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• How Walker's withdrawal may affect Kasich's presidential bid

  21-09-2015 23:50
  
  With the apparent departure of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker from the 2016 GOP presidential race, middle America appears wide open for John Kasich.
  
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• State Failure Allowed Criminals In Classrooms, Foster System

  21-09-2015 23:39
  
  An investigation by the Attorney General’s Officediscovered a software vendor hadn’t updated the system, that left the system overloaded and offenders falling through the cracks.
  
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• Four people struck by same hit-skip vehicle on South Side

  21-09-2015 23:38
  
  Four people are being treated at a hospital after they were all hit by the same vehicle on the South Side late this afternoon.
  
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• Blue Jackets Roll Out New Fan Security Measures

  21-09-2015 23:33
  
  Blue Jackets fans heading to Nationwide Arena may want to start leaving a little earlier for the game.
  
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• Driver Takes Off After Hitting Multiple Pedestrians In South Columbus

  21-09-2015 23:22
  
  Police said the victims were hit along E. Whittier St. and Wilson Ave.
  
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• North Fork school district gets another threat

  21-09-2015 23:21
  
  Licking County Sheriff Randy Thorp said deputies and detectives are at Newton Elementary School in the North Fork school district this afternoon investigating a bomb threat. Thorp said the threat didn’t carry “a high degree of credibility” but that it was being investigated as a matter of procedure and protocol.
  
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• Sheriff: Student Responsible For Monday's Threat In Custody

  21-09-2015 23:07
  
  North Fork Local Schools Superintendent said all students were removed from the school safety.
  
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• Sheriff: Newton Elementary School Received Bomb Threat

  21-09-2015 23:07
  
  North Fork Local Schools Superintendent said all students were removed from the school safety.
  
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• Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Exits 2016 Presidential Race

  21-09-2015 22:35
  
  At a news conference Monday in Wisconsin, Walker plans to say he's suspending his White House campaign "so that a positive conservative message can rise to the top of the field."
  
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• Scott Walker To Drop Out Of GOP Presidential Race: AP

  21-09-2015 22:35
  
  Two people familiar with his decision say Scott Walker is dropping out of the Republican race for president.
  
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• Grove City Police Work To Boost Neighborhood Watch Groups

  21-09-2015 22:19
  
  Multiple neighborhoods in Grove City host their own neighborhood watch programs and according to Grove City Police, more want to start one.
  
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• Columbus Police Officers Called To Gang-Related Scuffles At Funeral Service

  21-09-2015 22:09
  
  Police tell 10TV several hundred people arrived outside of the service for Dametrious Edwards.The 28-year-old was killed last week during a shooting at a home on South Champion Avenue.
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Pope Francis Visits World Trade Center Memorial

  21-09-2015 21:53
  
  Keep up with events this week during Pope Francis' visit to the U.S. 10TV will stream live events through Sunday of this historic papal visit.
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Pope Francis' US Visit

  21-09-2015 21:53
  
  Keep up with events this week during Pope Francis' visit to the U.S. 10TV will stream live events through Sunday of this historic papal visit.
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Pope Francis In Washington DC

  21-09-2015 21:53
  
  Keep up with events this week during Pope Francis' visit to the U.S. 10TV will stream live events through Sunday of this historic papal visit.
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Pope Francis In Philadelphia

  21-09-2015 21:53
  
  Keep up with events this week during Pope Francis' visit to the U.S. 10TV will stream live events through Sunday of this historic papal visit.
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Pope Francis In New York City

  21-09-2015 21:53
  
  Keep up with events this week during Pope Francis' visit to the U.S. 10TV will stream live events through Sunday of this historic papal visit.
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Pope Francis Arrives In Washington D.C.

  21-09-2015 21:53
  
  Pope Francis arrives shortly in Washington D.C. Coverage on 10TV and 10tv.com.
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Pope Francis Addresses Congress

  21-09-2015 21:53
  
  Keep up with events this week during Pope Francis' visit to the U.S. 10TV will stream live events through Sunday of this historic papal visit.
  
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• Pope Francis Visiting 3 Cities In First Trip To United States

  21-09-2015 21:53
  
  Keep up with events this week during Pope Francis' visit to the U.S. 10TV will stream live events through Sunday of this historic papal visit.
  
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• Pope Francis' US Visit

  21-09-2015 21:53
  
  Keep up with events this week during Pope Francis' visit to the U.S. 10TV will stream live events through Sunday of this historic papal visit.
  
