong.She could see it in the doctors’ faces, and she could hear it in her newborn son’s weak cry. Before the small-town mom from Ranburne, Alabama, could even hold newborn Grayson, doctors were whisking him away to a medical center in Atlanta, Georgia.It was there she found out her baby was diagnosed with an array of serious problems: occipital encephalocele, craniosynostosis, micronathi
  
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• Columbus City Attorney Rick Pfeiffer Won’t Seek Re-Election,

  01-12-2016 18:08
  
  In an email addressed to Mike Sexton, Chair of Franklin County Democratic Party Executive Committee, Columbus City Attorney Rick Pfeiffer formally announced last night that he will not be seeking relection for that office. “It is time for me to end my public career and begin preparing to be a private citizen,” he stated in the email. […]
  
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• Goodbye November, Hello Meteorological Winter!

  01-12-2016 18:05
  
  As we close the door on the month of November we enter the last month of the year and welcome what’s known as Meteorological Winter. Winter, in the Northern Hemisphere, doesn’t officially start until Wednesday, December 21 at 5:44 a.m.That’s when the sun will be directly overhead at the Tropic of Capricorn and gets to its lowest point in the sky this side of the equator. But Meteorological Winter encompasses the months of December, January and February. That’s because our
  
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• 3 Marysville teens charged in raping 13-year-old girl

  01-12-2016 18:01
  
  MARYSVILLE, Ohio -- Three central Ohio teenagers have been charged with raping a 13-year-old girl following a high school football game in September.The Columbus Dispatch reports the Marysville boys -- ages 14, 15 and 17 -- were each arrested Monday and charged with two Juvenile Court counts of rape and theft.The incident occurred after the victim and two of the suspects allegedly stole alcohol and condoms from a supermarket following a Marysville High School football game on Sept. 25.Police say
  
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• Pfeiffer supports Klein to replace him as Columbus city attorney

  01-12-2016 17:58
  
  Columbus City Attorney Richard C. Pfeiffer Jr. already is throwing his support behind a candidate to replace him when he leaves public office next year. In a letter to members of the Franklin County Democratic Party, Pfeiffer said City Council President Zach Klein should get the party’s endorsement should he choose to run. Pfeiffer announced Wednesday that he would not seek re-election next year.
  
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• Council Health & Human Services,Finance and Workforce Development Committees 11/29/16

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• Top things to do this weekend: Dec. 2-4

  01-12-2016 17:49
  The biggest Gallery Hop of the year - Holiday Hop - will take place from 4 to 10 p.m. Saturday in the Short North. Holiday Pops Ohio Theatre .
  
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• Ohio pulls license of one of state's last few abortion clinics

  01-12-2016 17:43
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Ohio has revoked the operating license of one of the state's few remaining abortion clinics on the grounds that it failed to obtain a required transfer agreement with a nearby hospital for emergencies.Women's Med Center of Dayton has 15 days to appeal the order, which was signed Wednesday by Rick Hodges, the director of the Department of Health. The clinic said it will do so.Hodges said the license is being revoked because the facility failed to name an adequate number of physic
  
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• Local YouTuber Shares Her Life with Hundreds of Thousands

  01-12-2016 17:15
  
  Columbus resident Myka Stauffer takes videos of her life and shares advice — with thousands of her closest friends. Since Stauffer began posting videos on YouTube three years ago, she’s gained over 124,000 subscribers on her main channel and 55,000 on her daily vlog channel. To date, she has posted over a thousand videos. Stauffer […]
  
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• Buzz Aldrin evacuated from South Pole for medical reasons

  01-12-2016 17:12
  
  Former American astronaut Buzz Aldrin, one of the first men to walk on the moon, has been evacuated by plane from the South Pole for medical reasons, officials said Thursday.Aldrin, 86, was visiting the South Pole as part of a private tourist group when his health deteriorated, the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators said on its website.It said he was taken as a precaution on the first available flight to McMurdo Station, a U.S. research center on the Antarctic coast. It descr
  
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• Profits fall at Express; retailer issues weak outlook

  01-12-2016 16:39
  
  Express today reported a significant drop in sales and earnings in third quarter and forecast that profit for the important holiday season would be much weaker than last year. The results sent the retailer’s shares tumbling to a 52-week low. As of 10:30 a.m., shares were trading at $10.77, down $2.59 or 19.4 percent.
  
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• Celebrations after Samuel's game-winning TD measures 5.79 on FanQuake scale at Ohio Stadium

  01-12-2016 16:14
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Stadium shook like no other time during the 2016 season in this year’s Ohio State-Michigan game—a fact now determined with scientific accuracy, according to the university.Ohio State University says geologists have been measuring the “fan quakes” at the stadium during games.Curtis Samuel’s game-winning touchdown in double overtime registered as a 5.79 on the FanQuake Magnitude Scale, according to the researches. WATCH: Relive the Ohio Sta
  
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• Fluid-technology company Parker Hannifin buying Clarcor for $4.03 billion

  01-12-2016 16:01
  
  NEW YORK — Fluid-technology company Parker Hannifin is buying Clarcor, a maker of filtration products, in a deal valued at about $4.03 billion. Cleveland-based Parker will pay $83 for each Clarcor share. That’s an approximately 18 percent premium to the Franklin, Tennessee-based company’s Wednesday closing price of $70.45.
  
