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• Columbus pools to reopen Saturday; most water sites treating to fight crypto

  19-08-2016 23:59
  
  Most Columbus pools will be open on Saturday, after closing Friday to "hyper-chlorinate" the water in an effort to prevent a diarrheal disease that has hit more than 200 people. That means the Dodge, Driving Park, Lincoln, Maryland and Tuttle pools, as well as Columbus' spray grounds and the Scioto Mile fountains, will be open, said John Gloyd, the city's aquatics director. The other city pools had closed for the season last weekend.
  
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• Disturbing new allegations in case of Ga. teens shot execution-style

  19-08-2016 23:25
  
  A detective told a judge in Atlanta Friday that a murder suspect said he watched two 17-year-olds in the parking lot of Georgia supermarket in the early morning before he fatally shot both in the head. A motive in the crime, however, remains unclear.Local media report that Roswell Police Detective Jennifer Bennett was the only witness at the probable cause hearing for 20-year-old Jeffrey Hazelwood, who is charged with murdering Carter Davis and Natalie Henderson in Roswellin the early morning ho
  
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• Man won't serve life sentence after Columbus judge's years-old mistake

  19-08-2016 22:35
  A man found guilty of murdering a Columbus woman in 2000 won't serve a life sentence because of a judge's misstatement during his initial sentencing. Chad Davis was high on LSD when he stabbed Mary Compton, 37, to death inside her Columbus home in 2000.
  
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• Delaware Reservoir declared safe for this weekend's Ironman

  19-08-2016 22:28
  
  Ironman officials say they have tested the water in Delaware Reservoir and it is safe for athletes ready to take the plunge there Sunday. Organizers for the Ironman 70.3 Ohio competition said the tests, performed by CTL Engineering, found samples taken along the swim course tested well below the federal safety threshold for E. coli.
  
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• Judge: Teen charged in fatal bathroom fight won't be tried as adult

  19-08-2016 22:27
  
  A Delaware judge has rejected a request from prosecutors to try a 16-year-old girl as an adult after a fatal fight in a high school bathroom.The judge announced Friday that the defendant will instead be tried in Family Court on charges of criminally negligent homicide and conspiracy.The girl is accused of repeatedly hitting 16-year-old Amy Joyner-Francis in a premeditated attack April 21 at Wilmington’s Howard High School of Technology. Two other girls are charged with conspiracy. The figh
  
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• We’ll Miss You Nora!

  19-08-2016 21:50
  
  Nora knows how to beat the heat! The not-so-little baby polar bear at Columbus Zoo and Aquariumjourneys to Oregon on September 5. We’re sad to see her go, but know she’s loved Columbus as her first home. The Columbus Foundation is working to capture The Spirit of Columbus through images that showcase the determination, dedication, and commitment of […]
  
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• Cincinnati woman who missed bus is charged with stealing ambulance

  19-08-2016 21:34
  
  Police say a woman who missed the last bus for the night is accused of stealing an ambulance to get home from a hospital in Ohio.Court documents filed in Hamilton Municipal Court in Cincinnati say 43-year-old Lisa Carr is accused of getting into an ambulance that a driver had left running Thursday night and driving to her home in suburban Cincinnati. The driver apparently had left the ambulance to go inside the hospital with a patient.Police say the Springfield Township woman was arrested after
  
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• Vending machines encompass far more than food and drinks

  19-08-2016 20:25
  Last month, an upscale marketplace in San Francisco announced that it had begun selling baguettes in a vending machine, offering fresh and toasty bread at the push of a few buttons. More recently, the nation's first "pizza ATM" arrived at Xavier University, setting off a flurry of news coverage and social-media buzz.
  
