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• State's managed healthcare plans score average or better on report card

  18-08-2016 23:40
  
  CareSource provides the best care to keep kids healthy, including immunizations, well-child visits and dental exams. United Healthcare patients are most satisfied with the access they have to care when they need it.
  
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• Train and truck collide in Ross County

  18-08-2016 23:32
  
  A train has collided with a semi-truck in Ross County. A dispatcher said the collision occurred sometime after 4 p.m., in the 6000 block of Three Locks Road, south of Chillicothe.
  
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• Ohio won't follow federal lead in ending private prison contracts

  18-08-2016 23:03
  
  Ohio officials do not intend to follow the lead of the federal government in abandoning private prison operations.
  
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• Truck, train involved in crash in Ross County

  18-08-2016 23:00
  
  Ohio State Highway Patrol has confirmed that a tractor-trailer and train were involved in a crash in Ross County.The crash happened in the 6000 block of 3 Locks Road, just south of Chillicothe Thursday afternoon.At least one person is being flown from the scene to a hospital.Officials with the Ross County Sheriff's Office are investigating according to OSHP.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Dump truck, train involved in crash in Ross County (UPDATE)

  18-08-2016 23:00
  
  The Ross County Sheriff's Office and the Ohio State Highway Patrol are continuing to investigate a collision involving a dump truck and train Thursday evening.The crash happened on a private driver at 6580 Three Locks Road, south of Chillicothe just after 4 p.m.The 62-year-old driver of the dump truck, Marty Chasteen, was going westbound and failed to yield the right of way to the southbound Norfolk Southern train.Chasteen was flown by Med-Flight to OSU hospital. He was conscious and alert at th
  
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• Court to review Ohio attorneysa help to marijuana businesses

  18-08-2016 22:36
  France vs. Netherlands 2:30 p.m. EST Both of these teams are coming off on huge wins. The Netherlands absolutely stunned Brazil - actually h Wednesday, 4:45pm The 100-meter dash, long jump, and shot put events of the men's decathlon took place earlier this morning, with the high j COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Supreme Court is looking to clarify the services attorneys can provide to clients seeking to comply with the state's new medical marijuana law.
  
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• Apartments Proposed for Unusual Campus-Area Site

  18-08-2016 22:20
  
  An unusually-shaped parcel located behind the Gateway parking garage could be the site of the latest student housing project in the University District. Buckeye Real Estate is hoping to put a three-story building on the long and skinny parcel (it measures 26 by 235 feet). Eight ground-floor garages would provide direct access to apartments above, […]
  
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• Sneak Preview: Hadley’s Bar + Kitchen

  18-08-2016 22:13
  
  The folks at the new Hadley’s Bar+Kitchen are hard at work on wrapping up construction on the newest venue to open in the popular South Fourth Street area Downtown. Columbus Underground was given a quick tour of the new space this afternoon, ahead of next week’s grand opening on August 26th. Check out the photos […]
  
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• Ex-NFL star gets 18 years in prison for drugging, raping women

  18-08-2016 20:18
  
  Former NFL star Darren Sharper has been sentenced to 18 years and four months in prison in a case where he was accused of drugging and raping as many as 16 women in four states.U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo sentenced Sharper on Thursday, telling him she couldn't understand how he did what he did, since he was college educated and obviously had grown up "in one of the most loving households.""We can never ignore the damage you inflicted on those women and society at large," she said.Sha
  
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• Outbreak of crypto grows to 202 cases in central Ohio

  18-08-2016 20:05
  
  Public health officials have confirmed the outbreak of cryptosporidiosis has grown to 202 cases in Franklin and Delaware counties.Columbus Public Health said the outbreak this year is more than the last four years combined.They added that the outbreak is not tied to any one location as a large number of cases include people with exposure at various places.Last week, officials announced 117 cases had been reported.Public health officials are reaching out and working with pool operators, schools a
  
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• Columbus, Dublin pools closed today amid crypto outbreak

  18-08-2016 20:05
  Public health officials have confirmed the outbreak of cryptosporidiosis has grown to 202 cases in Franklin and Delaware counties.Columbus Public Health said the outbreak this year is more than the last four years combined.They added that the outbreak is not tied to any one location as a large number of cases include people with exposure at various places.As a result of Thursday's update, all Columbus pools and spray grounds closed Friday as a precaution due to the outbreak.The city of Dublin ha
  
