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• Vigil held for two teen girls found brutally beaten in New York

  17-09-2016 21:22
  
  A candlelight vigil was held Friday evening for two teenage girls whose bodies were discovered brutally beaten​ and cut a few hundred feet apart on Long Island, CBS New York reports​.Candles provided the Friday night lights on the Brentwood football field as more than a thousand people gathered not for a game, but to grieve 15-year-old Nisa Mickens and 16-year-old Kayla Cuevas, CBS2’s Jessica Layton reported.“It’s going to be difficult the rest of our lives,”
  
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• FDA issues warning about risks from tattoos after reports of skin infections, allergic reactions

  17-09-2016 21:11
  
  Tattoos are getting more popular. According to a market research firm, tattoos are on track to become a more than $1 billion business by 2020. But consumer complaints are also increasing.The FDA has issued a new warning about the risks associated with tattoo ink, like infections and allergic reactions. Until recently, this issue has been low on the priority list for the FDA. In fact, no inks are even approved for use in tattoos, reports CBS News correspondent Anna Werner.San Francisco hairstylis
  
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• Ted Strickland's faltering U.S. Senate campaign slashes TV ad spending

  17-09-2016 20:57
  COLUMBUS, Ohio-Democrat Ted Strickland's U.S. Senate campaign is cutting spending on TV ads, going off the air completely in most of the state through mid-October, a campaign spokesman acknowledged Friday. The former governor's campaign has canceled roughly $1 million worth of ads in Cincinnati, Dayton, Toledo, and Youngstown, according to Strickland spokesman David Bergstein.
  
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• Man gives phony $50 bill to girl's charity lemonade stand

  17-09-2016 20:43
  
  Police are calling it the "lowest of the low:"A man gave a fake $50 bill to a southeastern Michigan girl who was running a lemonade stand to raise money for Alzheimer's disease research.The Monroe News says the man on a bike didn't buy anything last Sunday in Monroe. He presented a note that said he was deaf and wanted to break the $50 bill into smaller bills.Maya Leachman says she was a "little mad" over the incident.She and her mother didn't look closely at the phony bill until they counted do
  
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• Trash can explodes at Jersey Shore near charity racecourse

  17-09-2016 19:58
  
  Authorities say an explosive device detonated in a Jersey Shore town shortly before thousands of runners were due to participate in a charity 5K race to benefit Marines and sailors.No injuries were reported in the blast in Seaside Park around 9:45 a.m. Saturday.Sources told CBS New York station WCBS-TV that the device may be an M-80 firecracker or something similar.The third annual Semper Five run was canceled, and the immediate area was put on lockdown.Authorities immediately cleared the boardw
  
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• Pipe bomb explodes in trash can near Jersey Shore charity race

  17-09-2016 19:58
  
  An explosive device detonated in a Jersey Shore town Saturday shortly before thousands of runners were due to participate in a charity 5K race to benefit Marines and sailors, authorities said.An official with law enforcement told CBS News the device consisted of three small pipes somehow tethered together and possibly wired. All pipes apparently had explosives, though only one detonated.No injuries were reported in the blast in Seaside Park around 9:30 a.m. Saturday, said Al Della Fave, spokesma
  
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• Verdict for Calif. mom in death of baby found in swamp

  17-09-2016 19:54
  
  The mother of an infant found dead near the Sacramento River has been convicted of murder in the death of her son.The Sacramento Bee reports that a Yolo County jury convicted 25-year-old Samantha Green Friday of second-degree murder in the death of 20-day-old Justice Rees.Green and her child were both reported missing Feb. 21, 2015 when they didn’t arrive for a family event, reports CBS Sacramento.Green was found wandering and disoriented two days later near the rural town of Knights Landi
  
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• Public invited to conversation about heroin

  17-09-2016 18:04
  
  The Columbus Dispatch is hosting a community forum to discuss the heroin epidemic and what can be done about it. Panelists will include people who have experienced heroin's hold firsthand. There will also be experts who will talk about how to find help, and efforts to help addicts.
  
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• Girl, 17, dies in Delaware house fire

  17-09-2016 17:47
  
  DELAWARE, Ohio — Investigators still are trying to determine a cause for the fire that killed a 17-year-old Delaware girl early Thursday just south of the center of town. Flowers, cards and chalk messages filled the parking spot reserved for Aaliyah Wilson outside Rutherford B. Hayes High School. Another makeshift memorial lined the hood of a car outside the charred remains of her home south of downtown Delaware.
  
