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• 'Weakness arouses evil,' Mike Pence says in Dayton-area speech

  10-08-2016 23:20
  
  MORAINE, Ohio – For a guy who’s purportedly shied away from negative campaigning in his career, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence seemed to relish his role today as attack-dog-in-chief. The crowd of about 300 in a banquet hall near Dayton obliged Donald Trump’s running mate by frequently taking up the anti-Hillary Clinton chant of “Lock Her Up, Lock Her Up.” In his first post-convention public appearance in Ohio, Pence said “Ohio will loom large in this election, as you
  
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• Man climbs Trump Tower in New York City

  10-08-2016 23:11
  
  A man scaled the all-glass face of Trump Tower in New York City on Wednesday.Police officers smashed windows and broke through a ventilation duct in an attempt to block his progress. Officers also lowered themselves toward him using a window washer's platform.He was eventually apprehended around the 20th floor after more than an hour of climbing.The climber played a slow-motion cat-and-mouse game with officers, eluding them by methodically working his way across the facade and angled corners of
  
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• Man apprehended by police after climbing Trump Tower in NYC

  10-08-2016 23:11
  
  A man scaled the all-glass face of Trump Tower in New York City on Wednesday.
  Police officers smashed windows and broke through a ventilation duct in an attempt to block his progress. Officers also lowered themselves toward him using a window washer's platform.He was eventually apprehended around the 20th floor after more than an hour of climbing.The climber played a slow-motion cat-and-mouse game with officers, eluding them by methodically working his way across the facade and angled corners of
  
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• Libertarians' ballot access uncertain in battleground Ohio

  10-08-2016 22:30
  Libertarian Party activists in Ohio carry boxes of signature petitions to the Secretary of State's Office Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio, in hopes of placing presidential candidate Gary Johnson on the November ballot. The party surprised state election officials by submitting signatures for a different candidate, Charlie Earl, who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2014, in a move Libertarians defended as a placeholder effort because they began collecting signatures before Johnson was
  
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• 1 killed in south Columbus shooting

  10-08-2016 22:24
  
  Police confirm one man is dead following a shooting in south Columbus.At approximately 2 p.m. Wednesday, emergency responders were called to a residence in the 1500 block of Tracy Circle on a report of a shooting.The victim was transported to Mount Carmel West in critical condition.He later died from his injuries.According to police, the shooter remained at the scene and was taken into custody.No additional details were immediately available.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates on this develo
  
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• Trump's running mate Gov. Mike Pence speaks near Dayton

  10-08-2016 22:12
  
  MORAINE, Ohio -- Many in a crowd of about 300 chanted "Lock Her Up" about Hillary Clinton as they waited for Donald Trump's running mate today near Dayton. Today marks the second post-convention Ohio appearance of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence. After a town hall in a Moraine banquet hall, Pence heads east for a rally tonight in Cambridge.
  
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• Ohio Automotive Industry Moves Toward Lighter, Cleaner Cars

  10-08-2016 22:11
  
  Ohio’s composites industry is getting some investment in hopes that research will give domestic car makers the technology to build lightweight cars that take alternative, cleaner fuel. The investment comes from a partnership between JobsOhio, the state’s non-profit corporation aimed at wooing outside businesses to bring jobs and money to Ohio, and Tennessee’s Institute of […]
  
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• Young man dead in shooting at South Side apartment

  10-08-2016 21:54
  
  At least one person is dead in a shooting on the South Side this afternoon. Columbus police said they were called to the shooting just before 1:30 p.m. on Tracy Circle, which is just east of Brown Road and north of Hopkins Avenue.
  
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• Taste the Best Tacos in Columbus!

  10-08-2016 21:27
  
  The second annual Best Bites: Tacos festival is approaching quickly, and local taco fans will be able to sample over a dozen of the city’s best tacos from restaurants all over the city on Thursday, August 18th inside the special events space at Strongwater Food & Spirits. We gave you a sneak peek of five of them […]
  
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• Baby polar bear Nora will move from Columbus Zoo to Oregon next month

  10-08-2016 20:45
  
  If you haven't made it to the Columbus Zoo to see Nora, the baby polar bear born there last fall, your time is running short. The zoo announced today that Nora will move to the Oregon Zoo to join another polar bear. Nora's last day on display will be Labor Day, Sept. 5. She's available for viewings from about 9 to 10:30 a.m. daily.
  
