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• Macaw poses in Oregon man's mug shot after unlucky court appearance

  02-12-2016 23:47
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. -- A 4-year-old macaw named "Bird" is an instant celebrity after appearing in a posed booking mug shot in Oregon with his unfortunate owner.Craig Buckner left Bird in a tree outside court in Washington County while he went in for an appearance Thursday in an ongoing drug and theft case, said Sgt. Bob Ray, the sheriff's spokesman. Buckner was not expecting to be arrested, but when he fell asleep while waiting for his case to be called, he was taken for a drug urine test and failed,
  
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• Scott’s Political Picks: The lame duck session, jobs & journalism in the Trump presidency

  02-12-2016 23:21
  
  What’s happening in the lame duck sessionThings are winding down at the Ohio Statehouse in the lame duck session but still some seriously contentious issues to decide or let go by the wayside. Should people be allowed to carry a concealed weapon on Ohio college campuses?What about inside airports, police stations and daycare centers?There’s also an effort to change the Electoral College, require autism care in health insurance and a move to weaken Ohio’s clean energy standards.
  
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• GOP chairman Matt Borges called out over lack of support for Trump

  02-12-2016 23:20
  
  Some of Matt Borges' bosses called out the Ohio Republican Party chairman today for his failure to fully support Donald Trump ahead of the Nov. 8 election. Some members of the Ohio Republican State Central Committee dressed down Borges in a 75-minute, closed-door session at a meeting at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Columbus.
  
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• Sheriff: Suspect was in his car when he shot ex-NFL player Joe McKnight

  02-12-2016 23:00
  
  TERRYTOWN, La. (CBS/AP) -- The sheriff investigating the death of a former NFL player told reporters Friday that the man who shot Joe McKnight was in his vehicle when he fired the fatal shots.“Mr. Gasser did not stand over Mr. McKnight and fire shots into him,” said Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand.Normand said he was revealing these details to address reports that witnesses saw Gasser standing over McKnight with a gun as the 28-year-old tried to apologize.The shooting happene
  
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• 95-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor to go back 75 years later

  02-12-2016 22:40
  It was December 7, 1941 when Milton Mapou was aboard the USS Detroit in Pearl Harbor.
  “It was Sunday morning,” said Mapou. “We heard this explosion and my buddy was behind me and the two of us put our trays down and ran topside.”
  Mapou says a plane was coming in right at them.
  “At that time you could see the pilots face,” Mapou said. “That's how low he was when he came in at us.”
  Moments later a massive explosion killed more than 2,300 Americans. M
  
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• What's Happening At the Cultural Arts Center? Colección Plaza

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• GOP chairman Matt Borges called out over support for Trump

  02-12-2016 22:17
  
  Some of Matt Borges' bosses called out the Ohio Republican Party chairman today for his failure to fully support Donald Trump ahead of the Nov. 8 election. Some members of the Ohio Republican State Central Committee dressed down Borges in a 75-minute, closed-door session at a meeting at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Columbus.
  
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• TV's 'Full House' home is staying in the Tanner family

  02-12-2016 21:58
  
  SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco home featured in television's "Full House" has sold to the producer who created the show.KGO-TV reports veteran TV producer Jeff Franklin bought the 3-bedroom Victorian in August.It was on the market for more than $4 million.The real estate agent had declined to say who bought the home in San Francisco's lower Pacific Heights neighborhood.The home's exterior was used as the Tanner family's residence in the original show.Inside scenes were filmed on a set in Bur
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Rain or snow this weekend

  02-12-2016 21:16
  This Evening:Cloudy skies and cool.
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy and cold. Low 29. Wind: W 5-10 mph.
  Tomorrow: Cloudy skies. High 39. Wind: W 5-10 mph.
  Sunday: Light rain or snow. High 41. Wind: SE 5-10 mph.Special Information: Chilly weather continues in Central Ohio.Cloudy skies today and tomorrow with chilly temperatures in the upper 30s to around 40. The next storm system approaches Sunday with light rain or snow possible. The best chance for accumulating snow will be north of Columbus. Some locat
  
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• Country star Luke Bryan punches heckler during concert

