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• Pennsylvania school district superintendent speaks out on "lunch shaming" story

  23-09-2016 23:38
  
  The superintendent of a western Pennsylvania school district said the district isn’t about shaming students at lunch and that reports of hot meals being snatched away from kids simply aren’t true, CBS Pittsburgh station KDKA-TV reports .KDKA-TV: The story that this woman tells of taking the lunch away from the child, the hot lunch, that’s not true?
  Superintendent Michael Daniels: That is not true. By all accounts that have been shared with me, that is not true.
  KDKA-TV: She was
  
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• Scott's Political Picks: Politicians painting two different pictures of Ohio

  23-09-2016 23:31
  
  From one politician, you hear Ohio is rolling: new jobs, low unemployment, state pensions that are funded and a rainy day fund bulging with $2 billion big ones. From another politician, you hear your state is a mess: lost manufacturing jobs, little hope, more kids in poverty and blighted communities.Here’s the thing though. This isn’t a republican version and a competing democratic version of Ohio. These are descriptions from two republicans. Governor Kasich paints Ohio as booming in
  
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• Vote on the Best Columbus Architecture of 2016

  23-09-2016 23:30
  
  For the second year in a row, Columbus Underground is celebrating the architectural and design talent represented in the myriad of new development proposals that have been proposed over the course of the past year. While other local awards honor completed projects after construction has finished, ours instead takes a look at conceptual designs that […]
  
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• Rally for Recovery: Stopping the heroin epidemic in Ohio

  23-09-2016 23:04
  
  Hundreds of people gathered at the Ohio Statehouse Friday afternoon to take part in the 2016 Rally for Recovery.Recovering addicts who said they were once caught in the grip of opiates said the really is a chance to celebrate staying clean and to look forward to what needs to happen next to get control of the heroin epidemic that claims 23 lives a day in Ohio.Gary Gonnella is a drug counselor who battled his own addiction demons. He says it's unacceptable that heroin addicts are on waiting lists
  
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• New Albany Classic hosts number one specialty equestrian event in North America

  23-09-2016 22:57
  Central Ohio takes center stage this weekend as it hosts the number one specialty equestrian event in North America: The New Albany Classic Invitational Grand Prix.Three members of the U.S. Olympic silver medal winning showjumping team are among the 30 horse-and-rider competing for the authentic cup and $125,000 in prize money.This is the 19th year for the event which is used to raise awareness and funds for The Center for Family Safety and Healing.The Classic is hosted by Abigail Wexner, who to
  
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• Two-year-old who drowned in swimming pool identified

  23-09-2016 22:54
  
  Columbus police have identified the 2-year-old boy who drowned in a Far North Side swimming pool Thursday.
  
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• 398-Unit Residential Project Planned in Weinland Park

  23-09-2016 22:01
  
  After three years in the making, the first phase of the Grant Park development in Weinland Park is wrapping up and phase two is scheduled to begin construction next year. While phase one focused on single family homes along the west side of Grant Avenue, phase two will include a more dense mix of apartment […]
  
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• In about-face, Cruz says he'll vote for Trump

  23-09-2016 21:54
  
  Ted Cruz says he's voting for Donald Trump for president - a shocking about-face after he rocked the Republican convention by dramatically refusing to do so.The Texas senator says on Facebook that he made the decision for two reasons. First, his promise to support the Republican nominee. And second, his belief that Democrat Hillary Clinton is "wholly unacceptable."The flip-flop was a stunner since the Texan was booed lustily during a floor speech at his party's convention for urging Republicans
  
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• Video shows deadly encounter between Charlotte police, Keith Lamont Scott

  23-09-2016 21:45
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Video of the deadly encounter between Charlotte police and Keith Lamont Scott shows his wife repeatedly telling officers he is not armed and pleading with them not to shoot her husband as they shout at him to drop a gun.The video, recorded by Keith Lamont Scott's wife and released Friday by his family, does not indicate whether Scott had a gun. Police have said he was armed, but witnesses say he held only a book. The 2 ½-minute video does not show the shooting, though g
  
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• Smog warnings issued in central Ohio

  23-09-2016 21:35
  
  Air-quality alerts were issued for the area for Thursday and Friday. The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, which issues the alerts, said still conditions, high temperatures and sunny skies were to blame, and could be unhealthy for people with respiratory diseases.
  
