April 2012
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“Bigfoot’s not a laugh anymore. It’s not a joke. There are more and more people...”
– Marc DeWerth, conference organizer and president of the Ohio Bigfoot Organization
Attendees of the annual Ohio Bigfoot Conference in Cambridge are as serious as they’ve ever been in the more than 20 years that the conference has existed.
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Watch“I’ve gotta go crack some skulls or something…”
The ever-vocal, passionate Elizabeth Lessner, the Columbus restaurateur and community activist known for her Columbus Food League group of restaurants, hopes to expand her list of comfort-food eateries next spring.
If all goes as planned, a new addition on West Broad Street may help the struggling neighborhood of Franklinton...
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Live at 2 p.m. on 10TV.com: Romney at Otterbein →
Republic presidential candidate Mitt Romney is expected to discuss student loans, jobs and the economy at Otterbein University this afternoon.
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'Idiot' officer investigates Kasich’s... →
The state vehicle carrying Gov. John Kasich was crunched in the middle of a minor four-vehicle accident near Downtown yesterday.
The responding Columbus police officer? None other than Officer Robert Barrett — the same Officer Barrett whom Kasich called “an idiot” last year.
What are the odds?
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Ohio Senate panel approves exotic-animal rules →
After six public hearings, dozens of witnesses and 43 amendments, new rules governing the ownership of exotic animals by Ohioans were approved this morning by a Senate panel.
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Urine test detects some autism →
A simple urine test identified one-third of the children with autism spectrum disorder in a new study, and researchers say that could lead to earlier diagnoses.
More at Dispatch.com…
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"Very good place is Columbus."
udhcmh:
A new Ohio State student’s postcard back home:
Monday Oct 30/1905
Very good place is Columbus. A good place for studious people. Painesville better hustle to come up to this. Will get around to write soon.
A.
Better hustle, Painesville!
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City fills Goodale Park pond →
The Goodale Park pond, which was drained early last year to install a fountain and sculpture of two elephants at the pond, is finally being filled again.
City officials hope that it will stay filled this time — firefighters pumped more than 4 million gallons over three days in September and October, only to see the water disappear.
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WatchThe Blue Jackets ended their season on a high note this weekend with a 7-3 win against the New York Islanders.
It was likely Rick Nash’s last game as a Blue Jacket.
“[Jackets fans are] the most patient and loyal fans around the league,” he said.
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Watch“I have something to say, and it’s not the same as everybody else,” said Columbus’ new police chief, Kimberley Jacobs. “I don’t know why that is — my education, my gender, how I look at things, how I was raised — I don’t know. But I do know that I can make a difference because I ask questions, look at things in a different way and ask for...
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Three killed in Afghan attack were Franklin County... →
Three Ohio National Guard soldiers were killed Wednesday during an suicide bombing in northern Afghanistan.
All three were from Franklin County, a source told The Dispatch. The three were members of the Guard’s 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, comprised of 2,500 troops from all over the state. The Ohio National Guard reported that other members of the brigade were critically wounded.
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“We are Kara McClenaghan & Roy Weatherford. We are brother and sister. Please...”
– A tragic story that unfolded yesterday:
A child rapist and his grown victim tucked a note and their driver’s licenses into a plastic bag and placed them beside the railroad tracks.
Clutching pillows and a blanket, they lay down together on the tracks, awaiting the Norfolk Southern freight train...
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“All one has to do now is go to the governor and say, ‘I want a statue of Donald...”
– Richard H. Finan, former Ohio Senate president and current president of the Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board, complained that Gov. John Kasich bypassed his agency that oversees the Statehouse and grounds in order to propose a memorial to Ohio survivors of the World War II Holocaust and their...
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