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• Suspended lawyer charged with forging client's signature

  12-07-2016 23:22
  
  A suspended Westerville lawyer has been charged with improperly practicing law and forging a widow’s signature on court papers while handling her late husband’s estate.
  
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• U.S. Capitol, visitors center on lockdown

  12-07-2016 22:50
  
  The U.S. Capitol was placed on lockdown Tuesday afternoon as police checked reports of a person with a weapon.CBS News' Walt Cronkite reported that he received an email from the Senate advising people to shelter in place.Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-New York) was among the lawmakers tweeting from the House floor.Lockdown @uscapitol. Currently on the House floor with other Members of Congress. We're safe.— Charles Rangel (@cbrangel) July 12, 2016
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• U.S. Capitol briefly locked down, 2nd time in week

  12-07-2016 22:50
  
  The U.S. Capitol and its office buildings were briefly locked down Tuesday, the second time in a week amid nervousness over recent shootings.District of Columbia police spokeswoman Alice Kim said officers were alerted to a man with a gun near Fort McNair in Southwest Washington, about a mile and a half south of the Capitol, shortly after 4 p.m. Officers then stopped a person at the intersection of 1st and D Streets, Northwest, which is two blocks from the Capitol and outside the Labor Department
  
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• Woman posts Grand Canyon pic just before falling to death

  12-07-2016 22:25
  
  A Florida woman accidentally stepped off an edge at Grand Canyon National Park and plummeted hundreds of feet to her death.Officials say 35-year-old Colleen Burns of Orlando fell at Ooh Aah Point on Friday, about a mile down the popular South Kaibab Trail.Park rangers found her body about 400 feet from where she had been standing.Park officials say Burns had been with family hiking and taking photographs of the sunrise on the trail. They announced her death Monday.Burns died nearly two weeks aft
  
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• Director Tony Collins speaking at the Barnett Community Center

  12-07-2016 22:12 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Polaris-area hotels say Delaware County lodging tax is unfair

  12-07-2016 21:43
  
  As the first dollars roll into Delaware County from a new lodging tax to benefit the Delaware County Fairgrounds, hotels and motels in the Columbus portion of the county are planning to fight it.
  
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• Near East Side Historical Building to be Repurposed

  12-07-2016 21:30
  
  One of 35 historical buildings that occupied the former site of the Poindexter Village affordable housing complex is awaiting sufficient funds and a purpose. The Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) demolished 33 of the buildings a couple years ago to make way for its redevelopment project, Poindexter Place apartments. The 450-unit, updated complex was started […]
  
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• Hillsboro mayor, who's also a standup comedian, indicted on theft charges

  12-07-2016 20:46
  
  A small-city Ohio mayor who's also a veteran standup comedian has been indicted on four felony counts including election falsification. The Ohio auditor's office announcement Tuesday follows a months-long investigation of Republican Drew Hastings by special prosecutors appointed by a Highland County judge. The counts also include theft, theft in office and tampering with records.
  
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• Columbus leaders: Heroin addicts should stock up on Narcan

  12-07-2016 20:41
  
  Calling the sudden increase in heroin and opioid overdoses over the weekend a "public health epidemic," Columbus officials urged addicts and their loved ones to purchase an anti-overdose drug and said the city is planning a new rehab center. "Heroin addiction is a chronic, relapsing brain disease that can cause devastation in a community that is already vulnerable," Health Commissioner Dr. Teresa Long said at a news conference today. "It is increasing in our community and indeed, it can happen a
  
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• Documents: OSU assistant coach Greg Schiano knew of Sandusky abuse while at Penn State

  12-07-2016 20:37
  
  Penn State coach Joe Paterno was told by a teen boy in 1976 that former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky had molested him in the shower but responded that he didn't want to hear about it and had "a football season to worry about," according to court documents unsealed Tuesday.The man identified as John Doe 150 said in 2014 that other boys in a shower heard him yell that Sandusky had just touched him sexually. The man said he told several adults about it, then sought out Paterno."Is it accurate tha
  
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• Groups push RNC to put paid leave in platform

  12-07-2016 19:51
  
  Arguing it’s embarrassing that the United States stands apart from other developed counties with a lack of paid parental leave, groups are pushing the Republican National Convention Platform Committee to include it.
  