  02-12-2016 21:11
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Country star Luke Bryan took care of a heckler without skipping a beat during a concert this week by taking a swing at the man from the stage with his microphone still in hand.Bryan was performing his single "Move" at the Charlie Daniels' all-star Volunteer Jam in Nashville, Tennessee, on Wednesday when the outburst occurred. Fan video shows Bryan shouting, "Come on!" before stepping forward and slapping the man with his fingers while still holding onto the mic.Bryan the
  
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• Minnesota's Mall of America hires its first black Santa

  02-12-2016 20:39
  
  BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (CBS/AP) -- The nation’s largest mall is hosting its first-ever black Santa Claus this weekend.The Star-Tribune reports The Mall of America in suburban Minneapolis hired Larry Jefferson to play Kris Kringle from Thursday to Sunday as part of its Santa Experience.
  Santa Experience co-owner Landon Luther says they “want Santa to be for everyone, period.” With that in mind, he tells the newspaper he launched a nationwide search for a diverse Santa and found Jeff
  
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• Joe McKnight shooting: Driver who shot ex-NFL star released, cops say

  02-12-2016 19:04
  
  The man who shot former NFL player Joe McKnight was released from custody overnight, authorities said Friday, saying they'll be meeting with the district attorney's office to discuss the case.Col. John Fortunato, a spokesman for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, said Ronald Gasser was released and has not been formally charged at this time in McKnight's shooting death."Ronald Gasser was released overnight and has not been formally charged as of yet," Fortunato said. "We will consult the dis
  
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• Limited Stores laying off hundreds of employees at New Albany headquarters

  02-12-2016 18:32
  
  NEW ALBANY, Ohio – Limited Stores plans to lay off more than 240 employees who work at the New Albany headquarters. The company alerted the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services on November 29. A letter Limited Stores sent to the ODJFS stated 248 jobs are impacted and layoffs could begin Friday, December 2.Florida-based Sun Capital Partners owns the retail chain. Sun Capital bought The Limited from locally based L Brands in 2007.Back in November, 10TV learned multiple companies were i
  
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• Ohio State attacker buried amid shock from family over death

  02-12-2016 17:58
  This August 2016 file photo provided by TheLantern.com shows Abdul Razak Ali Artan in Columbus, Ohio. Authorities identified Artan as the Somali-born Ohio State University student who plowed his car into a group of pedestrians on campus and then got out and began stabbing people with a knife Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, before he was shot to death by an officer.
  
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• How festive is your office? The Dispatch wants to hear from you

  02-12-2016 17:43
  
  The Dispatch is on the hunt for the Clark Griswold of central Ohio workplaces. If you think you have the best-decorated office or office cubicle in the region, we'd like to hear from you.
  
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• Earthquake scientists nail down exactly how much Horseshoe rocked during Ohio State-Michigan game

  02-12-2016 17:37
  
  How much did the Horseshoe shake during the Ohio State-Michigan game? The more than 110,000 who attended the game danced, jumped and swayed until the seismic needle jumped to a season high, say university scientists. In fact, Curtis Samuel’s game-winning touchdown in double overtime registered as a 5.79 on the "FanQuake Magnitude Scale," making it the seismic reading of the season.
  
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• Steam Opening New Restaurant Inside the North Market

  02-12-2016 17:02
  
  The North Market is getting a new merchant. Steam, originally serving Italian Village from inside Little Rock Bar, is bringing its buns to the Market in the new year. The concept was started by chef Marcus Meacham. Earlier this year, Meacham took over some space at Little Rock to offer his mantou bun sandwiches to […]
  
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• Steam is Bringing its Buns to the North Market

  02-12-2016 17:02
  
  The North Market is getting a new merchant. Steam, originally serving Italian Village from inside Little Rock Bar, is bringing its buns to the Market in the new year. The concept was started by chef Marcus Meacham. Earlier this year, Meacham took over some space at Little Rock to offer his mantou bun sandwiches to […]
  
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• Cure for the Holiday Glut Found in Indie Theaters

  02-12-2016 17:00
  
  Oh so many movies came out last week! But the Hollywood glut has made way for some weekend-after fasting, with precious little worth seeing in the multiplex. Thank goodness for our abundance of independent theaters – those wonderful little worlds where you will find the films worth catching this weekend. Christine There’s a moment in […]
  
