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• Columbus City School District propose 3-part ballot Issue 57

  12-10-2016 23:41
  Thousands of voters went through the Franklin County Board of Elections, Early Vote Center on Wednesday to cast their ballots weeks before the November election.
  Officials with Franklin County say the lines had been steady throughout the day, with more than 2,200 people voting early.
  In one of the most divisive and polarizing presidential campaigns ever, some Ohio voters had their minds made up while others weren't certain on several local issues for a vote.
  The Columbus City School District is
  
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• Columbus City School District propose 3-part ballot issue

  12-10-2016 23:41
  Thousands of voters went through the Franklin County Board of Elections, Early Vote Center on Wednesday to cast their ballots weeks before the November election.
  Officials with Franklin County say the lines had been steady throughout the day, with more than 2,200 people voting early.
  In one of the most divisive and polarizing presidential campaigns ever, some Ohio voters had their minds made up while others weren't certain on several local issues for a vote.
  The Columbus City School District is
  
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• Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf to resign in wake of scandal over bank's sales practices

  12-10-2016 23:21
  
  SAN FRANCISCO -- Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf to resign, effective immediately, in wake of scandal over bank's sales practices.This is a breaking news update.Stay with 10TV for additional details on this developing story.--- Previous ReportSenators call for criminal investigation of Wells FargoWASHINGTON (AP) -- Fourteen senators are calling on the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation of Wells Fargo executives after revelations that bank employees opened millions of fake bank and c
  
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• Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf resigns effective immediately

  12-10-2016 23:21
  
  SAN FRANCISCO -- Wells Fargo's embattled CEO John Stumpf has resigned, effective immediately, as the nation's second-largest bank is roiled by a scandal over its sales practices.The San Francisco bank said Wednesday that Stumpf will also relinquish his title as chairman. Its chief operating officer, Tim Sloan, will succeed Stumpf as CEO.Stumpf had led Wells Fargo since 2007.He faced congressional hearings and consumer wrath after Wells Fargo was found to have opened millions of bank accounts wit
  
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• Most Ohio GOP leaders still behind Trump

  12-10-2016 23:16
  
  Donald Trump and his words are "reprehensible," "indefensible" and "offensive."
  
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• Attorney: Nothing to suggest student accused in Hilliard Davidson threat had weapons

  12-10-2016 23:08
  
  Family members of the teen charged with conspiring to commit a mass shooting indicate they are overwhelmed but refer questions to the teen's attorney.
  "Obviously the family is in a spiral right now. They're trying to figure out what to do, what happens next. There's stuff coming at them from a lot of different directions," said Attorney Stephen Palmer.
  Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced a conspiracy to commit murder charge against 16-year-old Hilliard Davidson student John St
  
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• Man accused in rape that was live-streamed on Periscope sentenced to 9 years

  12-10-2016 22:37
  
  COLUMBUS - A man accused of raping a teenager - while the victim’s friend used Periscope to live stream the rape - has pled guilty to the crime.Raymond Boyd Gates, 29, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of rape, in connection with the sexual assault that occurred on February 27 at a home located on Christina Lane in Columbus.Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien says the victim, age 17 at the time, her friend Marina Lonina, 18, and Gates were socializing and at some point in the
  
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• Man accused in rape live-streamed on Periscope sentenced to 9 years

  12-10-2016 22:37
  COLUMBUS - A man accused of raping a teenager - while the victim’s friend used Periscope to live stream the rape - has pled guilty to the crime.Raymond Boyd Gates, 29, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of rape, in connection with the sexual assault that occurred on February 27 at a home located on Christina Lane in Columbus.Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien says the victim, age 17 at the time, her friend Marina Lonina, 18, and Gates were socializing and at some point in the
  
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• Kentucky high school apologizes for homework on the N-word

  12-10-2016 22:20
  
  LEXINGTON, KY. - A high school principal in Lexington, Kentucky has apologized after a teacher handed out an assignment asking students to share their thoughts about the N-word.CBS Lexington affiliate WKYT-TV reports that Lafayette High School principal Bryne A. Jacobs said Tuesday that the assignment was well-intentioned but “missed the mark.” The idea was to get students to think about the derogatory language they’ll encounter when reading the novel “To Kill a Mockingbi
  
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• Ohioans casting ballots as early voting starts today

  12-10-2016 22:16
  
  For Nancy Kenish, it was no ordinary Tuesday morning. It was the day she had been waiting for a very long time. The 68-year-old, who lives in Lewis Center, had been waiting at the Delaware County Board of Elections office since 7 a.m. She was the first to vote in the county.
  
