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• MoJoe Lounge to Close Friday, Reopen Nearby as Cup o Joe

  22-08-2018 23:43
  The MoJoe Lounge Downtown, a restaurant off-shoot of the local coffee company Cup o Joe, will serve its last meal this Thursday, August 23. The restaurant part of the business closes down on Friday, but the coffee shop side will continue to operate while Cup o Joe awaits a new spot in the nearby atrium […]
  
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• Mo Joe Lounge to Close Friday, Reopen Nearby as Cup o Joe

  22-08-2018 23:43
  The Mo Joe Lounge Downtown, a restaurant off-shoot of the local coffee company Cup o Joe, will serve its last meal this Thursday, August 23. The restaurant part of the business closes down on Friday, but the coffee shop side will continue to operate while Cup o Joe awaits a new spot in the nearby […]
  
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• Police target drivers ignoring school zone speed limits

  22-08-2018 22:40
  The Columbus Division of Police Motorcycle Unit kept a vigilant eye on Demorest Road Wednesday morning as students in the South-Western City School District headed to the first day of class at Franklin Heights High School.Officer Robert Johnson said it's critical for drivers to stay alert."The kids, they're excited to get to school.They're probably going to be waiting to run across that street," said Officer Johnson.The Columbus Police Motorcycle Unit is infiltrating school zones to target drive
  
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• Skimmers found on Huntington Bank ATMs around central Ohio

  22-08-2018 21:52
  
  The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office said four skimming devices were found at Huntington Bank ATM locations in the central Ohio area.The skimming devices capture customers’ card numbers.The sheriff’s office released surveillance images of the suspects. Huntington Bank is offering a $1,000 reward for information identifying the suspects.If you recognize any of the suspect, contact the sheriff’s office at 740-833-2830 or [email protected] Tuesday, Westervi
  
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• COhatch and Brothers Drake Team Up to Bring “The Pub” to Polaris

  22-08-2018 21:51
  After seven years of serving up mead in Weinland Park — and 10 years of business total — Brothers Drake has announced a second location coming to Polaris by early 2019. In a partnership with COhatch, The Pub will function as a co-working, private office and meeting space during the day, and a bar and […]
  
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• 'The Big Bang Theory' to end in 2019 after 12 seasons

  22-08-2018 21:23
  
  NEW YORK— CBS says the upcoming 12th season of "The Big Bang Theory" will be the last.It's the most popular comedy on television.The series began about geeky physicist roommates portrayed by Jim Parsons and Johnny Galecki and expanded to include their friends, girlfriends and then wives. Other stars include Mayim Bialik and Kaley Cuoco.Parsons' work on the show has earned him four Emmy awards and a Golden Globe. CBS also airs a prequel about his character called "Young Sheldon."There's als
  
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• Cohen's lawyer says Trump "would be indicted and jailed" if he weren't president

  22-08-2018 20:46
  
  Lanny Davis, the attorney for former Trump fixer Michael Cohen, said President Trump's team of lawyers are "witnesses against him" and prove that his client was directed to make payments on Mr. Trump's behalf to keep his alleged affairs quiet."It's not about evidence. It is definitive, indisputable that Donald Trump's lawyers said in a letter to the special counsel that President Trump directed – the same word that Michael Cohen used in court yesterday under oath – directed Michael C
  
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• Columbus Science Pub Flocks to COSI for Bird Talk

  22-08-2018 20:36
  Once a month, Columbus Science Pub offers an opportunity to gather in a relaxed, casual space and learn about scientific topics usually reserved for the classroom. This evening, however, the science will move out of the pub and onto COSI’s plaza for a talk by Dr. Chris Tonra all about birds and bird migration. “2018 […]
  
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• Video shows girl in tears after she was told to leave school because of braided hair, family says

  22-08-2018 20:34
  
  A girl from Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, says she was forced to leave school on Monday because of her braided hair extensions. Steven Evergreen Fennidy wrote in a viral Facebook post that his little sister, Faith, cried when she was sent home for her hairstyle. Fennidy took video of his sister sobbing at school, while family members are heard speaking to teachers about the policy. The older brother calls the school's policy on hair a "barrier to entry for black people," and he accused the school
  
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• Arkansas man convicted in road rage killing of toddler

  22-08-2018 19:49
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas man accused of firing his gun into another driver's car and killing a 3-year-old boy in the back seat has been convicted of murder.Jurors on Wednesday found Gary Eugene Holmes guilty of first-degree murder and terroristic threatening in the December 2016 death of Acen King. Sentencing is underway.The boy's grandmother says she was stopped at a stop sign when Holmes honked his horn, got out of his car and fired into her car. A police affidavit says a woman wh
  