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• What's coming (and going) on Netflix for October 2016

  23-09-2016 21:15
  
  A new month means a new list of shows and movies coming to Netflix.But of course that also means some have to go.---What’s Coming…Available October 1A Cinderella Story (2004)Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)Blue Streak (1999)Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)Dazed and Confused (1993)Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief (2008)Fairy Tale: A True Story (1997)Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)Bueller's Day Off (1986)Gentleman's Agreement (1947)Ghost Town (2008)Grizzly Man (2005)How to Lose a Guy
  
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• Interview: Constance Gadell-Newton, Green Party Candidate for Ohio House District 18

  23-09-2016 21:06
  
  Constance Gadell-Newton is the Green Party’s candidate for the Ohio House of Representatives District 18, which includes The Ohio State University’s campus, the Short North, and Downtown, among other areas. Gadell-Newton is running against the newly appointed Rep. Kristin Boggs, a Democrat; the Republican candidate has left the race. I met Gadell-Newton almost a decade […]
  
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• 3 arrested in death of Vinton County toddler

  23-09-2016 21:02
  The mother and grandmother of a 2-year-old Vinton County boy have been arrested and charged in connection with his death following a head injury. A man also has been charged, authorities said.
  
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• Wife in real-life "Fault in Our Stars" couple dies days after husband

  23-09-2016 20:54
  
  ST. LOUIS (CBS/AP) -- A Kentucky woman afflicted by cystic fibrosis died Thursday, five days after losing her husband to the same genetic lung disease.Andrew Carpenter, the owner of Carpenter, Fritz & Vice Funeral Home in Flemingsburg, Kentucky, confirmed 26-year-old Katie Prager’s death and said funeral arrangements are pending.Prager’s husband, 25-year-old Dalton​ Prager, died Saturday at a St. Louis hospital of the same disease, which clogs the lungs with mucus and force
  
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• Franklin County DUI Task Force conducting Sobriety checkpoint Friday

  23-09-2016 20:43
  
  The Franklin County DUI Task Force will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint in Westerville Friday night.The checkpoint will be located on Cleveland Avenue south of Hanawalt Road between the hours of 7 p.m. and midnight.The Task Force wants to remind people who will be drinking to plan for a designated driver or make other arrangements.EDITOR’S NOTE: Why are the locations and times of a sobriety checkpoint released?Guidelines issued by the NHTSA instruct law enforcement to “aggressive
  
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• Police identify college student found dead in bathroom stall

  23-09-2016 20:33
  
  A Columbus State Community College student found dead at the school’s Westerville campus Wednesday has been identified by police as Samuel Miller. Miller, 25, of New Albany, was found by another student at about 5:45 p.m. Wednesday in a bathroom stall, which led the school to cancel classes that evening. Police in Delaware County’s Genoa Township are investigating Miller’s death as a possible heroin overdose, said Sgt. Rich Lyon. Though toxicology results are pending, Lyon said
  
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• Attorney General releases heavily redacted Pike County autopsy reports

  23-09-2016 20:09
  
  Heavily redacted autopsy reports on the eight members of a slain Pike County family were released today by the office of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. The final and autopsy reports are heavily censored and reveal little new information about the April 22 slayings that remain unsolved after five months. In a statement, DeWine’s office said the autopsy reporters were redacted pursuant to Ohio law to protect confidential law enforcement information.
  
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• Senate President Keith Faber takes a beating in new legislator ratings

  23-09-2016 19:55
  
  Legislative ratings are back, and while one top Statehouse leader is clearly considered the biggest villain in the Statehouse, the other top leader is relatively unnoticed. For the first time in nine years, Columbus Monthly surveyed lawmakers, legislative aides, lobbyists, journalists, and Kasich administration officials, asking them to rank the top lawmakers in a variety of categories.
  
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• Autopsy reports released for 8 killed in Pike County slayings

  23-09-2016 19:25
  
  Investigators have released redacted versions of preliminary and final autopsy reports for the victims in the execution-style killings of eight members of the Rhoden family in Pike County.Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader made the announcement on Friday.The attorney general's office says the redacted documents released by investigators were prepared to balance the current needs of the active investigation with transparency of the law enforcement process.Cop
  
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• Theatre Review: Masterful Thank You for Coming: Play at Wexner Center

  23-09-2016 19:00
  
  Faye Driscoll returns to Columbus for a world-premiere run of her new Thank You For Coming: Play, which opened last night at the Wexner Center. Driscoll choreographed, directed, wrote the text (in collaboration with Amanda K. Davidson and the performers) and original music (in collaboration with performer Sean Donovan and sound designer Bobby McElver of the Wooster Group) […]
  
