Barbershops put books in hands of kids getting haircuts and other top stories.

• Barbershops put books in hands of kids getting haircuts

  All around Columbus, in their neighborhood barbershops, kids are cracking open books. They're curled up in chairs reading "The Snowy Day," by Ezra Jack Keats, listening to their parents read "The Gingerbread Man" by Karen Schmidt and talking about the characters of "No, David!" by David Shannon with their barbers. This is part of a new reading initiative, Barbershop Books, that started in New York City in 2009 and has since begun to catch on in other corners of the country. Columbus City School..

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• NetJets hopes for business boost by discounting longer flights

  

  It won't make private air travel affordable for the masses, but a new program from Columbus-based NetJets hopes to attract more customers who would be choosing other options when flying cross-country or across the ocean. The Berkshire Hathaway-owned firm has long been the world's largest private jet firm, with a current fleet of about 700 planes, but finds itself competing for a pool of business that is still smaller than it was before the recession. The recently launched program discounts the ..

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• Man wanted for murder out of east Columbus shooting

  

  Published: 07/09/16 06:33 am EDT. Columbus Police were searching for a man they say shot three people inside an east Columbus convenience store.Police say 21-year-old Deanthoni Truss was in a fight with two men inside the Quick Stop Convenience store on East 5th Avenue around 11 a.m. Thursday, June 8th. Witnesses say that's when Truss pulled out a gun and opened fire.When police arrived they found Tommie Earl Brown, 21, and Kris V. Pace, 23, with gunshot wounds. Brown was taken to Grant Medica..

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• Honda Accord ranked No. 2 most-US-made vehicle

  

  Honda and Toyota, although based in Japan, together landed the top five spots in a ranking of vehicles with the most "American" content, according to a new report. The Honda Accord, assembled in Marysville, ranks second in the annual report from Cars.com. The top-ranked model was the Toyota Camry, assembled in Indiana and Kentucky. To appear on the list, a model must be assembled in the United States and have at least 75 percent of the its parts manufactured in the country. Eight models made th..

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• Exclusive: Ohio doctors kept practicing after sexual misconduct

  

  A Dayton-area physician who was convicted of public indecency in 2002 is working as a doctor in the state prison system and earning a six-figure salary courtesy of Ohio taxpayers.Kevin McKee is one of several area doctors who are still practicing medicine even though they were sanctioned by medical boards here and in other states for improper sexual conduct, a Dayton Daily News review of Ohio Medical Board records found.This includes a Beavercreek doctor who had sex with two patients and impregn..

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