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• Police: Man claiming anthrax drives truck on National Mall

  17-05-2016 23:00
  
  U.S. Park Police have closed several roads near the U.S. Capitol after a man drove his truck onto the National Mall and claimed exposure to anthrax.
  
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• Man drives onto National Mall, claims exposure to anthrax

  17-05-2016 23:00
  
  A man who said he had been exposed to anthrax put some of the alleged poison into a pickup truck and drove onto the grass at the National Mall Tuesday to warn others.
  
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• Family of Del. girl who died after fight disputes autopsy

  17-05-2016 22:49
  
  A spokeswoman for the family of a teenage girl who died after fight in a high school bathroom says they're not happy with the charges filed in the case.
  
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• Joe Biden to announce overtime rule at Jeni's in Columbus

  17-05-2016 22:09
  
  Vice President Joe Biden is expected to fly into Columbus tomorrow to tell U.S. workers that more of them are eligible for overtime pay.
  
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• Smoked on High Barbecue to Open in Brewery District

  17-05-2016 22:00
  
  Smoked On High, a new Southern-style barbecue restaurant, is making its way to the heart of the Brewery District this summer. Owner Max McGarity is a restaurant veteran who grew up on the Northwest side of Columbus. He got his restaurant industry start in high school working at a small barbecue joint, making his way […]
  
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• Phil Mickelson to compete in this year's Memorial Tournament

  17-05-2016 21:45
  
  The tournament also accepted commitments from 2014 winner Hideki Matsuyama and 2002 winner Jim Furyk.
  
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• Joe Biden to make announcement at Jeni's in Columbus

  17-05-2016 21:31
  
  Vice President Joe Biden will stop at Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream headquarters in Columbus Wednesday afternoon for what the Obama administration is billing as an economic announcement.
  
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• WATCH: 10TV & The Chillicothe Gazette Present 'A Community Intervention'

  17-05-2016 21:14
  
  “A Community Intervention” with special guest Jeff VanVonderen, of A&E’s “Intervention” will take place at 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 17.
  
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• A Community Intervention: Fighting the heroin epidemic in Ross County

  17-05-2016 21:14
  
  The Chillicothe gazette and 10TV hosted the event with Jeff VanVonderen of A&E's “Intervention.”
  
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• Columbus man who shot wife found not guilty by reason of insanity

  17-05-2016 20:03
  
  A man who shot and seriously wounded his wife nearly seven months ago in their Northeast Side house was declared not guilty by reason of insanity today. Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Julie M. Lynch made her ruling based on reports from two psychologists who examined Donald A. Martin and determined that severe mental illness prevented him from knowing the wrongfulness of his actions.
  
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• Liberty Township fire chief faces discipline

  17-05-2016 18:40
  
  Liberty Township trustees voted Monday night to begin the process of determining discipline for Fire Chief Tim Jensen after what they say is a series management lapses. The unanimous vote allows Douglas Duckett, a Cincinnati lawyer, to bring charges during a formal hearing at which Jensen presents his side. State law requires this process in order to remove or discipline a chief.
  
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• CBUS Bike Tours Launching This Summer

  17-05-2016 18:39
  
  You can already tour Columbus on a segway or in a van, and soon you’ll be able to tour the city on a bike as well. The brand-new CBUS Bike Tours business will be launching out of a small space at 92 North Front Street, starting in June. “This idea has always been something in the back […]
  
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• WATCH: Meteor captured on dashcam video lights up New England sky

  17-05-2016 18:37
  
  A Maine police sergeant looking for speeders has captured a fireball streaking across the sky on his dashboard camera.
  
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• Quaker Oats recalls granola bars over listeria fears

  17-05-2016 18:37
  
  Quaker Oats has announced it is recalling quinoa granola bars after a supplier distributed sunflower kernels that may have been contaminated with listeria.
  
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• More security officers will watch unshackled juvenile defendants

  17-05-2016 17:41
  
  Franklin County will hire nine new juvenile detention officers to amp up security as it complies with a new state rule that prohibits shackling most juveniles in courtrooms. The additional officers will cost the county about $250,000 for the last half of 2016. Franklin County Commissioners approved the hires at a meeting Tuesday.
  
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• WATCH: Man gets blown through the air by 100+ mph winds

  17-05-2016 17:39
  
  You could say it’s a little windy at the Mount Washington Observatory.
  
