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• ECOT won't hand over records without legal order

  15-07-2016 23:52
  
  The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow will not turn over additional attendance records to the Ohio Department of Education unless a judge orders it.
  
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• Ohio Black Legislative Caucus gathers in Cincinnati alongside NAACP convention

  15-07-2016 23:47
  
  The 13 members of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus have gathered in Cincinnati this weekend for a convention to discuss infant mortality rates among African-Americans, establishing a livable minimum wage and enacting criminal justice reform, among other issues.
  
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• Interstate 70 closed in Madison County because of wreck

  15-07-2016 23:29
  
  The westbound lanes of Interstate 70 in Madison County, west of Route 142, are shut down this evening because of a five-vehicle crash, the State Highway Patrol said.
  
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• Guilty conviction for man accused of killing Ross County woman

  15-07-2016 23:15
  
  A jury has found 38-year-old Jason McCrary guilty in the murder of Timberly Claytor. Police said McCrary shot Claytor three times in the head and left her body next to an abandoned building in Massieville back in May 2015.Claytor’s body was found, covered in blood and dumped in high weeds near Trego Creek Road in rural Ross County in June 2015.Jessica Lowery, one of the prosecution’s first witnesses on Tuesday, testified that after she saw McCrary fire multiple shots at Claytor, he t
  
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• Still no cause of explosion that leveled building at Reynoldsburg apartment complex

  15-07-2016 23:00
  
  Truro Township Fire Chief Steve Hein said the cause of the explosion that demolished the apartment complex’s maintenance building in Reynoldsburg has not been determined.
  
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• One dead after exchange of gunfire on Columbus's Interstate 70

  15-07-2016 22:45
  A man is dead after an early Friday gunfire exchange between two cars on a Columbus stretch of Interstate 70. Columbus police responded about 2:40 a.m. Friday to Interstate 70 westbound at the James Road exit and found two men shot inside a disabled car, police said in a post on the Columbus police department Facebook page . Both men were taken to Grant Medical Center for treatment.
  
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• One killed, one injured during East Side gunfight on interstate

  15-07-2016 22:35
  
  A gun battle between two cars on the highway in the early-morning hours killed one man and closed Interstate 70 on the East Side for more than eight hours this morning. Dorrell Taylor called 911 from his cellphone after he stepped outside a car at 2:38 a.m. to report that he and his friend, 26-year-old Perry Tuttle Jr., had been shot.
  
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• Congress' "28 pages" on Saudi ties to 9/11 released

  15-07-2016 21:12
  
  Twenty-eight pages of a 2002 congressional report on the September 11, 2001 terror attacks -- a section that could shed light on any alleged Saudi ties to the terrorist attack -- were released Friday and posted to the House Intelligence Committee's website.The newly declassified document, with light redactions, names people the hijackers associated with before they carried out the attacks, killing nearly 3,000 people in New York, Washington and on a plane that crashed in Pennsylvania. It identif
  
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• RNC chief says dump-Trump bid is bust

  15-07-2016 20:22
  
  The delegate rebellion against Donald Trump is dead.That's according to Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus. He tells The Associated Press that a highly publicized push to dump Trump during next week's convention is a "nothing burger."He says, "It's over. It was never there."The GOP chairman made the comments during an AP interview on Friday, the day after anti-Trump delegates failed to change party rules to allow them to oppose Trump on the convention floor.Priebus said, "Ther
  
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• Tom Brady to drop appeal, serve 4-game 'Deflategate' suspension

  15-07-2016 20:12
  
  Tom Brady said on Friday he will stop fighting his suspension for "Deflategate," a scandal that tarnished the reputation of one of the sport's best players, tested the authority of Commissioner Roger Goodell and exposed rifts inside the league office."It has been a challenging 18 months and I have made the difficult decision to no longer proceed with the legal process," the New England Patriots quarterback said in a Facebook post. "I'm going to work hard to be the best player I can be for the Ne
  
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• What's Happening at the Cultural Arts Center? Futurismo

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• What's Happening at Columbus Cultural Arts Center?: Futurismo

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• Columbus Goes On the Road with Mobile Media Lounge

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• Vice arrests spike on city's West Side; heroin may be to blame

  15-07-2016 19:40
  
  Columbus Police Lt. Ron Kemmerling has been working vice for two years and in law-enforcement for more than a quarter century. He’s seen a lot. But even Kemmerling is struck by statistics that show almost half of the Police Division’s vice arrests citywide so far this year — 49 percent — were in the division’s Zone 3. The zone covers four precincts on the West Side, including the Hilltop and Franklinton.
  
