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• Columbus Police Department issues alert for missing 74-year-old woman

  27-08-2016 22:25
  
  The Columbus Police Department has issued an alert for a missing 74-year-old woman.Police say Wilma Tatum left her home on foot Friday, and didn't come back.Tatum reportedly suffers from dementia, and has wandered away from home before.Police say last time, she was found on the north side of Columbus.Tatum is 5-feet-5-inches tall, weighs 125 pounds, has grey hair and brown eyes.She was last seen wearing a black sleeveless shirt, a black skirt and a jacket with a flower on it.If you see Tatum, or
  
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• 74-year-old woman found; alert cancelled

  27-08-2016 22:25
  
  The Columbus Police Department issued an alert for a missing 74-year-old woman on Saturday.Police say Wilma Tatum left her home on foot Friday, and didn't come back.Tatum reportedly suffers from dementia, and has wandered away from home before.Tatum was found by her family on Saturday and the alert was cancelled.
  
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• Headstone of Civil War soldier to be fixed after 154 years

  27-08-2016 21:45
  The name and information on... . The grave site of Augustus Beckmann is photographed on May 30, 2016, at Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery, in Columbus, Ohio on Memorial Day weekend.
  
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• Cops cover vet bill for dog who "took a bullet" for his owner

  27-08-2016 20:46
  
  A young woman and a family dog were struck with bullets after an argument erupted in gunfire in a Boston neighborhood early Thursday.According to CBS Boston, police are still searching for suspects in the shooting of 18-year-old Dashaye Mizhari, who is now in the intensive care unit. The teenager was reportedly shot three times as she ran for cover.But officers believe there could have been at least one more person injured if it weren’t for a 10-month-old mastiff mix named Felony.When Bost
  
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• Alana’s Food and Wine is For Sale, Owners Relocating

  27-08-2016 20:46
  
  After 18 years in business, Alana’s Food and Wine has begun the process of concluding its final chapter. Owners Alana Shock and Kevin Bertschi have listed the restaurant for sale with plans to relocate. The news may come as a surprise to fans who learned earlier this year that the restaurant was staying put after evaluating […]
  
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• Worms found in burgers at 2 Kentucky McDonald's restaurants

  27-08-2016 20:40
  
  At least two people have reported finding worms in food from McDonald’s restaurants in two Kentucky communities.Mayfield resident Madison Stephens tells WPSD-TV that she visited the local McDonald’s on Sunday and purchased food for her and her 1-year-old son.She says that as she was about to bite into her hamburger, a live worm fell out.At the McDonald’s in Draffenville, about 25 miles away from Mayfield, Lacey Jo Lovett says she also found a worm in her burger on Tuesday.Steph
  
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• "SOS" in sand leads to rescue of two people stranded on island

  27-08-2016 20:35
  
  The U.S. Coast Guard says two stranded mariners were rescued Friday after crews saw their “SOS” in the sand on an uninhabited island in Micronesia, CBS Honolulu affiliate KGMB-TV reports.A U.S. Navy aircraft crew spotted the pair on the beach and gave their location to the Coast Guard in Guam. KGMB-TV says the two, who had no emergency equipment, were picked up and taken to a patrol boat.The Coast Guard received a report about the couple’s 18-foot vessel going missing on Aug. 1
  
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• Co-pilot arrested in Michigan on suspicion of being drunk

  27-08-2016 19:49
  
  A co-pilot on a charter plane in northern Michigan has been arrested after the plane’s captain suspected that he was drunk.Traverse City police Capt. Kevin Dunklow says a breath test Thursday showed the co-pilot had a blood-alcohol level of 0.30, nearly four times the legal threshold for driving.The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports that 35-year-old Sean Michael Fitzgerald of Boca Raton, Florida, was arraigned Friday on a misdemeanor charge.Defense attorney Patrick Fragel declined to comm
  
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• Obama steps up pressure on Congress for Zika funding

  27-08-2016 19:36
  
  President Obama is intensifying pressure on Congress to fully fund efforts fighting the spread of the Zika virus, urging legislators to “make this their first order of business” when they return from a seven-week recess after Labor Day.“In February -- more than six months ago -- I asked Congress for the emergency resources that public health experts say we need to combat Zika,” the president said in a video released Saturday, where he noted that the nearly $2 billion in f
  
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• Richard Branson: "I really thought I was going to die"

  27-08-2016 19:31
  
  Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson said Friday he thought he was going to die after flying head first off his bicycle in the British Virgin Islands.The Virgin Group boss hit a hump in the road on Virgin Gorda, one of the islands in the Caribbean, catapulting him into the road. The 66-year-old posted pictures of his bloodied face on social media on Friday, showing the gruesome injuries that included a cracked cheek, torn ligaments and severe cuts.“My life was literally flashing before
  
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• 6110 Holiday Lane, Dublin.

