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• Marco Rubio: No abortions for Zika-infected women

  07-08-2016 23:58
  
  Florida Sen. Marco Rubio does not believe a pregnant woman with the Zika virus should be able to get an abortion despite concerns about microcephaly and birth defects resulting from the virus, he said Saturday."I understand a lot of people disagree with my view - but I believe that all human life is worthy of protection of our laws," the senator and former 2016 hopeful said in an interview with Politico. "And when you present it in the context of Zika or any prenatal condition, it's a difficult
  
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• One person dead after motorcycle crash in Dublin

  07-08-2016 23:24
  
  One person is dead after a motorcycle crash in Dublin, Ohio on Sunday, police say.It happened around 2:30 p.m. on Riverside Drive just south of State Route 161.Dublin Police said it appears the motorcycle was the only vehicle involved in the crash.The road was closed for several hours but has since reopened.The victim has not been identified and the crash is under investigation.
  
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• 1 arrested for drug-laced candy that made 24 ill

  07-08-2016 22:35
  Deputies say speed and alcohol are factors in a deadly crash in in Shelby County. The accident happened in the Daniel Sweet blasted a grand slam home run and Nick Senzel added a solo shot to lead the Dayton Dragons to a 7-2 victory over the Lake Count Ivan Nova pitched seven innings to win his first start with Pittsburgh, Homer Bailey struggled in his second start since having Tommy John s COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Michigan man has been arrested on a felony drug-trafficking charge after two dozen conce
  
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• Pennsylvania bride given away by man who received her dad's heart

  07-08-2016 20:24
  
  "It has been the best day of my life," a Pennsylvania bride said of her wedding day.Jeni Stepien is now officially a married woman, and she told CBS Pittsburgh the day wouldn't have been possible without Arthur Thomas."You can never imagine what that would be like unless you actually do it because so many emotions involved in what you're doing," Thomas said.Arthur, fondly known as 'Tom,' traveled from New Jersey to walk Jeni down the aisle at St. Anselm church in Swissvale, since her father coul
  
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• Murder-suicide blamed for death of Pa. family of five

  07-08-2016 19:41
  
  A Pennsylvania couple who were featured in news stories about their difficulties getting medication for their youngest daughter who had a heart transplant were found shot to death in their home along with their three children.Prosecutor John Adams says an apparent "murder/suicide" note was found in the family's Sinking Spring home Saturday. Police found a handgun near one of the adults. They didn't say who they believe was the shooter.Officials say the parents had had "domestic issues." Police h
  
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• Kasich: I don’t know how I’ll vote in November

  07-08-2016 17:34
  
  Ohio Gov. John Kasich says he has no idea how he’ll vote come November because he doesn’t support either GOP nominee Donald Trump or Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
  
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• McDonald’s extends recruitment of new staff to 15-year-olds

  07-08-2016 16:50
  
  NEWARK, Ohio — Andrew Mace is a typical, busy 15-year-old. He plays football and runs track at Northridge High School and raises goats and rabbits for 4-H.
  
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• Overdoses at Mansfield-area rap concert send 24 to hospital

  07-08-2016 14:59
  
  At least 20 festival goers have been admitted to a Mansfield hospital on Saturday for overdoses after ingesting a drug disguised as candy, according to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department. The weekend event, known as "EST Fest 2016: Last Weekend on Earth," is being held at the Ohio Dreams venue in Butler, Ohio, located about 70 miles northwest of Columbus.
  
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• Kings Island trying to scare up some Halloween-season workers

  07-08-2016 14:53
  
  MASON — Like scaring people? Kings Island will pay you to do that.
  
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• Ohio teen found in Grand Teton park, had changed looks

  07-08-2016 14:44
  
  MOOSE, Wyo. — Searchers located an Ohio teen who had gone missing in Grand Teton National Park on Saturday and tracked her down after she fled when authorities tried to rescue her.
  
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• John Switzer | From the Stump: August brings signs that season about to change

  07-08-2016 14:32
  
  With August comes the feeling of ripeness and the first hints that changes are coming. A couple of those hints are obvious. They include the beginning of the new school year and the season’s first football games. There are other hints in the natural world that are more subtle and easily can be overlooked.
  
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• Bright New Leaders grads set to take leadership skills into Ohio schools

  07-08-2016 14:28
  
  A year ago, Jeff Greenley was working as a lawyer in the state attorney general's office. This month, he is moving with his wife and two children, and a third on the way, from Columbus to the heart of Ohio's Appalachian region for a new job as administrator in one of the state's most challenged school districts.
  
