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• Reader request | Mini-phobias, anyone? We'd like to hear about them

  23-10-2016 23:39
  
  We know a woman who won't touch cotton balls because she can't stand the feel of them. And, when one of our co-workers eats a Popsicle, she melts it in a microwave and enjoys it like soup, to avoid touching the stick. How about you: Do you have a similar mini-phobia or quirky habit? If you don't mind sharing, send us the details.
  
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• Community honors the life of a Columbus firefighter struck by lightning

  23-10-2016 23:24
  
  Hundreds of people filled the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 67 Union Hall to honor the life of Lieutenant Stu Tudor.
  “It was a celebration of his life, the accomplishments he did, the examples he set,” said Fire Chief Kevin O’Connor.
  Lt. Tudor died Thursday from an infection caused by injuries he sustained from being struck by lightning in 2014. The incident happened while Tudor was working a charity soccer game for Get Behind the Badge, a first responders or
  
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• Theatre Review: Otterbein’s Uneven but Still Powerful Crucible

  23-10-2016 23:00
  
  Otterbein University opened a new production of Arthur Miller’s classic The Crucible directed by Melissa Lusher in their Campus Center Theatre on Thursday. The Crucible stands up as a powerful statement about the seductive hysteria of a mob and the ugly vanity of men. Sadly, the play always seems to speak to the American condition. The story opens with […]
  
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• Posting a ballot selfie? Better check your state laws first

  23-10-2016 22:47
  
  TRENTON, N.J. -- You probably already know whether you'll vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton on Election Day, leaving one important question to consider when you walk into your polling place: Is it OK to take a picture of your ballot?While secrecy in the voting booth has become a thing of the past for those ready to share their views and daily lives on social media, laws nationwide are mixed on whether voters are allowed to take pictures of themselves in the act or of their ballots - "ball
  
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• Light House Sober Living Barbershop Bandstand Fundraiser

  23-10-2016 22:28
  A benefit for the Light House Sober Living Home in Ottawa County will be held on Veterans Day, Friday, November 11, at the Port Clinton High School Performing Arts Center, 821 S. Jefferson St. at 7 p.m. The performance includes Port Clinton's very own Voices of Freedom Community Choir directed by Greg Fox, Lake Plains Barbershop Chorus singing songs from the 60s and 70s, and a special featured quartet from Columbus called Buckeye Blend. The main show begins at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Cente
  
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• Search continues for teen who may have fallen in storm drain

  23-10-2016 21:38
  
  NASHUA, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire police say they are continuing to search for a Nashua teenager who is believed to have fallen down a storm drain Friday night during heavy rain.Nashua Police Chief Andrew Lavoie says a police helicopter in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, may have located a body floating in the Merrimack River.He says retrieval of the possible body is underway and no identification has been made.A search of the Nashua and Merrimack Rivers as well as Nashua's sewer and drainage syste
  
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• California man gets 1,503 years in prison for raping teen daughter

  23-10-2016 21:22
  
  FRESNO, Calif. - A Fresno man was sentenced to 1,503 years in prison for raping his teenage daughter over a four-year period, a case that stands in stark contrast to a recent controversial ruling in a Montana rape and incest case.The 41-year-old California man was sentenced Friday to the longest-known prison sentence in Fresno Superior Court history, the Fresno Bee reported.The Associated Press and CBS News are avoiding naming the man because it could identify his daughter. In announcing the pun
  
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• AP Top 25: Ohio State slips 4 spots, Penn State in, Houston out

  23-10-2016 20:10
  
  Ohio State dropped four spots to No. 6 in The Associated Press college football poll after its first loss of the season, and Penn State moved into the rankings for the first time since 2011 after upsetting the Buckeyes.Penn State upsets Ohio State 24-21Alabama is No. 1 again, receiving all but one of the 61 first-place votes from the media panel on Sunday. Michigan moved up to No. 2, Clemson is No. 3 and Washington No. 4.Louisville moved up to No. 5 ahead of the Buckeyes, who blew a 14-point fou
  
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• At least 13 killed in tour bus crash in Palm Springs

  23-10-2016 19:53
  
  PALM SPRINGS, California — At least 13 people have died after a tour bus hit a semi-truck on a thoroughfare in Palm Springs, officials said SundayDozens of others were injured following the crash on the westbound lanes of Interstate 10 at Indian Canyon just after 5 a.m. on Sunday, according to CBS Palm Springs affiliate KESQ.Ron Beverly, the deputy chief of the Palm Springs Fire Department, said the truck driver survived the crash, and at least 31 people were transported to area hospitals.
  
