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• Jersey Shore beaches reopen after pipe bomb blast at race

  18-09-2016 23:31
  
  Jersey Shore beaches were reopened Sunday as an investigation continued into a pipe bomb explosion at a seaside community before thousands of runners were to participate in a charity 5K race to benefit Marines and sailors.Officials would not say if they believe the Saturday afternoon blast in Seaside Park was terror-related or had any connection with an explosion that rocked a crowded Manhattan neighborhood Saturday night, injuring 29 people.Special Agent Michael Whitaker, a spokesman for the FB
  
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• Rapper Coolio arrested after loaded gun found at LA airport

  18-09-2016 23:04
  
  Authorities say rapper Coolio has been arrested after a loaded firearm was found in a carry-on bag during security screening at Los Angeles International Airport.LAX police were alerted Saturday morning by the Transportation Security Administration and detained a man who claimed the bag was his.Airport police Officer Alicia Hernandez says an investigation found the bag contained items that belonged to the man’s traveling companion who passed through the screening area and boarded an aircra
  
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• Sawmill Road traffic snarled by power outage

  18-09-2016 22:47
  
  A power outage in northwest Columbus has stifled traffic along Sawmill Road. About 3,000 American Electric Power customers in Franklin County were without power as of 4:30 p.m., according to the company’s outage map.
  
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• Columbus Police investigating after man found dead on roadside (UPDATE)

  18-09-2016 22:34
  
  UPDATE: September 19 5 p.m.Authorities have identified the man as Elvis Rivas. Original StoryColumbus Police were called early Sunday morning to the area of Hall Road and Cowtown Drive in southwest Columbus.Officers arrived on the scene to find an unresponsive male along the side of the roadway.The man was pronounced dead at the scene by medics.Columbus Police detectives are investigating the incident as a suspicious death.They tell 10TV an autopsy willdetermine the cause and/or manner of death.
  
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• Columbus Police investigating after man found dead on roadside

  18-09-2016 22:34
  
  Columbus Police were called early Sunday morning to the area of Hall Road and Cowtown Drive in southwest Columbus. Officers arrived on the scene to find an unresponsive male along the side of the roadway. The man was pronounced dead at the scene by medics. Columbus Police detectives are investigating the incident as a suspicious death. They tell 10TV an autopsy willdetermine the cause and/or manner of death.Police have not released the name of the victim at this time. Anyone with any additional
  
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• Man found dead along road on Far West Side

  18-09-2016 22:17
  
  Columbus police detectives are working to identify a man found dead on a Far West Side roadside Sunday morning. The body was found at about 7 a.m. near Hall Road and Cowton Drive, according to a news release.
  
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• Power restored to AEP customers in Dublin area

  18-09-2016 22:04
  
  Power has been restored to the more than 3,000 AEP customers in Franklin County.Traffic lights were also reportedly out for two miles along Sawmill Road early Sunday evening.The outage happened when a tree fell on a transmission line that provides power to the area, causing 3,175 AEP customers to lose power.
  
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• Over 3,000 AEP customers without power in Franklin Co.

  18-09-2016 22:04
  
  COLUMBUS -- Traffic lights are out for two miles along Sawmill Road. The outage happened due to a tree falling on a transmission line that provides power to the area, causing 3,175 AEP customers to lose power.AEP crews are working on scene and the expected time for restoration is 5 p.m.
  
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• Ohio State Buckeyes move up to No. 2 in latest AP poll

  18-09-2016 21:24
  
  Following Ohio State’s 45-24 win over Oklahoma, the Buckeyes moved up to the second spot in the latest AP Top 25 College Football poll released Sunday.Alabama remains at No. 1, but Louisville's 63-20 dismantling of Florida State movedthe Cardinals up the polls from their previous No. 10 spot to No. 3.Here's the complete AP Top 25:1. Alabama (50 first-place votes)2. Ohio State (4)3. Louisville (6)4. Michigan (1)5. Clemson6. Houston7. Stanford8. Michigan State9. Washington10. Texas A&M11
  
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• Fake gun, real crime: Police notice uptick in replicas

  18-09-2016 20:18
  
  Whether they shoot BBs, pellets, paintballs or nothing at all, imitation guns can be indistinguishable from the real thing - it's one reason why some criminals gravitate toward them. Plus they're cheap and easy to get.As Ohio authorities investigate the fatal police shooting of a 13-year-old boy who officers said pulled a realistic-looking BB gun from his waistband, law enforcement agencies are grappling with the use of fake guns to commit very real crimes."If I can't go get a real gun, it's eas
  
