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• Is Donald Trump bad for Republican convention business? Ohio ...

  There are some Republican National Convention jitters regarding security, money and Donald Trump. And Ted Cruz takes another whack at John Kasich. Read more in Ohio Politics Roundup. Cleveland shopping for protest insurance: "Cleveland has hired a consultant to help acquire an insurance plan for any lawsuits that might result from the city hosting July's Republican National Convention," cleveland.com's Andrew J. Tobias reports. "The city will pay AON Risk Services Northeast a $1.5 million brok..

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• The Man From Snowflake, Manitoba

  Posted Mar 31, 2016 by Aaron Portzline In 2000, the Blue Jackets signed defenseman Lyle Odelein to a free agent contract and named him captain. After he signed his deal, shook the right hands and held a press conference, Odelein pulled a reporter aside and asked him a question: "Do you know what farming zone this is?" When told that most of central Ohio is zone 5-6, Odelein was delighted. He grew up on a farm in Saskatchewan and still return..

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• Joey LaBute likely had died before going into river

  

  There is a "high probability" that Joseph "Joey" LaBute Jr. was already dead when he went into the Scioto River, Franklin County Coroner Anahi Ortiz said today. LaBute, a 26-year-old Gahanna resident who hadn't been seen since he left a Short North bar earlier this month, was found dead Tuesday afternoon in the river just south of Downtown. His identity was confirmed Wednesday night, using dental records. LaBute's family was notified of the match, and his name was released this morning by Ortiz..

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• Doc: Final 4 a snoozer; Iglesias drawing attention

  

  Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Raisel Iglesias throws against the Colorado Rockies during the first inning of a spring training baseball game Friday, March 25, 2016, in Goodyear, Ariz. (Photo: AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Basketball’s paradox is this: No sport needs teamwork more yet depends more on its individuals for public notice. The Final 4 this year has three teams whose teamwork can be breathtaking, and one team who has Buddy Hield. There is no Goliath, and while you might enjoy rooting against..

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• Nobel Prize-winning author Imre Kertesz, who wrote of Nazi camps ...

  

  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Imre Kertesz, the Hungarian writer who won the 2002 Nobel Prize for Literature for a body of fiction largely drawn from his experience as a teenage prisoner in Nazi concentration camps, died Thursday. He was 86. Book publishing firm Magveto Kiado said Kertesz died at 4 a.m. at his Budapest home after a long illness. “His death is an immeasurable loss not just for Hungarian culture but for universal culture, as well,” Hungary’s Ministry of Human Resources said in a state..

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• PUCO approves profit guarantees for AEP, FirstEnergy

  

  Two major Ohio utility companies have obtained long-sought profit guarantees, which critics say are bailouts that will raise electricity rates. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio unanimously voted on Thursday to approve the eight-year plans that cover selected power plants owned by American Electric Power and FirstEnergy. The cases have been bitterly contested with thousands of pages of testimony and dueling TV ads. "These orders today are as much about the future modernized grid as they a..

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