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• Former Columbia Gas CEO favored market competition

  17-09-2016 17:01
  White, 91, died on Sept. 10 following a long illness. He was one of the pioneers of developing Ohio's competitive market for natural gas.
  
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• I-670 westbound reopened after pedestrian struck

  17-09-2016 16:52
  
  A portion of Interstate 670 on the Near East Side has reopened after a pedestrian was struck this morning.
  
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• I-670 westbound closed after pedestrian struck

  17-09-2016 16:02
  
  A portion of Interstate 670 is closed on the Near East Side after a pedestrian was struck this morning.
  
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• WOSU to Relocate TV and Radio Studios to 15th and High District

  17-09-2016 15:00
  
  Local TV and radio production studios will call the 15th and High are home in the near future, as representatives from WOSU announced today that the organization is planning a relocation of their operations. Currently, WOSU Radio is based in the basement of The Fawcett Center on Olentangy River Road while WOSU TV is set […]
  
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• Several central Ohio residents involved in fatal Florida accident; 3 dead

  17-09-2016 14:16
  
  The Florida Highway Patrol confirms several central Ohio residents were involved in a fatal accident that occurred in Bay County.Authorities say five central Ohio residents were in the same vehicle when they were struck by another vehicle that ran a stop sign. The accident happened around midnight Saturday outside of Panama City.Two people, Anthony Gouge, 30, of Columbus, and Eric Young, 25, of Chillicothe, died in the accident.A third person, 29-year-old William Gouge II, of Columbus, died in t
  
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• Several central Ohio residents involved in fatal Florida accident

  17-09-2016 14:16
  
  The Florida Highway Patrol confirms several central Ohio residents were involved in a fatal accident that occurred in Bay County.The accident happened around midnight Saturday outside of Panama City.Two people are confirmed dead out of the accident.30-year-old Anthony Gouge of Columbus, Ohio and a Chillicothe resident died in the crash.Two other Columbus residents and 31-year-old Craig Jackson of London, Ohio are in critical condition.Two Panama City residents are in serious condition.The Florid
  
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• Whit’s Frozen Custard Opens in Clintonville

  17-09-2016 14:00
  
  You’ve only got five days of summer left in the calendar year, which means there’s no time like the present to get out there and partake in some frozen treats. The latest entry to the dessert business lineup is the new Whit’s Frozen Custard location that opens today at 3339 North High Street in Clintonville. […]
  
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• 2 officers shot in Texas while answering suicide call

  17-09-2016 13:49
  
  Police say a suspect is dead after shooting and wounding two officers who responded to a reported suicide at a Fort Worth, Texas, house.The shooting happened about 8:30 p.m. Friday. Fort Worth police say responding officers initially found a man unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head.The officers were later told a witness was in a backyard shed and were shot after opening the shed door. Police returned fire, a standoff ensued and police later confirmed the unidentified suspect was dead.Po
  
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• I-670 West at Leonard Avenue Reopens Following Accident

  17-09-2016 13:35
  
  The I-670 West ramp between Leonard Avenue and I-71 has reopened following an early morning accident.It happened just after 7 a.m. Saturday.I-670 West was closed at Leonard Avenue. The ramp from Leonard Avenue to I-670 West also was closed.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest developments.
  
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• Accident closes I-670 West at Leonard Avenue

  17-09-2016 13:35
  
  Police are responding to a report of an accident on I-670 West between Leonard Avenue and I-71.It happened just after 7 a.m. Saturday.I-670 West is closed at Leonard Avenue. The ramp from Leonard Avenue to I-670 West is also closed.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest developments.
  
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• Shooting leaves 2 officers, 4 others wounded; suspect dead

  17-09-2016 12:56
  
  Officials say two police officers and four civilians have been wounded in a wild shootout that covered a number of blocks in West Philadelphia, and a suspect has been shot and killed.Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross says Sgt. Sylvia Young was shot up to eight times, multiple times in her protective vest, late Friday night. Officials say Ed Miller, a former member of the Philadelphia police force who is an officer with the University of Pennsylvania, was also shot. There was no immed
  
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• Clinton campaign surrogates to court Ohio millennials

  17-09-2016 12:06
  
  Hillary Clinton's Democratic presidential campaign will get help this weekend in swing state Ohio from two surrogates aiming to appeal to younger voters.U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont will open a weekend organizing push in Canton on Saturday morning before speaking to campus audiences in the Kent and Akron areas. No other details have been released.Millennials concerned about college debt and their futures provided Sanders with strong support during his presidential primary bid.Clinton's ca
  
