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  • 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 ...

  • 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. ...

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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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  • 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 ...

  • Central Ohio defense attorney faces sex charges

    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A central Ohio defense attorney arrested after a woman reported being fondled during a meeting at his office now faces multiple sexual assault ...

  • Task force captures Columbus fugitive in Cleveland hotel

    CLEVELAND -- It was a 50-day manhunt but the Columbus fugitive was caught in a hotel near East 112th Street and Buckeye Road. Sunday evening about 7:45 p.m., the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force arrested Galen Thompson, 38, wanted by the Columbus Police Department for two counts of felonious assault. It is alleged that, on April 1, Thompson broke into his ex-girlfriend's home ...

  • MLB Cleveland 10 Seattle 8

    Yan Gomes hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the 10th inning Monday, giving the Cleveland Indians a 10-8 win over the Seattle Mariners. The Indians swept the four-game series with Seattle, taking three in walk-off manner. But Monday's win was more of a gift as Mariners fielders made errors in the ninth and 10th innings that kept Cleveland in the game. Solo home runs but Kyle Seager ...

  • With an Aroma of Rotting Flesh Indonesian Corpse Flower Blooms in Ohio

    Our Geo Quiz comes in at number 6. We’re looking for the 6th largest island in the world. Greenland tops the list of big islands, followed by New Guinea, Borneo, Madagascar, and Canada’s Baffin Island. Next, at number 6, is the island we’re looking for, in western Indonesia. So, can you name this large island that’s known for active volcanoes and tropical ...

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