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Tribe designates Huff recalls Barnes for pen boost
Email BOSTON -- In their continuous quest for consistent left-handed relief, the Indians adjusted their bullpen prior to Thursday's game against the Red Sox. Cleveland designated left-hander David Huff for assignment and replaced him in the relief corps with lefty Scott Barnes, who was summoned from Triple-A Columbus. The Indians now have 10 days to trade or release Huff, who can also ...
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Westerville Police Release Name Condition Of Woman Struck By Garbage Truck
Reem Kastoon, 32, of Westerville was backed into by a Rumpke garbage truck. Westerville police said Kastoon was pinned under the left rear axle and received critical injuries in the crash. She was taken to the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center by a medical helicopter. The incident occurred on Crescent Drive at Crescent Court. Police said it appeared the driver did not ...
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Temperatures Drop Sunny Skies Over Weekend
Your Doppler 10 ForecastThis Evening: Scattered showers ending around sunset.Tonight: Clearing skies and chilly. Low 43.Tomorrow: Mix of sun and clouds and cool. High 63.Saturday: Sunny and continued cool. High 65.Special Information: Another cold front moving across the region today brings much chillier weather for the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Highs will be in the 60s and lows will drop ...
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Police Look For Man Who Stole 176 Packs Of Cigarettes
Central Ohio Crime Stoppers is seeking the public's help identifying a man wanted for stealing 176 packs of cigarettes from a UDF.Early last Thursday morning, a suspect entered a side door at a Reynoldsburg UDF, located at 6686 E. Main Street.Police said the suspect took 176 packs of cigarettes from display shelves behind the counter and stuffed them into a bag.The value of the cigarettes ...
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Vandals Target Local Parks In Westerville
The Westerville Police Department said it is watching for vandals targeting local parks.The director of the city’s Parks and Recreation Department said there have had nearly 20 cases of vandalism in the last month.The restroom graffiti has been cleaned up at Hoff Woods Park, but vandals have also hit restrooms at Hanby and Metzger parks.Police said defacing property is illegal and ...
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Obama Security Speech Addresses Use Of Drones
President Barack Obama is defending the use of drone strikes against American citizens abroad who the administration believes are a national security threat. In a speech, Obama says when an American goes abroad to wage war against the U.S., his citizenship "should no more serve as a shield" than a sniper shooting on an innocent crowd should be protected from a SWAT team. Obama's ...
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Ohio Medical Board Chief Investigator Found Misusing State Vehicle
The Ohio Inspector General found a state medical board chief of investigations misused a state vehicle that he was provided.The inspector general issued the report on Thursday.According to a press release, Douglas Edwards, the chief of investigations for the State Medical Board of Ohio, was assigned a state-issued vehicle to carry out his duties as the agency’s top investigator.The ...
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House Dems seek changes to JobsOhio oversight
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Democrats in the Ohio House are proposing a series of reforms they say will make Gov. John Kasich's (KAY'-siks) private nonprofit job-creation office, JobsOhio, more accountable to the ...
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Hamburgers for life reward to man who helped Ohio kidnap victims
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - The man made famous for putting down his Big Mac to help free three women held captive for about a decade in a Cleveland house will never have to buy a hamburger in his hometown ...
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Fitch Releases Report on Columbus OH
Lack of Stringent U.S. CMBS Underwriting Could Affect REITs Changes in the availability, pricing, and underwriting stringency of U.S. CMBS financing could affect REITs directly and indirectly, according to Fitch Ratings. In addition, a boom-or-bust cycle for CMBS loan performance would negatively affect REITs that regularly access the CMBS ...
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Ohio Voter Fraud Does Exist But Not An Epidemic
May 23, 2013 3:19pm In what was one of the 2012 election cycle’s most important battleground states, ';voter fraud does exist,'; Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted acknowledged in a report on Thursday. ';But it is not an epidemic.'; Husted, a Republican and the state’s chief elections official, said at a news conference and in an accompanying report that based on ...