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• Opinion: Millennials Concerned with Future of Social Security

  23-10-2016 19:29
  
  Compiled by Omar Faruk and Chasity Boedicker. This year, Millennials have surpassed Baby Boomers as the nation’s largest living generation and make up the largest number in the workforce. As a voting block, Millennials outnumber the Baby Boomers and we care about wide range of issues, not just affordable college. One of those issues is […]
  
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• Opinion: Millennials & Social Security

  23-10-2016 19:29
  
  Compiled by Omar Faruk and Chasity Boedicker. This year, Millennials have surpassed Baby Boomers as the nation’s largest living generation and make up the largest number in the workforce. As a voting block, Millennials outnumber the Baby Boomers and we care about wide range of issues, not just affordable college. One of those issues is […]
  
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• Photos: Highball Halloween 2016 Part 2

  23-10-2016 18:33
  
  This year’s Highball Halloween festival finished off with a strong second night last night, celebrating all things fashion, music and costumed festivities in the middle of High Street, Downtown. Thousands shows up to showcase their homemade costume creations while the best of the best took the stage for the contests. CLICK HERE to check out […]
  
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• New Nintendo, Old Wolverine, New Guardians & Old Cowboys

  23-10-2016 18:19
  
  Not a lot of tv show trailers this week, but we’re making up for that with some big movie and video reveals. Oh, and don’t forget about the new video-game-to-movie-crossover as well. Check out the latest and greatest in the world of entertainment in our Trailer Roundup, below: Logan Third time’s the charm, right? Hugh […]
  
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• Man dies after pickup truck crashes in Marion County

  23-10-2016 17:46
  
  A driver died Saturday night after he was ejected from his pickup truck in a crash in Marion County. Vernon Mount, 53, of LaRue, Ohio, drove the truck left-of-center and off the roadway and then over-corrected twice, causing the truck to overturn, according to troopers from the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Marion Post.
  
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• Trump tells Cleveland crowd ‘we’re going to beat the system’

  23-10-2016 16:15
  
  CLEVELAND — Behind in virtually every election projection, Donald Trump defiantly declared on Saturday night: “It’s all rigged, but on Nov. 8, we’re going to show them and we’re going to beat the system.” In the I-X Center next to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, as thousands wildly cheered for almost every one of his utterances, Trump said, “I don’t think there’s a chance they can take it away from us.”
  
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• Republicans on ballot seek to extend dominance on Ohio Supreme Court

  23-10-2016 15:42
  
  A pair of Cincinnati appellate judges is seeking to preserve Republican domination of the Ohio Supreme Court in the Nov. 8 election. Pat DeWine is running against Democrat Cynthia Westcott Rice, an appellate judge from the Warren area, while Pat Fischer is opposed by Democrat John P. O’Donnell, a Cuyahoga County common pleas court judge.
  
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• Democrats seek to win in 16th Ohio Senate District amid Franklin County troubles for Trump

  23-10-2016 15:31
  
  The fact that the 16th Ohio Senate District is one of the Democrats’ top two chances to pick up a GOP-held seat shows how much has changed in four years. Democrats didn’t even put up a candidate in 2012 to challenge Sen. Jim Hughes, R-Upper Arlington. Now he’s term limited and running for the Ohio House, leaving an open seat covering the western third of Franklin County.
  
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• Cincinnati Zoo back on Twitter after outrage over Harambe’s death

  23-10-2016 15:23
  
  CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Zoo has rejoined Twitter after a two-month hiatus that was sparked by outrage over the shooting death of Harambe, the zoo’s 17-year-old gorilla.
  
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• Judge won’t move trial in Danville policeman’s slaying

  23-10-2016 15:17
  
  MOUNT VERNON — A judge has refused to move the trial of a man accused of fatally shooting an Ohio policeman and says the defense request is premature.
  
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• Police body cameras win praise in central Ohio communities that have them

  23-10-2016 15:11
  
  As Columbus continues to evaluate body cameras for most of its 1,900 officers, it has sought advice from experts and comparable cities nationwide. Just up and down the road, two central Ohio communities have been using the technology for about three years.
  
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• Theodore Decker commentary: Family suffering loss in Golden Corral...

