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• President Bill Clinton visits Toledo on National Voter Registration Day

  27-09-2016 23:49
  TOLEDO - President Bill Clinton made two stops in Ohio on Tuesday, National Voter Registration Day to campaign for his wife and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. He was greeted by a large, cheering crowd of several hundred at Waite High School in East Toledo.Former President Clinton urged the importance of young voters registering to vote in this year’s presidential election. He asked his audience to make sure all families would be registered by October 12th when early voting begins.
  
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• Highland school district appeals transgender ruling

  27-09-2016 23:44
  
  Highland Local School officials are appealing a ruling that would force the district to let a transgender student use the girl's bathroom at its elementary school. A federal judge in Columbus rejected the school district's request to stop the government from making it treat the student as her preferred female gender. The student was assigned the male gender at birth. The district serves parts of Delaware, Knox and Morrow counties.
  
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• Ohio officer gives speeding motorist a 100-mile ride after hearing sad story

  27-09-2016 23:41
  
  A driver who was pulled over for speeding after finding out his sister was killed, said he is grateful for the police officer who stopped him, after the officer drove him 100 miles to be with his family.Mark E Ross posted to Facebook that his sister was killed in a car accident, and he instantly got in the car to be with his family.“Of course we were speeding, trying to get back to Detroit,” he wrote. “And we got pulled over in Ohio.”Ross said he knew once he was pulled o
  
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• Columbus City Schools launch new program to help kids prepare for Pre-K

  27-09-2016 23:23
  
  COLUMBUS — Parents across central Ohio are being invited to refine the way they prepare kids for school and families are receiving free resources to help.“Last year my first child came to kindergarten here. When they did the kindergarten assessment I left very devastated,” said parent Amara Thompson. Now she works with her youngest daughter to read more and shift her kindergarten preparation strategies and she’s getting help from Columbus City Schools.“They gave me
  
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• Rapper sent to prison for using underage girls in his videos

  27-09-2016 23:11
  
  A once-aspiring rapper will pay for his dream with 15 years in prison because he made sexually explicit music videos featuring himself and underage girls. It could have been much worse for Eric D. Chavis, 24, of the Southeast Side. "If the victims were young children, probably the number would be much higher," U.S. District Judge Michael H. Watson told Chavis at his sentencing on Tuesday. The girls in Chavis' videos were 16 and 17.
  
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• Tyson recalls 130,000 pounds of chicken nuggets; product may contain hard plastic

  27-09-2016 22:56
  
  Tyson Foods announced a voluntary recall Tuesday of their 5-pound bags of Tyson Fully Cooked Panko Nuggets sold at Costco locations nationwide.Tyson says the recall was prompted when consumers found small pieces of hard, white plastic in the nuggets. These pieces were found in a small number of packages causing the company to recall 132,520 pounds as a precaution, according to the company.No injuries have been reported. Tyson Foods says similar products in smaller packages are not affected by th
  
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• School district appeals transgender ruling

  27-09-2016 22:48
  
  Highland Local School officials are appealing a ruling that would force the district to let a transgender student use the girl's bathroom at its elementary school. A federal judge in Columbus rejected the school district's request to stop the government from making it treat the student as her preferred female gender. The student was assigned the male gender at birth. The district serves parts of Delaware, Knox and Morrow counties. "Schools have a duty to protect the privacy, safety and dignity o
  
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• Michigan man mows 58,000 square-foot "TRUMP" sign into lawn

  27-09-2016 22:31
  
  ALMONT, Mich. (CBS News) – It’s a massive sign of support of presidential candidate Donald Trump — mowed into an 8-acre lawn in Lapeer County, Michigan.“I was cutting out there one day and I said, well, it would be pretty neat to put a sign in here,” explained Almont resident Wally Maslowsky to CBS Detroit. “Being that I’ve got a design background I just kind of came in the house and laid it out and plotted some points kinda like you’re doing a sur
  
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• Ohio Mayors Discuss Opportunities and Challenges

  27-09-2016 21:52
  
  The theme of this year’s CEOs for Cities national meeting is “The Opportunity City” — a mantra oft repeated by Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther when describing both the aspirations and accomplishments of his city. As Ginther took the stage during the opening remarks of the three day conference, the theme quickly broadened to talk not […]
  