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• School drops archbishop's name amid sex abuse report fallout

  22-08-2018 19:32
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Roman Catholic high school will shed the name of Washington's archbishop after he was cited in a sweeping grand jury report as having allowed priests accused of sexually abusing children to be reassigned or reinstated while he was Pittsburgh's bishop.The Diocese of Pittsburgh said Wednesday that Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl made the request to remove his name from Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic High School, and that school and diocese officials accepted it.The sign o
  
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• A&F Opens New Store Next to OSU

  22-08-2018 19:32
  New Albany-based Abercrombie & Fitch officially opened its newest local store adjacent to The Ohio State University at The Gateway. The store format is a new one for the brand, reflecting a more youthful shopping experience to match the student demographic of the area. A release from A&F refers to the store at 1614 N. […]
  
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• Ford recalls electric car power cables due to fire risk

  22-08-2018 17:56
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling the charging cords for more than 50,000 plug-in hybrid and electric cars in North America because they could cause fires in electrical outlets.The company says the 120-volt cords came with certain 2012 through 2015 Focus electrics and some 2013 through 2015 Fusion Energi and C-Max Energi plug-in hybrids.Ford says plugging the cords into outlets that aren't on a dedicated circuit or are on damaged, worn or corroded circuits could cause wall outlets to overhe
  
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• Are You Joining The Conversation?

  22-08-2018 17:55
  It’s almost time. The Big Table will be the talk of the town on August 29, as conversations take place across the city. From intimate gatherings in a neighbor’s home to multiple-table conversations hosting 100+ people, the energy from this community-building day will be palpable. The best part? You can still join in. Anyone and […]
  
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• TIMELINE: Urban Meyer investigation, abuse allegations against former assistant coach

  22-08-2018 17:50
  
  Ohio State trustees are discussing the future of football coach Urban Meyer.Board Chairman Michael Gasser briefly called a meeting to order Wednesday before the board went behind closed doors to decide whether Meyer should be punished for his handling of domestic-abuse allegations against a former assistant coach.The investigation centers on what Meyer knew and did about allegations of abuse against former wide receivers coach Zach Smith, who was fired July 23 after his ex-wife sought a protecti
  
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• 8 dead bodies found on streets of Mexican resort of Cancun

  22-08-2018 17:47
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors say they have found a total of eight dead bodies on the streets of the Mexican resort city of Cancun, with two bodies dumped at two spots and four others found shot to death individually.The bodies of a man and a woman were found in an abandoned taxi Tuesday, and the dismembered bodies of two men were found in a several plastic bags at another spot.Also Tuesday, one man was found bound and shot to death. The prosecutors’ office for the state of Quintana
  
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• Lost Jagger-Simon duet found after more than 45 years

  22-08-2018 17:37
  
  LONDON — A lost Mick Jagger duet with Carly Simon has been found more than 45 years after it was first recorded.The song, apparently never heard in public, appears to have been recorded in 1972 and was found recently on a tape owned by Rolling Stones collector Matt Lee.Believed to be named "Fragile," at least according to Rolling Stones fan websites, the song is a slow love ballad that has Jagger and Simon seemingly sitting together at a piano and singing.Simon spoke about the lost duet in
  
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• Disney offers college tuition for hourly workers looking to earn degree

  22-08-2018 17:24
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney is offering to pay full tuition for hourly workers who want to earn a college degree or finish a high school diploma.The Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday it will pay upfront tuition to workers who want to take classes starting in the fall.Disney initially will invest $50 million into the "Disney Aspire" program and up to $25 million a year after that.Other large corporations have begun paying tuition for workers in a job market with low unemployment.In May, Walmar
  
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• Trump tweets snarky advice after Cohen guilty plea: "Don't retain Michael Cohen"

  22-08-2018 17:03
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a growing threat to his presidency, President Donald Trump lashed at his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen, a day after the onetime "fixer" implicated Trump in a campaign cover-up to buy the silence of women who said they had sexual relationships with him.Trump on Wednesday accused Cohen of making up "stories in order to get a 'deal'" from federal prosecutors. Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations that the lawyer said he carried out in coordination
  
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• Truck drivers go the extra mile for a boy's birthday surprise

  22-08-2018 16:52
  Dakota "Bubba" Cadd often sits in his back yard along Wisconsin Highway 26, hoping truckers will blow their horns for him. On Saturday, those truckers went the extra mile to surprise him for his birthday.Bubba has cerebral palsy and Dandy-Walker syndrome, a congenital brain malformation. He was greeted by hundreds of trucks and thousands of people. But the birthday gathering started with with one small act of kindness."Dakota was out in his normal spot, sitting there, pumping his arm, and I noti
  
