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• Russia responds to U.S. hacking allegations

  08-10-2016 23:23
  
  A top Russian diplomat is lashing out at the United States because of claims that Russia is hacking political websites and email accounts in an attempt to influence the American elections.Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in a statement Saturday that Washington’s accusations are an attempt to heat up anti-Russian sentiment as the U.S. presidential election nears.Ryabkov said the blunt accusation made Friday by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Department
  
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• Melania Trump on husband's "unacceptable" 2005 comments

  08-10-2016 23:15
  
  Donald Trump’s wife is asking for forgiveness for her husband, after a 2005 tape of the GOP nominee showed him lewdly bragging about his treatment of women.“The words my husband used are unacceptable and offensive to me,” Melania Trump said in a statement released by the campaign Saturday afternoon. “This does not represent the man that I know. He has the heart and mind of a leader.”The former model, who has faced her share of controversy on the campaign trail, urge
  
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• Man defends Facebook Live video of heroin-overdosed couple

  08-10-2016 22:56
  
  A man who filmed a couple who had overdosed on heroin and were lying unconscious on a Memphis sidewalk as people mocked them is defending his decision to post the video live on Facebook.According to police, the two people said they “snorted some heroin” in a nearby Walgreens bathroom, reports CBS station WREG in Memphis.At one point in the video, Courtland Garner puts his phone inches from the woman’s face. He and others in the crowd can be heard laughing at the pair. A driver
  
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• Hoax or threat? Clown sightings fuel panic nationwide

  08-10-2016 22:40
  
  There’s been a wave of creepy clown sightings across the United States. Going back to late August, there have been dozens of reports of threatening clowns, largely centered around schools and colleges. Many have been dismissed by law enforcement as pranks, but more than a dozen people have been arrested in connection with the sightings. Whether they are pranks, threats or actual sightings, police and other officials have to take them seriously as a potential threat to safety. That’s
  
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• Closings for Columbus Day 2016

  08-10-2016 22:36
  
  Columbus Public Library's Main Library and these library branches will be open: Driving Park, Dublin, Gahanna, Hilliard, Hilltop, Karl Road, New Albany, Northern Lights, Parsons, Reynoldsburg, Shepard, Southeast, Whetstone and Whitehall. All others will be closed.
  
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• Ohio politicians respond to Trump's crude comments about women

  08-10-2016 21:26
  
  Ohio Governor John Kasich and Senator Rob Portman both issued a statements Saturday, in response to Donald Trump's controversial comments about women.Sen. Portman says in his statement that he will be voting for Mike Pence for president:"As I said yesterday, Donald Trump's comments were offensive and wrong. I had hoped to support the candidate my party nominated in the primary process. I thought it was appropriate to respect the millions of voters across the country who chose Donald Trump as the
  
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• Gov. Kasich responds to Trump's crude comments about women

  08-10-2016 21:26
  
  Ohio Governor John Kasich issued a statement Saturday afternoon, in response to Donald Trump's controversial comments about women.The statement comes after a video from 2005 surfaced of the republican presidential candidate using crude language to describe how he seduces women.The comments were caught on a hot microphone as Trump talked with former Access Hollywood host Billy Bush.Trump has since apologized for the comments, calling it "locker room banter."Trump's wife, Melania, also issued a st
  
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• Ohio Gov. John Kasich says he won't vote for Donald Trump

  08-10-2016 20:50
  
  The day after video of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump saying lewd things about women surfaced, Ohio politicians and lawmakers from both sides of the aisle expressed their disgust.
  
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• WATCH: Ohio State Marching Band halftime show – ‘America's Pastime’ | OSU vs Indiana

  08-10-2016 20:02
  
  The Ohio State Marching Band will be paying tribute to 'America's Pastime' during halftime of the Indiana game.This week's performance features songs about baseball including Take Me Out To The Ball Game, Sweet Caroline and The Natural.--- SongsTake Me Out To The BallgameCenterfield (John Fogerty)Hall of Famers (Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?, Joltin' Joe DiMaggio)Seventh-Inning Stretch (Sweet Caroline)Music from The Natural
  
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• Worthington Kilbourne grad remembered in video tribute

  08-10-2016 20:00
  
  Friends remember the life of Marist College water polo player Courtney Fisher. Her water polo teammates and coach shared memories on video in honor of the Worthington graduate. Courtney died in August following a crash in Henry County; where she was a passenger in a van carrying water polo teams from Worthington heading to Toledo for an out-of-town tournament. The loss of Courtney brought the entire Worthington community together.
  
