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• Alligator dies at Columbus Zoo after weeks of veterinary care

  10-07-2016 23:44
  
  A male alligator at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium died on Saturday, Zoo officials say.Zoo officials say the alligator had been under veterinary care for a few weeks because of a respiratory condition. A crowd watched Saturday as the Zoo's animal care team tried to perform CPR on the animal.The animal's health began to decline rapidly on Saturday, and he died around 7:45 p.m, according to the Zoo.
  
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• Off-duty cop in Missouri kills home invader after online Black Lives Matter argument, family says

  10-07-2016 22:58
  
  An off-duty police officer shot and killed a home invader in suburban St. Louis on Saturday evening, and family say the two had recently had an argument about the growing unrest over police violence.Police say the off-duty officer, who has not been named, was home when the suspect rang the doorbell on Saturday evening.CBS affiliate KMOV-TV reports the suspect was known to the family. At the time of the incident, the police officer was home with his wife, mother-in-law and two children. They ran
  
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• Texas inmates helped save guard's life by breaking out, police say

  10-07-2016 22:44
  
  Authorities say several inmates at a Texas jail broke out of a holding cell to help save an armed guard after they saw him lose consciousness.WFAA-TV reports the jailer continues to recover from an apparent heart attack. The June 23 incident was captured on surveillance video at the district courts building in Weatherford.At least eight inmates were in a basement holding cell when the lone guard slumped and fell. Inmates yelled for help, broke out of the cell and banged on doors.Sheriff's deputi
  
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• Documents show different medal count for 'American Sniper'

  10-07-2016 22:42
  
  The number of medals slain Navy Seal and "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle received has been corrected following a military investigation.The Navy investigation determined that Kyle earned one Silver Star and four Bronze Stars. In his best-selling book, Kyle wrote he had received two Silver Stars and five Bronze Stars.Lt. Jackie Pau, a Navy spokeswoman, said Sunday the investigation didn't determine how the error happened but stated that errors on the discharge paperwork that lists such awards
  
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• Authorities ID 2 men who drown in Lake Michigan near Gary, Indiana

  10-07-2016 22:12
  
  Authorities have identified two Indiana men who drowned after swimming in Lake Michigan while beaches in the Gary area were under a hazard warning.The Lake County Coroner's Office identified the men as 26-year-old Kyle Reibly and 37-year-old David Alden II, both of Griffith.The Gary Fire Department received a call about a drowning at the Wells Street Beach, near the eastern edge of Gary, around 2:30 p.m. Saturday.Officials say the men were among five people pulled from the water. One was in stab
  
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• High-flying firefighters practice rescuing victims from construction crane

  10-07-2016 22:07
  
  Carl Ryan climbed rung-by-rung up the 210-foot crane, knowing the whole time that he would have to come back down. And on the way down, he'd be dangling on a rope. At times upside down. After attaching someone else to his line. The Jackson Township firefighter paramedic and other members of the department have been training at the site of a $355 million expansion of Mount Carmel’s Grove City campus.
  
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• Theatre Review: Otterbein Ends Their 50th Summer Season with a Rapturous Grand Night for Singing

  10-07-2016 21:15
  
  A Grand Night for Singing, a Tony-nominated revue of the works of Rodgers and Hammerstein, hits all the right notes in the production directed by David Hemlsey Caldwell that opened at Otterbein on Thursday to close their 50th summer season. This revue of 30+ Rodgers and Hammerstein songs is structured like an outdoor cabaret. A […]
  
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• Osama bin Laden's son vows to avenge his father's death

  10-07-2016 21:14
  
  Al Qaeda's media arm has released an audio in which the purported son of the late al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden threatens revenge against the U.S. for assassinating his father.In the video released by As-Sahab Saturday, Hamza bin Laden tells Americans that they are accountable for the decisions of their leaders.He says al Qaeda will continue waging jihad, or holy war, against the U.S. in response to its "oppression" of Muslims."If you think that your sinful crime that you committed in Abbottab
  
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• Dallas gunman Micah Johnson honed tactics at local combat school

  10-07-2016 19:48
  
  The gunman who killed five police officers during an anti-violence protest in Dallas had practiced military-style drills in his yard and trained at a private self-defense school that teaches special tactics, including "shooting on the move," a maneuver in which an attacker fires and changes position before firing again.Micah Johnson, an Army veteran, received instruction at the Academy of Combative Warrior Arts in the Dallas suburb of Richardson about two years ago, said the school's founder and
  
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• Pilot injured after ultralight crash-lands on factory roof in Fairfield County

  10-07-2016 19:08
  
  A pilot crash-landed an ultralight aircraft atop a manufacturing plant roof in Fairfield County on Saturday night.
  