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• John Saunders, versatile ESPN sportscaster, dead at 61

  10-08-2016 20:42
  
  ESPN sportscaster John Saunders, who has hosted "The Sports Reporters" for the last 15 years, has died, the network announced Wednesday. He was 61.Saunders joined ESPN in 1986. He did play-by-play on various sports, hosted NHL Stanley Cup Final coverage and World Series coverage and hosted studio shows for baseball, college football and college basketball.A cause of death was not announced.Saunders took over as host of "The Sports Reporters," a Sunday morning staple of ESPN programming, after Di
  
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• Break may be coming from 'abnormally dry' weather

  10-08-2016 20:21
  Shawna Harper and Marquetta Price from Columbus, swing with their friend Shayla Poindexter from Circleville, along the Scioto Mile on Civic Center Drive. Storms predicted through the weekend will begin to help resolve the driest summer in four years - elating Mike Erney but upsetting Todd Schriver.
  
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• If visible, Perseid meteor shower promises to be spectacular

  10-08-2016 19:50
  
  You might have to peek between clouds this week to see what's being billed as the most spectacular Perseid meteor shower in 20 years. Astronomy experts say as many as 150 to 200 streaks could be visible every hour. Then again, the forecast for central Ohio calls for mostly cloudy skies with thunderstorms on Thursday and Friday, the peak evenings. Maybe the rain will stop and the clouds scatter by 1 a.m. when the best viewing time begins. "Ohio weather has disappointed me so many times, I try not
  
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• Witnesses injured in Downtown crash that killed two pedestrians testify in court

  10-08-2016 19:33
  
  Two people who were injured when a pickup slammed into a school bus at a Downtown intersection, killing two pedestrians, testified this morning that they have no memory of the collision. The witnesses included Mamie Adams, the only passenger in the pickup driven by Terrance Trent, 63, who is being tried on two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide and two counts of aggravated vehicular assault. Stephanie Fibelkorn, 21, and Williams Lewis, 58, were fatally injured when the bus was knocked into
  
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• Desert Island Club transformed in wake of fire damage

  10-08-2016 19:15
  
  Almost every day for 15 years, Craig Gary has stopped by the Desert Island Club. His morning routine: take a seat at the counter, have a cup of coffee, read the newspaper. With other arrivals throughout the day, he shoots the breeze and sometimes plays cards. For years, the club in the Hilltop neighborhood has served as an alternative to bars for people who want to relax and socialize without the temptation of alcoholic beverages.
  
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• Beloved Columbus Zoo polar bear Nora is moving to Oregon

  10-08-2016 19:13
  
  Happy trails, Nora!The cute polar bear that captured all of our hearts over the past few months will get a new home at the Oregon Zoo.The Columbus Zoo announced Wednesday she will make the move this fall.The last day to see the nine-month-old bear at the Columbus Zoo will be Labor Day, Sept. 5.The zoo says it is moving Nora "so that the Columbus Zoo could provide the best environment for future cubs to be born.”“Would-be mothers require calm and quiet, which would not have been possi
  
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• UDF near Ohio State campus robbed at gunpoint

  10-08-2016 18:25
  Columbus police are searching for a man and woman who robbed a United Dairy Farmers near the Ohio State University campus.The theft occurred Wednesday morning at the location on 2094 North High Street.During the robbery, a masked man pulled out a handgun and demanded an employee to open the registers.After the employee complied, his female partner jumped the counter and emptied the registers.The first suspect is described a black male, 25 to 28 years old, around 6 feet, 160 to 170 pounds.The sec
  
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• Man pleads guilty to possessing hash

  10-08-2016 18:05
  A Mississippi man picked up on Interstate 70 in February with 3 pounds of marijuana and 1 ounce of hashish in his rented car pleaded guilty on Tuesday to possessing the hash. Wesley E. Criddle, 32, of West Point, Mississippi, told troopers from the Ohio State Highway Patrol he was simply transporting the marijuana from Colorado to a designated buyer in Columbus.
  
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• Ask Lisa: Hot water kick-starts baking soda's action

  10-08-2016 18:05
  Q: I don't know what the magic is about dissolving baking soda in hot water first when I make my family's favorite cookies, but when I don't do this, they are not the same. Two chemistry teachers had no answer to this question.
  
