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• Cop in hot water after pulling gun on bystander in video

  21-05-2016 22:55
  
  A New York City police officer shown on video pointing his gun at a bystander who was filming a police encounter has been stripped of his gun and badge.
  
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• Father faces criminal charges after 8-month-old dies in car

  21-05-2016 22:42
  
  A father has been charged with second-degree murder after his 8-month-old daughter died in his overheated car in northern Mississippi, police said Friday.
  
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• I-70 westbound closed for wreck near downtown

  21-05-2016 22:33
  
  Interstate 70 westbound just east of Downtown is shut down. A semi jackknifed on the highway at about 4 p.m. and is leaking diesel fuel, according to police. Traffic from westbound I-70 is being diverted onto Interstate 71 north. Traffic is also being diverted from I-71 south onto I-70 east.
  
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• Music, dance tell timeless story of Romeo and Juliet without words

  21-05-2016 22:12
  
  When William Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet over four centuries ago, it is unlikely that the playwright anticipated future performances in which spoken dialogue was eliminated.
  
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• Evening Forecast: Chance of scattered showers

  21-05-2016 21:43
  
  There is a chance of scattered light rain showers this evening with lows around 50 tonight.
  
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• Unusual concern in massive listeria-based frozen foods recall

  21-05-2016 20:31
  
  The Food and Drug Administration and CDC found that the listeria bacteria in the blood of a person sickened in 2013 is genetically similar to the listeria tied to the recall.
  
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• Climber dies on way back from Everest summit

  21-05-2016 19:55
  
  A 35-year-old Dutch man suffering from high-altitude sickness died on his way back from Mount Everest's summit.
  
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• Sullivant Avenue shut down during SWAT standoff

  21-05-2016 19:22
  
  Columbus police shut down Sullivant Ave. in Hilltop this morning while a SWAT team served a warrant.
  
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• Suspect in custody following SWAT situation in west Columbus; Sullivant Avenue reopens

  21-05-2016 16:29
  
  A suspect is in custody after a SWAT incident in west Columbus on Saturday morning.
  
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• Shooting suspect in custody following SWAT situation in west Columbus

  21-05-2016 16:29
  
  Columbus SWAT confirms 29-year-old Michael Cumberlander was arrested and charged with felonious assault.
  
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• Man killed, woman injured in I-71 southbound crash

  21-05-2016 16:28
  
  A man died and a female passenger was injured when a van they were riding in veered out of control on Interstate 71 Friday night. A Chevrolet Venture minivan the pair were in was southbound on I-71 at 10:58 p.m. Friday when it crashed into a concrete wall on the left side of the highway.
  
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• Fundraiser for TV Show on Local Filmmakers at Gateway

  21-05-2016 14:45
  
  “Filmmaking has become the new garage band.” So says Peter John Ross, co-creator of WOSU-TV series Framelines, a program focused on Ohio filmmaking. “Now that anyone with a cell phone can shoot and edit videos with titles and music, you can see that there’s this burgeoning filmmaking movement that didn’t exist before.” Ross and co-creator […]
  
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• Resident shoots burglar in North Columbus

  21-05-2016 14:12
  
  Police arrested a 28-year-old man for aggravated burglary early Saturday morning in north Columbus. Read more.
  
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• Explore Ohio: Mohican State Park

  21-05-2016 14:00
  
  Although there are several great metro parks located in Central Ohio, sometimes it is necessary to travel outside of the city limits for a little adventure. Located 90 minutes northeast of Downtown, Mohican State Park is the perfect destination. With over 1,100 acres, the park is full of limitless adventure. Hiking trails, waterfalls, covered bridges […]
  
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• Get Inspired to make art out of trees

  21-05-2016 13:34
  
  At Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens you can get ideas on growing beautiful plants, like Bonsai.
  
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• Search crews locate black boxes for EgyptAir Flight 804

  21-05-2016 12:40
  
  Search crews have located the data recorders for EgyptAir Flight 804 close to an area where human remains and debris from the crashed flight have been found. Read more.
  
