Editorial: Income disparity divides Columbus and other top stories.

• Editorial: Income disparity divides Columbus

  

  Columbus is often compared with Austin.Young cities, vibrant and tech savvy, they are rapidly growing and economically prosperous.They also share a dubious distinction as the two most economically segregated communities in the United States among metro areas of more than 1 million people.In a three-day special report that begins today on Page One, The Dispatch “Dividing Lines” series explores the effects of the concentration of wealth in distinct neighborhoods and of poverty in other, someti..

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• Six people displaced after early morning fire

  

  Amtrak operates seven stations in Ohio, including in Alliance, Bryan, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Elyria, Sandusky and Toledo.

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• Columbus Auto Show rolls into town

  

  COLUMBUS (WCMH) — The Columbus International Auto Show is in full gear at the convention center this weekend. Hundreds of vehicles are on the showroom floor, from classics to cars of the future. This year’s show is a car lover’s paradise, and this year they’ve brought out the big toys. “The Player’s Slingshot look like it’s straight out of a Batman movie. We also have our Indian Motorcycles which is the original motorcycle brand of the United States,” said Frank Lark, Owner of Pony Power..

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• What your representatives in Washington say about health care

  

  Jack Torry Dispatch Washington Bureau @JackTorry1Jessica Wehrman Dispatch Washington Bureau @JessicaWehrman Here are responses to your questions about health care, edited for length and relevance, by Sen. Sherrod Brown and Rep. Joyce Beatty, both Democrats, and Sen. Rob Portman and Reps. Pat Tiberi and Steve Stivers, all Republicans. Since the Democrats oppose the GOP's proposed Obamacare replacement, they were asked how they would improve the 2010 health care law. Republicans w..

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• What's going on? March 18

  

  Are you looking for something to do? Here’s what’s happening around the area. Are you looking for something to do? Here’s what’s happening around the area.March 18Perry History Club Founder's Day pancake breakfast: 8 to 11 a.m. at Perry Grange, 6300 Richville Drive SW, Perry Township. All-you-can eat meal includes pancakes, sausage, orange juice, coffee and tea. Tickets available from club members or at the door. Adults: 6. Children 10 and younger: $3. Proceeds help with the renovation of the..

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• Review | BalletMet: Dancers capture mood, emotion in premieres

  By Peter Tonguette For The Columbus Dispatch For audiences with an appetite for adventuresome dance, BalletMet has delivered in recent seasons.Company premieres — that is, dances not performed here previously — have abounded, including the current season’s “Lambarena” and “Murmuration.”Two more ballets new to the company were performed Friday in the Riffe Center’s Davidson Theatre.As part of the triple bill “Art in Motion,” BalletMet staged Christopher Wheeldon’s “Fool’s Paradise” (..

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• Clippers 108, Cavaliers 78 | Cavs rest stars, get routed

  

  By Greg Beacham The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Blake Griffin scored 23 points and the Los Angeles Clippers capitalized on the Cavaliers' decision to rest their top three players with an easy 108-78 victory over Cleveland on Saturday night.LeBron James, Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving sat out for the Cavaliers, and the Clippers snapped their three-game losing streak by feasting on the defending champions' supporting cast.J.J. Redick added 16 points for the Clippers, who swept their s..

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• Sunday Gameday: Columbus Blue Jackets at New Jersey Devils

  

  This is a big one. After all the results last night, the Columbus Blue Jackets can clinch a playoff berth with a win today in New Jersey. This would be just the third ...

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• Stranger buys $749 plane ticket for distraught dad's toddler

  

  A woman is being praised for lending a generous helping hand to a dad in need when an airline agent denied his toddler daughter a free seat on the plane as he was checking in.When the man walked up to the counter at an airport in Omaha, Nebraska, last week with his daughter in his arms, the agent asked how old she was. When he replied, “She just turned two,” the agent asked to see her ticket.The man was confused. He thought his daughter would be able to fly for free. But he soon found out she wa..

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• Colo's impact still being felt through research

  

  Alissa Widman Neese The Columbus Dispatch @AlissaWidman To generations of Columbus Zoo and Aquarium patrons, it seemed the world's first captive-born gorilla, Colo, might live forever. Though her lifespan was unprecedented, she ultimately succumbed to a disease that befalls most of her kind.  In January, the 60-year-old ape's heart failed her. But fans of Ohio's famous primate can find solace knowing that even after death, she'll still have an impact on her critically endangered ..

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