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• Girl battling leukemia receives over 1,000 postcards for birthday, including one from Tom Hanks

  22-08-2018 16:36
  
  Twelve-year-old Aspen Kelly has a special request for her upcoming birthday: postcards. The girl from Oklahoma will become a teenager on September 1, but she can't celebrate the way she wants to. Aspen has leukemia, and "she can't really do anything or go anywhere for her birthday like she used to," her mom, Vanessa Kelly, wrote on Facebook in July.Since she can't travel, Aspen made a request for postcards from all over the country and around the world — and her expectations were far surpa
  
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• Police: 2 inmates assault staff, escape jail in Kentucky

  22-08-2018 16:26
  
  PINEVILLE, Ky. — Two southeast Kentucky jail inmates who escaped, spraying bleach in the eyes of one jail worker and assaulting another, were being sought Wednesday, police said.David Mosely, 41, and Matthew Price, 45, escaped Tuesday night from the Bell County jail, Kentucky State Police said in a statement. The worker who was assaulted suffered injuries to his ribs, police said.Both jail workers were being treated at a hospital, Bell County Jailer Gary Ferguson told Kentucky news station
  
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• Grammy-winning country star Gretchen Wilson arrested

  22-08-2018 16:11
  
  WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. — Grammy-winning country music star Gretchen Wilson has been arrested at a Connecticut airport after what was described as a minor disturbance on an incoming flight.Wilson has been charged with breach of peace.State police responded to Bradley International Airport, in Windsor Locks, just after 7 p.m. Tuesday.Police say while talking to Wilson she "became belligerent toward the troopers and caused a disturbance." The 45-year-old Wilson was taken into custody. Bail was
  
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• Treat to Try: Big and Little’s Doughnuts

  22-08-2018 16:00
  Columbus has an insatiable appetite for doughnuts. We’ve got almost every chain operation from Tim Horton’s to Duck Donuts, and we’ve got plucky artisanal operators such as Tupelo and its roving doughnut truck. Big and Little’s falls under the artisanal category. You can find it on the regular at the Powell Farmers Market and also […]
  
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• Treat to Try: Big and Little’s Donuts

  22-08-2018 16:00
  Columbus has an insatiable appetite for donuts. We’ve got almost every chain operation from Tim Horton’s to Duck Donuts, and we’ve got plucky artisanal operators such as Tupelo and its roving donut truck. Big and Little’s falls under the artisanal category. You can find it on the regular at the Powell Farmers Market and also […]
  
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• Columbus Council on World Affairs: Global Dimensions of Ohio's Opioid Crisis

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• Is Santa real? A version of Alexa skirts some kid questions

  22-08-2018 14:08
  
  NEW YORK — A version of Alexa won't tell kids where babies come from or spill the beans about Santa. It also won't explain some things kids might have heard on the news — like what Stormy Daniels does for a living.Amazon updated its voice assistant with a feature that can make Alexa more kid-friendly. When the FreeTime feature is activated, Alexa answers certain questions differently. Asked where babies come from, for example, the kid version tells youngsters to ask a grown-up.Amazon
  
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• Lotsa Pasta: Olive Garden offers year of never ending pasta

  22-08-2018 13:36
  
  ORLANDO, Fla.— Olive Garden customers who can't get enough pasta have a chance to enjoy unlimited servings for a year.The restaurant chain is offering its first annual pasta pass as part of its never-ending pasta bowl promotion. The pass is available to 1,000 customers who pay $300.The 52-week pass goes on sale along with 23,000 passes that offer eight weeks of unlimited access for $100 starting at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday at www.PastaPass.com. Olive Garden says 22,000 pasta passes were claimed
  
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• Pink walks into crowd mid-concert to hug teen after reading sign saying her mom recently died

  22-08-2018 13:26
  
  An Australian teen's mother passed away this June before she could attend the concert of one of her favorite singers: Pink. But, Pink made sure the teen's night was extra special--just the way her mom would have wanted.Leah Murphy from the city of Townsville, Australia, brought a sign reading "My name is Leah – I'm 14 years old. I lost my beautiful Mum last month. I would LOVE a hug … Please!" to the singer's concert in Brisbane on Monday.Katrina Donkin, who said she is the teen's c
  
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• Politicians target immigration law after arrest in Iowa case