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• Columbus school district sets $1.3 billion building plan

  21-05-2016 12:12
  
  Columbus City Schools will unveil a proposal for a $1.3 billion facilities master plan today that would shutter five elementary schools, rebuild dozens of buildings and keep all existing high schools open. But the plan calls for rebuilding far more space than the state predicts that the district will need: High schools will be 85 percent full and middle schools 83 percent full. The district also wants preschool rooms in all new buildings, which the state won't help pay for.
  
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• Despite retirement, John Boehner remains in the spotlight

  21-05-2016 12:10
  
  WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker John Boehner is retired, but he’s still in the public eye. And after the Republican National Convention in July, he will be front and center. Boehner is preparing a six-week, coast-to-coast bus tour aimed at helping some of his former colleagues in the House.
  
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• Clintonville leaders hope exercise promotes neighborhood civility

  21-05-2016 12:00
  
  Clintonville’s civility crusade will be going in circles this weekend. It will take the form of a giant community circle, where participants will walk in two circles, one circle within the other, while music plays, kind of like musical chairs.
  
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• Evans Farm project to include homes, apartments, stores, senior housing and a farm

  21-05-2016 11:54
  
  Work is scheduled to begin next month on Evans Farm, a 1,250-acre residential and commercial development in southern Delaware County that developers say will be one of the nation’s finest examples of a “new urbanist” town when finished. The development is expected to include 2,200 houses, hundreds of apartments, two commercial districts including a “downtown,” an elementary school, a small farm, a retirement community, fire and police substations, parks and a trout
  
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• Shop owner's English-only ordering policy stirs controversy

  21-05-2016 11:47
  
  The owner of a custard shop backed down on his English-only ordering policy after it sparked controversy. Read more.
  
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• Columbus native awarded Medal of Valor for saving man in Los Angeles

  21-05-2016 11:40
  
  President Obama had to reach up to get the Medal of Valor around Donald Thompson's neck. Thompson, after all, is 6 feet, 7 inches tall. Some in the audience laughed at the president's predicament and Obama noted that it was reminiscent of when he put a Presidential Medal of Freedom around the neck of Boston Celtic great Bill Russell.
  
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• Janitor sends 5 kids to college for free

  21-05-2016 11:24
  
  Boston College is one of the most prestigious private universities in the country. And although there is certainly money in their trust funds, it's safe to say no one there feels any richer than the man in the mirror.
  
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• Saturday Forecast: Showers end mid-morning

  21-05-2016 10:58
  
  Showers will end this morning with a high of 64 degrees this afternoon. Get the forecast.
  
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• India hits record-setting 123.8 degrees

  21-05-2016 10:24
  
  A city in western India has suffered through the country's highest recorded temperature - a scorching 51 degrees Celsius (123.8 degrees Fahrenheit). Read more.
  
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• Man charged with killing 6 in Michigan to face trial

  21-05-2016 10:01
  
  A man charged with killing six strangers in between picking up riders for Uber will go to trial, a Michigan judge said Friday after listening to a dozen witnesses, including a survivor of the random shootings who said it's his face she sees in her sleep each night.
  
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• Police search for missing 9-year-old in southeast Columbus

  21-05-2016 06:52
  
  Columbus police are looking for a missing 9-year-old boy who was last seen in southeast Columbus Friday night. Read more.
  
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• Police identify person killed in 3-vehicle crash involving wrong-way driver

  21-05-2016 05:38
  
  I-71 south was shut down for several hours between Broad St. and I-670 due to the crash.
  
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• 1 person killed in crash involving wrong-way driver & at least 7 vehicles

  21-05-2016 05:38
  
  I-71 south was shut down for several hours between Broad St. and I-670 due to the crash.
  
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• 1 person killed in crash involving at least seven vehicles on I-71

  21-05-2016 05:38
  
  I-71 south is shut down between Broad St. and I-670 due to the crash.
  
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• 1 person killed in 3-vehicle crash involving wrong-way driver

  21-05-2016 05:38
  
  I-71 south was shut down for several hours between Broad St. and I-670 due to the crash.
  