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• J.K. Rowling: Harambe isn't part of Harry Potter universe

  23-09-2016 18:56
  
  Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has clarified that slain Ohio gorilla, Harambe, is not a part of her fictional universe.A new feature on Rowling's Pottermore website allows users to find out what Patronus they would use in Harry Potter's world. A Patronus is an animal used to ward off soul-sucking creatures in the series.Humor site The Chive put a fake picture on Twitter of Harambe the gorilla as a result on the Patronus page. Rowling retweeted the picture.Wow @pottermore @jk_rowling too soon p
  
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• Officer in boy's fatal shooting helped save another's life

  23-09-2016 18:55
  Columbus, Ohio, police officer Bryan Mason, who aut... A half hour into the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, the gunman called a 911 operator and claimed responsibility for the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando. Schools are delayed and police in one eastern North Carolina community are asking people to stay out of downtown after widespread flooding from the remnants of Tropical Storm Julia.
  
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• Arrest made in shooting death of Charlotte protester

  23-09-2016 18:20
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CBS/AP) -- Police say they have arrested a suspect in the deadly shooting of a protester during demonstrations in Charlotte over an officer’s killing of a man.Charlotte Police Chief Kerr Putney said during a news conference that the suspect was arrested Friday morning. He provided few other details about the arrest or the suspect but said that video led investigators to the shooter.On Twitter, police identified the suspect as Rayquan Borum.Rayquan Borum charged this mornin
  
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• Ohio's process for removing voters from rolls is illegal, court rules

  23-09-2016 18:17
  
  The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today against Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted in a case involving removal of names from voter registration rolls. The case was based on a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and other entities arguing Husted was too aggressive cleaning up voter rolls. Husted's office has removed 465,000 deceased voters and 1.3 million duplicate registrations from Ohio's voter rolls.
  
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• Police: Homeowner shoots man breaking into his home

  23-09-2016 18:14
  
  Columbus police said a man who broke into a Franklinton home early Friday morning was stopped when he was shot by the homeowner. Police were dispatched to Dana Avenue in Franklinton just after 4:30 a.m. on a report of a shooting. When they arrived, they found Fredrick Eisnaugle, 27, suffering from a gunshot wound.
  
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• Newark man indicted in pedestrian's death

  23-09-2016 17:45
  
  A Newark man accused of speeding in reverse through a Wal-Mart parking lot before fatally striking a woman has been charged with aggravated vehicular homicide. Robert Shook, 35, was indicted in Licking County Common Pleas Court Thursday, five months after the April crash that killed Carol Jones, 76, of Newark.
  
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• UPS testing drones for use in its package delivery system

  23-09-2016 17:36
  
  MARBLEHEAD, Mass. -- One of the world's largest package delivery companies is stepping up efforts to integrate drones into its system.UPS has partnered with robot-maker CyPhy Works to test the use of drones to make commercial deliveries to remote or difficult-to-access locations.The companies began testing the drones on Thursday, when they launched one from the seaside town of Marblehead. The drone flew on a programmed route for 3 miles over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver an inhaler at Children's
  
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• “Celebrating Charlie”: CBS News honors the career of Charles Osgood

  23-09-2016 17:10
  
  CBS News will honor the career of Charles Osgood with a special edition of “CBS Sunday Morning,” titled “Celebrating Charlie,” to be broadcast Sept. 25 at 9 a.m. on 10TV.Osgood will be the focus of the special 90-minute broadcast, which will look at his life and career as he prepares to step away from the top-rated “Sunday Morning” after 22 years as anchor -- and nearly 50 years as a member of the CBS family.After the final broadcast, Osgood’s bow-tie wi
  
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• Opinion: Urban Agriculture and Homesteading Have a Place in Columbus

  23-09-2016 17:00
  
  I am excited about the possibilities for urban agriculture and homesteading here in the City of Columbus. The small business that I co-own and operate sells herbs and berries to local restaurants such as Skillet, The Table, Gallerie Bar and Bistro, The Kitchen, Latitude 41, and Companion Baking. We produce and sell locally grown herbal […]
  
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• Police identify girl fatally struck in parking lot

