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• Photo Coverage: First look at Short North Stage's Psycho Beach Party

  20-08-2016 23:46
  The hilarity returns! If you missed it on the Garden Stage in the chill of January 2015, escape the heat of August with this over-the-top comedy by Charles Busch . An outrageous parody of the campy beach party movies of the 1960s, this revival of the Immersive Theater production reunites the original cast, include Doug Joseph and Nick Hardin .
  
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• Brother of Syrian boy who became symbol of civil war dies

  20-08-2016 21:15
  
  A Syrian boy whose brother became an international symbol for the devastation in the war-ravaged city of Aleppo has died from wounds suffered in an airstrike.The Aleppo Media Center reports Ali Daqneesh died Saturday from the injuries he sustained in the blast that hit his family's apartment on Wednesday.Syrian opposition activists released photos of Ali's brother, 5-year-old Omran Daqneesh, who was hurt. The boy is seen in an orange chair in an ambulance.Ali was 10 years old.The Syrian Centre f
  
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• Bovine TB in Indiana prompts warnings for Ohio cattle owners

  20-08-2016 21:00
  
  The diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis in a wild deer in southeast Indiana this week is prompting warnings for cattle owners and hunters in Ohio.The state veterinarian is urging cattle owners in southwest Ohio to closely monitor their herds for symptoms of the bacterial disease, such as lethargy and coughing. He also recommends owners take steps to prevent cattle from having contact with wild animals.Officials say bovine tuberculosis mainly affects cattle but can be transmitted to any warm-blooded
  
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• Houston police arrest suspect in store owner's decapitation

  20-08-2016 20:51
  
  A 62-year-old man has been arrested and charged with beating a Houston auto parts store owner with a baseball bat and decapitating him with a machete.Raymond Jackson Jr. is jailed and awaiting an initial court appearance.He’s charged with the slaying of 58-year-old Enayatolah Khorsand, whose body a friend found Thursday night inside the shop. Court records show the victim’s head was placed in a plastic bag next to his body.Police say Jackson was seen on a surveillance video. He was a
  
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• Ryan Lochte robbery story translator opens up on Brazil incident

  20-08-2016 20:45
  
  A man who helped translate conversations between Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte, his teammates and armed security guards at a gas station says a gun wasn’t pointed at them during the encounter.Fernando Deluz, a 38-year-old disc jockey, also said that Americans decided to pay for property they destroyed to avoid calling police.But nearly as soon as his story came out, an American swimmer gave a different account in a detailed statement, saying two guns were pointed at the athletes as the event
  
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• Woman falls to death from California cliff while trying to take photo

  20-08-2016 20:26
  
  A 21-year-old woman died Friday in an accidental fall from a cliff overlooking the ocean in Southern California, CBS Los Angeles reports.Firefighters were dispatched about 2:10 p.m. to assist police and coroner’s personnel at the scene, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said.The woman was found dead at the base of a cliff “after (an) apparent fall,” Humphrey said.Investigators said Friday evening that it appeared she climbed over a wall to take a picture of t
  
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• 6 Notre Dame Football Players Arrested in 2 Incidents

  20-08-2016 20:15
  
  Five Notre Dame football players were arrested after Indiana State Police said a trooper found marijuana and a loaded handgun in their car, while a sixth player was arrested in a separate incident and accused of punching a police officer.State Police said a trooper stopped a car Friday night in Fulton County about 35 miles south of South Bend for speeding. The trooper detected the odor of marijuana and with the help of a drug-sniffing dog, he found the marijuana and handgun, police said.The univ
  
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• Firefighters let fire burn itself out on Hilltop

  20-08-2016 17:48
  
  Columbus firefighters are waiting for the last few hotspots to burn out on a large warehouse fire that started Friday night and continued into Saturday on the Hilltop. Residents living within a third of a mile of the warehouse, 3080 Valleyview Drive, were evacuated overnight because of concerns that they would be exposed to chemicals used to refrigerate food in the warehouse, but they have since returned to their homes.
  