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• Scott's Political Picks: Presidential race tightening up; Trump reverses on 'birther' movement

  18-09-2016 20:10
  
  Let’s give the pundits their due on this one. When they say six weeks is like six years in politics, they’re right.Donald Trump had nothing short of a disastrous August. Plummeting polls, more adlibbed intemperate statements and everyone writing his political obituary.Six weeks ago, Nate Silver pegged Hillary Clinton with an 87% chance of winning in November and Trump staggering around at 12%.Today it’s a 60/40 split and democrats are worried. Check that, some are popping beta-
  
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• Village police chief in spotlight of Ohio's heroin battle: "We need action, and we need it now"

  18-09-2016 20:09
  
  The veteran police chief in a bucolic Ohio village, where the last murder was two decades ago and he can just about count the number of drug cases on both hands, finds himself in the spotlight on the front lines against heroin overdoses in one of the nation's hardest-hit states.Thomas Synan Jr., of Newtown, with some 2,700 people tucked among suburban cities and townships just east of Cincinnati, has led the Hamilton County Heroin Coalition task force during a stunning spike of overdoses that sa
  
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• With world leaders arriving for UN General Assembly, NYPD on alert after blast

  18-09-2016 19:45
  
  New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday that residents of the city would see an expanded presence of police as officials investigate a bombing in Chelsea that injured 29, while guarding the United Nations General Assembly, which draws leaders from around the world to New York each year.“You will see a very substantial NYPD presence this week, bigger than ever,” de Blasio said during a press conference just after noon Sunday.De Blasio said all 29 victims of the explosion, which
  
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• U.S. admits to possible accidental bombing of Syrian troops

  18-09-2016 19:35
  
  Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) shot down a Syrian warplane on Sunday as regime forces regained ground lost to the extremists following a U.S.-led airstrike that hit government forces the day before, state media said.The U.S. military says it may have unintentionally struck Syrian troops while carrying out a raid against ISIS on Saturday. The incident has threatened an already fragile U.S. and Russian-brokered cease-fire that has largely held in the five-year-old Syria war​ despite
  
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• Governor: No apparent link between NY blast, overseas terror

  18-09-2016 19:03
  
  NEW YORK -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday a blast that injured 29 people in Manhattan was caused by some kind of bomb, but the attack didn't appear to be linked to international terrorism.Cuomo, speaking near the scene of the Saturday night blast, told reporters a second device found blocks away from the first explosion appeared "similar in design" to the first, though investigators are still testing its remnants after it was removed by a bomb squad robot and blown up at a police facility in the
  
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• Opiates make the brain think it can’t survive without them

  18-09-2016 17:41
  
  When Rachel Motil was withdrawing from heroin, guilt and shame consumed her, along with the conscience that had been blinded by addiction. "I didn't know about addiction as a disease," she said. "I thought I was just a horrible person."
  
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• Theodore Decker: Look inward before casting blame in police shooting of 13-year-old boy

  18-09-2016 16:10
  
  Amid the clamor surrounding the death of 13-year-old Tyre King — the demands for justice from one side and the appeals for patience from the other — the words of Tyre’s recreational football coach seemed to come from a quieter place of sadness.
  
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• Capital Insider: New carpets in Ohio House, Senate cost $330,000-plus

  18-09-2016 15:57
  
  As Dispatch Reporter Randy Ludlow notes, you won’t find this stuff at Rite Rug. Twenty years after the Statehouse was renovated, the chambers of the House of Representatives and the Senate are receiving new carpet — or old carpet, depending on how you look at it.
  
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• Levy now would avert deficits later, Columbus schools say

  18-09-2016 15:20
  
  Flash back to mid-October 2013, when then-Columbus City Schools Treasurer Penny Rucker revised the district’s five-year financial forecast just weeks before the district would ask voters to raise property taxes for schools 24 percent. The improved forecast helped to send that levy to a resounding defeat.
  
