http://news.yahoo.com/local/Columbus/5147 Yahoo! Local News - The Columbus Dispatch en-us A man was killed early today when he jumped off a bridge after wrecking his vehicle on Easton Way on the Northeast Side. A witness reported that the man, who has not been identified, climbed out of his wrecked vehicle and then jumped over the railing of the bridge over I-270, Columbus police said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Columbus/The_Columbus_Dispatch/SIG=147854c9k/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dispatch.com%2Flive%2Fcontent%2Flocal_news%2Fstories%2F2009%2F07%2F04%2Fjump.html%3Ftype%3Drss%26cat%3D%26sid%3D101 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/07/04/jump.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:24:02 +0000 AP videos require Macromedia Flash Player 7 and Windows Media Player 10. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Columbus/The_Columbus_Dispatch/SIG=1497ecsnm/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dispatch.com%2Flive%2Fcontent%2Flocal_news%2Fstories%2F2009%2F07%2F04%2Freport.html%3Ftype%3Drss%26cat%3D%26sid%3D101 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/07/04/report.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:54:02 +0000 A New Lexington man died last night after crashing his all-terrain vehicle along a Perry County road. Arthur Thompson, 46, died at Hocking Valley Community Hospital in Logan following the 10:30 p.m. crash, according to the Lancaster post of the State Highway Patrol. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Columbus/The_Columbus_Dispatch/SIG=1467fo585/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dispatch.com%2Flive%2Fcontent%2Flocal_news%2Fstories%2F2009%2F07%2F04%2Fatv.html%3Ftype%3Drss%26cat%3D%26sid%3D101 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/07/04/atv.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:39:02 +0000 Holiday parades, fireworks All events are today except where noted. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Columbus/The_Columbus_Dispatch/SIG=15eokcjpg/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dispatch.com%2Flive%2Fcontent%2Flocal_news%2Fstories%2F2009%2F07%2F04%2Ffourth_events04.ART_ART_07-04-09_B7_C5ECI3C.html%3Ftype%3Drss%26cat%3D%26sid%3D101 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/07/04/fourth_events04.ART_ART_07-04-09_B7_C5ECI3C.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:39:12 +0000 For Darrell England, Red White & Boom meant looking up at the explosions in the night sky with his wife and son and forgetting for a while that the economy stinks. "When it's all said and done, family is all you got anyways," said the 26-year-old resident of the North Side, clad in a floppy red, white and blue hat. He was laid off from his job as a forklift operator only two weeks ago. He's ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Columbus/The_Columbus_Dispatch/SIG=15b265ghu/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dispatch.com%2Flive%2Fcontent%2Flocal_news%2Fstories%2F2009%2F07%2F04%2Fredwhiteboom.ART_ART_07-04-09_A1_2BECG98.html%3Ftype%3Drss%26cat%3D%26sid%3D101 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/07/04/redwhiteboom.ART_ART_07-04-09_A1_2BECG98.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:39:02 +0000 Republican senators say they have exposed "fatal flaws" in Gov. Ted Strickland's plan to add electronic slot machines at Ohio's seven horse tracks, including questions about whether the plan is overly generous to track owners. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Columbus/The_Columbus_Dispatch/SIG=1569edoe9/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dispatch.com%2Flive%2Fcontent%2Flocal_news%2Fstories%2F2009%2F07%2F04%2Fslots04.ART_ART_07-04-09_A1_2BECHLR.html%3Ftype%3Drss%26cat%3D%26sid%3D101 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/07/04/slots04.ART_ART_07-04-09_A1_2BECHLR.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:28:46 +0000 Presuming that African-American and Latino doctors will bring with them rich cultural knowledge and thereby improve patient care, OhioHealth is recruiting minority doctors early. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Columbus/The_Columbus_Dispatch/SIG=157k7jtsr/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dispatch.com%2Flive%2Fcontent%2Flocal_news%2Fstories%2F2009%2F07%2F04%2FNEEDMORE.ART_ART_07-04-09_B1_K6ECG35.html%3Ftype%3Drss%26cat%3D%26sid%3D101 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/07/04/NEEDMORE.ART_ART_07-04-09_B1_K6ECG35.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:09:22 +0000 When federal health experts sent a strain of the swine-flu virus to Battelle in May, it was to help researchers test new antiviral products. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Columbus/The_Columbus_Dispatch/SIG=15as4j188/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dispatch.com%2Flive%2Fcontent%2Flocal_news%2Fstories%2F2009%2F07%2F04%2FBattelleflu.ART_ART_07-04-09_B1_K6ECG33.html%3Ftype%3Drss%26cat%3D%26sid%3D101 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/07/04/Battelleflu.ART_ART_07-04-09_B1_K6ECG33.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:09:12 +0000 Take one house. Fill with hay. Add a generous amount of kerosene and gasoline. Light it up. That's how they used to make training fires for firemen in the 1950s, sometimes with a live person in the burning building so they could practice rescue techniques. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Columbus/The_Columbus_Dispatch/SIG=157dm3c86/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dispatch.com%2Flive%2Fcontent%2Flocal_news%2Fstories%2F2009%2F07%2F04%2F50_chief.ART_ART_07-04-09_B1_1IEC8CO.html%3Ftype%3Drss%26cat%3D%26sid%3D101 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/07/04/50_chief.ART_ART_07-04-09_B1_1IEC8CO.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:09:02 +0000 Ohio's dismal economy and stalled Statehouse budget negotiations are taking a toll on Gov. Ted Strickland's popularity. Elected in a 2006 landslide and riding a 60 percent approval rating only five months ago, Strickland's stock has sunk with Ohio voters, who in growing numbers are questioning his ability to lead, according to a new statewide poll. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Columbus/The_Columbus_Dispatch/SIG=15e4jjgdj/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dispatch.com%2Flive%2Fcontent%2Flocal_news%2Fstories%2F2009%2F07%2F04%2Fquinnipiac_poll.ART_ART_07-04-09_A1_2BECG9C.html%3Ftype%3Drss%26cat%3D%26sid%3D101 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/07/04/quinnipiac_poll.ART_ART_07-04-09_A1_2BECG9C.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:55:02 +0000 The search for a new superintendent at Newark schools has been narrowed to two finalists. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Columbus/The_Columbus_Dispatch/SIG=1581mj4f2/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dispatch.com%2Flive%2Fcontent%2Flocal_news%2Fstories%2F2009%2F07%2F04%2Fnewarksup.ART_ART_07-04-09_B5_C5ECH55.html%3Ftype%3Drss%26cat%3D%26sid%3D101 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/07/04/newarksup.ART_ART_07-04-09_B5_C5ECH55.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:54:55 +0000 DAYTON -- Ground has been broken for an Air Force research unit that will develop electronic surveillance networks to link sensor devices on the ground, in the air and in space. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Columbus/The_Columbus_Dispatch/SIG=15rb204mn/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dispatch.com%2Flive%2Fcontent%2Flocal_news%2Fstories%2F2009%2F07%2F04%2Fz-apoh_surveillanceproject_0.ART_ART_07-04-09_B5_C5ECHTF.html%3Ftype%3Drss%26cat%3D%26sid%3D101 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/07/04/z-apoh_surveillanceproject_0.ART_ART_07-04-09_B5_C5ECHTF.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:54:42 +0000 H.M. "Don" Cummings' service to the Tuskegee Airmen, the country's first black military pilots, never waned after World War II. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Columbus/The_Columbus_Dispatch/SIG=15br9j61j/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dispatch.com%2Flive%2Fcontent%2Flocal_news%2Fstories%2F2009%2F07%2F04%2Fcummingsobit.ART_ART_07-04-09_B5_C5ECH42.html%3Ftype%3Drss%26cat%3D%26sid%3D101 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/07/04/cummingsobit.ART_ART_07-04-09_B5_C5ECH42.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:54:32 +0000 XENIA, Ohio -- A new play commemorates the thousands of children who passed through the now-defunct Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphanage. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Columbus/The_Columbus_Dispatch/SIG=15r7u3irp/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dispatch.com%2Flive%2Fcontent%2Flocal_news%2Fstories%2F2009%2F07%2F04%2Fz-apoh_veteransorphanage_070.ART_ART_07-04-09_B4_C5ECHDI.html%3Ftype%3Drss%26cat%3D%26sid%3D101 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/07/04/z-apoh_veteransorphanage_070.ART_ART_07-04-09_B4_C5ECHDI.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:54:22 +0000 CLEVELAND -- The state has chosen downtown Cleveland over the suburbs for a new $84 million psychiatric hospital. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Columbus/The_Columbus_Dispatch/SIG=15rgaksum/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dispatch.com%2Flive%2Fcontent%2Flocal_news%2Fstories%2F2009%2F07%2F04%2Fz-apoh_psychiatrichospital_0.ART_ART_07-04-09_B4_C5ECHDK.html%3Ftype%3Drss%26cat%3D%26sid%3D101 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/07/04/z-apoh_psychiatrichospital_0.ART_ART_07-04-09_B4_C5ECHDK.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:54:13 +0000 GIBSONBURG, Ohio -- A party set for today that will bring together the nine children of James and Mary Kohler has taken on a new significance after the beating of their elderly parents. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Columbus/The_Columbus_Dispatch/SIG=15pkmn4qm/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dispatch.com%2Flive%2Fcontent%2Flocal_news%2Fstories%2F2009%2F07%2F04%2Fohno_seniorbeating_TB_0704.ART_ART_07-04-09_B4_C5ECHIK.html%3Ftype%3Drss%26cat%3D%26sid%3D101 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/07/04/ohno_seniorbeating_TB_0704.ART_ART_07-04-09_B4_C5ECHIK.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:54:02 +0000 The Somali leader was looking for a plot of land where his people might grow familiar food in a strange new homeland. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Columbus/The_Columbus_Dispatch/SIG=15b00nrjn/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dispatch.com%2Flive%2Fcontent%2Flocal_news%2Fstories%2F2009%2F07%2F04%2FSomaliGarden.ART_ART_07-04-09_B4_C5ECH06.html%3Ftype%3Drss%26cat%3D%26sid%3D101 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/07/04/SomaliGarden.ART_ART_07-04-09_B4_C5ECH06.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:39:33 +0000 Columbus students will return to school in August with new buses, better security and more teachers, district officials say. The changes are the first products of spending promises made to voters during last year's successful levy campaign. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Columbus/The_Columbus_Dispatch/SIG=157d4j91e/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dispatch.com%2Flive%2Fcontent%2Flocal_news%2Fstories%2F2009%2F07%2F04%2Fpromises.ART_ART_07-04-09_B1_K6ECG39.html%3Ftype%3Drss%26cat%3D%26sid%3D101 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/07/04/promises.ART_ART_07-04-09_B1_K6ECG39.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:39:23 +0000 Westerville says its new approach to thwart bank robbers -- asking customers to remove hats, sunglasses and to turn off cell phones -- has been a success. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Columbus/The_Columbus_Dispatch/SIG=156ci75ke/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dispatch.com%2Flive%2Fcontent%2Flocal_news%2Fstories%2F2009%2F07%2F04%2Fbankrob.ART_ART_07-04-09_B1_K6ECG37.html%3Ftype%3Drss%26cat%3D%26sid%3D101 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/07/04/bankrob.ART_ART_07-04-09_B1_K6ECG37.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:39:13 +0000 Charles Darwin published the results of his life's work, On the Origin of Species, 150 years ago. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Columbus/The_Columbus_Dispatch/SIG=15pcs6sjl/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dispatch.com%2Flive%2Fcontent%2Flocal_news%2Fstories%2F2009%2F07%2F04%2Fohno_darwinexhibit_PD_0704.ART_ART_07-04-09_B7_C5ECI5N.html%3Ftype%3Drss%26cat%3D%26sid%3D101 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/07/04/ohno_darwinexhibit_PD_0704.ART_ART_07-04-09_B7_C5ECI5N.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:39:03 +0000 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:24:02 +0000