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Columbus, OH – 88 years ago, America was both proud and afraid of democracy. Just out of an unprecedented world war and still reeling from a global influenza pandemic, there was labor unrest, race riots, bombs being delivered in the mail, controversial domestic spying programs and attempts to limit free speech. Ohio native Ann Hagedorn has woven together some of the big themes and personal stories of America in 1919 in a new book called "Savage Peace - Hope and Fear in America." Hagedorn tells Alison Holm that 1919 really set the stage for the rest of the century.

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Skybus startup date set for later this month - Faulty cable knocks out power in two Columbus neighborhoods - Wolf killed at Cleveland zoo

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Columbus police shoot and kill robbery suspect - Ohio Senate passes tougher measure on repeat drunk drivers - North Central Ohio charities fight to save land

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Columbus police shoot and kill robbery suspect - Ohio Senate passes tougher measure on repeat drunk drivers - North Central Ohio charities fight to save land

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Columbus police shoot and kill robbery suspect - Ohio Senate passes tougher measure on repeat drunk drivers - North Central Ohio charities fight to save land

Films reviewed: Black Book, 28 Weeks Later, Lucky You

By hosts John DeSando and Clay Lowe with guest critic, Kristin Dreyer Kramer

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:

Strip clubs measure stalls in Ohio House - Police heliport purchase nears for the City of Columbus - Buckeye elected to College Football Hall of Fame

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Former state official sentenced for taking bribes - Man wanted for crimes in Ohio arrested in Kentucky - Education policy analyst speaks in Columbus - Incentives to be healthy at OSU

Columbus, OH – Click on the mp3 link to hear from national education policy analyst Kati Haycock.

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Columbus, OH – For months, it's appeared likely that Ohio legislators would pass a new law slapping statewide limits on x-rated video stores and topless bars. After all, state representatives had passed a similar proposal overwhelmingly the past 2 sessions.....and a citizens group was adding even more pressure with a petition drive. NOW, though, the momentum has shifted. Critics of the measure have garnered a lot of recent publicity by having dancers protest the bill....and Wednesday, they put BACKERS of the measure on the defensive in a legislative committee hearing.

Columbus, OH – Several hundred supporters of school vouchers and Ohio CHARTER schools rallied at the statehouse in Columbus Wednesday. And it appears they're going to get what they want in the new two-year state budget.

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Columbus police investigate east-side shooting - Ohio legislators consider a bill to comply with the federal Adam Walsh law - April sales not so good - New, longer-lasting turf for the Horseshoe

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Delta considering selling off Comair - Huntington invests in Columbus neighborhoods -

Gamely carries on the tradition

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

28 Weeks Later, the sequel to 28 Days Later, gamely carries on the tradition of intelligent zombie movies. The rage virus is back, and two kids may carry the antibody in their blood. Get them the hell out of a London that in its griminess rivals the stunning cinematography and dark set design of Alfonso Cuaron's Children of Men.

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman confident wife worked the hours in question - Another big investment in Columbus from Huntington National Bank - House Republicans working on affordable health insurance plan

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Voting results from Tuesday - Reynoldsburg man indicted for voter fraud - Frankie Coleman's time sheet questioned -

Columbus, OH – Arts programs in Columbus are funded in part by a special tax on hotels, but some say the city's arts and culture programs need more investment. Hear the details.

Columbus, OH – Congress is considering federal hate crime legislation that President Bush is threatening to veto. Ohio already has its own hate crime law. Ohio Public Radio's Jo Ingles reports on what some Ohio groups think of the bill in Washington D. C. right now.

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

TB hits Cincinnati-area - Historic low tuition increases possible at Ohio State -Bats come alive for Cleveland and Cincinnati