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• Lunch & Learn Series: Compassion - Immigrants & Refugees

  10-07-2016 18:08 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Push underway to keep Anchor Hocking plant rolling in Lancaster

  10-07-2016 16:07
  
  LANCASTER — Every second or so, a bright orange gob of molten glass drops down a chute and falls into the mold that will turn it into a 12-ounce tumbler. This is one of more than 100 production lines in the vast Anchor Hocking glassware factory, a place that is loud and hot, and where a new chief executive is in the early stages of a plan to help the brand regain footing after years of turmoil.
  
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• Exterior paint & stains

  10-07-2016 15:43
  Summer is a great time to update the outside of your house.Brandi Isovich from The Andersons explains how to pick the right exterior paint or stain for your deck.
  
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• Recipes for healthy smoothies

  10-07-2016 15:41
  Summer is the time to focus on health and beauty, and smoothies can be a great choice for your diet.Caitlin Bogo with Fresh Thyme Farmers Market has some easy-to-make smoothie recipes to try. RECIPES/INSTRUCTIONS:
  Blueberry Almond Butter Smoothies
  Yield: 2 servings
  Total Time: 5 minutesIngredients:
  1 banana, peeled
  1 cup frozen blueberries
  ½ cup almond butter
  ½ cup plain yogurt
  ¾ cup almond milk
  3 dates, pitted and quartered
  1 cup ice, or as neededDirections:
  Combine all ing
  
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• Summer drinks

  10-07-2016 15:29
  Summer weather means it's time for cool, refreshing drinks.Eric Cunningham and Rebecca Houser with On the Border show us some drink recipes using the fruits of the season, including watermelon.
  
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• Opinion: Ward Representation Would Right the Ship on City Council Elections

  10-07-2016 15:09
  
  Downtown leadership has thrown everything but the kitchen sink (no doubt its coming soon) in an attempt to defeat Issue One. The disinformation, deceit, and lies are like nothing we have seen in a local ballot issue campaign. The process of joining council has become a running joke. It goes like this: a council-member steps down before the end […]
  
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• First Look: The Drexel Theatre Prepares for Reopening

  10-07-2016 14:30
  
  After four months of extensive renovations, the historic Drexel Theatre is prepping for a grand reopening next Friday, July 15th. The final phase of a $1.5 million update has given the entire building a major makeover. “At first thought we’d just do the marquee and the two lobbies, but the Friends of the Drexel did […]
  
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• John Switzer | From the Stump: Villages’ mom-and-pop stores drew folks together in old days

  10-07-2016 14:09
  
  Being an old cuss, I find that my mind frequently drifts back to the old days, especially whenever I drive along backcountry roads and pass through a crossroads village. I always look to see if it has a little store. They all did in the past.
  
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• Young women in Muskingum County who killed newborns got very different sentences

  10-07-2016 13:12
  
  ZANESVILLE — On April 22, 2015, a newborn baby was found dead in the trash behind a sorority house at Muskingum University in New Concord. The flashing lights of police cars bounced off the house at 125 Lakeside Drive as authorities investigated how the little girl had wound up there, killed just as her life was beginning. It’s a gut-wrenching scene to imagine. But it’s one that had unfolded 13 years before, in the same town, on the same campus, on the same road, less than seve
  
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• Future tax loss, insurance costs weigh on Franklin County

  10-07-2016 12:50
  
  Franklin County officials are debating how they will absorb millions of dollars in lost sales tax revenue in the next two years while dealing with higher health insurance costs. It’s still unclear whether they will have to cut the $420 million general-fund budget that is primarily supported by the sales tax. That revenue will take a hit after changes related to Medicaid managed-care organizations.
  
