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Limited Stores, whose bricks-and-mortar presence now is gone, has filed for bankruptcy protection. But observers say the brand might not be dead. The future of the New Albany-based women’s specialty fashion retailer now rests in the hands of Sycamore Partners, a New York-based private-equity firm that is buying the intellectual property and other assets.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-BUSINESS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-BUSINESS"};

Much of the wrangling over land, cost-sharing and control of a new Dublin library has been resolved, and an architect’s rendering of a gleaming new structure has been released. Two years ago, Columbus Metropolitan Library Director Pat Losinski called the project "significantly behind schedule.” But he and Dublin officials say the wait will be worth it when a new branch and parking garage are completed.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

A rumor that former Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee left town and never fulfilled his 2011 pledge to donate $1 million for a scholarship fund isn’t true. At least, not anymore. Four separate gifts in December totaling about $200,000 brought the fund to just over $984,144, OSU records show. Projections are that, by June 30, transferring $16,614 of earned interest to the fund’s principal will bring it to $1,000,758.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

Columbus Public Utilities workers plan to remove about a 20-foot section from a water line that broke on Monday, flooding a Northwest Side neighborhood.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

Columbus officials have agreed to pay $20,000 in damages and legal fees after the Ohio Supreme Court found the city's police division illegally refused to release public records.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

An off-duty Columbus police sergeant awoke to the sound of breaking glass and shot a would-be burglar breaking into his home near Grove City, the sheriff's office said.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

A Hilliard man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in a deadly home invasion in Reynoldsburg. Eric Brown, 27, pleaded guilty Tuesday to felonious assault and aggravated burglary with a firearm specification in Licking County Common Pleas Court, said Assistant Prosecutor Jenna Joseph.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

A man accused of killing four people in the basement of a South Linden house in June 2015 pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to avoid the death penalty.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

Rolls-Royce, the British auto and aerospace company, has agreed to pay more than $800 million in fines for a global bribery scheme hatched at the former Rolls-Royce Energy Systems based in Mount Vernon, Ohio, according to a case unsealed today in federal court in Columbus.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

Megabus has ceased service in Columbus, the low-cost bus carrier has confirmed. It once served cities including Cleveland, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Pittsburgh from Columbus, but had cut several unprofitable routes over the years.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-BUSINESS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-BUSINESS"};