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• Orange Barrel Media Installs Subway Cars for Graffiti Mural

  18-09-2016 15:17
  
  While many people want to see a real light-rail or streetcar or subway line in Columbus, the opportunity to see a make-believe version has presented itself this weekend at the Independents’ Day festival in Franklinton. Local advertising company and event sponsor Orange Barrel Media installed a life-size subway train on Lucas Street next to Land […]
  
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• Trump Pulls Ahead of Clinton in Ohio

  18-09-2016 14:45
  
  On September 14th, Donald Trump pulled ahead of Hillary Clinton in the State of Ohio’s polls, according to aggregate data analysis site Five Thirty Eight. This marks the first time Trump has had a polling lead over Clinton since July 31st, and a much difference scenario than exactly one month ago when Five Thirty Eight […]
  
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• Retail Watch: Wexner discusses good decisions, leaders in Ohio State talk

  18-09-2016 14:31
  
  Leslie H. Wexner, the founder of L Brands, was back at Ohio State University, his alma mater, to talk about leadership on Friday, which took the form of a free-wheeling chat that, not surprisingly, had a lot to do with his history in the apparel business.
  
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• Opinion: A Call for Simple Solutions to Local Challenges

  18-09-2016 14:29
  
  The fire at Dick Cold Storage on August 19th continues to plague Columbus’ West Side. While Franklin Township first responders and City of Columbus personnel did a great job containing the fire and protecting the community immediately after, bureaucracy has stained the cleanup process. Dick Cold Storage has been an anchor in my community for four […]
  
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• Capitol Insider: New carpets in Ohio House, Senate cost $330,000-plus

  18-09-2016 14:24
  
  As Dispatch Reporter Randy Ludlow notes, you won’t find this stuff at Rite Rug. Twenty years after the Statehouse was renovated, the chambers of the House of Representatives and the Senate are receiving new carpet — or old carpet, depending on how you look at it.
  
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• 4 killed when bus carrying football team crashes in N.C.

  18-09-2016 13:44
  
  CBS/AP - State troopers say four people were killed and more than 40 were injured in a charter bus crash Saturday near Rockingham, North Carolina.Between 40 and 50 people were hurt in the crash and all have been transported to hospitals, Hamlet Fire and Rescue Chief Calvin White told CBS affiliate WBTV in Charlotte​. The extent of their injuries was not immediately known.University of God’s Chosen coach Demetrius Hollingsworth said that football players and coaches from Ramah Juco Ac
  
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• Presidential candidates take divergent views on New York City explosion

  18-09-2016 13:28
  
  GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has called the New York explosion a 'bomb' attack. But his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, reacted to Saturday night's incident more cautiously, saying "we need to do everything we can to support our first responders."She also said it was time "to pray for the victims" and told reporters that "we have to let this investigation unfold."Minutes after stepping off his plane during a rally at an airport hangar in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Trump told a cr
  
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• Harness racing | Betting Line, Racing Hill are favorites to win Little Brown Jug

  18-09-2016 12:35
  
  Betting Line and Racing Hill have been installed as 3-5 favorites in their respective divisions of the $577,000 Little Brown Jug, which drew a small field of 11 3-year-old pacers for the race Thursday at the Delaware County Fairgrounds.
  
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• Theodore Decker commentary: Look inward before casting blame in police shooting of 13-year-old boy

  18-09-2016 12:23
  
  Amid the clamor surrounding the death of 13-year-old Tyre King — the demands for justice from one side and the appeals for patience from the other — the words of Tyre’s recreational football coach seemed to come from a quieter place of sadness.
  
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• John Switzer | From the Stump: It’s a shame Ohio says invasive mute swans must die

  18-09-2016 12:14
  
  There have been stories in the newspaper about the Ohio Division of Wildlife eradicating mute swans because they compete with the state’s native trumpeter swans. That has resulted in mixed emotions among some folks.
  
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• Sanders, in Ohio, pushes backers to vote for Clinton

  18-09-2016 12:01
  
  KENT, Ohio — In a pair of university stops in battleground Ohio on Saturday, Bernie Sanders used his enduring popularity with young voters to urge support for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. It’s just that his crowds aren’t what they used to be.
  
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• Distemper outbreak at dog shelter raising questions

  18-09-2016 11:55
  
  By now, the timeline for an infectious respiratory disease outbreak at the Franklin County Dog Shelter is clear. The county waited nearly a week after its first distemper diagnosis before closing the shelter, letting dozens of dogs that should have been quarantined leave with new owners. Hundreds of dogs were exposed to the potentially deadly respiratory virus, and 84 have been euthanized so far.
  
