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• Yost questioned how e-schools were evaluated

  26-07-2016 23:42
  
  State Auditor Dave Yost’s office sent the Department of Education a letter in March questioning the way officials there were conducting attendance audits of online schools.
  
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• 14 show dogs die when air conditioning fails in truck in Indiana

  26-07-2016 23:20
  
  Northern Indiana prosecutors say they don't expect criminal charges in the deaths of 14 dogs after air conditioning failed in the truck they were housed in.The St. Joseph County Prosecutor's Office announced Tuesday that evidence "confirms that the dogs' deaths appear to be a tragic accident and that no crime was committed."It says if the results of necropsies performed on some of the dogs uncover additional evidence, prosecutors will review the case again.The dogs were found dead Friday outside
  
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• Ohio State Fair ticket pricing, special days

  26-07-2016 23:08
  
  General admission prices$10 – Adults 13-59
  $8 – Seniors 60+
  $8 – Children 5-12
  Free – Children under 5
  $6 – Advance sale tickets
  $25 – Ride-All-Day Wristband Vouchers
  $20 – Advanced Sale Wristbands (available through July 26 only)
  $5 – ParkingDates: July 27 through Aug. 7
  Discounts on admission and ride wristbandsSave up to $4 off gate admission prices with $6 tickets available through August 7 at Kroger, participating AAA locations and participati
  
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• Ohio State Fair ticket pricing, daily hours, special days

  26-07-2016 23:08
  
  General admission prices$10 – Adults 13-59$8 – Seniors 60+$8 – Children 5-12Free – Children under 5$6 – Advance sale admission tickets
  Ride prices$25 – Ride-All-Day Wristband Vouchers (exchanged for a wristband at the Fair)*$20 – Advanced Sale Ride-All-Day Wristband Vouchers (available through July 23 only)*$1 tickets – Fairgoers can buy individual ride tickets for $1 each. All rides require 2 or more tickets.*Midway Ride-All-Day wristband holders
  
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• Officer who stopped Alrosa Villa shooting hopes bill will pass to help first responders who suffer from PTSD

  26-07-2016 22:49
  On December 8, 2004, four people were shot and killed inside the Al Rosa Villa Lounge.The gunmen, Nathan Gale, was shot and killed by Columbus Police Officer Jim Niggemeyer whose actions that night helped spare the lives of others who ran for exits as the shooting began.10TV’s Kevin Landers spoke to Officer Niggemeyer about that terrifying night, how it has affected him, and the law that he hopes will pass to help first responders who suffer from emotional trauma on the job.Around 10:20 p.
  
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• Polaris Fashion Place Adding La Senza, Jake’s Toggery and More

  26-07-2016 22:31
  
  While Columbus-based L Brands officially purchased the Canadian Victoria’s Secret competitor La Senza back in 2006, they’ve hesitated to bring the brand to the United States. That will change this fall with the launch of two local stores at the Polaris Fashion Place mall, and at Easton Town Center — with three others slated for […]
  
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• Parents in middle of legal fight between online school and state

  26-07-2016 22:14
  
  More than 15,000 students and their families are in the middle of a legal fight over paperwork and they might not even know it.The legal fight is between the Ohio Department of Education and the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, or ECOT.ECOT teachers currently fill out a teacher’s certification form to validate student's online attendance once a year. But the state is saying parents need to fill out a student participation form once a month.ECOT said they disagree so much that it's taking
  
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• World War II veteran in Norwalk turns 103Clarence Ellett worked for...

  26-07-2016 22:00
  And that's exactly what Clarence Ellett did Friday at Gaymont Nursing Center when he dug into his birthday cake. One of his daughters, Susan Gest, and a son-in-law, Jamie Ebert, were at Gaymont to celebrate his birthday with him.
  
