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• Child said to be extremely critical after hit by car on Northeast Side

  11-09-2016 23:50
  
  A child is in extremely critical condition, police say, after being struck by a vehicle on the Northeast Side this evening. The Columbus Police and Fire divisions were called to the 2900 block of Vista View Boulevard, near Cleveland Avenue and north of Minerva Park, about 5:30 p.m.
  
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• Photos: Crew Loses to Whitecaps 1-3 in Rainy Home Game

  11-09-2016 23:20
  
  After a 90 minute delay due to severe weather last night, the Crew SC got their home game match under way against the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Despite an early lead thanks to an 11th minute goal by Ola Kamara, the Crew let the Whitecaps score three times throughout the rainy match. The next game home Crew […]
  
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• Police investigate murder-suicide near Ohio high school

  11-09-2016 22:51
  
  Hamilton Township police said a man and woman have died in an apparent murder-suicide near a high school. It happened at a house near the Little Miami High School in a suburb of Cincinnati called Morrow. Neighbors called police and said they heard gunshots.The school district put the schools on lockdown while police investigated Sunday afternoon. Roads near the high school were closed. Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Tesla improves autopilot system after deadly crash

  11-09-2016 22:38
  
  Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the electric car company is making major improvements to the Autopilot system used by its vehicles, which will dramatically reduce the number and severity of crashes they're involved in.Sunday's news comes in the wake of a May crash involving a Tesla Model S that was using the semi-autonomous mode at the time. The driver died after crashing into a tractor-trailer.Musk says Tesla vehicles will rely more on radar and less on cameras. And that radar will use more advanced s
  
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• Facts about canine distemper

  11-09-2016 22:00
  
  Facts about canine distemper -- what it is, how it is spread and more
  
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• 52 Dogs euthanized at the Franklin County Dog Shelter

  11-09-2016 21:43
  
  The Franklin County Dog Shelter and Adoption Center euthanized 52 dogs since Friday because of a distemper outbreak.The shelter has been closed since Friday because of the viral disease.The shelter director, Don Winstel, said he doubled the medical staff since Friday to try to prevent the spread of the disease.The remaining dogs are in quarantine at the shelter on Tamarack Boulevard.Grief counselors are at the facility to speak with staff members.On Friday, shelter officials confirmed one case o
  
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• Distemper outbreak: At least 50 dogs euthanized at Franklin County Dog Shelter

  11-09-2016 21:31
  
  The Franklin County Dog Shelter has euthanized more than 50 dogs this weekend because of a distemper outbreak that was announced there on Friday. That's about one-sixth of all of the 300 or so dogs that are typically at the Northland-area shelter, and more might still need to be put down, officials said.
  
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• Opinion: Library Should Preserve Housing for Student Population

  11-09-2016 21:27
  
  As a full time CCAD student with a part time job and no car, finding an affordable apartment this summer has been a problem. Our Downtown, like many cities, is quickly becoming a place for only the richest residents, boasting beautiful brownstones on Gay Street and sky-high luxury apartments on Broad. Luckily, a two-bedroom apartment […]
  
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• Firefighters climb stairs in honor of fallen 9/11 first responders

  11-09-2016 20:42
  Dozens of people climbed the stairs at the Chase Tower Sunday morning in tribute of the 9/11 first responders.Firefighters with the Upper Arlington Fire Department entered the building in a pensive silence. Firefighters vowed to climb the 110 flights of steps to represent those covered by firefighters who rushed up the stairs to help victims inside the World Trade Center. They say each step gave them a new perspective of what those first responders endured.“It's exhausting, with all the ge
  
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• Heroin awareness groups want Kasich to declare medical state of emergency

  11-09-2016 20:20
  
  Heroin awareness and advocacy groups in Cincinnati plan to rally on the steps of a downtown jail to demand action after a wave of overdoses hit the region.The rally was set for Sunday afternoon at the Hamilton County Justice Center.Cincinnati Against Heroin and Heroin Control are among several groups calling on Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sik) to declare a medical state of emergency to "maximize the use of resources to support local authorities" who are fighting the scourge.The groups are also seekin
  
