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• Inspectors: carryout store with history of trouble now violating fire code

  28-10-2016 23:52
  The woes at Chips N Go in Olde Towne East have included underage liquor sales, frequent police runs, and what neighbors say they've witnessed directly.
  "The prostitution, the drug use, the rampant and obvious prostitution and drug use," said neighbor Jim Bruner.
  Last year the state pulled Chips N Go's liquor license. Shortly after, the business closed.
  A year later, the crumpled canopy hangs over the gas pumps, leaving neighbors fearful this nuisance could become something worse.
  "It probably, I
  
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• OSU automotive research center building cars and confidence

  28-10-2016 23:48
  Tucked away in an Ohio State University garage is where aspiring innovators and engineers get their start.
  “It's awesome,” said Michael Johanni, a recent OSU graduate who spent years learning from industry experts at the Center of Automotive Research, also known as CAR.
  “I started as a high school intern way back when,” said Johanni, who says he always had a love for doing things with his hands.
  This year CAR celebrates 25 years of innovative collaborations. The center ha
  
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• Police: 13-year-old girl chased, grabbed by clown

  28-10-2016 23:36
  
  Police in Delaware are investigating after a 13-year-old girl said she was chased and grabbed by a man wearing a clown mask.The incident happened Thursday on Spring Street around 7 p.m.According to the police report, the man chased her on Spring Street to S. Sandusky Street going toward the Ohio Wesleyan campus.She said the man grabbed her by the ankle. The victim was able to flee and report the incident to her parents, who called police.The suspect is described as approximately 6’0’
  
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• 9 spooky things you never knew about the Ohio Statehouse

  28-10-2016 23:22
  Tom Bateman was a senate “clerk” who for decades was so concerned about keeping lawmakers in order that some say he didn’t stop - even after he died! It’s been reported that every day at 5 o’clock his ghost leaves the senate chamber with flickering lights – and people nearby get cold chills.It was a smell so foul that some thought there were bodies being buried in the crypt of the statehouse! For decades in the 1800s there were complaints about a stench that r
  
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• Ohio lawmakers react to FBI probe into emails tied to Clinton

  28-10-2016 22:28
  
  WASHINGTON – ‎ October isn’t over yet, nor are its surprises. News that the FBI was investigating a new batch of emails tied to Hillary Clinton — these reportedly detected on disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner’s electronic devices — threw the state’s congressional delegation into a flurry.
  
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• Ohio Stadium presents new gameday experience opportunities

  28-10-2016 22:21
  
  COLUMBUS - A new game-day experience for the Ohio State football fans is starting with the Buckeyes' vs. Northwestern game.Although, it may change by game, the following is available for purchase:Early entry into Ohio StadiumTake a photo on the field pregameBeing part of the spirit squad anthem buddies (youth 12 and under)Pregame stadium and locker room toursA chance to be on the field when the Buckeyes sing Carmen Ohio post-gameStarting Saturday October 27 fans can register online at OhioStateB
  
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• Fire breaks out on plane at Chicago airport

  28-10-2016 22:19
  
  A fire broke out on a commercial aircraft at Chicago O’Hare International Airport on Friday, CBS Chicago reports.Video from another plane shows heavy black smoke and flames.The Chicago Fire Department said it was not part of a drill.There were reports of passengers evacuating the plane.Click here to view live coverage© 2016 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.
  
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• Defense attorney says state's new exectution method is like 'burning at the stake'

  28-10-2016 22:14
  
  Convicted killer Ronald Phillips has had five previous execution dates, including one postponed because he wanted to donate a kidney to his ailing mother. But Phillips' Jan. 12 death date could be the biggest legal showdown in Ohio's three-year lethal injection fight. Ohio's three-drug lethal injection procedure — to be used for the first time on Phillips — is compared to being "buried alive and burning at the stake" by his defense attorneys in a filing this week with the federal cou
  
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• Children Services found Amiyah Bice was in good care with parents

  28-10-2016 21:47
  
  According to documents, the family of 2-year-old Amiyah Bice had been investigated twice by Franklin County Children Services and in both cases, they found the child was in good care.Amiyah was shot and killed inside her home Tuesday night. Her parents, Julian Bice and Jessica Stanford, were both shot as well but are expected to recover.Children Services first visited the home on October 25, 2014, after a referral alleging parental drug use.Authorities reported that the child had a good support
  
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• Ohio Intrigue, Some Anger & Ohio Still the Prom Queen of 2016