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• Columbus rapper gets 15 years for producing child porn

  27-09-2016 21:50
  
  Eric D. Chavis, 24, of Columbus was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 15 years in prison for directing and distributing music videos depicting child pornography.Chavis, who goes by the name Thot King, pleaded guilty back in June to one count of conspiracy to produce child pornography.At the time of his plea, Chavis admitted that he recorded sexually explicit video footage of three minor females and that he later edited that footage into music videos. Chavis admitted to posting the videos, as w
  
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• Fuel spill closes part of Route 315

  27-09-2016 21:31
  
  A full spill after a vehicle crash has closed all but one northbound lane of Route 315 between Route 161 and I-270 today at about 1:30 p.m. Two lanes of the highway could be closed for a significant period of time, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation.
  
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• Sheriff's new dog sniffs out computer drives in child-porn investigations

  27-09-2016 21:19
  
  The newest member of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office can sniff out flash drives, SD cards and other electronics that criminals use to hide child pornography. Ruger, a 17-month-old Labrador retriever, came to the department on Sept. 7. He will be used in a K9 unit meant to sniff out crime for the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. A similar dog was used to find evidence in the case against Jared Fogle, the former Subway restaurant spokesman who is serving a prison sentence fo
  
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• Poll: Nearly two-thirds of debate watchers said Hillary Clinton won

  27-09-2016 21:19
  
  Nearly two-thirds of voters said Monday that Hillary Clinton won the first general election debate that night at Hofstra University while close to a third said the same about Donald Trump, according to a CNN/ORC poll of voters who watched them face off.More of the people polled were more likely to describe themselves as Democrats, CNN pointed out, but more than half of independents who watched, 54 percent, also said Clinton won the debate. A third of independents said Trump performed the best.Fi
  
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• Concert review: Green Day revives punk in Columbus

  27-09-2016 21:17
  Musicians Tre Cool, Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt of Green Day arrive at the 2012 'MTV Video Music Awards' in Los Angeles in 2012. Credit: Courtesy of TNS In the opening date on its sold-out club tour, Green Day proved to the audience at Newport Music Hall that no matter what your age is, whether you are a current teenager or were a teenager back when Green Day ruled the punk scene, its music is timeless.
  
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• Little girl's plea to Charlotte council brings tears

  27-09-2016 20:43
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CBS/AP) -- Angry Charlotte residents verbally lashed City Council members for hours, complaining about what they called unaccountable police officers and civilian leaders who have failed to force change as the city marked a week of protests since a police officer fatally shot Keith Lamont Scott.At its Monday night meeting, the council opened the floor to dozens of residents who voiced their opinions about the Sept. 21 shooting of Scott by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police. Many calle
  
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• In Ohio, Bill Clinton says he was proud of Hillary Clinton's debate performance

  27-09-2016 20:20
  
  TOLEDO — Bill Clinton believes those who watched the debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump on Monday night saw a clear picture of what is at stake.
  
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• Password breach could have ripple effects well beyond Yahoo

  27-09-2016 19:45
  
  As investors and investigators weigh the damage of Yahoo's massive breach to the internet icon, information security experts worry that the record-breaking haul of password data could be used to open locks up and down the web.While it's unknown to what extent the stolen data has been or will be circulating, giant breaches can send ripples of insecurity across the internet."Data breaches on the scale of Yahoo are the security equivalent of ecological disasters," said Matt Blaze, a security resear
  
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• Worthington Libraries latest to drop fines

  27-09-2016 19:36
  
  Beginning Saturday, users of Worthington Libraries won't have to worry about fines for overdue materials. Fines make up less than 1 percent of the library’s annual revenue, and eliminating them won't "significantly" affect the library’s budget, said library director Chuck Gibson.
  
