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• Cleveland still has thousands of older rape kits to test, exact number ...

  

  CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland police have thousands more rape kits to test. Exactly how many isn't clear. With a state lab nearly finished testing more than 4,300 rape kits collected from victims who reported rapes from 1993 until 2010, the department is working to figure out how much more stored evidence it will send for testing, Cleveland Capt. James McPike said an estimated 2,100 more sexual assault evidence kits collected between 1989 and 1992 still need to be sent for DNA testing in additio..

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• Man, woman arrested for double homicide behind east side car rental

  

  Man, woman arrested in double homicide at Enterprise Rent-A-Car By Marcus Thorpe Published: April 6, 2016, 7:16 am Updated: April 6, 2016, 6:17 pm Chopper 4 aerials Related Coverage REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio (WCMH) – Police have arrested a man and a woman on two counts of murder after a double-fatal shooting in east Columbus Tuesday. Connor C. Jeffries, 21, and Mia V. Shamis, 19, were taken into custody Wednesday, police say. According to Columbus police, officers were calle..

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• Names released of men involved in east Columbus explosion

  

  Names released of men involved in east Columbus explosion By NBC4 Staff Published: April 6, 2016, 11:06 am Updated: April 6, 2016, 5:14 pm Related Coverage COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Firefighters have released the names of the two men involved in an explosion at a home on the east side of Columbus that sent one of them to the hospital with severe injuries. At about 10:39 a.m., crews responded to a home in the 600 block of South Hampton Road on the report of a hazmat situation after a pers..

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• Huntington Bank defends branch closures in FirstMerit deal

  

  Columbus-based Huntington (NASDAQ:HBAN), in response to a complaint from Inner City Press/Fair Finance Watch to the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, ...

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