  23-09-2016 15:54
  
  Columbus police have identified the 7-year-old girl who was fatally struck by an SUV Wednesday as Rashida Kromah. The crash occurred just before 7 p.m. Wednesday in the parking lot of the Kingshill Court Apartments, near the intersection of Morse Road and Interstate 71. The girl, who lived at the apartment complex, was playing outside with another child when she rode from between parked cars and collided with an eastbound SUV, said Sgt. Brooke Wilson with the Columbus Division of Police accident
  
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• Battelle planning to sell 15 acres near its campus for development

  23-09-2016 15:52
  
  Battelle is negotiating to sell 15 acres to a developer that plans to build single- and multi-family housing, offices and retail stores south of W. 5th Avenue across from the Battelle campus. One reason Battelle is doing this: It’s a way to help the research giant recruit employees who want to live in an urban area near work. “Our goal has been to bring this piece of underutilized land to what it was – mostly residential way back when,” said Patrick Jarvis, Battelle&rsquo
  
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• Spend Your Weekend With Denzel, Pratt and a Bunch of Storks

  23-09-2016 15:27
  
  Denzel dons a black hat and a righteous cause with six of his ne’er do well buds in Antoine Fuqua’s rompy Western remake – good luck getting that song out of your head, by the way. If magnificence and math are not your bag, Gateway’s screening a fascinating take on the serial killer with London […]
  
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• Southern California child diagnosed with leprosy

  23-09-2016 15:21
  
  LOS ANGELES -- A case of leprosy, extremely rare in the United States, has been diagnosed in a Southern California elementary school student, sending health officials scrambling to reassure parents and the public that the disease is hard to transmit and easy to treat.Two children from Indian Hills Elementary School in Jurupa Valley had initially been diagnosed by a local doctor with the condition known medically as Hansen's disease, Riverside County health officials said Thursday. But this week
  
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• Columbus City Schools Superintendent Says Student Achievement ‘On the Rise’

  23-09-2016 14:59
  
  The latest local report card detailing the successes and failings of Columbus City Schools was disputed Tuesday night as CCS Superintendent Dan Good delivered a presentation to the city’s Board of Education. The district report card showed Fs in achievement, gap closing, progress and graduation rate and a D for preparedness for success. “There is […]
  
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• APNewsBreak: Praise, prior shootings in Ohio officer's file

  23-09-2016 14:29
  This June 22, 2015, photo provided by the Columbus, Ohio, Division of Police shows the division's official portrait of Columbus, Ohio, police officer Bryan Mason.
  
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• FBI says it's evaluating abuse allegations against Brad Pitt

  23-09-2016 13:45
  
  LOS ANGELES -- The FBI is gathering information about an incident involving Brad Pitt and his family aboard a private flight last week, the agency confirmed Thursday.Spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said the agency is still evaluating whether to open an investigation into allegations Pitt was abusive during the flight toward one of his six children with actress Angelina Jolie Pitt, as several media outlets have reported.The reports from anonymous sources state the actor is under investigation by a chi
  
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• Ohio linguist named a MacArthur fellow

  23-09-2016 13:41
  
  OXFORD — A linguist at a southwestern Ohio college has been named a MacArthur Fellow and will receive the so-called “genius grant” to continue his work to restore use of an indigenous language. Miami University Professor Daryl Baldwin is among the 2016 recipients of the fellowship awarded every year by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The 23 latest recipients were named Thursday.
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: After Trump county chair resigns, new chair deletes tweets critical of candidate

  23-09-2016 13:33
  
  Kathy Miller, the Mahoning County chair for Donald Trump’s campaign and an elector with the Electoral College, caused quite the stir Thursday when comments she made to The Guardian were published.
  
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• Marysville plans to buy 203 acres for business park

  23-09-2016 12:27
  
  MARYSVILLE — J.R. Rausch, first as a Marysville City Council member and now as mayor, watched as business after business bought land and located along a prime stretch of his city’s industrial corridor. As an elected official, he was pleased by that new development last year. But he and others also saw a potentially damaging side effect: If all the land in that mile stretch along a business route was gobbled in small bites, it would choke off future access to what leaders see as the m
  
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• Police: 11-year-old hit by car walking to school, killed

  23-09-2016 12:23
  Police say an 11-year-old boy was hit by at least one car and killed while heading to school in Ohio's capital city. Columbus police say Favour Agu was headed to Woodward Park Middle School with his fellow classmates Thursday morning when he was hit.
  
