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Police Investigating Three Armed Robberies Near OSU
Columbus Police said three armed robberies happened near the Ohio State University early Monday morning. The first robbery happened on West 8th Avenue around 12:30 a.m. Police said a man with a gun stole a laptop and a bag. The property was later recovered and three people were arrested in connection with the robbery. The second robbery happened on King Avenue shortly before 2:00 a.m. Police ...
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Gas Prices Take Big Jump In Ohio
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Ohio officer injured during pursuit
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (AP) -- Authorities say a central Ohio police officer was seriously injured when he was hit by a fleeing suspect's car during a ...
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Anonymous Cincinnati IRS official “Everything comes from the top.”
Washington Examiner May 20, 2013 A story in the Washington Post yesterday about the Internal Revenue Service's Cincinnati office, which does most of the agency's nonprofit auditing, clearly contradicted earlier reports that the agency's targeting of Tea Party groups was the result of rogue agents. The Post ...
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Armed Robbery At Westerville Area McDonalds
Detectives were heading to the scene of an armed robbery at a McDonald's Monday morning. The robbery happened around 4:15 a.m. at the McDonald's in the 4400 block of Executive Parkway. Franklin County Sheriff's deputies and Blendon Township officers responded to the scene. Workers inside the McDonald's told officials two armed men came into the store and demanded cash. ...
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Woman Dies In Franklin Township Crash
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office was investigating a fatal car crash in Franklin Township in Southwest Columbus.The Sheriff’s Office said the crash occurred around 11 p.m. Sunday on Brown Road, south of Hart Road.Officials said the vehicle was traveling southbound, left the roadway and rolled over. The driver was ejected.The driver, Ashley A. O’Dell, 25, was transported to ...
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Sunny Muggy Day Ahead For Monday
MONDAY MORNING WEATHER DISCUSSIONDate: May 20 Time: 5:00 Meteorologist: Mike Davis Your Doppler 10 ForecastThis Morning Muggy & warm. Patch fog possible. This Afternoon Sun & clouds, hot & humid. Upper 80s. S 5-15 mphTonight: Partly cloudy, warm & sticky again. 67 S 5-10 mphTomorrow: Partly cloudy. Chance for a scattered shower or storm. 88 SW 5-10 MphWednesday: Showers & ...
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Mayors brother hurt in Ohio drag racing accident
A Cleveland School District spokeswoman tells The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer ((bit.ly/14HfJ86) that Nick Jackson, deputy chief of business operations for Cleveland's schools, was hurt after a wreck during practice runs Saturday at Thompson Raceway Park in ...
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Columbus Firefighters Recovering From Acid Burns
Three Columbus firefighters were recovering from acid burns on Sunday after their firehouse was affected by a power outage. They were working on a generator at Fire Station 22 at 3069 Parsons Ave. when they were somehow splashed by battery acid. Two of them were treated by paramedics at the station. A third firefighter was taken to Grant Medical Center with what were described by Battalion ...
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Police in NE Ohio report black bear sightings
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) -- Police in a northeast Ohio community report a number of black bear sightings. Police in Liberty Township near Youngstown say they have received several calls regarding bears in the area in recent days. According to The (Youngstown) Vindicator (bit.ly/13w41L2), the police department Web page warns residents to remain calm if they see a bear. It says black bears ...
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Police Say Man Abandoned Boy At Bar In Short North
Police were looking for a man Sunday night who they said left his six-year-old son at a Short North bar. Officers were called to Park Street Tavern around 7:30 p.m. by a woman who noticed the child and called 911. Pamela Hall said she and a friend had started following the boy because it looked like he was being made to go from business to business to sell candy bars. Hall said the boy ...
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Timeline of the Ohio kidnappings Three womens shared nightmare
By Elizabeth Chuck and Polly DeFrank, NBC News It's a story with a happy ending over a decade in the making. A daring escape and a dramatic 911 call led to the rescue of three women who allegedly had been held captive for years inside a home in Cleveland, Ohio. Below is a timeline of events in the case, from before the women first disappeared to their eventual ...