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• EVENTS: Pope Francis In The U.S.

  21-09-2015 21:53
  
  His trip will include stops in Washington D.C., New York and Philadelphia.
  
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• A Look At Pope Francis' Visit To The United States

  21-09-2015 21:53
  
  His trip will include stops in Washington D.C., New York and Philadelphia.
  
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• Survey: Nearly one in four Ohio State undergraduate women report sexual assault

  21-09-2015 21:41
  
  Among college students, undergraduate women and those who identify as transgender or of nonconforming gender are most likely to be the victims of sexual assault or sexual misconduct. For assaults involving physical force or incapacitation, the risk is greatest for freshmen and declines with each year of school, according to survey results released today by the Association of American Universities (AAU).
  
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• Columbus Hosts Professional Tennis Tournament

  21-09-2015 21:41
  
  Tennis players from all over the world have descended on Columbus this week, vying for $50,000 in prize money at an ATP Challenger Tour tennis tournament, hosted by the Ohio State University. Players from Australia, Russia, France, and Switzerland, among several other nations, many with Grand Slam tournament experience, will be visiting the Ohio State […]
  
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• Intruder and man inside Reynoldsburg house exchange gunfire, police say

  21-09-2015 21:32
  
  One person has died and a second is recovering after an apparent break-in at a Reynoldsburg house escalated to an exchange of gunfire Sunday night. Reynoldsburg police identified the man who died at OhioHealth Grant Medical Center as Joshua K. Collins, 18.
  
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• Teen admits to role in killing pizza-delivery driver

  21-09-2015 21:15
  
  A 13-year-old has admitted his involvement in the death of a pizza-delivery driver this summer. Jalen Dewain Hughes had been charged in August with delinquency counts of aggravated murder and aggravated robbery in the death of James A. Flannery, 59.
  
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• Officers respond to unruly crowd at funeral of former gang member

  21-09-2015 20:36
  
  Violence erupted this afternoon at the funeral of a man found dead in a South Side basement. Dametrious L. Edwards, 28, who had used a wheelchair since he had been shot several years ago, was to be laid to rest this afternoon after a service at a church at 22nd Street and E. Main Street on the Near East Side.
  
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• Transgender and first-year students most likely victims of campus sex assaults

  21-09-2015 20:19
  
  Among college students, undergraduate women and those who identify as transgender or of nonconforming gender are most likely to be the victims of sexual assault or sexual misconduct. For assaults involving physical force or incapacitation, the risk is greatest for freshmen and declines with each year of school, according to survey results released today by the Association of American Universities (AAU).
  
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• Freeway ramp in Dublin now open

  21-09-2015 19:43
  
  The ramp from southbound I-270 to westbound Rt. 33 in Dublin is now open. An 11:20 a.m. release from the Ohio Department of Transportation said the ramp had been closed because of a tractor-trailer crash. A release at 1:11 this afternoon said the ramp had been reopened.
  
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• Vote on the Best Columbus Architecture of 2015

  21-09-2015 19:00
  
  With Columbus being a hotbed of urban development, we often see a lot of discussion about the architectural design of various projects that are regularly being proposed for construction around the city. While hosting conversations about urban design is always a good thing, we don’t often step back to compare architectural design as it fits […]
  
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• Columbus Answers: What's the correct way to park at a meter?

  21-09-2015 18:49
  
  A vehicle's front bumper should be even with the parking meter in front of the vehicle. But if a vehicle is parked this way, it's still legal as long as both the meter at its side and the meter in front of its bumper are not expired.
  
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• Columbus State plans discussions on racial tensions

  21-09-2015 18:29
  
  The list of cities where unarmed black men have died at the hands of white police officers is growing, touching off escalating racial violence in the U.S. To give central Ohioans a safe place to learn and talk about race, ethnicity and some of the underlying tensions related to both, Columbus State Community College will host a series of “Courageous Conversations.”
  
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• Mother Of Baby Doe Held On $1M Bond; No Bail For Boyfriend

  21-09-2015 18:28
  
  The mother of a young girl dubbed Baby Doe was ordered held on $1 million cash bond Monday.
  
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• Whitehall mayor: Government shutdown would hurt city

  21-09-2015 18:17
  
  The mayor of Whitehall had a simple message to Congress: Don’t shut down the government. “This would hurt my city,” Kim Maggard said today, standing outside the Defense Supply Center Columbus, where 50 workers were furloughed during the 2013 federal shutdown.
  
