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• Man admits to South Side homicide, police say

  07-10-2016 23:39
  
  A man taken into custody for shoplifting in Highland County confessed Friday to fatally stabbing a man in Columbus, according to police. Nicholas Loulakis, 27, faces a charge of murder after telling police he killed a man in a mobile home within the last couple days. Hillsboro police detained Loulakis and notified Columbus police.
  
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• FBI searching for Michigan bank robbery suspect in southern Ohio (UPDATE)

  07-10-2016 23:30
  
  UPDATE: 5:20 p.m.According to WKRC, The FBI is on the scene of a vehicle that matches the description of Keith's vehicle in Aberdeen in Brown County.The bridges from Brown County into Kentucky have been shut down.---Original StoryThe FBI requested assistance in locating a Michigan bank robber who was last seen in Ohio.Todd Raymond Keith is accused of robbing a Chase Bank in Ypsilanti, Mich. September 30 and a Key Bank in the same city on October 3. Shots were fired during one of those robberies.
  
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• Police: Missing 82-year-old last seen in southeast Columbus

  07-10-2016 22:45
  
  Columbus Police are searching for a missing 82-year-old man who was last seen Friday morning.Officials say Clifford M. Brown was last seen at 10:30 a.m. at Eastland Mall.Police add that Brown suffers from dementia.Brown is described as a black male, 5’9’’, weighing 165 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.He was last seen wearing a blue shirt, blue pants and a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball cap.Brown was driving a 2002 dark blue Subaru Forester with Ohio plate AIT5396.If you see
  
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• Two indicted for providing heroin that led to near fatal overdoses

  07-10-2016 22:36
  
  Two people have been indicted by the Franklin County Grand Jury in two separate incidents of providing heroin to people in which they overdosed.Both 31-year-old Joseph Sanders and 24-year-old Jacob Conroy have been indicted on charges of corrupting another with drugs, trafficking in heroin and possession of heroin.“We will continue to aggressively pursue the heroin traffickers in Franklin County so they can no longer sell this extremely dangerous drug that is killing people,” Frankli
  
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• Columbus Public Health confirms first case of West Nile virus

  07-10-2016 22:20
  
  Columbus Public Health has announced the first confirmed case of West Nile virus in central Ohio.The virus was found in a 71-year-old man. He is currently hospitalized.Columbus Health Commissioner Dr. Teresa Long wants to remind residents that mosquitoes are still active even though it is fall.“The cooler temperatures predicted for this weekend could slow mosquitoes down, but they likely will still be around until the first frost so it’s important to protect yourself.”Public He
  
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• Dublin collector to share Cher dresses at Fashion Week Columbus

  07-10-2016 22:13
  Gary Scarbrough's collection of custom made Cher mannequins wearing gowns that she wore during the Sonny and Cher shows in the 1970s. He loved the songs and the chemistry between the seemingly mismatched hosts.
  
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• This year's first human case of West Nile virus in Columbus reported

  07-10-2016 22:01
  
  The year's first case of West Nile virus in Columbus was reported this morning in a 71-year-old man who has been hospitalized. No additional information was available. The Columbus case is the second in Franklin County. The county case was reported on Sept. 9 and was in a 54-year-old man, who has since recovered. There has been one death among the 13 cases statewide. An 84-year-old Cuyahoga County man's death was reported Sept. 9, according to Ohio Department of Health spokesman Russ Kennedy. Jo
  
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• A Sunny Abyss at Columbus Museum

  07-10-2016 21:32
  
  You’ll never look at the sun the same way again. Go be inspired at Columbus Museum of Art‘s new photo exhibit #TheSunPlacedInTheAbyss #artmakescbus The Columbus Foundation is working to capture The Spirit of Columbus through images that showcase the determination, dedication, and commitment of people in our smart + open community. Be sure to check out columbusfoundation.org and follow along on Facebook as […]
  
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• Teacher writes "focus" on student's forehead, gets accused of assault

  07-10-2016 21:25
  
  A Virginia Beach math teacher has been accused of assault for writing on the forehead of an eighth grader in his class.A criminal complaint says 46-year-old Daniel Board grabbed the back of the boy’s head, wrote the word “focus” on his forehead and refused to let the boy wipe the word off his face until he completed his work. The student was not injured.Citing court documents, news outlets report that the Landstown Middle School teacher was upset because the student wasn’
  
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• Columbus Parking Meters Now Online