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• Clippers may offer free Governors’ Cup tickets again this year

  10-08-2016 17:32
  
  The Columbus Clippers made news – and new fans – last September when they offered free admission for their final three games in the Governors’ Cup playoffs. The Clippers will offer the same deal this season, team president and general manager Ken Schnacke said Wednesday, provided they meet their regular-season attendance goal. Speaking at the annual Morning Sports Report held by the Greater Columbus Sports Commission, Schnacke told about 800 attendees in the Greater Columbus Co
  
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• Preview: FemFest 2016

  10-08-2016 17:30
  
  Columbus, like many towns our size and makeup, has a simultaneously very long and very short memory. One of the best ways this manifests itself is in grass-roots festivals that fill a need much of the city didn’t even realize it had. It’s a beautiful thing when artists come together with an audience hungry for […]
  
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• Slain Univ. of Toledo student was suffocated, bound by rope

  10-08-2016 17:14
  
  An Ohio college student who disappeared while riding her bicycle and was later found slain in a cornfield had been suffocated.The Blade newspaper in Toledo reports an autopsy says Sierah Joughin was found handcuffed and bound with rope on July 22, three days after she was last seen east of Toledo.The report says she died of asphyxiation.Authorities have charged 57-year-old James Worley with aggravated murder and abduction in the killing of the 20-year-old University of Toledo student.Worley's at
  
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• Clinton Beating Trump in Ohio in Latest Quinnipiac Poll

  10-08-2016 17:01
  
  The latest polling data from Quinnipiac released yesterday shows that Hillary Clinton has pulled ahead of Donald Trump in the battleground state of Ohio in a 49-to-45 lead for the presidential election in November. Similar leads have been calculated in other states including Florida and Pennsylvania. “This Swing State Poll shows a mixed result for the […]
  
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• Limited-time offers failed to boost Wendy's sales

  10-08-2016 16:57
  
  Wendy's lackluster results from limited-time offers during its second quarter led to lower-than-expected sales.
  
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• Whitewater channels reopening where Westerville South grad was fatally infected by brain-eating amoeba

  10-08-2016 16:38
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The whitewater channels at the U.S. National Whitewater Center in North Carolina are scheduled to reopen six weeks after a visiting, 18-year-old Westerville woman died from a brain-eating amoeba.
  
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• Fla. officer accidentally shoots, kills woman during gun demonstration

  10-08-2016 16:23
  
  A woman was fatally shot by an officer while participating in a "shoot-don't shoot" exercise during a two-hour citizens academy hosted by the Punta Gorda Police Department in southwest Florida.Police Chief Tom Lewis said the shooting happened Tuesday night as two of the 35 participants were randomly selected to take part in a live roleplaying scenario "in which they make decisions on using simulated lethal force."Lewis said Mary Knowlton, a librarian, was "mistakenly struck with a live round.""I
  
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• Wendy’s reports strong revenue, earnings, but sales metric disappoints

  10-08-2016 15:29
  
  Wendy’s second-quarter earnings and revenue beat analysts’ estimates, but a key sales metric came in well below Wall Street’s view. Shares dropped more than 4 percent in Wednesday premarket trading.
  
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• WATCH: 6-year-old fighting Leukemia becomes CHiPs officer for a day

  10-08-2016 15:23
  
  A dream became a reality for a boy who wanted to become a California Highway Patrol Officer.6-year-old Tristan joined the force and even helped pull over a speeding driver (a fellow officer).“We saw right away that Tristan was an especially brave kid and knew immediately he would make a fine Highway Patrolman; and for one special day, a very special boy became a CHP Officer,” the patrol wrote on its Facebook page.Check out the full video below:
  
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• New Meatball-Centric Restaurant “Palle” Opening at The View on Fifth

  10-08-2016 15:15
  
  After nearly a year in the making, Moretti’s spin-off “Palle” is officially opening this month inside The View on Fifth building in the Fifth by Northwest neighborhood. The new restaurant focuses on a daily assortment of meatballs, served up with salads, sides, local beers and cocktails. “There’s so many fast casual restaurants popping up everywhere, […]
  
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• Wendy’s reports strong revenue, earnings

  10-08-2016 14:24
  
  Wendy’s Co. on Wednesday reported second-quarter net income of $26.5 million. On a per-share basis, the Dublin, Ohio-based company said it had profit of 10 cents.
  