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• Man sentenced to prison for fatal shooting of accused child molester

  26-07-2016 21:49
  
  A 61-year-old man was gunned down in his Franklinton apartment two years ago by a home-health care worker who became upset after hearing that the man had sexually abused young girls decades earlier. On Tuesday, Trevor L. Chaney, 25, was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 18 years after he pleaded guilty to murder and a gun specification in the death of Rex A. Freeman. Chaney's motive was revealed for the first time when Assistant Prosecutor Renee Amlin recited the facts of
  
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• City, County Unemployment Rates Rise

  26-07-2016 20:41
  
  Franklin County and other Central Ohio counties’ unemployment rates are up from May, according to a report recently released by the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services. Each monthly report shows the small percentage rises and drops in employment county- and statewide. This month Ohio’s average unemployment rate came down from 5.1 percent in […]
  
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• 5 things to know about Ohio's sales tax holiday

  26-07-2016 20:14
  Ohio's tax free weekend is here!Here's everything you need to know about shopping sales tax-free this weekend.During the holiday, the following items are exempt from sales and use tax:Clothing priced at $75 per item or lessSchool supplies priced at $20 per item or lessSchool instructional material priced at $20 per item or less ---FAQ1. When is this tax-free weekend and how long does it last?A. The holiday is one-time event that begins Friday, August 5, 2016 at 12:01 a.m. and ends on Sunday, Aug
  
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• Former TV psychic Miss Cleo dead at 53

  26-07-2016 19:39
  
  The woman that asked viewers to ‘call me now’ in her famous infomercials has passed away from cancer at the age of 53.TMZ reports Miss Cleo, whose real name was Youree Harris, died on Tuesday in Florida.The site reports that she was diagnosed with colon cancer, but it spread to her liver and lungs.As for that iconic Jamaican accent? It was all an act, according to TMZ.Harris was born in Los Angeles.
  
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• Theatre Review: Short North Stage’s Dust Bowl Fantasticks Puts a Dusky Tint on a Classic

  26-07-2016 19:00
  
  Short North Stage is closing their 2015-2016 season with a fantastic production of the longest-running musical in American history, The Fantasticks, directed by Jonathan Flom, that opened last week. The in-the-round presentation is the wildest reinvention yet of the Garden Theater’s smaller Green Room space. The audience surrounds Jonathan Sabo’s just-specific-enough set: a wooden platform in the […]
  
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• Ohio Dems Promote Voting Rights Act Restoration Before General Election

  26-07-2016 18:45
  
  As election season moves closer and closer to the pivotal day in November, individuals at the local, state and national level are revamping the fight to completely restore the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In Ohio the pressure is on Sen. Rob Portman to vote “Yes” on one of two bills: the Voting Rights Advancement […]
  
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• Cleveland Cavaliers honored in butter at Ohio State Fair

  26-07-2016 18:21
  
  This year’s Ohio State Fair butter sculpture is all about calves …and the Cavs. The display features the usual butter cow and calf. But the sculpture also pays homage to the Cleveland Cavaliers and their NBA championship.
  
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• All in…butter: Ohio State Fair honors Cavs championship

  26-07-2016 17:59
  Butter cow, butter calf, butter Cavs …the Ohio State Fair seems to have it all this year. And this summer’s display pays tribute to the NBA Champion Cleveland Cavaliers.This year’s display was completed in about 500 hours, of which 400 hours were spent sculpting, and is made from approximately 2,150 pounds of butter, donated in part by Dairy Farmers of America.It featured the Cavs logo and NBA Championship trophy, along with mascots Moondog and Sir C.C.The mural in the display
  
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• Nighttime "Pokemon Go" session traps man in mud pit

  26-07-2016 17:41
  
  COEYMANS, N.Y. - Authorities say a 62-year-old man playing "Pokemon Go" at night in the woods behind his New York home became stuck in waist-deep mud and had to be rescued.Police say the man was playing the game on his cellphone at around 2 a.m. Sunday when he wandered into thick woods behind his home in Coeymans, just south of Albany.Officials say he became trapped in a mud pit up to his waist and couldn't get out.He used his phone to call 911 emergency dispatchers, who guided an officer to his
  
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• Court suspends Westerville lawyer for mishandling case

  26-07-2016 17:08
  
  A Westerville attorney’s law license was suspended today for missing deadlines for filing a case and misleading his client in an attempt to hide his misconduct.
  
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• Road closures, traffic info for tonight's Real Madrid/Paris St. Germain game at Ohio Stadium

  26-07-2016 17:05
  
  The city of Columbus will assist The Ohio State University in managing traffic flow connected to the international exhibition soccer match between Spain’s Real Madrid and the French soccer club Paris Saint-Germain that will take place at Ohio Stadium on Wednesday, July 27, 7:30 p.m.City of Columbus crews will begin implementing these traffic patterns early Wednesday afternoon. Normal traffic patterns are expected to resume around midnight following the match.Plans for traffic management an
  
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• Road closures, traffic info for the Real Madrid/Paris St. Germain game at Ohio Stadium

  26-07-2016 17:05
  
  The city of Columbus will assist The Ohio State University in managing traffic flow connected to the international exhibition soccer match between Spain’s Real Madrid and the French soccer club Paris Saint-Germain that will take place at Ohio Stadium on Wednesday, July 27, 7:30 p.m.City of Columbus crews will begin implementing these traffic patterns early Wednesday afternoon. Normal traffic patterns are expected to resume around midnight following the match.Plans for traffic management an
  
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• Early voting starts today for Upper Arlington recall election

  26-07-2016 16:20
  
  Absentee and early voting started today for the Aug. 23 special election that could recall four of Upper Arlington's seven council members. The 27,000 eligible voters in this election can vote on Election Day at the local polling stations but early voting can be done at the Franklin County Board of Elections, 1700 Morse Road.
  
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• Ohio Democrat drops out of U.S. House race in Boehner’s old district

  26-07-2016 15:53
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The Democratic nominee in former Speaker John Boehner’s western Ohio district has withdrawn from the November election, leaving a clear field for now for recently elected Republican U.S. Rep Warren Davidson to win a full term.
  
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• Coroner refuses to release final autopsies in Pike County killings

  26-07-2016 15:50
  
  Pike County Coroner Dr. David Kessler now has the final autopsy reports — which would include toxicology reports that would show potential drug use, and a host of other detailed information — in the homicides of the eight Rhoden family members who were shot to death in April. But authorities, in conflict with Ohio's public record laws, refuse to release them.
  
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• See the Ohio State Fair butter sculptures over the years before today's unveiling

  26-07-2016 15:46
  
  The big reveal of the Ohio State Fair butter sculpture is at noon today.
  
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• Police arrest man charged with killing estranged wife last week

  26-07-2016 15:30
  
  Columbus police have arrested the man charged with killing his estranged wife last week. Lenzell Quamir Weston was arrested today, police said, without incident at about 8 a.m. on Subury Road just south of Innis Road. Weston is charged with fatally shooting Monique Weston on Wednesday. She had dealt with years of abuse from her estranged husband. In the past three years, he had been charged with domestic violence six times.
  
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• Columbus City Council Meeting July 25th, 2016

  26-07-2016 15:27 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Murder suspect caught after four-day manhunt

  26-07-2016 15:26
  
  A man wanted in connection to the murder of his estranged wife has been captured.Columbus police said Tuesday 36-year-old Lenzell Weston was arrested without incident early this morning on Sunbury Road.A manhunt ensued last week after Weston’s estranged wife Monique was found shot to death Friday at her North Cliff Drive home in north Columbus.Police said Weston entered the home and fired multiple shots at the victim.She was taken to Riverside Hospital, where she later died.Four children w
  
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• Ohio driver calls police in rant, then crashes into cruisers, chief says

  26-07-2016 14:42
  
  CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police chief said a man who crashed into multiple police cruisers over the weekend, injuring an officer, called in a rant about police before he started driving erratically.
  
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• General Mills expands flour recall after 4 more illnesses

  26-07-2016 14:14
  
  General Mills is expanding a flour recall issued over a possible link to an E. coli outbreak after four new illnesses were reported.The recall announced Monday covers several varieties of Gold Medal and Signature Kitchens flour produced on certain dates through February 10.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said flour produced at a General Mills plant in Kansas City, Missouri, is a likely source of the outbreak, which so far has sickened 46 people in 21 states.The CDC says 13 hav
  
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• Ohio State Fair concert series lineup

  26-07-2016 13:29
  
  The Ohio State Fair has announced this year's lineup for the concert series.“We love to put on a Fair with great concerts for all tastes. We strive to offer a line-up with a variety of genres that appeal to many Ohioans,” General Manger Virgil Strickler said. “As an added bonus, each ticket purchased in advance includes free admission to the Fair. This gives music lovers the opportunity to arrive early and experience the Fair and end their day at a great concert.”Here's t
  
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• Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge to serve as new DNC chair

  26-07-2016 13:00
  
  After a scandal following the release of thousands of emails, Debbie Wasserman resigned as the chair of the Democratic National Convention and is being replaced by Ohio Representative Marcia Fudge. Fudge endorsed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in February. She’s served the 11th Congressional District since 2008. “I thank Hillary Clinton & team for recommending me […]
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Bernie Sanders tries to unite Democrats as day marked by boos, jeers

  26-07-2016 12:56
  
  The latest news from the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
  
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• Ohio inn featured on Gordon Ramsay show ‘Hotel Hell’

  26-07-2016 12:25
  
  For the owners of an Ohio hotel, the path to heaven led straight through “Hell.” The mother-son team of Marta and Jimmy Landoll — owners of Landoll’s Mohican Castle in Loudonville, about 80 miles northeast of Columbus — will be featured tonight on the season finale of the Fox reality show “Hotel Hell.” The series focuses on inns in need of TLC — as a result of run-down rooms, terrible management or nasty restaurant offerings — and relies on t
  
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• 7 things to know about the DNC email leaks

  26-07-2016 12:12
  
  First came the hack, then the leak. Now, the Clinton and Trump campaigns are fighting over Russia's role in the release of thousands of internal Democratic National Committee emails.At least one thing is clear: The email uproar is an unwelcome distraction at the launch of the Democratic National Convention, inflaming the rift between supporters of Hillary Clinton and primary rival Bernie Sanders just when the party was hoping to close it.As the Philadelphia convention got underway Monday, develo
  
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• Grove City eyes walkable, mixed-use development on Beulah Park site

  26-07-2016 12:08
  
  Although horse racing made Beulah Park famous, human legs are driving how a $300 million housing and office development on the site of the former Grove City track will be shaped.
  
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• Baby in critical condition after found in Hilltop swimming pool

  26-07-2016 12:00
  
  A 1-year-old baby is in critical condition this evening after being found in a pool on the Hilltop today, Columbus Fire officials said.
  
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• Ohio’s U.S. Senate campaign devolving into guilt by association

  26-07-2016 11:32
  
  Officially, the hotly contested race for the U.S. Senate in Ohio is between Rob Portman and Ted Strickland. But the way the campaign is playing out, it's more a Guilt By Association competition. Today, Strickland backers are putting up a huge ad on the sides of two buildings at State and High streets Downtown. It has one aim: tying Portman to GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.
  
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• Justice Insider: Lights, camera, action in the courtroom

  26-07-2016 11:28
  
  The officials weren’t exactly powdering their noses in Ross County Common Pleas Court a couple of weeks ago, but if they would have, no one probably would have blamed them.
  
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• Demand for Downtown living is rising, and so are rents

  26-07-2016 11:28
  
  Downtown Columbus is closing in on 8,000 residents, and is on track to hit 10,000 by 2018. So apartment buildings continue to rise to meet the demand in the heart of the city. Yet even with all this new construction, and rents north of $1,500 a month, the Downtown apartment occupancy rate is 97 percent, according to a mid-year “State of Downtown Columbus” report released today by the Capital Crossroads and Discovery special-improvement districts.
  
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• Theodore Decker: Man in wheelchair injured in hit-skip is wounded by online comments since

  26-07-2016 11:09
  
  He had no time to react. Before Chandler Dailey could process that a car was headed right for him, he was struck head-on and thrown from his motorized wheelchair. The driver kept going, leaving the 26-year-old with broken bones and a broken chair.
  
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• L Brands’ La Senza to open at Easton, Polaris

  26-07-2016 10:49
  
  L Brands will open two locations of its Canadian lingerie brand, La Senza, in Columbus in the fall. The stores will open in September in Easton Town Center and Polaris Fashion Place, L Brands officials said.
  
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• Discount Tire tops 920 store mark

  26-07-2016 09:03
  Discount Tire/America's Tire opened four retail stores in the past few months, pushing the Scottsdale-based retailer past the 920-store mark nationwide. The new stores are in Rhonert Park, Calif.; Dubuque, Iowa; Columbus, Ohio; and Florence, S.C. All are states where Discount Tire already was doing business.
  
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• After turmoil, Sanders, Mrs. Obama, Warren thrill convention

  26-07-2016 06:18
  
  Seeking to bridge deep Democratic divides, Bernie Sanders robustly embraced his former rival Hillary Clinton Monday night as a champion for the same economic causes that enlivened his supporters, signaling it was time for them, too, to rally behind her in the campaign against Republican Donald Trump."Any objective observer will conclude that - based on her ideas and her leadership - Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States," he declared in a headlining address on the o
  
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• WATCH: Michelle Obama addresses the DNC

  26-07-2016 06:08
  
  Without mentioning Donald Trump by name, first lady Michelle Obama stood before the Democratic convention on Monday and drew a sharp sketch of the Republican nominee that stood in harsh contrast to her gauzy portrait of Hillary Clinton as a woman who has looked out for children and the disadvantaged all her life.Delivering a mother's impassioned call to action, Mrs. Obama offered Clinton to the nation as a woman with a heart and as a future president who never "buckles under pressure" or takes t
  
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• "Seinfeld" stunt? Man hauled 10K cans in refund scheme, cops say

  26-07-2016 06:00
  
  In a caper straight out of "Seinfeld," authorities say a man was pulled over with 10,000 cans in his truck, allegedly attempting to cash in on Michigan's 10 cent bottle return.Now, he'll face trial, according to police.The Livingston Daily Press & Argus of Howell reports a judge ruled Wednesday there's enough evidence against Brian Edward Everidge of Columbiaville, Michigan, for the case to move forward.State police Motor Carrier Officer Clifford Lyden testified he stopped Everidge for speed
  
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• California man, 22, given 15 years prison for trying to join ISIS

  26-07-2016 05:56
  
  A California man who aspired to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Syria and lied to get a replacement American passport to head overseas was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison and supervised release for life.The case against Adam Dandach, 22, is one in a series involving young men and women in states ranging from California to Georgia who have been charged with trying to assist ISIS and other terrorist groups.Dandach, an Orange County native, pleaded guilty last year to atte
  
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• Survivors recall terrifying moments that unfolded during Alrosa Villa shooting

  26-07-2016 05:42
  When a man entered a North Columbus nightclub in 2004 and began shooting, it took a Columbus police officer to stop the killer on a rampage.The gunman, Nathan Gale, opened fire during a heavy metal concert at Alrosa Villa nearly 12 years ago.What followed would haunt those who survived and those who lost loved ones.December 8, 2004: Nearly two minutes after Damageplan began to play; the first of multiple 911 calls came in.“I'm at the Alrosa bar - there's been gunfire. People are running ou
  
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• Clinton to visit East High School in Youngstown Saturday

  26-07-2016 05:01
  We now know where and when Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Tim Kaine will be visiting when they come to the Valley this weekend. The Clinton campaign confirms the presidential candidate will be at East High School on Bennington Avenue in Youngstown, Saturday night.
  
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• Police: 4 charged after stun gun used to discipline kids

  26-07-2016 04:37
  
  Florida deputies arrested four adults on child abuse charges for allegedly using a stun gun to discipline children, reports CBS affiliate WKMG.The two couples -- Eduardo Vazquez, 22, William Torres-Morales, 22, Elizabeth Tarvin, 33, and Veronica Sanchez, 32 -- were arrested on charges that included aggravated child abuse, negligent child abuse and failure to report child abuse. They live together in the same home with nine children between the ages of 7 to 13, according to police.The state's Dep
  
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• Baby critical after found in Hilltop swimming pool

  26-07-2016 03:41
  
  A 1-year-old baby is in critical condition this evening after being found in a pool on the Hilltop today, Columbus Fire officials said.
  
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