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• Dog dies after shielding baby from fire

  19-08-2016 20:24
  
  The lives of a Baltimore family were changed forever this week when a fire suddenly broke out in the home Erika Poremski shared with her eight-month-old daughter, Viviana, and her nearly six-year-old dog, Polo.Poremski says she had just stepped out to her car when she turned around and discovered her house in flames with Viviana and Polo still inside.“I tried to keep getting in,” Poremski told CBS News. “She was up the stairs, but the fire smoke was so heavy I couldn’t ge
  
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• Florida officials: Zika spread by mosquitoes in South Beach

  19-08-2016 19:47
  
  South Beach has been identified as second site of Zika transmission by mosquitoes on the U.S. mainland, Florida officials said Friday.But Gov. Rick Scott said the state does not plan to advise people to stay away from the beaches, nightclubs and pedestrian thoroughfares that form the heart of South Florida's travel industry.Five cases of Zika have been connected to Miami Beach, bringing the state's caseload to 36 infections not related to travel outside the U.S., Scott said."We believe these cas
  
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• CTV News Briefs: Fire's Arson K9 Program Newest Graduate

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• More armed robberies reported near Ohio State campus

  19-08-2016 19:16
  
  Ohio State University sent out a safety awareness message after two more armed robberies were reported off campus.The latest incident occurred around 4:25 a.m. Friday in the area of E. Frambes Avenue and Tuller Street. The female victim told Columbus Police the suspect approached her with a gun and she threw her property in his direction and ran away.The suspect is described as a black male, standing 5'9" to 5'11" and weighing 140-160 pounds, wearing a red-hooded sweatshirt and a black bandana.A
  
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• Naked Donald Trump statues pop up in cities across the US

  19-08-2016 18:18
  
  It's Donald Trump like you've never seen him before.Life-size naked statues of the Republican presidential nominee greeted passers-by in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and Cleveland on Thursday. They are the brainchild of an activist collective called INDECLINE, which has spoken out against Trump before.In a statement, the collective said the hope is that Trump, the former host of "The Apprentice" reality TV series, "is never installed in the most powerful political and military p
  
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• Trial delayed for woman accused of nursing home thefts

  19-08-2016 18:16
  Prosecutors have issued an ultimatum to the attorney representing a woman accused of stealing more than 3,000 items from nursing homes, including jewelry.
  
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• Nearly 300 vehicles set for bid SaturdayState surplus vehicle auction ...

  19-08-2016 18:16
  COLUMBUS Nearly 300 vehicles will be up for bid at Saturday's state surplus vehicle auction, the largest since August 2006. The sale will feature a 2004 Bobcat Toolcat 4X4 Diesel Utility Work Machine and a 1994 Ford 9000 Rescue Unit .
  
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• Judge's misstatement ensures convicted killer won't serve life sentence

  19-08-2016 18:15
  
  A judge's misstatement 16 years ago resulted Friday in killer Chad Davis no longer facing the possibility of a sentence of life in prison. Instead, he will be released in 11 years.
  
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• Judge orders state to return ECOT records

  19-08-2016 17:51
  
  A Franklin County judge has ordered the state Department of Education to give back records to ECOT that the school argued were being held in violation of state student privacy laws.
  
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• 2 sobriety checkpoints planned tonight in Columbus

  19-08-2016 17:41
  
  The Franklin County DUI Task Force – in conjunction with Columbus Police and the Ohio State Highway Patrol – will be conducting two sobriety checkpoints Friday into early Saturday morning to combat impaired driving.The first checkpoint will be held on Refugee Road, east of Hamilton Road, from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m.The second checkpoint will occur on Hamilton Road north of Winchester Pike from 11:30 p.m. Friday to 1:30 a.m. Saturday.The Task Force wants to impress upon those who will be co
  
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• Photos: Best Bites: Tacos 2016

  19-08-2016 17:04
  
  Columbus Underground hosted its second annual Best Bites: Taco festival last night, and hundreds of hungry locals took part in a festival about all things taco. Over a dozen local restaurants and food trucks provided taco samples, locally-made tortilla chips and hot sauces, desserts and more. CLICK HERE to read more about the event in […]
  
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• Balboa Named Best Taco of 2016 at Best Bites

  19-08-2016 17:04
  
  We hope you had a great time celebrating the Best Tacos in Columbus during our second annual Best Bites: Tacos at Strongwater last night. A big shout out to all the local businesses who came out and served up their greatest tacos.  We want to thank all our guests who participated in the event, we […]
  
