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• Rocky Brands' CEO resigns

  08-09-2016 23:56
  
  NELSONVILLE — Rocky Brands announced today that CEO and President David Sharp has resigned and has been replaced as interim CEO by Mike Brooks, chairman of the board of directors. Brooks, who previously was CEO from August 1991 to July 2011, will lead the company while the board searches for a new CEO.
  
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• Trump unveils $20 Billion plan to help minorities find better schools

  08-09-2016 23:55
  Speaking at a Cleveland Charter School Thursday, Donald Trump told the crowd if elected he would use existing federal dollars to help expand school choice for all children living in poverty.“We have inner cities that are more dangerous than war,” he said.Trump painted the life of inner city African Americans as being forgotten by the Democratic Party in termsof education and jobs.For Laverne Gore of Cleveland, that message hit home. She says Trump, unlike President Obama, offers more
  
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• Nearly 1 in 4 Ohioans avoiding Clinton-Trump choice, new poll shows

  08-09-2016 23:54
  
  Gary Johnson, presidential kingmaker? The Libertarian Party's candidate is pulling 14 percent in a new poll of Ohio, enough to swing the nation's top bellwether to either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton.
  
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• Wells Fargo fires 5,300 employees, fined $185 million for opening fake accounts

  08-09-2016 23:43
  
  California and federal regulators fined Wells Fargo a combined $185 million on Thursday, alleging the bank's employees illegally opened millions of unauthorized accounts for their customers in order to meet aggressive sales goals.The San Francisco-based bank will pay $100 million to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal agency created five years ago; $35 million to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and $50 million to the City and County of Los Angeles. It will also pay
  
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• “Soft” Targets are the new focus of terrorists, says FBI

  08-09-2016 23:29
  
  CBS news has learned the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have issued a joint bulletin to law enforcement nationwide advising vigilance of civilian facilities as possible targets of ISIS.It’s a trend CrimeTracker10 has been talking with Ohio Homeland Security (OHS) in recent weeks.“Examples of soft targets could be anything where people congregate,” Brian Quinn, Chief of Operations for OHS, said. “It could be a school, a movie theater, a church, it could
  
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• Cincinnati Zoo evacuated after report of suspicious package

  08-09-2016 23:28
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Zoo has been evacuated and police are investigating after a report of a suspicious package. The zoo says staff and visitors were safely evacuated mid-afternoon Thursday after the threat was called in to police.
  
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• Pam’s Market Popcorn Leaving The North Market

  08-09-2016 22:55
  
  Pam Tylka, owner of Pam’s Market Popcorn, announced today that her business will be exiting the North Market at the end of the month. Tylka opened the business 11 years ago and stated that recent changes at the North Market were behind her decision to depart. “It truly breaks my heart but I am up […]
  
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• Police: No credible threats found at Cincinnati Zoo

  08-09-2016 22:35
  
  Cincinnati Police say there were no credible threats found at the Cincinnati Zoo following a threat.Police tweeted that the zoo was evacuated for a suspicious device call Thursday afternoon.Authorities responded to the zoo with bomb-sniffing dogs but found nothing suspicious inside the zoo.The zoo issued the following statement:"The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden safely evacuated staff and guests today around 3:30 p.m. as a precaution after an unspecified threat was called into Cincinnati
  
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• Cincinnati Zoo evacuated due to threat

  08-09-2016 22:35
  
  The Cincinnati Zoo has been evacuated due to a threat Thursday, according to police.Cincinnati Police tweeted that the zoo was evacuated for a suspicious device call.Bomb dogs are currently sweeping the zoo.Police add that the zoo has been completely evacuated.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates. Cincinnati Zoo evacuated for suspicious device call. Bomb dogs currently sweeping zoo. Media staging area: Vine & Shields bus turn-around.— Cincinnati Police (@CincinnatiPD) September 8, 2
  
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• Repeat rapist sentenced to 20 years in prison

  08-09-2016 22:33
  
  Women won't have to worry about being sexually assaulted by Andrew Morrison for at least 20 years. After police received several complaints about a man who had sexually assaulted — or tried to — women in a spot in southern Franklin County, a sheriff's deputy parked there early one morning in August 2015. They said the man drove a tan sedan. The deputy didn't have to wait long before Morrison drove up in a tan sedan with a teenage girl in his car.
  