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• Ohio State climbs one spot in AP Poll

  11-09-2016 20:10
  
  Oklahoma State dropped out of The Associated college football poll after a controversial loss, and Georgia and Clemson fell after close calls against lightly regarded opposition.Alabama is still No. 1, receiving 56 out of 61 first-place votes Sunday. No. 2 Florida State, No. 3 Ohio State and No. 4 Michigan all moved up one spot. The Seminoles got four first-place votes and Michigan received one.Clemson fell from second to fifth after a four-point win against Troy. No. 16 Georgia dropped seven sp
  
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• Food-on-floor "five second rule" debunked

  11-09-2016 20:08
  
  It might be time to reconsider the five-second rule when thinking about eating food that has fallen on the floor.Researchers at Rutgers University in New Jersey say in a new study that bacteria can contaminate food that falls on the floor instantaneously.The findings were published this month in the American Society for Microbiology's journal.Researcher Donald Schaffner said the five-second rule is a "significant oversimplification of what actually happens when bacteria transfer from a surface t
  
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• September 11th Remembrance Ceremony 2016

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• Hillary Clinton leaves 9/11 ceremony early feeling "overheated"

  11-09-2016 19:00
  
  NEW YORK -- Hillary Clinton unexpectedly left Sunday's 9/11 anniversary ceremony in New York after feeling "overheated," according to her campaign, and retreated to her daughter's nearby apartment. As she exited the apartment shortly before noon, Clinton said, "I'm feeling great."Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill said in a statement that the Democratic presidential nominee attended the morning ceremony for 90 minutes "to pay her respects and greet some of the families of the fallen."During the cere
  
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• Hillary Clinton diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday

  11-09-2016 19:00
  
  Here's the latest on the 2016 race for the white house.5:20 p.m.Hillary Clinton's doctor says the Democratic presidential nominee was diagnosed on Friday with pneumonia, put on antibiotics and advised to rest and modify her campaign schedule.Dr. Lisa Bardack says in a statement that Clinton is "recovering nicely" after attending a Sept. 11 anniversary event in lower Manhattan. Clinton was seen on video appearing to struggle to stay on her feet as she got into a vehicle to leave the event.Bardack
  
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• Libraries becoming popular places for drug users to shoot up

  11-09-2016 17:19
  
  The same qualities that make libraries ideal for studying and reading - unfettered public access, quiet corners and nooks, minimal interaction with other people - also make them appealing places to shoot up heroin, librarians are finding.In Norfolk, Virginia, a 47-year-old man died after a patron found him in a library restroom. In Batesville, Indiana, and New Brunswick, New Jersey, police revived others in library restrooms using a popular overdose antidote.The body of a homeless man who freque
  
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• ECOT not alone in online charter schools’ attendance struggles

  11-09-2016 17:10
  
  The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow may be the poster child in the fight over online school attendance, but other recent audits show it is hardly alone in struggling to document whether students are spending enough time on schoolwork.
  
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• Police ID man killed in Near East Side shooting

  11-09-2016 16:35
  
  A man was shot to death early Sunday on the Near East Side. The body of Michael Jermaine Marshall, 30, was found on the sidewalk of East Main Street near Loeffler Avenue after police were called to the area at 3:51 a.m. on a report of a shooting.
  
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• Columbus 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb

  11-09-2016 16:18
  The Columbus 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb is a way to remember the New York first responders who selflessly gave their lives to save others.Participants honor their efforts by climbing the equivalent of the 110 stories of the World Trade Center.In addition to paying tribute to the fallen heroes, the donations of Columbus residents taking part will go to the New York Fire Department and to support the families of those lost.
  
