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Jesse Barron's TBR pile of HEAs (that's "To Be Read" and "Happily Ever After" for you non-romance readers), includes several authors featured at the 2013 Romance Novel Convention.

Romance Novels Sweep Readers Off Their Feet With Predictability

At $1.4 billion, romance is by far the biggest sector of the publishing industry. Harper's editor Jesse Barron looked into the business of romance and its peculiarities for this month's issue. He says the key is copying the elements that made other authors successful — down to the cover model's pose.

Columbus Metropolitan Library celebrates 150 years, new Gahanna-branch location

The Columbus Metropolitan Library celebrates its 150th birthday this weekend as a grand opening for a new Gahanna branch library is held Saturday, March 4.

Looted Benin Bronzes that were returned by Germany to Nigeria are examined during a ceremony in Abuja on Tuesday. Nigerian officials said that more than 5,000 ancient artifacts are estimated to have been stolen from Nigeria, the majority by British colonizers.

Germany returns looted artifacts to Nigeria to rectify a 'dark colonial history'

This week's handover is Germany's first step in fulfilling its agreement with Nigeria to release all 1,130 Benin Bronzes from German museums.

Smoke rises from a derailed cargo train in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 4.

East Palestine takes resident questions on derailment, chemicals

Rail operator Norfolk Southern announced Tuesday that it is creating a $1 million charitable fund to help the community of some 4,700 people while continuing remediation work, including removing spilled contaminants from the ground and streams and monitoring air quality.

Study participant Kerry Lammers takes a moment to relax in a respite space, part of Wexner Medical Center's "Buckeye Pause Bundle" research project.

OSU Wexner Medical Center awarded state grant for workforce safety

The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation has awarded The Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine with a nearly $1.5 million grant for advancing the hospital system's workforce safety and wellness innovations.

Columbus City Council dials back plan to tighten Short North food cart hours

The proposal originally called for food carts to close by 2 a.m., in line with other Short North businesses. After conversation with food cart operators, council member Emmanuel Remy says he wants to push the closure time to 2:30 a.m.

Traffic on a Columbus freeway. The new overtime rules law would exempt businesses from paying overtime to hourly workers for commuting or traveling to jobsites from home.

DeWine signs $13.5 billion Ohio transportation budget with no vetoes

But Gov. Mike DeWine admitted in signing the two-year transportation budget that he had some concerns about one item added by the Republican chair of the committee that heard the bill.

A U.K. agency has fined TikTok nearly $16 million for handling of children's data

The U.K.'s Information Commissioner's Office said there were up to 1.4 million children under the age of 13 on the app in 2020, despite TikTok's terms of service saying users must be 13 to sign up.

Counterfeit pills are designed to look like regular prescription drugs, according to Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco. Here are counterfeit 30 milligram oxycodone tablets.

More Than 800 People Have Been Arrested As The DOJ Clamps Down On Fake Pills

Authorities said they recovered 1.8 million counterfeit pills laced with enough fentanyl to kill 700,000 Americans. "One pill can kill," Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said Thursday.

Soldiers of the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division secure a field near Najaf, Iraq, at sunrise on March 23, 2003.

Capturing the sound of war as U.S. forces charged for Baghdad

NPR's Eric Westervelt was among the first Western reporters to reach Iraq's capital during the 2003 U.S.-led overthrow of Saddam Hussein.

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