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• Video: The Cincinnati Streetcar

  08-09-2016 22:29
  
  This Friday, the City of Cincinnati launches its first Streetcar Line, connecting The Banks on the Riverfront with Over-the-Rhine and all points in between. Officially known as the “Cincinnati Bell Connector” due to a naming rights sponsorship from Cincinnati Bell, the 18-stop line will service residents, workers and visitors in the Downtown core of the […]
  
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• Donald Trump says he would have caught Osama bin Laden before Sept. 11 terrorist attacks

  08-09-2016 22:23
  
  Donald Trump claimed today that if he had been president, America would have apprehended Osama bin Laden before the World Trade Center towers fell to hijacked planes commandeered by his followers. Trump’s remarks at a Cleveland charter school, where he unveiled a $20 billion school-choice proposal to send every child living in poverty to the K-12 school of their choice, came three days short of the 15th anniversary of 9/11.
  
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• Motorcyclist killed in crash was former Columbus police officer

  08-09-2016 22:22
  
  Columbus police have identified a man who died in a motorcycle crash early Thursday on the Northwest Side. Police said the motorcyclist was 50-year-old Richard Shantery, who had served as a Columbus police officer from 1988 to '99.
  
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• New Design to be Presented for 10-Story Building at Grandview Mercantile Site

  08-09-2016 22:19
  
  The Pizzuti Companies will present their latest proposal for the Grandview Mercantile site to the Victorian Village Commission tonight. The programming and height of the building remain the same as the second iteration of the project, which was presented to the commission last month – a 10-story building featuring 12,600 square feet of ground-floor retail […]
  
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• Face-biting suspect's dad says he believes son was poisoned

  08-09-2016 22:13
  
  The father of a Florida college student accused of randomly killing a couple and biting the dead husband's face said Thursday that his son's condition is deteriorating.Dr. Wade Harrouff said his 19-year-old son Austin Harrouff "is not doing well" and remains hospitalized nearly four weeks after the Aug. 15 beating and stabbing attack that killed John Stevens, 59, and his wife, Michelle Mishcon, 53, at the couple's Tequesta home. The couple's neighbor was also injured. Harrouff said his son can o
  
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• Police identify motorcyclist killed in Olentangy River Road crash

  08-09-2016 21:38
  
  Columbus police have identified a motorcyclist who died in a crash early Thursday on Olentangy River Road on the North Side. Police said the motorcyclist was 50-year-old Richard Shantery, who served as a Columbus police officer from 1988 to 1999. A passing motorist called police at 12:51 a.m. to report the crash, which occurred near Garrett Drive, according to Columbus police. Shantery was traveling northbound on Olentangy River Road when his drove off the east side of the roadway and struck a m
  
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• Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson: "What is Aleppo?"

  08-09-2016 21:32
  
  If it was greater attention Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson wanted, he got it - but probably not the kind he wanted.As part of a media blitz in New York to try to raise his polling numbers enough to qualify for the upcoming presidential debate, Johnson fielded a range of questions Thursday with the aim of demonstrating he can take on Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. But one very pressing question stumped him."What would you do about Aleppo?" Johnson was asked on MSNBC's "Morning
  
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• Bill would make revenge porn a crime in Ohio

  08-09-2016 21:15
  
  The state’s top Senate Democrat wants Ohio to join most states in making revenge porn a crime. Revenge porn occurs when a person’s nude or sexual image is published or shared without the person’s consent, and these days that’s usually online or other electronic means. It is named as such because such actions often occur when an ex-spouse or ex-lover is trying to harass and embarrass the person in the pictures or videos.
  
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• Some items saved after Hopalong Cassidy museum fire in eastern Ohio

  08-09-2016 21:06
  
  CAMBRIDGE, Ohio (AP) — The founder of an Ohio museum dedicated to fictional cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy says some of its memorabilia was saved from a fire, but estimates at least half of its photographs and games are damaged beyond repair. A building housing the museum and an antique mall caught fire Saturday. No injuries were reported. A cause hasn't been determined.
  
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• New poll shows Donald Trump with 4-point lead over Hillary Clinton in Ohio

  08-09-2016 20:55
  
  Donald Trump has taken a 4-point lead in battleground Ohio, a new poll released this afternoon shows. The Republican nominee has 41 percent while Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has 37 percent, the Quinnipiac University poll shows. A month ago the same poll showed Clinton ahead by 4 points.
  