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• Chillicothe murder trial surrounded by mystery of women’s disappearances

  10-07-2016 12:42
  
  CHILLICOTHE — The sign in front of the Ross County Courthouse, the one featuring photos of Timberly Claytor and a host of other dead and missing women, is gone. Claytor’s accused killer, 38-year-old Jason McCrary, is scheduled to go on trial Monday, charged with her murder. And Ross County Common Pleas Judge Michael Ater decided it could sway jurors who had to walk past a banner that highlighted her case, as well as several others. So he asked local authorities to remove the sign.
  
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• San Antonio: Shots fired at police headquarters

  10-07-2016 12:35
  
  CNN - Gunfire hit the San Antonio police headquarters, leaving bullet marks on the building and shell casings in a nearby alley, authorities said.San Antonio police are investigating reports of a suspect seen fleeing from the alley, Police Chief William McManus said.McManus said police got a call late Saturday night about shots fired. Officers canvassed the area, and found holes on the building and multiple shell casings.No one was injured, but police officers inside heard gunshots strike the bu
  
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• Cleveland touts comeback to GOP convention visitors

  10-07-2016 12:21
  
  Cleveland’s a winner. The Cavaliers won the NBA crown last month. And the Indians are entering baseball’s All-Star break in first place in the American League’s Central Division. But this is Cleveland, and any stroke of good fortune brings thoughts that it won’t last. With that comes a spectacle next week that many in Cleveland, no doubt, now see with a bit of trepidation.
  
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• Theodore Decker commentary: Death of an old man tells important story

  10-07-2016 12:02
  
  James R. Smith Jr. died more than nine years ago, but I still think of him when the nights grow cold or I drive past Haul Road on Route 104. The 63-year-old man's body was found in January 2007 at a South Side concrete plant, under a death shroud of snow and amid a maze of stacked lumber and sewer pipes big enough to walk through.
  
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• Construction Roundup: July Edition

  10-07-2016 12:00
  
  Detours, sidewalk-closures and the constant sound of large trucks beeping while they back up. The temporary inconveniences of construction might irritate most people on a day to day basis, but it still represents a city that is growing and evolving, particularly in its urban form. New development in Columbus can be found all throughout the […]
  
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• Capitol Insider: Democrats make big deal about Portman’s whereabouts

  10-07-2016 11:56
  
  Ever since Sen. Rob Portman declared his support for Donald Trump, Ohio Democrats have tried to saddle the GOP incumbent with the weight of every factually challenged comment, controversial issue position or Ohio visit by Trump.
  
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• Obama's first presidential stop in Spain turns hurried

  10-07-2016 11:46
  
  It took the White House more than seven years to lock in Spain on President Barack Obama's foreign travel schedule. But events beyond Obama's control are ensuring that his first and only visit to Spain, the largest European country that had yet to welcome the president, will be a rushed one.Instead of spending two days sightseeing in southern Spain and tending to more pressing business in the capital of Madrid, the White House scrapped some of Obama's events - including a staple of his foreign t
  
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• Southern California brush fire drives thousands from their homes

  10-07-2016 11:33
  
  CBS/AP - A fast-moving brush fire north of Los Angeles has sent about 2,000 people fleeing from their homes, CBS Los Angeles affiliate reported.The Los Angeles County Fire Department says the blaze broke out in the foothill community of Stevenson Ranch Saturday afternoon near Interstate 5 and Calgrove Boulevard.Dubbed the Sage Fire, it quickly chewed through 800 acres of dense, dry brush amid high temperatures and winds gusting up to 25 mph. By 8 p.m., it was 15 percent contained.More than 200 f
  
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• LATEST: Deadly attack on Dallas police

  10-07-2016 07:02
  The Latest on the shooting of police in Dallas during protests in response to fatal police shootings (all times local):WATCH: Live updates on Dallas sniper attack8:50 a.m.Dallas police chief David Brown says the suspect in the deadly attack on Dallas police officers scrawled letters in his own blood on the walls of the parking garage where officers cornered and later killed him.Brown told CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday that Micah Johnson wrote lettering in blood before heading upstairs and
  