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• Second Zika virus case confirmed in Columbus

  12-07-2016 19:32
  
  Columbus health officials have confirmed a second case of the Zika virus. Jose Rodriguez, spokesman for Columbus Public Health, said a woman in her 20s who traveled to St. Lucia reported having symptoms to her physician when she returned. A test was performed and it came back positive late Monday, he said. The Zika virus is transmitted by infected mosquitoes and can be passed by sexual partners. Most people won't experience the disease's mild symptoms, which include rash and joint pain, but heal
  
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• Press Conference: The Growing Opioid Epidemic in Central Ohio

  12-07-2016 19:25 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Body of missing U.S. airman found in northern Italian river

  12-07-2016 19:10
  
  MILAN (AP) -- The body of a U.S. airman has been found in a river in the northern Italian town where he went missing 10 days ago, Italian and U.S. authorities said Tuesday.A Carabinieri official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to give the information, said the body of Staff Sgt. Halex Hale was identified by his father and colleagues from the Aviano Air Base. The body, clad in just a swimming suit, was spotted earlier Tuesday by a passer-by, who notified authorit
  
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• Body discovered behind dumpster on North Side

  12-07-2016 19:06
  
  Columbus police are investigating a body discovered behind a trash bin at an apartment complex on the city's North Side. Police said a resident of the complex on Pine Tree Street North discovered the body just before 7 a.m. between the trash bin and a fence at the back of the property.
  
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• Cleveland adjusts security plans after shootings

  12-07-2016 19:01
  
  Rising tensions after the deadly ambush of police officers in Dallas and subsequent protests nationwide have led Cleveland and Philadelphia to adjust security plans for the national political conventions this month.Cleveland, where the Republican National Convention is to begin Monday, has moved up by a week the activation of a tip line for reporting suspicious activity, Police Chief Calvin Williams said. Security plans have been "ramped up" because of the Dallas shootings last week, which kille
  
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• GoYoga Expands to Fifth Location

  12-07-2016 18:15
  
  “It was very organic,” said Chelsea Bragg of the growth of GoYoga. “The Universe just gives opportunities sometimes.” Thanks to growth and opportunity, GoYoga, Columbus’ own yoga ‘chain,’ opened its fifth studio yesterday, July 11th. “We were outgrowing our Upper Arlington space,” she said. “We wanted to offer childcare in the area there like we […]
  
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• Chelsea Manning 'glad to be alive' following suicide attempt

  12-07-2016 18:05
  
  Chelsea Manning has tweeted that she's OK following her hospitalization for a suicide attempt last week.The 28-year-old transgender soldier imprisoned for sending classified information to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks also posted on her Twitter account Monday night, "I'm glad to be alive." Manning doesn't have internet access behind bars at the military prison at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, but wrote last year that she dictates her tweets to someone who puts them online.Manning's attorneys
  
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• Body discovered behind trash bin on North Side

  12-07-2016 18:05
  
  Columbus police are investigating a body discovered behind a trash bin at an apartment complex on the city's North Side. Police said a resident of the complex on Pine Tree Street North discovered the body just before 7 a.m. between the trash bin and a fence at the back of the property.
  
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• Brewpub and Townhomes Proposed for Prominent Italian Village Corner

  12-07-2016 18:00
  
  The Italian Village Commission will hear a proposal this month to build a brewpub along with eight three-story townhomes at the southwest corner of West Fifth Avenue and North Fourth Street. The proposal, from Arch City Development, would require the demolition of two single-story cinder-block buildings — most of the 0.4-acre site is currently an […]
  
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• Get ready to pay a little more for your Starbucks

  12-07-2016 17:56
  
  Starbucks says it's increasing prices slightly on brewed coffee, espresso and tea latte beverages.The Seattle-based coffee chain says prices on select sizes of brewed coffee in U.S. company-operated stores are jumping 10 to 20 cents Tuesday, while prices on espresso and tea latte beverages will rise 10 to 30 cents.The company says in a statement that pricing in stores is "continually evaluated on a product-by-product and market-by-market basis in order to balance business needs."The price jump c
  