  23-10-2016 14:39
  Amal Mohamed hugs daughters Laila, left, and Sureya, last year at a press conference at which a $10,000 reward was offered for information about the killing of her husband Shueyb Abukar. She asked the boy if he had been crying.
  
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• Locker key from the Titanic sells at auction for $104,000

  23-10-2016 14:37
  
  A corroded iron key to a locker on the Titanic has sold at auction for 85,000 pounds ($104,000).The key belonged to Sidney Sedunary, a 23-year-old ship's steward. He was one of the 1,500 people who died when the state-of-the-art passenger liner stuck an iceberg and sank during its maiden voyage from England to New York.The key, attached to a brass tag stamped "Locker 14 F Deck," was sent to Sedunary's pregnant widow after his body was recovered.It had been expected to fetch 50,000 pounds in Satu
  
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• John Switzer | From the Stump: Simon Girty’s virtues, flaws add to Ohio pioneer’s mystique

  23-10-2016 14:34
  
  Simon Girty was a complicated mixture of some good and a whole lot of bad. Michael Bergman, an expert on Ohio history who lives in Madison County, said Girty had such a bad reputation that long after his death, frontier parents told their misbehaving children, “You better be good or Simon Girty will get you.”
  
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• Space station accepts 1st Virginia delivery in 2 years

  23-10-2016 14:24
  
  The International Space Station has received its first shipment from Virginia in more than two years.Orbital ATK's cargo ship pulled up at the space station Sunday, six days after a sensational nighttime launch observed 250 miles up and down the East Coast.The capsule - called Cygnus after the swan constellation - contains 5,000 pounds of supplies. Station astronauts grabbed it using a big robot arm.Last Monday's liftoff from Wallops Island was the first by an Antares rocket since a 2014 launch
  
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• Video: Thousands jam High Street for HighBall

  23-10-2016 14:07
  
  What can you say about HighBall Halloween, the Short North costumed extravaganza? It's part Doo Dah Parade, part Mardi Gras festival, and all colorful, crazy and fun.
  
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• Pass the COTA Levy or Wait an Hour for the Next Bus Again

  23-10-2016 14:00
  
  Curtis Stitt, CEO of the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA), made it pretty clear: vote down their 10-year 0.25 percent sales tax that’s up for renewal this year, and see services shrink to levels not seen in over a decade. In a way, COTA’s own continual expansion of services has put them in this situation. […]
  
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• Kyrie Irving to give NBA championship ring to father

  23-10-2016 14:00
  
  Cavaliers star guard Kyrie Irving will give his NBA championship ring to his father, Drederick.Irving, whose 3-pointer in the final minutes of Game 7 last June helped Cleveland win the title, said he has given many of his awards to his dad.The Irvings have an especially tight bond after Kyrie's mom died when he was young.
  
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• COTA Seeks Support for Levy Renewal

  23-10-2016 14:00
  
  Curtis Stitt, CEO of the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA), made it pretty clear: vote down their 10-year 0.25 percent sales tax that’s up for renewal this year, and see services shrink to levels not seen in over a decade. In a way, COTA’s own continual expansion of services has put them in this situation. […]
  
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• Capitol Insider: Clinton didn’t tell the full story on early voting

  23-10-2016 13:47
  
  Early in her speech Friday at Cuyahoga Community College’s metro campus, Hillary Clinton said, “In the first four days of in-person, early voting here in Ohio, more people showed up to vote than they did at the same time in 2012 in our last election.”
  
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• South Siders want to reclaim their neighborhood from drugs

  23-10-2016 13:37
  
  During the nearly 70 years that she’s lived on the South Side, Donna Bates has never seen anything like the toll heroin and opiates is taking on her neighborhood. “It’s just so bad, we want to do something and we have to do something,” Bates said.
  
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• Theodore Decker commentary: Family suffering loss in Golden Corral shooting also feels grief for Pike County victims’ kin

  23-10-2016 13:33
  
  A few weeks ago, Amal Mohamed noticed that her 6-year-old son’s eyes were red. She asked the boy if he had been crying. Yes, he confided, not only on that day but on many others. If he could help it, though, not in front of his mother. “I didn’t want to make you cry,” he told her, “but I miss Daddy.”
  
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• Middlemen drive up prescription drug prices, critics say

  23-10-2016 13:16
  
  The industry created to keep drug prices in check is capitalizing on a lack of government oversight to rake in huge profits — often at the expense of patients, health plans and pharmacies, critics say. But a lesser-known group of companies called pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, also play a critical role in driving up drug prices, said former state Rep. Tim Brown, a Bowling Green Republican. And not enough people know about it.
  