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• August Finally Delivers Great Movies This Weekend

  19-08-2016 17:00
  
  What the hell happened to August? The two best films of the youngish year both hit Columbus screens this week – during the the time generally considered the cinematic wasteland. It’s as if the movie gods are apologizing for the weak summer with a glorious stop-action fable and a masterful modern Western set at a […]
  
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• Ryan Lochte issues statement on Rio robbery scandal

  19-08-2016 16:29
  
  Ryan Lochte issued a statement on social media Friday morning, saying he’s sorry for not accurately describing the situation.https://t.co/n82dZH2gfl pic.twitter.com/rGp1nmA94G— Ryan Lochte (@RyanLochte) August 19, 2016
  The drama surrounding the alleged robbery of American swimmers - and their ever-changing descriptions of it - has shocked and deeply angered Brazilians, who said it cast a false negative shadow on their city and their Olympics. The story has also dominated Olympic head
  
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• Theatre Review: Crowd-Pleasing Wicked Returns to Columbus

  19-08-2016 16:01
  
  Stephen Schwartz (music and lyrics) and Winnie Holtzmann’s (book) adaptation of Gregory Maguire’s Wicked is one of the longest-running shows on Broadway, and still going. This funhouse-mirror-that-shows-only-the-truth look at the Wizard of Oz returns to the Ohio Theatre this week in a touring production that retains every bit of the charm and razzle-dazzle that keeps audiences lining […]
  
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• CBC Releases Creeper in Bottles

  19-08-2016 16:00
  
  Those who were thrilled to find Columbus Brewing Company’s Bodhi bottled up and ready to take home can now do the same with CBC’s Creeper. “Now that Bodhi is slowly finding its way to the market, we are able to shift some of our focus and release the much sought after Creeper,” said Eric Bean, […]
  
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• Historic Fire House to be Renovated in Franklinton

  19-08-2016 15:35
  
  The Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) and Heritage Ohio announced yesterday that the groups would be collaborating to renovate the historic Engine House #6 building, located at 540 West Broad Street in Franklinton. Most passers by will recognize the building as “Jimmie Rea’s Electronics,” which has had a sign on the building since 1975. Once […]
  
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• Ohio jobless rate falls to 4.8 percent in July

  19-08-2016 15:34
  
  Ohio's unemployment rate dipped to 4.8 percent in July as a broad swath of industries boosted hiring last month, according to an Ohio Department of Job and Family Services report released this morning. The unemployment rate fell from 5 percent in June and now is back below the U.S. rate, which was 4.9 percent in July.
  
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• State Dept. admits link between $400M cash payment to Iran & prisoner release

  19-08-2016 14:40
  
  The Obama administration is revealing new details about the links between a $400 million cash payment to Iran and the release of four American prisoners in January.On Thursday, the State Department admitted for the first time that the cash and prisoner release were linked.
  Negotiations over the United States’ payment to Iran were conducted separately from the prisoner talks, State Department spokesman John Kirby said. However, he acknowledged the U.S. withheld delivering the millions in ca
  
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• Photos: Construction Bridge Park in Dublin

  19-08-2016 14:00
  
  Construction is well under way on the large-scale Bridge Park development located in central Dublin. Once completed, the new mixed-use development will contain 373,000 square feet of office space, 148,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, a 76,000 square foot grocery store, 720 apartments and 70 for-sale condos, a 150-room hotel and more. CLICK […]
  
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• Construction Roundup: Bridge Park

  19-08-2016 14:00
  
  Most of the recent news about Bridge Park been in the form of tenant announcements – RAM Restaurant and Brewery, Mesh Fitness, Cap City Fine Diner, the Avenue Steak Tavern and Pins Mechanical Company have all committed to spots in the massive Dublin development. While those leases were being signed, though, a whole lot of […]
  
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• No lewd signs

  19-08-2016 13:52
  Students help to direct traffic and cheer new students in the "Moat" beneath the Morrill Tower Dorm on The Ohio State University campus in 2015. Freshmen will be moving in this weekend at Ohio State University, and neighborhood leaders don't want a repeat of the lewd signs that greeted newcomers last year at some off-campus houses.
  