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• Families in Columbus police shootings seek outside review

  27-09-2016 19:24
  
  Two families whose relatives were fatally shot by Columbus police are renewing their requests for independent investigations.The families of 13-year-old Tyre King and 23-year-old Henry Green plan to hold a news conference Tuesday to address what they see as discrepancies between what authorities and witnesses have said about what happened, the families' attorneys said.Watch the news conference live at approximately 2 p.m. Tuesday: Tyre was shot September 14 after police say he ran from an office
  
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• One-third of VA suicide hotline calls unanswered, ex-director says

  27-09-2016 18:43
  
  WASHINGTON - More than one-third of calls to a suicide hotline for troubled veterans are not being answered by front-line staffers because of poor work habits and other problems at the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to the hotline’s former director.Some hotline workers handle fewer than five calls per day and leave before their shifts end, even as crisis calls have increased sharply in recent years, said Greg Hughes, the former director of the VA’s Veterans Crisis Line. Hu
  
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• Construction Roundup: September 2016 Edition, Part 1

  27-09-2016 18:00
  
  Another month has gone by, which means it’s time for another installment in our Construction Roundup photo documentation series. Each month, we capture the current state of development in Columbus via construction photos, to best keep our readers updated on what’s new around the city, and what’s coming soon. Part one of this month’s installment […]
  
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• New Upper Arlington pool continues to raise concerns

  27-09-2016 17:41
  
  After a fight over Northam Park and its Tremont swimming pool helped cause a recall election, a ground-breaking for a new, $4.6 million Upper Arlington pool is scheduled — and it, too, is drawing criticism.
  
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• Firefighter killed when possible NYC drug lab explodes

  27-09-2016 17:29
  
  NEW YORK (CBS/AP) —A firefighter was killed when a home in the Bronx exploded early Tuesday morning.Firefighters were called to a house on West 234th Street in the Kingsbridge neighborhood on a report of a gas leak hours before there was an explosion around 7:30 a.m. Monday.One resident who spoke to CBS New York said when he came out to work around 6:15 a.m., he smelled a strong odor of gas. Then at about 7:30 a.m., another resident said she heard a loud crashing sound.The Fire Department
  
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• Official: Bag of 4 Fernandez signed baseballs washes ashore

  27-09-2016 16:51
  
  MIAMI -- As the baseball world mourned the death of Jose Fernandez, a beachgoer found a bag containing four baseballs signed by the Marlins 24-year-old pitcher.WSVN-TV reports a black bag containing Jose Fernandez's checkbook and four autographed baseballs apparently washed ashore on Miami Beach not far from the site the pitcher's boat slammed into a jetty early Sunday. Fernandez and two friends were killed.Marlins' Jose Fernandez made sick woman’s wish come true day before he diedOcean Re
  
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• Campus area crime map Sept. 19 a " 25

  27-09-2016 16:50
  On-campus, there were four accounts of sexual imposition, one incident of rape and one incident of gross sexual battery reported to University Police. Off-campus, there was another rape reported, as well as an additional incident of gross sexual battery reported to the Columbus Division of Police.
  
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• Donald Trump tries to appeal to Midwest with trade talk at debate

  27-09-2016 16:41
  
  For a brief few moments early on in last night's general election debate, one might have thought Republican nominee Donald Trump was simply running for president of the Rust Belt.
  
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• Portman’s savvy use of web in U.S. Senate campaign in Ohio gains techies’ notice

  27-09-2016 16:06
  
  Much of the work of U.S. Sen. Rob Portman’s re-election campaign in Ohio is happening under the fingertips of voters. Google says Portman has made some of the savviest use this election cycle of its digital resources as his campaign has begun to unravel an early lead by former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland.
  
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• Taste The Best Burgers in Columbus on October 13th

  27-09-2016 15:38
  
  Burger fans, rejoice. For the third year in a row, we’re gathering up some of the city’s best burgers for your sampling pleasure, all under one roof for one night only! Best Bites: Burgers will take place at the brand new The Grand Event Center in Grandview Yard on October 13th, featuring over a dozen […]
  
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• Sample Bacon Burgers, Lamb Burgers & More on October 13

  27-09-2016 15:38
  
  Burger fans, rejoice. For the third year in a row, we’re gathering up some of the city’s best burgers for your sampling pleasure, all under one roof for one night only! Best Bites: Burgers will take place at the brand new The Grand Event Center in Grandview Yard on October 13th, featuring over a dozen […]
  
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• Amber Alert leads to 3 bodies; mother of 2 tots charged with murder

  27-09-2016 15:27
  
  ELKHART, Ind. (CBS/AP) -- Two Indiana children who were the subject of an Amber Alert have been found dead and their mother has been arrested on murder charges.Elkhart, Indiana, police say they believe the two children found dead on Monday afternoon were 7-year-old Liliana Hernandez and 7-year-old Rene Pasztor. They had been the subject of an Amber Alert earlier in the day warning that their mother may have abducted them.Police say their bodies were found in a car matching the description of the
  
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• Ex-Kent State professor gets 8 months for seeking sex with teen boy

  27-09-2016 14:58
  
  AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A former northeast Ohio professor has been sentenced to eight months in prison after admitting he solicited a 15-year-old boy for sex in the parking lot of an elementary school last year.
  