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• Columbus, Dublin closing pools due to increase in crypto outbreak

  18-08-2016 20:05
  
  Public health officials have confirmed the outbreak of cryptosporidiosis has grown to 202 cases in Franklin and Delaware counties.Columbus Public Health said the outbreak this year is more than the last four years combined.They added that the outbreak is not tied to any one location as a large number of cases include people with exposure at various places.As a result of Thursday's update, all Columbus pools and spray grounds closed Friday as a precaution due to the outbreak.The city of Dublin ha
  
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• Mega Weekend Summer 2016 – Vol. 15

  18-08-2016 20:00
  
  Happy Weekend! Our Back to School supply drive is winding down, thanks to all who have donated so far! Best Bites Tacos is tonight! The 8p-10p time period will have tickets available at the door. Ticket contests include: Promowest shows: Ben Rector and The Claypool Lennon Delirium; and Ohiolina, Breakaway Music Festival, 90s Fest, and Country Night Lights! […]
  
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• Study: Deck on suspension bridge over Alum Creek 'too heavy'

  18-08-2016 19:56
  
  The new bridge deck on the suspension bridge over Alum Creek near Wolfe Park was too heavy for the old, cracked and deteriorating cables that supported it. That’s why two cables snapped with whip-like force in April 2015, tipping the bridge. That was the conclusion of Ohio State University graduate students who volunteered and worked for two months to determine why the cables failed.
  
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• Gahanna tables controversial annexation plan 'indefinitely'

  18-08-2016 19:53
  
  The city of Gahanna and a developer have shelved a controversial plan to annex Jefferson Township farmland and turn it into a housing development. After months of preliminary discussions — and plenty of push-back from city and township residents — Gahanna’s seven city council members agreed this week to “indefinitely table” the proposal.
  
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• Diarrheal disease outbreak grows to more than 200 cases

  18-08-2016 19:53
  
  The number of cases of diarrheal disease in a two-county outbreak has nearly doubled in the past week, health officials say. Cases of cryptosporidiosis linked to area swimming pools, splash pads and a water park in Columbus and Franklin and Delaware counties have jumped from 107 cases a week ago to at least 202. That's more cases than the health departments saw in the past four years combined. (All but about a dozen or so of the cases were reported in July.) The parasitic disease has been linked
  
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• Uber to use autonomous cars in next few weeks

  18-08-2016 19:35
  
  In a few weeks, Uber will start using self-driving cars to carry passengers in Pittsburgh, raising the stakes in the fast-track race to deploy autonomous vehicles.The ride-hailing company said Thursday that customers will be able to opt into the test program, which will use autonomous Ford Fusions summoned by the touch of a smartphone. Although other companies are testing self-driving cars on public roads, this is the first time the public will get access to them.The rides, which come with a hum
  
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• Theatre Review: Shadowbox’s Broken Whispers Sometimes Shines New Light on ‘Gatsby’

  18-08-2016 18:46
  
  Shadowbox Live continues its recent trend of interspersing their bread-and-butter sketch comedy and song revues with more ambitious, serious work, with Broken Whispers. I attended a preview performance on Wednesday of this dance-theatre adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s modernist classic The Great Gatsby. Choreographed and staged by Katy Psenicka, adapted by Jimmy Mak and directed by Stev […]
  
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• Twitter announces it has suspended 235,000 terror-linked accounts

  18-08-2016 18:16
  
  Twitter has suspended 235,000 terror-linked accounts over the past six months, according to a new report from the social media giant. The announcement comes after the White House has mounted the pressure on Silicon Valley companies -- including sending out intelligence chiefs to personally lobby California tech firms --to censor extremists from groups like the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Earlier this year, Twitter announced the suspension of 125,000 accounts related to terrorism since the m
  
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• BrewDog Equity for Punks campaign embraced in Ohio

  18-08-2016 17:57
  Ohioans really can't wait for BrewDog to enter the state - so much so, they are leading the way among donors contributing to the Scottish brewery's shareholding offer Equity for Punks. BrewDog started its shareholding offer in the United States about two weeks ago.
  