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• Rural western Licking County prepares for spread of development

  23-09-2016 12:14
  
  Late last month, dozens of people crowded into a small meeting room in Licking County’s Harrison Township. Some were empty-handed, bringing just their curiosity, but many came gripping scribbled notes, pens and calculators, ready for a fight. Together, they would decide the fate of more than 300 acres of bucolic farmland in St. Albans Township along Route 161 east of Route 310.
  
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• Tulsa police officer turns herself in to face charges in shooting death

  23-09-2016 11:28
  
  CBS/AP - The Tulsa police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man while responding to a stalled car has turned herself in to face a first-degree manslaughter charge, reports the CBS affiliate here, KOTV. Officer Betty Shelby surrendered early Friday morning, was booked into the Tulsa County Jail and immediately released on$50,000 bond, the station says.Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler announced the charge Thursday. Police in Tulsa released dashcam and aerial footage, 911 cal
  
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• Third night of protests in Charlotte mostly peaceful

  23-09-2016 10:58
  
  CBS/AP - Demonstrators remained on Charlotte’s streets after a newly-imposed curfew went into effect at midnight Friday but a third night protests proved largely peaceful.Still, pressure mounted for police to release video that could resolve wildly different accounts of the shooting of a black man.Protesters chanted “release the tape” and “we want the tape” while briefly blocking an intersection near Bank of America headquarters and later climbing the steps in front
  
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• Dance

  23-09-2016 10:19
  The 46-year-old Marble Cliff resident went to see the dance by choreographer Faye Driscoll during its run in April at the Wexner Center for the Arts. The piece asked audience members for a high degree of participation, from handling props to communicating with dancers.
  
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• Suspect arrested in June home-invasion killing

  23-09-2016 10:09
  
  Columbus Police arrested a man they suspect of shooting and killing one person and injuring another back on June 28 in west Columbus.Police say they responded to a call out of a home invasion robbery on North Warren Avenue early that morning.They found two men suffering from gunshot wounds and one woman who had serious facial injuries after being physically attacked. One of the men died later at the hospital.Police identified the suspect in the shooting as 29-year-old Joseph Kibby.Kibby was repo
  
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• Serial groper arrested

  23-09-2016 06:13
  A serial groper who had the Ohio State University campus on edge has been grabbed, police said. Columbus police officers saw Lonnie Sturdivant, 59, exiting an Ohio Union parking garage around 11:18 p.m. Wednesday and was arrested a short time later at College Place and North High Street.
  
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• Police: Ohio woman overdoses with baby in backseat

  23-09-2016 04:29
  
  Police say a 56-year-old Ohio woman is suspected of overdosing in her pickup truck with her baby grandson in the backseat.Officers in Elyriasay the woman was unresponsive in the truck and they had to break a window before they could revive her with the overdose antidote naloxone.Firefighters pulled the baby out through a sliding back window.Heroin at Home: An Ohio EpidemicCrews say that when they arrived Monday, the truck was still in drive and it was pushed up against a stack of propane tanks a
  
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• Angie’s List tweaks some of its business practices

  23-09-2016 04:21
  Angie's List is changing its practices, now making money from the businesses, instead of the customers.Angie's List was started right here in central Ohio. Many companies in the area are now questioning the changes because of the extra cost.Emily West and her husband own Dogwatch Hidden Fences and their specialty is keeping animals in their own yards.“So we have three total employees and then Pat and myself,” said West.Part of their success is customer service, reflected in their 82
  
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• Police video shows teen girl pepper-sprayed after bike crash

  23-09-2016 04:09
  
  Police video shows an officer in Maryland pepper-spraying a 15-year-old girl who refused to cooperate after her bicycle hit a car.The body-camera video was released after an attorney for the girl's family posted a bystander's video on Facebook, expressing outrage and accusing the officers of "aggression from the get-go."The girl pepper-sprayed by police said she fought the officers because she was dizzy, confused and scared after her bicycle hit a moving car, briefly knocking her unconscious.The
  
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• Man indicted on 31 counts for sex offenses involving pre-teen victims

  23-09-2016 04:01
  
  The Franklin County Grand Jury returned a 31-count indictment against a man who is accused of raping six girls all under the age of 12.Fifty-one-year-old Darvin Wayne Russell is facing nine counts of rape, one count of illegal use of minor in nudity-oriented material or performance, six counts of endangering children, seven counts of gross sexual imposition, four counts of importuning and four counts of compelling protestation.“It is alleged that between the years of 2012 to present, Russe
  
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