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• Man sentenced to 20 years in prison for rape, attempted rape of 7 women

  08-09-2016 20:41
  
  An admitted serial rapist will spend 20 years in prison.Fifty-three-year-old Andrew Morrison pleaded guilty Thursday to three counts of rape and four counts of attempted rape involving seven different women.Investigators say each of the victims initially got into Morrison’s car willingly and that he drove them to remote areas and raped or attempted to rape them.“This serial rapist threatened to kill his seven victims as he raped or attempted to rape them, all within a three-month tim
  
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• 400 workers at marshmallow Peeps plant go on strike

  08-09-2016 20:04
  
  BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- About 400 workers at the Pennsylvania plant that makes marshmallow Peeps and other candies are on strike.Workers walked out of the Just Born plant in Bethlehem on Wednesday afternoon. The plant 60 miles north of Philadelphia also makes Mike and Ike and Hot Tamales candies.The workers are protesting the company's proposals on wages, health benefits and switching from a pension plan to a 401(k). Employees have been working under an expired contract since June.Members of the Baker
  
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• Mega Weekend Summer 2016 – Vol. 18

  08-09-2016 20:00
  
  Summer weekends are winding down! What have you got planned for this one? We have ticket contests going for 90s Fest, Country Night Lights, and Bacon Fest (this one closes tonight so get entered)! Make sure to get your ticket to taste the best burgers at Best Bites! Plan out your itinerary for next week’s Dine Originals Restaurant Week. […]
  
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• Kasich to delay policy change for Head Start funding

  08-09-2016 19:37
  
  Gov. John Kasich has agreed to postpone his administration's plan to change how the state pays for preschool following complaints that services would be lost or diminished for Ohio's poorest children. Kasich will delay until next school year a ban on preschools receiving funding from more than one source. The policy change, estimated to save $12 million a year, was to go into effect this school year.
  
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• Domestic violence victims can now shield their addresses

  08-09-2016 19:33
  
  Victims of domestic violence, stalking and other crimes can ask to have their addresses shielded from certain public records in Ohio under a new law. Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted launched the address confidentially program in Cleveland on Thursday, when the law took effect.
  
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• Critics question Trump's choice of charter schools for Cleveland visit

  08-09-2016 19:12
  
  Seven weeks ago, on the closing night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Donald Trump vowed to save America’s children from “failing schools.” This afternoon, the GOP presidential nominee is scheduled to speak at one of those schools -- the Cleveland Arts and Social Sciences Academy, a K-8 charter school with a nearly all-black enrollment.
  
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• Medical Marijuana Legal in Ohio Today

  08-09-2016 19:06
  
  Today Ohioans could theoretically have access to medical marijuana, but there’s nowhere to get it legally yet. House bill 523, the law legalizing marijuana for therapeutic uses, goes into effect today, but, for now, not much is changing. “It’s kind of a symbolic day more than anything,” said Aaron Marshall with Ohioans for Medical Marijuana, […]
  
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• Mazda recalls 2.2 million cars for falling rear hatches

  08-09-2016 19:03
  
  DETROIT - Mazda is recalling 2.2 million cars and SUVs worldwide because the rear hatches can fall on people and injure them.The recall covers certain 2010 through 2013 Mazda 3 compact cars, as well as 2012 through 2015 Mazda 5 vans. Also included are certain 2013 to 2016 CX-5 and 2016 CX-3 SUVs. More than 759,000 vehicles in the U.S. and Canada are affected.Mazda says the corrosion protection coating applied to the hatch lift supports at the factory wasn’t sufficient. Over time, water con
  
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• Critics question Donald Trump's choice of charter schools for Cleveland visit

  08-09-2016 18:57
  
  Seven weeks ago, on the closing night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Donald Trump vowed to save America’s children from “failing schools.” This afternoon, the GOP presidential nominee is scheduled to speak at one of those schools -- the Cleveland Arts and Social Sciences Academy, a K-8 charter school with a nearly all-black enrollment.
  