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• Drexel Theatre Renovation

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• 5 female inmates suspected of overdosing on heroin at Richland Co. Jail

  15-07-2016 19:21
  
  The Richland County Sheriff’s Office says five females inmates were taken to a hospital after they overdosed on what’s believed to be heroin.The sheriff’s office says the overdoses occurred July 14 at the Richland County Jail.All five inmates were revived with Narcan and taken to OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital for treatment.They have all been released and taken back to jail.Read more: Local non-profit increasing access to Narcan after overdose spikeUpon cell inspection, the sher
  
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• Project Update: Poindexter Village Site

  15-07-2016 18:59
  
  Even though the Poindexter Village redevelopment has been in the news recently, the scale of the development and the progress made so far might still come as a surprise to anyone who doesn’t regularly pass by the 16-acre site on the Near East Side. Since the project was awarded a $30 million federal grant through […]
  
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• Kasich to depart GOP convention to address NAACP conference

  15-07-2016 18:39
  
  Ohio Gov. John Kasich will depart Republican National Convention festivities in Cleveland on Sunday to address the NAACP annual convention in Cincinnati. Kasich, the last standing challenger to presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, has refused to endorse Trump, describing him as a divisive candidate when the nation needs a unifying figure.
  
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• Highway shooting shuts down I-70 on East Side

  15-07-2016 18:26
  
  Thousands of commuters and travelers were forced to find alternate routes into or around Columbus or remain stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic for hours during the Friday morning rush-hour because of a reported fatal shooting that shut down a section of a major interstate. According to WBNS 10-TV, Columbus police say some sort of fight between two groups of people around 2:30 a.m. spilled over to I-70 when both groups got into vehicles and drove westbound as one of the people opened fire, hitting
  
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• Wash. restaurant apologizes for asking cops not to eat there

  15-07-2016 18:07
  
  Lucky's Teriyaki is apologizing and is offering free meals to law enforcement officers after word spread that the restaurant in Washington state didn't want law enforcement to dine there.Seattle's KCPQ-TV reports the owner's son apologized, and law enforcement members will get free meals Monday at the restaurant in Sedro-Wooley, about 70 miles north of Seattle.Skagit County Sheriff Will Reichardt says on Facebook four deputies finished lunch at Lucky's Teriyaki on Thursday and were told not to e
  
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• Group has enough signatures to call Upper Arlington council recall election

  15-07-2016 18:06
  
  Upper Arlington has called a 6 p.m. Monday council meeting to set a special election that could result in the ouster of four of its seven council members. That came after the Franklin County Board of Elections notified the city Friday that enough valid signatures were submitted to the board for a recall measure.
  
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• Trump officially names Pence as running mate

  15-07-2016 16:59
  
  Donald Trump has selected Indiana Gov. Mike Pence to be his running mate.The presumptive Republican nominee made the announcement official Friday on Twitter.I am pleased to announce that I have chosen Governor Mike Pence as my Vice Presidential running mate. News conference tomorrow at 11:00 A.M.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 15, 2016A day ago, Trump said he would delay his decision in the wake of the deadly terror attack in Nice, France that left 84 dead.Pence, 57, is a steady,
  
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• From clothing to gadgets, why buying pink items will cost you

  15-07-2016 16:57
  A recent study reveals everything from bikes to technology, even clothes, all cost more in the color pink.A study by Boomerang Commerce shows a two to 15 percent price difference for products based on color.The so-called "pink tax" refers to how women pony up more money than men, for comparable products and services.The Boomerang Commerce study shows that everything from children's toys, clothes, and electronics cost more when sold in the color pink.The company analyzed 50 popular products at Ta
  
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• OneColumbus campaign launches first TV ad against city ward issue

  15-07-2016 16:50
  
  Columbus residents will decide on Issue 1 in a special election on Aug. 2. The ballot proposal asks Columbus voters to alter the Columbus City Council from its current seven member at-large makeup to a 13-member, district-based model. The proposal calls for 10 members elected from districts and three members elected at-large.
  
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• 18-year-old Canal Winchester man dies in crash

  15-07-2016 16:29
  
  An 18-year-old Canal Winchester resident was killed Thursday night in Fairfield County when his car ran off the road, the State Highway Patrol said.
  
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• Healthy Bites Festival Announces Additional Food Vendors

  15-07-2016 16:00
  
  Have you heard about Columbus Underground’s Healthy Bites event on Friday, July 29th? We are bringing together the best local restaurants and food companies that have tasty offerings with healthful twist at the Columbus Museum of Art. It is shaping up to be to be a wonderful evening including food samples and demos, live entertainment, a cash bar, […]
  
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• Uber will deliver ice cream to you today

  15-07-2016 15:38
  
  Remember when you were a kid and you'd chase down the ice cream truck? Ever wish that instead of finding the ice cream, the ice cream found you? Well, for four glorious hours on Friday, you can live that dream.
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Anyone have $6 million? The GOP convention needs a donation

  15-07-2016 15:34
  
  GOP convention officials in Cleveland are short of their $64 million goal and have asked billionaire Sheldon Adelson for $6 million to make up the difference.
  