  22-08-2018 13:18
  
  The disappearance of a well-liked college student from America's heartland had touched many people since she vanished one month ago while out for a run. But the stunning news that a Mexican man living in the U.S. illegally has allegedly confessed to kidnapping and murdering her thrust the case into the middle of the contentious immigration debate and midterm elections.President Donald Trump seized on the man's arrest in the death of Mollie Tibbetts on Tuesday to call the nation's immigration law
  
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• Facebook removes 652 pages, groups and accounts linked to Iran and Russia

  22-08-2018 12:21
  
  Facebook said Tuesday it had removed 652 pages, accounts and groups tied to a newly discovered influence campaign. Some of the pages originated in Iran and others in Russia, Facebook said in a statement. Also, Twitter announced it removed more than 200 accounts from its social media platform because they were engaging in "coordinated manipulation."According to Facebook, the cybersecurity firm FireEye alerted the social media company in July about a network of Facebook Pages known as "Liberty Fro
  
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• $2M bond set for man charged with running over, killing Ohio man

  22-08-2018 12:17
  
  A man accused of running over and killing another man at an interstate rest stop in Ohio has had his bond set at $2 million.A judge set bond Tuesday for 34-year-old Paul Randall Jr. of Dolgeville, New York. Randall is charged with murder and aggravated robbery in the death of 42-year-old Scott Reichard, of North Olmsted.Online court records do not name an attorney for Randall.The State Highway Patrol said Randall allegedly ran over Reichard with Reichard's pickup truck Friday night after the two
  
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• First horse reported with West Nile virus in Ohio

  22-08-2018 12:15
  
  The state has reported Ohio's first West Nile virus cases in horses this year.Ohio's Department of Health said Tuesday that two horses in northeast Ohio tested positive for the virus that is transmitted through bites from infected mosquitoes. Agriculture officials say the spread of the virus in horses can be prevented with proper vaccination. They say the horses confirmed with the virus had not been vaccinated.Officials are urging horse owners to ensure their animal's vaccine and boosters are up
  
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• AG Jeff Sessions to address US opioid epidemic in Cleveland

  22-08-2018 12:11
  
  U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is expected to discuss the country's opioid epidemic in Cleveland.Sessions is scheduled to address the crisis Wednesday at the federal courthouse. A news release says Sessions will talk about the Justice Department's efforts to combat the epidemic.Ohio has been one of the states hardest hit.The medical examiner for CuyahogaCounty, which includes Cleveland, has said there were 822 unintentional overdose deaths last year compared with 666 in 2016.The powerful sy
  
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• AG Jeff Sessions addresses US opioid epidemic in Cleveland

  22-08-2018 12:11
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions during an appearance in Cleveland on Wednesday outlined three enforcement actions aimed at loosening the opioid epidemic's "grip of death and destruction" on the nation."Today's announcements are a warning to every trafficker, every crooked doctor or pharmacist and every drug company, every chairman and foreign national and company that puts greed before the lives and health of the American people," Sessions said.Those actions included t
  
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• Kasich to sit out GOP dinner where Trump is featured guest

  22-08-2018 11:46
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. John Kasich is skipping a Republican Party fundraiser Friday where President Donald Trump is the headliner.Kasich's decision comes as no surprise. The two are locked in a fierce and public rivalry.Kasich, a 2016 presidential contender, skipped the 2016 Republican National Convention held in Cleveland and refused to vote for Trump. Once elected, Trump successfully worked to oust Kasich's point man from the helm of the Ohio Republican Party, which is hosting F
  
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• Urban Meyer suspended for 3 games after investigation

  22-08-2018 11:30
  Ohio State head football coach Urban Meyer has been suspended for the first three games of the 2018 season as a result of the investigation into his knowledge and handling of abuse allegations against former assistant coach Zach Smith.The university says Meyer will be suspended through September 2 and the games against Oregon State, Rutgers and TCU without pay. His first game back will be September 22 against Tulane.Athletic Director Gene Smith is suspended without pay from August 31-September 1
  
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• Ohio State trustees deliberate Urban Meyer's coaching future

  22-08-2018 11:30
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State trustees are set to discuss the future of football coach Urban Meyer.The 20-member board plans to meet in private Wednesday morning in Columbus to decide whether Meyer should be punished for his handling of domestic-abuse allegations against a former assistant coach.The investigation centers on what Meyer knew and did about allegations of abuse against former wide receivers coach Zach Smith, who was fired July 23 after his ex-wife sought a protective order.
  