  07-10-2016 21:01
  
  The City of Columbus announced today that all public parking meters have been added to an online map for easier navigation and trip planning. While the meters do not show real-time availability, the do display hours of operation and maximum usage times. “This is another tool to enhance the public’s ability to find available parking […]
  
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• Popular Yoga Instructor Alexandria Crow Coming to Art of Yoga

  07-10-2016 20:30
  
  “I am so excited about this,” said Ryan Bauer, the owner of Art of Yoga at 15 W. Cherry St. downtown, “She is such a star!” The news is that Alexandria Crow, jet-setting yoga teacher famous for her Hard Tail yoga clothing ads, fabulous hair, and many online videos begins special yoga classes and workshops […]
  
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• Donald Trump cancels TV ads in Ohio, Florida, other key states

  07-10-2016 20:19
  
  Republican Donald Trump has canceled TV ads in all but the three largest Ohio TV markets next week, signaling that despite a competitive race in the state, campaign dollars are scarce as Nov. 8 approaches.
  
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• Police investigating South Side homicide

  07-10-2016 20:14
  
  Columbus police are investigating a homicide on the city's South Side. Sgt. David Sicilian said a man in his 60s who lived alone in a trailer was found dead today in the 1200 block of Fairwood Avenue. Police were dispatched after 10 a.m. after they were contacted by authorities in Hillsboro, Ohio, where a man who was detained there for shoplifting gave them information about a body in Columbus. Two Columbus detectives on the way to talk to the man now. No weapon has been recovered, police said.
  
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• "I'ma kill them all": Accused cop killer's Twitter threats

  07-10-2016 20:12
  
  The week before he allegedly shot and killed St. Louis County Police Officer Blake Snyder, 18-year-old Trenton Forster sent his last tweet:“I’m dying on inside and nobody really gives a [expletive].”Two weeks earlier, he tweeted “I wanna spazz on errrrbody.” A week before that: “I’ma kill em all, just watch.”Earlier in August, Forster, whose Twitter description reads simply “I smoke marijuana,” tweeted about police and guns: “I&rs
  
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• Park of Roses Arboretum Celebration

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• Columbus man found guilty of sexual battery

  07-10-2016 19:55
  A Columbus man was found guilty of two counts of sexual battery but was acquitted on two counts of rape after a trial in Delaware County Common Pleas Court.Brandon Michael Ward, 29, of Columbus stood trial Tuesday and faced two charges of rape, first-degree felony; two counts of sexual battery, third-degree felonies and one count of theft, a ... (more)
  
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• Thousands of Ohioans will have ballots disqualified, attorney says

  07-10-2016 18:58
  
  Thousands of eligible Ohio voters will have their ballots thrown out in this year's election, says a voting-rights lawyer after losing a court battle. The full 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — with a minority dissenting — declined Thursday to hear an appeal of an earlier ruling by a three-judge panel of the court.
  
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• Authorities searching for Delaware County bank robbery suspect

  07-10-2016 18:58
  
  Authorities are searching for a bank robbery suspect in Delaware County.The robbery happened at the Delaware County Bank branch on 34 Evergreen Avenue in Lewis Center just after noon Friday.The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office says several shots were fired inside the bank but no one was hit.Witnesses tell police the suspect was wearing a dark mask and believe it is a male.Officials have only released a vehicle description of a black sedan type.As a precaution, a dozen Olentangy schools in
  
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• Authorities arrest suspect wanted for robbing banks in Ohio, Michigan

  07-10-2016 18:58
  The Delaware County Sheriff's Office has confirmed the man who allegedly robbed a Lewis Center bank Friday has been taken into custody.Authorities identified the suspect as Todd Raymond Keith.The robbery happened at the Delaware County Bank branch on 34 Evergreen Avenue in Lewis Center just after noon.The Sheriff's Office released this photo they said is Keith robbing the bank while wearing a pumpkin mask.The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office says several shots were fired inside the bank bu
  
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• Police: Shoplifting suspect admits to killing person in Columbus

  07-10-2016 18:43
  
  A man taken into custody for shoplifting from a store confessed to police he had killed someone in Columbus.Just before 9 a.m. Friday, police were called to a Kroger in Hillsboro on the report of a man stealing alcohol.Police arrived and took the suspect, Nicholas Loulakis, into custody.While speaking with police, Loulakis admitted to officers he was attempting to leave Ohio after killing someone in Columbus.Hillsboro Police contacted Columbus Police who found a body at a residence in the 1200 b
  
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• Mike Pence plays role of defender-in-chief during Ohio stop

  07-10-2016 18:25
  
  The defender-in-chief seems to have soothed some jangled nerves among Republican regulars over the where-did-that-come-from unpredictability of Donald Trump. The Republican’s running-mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, spoke this morning to a crowd of about 400 in the Cleveland area, showing the calm gravitas he displayed in his well-regarded debate performance Tuesday against Democrat vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine.
  