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• Report: Ryan Lochte made up story about Rio robbery

  18-08-2016 17:44
  
  A Brazilian police official is telling The Associated Press that American swimmer Ryan Lochte fabricated a story about being robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro.The official, who has direct knowledge of the investigation, spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about an ongoing probe.He said that around 6 a.m. on Sunday, Lochte, along with fellow swimmers Jack Conger, Gunnar Bentz and Jimmy Feigen, stopped at a gas station in Barra da Tijuca, a suburb of Rio w
  
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• Brazilian police: “No robbery was committed against these athletes"

  18-08-2016 17:44
  
  Brazilian police said Thursday that swimmer Ryan Lochte and U.S. teammates were not robbed after a night of partying, and that the intoxicated athletes instead vandalized a gas station bathroom and were questioned by guards before they paid for the damage and left.The robbery that was or wasn't has become the biggest spectacle outside of the Olympic venues in Rio, and given American swimming a black eye in Brazil after an otherwise remarkable run at the Summer Games."No robbery was committed aga
  
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• Race for Franklin County Prosecutor Heats Up

  18-08-2016 17:27
  
  The Franklin County Republican Party (FCRP) announced this week its creation of ZeroExperienceZach.com, a website purposed to show City Council President and candidate for Franklin County Prosecutor Zach Klein’s supposed lack of criminal court experience for the job. “Zero Experience Zach Klein has never tried a legal case in his life,” said Brad Sinnott, Franklin […]
  
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• Comedy Preview: David Koechner at Columbus Funny Bone

  18-08-2016 17:15
  
  I have always admired character actors – the most versatile and agile of performers who can flex their creative muscles to perfectly fill just the right space in a stage or screen production. Creating a persona that’s effective in the moment is one thing; creating a persona whose identity is memorable and beloved ten, fifteen, […]
  
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• Alarming trend in sexting among teens

  18-08-2016 17:00
  Crimetracker 10 is uncovering a disturbing trend when it comes to teens and sexting.Sexting occurs when someone sends sexually explicit photos of themselves to others via text message or in some cases, a mobile app.It takes only one click of the camera and a suggestive photo could turn into a crime. New numbers show kids barely in their teens are getting caught.Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien says in the past two years his office has charged 42 teenagers for committing sexting-related cri
  
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• Gahanna Police Lieutenant resigns following theft allegations

  18-08-2016 16:49
  
  Gahanna Police Lieutenant Dan Williams resigned last month while under investigation for theft in office.Williams was placed on administrative leave back in April for allegations of potential misconduct. An internal affairs investigation conducted by Gahanna Police with the assistance of Columbus Division of police found evidence that Williams was not at work during a substantial amount of time he was being paid.Willams, a 20-year veteran with Gahanna Police, officially resigned July 28.City of
  
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• Marzetti owner Lancaster Colony finishes fiscal year strongly

  18-08-2016 16:13
  
  Lancaster Colony beat earnings expectations on the strength of salad-dressing and dinner-roll sales. The Columbus-based maker of Marzetti and Olive Garden dressings and other prepared foods reported sales of $1.19 billion for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 7.8 percent higher year over year.
  
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• Music Preview: Two Cow Garage Celebrate Release of Brand New Flag at Rumba Cafe on August 19

  18-08-2016 16:00
  
  In 2016, Two Cow Garage celebrate their 15th year as a band and release their 7th record, Brand New Flag. Core members Micah Schnabel (guitar and vocals) and Shane Sweeney (bass and vocals) have, in a very real way, grown up together. Through multiple solo records between the two, lineup changes (current drummer David Murphy has […]
  
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• Evil Dead Trilogy Featured at The Drexel on Saturday

  18-08-2016 16:00
  
  You’ve heard of Christmas in July. Why not Halloween in August? Bruce Bartoo and Joe Neff are ready to celebrate with Shock-o-Rama. The fun-size version of their Halloween treat Shock Around the Clock – an annual horror movie marathon held at the Drexel theatre – Shock-o-Rama is an overnight triple bill of horror that promises […]
  
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• Dish Deathmatch: King Kong versus Godzilla

  18-08-2016 16:00
  
  Truly, this match should have happened a long, long time ago. There’s no excuse, other than a personal failure to notice that Sushi Ting offers both a King Kong and a Godzilla roll on its menu. The joint has been in business for over five years, but better late to the table then never. The […]
  
