Read more Columbus stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/18214/columbus.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:28:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71794/fake-lottery-winner-causes-store-ruckus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Ohio woman may be charged with inciting panic after telling a store full of shoppers that she had won the lottery and was treating. Police had to show up at the Burlington Coat Factory to put down the ruckus when word got out, the Columbus Dispatch reports. The 45-year-old...http://www.newser.com/story/71794/fake-lottery-winner-causes-store-ruckus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 15:40:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67434/fla-judge-may-return-muslim-teen-runaway-to-family.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Orlando judge will hear arguments today in the case of Rafqa Bary, a 17-year-old ethnic Sri Lankan who ran away from her Muslim home because she feared her family would punish her for converting to Christianity. The judge will decide whether she should remain in state custody in Florida...http://www.newser.com/story/67434/fla-judge-may-return-muslim-teen-runaway-to-family.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Aug 2009 7:00:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52626/obama-vows-to-end-cycle-of-job-losses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Barack Obama promised today to end the cycle of US job losses. Addressing a graduating class of police officers in Ohio, Obama called today’s unemployment report “astounding,” noting that, were it not for his stimulus package, the recruits would be among the 8.1% of Americans out of work....http://www.newser.com/story/52626/obama-vows-to-end-cycle-of-job-losses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Mar 2009 11:36:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47586/text-offering-chicks-with-drugs-dupes-crooks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThree carjackers who expected to meet “hot chicks with drugs” found cops and cuffs instead—all thanks to a prank text message, CNET reports. At gunpoint, the Ohio men robbed Alan Heuss of his BMW, cell phone, and cash. Later, when Heuss told the story to friends, one suggested they...http://www.newser.com/story/47586/text-offering-chicks-with-drugs-dupes-crooks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 10 Jan 2009 14:56:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/25660/arbys-purchase-of-wendys-sad-day-for-thomas-family.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter years of haggling, Arby’s owner Nelson Peltz reached a deal to acquire Wendy’s yesterday, ending the involvement of the Thomas family that founded it. Wendy Thomas herself called the sale a “huge, huge disappointment,” the Columbus Dispatch reports. The family had hoped local franchisee J. David Karam would acquire...http://www.newser.com/story/25660/arbys-purchase-of-wendys-sad-day-for-thomas-family.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Apr 2008 12:08:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23477/skybus-airlines-goes-bust.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAnybody who wondered how Skybus could make money with its famous $10 airfares can stop: they didn't. The Ohio-based airline has become the latest US carrier to go bankrupt in the face of soaring fuel costs and a sluggish economy, the Columbus Dispatch reports. It made its last flight yesterday...http://www.newser.com/story/23477/skybus-airlines-goes-bust.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 05 Apr 2008 5:37:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/16496/columbus-gave-europe-syphilis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew genetic evidence gives Christopher Columbus credit for bringing back a different sort of bounty from the New World—the scourge of syphilis. Columbus and his crew returned home with a sexually transmitted form of a disease native to South America, say Emory University researchers. Soon after, the first known...http://www.newser.com/story/16496/columbus-gave-europe-syphilis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Jan 2008 16:07:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/13231/atlantis-crew-counts-down.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe crew of the space shuttle Atlantis arrived in Cape Canaveral yesterday to prepare for their Thursday launch, reports Space.com. NASA repaired damage to the foam covering the shuttle’s fuel tank over the weekend and said the repair shouldn’t delay the mission, which will add European research module Columbus...http://www.newser.com/story/13231/atlantis-crew-counts-down.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Dec 2007 16:20:19 CST