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• Union County man sentenced to 20 years in 2015 slaying of junk collector

  07-08-2016 14:22
  
  A Union County man accused of robbing and fatally shooting a man last year pleaded guilty to lesser charges on Friday and was sentenced to prison. Joseph Magana, 30, of 33611 Route 31 in Mount Victory, pleaded guilty to a single murder charge and was sentenced Friday in Delaware County Common Pleas Court to 20 years in prison.
  
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• Living-room pitches aim to sell Upper Arlington on school repairs

  07-08-2016 14:16
  
  Paul Imhoff and Chris Potts have the sales job of a lifetime to do, and they’re taking their pitch to living rooms all over Upper Arlington. With an approach not unlike Mary Kay and Pampered Chef parties, the superintendent and chief operating officer of Upper Arlington schools are evangelizing about the need for multimillion-dollar repairs to school buildings.
  
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• Iran nuclear scientist in US spy mystery reportedly executed

  07-08-2016 13:47
  
  Iran confirms that an Iranian nuclear scientist caught up in a real-life U.S. spy mystery who later returned to his homeland and disappeared has been executed. Iran's official news agency, IRNA, is confirming that Iran has executed Shahram Amiri, who gave the U.S. intelligence about the country's contested nuclear program. The report today quotes a spokesman for the Iranian judiciary as saying Amiri "provided the enemy with vital information of the country." U.S. officials in 2010 said they paid
  
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• Medicaid insurer CareSource provides ‘life services’ to connect clients with education, jobs

  07-08-2016 13:24
  
  People who complain about Medicaid recipients getting a free ride should meet Helen Kostelac. The 33-year-old mother of a blended family with five children does go after as much free stuff as she can get. But what she’s interested in is free advice on buying a house, getting a job and finding after-school programs for her kids — to start with.
  
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• Ohio lawmakers concerned about ECOT

  07-08-2016 13:19
  
  ECOT should be able to show that its students are doing work both online and offline to justify the more than $100 million in funding it has been receiving each year, said Rep. Mike Duffey.
  
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• Blue collar backing likely not enough for Trump win

  07-08-2016 13:13
  
  WASHINGTON — They used to be called Reagan Democrats: blue-collar, white people without college degrees who voted in droves for Republican President Ronald Reagan. Now, their sons and daughters are ready to support Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. But the harsh reality for Trump is that there might not be enough working class whites without a college education for him to overcome Clinton’s huge advantage among women, African-Americans and Hispanics, the fastest growing m
  
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• Capitol Insider: Kasich is finding plenty of anti-Trump friends in GOP

  07-08-2016 13:00
  
  Think there's a pattern to the GOP candidates who John Kasich is supporting across the country? Last week, he appeared with Sen. Mark Kirk in Illinois, who has refused to endorse Donald Trump. Soon the Ohio governor will campaign for Rep. Mike Coffman of Colorado, who Thursday became the first House Republican to release an anti-Trump ad.
  
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• Thieving officials hit central Ohio villages, small cities hard

  07-08-2016 12:59
  
  Small towns are often synonymous with safety, simplicity and friendly neighbors who know your name. Crooked public officials aren’t usually part of that image, but sometimes small communities find themselves facing big corruption problems.
  
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• Theodore Decker commentary: After being saved from the street, woman tries to help others

  07-08-2016 12:37
  
  She'd call it the Love Truck. Right now, the RV is just a dream for Jeanette Bradley. Nothing too fancy, it would have a stove to simmer soups and stews, a hot shower, a washer and dryer, a table and some chairs.
  
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• NEXT: The Future of Consumption is Circular

  07-08-2016 12:15
  
  On August 18, the Columbus Futurists monthly forum will be held at Launch Labs (2649 North High Street) at 6:30 PM, where we will explore possible futures of the “circular economy,” including role playing scenarios of life in a circular economy. Please join us! In nature, there is no such thing as “waste.” After it […]
  
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• Crime of the week: $10K reward for information on Westerville woman's stabbing death

  07-08-2016 12:06
  
  This week’s “Crime of the Week” focuses on an unsolved homicide which took place in Westerville.At approximately 3:04 P.M., on Friday, February 12, 2016, Columbus Police received a call reporting the death of the resident at 5460 Carmichael St. #210, Westerville.The victim, identified as Maribeth Quinn, was the IT Director at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and had worked the day before her death on Thursday, February 11th.When she failed to show up for work on the 12th, h
  
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• Trailer Roundup: Dunkirk, Mars, Quake, Antibirth, Prey, Unit4 and XOXO

  07-08-2016 12:00
  
  New films, new tv shows and new video games galore. The internet is chock full of new trailers, and our weekly Trailer Roundup series gets them all in front of you so you don’t miss out on anything new. Here’s a look at the latest and greatest from the past week: Dunkirk Chris Nolan re-teams […]
  
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• We Happy Few: A First Impression

  07-08-2016 11:45
  
  Compulsion Games, the minds behind the PS4 Launch title “Contrast,” have just released their next game on Steam Early Access and Xbox Game Preview. We Happy Few takes place in an alternate timeline Great Britain in 1964, where a drug known as Joy can regulate the perception and happiness of citizens of the town of […]
  
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• Outdoors notebook | Grant to help upgrade Ohio wetland

  07-08-2016 11:19
  
  The Great Black Swamp, an enormous wetland that stretched about 1,500 square miles across the Maumee and Portage river watersheds in northwest Ohio, hasn’t been great for quite some time.
  