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• Ohio remains one of the nation's most obese states

  21-09-2015 17:43
  
  Ohio is among only five states that saw rising rates of adult obesity last year. Couple that fact with the unfortunate distinction of being one of eight states with increasing rates of diabetes, and things don’t look so good. An annual report from the nonprofits Trust for America’s Health and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found mostly steady — but still high — rates of obesity nationwide.
  
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• Crash closes freeway ramp in Dublin

  21-09-2015 17:42
  
  The ramp from southbound I-270 to westbound Rt. 33 in Dublin is closed because of a tractor-trailer crash, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation. The release, sent at 11:20 a.m., said cleanup is expected to take at least two hours.
  
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• City Council expected to appoint Fran Ryan to Mills' seat

  21-09-2015 17:19
  
  The Columbus City Council will name a new member tonight to fill a vacancy left when Michelle M. Mills resigned last month. Three sources close to remaining council members said that former Councilwoman Fran Ryan, 81, is the favorite to be appointed to the seat.
  
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• Walk to prevent falls is planned for Wednesday

  21-09-2015 17:12
  
  The state is trying to get 4,000 Ohioans to walk at least a mile on Wednesday — the first day of fall — in the name of fall prevention. Get it?
  
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• One dead after apparent break-in in Reynoldsburg

  21-09-2015 16:35
  
  One person has died and a second is recovering after an apparent break-in at a Reynoldsburg house escalated to an exchange of gunfire Sunday night. Reynoldsburg police identified the man who died at OhioHealth Grant Medical Center as Joshua K. Collins, 18.
  
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• Free Produce! #ColumbusShort with @LILDonAIR

  21-09-2015 15:40
  
  Listen to lilD weekdays at 8:05 am for all things free, fun, and family in Columbus! Here's what's happening: 1. Saturday is Grandview Hop. It's a fun and lively outdoor market offering unique goods, art, delicious foods, and live music on Grandview Avenue through September.
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Why some lawmakers want to get rid of pay-to-play fees

  21-09-2015 14:56
  
  Ohio lawmakers will look into the possibility of banning pay-to-play fees for high school athletics when an informal committee meets this fall, Dispatch reporter Jim Siegel writes. While some schools don’t charge any money such as Columbus, others charge hundreds of dollars per sport like New Albany where the fee is more than $600. One of the leaders charging the effort to get rid of the fees is Secretary of State Jon Husted.
  
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• Is Columbus Following Through on the 2010 Downtown Strategic Plan?

  21-09-2015 14:22
  
  Five years ago, city leaders unveiled an ambitious redevelopment plan for Downtown Columbus that called for the implementation of 12 big ideas over the course of the next decade. In 2015, we’re halfway through that timeframe for implementation, and we thought it might be a good time to revisit the plan and review the progress […]
  
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• Meyer Family ‘Shocked’ Over College GameDay Sign

  21-09-2015 14:04
  
  The family of Ohio State coach Urban Meyer is pushing back against a sign poking fun at Meyer’s health troubles in 2010.
  
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• Meyer Family Doesn't Find "Funny" College GameDay Sign Amusing

  21-09-2015 14:04
  
  Football fans love posting smack-talk signs on ESPN's College GameDay. But some signs go too far. Read more.
  
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• Grandview Mail Box Service now offered U-Haul products

  21-09-2015 13:38
  
  GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS — Grandview Mail Box Service at 1601 W. 5th Ave. recently joined the U-Haul dealer network to offer trucks, cargo vans, support rental items and more.
  
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• CarMark Certified program now at Maxtown Motors

  21-09-2015 13:36
  
  Westerville — Maxtown Motors, 750 Northfield Rd., now is offering the CarMark Certified Pre-Owned program as a benefit to its customers.
  
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• Dental-product developer gets $1.25 million loan

  21-09-2015 13:34
  
  COLUMBUS — The Ohio Third Frontier Commission has approved $3.25 million to commercialize new technologies and provide internships at early-stage technology companies, including a Columbus company.
  
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• Local online retailers show up on favorites list

  21-09-2015 13:33
  
  WASHINGTON — Several companies based in or with a major corporate presence in central Ohio have made the 2015 list of the nation’s favorite online retailers.
  
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• Job fair planned for Tuttle mall’s food court

  21-09-2015 13:31
  
  DUBLIN — The Mall at Tuttle Crossing will hold a job fair from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday in the mall’s food court and center court. More than 30 retailers and organizations looking for qualified candidates for parttime, full-time, seasonal and management positions will be represented.
  
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