  28-10-2016 21:30
  
  My picks are loaded with presidential politics in Ohio this week because once again the Buckeye State was the center of the political universe:visits by Donald Trump, Governor Mike Pence, Chelsea Clinton and Senator Tim Kaine. My colleague, 10TV reporter Glenn McEntyre got a one-on-one interview with Senator Kaine.He asked about increased scrutiny of the Clinton Foundation, Hillary Clinton’s trust deficit and how republican Senator Rob Portman’s big lead over former democratic Govern
  
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• Children Services had twice investigated house where toddler was killed this week

  28-10-2016 21:30
  
  Records from Franklin County Children's Services show two referrals were made that alleged the 2-year-old girl who was shot and killed in her Southwest Side home this week was growing up in an environment with access to weapons and drugs. But in both referrals — one made in 2014 just days after Amiyah Bice's birth and another in May this year — county case workers determined she was not in danger.
  
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• Should your child take a cholesterol test?

  28-10-2016 20:37
  
  What if a blood test could reveal that your child is at high risk for early heart disease years in the future, giving you a chance to prevent it now? A big study in England did that – screening thousands of babies for inherited risk – and found it was twice as common as has been thought. The study also revealed parents who had the condition but didn’t know it, and had passed it on to their children. Ninety percent of them started taking preventive medicines after finding out.Re
  
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• First Look: RAM Restaurant & Brewery

  28-10-2016 20:29
  
  The RAM Restaurant & Brewery officially opens in The Short North on Monday, October 31st, bringing the Seattle-based company to the Columbus market for the first time. The two-story 9,000 square foot space at 906 North High Street features a brewpub and brewing facility on the ground floor with a second story restaurant and 1,300 […]
  
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• Hundreds march in downtown Columbus protesting against police brutality

  28-10-2016 19:44
  COLUMBUS - A Unity march took place this afternoon to protest against police brutality.30,000 individuals were invited via Facebook, 5,300 people indicated they were interested in attending.The march started at the corner of Goodale and High Street around noon and will head south on High Street to the Statehouse.
  
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• Man sentenced to 13 years in fatal shooting

  28-10-2016 19:38
  
  A 31-year-old man was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for a fatal shooting last year in an East Side house. Predida R. Adams pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter with a gun specification in the death of Irvin L. Sales, 43.
  
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• FBI: Newly discovered Clinton emails prompt further investigation

  28-10-2016 19:33
  
  WASHINGTON --The FBI informed Congress on Friday it is investigating whether there is classified information in new emails that have emerged in its probe of Hillary Clinton's private server. The FBI said in July its investigation was finished.The disclosure, in a letter from FBI Director James Comey, came just 11 days before the presidential election and thrust a political liability back into the headlines that Clinton's campaign thought had been resolved and begun to recede from the minds of vo
  
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• FBI: New Clinton emails prompt further investigation

  28-10-2016 19:33
  
  WASHINGTON -- The FBI informed Congress on Friday it is investigating whether there is classified information in new emails that have emerged in its probe of Hillary Clinton's private server. The FBI said in July its investigation was finished.The disclosure raises the possibility of the FBI reopening the criminal investigation involving the Democratic presidential nominee just days before the election, although it is not clear if that will happen.Clinton's campaign didn't immediately respond to
  
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• Family grieving Amiyah Bice, 2-year-old killed in shooting

  28-10-2016 19:27
  COLUMBUS - It’s a bitter-sweet moment for the grieving family of little Amiyah Bice.“Thank god thank god themonsters that did this to our baby. Our baby is going to get justice." Leslie Stanford, Amiyah’s grandmother was emotional after hearing Columbus police arrested a second alleged gunman in the shooting death of little Amiyah earlier this week.22-year-old Jaquon Poindexter appeared in Franklin County Municipal Court today facing the charge of murder.The judge withheld bond
  
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• Obama: Michelle will "never run for office"

  28-10-2016 18:51
  
  President Obama emphatically said in an interview that aired Friday that his wife will never run for elected office.“She will never run for office,” the president said on Sway Calloway’s radio show “Sway in the Morning.”“She is as talented and brilliant a person as there is and I could not be prouder of her, but Michelle does not have the patience or the inclination to actually be a candidate herself. That’s one thing y’all can take to the bank,&rd
  
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• Pennsylvania man who stole celebrities' nude photos, videos sentenced to prison

