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• Fire contained at Owens Corning insulation plant in Newark

  25-09-2016 22:57
  
  Firefighters from 10 departments across Licking County joined forces Sunday to contain a large blaze inside the Owens Corning insulation plant in Newark. The fire sparked in the factory's ventilation system and took more than three hours to contain, Newark Fire Capt. Alan Ashcraft said. It was first reported at about 11:10 a.m., he said. Nobody was injured.
  
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• Ajayi scores in overtime, Miami tops Cleveland 30-24

  25-09-2016 22:50
  
  Jay Ajayi scored on an 11-yard run with 8:26 left in overtime, and the Miami Dolphins escaped with a 30-24 win over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.Ajayi's gamewinner came one play after Miami quarterback Ryan Tannehill found a wide-open Jarvis Landry for a 32-yard gain, as the Dolphins (1-2) avoided what would be their first 0-3 start since 2011.Tannehill threw for 319 yards and three touchdowns for Miami, and Landry caught seven of those passes for 120 yards.Cody Parkey missed three field goals
  
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• Siemian's 4 TD passes lead Broncos over Bengals 29-17

  25-09-2016 22:43
  
  Trevor Siemian threw a career-high four touchdown passes in his first road start and was nearly perfect under fourth-quarter pressure on Sunday, rallying the Denver Broncos to a 29-17 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals.The defending Super Bowl champions are 3-0 under Siemian, who took over after Peyton Manning retired and Brock Osweiler went to Houston. He completed 11 of 12 passes while rallying the Broncos to a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns.The previous Bronco to throw for four touchdowns
  
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• Multiple people stabbed near Emerson College in Boston

  25-09-2016 22:43
  
  Boston Police said seven people were hurt in an early morning stabbing near Emerson College in the Theatre District Sunday, CBS Boston reported.While the college said in its alert that two suspects were still at large, police told the Boston Globe one of the wounded they discovered is believed to be a suspect.Boston Police said Sunday they had a suspect in custody. Boston Mayor @marty_walsh Walsh says the area in the Theater District where 7 people were stabbed early this AM has been “trou
  
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• Ohio State football remains No. 2 in AP poll

  25-09-2016 21:20
  
  Wisconsin moved up to No. 8 in The Associated Press college football poll and LSU became the second preseason top-10 team to drop out of the rankings in the first month of the season.There were few changes in the Top 25 as the only four ranked teams that lost did so to other ranked teams.The top teams held their spots, led by No.1 Alabama. The Crimson Tide received 50 first-place votes. No. 2 Ohio State was followed by Louisville, Michigan, Clemson, Houston and Stanford.Wisconsin moved up three
  
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• 2 lanes blocked on 75 SB between Paddock, Towne St. due to accident

  25-09-2016 21:11
  President Barack Obama plans to officially open the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture at a ribbon cutting ceremony on the National Mall. A 13-year-old Ohio boy fatally shot by a Columbus police officer investigating a report of an armed robbery will be laid to rest this weekend.
  
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• Doctors 'prescribe' fresh produce with help from food banks

  25-09-2016 20:49
  
  The idea is simple: Load fresh fruits and vegetables into a refrigerator truck and drive it to a health clinic, then have a doctor write a "prescription" for food to improve the diets of low-income people with diabetes and high blood pressure.U.S. food banks - the organizations on the front lines of fighting hunger - increasingly are promoting "food as medicine" strategies designed to address, not exacerbate, the high rate of chronic health problems among the poor.One-third of households using f
  
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• 7 overdose deaths in 1 day reported in Cleveland area

  25-09-2016 19:56
  
  Authorities were trying Sunday to discover the types of drugs involved in a spate of overdoses that killed seven people in the Cleveland area a day earlier.The deaths on Saturday were the latest outbreak of drug overdose deaths in Ohio.Tests were being conducted to figure out which drugs were involved, Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner Thomas Gilson said. Officials suspect they were either heroin or fentanyl."This cluster of deaths is deeply concerning," Gilson said in a statement. "Although ther
  
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• Fire erupts at Owens Corning insulation plant in Newark

  25-09-2016 18:41
  
  Firefighters from several departments are on the scene of a working fire that erupted Sunday morning at the Owens Corning insulation plant in Newark. The blaze was reported at 11:10 a.m., according to Newark fire dispatcher.
  