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• Man gets nine years in prison for rape that was live-streamed

  12-10-2016 22:05
  
  A 29-year-old man was sentenced to nine years in prison Wednesday for raping a 17-year-old girl at his Northeast Side apartment while the crime was live-streamed on Periscope. Raymond B. Gates pleaded guilty to one count of rape for the assault, which occurred Feb. 27 in the 4500 block of Christina Lane. The sentence, imposed by Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Kim Brown, was recommended by prosecuting and defense attorneys as part of a plea agreement in which several other charges were dismis
  
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• Ohioans can start casting votes in presidential election

  12-10-2016 21:29
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Voters in swing state Ohio can start casting ballots in next month's presidential election.Early voting for the Nov. 8 election begins Wednesday. Residents can vote absentee by mail or in person without having to give a reason.Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted says county boards of elections statewide have received nearly 1.1 million absentee ballot applications.And there's still time to request an absentee ballot. Boards must receive the applications by noon on Nov. 5.V
  
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• Police investigating South Side fatal shooting

  12-10-2016 20:19
  
  Columbus police are investigating a fatal shooting on the South Side. Police said a man was shot at a house on the 400 block of E. Markison Avenue, just east of Parsons Avenue. The man was taken to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Police have not released the man's name pending notification of his family. Sgt. Stan Latta said so far, witnesses are not cooperating.
  
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• Cartoon Crossroads Columbus to welcome Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau

  12-10-2016 20:04
  Ever since Donald Trump first flirted with a presidential run in 1987, Garry Trudeau has been blasting the billionaire in his syndicated comic strip, Doonesbury. The subsequent insults the New York businessman has hurled Trudeau's way, at least according to www.doonesbury.com , are something the political cartoonist wears as a badge of honor: "sleazeball," "third-rate talent," "jerk," "total loser."
  
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• Giordano’s Bringing Deep Dish Chicago Pizza to Columbus in 2017

  12-10-2016 19:19
  Local fans of Chicago-style deep dish pizza will soon have a very authentic option at their disposal. Chicago classic Giordano’s has confirmed that they’ll be opening a Columbus location sometime in the next couple of months. Jessica Wenson, Giordano’s Manager of Marketing and Public Relations, confirmed the first quarter 2017 expansion, but said that there’s few other […]
  
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• One killed in south Columbus shooting

  12-10-2016 18:53
  
  COLUMBUS - Columbus Police are investigating a fatal shooting on East Markison Ave near Ann Street which happened Wednesday afternoon.Columbus Police dispatchers say the victim was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead. No other information was immediately available.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates on this developing story.
  
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• Ohioans ready to cast ballots as early voting starts today

  12-10-2016 18:53
  
  For Nancy Kenish, it was no ordinary Tuesday morning. It was the day she had been waiting for a very long time. The 68-year-old, who lives in Lewis Center, had been waiting at the Delaware County Board of Elections office since 7 a.m. She was the first to vote in the county.
  
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• North Carolina urges more people to flee the floods after Hurricane Matthew

  12-10-2016 18:14
  
  GREENVILLE, N.C. - Authorities made fresh appeals Wednesday for people in eastern North Carolina to leave low-lying areas as rivers swollen with rainwater caused flooding days after Hurricane Matthew passed.The storm is already blamed for 34 deaths across North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Georgia. North CarolinaGov. Pat McCrory said 17 of those deaths were in his state.The governor said a federal disaster declaration has been approved for 31 counties. Evacuations were ordered for about
  
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• Faulty brakes prompt big Toyota recall

  12-10-2016 17:52
  
  TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp. recalled 340,000 gas-electric hybrid Prius cars around the world Wednesday, 212,000 of them in Japan and 94,000 in North America, for a defect in their parking brakes.Toyota acknowledged receiving reports of crashes, injuries, and deaths. The Japanese automaker refused to provide details, saying it was still looking into the reports.Toyota said the parking brake cable can disengage unexpectedly, causing the brakes to stop working properly. So if the car is left in any
  
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• Survivor claims deadly Conn. plane crash was intentional