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• Newark woman killed in Perry County motorcyle crash

  17-05-2016 17:33
  
  A Newark woman died after sustaining injuries during a motorcycle crash on Route 13 in Perry County Sunday. Lori A. Veits, 53, was a passenger on the motorcycle of Darreld Halblaub, 46, also of Newark during the wreck at 4:15 p.m. Halblaub was riding northbound on Route 13 in Thorn Township, north of High Point Road.
  
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• Copperhead snake bites customer at NC home improvement store

  17-05-2016 16:34
  
  A poisonous snake in a tree in the gardening department has bitten an employee at a home improvement store in North Carolina.
  
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• Columbus City Council May 16, 2016

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• Amid bankruptcy, Columbus Castings finds potential buyer

  17-05-2016 16:03
  
  In a press release the company said it has received a letter of intent from a third party for the acquisition of its assets.
  
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• Columbus Castings parent files for bankruptcy

  17-05-2016 16:01
  
  The company that owns Columbus Castings has filed for bankruptcy protection at the same time that it continues to take steps to sell the South Side foundry. Constellation Enterprises LLC says it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which would allow the business to restructure its debt.
  
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• Columbus Makes Its Pitch for $40 Million “Smart City” Grant

  17-05-2016 15:32
  
  US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was in town yesterday to talk about the “Smart City Challenge,” a national competition that will award up to $40 million to the city judged to have the best ideas for utilizing technology to improve its transportation network. Columbus was one of seven cities named as finalists for the award […]
  
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• Dance Preview: Columbus Dance Theatre’s World-Premiere Romeo and Juliet, An Exciting New Take on a Classic

  17-05-2016 15:30
  
  Columbus Dance Theatre was founded by Veach in 1998 and planted roots downtown after a period in Upper Arlington. The second longest running professional dance company in the history of Columbus wraps up their 18th season with a bang: a world premiere of a new ballet from founder and artistic director Tim Veach of Romeo and Juliet […]
  
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• Commit to Be Fit: The Growing Sugar Epidemic

  17-05-2016 15:18
  
  Experts claim the body can't handle that much; it turns into fat and can lead to many other health problems - yet Americans just can't seem to stop indulging.
  
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• Twitter users could soon get a little more room to tweet

  17-05-2016 15:05
  
  There's a report that Twitter may stop counting photos and links as part of the 140-character limit, giving users space to write a little bit more.
  
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• More wild turkeys taken by Ohio hunters this spring

  17-05-2016 13:56
  
  Ohio hunters bagged slightly more wild turkeys this spring than during the season last year.
  
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• Koch group puts another $2.2 million into anti-Strickland ads

  17-05-2016 13:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A political group backed by billionaires Charles and David Koch is pumping another $2.2 million into television and digital ads in Ohio’s Senate race.
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: John Kasich talks Donald Trump, Reince Priebus and the GOP

  17-05-2016 13:12
  
  Ohio Gov. John Kasich opened up to CNN’s Anderson Cooper Monday talking about Donald Trump, the GOP and more. The interview comes 12 days after Kasich dropped out of the GOP presidential race, leaving Trump as the only candidate left.
  
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• Columbus, Cleveland among top cities for dog attacks on postal workers

  17-05-2016 13:10
  
  Who let the dogs out?The people of Ohio, apparently.
  
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• In first interview since leaving race, Kasich won't commit to endorsing Trump

  17-05-2016 12:15
  
  Nearly two weeks after dropping out of the 2016 presidential race, John Kasich says he remains undecided whether he will back Donald Trump, and thus still has no interest in becoming the presumed GOP nominee’s running mate. “I don't like when he's attacking and putting people down,” Kasich told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Monday night in his first public comments since suspending his campaign May 4.
  
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• Gay pastor who wrote fake slur on cake drops lawsuit

  17-05-2016 12:09
  
  A gay Texas pastor who sued Whole Foods after he bought a cake that he alleged had a slur written on it in icing has dropped his lawsuit against the grocer.
  
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• Central Ohio seeks to revive spring plantings after record frost

  17-05-2016 11:53
  
  Brrrr. Sure was freezing this morning. In fact it was freezing, as far as the temperature was concerned. We tied a record low temperature of 32 degrees at 5:35 a.m., and that ties the latest date the temperature has dipped to the freezing mark since records started being kept in the late 1880s, said Myron Padgett, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Wilmington. It was also that cold in 1959.
  
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• Pike County road reopens, but normalcy slow to return

  17-05-2016 11:50
  
  PIKETON, Ohio — In the days since eight Rhoden family members were killed in Pike County, residents of Union Hill Road have had to show photo identification just to drive up the road and into their driveways. But those living along the quiet country road saw a little more normalcy Monday as the road that’s been barricaded for more than three weeks was finally reopened to the public.
  
