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Ohio's Thomas Edison Could Be Headed To The U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall

A new statue of Ohio inventor Thomas Edison will help represent Ohio in Washington D.C., if a special legislative panel gets its way. The committee has picked Edison over 9 other nominees and is calling on the full legislature to make that same decision when it makes the final verdict. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports.