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• COTA plans to offer Wi-Fi on buses

  27-07-2016 23:23
  
  Columbus bus riders soon won’t have to worry about blowing through their smartphone data limits as they wait for their stop. The Central Ohio Transit Authority plans to offer wireless internet on all buses before the end of 2017.
  
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• The Chintz Room Closing its Doors

  27-07-2016 22:55
  
  After nearly two years in business, The reincarnated Chintz Room will be closing its doors at the end of the month. The restaurant was launched inside the former Lazarus building by Elizabeth Lessner and Michael Hermick to pay homage to the original restaurant by the same name that was located inside the iconic department store. […]
  
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• Man sentenced to 10 years in Ross County torture case

  27-07-2016 22:52
  
  Ernest "Dollar Bill" Moore III was scheduled to face a jury trial Wednesday, but hoping to avoid a harsher sentence, Moore pleaded to charges that he kidnapped and tortured a Ross County man last summer. Ross County Common Pleas Judge Michael Ater sentenced Moore to 10 years in prison on charges of kidnapping and felonious assault, giving him credit for the last 11 months he has spent behind bars. Prosecutors said Moore, a convicted drug dealer, kidnapped and tortured one of his drug runners, Ar
  
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• Man describes being shot while playing Pokemon Go in North Linden park

  27-07-2016 22:51
  
  All Gregory Wheeler wanted was to catch a few Pokemon. Instead, the North Linden resident caught three bullets in his legs and a foot, prompting Columbus police on Wednesday to warn residents to be careful while they play the popular Pokemon Go game across the city. Wheeler, a 26-year-old graduate student at Ohio State University studying evolutionary biology, and friend Samantha Haub, 26, were playing Pokemon Go at about 9:40 p.m. Tuesday in Linden Park when a teenager on a bike stopped them an
  
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• Chintz Room will close Sunday after a year and a half Downtown

  27-07-2016 22:46
  
  The Chintz Room is again closing. The second iteration of the once-beloved Lazarus store restaurant will close Sunday. The restaurant, opened by Elizabeth Lessner before she left Columbus for Oklahoma, released a note on its Facebook page announcing its demise.
  
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• Cavs fans can savor NBA title in butter

  27-07-2016 21:45
  The Cavs are being honored with butter sculptures at this year's Ohio State Fair, which opens Wednesday in Columbus. The butter sculpture display includes the Cavaliers' mascots - Moondog and Sir C.C. - along with the Larry O'Brien Trophy.
  
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• ECOT tells state why it won't turn over student log-in data

  27-07-2016 21:44
  
  The Department of Education set a Tuesday deadline for the state’s largest online school to turn over attendance data, and as officials expected the school declined.
  
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• Chlorine shock for water with amoeba that killed Westerville South grad rafter

  27-07-2016 21:42
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The water at a North Carolina whitewater recreation center will be treated with 10 times the amount of chlorine typically needed to kill a brain-eating amoeba to get rid of the microorganism that caused the death of a rafter from Ohio last month, scientists said.
  
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• Kasich says Ohio is so cool that people are trying to choose between visiting Maui and Cleveland

  27-07-2016 21:36
  
  When Ohio Gov. John Kasich gave his opening remarks at the Ohio State Fair on this morning — his fifth as Governor — he used the recent Republican National Convention to support his message that Ohio is cool again.
  
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• Marion parents charged after toddler overdoses twice in 5 days

  27-07-2016 21:21
  
  Two parents in Marion have been charged after their 18-month-old toddler overdosed on Percocets twice in less than a week's time.Marion Police said they were called to Marion General Hospital to investigate a toddler's overdose on July 24. Police said the same child had previously overdosed on the same drug July 19.Arrest warrants were issued for 33-year-old Alan Kearns and 32-year-old Kassandra Kearns Tuesday. Both parents were taken to the Multi-County Correctional Center.They have both been c
  
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• Man sets off on 427 mile bike tour to celebrate the loss of 200 pounds

  27-07-2016 21:17
  
  “It seems like a different life,” Westerville resident Bill Streetman as he looked at a photo of himself several years ago.He has now lost more than 200 pounds. Streetman is preparing for a 427-mile bike ride tour to celebrate his new health.“I was 54-years-old. I didn’t think there was any chance I could lose that much weight,” Streetman said. “Now I want others out there to know it is possible. They can do it, too.”Streetman weighed 404 pounds and suff
  
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• Kasich says Ohio so cool that people are trying to choose between visiting Maui and Cleveland

  27-07-2016 20:58
  
  When Ohio Gov. John Kasich gave his opening remarks at the Ohio State Fair on this morning — his fifth as Governor — he used the recent Republican National Convention to support his message that Ohio is cool again.
  
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• Homes evacuated after crews hit gas line in west Columbus (UPDATE)

  27-07-2016 20:57
  
  UPDATE: 3:45 p.m.The evacuation in west Columbus due to a gas leak has been lifted. Crews have been able to shut off the leak. Original Nine homes have been evacuated in west Columbus after construction crews struck a gas line.The line was hit on S. Hague Avenue between Sullivant Avenue and Wicklow Road.Crews were working on a fire hydrant when the gas line was hit.The Hilltop library and a UDF were also evacuated.Crews on the scene will first have to repair the water leak before fixing the gas
  
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• Charges dropped against man accused of hiding murder victim

  27-07-2016 20:40
  
  NEWARK—The court case against a man arrested last week in connection with Licking County’s first homicide this year has been dismissed, pending further investigation. Licking County Common Pleas Judge Thomas Marcelain dismissed the case of Kyle Johnston, 34, of Circleville, on Tuesday. Johnston had been charged last week with tampering with evidence, accused of moving the dead body of Larry Hannah and covering it in a field.
  
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• Concert Preview: All Them Witches at A&R Music Bar

  27-07-2016 20:28
  
  New West recording artists All Them Witches will make a stop at A&R Music Bar tonight – the last date they’ve booked stateside before they embark on a European tour for much of August. Their latest album, Dying Surfer Meets His Maker, is a carefully crafted set with its roots planted firmly in psychedelic rock and […]
  
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• Testimony begins in case of firefighter accused of raping girl

  27-07-2016 20:26
  
  DELAWARE — The father and brother of an 18-year-old who accused a Columbus firefighter of raping her when she was 5 testified today that her behavior changed after the alleged attacks. "She wouldn't take care of her hair or anything. She didn't have many girlfriends. She would mostly hang out with guys," said the girl's 21-year-old brother. Timothy Durbin, 52, of Hickory Ridge Lane in Worthington Hills on the Northwest Side is charged with two counts of rape, four counts of gross sexual im
  
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• COTA plans to offer WiFi on buses

  27-07-2016 20:19
  
  Columbus bus riders soon won’t have to worry about blowing through their smartphone data limits as they wait for their stop. The Central Ohio Transit Authority plans to offer wireless internet on all buses before the end of 2017.
  
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• Trump says Russia should find Clinton's missing emails

  27-07-2016 20:17
  
  The Republican presidential ticket projected mixed signals Wednesday to claims that Russia is meddling in the U.S. electoral process.Donald Trump called on Russia to find Hillary Clinton's missing emails, while his vice presidential pick, Mike Pence, condemned any such involvement, underscoring a policy schism between the newly-united running mates.The Republican presidential nominee told reporters at a Miami press conference that the 30,000 missing emails from Clinton's private email server wou
  
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• ALS-related gene found with help from ice bucket challenge

  27-07-2016 19:38
  
  The ALS Association is crediting money raised through the Ice Bucket Challenge for the discovery of a gene's connection to the progressive disease.Those who accepted the challenge allowed buckets of ice water to be dumped on their heads to raise awareness and money for ALS.The challenge became a viral sensation in 2014 and raised $115 million for the association. Figures from the ALS Association show $1 million of that helped fund a global effort to help find genetic drivers of the condition cal
  
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• 1-year-old drowns in Madison Township backyard pool

  27-07-2016 19:36
  
  A 1-year-old boy drowned in a backyard pool in Madison Township on Monday while his parents were on the front porch, according to Madison Township police. Gage McCann was playing in the backyard in the 5400 block of DeForest Drive in southeast Franklin County with his brothers, ages 2 and 8, when he climbed the ladder of an above-ground pool and fell in. One adult was in the house at the time and three others, including the boy's parents, were on the front porch. The McCanns were visiting and we
  
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• Sherrod Brown talks about 'arduous' VP vetting process

  27-07-2016 19:23
  
  PHILADELPHIA — When it was all over — the painstaking background checks, the grilling by lawyers, the 90-minute interview with Hillary Clinton in her northwest Washington home — Sen. Sherrod Brown was surprised by his budding interest in becoming the vice president.
  
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• Women celebrate Hillary Clinton's historic nomination

  27-07-2016 18:29
  
  PHILADELPHIA — Shortly after midnight following Tuesday’s nomination of Hillary Clinton for president, Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley’s 64-year-old mother sent her a text: “Amazing, a woman presidential candidate!”
  
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• Chlorine shock for water with amoeba that killed Westerville teen

  27-07-2016 18:02
  
  Officials plan to treat water at a North Carolina whitewater recreation center with 10 times the chlorine typically needed to kill a brain-eating amoeba that caused the death of a rafter from Ohio last month.Mecklenburg County health officials said Wednesday that they have told the U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte that it can begin treating the water whenever it is ready.The center has drained the water from its rapids into a downstream pond to be treated. The center is also digging
  
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• DeWine warns Ohio police about field testing potent drugs

  27-07-2016 17:54
  
  Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine wants all Ohio law enforcement agencies to reconsider testing street drugs on the scene because the potency of current popular drugs — including heroin, fentanyl and even elephant tranquilizers — could harm officers who just inhale or handle them.
  
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• Pokemon Go Player Robbed and Shot in Columbus

  27-07-2016 17:17
  According to Columbus police, a man was assaulted, shot and robbed of his phone late Tuesday night in a North Linden park, while he was playing Pokemon Go. Investigators revealed as the victim was playing the popular mobile game near a park, a juvenile approached on a bike asking to use their phone to call his mother.
  
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• Man accused of fatally shooting niece indicted in Ohio

  27-07-2016 17:17
  An Ohio man accused of fatally shooting his young niece and wounding his nephew when he tried to "quiet them" has been indicted on charges including aggravated murder. Franklin County's prosecutor said Wednesday that a grand jury in Columbus also indicted 59-year-old Milous Keith on charges of murder, attempted murder, felonious assault and having weapons under disability.
  
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• Huntington to sell some northeast Ohio branches to Pennsylvania-based bank

  27-07-2016 17:02
  
  The 13 branch offices in northeast Ohio that Huntington Bancshares must sell as part of its acquisition of Akron-based FirstMerit will be bought by a Pennsylvania bank.
  
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• Decomposing body found in Marysville park (UPDATE)

  27-07-2016 16:33
  
  Police are working to identify remains discovered by a bicyclist on Tuesday at a Marysville park.The male corpse was found just before 7:00 p.m. near a body of water on the Jim Simmons Trail at Mill Creek Park.Police say the body appeared to be in a state of decomposition.They also told 10TV the deceased appeared to be a male in his 30s and had a large number of tattoos on his body.An autopsy on Wednesday revealed no signs of trauma or injury.Police are not searching for anyone connected to the
  
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• Decomposing body found in Marysville park identified (UPDATE)

  27-07-2016 16:33
  
  Police are working to identify remains discovered by a bicyclist on Tuesday at a Marysville park.The male corpse was found just before 7 p.m. near a body of water on the Jim Simmons Trail at Mill Creek Park. Police say the body appeared to be in a state of decomposition.Marysville Police were able to identify the body as 39-year-old William E. Wampler.An autopsy on Wednesday revealed no signs of trauma or injury.Police are not searching for anyone connected to the death and the case is no longer
  
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• Reagan shooter John Hinckley Jr. granted release

  27-07-2016 16:01
  
  The man who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan will be allowed to leave a Washington mental hospital and live full-time in Virginia, a judge has ruled.John Hinckley Jr. is ready to live in the community, Judge Paul L. Friedman ruled Wednesday, granting him full time convalescent leave that shall begin no sooner than Aug. 5. Friedman's ruling comes more than 35 years after the March 30, 1981, shooting outside a Washington hotel in which Reagan and three others were injured.Doctors h
  
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• Prosecutors drop remaining charges against officers in Freddie Gray death

  27-07-2016 15:57
  
  Prosecutors dropped the remaining charges Wednesday against three Baltimore police officers awaiting trial in the death of Freddie Gray, bringing an end to the case without a conviction.Gray was a man whose neck was broken while he was handcuffed and shackled but left unrestrained in the back of a police van in April 2015. His death added fuel to the growing Black Lives Matter movement and caused turmoil in Baltimore, including large protests and the worst riots the city had seen in decades.The
  
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• Prosecutor: Uncle killed niece, wounded nephew to 'quiet them down'

  27-07-2016 15:10
  
  A Columbus man is facing several charges after he shot his niece and nephew in an attempt to quiet them down, according to the Franklin County prosecutor.A grand jury indicted 59-year-old Milous Keith on five counts, including murder, aggravated murder and attempted murder in the death of Cheyenne Stewart, 12, and wounding of 10-year-old ThaiJuan Green.Police say on July 17, Stewart and Green were watching TV at their grandmother's house on Kenview Road South when their uncle came in and shot th
  
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• BBQ Jackfruit and Dragonfruit Lemonade from Alchemy Juice Bar + Cafe

  27-07-2016 15:05
  
  When the Alchemy Juice Bar + Cafe opened on Parsons Avenue in late 2014, it was looking to set some trends. Not only was it one of the first new businesses to spring up around the expanded Nationwide Children’s Hospital campus, it was also a local leader in healthy and nutritious food, designed by a dietician. […]
  
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• Man robbed, shot while playing Pokemon Go

  27-07-2016 15:02
  
  A teen robbed a couple playing Pokemon Go in North Linden on Tuesday, then shot the man as he tried to get his cell phone back.
  
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• Out-of-state students help bottom line at Ohio’s public universities

  27-07-2016 14:08
  
  As state support for colleges and universities has shrunk in recent decades, schools have relied more on tuition revenue. But state schools have a special mandate to be affordable, and in some recent years lawmakers have frozen tuition for in-state students. What’s a budget-strained university to do? Many, including Ohio State and Ohio universities, have responded to the financial strain by recruiting more undergraduates from other states and countries.
  
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• Phase Two of Yankee Trader Renovations to Start Soon

  27-07-2016 14:00
  
  Renovation work will be starting soon on two historic buildings at the northwest corner of Vine and North High streets, marking the second phase of work on what is now being referred to as the Yankee Block — the three buildings once occupied by the Yankee Trader carnival supply business and novelty store. Two retail […]
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Hillary Clinton celebrates putting 'the biggest crack in that glass ceiling'

  27-07-2016 13:30
  
  Get the latest news from the Democratic National Convention in Cleveland.
  
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• Over $500 Million in New Construction Under Way in Downtown Columbus

  27-07-2016 13:00
  
  The Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District recently released their mid-year report, detailing the ongoing evolution of Downtown Columbus during the first half of 2016. The organization calculated a total of $501 million worth of development that is currently under construction, and another $1.2 billion still in the development pipeline, waiting to begin. Over half of […]
  
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• Grove City scholarship program challenged over Christian university’s inclusion

  27-07-2016 12:10
  
  An attempt by Grove City leaders to keep the best and brightest at home could mean a showdown over the separation of church and state. The Grove City Council received a letter a week ago from the Freedom From Religion Foundation contending that the city is violating the U.S. and Ohio constitutions by providing public money for scholarships for use at a Christian college.
  
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• Ohio Democrats look to reverse GOP trend in statewide offices

  27-07-2016 11:58
  
  PHILADELPHIA – So, Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley, are you interested in running for governor in 2018? His words — “No, I’m not” — were still hanging in the air when former Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman butted in. “While he’s not going to say it, a lot of people put him on the list, including me,” Coleman said.
  
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• Pokemon GO player robbed, shot in Linden Park

  27-07-2016 11:54
  
  A man was robbed of his cell phone and shot several times while playing the wildly popular augmented reality game in the Linden area late Tuesday night.According to Columbus police, 26-year-old Gregory Wheeler was playing the app-based game around 9:40 p.m. with a friend in the area of Linden Park.During that time, a 14-year-old boy rode up to Wheeler and asked to use his cell phone to call his mother.Wheeler handed over the phone and the teen fled the area.When Wheeler attempted to get the phon
  
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• Education Insider: Ohio University’s WOUB newsroom named after ousted Fox News chairman Roger Ailes

  27-07-2016 11:52
  
  Probably not many people outside Ohio University’s well-regarded Scripps College of Communication know that the newsroom at WOUB, the university-owned broadcasting station that is both a PBS affiliate and learning laboratory for students, is named for ousted Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes. Even some Scripps students who aren't in the broadcast track were unaware.
  
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• I-270 west ramps to Rt. 315 to close this weekend

  27-07-2016 11:47
  
  If you plan to get off westbound I-270 to Route 315 on the North Side this weekend, make alternative plans.
  
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• Blacklick woman’s products for natural, textured hair wins converts

  27-07-2016 11:05
  
  Tasha Branham couldn’t find hair products she liked that were designed for African-American women like herself with natural, textured hair. So she decided to make her own. That led the Blacklick resident to create a business, Naturally Smitten, to sell her creations.
  
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• Study shows how Medicaid expansion affects health insurance coverage of liver transplant recipients

  27-07-2016 08:42
  Researchers have found that Medicaid expansion increased Medicaid enrollment among people who received liver transplants funded by commercial insurance. The findings are published in Liver Transplantation .
  
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• Last charges dropped in case over Planned Parenthood videos

  27-07-2016 05:17
  
  Texas prosecutors on Tuesday dropped the last remaining charges against two California anti-abortion activists who made undercover videos of themselves trying to buy fetal tissue from Planned Parenthood, agreeing with the defense's argument that the grand jury exceeded its authority by investigating the activists after clearing Planned Parenthood of wrongdoing.District Judge Brock Thomas dismissed the tampering with government records charges against David Daleiden, 27, and Sandra Merritt, 63, a
  
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• Remains of Ohio Korean War veteran back home after 66 years

  27-07-2016 05:09
  
  A Korean War veteran declared Missing in Action has been reunited with his family after being gone for more than six decades.The remains of Army Corporal Charles White Jr. landed in Columbus at the John Glenn International Airport Tuesday afternoon.The casket came off of the airplane draped in an American flag, as a military escort carried Corporal White’s remains to the hearse that would take him home."I just can't explain the feeling. Of course, I’d rather [have] him be walking in
  
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• Home invasion on Ohio State campus prompts Buckeye Alert

  27-07-2016 05:05
  
  Columbus Police are investigating an armed robbery home invasion along W. Norwich Avenue on The Ohio State University Campus.University officials issued a Buckeye Alert just before 11 p.m. Tuesday evening.Officials described the suspect as a male with a gun wearing a gray hoodie and shorts and with shoes.Police instruct everyone in the area to be alert.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Forum breaks down both sides of upcoming Issue One vote

  27-07-2016 04:59
  
  In just one week, Columbus voters will decide whether to overhaul city council and the way its members are elected.Depending on who you ask, Columbus' city council needs to either be larger and more diverse or it's fine just the way it is.Soon voters will decide whether or not to scrap the current 'at large' system in favor of a ward system with council members elected by the neighborhoods they represent.Ginnie Vogts was one of the dozens who attended a question and answer session about Issue On
  
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• Sanders loyalists bash Clinton nomination, clash with police

  27-07-2016 04:49
  
  Bernie Sanders loyalists protested inside and outside the Democratic National Convention site and clashed with police on Tuesday after Hillary Clinton won the party's presidential nomination.Despite Sanders' calls for them to support Clinton, thousands of activists have taken to the streets during the convention this week to voice support for the liberal Vermont U.S. senator and his progressive agenda.Moments after Clinton became the first woman to be nominated for president by a major U.S. poli
  
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