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• Man dies after being hit by car on Cleveland Avenue

  20-08-2016 15:56
  
  A Columbus man died Friday night after he was was struck by a car on Cleveland Avenue in Clinton Township. Kevin Boone, 45, was crossing Cleveland near the intersection with Melrose Avenue just before 11:30 p.m. Friday when he was hit by a 1989 Ford Crown Victoria driven by Bruce Miller, 60, of Columbus.
  
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• Ohio Turnpike may soon see self-driving testing

  20-08-2016 14:48
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio — Ohio’s toll road, a heavily traveled connector between the East Coast and Chicago, is moving closer to allowing the testing of self-driving vehicles. Testing is likely to begin within 12 months, and possibly before the end of the year, the Ohio Turnpike’s executive director told The Associated Press.
  
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• Ohio, Quebec auto test centers partnering up

  20-08-2016 14:42
  
  EAST LIBERTY, OHIO — The operator of a vehicle test track in East Liberty has announced a partnership with a test center in Quebec.
  
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• Annual 'Black Family Reunion' kicks off in Cincinnati

  20-08-2016 14:29
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — An event to promote the traditions, values and coping skills of black families is kicking off in southwest Ohio. The 28th Midwest Black Family Reunion, scheduled from Friday through Sunday at several locations in the Cincinnati area, focuses on dispelling negative perceptions about the black family, and features religious speakers, food, music and games, as well as free health screenings, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported.
  
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• Woman charged with stealing ambulance

  20-08-2016 14:25
  
  CINCINNATI — 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.
  
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• Clintonville is a Hub for Antique and Vintage Shopping

  20-08-2016 14:00
  
  Is there a difference between “vintage” and “antique” items? One quick stop in a store claiming either title and the shopper will instantly realize there is quite a difference. Stephanie Russi, co-owner of Down Memory Lane antique store, said that the difference has to do with age. In her opinion, an item must be from […]
  
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• More big gains against California wildfire

  20-08-2016 12:15
  
  Firefighters have made major gains on a huge wildfire in Southern California and another wave of evacuees is being allowed home.Containment on the blaze in San Bernardino County jumped from 22 percent to 40 percent on Friday.Another wave of evacuees from the city of Phelan has been allowed to go home.Fire spokesman Brad Pitassi says the situation is looking very good for firefighters.Officials announced earlier Friday that 96 homes had been destroyed by the fire since it broke out on Tuesday.
  
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• How much could Ryan Lochte's Rio "robbery" actually cost him?

  20-08-2016 12:06
  
  CBS NEWS - Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte apologized Friday for what he did in Rio that has American tabloids calling him “The Ugly American” and “The Lochte-mess Monster.”“I want to apologize for my behavior last weekend -- for not being more careful and candid in how I described the events,” he said in a statement. Brazilian authorities say Lochte concocted the story to cover up what actually happened at a gas station.The security camera footage shows the athle
  
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• COSI parking plan closer to reality

  20-08-2016 11:43
  
  Replacing the surface parking lots at COSI with a 600-space underground garage topped by a park will cost an estimated $37 million, according to Capitol South Community Redevelopment Corporation.
  
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• New off-campus digs offer variety of luxuries to Ohio State students

  20-08-2016 11:35
  
  Pool tables, bocce courts, beach volleyball and a swimming pool complete with a basketball net — things sure have changed for college students living off-campus. The latest in a growing number of off-campus student apartments are welcoming new Ohio State University students this weekend, bringing perks that rival luxury apartments.
  
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• Two Columbus charter schools will get state money to expand

  20-08-2016 11:30
  
  Two high-performing Columbus charter schools are among eight statewide to receive a first-ever state grant to help renovate and expand their buildings. Columbus Collegiate Academy West will receive $1.7 million to renovate its aging school building in Franklinton, and Patriot Preparatory Academy on the East Side will build a 17,000-square-foot addition.
  
