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• Don't let Halloween savings masquerade past you

  02-10-2016 23:44
  
  There are multiple theories as to how pumpkins became associated with Halloween, but most trace back to a 19 th Century Irish fable. Essentially, a man named Stingy Jack tricks the devil to save a few extra bucks before he is turned into a burning ember inside of a jack-o'-lantern.
  
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• Person shot at I-71 rest stop in Delaware County; suspect dead

  02-10-2016 23:43
  
  A shooting Sunday morning at a rest stop on Interstate 71 in Delaware County led to a law-enforcement chase of the suspect, who later died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, an Ohio State Highway Patrol spokesman said. The victim was shot multiple times in the abdomen and was taken to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center in Columbus. He underwent surgery and was listed in critical condition, patrol spokesman Lt. Robert Sellers said Sunday evening.
  
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• Eat, Purr, Love Cat Cafe Opens in Clintonville

  02-10-2016 23:43
  
  Clintonville is now home to the Ohio’s first Cat Café. Eat, Purr, Love opened its doors to the public at the end of September. With the tagline, “Connecting Homeless Cats With Happy People,” the café offers a unique experience to both cats and cat-lovers. Despite never having visited a Cat Café before, Owner Chrissy Kuras had […]
  
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• Trump's new DC hotel vandalized with spray-painted graffiti

  02-10-2016 22:30
  
  Donald Trump's new luxury hotel in downtown Washington has been vandalized.District of Columbia police say someone spray-painted the phrases "black lives matter" and "no justice no peace" on the front of the building on Saturday afternoon.On Sunday, the phrases were covered up with pieces of plywood.Police spokeswoman Aquita Brown said Sunday that police have not identified any suspects. The incident occurred just after 4 p.m. Saturday, and police are investigating.The Trump International Hotel
  
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• L.A. teen shot dead by cops running away, witnesses say

  02-10-2016 21:57
  
  Police shot and killed a young man in south Los Angeles at the end of a car chase on Saturday, sparking a protest after witnesses said the 18-year-old was shot in the back five times while running away with his hands up.The chase began when officers tried to pull over a car with paper plates, suspecting the vehicle may have been stolen, and the driver refused to stop, Sgt. Barry Montgomery said.He said the passenger got out of the car during the pursuit and ran into the back of a house, where he
  
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• Railroad to settle for $170,000 over ethanol spill, fire

  02-10-2016 21:49
  
  Four years ago, a broken rail caused 16 railroad cars to jump the track near Columbus' Weinland Park neighborhood, igniting a fireball of ethanol on board. On Tuesday, the Franklin County commissioners are prepared to accept $170,709.34 from Norfolk Southern Railroad to pay the government agencies that responded to the incident.
  
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• 91-year-old who dumped chemo for road-trip adventure dies

  02-10-2016 21:30
  
  We’re now remembering a woman from Michigan named Norma Bauerschmidt.Norma made headlines around the world last year when she set out on an inspirational road trip. She died Friday at the age of 91. Here is her story. Norma Jean Bauerschmidt taught us its never to late to live life to the fullest.At 90 years old, her husband of 67 years died and she was diagnosed with uterine cancer. So she decided to hit the road and leave surgery, chemo an grief behind.Along with her son Tim and his wife
  
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• Two N.C. college students die after party-related shooting

  02-10-2016 21:13
  
  Two North Carolina college students died after being shot at a party, officials said early Sunday morning.North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro said on its Facebook page that Greensboro Police Department officers responded to a report of shots fired early Sunday and found two injured students at the scene. Both victims died Sunday morning.They were identified as Alisia Dieudonne, a sophomore computer science major from Homewood, Illinois; and Ahmad Campbell, a junior agriculture
  
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• Interstate 71 in Richland County reopens in both directions

  02-10-2016 20:12
  
  Interstate 71 in Richland County was closed in both directions while law enforcement investigated a shooting at a rest stop just off the highway.The highway was closed between mileposts 169 and 176. It has since reopenedThe Ohio State Highway Patrol said one person was rushed to the hospital after being shot six times at a rest stop in Delaware County just north of the Polaris Parkway exit.This is a developing story. Stay with 10TV and 10tv.com for updates as new information as it becomes availa
  
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• Person shot at I-71 rest stop in Delaware County

  02-10-2016 18:45
  
  One person was shot Sunday morning at a rest stop on Interstate 71 in Delaware County, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The shooting occurred at about 11 a.m. at the rest stop on northbound I-71 in Berkshire Township approximately 2 miles south of the exchange with Rts. 36/37, a dispatcher with the patrol’s Delaware Post said.
  