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• First Look: Bareburger Clintonville

  11-09-2016 16:00
  
  NYC-based Bareburger is soft-opening its second Columbus location on Monday, with a new store at 4560 North High Street, just a few blocks north of Henderson Road. Bareburger has taken residence in a newly constructed building from local developer Crawford Hoying, which also contains eight apartment units on the upper floors. The original Bareburger location in […]
  
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• Woman stuck by needle in Target parking lot awarded $4.6M

  11-09-2016 15:31
  
  CBS NEWS/AP - A jury has awarded a South Carolina woman more than $4.6 million after she was stuck by a hypodermic needle picked up in a Target parking lot.The Independent-Mail of Anderson reported Carla Denise Garrison’s award would be one of the largest in Anderson County history if it stands.Court documents say the Anderson woman was in the retailer’s parking lot in May 2014 when her daughter picked up a hypodermic needle. Garrison swatted it out of her hand and was stuck in her o
  
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• Police search for shooter after robbery at UDF

  11-09-2016 15:15
  
  Police are looking for a person accused of shooting an unidentified man that stole money from a store on West Broad Street early Sunday morning.Police say the man who was shot walked into a United Dairy Farmers and took cash from multiple registers.He was shot once he exited the UDF and is in critical condition at the hospital.He is also a person of interest in numerous other robberies.It's not clear what prompted the shooting.Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call police.Stay
  
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• Police: Man shot and killed after robbing a UDF store

  11-09-2016 15:15
  
  Police are looking for a person accused of shooting a 25-year-old man who police say stole money from a store on West Broad Street early Sunday morning.Police said Courdney Sims walked into a United Dairy Farmers store at 1043 West Broad Street just before 12:30 a.m. and took cash from multiple registers.When Sims left the store, police said he was shot and taken to Mount Carmel West hospital where he died.Police are looking for the person who shot Sims, who is a person of interest in numerous o
  
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• Man killed in Near East Side shooting

  11-09-2016 15:14
  
  A man was shot to death early Sunday on the Near East Side. Columbus police were called to E. Main Street near Kelton Avenue at 3:50 a.m., on a report of a shooting, a police dispatcher said.
  
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• One man injured after shooting at club in north Columbus

  11-09-2016 14:16
  
  Police are looking for a man accused of shooting a 22-year-old man in the arm at a club in north Columbus early Sunday morning.It happened in the 2000 block of Olentangy River Road just before 2 a.m.Police say the victim was leaving the club after a large fight broke out inside, but while he was in the parking lot, and unknown male got out of a car and fired several shots at him, hitting him once in the left arm.The victim is expected to survive.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest develop
  
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• John Switzer | From the Stump: Not everyone appreciates beauty of spider webs

  11-09-2016 14:13
  
  Every now and then when I look out the window, I see my wife swinging a broom in the air. I know exactly what she is doing.
  
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• Railroad sues over damaged bridge from river project

  11-09-2016 13:51
  A railroad says fixing a bridge damaged by a Columbus beautification project cost $9.3 million and is suing a nonprofit development corporation for reimbursement. The Columbus Dispatch reports CSX filed a federal lawsuit earlier this year against the Columbus Downtown Development Corp., the Scioto Greenways project manager and Messer Construction Company for payment.
  
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• Capitol Insider: Joyce Beatty could face U.S. House sanctions for Democrats’ gun-control sit-in

  11-09-2016 13:16
  
  Central Ohio's Joyce Beatty was among the Democratic members of Congress who held a June sit-in in the House chamber to demand a floor vote on proposed gun restrictions. Now House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is suggesting the group, which includes renown civil rights leader John Lewis, could face some form of punishment, Dispatch Washington bureau chief Jack Torry reports.
  
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• Licking County Courthouse opens doors for history lesson

  11-09-2016 13:02
  
  It's usually not a good day when one faces a judge in his courtroom. On Saturday, though, dozens of visitors were happy to meet Licking County judges Thomas M. Marcelain and Robert H. Hoover and listen to their detailed accounts of working in the historic county courthouse on Newark's Main Street, and about some of the county's infamous cases both during and well before their time.
  