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• Tears, farewell hugs end 1st round of Korean reunions

  22-08-2018 11:24
  
  As her two North Korean daughters, both in their 70s, wailed outside her bus, 99-year-old Han Shin-ja pounded the windows from inside in despair, moving her lips to say "don't cry" and "farewell."As her bus left for South Korea on Wednesday, Han's daughters chased the moving vehicle before being stopped by a North Korean official, a predictable but no less heart-wrenching departure that's likely to be the last time they saw their mother before the die.Han's family was among hundreds of elderly K
  
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• Hurricane Lane now at Category 4 continues toward Hawaii

  22-08-2018 11:20
  HONOLULU (AP) — As emergency shelters opened, rain began to pour and cellphone alerts went out, the approaching hurricane started to feel real for Hawaii residents.Hurricane Lane was forecast to continue its northwest turn into the islands Thursday, which would make it the most powerful storm to hit Hawaii since Hurricane Iniki in 1992."Everyone is starting to buckle down at this point," said Christyl Nagao of Kauai. "Our families are here. We have businesses and this and that. You just ha
  
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• Hurricane Lane now at Category 4 as it heads toward Hawaii

  22-08-2018 11:20
  HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii residents rushed to stores to stock up on bottled water, ramen, toilet paper and other supplies as they faced the threat of heavy rain, flash flooding and high surf as a hurricane churned toward the state.The National Weather Service said Wednesday that Hurricane Lane had weakened to a Category 4 hurricane, but those hurricanes with winds of more than 130 mph or above can still cause catastrophic damage.More weakening was predicted, but the weather service said that
  
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• Hawaii residents brace themselves as hurricane strengthens

  22-08-2018 11:20
  
  Hawaii residents rushed to stores to stock up on bottled water, ramen, toilet paper and other supplies as they faced the threat of heavy rain, flash flooding and high surf as a strengthening hurricane continued to churn toward the state.On Tuesday night, the National Weather Service announced that Hurricane Lane had become a Category 5 hurricane, which means that it is likely to cause catastrophic damage with winds 157 mph or above. The hurricane is about 500 miles (804 kilometers) southeast of
  
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• Hawaii emerges from threat as storm veers away from islands

  22-08-2018 11:20
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii emerged Saturday from the threat of a potentially devastating hurricane after flooding forced evacuations on some islands but damage appeared less than feared despite historic amounts of rain.Tropical Storm Lane, once known as Hurricane Lane, began to break apart as it veered west into the open Pacific, leaving behind sighs of relief and plenty of clean-up, especially on the Big Island where rainfall totals approached 4 feet (1.2 meters).No storm-related deaths have
  
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• 5 injured after reported explosion at Liberty Casting in Delaware, Ohio

  22-08-2018 04:56
  
  DELAWARE, Ohio - Firefighters are on the scene of the Liberty Casting Company in Delaware, Ohio.Dispatchers took a call for a reported explosion at 10:10 p.m. Tuesday.City of Delaware Fire Chief John L. Donahue said when firefights arrived at the scene five minutes later, people from the plant said five people were hurt but the fire was out.Donahue said four of the people were taken to the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.One of the people injured was flown to the hospital.A fifth per
  
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• 6 candidates announced for Columbus City Schools superintendent

  22-08-2018 04:30
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus Board of Education approved a list of six candidates on Tuesday for the open superintendent position.The board had to re-start the search process after the Ohio Auditor of State, Dave Yost, informed them that their previous search was in violation of the state's Open Meetings Law.The candidates are below with their current jobs according to the Columbus Dispatch:Mr. Terry Dade, an assistant superintendent for Fairfax County Schools in Virginia.Dr. Talisa Dixon, supe
  
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• Columbus Safety Advisory Committee Hearing, August 21st, 2018

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• Columbus Safety Advisory Committee Hearing, August 20th, 2018

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• Some EpiPen expiration dates get extended on heels of shortage

  22-08-2018 02:41
  
  The Food and Drug Administration announced it’s extending the expiration date for some Epipens.The move comes in the wake of Epipen shortages.Epipens are auto-injectors that deliver epinephrine to help treat life-threatening allergic reactions.According to the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, the expiration extension applies to specific lots.It includes Epipen 0.3 milligram auto-injectors and the authorized generic version. They have expiration dates between April 2018 and December 2018.In a
  
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• Retired professor finds undiscovered dinosaur's bones, replica coming to OSU

  22-08-2018 02:24
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - What will soon happen at Orton Hall Museum on the campus of OSU, happened by chance."This is where serendipity happens," Dr. David Elliot said.In his backyard on Tuesday, Dr. Elliot talked about the discovery he just happened to stumble upon."It's always very rewarding, particularly if it is new to science, which this one happened to be," he said.Elliot, who was an OSU professor of geology, went to Antarctica to research 3,000 feet of rocks in the winter of 1966.One trip was not
  
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