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• Angry Charlotte residents call on mayor, police chief to quit

  27-09-2016 14:27
  
  CBS NEWS - Angry Charlotte residents verbally lashed City Council members for hours, complaining about what they called unaccountable police officers and civilian leaders who have failed to force change as the city marked a week of protests since a police officer fatally shot a black man.At its Monday night meeting, the council opened the floor to dozens of residents who voiced their opinions about the Sept. 21 shooting of Kevin Lamont Scott by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police. Many called on Mayor
  
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• Columbus City Council Meeting 9/26/16

  27-09-2016 14:14 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: A look at what happened at the first Clinton, Trump debate

  27-09-2016 13:25
  
  The presidential nominees met on the debate stage for the first time Monday night where they talked about ISIS, tax returns, race relations and then some.
  
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• NewsWatch Green Day premiere new songs as their world tour begins

  27-09-2016 12:36
  Green Day previewed two new songs live as they began the world tour for their new album 'Revolution Radio' in Ohio last night . The trio began their show with two of the songs they've already previewed from the album, the title track and first single 'Bang Bang', as they played the intimate 1,700-capacity Newport Music Hall in Columbus, Ohio.
  
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• Newark’s Midland Theatre turns away filmmaker Michael Moore

  27-09-2016 12:30
  
  Filmmaker Michael Moore said Newark’s Midland Theatre “banned” him from presenting a one-man show about the Presidential race there, a contention which the theater’s managers deny. In a Facebook post on Sunday titled “Why have I been banned from appearing at this theater in Ohio?” Moore said he was planning to perform his show on Oct. 7 at the Midland Theatre and film it as his “October Surprise” for the election season. Moore is known for his prov
  
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• 8,580 jobs to be created under JobsOhio projects in first half of 2016

  27-09-2016 12:06
  
  JobsOhio said Monday that through the first half of 2016, it has worked on 135 projects with companies that have promised to create a combined 8,580 new jobs in the state.
  
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• Tami Longaberger sued for fraud by basket company’s current owner

  27-09-2016 12:02
  
  The litigation involving the onetime leader of basket maker Longaberger Co. and the Texas-based company that bought it continues. About a year after Tami Longaberger sued current Longaberger parent JRJR Networks over $1 million she loaned the company, JRJR has countered, suing Longaberger for fraud. In the lawsuit filed Thursday in Texas, JRJR — previously known as CVSL — accuses her of failing to disclose millions of dollars in tax liabilities when JRJR Networks bought the Newark-ba
  
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• More German Village restaurants want patios

  27-09-2016 11:47
  
  As a debate continues over the size of Rockmill Brewery’s patio in German Village, the neighborhood is likely to see more such requests in the future.
  
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• Active Aging Week looks to enhance physical, mental health in seniors

  27-09-2016 11:19
  The last week in September is nationally known as Active Aging Week and it focuses on senior citizens and what they can do to better their lives mentally, physically and spiritually.Friendship Village of Dublin is getting its residents involved in different activities this week, including painting, dancing, yoga and aerobics.According to the Pew Research Center nearly half of adults in their 40s and 50s are taking care of their parentsor grandparents who are 65 years old and older.Friendship Vil
  
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• Clinton criticism of coal boosts Trump in struggling southeastern Ohio

  27-09-2016 11:02
  
  BELLAIRE — Taylor Hughes went from making $32 an hour working in a pair of eastern Ohio coal mines to making $10 an hour doing maintenance for a local veterans office. The 34-year-old Army veteran from Neffs, an unincorporated town in Belmont County about 5 miles west of the Ohio River, said he’s making ends meet doing side jobs. But he misses the steady work and good pay of the coal mines, which remain a key employer in this hardscrabble region.
  