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• Crime & The Courts: Stolen Nazi flag's value not just historical

  08-10-2016 19:31
  
  A swastika-emblazoned Nazi flag that hung in a Pickaway County office before it mysteriously disappeared is a rare historical gem that evokes unthinkable atrocities, one historian says. “This flag was a tangible, physical link to the Holocaust to show that (Nazis) were linked to it,” Darrell English said this week from his Massachusetts home.
  
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• What Ohio lawmakers are saying about the Donald Trump tape

  08-10-2016 18:45
  
  The day after video of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump saying lewd things about women surfaced, Ohio politicians and lawmakers from both sides of the aisle expressed their disgust.
  
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• One shot and killed in east Columbus neighborhood

  08-10-2016 18:45
  
  Police say aman was shot and killed after on Saranac Drive Saturday afternoon. The shooting happened just after 12:30 p.m. along Saranac Drive in East Columbus. According to Columbus Police dispatchers, officers arrived to find the victim who had been shot. Paramedics transported the victims to Grant Hospital in critical condition where he pronounced dead.Policeare not releasing any suspect information to release at this time This incident remains under investigation. Stay with 10TV and 10TV.co
  
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• One shot and killed in an east Columbus neighborhood

  08-10-2016 18:45
  
  COLUMBUS - Police say aman was shot and killed on Saranac Drive Saturday afternoon.The shooting happened just after 12:30 p.m. along Saranac Drive in east Columbus.According to Columbus Police dispatchers, officers arrived to find the victim shot inside a residence. The victim met two people in a parking lot and after they saw each other, the victim ran away from one of the suspects while the other fired shots.Paramedics transported the victim to Grant Hospital in critical condition where he was
  
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• One person shot in east Columbus neighborhood

  08-10-2016 18:45
  
  One Person was shot after a shooting along Saranac Drive Saturday afternoon. The shooting happened just after 12:30 p.m. along Saranac Drive in East Columbus. According to Columbus Police dispatchers, officers arrived to find the victim who had been shot. Paramedics transported the victims to Grant Hospital in critical condition. So far, police do not have a suspect as they continue to investigate. Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest developments.
  
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• 27th Annual Division of Fire Awards Ceremony

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• Diialogue With the Directors

  08-10-2016 17:34 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Dialogue With The Directors

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• A weakening Matthew rakes Atlantic coast; US death toll at 4

  08-10-2016 17:29
  
  A weakening Hurricane Matthew continued its march along the Atlantic coast Saturday, lashing two of the South's most historic cities and some of its most popular resort islands, flattening trees, swamping streets and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands.The storm was blamed for at least four deaths in the U.S., all in Florida. In its long wake, it also left at least 470 dead in Haiti in one hard-hit district alone, according to officials, with other stricken areas still unreachable four
  
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• Police: Vehicle pursuit results in crash near Ohio State campus

  08-10-2016 16:33
  
  A suspect being pursued by Columbus Police crashed their vehicle near Ohio State's campus this morning. OSU and Columbus Police officers followed the vehicle going along several roads on campus including Olentangy River Road, Ackerman Road.After a short pursuit, the vehicle crashed near Neil Ave and W. Dodridge Street. It is unclear what the driver of the vehicle was wanted for and where the initial traffic stop was attempted.Police are on the scene and continuing to investigate.Stay with 10TV
  
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• Columbus police officer injured in crash

  08-10-2016 15:46
  
  Columbus Police say an officer was injured in a crash while on duty late Friday night, but no information was available on the officer's condition this morning. The crash happened about 10:30 p.m. on I-70 near Route 315.
  