  27-08-2016 17:36
  Gryphon Auction Group has been appointed as Special Master to complete the auction of two suburban single family homes in the greater Columbus area - one in Grove City and the second in Dublin. Both properties are offered for online auction now through Sept.
  
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• Construction Roundup: August 2016

  27-08-2016 17:07
  
  August has been a hot and rainy month, but much progress has still been made at construction sites all throughout central Columbus neighborhoods. This month’s Construction Roundup photo series takes a tour through sites located Downtown, in the Discovery District, Arena District, Short North, Victorian Village, Italian Village, Clintonville, University District, Grandview Heights, RiverSouth and […]
  
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• Police search for suspects who shot and killed a man at a South Side hotel

  27-08-2016 16:55
  
  Columbus Police say a man was shot and killed overnight at a South Side hotel. Police say 48-year-old Mark E. Horne was shot and killed early this morning after a fight in a room at the Kozy Inn, 3910 S. High Street.
  
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• Teens shot while walking home from football game

  27-08-2016 15:55
  
  Columbus Police say two teenagers were shot while walking home from a Linden McKinley football game Friday night, and one of them is in critical but stable condition this morning. While investigating that shooting, a third victim, 19-year-old Malyk Dumas, showed up at a hospital and had been shot in the leg, police said.
  
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• Kasich now gives Trump a chance to win Ohio

  27-08-2016 15:49
  
  Gov. John Kasich took a step back from earlier predictions that Donald Trump can’t carry Ohio. Now, the key is whether Hillary Clinton can win big in major cities in the Buckeye State, he told CNN in a short interview broadast Friday night.
  
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• Man shot, killed at South Side hotel

  27-08-2016 14:46
  
  Columbus Police say a man was shot and killed overnight at a South Side hotel. Police say 48-year-old Mark E. Horne was shot and killed early this morning after a fight in a room at the Kozy Inn, 3910 S. High Street.
  
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• Baby born with Zika virus is medical mystery

  27-08-2016 13:21
  
  CBS NEWS - Eight-week-old Micaela was exposed to the Zika virus in the womb, but does not have microcephaly, the birth defect marked by an abnormally small head and brain. “She looks normal to me, but the doctors say she’s not,” said her mother, Maria Fernanda Ramirez Bolivar.Ramirez Bolivar contracted the Zika virus​ in her native Venezuela when she was three months pregnant. Micaela has slight damage to one eye and stiffness on one side of her body.It took a team of doc
  
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• Dangerous intersections are mostly north and east

  27-08-2016 13:05
  
  The most dangerous intersections in Columbus over the past two years have mostly been on the East Side where road and intersection improvements are planned but not completed, according to a report from the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission. Heading up the list of MORPC's Top 100 Regional High-Crash Intersections list for the years 2013 through 2015 is E. Broad Street and James Road, where the agency recorded 172 accidents during the reporting period, including one fatality.
  
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• Report finds traffic deaths jumped in first half of 2016

  27-08-2016 12:47
  
  CBS NEWS - Police believe speed was likely a factor in a crash last weekend on the Long Island Expressway in New York that killed six people, including a child and a former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.The wreck is the type of tragedy that is increasingly common on U.S. roads, according to a new report from the National Safety Council.The report states that traffic death have increased 18 percent over the last two years. More than 19,000 people were estimated killed in the first half of 20
  
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• The Latest: Italian quake death toll rises to 290

  27-08-2016 12:04
  
  The latest on the Italian earthquake (all times local):11:30 a.m.Italian authorities say the death toll in an Italian earthquake has risen yet again as bodies continued to be recovered and now stands at 290.The Civil Protection agency gave the updated figure late Saturday morning just ahead of a state funeral for some of the victims being attended by President Sergio Mattarella and Premier Matteo Renzi.The worst hit town was Amatrice, which now has 230 confirmed deaths. It is there that the deat
  
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• Mayor's wife turns idea into suburban beautification group

  27-08-2016 12:01
  
  Mayor Tom Kneeland lugs water jugs through the streets of Gahanna's Creekside district in the old red wagon that usually hauls his grandkids. Still in his day-job dress slacks, he pours the gallon containers one by one over a dozen flourishing flower planters. He greets the groups of curious onlookers, and there often are many.
  
