Columbus Dispatch
- Google VP has Ohio’s students on his mind
Thursday - 01/24/2013 - 06:44 AMDAVOS, Switzerland — Meet Sebastian Thrun, a man who represents a unique component of the “German” investment Gov. John Kasich is seeking for Ohio this week at the World Economic Forum.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Obama to renominate Cordray for post
Thursday - 01/24/2013 - 09:14 AMWASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will renominate former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the White House confirmed this morning.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Man shocked to be indicted for fatally shooting intruder
Thursday - 01/24/2013 - 05:49 AMA man who fatally shot an intruder at his East Side home was charged with manslaughter yesterday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Roe’ anniversary greeted with sadness
Thursday - 01/24/2013 - 06:02 AMEunice Agyapong has a quick response when asked why she opposes abortion. “I was supposed to get aborted when I was a child. So this really means a lot to me,” said the 15-year-old girl who attended this week’s “Respect Life” Mass at St.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Ideas offered to boost college graduation rates
Thursday - 01/24/2013 - 06:14 AMSome of the country’s most-influential college presidents are calling on their colleagues to take bolder steps to graduate more students — and stem the flow of dropouts.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kasich rejects calls for Terhar’s ouster
Thursday - 01/24/2013 - 06:26 AMGov. John Kasich says that since state Board of Education President Debe Terhar has admitted her Facebook post about Adolf Hitler and gun control was “a mistake,” he sees no need for further action.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ohio House’s new rules upset some Democrats
Thursday - 01/24/2013 - 01:07 AMThe Ohio House approved rules yesterday that set up its plans to go paperless in committees and begin streaming budget hearings live online from the House Finance Committee.
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Wednesday - 01/23/2013 - 10:57 PMA man who fatally shot an intruder at his East Side home was charged with manslaughter today.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Theater Review | ‘Best of Stage 2’: Shadowbox show surprisingly successful
Thursday - 01/24/2013 - 12:07 AMThe latest Shadowbox Live show brings together pieces from four very different shows produced over the past year in the experimental mid-week slot. The surprisingly successful Best of Stage 2 both condenses each show to its essence and demonstrates the company’s wide range.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- DeWine supports closing Steubenville rape trial
Thursday - 01/24/2013 - 12:35 AMOhio’s attorney general said the trial of two high-school football players charged with raping a 16-year-old girl should be closed to the public to protect the victim.
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- Fourth proposal emerges for outlet mall
Thursday - 01/24/2013 - 07:10 AMGlimcher Realty Trust has joined the growing list of developers hoping to build an outlet mall in central Ohio. The Columbus-based mall developer and operator is looking at property in Madison County, according to a county official.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - State justices to assess legality of JobsOhio suit
Thursday - 01/24/2013 - 05:39 AMThe Ohio Supreme Court agreed yesterday to consider whether ProgressOhio and others have standing to challenge the constitutionality of Gov. John Kasich’s privatized development agency.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Water systems to split $3.7 million in herbicide-lawsuit deal
Thursday - 01/24/2013 - 05:58 AMColumbus and at least three neighboring water systems have won a combined $3.7 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement with Swiss chemical-maker Syngenta.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New purpose for old Deaf School
Thursday - 01/24/2013 - 06:08 AMA blank marble wall and potholed Downtown lot would become a lush, terraced patio for book lovers and park-goers under the Columbus Metropolitan Library’s plan to buy the former Ohio State School for the Deaf.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Suspect’s body found at base of cell tower
Thursday - 01/24/2013 - 06:23 AMA man who fled authorities in two counties on Tuesday night was found dead yesterday at the base of a cellphone tower in Logan County.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - NHL: Jackets, Mason routed by Coyotes
Thursday - 01/24/2013 - 06:36 AMGLENDALE, Ariz. — Of all the questions surrounding the revamped Blue Jackets, some of the biggest were those that swirled at the mention of goaltender Steve Mason.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Local water systems to split $3.7 million
Wednesday - 01/23/2013 - 10:49 PMColumbus and at least three neighboring water systems have won a combined $3.7 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement with Swiss chemical-maker Syngenta.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - McDonald’s to launch Fish McBites in February
Wednesday - 01/23/2013 - 11:27 PMOAK BROOK, Ill. — McDonald’s is turning to new menu items to boost slumping sales, starting with Fish McBites.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - James Road ramps now open
Thursday - 01/24/2013 - 12:14 AMAll entrance ramps from James Road to westbound and eastbound I-70 are now open
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sloppy play dooms Jackets in 5-1 loss to Coyotes
Thursday - 01/24/2013 - 12:43 AMGLENDALE, Ariz. – Of all the questions surrounding the revamped Blue Jackets, some of the biggest were those that swirled at the mention of goaltender Steve Mason. Mason, the former Calder Trophy winner who fairly or not took a large measure of blame for the struggles of the past three seasons, didn’t have a chance to provide many answers last night.
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- Jeter, in Davos, says he’s seen proof of global warming
Thursday - 01/24/2013 - 06:51 AMDAVOS, Switzerland — What do Derek Jeter and John Kasich have in common? At least two things, actually. Both are in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum this week and both believe in climate change — usually a political hot potato.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Traffic at Rts. 23, 315 intersection could get help
Thursday - 01/24/2013 - 05:45 AMDELAWARE, Ohio — The traffic bottleneck at Rt. 23’s intersection with Rt. 315 and Stratford Road in Delaware could open in the coming years.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sex traffickers reach girls via social media
Thursday - 01/24/2013 - 05:53 AMThe latest battlefront in sex trafficking isn’t on the streets or in a massage parlor, but on social media.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Two teens charged as juveniles in killing near Linden-McKinley
Thursday - 01/24/2013 - 06:08 AMTwo teenagers planned the killing of a 15-year-old boy after school last week in South Linden, according to juvenile court records.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ohioans split as House OKs suspension of debt limit
Thursday - 01/24/2013 - 06:17 AMWASHINGTON — House Republicans delayed yet another legislative brawl with President Barack Obama over spending issues, winning passage yesterday of a suspension of the nation’s $16.4 trillion borrowing limit until May 18.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mayor’s education panel to meet today at OSU
Thursday - 01/24/2013 - 01:04 AMMayor Michael B. Coleman’s Education Commission plans to meet today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Ohio Union, 1739 N. High St., on the Ohio State University campus.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Fire destroys house near Buckeye Lake
Thursday - 01/24/2013 - 03:40 AMA fire early today destroyed a house near Buckeye Lake, with firefighters from three counties called to the scene to battle the blaze.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gahanna may raise income tax to 2.5%
Wednesday - 01/23/2013 - 11:39 PMGahanna’s leaders are considering increasing the city’s income tax to 2.5 percent from 1.5 percent to make up for an $8 million budget gap.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Death of man found in Hilltop parking lot was not a homicide, police say
Thursday - 01/24/2013 - 12:09 AMColumbus police are no longer considering as a homicide the death of a man whose body was found late Monday night in a bank parking lot on the Hilltop.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ideas offered to boost college graduation rates
Wednesday - 01/23/2013 - 10:16 PMSome of the country’s most-influential college presidents are calling on their colleagues to take bolder steps to graduate more students — and stem the flow of dropouts.
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