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Obama Preschool Plan Draws Mixed Response

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Fox News is reporting that President Obama’s plan to provide free, high-quality preschool across the country is getting a mixed response, garnering broad support for helping poor...

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Some Say Internet Cafes Hurting Ohio Casinos

COLUMBUS (AP) -- Some state officials in Ohio think that storefront gambling-style operations known as Internet cafes might be one reason why casinos in Ohio aren't generating as much tax-revenue as...

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Speech's Timing Lets Gov. Kasich Sell Big Ideas

COLUMBUS (AP) -- Gov. John Kasich's annual State of the State speech Tuesday will feel more like a stump speech for 2014 than the typical litany of big policy initiatives.That's because the Republican...

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Gold-Painted Dayton Man Charged with Abusing Harmful Intoxicants

DAYTON -- A 47-year-old man was arrested early Monday morning after police saw him walking in the road, then charged him with Abusing Harmful Intoxicants when police noticed gold-colored spray paint...

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Potential Pontiff Candidate Who Visited UD Described as Unassuming, Accessible

DAYTON -- Some people at the University of Dayton are watching the selection of the new pope with special interest in Cardinal Peter Turkson, who visited campus last year, but no one on campus is...

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UPDATE: Christina Maddock Was Good Friends With Jesse Snow

FAIRBORN -- Fairborn Schools Superintendent David Scarberry told ABC 22/FOX 45 this afternoon that Christina Maddock, who died from injuries sustained while working in Afghanistan, was in the same...

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Kings Island to Host Inaugural Opening Day Color Me Pink 5k

MASON -- The most colorful Opening Day in Kings Island’s tradition-steeped history takes place Saturday, April 27, when the 364-acre amusement and waterpark hosts the inaugural Color Me Pink 5k...

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Ohio Supreme Court Declines to Hear Widmer Appeal

COLUMBUS (AP) -- The Ohio Supreme Court has refused to hear a Southwest Ohio man's bid for a fourth trial in the 2008 bathtub drowning of his wife.The state's highest court Wednesday declined...

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UPDATE: Woman shot, Killed in Dayton Home Identified

DAYTON-- Dayton Police are investigating the murder of a woman who was shot in front of her two young  kids.  Police said Jillian Miles, 27,  was shot inside her  West Parkwood home Tuesday night....

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Casino Snafu Gave Players the Edge -- for a While

COLUMBUS (AP) -- Poker players were raking it in at the Columbus casino, thanks to incorrect rules that tipped the odds in their favor at a popular table game.But the advantage for players of Crazy 4...

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UPDATE: Meeting This Summer to Discuss Future of First Four Festival

DAYTON -- A press release made available Wednesday by the University of Dayton and the First Four Local Organizing Committee said the NCAA is "continuing to consider a long-term proposal from the...

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SPECIAL REPORT: Secrets of a Thief Part One

MONTGOMERY COUNTY -- It happens to thousands of families in Montgomery County every year.  Burglars breaking into houses, in your neighborhood, violating the place where you should feel the safest....

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Afghanistan Foundation Urges Investigation Into Local Woman's Death in...

WASHINGTON, DC -- The Afghanistan Foundation, a nonprofit research organization, has urging a full investigation into the death on Sunday of Christina Maddock, who was a civilian contractor serving in...

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SCAM ALERT:Vectren Utility Payment Scam

EVANSVILLE, IND.--Vectren is warning customers of a multi-state bill payment scam. The company reports that customers are receiving an unsolicited phone calls from a fraudulent individual claiming to...

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UPDATE: Police Arrest Two Teens in Recent Tipp City School Threats

UPDATE--Tipp City Police have arrested two juvenile male students for violent threats made at Tippecanoe Middle School and Tippecanoe High School within the last week. Wednesday afternoon during a...

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Officers Make Arrest in Connection with Kettering and Oakwood Burglaries

DAYTON--Oakwood Police have arrested the man they believe has is responsible for a rash of burglaries.The burglaries have been reported at vacant homes in Kettering and Oakwood.  Police say copper and...

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Man Caught on Tape Stealing from a Miamisburg Mosque

MIAMISBURG-- Miamisburg Police are looking for a man they believe walked into a mosque and stole thousands of dollars.    Surveillance video shows the man sitting through part of the service, then...

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Dayton Art Institute Previews New Exhibits

DAYTON--Today the Dayton Art Institute Previewed three of their upcoming exhibits on the flood of 1913.     The exhibits mark  the flood's 100th anniversary, when the equivalent of three months of rain...

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Bus Driver Resigns After School Bus Accident

LOGAN CO.--A Logan County bus driver who lost control and flipped a school bus  has resigned.    The school board accepted the resignation of Terrassa Titus-Cline last night. Earlier this month the bus...

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Furloughs Could be Far Reaching in Fairborn

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- The Pentagon notified 800-thousand of its civilian employees Wednesday afternoon, about a looming furlough.There are about 13-thousand civilian employees at...

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