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• Fire At Newark Owens Corning Plant

  25-09-2016 18:09
  
  Newark Fire crews are on scene at the Owens Corning plant, 400 Case Road.There were reports of heavy fire and heavy smoke seen coming from smoke stacks and the roof of one building.Newark Police say there are no road closures; the fire appears to be contained to the business property.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest developments.
  
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• Police training specific on deadly force

  25-09-2016 17:11
  At a Sept. 15 press conference at City Hall, Columbus Police Chief Kim Jacobs holds an image of the type of BB gun officers say 13-year-old Tyre King had on him when he was fatally shot by Officer Bryan Mason.
  
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• Jane Pauley named anchor of "CBS Sunday Morning"

  25-09-2016 17:02
  
  Television legend Jane Pauley has been named the new anchor of "CBS Sunday Morning".CBS News President David Rhodes announced that Pauley will succeed Charles Osgood as anchor.Osgood is retiring on Sept. 25, after 22 years as anchor of the award-winning broadcast and after nearly 50 years at CBS News.Pauley's first broadcast as anchor of the Sunday morning news program will be Oct. 9.She will be the third anchor in the history of "CBS Sunday Morning".Pauley joined "CBS Sunday Morning" in 2014 as
  
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• Artist Daric Gill’s “Absolute: Earnest” Accepted for Exhibition in South Korean Museum

  25-09-2016 16:45
  
  Daric Gill has had a big week. His piece Absolute: Moment, oil on reclaimed Birdseye maple, was part of last night’s record breaking Art for Life fundraiser where over $600,000 was raised for Equitas Health, and he also received news that another piece from the series, Absolute: Earnest, was accepted for exhibition in the Czong Institute for Contemporary […]
  
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• Report: Multiple people stabbed near Emerson College in Boston

  25-09-2016 15:50
  
  CBS NEWS - Students near Emerson College were sent email alerts early Sunday morning about two suspects being at large following a mass stabbing, according to a report.Police say at least six people were stabbed in the theater district near Emerson’s campus, and one is in critical condition, reports the Boston Globe. While the college said in its alert that two suspects were still at large, police told the Globe one of the wounded they discovered is believed to be a suspect.Boston Police S
  
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• Marlins say Jose Fernandez has been killed in boat crash

  25-09-2016 15:42
  
  The Miami Marlins have announced the death of ace right-hander Jose Fernandez.The U.S. Coast Guard says Fernandez was one of three people killed in a boat crash off Miami Beach early Sunday.The Marlins did not immediately release details, other than releasing a statement confirming the death of one of the top pitchers in baseball.In the statement, the Marlins say they are "devastated by the tragic loss of José Fernández. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this very dif
  
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• Widening of I-270 in Dublin to start a year sooner

  25-09-2016 14:46
  
  A $66.5 million project to add lanes to an 8-mile section of the western leg of Interstate 270 will start next spring — a year ahead of schedule. One lane in each direction will be added to the interstate between Trabue Road and Routes 33/161.
  
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• New Ohio State sports-medicine facility not just for world-class athletes

  25-09-2016 14:43
  
  Even couch potatoes can benefit from the new sports-medicine facility at Ohio State University. At 116,000 square feet, the new, $45 million Jameson Crane Sports Medicine Institute takes an across-the-board approach to promoting physical activity — offering everything from surgery and physical therapy and research to programs that help with nutrition and exercise.
  
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• Police training is specific on deadly force

  25-09-2016 14:40
  
  During a vigil for Tyre King, his sister asked the question many adults in the crowd were wrestling with: Did a Columbus police officer have to kill the 13-year-old? Couldn't the officer have used something less than lethal force? “Ty did not deserve to die,” said Marshay Caldwell, also 13. “He might have deserved to get shot in the leg or something — he knew he shouldn’t have been doing that — but he didn’t deserve to die."
  