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• Ford recalls 680,000 cars; seat belts may not hold in crash

  02-12-2016 16:55
  
  DETROIT -- Ford is recalling more than 680,000 midsize sedans mainly in North America because the front seat belts may not hold people in a crash.The recall covers certain 2013 to 2016 Ford Fusion, 2013 to 2015 Lincoln MKZ and 2015 and 2016 Ford Mondeo cars.Ford says heat generated when the seat belt pre-tensioners deploy can cause cables to break. If that happens the belts may not hold people. Ford says it knows of two injuries related to the problem.Pre-tensioners tighten seat belts when they
  
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• Pfeiffer is latest of City Hall's old guard to announce he'll step aside

  02-12-2016 16:45
  
  The old guard at Columbus City Hall is moving out, as a crop of young officeholders look to run the city’s elected offices. Columbus City Attorney Richard C. Pfeiffer Jr. became the most recent longtime elected official to announce that he would not seek re-election when he wrote to members of the Franklin County Democratic Party this week that they should “look favorably” on City Council President Zach Klein for the job.
  
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• Family: Cyberbullying pushed 18-year-old to kill herself in front of us

  02-12-2016 16:45
  
  TEXAS CITY, Texas (CBS/AP) -- Family members of a Houston-area high school student who killed herself are rallying for tighter laws against cyberbullying.Brandy Vela’s family says cyberbullying pushed the 18-year-old over the edge, leading her to shoot herself in the chest Tuesday afternoon at the family’s Texas City home as family members watched.Her father, Raul Vela, said she had been receiving abusive text messages for months from bullies using an untraceable smartphone applicati
  
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• Columbus inking agreement to develop Scioto Peninsula near COSI, Vets Memorial

  02-12-2016 16:40
  
  A piece of the Scioto Peninsula near COSI and the former Franklin County Veterans Memorial property will be redeveloped into a mix of residential housing, retail store fronts, commercial office space and a hotel. The Columbus City Council will consider an economic development agreement next week with the Columbus Downtown Development Corp. to redevelop the site just west of the Vets site.
  
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• Columbus inking agreement to develop Scioto Peninsula near COSI, Vets

  02-12-2016 16:37
  
  A piece of the Scioto Peninsula near COSI and the former Franklin County Veterans Memorial property will be redeveloped into a mix of residential housing, retail store fronts, commercial office space and a hotel. The Columbus City Council will consider an economic development agreement next week with the Columbus Downtown Development Corp. to redevelop the site just west of the Vets site.
  
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• Project Update: LC RiverSouth

  02-12-2016 16:30
  
  After a series of delays and false starts, progress is now undeniable at the corner of Rich and High streets Downtown. An eight-story building is close to being topped out at the northwest corner, and foundation work for the second “mirror-image” building on the south side of Rich is well underway. Lifestyle Communities brought the […]
  
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• Lifestyle Communities Seeing Success Outside of Columbus

  02-12-2016 16:30
  
  Columbus Underground recently spoke with Chad Thompson, Chief Marketing Officer for Lifestyle Communities, to get an update on the LC RiverSouth development Downtown. Thompson also provided some insight into the other projects that LC is developing, both in the Columbus area and in other markets. Read on for some highlights from that conversation. On the other […]
  
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• Development Update: LC RiverSouth

  02-12-2016 16:30
  
  After a series of delays and false starts, progress is now undeniable at the corner of Rich and High streets Downtown. An eight-story building is close to being topped out at the northwest corner, and foundation work for the second “mirror-image” building on the south side of Rich is well underway. Lifestyle Communities brought the […]
  
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• Columbus-Based Lifestyle Communities Seeing Success in Other Markets

  02-12-2016 16:30
  
  Columbus Underground recently spoke with Chad Thompson, Chief Marketing Officer for Lifestyle Communities, to get an update on the LC RiverSouth development Downtown. Thompson also provided some insight into the other projects that LC is developing, both in the Columbus area and in other markets. Read on for some highlights from that conversation. On the other […]
  