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• Grandview eyeing Memorial Day weekend to open new swimming pool

  27-08-2016 11:54
  
  Grandview Heights closed its municipal pool early this year, hoping an easy winter will allow a new $6.2 million pool to open on the same siteby Memorial Day. But it's not without controversy. The original city pool, Robey said, was opened in 1922 but actually was a swimming hole near Dublin Road. The real pool and building were built in 1932 on a little more than 2 acres at Kramer Avenue and Goodale Boulevard and refurbished in 1978. That pool will be demolished to make way for the new one.
  
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• Bangladesh police kill 3, including suspect in Dhaka attack

  27-08-2016 11:34
  
  Police in Bangladesh say they have killed three suspected militants, including an alleged masterminds of a major attack on a cafe last month that left 20 people dead.Top counterterrorism official Monirul Islam said police raided a two-story house in Narayanganj district near Dhaka and killed the suspects early Saturday.The dead included Tamim Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi-born Canadian, who police believe was one of two masterminds of the attack on a popular restaurant in Dhaka.Police said they opene
  
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• Man, 46, charged in deaths of 2 Mississippi nuns

  27-08-2016 11:18
  
  Authorities say they have charged a 46-year-old man in connection with the deaths of two nuns who were killed in Mississippi.Mississippi Department of Public Safety spokesman Warren Strain said in a statement Friday night that Rodney Earl Sanders of Kosciusko has been charged with two counts of capital murder in the deaths of Sister Margaret Held and Sister Paula Merrill, both 68.Their bodies were discovered Thursday after they failed to show up for work at a clinic in Lexington, Mississippi, ab
  
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• South Columbus murder suspect arrested

  27-08-2016 10:27
  A murder suspect wanted in connection to a shooting Saturday at a south Columbus motel has been arrested.Columbus police were looking for 32-year-old Monteria L. Watkins in connection to the shooting at the Kozy Inn on South High Street.It happened inside a motel room around 1:30 a.m Saturday.The victim has been identified as 48-year-old Mark Horne; he was pronounced dead at the scene.Police released a surveillance photo ofWatkins over the weekend.He was arrested by Columbus SWAT early Monday mo
  
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• One person killed in south Columbus shooting

  27-08-2016 10:27
  
  Columbus police say one person is dead after a shooting in south Columbus.It happened around 1:30 a.m. Saturday on South High Street.There is no suspect information at this time.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest developments.
  
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• Murder warrant issued for south Columbus shooting suspect

  27-08-2016 10:27
  A murder warrant has been issued in connection to the Saturday shooting at a south Columbus motel.Columbus police are looking for 32-year-old Monteria L. Watkins in connection to the shooting at the Kozy Inn on South High Street.It happened inside a motel room around 1:30 a.m Saturday.The victim has been identified as 48-year-old Mark Horne; he was pronounced dead at the scene.Police also released surveillance photos of two people they would like to question concerning the incident.Stay with 10T
  
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• Man killed in south Columbus shooting

  27-08-2016 10:27
  
  Columbus police say a man is dead after a shooting in south Columbus.It happened inside a motel around 1:30 a.m. Saturday on South High Street.There is no suspect information at this time.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest developments.
  
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• Man killed in south Columbus motel shooting

  27-08-2016 10:27
  Columbus police say a man is dead after a shooting in south Columbus.It happened inside a motel room around 1:30 a.m. Saturday on South High Street.The victim has been identified as 48-year-old Mark Horne.Police say they are looking for a man and a woman in connection with the shooting.They say the suspects entered Horne's room where a fight started before Horne was shot. He was pronounced dead at the scene.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest developments.
  
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• Town Hall Confronting Youth Violence in Columbus

  27-08-2016 08:33
  NBC4 and Power 107.5 are teaming up to confront youth violence in our community August 30th 7-8pm at the King Art's Complex located at 867 Mount Vernon Ave. hosted by NBC4's Mike Jackson & Colleen Marshall. The goal of the town hall is to promote a conversation between city leaders, civic leaders and members of our community, attendees will have a chance to have their voice heard.
  