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• Hillary Clinton receives long-awaited endorsement from Bernie Sanders

  12-07-2016 17:48
  
  PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) -- Bernie Sanders, whose calls for a political revolution energized millions of voters, bestowed his long-awaited endorsement of Hillary Clinton Tuesday, the Democratic former rivals embracing and praising each other before a cheering crowd of thousands.Just two weeks shy of the Democratic National Convention, Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, congratulated Clinton for winning the nomination and vowed to do everything he could to help her beat presumptive Repu
  
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• Katzinger’s Deli, German Village icon, sold

  12-07-2016 17:30
  
  After 32 years, the owner of the famed New York-style deli in German Village is calling it quits.Diane Warren, co-founder of Kazinger’s Delicatessen on South 3rd Street, announced Tuesday she is retiring and will sell the landmark to cityBRANDS restaurant group.However, regulars shouldn’t expect much change.Warren and cityBRANDS President Tim Rollins pledged to maintain status quo.“We couldn’t be more excited about this rare opportunity. We are honored to be able to take
  
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• Columbus City Council Meeting 7/11/16

  12-07-2016 17:05 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Second case of Zika virus confirmed in Columbus resident

  12-07-2016 16:54
  
  Columbus Public Health is reporting the second case of the Zika virus in Franklin County.Officials said a female in her 20’s, who resides in Columbus, had traveled to St. Lucia where she is suspected to have contracted the virus.However, it’s unclear as to when the woman traveled outside of the United States.Health officials confirmed the virus in the woman, who is not pregnant, on Monday.This comes just over a month after CPH officials discovered the first Zika case in a 38-year-old
  
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• Katzinger’s sold to Wine Bistro owner

  12-07-2016 16:15
  
  The owner of Katzinger’s Delicatessen is hanging up her apron. Diane Warren, who has owned the German Village deli for more than 30 years, announced the sale of the business to Tim Rollins, the owner of the Wine Bistro concept.
  
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• Three people injured when someone fired into East Side house

  12-07-2016 16:04
  
  Three people, including 12- and 16-year-old girls, were injured when someone fired a gun into their East Side house. Columbus police named only one victim, Steven Winters, 25, in the shooting on the 800 block of Old Leonard Avenue house at 12:34 a.m. All three were transported to hospitals and are expected to make full recoveries, according to police.
  
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• Three people injured by shots fired into East Side house

  12-07-2016 16:04
  
  Three people, including 12- and 16-year-old girls, were injured when someone fired a gun into their East Side house. Columbus police named only one victim, Steven Winters, 25, in the shooting on the 800 block of Old Leonard Avenue house at 12:34 a.m. All three were transported to hospitals and are expected to make full recoveries, according to police.
  
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• Local non-profit increasing access to Narcan after overdose spike

  12-07-2016 15:55
  
  Equitas Health has announced it will operate a limited program to provide more access to naxalone, also known as Narcan, to the public.This comes after 10 people overdosed on heroin last weekend, including two cases that turned deadly.According to Equitas, individuals or family members who lack health insurance or cannot afford the cost of naloxone may be eligible for assistance starting July 12.Those seeking Narcan can complete an application for assistance at Equitas Health’s Short North
  
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• Official: 20 dead in head-on train crash in southern Italy

  12-07-2016 15:06
  
  Two Italian commuter trains collided head-on Tuesday in the southern region of Puglia, killing at least 20 people and injuring scores more, officials said. At least two passengers were pulled alive from the crumpled wreckage as the rescue operation took place in the scorching heat.Giuseppe Corrado, vice president of the province of Andria, told Sky TG24 the death toll stood at 20 and that rescue operations were continuing. Another official stressed the final toll would not be known until the wre
  
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• Justice Insider: Columbus police showered with support after Dallas shootings

  12-07-2016 14:15
  
  There are always people who, in the midst of tragedy and heartbreak, reach out to the grieving with love and comfort. Those people showered Columbus police offices in the past few days with gifts and gratitude.
  