  28-10-2016 18:09
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to a year and a half in prison for hacking into the email and online accounts of several female celebrities and stealing private information, including nude photos and videos.Thirty-six-year-old Ryan Collins was sentenced Wednesday by a federal judge in Pennsylvania.Prosecutors say he gained access to more than 100 Google and Apple accounts from November 2012 to September 2014. Many of them belonged to famous women.The Harrisburg-area man
  
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• Diarrheal disease outbreak grows to nearly 1,000 cases

  28-10-2016 18:05
  
  The highly contagious diarrheal disease outbreak that hit central Ohio this past summer continues to make people ill, say health officials who have raised the tally to 966 people. A month ago, the number hit 800. While the number of diagnosed cryptosporidiosis cases in Franklin and Delaware counties is at an all-time high, fewer cases are being diagnosed on a daily basis, said Columbus Public Health spokesman Jose Rodriguez.
  
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• Nora meets polar bear companion at Oregon Zoo

  28-10-2016 18:01
  
  Nora the polar bear is making a new friend. Once a favorite among visitors to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Nora has been attracting fans at her new home at the Oregon Zoo.
  
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• Teal pumpkins make Halloween happy for kids with food allergies

  28-10-2016 17:56
  
  Trick-or-treating is an annual tradition kids across America look forward to. But Halloween can be harder to enjoy for children with food allergies.The Teal Pumpkin Project, now in its third year, is helping kids like 6-year-old Lukas Mazur and millions of other children who feel left out.Lukas loves sweets but he has a severe allergy to peanuts and tree nuts. It’s turned Halloween into a drag, he told CBS News.“Your friends can have all of these great treats, but you have a nut alle
  
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• Honoring Largest Earth Day Event

  28-10-2016 17:55
  
  The Green Funds of The Columbus Foundation were awarded the Green Collaborative Achievement Award from MORPC, acknowledging the lead sponsorship of Earth Day volunteering efforts and celebration—which is the largest Earth Day event in the U.S. Pictured at center is Bill Habig, of the Green Funds, among other awardees. Congrats to all! The Columbus Foundation is working […]
  
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• Children's Services had twice investigated house where toddler was killed this week

  28-10-2016 17:36
  
  Records from Franklin County Children's Services show two referrals were made that alleged the 2-year-old girl who was shot and killed in her Southwest Side home this week was growing up in an environment with access to weapons and drugs. But in both referrals — one made in 2014 just days after Amiyah Bice's birth and another in May this year — county case workers determined she was not in danger.
  
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• How you can block robocalls

  28-10-2016 17:33
  
  A broad coalition of tech and telecom companies including AT&T (T), T-Mobile (TMUS), Google (GOOG), Apple (AAPL) and Microsoft (MSFT) met Wednesday with the Federal Communications Commission aiming to stop the consumer scourge of robocalls. However, in a lengthy report on the progress of the so-called Robocall Strike Force, participants acknowledged that they’re a long way from blocking the pernicious and rapidly growing robocalling industry.Some 984 million machine-dialed “roboc
  
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• Finance Committee Hearing: 2016 Proposed Voted Bond Package

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• Ohio Supreme Court announces 2016 July bar exam results

  28-10-2016 17:27
  76 percent of those sitting for their first Ohio exam received passing scores. Complete results of the July 2016 Ohio Bar Examination were released today.
  
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• Amazon is making moves to take over your kitchen

  28-10-2016 17:18
  
  NEW YORK - Amazon (AMZN) wants you to order your turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce online this Thanksgiving -- its latest effort to make its Prime subscription service a central part of food shopping, much the way it’s done for other consumer goods.Right before the cooking-heavy months of November and December, Amazon rolled out a monthly payment option for its grocery delivery service, AmazonFresh. On Monday it expanded to several new cities including Chicago and Dallas.Amazon -- which
  
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• George Washington Bridge climber shuts down traffic during morning rush

  28-10-2016 16:47
  
  FORT LEE, N.J. (CBS/AP) -- A man who climbed to the top of the George Washington Bridge is creating traffic problems.Police grabbed the man from a tower on the New Jersey side of the bridge in Fort Lee on Friday morning. Steve Coleman, spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, says the man made it to the top of the tower.Upper lanes were being reopened after traffic had to be diverted to the lower lanes of the two-level bridge, but there are major delays on both sides.The brid
  
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• World Series returns to Wrigley for first time in 71 years