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• Campaign ad watch: Zach Klein, 'Commitment to Justice'

  27-08-2016 07:08
  
  Ad: Commitment to Justice
  
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• Campaign ad watch: Ron O'Brien, 'Running'

  27-08-2016 07:08
  
  Ad: Running Producer: Committee for Ron O’Brien Where to see it: Social media
  
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• Submeter companies like newest bill best

  27-08-2016 06:29
  
  A second proposal has emerged that would regulate "submeter" companies, one that the companies like a lot better than the first plan. Ohio Sen. Kevin Bacon, R-Minerva Park, said his intent is to start a conversation about how the Ohio General Assembly can better protect consumers from submeter companies, which provide utilities to certain apartments and condominiums, often at a marked-up cost.
  
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• Texas man charged with beheading wife after police visit

  27-08-2016 05:27
  
  Police say a Texas man is accused of beheading his wife just hours after officers visited the couple for a welfare check.Bellmead police Sgt. Kory Martin says officers visited 23-year-old Davie Kory Martin says officers visited 23-year-old Davie Dauzat and his 21-year-old wife, Natasha, on Thursday at their mobile home in Bellmead after a relative called police. Officers found no trouble and left.Martin says a relative called police again two hours later to say Dauzat had killed his wife. Police
  
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• Cousin of NBA's Dwyane Wade gunned down while pushing baby stroller in Chicago

  27-08-2016 05:21
  
  Chicago police say a woman pushing a baby in a stroller was fatally shot on the city’s South Side.Authorities say the 32-year-old victim was killed when two males walked up and fired shots at a third man about 3:30 p.m. Friday. Police say the woman was not the intended target.She was identified in local media as Nykea Aldridge, a cousin of NBA star Dwyane Wade, who tweeted his reaction Saturday night:Aldridge, a cousin of NBA star Dwyane Wade, who tweeted his reaction Saturday night:My cou
  
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• Cousin of NBA's Dwayne Wade gunned down while pushing baby stroller in Chicago

  27-08-2016 05:21
  
  Chicago police say a woman pushing a baby in a stroller was fatally shot on the city’s South Side.Authorities say the 32-year-old victim was killed when two males walked up and fired shots at a third man about 3:30 p.m. Friday. Police say the woman was not the intended target.She was identified in local media as Nykea Aldridge, a cousin of NBA star Dwayne Wade, who tweeted his reaction Saturday night:Aldridge, a cousin of NBA star Dwayne Wade, who tweeted his reaction Saturday night:My cou
  
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• Program designed to curb violence in south Columbus

  27-08-2016 04:46
  
  A former gang member who served time in federal prison is using his life experiences to change lives.He founded a non-profit called "A Thug Is a Dud."
  The hope is to intervene and prevent violent crime in the community. It was a party with a purpose Friday, driven by a man who didn't always have the best outlook on his own future.“Because I was once like them, and I know what it took for me to get where I'm at,” Thell Robinson, A.T.I.A.D founder, said.Robinson is focusing in on an ar
  
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• Two teenagers injured in South Linden shooting

  27-08-2016 04:27
  
  Columbus Police have confirmed that two people were injured in a shooting in the South Linden area Friday night.The shooting reportedly happened in the area of Kohr Place and Cleveland Avenue.One of the victims were taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition but has been upgraded to stable.The second victim was taken to Nationwide Children's Hospital in stable condition.Authorities identified the victims as a 15-year-old male and a 13-year-old female.There is no suspect information at t
  
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• Three teenagers injured in South Linden shooting

  27-08-2016 04:27
  Columbus Police have confirmed that three people were injured in a shooting in the South Linden area Friday night.The shooting reportedly happened in the area of Kohr Place and Cleveland Avenue.One of the victims was taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition, but has been upgraded to stable.Another victim was taken to Nationwide Children's Hospital in stable condition.Authorities identified those victims as a 15-year-old male and a 14-year-old female who said they were walking home fro
  
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• Scott's Political Picks: Is Kasich already working on 2020 run?