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• Police arrest man after deadly spike in heroin overdoses

  12-07-2016 14:13
  
  Columbus police arrested a man on Monday after a disturbing spike in opiate overdoses in and around Columbus this weekend. Rayshon Alexander, 36, of Clubhouse Drive on the Northeast Side,was arrested in connection to a batch of heroin believed to have caused 11 overdoses, including two deaths, on Sunday at eight locations mostly on the East Side. He has been charged so far with one felony count of corrupting another with drugs.
  
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• Tofu, Shrimp Tempura & Raw Salmon Take Center Stage at FUSIAN

  12-07-2016 14:00
  
  When you think about healthy foods, sushi often comes to mind as one of the more readily accessible options for fresh, light dining. Our friends over at FUSIAN will be showcasing exactly that at the first-ever Healthy Bites festival coming up on Friday, July 29th at the Columbus Museum of Art. FUSIAN first launched in […]
  
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• Obama, Bush to honor Dallas victims during memorial service

  12-07-2016 13:49
  
  President Barack Obama will be in a different city but still in an all-too-familiar place when he leads the nation in honoring more lives cut short by a man with a gun.Obama will try Tuesday to help grief-stricken Dallas begin to heal less than a week after five of its police officers were slain in the line of duty. They were shot by an Army veteran-turned-sniper during a brazen act of violence that Obama denounced as a "vicious, calculated and despicable attack on law enforcement" by a "demente
  
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• Memorial service held for slain Dallas officers

  12-07-2016 13:49
  
  At a memorial for slain police officers, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that a week of deeply troubling violence has seemed to expose "the deepest fault lines of our democracy." But he insisted the nation is not as divided as it seems and called on Americans to find common ground in support of racial equity and justice.Obama acknowledged that Americans are unsettled by another mass shooting and are seeking answers to the violence that has sparked protests in cities and highlighted the n
  
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• Police name driver they say struck, killed woman on Brice Road

  12-07-2016 13:39
  
  Columbus police have identified the man they say drove a vehicle that struck and killed a woman crossing Brice Road on Monday morning.
  
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• Police investigating body found in north Columbus

  12-07-2016 13:21
  
  Columbus police are investigating after the discovery of a body in north Columbus.The body was located Tuesday morning behind a dumpster on Pine Tree Street North, near Tamarack Boulevard.Columbus police homicide detectives are currently on scene investigating the death.No other information was immediately available. We will update this story as new details are released.
  
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• Naturally Impactful: Aquatics Options Plentiful with CRPD

  12-07-2016 13:00
  
  When it’s hot out, one of the most economical ways to cool off includes a visit to an outdoor swimming pool or a sprayground run by the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department. In colder weather, a visit to the indoor Columbus Aquatics Center in Victorian Village, one of the neighborhood’s Best Kept Secrets, is a […]
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Two sides try to woo John Kasich ahead of RNC in Cleveland

  12-07-2016 12:59
  
  Ohio Gov. John Kasich seems to be in the middle of a tug-of-war with one side trying to woo him to support likely GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and another side trying to get him to oppose Trump.
  
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• No participation fees for Grandview students this year

  12-07-2016 11:54
  
  For the 2016-17 school year, Grandview Heights students will pay no fees for participating in sports and the arts, or for labs workbooks. The Grandview Heights Board of Education voted 3-1 to waive all fees on Thursday night, with board member Melissa Palmisciano voting no. Member Stephanie Evans didn’t attend the meeting.
  
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• Justice Insider: Columbus police showered with support

  12-07-2016 11:36
  
  There are always people who, in the midst of tragedy and heartbreak, reach out to the grieving with love and comfort. Those people showered Columbus police offices in the past few days with gifts and gratitude.
  
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• Theodore Decker commentary: Weinland Park’s rescuers priced out of homes

  12-07-2016 11:31
  
  Chris Picot stood in the heart of the small park at North 5th Street and East Eighth Avenue, lamenting the dwindling volunteer workforce who helped to weave its paths, yank weeds and sow sunflowers. The families squeaking by without the help of subsidized housing are pulling up stakes, he said.
  