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• Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien, Democratic challenger Zach Klein clash over experience

  27-09-2016 10:57
  
  The contrast in experience between Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien and his opponent, Columbus City Council President Zach Klein, has become the focus of the highest-profile race on the countywide ballot. O’Brien, a 67-year-old Republican, gets a bit animated when asked about the issue. Klein, a 37-year-old Democrat, says it isn’t an issue at all.
  
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• What's under Columbus/Franklinton?Thousands of items uncovered in...

  27-09-2016 08:29
  
  On Tuesday, archaeologist Andrew Sewell will discuss with members of the media the significance of thousands of items uncovered in an archaeological dig in and around 72 S. Gift - the log house. The dig revealed many facets of early pioneer life and Sewell will describe them based on the artifacts and items found and now categorized.
  
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• Some Ohio voters undecided going into first presidential debate

  27-09-2016 05:31
  At several watch parties across the city of Columbus, voters watched and listened as presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton met for the first time in the Monday night debate.Undecided voters told 10TV they hoped to get some answers, but it may take more than Monday's debate to decide who they will vote for.For about two hours, many Ohio voters watched the back and forth between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump during their first debate.Inside of Champps Restaurant on Olentangy
  
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• Presidential Debate: Clinton, Trump battle fiercely over taxes, race, terror

  27-09-2016 05:18
  
  HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) -- In a combative opening debate, Hillary Clinton emphatically denounced Donald Trump Monday night for keeping his personal tax returns and business dealings secret from voters and peddling a "racist lie" about President Barack Obama. Businessman Trump repeatedly cast Clinton as a "typical politician" as he sought to capitalize on Americans' frustration with Washington.Locked in an exceedingly close White House race, the presidential rivals tangled for 90-minutes over their
  
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• Indians clinch AL Central crown with 7-4 win over Tigers

  27-09-2016 04:50
  
  The Cleveland Indians clinched the AL Central title Monday night, overcoming an injury to ace right-hander Corey Kluber in a 7-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers.Kluber left after four innings with right groin tightness, joining Carlos Carrasco and Danny Salazar in a group of talented Cleveland pitchers dealing with injuries. But even those concerns were secondary when the Indians poured onto the field to celebrate their first division title since 2007.Cleveland last made the postseason in 2013 a
  
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• Protest held in Columbus over fatal police shooting of teen

  27-09-2016 04:04
  
  Dozens of demonstrators protesting the fatal police shooting of a 13-year-old black boy brought a city council meeting to a halt Monday in Columbus as they called for an independent investigation. Police have said Tyre King was shot multiple times on Sept.
  
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• Marlins' Jose Fernandez made sick woman’s wish come true day before he died

  27-09-2016 03:39
  
  The news of Maimi Marlins’ Jose Fernandez’s death hit one of his fans especially hard, because less than 24 hours earlier, she got to meet her favorite baseball player, CBS Miami reported.Cristina Llanes, 20, was on cloud nine Saturday afternoon after a big surprise — meeting Fernandez at Marlins Park.“We’re going to try to win today. You know the other team is really good,” said Fernandez as he spoke with Cristina. The Miami Marlins’s pitcher was kille
  
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• Newark's Midland Theatre turns away filmaker Michael Moore

  27-09-2016 03:31
  
  Filmmaker Michael Moore said Newark's Midland Theatre "banned" him from presenting a one-man show about the Presidential race there, a contention which the theater's managers deny. In a Facebook post on Sunday titled "Why have I been banned from appearing at this theater in Ohio?" Moore said he was planning to perform his show on Oct. 7 at the Midland Theatre and film it as his "October Surprise" for the election season. Moore is known for his provocative documentaries such as Bowling for Columb
  
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• Riding a roller coaster may help pass kidney stones

  27-09-2016 03:22
  
  Hundreds of thousands of people head to the emergency room every year for painful kidney stones, but new research suggests some could find relief at Disney World instead.After years of hearing patients mention that they passed a kidney stone while vacationing at amusement parks, Dr. David Wartinger, a professor emeritus at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, decided it was time to conduct a scientific study to see if those anecdotes were really onto something.“We&rs
  
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