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• Mayor's resignation latest blow for Licking County village of Alexandria

  04-10-2016 23:26
  
  The mayor of Alexandria stepped down this week, marking the latest in a string of shakeups in the small, western Licking County village.
  
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• Scene of suspicious package found in Brewery District cleared

  04-10-2016 23:05
  
  Authorities have cleared the scene of a suspicious package in the Brewery District.The bomb squad was called to 477 S. Front Street on the report of a plastic suitcase that had been sitting on the sidewalk all day long.Officials have not said what was found inside the suitcase nor ruled out if the contents were suspicious.The bomb squad has removed the suitcase to examine further.
  
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• Columbus Division of Police Bicentennial Welcome Event

  04-10-2016 22:43 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Looking Back - A History of the Columbus Division of Police 1816 - 2016

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• Peoples Justice Project and Council

  04-10-2016 22:41 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Mayor's resignation latest blow for Alexandria

  04-10-2016 22:41
  
  The mayor of Alexandria stepped down this week, marking the latest in a string of shakeups in the small, western Licking County village.
  
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• California judge throws out $4M suit against rape victim

  04-10-2016 22:39
  
  A Northern California judge has thrown out a $4 million defamation lawsuit against a woman who says she was raped by a man four years ago.Attorney McGregor Scott says that the judge on Monday dismissed the suit filed by Lang Her, a former UC Davis student who is in jail for assaulting Yee Xiong of Davis at a party in 2012.Her sued Xiong and three of her siblings because in 2015 they posted Facebook comments referring to him as a rapist.Her stood trial in 2015 and this year for assaulting Xiong w
  
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• President Bill Clinton campaigns for Hillary at Ohio University

  04-10-2016 22:36
  According to Athens Police, more than 3,000 people came to hear President Bill Clinton speak on behalf of his wife’s run for president.Under a clear blue sky, Clinton told the crowd he understands the American voter is frustrated with politics.He told the crowd Donald Trump is the kind of candidate who feeds on pessimism; who says one thing but does another.“Hillary's opponent is just about the best I ever saw at rubbing salt in open wounds,” he said. “He's really good at
  
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• Google introduces Pixel smartphone, Daydream VR

  04-10-2016 21:43
  
  Google launched an aggressive challenge to consumer electronics giants like Apple and Samsung on Tuesday, introducing a new line of smartphones called Pixel and other gadgets designed to showcase a digital helper the company calls "Google Assistant."The new devices represent a big push by Google to make and sell its own hardware, instead of largely just supplying software for other manufacturers. At a starting price of roughly $650, the new Pixel phones are aimed at the same markets as Apple's i
  
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• Liberty Township picks temporary replacement for embattled fire chief

  04-10-2016 20:16
  
  After spending months trying to discipline, and eventually removing, its former fire chief, Liberty Township now is seeking a new one.
  
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• 'Do you believe we're better off with anger?' Bill Clinton asks Athens crowd

  04-10-2016 19:59
  
  ATHENS — Bill Clinton threw a few jabs at Donald Trump, but largely told a crowd of more than 2,000 people to chose answers — those offered by his wife, Hillary Clinton — over anger. The former two-term Democratic president stressed his wife's proposed economic solutions to benefit the working class and hit a chord with college students with her pledge to make a four-year public college education free for families earning less than $125,000 a year.
  
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• Early voting set to start

  04-10-2016 19:57
  
  Absentee voting in Franklin County for the Nov. 8 election begins Oct. 12. Early voting can be done by mail or in person at the Board of Elections, 1700 Morse Road. Those who have requested absentee ballots by mail will see those mailed out Oct. 12.
  
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• Lawyer: Ex-wife to testify dad in toddler hot car death was "wonderful father"

  04-10-2016 19:28
  
  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (CBS/AP) -- A defense attorney said Tuesday a Georgia father didn’t intentionally leave his toddler son to die in a hot SUV, and said he will call the child’s mother to testify that Justin Ross Harris was a good father.Defense attorney Maddox Kilgore spoke during his opening statement in Harris’ murder trial. Prosecutors argue Harris intentionally left his 22-month-old son Cooper in the SUV in June 2014 as he sought to escape the responsibilities of family life a
  
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• Jon Husted says bogus election fraud article offends him as 'a Christian'

  04-10-2016 19:11
  
  Secretary of State Jon Husted is now voicing his displeasure with an article claiming "tens of thousands" of fraudulent Hillary Clinton votes had been found in a warehouse somewhere in Franklin County.
  