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• Ohio pulls license of Dayton abortion clinic

  01-12-2016 15:42
  
  Ohio has revoked the operating license of one of the state's few remaining abortion clinics on grounds it failed to obtain a required transfer agreement with a nearby hospital for emergencies.
  
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• Watershed Adding Restaurant to Distillery

  01-12-2016 15:21
  
  Watershed Distillery tour-goers will soon be able to sit down for a cocktail and a meal. The business is looking to open a kitchen and bar by February 1. It’s been somewhat of a dream for owner Greg Lehman. They’ve been talking about it since they opened the distillery six years ago. He explained that […]
  
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• Soon Watershed Distillery Will Serve Food and Cocktails

  01-12-2016 15:21
  
  Watershed Distillery tour-goers will soon be able to sit down for a cocktail and a meal. The business is looking to open a kitchen and bar by February 1. It’s been somewhat of a dream for owner Greg Lehman. They’ve been talking about it since they opened the distillery six years ago. He explained that […]
  
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• L Brands reports 7-percent increase in sales

  01-12-2016 15:19
  
  L Brands, the parent company of Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works, said this morning that sales for the four-week period that ended Saturday increased 7 percent to $1.25 billion from the same period in 2015.
  
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• Rt. 33 reopens in Union County after crash that killed Marysville woman

  01-12-2016 14:54
  
  All lanes of Route 33 have reopened between Route 42 in Union County and Post Road in Dublin after a crash Wednesday afternoon that killed a Marysville woman. Kimberly Mintier, 40, was driving an SUV in the eastbound lanes near the Rt. 42 interchange just before 3 p.m. when her Jeep Compass crossed the median and struck a tanker truck in the westbound lanes head-on.
  
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• All-Star Game no longer determines World Series home-field advantage

  01-12-2016 14:53
  
  NEW YORK -- The league that wins baseball's All-Star Game no longer will get home-field advantage in the World Series, which instead will go to the pennant winner with the better regular-season record.The change was included in Major League Baseball's tentative new collective bargaining agreement and disclosed early Thursday to The Associated Press by a person familiar with the agreement. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because details of the deal, reached Wednesday evening in Irving,
  
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• Lineup announced for 2017 Buckeye Country Superfest at Ohio Stadium

  01-12-2016 13:56
  
  The lineup for the 3rd Annual Buckeye Country Superfest in Columbus has been announced.Kenny Chesney, Zac Brown Band, Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban, Billy Currington and Kip Moore headline the two-day country music festival at Ohio Stadium.The 2017 Buckeye Country Superfest dates are set for June 10 and 11.Complete lineup: Saturday, June 10Zac Brown BandKeith UrbanKip MooreJana KramerCraig Campbell---Sunday, June 11Kenny ChesneyMiranda LambertBilly CurringtonFrankie BallardLANco Tickets go on sal
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: A look at what's happening in the lame duck session

  01-12-2016 13:36
  
  It’s lame duck session, which means there’s a lot happening in a little amount of time. We’ve got a rundown on the latest bills being pushed through at the Statehouse.
  
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• Students Call For Diversity Officer's Head For Facebook Post On OSU Terrorist

  01-12-2016 13:23
  Abdul Razak Artan, a third-year student in logistics management, sits on the Oval in an August 2016 photo provided by The Lantern, student newspaper of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. on November 28, 2016. Courtesy of Kevin Stankiewicz for The Lantern/Handout via REUTERS Ohio University Students are petioning for the removal of OSU official Stephanie Clemons Thompson after her alleged Facebook post urging sympathy for the OSU attacker Abdul Razak Ali Artan.
  
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• Express reports disappointing earnings amid sales drop

  01-12-2016 13:23
  
  Express this morning reported a drop in third-quarter profit and forecast that profit for the holiday season would be much weaker than last year. The retailer said it earned $11.6 million, or 15 cents per share, for the 13 weeks that ended Oct. 29, down from $26.3 million, or 31 cents per share, for the same period in 2015.
  
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• Eastbound Rt. 33 reopens in Union County, but westbound remains closed after fatal crash

  01-12-2016 12:54
  
  Eastbound lanes of Route 33 heading into Franklin County from Union County reopened for the Thursday morning commute after being shut down for nearly 16 hours after a fatal crash Wednesday afternoon. The westbound lanes of Rt. 33, from Post Road in Dublin to Route 42 in Union County, remained closed early Thursday.
  
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• President-Elect Trump kicks off Thank You Tour in Ohio

  01-12-2016 12:29
  
  CINCINNATI, Ohio-- President-Elect Donald Trump and Vice President-Elect Mike Pence will be in Ohio Thursday to kick off their "Thank You USA" Tour.The event is set to begin at 7:00 p.m. at the US Bank Arena.Prior to the event, Mr. Trump and Mr. Pence will travel to Indiana to unveil their Carrier Air Conditioning deal. The company planned to move operations to Mexico, which would have cut about 1,400 American jobs.Earlier this week, the company announced it reached a deal with Mr. Trump to stay
  
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• Is shopping finally making a comeback in Downtown Columbus?

  01-12-2016 12:27
  
  Downtown is welcoming hundreds of new residents and workers, but retail has been slow to return to what was once central Ohio's premier shopping area. News that several new tenants will be moving by next summer into the remaining retail space available at Highpoint on Columbus Commons on High Street is being greeted as a welcome sign of progress.
  
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