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• Ohio police: Father charged in 3-year-old daughter's death

  05-03-2016 23:40
  
  A father and his girlfriend have been charged in connection to the death of the man's 3-year-old daughter in northeast Ohio.
  
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• Evening Forecast: Cloudy with a chance of rain

  05-03-2016 22:12
  
  A chance of light rain and snow before midnight tonight, with lows dropping into the upper 20s.
  
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• The Latest: Voters in 5 states make their pick for President Saturday

  05-03-2016 22:06
  
  The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign, with voters in five states getting their say Saturday in nominating contests.
  
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• Cruz, Trump each grab 2 wins; Dems divide states too

  05-03-2016 22:06
  
  In a split decision, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump each captured two victories in Saturday's four-state round of voting.
  
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• Logan County: missing children found

  05-03-2016 21:06
  
  Police say they were last seen at home around the 10000 block of State Route 47 West in Quincy between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Friday.
  
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• Arrest made in shooting that left 7-year-old dead, 2 hurt

  05-03-2016 20:46
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Police say a man has been arrested in a shooting on a parking lot at a Columbus market that left a 7-year-old boy dead and another child and a man wounded.Police say 18-year-old Marctarius K. Grace was arrested on a murder charge in the death of Deonte M. Fisher.The boy was shot in the head Friday and died at a hospital.
  
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• Dartmouth's 'magic wand' pairs medical devices to Wi-Fi

  05-03-2016 20:40
  
  Doctors could keep better tabs on their patients between visits with a simple wave of a magic wand-like device being developed at Dartmouth College.
  
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• Dog pops up in driver's seat when semi crashes in Minnesota

  05-03-2016 20:29
  
  One dog apparently has learned a new trick: how to drive a semi-truck.
  
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• Gyrocopter pilot nearly collided with airplane

  05-03-2016 20:17
  
  Prosecutors say a Florida man who landed a gyrocopter outside the U.S. Capitol as political protest last spring was seconds away from potentially colliding with a Delta flight that had taken off from Reagan National Airport.
  
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• Sailors face more lenient body fat rules

  05-03-2016 20:03
  
  The Navy is giving another chance to thousands of sailors who otherwise would be kicked out for repeatedly failing their physical fitness tests because they exceeded body fat limits.
  
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• Indiana company recalls painkiller that sickened 3 infants

  05-03-2016 19:47
  
  A central Indiana compounding pharmacy is recalling a narcotic painkiller after three newborns were sickened by a "super-potent" intravenous form of the drug the company distributed.
  
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• Suspect held in killing of 7-year-old in court, ordered held without bond

  05-03-2016 18:40
  
  The man accused of shooting into a vehicle in the parking lot of a corner market Friday afternoon and killing a 7-year-old boy was in court this morning, and a judge ordered him held in jail with no bond. Marctarius K. Grace, 18, of Atcheson Street is charged with one count of murder for the death of Deonte M. Fisher, who was a back seat passenger in his parents' car when he was shot in the parking lot of the Express Market, 900 E. 5th Ave., according to an affidavit filed with the charge in Fra
  
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• Cincy Chic hosts 'Eco-Chic' fashion show at Krohn Conservatory

  05-03-2016 17:36
  
  IN EDEN PARK, MODELS STRUTTED THE RED CARPET TO HELP THE KROHN CONSERVATORY. THE WOMEN'S FASHION PUBLICATION CHIC HOSTED A DATE NIGHT EVENT AT THE KROHN CONSERVATORY.
  
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• Former interim sheriff pleads guilty to child porn

  05-03-2016 13:32
  
  A former Delaware County sheriff has accepted a plea agreement from federal prosecutors and will plead guilty to a child pornography charge next week.Mark W. Wolfe, 50, of 11720 Kilbourne Road, Sunbury, will plead guilty to one charge of distribution of child pornography, according to officials from the Southern District Court of Ohio.Court ... (more)
  
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• Savory Thai dish using Girl Scout cookies

  05-03-2016 13:29
  
  Turn a treat into a meal with a recipe for Do-Si-Dos® Peanut Thai Chicken. Get the recipe.
  
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• Junk food gives Arnold contestants sweet relief after competing

  05-03-2016 13:15
  
  You might think that some folks, when surrounded by elite athletes who have tortured their bodies into perfection, would lay off the junk food. But ... no. Friday at the Arnold Sports Festival, spectators bellied up to concession stands and ordered cotton candy that was decidedly low in protein. They passed up bananas for sacks of caramel corn. They stood in an obscenely long line for Philly cheesesteaks and chased sandwiches with sides of chili fries.
  
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• 17-year-olds shut out of presidential primary

  05-03-2016 12:06
  
  In Ohio, 17-year-olds who will be 18 by the time of the general election are permitted to vote in primary elections. But, according to a directive from Secretary of State Jon Husted, that option won’t be available for those who want to vote for president in this year’s primary on March 15.
  
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• Students make 1000 origami cranes for world peace

  05-03-2016 12:01
  
  Three Columbus fifth-graders just wrapped up three months of making 1,000 origami cranes in a wish for world peace. Along the way, the Clinton Elementary students picked up some very grown-up lessons from the meditative practice of folding cranes and the novel that inspired it, folding in history, science, leadership and the idea that an ending can be simultaneously happy and sad.
  
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• Judge signs order to shut down Hilltop apartment for one year

  05-03-2016 12:00
  
  A judge signed a permanent injunction Friday that closes a run-down, crime-ridden Hilltop apartment building for one year. Building owner Gordon Rankin said he planned to shut down the Sullivant Avenue building anyway. But the order that Franklin County Environmental Judge Daniel Hawkins signed made sure it happened.
  