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• Refinery issues contribute to recent bump in local gas prices

  07-10-2016 18:22
  
  Gasoline prices have surged this week in Ohio at a time of year when prices usually are falling, a trend that is tied to refinery problems and an increase in the market price of oil. Central Ohio drivers are paying an average of $2.36 per gallon this morning, up 18 cents from a week ago, according to AAA. That is an unusually large increase.
  
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• Indian police arrest 70 for targeting Americans in tax scam

  07-10-2016 18:13
  
  Indian police have arrested 70 people and are questioning hundreds more after uncovering a massive scam to cheat thousands of Americans out of millions of dollars by posing as U.S. tax authorities and demanding unpaid taxes, a police officer said Thursday.According to police in Mumbai, the yearlong scam involved running fake call centers which sent voice mail messages telling U.S. nationals to call back because they owed back taxes.Those who called back and believed the threats would fork out th
  
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• City, police union agree on body cams

  07-10-2016 17:38
  An agreement between the city of Columbus and the union representing its police officers removes a significant hurdle to outfitting those officers with body cameras. Finishing it keeps the city on track to equip the first officers with body cameras by the end of the year as promised by Mayor Andrew Ginther.
  
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• CEO of Backpage arrested in Texas on sex-trafficking charges

  07-10-2016 17:21
  
  State agents raided the Dallas headquarters of adult classified ad portal Backpage and arrested Chief Executive Officer Carl Ferrer on Thursday following allegations that adult and child sex-trafficking victims had been forced into prostitution through escort ads posted on the site.Ferrer, 55, was arrested on a California warrant after arriving at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport on a flight from Amsterdam, said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. In a statement, Paxton said agents f
  
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• Firefighters hope voters will let them say goodbye to station in former hardware store

  07-10-2016 16:44
  
  The Truro Township fire chief is confident his department’s campaign for a new fire station speaks for itself. Just ask the firefighters who eat meals in the same room that holds their clunky exercise equipment. Talk to the township residents who receive walk-up first aid in the lobby next to an obsolete dispatching center — but watch out for the puddles from the leaky roof and the piles of office equipment stored in the hallway.
  
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• Police arrest woman in connection with recent Linden area heroin overdoses

  07-10-2016 16:13
  
  Columbus police have arrested a woman in connection with a recent spike of heroin overdoses. Police arrested 24-year-old Sara E. Eberhard and charged her with one count of heroin possession. The possession charge is a first-degree felony. Police executed a search warrant at a residence in the 900 Block of E. 17th Avenue Thursday in association with overdoses in the Linden area that resulted in 48 people needing CPR and naloxone in recent weeks. The police investigation continues.
  
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• Tour Local Artist Studios This Weekend

  07-10-2016 16:00
  
  The first ever Columbus Open Studio and Stage (COSS) event kicks off this weekend, inviting locals to step inside artist studios and local theaters to experience a unique look at the local creative community. “Columbus Open Studio and Stage gives people a chance to peek behind the scenes of the creative process, while also providing them […]
  
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• Hillary Clinton coming to Columbus on Columbus Day

  07-10-2016 15:21
  
  The visit marks a renewed burst of activity in Ohio by the Clinton campaign after she was absent from the state for nearly a month. Former President Bill Clinton made numerous stops in southern and eastern Ohio during a two-day bus tour Tuesday and Wednesday.
  
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• Best Bites: Burgers Returns Next Week!