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• Clinton’s Lead Widens over Trump After First Debate

  04-10-2016 19:00
  
  According to the latest polling data, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has managed to regain a strong lead over her rival Donald Trump in the six days following the first head-to-head debate between the two. Aggregate information analysis site FiveThirtyEight shows that Clinton’s chances of winning have jumped from 54.8 percent on September 26th to 72.8 […]
  
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• Trick-or-Treat dates & times across Columbus Ohio

  04-10-2016 18:48
  
  The following list of events is accurate as of October 04, 2016. Please e-mail [email protected] if there are additions or correctionsAmada
  10/29 6:00-7:30Ashley
  TBDAthens
  10/27 5:30-6:30Bellefontaine
  10/27 6:00-7:30Berlin Township
  10/31 6:00-8:00Bexley
  10/31 5:30-7:00Blendon Township
  10/31 6:00-8:00Bremen
  10/27 6:30-8:00Buckeye Lake
  10/31 TBDBucyrus
  10/31 5:00-7:00Cambridge
  10/31 5:30-7:00Canal Winchester
  10/31 5:30-7:30Cardington
  TBDChesterville
  TBDChillicothe
  10/27 6:00-7:30Circleville
  10/29 4:00-
  
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• Man sentenced to five years in prison for robbing COTA driver

  04-10-2016 18:00
  
  A 32-year-old man was "out of his mind" on methamphetamine and cocaine when he dragged a COTA driver off a bus while stealing her purse, his attorney said Tuesday. Ijuan Greathouse, of Bodman Drive on the North Side, stole the purse to feed his drug addiction, Mark C. Collins told a Franklin County judge. Greathouse was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of robbery. The sentence, imposed by Common Pleas Judge Mark Serrott, was recommended by Collins and Assistan
  
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• Columbus City Council Meeting 10/3/16

  04-10-2016 17:40 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Explosion destroys two NJ homes after gas smell reported

  04-10-2016 17:38
  
  PATERSON, N.J. -- Two New Jersey houses have been destroyed in an explosion that occurred after neighbors reported the smell of gas and firefighters arrived to investigate.Authorities say it appears no residents were injured, but some firefighters are being evaluated for possible minor issues related to the Tuesday morning blast in Paterson.Councilman Andre Sayegh says residents had notified authorities of the gas smell, and firefighters arrived at the scene shortly before the blast occurred.One
  
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• Cosí Closes All Columbus Locations

  04-10-2016 17:33
  
  If you’ve got a craving for Cosí (the restaurant, not the science center) then you’re going to have to drive an hour and a half to Ada, Ohio to find the nearest one. The company closed up its three Columbus locations last week in Bexley, Worthington and at Easton, with other stores in other markets […]
  
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• CelebrateOne Tips for a Healthy First Year - [Generic]

  04-10-2016 17:22 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Police charge Columbus man in Ohio State football ticket scam

  04-10-2016 17:11
  
  Detectives are looking for anyone who might have been scammed trying to purchase Ohio State University football tickets. A woman contacted police after she was approached by a man who said he would sell her tickets for the Ohio State-Michigan game on Nov. 26. He asked for money up front. Police say 66-year-old Martin Alper identified himself as Mark Dinardo and told the woman in August he would sell her tickets for the face value of $100. He asked to be paid $20 in advance. When the woman tried
  
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• County agrees to pay $15,000 to deputy injured in training

  04-10-2016 17:04
  
  A March training incident that sent a Franklin County deputy sheriff to the hospital and resulted in discipline for nine deputies now is costing the county $15,000. That's the amount Franklin County commissioners on Tuesday agreed to pay Tory Hardesty, the deputy who was hospitalized. The $15,000 settlement resolves any claims Hardest may have from the incident and "closes the matter in whole," Dave Masterson, the sheriff's director of administrative services, told commissioners.
  
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• Maria Sharapova gets doping ban reduced

  04-10-2016 16:55
  
  LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- Maria Sharapova's doping ban was reduced from two years to 15 months on Tuesday, meaning the Russian tennis star can come back in April and return to Grand Slam play at the French Open.The Court of Arbitration for Sport cut nine months off the suspension imposed on Sharapova, who tested positive for meldonium at the Australian Open in January.Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam champion and former No. 1-ranked player, appealed to CAS in June seeking to overturn or reduce t
  
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• Sailor killed in Pearl Harbor attack to be buried in Ohio

  04-10-2016 16:01
  
  ELYRIA, Ohio -- A sailor killed 75 years ago in the attack on Pearl Harbor is set to be buried with full military honors in northeast Ohio.Rudolph Piskuran, of Elyria and 429 other sailors aboard the USS Oklahoma were killed on Dec. 7, 1941 when a torpedo struck the ship. Rudolph Piskuran
  Piskuran's remains were identified earlier this year through DNA testing. He will be buried late next week at St. Mary's Cemetery in Elyria.The Chronicle-Telegram reports Piskuran had been a 1940 graduate of El
  