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• Destined to be the next sheriff?

  07-08-2016 10:37
  Maiya Falter, 5, puts on a serious face while posing in a cardboard cutout of Delaware County Sheriff Russell Martin while her mother, Kathy, takes a picture during First Friday's "Picnic with the Cops" event in downtown Delaware.
  
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• Genoa Twp. tables Cardinal request

  07-08-2016 06:47
  Genoa Township trustees opened a special zoning meeting recently, but the session failed to get beyond the introductory stages before discussion was suspended and the issue tabled.The issue on the table July 27 was the Cardinal Self-Storage final development plan amendment for a facility at 6159 Maxtown Road.
  
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• Paul O'Neal shooting videos addressed by Chicago's top cop

  07-08-2016 03:34
  
  The Chicago Police Department superintendent said Saturday that the district where last month's fatal shooting of a black 18-year-old happened had received body cameras about a week prior.At a news conference, Superintendent Eddie Johnson addressed the nine videos - both from dashcams and body cameras - that were released Friday of the July 28 shooting. The videos show officers firing repeatedly at a stolen car as it careens down the street away from them and later handcuffing a wounded Paul O'N
  
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• #WordEyeHeard: 20 People Overdose on Edibles at EST Fest??

  07-08-2016 02:52
  At least 20 people overdosed Saturday at a concert here after i ngesting a substance laced with THC , the mind-altering substance found in marijuana, authorities say. Richland County sheriff's Maj.
  
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• Small airplane crashes in Morrow County; no serious injuries reported

  07-08-2016 02:08
  
  A small airplane crashed in Morrow County Saturday afternoon, but no one was seriously injured, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The plane made contact with the ground near State Route 42, by Township Road 152, in the village of Cardington, which is about 45 miles north of Columbus.
  
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• Pence stops by Cincinnati chili parlor as part of Indiana, Ohio tour

  07-08-2016 01:37
  
  CINCINNATI — Donald Trump's running mate Mike Pence is campaigning in southern Indiana and Ohio, including a stop at a well-known Cincinnati chili parlor. The Indiana governor and Republican vice presidential candidate made his first appearance Saturday in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, where he delivered pizza and a pep talk to GOP volunteers running a phone bank.
  
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• Bicyclists flood central Ohio roadways for this year's Pelotonia

  07-08-2016 01:21
  Saturday bicyclists flooded central Ohio roadways. Riders wore jerseys, but there are no trophies in the Pelotonia event. The 180-mile route centers on the journey to end cancer.Nearly 8,000 riders took part in the annual fundraiser for locally based research.Cyclists and their donors fuel the work that is underway throughout labs within The Ohio State University James Cancer Hospital. Among the bikers eager to break ground, you will find Karen Kosnikowski.“My father was diagnosed with mul
  
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• At least 20 treated for overdoses after Richland County concert

  07-08-2016 01:15
  At least 20 festival goers have been admitted to a Mansfield hospital on Saturday for overdoses after ingesting a drug disguised as candy, according to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department. The weekend event, known as "EST Fest 2016: Last Weekend on Earth," is being held at the Ohio Dreams venue in Butler, Ohio, located about 70 miles northwest of Columbus.
  
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• Hundreds of shoppers go to new Tanger Outlet mall for Ohio's tax-free weekend

  07-08-2016 01:10
  Hundreds of shoppers spent Saturday at the new Tanger Outlets in Sunbury for the shopping center’s first tax-free weekend.“Don't pay taxes, everything's on sale, save some money!” Connie Phillips, a shopper at Tanger, said.Phillips is one of the many shoppers who sat through traffic and parking woes to cash in on the deals.“Ummm let's not go there,” she said when asked about finding parking.Jenna Wagener said the traffic issues weren’t all bad. Wagener got to
  
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• Small airplane crashes in Morrow County; no seriously injuries reported

  07-08-2016 01:02
  
  A small airplane crashed in Morrow County Saturday afternoon, but no one was seriously injured, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The plane made contact with the ground near State Route 42, by Township Road 152, in the village of Cardington, which is about 45 miles north of Columbus.
  
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