  12-10-2016 17:44
  
  The FBI is investigating whether a small plane that struck a utility pole near the Connecticut River in East Hartford was intentionally crashed, CBS News has confirmed.The pilot is hospitalized with serious burns and the passenger is presumed dead. Two people in a minivan were taken to a hospital with minor injuries.The mayor of East Hartford said Wednesday that the survivor of the crash near a military jet-engine manufacturer told authorities that it was intentional. Mayor Marcia Leclerc said t
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Are you ready to vote? Early voting underway

  12-10-2016 17:37
  
  Early voting has begun. The Hillary Clinton campaign organized events for early this morning near early centers with 10tv reporting people camping out to be the first to cast their vote.
  
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• New Indian Restaurant Curry Up Opens This Weekend

  12-10-2016 17:37
  
  New Indian restaurant Curry Up is ready to officially open its doors after spending the better part of the summer with building out its debut space on Sawmill Road. Owner Vishal Patel told Columbus Underground last month that the new restaurant will be approachable for all palates, as he hopes to redefine and reimagine what […]
  
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• Longest serving Franklin County Clerk of Courts dies at 86

  12-10-2016 16:59
  
  Former Franklin County Clerk of Courts Thomas Enright died Saturday. Enright served the longest time in the elected position, from 1971-1994.
  Current Franklin County Clerk of Courts Maryellen O'Shaughnessy released a statement Wednesday on the Saturday passing of Enright at age 86.
  “He came to visit us at my invitation a few years ago, and we had a full day going from division to division, with more than 40 Deputies who began service under his leadership coming by to say hello and reminisc
  
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• Study reveals teens' worst driving habits as deadly crashes spike

  12-10-2016 16:54
  
  The number of teenagers involved in deadly car crashes is rising for the first time in nearly a decade. New data from federal regulators reveal a 10-percent increase last year in teen driving deaths. Teens are more than one-and-a-half times more likely than adults to be involved in a deadly crash.Eight in 10 adults between ages 35 to 55 admit to driving while talking on the phone – more than teens. About half of teens and adults drive 15 mph over the speed limit. But when you add inexperie
  
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• School Issues: Food & Fitness at Columbus City Schools

  12-10-2016 16:30
  
  When it comes to school lunches, everyone is a critic. They’re not organic enough. They’re not artisanal enough. They’re not healthy enough. They’re not pretty enough. At the end of the day, Columbus City Schools has to make sure that 50,000 kids have something to eat for lunch. The local students come from all corners […]
  
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• Parent Links Program Promotes Literacy at Trevitt Elementary

  12-10-2016 16:19
  
  Partners Achieving Community Transformation and the Columbus chapter of The Links, Incorporated recently decided that while backpack and school supplies giveaways are beneficial to students, it isn’t enough when it comes to making sure they become literate. At the beginning of the school year, the organizations partnered to introduce a new program, Parent Links, at […]
  
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• Samsung's smartphone brand takes beating from Note 7 fiasco

  12-10-2016 16:01
  
  The fiasco of Samsung's fire-prone Galaxy Note 7 smartphones - and Samsung's stumbling response to the problem - has left consumers from Shanghai to New York reconsidering how they feel about the South Korean tech giant and its products.Samsung Electronics said Tuesday it would stop making the Note 7 for good, after first recalling some devices and then recalling their replacements, too. Now, like the makers of Tylenol, Ford Pintos and other products that faced crises in the past, it must try to
  
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• Restaurant Review: Fresh Kitchen

  12-10-2016 16:00
  
  A reader tip rolled in this summer, suggesting a visit to Fresh Kitchen out at Mill Run. According to the email, the restaurant can be found smack dab in one of the healthiest strip malls in the city; one that holds three fitness clubs, a supplement store, and a juice place. That’s no exaggeration. It’s […]
  
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• Education Insider: Columbus schools to spend far less on levy campaign

  12-10-2016 15:38
  
  Columbus City Schools' official levy campaign, called "Yes for Columbus Schools," began airing ads on local TV on Tuesday. But don't expect the effort to pass Issue 57 - the 6.92-mill levy that would increase the district's tax bills by 18 percent - to come anywhere near the $3 million media blitz during the unsuccessful 2013 levy.
  