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• Central Ohio hospitals show video on infant deaths to all new moms

  18-09-2016 11:48
  
  When newborn Titus Williamson-Cline turns 1, he'll have no idea how his parents made sure his first year of life was healthy and safe. And that's OK with the folks at CelebrateOne, an ongoing effort to reduce infant mortality in Franklin County.
  
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• Republicans rallying for Trump in Ohio

  18-09-2016 11:44
  
  Donald Trump's ascension to his biggest lead of the general election campaign in Ohio is fueled by a pair of surprising sources: newfound Republican Party unity and increased voter trust. Buried in the data of recent polls showing Trump with as much as a 5-point lead in a four-way race are indications that after months of skepticism, GOP voters are unexpectedly supporting Trump to a greater degree than Democratic voters are backing their nominee, Hillary Clinton. And the surveys also indicate Oh
  
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• Ohio at epicenter of heroin epidemic killing thousands

  18-09-2016 11:11
  
  Adam Conkey and Natasha Long are among an estimated 435,000 Americans who regularly use heroin, nearly triple the number who used in 2007, according to 2014 figures from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. “It’s the devil,” Conkey said. “Leave it alone. It’s not worth it. You’ll piss your life away." Every day, 78 people in the United States die from an opiate overdose — 29 of them from heroin, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
  
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• Shopping-center builder Casto now has strong urban focus

  18-09-2016 11:07
  
  Open-air “lifestyle” shopping centers and shopping as entertainment are the rage today. But don’t tell Don Casto it’s the new thing. The third-generation developer’s grandfather used showmanship to promote his projects around central Ohio in the postwar years, decades before Easton Town Center and the like came on the scene.
  
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• Leadership Columbus focuses on love of city

  18-09-2016 11:01
  
  Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther might be one of the best-known of Leadership Columbus’ grads. Ice cream maven Jeni Britton Bauer is another.
  
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• Retail Watch: Wexner talks good decisions, leaders in Ohio State talk

  18-09-2016 10:51
  
  Leslie H. Wexner, the founder of L Brands, was back at Ohio State University, his alma mater, to talk about leadership on Friday, which took the form of a free-wheeling chat that, not surprisingly, had a lot to do with his history in the apparel business.
  
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• Police: Pilot, skydivers eject before plane crash into home

  18-09-2016 09:59
  
  Authorities say the pilot and all four skydivers have survived a fiery plane crash in a Phoenix suburb Saturday night.Gilbert fire officials tell ABC-15 that the plane's occupants were able to eject before the aircraft struck a house. Both people inside the home escaped injury.Gilbert police tweeted that the small plane was carrying skydivers for the annual Constitution Fair. Police say the pilot was transported to a hospital for burns.The plane crashed around 7:30 p.m. near Ray and Gilbert road
  
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• Source: Minnesota attacker asked victims if they were Muslim

  18-09-2016 09:04
  
  A federal law enforcement source tells CBS News that the suspect in a Minnesota mall attack that wounded eight Saturday, was asking people if they were Muslim and stabbing those who said they were not. Officials said the man has had interactions with police in the past, including recently, but the source could not yet characterize the nature of those interactions. Investigators are trying to determine if the attack had any connection with ISIS. A news agency connected with the extremist group c
  
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• 8 taken to hospital after Minnesota mall stabbing spree

  18-09-2016 09:04
  
  CBS/AP - At least eight people were taken to a hospital with injuries after a stabbing attack at a Minnesota shopping mall on Saturday evening which ended with the suspected attacker dead inside the mall.Seven victims were treated and released and one remains in the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, reports CBS Minnesota​, citing police.Police Sgt. Jason Burke said the mall remains on lockdown.“The individual we believe to be responsible for the victims’ stab wounds
  
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• Community backing cracker project

  18-09-2016 09:01
  The planned PTT Global Chemical ethane cracker could discharge wastewater associated with polyethylene production into the Ohio River, but numerous political, labor and community leaders support the project they believe will bring thousands of jobs to the Upper Ohio Valley.
  
