He’s been a Governor, Lt. Governor, the Mayor of Cleveland, and now a Senator. But now Sen. George Voinovich will retire from politics at the age of 72, after his term is up in 2010. It is being speculated that Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner or Lt. Governor Lee Fisher could run for his office […]

I was looking around on the internet trying to find a decent-sized photo of the Skybus logo today for something we are running about them in tomorrow’s newspaper, and an ad came up for a Skybus model airplane.
Take a look. This was Skybus’ signature plane, the “Spirit of Columbus”
Apparently there’s been quite an interest in […]

While I don’t doubt the headlines are correct, it’s still somewhat amusing.
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Don’t know when this was posted (so I don’t know how long they’ve had it running, could have just been put up), but I thought this was pretty amusing.

Man… God is going to be pissed.

(Thankfully NBC4 just switched over to HD, in order to provide this stunning, vibrant picture)

Here’s today’s dose of “yes this actually happened” news:
A state politician who was giving a lecture to high school students inserted a data memory stick into a computer and the projected image of nude woman appeared on a screen, the state highway patrol said.
By the sound of it, the USB stick had a whole folder […]

Check out this asinine ad for the Big Ten Network that’s currently up on The Lantern homepage.
“ACT NOW OR YOU’LL MISS YOUR OHIO STATE GAMES”
Apparently whoever is doing marketing for the Big Ten Network isn’t very familiar with their scheduling or programming: they only had the rights to air the first two OSU football games […]

…please, oh please let it be this one involving a flamingo, Jack Hanna, and an airport turnstile.
Jungle Jack Hanna, ladies and gentlemen.

So, I went over to the Giant Eagle last night to pick up some stuff and I happen to walk past the magazine/book section- check out what’s on top of the ‘Inspirational Reading’ stand.
Ah yes, because when life gets me down, I find inner peace from a boy wizard named Harry Potter.

The great thing about watching Columbus NewsCenter on Fox 28 and ABC 6 is that not only do you get to hear about all the national news you read about the day before on the internet, but you also occasionally get to see stuff like this.
(Actually that’s not fair, considering all local news stations […]