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DNA tests confirm Cleveland kidnap suspect is father of girl freed from house
By Erin McClam, Staff Writer, NBC News DNA tests have confirmed that Ariel Castro, the suspect in the kidnapping and decade-long imprisonment of three women in Cleveland, is the father of a 6-year-old girl born to one of the women in captivity, the Ohio attorney general said Friday.Attorney General Mike DeWine also said that Castro’s DNA did not match other unsolved Ohio cases. He said ...
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Brady reunion brings memories to Kings Island
Greg Brady sings "I'm Greg Brady" to the tune of "...: Greg Brady raps. "I'm Greg Brady" to the tune of "The Real Slim Shady." Mind blown. Johnny Bravo ...
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Streaking Tribe eyes four-game sweep behind Kazmir
The Indians are 7-1 against Cy Young Award winners this season. They don't seem to care which opposing pitcher toes the rubber or whether they tote any hardware. At 17-4 over their last 21 contests, the Indians are enjoying their best stretch since September 2007, a month before they came within one win of a World Series ticket. "We don't look in the past. We don't look in ...
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Cueto set to make return in opener vs. Mets
After more than a month on the disabled list, Reds ace Johnny Cueto will make his return to the mound on Monday against the Mets at Citi Field. It will be the right-hander's first Major League start since April 13, when he left the game in the fifth inning and hit the DL with a strained right lat two days later. "I'm happy," Cueto said through translator Tomas Vera. ...
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Tornadoes Hit Oklahoma And Kansas
Authorities say tornadoes have touched down in Wichita, Kan., and a suburb of Oklahoma City. There were no immediate reports of injuries or significant damage Sunday evening. Sedgwick County, Kan., emergency management director Randy Duncan says officials are "very grateful" about the few reports of damage from the tornado that touched down near Wichita Mid-Continent Airport shortly ...
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Mariners do little right in 6-0 loss to Cleveland
CLEVELAND — One inning into this disaster, it was apparent the Mariners didn't have much of a chance. They'd already been owned by Cleveland Indians ace Justin Masterson in the top half of the frame, then spent the bottom part forgetting the basics in the field en route to two quick runs by the home side. By the time this 6-0 defeat was in the books, Felix Hernandez and the ...
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Sharefax raises money for Childrens Hospital
Sharefax Credit Union employees and customers raised more than $7,800 for Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center during the 2013 Marching Miles for Miracle Kids. From left in front are: Jessica McDaniel, Beth Fawcett, Colleen Fite, Nadia Shurkhay and Stacy Wene. Back row: Gina Patt, Pat Wohlfrom, Susan Presnell and Bev Havens. / Thanks to Jessica ...
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Cleveland celebrates Supermans humble beginnings
CLEVELAND - The tough, blue-collar roots of Superman's creators are getting a fresh look on the superhero's 75th anniversary. Creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster lived just a few blocks apart in the Cleveland neighborhood that shaped their teenage lives, their dreams and the imagery of the Man of Steel. In the city's Glenville neighborhood, still in the throttling grip of the ...
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Chapman allows tying walk-off homers in Philly
CIN@PHI: Reds lose on Galvis' walk-off homer in ninth PHILADELPHIA -- Winning a series at Citizens Bank Park isn't something the Reds take for granted. After all, it hadn't happened since 2006. They were one inning from finally ending that streak before a crushing turn of events on Sunday. Back-to-back home runs by the Phillies' Erik Kratz and Freddy Galvis in the bottom ...
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Ohio newspaper editor David Miller dead at 66
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) -- Editor David C. Miller of The (Bowling Green) Sentinel-Tribune newspaper in Ohio died Saturday at a hospital in York, Pa., the paper said in a statement. He was ...
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Police in NW Ohio home invasion victim targeted
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Police in northwest Ohio are searching for three suspects in the shooting death of a business owner during a weekend home ...
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MLB Philadelphia 3 Cincinnati 2
Eric Kratz and Freddy Galvis socked back-to-back homers in the bottom of the ninth Sunday, rallying the Philadelphia Phillies over Cincinnati 3-2. Trailing 2-0 in the eighth, the Phillies began the comeback ...
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MLB Cleveland 6 Seattle 0
Justin Masterson struck out 11 over seven shutout innings Sunday, staking the Cleveland Indians to a 6-0 whitewash of Seattle. Masterson (7-2) ran his scoreless inning streak to 16 with the 106-pitch performance. The right-hander scattered three hits and walked two while lowering his ERA to ...
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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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