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• Shootings, hit-and-run near University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus leaves 1 dead

  25-09-2016 13:44
  
  CBS NEWS - Shootings at or near the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a related hit-and-run incident early Sunday morning left at least five people wounded and one person dead, police said.In a statement, the city of Champaign said at least one suspect in the shooting is still at large, and the driver in the hit-and-run is still being sought.Officials said Champaign police received calls about a shooting on Green Street at around 12:20 a.m., and discovered four gunshot victims when the
  
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• Shooting reported at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus

  25-09-2016 13:44
  
  CBS NEWS - The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign sent out an alert early Sunday morning warning of a shooting on campus.Police later confirmed there was a shooting, but have provided few other details.The shooting was first reported around 1 a.m. on Sunday. About two hours later, the school sent out an alert saying the gunman had left the campus.Police then said the shooting was isolated to Green Street on campus, and confirmed what the university had said about the shooter leaving the are
  
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• Nearly all Ohio middle schools flunk 8th-grade reading test

  25-09-2016 13:30
  
  Under a new system that was designed to raise the bar to ensure that kids are prepared for college and jobs when they graduate, Ohio apparently is experiencing a middle-school reading crisis. Almost 96 percent of Ohio's traditional public schools and more than 97 percent of charter schools failed the state standard for eighth-grade reading, meaning that too few of their students were deemed proficient on the just-released state report cards.
  
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• Athens police wound car-theft suspect after chase

  25-09-2016 13:27
  
  Athens police shot a who man they said was trying to run over them with a stolen car during a chase on Saturday morning.
  
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• Advocates for disabled sue for access to Lancaster juvenile detention facility

  25-09-2016 13:22
  
  Disability Rights Ohio filed a federal lawsuit Thursday charging that the Multi-County Juvenile Detention Center in Lancaster violated state and federal law by repeatedly refusing advocates access to incarcerated juveniles. The agency, which provides protection and advocacy services for people with disabilities, said its employees were refused access to inmates by the juvenile facility, which serves Fairfield, Hocking, Licking and Perry counties.
  
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• Black voters in Ohio see Clinton as best choice — if they vote

  25-09-2016 13:17
  
  CLEVELAND — Kevinee Gilmore cringed when Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump began reaching out to black voters for support, asking, “What the hell do you have to lose?” “It makes me feel like I have everything to lose,” said the young black mother, who supports Democrat Hillary Clinton. Gilmore, 32, of Cleveland, sees much disdain for Trump among black voters. At the same time, she says Clinton isn’t inspiring much enthusiasm and has left some, parti
  
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• John Switzer | From the Stump: Time to collect your lucky buckeye

  25-09-2016 12:51
  
  A neighbor called the other day and said it was time for me to pick this year’s lucky buckeye from his tree. I go down the street to his house every year and pick a nearly perfectly round buckeye that I carry in my pocket until I pick the next one. His tree was really loaded and had some of the largest buckeyes I have ever seen.
  
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• Capitol Insider: Press reports misquoted Kasich on Trump ‘birther’ history

  25-09-2016 12:51
  
  This will shock you, but sometimes we in the beloved news media actually mess up. After John Kasich’s appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” was broadcast Sunday, many headlines cried out that the Ohio governor had called on Donald Trump to apologize for several years of false “birther” claims about President Barack Obama. Even your faithful Dispatch included it in our initial online story.
  
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• Outdoors | Ohio’s hunting, fishing scofflaws learn expensive lessons

  25-09-2016 12:11
  
  With deer season underway, it’s probably time to reflect on the fact that while virtue might bring its own rewards, the rewards of detected vice usually go to the legal system.
  
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• Washington mall shooting suspect 'zombie-like' when caught

  25-09-2016 11:03
  
  The 20-year-old suspect in the deadly Washington state mall shooting said nothing and appeared "zombie-like" when he was arrested by authorities nearly 24 hours into an intense manhunt, authorities said.Island County Sheriff's Lt. Mike Hawley said he spotted Arcan Cetin from a patrol car Saturday evening in Oak Harbor, Washington, and immediately recognized him as the suspect who killed five people at the Cascade Mall in nearby Burlington.Hawley said at a news conference they had received inform
  
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• CEO says Wexner Medical Center will innovate from the lab to the bedside

  25-09-2016 10:54
  
  As the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center prepares to open its seventh hospital at the end of the month, Dr. Sheldon Retchin sees the academic medical center growing its impact — not just on the community but on medicine globally.
  
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• Logistics industry can thank likes of Abercrombie for central Ohio growth

  25-09-2016 10:53
  
  If you've ever been in an Abercrombie & Fitch store, you know the chain's all about "sexy." A key company executive would like to make something else sexy: the massive amount of work that goes into getting those shirts and jeans into the stores.
  
