A darker side of Columbus emerges in US classrooms

Jeffrey Kolowith's kindergarten students read a poem about Christopher Columbus, take a journey to the New World on three paper ships and place the explorer's picture on a timeline through history.

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Denver Columbus Day parade is on, despite hoax

A Denver parade in honor of Christopher Columbus is on — despite a phony e-mail that circulated Thursday saying the downtown celebration was canceled for lack of funds.

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Man arrested in murder of Ohio mom

Police in Ohio have arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with the death of a Dayton mother and the kidnapping of her 4-year-old son, who was later abandoned at a highway rest stop.

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Matthew Folk caught Richard Kessio in the final strides today and captured the men's race in the 30th edition of the Columbus Marathon.

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Many runners consider marathons to be a social event. It's no surprise then that an innovative social networking component has been integrated into a race.

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This gave me a big smile this morning...How fun would that be, to watch all these people running to get something for free... I would have helped the store clean up...maybe....lol

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TAMPA, Fla. – Jeffrey Kolowith's kindergarten students read a poem about Christopher Columbus, take a journey to the New World on three paper ships and place the explorer's picture on a timeline through history.

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Health Code??

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On Friday, Sept. 25, the 'Pinta' and the 'Nina', replicas of Columbus' ships will open in Covington. The ships will be docked at B & B Riverboats, 101 Riverboat Row, on Sept. 24, until their departure early on Oct. 5.

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"William Calley, the former Army lieutenant convicted on 22 counts of murder in the infamous My Lai Massacre in Vietnam, publicly apologized for the first time this week."

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There are chunks of Devon coastline in space. I jest not. On the end of Europe's Columbus science laboratory at the International Space Station, there is a small cluster of boxes known as Eutef (European Technology Exposure Facility).

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Police and Government in a Citizen-Ruled State

-- The following links to an article regarding the "boys will be boys" actions of two law officers, one a state trooper and one a local police officer, which took place recently in central Ohio.

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After an hour weather delay due to thunder and lightning, the Rhinos finally took the field to face off against the defending MLS Champion Columbus Crew in a third round U.S. Open Cup match Tuesday night at Marina Auto Stadium.

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'Priest and Professor' together chart the contours of development of a nation

''The banking and finance capitals that could have emerged in the coastal cities and regions of Alexandria, the Yemen and Sumatra, as rivals to Europe were stemmed in their infancy.

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Come August, Columbus' nearly century-old Town Street bridge will be no more.

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Roy 'Zee' Ogletree sets world record for the longest distance on a jet ski in a 24-hour period at Daytona International Speedway's Lake Lloyd. Zee jetted around for 900 laps for a total of 1,080 miles!

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The Sounders head coaching search is about to end, but will that ending take a surprise twist? The Columbus Dispatch today suggested that Major League Soccer may have to step in to decide or moderate the near future of Sigi Schmid. The section reads:

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After the Oilers erased a two-goal deficit with four unanswered goals in the second and third periods, the Blue Jackets came back with three of their own -- including the game-winner with just over a minute left in the game -- to win 5-4 Wednesday night.

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Ana Marie Cox on McCain Rally:

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A federal judge in Ohio has ruled that counties must allow homeless voters to list park benches and other locations that aren't buildings as their addresses.

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It's an opportunity that Nikita Filatov has been anticipating for much of his young life.

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The treatment of heroes (Columbus) and their victims (the Arawaks) the quiet acceptance of conquest and murder in the name of progress-is only one aspect of a certain approach to history, in which the past is told from the point of view of governments, conquerors, diplomats, lead …

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A significant number of Americans will soon retire, but many won't be looking so much for a place to settle down as to live it up.

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Punch cards in Florida left the 2000 presidential election in limbo. Ohio's voting-machine shortage became a source of continuing controversy in 2004.

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Columbus, Ohio?

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Columbus -- A death row inmate scheduled for execution in October says he's so fat that Ohio executioners would have trouble finding his veins and that his weight could diminish the effectiveness of one of the lethal injection drugs.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Storms and heavy rain usually flood basements with water, but some homeowners on the city's north side are dealing with flooding of a different kind on Wednesday.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Two soldiers accused of killing a West Virginia minister are expected to appear in a Columbus courtroom this week.

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