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NEWS ABOUT: Columbus

Columbus stories: 8 news summaries

 Fake Lottery Winner 
 Causes Store Ruckus 

Ohio woman gets 'extravagant' without meds, daughter says

Oct 15, 09 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Ohio woman may be charged with inciting panic after telling a store full of shoppers that she had won the lottery and was treating. Police had to show up at the Burlington Coat Factory to put down the ruckus when word got out, the Columbus Dispatch reports. The... More »

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Ohio • mental illness • lottery • panic • retail stores • Columbus • chaos • shopping spree

(Newser) - An Orlando judge will hear arguments today in the case of Rafqa Bary, a 17-year-old ethnic Sri Lankan who ran away from her Muslim home because she feared her family would punish her for converting to Christianity. The judge will decide whether she should remain in state custody in Florida... More »

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Islam • Christianity • court • Orlando • runaway • convert • Columbus

(AP) - President Barack Obama promised today to end the cycle of US job losses. Addressing a graduating class of police officers in Ohio, Obama called today’s unemployment report “astounding,” noting that, were it not for his stimulus package, the recruits would be among the 8.1% of Americans... More »

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Barack Obama • police • unemployment • speech • Columbus • economic stimulus package

Text Offering 'Chicks With Drugs' Dupes Crooks

Friend of Ohio victim suggested pranking carjackers

Jan 10, 09 2:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Three carjackers who expected to meet “hot chicks with drugs” found cops and cuffs instead—all thanks to a prank text message, CNET reports. At gunpoint, the Ohio men robbed Alan Heuss of his BMW, cell phone, and cash. Later, when Heuss told the story to friends, one suggested... More »

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Ohio • texting • Columbus • carjacking

Arby's Purchase of Wendy's
'Sad Day' for Thomas Family

Columbus despairs
as layoffs loom

Apr 25, 08 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - After years of haggling, Arby’s owner Nelson Peltz reached a deal to acquire Wendy’s yesterday, ending the involvement of the Thomas family that founded it. Wendy Thomas herself called the sale a “huge, huge disappointment,” the Columbus Dispatch reports. The family had hoped local franchisee J.... More »

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mergers and acquisitions • Ohio • fast food • Wendy's • fast food industry • Columbus • Arby's

Skybus Airlines Goes Bust

Low-cost Ohio carrier with $10 fares is airline industry's third casualty in a week

Apr 5, 08 5:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Anybody who wondered how Skybus could make money with its famous $10 airfares can stop: they didn't. The Ohio-based airline has become the latest US carrier to go bankrupt in the face of soaring fuel costs and a sluggish economy, the Columbus Dispatch reports. It made its last flight yesterday... More »

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bankruptcy • airline industry • Skybus • airline • gas prices • Aloha Airlines • ATA • Columbus

Columbus
Gave Europe Syphilis

Disease originated
with explorer's return from New World

Jan 15, 08 4:07 PM CST
(Newser) - New genetic evidence gives Christopher Columbus credit for bringing back a different sort of bounty from the New World—the scourge of syphilis. Columbus and his crew returned home with a sexually transmitted form of a disease native to South America, say Emory University researchers. Soon after, the first known... More »

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syphilis • STD • Emory University • Columbus • New World • Native Americans • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Atlantis Crew Counts Down

Crew assembles in Cape Canaveral for Thursday launch

Dec 4, 07 4:20 PM CST
(Newser) - The crew of the space shuttle Atlantis arrived in Cape Canaveral yesterday to prepare for their Thursday launch, reports Space.com. NASA repaired damage to the foam covering the shuttle’s fuel tank over the weekend and said the repair shouldn’t delay the mission, which will add European research... More »

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NASA • space shuttle • International Space Station • Atlantis Space Shuttle • Alan Poindexter • Columbus

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