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• As 'creepy' clown rumors sweep college campuses, cops urge calm

  04-10-2016 15:20
  
  NEW YORK (CBS/AP) -- Don’t fear the creepy clowns.That was the message on Monday from a top New York Police Department official whose main job is protecting the city from terrorism.Asked about the unexplained spike in reports in other places of menacing by people dressed as clowns, Deputy Commissioner John Miller told reporters that the department had assessed supposed clown threats against the city on social media and deemed them harmless.“We’re tracking it but we don’t
  
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• 2016 Columbus Division of Fire Memorial Ceremony

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• VIEWERS' GUIDE: What to watch for in tonight's vice presidential debate

  04-10-2016 14:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — We interrupt this year's slugfest between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to bring you their understudies: two low-key, middle-aged guys.Tuesday night's vice presidential debate between Republican Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana and Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia pits a former radio host who's described himself as "Rush Limbaugh on decaf" against a harmonica-playing former missionary whose aw-shucks style has spawned a thousand dad jokes.Barring the unexpected, their 9
  
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• Amazon wants to launch one-hour beer and wine deliveries in Columbus and Cincinnati

  04-10-2016 14:36
  Prime Now LLC, an Amazon affiliate, filed for permits to sell carryout beer, wine and pre-packaged low-proof mixed drinks in Franklin and Hamilton counties, according to applications with the Ohio Department of Commerce. Carryout licenses allow delivery.
  
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• Port Clinton drawbridge project possibly delayed

  04-10-2016 14:26
  
  PORT CLINTON — Ohio’s transportation department says a project to upgrade a drawbridge near Lake Erie may be delayed. Work was supposed to begin in October on the $13 million bridge project in Port Clinton.
  
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• 1 bar patron shot, another hit by car

  04-10-2016 14:19
  
  CLAYTON — Police say one person was shot multiple times and a woman was hurt when she was either hit by a car or ran into it outside a bar in southwestern Ohio.
  
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• U.S. braces as Caribbean battered by deadly Hurricane Matthew

  04-10-2016 13:55
  
  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti-- A powerful and deadly hurricane is slamming Haiti as the Southeastern United States braces for a possible direct hit.Hurricane Matthew is hammering Caribbean islands with dangerous 145-miles-per-hour winds. It could bring up to 40 inches of rain.The violent category four storm is headed for eastern Cuba and the Bahamas Tuesday. Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba have been the crosshairs of the hurricane all weekend. But now, it looks like Haiti could get the
  
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• Hurricane Matthew slams Haiti, takes aim at US East Coast

  04-10-2016 13:55
  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti-- Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti's southwestern tip with howling, 145 mph winds Tuesday, tearing off roofs in the poor and largely rural area, uprooting trees and leaving rivers bloated and choked with debris. At least nine deaths were blamed on the storm during its week-long march across the Caribbean.Forecasters said Matthew could hit Florida toward the end of the week and push its way up the East Coast over the weekend. The forecast triggered a rush by Americans to
  
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• Hurricane Matthew slams Haiti; Floridians urged to "prepare for the worst"

  04-10-2016 13:55
  
  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti-- A powerful and deadly hurricane is slamming Haiti as the Southeastern United States braces for a possible direct hit.Hurricane Matthew is hammering Caribbean islands with dangerous 145-miles-per-hour winds. It could bring up to 40 inches of rain.The violent category four storm is headed for eastern Cuba and the Bahamas Tuesday. Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba have been the crosshairs of the hurricane all weekend. But now, it looks like Haiti could get the
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Clinton bashes Trump in Ohio, but Trump leads in new poll

  04-10-2016 13:19
  
  Hillary Clinton comes back to Ohio after campaigning elsewhere since Labor Day. While here, she ripped her opponent Donald Trump, even as Trump leads in the latest poll of Ohio.
  
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• Facebook launches new 'marketplace' for buying, selling

  04-10-2016 13:10
  
  NEW YORK -- Facebook says some 450 million people use its site - mainly the "Groups" feature - to buy and sell stuff locally, anything from cars to baby clothes to furniture. Now, the company is launching a separate "marketplace" section that seeks to make it easier to do this.The last time Facebook tried its hand at such a marketplace was nine years ago, and it didn't really go anywhere. Like Facebook itself at the time, it was a desktop computer-only product. The latest effort, or course, work
  
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• Police: Tardy woman lied about clown attack

  04-10-2016 12:56
  
  READING — Police say an 18-year-old woman lied about being attacked by a knife-wielding clown as an excuse for being late for work. Police in the Cincinnati suburb of Reading said investigators found inconsistencies in Alexsandra Conley’s story and charged her with making a false alarm, a misdemeanor.
  