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• Community gardens sprout around Columbus, uniting neighborhoods

  12-07-2016 11:25
  
  On a warm day in early June, Margaret Ann Samuels walked past rows of crops, pointing out some of her favorites. “Here are the tomatoes — lots of tomatoes this year. There’s some Swiss chard and radishes over there. You want some lettuce?” she said, plucking a leaf and munching on it. Samuels said all the produce at the Garden of Communion, near the corner of Bryden Road and South Ohio Avenue in Olde Towne East, is grown without pesticides. The community garden is one of
  
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• Ohio doubles tax credit to lure more movie production

  12-07-2016 11:05
  
  A growing Ohio film industry is expected to get an additional boost from the doubling of a state tax-credit program that has helped spur interest in the state as a place to make films. Gov. John Kasich recently signed into law a revised Ohio Motion Picture Tax Credit that increases the annual incentive cap to $40 million from $20 million.
  
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• 3 shot, including girls 12 & 16, on east side

  12-07-2016 07:35
  Columbus police say three people, including a 12-year-old girl, were shot on the near east side Tuesday morning.According to Columbus police, the victims and other witnesses said an unknown gunman fired several rounds into a home on the 800 block of Old Leonard Avenue just after 12:30 a.m.When police arrived, they found two young female victims shot, 12 and 16, as well as 25-year-old Steven Winters.Columbus police are not naming the female victims because they are juveniles.All three victims wer
  
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• 12-year-old girl, two others shot on near east side

  12-07-2016 07:35
  
  Columbus police say three people, including a 12-year-old girl, were shot on the near east side Tuesday morning.The shooting happened around 1:00 a.m. on Old Leonard Avenue, near I-670.When police arrived, they found three victims, including a 12-year-old girl and a 15-year-old.The 12-year-old girl was rushed to Nationwide Children's Hospital in critical condition.The teen and the third victim, 25, were both taken to Grant Medical Center. Police did not immediately provide details on their condi
  
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• Son of country music singer Craig Morgan found dead following accident

  12-07-2016 06:05
  
  CBS NEWS - The 19-year-old son of country music singer Craig Morgan was found dead after a tubing accident on the Tennessee River in Humphreys County, CBS affiliate WTVF reported.Officials with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency confirmed that Jerry Greer's body was pulled from Kentucky Lake, which is part of the Tennessee River, around 9 p.m. Monday.The emergency call came in just after 4 p.m. Sunday. More than 12 hours after the initial report, officials said the search has turned into a
  
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• Officer fires at robbery suspect

  12-07-2016 06:04
  Against a backdrop protests nationwide over police-involved shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota and tension following the ambush-style attack that left five Dallas police officers dead, a Columbus police sergeant fired his weapon at a robbery suspect on the Southeast Side early Monday morning, though there is no indication whether the suspect was hit. The sergeant pulled into the parking lot of the Speedway gas station, 2755 Brice Road, at 1:42 a.m. and saw an armed man robbing the
  
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• Slain Dallas officers remembered at vigil

  12-07-2016 05:13
  
  More than 1,000 people have gathered in downtown Dallas to attend a candlelight vigil for the five police officers killed during a protest march.Speakers at the Monday night vigil included police officials and friends of the slain officers. Portraits of the officers were propped up in front of the speaker's platform.Dallas Police Chief David Brown told the crowd that police officers are like superheroes.Dallas Area Rapid Transit Chief J.D. Spiller said he would challenge anyone who thought what
  
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• 5 shot during candlelight vigil in Baltimore

  12-07-2016 05:04
  
  Police say five people attending a candlelight vigil in for a man killed in west Baltimore were shot when a gunman opened fire on the crowd.Detective Donny Moses said in a phone interview that about 25 people had gathered about 6:30 p.m. Monday at Fulton and North avenues, where 24-year-old Jermaine Schofield was shot and killed early Sunday.The shooting comes after Schofield's mother, Doreen Scofield, asked for no retaliation in her son's death, according to the Baltimore Sun."It's not going to
  
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