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Earth Day Columbus counts on volunteers

In its eighth year, the Earth Day observance is Columbus will be a week long and organizers hope will involve hundreds of volunteers pitching in to help in dozens of projects across the city.

Clippers 3, Mud Hens 0

The Clippers return to Huntington Park riding a three-game winning streak, including Thursday night’s 3-0 win over the Mud Hens in Toledo.

Tigers 7, Indians 5

Ian Kinsler homered and drove in four runs, and the Tigers held on for a 7-5 victory over the Indians on Thursday.

2 mumps cases at Columbus State

Health officials say they’ve confirmed two cases of mumps at Columbus State Community College as an outbreak of the illness continues to spread.

Heroin deaths reach new high

The state says a record number of Ohioans died from heroin-related overdoses in 2012 as it released the newest available figures for a problem that’s been called an epidemic and public health crisis.

State bans 2 synthetic drugs

Ohio’s top law enforcement official and the head of the state’s pharmacy board have joined forces to permanently ban two new chemicals abused as illegal synthetic drugs rather than wait for lawmakers to act.

13 indicted for tax fraud

As millions of American mailed in their 2013 income tax returns, federal grand juries were at work, preparing tax-fraud indictments against a dozen people from central Ohio who allegedly took part in two different schemes.