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• Statewide Amber Alert cancelled after 1-year-old boy is found safe

  18-09-2016 07:39
  
  UPDATE: The Amber Alert has been cancelled. The boy and the suspect were both located. The child was unharmed.---A statewide Amber Alert has been issued by the Adams County Sheriff for a 1-year-old boy.The Sheriff says Layton Spencer was taken by his father, Adam Spencer, who is a known drug user, at 9:20 p.m. Saturday in Manchester. Layton Spencer is two feet tall, weighs 30 pounds and has blonde hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a gray t-shirt with a blue collar.Adam Spencer should
  
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• Brown, Barrett lead No. 3 Ohio State past Oklahoma

  18-09-2016 07:15
  Noah Brown tied the Ohio State record with four touchdown receptions, and the No. 3 Buckeyes rolled past No. 14 Oklahoma 45-24 on Saturday night.Brown caught five passes for 72 yards. On his best grab, he reached around Michiah Quick and held onto Quick and the ball while falling out of bounds for a 21-yard touchdown reception with 6 seconds left in the first half. Brown entered the game with five catches and one touchdown in his career.J.T. Barrett passed for 152 yards and four touchdowns and r
  
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• Robbery sends one person to hospital in north Columbus

  18-09-2016 07:10
  
  Columbus Police investigating a robbery to an individual along Myrtle Ave in North Columbus. Police were called to Linden area Saturday night on the report of a stabbing. When officers arrived on the scene they found the victim on the porch of a home injured. Medics transported the victim to Grant hospital in critical. Officers are talking with witnesses and searching the area of the suspects from this incident.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Suspect arrested in robbery leading Tyre King shooting has dangerous past

  18-09-2016 05:21
  UPDATE -- A defense attorney has raised concerns about the "prejudicial" effect of releasing the juvenile record of a 19-year-old robbery suspect linked to Tyre King, who was shot fatally by Columbus police last week.Judge Eileen Paley delayed the hearing Monday after defense attorney Marcus Ross raised the issue of the release of Braxton's record.---Police have arrested 19-year-old Demetrius Braxton for robbery, the crime that ultimately led to the deadly shooting of 13-year-old Tyre King.Colum
  
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• One suspect arrested in robbery leading up to police-involved shooting of Tyre King

  18-09-2016 05:21
  Police have arrested 19-year-old Demetrius Braxton for robbery, the crime that ultimately led to the deadly shooting of 13-year-old Tyre King.Columbus police have spent days trying to figure out what happened in the moments leading up to King's death.King was shot dead by police and the questions of what happened have lingered ever since.Police said it traced back to a robbery nearby.Now they say 19-year-old Demetrius Braxton is the suspect arrested. The criminal complaint says Braxton approache
  
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• Suspect arrested in Ohio case that resulted in police killing of 13-year-old with BB gun

  18-09-2016 04:58
  Tyre King, 13, was killed by police in Columbus, OH who believed that his BB gun was a real weapon Police made an arrest Saturday in the robbery case that resulted in the police shooting of a 13-year-old black Columbus, OH boy who was playing with a BB gun. According to WCMH-TV , Columbus police arrested 19-year-old Demetrius Emanuel Lee Braxton on a felony count of robbery.
  
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• Obama delivers frustrated rebuke to Congress over Zika, Supreme Court inaction

  18-09-2016 04:11
  
  With Congress back from its seven-week recess, President Obama issued a terse reminder for Republican lawmakers that a slew of time-sensitive issues are still awaiting legislative action, including Zika funding, aid for Louisiana’s recovery following torrential floods and the Supreme Court’s vacant seat.“I’ve delivered a few hundred of these weekly addresses over the years,” the president said in a White House video published Saturday. “And you may have notice
  
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• Elizabeth Warren on Trump: "A selfish low-life"

  18-09-2016 04:06
  
  More than 600 people piled into the Archie Griffin ballroom at The Ohio State University to hear from Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren as she rallied support for Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.“We find ourselves at a time in an election, where we decide which way we want to go,” Warren said in front of the energetic crowd primarily filled with students.Warren talked about economic policy and the need for better equality in the United States.“I cannot be
  
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• New York City explosion under investigation

  18-09-2016 03:34
  
  CBS NEWS - An explosion shook a New York City neighborhood Saturday night, leaving more than two dozen people injured. The blast occurred on West 23rd Street in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood shortly after 8:30 p.m. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said it was too early to determine what caused the explosion, but early indications are that it was an “intentional act.” However, de Blasio said it there was no evidence of a terrorism connection as of late Saturday night. Still
  
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