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• Theatre Review: August Wilson Festival Ends on Another High Note with Radio Golf

  02-12-2016 16:00
  
  PAST Productions present the final play of August Wilson’s American Cycle to close the August Wilson Festival in conjunction with Short North Stage. Their riveting Radio Golf, directed by Truman Winbush, Jr., opened on Thursday in the Green Room of the Garden. Radio Golf caps the cycle both chronologically, set in 1997, and for the playwright, premiering […]
  
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• After OSU attack, more government-supported security upgrades critically needed: Howie Beigelman (Opinion)

  02-12-2016 15:53
  The attack scene at Ohio State University Monday outside Watts Hall where an attacker subsequently identified as student Abdul Razak Ali Artan drove his car at pedestrians, then injured more using a butcher knife before he was shot to death by an OSU police officer. Howie Beigelman of Ohio Jewish Communities writes in the op-ed below that the attack underscores the need to spend more to upgrade security and harden soft targets like university campuses.
  
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• "Walking Buddies" find inspiration for mind and body in nature

  02-12-2016 14:47
  Each man in the "Walking Buddies" group walks for different reasons.Tri Bankston says he walks for his health, “I got diagnosed with congestive heart failure and was in the hospital for five days. Afterward, you have to make life changes and being more active was my thing.”“For me, it's an opportunity to meet and talk and share and hear some of their stories and share my stories in a format that's not formal,” says Tim Toole.“I'm trying to make connections in my lif
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Trump announces defense secretary pick at Cincinnati stop

  02-12-2016 13:27
  
  President-elect Donald Trump announced that he has picked retired Gen. James Mattis for for secretary of defense while kicking off this “thank you” tour in Cincinnati.
  
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• Holiday Shopping Guide 2016 – Week Three

  02-12-2016 13:00
  
  Have you been enjoying Columbus Underground’s Holiday Shopping Guide? This weekend, take advantage of Black Friday and Small Business Saturday deals in the Short North and more! Thanks once again to Elm & Iron for being the presenting sponsor of our shopping guide. This is the week! Stop by Elm & Iron’s Holiday Open House […]
  
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• 20 Local Gift Ideas for Your Holiday Shopping List

  02-12-2016 13:00
  
  Have you been enjoying Columbus Underground’s Holiday Shopping Guide? This weekend, take advantage of Black Friday and Small Business Saturday deals in the Short North and more! Thanks once again to Elm & Iron for being the presenting sponsor of our shopping guide. This is the week! Stop by Elm & Iron’s Holiday Open House […]
  
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• Franklin County can email property-tax bills by request

  02-12-2016 12:25
  
  Franklin County property owners now can have their property-tax bills emailed to them.
  
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• Report: Ohio's school report cards mostly make the grade

  02-12-2016 12:19
  
  In an era when “Google” is just as much a verb as a proper noun, states collect tons of education data, but most make it too hard for the average person to find online and use. Ohio’s online report card has a few problems, but its clear format and content make it a“bright spot” among the report cards from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to a national report released Thursday morning.
  
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• Trader Joe's recalling hummus

  02-12-2016 12:12
  
  CHARLOTTE, North Carolina-- Bakkavor Foods USA, Inc. is voluntarily recalling Trader Joe's Mediterranean Hummus and Trader Joe's White Bean & Basil Hummus.The manufacturer says the products may have been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.The impacted products have "use by date codes" up through and including 12/15/2016. The hummus comes in 16 ounce plastic containers. The "use by" dates are stamped at the bottom of the tubs. There have been no confirmed illnesses.
  
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• Ohio legislature likely to raise bar for police seizure of property without conviction

  02-12-2016 12:12
  
  Despite ongoing opposition from police chiefs and prosecutors, Ohio’s legislative leaders expect to pass a bill next week limiting the ability for law enforcement to seize property without a criminal conviction.
  
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• Local concerns prompt big changes to property-tax break bill

  02-12-2016 12:07
  
  A bill giving property-tax breaks to developers got significant changes Thursday in response to criticism from local officials who deal with economic development. The business-backed bill would freeze property values for land under commercial or industrial development until the project is completed through a sale of the property, an occupancy permit or the start of business operations. It is designed to help developers predict costs and make more job-ready sites available in the state.
  