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• Community, city officials talk about death of Tyre King

  17-09-2016 12:03
  
  The Rev. John T. Boston II was midway through a prayer meeting at the Central Seventh-day Adventist Church on Wednesday evening when 13-year-old Tyre King was shot and killed outside the church by a Columbus police officer. He watched from a church window as the flashing lights from cruisers and emergency vehicles grew in a nearby alley, about a block northeast of the corner of South 18th and Oak streets.
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Showers & storms

  17-09-2016 11:50
  Today:Off & on showers and storms.It won’t rain all day long but we’ll see periods of rain throughout the day and downpours are possible with any thunderstorms.High 80.SW winds 10-15 mph.
  Tonight:Showers and storms linger early with a little patchy fog late.Low 66.SSW winds 3-6 mph.
  Tomorrow: Chance for rain early then rain chance shift off to Eastern Ohio through the afternoon with a little late day clearing in Central Ohio.High 79.SSW 4-8 mph.
  Monday: Sunshine returns with high
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Scattered showers, high of 80 degrees

  17-09-2016 11:50
  Today: Showers persist mainly in SE Ohio.An afternoon shower or two in the Metro is possible but most of the action is in East and SE Ohio.High 80.SW winds 3-6 mph.
  Tonight:Clearing skies and cooling off.Low 60.Light variable winds.
  Tomorrow: Plenty of sunshine with highs a little above average but lower humidity.High 83.WNW 3-6 mph.
  Tuesday: Partly cloudy skies.A slight chance for a shower in the north but most stay dry.Warm but not too muggy.High 83.Light northwesterly winds.Special Informatio
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Partly sunny & seasonal

  17-09-2016 11:50
  This Evening: Partly sunny and seasonal with highs in the low 80s. A few isolated showers, mainly to our east.Light SW wind.
  Tonight:Skies will gradually clear. Low 60. Winds remain light and variable.
  Tomorrow: Sunny and less humid. High 83. Light northerly wind.
  Tuesday: More sunshine with a high of 84. W wind 0-5 mph.
  Special Information: A few very isolated showers off to our east, but most of us are under party sunny skies. Clearing out tonight with lows around 60. High pressure will bring
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Cloudy with scattered showers

  17-09-2016 11:50
  This Evening:Off & on showers and storms.It won’t rain all day long but we’ll see periods of rain throughout the day and downpours are possible with any thunderstorms.High 80.SW winds 10-15 mph.
  Tonight:Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Otherwise, overcast with lows around 67. SW wind 3-7 mph.
  Tomorrow: A slight chance of morning showers or storms then drying out in the afternoon, but mostly cloudy. High 79. SW wind 0-5 mph.
  Monday: Sunny with a high of 86. Calm wind.We
  
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• Woman sentenced for making immigrants work as sex slaves at massage parlors

  17-09-2016 11:47
  
  Despite what Hui Li claimed, evidence showed that she knew her massage parlors were actually brothels where sex slaves catered to dozens of men a day, a judge said. To U.S. District Judge Algenon L. Marbley, Li was a madam who exploited young and undocumented Asian women who came to the United States looking to better their lives, but ended up as sex workers 12 hours a day, seven days a week.
  
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• Gahanna high-schoolers place in national science fair by untangling grad-level chemistry

  17-09-2016 11:46
  
  Three Gahanna teens view society’s big problems as a fun challenge to be solved. And they’ve got plenty of time to fix the world — they just started high school last month. The most recent Gordian knot that Julia Bray, Ashton Cofer and Luke Clay, all 14, have worked to untangle is what to do about the billions of pounds of Styrofoam thrown away each year.
  
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• Homes evacuated in west Columbus due to SWAT situation

  17-09-2016 11:06
  
  Police say homes are being evacuated due to a SWAT situation in west Columbus.It's happening in the area of West Broad Street and Ogden Avenue.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest developments.
  
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• At the root of George Voinovich's public service, he remembered...

  17-09-2016 09:04
  The casket of the late Cleveland mayor, Ohio governor and U.S. Sen. George Voinovich is draped with a flag after his memorial service in the Cleveland City Hall rotunda on June 16, 2016. Retired Plain Dealer publisher Alex Machaskee, who shared Serbian heritage with Voinovich, pays tribute to Voinovich.
  
