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  • Anonymous Cincinnati IRS official “Everything comes from the top.”

    Washington Examiner May 20, 2013 A story in the Washington Post yesterday about the Internal Revenue Service's Cincinnati office, which does most of the agency's nonprofit auditing, clearly contradicted earlier reports that the agency's targeting of Tea Party groups was the result of rogue agents. The Post ...

  • Armed Robbery At Westerville Area McDonalds

    Detectives were heading to the scene of an armed robbery at a McDonald's Monday morning. The robbery happened around 4:15 a.m. at the McDonald's in the 4400 block of Executive Parkway. Franklin County Sheriff's deputies and Blendon Township officers responded to the scene. Workers inside the McDonald's told officials two armed men came into the store and demanded cash. ...

  • Woman Dies In Franklin Township Crash

    The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office was investigating a fatal car crash in Franklin Township in Southwest Columbus.The Sheriff’s Office said the crash occurred around 11 p.m. Sunday on Brown Road, south of Hart Road.Officials said the vehicle was traveling southbound, left the roadway and rolled over. The driver was ejected.The driver, Ashley A. O’Dell, 25, was transported to ...

  • Sunny Muggy Day Ahead For Monday

    MONDAY MORNING WEATHER DISCUSSIONDate: May 20 Time: 5:00 Meteorologist: Mike Davis Your Doppler 10 ForecastThis Morning Muggy & warm. Patch fog possible. This Afternoon Sun & clouds, hot & humid. Upper 80s. S 5-15 mphTonight: Partly cloudy, warm & sticky again. 67 S 5-10 mphTomorrow: Partly cloudy. Chance for a scattered shower or storm. 88 SW 5-10 MphWednesday: Showers & ...

  • Mayors brother hurt in Ohio drag racing accident

    A Cleveland School District spokeswoman tells The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer ((bit.ly/14HfJ86) that Nick Jackson, deputy chief of business operations for Cleveland's schools, was hurt after a wreck during practice runs Saturday at Thompson Raceway Park in ...

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Dawn of the Dead (1978) [DVD]

Dawn of the Dead (1978) [DVD]

Ten years after he reinvented the American horror film with the seminal Night of the Living Dead (1968), George A. Romero returned to his story of the world being taken over by zombies in Dawn of the Dead, a film that is every bit as shocking, inventive, inte ... ...

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  • Columbus Firefighters Recovering From Acid Burns

    Three Columbus firefighters were recovering from acid burns on Sunday after their firehouse was affected by a power outage. They were working on a generator at Fire Station 22 at 3069 Parsons Ave. when they were somehow splashed by battery acid. Two of them were treated by paramedics at the station. A third firefighter was taken to Grant Medical Center with what were described by Battalion ...

  • Police in NE Ohio report black bear sightings

    YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) -- Police in a northeast Ohio community report a number of black bear sightings. Police in Liberty Township near Youngstown say they have received several calls regarding bears in the area in recent days. According to The (Youngstown) Vindicator (bit.ly/13w41L2), the police department Web page warns residents to remain calm if they see a bear. It says black bears ...

  • Police Say Man Abandoned Boy At Bar In Short North

    Police were looking for a man Sunday night who they said left his six-year-old son at a Short North bar. Officers were called to Park Street Tavern around 7:30 p.m. by a woman who noticed the child and called 911. Pamela Hall said she and a friend had started following the boy because it looked like he was being made to go from business to business to sell candy bars. Hall said the boy ...

  • Timeline of the Ohio kidnappings Three womens shared nightmare

    By Elizabeth Chuck and Polly DeFrank, NBC News It's a story with a happy ending over a decade in the making. A daring escape and a dramatic 911 call led to the rescue of three women who allegedly had been held captive for years inside a home in Cleveland, Ohio. Below is a timeline of events in the case, from before the women first disappeared to their eventual ...

  • DNA tests confirm Cleveland kidnap suspect is father of girl freed from house

    By Erin McClam, Staff Writer, NBC News DNA tests have confirmed that Ariel Castro, the suspect in the kidnapping and decade-long imprisonment of three women in Cleveland, is the father of a 6-year-old girl born to one of the women in captivity, the Ohio attorney general said Friday.Attorney General Mike DeWine also said that Castro’s DNA did not match other unsolved Ohio cases. He said ...

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