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• HGTV show hosts upset over Fixer Upper homes becoming rentals in Texas town

  18-08-2016 15:15
  
  WACO, Texas (WTHR) - Fans of the HGTV show "Fixer Upper" will be happy to know many of the homes that appear on the show are available to rent.But, that's causing the show's hosts to rethink contracts moving forward.Chip and Joanna Gaines flip old or dilapidated homes in the Waco, Texas area.Chip handles construction and Joanna manages design.The couple only works in Texas, making the idea of renting a Fixer Upper home desirable for fans outside the area.You can rent "The Chicken House" for $195
  
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• Gripping image of boy in war-torn Syria draws eyes worldwide

  18-08-2016 14:41
  
  Syrian opposition activists have released haunting footage showing a young boy rescued from the rubble in the aftermath of a devastating airstrike in Aleppo.The image of the stunned and weary looking boy, sitting in an orange chair inside an ambulance covered in dust and with blood on his face, encapsulates the horrors inflicted on the war-ravaged northern city and is being widely shared on social media.
  The fighting has frustrated the U.N.'s efforts to fulfill its humanitarian mandates, and the
  
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• Changes Made to Mixed-Use Development Proposal at Seventh and High

  18-08-2016 14:30
  
  A proposal to build a six-story building at the northeast corner of East Seventh Avenue and North High Street is heading back to the University Area Review Board. Although the basic parameters of the proposal are similar to what was brought before the board this past April (and before that, in April of 2015), some […]
  
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• Lochte's swim teammates to meet with authorities on robbery

  18-08-2016 13:55
  
  Three American Olympic swimmers planned to meet with Brazilian law enforcement Thursday to discuss a reported robbery targeting 12-time medalist Ryan Lochte and his teammates, a U.S. Olympic Committee official said.USOC spokesperson Patrick Sandusky said Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz were released by local authorities after being pulled from a flight at the Rio de Janeiro airport, with the understanding that discussions would continue amid uncertainty over what truly took place during a late outi
  
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• E. coli retest of Delaware Reservoir set for after Sunday’s triathlon

  18-08-2016 13:39
  
  Athletes taking the plunge in Sunday's triathlon will dive into untested waters. State officials last tested for E. coli, a bacterial byproduct of human or animal waste, at Delaware Reservoir on Aug. 9. On Sunday, as many as 2,500 triathletes will dive into the water to kick off the Ironman 70.3 Ohio competition.
  
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• Ohio changes to Head Start funding could harm kids, some say

  18-08-2016 13:33
  
  A state plan to change how Ohio pays for child care and early learning has some concerned that services will be diminished for thousands of poor children. The policy change would save $12 million a year, money state officials say will be reinvested in Ohio’s child-care system. But critics say it also will cost tens of millions more in federal matching dollars.
  
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• iPhone 7 rumors: What features to expect in new phone

  18-08-2016 13:33
  
  Devoted Apple watchers will have heard that the iPhone 7 is right around the corner -- allegedly being unveiled at a Sept. 7 Apple event. Leaked images of the new phone that have made their way online have generated excitement -- and some criticism -- ahead of the smartphone’s official release.CNET Editor Brian Tong gave CBS News a roundup of some of the rumors of what to expect from the iPhone 7 when it likely debuts next month.
  A familiar lookOne thing that won’t really change is t
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Hillary Clinton talks Donald Trump, taxes and Cavs in Cleveland

  18-08-2016 13:07
  
  Hillary Clinton stops in Cleveland and gets pushback from the Trump campaign.
  
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• Man shot dead in neighborhood of apparent Phoenix serial killings

  18-08-2016 12:28
  
  A man has been killed in a Phoenix neighborhood that’s been hit by a string of fatal shootings that authorities say appear to be the work of serial killer, reports CBS Phoenix affiliate KPHO-TV.Police told the station a man was shot at about 10 p.m. Wednesday, then walked to a house in the Maryvale neighborhood, and collapsed and died outside.Maryvale is one of two predominantly Latino neighborhoods in which a total of seven people have beenkilled and two others wounded in shootings from m
  
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• Theodore Decker commentary: Parental decisions not always best politics

  18-08-2016 12:04
  
  A young man with a big future in local politics was appointed to the Columbus Board of Education on March 30, 2001, to help oversee a district that he credited with shaping his own desire to serve.
  
