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Ohio is the first state to prevent banks from using plywood on properties vacant and abandoned properties in foreclosure.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

Accusing Gov. John Kasich of “engaging in Putin-like rule” to overturn a state law on health-care price transparency, the law’s sponsor wants the attorney general to hire outside counsel to defend the state against an industry lawsuit.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

Columbus police confirmed that guns, drugs and cash were seized at a University District residence where a Ohio State University student was shot to death. Tarak Andrew Underiner, 20, was shot multiple times and died just after midnight Thursday at a residence in the first block of East Northwood Avenue near North High Street.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

A 35-year-old bicyclist was killed after he crossed into oncoming traffic early Friday morning in the North Side, according to Columbus police. The man, who has not been identified, was riding east on Morse Road and crossed into oncoming traffic heading west near Colerain Avenue. He was hit by a car driven by 48-year-old Charles Sanders, police said.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

Close to 100 low-income residents of the 11-story Bollinger Tower in the Short North will have to move by the end of April so a developer can begin converting the building into a hotel. Representatives of the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority and a relocation company, R.H. Brown & Co., met with residents, many of them seniors, on Thursday to discuss the transition.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

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A former Delaware County deputy sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison for child pornography had participated in an online chat room in which visitors pay to view live sexual encounters involving minors.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

The plane that carried six people from central Ohio is believed to have been located in Lake Erie Thursday but recovery efforts were delayed until Friday because of rough water and weather conditions.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

Eastland Mall is a survivor. It has outlived Northland and other older malls, despite losing chain stores to newer malls and more upscale neighborhoods. The departure of its Macy's store, announced late Wednesday, will be a blow, one local retail veteran says, but one that won't sink the mall.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-BUSINESS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-BUSINESS"};

The United States and Russia have had Cold War-like relations recently, but one wouldn’t know it from the teenagers filling a conference room in Upper Arlington. Ten Russian students and 19 upper-school students at The Wellington School are bonding this week, having met in person for the first time Wednesday. The ultimate goal is to start an actual international company that solves a problem for kids in both countries.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};