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• 2 U.S. swimmers leave Rio after robbery scandal; 3rd will pay $10K fine

  19-08-2016 13:45
  Two American Olympic swimmers were on their way home Friday after being pulled off a plane a day earlier to testify about an alleged robbery at the Rio Olympics that Brazilian police said was made up. The lawyer for a third U.S. swimmer said he would make a $10,800 payment and leave Brazil later in the day.The drama surrounding the alleged robbery of American swimmers - and their ever-changing descriptions of it - has shocked and deeply angered Brazilians, who said it cast a false negative shado
  
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• Driver killed, 19 injured when 2 New Jersey buses crash

  19-08-2016 13:32
  
  Two commuter buses collided in New Jersey's largest city Friday morning, pushing one of the vehicles onto its side, killing one of the drivers and critically injuring seven other people, authorities said.The person killed in the Newark crash was the driver of a New Jersey Transit bus that had no passengers when it slammed into the side of another NJ Transit bus that was carrying about 20 passengers around 6 a.m.Mayor Ras Baraka said 19 people were injured, including seven critically."We're prayi
  
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• Church addresses LGBT issues in talk

  19-08-2016 13:32
  
  Maple Grove United Methodist Church, 7 W. Henderson Road, will host a free “Love Our Neighbors” lunch and lecture event from 11:15 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. A panel of people of various ages will discuss challenges that come with participating in the church as an LGBT person or ally.
  
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• 2 commuter buses collide in New Jersey

  19-08-2016 13:32
  
  Two commuter buses have collided in Newark, New Jersey's largest city.Video from the scene shows a New Jersey Transit bus slammed into the side of another NJ Transit bus on Raymond Boulevard and Broad Street. One of the buses is on its side.There is no word on injuries.Stay with 10TV & 10TV.com for updates on this developing story.
  
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• 1 killed, several critical after 2 commuter buses collide in New Jersey

  19-08-2016 13:32
  
  One person is dead and seven people are in critical condition after a commuter bus broadsided another in New Jersey's largest city.The crash occurred around 6 a.m. Friday in Newark when a New Jersey Transit bus with only the driver aboard was heading west on Raymond Boulevard and slammed into a 13 Line bus, which was heading north on Broad Street. There were about 20 people on the 13 bus.The driver of the 59 Line bus died. The driver's name has not been released.The exact number of injured is no
  
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• Hindus prepare for Lord Krishna’s day

  19-08-2016 13:31
  
  Hindus in central Ohio and around the world mark Janmastami — Lord Krishna’s Appearance Day, or birthday — next week with adoration of sacred images, readings of religious texts, yoga, dramas, music and other activities.
  
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• Ohio's 2 big theme parks reveal what's in store for 2017

  19-08-2016 13:29
  
  SANDUSKY — Ohio’s two big amusement parks are mixing a little surf and snow into their new plans for the coming year. Cedar Point announced Thursday that its Soak City water park is getting a makeover complete with new slides and a new name. The renovated water park will open next year as Cedar Point Shores with a new six-slide tower.
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: 'I've said all I need to say,' John Kasich on Donald Trump

  19-08-2016 13:07
  
  Ohio Gov. John Kasich hit the campaign trail for Sen. Rob Portman who is defending his seat against Democrat Ted Strickland. While Kasich has not endorsed GOP nominee Donald Trump, Portman has.
  