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• Ohio State vs. Oklahoma: The Trailer

  17-09-2016 07:08
  
  The college football season is already starting to get interesting.This weekend is the Buckeyes vs. the Sooners. Big Ten vs. Big 12. No. 1 all-time Associated Press poll team vs. No. 2.If you're on the edge of your seat for this game, this trailer might push you off.10 Things To Know: Ohio State vs. Oklahoma
  
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• Four children seriously injured in Outerbelt crash

  17-09-2016 06:04
  
  Four children were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries Friday afternoon, after a four-vehicle crash on Interstate 270 in southern Franklin County. The wreck occurred just before 4 p.m. on the Outerbelt, east of I-71 near Route 23.
  
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• Frustration builds after 13-year-old boy killed by Columbus police officer

  17-09-2016 05:58
  A community tries to work together as frustration builds after a 13-year-old is shot and killed by a Columbus police officer.Faith leaders alongside the mayor and the Columbus police chief invited the community to engage in a discussion about Tyre King's death.That discussion turned emotional and passionate as the community demanded answers.It's only been two days since King was shot and killed by Columbus police officer Bryan Mason.Tensions and emotions were extremely high.“We are tired!
  
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• Community meets with leadership to discuss frustration after 13-year-old was shot and killed by Columbus police officer

  17-09-2016 05:58
  A community tries to work together as frustration builds after a 13-year-old is shot and killed by a Columbus police officer.Faith leaders alongside the mayor and the Columbus police chief invited the community to engage in a discussion about Tyre King's death.That discussion turned emotional and passionate as the community demanded answers.It's only been two days since King was shot and killed by Columbus police officer Bryan Mason.Tensions and emotions were extremely high.“We are tired!
  
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• Police need help identifying man linked to multiple bank robberies in Columbus

  17-09-2016 05:38
  
  Columbus Police are asking for help to identify a man that robbed two Columbus banks this week.The first incident happened on Thursday September 15th at PNC Bank at 1435 W. Broad Street.According to police, the suspect handed the bank teller a note that implied he had a hand gun and left on foot with cash.The second robbery took place Friday afternoon at the Huntington Bank located at 3464 N. High Street.Police say the suspect again gave the teller a note demanding money and left the bank on foo
  
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• Attorneys of boy shot by Columbus officer seek witnesses

  17-09-2016 05:02
  Attorneys for the family of a 13-year-old Ohio boy fatally shot by a policeman said Friday they want to hear from witnesses, because the police version of events "might not be true." Meanwhile, a 19-year-old who said he was the boy's friend told a newspaper that Tyre King had a real-looking BB gun, was out to rob someone and ran from police.
  
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• Facebook post prompted an emotional reunion between a man and the Columbus police officer who saved him

  17-09-2016 04:03
  
  One day last month, Christopher Jones saw a picture from the Columbus Division of Police on Facebook. It showed an officer with the last name Poole.Chris responded to the post, writing, “ I had an Officer Poole save me once.” Nearly 20 years ago, Jones almost drowned.It was Officer James Poole who rescued him.Jones always wanted to meet the officer and say “Thank you.” Facebook gave him that chance, and Friday the reunion happened. Poole said, “I never thought with
  
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• Facebook post leads to emotional reunion between man and the Columbus police officer who saved him

  17-09-2016 04:03
  One day last month, Christopher Jones saw a picture from the Columbus Division of Police on Facebook.It showed an officer with the last name Poole.Chris responded to the post, writing, “ I had an Officer Poole save me once.”Nearly 20 years ago, Jones almost drowned.It was Officer James Poole who rescued him.Jones always wanted to meet the officer and say “Thank you.” Facebook gave him that chance, and Friday the reunion happened.Poole said, “I never thought with so
  
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• Facebook post leads to emotional reunion between man & CPD officer who saved him

  17-09-2016 04:03
  One day last month, Christopher Jones saw a picture from the Columbus Division of Police on Facebook.It showed an officer with the last name Poole.Chris responded to the post, writing, “ I had an Officer Poole save me once.”Nearly 20 years ago, Jones almost drowned.It was Officer James Poole who rescued him.Jones always wanted to meet the officer and say “Thank you.” Facebook gave him that chance, and Friday the reunion happened.Poole said, “I never thought with so
  
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• Tyre King's coach says bad choices ended good kid's life

  17-09-2016 03:24
  
  When Michael Bell looked at 13-year-old Tyre King, he saw himself. "I was Tyre. I grew up out there," Bell, 43, said of the Mount Vernon Avenue neighborhood where King lived part of the time. The teen was shot dead Wednesday night by a Columbus police officer after police say he used a gun to rob a man on the Near East Side and, during a chase, pulled the gun.
  