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• Water main break forces early dismissal at Groveport Madison HS

  12-10-2016 15:24
  
  A water main break forced Groveport Madison High School to cancel classes Wednesday morning.A representative from the district said that high school students would be dismissed beginning at 9:30 am.None of the district's other facilities were impacted.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest on this developing story.
  
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• Concert Preview: Jimmy Eat World

  12-10-2016 14:24
  
  Most thirty-somethings will recall “The Middle” as Jimmy Eat World’s arrival into public consciousness when it was released in the fall of 2001, a few months after the band’s fourth album, Bleed American, hit retail shelves. Its optimistic lyrics and melodic brightness made it a hopeful canticle in the cultural uncertainty of the days immediately following 9/11, […]
  
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• Broad Street Project Could Be First to Break Ground in Franklinton

  12-10-2016 14:00
  
  Residents and neighborhood leaders in East Franklinton are still waiting for the first of a number of proposed residential projects to break ground. That wait could be soon be over, according to Brett Kaufman, CEO of Kaufman Development. His company’s five story mixed-use development on the site of Phillip’s Original Coney Island and the National […]
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Are you ready to vote? Early voting starts today

  12-10-2016 13:36
  
  Early voting starts TODAY. The Hillary Clinton campaign organized events for early this morning near early centers with 10tv reporting people camping out to be the first to cast their vote.
  
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• Khloe Kardashian: Kim not doing well after robbery

  12-10-2016 12:32
  
  Khloe Kardashian says her sister, Kim Kardashian, is "not doing that well" after being robbed at gunpoint in Paris."It's incredibly traumatic what happened to her, but our family is super close and great and we'll get through it together," Khloe Kardashian told Ellen DeGeneres Tuesday. "We do appreciate all of your guys' love and support. It will take time. It was horrible what happened to her."This is the first time a Kardashian has broken the family's silence since the robbery, which took plac
  
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• Tim Tebow prays over fan who appears to have a seizure after Fall League debut

  12-10-2016 12:24
  
  While signing autographs after an 0-for-3 performance in his Arizona Fall League debut Tuesday, former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow placed his hand on a fan having what was described as a seizure.Per Van Horn, the man breathed: Tebow signing autographs. Fan has what looks like seizure. Not moving. Tebow puts hand on him and says a prayer. Man breathes. WOW.— Kari Van Horn (@KariVanHorn) October 11, 2016 Tebow stayed with the fan until medical personnel arrived:My friend had a seizure at Mets
  
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• Has Ohio lost its status in election?

  12-10-2016 12:00
  
  WASHINGTON — Just a couple of weeks ago, the smart money was saying Ohio’s time as one of the most important states in the presidential election was passing.
  
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• $6 million grant will improve technology on Route 33

  12-10-2016 11:45
  
  The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a $6 million grant to Dublin, Marysville and Union County to install technology to improve travel along Route 33. The funds will be used to expand fiber-optic networks, install road sensors and retrofit school buses, snowplows and other vehicles with technology that will allow them to share information.
  
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• Voters camp outside Franklin County Board of Elections for early voting

  12-10-2016 11:24
  
  About a dozen people camped outside the Franklin County Board of Elections office, Tuesday night, prior to Wednesday's early voting.
  Members of the Ohio Together Campaign spent the night in tents and some slept on the ground in sleeping bags so they could be first in line for early voting.
  According to the Franklin County Board of Elections there are more than 833,000 registered voters in the county. Of that number, more than 75,000 people have registered since Jan. 1, and more than 61,000 voter
  
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• Fake news story about bogus Hillary Clinton ballots goes viral...

  12-10-2016 11:17
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - There is a fake story ripping through the Internet about a Columbus, Ohio, warehouse full of bogus ballots filled out for Hillary Clinton. Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, a Republican, has one word for it: hoax.
  
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• Unshackled, Trump unleashes aggressive attacks on own party

  12-10-2016 06:52
  Republican Presidential nominee Donald J. Trump delivers remarks during a rally at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre Twp., Pa. on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
  
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• Report of suspicious package near Columbus Police Headquarters

  12-10-2016 06:20
  
  Police are investigating a suspicious package near Columbus Police Headquarters in downtown Columbus.Roads are closed around the Marconi Boulevard building.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest developments.
  