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• 1 of 6 dropouts in Ohio are from ECOT

  23-10-2016 13:01
  
  Officials at ECOT, Ohio’s giant online charter school, frequently boast that they graduate more students than any other public school in the nation. The tax-funded Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow handed diplomas to 2,374 students this past spring, according to data kept by the Ohio Department of Education. But what ECOT officials don’t mention is they have far more students failing to graduate in four years and they lead the state in high school dropouts.
  
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• EasyIT owners truly believe in name

  23-10-2016 12:37
  Brothers Eric, left, and Kurt Hoeft own EasyIT, which manages information technology for other companies, offers IT assessments and provides help desk services. Brothers Eric and Kurt Hoeft have simple instructions for employees of EasyIT: Make the company name a reality.
  
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• Ohio’s rural counties struggle to help kids amid drug crisis

  23-10-2016 12:29
  
  GALLIPOLIS — Russ Moore is a man of faith. He prays “on a regular basis,” seeking a wellspring of strength, wisdom and good luck to help him and his staff keep children safe. Moore wishes the stakes weren’t so high. But as executive director of one of state’s poorest child-protection agencies, one that limped from the ravages of the Great Recession only to come face-to-face with an epidemic of drug addiction, he can’t look to his budget for inspiration.
  
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• New developments highlight rise of residential, demise of traditional retail Downtown

  23-10-2016 10:42
  
  Three projects in the works for Downtown seem to go against common goals of urban planners. Two involve closing existing retail stores, one is being proposed with what's viewed as too little parking, and one includes a skywalk to a parking structure, removing foot traffic from the street level. But officials say the projects still will enhance and fit into the larger goals of Downtown.
  
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• Secretive Transportation Research Center provides rare look inside

  23-10-2016 10:38
  
  EAST LIBERTY — Hidden among the hills and trees of East Liberty are 4,500 acres of gearhead nirvana. The Transportation Research Center is a place where fast cars can push their limits on a 7.5-mile track, right next to a rocky obstacle course that would challenge even the most rugged trucks. It all exists behind a security perimeter so the center can protect the secrets of its clients, which often include prototypes of new vehicles.
  
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• One person injured in south Columbus shooting

  23-10-2016 09:10
  
  Police are investigating after one person was taken to the hospital after a shooting in south Columbus early Sunday morning.It happened around 2:30 a.m. in the 1900 block of South Champion Avenue.Police say a 29-year-old was taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition after being shot in the lower back during an apparent shootout, but is now expected to survive.There is no information about a suspect at this time.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest developments.
  
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• One person in critical condition after south Columbus shooting

  23-10-2016 09:10
  
  Police are investigating after one person was taken to the hospital in critical condition after a shooting in south Columbus early Sunday morning.It happened around 2:30 a.m. in the 1900 block of South Champion Avenue.Police say one person was taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition.There is no information about a suspect at this time.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest developments.
  
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• Community meetings to seek input for new comprehensive plan

  23-10-2016 08:43
  A steering committee leading the "One Decatur" initiative - for development of the city's comprehensive plan - will hold the two-hour meetings Nov. 1-3 at Burningtree Country Club and Brookhaven, Cedar Ridge and Oak Park middle schools. At a cost of up to $221,000, the City Council hired Planning Next, of Columbus, Ohio, in May to lead the city in the formation of the comprehensive plan, which will focus on growth, zoning, infrastructure, government, schools and much more for Decatur in the next
  
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• Ohio State Highway Patrol investigating deadly crash in Marion Township

  23-10-2016 08:02
  
  The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a one-vehicle crash that left one person dead in Marion Township.It happened Saturday evening around 6 p.m. on State Route 309 near Holland Road.Vernon Mount, 53, was traveling westbound when the car went left of center and off the left side of the road. The vehicle then overcorrected twice before overturning.Mount was ejected from the vehicle and taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest developme
  
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• Penn State upsets Ohio State 24-21

  23-10-2016 06:18
  
  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Grant Haley returned a blocked field goal 60 yards for a touchdown with 4:27 left in the fourth quarter and Penn State upset No. 2 Ohio State 24-21 Saturday night for the Nittany Lions' biggest win in the post-Joe Paterno era.Penn State (5-2, 3-1 Big Ten) took its first lead when Marcus Allen leaped high to block Tyler Durbin's 45-yard field goal attempt and Haley made the scoop and sprint to the end zone. The white out crowd of 107,280 at Beaver Stadium went nuts and
  