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• Interest growing in ‘Big Table,’ Columbus Foundation civic conversation project

  18-08-2016 12:04
  
  Central Ohioans appear eager to pull up a chair and talk. Interest in The Big Table, a new civic conversation project set for Aug. 30, has far surpassed expectations, organizers at the Columbus Foundation said this week.
  
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• Mount Carmel Hilliard construction expected to start next month

  18-08-2016 12:03
  
  Work will start in September on a $50 million Mount Carmel Health System medical campus at the southeast corner of Davidson Road and Britton Parkway. Construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2017.
  
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• Utility relocation could delay opening of Sawmill Parkway extension

  18-08-2016 11:59
  
  Delays in getting utilities relocated could push back the opening of the multimillion dollar Sawmill Parkway extension. Original plans for the $30 million project called for completing work by November.
  
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• Expansion at Columbus VA clinic aims to improve service

  18-08-2016 11:23
  
  Several multimillion-dollar construction projects are underway at the Chalmers P. Wylie VA Ambulatory Care Center. Together with policy changes, veterans should expect to see lots of positive differences in the coming months, said Wendy Hepker, who took over as executive director in March.
  
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• Rubber-duck race brings hope to Nationwide Children’s Hospital patients

  18-08-2016 11:10
  
  When she attends the Great Columbus Duck Race & Run in Gahanna, Chrissy Spayde will see the thousands of yellow ducks in Big Walnut Creek not as toys but as little rubber warriors. Each one, after all, will have been bought by a sponsor, with proceeds benefiting the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. And research could ultimately improve the life of her 7-year-old son, Doug — who was born with a congenital heart defect.
  
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• Trucking in central Ohio also to benefit in Smart Cities program

  18-08-2016 11:00
  
  Much of the focus of the federal Smart City grant money recently awarded to Columbus has been on alternative transportation development for humans. But the logistics business, which involves moving goods rather than people, also stands to reap benefits. Smartphone apps to help direct truck traffic, data sharing and the testing of remote-controlled "truck platoons” in urban areas are among the developments that central Ohio businesses can look to tap into, according to presenters at an even
  
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• Why It Matters: Opioid Epidemic

  18-08-2016 05:29
  
  THE ISSUE: More Americans are dying from opioids than at any time in recent history, with overdose deaths hitting a peak of 28,000 in 2014. That amounts to 78 Americans dying from an opioid overdose every day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC uses opioid as an umbrella term for synthetic painkillers and for drugs derived naturally from opium (known more specifically as opiates), such a heroin.It's not just the use of illicit opiates like heroin that is on the
  
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• Police begin targeting speeders in school zones as new year begins

  18-08-2016 05:23
  
  Police all over central Ohio are focused on clocking speeders in school zones with classes back in session.The warning for drivers is a sign of the times and one that’s in Clintonville front yards.A yard sign stuck in the grass of the Beiting’s front lawn warns drivers to slow down because school's back in session."With two young kids I’m really concerned with drivers going the speed limit and pay attention to pedestrians,” J.D. Beiting said. “Hopefully, it'll bring
  
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• Hawaii woman accused of killing twin sister arrested for drunk driving

  18-08-2016 05:09
  
  A woman from Hawaii who had been accused of killing her twin sister after their vehicle plunged off a Maui cliff was arrested in upstate New York on drunken driving charges.Alexandria Duval, of Maui, was arrested Monday in the Village of Stamford in Delaware County, according to state police. She has family in upstate New York. Police said she was pulled over after almost striking a vehicle operated by a state police investigator.Her blood alcohol content was 0.26, more than three times the lega
  
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• Body found as murder probe launched in missing co-workers case

  18-08-2016 05:05
  
  Charlotte authorities believe two missing teenagers are now in Mexico after possibly killing a missing woman.News outlets report 19-year-old Ahmia Feaster, a 17-year-old boy and 23-year-old Tru Quan Le disappeared last week and have been the targets of a massive search since. Wednesday afternoon, police found a body as they searched a northeast Charlotte property for Le, but wouldn’t say whether they believe the body is the missing woman or what prompted them to search at the location, rep
  
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