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• No threat after report of suspicious package near Columbus Police Headquarters

  12-10-2016 06:20
  
  Police were investigating a suspicious package near Columbus Police Headquarters in downtown Columbus.Police later confirmed concrete samples were found in the package.Roads were closed around the Marconi Boulevard building.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest developments.
  
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• Community forum brings hundreds to discuss heroin in central Ohio

  12-10-2016 04:45
  
  Her body craved the addictive, deadly drug so much that it controlled her every move. Physically, she was ill without it. Mentally, she was obsessed. No matter how many times Vanessa Perkins promised herself that she would stop shooting heroin, she continued to do anything — including sell her body for money — to get it. Perkins, 32, shared her story with about 200 people Tuesday night at a community forum addressing Ohio's heroin epidemic at the Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Cen
  
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• “Heroin’s Hold On Us” forum educates and ignites hope in Columbus

  12-10-2016 04:43
  
  The problem destroying families and communities was the topic of another public discussion in Columbus Tuesday night.Heroin is taking lives in Ohio every day and recruiting new addicts every hour.The Columbus Dispatch and WOSU invited the public to a community forum on addiction and answers at the Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center.Dozens of families, parents, addicts and those in recovery sat in the auditorium while a panel made up of eight members of law enforcement, health officials, pa
  
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• 2 men charged with kidnapping, sexual assault of Kansas cop

  12-10-2016 04:35
  
  Authorities say two Missouri men are now charged in the kidnapping and sexual assault of a Kansas sheriff’s deputy.Captain Brian Hill with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department in Kansas says the incident appears to have been planned, reports CBS affiliate KCTV. According to KCTV5, William Luth, 24, and Brady Newman-Caddell, 21, both face aggravated kidnapping, two counts of rape and aggravated sodomy. They have both been held on a $1 million bond.The victim, who is in her early 20
  
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• Cops: Child, 4, abandoned for hours during parents' clown prank

  12-10-2016 04:01
  
  A Wisconsin couple was charged with child neglect after they allegedly left their 4-year-old home alone and went out dressed up like clowns around 2:30 a.m. Friday, reports CBS affiliate WDJT.That morning, Menasha police responded to reports of people wearing clown masks chasing after vehicles in the area. When they arrived, they found two men and a woman, who had allegedly been driving them from place to place for the prank. Police said one of the male suspects, age 29, and the 26-year-old woma
  
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• Multiple explosions can't take down Arkansas bridge

  12-10-2016 03:06
  It turns out a 93-year-old bridge deemed structurally deficient isn’t so weak after all.
  Demolition crews triggered explosives Tuesday to bring down the Broadway Bridge between Little Rock and North Little Rock, but the structure’s arch and bridge deck remained upright. The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Division then attempted to use cables to pull the arches into the river. After hours of attempts, the arches finally collapsed as originally planned, reports CBS affiliate KTHV.
  
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• Coke, Pepsi funded health groups yet fought anti-obesity policies

  12-10-2016 01:37
  
  The makers of Coke and Pepsi sponsored health organizations for years, but at the same time fought efforts to curb obesity in the U.S., a new study shows. The companies explained their actions after the study was released yesterday.From 2011 to 2015, Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo gave millions to 96 national health organizations but also spent millions fighting legislative efforts to reverse the country’s obesity epidemic, the study by Boston University researchers reported in the American
  
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• Parasite that can eat pets alive resurfaces in Florida

  12-10-2016 00:41
  
  A narrow ribbon of road linking the Florida Keys with the mainland is the front line in a renewed fight against maggots that can eat livestock and pets alive.Near a Key Largo visitors’ center painted with larger-than-life tropical fish and sea turtles, northbound drivers with animals must stop for agriculture officials checking for signs of New World screwworm.The parasite once cost the U.S. livestock industry millions every year. There hadn’t been a U.S. infestation in over 30 years
  
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• Recovering addict shares horror of heroin addiction, hope for recovery

  12-10-2016 00:23
  COLUMBUS - Seven people die in Ohio of opioid overdoses every day, and the numbers are only climbing.The Columbus Dispatch invited the public to a community forum on addiction and answers Tuesday night.10TV shared the story of one of the participants.Growing up in rural Athens County, Vanessa Perkins had no concept of addiction or its consequences.She couldn't articulate the fears and anxieties she felt, but she could tell you what silenced them."I could take a drink and all that fear would go a
  
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