Monday, July 25, 2016

Columbus-area parks are meeting ground for fitness, relaxation and other top stories.

  • Columbus-area parks are meeting ground for fitness, relaxation

    The man lugs his 76-year-old body and 35-pound backpack up the steep hills so he can show the young guys who work for him how to lay bricks the right way. The woman, who watched her brother fight testicular cancer and had a scare of her own, keeps pedaling down the trail, 10 miles into a training session for her first-ever Pelotonia fundraising ride. The guy who has recently walked 73 miles in four days playing "Pokemon Go" continues to hunt for the elusive game characters deep into the wooded ..
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  • Lip-syncing workers draw fans to Columbus Zoo's educational ...

    Lip-syncing workers draw fans to Columbus Zoo's educational ...
    A question from a curious child sparked the idea behind one of the most popular — and memorable — summer ad campaigns in recent years for the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. What does a camel eat? Ron Foth Jr., of Ron Foth Advertising, was visiting the zoo with his children late last year when he overheard the inquiry posed to a docent. The answer dazzled him. “She told him (the zoo visitor), ‘He’s an herbivore,’ and he asked, ‘What’s that?’” said Foth, whose Short North agency has handled zoo adve..
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  • Verizon to buy Yahoo for $4.8B

    Verizon to buy Yahoo for $4.8B
    SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo was the front door to the web for an early generation of internet users, and its services still attract 1 billion visitors a month. But the internet is an unforgiving place for yesterday’s great idea, and on Sunday, Yahoo reached the end of the line as an independent company. The board of the Silicon Valley company has agreed to sell Yahoo’s core internet operations and land holdings to Verizon Communications for $4.8 billion, according to people briefed on the matter, who..
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  • City's growth justifies wards

    City's growth justifies wards
    Lately I’ve heard a lot about Issue 1, the proposal before voters on Aug. 2 that would bring a modern ward system of representation to Columbus. So I decided to look into it for myself. Issue 1 came about through the efforts of concerned citizens who felt their neighborhood concerns were not being taken seriously by Columbus City Council. Some saw murders take place near their homes. They appealed for help from city leaders but got no response. It’s no secret that some areas of Columbus get mor..
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  • Thornville's youngest council member has big ideas

    Thornville's youngest council member has big ideas
    THORNVILLE — For recent high-school graduate Olivia Newbold, public service is a calling, not a career move. As the youngest member of the Thornville Village Council, the 19-year-old has made it her mission to make a difference in her Perry County community by aiming to create environmentally friendly ordinances, increase funding for parks and recreation and foster communication between the community and council. But in her first elected term on council, she is learning to balance her lofty goa..
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  • Syrian asylum seeker blows himself up in Germany, wounding 15

    Syrian asylum seeker blows himself up in Germany, wounding 15
    ANSBACH, Germany (AP) — A failed asylum-seeker from Syria blew himself up and wounded 15 people after being turned away from an open-air music festival in southern Germany, authorities said Monday. It was the fourth attack to shake Germany in a week — three of them carried out by recent migrants. The 27-year-old, whom authorities have not identified, set off a backpack laden with explosives and sharp bits of metal outside a wine bar Sunday night after being refused entry to the nearby festival ..
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  • Clinton campaign opens field office in Columbus

    Clinton campaign opens field office in Columbus
    The Hillary Clinton for President campaign is setting up shop across Ohio. Clinton's 12th 'organizing office' officially opened in east Columbus on East Broad Street near Franklin Park Conservatory.Columbus City Council President Zach Klein stressed the importance of voting this November. ”We as democrats have to rally behind Secretary Clinton and now Tim Cain and as a Clinton cane ticket because what they offer is a new hope," said Klein.A few of those who gathered for the official office ope..
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  • Ohio Politics Now: What you need to know as the Democratic ...

    Ohio Politics Now: What you need to know as the Democratic ...
    Want to know what’s happening in Ohio government and politics from Columbus to Washington, D.C.? The Columbus Dispatch has you covered. What’s happening today: Follow our reporters Joe Hallett and Jack Torry for all of the latest from the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia including U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, who is speaking at the Ohio delegation breakfast this morning, and First Lady Michelle Obama and one-time Hillary Clinton rival Sen. Bernie Sanders will speak tonight..
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  • Olympics | IOC stops short of Russian ban

    Olympics | IOC stops short of Russian ban
    Facing pressure to ban the entire Russian contingent from the upcoming Summer Games, Olympic leaders announced Sunday they will instead leave the decision to the international federations that govern each sport. The International Olympic Committee had been urged by the World Anti-Doping Agency and others to take decisive action amid an ever-widening cheating scandal in Russia. But with only 12 days remaining until the opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, the IOC’s executive board chose a more ca..
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  • Construction will begin on rapid-transit Cmax line next month

    Construction will begin on rapid-transit Cmax line next month
    The first signs of COTA’s speedy new bus service, scheduled to start in 2018, will materialize in the next few weeks. The Central Ohio Transit Authority plans to begin construction for its Cleveland Avenue bus rapid-transit project — dubbed Cmax — in early August. The contractor, Complete General Construction, will install 18-foot and 12-foot lighted pylons that display real-time arrival information at the line’s Downtown stops on High Street and start preparing stops on Cleveland Avenue for ne..
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