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Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

U-S appeals court in Cincinnati throws out death sentence for Ohio inmate - Crews hope to finish a second, larger hole at the mine where six miners are trapped - Tax breaks for businesses who hire ex-cons - Ohio officials identify bridges similar to the one that collapsed in Minneapolis - Ohioan's website to help farmers date continues to grow in membership

Columbus, OH – According to the Online Publisher's Association, U.S. consumers spend roughly $2 billion for web content - and in three of the last four years on record, most of that spending has come in the personals and dating category. The online dating boom has also led to some niche websites, including one developed in Ohio that caters to the farming community. In 2005, Beachwood, Ohio's Jerry Miller launched FarmersOnly.com with just a few members. In less than a year, membership grew to 10,000 and today that number exceeds 60,000.

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Columbus FOP endorces Mayor Coleman - Gahanna police officer accused of threatening a Columbus family - State assists victims of flooding in Cleveland -

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Marion County woman dies in severe storm - No sound heard from microphone lowered down to the mine where six workers are trapped - Law enforcement agencies add motorcycles to save on gasoline

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Boehner proposes giving the federal government control of the presidential primary system - Columbus' self-titled computer doctor indicted on multiple charges - Cleaning up Piketon plant

Columbus, OH –

At least two children's products are recalled every week in the United States, and a new study conducted by Columbus Children's Hospital finds that many of those recalled items are for sale online. Listen to WCBE's interview with Doctor Gary Smith, who directs the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Children's.

Columbus, OH –

Today's stories include:

- Without air conditioning, students from year-round school bussed elsewhere

- November ballot filing deadline passes without any proposals

- Governor Strickland loses to Ohio Attorney General in cow milking contest

- 62-year-old woman shoots and kills panhandler

Columbus, OH –

Today's stories include:

- Tip leads to arrest of man who fled crime scene

- Rescue efforts at Utah mine under way again

- Ohio lawmakers try to change utility billing system

Films reviewed: Sunshine, Rescue Dawn, Eagle vs.Shark

By hosts John DeSando and Clay Lowe

It's Movie Time has won numerous national awards including Silver Microphone and Communicator honors.

Drs. Lowe and DeSando were moderator and panelist respectively on TV 25's World Film Classics. Both have been professors, Lowe at Ohio State University and DeSando at Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio.

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

CEO of the Cleveland-based company that co-owns the Utah mine where six workers are trapped says the drilling of lifeline holes should be finished in less than two days - Meanwhile, records show the company has been fined heavily recently - Ohio emergency officials say keep an extra eye on your kids in the heat - Recalled toys showing up often on auction sites - New study on Ohio's beaches

Columbus, OH – Eight years ago, Ohio legislators voted to totally change the way consumers get charged for electricity. Lawmakers promised it could mean substantially lower month bills....but for most customers, the prediction hasn't come true. And now, some key movers and shakers are calling for yet ANOTHER change in the system of utility regulation. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports.

Columbus, OH –

Today's stories include:

Children may be influenced by fast food marketing at younger age than previously believed - Alleged robbery victim chooses game show over testifying at trial - Extreme heat leads to second school closure of year-round Africentric school; no plans to install air conditioning

Columbus, OH –

Today's stories include:

Ohio Department of Transportation begins high profile bridge inspections - Rare coin liquidation should cover funds stolen by former Republican fundraiser - Governor Strickland spends night in state fair dairy barn

Columbus, OH –

Today's stories include:

85-year-old man dies in trash chute - $15 million bond set for man accused of raping friends' daughters - Cleveland-based, part-owner of collapsed Utah mine criticized for labor relations

Columbus, OH – The wife of Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman has been found guilty of charges that she falsified timesheets while working with a state agency. Ohio Public Radio's Jo Ingles reports.

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Columbus police identify shooting victim - Free admission at Columbus pools - Toothpaste recall affects Ohio - New poll on Ohio's interest in 2008 presidential race - Historic Ohio arena comes down

My friend Patricia's laughter

By John DeSando, WCBE's It's Movie Time

You get it both ways.

By John DeSando, WCBE's It's Movie Time

Columbus, OH – The wife of Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman has been found guilty of charges that she falsified timesheets while working with a state agency. Ohio Public Radio's Jo Ingles reports.

Columbus, OH – A campaign by Ohio strip club owners has fired a petition circulator who had been working on their drive to wipe out some new limits on the clubs that state legislators had approved. The move follows more evidence that some Ohioans have mistakenly signed the petitions. Here is statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen with the second of his two-part series.