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• Two Decades of Thrice

  02-10-2016 17:43
  
  California post-hardcore veterans Thrice stopped in Columbus this past week to promote their ninth album, To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere. Their show at Newport Music Hall on Wednesday night was a midpoint of the second leg of their fall US tour, which will wrap on October 9th in Santa Ana. To Be Everywhere […]
  
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• Concert Photos: Korn at Express Live!

  02-10-2016 17:37
  
  An early fall chill may be in the air, but that didn’t stop the nu metal sounds of rock veterans Korn from burning up a near sold-out Express Live! on Friday night as the band, along with fellow hard-rock artists Breaking Benjamin, stopped by Columbus for their co-headline Nocturnal Underground tour. To view more upcoming […]
  
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• Rest stop shooting investigation in Delaware County

  02-10-2016 17:32
  
  The Ohio State Highway Patrol in Delaware County confirms county authorities are investigating a shooting report at the northbound I-71 rest area.The incident was first reported shortly after 11 o'clock Sunday morning.The State Patrol said there is no other information to release at this time.This is a developing story.This article will be updated with new information as it becomes available. ---
  
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• Person shot multiple times at I-71 rest stop; suspect dead

  02-10-2016 17:32
  
  Authorities say one person was shot at a rest area in Delaware County.The Ohio State Highway Patrol in Delaware County is investigating the shooting, which happened around 11 a.m. at the northbound I-71 rest area.Lt. Marcus Pirrone tells 10TV that a man and a woman drove up to the rest stop, and the woman waited in the car as the man went to the restroom.When the man returned, he was shot six times by a suspect sitting on a nearby park bench.The victim was transported to Grant Medical Center. Th
  
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• College student shot multiple times at I-71 rest stop (UPDATED)

  02-10-2016 17:32
  UPDATE: The victim in the shooting has been identified as Alexander Melchert, a student at The College of Wooster.---Authorities say one person was shot at a rest area in Delaware County.The Ohio State Highway Patrol in Delaware County is investigating the shooting, which happened around 11 a.m. at the northbound I-71 rest area.Lt. Marcus Pirrone tells 10TV that a man and a woman drove up to the rest stop, and the woman waited in the car as the man went to the restroom.When the man returned, he
  
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• Game Preview / GT 5 (X): Penguins at Blue Jackets

  02-10-2016 17:30
  Sunday afternoons are a time of football, hot dogs, and realizing yes, you probably should have gone to church after what you did Saturday night. Today, however, is special.
  
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• Crew SC Topples Chicago Fire in 3-0 Home Win

  02-10-2016 17:29
  
  Columbus Crew SC bid farewell to the MAPFRE Stadium crowd and kept their minor hopes of a play-off birth alive with a comprehensive 3-0 beating of a gutless Chicago Fire on Saturday night. Harrison Afful gave Crew SC the lead early on when his long range swerving shot deceived Fire ‘keeper Sean Johnson and flew […]
  
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• Fewer young walleye hatched this year in western Lake Erie

  02-10-2016 16:22
  
  SANDUSKY — Ohio's wildlife experts say this year’s walleye hatch in western Lake Erie appears to be below normal. The Department of Natural Resources said its early data also show that the yellow perch hatch is near its annual average.
  
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• For Reform Jews, music key to High Holy Days

  02-10-2016 15:04
  
  About eight years ago, the rabbis at Temple Beth Shalom in New Albany added a mostly music Sheer Shirim service as an alternative to the traditional Rosh Hashana service. On Monday, about 325 people are expected at the folksy service at which congregants will not only sing along, but also tap their feet, snap their fingers, clap tambourines and rattle shakers.
  