  28-10-2016 16:04
  
  CHICAGO -- Chicago Cubs slugger Kyle Schwarber was followed by cameras and cellphones. A couple of pitchers from the Cleveland Indians played hacky sack in the outfield. The giant videoboard in left field flashed "World Series."So, no, nothing like the last Fall Classic at Wrigley Field.The World Series returns to one of baseball's iconic ballparks on Friday when the Cubs and Indians face off in Game 3 after splitting the first two nights in chilly Cleveland. It's the first World Series game at
  
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• Columbus Ranked #1 Real Estate Outlook in Midwest

  28-10-2016 15:41
  
  The annual Emerging Trends in Real Estate report, compiled by the Urban Land Institute and PricewaterhouseCoopers, has some good news for Columbus. The city was ranked in the report as having the number one local outlook for the Midwest Region. That score is decided by local experts that rank and score cities based on overall […]
  
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• Tom Hanks Roots for Indians, Certain Women Worth Watching

  28-10-2016 15:30
  
  Who doesn’t love Tom Hanks? He works hard, he’s nice to everyone and he’s a Tribe fan to boot! So, we’ll forgive his newest effort and recommend that you maybe check out the movie filmmaker Kelly Reichardt brought to the Wex just last week instead. Inferno Good versus evil. Heaven versus hell. The first 15 […]
  
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• Spooky Scary Halloween Video Game Review: Until Dawn

  28-10-2016 15:30
  
  It’s Halloween weekend and you know what that means: Scary Movies, Scary Costumes, and Scary Video Games! If you need something to do this weekend, and for some reason aren’t going to the incredible GDEX Gaming Expo at COSI (Writers Note: I may be an organizer of GDEX, but you should totally come because it’s […]
  
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• Columbus City Schools Levy by the Numbers: Part Three

  28-10-2016 15:16
  
  When the Franklin County Board of Elections posted its updated campaign contribution reports, it unleashed an avalanche of fun numbers for math fans. As a result, here is the third list of figures pertaining to the Columbus City Schools levy (Issue 57) this November. Readers will find a mix of district and campaign data here. […]
  
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• Police arrest second suspect in shooting that left 2-year-old dead

  28-10-2016 15:06
  
  Columbus police have arrested a second suspect in a shootout at a Southwest Side home that left a 2-year-old girl dead on Tuesday. On Thursday, a SWAT team located Jaquon Lamont Poindexter, 22, of the Northeast Side, and arrested him as he got out of his car, according to a news release. Police did not say what time or where Poindexter was arrested. He faces one count of murder and two counts of felonious assault, the same charges filed against Norman Robert Burke, 51, of the 2000 Jane Ave., als
  
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• Violence erupts during protests over controversial Dakota Access Pipeline

  28-10-2016 14:40
  
  CANNON BALL, N.D. -- A months-long protest over the Dakota Access oil pipeline reached its most chaotic pitch yet when hundreds of law enforcement officers moved in to force activists off private property.Thursday's nearly six-hour operation dramatically escalated the dispute over Native American rights and the project's environmental impact, with officers in riot gear firing bean bags and pepper spray.Donnell Hushka, a spokeswoman for the Morton County Sheriff's Department, said 141 people were
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Donald Trump promises to work on the 'ghettos' in Toledo speech

  28-10-2016 14:26
  
  GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump had three rallies in Ohio Thursday, including one in Toledo. “And we’re going to work on our, the ghettos – are in, so, the, you take a look at what’s going on where you have pockets of, areas of land where you have the inner cities, and you have so many things, so many problems,” he said.
  
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• Police identify man fatally shot on Hilltop Thursday night

  28-10-2016 14:24
  
  Police have identified the man who died Thursday night after a shooting in a Hilltop neighborhood. Columbus Police and Fire were called just after 8:30 p.m. to the 100 block of Columbian Avenue on a report of several shots fired. They found David Lee Hodge, 35, who was then taken to Mount Carmel. He was pronounced dead there shortly before 9:30 p.m.
  