  27-08-2016 04:00
  
  I’m starting my ‘Political Picks of the Week’ with Ohio Governor John Kasich who’s not governing in Ohio this weekend. He’s in New Hampshire. You know New Hampshire: the dot on the map with four electoral votes and a statewide population not that much greater than the city of Columbus.Oh wait a minute. New Hampshire will, as it always does, have the first presidential primary in 2020. Ah ha! So am I the cynical media for wanting to ask Kasich, “Really Governor
  
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• Colorado mom dies saving 2-year-old son from drowning

  27-08-2016 03:38
  
  A mother was enjoying a family boat trip across Lake Powell when she heard a scream and splash. Her 2-year-old son had slipped off their houseboat and into the water.Chelsey Russell, a 35-year-old mother of two from Lakewood, Colorado, jumped in to rescue her son. She managed to keep the toddler above water for five agonizing minutes until a relative pulled him safely back onto the boat.But by that point, Russell was unconscious. She was pulled from the water and rushed to shore at the nearby ma
  
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• Chillicothe battling bat infestation in city building

  27-08-2016 03:33
  Hundreds of bats are taking up residence inside the Chillicothe safety services building and the health department has told workers to work elsewhere until the bats are gone.“We estimate about 250 to 300 bats are up in the rafters,” Chillicothe Safety Director Jeff Carman Safety said.The tiny brown bats and their droppings are creating a health hazard.The city says it discovered their new tenants Monday.“They can slide in like a hole the size of a pencil and get into the rafter
  
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• Exxxotica Expo draws thousands to Columbus each year

  27-08-2016 02:56
  The theme of the Exxxotica Expo is obvious by the name but the advertisements don't let on the full story.“It’s crazy to us that it’s not something that is talked about in both an educational and an entertaining way,” Exxxotica Director J. Handy said.Handy recognizes the topic is taboo for many to talk about. Ten years ago, he made a move to bring the subject of sex mainstream.The expo is a mix of products, live shows and adult film stars.The expo has bounced between majo
  
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• Schools also feeling pinch of high EpiPen prices

  27-08-2016 02:28
  An Epi-Pen can be the difference between life and death for someone suffering an allergic reaction. The medicine that just seven years ago cost about $100 is now priced at more than six times that.Families aren't the only ones feeling the pinch, so are local schools."Ready for tomorrow" is the mission statement for Hilliard City Schools. "Ready for anything" could be the mission statement of Vicky Clark.As the district's Director of Student Support Services, she oversees everything to do with st
  
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• Mental-health agency audits show years of financial problems

  27-08-2016 02:20
  
  Mark Travis likely will learn next week whether he will keep his job as CEO of a troubled nonprofit agency that provides mental-health services to people in Delaware and Morrow counties. A decade of audits of the agency that he's overseen for eight years reveals chronic financial problems that nobody seems able to fix.
  
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• Football teams, marching bands working to stay cool in summer heat

  27-08-2016 02:16
  Thousands of high school football players, cheerleaders and band members will hit the field for season openers Friday night.Kickoff night will likely be sticky and humid coming off of a 90-degree day across Columbus.Thankfully, band administrators at Watkins Memorial decided to allow the band to perform in a summer uniform of athletic shorts, athletic shirt and ball cap.“We, of course, have our traditional band uniforms like any other band. Ours are heavy wool, they are not at all cool,&rd
  
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• Judge won't block California's strict child vaccination law

  27-08-2016 02:10
  
  A federal judge won’t immediately block a California law that requires all schoolchildren to be vaccinated and is one of the strictest in the nation for eliminating exemptions based on religious and personal beliefs.The ruling Friday by U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw in San Diego comes as the law faces its first test with the end of summer break.A lawsuit filed by 17 families and two foundations sought an injunction while the lawsuit works its way through the courts. The law went into eff
  
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• Mud Hens 5, Clippers 1

  27-08-2016 01:53
  
  The Mud Hens jumped on Columbus starter Toru Murata early and stifled the Clippers' bats on the way to a 5-1 win over the International League West Division champs Thursday night. After Murata retired the side in the 1st inning, the Hens woke up, touching him for two runs on three hits in the 2nd and another run on a Dean Green double in the 3rd.
  
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• 8-year-old has some advice for President Obama

  27-08-2016 00:45
  
  A lot of people are thinking about the direction of our nation, but an 8-year-old girl named Lily took action. Lily’s dad is in the Air Force and she has big dreams of becoming a cardiovascular surgeon, although she proudly announces that becoming president would be her back-up. But she’s worried that, “With all the attack [sic], the Zika virus, and the wars, this country is a very sad place.”While Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton argue over how to fix it, Lily thinks she
  
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• Penalties might be death knell for ITT Tech nationwide, locally

  27-08-2016 00:25
  
  A triple whammy of penalties from the federal government could put ITT Technical Institute schools out of business, meaning hundreds of central Ohioans would have to find new schools and make sure they're not stuck with useless student loans. A state agency is gearing up to help ITT's 2,000 or so Ohio students transfer to other schools if necessary.
  
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