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• Vote for the Top 8 Food Trucks in Columbus!

  10-08-2016 14:00
  
  The sixth annual Columbus Food Truck Festival returns to Columbus Commons this weekend, August 12th and 13th! Over 60 food trucks and food carts will be spread throughout the park and a neighboring parking lot with lots of live music, family activities, craft vendors and of course — plenty of beer to wash it all […]
  
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• Green, not gold, color of the day at Olympic diving pool

  10-08-2016 13:58
  
  Green, not gold, was the color of the day at the Olympic diving venue.Sure, China won its third consecutive gold medal on Tuesday, but the buzz was about the color of the water in the diving pool - a murky green.That was in stark contrast to the pool's light blue color the previous day and also that of the clear water in the second pool used for the water polo competition at Maria Lenk Aquatic Center.British diver Tom Daley, who earned bronze in men's synchronized 10-meter on Monday, tweeted a p
  
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• Arrest in East Side liquor store pipe-bombing

  10-08-2016 13:39
  
  A man has been arrested in connection with a pipe-bomb explosion that damaged an East Side liquor store last month. Fire investigators arrested Curtis Scarberry Saturday on a charge of unlawful possession of dangerous ordinance, a second degree felony, Battalion Chief Steve Martin said.
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: What you need to know about Donald Trump's latest controversial comments

  10-08-2016 13:17
  
  Saying his opponent Hillary Clinton wants to "essentially abolish the Second Amendment, GOP nominee Donald Trump said, "If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don't know."
  
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• Study: Public water supply is unsafe for millions of Americans

  10-08-2016 12:15
  
  CNN -- Millions of Americans may be drinking water with unsafe levels of industrial chemicals, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters. These chemicals, known as polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances or PFASs, have been linked to high cholesterol, obesity, hormone suppression -- and even cancer.Introduced more than 60 years ago, PFASs are a category of man-made chemicals that degrade very slowly, if at all, in the environment."
  
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• Study: High levels of toxic chemicals in drinking water of 6 million Americans

  10-08-2016 12:15
  
  CBS NEWS -- More than 6 million Americans are drinking water laced with unsafe levels of chemicals linked with cancer and other illnesses, a new report indicates.Researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences found that levels of a certain class of chemicals -- called polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances, or PFASs -- are above what's recommended by the federal government in many public drinking water
  
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• Ideas from Metro Parks visitors guiding strategic plan

  10-08-2016 12:15
  
  Metro Parks visitors want more trails and want them to connect to other parks and communities. They want updated facilities and more educational programs for children. And many want more entertainment and competitions at the parks.
  
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• Abandoned houses to greet students outside South High School

  10-08-2016 12:06
  
  The three cottages sit side-by-side on Ann Street across from South High School. One house is burnt out and the one next door abandoned and blighted. The city cut weeds tall enough to hide a standing man in front of them. Like those two, the third house is vacant. Soon, high school students heading for class will use a side entrance across from the abandoned houses, hardly the welcome mat parents want for their kids.
  
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• Proposal to ban LGBT discrimination faces pushback in Chillicothe

  10-08-2016 11:59
  
  The Rev. Terry Williams said he has no idea what to expect tonight when a Chillicothe City Council committee meets for the first time to discuss a proposed nondiscrimination ordinance that would, among other things, offer protections to the LGBTQ community. Williams said that after he spoke at a City Council meeting a few weeks ago where the subject came up, someone knife-sliced the Pride Month rainbow-colored yard sign signifying the inclusiveness of his church and rendered it unreadable.
  
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• Some free apps come with a hidden cost

  10-08-2016 11:50
  
  CrimeTracker 10 uncovered an unsettling cost to your security when it comes to downloading all those free apps:your privacy."Some of this information that these apps ask for, are way beyond what they should be asking for,” says cyber security expert Gary Miliefsky, CEO of Snoopwall, New Hampshire-based company that focuses on data breaches and internet security.With thousands of central Ohio kids heading back to school over the next few weeks, many of them will be downloading free apps to
  
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• Education Insider: ECOT ‘contract’ is no contract at all, Ohio’s education department now says

  10-08-2016 11:35
  
  State Auditor Dave Yost told us last week that, for years, his office didn’t check actual documentation of students’ participation at online charter giant Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow because of the unique terms of a 13-year-old “funding contract” between the school and the Department of Education. But now, the department claims that agreement is worthless, a mere recitation that everyone would follow Ohio law.
  