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• Hundreds walk in Black Lives Matter march in Columbus

  10-07-2016 06:24
  Community members in Columbus took a stand today for justice and for peace on Saturday.At a Black Lives Matter march, hundreds of people walked through Columbus to honor Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, who were shot and killed by police this week in Louisiana and Minnesota.The group chanted "No justice!No peace" and "Black lives matter!" as they marched from Columbus Police headquarters to the Ohio Statehouse.The march stopped traffic on High Street for a few minutes before it moved on to a
  
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• Kroger Deluxe S'mores Ice Cream recalled

  10-07-2016 05:41
  
  Kroger has recalled 48 oz. tubs of Kroger Deluxe S’mores Ice Cream because the product may contain peanuts not listed on the label according to a listing on the FDA's website.There have been no reports of anyone having a reaction to the peanuts.Kroger announced the recall after a supplier, Grain Craft, indicated a raw ingredient may have become contaminated with low levels of peanut residue.Those who are allergic to peanuts could have a severe reaction if they eat the ice cream.Here is the
  
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• Local leaders come together to share message of peace

  10-07-2016 03:47
  Saturday afternoon hundreds of protestors marched through downtown Columbus in a show of solidarity for two people shot and killed by police in Minnesota and Louisiana this month.As protestors marched down High Street chanting ‘Black Lives Matter,’ hymns of praise filled the air at Columbus Central Church in east Columbus where Pastor John Boston invited Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther and Columbus Police to talk about gun violence."Every person on this earth is a beloved child of God,
  
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• Small plane crashes on top of building in Fairfield County

  10-07-2016 02:47
  A small plane crashed on top of a building just east of Baltimore, Ohio, in Fairfield County.Officials say the single-seat plane landed on the roof of Sakas Inc. on Baltimore-Somerset Road, around 8 p.m. on Saturday.The Ohio State Highway Patrol tells 10TV the pilot has severe injuries but is expected to survive.Sakas, Inc is a metal fabrication company.The plane can be seen near the edge of the building from Chopper 10. plane sakas smaller.PNGA plane on top of Sakas, Inc. near Baltimore, Ohio a
  
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• Couple with ties to motorsports community in central Ohio found dead in Illinois home

  10-07-2016 02:36
  
  Police in Bensenville, Illinois, near Chicago, are investigating after a man and a woman with connections to central Ohio were found dead in a home.The Chicago Tribune reports Michael and Tanya Jenkins died of gunshot wounds, according to the Dupage County coroner's office.The couple was found the morning of June 29.The coroner says it appears to be a murder-suicide according to the Chicago-area newspaper, Daily Herald.Michael Jenkins owned the motorsports shop MJ USA, located at 4760 Cleveland
  
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• Program helps keep Columbus cool, by keeping air conditioning costs down

  10-07-2016 01:11
  The Ohio Development Services Agency's Office of Community Assistance is aiding thousands around Columbus keep cool.The agency administers the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP).Saturday morning, dozens lined up to fill out applications. One woman said she insisted on standing in the line that forms before the doors open, to help a friend."She lives in a small house and it's sweltering hot,” Lora Tinsley said.Tinsley said she woke up early and was grateful to get a spot in the line."I'm
  
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• Threat made Saturday against Dallas Police

  10-07-2016 00:48
  
  CBSDFW.com, the website for the CBS affiliate in Dallas, is reporting a credible threat was made against Dallas Police on Saturday.The television station reports Dallas Police received an anonymous message about a group coming from Houston to kill officers.You can read CBSDFW.com's report here.The threat comes almost two days after five police officers were shot and killed during a protest in Dallas Thursday night.This is a developing story.Updates will be posted on 10TV.com
  
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• Dallas police say nothing found in garage after threat

  10-07-2016 00:48
  
  Dallas police officials have issued an all-clear after searching for a suspicious person in a parking garage next to the department's headquarters.CBSDFW.com, the website for the CBS affiliate in Dallas, reported a credible threat was made against Dallas Police on Saturday.The television station reports Dallas Police received an anonymous message about a group coming from Houston to kill officers.The threat comes almost two days after five police officers were shot and killed during a protest in
  
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