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• Opinion: Police Should Join Protestors, Rally For Self-Reform

  02-10-2016 15:00
  
  “But we’re talking about racial healing in this segment. What do you say to Americans, people of color who…” began Lester Holt, NBC Nightly News anchor and moderator for the first presidential debate on Monday. “– I say nothing. I say nothing,” Donald Trump interjected, following up with a statement of self-pride for being able […]
  
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• Opinion: Police Needs to Join Protestors, Rally For Self-Reform

  02-10-2016 15:00
  
  “But we’re talking about racial healing in this segment. What do you say to Americans, people of color who…” began Lester Holt, NBC Nightly News anchor and moderator for the first presidential debate on Monday. “– I say nothing. I say nothing,” Donald Trump interjected, following up with a statement of self-pride for being able […]
  
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• Sammy's Milk baby food recalled over bacteria fears

  02-10-2016 14:50
  
  CNN - Sammy's Milk baby food is being recalled over concerns it may contain potentially deadly bacteria and inadequate levels of iron.Graceleigh Inc. said its recall of Sammy's Milk baby food follows a federal finding the product had not been manufactured in compliance with infant formula regulations or tested for the Cronobacter bacteria.Cronobacter can cause severe and sometimes fatal blood infections or meningitis, the company said. It said no illnesses had been reported.Graceleigh said the p
  
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• Capitol Insider: Evangelist Franklin Graham to use Statehouse rally to urge Ohio residents to vote

  02-10-2016 14:47
  
  You'll likely see a big crowd Thursday around the Statehouse as Franklin Graham brings his Decision America tour to Columbus. The son of legendary evangelist Billy Graham is not officially endorsing a presidential candidate this year. The stated purpose of the tour of all 50 state capitals — he hit Concord while Gov. John Kasich was campaigning in New Hampshire last winter — is “urging Christians to vote, to live out their faith in every part of their lives and to pray for our
  
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• Police: Omaha girl gives birth alone, throws newborn out second-story window

  02-10-2016 14:37
  
  CBS NEWS - The Omaha Police Department are investigating after a newborn baby was thrown from an apartment window and died Friday morning, CBS affiliate KMTV reports​.Police say a 16-year-old girl gave birth to a premature baby some time before 4 a.m. Friday at the Kellom-Knolls Apartment complex. OPD says the teen in this incident has been booked into the Douglas County Youth Center for one count of Felony Child Abuse Resulting in Death.She has been charged as an adult. No further informa
  
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• Los Angeles police investigating officer-involved shooting after pursuit

  02-10-2016 13:48
  
  CBS NEWS - The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating a deadly officer-involved shooting in South Los Angeles that came at the end of a vehicle pursuit, authorities said, CBS Los Angeles reports. The shooting was reported at about 1 p.m. Saturday in the area of 107th Street and Western Avenue, said LAPD Officer Drake Madison of the Media Relations Section.The car chase began when police said they saw paper plates on a car that came back reported stolen.Reporting for CBS Los Angeles at 5
  
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• Source: Federal audit of N.J. Transit indicated "dozens of safety violations"

  02-10-2016 13:39
  
  CBS NEWS - The investigation continues into Thursday’s deadly train accident in Hoboken, New Jersey, across the Hudson River from New York City.A woman on the platform was killed when the commuter train smashed through a concrete wall, and more than 100 were injured.A source familiar the investigation tells CBS News that after months of concern about a “leadership vaccum” at New Jersey transit, federal regulators launched a “deep audit” of the agency’s operati
  
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• 6 more arrested as Ohio clown threats multiply

  02-10-2016 13:10
  
  The growing rash of reported threats involving clowns has law enforcement agencies across Ohio working to identify legitimate threats while warning hoaxes are no laughing matter.The number of arrests in the Cincinnati area rose overnight from two to seven, as Montgomery police charged an additional five students with inciting panic Friday for allegedly suggesting a "Clown Clan" descend on their schools.Another arrest also was made in Fairborn. Police charged a 15-year-old boy with making terrori
  
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• Outdoors notebook | Cicada increase boosts young turkey numbers in Ohio

  02-10-2016 13:06
  
  The opening of Ohio’s fall turkey season, nestled among an array of autumn opportunities though limited to 56 counties, probably doesn’t rate among the neon days of the hunting year.
  
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• NYT: Trump declared a $916 million loss in 1995 tax returns

  02-10-2016 12:39
  
  CBS NEWS - In 1995, Donald Trump declared a $916 million loss on his income tax returns,The New York Times reported Saturday.This loss would have generated a tax deduction so substantial, according to the Times, that he would be able “to avoid paying any federal income taxes for “up to 18 years.”The information was mailed to the Times in an envelope that bore a New York City postmark and listed a return address at Trump Tower. The mailing was not the totality of Trump’s 1
  
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• John Switzer | From the Stump: Make sure soup is on, as forecast calls for colder, snowier winter

  02-10-2016 12:28
  
  Last week, when a cold front passed through and the temperature dropped into the 40s one night for the first time since the spring, my wife and I came up with the same idea. Soup! We had beef barley soup with biscuits.
  