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• Horrors of History and Trashy Train Ride

  08-10-2016 15:27
  
  Can you hear that? That is Oscar buzz. Early Oscar bait hits Columbus theaters this weekend in the form of Nate Parker’s blistering historical drama The Birth of a Nation. Looking for something pulpier? Ever-reliable Emily Blunt stars in a modern noir – or you can always check out the master of those dark and […]
  
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• Ohio adds details on new 3-drug combination for executions

  08-10-2016 12:54
  
  Ohio has laid out the dosages it would use in a new three-drug combination to be administered when the state resumes executions in January.Rules for the procedure were filed Friday in federal court, formalizing changes announced Monday.Since early 2014, Ohio has been under an unofficial execution moratorium blamed on shortages of lethal drugs.The updated execution policy calls for using 500 milligrams of midazolam (mih-DAY'-zoh-lam), which puts the inmate to sleep; 1,000 milligrams of rocuronium
  
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• State Theater brings laughter back to London

  08-10-2016 12:40
  For the third time in 2016, "Irish I Was Laughing Comedy" will bring the funny back to the State Theater next Wednesday, Oct. 12. October is a peak time for comedy and London is primed for a fun evening, according to promoter Dan Dean. "London treats us like rock stars," said Dean.
  
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• Kluber, Indians blank Red Sox 6-0, take 2-0 ALDS lead

  08-10-2016 12:36
  
  Corey Kluber didn't show a speck of rust. Well-rested and ready for the biggest start of his career, he wasn't going to let the Indians lose any momentum.Cleveland's on some kind of roll.Fueled by a crowd that included Cavaliers star LeBron James, Kluber carried a shutout into the eighth inning and Lonnie Chisenhall connected for a three-run homer off postseason-cursed David Price, giving the Indians a 6-0 win on Friday over the Boston Red Sox and a 2-0 lead in their AL Division Series.Looking h
  
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• Columbus' new head of neighborhoods wants to involve more young people

  08-10-2016 12:24
  
  Carla Williams-Scott has been listening to Columbus residents’ concerns and complaints about the problems you’d expect they’d have: housing-code enforcement, tall grass and other service-related issues. But the director of the city’s new Department of Neighborhoods is also making suggestions as she’s listening at meetings. One thing she’s throwing out there: The city needs to get more younger people involved in the government, specifically on area commissions.
  
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• Shoplifting suspect in Hillsboro charged with South Side stabbing death

  08-10-2016 12:10
  
  A man taken into custody as a shoplifting suspect in Highland County confessed Friday to fatally stabbing a man in Columbus, according to police. Nicholas Loulakis, 27, faces a murder charge after telling police he had killed a man in a mobile home in the past couple of days. Hillsboro police detained Loulakis and notified Columbus police.
  
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• Gahanna has 9 charter amendments on ballot

  08-10-2016 12:09
  
  Elected officials in Gahanna who are charged with a felony will be automatically suspended from office if voters OK a proposed city-charter amendment next month. The new measure is uncommon in Ohio. State law prohibits only felons from holding public office. Through a process outlined in Ohio law, public officials also can be suspended if they’re charged with felony crimes related to official duties, but it’s not a requirement.
  
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• Bexley to target distracted drivers

  08-10-2016 12:05
  
  They’re all-too-familiar behaviors Rinehart and other city officials hope to soon curtail. Bexley will become the first community in central Ohio to ban cellphone use while driving. The law, which makes cellphone usage a primary offense, becomes effective citywide on Friday.
  
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• 4 people injured in east Columbus crash

  08-10-2016 12:00
  
  Police say four people are injured after a two-car crash in east Columbus early Saturday morning.It happened at the intersection of Refugee Road and Schwartz Road around 3:15 a.m.Two people were taken to the hospital in critical condition and two people are expected to survive.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest developments.
  
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• Weakening but still powerful Matthew plows up Atlantic coast

  08-10-2016 11:24
  
  Hurricane Matthew is making itself felt in South Carolina, where hurricane-force winds are moving onshore at Hilton Head and Pritchards Island. It could also scrape North Carolina.Some of the South's most historic cities face the weakening but still powerful Hurricane Matthew as it plows north along the Atlantic coast, flooding towns and gouging out roads in its path.The storm killed at least four people in Florida and knocked out power to more than 1 million homes and businesses, even though it
  
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• From 'Ohio of India' to the real one for political lessons

  08-10-2016 08:43
  In this Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2016 photo, Anil Yadav, one the political professionals from India participating in the University of Akron's new International Campaign Fellows program, speaks with other volunteers at a campaign field office in Columbus, Ohio.
  