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• Dueling Droughts: Cubs, Indians set to meet in World Series

  23-10-2016 05:05
  
  At long, long last, it's true: Either the Chicago Cubs or Cleveland Indians will win the World Series.The matchup between teams that forever waited till next year - next century, really - is finally here.A classic Fall Classic, for sure.Do-it-all Javier Baez, flashy Francisco Lindor, MVP caliber Kris Bryant and a bevy of young stars. Lights-out relievers Andrew Miller and Aroldis Chapman, and wily skippers Joe Maddon and Terry Francona.Plus, intrigue if injured All-Star starter Danny Salazar and
  
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• Minor injuries for Ohio's Sherrod Brown after car crash

  23-10-2016 04:43
  
  PARMA, Ohio - U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and a staff member were treated for minor injuries after a driver ran a stop sign and struck the senator's vehicle.The accident happened Thursday in Parma in suburban Cleveland as the staff member was driving Brown's 2016 Jeep. Brown, a Democrat in his second term, was in the passenger seat.Brown's office said air bags in the Jeep deployed and he and his staffer were treated at a Parma hospital for minor injuries and released.The office said the senator's do
  
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• Ohio unemployment rate rises slightly for September

  23-10-2016 04:32
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - State officials say Ohio's unemployment rate rose slightly from August to September, as did the national number.The state Department of Job and Family Services said Friday that Ohio's rate of 4.8 percent was up from 4.7 percent the previous month and 4.6 percent a year earlier.The U.S. unemployment rate was 5 percent in September. That's up from 4.9 percent in August but down from 5.1 percent in September 2015.The state says Ohio's nonagricultural wage and salary employment decr
  
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• Mike Pence brings presidential campaign to Circleville

  23-10-2016 04:30
  CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio –Indiana Governor and Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Mike Pence spoke to a group of supporters at Crossroads Church Saturday morning.He spoke about everything from abortion and same-sex marriage to national security.
  “I am a Christian, I am a conservative and a Republican in that order,” Pence said.His speech was part of the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s "Celebrate Faith & Freedom" Rally.The goal was to rally Ohio Christians to work toward
  
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• Judge won't delay order backing Ohio transgender student

  23-10-2016 04:11
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal judge has rejected an Ohio school district's request to put a ruling involving transgender bathrooms on hold during an appeal.Judge Algenon Marbley ordered Highland local schools in Morrow County last month to treat an 11-year-old student who is biologically male but identifies as female "as the girl she is."That includes calling the student by a female name and female pronouns and giving the student access to the girls' restroom.Highland wants to block enforcement of
  
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• Siblings, aged 15 and 11, killed in deadly home invasion in Ga.

  23-10-2016 03:30
  
  Police are investigating a deadly home invasion involving children in Georgia.Officers found an 11-year-old girl and 15-year-old boy shot to death inside a house in Jonesboro on Saturday morning. The two were siblings. Daveon Coates, 15, was one of the oldest children in the home. He and his sister, 11-year-old Tatiyana Coates, were shot to death during the home invasion. Police said they received the call from another child in the Jonesboro home around 5 a.m. on Saturday, CBS affiliate WGCL rep
  
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• More than 100 inmates, some barefoot - escape Haitian prison

  23-10-2016 03:26
  
  ARCAHAIE, Haiti-- More than 100 mostly barefoot inmates overpowered guards on Saturday and escaped from a lockup in central Haiti, officials said.Judge Henry Claude Louis-Jean said the prison break occurred in Arcahaie, a coastal town about 30 miles north of Haiti’s capital. One guard was reported killed and others were injured.The escapees stole an unknown number of weapons and some exchanged gunfire with police during the chaotic breakout.The inmates attacked after they were released fro
  
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• Emmett Till marker in Miss. riddled with bullet holes

  23-10-2016 03:22
  
  The sign placed at the site where Emmett Till’s body was found appears to have been damaged by bullet holes, CBS affiliate WJTV reports. Till, a black 14-year-old boy from Chicago, was kidnapped and brutally killed in the Mississippi Delta in 1955 after witnesses said he whistled at a white woman. His murder helped rally the civil rights movement.The historical site has gotten a lot of online attention after Kevin Wilson Jr. posted a picture of the damage on Facebook.Now, the Emmett Till I
  
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