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• Columbus Zoo welcomes new baby gorilla

  02-10-2016 12:22
  
  A baby gorilla born early Wednesday at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium may not make his public debut for several months. JJ, the 32nd gorilla to be born at the zoo, was born at 1:18 a.m. to parents Tabibu and Macombo II, known by his nickname, Mac.
  
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• Capitol Insider: Evangelist Franklin Graham to urge Ohio residents to vote at Statehouse rally

  02-10-2016 12:15
  
  You'll likely see a big crowd Thursday around the Statehouse as Franklin Graham brings his Decision America tour to Columbus. The son of legendary evangelist Billy Graham is not officially endorsing a presidential candidate this year. The stated purpose of the tour of all 50 state capitals — he hit Concord while Gov. John Kasich was campaigning in New Hampshire last winter — is “urging Christians to vote, to live out their faith in every part of their lives and to pray for our
  
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• 3-D Printer promises to change way food is made

  02-10-2016 12:09
  
  At first it was the aroma of the freshly made pizza that lured Lazar Vilimorovic and Brad Sievers to the area where the pizza was being made. But it was the technology being used Saturday to make the pizza that kept the two Ohio State University engineering students on a patio outside the College of Engineering.
  
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• For Reform Jews, music key to High Holidays

  02-10-2016 12:05
  
  About eight years ago, the rabbis at Temple Beth Shalom in New Albany added a mostly music Sheer Shirim service as an alternative to the traditional Rosh Hashana service. On Monday, about 325 people are expected at the folksy service at which congregants will not only sing along, but also tap their feet, snap their fingers, clap tambourines and rattle shakers.
  
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• Another batch of Zika-carrying mosquitoes found in Miami Beach

  02-10-2016 12:04
  
  More Zika-carrying mosquitoes have been captured in Miami Beach, this time in a new neighborhood.The Florida Department of Agriculture said Saturday that it's the sixth time Zika-bearing mosquitoes have been captured in Miami Beach. It was the first capture of Zika-carrying mosquitoes in two weeks.Zika can cause severe brain-related birth defects, including disastrously small heads, in pregnant women who become infected. The same mosquito species that spreads Zika also transmits dengue fever.The
  
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• Westerville poised to start Sunbury Road renovation

  02-10-2016 12:01
  
  Double Z Construction submitted the winning bid of $4.5 million for a major renovation of Sunbury Road. Karl Craven, Westerville’s director of planning and development, said no date has been set for the start of construction, but work is expected to begin soon.
  
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• ODOT Spending $66.5 Million to Add More Traffic to I-270

  02-10-2016 12:00
  
  In 2017, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) will begin a new $66.5 million project to add an extra highway lane to a short eight-mile section of Interstate 270 between Dublin and Hilliard. “Funding is available now, which is why the project is happening sooner rather than later,” stated the department in a press release […]
  
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• Grove City poised to join trash, recycling consortium

  02-10-2016 11:58
  
  The Grove City Council is expected to decide Monday whether to join a consortium with Jackson Township and the village of Urbancrest for trash collection and recycling.
  
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• A million Ohio voters didn’t get absentee ballot mailing

  02-10-2016 11:58
  
  The news release said, “Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted today announced his office will begin mailing absentee ballot applications to voters statewide this weekend.” What it didn’t say was that more than a million of Ohio’s 7.7 million registered voters wouldn’t get the mailing, because Husted’s office had pared the list beforehand.
  
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• Theodore Decker commentary: Residents’ watchful eyes keep South Side neighborhood cleaner, safer

  02-10-2016 11:40
  
  It started with the needles. A few winters back, Sherri Zeitler moved from northern Michigan to Columbus to be closer to her son. She liked the city’s bustle, and the duplex on East Gates Street just east of Parsons Avenue seemed like a deal. As the work progressed and the weather warmed, she explored her new neighborhood. On a walk, she spotted a needle discarded by an intravenous drug user. A woman pushed a child in a stroller nearby.
  