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• Columbus Police locate missing girl

  02-12-2016 12:04
  
  Columbus Police located a girl who had been reported missingfrom northeast Columbus.Police say that 10-year-old Isatu Overcomer had last been seen at her aunt’s home around 9:30 p.m. Thursday. They issued a Missing Person alert about her early Friday morning.Around 10 a.m. Friday, police reported that Isatu had been safely located.
  
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• Columbus Police asking for help locating missing girl

  02-12-2016 12:04
  
  Columbus Police are asking for help locating a girl missing from northeast Columbus.Police say that 10-year-old Isatu Overcomer was last seen at her aunt’s home around 9:30 p.m. Thursday.She is described as black with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing light blue and red Christmas pajamas with Santa Claus and reindeer on them, a pink and purple jacket, purple and black tennis shoes, and a brown backpack. She is 5' 3" tall and 110 lbs.Police are asking anyone who sees her
  
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• Groveport woman killed in Madison Township crash

  02-12-2016 12:02
  
  A Groveport woman was killed in a one-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon in Madison Township.
  
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• Opinion: Protect Ohio Families, Sign NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio’s Petition Against a 20 Week Abortion Ban

  02-12-2016 12:00
  
  Nobody likes abortions. Nobody wants an abortion. Pro-choice people don’t wake up every morning craving the blood of the innocent. It’s a sad fact that safe and legal abortions have always been and will continue to be necessary. But that’s what you get when impoverished and working class women (the majority of abortion-seekers) have little […]
  
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• Opinion: Protect Ohio Families, Sign NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio’s Petition

  02-12-2016 12:00
  
  Nobody likes abortions. Nobody wants an abortion. Pro-choice people don’t wake up every morning craving the blood of the innocent. It’s a sad fact that safe and legal abortions have always been and will continue to be necessary. But that’s what you get when impoverished and working class women (the majority of abortion-seekers) have little […]
  
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• Ohio's hard-hit Appalachia region strains to fund drug-addiction treatment

  02-12-2016 11:56
  
  For every person with an opiate addiction who walked through his agency’s doors in 2000, psychologist Joe Gay said, there are now 50. Gay and others in southern Ohio watched addiction snake through their communities like a virus, flourishing in areas with high poverty, high unemployment and scant public resources.
  
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• Ohio's responses to drug crisis get mixed reviews

  02-12-2016 11:55
  
  Despite tough new drug laws, a crackdown on pill mills, increases in drug seizures and nearly $1 billion in new state spending, Ohioans continue dying from drug overdoses in record numbers.
  
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• Letter: Islam stands for peace, equality

  02-12-2016 11:42
  
  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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• Death toll rises in Tennessee wildfires

  02-12-2016 10:26
  
  GATLINBURG, Tenn. -- People in cars and trucks rolled into the wildfire-ravaged city of Gatlinburg on Friday to get a first look at what remained of their homes and businesses, and a mayor raised the death toll to 13, including a woman who died of a heart attack during the firestorm.Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters also increased the number of buildings damaged, saying it now approaches 1,000."I can't describe to you the feelings we have over this tragedy," he said during a news conference with
  
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• Death toll in Tennessee wildfires increases to 11

  02-12-2016 10:26
  
  The charred city of Gatlinburg is still days away from reopening after devastating and deadly wildfires, but all around the city, communities in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains are welcoming back residents and visitors.In Pigeon Forge, the Comedy House rented an electronic billboard message that said it was open. A hotel flyer urged guests to check out the scenic Cades Cove loop: "Take a drive and remember what you love about the Smokies!"Dollywood, the amusement park named after coun
  
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• Ohio certifies official election results

  02-12-2016 07:56
  
  COLUMBUS Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted certified on Thursday the official results of the 2016 Presidential General Election held on Nov. 8. In total, 5,607,641 Ohioans cast ballots, out of 7,861,025 registered voters, leading to a voter turnout rate of 71.33 percent. "As we close the books on another election, one thing that is abundantly clear is that Ohio is a national leader in elections administration as our state once again has delivered a well-run election," Secretary Husted said.
  
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