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Dave Larsen covers arts and entertainment. He started at DDN in 1990 and previously has served as film critic and pop music critic. Dave graduated from the Boston University College of Communication. He lives near Tipp City with his family and is president of the Southwest Ohio "Kon-Tiki" chapter of the Fraternal Order of Moai.

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Broadband expanding to lure jobs to Ohio

7:58 AM Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Ohio will invest more than $10 million to boost its current broadband network speed tenfold to boost research and job growth statewide, Gov.

Super Bowl a big deal for area fans, sports bars, too

9:20 PM Sunday, February 5, 2012

Super Bowl Sunday is an important day for NFL fans, as well as the restaurants and retailers that provide football party staples such as chicken wings and beer.

Warren County to prosecute area’s first ‘bath salts’ case

11:50 PM Thursday, February 2, 2012

A Clearcreek Twp. man scheduled to be arraigned today in Warren County Common Pleas Court on a charge of aggravated drug possession will be the first person in the region prosecuted under the new state law banning the sale or possession of the designer drug known as bath salts, as well as synthetic marijuana.

Hospitals give crime lab $10K to fight ‘bath salts’

7:08 AM Wednesday, February 1, 2012

A $10,000 grant from a Dayton-area hospital association will help medical and law enforcement personnel identify the ever-changing ingredients in deadly designer drugs such as “bath salts.

Fewer Ohio teens have their driver’s licenses

7:38 PM Sunday, January 29, 2012

The number of Ohio teens getting their driver’s license has declined in recent years, reflecting a national trend, according to a Dayton Daily News analysis of state Bureau of Motor Vehicles data.

$5M entertainment center to open in Vandalia

2:23 PM Friday, January 20, 2012

VANDALIA — A $5 million entertainment center that will employ more than 100 people and is touted as the largest venue of its kind in the U.

Americans spend more on tech bills than utilities, report finds

10:59 PM Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Most Americans are spending more per month for wireless mobile, broadband Internet, and cable or satellite TV than to heat their homes as communication services become necessities of daily life, according to a new report.

$4 gas predicted for summer

10:04 PM Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Local motorists could be paying as much as $4.50 per gallon for gasoline by Memorial Day, forcing them to spend a record portion of their family budget gassing up their vehicles, oil industry analysts said.

DAI hopes to improve community engagement, address budget deficit

2:03 PM Saturday, January 7, 2012

The Dayton Art Institute’s new leaders are considering sweeping changes to meet their goal of making DAI a gathering spot for the entire community and to address financial issues that include a $300,000 operating budget deficit for 2011, museum officials said.

Shoppers rush to finish their Christmas shopping

11:48 PM Sunday, December 18, 2011

Dayton area shopping centers were busy Sunday, with full parking lots and lines at the registers as people attempted to wrap up their holiday shopping on the last full weekend before Christmas.