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• Lochte banned through June 2017, loses $100,000 in bonuses

  08-09-2016 18:51
  
  Ryan Lochte is banned from swimming through next June and will forfeit $100,000 in bonus money that went with his gold medal at the Olympics, part of the penalty for his drunken encounter at a gas station in Brazil during last month's games.The U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Swimming announced the penalties Thursday. Lochte agreed to a ban that will also render him ineligible for world championships next July because he won't be able to qualify for them at nationals the previous month.He'll get
  
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• Mayor, City Council Announces Charter Review Committee Members

  08-09-2016 18:15
  
  The Mayor and City Council announced this week the nine people who will review the city government structure. The Charter Review Committee was created in response to the ballot measure that failed in August. The measure would have transformed Columbus City Council from its current seven-member at-large structure into one with 10 district representatives and […]
  
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• Crypto Outbreak: Columbus Public Health reports 600 cases in central Ohio

  08-09-2016 17:58
  UPDATE: Columbus Public Health says as of Thursday, September 8 there have been 600 cases of Crypto across central Ohio.CRYPTO OUTBREAK: We are now reporting 600 cases in Central #OH. https://t.co/sDpptkFo68 pic.twitter.com/CHXsQkzPjz— Columbus Health (@ColumbusHealth) September 8, 2016
  ---Columbus Public Health officials said they expect the crypto outbreak to get worse, before it gets better.The numbers are soaring as people are heading into the unofficial end of pool season.Crypto is a
  
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• Texas sheriff: 1 student dead, 1 hurt in school shooting

  08-09-2016 17:35
  
  ALPINE, Texas — A female student died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Thursday after shooting and injuring another female student inside a high school in West Texas, according to the local sheriff."The shooter appears to have shot herself," Brewster County Sheriff Ronny Dodson told radio station KVLF. A gun was found near the suspected shooter, he said.The incident began shortly before 9 a.m. at Alpine High School in the town of 5,900 in Texas' Big Bend region. Authorities did
  
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• Report: Suspect dead after shooting at Texas high school

  08-09-2016 17:35
  
  (CBS/AP) -- Police were responding Thursday morning to a report of a shooting at Alpine High School in south Texas.Marfa Public Radio reports that the shooter is dead from an apparent self-inflicted shot, citing the Brewster County Sheriff’s Office. All schools and administrative offices were on critical lockdown, the school district tells CBS affiliate KOSA. Elizabeth Carter, a lieutenant with the Texas Department of Public Safety, said someone brought a gun onto the Alpine High School ca
  
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• Diarrheal disease outbreak grows to more than 600 cases

  08-09-2016 16:31
  
  The number of cases of a contagious diarrheal disease in central Ohio topped 600 this week, following the holiday weekend and the unofficial end of summer and swimming pool season.
  
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• Treat to Try: Patisserie Lallier

  08-09-2016 16:30
  
  Some people go to farmers’ markets to get painfully fresh stuff from nearby farms: zucchini, tomatoes, corn, fruit. Actually, it’s more than just “some” people: a whole lot of people. A lot of people hit the markets for the edible plant babies. In fact, they were all there, just the other week, in a line […]
  
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• Music

  08-09-2016 16:01
  On Friday night at the HiFi in downtown Indianapolis, Lydia Loveless will swing her guitar around the stage while, simultaneously in Columbus, she will be heard belting out a tune at the Gateway Film Center on North High Street. The 25-year-old Loveless, a Columbus resident, will perform live at the Indianapolis theater - the second stop on a tour supporting her new album, "Real."
  
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• Treat to Try: Raspados

  08-09-2016 16:00
  
  Last summer was the summer of paletas: Mexican popsicles in a bevy of flavors that ranged from cactus to avocado. This summer? This summer has been the summer of raspados; Mexican snow cones found with help of a reader tip. Raspados are evidently nothing new. They’ve been a staple at Raspados Y Nieves La Laguna […]
  
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• Kidnapped mom calls family from trunk, found dead 325 miles away

  08-09-2016 15:52
  
  HELENA, Mont. (CBS/AP) -- A woman who was kidnapped at a Montana rest stop in broad daylight was able to talk with her husband by cellphone several times and even talked with police, but she was dead by the time authorities found her car 325 miles away near Spokane International Airport, Montana authorities said.Rita Maze, 47, of Great Falls called her husband Tuesday evening and said she had been struck on the head at an Interstate 15 rest stop north of Helena and that she was in the trunk of h
  
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• Clinton, Trump confront weaknesses in security forum

  08-09-2016 15:29
  
  NEW YORK -- Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton confronted their key weaknesses in a televised national security forum, with the Republican defending his preparedness to be commander in chief despite vague plans for tackling global challenges and the Democrat arguing that her controversial email practices did not expose questionable judgment.Trump also renewed his praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his disdain for President Barack Obama, saying that the Russian enjoyed an 82 percent app
  