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• Airport projects ongoing at John Glenn Columbus International

  25-09-2016 10:51
  
  John Glenn Columbus International — the airport formerly known as Port Columbus — has been less of a construction zone in the past few months, since an $80 million terminal renovation was completed in March. The overhaul isn’t quite done, though.
  
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• 19-year-old injured in north Columbus shooting

  25-09-2016 10:49
  
  Police are searching for a suspect after a 19-year-old was injured in a shooting in north Columbus Saturday evening.It happened in the 2000 block of Taylor Avenue at 6:30 p.m.Police say the teenager was shot once in the ankle and taken to the hospital where she is expected to survive.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest developments.
  
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• Neuroscience experts in central Ohio say advances, research pushing brain treatments

  25-09-2016 10:38
  
  Imagine an annual physical that includes a blood test and brain imaging that reveal whether you are predisposed to Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease. Then, imagine that any prognosis does not terrify you, but instead empowers you to take simple measures to prevent illness. Physicians and researchers in central Ohio and around the world are working to make that a reality.
  
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• Pleas to help youth ring out at Tyre King funeral

  25-09-2016 09:26
  Pleas to help youth running the streets rang out this morning at the funeral of 13-year-old Tyre King. Hundreds attended the funeral of the youth known as "Lil Boxx" at the First Church of God on Refugee Road on the East Side, where his body rest in a white casket draped with yellow roses.
  
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• America Ferrera visits Columbus for Clinton at Ohio State, stresses importance of voting

  25-09-2016 05:31
  Actress America Ferrera kicked off her Ohio voter registration campaign for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton with a visit to Ohio State. She began her visit by speaking to a crowd of supporters in front of the Ohio Democratic Party office in the Gateway development Saturday afternoon.
  
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• Utica celebrates homecoming festival after threat canceled 2015 event

  25-09-2016 05:22
  One year after investigators say threats of violence were made against Utica High School, the small town celebrated its Homecoming Festival.For safety concerns, officials canceled all homecoming activities in 2015 because of a letter sent to the North Fork Local School District.Officials said the letter was directed at Utica students involved in interracial relationships and mentioned “Homecoming.”The community showed its support on Saturday at the festival in the Village of Utica, p
  
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• Police: Eight people shot in Baltimore, MD including 3-year-old

  25-09-2016 04:37
  
  Police in Baltimore, Maryland are saying there's been a shooting in that city and that eight people have been injured.A police spokesman tweeted a father and his three-year-old daughter are among the victims taken to local hospitals.Police said all injuries are considered to not be life threatening.Police spokeswoman Nicole Monroe released an email statement Saturday night saying the shooting occurred in an eastern district of the city in Maryland.Police are looking for three suspects.Investigat
  
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• Transgender man suing over Indiana law blocking name change

  25-09-2016 03:43
  
  A transgender man granted asylum by the U.S. last year is challenging an Indiana law that prevents him from changing his first name to a male name that matches his gender identity.The 31-year-old, who was brought to Indiana from Mexico illegally by his parents at age six, contends in his federal lawsuit that Indiana’s law requiring anyone seeking a name-change to provide proof of U.S. citizenship is unconstitutional and essentially forces him to “out” himself as transgender whe
  
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• Family and loved ones remember Tyre King at his funeral

  25-09-2016 02:31
  The funeral for Tyre King on Saturday was a service not just for those who knew the 13-year-old but for a community of people who say they are now heartbroken and searching for solutions.“It's just hard. It's unreal to me,” said Mikayla Swann, who says she knew Tyre.Chance Groce also attended the funeral with his mother. “Me and Tyre were close friends,” Groce said before he walked into the funeral. “He used to stay the night at my house a lot. We played basketball
  
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• New London hosts Huron County candidates nightLocal candidate given...

  25-09-2016 01:42
  The Huron County political candidates met in New London on Thursday for a chance to pitch themselves to the public. They gathered at the Grange hall along with members of the public, and gave four-minute speeches spelling out their histories, qualifications and platform issues.
  
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• Obstacles abound as Cleveland, East Cleveland consider merging

  25-09-2016 00:46
  
  CLEVELAND — Two of the country's poorest cities are talking about a merger they say could help both. But Cleveland could need a sizeable boost in taxpayer dollars to absorb East Cleveland, a place so impoverished that some residents fill their own potholes. Cleveland officials are looking at development possibilities that exist in its struggling neighbor East Cleveland. But Cleveland has its own problems.
  
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