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• Judge says contract breach requires state to give Sawmill wetlands to developer

  11-09-2016 12:56
  
  Because the state backed out of a deal with a developer to swap a Sawmill Road wetlands near Dublin for 43 acres in Delaware County, it now must give the wetlands property to the developer. The “Ohio Division of Wildlife, the Department of Natural Resources, the Attorney General and Governor Kasich himself, acting on behalf of the State of Ohio, agreed in writing to give away the Sawmill Property for nothing if the State of Ohio breached the land swap contract. Which it did,” Frankli
  
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• Permanent funding sought for Sunbury memorial to slain soldiers

  11-09-2016 12:49
  
  SUNBURY — Jim Bernholtz imagines a day when the threat of terrorism is a distant, dark chapter in U.S. history. At the same time, he wants his son’s sacrifice against the scourge to never be forgotten. That’s why he and other Gold Star parents and veterans groups worked so hard in 2005 to create the Ohio Fallen Heroes Memorial to remember those killed in combat since Sept. 11, 2001.
  
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• Police: 30 hurt in off-campus deck collapse in Connecticut

  11-09-2016 12:41
  
  Police say 30 people have been hurt after a deck collapsed at an off-campus party at a house near Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. No major injuries have been reported.Deputy Chief Brian Foley of the Hartford police says police received numerous calls at about 11:13 p.m. Saturday of multiple people hurt. He says a third-floor deck of a house collapsed onto a second-floor deck, which subsequently fell onto a first-floor deck.Foley says the injured have been sent to area hospitals and the
  
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• ECOT not alone in attendance struggles

  11-09-2016 12:34
  
  The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow may be the poster child in the fight over online school attendance, but other recent audits show it is hardly alone in struggling to document whether students are spending enough time on schoolwork.
  
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• Like Pearl Harbor, 9/11 changed how we live

  11-09-2016 12:27
  
  No one I knew died on Sept. 11, 2001. Not one among the 2,977 people murdered by 19 terrorists using four hijacked jetliners. The terrorists hit the World Trade Center with two planes. They flew one into the Pentagon. They intended the fourth to hit the Capitol or White House, but brave passengers aboard that plane, which flew over Ohio, fought the hijackers and crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
  
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• Flight 93 had crucial moments over Ohio

  11-09-2016 12:13
  
  HOWLAND — One of the most traumatic days in American history included an episode that began 35,000 feet above Howland as four terrorists seized the cockpit of United Airlines Flight 93.
  
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• Marking 15 years since 9/11, ceremony keeps personal focus

  11-09-2016 12:12
  
  Relatives and loved ones of 9/11 victims will convene Sunday to mark the 15th anniversary of the terror attacks.Organizers have planned some additional music and readings to mark the milestone anniversary at ground zero.But they are keeping traditions that have made the ceremony a constant in how America remembers Sept. 11, even as ground zero and the nation changes.The customs include moments of silence and tolling bells, an apolitical atmosphere and the reading of the nearly 3,000 names of tho
  
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• Teachers share painful lessons with students who have no memories of 9/11

  11-09-2016 12:09
  
  The teacher finished telling her seventh-graders about the two airplanes that destroyed the twin towers of the World Trade Center, and then she moved on to the story of how the next one tore through the Pentagon. A student raised her hand. “Wait,” the 13-year-old said. “You mean there was more than two planes?”
  
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• Terrorism a top concern for Ohio voters

  11-09-2016 12:05
  
  Despite the fact that you’re far more likely to die in a traffic accident than of a terrorist attack in Ohio, a recent poll shows that terrorism ranks among the top four concerns for Ohioans, while car accidents received no mention. Fifteen years after the Sept. 11 attacks in New York, terrorism still shapes how people think and view the two major candidates for president. What’s their basis? What are the numbers?
  