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• Historic preservation group seeks to move into old firehouse

  20-08-2016 11:23
  
  Heritage Ohio, a historic preservation group, wants to move its offices into an old fire station on W. Broad Street in Franklinton, and is working with the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority to develop the project.
  
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• Man dies after being hit by car

  20-08-2016 11:17
  
  The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a person was hit by a car in Clinton Township late Friday night.45-year-old Kevin Boone was crossing Cleveland Avenue near Melrose Avenue just before 11:30 p.m.He was crossing away from an intersection or crosswalk when it happened.Boone was taken to the hospital where he later died from his injuries.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com as the investigation continues.
  
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• Columbus man dies after being hit by car

  20-08-2016 11:17
  
  The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a person was hit by a car in Clinton Township late Friday night.45-year-old Kevin Boone of Columbus was crossing Cleveland Avenue near Melrose Avenue just before 11:30 p.m.He was crossing away from an intersection or crosswalk when it happened.Boone was taken to the hospital where he later died from his injuries.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com as the investigation continues.
  
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• Photo changed Fostoria mana s life

  20-08-2016 09:15
  A PHOTO OF THE FOSTORIA soybean oil tank, taken by Paul Feasel in 1986, appeared on both the cover of Time Magazine and on this inside page of the magazine.
  
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• Ohio jobless rate falls to 4.8 percent in July as fewer seek work

  20-08-2016 06:38
  
  For months, Ohio's jobless rate gradually moved higher because of a big influx of people entering the labor force and not all of them found work. Now the opposite is happening and that helped push the unemployment rate down to 4.8 percent in July from 5 percent in June, according to an Ohio Department of Job and Family Services report issued Friday.
  
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• Fla. face-biting attack suspect may face death penalty

  20-08-2016 06:17
  
  The Martin County Sheriff’s office says authorities will seek the death penalty or life in prison for a 19-year-old college student who detectives say was found biting the face of a man after stabbing him and his wife outside their outside their Florida home.A statement from sheriff’s spokeswoman Trisha Kukuvka Friday says Austin Harrouff will be charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 59-year-old John Stevens and his 53-year-old wife, Michelle Mishcon.He also
  
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• Three-alarm fire breaks out at West Side warehouse

  20-08-2016 05:36
  
  Columbus Division of Fire crews continued to battle a fire several hours after it started Friday night at a warehouse on the West Side. The division responded to the fire at 3080 Valleyview Dr. about 9 p.m. Hazmat crews were on scene, but no injuries were reported.
  
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• Night Market shines light on Cleveland's AsiaTown revival

  20-08-2016 05:03
  Families and teenagers and grandparents with toddlers strolled the street, nibbling on steamed buns, eating rice with chopsticks and carrying squid-on-a-stick. They sipped bubble teas and watched classical dancers and stilt walkers.
  
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• How to clear space on your iPhone without deleting photos

  20-08-2016 05:03
  
  As an iPhone user, there’s nothing worse than the dreaded “Storage Almost Full” notification that pops up on your phone at the most inconvenient time.It usually appears when you’re in the middle of recording a video or when you’re trying to snap a quick photo: “Cannot Take Photo: There is not enough available storage to take a photo.”And while many people are quick to delete their precious memories on the spot -- without spending the time to back up thei
  
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• Hope Over Heroin gathering brings hundreds for addiction help to Dodge Park

  20-08-2016 04:31
  
  When Christina Littler learned last week that she nearly lost one of her legs due to an infection that had set in from repeatedly plunging syringes into the back of her right knee, she knew she had to make a change. She joined several hundred Ohioans Friday at Dodge Park in Franklinton for the first of a two-day "Hope Over Heroin" event, a faith-based gathering that offers freeheroin-addiction support to the public, along with food and live music.
  
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• Caught on tape: Abduction suspect carries tot out of store in video

  20-08-2016 04:28
  
  An abduction suspect can be seen walking out of a Massachusetts grocery store with a small child slung over his shoulder in harrowing surveillance video obtained by CBS Boston.Cameras inside the South Shore India Market in Braintree, south of Boston, captured the moment 47-year-old Stephen O’Brien on Aug. 12 allegedly grabbed the 1-year-old boy and walked out, the station reports.“This gentleman walked in, without a shirt, grabbed the kid,” Mehtab Ahmed, a store employee, told
  
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• Wall collapses as crews battle fire at west Columbus building

  20-08-2016 03:47
  Columbus Fire crews are fighting a two-alarm fire in west Columbus at a commercial building Friday night.Firefighters were called to the scene at 3080 Valleyview Drive. The business is Market Day.Chief Steve Martin said everyone inside has been evacuated without injury.Once on scene, crews discovered that a hydrogen and ammonia tank could be leaking. As a result, hazmat crews have been called to the scene.Fire Crews are taking a defensive approach fighting the blaze because the structure is unsa
  
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• People evacuated as crews battled fire at west Columbus building

  20-08-2016 03:47
  UPDATE: The Red Cross says the shelter at Briggs High School will remain open until Columbus Fire has given the all clear.Columbus Fire has released evacuation orders for everyone except the people living on Westmoor Court, Westmoor Drive and Westmoor Place.The shelter was moved from West High School due to pre-planned construction.The Red Cross estimates about 30 people were assisted at West High School.---Columbus Fire crews are fighting a second-alarm fire in west Columbus at a commercial bui
  
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• People evacuated as crews battle fire at west Columbus building

  20-08-2016 03:47
  Columbus Fire crews are fighting a two-alarm fire in west Columbus at a commercial building that started Friday night.Firefighters were called to the scene at 3080 Valleyview Drive. The business is Market Day.Chief Steve Martin says everyone inside has been evacuated without injury, but people who live in the area are also being evacuated.People living within Fisher Road to the north, Wilson Road to the west, North Hague Avenue to the east and the railroad tracks to the south are being evacuated
  
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• People able to return to homes after crews battled fire at west Columbus building

  20-08-2016 03:47
  The approximately 150 people ordered to evacuate their homes are now told by Columbus Fire it is safe to return.Several families took shelter inside the West High School building as flames ripped through a business in West Columbus Friday night.The flames were first reported at the Market Day facilities Friday around 9p.m. As firefighters assessed the huge blaze, a second alarm was sounded for additional help.Residents in the Valleyview area were asked to evacuate. Some families living in homes
  
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• Dozens of people evacuated as crews battle fire at west Columbus building

  20-08-2016 03:47
  UPDATE: The Red Cross says they are moving their shelter from West High School to Briggs High School because of pre-planned construction at West High School.Columbus Fire has also released evacuation orders for everyone except the people living on Westmoor Court, Westmoor Drive and Westmoor Place.---Columbus Fire crews are fighting a second-alarm fire in west Columbus at a commercial building that started Friday night.Firefighters were called to the scene at 3080 Valleyview Drive. The business i
  
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• Crews battling fire at commercial property in west Columbus

  20-08-2016 03:47
  Columbus Fire crews are fighting a two-alarm fire in west Columbus at a commercial building Friday night.Firefighters were called to the scene at 3080 Valleyview Drive. The business is Market Day.Chief Steve Martin said everyone inside has been evacuated without injury.Once on scene, crews discovered that a hydrogen and ammonia tank could be leaking. As a result, hazmat crews have been called to the scene.There are no other evacuations at this time to any other buildings other than the fire stru
  
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• Worthington Kilbourne water polo team returns to the pool following fatal crash

  20-08-2016 03:05
  
  Friday marks one week since a former Worthington Kilbourne High School water polo player was killed in car crash in northwest Ohio.A passenger van carrying players from the school’s water polo team and family members collided with a grain truck just after 10 a.m. Friday at State Route 65 and State Route 281.Former student and player, 19-year-old Courtney Fisher, died in the crash.Courtney's mom, Vicki Fisher, and two younger sisters, Betsey and Melanie, were also in the van and were injure
  
