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• Motorcyclist killed in crash identified as Circleville man

  03-06-2016 23:33
  
  A Circleville man was killed this afternoon when the motorcycle he was driving collided with an SUV in Hamilton Township. Deputies with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office said that Chad Annett, 41, died just before 1:30 p.m. at the intersection of Alum Creek Drive and Bixby Road.
  
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• Motorcyclist killed in Hamilton Township crash

  03-06-2016 22:21
  
  Franklin County deputies are investigating a crash that killed a motorcyclist in Hamilton Township this afternoon.
  
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• Canadian men defend loading Yellowstone bison calf into vehicle

  03-06-2016 22:21
  
  The calf was killed because it couldn't be reunited with its herd.
  
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• Fatal crash reported in southeast Columbus (UPDATE)

  03-06-2016 22:00
  
  The crash happened along Alum Creek Drive near Bixby Road Friday afternoon.
  
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• Fatal crash reported in southeast Columbus

  03-06-2016 22:00
  
  The crash happened along Alum Creek Drive near Bixby Road Friday afternoon.
  
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• Police ID teenager who disappeared in Scioto River

  03-06-2016 21:31
  
  A body of a Columbus teen was recovered in the Scioto River around 10 this morning, according to officials with the Columbus Division of Police. Authorities found the body of 17-year-old Caleb Faught about 100 feet from where he had gone missing Thursday afternoon after swimming with his friend in an area marked with no-swimming signs.
  
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• Airbnb bans N.C. host for life after racial slur is used against guest

  03-06-2016 21:11
  
  Airbnb is investigating claims of racism by some of its users.
  
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• Man says he lunged at daughter's killer in court over smile

  03-06-2016 19:47
  
  An Ohio man says he lunged at his daughter's killer in court because the defendant smiled disrespectfully at him.
  
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• Reynoldsburg babysitter charged in overdose death of 8-month-old

  03-06-2016 19:20
  
  A Reynoldsburg babysitter who police say gave an 8-month-old boy a fatal dose of Benadryl in May has been arrested and charged with murder. Lori Conley, 43, was babysitting eight toddlers and infants in her home at 1489 Hammond Road when she found 8-month-old Haddix Mulkey unresponsive in his bouncy seat in a back room, Reynoldsburg Police Lt. Ron Wright said.
  
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• Girl's reaction to getting doll with prosthetic leg goes viral

  03-06-2016 19:02
  
  A video showing a Texas girl's excitement at being given a doll with a prosthetic leg like hers has gone viral.
  
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• 5 road construction projects that may slow you down this summer

  03-06-2016 18:59
  
  Construction season means orange barrels, slow drive times and detours.
  
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• Neighborhood Pride: Brittany Hills

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• Police identify body recovered from Scioto River (UPDATE)

  03-06-2016 18:40
  
  Columbus Police identified the teenager as 17-year-old Caleb Faught.
  
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• Best Bites BBQ Preview: KDB Easton

  03-06-2016 18:40
  
  You probably think of KDB Easton first and foremost as a place for entertainment and arcade excitement. But did you know they can also do barbecue? Guests at our upcoming Best Bites: Barbecue event on Thursday, June 23rd will be able to try a special dish not on their regular menu: a corn cake topped with […]
  
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• Feds considering increasing zoo fencing requirements

  03-06-2016 18:23
  
  The USDA, the federal agency responsible for wildlife animal safety and enclosures, tells 10 Investigates they are considering changes to their zoo enclosure height requirements.
  
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• Wright State is raising tuition and cutting expenses, staff

  03-06-2016 18:16
  
  FAIRBORN, Ohio — Trustees at Wright State University have approved a plan to raise tuition while cutting expenses and staff after it overspent its budget by $34 million this year.
  
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• Group to collect signatures this weekend for prescription drug price ballot issue

  03-06-2016 17:48
  
  The California backers of a prescription-drug price cap will begin collecting signatures Sunday under a rushed 30-day deadline to try to get the issue on the Nov. 8 ballot in Ohio. "It's going to be on the ballot one way or another, either in November or the next available election," said Ged Kenslea, communications director for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation of Los Angeles.
  
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• Group to collecti signatures this weekend for prescription drug price ballot issue

  03-06-2016 17:42
  
  The California backers of a prescription-drug price cap will begin collecting signatures Sunday under a rushed 30-day deadline to try to get the issue on the Nov. 8 ballot in Ohio. "It's going to be on the ballot one way or another, either in November or the next available election," said Ged Kenslea, communications director for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation of Los Angeles.
  
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• Body found in search for teenager who disappeared in Scioto River

  03-06-2016 17:26
  
  A body was recovered in the Scioto River around 10 this morning, according to officials with the Columbus Division of Police, though an identity has not yet been released. Authorities found the body about 100 feet from the spot that a teenage boy had gone missing Thursday afternoon after swimming with his friend in an area marked with no-swimming signs. Two brothers, who were at the river fishing that afternoon, witnessed the boy go into the river.
  