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• Theodore Decker commentary: Flags bring people back to ‘just a normal day’ 15 years ago

  11-09-2016 11:53
  
  It was well before sunrise on Friday, but the Statehouse grounds are never completely dark. Video screens on neighboring buildings illuminated the west lawn, casting 2,977 U.S. flags in a bluish TV glow, a throwback to the surreal news broadcasts that transfixed us for days back then.
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Sunny & seasonal; Highs around 80

  11-09-2016 11:50
  Today: Sunny and seasonal with highs around 80. Fairly calm wind.
  Tuesday: Sunny and warmer. High 85. SW wind 5-10 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Live Radar | Hour-By-Hour ForecastSpecial Information: High pressure will move off to our east today and Tuesday and temperatures will rise. We will reach 80 today and be back in the mid-80s on Tuesday with still plenty of sunshine. A cold front will slide southeast across the region Wednesday. Some showers and thunderstorms will be possibl
  
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• Outdoors | Cooler temps should heat up Ohio fishing action

  11-09-2016 11:49
  
  After a sweltering and often deluge-punctuated summer, the tropics finally will retreat as September moves along. Many fish and most fishermen ratchet up a different vibe as the air freshens and waters cool, making breathing easier. Fish in the fall can feed voraciously in preparation for winter when, living off their fatty reserves, some species hunker down and others continue to forage, but for the most part in slow motion.
  
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• Serving elderly, ill is passion for Meals-on-Wheels provider LifeCare Alliance

  11-09-2016 11:02
  
  Provider of one of the largest Meals-on-Wheels programs in the nation, local nonprofit LifeCare Alliance offers myriad health-care and other services that help 15,000 older and medically challenged Ohio residents in 40 counties remain in their homes and communities. LifeCare Alliance’s programs serve as a model for other cities and save about half a billion dollars a year from government budgets.
  
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• Legal bills for Columbus Castings bankruptcy case pile up

  11-09-2016 11:01
  
  Legal bills have risen to $2.3 million and counting for the bankruptcy case that includes Columbus Castings, the South Side foundry.
  
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• One person dead after east Columbus shooting

  11-09-2016 11:00
  
  One person is dead after a shooting in east Columbus early Sunday morning.It happened on East Main Street at Kelton Avenue around 4 a.m.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest developments.
  
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• One man dead after east Columbus shooting (Updated)

  11-09-2016 11:00
  Police say a 30-year-old man is dead after a shooting in east Columbus early Sunday morning.It happened on East Main Street at Kelton Avenue around 4 a.m.Columbus Police were called to the area and found the man lying on the sidewalk, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.Medics arrived shortly after and the victim was pronounced dead on scene.Police identified the victim as Michael Jermaine Marshall. Investigators are still working to figure out a motive and identify a suspect in the shooting.
  
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• One man dead after east Columbus shooting

  11-09-2016 11:00
  Police say a 30-year-old man is dead after a shooting in east Columbus early Sunday morning.It happened on East Main Street at Kelton Avenue around 4 a.m.Police are working to figure out a motive and identify a suspect.East Main Street was closed at Miller Avenue while police were on scene.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest developments.
  
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• Dryers remain centerpiece of work at Whirlpool's Marion plant

  11-09-2016 11:00
  
  MARION — When you arrive at the largest clothes-dryer plant in the world, the first thing you see is not some whiz-bang new product, but a really old one. Inside the visitor entrance is a dryer made when the plant had just opened in 1955. The appliance was used in someone’s house for 60 years and still works.
  
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• 1 killed in Near East Side shooting

  11-09-2016 10:53
  
  One person was shot to death early Sunday on the Near East Side. Columbus police were called to E. Main Street near Kelton Avenue at 3:50 a.m., on a report of a shooting, a police dispatcher said.
  
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• NOCAC to offer Bridges Out of Poverty Workshop

  11-09-2016 10:02
  
  DEFIANCE The Northwestern Ohio Community Action Commission is offering a Bridges Out of Poverty workshop on Monday, Oct. 3. The program will be held at ProMedica Defiance Regional Hospital from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Jacqui Buschor, director of community strategies at Integrated Community Enterprises in Columbus will be facilitating the course. Bridges Out of Poverty presents a comprehensive approach to understanding the dynamics that cause and perpetuate poverty on both the individual and systemic level
  
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• Cracker hearing set for Thursday

  11-09-2016 06:15
  Officials with PTT Global Chemical America are seeking permission to discharge material into the Ohio River as part of their efforts to build a multi-billion-dollar ethane cracker complex at Dilles Bottom.
  
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