  07-10-2016 15:19
  
  Do you love a good burger? So do we! Especially when it comes with a stack of toppings unlike any other. For the third year, Columbus Underground has invited local restaurants to bring their A game to compete for the title of Best Burger and we invite you to be the judge.  With toppings like bacon jam, java BBQ […]
  
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• Theatre Review: MadLab’s Intense Until He Wasn’t

  07-10-2016 15:18
  
  MadLab’s season continues with another world premiere, Patrick McLaughlin’s Until He Wasn’t which opened last night in a production tautly directed by Audrey Rush with assistance from Sheree Evans. A sexually charged thriller, in many ways McLaughlin’s play harkens back to the cynical, nihilistic vibe MadLab made its bones with here in Columbus years ago. A collection […]
  
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• Review: MadLab Theatre’s Intense Until He Wasn’t

  07-10-2016 15:18
  
  MadLab’s season continues with another world premiere, Patrick McLaughlin’s Until He Wasn’t which opened last night in a production tautly directed by Audrey Rush with assistance from Sheree Evans. A sexually charged thriller, in many ways McLaughlin’s play harkens back to the cynical, nihilistic vibe MadLab made its bones with here in Columbus years ago. A collection […]
  
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• Columbus Museum of Art Expansion Wins 2016 Recchie Design Award

  07-10-2016 15:08
  
  Last night, the Columbus Landmarks Foundation unveiled the winner of their 2016 James B. Recchie Award: The Columbus Museum of Art. The CMA saw an expansion and renovation that was completed in October 2015, helmed by a local architectural team that included DesignGroup, Schooley Caldwell and MKSK. “The Recchie Design Award recognizes all types of urban design […]
  
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• First Residents Set to Move in to the Diplomat

  07-10-2016 14:00
  
  The final permits have been secured and finishing touches are being applied to the apartments and common areas of the Diplomat, the historic four-story building at the southwest corner of Buttles and High. When we last checked in on the Diplomat – which is being renovated by the Wood Companies in partnership with Schiff Capital […]
  
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• Grove City seeks grant to build bike path

  07-10-2016 13:41
  
  Grove City is seeking a $2.4 million grant through the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission for the first phase of a long-term plan to build a bike path from Meadow Grove Park on Spring Hill Road to the new Scioto Grove Metro Park off Jackson Pike. Kim Conrad, the city’s parks and recreation director, said the first phase of the bike path would start in the Hoover Road area at Meadow Grove Park and follow Grant Run Creek to Borror Road.
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Hillary Clinton to stop in Columbus on Monday

  07-10-2016 13:38
  
  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will make a stop in the Columbus area on Monday, one day before the voter registration deadline.
  
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• Three candidates debate in the 68th District

  07-10-2016 13:13
  MOUNT VERNON - The three candidates for the 68th District State Representative race faced off in a debate at the Mount Vernon Memorial Theater Tuesday night.Joining Republican Rick Carfagna and Democrat John Russell onstage was write-in candidate Douglas Crowl.
  
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• Amazon only needs a minute of human labor to ship your next package

  07-10-2016 12:55
  
  (CNN MONEY) - With 22 years of experience in e-commerce and an obsession with efficiency, Amazon has brought remarkable optimization to the warehouses where it stores, packages and ships goods.
  On a typical Amazon (AMZN, Tech30) order, employees will spend about a minute total -- taking an item off the shelf, then boxing and shipping it.
  The rest of the work is done by robots and automated systems.Amazon has a fulfillment center outside Baltimore. The site was a GM plant until it closed in 2005.
  
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• Third piece of plane wreckage confirmed as MH370 debris

  07-10-2016 12:41
  
  (CNN)- A fragment of plane wing discovered in Mauritius in May has been confirmed as coming from missing plane Malaysia Airlines MH370, Australia's Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said in a statement on Friday.
  It is the third piece of debris to be definitively linked to MH370, Australia's transport minister Darren Chester said Friday.
  "It does not, however, provide information that can be used to determine a specific location of the aircraft," Chester said.
  The plane wing fragment was discovered
  
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• The high school football team nobody wants to play

  07-10-2016 12:16
  
  (CBS)- On the football field, Archbishop Murphy High School is a powerhouse, overwhelming its first three opponents this year by a combined score of 170-0.But winning by such margins is coming at a cost. The school is having trouble finding schools willing to play it.
  Since a mid-September blowout, three teams have now canceled on Archbishop Murphy. Granite Falls High School is the latest, forfeiting its game scheduled for Friday.“We made a decision based on the health and welfare of our k
  
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• Police: 16-year-old shot dead by LAPD officer was suicidal

  07-10-2016 12:08
  
  (CBS) -- A 16-year-old boy shot dead last weekend as he pointed a fake gun at police wanted to kill himself, Police Chief Charlie Beck said Thursday.Before an officer shot him Sunday, Daniel Enrique Perez used his cellphone to call 911 to report “a man with a gun matching his own description” in South Los Angeles, Beck told reporters.Twenty minutes later, officers found a man matching the description and approached him but Perez turned and pointed a gun at them and was shot, police h
  