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• Crews work to clean Columbus pools to put an end to crypto outbreak

  20-08-2016 02:29
  Early Friday morning, liquid chlorine was pumping into city pools to help stop the cryptosporidiosis outbreak.Public health officials confirmed Thursday the outbreak had grown to 202 cases in Franklin and Delaware counties.Columbus Aquatics Administrator John Gloyd said the hyperchlorination treatment uses well over the required amount of chlorine for cleaning.“You're talking about 20 parts per million over what is normal for state code,” he said.He added that high levels of chlorine
  
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• Racing For Recovery: Man changes life from addict to Ironman competitor

  20-08-2016 02:21
  Thousands of athletes will gather at Selby Stadium in Delaware County Sunday morning for the Ironman 70.3 Ohio race.Among the participants will be 49-year- old Todd Crandell, whose training for the course was likely different than most.“I was expelled from high school for cocaine, ruined a promising hockey career, in and out of jails, in and out of drug treatment centers, lost my family,” Crandell said.Crandell began battling addiction at the young age of 13.“I decided to take
  
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• Marion man charged after 10-month-old suffers burns to his back

  20-08-2016 01:50
  
  The Marion Police Department has charged a 27-year-old with child endangerment after a 10-month-old boy was injured.The child was taken to Marion General Hospital August 17 suffering from significant burns to his back.The boy was then moved to Nationwide Children’s Hospital for additional medical care.Marion Police arrested Roy Crabtree the following day and charged him with endangering children, a second-degree felony.Crabtree is the boyfriend of the 10-month-old’s mother.“The
  
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• Worthington family works to heal after fatal crash

  20-08-2016 01:44
  
  With five children and two dogs, the Fisher household has always been a chaotic hub of friends, neighbors and school activities. Four daughters and a son left Jeff Fisher, 45, exhilarated but also overwhelmed. That feeling of being overwhelmed, however, was never more real to him than this past week as he visited two of his daughters and his wife in their hospital beds. All were critically injured August 12, when Vicki Fisher pulled their van from a stop sign in rural Henry County and into the p
  
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• Bad Boy Tour Cancelled in Cbus

  20-08-2016 00:44
  Due to scheduling conflicts, the Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour originally scheduled for Thursday, August 25 at the Schottenstein Center has been cancelled. After undergoing recent surgery to treat a shoulder injury, Sean "Diddy" Combs will postpone the kick off to his highly anticipated Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour.
  
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• Uber rider's kind deed helps driver see son compete in Rio

  20-08-2016 00:32
  Darrell Hill’s Olympic dream may have been cut short after placing 23rd in the qualification round of the shot put competition. But even though Hill didn’t advance to the final, his greatest fan was there to cheer him on, all because of a chance encounter with a stranger, reports CBS News correspondent Jamie Yuccas.For Darrell’s father, Ellis Hill, watching his son in Rio was a gift worth more than Olympic gold. But until last month, he had no intention of going.“I had al
  
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• Hilliard teacher uses Heimlich maneuver to save student

  20-08-2016 00:22
  A scary moment at a Hilliard elementary school may have ended much worse if it weren’t for the persistent actions of the school’s staff after a student passed out after choking on food.Nine-year-old Evan Stiverson was in a rush to finish his lunch and get to recess Thursday.He grabbed his last chicken nuggets and shoved them into his mouth as he ran out the door to the basketball court. But, Evan began to choke on one of the nuggets.“It’s evident once I see his face that
  
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• Judge's mistake allows man who killed Grandview woman to leave prison in 11 years

  20-08-2016 00:01
  A new day in court for a man convicted of a murder back in 2000 after it was discovered the original judge misspoke in his sentencing.Chad Davis pleaded guilty to killing 37-year-old Mary Compton in Grandview home. Prosecutors say Davis was friends with Compton’s two daughters, Jessi and Casey.He was at the home that night with a group of friends.Davis said he had taken LSD and became agitated. Compton tried to calm him down and he stabbed her with a knife found in the home.Davis was origi
  
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