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Films reviewed: Ocean's Thirteen; Paris, je t'aime

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:

Word of another Ohio military member killed in Iraq - Columbus man sentenced for setting his wife on fire - Tough night for the Reds and Indians

Columbus, OH – Franklin County officials say the new courthouse will not only better serve its main purpose, but also include elegant and environmentally-friendly features. Mike Foley reports.

Columbus, OH – After struggling for years with failed levies and shrinking ridership, the Central Ohio Transit Authority is starting to bounce back. Hear more from COTA president Bill Lhota, who appeared at Wednesday's Columbus Metropolitan Club luncheon.

Columbus, OH – The war over legalized gambling in Ohio is spreading to the radio airwaves. Gambling critics are now airing commercials. They are aimed at convincing state legislators NOT to move ahead with a plan to let people at race tracks bet on the outcome of video tape replays of old horse races from across the country. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports.

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Strip club owners and dancers trying to overturn restrictions with ballot measure - Columbus City Council approves money to rennovate building for future offices - Surgery on conjoined twins halted for now - Arts festival in Columbus begins

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

A financial update, including Nike's future with LeBron James - Polluters punished less - More accusations against former Delaware County sheriff - Downtown Columbus Arts festival starts today -

Columbus, OH –
Today's stories include:

Ohio students' math scores improve; reading scores show no progress - 12 of 188 Lima South High School Class of 1937 students still alive - Students who failed Ohio Graduation Test prevented from graduating - Fight breaks out between black and white inmates in Ohio prison

Great city, great love.

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

"Oui, vivant."

So exclaims a middle-aged letter carrier from Denver, who in an only-in-Paris epiphany realizes she has fallen in love with the city and the city with her. Love in other words in Paris is synonymous with being alive. Even the British wit Oscar Wilde is buried there, never more alive than resting among the equally romantic French.

Columbus, OH – Ohio's senators say they plan to increase spending for colleges and scientific research by shifting money in the state budget. Ohio Public Radio's Jo Ingles reports.

Columbus, OH – A plan to force Ohio's 5 pension funds to sell off stock in foreign energy and mineral companies doing business in Iran and Sudan is being put on the shelf for awhile. But the top man in the Ohio House of Representatives says that's because there's an alternative way to spark the sell-off. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports.

Columbus, OH – Some groups that represent liquor permit holders in Ohio want to repeal the new statewide smoking ban. Ohio Public Radio's Jo Ingles reports.

Columbus, OH –

Today's stories include:

Repairs on broken water main in Upper Arlington continue until tomorrow - Shooting of 10 and 12-year-old boy on Tuesday was accident - 16-year-old girl impregnated by priest 42 years ago may sue church - Columbus Metropolitan Library kicks off summer reading program

Columbus, OH – At Mel Schottenstein Luncheon, Officials address homelessness

Columbus, OH –
Today's stories include:

Roseville couple murdered before home set on fire - Pension funds given 48 hours to voluntarily divest from Sudan and Iran - Cleveland doctors begin operating on conjoined twins

Eye-pleasing duds, high-tech high jinx

"The robb'd that smiles, steals something from the thief." Shakespeare's Othello

Andy Garcia's wealthy Terry Benedict is financing Danny Ocean's Vegas heist from casino owner Willie Bank (Al Pacino) in order to get the last smile of vengeance, thief to thief, while Danny and Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt) exact their own revenge. No honor among these slick reprobates, and good time is had by all the men and, this time, not Julia Roberts, but Clooney's real-life squeeze, Ellen Barkin, as Abigail Sponder, tough right hand to Bank.

Columbus, OH – There's good news for state universities, their students and the parents who pay tuition bills --- Republicans who dominate the Ohio Senate say they have found millions of extra dollars to pump into the schools.....and that could help hold tuition rates steady for the next two years. Details now from statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen.

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

ID thieves targeting military families in Ohio - Hunger Awareness Day - Effort to repeal smoking ban begins - Columbus City Council approves spending millions to improve the land near planned downtown baseball park

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Modern parking meters could be coming to Columbus - Making sure workers on state projects get proper compensation - Golfers qualify for the Open in Central Ohio

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Another Ohio soldier dies in Iraq - Big drug bust in Columbus - Restaurant where Mercury was found expected to reopen - Troopers crackdown on unsafe trucks