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NASA head views progress on asteroid lasso mission
PASADENA, Calif. -; The head of NASA is visiting the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where engineers are working on a proposed mission to lasso a small asteroid and drag it closer to Earth for astronauts to ...
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Survey These four Cincinnati sectors find its harder than ever to fill jobs
Hiring managers in health care and technology sectors are having difficulty finding new hires. Business and scientific/technical fields also reported trouble. In case you havent already noticed, business owners in certain sectors are having an even tougher time now filling jobs than they did a year ago. Thats one of the key findings in the Greater Cincinnati Human Resources Associations ...
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Fatherdaughter duo plays free show
Madeira Parks & Recreation Board will host the father/daughter duo Anna and Milovan, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, June 2, at the Eagle Scout Shelter at McDonald ...
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Veterans worried memorial will be forgotten
Bob Shannon, left, and Leo Sunderman, members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3627, stand by the veterans memorial near the intersection of Kellogg Avenue and Apple Hill Road. The Post has been looking after the memorial for years and changes the flag yearly around Memorial Day. / Lisa Wakeland/The Community ...
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Oak Hills students partner with French students on sustainable energy project
Oak Hills High School students Lauren Williams, left, and Jessica Bruns hold up the solar oven they made during a cross-curricular, international project students took part in Tuesday, May 21. Oak Hills students worked with students from a high school in France for the project focused on sustainable energy. / Thanks to Meghan ...
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Labrador retriever has heart cured by first procedure in Tristate
Maggie the Labrador retriever with, from left: front, Drs. Maggie Schuckmann and Megan McLane, and back, technicians Chrissy Miller and Kara Gotham. / ...
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Man gets 22 years in heroin dealing case
A federal judge in Covington on Wednesday sentenced a Cincinnati man to almost 22 years in prison in connection with distributing and selling heroin last July in ...
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Westwood Civic to discuss business district plan
Plans for the business district will be discussed at the next civic association meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 28, at Westwood Town Hall, 3017 Harrison ...
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Community observers sitting in Winton Woods superintendent interviews
FOREST PARK — Eleven representatives from school and community groups in the Winton Woods City School District will act as observers in the second-round interviews for district superintendent. The group will sit in on board interviews with the following ...
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Tea party meets on IRS
The SouthWest Cincinnati Tea Party will host a town hall on the IRS ...
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Milfords Frontier Days is a time to reconnect with friends
A group of Milford youth line the curb for a previous Frontier Days Parade. From left are: Michael Chacko, Josh Hollander, Kevin Korneffel, Marissa Vilardo, Colleen Johnston, Sydney Connor, Heather Myers and Kristen Teter. / File ...
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Oak Hills School Board president Try for another levy
DELHI TWP. — Oak Hills Local School District Treasurer Ronda Johnson said the district will be ...
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Restaurant owner hopes to reopen
The afternoon sun, filtered through a blue tarp protecting an outside portion of the burned Laszlo's Iron Skillet in Newtown, bathes owner Monica Lippmeier. She's pointing to an area in the kitchen where investigators believe a fire started. / Jeanne Houck/The Community ...
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Inman receives scholarship from XU
The daughter of Debi and Ron Inman, she graduated from Ursuline Academy last year, where she was active in Earth action team, softball and Relay for ...
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Cincinnati’s streetcar named bureaucracy
Cincinnati once had a streetcar system that carried 100 million people each year, but it was scrapped in favor of the bus in the mid-twentieth century. Today, just 25 million people use the bus network in Cincinnati, which has led to a proposal for a new streetcar line, but red-tape is blocking the tracks.
Cincinnati, throughout the first half of the twentieth century, had over 200 miles of streetcar tracks and the system carried over 100 million people per year. By the 1950’s the system was deemed unfeasible and was dismantled, with the last streetcar being retired in 1951. Several decades later, the faith that everyone had in the efficiency and convenience of busses has proven unfounded. Read more
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