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Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Trial continues for the man accused of killing five people in Columbus...Judge renders sentence for Liz Carroll...Clean energy and conservation plan approved for Southeast Ohio...OSU women's basketball team beats Penn State...

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

New Albany company sees earnings jump...Value City cuts positions...Curbs and sidewalks will be a priority for Mayor Coleman...Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner issues first directive...Giant Eagle pasta taken off shelves...

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Liz Carroll to be sentenced today...Four arrests in Toledo for protesting Iraq war...Skybus will be ready by spring...Bacteria infection rates slowing declining at Ohio hospitals and nursing homes...

Films reviewed: The Astronaut Farmer, Ghost Rider, The Number 23

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:

Columbus man found dead in California...Pryce agrees with White House on British military pullout in Iraq signaling success...Northeast Ohio day care remains closed following Carbon Monoxide leak...A preview of Mayor Coleman's State of the City...

Columbus, OH – Billed as the next generation of low-fare airlines, Skybus remains on target to open at Port Columbus by May. Hear an update on the airline's progress.

Columbus, OH – The Internal Revenue Service has released its annual list of scams, pitfalls and glaring errors that are popping up on tax returns. Ironically, one of the abuses on this year's list is a new refund the agency urged people to take advantage of.

Columbus, OH – Ohio's recently elected U.S. Senator, Democrat Sherrod Brown, has been touring the state. Brown wants to know what he and Congress can do to grow and maintain jobs in Ohio. Hear details about his recent visit to Columbus.

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear:

Sherrod Brown tours the state asking cities how Congress can help them grow and retain jobs...New measure would make it easier for workers to form unions...

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Toledo police officer dies in shootout...Social worker admits negligence in caged kids case...IRS unveils top scams of the tax season...Blues beat Blue Jackets...

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Toledo police make an arrest in this morning's fatal shooting of a detective...Delphi agrees to sell Columbus facility...Students at Ohio University dubbed as the top illegal music downloaders...Will politics hinder efforts to solve Ohio's school funding problem...

Columbus, OH – The City of Columbus has big plans to make downtown's riverfront a beautiful, modern park. Hear Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman talk with WCBE about the plans for the Scioto Mile.

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

JetBlue tries to recover from mishaps...Roofing problems might arise in Ohio...Gypsy Moth control continues...Doctors say eat those veggies...

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Details of former Columbus parks director revealed...Strickland clarifies remarks on Iraqi refugees...Does Ohio lack quality workers...Who's number one in men's college hoops...

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Kenyon College swimmer dies...Southwest Ohio pastor sentenced...Panel recommends math and science awareness...Cockfighting ring broken up in Medina County...Insurance claims from winter storms begin...

Slow

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

"If we don't have our dreams, we have nothing" Charles Farmer

Films reviewed: Breach, Children of Men

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.

Enjoyable junk

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

Ghost Rider is comic book set to film, with all the silliness and adolescent horror characteristic of the genre. I am not a fan of the GR comic, as the star Nicholas Cage is reported to be, but I got a big kick out of the cycling blazing skeleton.

Columbus, OH – Opponents of the cameras Ohio cities like Columbus are using to catch red-light runners and speeders have claimed the sytems are simply a way to raise revenue. But Columbus officials say the cameras are protecting public safety. Newly released figures from the Columbus Division of Police show that crashes in the city have dropped since the camera system was put in place at various intersections about a year ago. Listen to WCBE's interview with Columbus Police Sergeant Kevin Corcoran.

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Couple that put kids in cages sentenced to two years in prison...Reporters won't have to give up interview notes, but might testifty in Liz Carroll trial...Five heart attack deaths in Northern Ohio caused by shovelling snow...Sidewalk snow liabilities...OSU women's basketball team wins again...