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• Trump’s former GOP critics in Ohio coming around

  02-10-2016 11:32
  
  On Leap Day this year, Dave Yost declared he wouldn't back Donald Trump. "I cannot support a man who will change any belief and associate with any evil in order to gain power, or who will use the power of government to silence his critics," the state auditor posted Feb. 29 on Facebook. Now Yost has made another leap — he's voting for Trump after all.
  
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• Off-campus landlords compete for Ohio State student renters

  02-10-2016 11:32
  
  This fall, about 3,000 Ohio State University sophomores who in past years would have lived off-campus moved into OSU dorms, in the first year of the university's policy requiring sophomores and freshmen to live in residence halls. And on the edges of campus, developers are building pricey new apartment buildings aimed at students who can afford a bit of luxury. Combined, those dorms and apartments could eliminate a sizable chunk of the market for campus-area rental property.
  
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• 2 people hurt in north Columbus shooting

  02-10-2016 11:24
  
  Police are searching for a suspect after two people were shot in north Columbus early Sunday morning.It happened on East 21st Avenue around 4 a.m.Both victims were taken to the hospital and are expected to survive.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest developments.
  
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• Joe Blundo commentary: 1807 Deardurff House still yielding secrets of Franklinton

  02-10-2016 11:00
  
  “It’s time for our 'Geraldo' moment,” Walt Reiner said to assembed history buffs. He was about to unveil discoveries from the Deardurff House, a Franklinton log cabin that has been standing at what is now 72 S. Gift St. since 1807. The home is thought to be the oldest still on its original foundation in Columbus.
  
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• Study: Tab for new airport signs estimated at $775K

  02-10-2016 10:59
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Changing Port Columbus' name to John Glenn Columbus International Airport will cost an estimated $775,000 in new signs, according to a newly released study.
  
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• Bill would let lawmakers decide fate of many state agencies

  02-10-2016 06:31
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio lawmakers could more easily do away with state agencies under a bill that recently passed the state Senate.The proposal would affect departments charged with paving roads, monitoring clean water, regulating dangerous wild animals and funding schools.Critics of the plan say it's a risky approach that could create gridlock and ... (more)
  
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• Chillicothe officials treat 11 people for overdoses within 9 hours

  02-10-2016 04:31
  
  CHILLICOTHE - The number of drug overdoses continues to rise across central Ohio, as Ross County agencies warned the community to a potentially fatal form of heroin being used.The Chillicothe Police Department sent a warning on Friday night after it reported seeing an increase in the number of suspected drug overdoses.Investigators in Ross County believe some of the heroin could be coming from Columbus, where authorities this week saw 48 overdoses in 48 hours.In started on Friday and continued i
  
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• Man killed by state police was 37-year-old Detroit-area man

  02-10-2016 03:41
  
  VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Michigan State Police say a man killed by troopers after a high-speed chase was 37 years old and lived in suburban Detroit.Lt. Mike Shaw identified him Saturday as Richard Parent of Flat Rock.Shaw says Parent was shot Friday in Van Buren Township after running from his pickup truck and aiming a gun at troopers. He says Parent earlier refused to show identification during a traffic stop and swiftly drove away.Shaw says Parent told troopers he was a "sovereign citizen"
  
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• Rare Lebron James rookie card could fetch $200K at Auction

  02-10-2016 03:21
  
  AKRON, Ohio -- A rare piece of Cleveland Cavalier history - a LeBron James autographed rookie card - was put up for auction and could fetch up to $200,000.Just eight bidders had vied for what's being billed as the world's rarest and most valuable James basketball trading card as of Friday, the Akron Beacon Journal reported (http://bit.ly/2dh0XRS). But the leading bid was expected to grow from its figure that day of $85,000 before the auction closed Saturday.The one-of-a-kind card from Upper Deck
  
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• New batch of Zika-carrying mosquitoes found in Miami Beach

  02-10-2016 01:48
  
  MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- More Zika-carrying mosquitoes have been captured in Miami Beach, this time in a new neighborhood.The Florida Department of Agriculture said Saturday that it's the sixth time Zika-bearing mosquitoes have been captured in Miami Beach. It was the first capture of Zika-carrying mosquitoes in two weeks.Zika can cause severe brain-related birth defects, including disastrously small heads, in pregnant women who become infected. The same mosquito species that spreads Zika also trans
  
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