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• Crime & The Courts: Nazi flag's value not just historical

  08-10-2016 06:47
  
  A swastika-emblazoned Nazi flag that hung in a Pickaway County office before it mysteriously disappeared is a rare historical gem that evokes unthinkable atrocities, one historian says. “This flag was a tangible, physical link to the Holocaust to show that (Nazis) were linked to it,” Darrell English said this week from his Massachusetts home.
  
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• New details released on former employee who shot himself at Wexner Art Museum

  08-10-2016 06:24
  Authorities have released the vivid details of what happened inside the Wexner Center for the Arts when a former employee shot up an exhibit then killed himself.Dean Sturgis walked into the center that Sunday morning last November. The former security guard knew the building well. He moved through the rooms, then flashed a gun at a former co-worker and was approached by another. Employee interviews lay out the scene.“He’s like,’ don’t you move’, he’s trying to
  
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• Scott's Political Picks: Ohio could be losing its bellwether status

  08-10-2016 05:26
  
  ‘As usual, the 2016 presidential race comes down to Florida, Ohio and maybe Nevada.’ How many pundits have said something like this over the past few months? Well, I’m gonna’ bust that bubble even though pains me because Ohio is losing a little bit of its shine this time around as THE bellwether.There’s a simple reason why: Hillary Clinton can win and rather easily without winning Ohio but Donald Trump most likely can’t. So, which newfangled, Johnny-come-latel
  
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• Columbus Police officer injured in crash on I-70 East

  08-10-2016 05:10
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus Police dispatchers told 10TV a Columbus Police officer is injured after the officer was involved in a crash while driving a patrol vehicle on I-70 east near SR-315 north on Friday.The crash happened around 10:30 p.m. according to dispatchers and it involved another vehicle.Dispatchers said the police officer was taken to the hospital in stable condition.The left lanes of I-70 east near SR-315 north were blocked as a result of the crash but have since reopened.
  
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• One person suffers life-threatening injuries after being hit by vehicle on Tuttle Crossing Boulevard

  08-10-2016 03:58
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus Police are investigating a crash that left one person with life-threatening injuries Friday night.Police dispatchers tell 10TV the person was hit by a vehicle on Tuttle Crossing Boulevard, just west of Frantz Road just after 9:00 p.m.That person was taken to the hospital and the driver of the vehicle stopped at the scene.The eastbound lanes of Tuttle Crossing Boulevard are closed while police investigate.
  
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• The Latest: Clinton campaign won't confirm leaked emails

  08-10-2016 03:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) - (all times EDT):8:05 p.m.Hillary Clinton's campaign says it will not confirm the authenticity of emails from campaign co-chairman John Podesta that WikiLeaks released Friday.The campaign is blaming the intrusion on Russian state actors seeking to help rival Donald Trump. Spokesman Glen Caplin says WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange "has made no secret of his desire to damage Hillary Clinton."Podesta says he doesn't "have time" to sort out which emails are real but is "not happy"
  
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• Ohio Republicans condemn Trump tape; experts say it may cost him the state

  08-10-2016 03:40
  
  Ohio political leaders reacted with outrage to Donald Trump’s newly unveiled video.
  
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• The Latest: Trump apologizes for crude comments about women

  08-10-2016 03:37
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) - (all times EDT):12:10 a.m.Donald Trump is apologizing for vulgar and profane comments he made about women more than a decade ago, saying they "don't reflect" the man he is today.He says, "I was wrong and I apologize."Trump's campaign released the one-and-a-half-minute video on the GOP nominee's social media accounts early Monday morning.The video apology came hours after The Washington Post and NBC News posted a video from 2005 in which the Republican nominee brags about kissin
  
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• The Latest: Ryan 'sickened' by Trump comments on women

  08-10-2016 03:37
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) - (all times EDT):9:15 p.m.House Speaker Paul Ryan says he is "sickened" by Donald Trump's crude comments about women, revealed in an audio from 2005, and is calling on the Republican presidential nominee to show greater respect for women.In a statement late Friday, Ryan says Trump will no longer be attending an annual fall festival in Wisconsin. The all-GOP event in Ryan's home state had been planned with Trump, Ryan, Gov. Scott Walker and the head of the Republican Party, Reinc
  
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• The Latest: Donald Trump vows to never quit the race