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• RiverSouth transforms from Downtown wasteland to vibrant district

  17-05-2016 11:46
  
  Last week’s announcement that a 25-story tower is planned for Downtown’s RiverSouth neighborhood served as the crowning touch of an eight-year effort to revitalize the area. The tower is the latest — and perhaps last — of more than a dozen major projects completed or announced in the pocket of Downtown east of the Scioto River and north of I-70.
  
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• Morning Forecast: Mild with light showers; high 60

  17-05-2016 11:37
  
  Light showers likely today as a weak low pressure system drifts over the region.
  
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• Evening Forecast: Light rain, showers likely later in the evening

  17-05-2016 11:37
  
  Only light showers moving across Central Ohio so far but that could change later this evening.
  
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• Afternoon Forecast: Chance for showers; high 60

  17-05-2016 11:37
  
  Light showers likely today as a weak low pressure system drifts over the region.
  
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• 2 former Metro honor students tied to ISIS, report says

  17-05-2016 11:35
  
  Siblings who were honor-roll students in Columbus abandoned their lives here and joined ISIS, and the younger brother reportedly was killed in Syria, NBC News reported this week as part of an investigation into 15 Americans who joined the terrorist organization.
  
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• Latest tool in high-speed chases: GPS projectiles

  17-05-2016 11:32
  
  It appears that nearly every day on average, someone is killed in a high-speed police chase, and police departments across the country are looking for safer ways to nab suspects on the run. Read more.
  
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• Columbus a finalist for $40 million high-tech transit grant

  17-05-2016 11:22
  
  The U.S. Department of Transportation is trying to figure out where it can get the most out of a $40 million investment that could turn Columbus into a test track for transportation technology. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx visited Columbus on Monday for a roundtable discussion about Columbus’ transportation network ahead of the deadline to submit applications for the grant.
  
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• Justice Insider: Did Short North Posse tag a police cruiser?

  17-05-2016 11:11
  
  Gangs mark their turf by spray-painting their signs on buildings and walls as warnings to rivals and memorials to fallen comrades. The Short North Posse was no different.
  
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• Wendy’s embraces self-order kiosks

  17-05-2016 10:52
  
  The kiosks are coming. At a few Wendy’s locations in central Ohio, small computer stations stand apart from the main bank of cashiers. There, customers can place orders, make payments, even facilitate a mobile order — all without any interaction with an employee. These kiosks will be available to the more than 6,000 Wendy’s locations across the U.S. by the end of the year.
  
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• Police: Arizona man upset with daughter kills family dog in BBQ smoker

  17-05-2016 05:17
  
  Authorities say a Goodyear man is facing charges after killing the family dog in a barbecue smoker because he was upset with his teenage daughter's T-shirt.
  
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• 2 Glouster police officers fired after crash, 1 charged with OVI

  17-05-2016 04:45
  
  Glouster Mayor Miles Wolf said officers Ryan Keeney and Joshua Dewuell have been terminated as a result of an internal investigation.
  
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• Kasich warns against GOP candidates 'bashing' minorities

  17-05-2016 04:13
  
  Kasich spoke to CNN in his first major interview since exiting the GOP presidential contest earlier this month.
  
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• Columbus City Council approves three tax breaks

  17-05-2016 03:46
  
  The Columbus City Council has approved $2.36 million in property tax abatements for two development projects in the Short North and another on the West Side. Council members unanimously approved the tax breaks at its meeting Monday evening at City Hall.
  
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• Police: Philly man threw gas on girlfriend as she smoked, killing her

  17-05-2016 03:42
  
  Authorities on Sunday charged a Philadelphia man accused of throwing a cup of gasoline on his girlfriend while she was smoking.
  
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• Pending deal clouds eyewitness testimony in Short North Posse trial

  17-05-2016 03:24
  
  It's difficult to tell who Anthony Jones' testimony helped more, federal prosecutors or the attorneys for five defendants in the Short North Posse trial.
  
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• Homeless trio rescue baby bobcat in California

  17-05-2016 02:51
  
  A tiny bobcat was rescued from a river bottom in Riverside's Fairmount Park after Winda Bosquez saw the cub's mother spook and scamper off with his sibling.
  
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• Chillicothe student wins new car as part of drug-free program

  17-05-2016 01:05
  
  The battle against a growing heroin epidemic and drugs is seeing a new program inside Chillicothe schools.
  
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