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• Genetically modified salmon cleared for human consumption

  Federal regulators cleared the way for a genetically engineered salmon to be farmed for human consumption in the first-ever such approval for an animal whose DNA has been scientifically modified.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the salmon, developed by AquaBounty Technologies to grow faster than conventional, farmed salmon, followed years of deliberations. The regulator has now declared that the salmon is as nutritious as normally grown Atlantic salmon, which means the sa..

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• Police investigating threat, 3 Columbus City Schools placed on lockdown | NBC4i

  According to a spokesperson with Columbus City Schools, West High School, Briggs High School, and Hilltonia Middle School were all placed on a ...

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• Massachusetts AG proposes tighter regs for fantasy sports

  

  Daily fantasy sports companies such as FanDuel and Boston-based DraftKings would be allowed to continue operating in Massachusetts, but with age and advertising restrictions, disclosure requirements and other new rules proposed Thursday by the state’s attorney general.Maura Healey announced what she called an aggressive, first-in-the-nation plan to regulate the websites after her office spent several weeks reviewing whether the contests were legal in the state.“This is an industry that crie..

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• Clergy group in Ohio pushing federal jobs bill

  

  A new local coalition of jobs advocates, unions and clergy members will host a congressman from Detroit who is the sponsor of bills to create jobs and provide universal health care.The group will hold a town-hall meeting with U.S. Rep John Conyers on Dec. 4 at Trinity Baptist Church on the Near East Side as part of a National Jobs for All Coalition tour. The event will include testimony on long-term unemployment and a discussion panel.Among the group’s goals is raising awareness about unemp..

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• Downtown has residents, workers and tourists, but where's the...

  

  Downtown Columbus boasts 7,500 residents, 82,500 daytime workers and 8.5 million annual visitors, but still struggles with landing and keeping retailers since the demise of Columbus City Center mall six years ago.“We still aren’t seeing retail re-establish itself Downtown,” said Cleve Ricksecker, executive director of the Capital Crossroads and Discovery Special Improvement Districts.A lack of appropriate retail space is one reason, he said. More clusters of retail, such as on Gay Street, a..

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• Bills would end Ohio's requirement for salon manager's license

  

  A bipartisan group of state legislators and one of central Ohio’s largest salon operators are pushing to end a state cosmetology licensing requirement that they say makes little sense and needlessly puts young workers in debt.Similar House and Senate bills have salon owners and private cosmetology schools clashing over who is trying to pad their bottom lines, and whether changes would put customers at a safety risk.The key provision in the multifaceted bill would eliminate the state require..

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• Lawmakers want to remove mandatory license suspensions for drug...

  

  With backing from judges, prosecutors and the ACLU, action could start soon on a bill that would eliminate mandatory drivers’ license suspension for someone convicted of a drug crime in Ohio.A suspension of at least six months is imposed for most drug offenses regardless of whether the crime involved the use of a motor vehicle. Judge Robert Hart of the Fremont Municipal Court, said this can include someone convicted of a minor marijuana violation after he is cited while walking down the sid..

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• Dems Divide Over House GOP Bill Restricting Syrian Refugees

  

  WASHINGTON - The White House labored Thursday to keep Democrats from joining an embarrassing rebuke of President Barack Obama as House Republicans pushed legislation toward approval that would erect fresh hurdles for Syrian and Iraqi refugees trying to enter the U.S. Obama promised a veto, but his top aides struggled to limit Democratic defections as last week's attacks in Paris showed signs of splintering the lame duck president's party.The White House rushed chief of staff Denis McDon..

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• Massage parlor owner pleads guilty to prostituting immigrants

  The operator of a chain of massage parlors that employed immigrants as prostitutes faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to charges in federal court.Hui Li, 46, of 3217 Chesley Court on the Northwest Side, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to interstate travel to promote prostitution and employing undocumented immigrants to work in the brothels.Agents with Homeland Security Investigations have said Li was the ringleader of a human-trafficking operation that shuttled Chinese women..

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• Cameron Mitchell continues to build restaurant empire from Columbus | NBC4i

  

  COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Cameron Mitchell owns more than 50 restaurants, with over a dozen in Central Ohio, and he has more on the way.NBC4’s Monica Day sat down with Mitchell to talk about how he came to be and why his company continues to flourish.From an early age, Cameron Mitchell says he was focused on his future.“I knew I wanted to be president of a restaurant company when I was 18-years-old. So I was really going to culinary school and working towards that goal, but I really had no idea wat that..

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