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• Bill Clinton to start bus tour in Ohio campaigning for Hillary Clinton

  04-10-2016 12:51
  
  The man affectionately known as Bubba is trying to recapture a little of the glory of the days when the working-class whites of Appalachian Ohio helped elevate him to the presidency. This time around, he hopes some of that Clinton charisma benefits his wife.
  
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• Rob Portman has $7.6 million for re-election campaign, gives $1 million to Ohio GOP

  04-10-2016 12:40
  
  Just one month before the election, Sen. Rob Portman will report today he raised $3.5 million for his re-election campaign and an additional $1 million for the Ohio Republican Party.
  
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• Ohio's former first lady to speak at dinner

  04-10-2016 12:27
  Local Democrats are preparing their appetites and minds for delicious food and political conversations on Saturday as the biannual Democratic Dinner is coming around the bend once more just before the election season comes down to the wire. "All of our candidates will be there - local candidates, district candidates - and we're very excited that Supreme Court Candidate Judge Cynthia Rice will address the group," The Democratic Dinner, which usually occurs in the spring and the fall, will commenc
  
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• Justice Insider: Ailing 2-year-old who got police-helicopter ride dies

  04-10-2016 11:52
  
  A special little girl died Friday. Shiann Lockhart’s obituary said it better than the Insider could: “Shiann was a special little girl who was full of life, and her love touched the lives of so many people in the short time she was with us. She loved to play patty-cake, peekaboo, and watching Disney’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ and ‘Frozen’ brought her great joy.”
  
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• Franklin Park's waterfalls run dry, awaiting new pumps

  04-10-2016 11:52
  
  The Franklin Park Cascades have not been cascading this year. Or much of last year. Frequent visitors such as Pamela Jones have noticed the waterfalls with no water. “My grandson was like, ‘Nana, why is the water gone?’” said Jones, 54, who lives nearby on Franklin Park North and was with 11-year-old grandson Anthony Stewart on Monday afternoon.
  
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• Theodore Decker commentary: Borers' victory over beloved ash tree a lesson for humans

  04-10-2016 11:48
  
  After a decade of hostilities between man and beetle, I bowed to the borers last week. The end for the ash tree in my front yard came Thursday afternoon in a blizzard of falling branches and flying wood chips.
  
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• Man arrested again for OSU football ticket scam

  04-10-2016 08:25
  
  A man has been arrested again for trying to sell tickets to an Ohio State football game that he didn't have.On August 16, 66-year-old Martin Alper told a woman he had tickets to the OSU vs. Michigan game that he would sell to her for $100.He told her that if she gave him $20 at that time, they could meet up later to get the tickets. He also told the woman his name was Mark Dinardo.Alper then failed to show up to several meeting times and a warrant was filed for his arrest. Police arrested him at
  
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• Columbus Officer Shows Compassion To Young Girl Whose Mother Overdosed

  04-10-2016 08:00
  Proving that there are great officers in our country Sergent Shuttleworth of the Columbus Police Department shared a picture taken last week of Officer O'Neal sharing a meal with a little 8 year old girl that underwent a traumatic situation. The little girls mother overdosed on heroin in front of her in their car in Columbus Ohio.
  
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• Ohio police initiative to get review in deal with protesters

  04-10-2016 06:00
  Dozens of protesters, upset about two fatal police shootings in Columbus, including the Sept. 14, 2016, shooting of Tyre King, a 13-year-old black teen, by a white Columbus police officer, march to the office of Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien, on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio.
  
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• Columbus police initiative to get review in deal with protesters

  04-10-2016 06:00
  Columbus officials will evaluate the effectiveness of a summer police initiative as part of discussions between the city council's president and demonstrators who have protested two fatal shootings by police in Ohio's capital city, leaders on each side said Monday. The announcement comes a week after dozens of protesters packed city council chambers and shouted down Columbus City Council president Zach Klein, bringing the council's meeting to a halt.
  
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• Protesters march through downtown demanding independent investigation into Tyre King’s death

  04-10-2016 05:16
  
  Marchers protesting the police involved shooting death of 13-year-old Tyre King raised fists in the air, raised signs high and raised their voices as they wound their way up Broad Street and down High Street in downtown Columbus.Members of the People’s Justice Project walked from city hall to Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien’s office Monday evening demanding answers.The group, city council members and council president Zach Klein held a news conference before the march, c
  
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• New Jersey train engineer says he can't remember fatal crash

  04-10-2016 04:25
  
  The engineer at the controls of the train that smashed into a commuter rail terminal, killing a woman and injuring more than 100 people, told federal investigators he was going only 10 mph as he approached the station but has no memory of the crash, federal investigators said.The statements from the engineer, Thomas Gallagher, came as investigators learned that an event data recorder that was supposed to record the New Jersey Transit train’s speed and braking information wasn’t funct
  
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