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• Police officer who saved boy from drowning meets him as a grown man

  17-09-2016 02:22
  
  Christopher Jones walked into the Columbus Police Academy on Friday and tapped an officer on the shoulder.
  
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• Third-party candidates excluded from 1st presidential debate

  17-09-2016 01:26
  
  The commission that oversees presidential debates has invited only Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump to the first presidential debate. It excluded two third-party candidates who had hoped the event could help them talk directly to an electorate unhappy with the two front-runners.The Commission on Presidential Debates said in a statement Friday that Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein were polling too low to qualify for the Sept. 26 event. The commission since 2000
  
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• Chillicothe students make water quality test to send to Africa

  17-09-2016 01:23
  Unioto Elementary School offers more than just the typical classroom setting. They also offer a wide variety of STEM classes within the school’s SCOPES Academy.“Today, what they were building was called a bio sand filter,” saidBrad Catron, founder of Foothold International, a Chillicothe non-profit working with the students to teach them the elements of water purification. “These filters are the filters we build and manufacture in a village in Kenya, East Africa”.Fr
  
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• Phoenix pastor accused of molesting girls, impregnating teen

  17-09-2016 01:04
  
  A Phoenix pastor is accused of molesting girls, including several that went to his church, and impregnating a girl who may have been as young as 13, reports CBS affiliate KPHO.Jose Vicente Morales, 49, was arrested Friday. According to court documents obtained by the station, there are at least five alleged victims that he knew through his church or already knew outside of the church.Police opened an investigation when a 17-year-old girl who attended his church told her mother she was hurting he
  
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• Judge rules Nick Gordon 'legally responsible' in Bobbi Kristina Brown's death

  17-09-2016 00:58
  
  A judge in Atlanta on Friday ruled against Bobbi Kristina Brown’s partner, Nick Gordon, in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by her estate.Fulton County Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford signed an order saying Gordon repeatedly failed to meet court deadlines in the case and, therefore, the conservator of her estate wins by default. The judge’s order says a jury trial will be set to determine how much Gordon will be required to pay in damages.Brown, the daughter of singers Whitney
  
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• University District apartment project approved in smaller format

  17-09-2016 00:57
  
  The main building of the View on Pavey Square apartment project will now have five stories, not six. That will mean fewer apartments and bedrooms than originally planned. But it is going to be built. The University Area Review Board gave conceptual approval to the project Thursday night, a project that nearby residents have fought at board meetings throughout the year.
  
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• Dog Shelter to test every dog for distemper; rescue groups rescind court order

  17-09-2016 00:52
  
  The Franklin County Dog Shelter will not euthanize any dogs that were exposed to distemper unless its veterinary staff believes there is a clear risk of infecting other dogs. Meanwhile, the shelter will test every dog in the facility for the disease using a new, faster test.
  
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• Man charged with killing Ohio trooper on Cleveland freeway

  17-09-2016 00:42
  
  Authorities say a man was driving under the influence of drugs when he struck and killed a veteran Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper along a Cleveland interstate.The Highway Patrol on Friday said 37-year-old Joshua Gaspar, of Columbia Station, has been charged with aggravated vehicular homicide. He's being held in a Cleveland jail after his arrested Thursday at the scene.Forty-eight-year-old Trooper Kenneth Velez was struck Thursday on Interstate 90. The Highway Patrol issued a statement Friday
  
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• Woman spends $500 on surgery for pet goldfish that choked on pebble

  17-09-2016 00:37
  
  When a panicked young woman rushed her pet goldfish into a local clinic after it choked on a pebble, the veterinarians inside didn’t roll their eyes.Instead, they got right to work to save the life of 1-year-old Conquer the fish.With anesthetics, some gloves and a tiny instrument, the vets were able to get a hold of the small, jagged rock and remove it from the 13-gram goldfish’s mouth.“Conquer’s eyes were obviously bigger than his belly on that day,” Madeline Riene
  
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• Faith leaders organize gathering to discuss Tyre King's death

  17-09-2016 00:28
  At the Central Seventh Day Adventist Church on South 18th Street, Paston John Boston the II says the shooting death of 13-year old Tyre King has left a deep wound."Anytime a wound like this opens up where there's a loss of life, especially a young person's life, a 13 year old, that is a tragedy.That is a travesty,” he said.Police say Wednesday evening several people called 911 to report seven or eight people robbed a man at gunpoint near East Broad and South 18th Streets. Attorneys for fam
  
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