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• WATCH: Spacewalking astronauts installing new door for visitors

  19-08-2016 12:53
  
  Astronauts ventured out on a spacewalk Friday to install a new door for visitors at the International Space Station.The two Americans, Jeffrey Williams and Kate Rubins, quickly began hooking up a docking port that will be used by future commercial crew capsules. SpaceX delivered this new gateway last month.Americans haven't rocketed into orbit from their home turf since NASA's last shuttle flight in 2011. SpaceX and Boeing expect to resume human launches from Cape Canaveral in another year or tw
  
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• WATCH LIVE: NASA spacewalk

  19-08-2016 12:53
  
  Astronauts Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins venture outside the lab complex Friday for a long-awaited spacewalk to attach a new docking mechanism, the first of two that will be used by U.S. crew ferry ships being built by Boeing and SpaceX to carry astronauts to and from the outpost, ending NASA’s sole reliance on Russian Soyuz spacecraft.The Boeing-built International Docking Adapter, or IDA, was delivered to the station in July aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship. Williams and Rubins plan to
  
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• 17 judges all say they can't take Board of Elections director William A. Anthony's case

  19-08-2016 12:30
  
  All of the judges in the Franklin County Common Pleas Court have recused themselves from the cases against former county Board of Elections executive director William A. Anthony Jr. and the agency’s former fiscal officer. The court has requested that the state Supreme Court appoint a visiting judge to hear the cases.
  
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• BrewDog US equity effort tops $1 million so far

  19-08-2016 12:07
  
  Ohio is ground zero for investors taking a leap into BrewDog's American version of its "Equity for Punks" crowdfunding scheme. BrewDog said 38 percent of investors in the brewery's U.S. business hail from Ohio.
  
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• Bill Clinton drug czar endorses Rob Portman

  19-08-2016 12:01
  
  Retired Four Star Army General Barry McCaffrey, who served as the drug czar under former President Bill Clinton, has endorsed Republican Sen. Rob Portman in his re-election battle against Democratic challenger Ted Strickland.
  
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• Local Cryptosporidiosis Outbreak Continues to Spread

  19-08-2016 12:00
  
  The Columbus Public Health department issued an announcement yesterday to warn residents of Central Ohio that “crypto” — short for cryptosporidiosis — has continued to spread with 202 cases reported across Franklin and Delware counties. The parasitic illness has been linked to multiple local recreational water facilities, so residents are being asked to take proper precautions to prevent […]
  
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• 17 judges all say they can't take Anthony's case

  19-08-2016 11:58
  
  All of the judges in the Franklin County Common Pleas Court have recused themselves from the cases against former county Board of Elections executive director William A. Anthony Jr. and the agency’s former fiscal officer. The court has requested that the state Supreme Court appoint a visiting judge to hear the cases.
  
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• Portman says Kasich's support means more than Trump's

  19-08-2016 11:51
  
  It was a no-brainer for Rob Portman. Does the junior U.S. senator value the support of Ohio's popular governor, John Kasich, over that of Donald Trump, the Republican Party's battered presidential candidate? "Yes. No one is more important than John Kasich in this campaign," Portman quickly replied, citing Kasich's record as governor, which he said has earned him the respect of Ohioans.
  
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• Columbus adds more police officers to patrol schools

  19-08-2016 11:24
  
  Columbus City Schools and the city of Columbus will expand their program that puts police officers in schools, from having one in each high school to adding two who will routinely rotate into middle and occasionally elementary schools.
  
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• Neighborhood leaders: No more lewd signs at Ohio State move-in day

  19-08-2016 11:20
  
  Freshmen will be moving in this weekend at Ohio State University, and neighborhood leaders don’t want a repeat of the lewd signs that greeted newcomers last year at some off-campus houses. Signs such as, “Fathers, drop your daughters off here.”
  
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• Far from eclipsed: Red Sun Rising to perform at newly-renovated theater, tour with Three Doors Down

  19-08-2016 07:15
  
  Mike Protich of Tallmadge, vocals and guitar, said Red Sun Rising was performing at Rock on the Range in Columbus this past May when they found out. "We were in a tent, doing media interviews, when [representatives from Radio Contraband] came up and said, 'by the way...,'" Protich said.
  
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• Program allows schools to check visitors against national sex offender registry

  19-08-2016 05:23
  Most parents want to be able to answer the question: who is near their kids when they’re at school?But in most situations in the past, it’s not one they can answer.As students head back to class, some districts want to change that.It's a new concept that would allow every school to check visitors against the national sex offender registry. Columbus City Schools are about to get the ability while Reynoldsburg already has it.“There’s always been a concern with the logbook w
  
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