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• Reynoldsburg Babysitter charged with murder in 8-month-old’s death

  03-06-2016 17:12
  
  Investigators say the woman was babysitting 8-month-old Haddix Mulkey in her home when she fed him adult doses of Benadryl to make him go to sleep.
  
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• Police: Babysitter gave 8-month-old deadly dose of Benadryl

  03-06-2016 17:12
  
  Investigators say the woman was babysitting 8-month-old Haddix Mulkey in her home when she fed him adult doses of Benadryl to make him go to sleep.
  
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• 12-Story Building Proposed to Replace Grandview Mercantile in Short North

  03-06-2016 16:55
  
  The Grandview Mercantile building is one of the few large-footprint single-story structures located on High Street in the Short North, but that could be changing soon if a new development proposal is approved. The Pizzuti Companies have submitted a proposal to the Victorian Village Commission that aims to replace it with a new 12-story mixed-use […]
  
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• Ohio prosecutor reviews Cincinnati Zoo case

  03-06-2016 15:30
  
  Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters office said Thursday he is reviewing the Cincinnati police investigation of the family's actions in last Saturday's incident.
  
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• Theatre Review: Incendiary Take on American Pain and Appetites in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom at Short North Stage

  03-06-2016 15:15
  
  The August Wilson Festival is a much-deserved celebration of one of the greatest American playwrights and a rich experiment on a scale I’m not sure Columbus has previously attempted. It continues and kicks into overdrive with Wilson’s first play to be produced on Broadway, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, which opened (after remarks from the playwright’s brother) at […]
  
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• Skip TMNT and Popstar, Watch The Lobster and Bleak Street

  03-06-2016 15:00
  
  What utter randomness in theaters this weekend! Popstar disappoints, Turtles 2 stinks, but the Wexner Center opens a great Spanish film, Film Festival of Columbus kicks off at Gateway Film Center, and an utterly brilliant new film corners the market on trippy, darkly romantic comedies. The Lobster It is nearly impossible to aptly describe The […]
  
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• Update: Police arrest two men after body found in South Side garage fire

  03-06-2016 14:46
  
  Police have arrested two men in connection to a body being found Thursday afternoon after firefighters extinguished what initially looked to be a routine garage fire on the South Side.
  
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• Impressions out of 10: Overwatch

  03-06-2016 14:30
  
  3 weeks ago, I had no clue what Overwatch was. A friend of mine showed me a Pixar-esque trailer of a gorilla and a ghost fighting over hacked data. My interest was piqued. The open beta was in a week and I thought it was worth a shot. I booted up the game, and was […]
  
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• Three major Ohio State projects over budget even before they start

  03-06-2016 13:34
  
  Ohio State University officials are keeping a close eye on three major building projects that are running over budget before construction has even begun. Jay Kasey, senior vice president for administration and planning, said on Thursday that administrators won’t ask for any construction money “until we understand these numbers.”
  
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• Memorial Tournament | Hauling ice helps keep players and fans cool, hydrated

  03-06-2016 13:18
  
  Keeping thousands of guests cool and hydrated at the Memorial Tournament isn't as simple as delving into a kitchen freezer for a few scoops of ice. It takes planning, heavy lifting and a whole bunch of ice.
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump is 'temperamentally unfit,' Paul Ryan gives him his support

  03-06-2016 13:11
  
  “Wrapped in the guise of a foreign policy speech, Clinton delivered a political thrashing of Donald Trump on Thursday that was unquestionably a standout moment for a candidate who has often struggled to focus her White House campaign,” Associated Press reporter Julie Pace writes. “Clinton's sharply targeted remarks served notice on the presumptive Republican nominee that she's prepared for a bruising general election fight, one that's centered squarely on his competency to serv
  
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• Jailers ignored woman's illness, mother says

  03-06-2016 12:52
  
  Delaware County sheriff's deputies were repeatedly told that the woman they were picking up on a warrant was ill and in need of a doctor, not a jail cell, the woman's mother says in a wrongful death lawsuit she filed in federal court.
  
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• Witnesses watch teenager disappear in Scioto River

  03-06-2016 12:45
  
  Authorities will continue searching on Friday for the body of a teen boy who is thought to have drowned in the Scioto River near Downtown on Thursday afternoon. The name of the boy hasn't yet been released.
  
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• Two men arrested in connection to landlord's murder

  03-06-2016 12:37
  
  Columbus Police say two people are linked to a gruesome murder and arson in east Columbus.
  
