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  • The Doors Keyboardist Dies At Age 74

    Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist who was a founding member of The Doors, has died. He was 74. Publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald says in a news release that Manzarek died Monday at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his family. He had been stricken by bile duct cancer. Manzarek founded The Doors after meeting then-poet Jim Morrison in California. The band went on to become one ...

  • Ohio Supreme Court To Consider Issue Of Prayer Before Public Meetings

    A prayer before a government meeting has been tradition in America for more than two centuries. "I liked it because we still have some tense moments, and I thought it was a great way to start a meeting," said Dennis Stapleton, a member of the Delaware County Council.Stapleton says when he was president of the council last year, he started each of the meetings with a prayer."I ...

  • 10 Investigates Mother May Have Faked Claims Of Son’s Cancer

    A Utica mother faces allegations that she faked a terminal illness following an investigation by 10 Investigates and local police officers.Emily King posted claims that her 4-year-old son, JJ, had cancer known as pleuropulmonary blastoma. King posted on Facebook pages called "Prayers for JJ", "Patches for JJ" and "Champions for (JJ's) Family," according to ...

  • Owner Of Property Slated For Adult-Only Hotel Terminates Agreement

    The owner of the Belamere Suites is planning to build a hotel on Gooding Boulevard in Orange Township.Orange Township’s zoning inspector said he is likely going to approve the hotel operator’s zoning application, but the property owner has recently terminated a purchase agreement with the operator.The property owner’s attorney said the purchaser failed to meet certain deadlines ...

  • Tornado Flattens Neighborhoods Around Oklahoma City

    Neighborhoods are flattened and buildings are on fire after a mile-wide tornado moved through the Oklahoma City area. Television footage on Monday afternoon showed homes and buildings that had been reduced to rubble in Moore, Okla., south of Oklahoma City. Footage also showed vehicles littering roadways south and southwest of Oklahoma City. There were no immediate reports of injuries. The ...

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Hidalgo

Hidalgo

Hidalgo has much in common with Edward Zwicks The Last Samurai, as both are set near the end of the 19th century and are about Americans who, resentful of their governments treatment of Native Americans, find personal redemption in the East. While Tom Cruises Nathan ... ...

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  • Grant To Help Transform Warehouse Into Business Incubator

    A $350,000 grant will help refurbish an old warehouse into a place for businesses to grow. The Franklinton Development Association will use the money to refurbish the building, located at 421 W. State Street.The grant was awarded from ArtPlace America. The Columbus Idea Foundry is slated to move in by the end of the year.The Idea Foundry provides people with woodworking, metal and other tools to ...

  • Another Person Killed In Fall At Hocking Hills

    Just two days after a man was killed at Hocking Hills, state officials say there was another death on Monday.The Ohio Department of Natural Resources said that one person died in a fall on Monday.The death occurred near the Cedar Falls area.No other information was immediately released. Three people have died and another was injured at Hocking Hills this year.Over the weekend, Pete Livingston ...

  • Gomes three-run homer completes four-game sweep

    SEA@CLE: Gomes' three-run shot wins it for the Tribe CLEVELAND -- The Indians talk about battling a lot. Boy, did they have to fight for their win on Monday at Progressive Field. In the bottom of the 10th -- after Seattle scored runs in the eighth, ninth, and 10th -- backup catcher Yan Gomes homered on a full-count pitch with men on first and second to send Cleveland to its fifth ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 20

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...

  • Powder in letter leads to Ohio building evacuation

    LEBANON, Ohio (AP) -- Authorities say a government building in southwestern Ohio was evacuated and three people were taken to a hospital after a woman opened a letter containing a powdery substance and reported her hands ...

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