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• Alzheimer’s Fundraiser Pairs Documentary and Yoga

  08-09-2016 15:22
  
  Young professionals and networking – yes. Cocktails? Sure. Yoga – maybe. Alzheimer’s research and prevention? Actually, yes. In fact, our local Alzheimer’s Association Junior Committee has managed to wrap all these items up in one event – a screening of their short film Elephants in the Room at Strongwater Food & Spirits (401 W. Town […]
  
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• Tim Tebow signs minor league contract with New York Mets

  08-09-2016 14:52
  
  NEW YORK -- Tim Tebow has signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets.The Mets announced Thursday that the former quarterback will take part in the Instructional League in Port St. Lucie, Florida.The 29-year-old aspiring outfielder went through drills at the University of Southern California's field last week in front of dozens of major league scouts and reporters.Tebow won the 2007 Heisman Trophy at Florida and played on the 2006 and 2008 national championship teams with the Gators.Te
  
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• Theodore Decker commentary: Big cat in Powell? Central Ohio goes wild over animal sightings

  08-09-2016 14:19
  
  Gahanna had its lion. Minerva Park had its monkey. Now Powell has its pussycat. As of Wednesday afternoon, Powell city officials still hadn't found a hefty cat filmed by a resident as it prowled past an electrical box in the Deer Run subdivision.
  
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• Hot weather causing some Ohio schools to close Thursday

  08-09-2016 14:17
  
  Schools in several northeast Ohio counties will be closed Thursday due to heat, humidity and air conditioning issues.
  
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• Real-life investigators object to portrayal in 'Sully' movie

  08-09-2016 14:09
  
  WASHINGTON -- Losing thrust in both engines but still managing to land an airliner full of people in the Hudson River without the loss of a single life is plenty dramatic. But the drama in 'Sully,' the movie about the "Miracle on the Hudson" ditching of U.S. Airways Flight 1549, doesn't stop there.And that's a problem, say the former government accident investigators involved in the real-life investigation into the 2009 accident. The public, as well as pilots and others in the aviation industry,
  
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• Guard’s neck broken as 4 teens escape Ohio treatment center

  08-09-2016 14:08
  
  CANTON — Four teens brutally beat two corrections officers Sunday night during an escape from a locked treatment center in northeast Ohio, breaking one officer’s neck. Wayne Eash, who will turn 60 next month, and a 62-year-old co-worker were taken to area hospitals as deputies were joined in the search by Canton police, Stark County Parks police and Ohio Highway Patrol troopers, according to the Stark County Sheriff’s Office.
  
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• Ohio Gun Owners Show Strong Support for Trump

  08-09-2016 14:00
  
  Ohio gun rights activists want guns everywhere, and they entrust Donald Trump to make sure it happens, according to Ohio activists on either side of the issue. The conversation was spurred by a poll conducted by the Buckeye Firearms Association, which found that 85 percent of the gun owners they surveyed are voting for Trump […]
  
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• 7 things you need to know about Apple's iPhone 7

  08-09-2016 13:36
  
  At Apple's iPhone 7 unveiling in San Francisco on Wednesday, the tech powerhouse revealed a host of new and updated hardware and software, including a new type of headphone jack and souped-up camera.WATCH: 7 Things You Need To Know >> Here's a rundown of the biggest announcements.---APPLE AIRPODSAs expected, iPhone is removing the standard analog headphone jack and forcing headphones to use its "Lightning" connector, which plugs into the phone's charging port. The iPhone 7 will come with a
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Donald Trump to visit Cleveland charter school

  08-09-2016 13:11
  
  GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump will be back in Ohio today with a visit to a Cleveland charter school, open to media, but not the public.
  
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• Soccer star Megan Rapinoe blocked in bid for second national anthem protest

  08-09-2016 13:06
  
  BOYDS, Md. -- The Washington Spirit prevented Seattle midfielder Megan Rapinoe from kneeling again during the national anthem by altering its pregame ceremonies rather than "subject our fans and friends to the disrespect we feel such an act would represent."The National Women's Soccer League team moved up the anthem, playing it while the teams were off the field at the Maryland SoccerPlex."We decided to play the anthem in our stadium ahead of schedule rather than subject our fans and friends to
  
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