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Stoops steps down

When the Oklahoma Sooners come to Ohio Stadium for the Buckeyes’ home opener on Sept. 9, a new head coach will be on the sidelines.

Reds 6, Cardinals 4

St. Louis kept Scooter Gennett in check a day after his four-homer game, but Patrick Kivlehan had a pinch three-run shot that sparked the Reds to a 6-4 victory last night, extending the Cardinals’ longest losing streak in four years.

Rockies 8, Indians 1

The Colorado Rockies beat the Indians 8-1 Wednesday for their fourth straight win.

Clippers 6, Bats 5

Clippers reliever Josh Martin struck out Louisville’s Stuart Turner, who represented the tying run, in the top of the ninth inning to preserve a 6-5 win over Louisville at Huntington Park Wednesday night.

IKEA opening: Giveaways, meatballs, gridlock

Businesses, residents, law enforcement and transportation officials were bracing for an event of cataclysmic proportions as central Ohio awaited the opening of the world’s newest IKEA store.

Anthem bails on Obamacare in Ohio

The blame game was being played at full-tilt in Washington and Columbus Tuesday as one of the nation’s biggest health insurers said it won’t return to Ohio’s public insurance exchanges next year, a decision that could open more holes in the Affordable Care Act’s increasingly thin system for helping people buy coverage.

Thief takes car, leaves kids

A West Side mom talked a carjacker into letting her children go before he drove off in her from a grocery store parking lot Tuesday morning.