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• Concert Photos: Grouplove

  28-10-2016 14:18
  
  Los Angeles dance-rock five-piece Grouplove came to Columbus on Thursday night as the hyper infectious Hannah Hooper and Christian Zucconi led the band through a set list of sing-and-bounce-along hits that had the Express Live! crowd jumping from the very first strikes of a shirtless Ryan Rabin’s drums. Fellow LA dark pop band MUNA offered […]
  
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• Tupelo Doughnuts Abandons German Village Plans for Clintonville

  28-10-2016 14:00
  
  Tupelo Doughnuts’ brick-and-mortar establishment, originally set for German Village, will now open in Clintonville in February. Owner Kimberly Payne said the space is big, and the price is right. After a year of paying to lease the building at 190 East Whittier, Payne had to decide at the end of last month if she was […]
  
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• High school team to again have live tiger mascot at football game

  28-10-2016 13:29
  
  The Massillon Tigers football team that had a live tiger cub mascot on the sidelines for decades before Ohio cracked down on exotic animal ownership is slated to again have one on hand for a rivalry game Saturday.Ohio's rules enacted several years ago included an exemption for the "Obie" mascot at Massillon's Washington High School under certain stipulations.Boosters had trouble meeting those requirements, so the live mascot has become a rarity.The Independent reports a tiger from Syracuse, New
  
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• High school football team's live tiger mascot set to return

  28-10-2016 13:29
  
  The Massillon Tigers football team that had a live tiger cub mascot on the sidelines for decades before Ohio cracked down on exotic animal ownership is slated to again have one on hand for a rivalry game Saturday.Ohio's rules enacted several years ago included an exemption for the "Obie" mascot at Massillon's Washington High School under certain stipulations.Boosters had trouble meeting those requirements, so the live mascot has become a rarity.The Independent reports a tiger from Syracuse, New
  
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• OSU Alumni Buckeye Bash set

  28-10-2016 13:08
  Former OSU player Matt Finkes will speak at The Ohio State Alumni Club of Van Wert and Paulding Counties' annual Buckeye Bash on Nov. 15 in Van Wert. VAN WERT Want to see Ohio State play Michigan at The Shoe this year? The Ohio State Alumni Club of Van Wert and Paulding Counties will be having their Fall Buckeye Bash on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at the Willow Bend Country Club, Van Wert.
  
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• Hard Hat Photo Tour: LC RiverSouth

  28-10-2016 13:00
  
  Downtown development watchers have been eyeing the northwest corner of High and Rich streets since at least November of 2012. That’s when Lifestyles Communities first brought a proposal to the Downtown Commission for a seven-story apartment building at the intersection. That development was later updated and approved at eight stories, and a second proposal for […]
  
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• UPDATE: Second suspect arrested in shooting that killed 2-year-old denied bond

  28-10-2016 12:40
  UPDATE: A Columbus judge ordered Poindexter to be held without bond Friday morning because the community is in fear of retaliation. Columbus Police arrested the second suspect in the shooting that killed a two-year-old girl in south Columbus on Tuesday.Police arrested Jaquon Lamont Poindexter, 22, on Thursday.Officers say they identified Poindexter through their investigation and arrest warrants.A SWAT team found Poindexter in his car and arrested him.---Victims identified in southwest Columbus
  
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• Second suspect arrested in shooting that killed 2-year-old

  28-10-2016 12:40
  UPDATE: A Columbus judge ordered Poindexter to be held without bond Friday morning because the community is in fear of retaliation.Columbus Police arrested the second suspect in the shooting that killed a two-year-old girl in south Columbus on Tuesday.Police arrested Jaquon Lamont Poindexter, 22, on Thursday.Officers say they identified Poindexter through their investigation and arrest warrants.A SWAT team found Poindexter in his car and arrested him.---Victims identified in southwest Columbus s
  
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• $70M jury award to woman in suit over Johnson & Johnson baby powder

  28-10-2016 12:36
  
  CBS NEWS - A St. Louis jury on Thursday awarded a California woman more than $70 million in her lawsuit alleging that years of using Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder caused her cancer, the latest case raising concerns about the health ramifications of extended talcum powder use.The jury ruling ended the trial that began Sept. 26 in the case brought by Deborah Giannecchini of Modesto, California. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2012. The suit accused Johnson & Johnson of &ld
  
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• Grocery prices of some staples pull back from peaks of past 2 years

  28-10-2016 12:02
  
  Remember those record-high prices for pork, eggs and beef the past few years? They’re long gone. Overall costs for food at home — the stuff you buy at the grocery store — was down more than 2 percent in September from a year earlier. And those costs have fallen for five straight months, the longest continuous drop since 2009.
  
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• Medicaid expansion credited for getting a record number of kids insurance in Ohio

  28-10-2016 11:45
  
  More than 95 percent of Ohio children have health coverage as the uninsured rate fell to historic lows in the wake of Obamacare. A new report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families credits Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act for the decline in uninsured children.
  
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