  08-10-2016 03:37
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) - (all times EDT):3:53 p.m.Donald Trump is again vowing to continue his campaign even though he says the "media and establishment want me out of the race so badly."Trump vowed in capital letters on Twitter Saturday to "never drop of out the race." He also pledged to "never let my supporters down."Trump has remained in Trump Tower in New York meeting with key aides and preparing for the second presidential debate Sunday in St. Louis.Many Republicans have called for Trump to abando
  
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• The Latest: Biden slams Trump's words as 'sexual assault'

  08-10-2016 03:37
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) - (all times EDT):6:08 p.m.Vice President Joe Biden says Donald Trump's comments in videotape footage amount to a reference to sexual assault.Biden says on Twitter that Trump's words are "demeaning." He says the behavior is an abuse of power.Biden says: "It's not lewd. It's sexual assault."The reactions comes on a Twitter account, @JoeBiden, that's run by the Democratic National Committee. But it was signed "Joe," indicating it came from the vice president himself. Biden's office
  
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• Empty site hindering area rebirth

  08-10-2016 02:37
  When it comes to West Side redevelopment, the 93-acre Westland Mall is the elephant in the room -- large, gray and sitting there. The mall is a monument to another era, and one that Columbus City Councilman Michael Stinziano believes is hampering redevelopment of the surrounding Westland area.
  
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• Death of nude woman found in Ohio field labeled suspicious

  08-10-2016 02:37
  Investigators say the nude body of a 30-year-old Columbus woman was found in a central Ohio cornfield in a case they're characterizing as a suspicious death. The Lancaster Eagle-Gazette reports a passerby spotted the body about 20 feet from a road on Thursday afternoon in Pleasantville, roughly 25 miles southeast of Columbus.
  
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• 10-year-old boy who killed neo-Nazi father denied Supreme Court review

  08-10-2016 01:48
  
  Can a 10-year-old boy “knowingly and intelligently” decide to waive his Miranda rights?That was the question the attorneys for Joseph Hall, the boy who shot and killed his neo-Nazi father, Jeffrey Hall, in 2011, asked the Supreme Court to weigh. But on Wednesday, the court declined to hear their case.“We were very surprised,” says Nima Mohebbi, one of the now-15-year-old’s attorneys. “It’s very unfortunate.”Joseph Hall was just 10 when he confessed
  
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• Prosecutor wants to try 14-year-old as adult in deadly S.C. school shooting

  08-10-2016 01:44
  
  Prosecutors want to try a 14-year-old South Carolina boy as an adult on charges of killing his father and fatally shooting a first-grader at an elementary school.Solicitor Chrissy Adams announced filing a petition Thursday to transfer the teen from family court, where he’s charged as a juvenile, to circuit court.Her petition comes a day after the superhero-themed funeral of 6-year-old Jacob Hall, who was laid to rest as Batman. His family encouraged attendees to dress as the superheroes he
  
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• Vegan mom accused of feeding baby only nuts and berries

  08-10-2016 01:40
  
  The family of a Pennsylvania woman who allegedly starved her 11-month-old son says she practices an extreme form of veganism and fed her baby only small amounts of nuts and berries, reports CBS Pittsburgh.Elizabeth Hawk, 33, is charged with endangering the welfare of a child after investigators say she allegedly failed to give her 11-month-old son sufficient food. In an interview with CBS Pittsburgh, Hawk’s sister-in-law said she had been concerned about her nephew, who appeared to have de
  
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• Central Ohioans worry about the impacts of Matthew

  08-10-2016 01:36
  Since the announcement of Hurricane Matthew, Floria Washington has spent countless moments checking on her family in South Carolina and Florida.“I would say at least twice a day,” said Washington, who grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. Her 85-year old mother Thelma Thomas, still lives there and lives alone.“My first call to her was, ‘okay mom... What's your plan? What are you thinking? What are you going to do about evacuation?’ And it wasn't an “if”
  
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• Pence, in Ohio speech, doesn't mention video containing Trump's vulgar comments

  08-10-2016 01:32
  
  ROSSFORD – A video showing Donald Trump making vulgar remarks about women and sex escaped any obvious mention this evening from his running mate as Indiana Gov. Mike Pence spoke in this Toledo suburb. The Washington Post broke the story about Trump’s 2005 remarks less than two hours before Pence spoke on behalf of the Republican ticket before a crowd of about 300 in a recreation center gymnasium.
  
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