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• Student arrested after sharing nude photos of teacher

  05-03-2016 11:24
  
  Authorities say a high school student who went through his teacher's cellphone, found a nude picture of her and posted it online has been charged with a computer crime and voyeurism.
  
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• Best Bets: The Arnold Sports Festival

  05-03-2016 11:04
  
  Finding family fun with fitness.
  
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• Child seriously injured in possible drive-by shooting

  05-03-2016 10:57
  
  Columbus Police say the boy was seriously injured.
  
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• Boy hit by gunfire from across the street

  05-03-2016 10:57
  
  Columbus Police say the 5-year-old boy was seriously injured.
  
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• Mostly Cloudy With Some Snow Showers

  05-03-2016 10:47
  
  We’ll see another blast of winter today before spring-like weather starts to head our way
  
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• Best-selling author Pat Conroy dies

  05-03-2016 10:27
  
  He was 70 years old.
  
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• Police: Dad left bullets with names on them at youth football field

  05-03-2016 10:17
  
  The father of a youth football player and a waitress who worked with him were behind shotgun shells with referees' names written on them that were left on a Pennsylvania field last fall.
  
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• Falcons apologize for inappropriate question addressed to Eli Apple at NFL Combine

  05-03-2016 10:14
  
  The Atlanta Falcons apologized Friday after it was revealed that one of their coaches asked an inappropriate question to Ohio State cornerback Eli Apple during the NFL's annual scouting combine in Indianapolis.
  
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• Things we learned from 50,000-plus pages of Clinton emails

  05-03-2016 10:01
  
  The correspondence between Clinton and her advisers, friends and political acquaintances offers no shocking revelations, but it sheds light on a management style she would take with her to the White House.
  
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• Promising approach helps reduce peanut allergy risk

  05-03-2016 09:56
  
  New research may help protect future generations of children from potentially life-threatening peanut allergies
  
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• Three small children shot within hours Friday; one dead, two injured

  05-03-2016 06:24
  
  Three young children were shot in two separate incidents within about six hours on Friday, killing one and injuring the other two. So far, one person has been charged with murder.
  
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• Five-year-old injured in Linden shooting; third child shot within hours

  05-03-2016 05:35
  
  A 5-year-old boy reportedly is in critical condition at Nationwide Children's Hospital after a shooting in South Linden late Friday night.
  
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• Man arrested after allegedly driving drunk down hill at Mad River Mountain

  05-03-2016 02:47
  
  Investigators say Matthew Wright was driving his vehicle down the hill when it became stuck near the ski lift.
  
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• Seven-year-old boy dies in triple shooting near Downtown

  05-03-2016 02:17
  
  A 7-year-old boy has died in a shooting late this afternoon that also wounded another small child and a man. Columbus police Sgt. Christ Holzhauser, of the homicide squad, said the boy died at Nationwide Children's Hospital from a gunshot wound in the head. In addition, a child who is between 4 and 5 years old is in stable condition at Nationwide and a 19-year-old man is in stable condition at OhioHealth Grant Medical Center.
  
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• Ex-Mount Vernon cop admits he stole drugs, money

  05-03-2016 01:46
  
  A former Mount Vernon Police Department detective pleaded guilty Friday to a federal extortion charge, admitting he used his position to steal money and narcotics from the department's property room. Matthew L. Dailey could receive a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
  
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• 3 Columbus teens busted after 100 MPH chase in stolen vehicle

  05-03-2016 01:02
  
  Three teens from Columbus are behind bars after leading troopers on a chase that reached speeds of more than 100 mph in a stolen car.
  
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• CrossFit trainer inspires others after devastating injury

  05-03-2016 00:44
  
  As we watch elite athletes compete at The Arnold, another story of an elite athlete fighting back from a devastating injury who is now inspiring others.
  
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• Short North Posse member pleads guilty to racketeering

  05-03-2016 00:43
  
  A Short North Posse member implicated in four homicides pleaded guilty to a racketeering charge in federal court today. Robert Wilson III, 27, of Columbus, could face from 30 to 45 years in prison when he is sentenced at a later date.
  
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• Fatal Franklinton fire started by one of two brothers who died

  05-03-2016 00:39
  
  A fire that killed two young brothers in Franklinton earlier this year was started by one of them playing with a lighter, arson investigators said.
  
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• A civil war has erupted within the Republican Party

  05-03-2016 00:27
  
  Scott Light's political picks this week tries to make sense of what’s happening and predictions/consequences moving forward.
  
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• Westerville mom dubbed “She-Hulk” competes at Arnold Sports Festival

  05-03-2016 00:20
  
  From single arm deadlifts to pulling a truck; nothing is out of bounds.
  
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• Advocates worry seniors being pushed out of affordable housing

  05-03-2016 00:12
  
  It makes financial sense: The Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority is selling the 11-story Bollinger Tower in the Short North to a developer who wants to convert the low-income senior housing into a hotel or market-rate apartments or condominiums. The sale price is $14 million. The Bollinger sale follows that of another senior apartment building that's being converted. In December, the New Jersey-based owner of the Bryden House apartments on the Near East Side told senior residents to move ou
  
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• Health Care: Mount Carmel's 24-hour hotline connects nurses, patients

  05-03-2016 00:07
  
  Mount Carmel's "rapid response" hotline initially will be available to 24,000 local residents who are enrolled in MediGold, Mount Carmel's Medicare Advantage health plan. It eventually will be rolled out to those enrolled on the health plan for Mount Carmel employees, and then to the rest of the 200,000-plus patients who have an established relationship with Mount Carmel.
  
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