Using existing rail rights-of-way, the best route to San Francisco, a congenial destination for New Yorkers, would take you through Harrisburg PA, Columbus OH, Indianapolis IN, Springfield IL, Lincoln NE, Cheyenne WY, Salt Lake City UT, Carson City NV and Sacramento CA. All aboard?

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The abbreviated 66-game season also claimed the All-Star Game, scheduled for Columbus, OH, as a casualty.

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Joshua Beall was in a a halfway house in Columbus, OH after a 2008 arrest on charges of drug use and possession.

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"Simplify your life so it can run on autopilot for a couple of years, " recommends Liam Hurley, a financial adviser at Columbus, Oh.

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In 2009, Steven Koonin, the Under Secretary for Science, summarized this sentiment concisely while speaking at the Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, OH.

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