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• Ghostbusters Doesn’t Suck and Other New Movies

  15-07-2016 15:30
  
  Looks like a pretty quiet weekend at the movies – nothing opening anyone’s ever heard of. I’m lying. The most buzzed-about film of the year — whether because of anticipation, nostalgia or misogyny – Ghostbusters take their lady-fueled proton packs to the multiplex this weekend. And you know what? It’s not bad. Neither is the […]
  
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• New details revealed about Nice terrorist

  15-07-2016 15:26
  
  France is reeling from another large-scale terror attack. This time it was on Bastille Day, the national holiday that celebrates democracy -- a value at the very heart of French society.As families gathered to watch fireworks along the boardwalk at Promenade des Anglais, a truck pummeled through the crowds in the coastal town of Nice.CBS News has confirmed the driver is 31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a French citizen born in Tunisia, according to law enforcement sources. He was known to
  
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• As Ohio Goes, So Goes The Nation

  15-07-2016 14:00
  
  “In presidential elections, Ohio is special precisely because it’s not special.” That is the way author Kyle Kondik described the buckeye state at the Columbus Metropolitan Club Luncheon on Wednesday. Kondik spoke about how and why the way Ohio votes is representative of the nation, according to his book, “The Bellwether: Why Ohio Picks the […]
  
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• Pokemon GO players break into zoo, others fall off cliff playing game

  15-07-2016 13:10
  
  Police say two "Pokemon Go" players in Ohio have been arrested for criminal trespassing at the Toledo Zoo.Police say the two went over a fence near the zoo's tiger enclosure in search of the smartphone game's cartoon monsters.They were spotted on a zoo security camera and were walking through the zoo when they were caught early Thursday.Meanwhile, two people playing the augmented reality game fell off an ocean bluff in Southern California.Encinitas firefighters say the men climbed through a fen
  
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• Police: suspect in shooting of child, man in Ohio arrested

  15-07-2016 13:06
  
  CINCINNATI — Police say a man accused of shooting and seriously injuring a 2-year-old boy and a man in Cincinnati has been arrested on charges of felonious assault.
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Short of goal, GOP convention officials ask Sheldon Adelson for $6 million

  15-07-2016 13:06
  
  GOP convention officials in Cleveland are short of their $64 million goal and have asked billionaire Sheldon Adelson for $6 million to make up the difference.
  
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• Hang Over Easy Closes for Updates

  15-07-2016 13:00
  
  A University District favorite is temporarily closed for some much-needed additions, changes and updates. The crowd at Hang Over Easy was outgrowing the space in a few ways, said co-owners Nick Pedro and Scott McCrary, but the place should be back up and running early next month. “We’ve basically gutted the whole place,” Pedro said. […]
  
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• Confederate flag entry prompts review of Delaware County July 4 parade

  15-07-2016 12:30
  
  DELAWARE — Waving prominently from the bed of the black Dodge pickup truck, the Confederate flag offended many who stood along the streets a week ago to celebrate freedom and independence. On board, a family smiled and waved, seemingly oblivious to any concerns. Mark Butler, a local black pastor, said he saw the bold blue 'X' of stars on the red background, flanked by smaller American flags, and thought: "Here we go again. What are we going to do?"
  
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• Panel kills chance of Trump revolt in Cleveland

  15-07-2016 12:28
  
  The last-ditch attempt to thwart Donald Trump’s nomination was steamrolled Thursday night by a Republican rules panel.
  
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• Franklin County Fair prepares for 99th year with mix of tradition and innovation

  15-07-2016 12:20
  
  The Franklin County Fair, an annual staple of central Ohio, will feature all the fan favorites this year, plus a few additions intended to draw a bigger crowd from across the county. The fair will host its first 5k and 10k CowTown races on opening day Saturday. Participants in the 7 p.m. run will earn free admission to that day's activities and an invitation to the after party, complete with free food and music.
  
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• One dead, another hurt after shooting on I-70 (UPDATE)

  15-07-2016 10:59
  The search is on for a gunman in a vehicle who opened fire on I-70 early Friday morning.According to Columbus police, some sort of altercation occurred between two groups of people around 2:30 a.m.The confrontation led both groups to get into vehicles and travel on I-70 west near James Road where gunfire was exchanged between the cars.26-year-old Perry Tuttle Jr. and Dorrell Taylor, 25, were hit and found by police in a vehicle on the median of I-70.Both were taken to Grant Medical Center, where
  
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• One dead, another hurt after shooting on I-70; highway closed

  15-07-2016 10:59
  Thousands of drivers are forced to find an alternate route to work Friday morning following a deadly overnight shooting.According to Columbus police, some sort of altercation occurred between two groups of people around 2:30 a.m.The confrontation led both groups to get into vehicles and travel on I-70 west near James Road.During that time, an unknown gunman opened fire, striking two of the four people in the other vehicle.One person was pronounced dead, while another was wounded and taken to a l
  