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• Demolition Begins at Original Long’s Bookstore Building

  07-10-2016 12:00
  
  The original Long’s Bookstore saw the beginning of its demolition today, as crews began to dismantle the structure located at the southeast intersection of High Street and 15th Avenue. The store operated as a student-centric textbook and supply shop from 1909 to its closure in 2005, when the name (and signage) transferred to the Barnes […]
  
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• Truro Township hopes voters will let it say goodbye to former hardware store

  07-10-2016 11:59
  
  The Truro Township fire chief is confident his department’s campaign for a new fire station speaks for itself. Just ask the firefighters who eat meals in the same room that holds their clunky exercise equipment. Talk to the township residents who receive walk-up first aid in the lobby next to an obsolete dispatching center — but watch out for the puddles from the leaky roof and the piles of office equipment stored in the hallway.
  
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• Advocates for seniors hail feds' new nursing-home rules

  07-10-2016 11:49
  
  The federal government has moved to ban nursing homes from making new patients sign agreements requiring them to take disputes — even claims of abuse, sexual harassment or wrongful death — to a professional arbitrator instead of court. In its first sweeping update since 1991, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid also is making it more difficult for facilities to involuntarily discharge or transfer residents. It also is expanding training requirements for employees.
  
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• Matthew hammers Florida, begins dayslong beating of coast

  07-10-2016 11:36
  
  Hurricane Matthew spun dangerously close to Florida's Atlantic coast Friday morning, scraping the shore with howling wind and heavy rain that left more than 476,000 without power.Matthew was downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane overnight with the strongest winds of 120 mph just offshore as the storm pushed north, threatening hundreds of miles of coastline in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. A 107 mph gust was recorded in Cape Canaveral.Two million people were told to move inland to escape a
  
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• Hurricane Matthew stalks Florida coast

  07-10-2016 11:36
  
  (CNN) Historic Hurricane Matthew stalked Florida's east coast early Friday, teetering parallel to the peninsula.Weather experts watched for the slightest change in its unpredictable path, which they say could make an enormous difference to the hurricane's impact on land.
  "The exact path is so critical," said CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam. "Miles and kilometers really count, because if it wobbles westward by say 30 miles, it brings those strong winds onshore."
  "If it stays offshore, the bulk of
  
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• Ohio Stadium Cake, Pink Out brings worthy fundraisers to OSU game

  07-10-2016 11:15
  
  The OSU vs. Indiana game this weekend at the Shoe will be a little sweeter than normal.That’s because the Ohio Stadium Cake will be at this weekend’s game.It all started more than two decades ago on a dare that someone couldn’t make a cake that looked like Ohio Stadium. Now, 26 years later that dare is now a truth that raises money for a great cause.A few years into the process the Ohio Stadium Cake Crew realized they were getting more donations than they anticipated, so they s
  
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• Police, fire pension fund warns of fraudulent check scam

  07-10-2016 09:02
  The Walk to End Alzheimer's is coming up and you can help raise money to COLUMBUS, Ohio - A retirement fund for Ohio police and firefighters is warning people to be on the lookout for fraudulent checks bearing its name. The Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund says the checks are drawn from an erroneous account at Huntington National Bank in sums from $1,650 to $5,000.
  
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• How to be a working actor or model while living in Ohio

  07-10-2016 09:02
  Aaron Marcus, author of "How To Become a Successful Actor and Model," will lead his "How To Book a Job" workshop on Saturday at PCG Talent, 4700 Reed Road, Suite M. To register, click here . For more information, call PCG Talent at 614-214-7387 or Marcus at 410-764-8270.
  
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• Ohioans helping Haitians affected by Hurricane Matthew

  07-10-2016 05:43
  
  Humanitarians in Eastern Ohio are collecting donations that will soon be headed to Haiti.10TV spoke with Byambison Pierre who is in Port-au-Prince, about 3 ½ hours from Haiti’s hardest hit areas.Piere is part of a Martins Ferry humanitarian group named ‘The Haiti Fund’ in Belmont County, Ohio.Members collect then distribute money to families whose homes are destroyed.The group says damage is severe in areas where housing is already substandard. Pierre says Hurricane Matt
  
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