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• Zika concerns bring business to central Ohio pest-control firms

  10-08-2016 11:08
  
  As the number of cases of the Zika virus in the U.S. increases, so does the number of people calling local exterminators to rid their yards of the potentially dangerous mosquitoes. Although no mosquito-transferred cases of Zika have been found in Ohio, area businesses specializing in mosquito control have seen an uptick in business this summer.
  
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• Abercrombie to open prototype store at Polaris

  10-08-2016 11:01
  
  Abercrombie & Fitch, which has been talking about redesigning its stores for more than a year, will use Polaris Fashion Place mall to roll out a prototype of the new look in early 2017, the company said. It’s part of an effort by the New Albany-based fashion brand to revive its fortunes.
  
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• Thomas David Leskuski

  10-08-2016 09:28
  Surviving are one brother, Walter John Leskuski Jr.; one niece, Leila Vache' Leskuski; one nephew, Walter John Leskuski III of Frederick, Md.; cousins Henry Glass Jr. and John Glass of Charleston; and several cousins in the Valley Forge, Pa., area.
  
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• Gunfire erupts at Ferguson protest

  10-08-2016 08:02
  
  Gunfire broke out during a protest in Ferguson, Missouri, on the second anniversary of Michael Brown's death, disrupting what had been a peaceful gathering.Witnesses told an Associated Press reporter Tuesday night that a car sped through a group of protesters who were blocking a street. They said the car struck a young man so hard that he flew into the air and his shoes were knocked off. As the car drove away, shots were fired.Witness Sharon Cowan says the man appeared to be badly injured and wa
  
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• Justin Lee Goodman

  10-08-2016 05:30
  Justin Lee Goodman, 30, a resident of Columbus, Ohio, since 2012, departed this life Thursday afternoon, Aug. 4, 2016, at his home.
  
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• Clintonville swapping car lanes for bike lanes on Indianola Avenue

  10-08-2016 05:08
  
  If you drive through Clintonville, you can expect changes to an already busy stretch of roadway.The Clintonville Area Commission met with residents to discuss a plan to add a bike lane in each direction of Indianola Avenue between Morse Road and Oakland Park.The changes also call for adding a center turn lane and losing one lane of car traffic in each direction.An open house was held at Clinton Heights Lutheran Church near North Broadway and High streets to lay out what’s referred to as a
  
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• Worthington School District restricting some foods in cafeteria & classrooms

  10-08-2016 05:03
  
  Worthington School District officials announced changes Tuesday to its elementary school cafeterias and classrooms for the upcoming school year.The district sent a notification to parents saying students’ health, safety, and well-being is its number one priority.In his blog, Worthington Schools Superintendent Dr. Trent Bowers said the school’s food service team will no longer offer peanut butter products in elementary school cafeterias. In addition, while at school, the district has
  
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• South Dakota couple married 63 years die 20 minutes apart

  10-08-2016 04:45
  
  A husband and wife died within 20 minutes of one another side-by-side in a South Dakota nursing home after 63 years of marriage.KSFY-TV reports Henry and Jeanette De Lange died July 31 at Platte Care Center.The couple's son, Lee De Lange, says his 87-year-old mother suffered from Alzheimer's and had been in a nursing home since 2011. He says his 86-year-old father visited her daily before recently entering the same nursing home.Lee De Lange says after his mother died peacefully, he told his fath
  
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• Judge weighs adult charges in fatal high school bathroom fight

  10-08-2016 04:40
  
  A cell phone video of a high school restroom fight that left a 16-year-old Delaware girl dead shows the victim on the ground, struggling to fight back and escape as she is repeatedly hit and kicked in the head while her assailant holds on to her hair.The video was shown Monday during a Family Court hearing to decide whether a 16-year-old girl charged in the death of Amy Joyner-Francis should be tried as an adult on charges of criminally negligent homicide and conspiracy.The judge said he would r
  
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