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• Grandview to give $1.2 million upgrade to Wallace Gardens

  03-06-2016 12:30
  
  Grandview Heights plans to spruce up its front yard with a $1.2 million redo of Wallace Gardens, thanks to a large grant plus income from the Grandview Yard development. "It's going to happen," Grandview Mayor Ray DeGraw said. "This goes back quite a few years." DeGraw and other city leaders have had a vision to make Wallace Gardens — 4 acres on the southwest corner of Grandview Avenue and Goodale Boulevard that includes a community garden — more inviting, more walkable and more enti
  
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• The Union Bar & Grill in Athens reopens more than a year after fire

  03-06-2016 12:29
  
  A year and a half after a blaze burned through a row of businesses along West Union Street in Athens, The Union Bar & Grill has reopened. The fire destroyed The Union's roof. Then winter’s cold came and snow sprinkled into the wound, taking its toll on the exposed interior.
  
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• Dublin schools threaten eminent domain if offer to buy building rejected

  03-06-2016 12:06
  
  Dublin school officials are attempting to use eminent domain to seize an office building formerly used by Verizon Communications. The district tried to buy it earlier this year. The building at 5175 Emerald Parkway in Dublin was vacant and had been put up for bids in a distressed-property sale. At least three bidders made offers; the district bid $6.9 million but lost out to Colorado-based Emerald Parkway Valley Equity Group, which bid $5.9 million.
  
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• Firefighters battle flames at Hilliard-area home

  03-06-2016 12:01
  
  A fire started in the home while the owners were away. Find out more.
  
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• Sunny weather Friday before weekend showers move into central Ohio

  03-06-2016 11:56
  
  Doppler 10 Meteorologist Ashlee Baracy says rain could affect weekend plans. Get the forecast.
  
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• Evening Forecast: Partly cloudy & pleasant, low 62

  03-06-2016 11:56
  
  Clear to partly cloudy skies this evening with pleasant temperatures in the 70s falling into the 60s by morning.
  
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• Liberty Township officials finds forged check for $134,000

  03-06-2016 11:44
  
  Just a month into the job as Liberty Township's fiscal officer, Nancy Denutte had reconciled dozens of checks with township payments. Yet one cancelled check, written for an amount of $134,000, and signed by all three trustees, was numbered out of sequence with the others. Denutte had questions.
  
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• OSU divestment decisions handed over to Trustees

  03-06-2016 11:40
  
  Ohio State University doesn’t divest easily, but in the future its trustees will take part in each decision. Trustees are expected to approve a policy change today to require that any decision to end investment in particular funds for non-economic reasons must be approved by the Board of Trustees.
  
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• Ohio State divestment decisions handed over to Trustees

  03-06-2016 11:40
  
  Ohio State University doesn’t divest easily, but in the future its trustees will take part in each decision. Trustees are expected to approve a policy change today to require that any decision to end investment in particular funds for non-economic reasons must be approved by the Board of Trustees.
  
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• Grandview has money to redo its Gardens

  03-06-2016 11:35
  
  Grandview Heights plans to spruce up its front yard with a $1.2 million redo of Wallace Gardens, thanks to a large grant plus income from the Grandview Yard development. "It's going to happen," Grandview Mayor Ray DeGraw said. "This goes back quite a few years." DeGraw and other city leaders have had a vision to make Wallace Gardens — 4 acres on the southwest corner of Grandview Avenue and Goodale Boulevard that includes a community garden — more inviting, more walkable and more enti
  
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• Judge withdraws from sentencing lobbyist in corruption case

  03-06-2016 11:30
  
  A federal judge has recused himself from sentencing disgraced lobbyist John Raphael, whose hearing remains scheduled for next week. U.S. District Court Judge George C. Smith officially stepped away from the case Tuesday, according to federal court records.
  
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• Fired convention center caterer sues managers

  03-06-2016 11:26
  
  A catering company says in a federal lawsuit the managers of the Greater Columbus Convention Center harmed the company's reputation when they ended its convention-center contract and charged there was collusion in the award process.
  
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• High Risk Missing Child: Gerald Stepney

  03-06-2016 11:09
  
  Columbus Police are searching for a 12-year-old boy missing from north Columbus.
  
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• Warriors take control in game 1 of the NBA finals

  03-06-2016 05:42
  
  LeBron James had 23 points, but it wasn't enough to secure a win in Oakland.
  
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• Dustin Johnson off to fast start at Memorial with 8-under 64

  03-06-2016 04:52
  
  Johnson opened with three straight birdies, closed the front nine with three straight birdies and then made four in a row on the back nine.
  
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• Lawsuit blames death on Dole plant salad, listeria outbreak

  03-06-2016 04:36
  
  An Ohio woman died because she ate salad processed at a Dole plant linked to a listeria outbreak, her relatives said in a wrongful death lawsuit.
  
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• Texas town erects "selfie statue"

  03-06-2016 04:27
  
  A Texas town has taken "selfies" to the next level.
  
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