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• Searchers find body parts, seats, luggage from Egyptian jet

  21-05-2016 04:04
  
  An aviation industry publication, meanwhile, reported that sensors detected smoke in a lavatory, suggesting a fire onboard before the aircraft went down.
  
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• Teaching assistant charged with hanging child from chalkboard

  21-05-2016 03:57
  
  A former Atlanta-area elementary school paraprofessional who's accused of hanging a child by his belt from the classroom's chalkboard has been charged with misdemeanor reckless conduct.
  
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• Police: Alibi clears man charged in stabbing of Houston boy

  21-05-2016 03:54
  
  The Houston Police Department dropped a murder charge filed against a man accused in an "unprovoked" murder of an 11-year-old boy.
  
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• Rock on the Range brings out crazy, diverse and united crowd

  21-05-2016 03:49
  
  The three-day Rock on the Range music festival got rolling this afternoon on the North Side at Mapfre Stadium, home of the Columbus Crew SC.
  
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• Police search for "vehicle of interest" in Texas church murder

  21-05-2016 03:32
  
  Police investigating the murder of a Texas woman inside a church on April 18 are looking for a vehicle seen at a nearby business before the murder, they announced Friday.
  
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• Witnesses say motorcycle officer who died veered off overpass

  21-05-2016 03:14
  
  The Hilliard police motorcycle officer who was killed in a crash Thursday afternoon lost control of his bike on a freeway ramp, struck a barrier and fell to his death from the overpass, witnesses said.
  
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• Cops: Man got his dog high on heroin, meth

  21-05-2016 02:52
  
  A man has been arrested in Southern California on animal cruelty and other charges for allegedly getting his dog high on drugs.
  
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• Video: Georgia deputies repeatedly used stun guns on man who died

  21-05-2016 02:44
  
  The video shows deputies struggling with Sherman until he's still and they realize he's not breathing.
  
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• Scott’s political picks: Don't believe the polls

  21-05-2016 02:12
  
  As one politico put it, ‘looking at national polls now on a vote in November is like asking someone what they want for dinner in November.’
  
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• Organization donates shoes to children at West Franklin Elementary

  21-05-2016 01:35
  
  Samaritan’s Feet is the organization with a global goal: No shoeless children.
  
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• Sold-out Rock on the Range underway at Mapfre Stadium

  21-05-2016 01:21
  
  The three-day Rock on the Range music festival got rolling this afternoon on the North Side at Mapfre Stadium, home of the Columbus Crew SC.
  
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• Community remembers fallen Hilliard Police Officer Sean Johnson

  21-05-2016 00:49
  
  The sound of silence in Hilliard Friday was broken only for a moment by the sounds of gratitude.
  
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• Columbus Police pay tribute to fallen officers

  21-05-2016 00:48
  
  A solemn journey took place Friday morning from the Columbus Division of Police headquarters to the police memorial on the bank of the Scioto River.
  
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• Pike County killings still top priority for state investigators

  21-05-2016 00:41
  
  LONDON, Ohio — The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation isn’t usually buzzing with staff on the weekends. It was a different story one weekend last month. Eight people — all members of the Rhoden family — were found shot dead in Pike County. And on Friday, April 22, it was clear the case would need swift attention and a lot of state resources. Right away, BCI Superintendent Tom Stickrath called in his staff to work through the weekend, and since then they have expedited
  
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• Oklahoma governor vetoes bill criminalizing abortion

  21-05-2016 00:16
  
  Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin on Friday vetoed legislation to make it a felony for doctors to perform an abortion, a measure that would have effectively outlawed the procedure in the state.
  
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• None hurt in apartment fire on East Side

  21-05-2016 00:03
  
  No one was hurt in a fire that broke out this afternoon at an apartment complex on the East Side. The fire started about 4:30 p.m. at the Bexley Woods complex on Heathcliff Drive. According to Columbus Fire Division spokesman Steve Martin, it was under control by 5:15 p.m. and left 12 to 18 families without a home.
  
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