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• How authorities are preventing the spread of the Zika virus in central Ohio

  15-07-2016 05:48
  
  Let’s put it very simply: the enemy is the Asian tiger mosquito. It’s the species likely to carry the Zika virus.Counties across central Ohio are putting out never before used traps to see if the Asian Tiger species is here.The traps are different in that they try to mimic a human scent to attract the mosquitos.Asian tigers specifically are known to be aggressive daytime biters so make sure you’re dumping any standing water in your yard every other day.Here’s what individ
  
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• Groups using popular 'Pokemon Go' app to register voters

  15-07-2016 05:45
  
  A political group in swing-state Ohio is using the game "Pokemon Go" for a purpose beyond catching cute Pikachu: registering voters.NextGen Climate Ohio, a group drawing attention to climate change, says the rollout - coming days before the two political conventions get underway - is just one of the creative ways it's trying to engage millennial voters."One of the things we're trying to do is to really meet them where they are," said state director Joanne Pickrell. "This is where they seem to be
  
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• Connecticut TV meteorologist arrested on child porn charges

  15-07-2016 05:39
  
  A local TV meteorologist in Connecticut has been arrested on charges of possessing child pornography.State police say 33-year-old Justin Goldstein of WTNH-TV in New Haven was arrested Wednesday.He's also charged with promoting a minor in an obscene performance.Police say an investigation began last month after video files of suspected child porn were downloaded from Goldstein's internet account. Federal, state and local authorities say they found child porn on computers and other devices seized
  
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• CPD asks potential recruits to 'be a part of the solution'

  15-07-2016 05:29
  It's been a tough time for policing across the country, and in some cases for recruiting.But, the Columbus police department is using this time to tell recruits: now is the time to make a change and become a police officer.Columbus Police Chief Kim Jacobs said Thursday’s seminar was about ‘being a part of the solution.’As protests across the country demand change, here at home, the Columbus police department wants people to use this opportunity to help make the changes.“I
  
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• Explosion levels building at Reynoldsburg apartment complex

  15-07-2016 05:03
  
  Officials are trying to determine what caused a building in a Reynoldsburg apartment complex to explode Thursday night, knocking out power to the area and sending some residents to a shelter overnight. According to Truro Township Fire Chief Steve Hein, the explosion occurred shortly before 9 p.m. in a maintenance building at the Century City Apartments. No one was in the building at the time and no one was injured, Hein said. The explosion likely was caused by a gas leak, though that's not yet b
  
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• Columbus Police investigating body found on porch

  15-07-2016 05:01
  
  Columbus Police have confirmed a homicide investigation is underway on the city's northeast side.Authorities say someone discovered the body of a man on a porch in the 1900 block of Margaret Street.Investigators are working to figure out how he died and if foul play was involved.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Ohio State football hosts special skills invitational

  15-07-2016 04:40
  The Ohio State Buckeyes spent Thursday morning on the practice field, but they weren't preparing for the season open against Bowling Green.More than 280 men and woman with disabilities were at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center taking part in their own training camp.The event, sponsored by Goodwill and Kroger, began four years ago when Special Olympics coach Steve Weaver came up with the idea and ran it by Urban Meyer.Now, Urban's coaches and players volunteer every year.
  
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• Elderly man found dead on Near East Side porch

  15-07-2016 04:37
  
  Columbus police are investigating the death of an elderly man on the Near East Side tonight and won't know whether it's a homicide until an autopsy is done. Police were called shortly before 9 p.m. to the 1900 block of Margaret Street, where they found a man in his 80s dead on a front porch, said Police Division homicide detective Art Hughes.
  
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• About 150 people gather to discuss relationship between police, black community

  15-07-2016 04:27
  
  Sgt. James Fuqua recalled a time when he was out of uniform, drove late one evening to check his mother's house on the South Side and was pulled over by a law-enforcement officer. The officer questioned why he was in the neighborhood and, according to Fuqua, didn't give a reason for the traffic stop. Fuqua, who is black and a diversity-inclusion officer for the Columbus Division of Police, told the story Thursday night to show he understands something about relations between police and the black
  
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• Couple accused of sending 3 children into Calif. desert as punishment

  15-07-2016 04:20
  
  A homeless couple was arrested after the woman's three young children were punished by being sent into a California desert without shoes or water, authorities said Thursday.The children -- a 7-year-old girl and 6- and 5-year-old boys -- did not require medical treatment Wednesday after a resident spotted them near a road and called 911, San Bernardino County sheriff's spokeswoman Cynthia Bachman said.It was approximately 94 degrees at 11:22 a.m. when the children were located, CBS affiliate KESQ
  
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