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• Haven't booked your Thanksgiving flight? Better do it now

  01-11-2016 23:59
  
  Haven’t booked your flight home for Thanksgiving yet? Every day you delay will cost you money.Chief data scientist Patrick Surry of airfare prediction app Hopper said domestic round-trip tickets around the Thanksgiving holiday weekend are averaging $312, 46 percent more than the typical $214 fare. And tickets are only getting more expensive, rising approximately $4 a day, which will rise to $6 a day in the last 10 days before Thanksgiving.“What we tend to see is prices start off pret
  
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• Police say they've caught the Buckeye Bandit, blamed for 30 bank robberies

  01-11-2016 23:56
  
  A man who was shot by Columbus police officers following a bank robbery on the Northwest Side last month was charged with that robbery today and police say he's the long-sought "Buckeye Bandit." Ikechi W. Emeaghara, 27, was charged with a federal count of armed robbery after his release from OhioHealth Grant Medical Center.
  
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• President Barack Obama speaks in Bexley

  01-11-2016 23:29
  
  Even though President Barack Obama doesn't believe that FBI Director James Comey "is intentionally trying to influence the outcome of an election," the president is campaigning in Bexley today on behalf of a candidate whose campaign is now attempting to shred Comey.
  
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• One person in critical after shooting in north Columbus

  01-11-2016 23:17
  
  COLUMBUS - One person is in critical condition after a shooting reported on the 5600 block of Beechcroft Road in north Columbus.It happened around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.The victim was transported to Riverside Hospital.No other information was immediately available.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Police charge suspect in connection with Buckeye Bandit robberies

  01-11-2016 22:59
  
  Columbus police say they have charged a suspect who they believe is the Buckeye Bandit.Ikechi W. Emeaghara, 27, was wounded by police after leading officers on a brief pursuit after a robbery at the Key Bank on Frantz Road October 21.According to Columbus Police, the suspect drew his weapon and two Columbus Police officers fired multiple times outside an office building on Lakehurst Court. Emeaghara was taken to Grant Hospital in critical condition.Emeaghara has been charged with one federal cou
  
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• Family wants to know why man was fatally shot on Southeast Side

  01-11-2016 22:46
  
  Heather Woodson fought back tears as she spoke about her brother who was fatally shot Monday night. "They took someone and he's going to be missed," she said by phone Tuesday afternoon. Columbus police said Brian Malik Woodson, 42, was shot by two men in their late teens or early 20s at a Southeast Side apartment complex. There was a fight, but it's unclear what the argument was about. The call went out just after 10:30 p.m.
  
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• Watch live: President Barack Obama speaks in Bexley

  01-11-2016 22:36
  
  Even though President Barack Obama doesn't believe that FBI Director James Comey "is intentionally trying to influence the outcome of an election," the president is campaigning in Bexley today on behalf of a candidate whose campaign is now attempting to shred Comey.
  
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• State investigators search property of imprisoned drug trafficker

  01-11-2016 22:13
  The Ohio Attorney General's Office and the Pike County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant at a property on Nipgen Road in Bainbridge Monday and Tuesday.
  They say the warrant is under seal so they can't reveal search details.
  Neighbors tell 10TV dozens of vehicles from the Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Pike County Sheriff's Office were at the property all day Monday.
  Tuesday, there were still at least two deputies securing the scene.The property is owned by 52-year-old Daniel V
  
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• Marion City Hall is all clear after a suspicious backpack found

  01-11-2016 22:01
  
  MARION - The situation is all clear after the Marion Fire Department and the Columbus Bomb Squad responded to the scene of a suspicious backpack found at City Hall. Marion Police identified the man who they believe gave a woman a backpack and asked her to hold it. The backpack was found in the lobby around 3:20 p.m. on Tuesday.City Hall and the county building were evacuated.No injuries have been reported at this time.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Marion City Hall evacuated due to a suspicious backpack found

  01-11-2016 22:01
  
  MARION - Marion Fire Department and the Columbus Bomb Squad are responding to the scene of a suspicious backpack found at City Hall.Marion Police identified the man who they believe gave a woman a backpack and asked her to hold it. The backpack was found in the lobby around 3:20 p.m. on Tuesday.City Hall and the county building were evacuated.No injuries have been reported at this time.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Warm weather ties a 1950 record

  01-11-2016 21:27
  
  Today, Columbus hit 80 degrees at 3 p.m. at John Glenn Columbus International Airport, tying a record set in 1950. That's the official mark. At Bolton Field in southwest Columbus, the temperature has hit 81, said Brian Coniglio, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Wilmington.
  
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• A look back at the weather of October 2016

  01-11-2016 21:21
  
  October 2016 is in the books and one thing that may stand out was how warm and relatively dry it was.That was right in line with the forecast for the month.
  Average highs in October run around 70 at the beginning of the month and the upper 50s by the end of the month.But October 2016 had 15 days with highs of 70 degrees or higher (many days much higher).
  That means that almost half the days last month had above average highs!In fact, with an average temperature of 59.2 degrees, October 2016 is t
  
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• #bigbinkshow President Obama Will Be In Columbus Today

  01-11-2016 21:13
  The President is scheduled to stop through the 614 to campaign for Hillary Clinton today and encourage people to early vote. This will be his second time in Columbus in the last two weeks! Today's Columbus visit will be at the Capital University field house.
  
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• Bomb squad called to a home in Heath

  01-11-2016 20:54
  
  HEATH - Hazmat crews from Licking County and Columbus are investigating what they believe are small tubes possibly filled with a dangerous gas.Emergency responders were called to the home on Betty Avenue in Heath around 1:55 p.m. Tuesday.According to the 911 call, a woman found the tubes in her garage and told dispatchers she thinks they are from World War II.It is not clear what exactly is in the tubes. This investigation is ongoing.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Early Voting in Ohio Likely to Surpass 2012 Numbers

  01-11-2016 20:47
  
  If it seems like more people are voting early, it’s because they area. A report released by the Ohio Democratic Party today revealed that as of Monday evening, 1.2 million Ohioans — approximately 10 percent of the state’s total population — have already cast their ballots in this year’s election. That’s up from 1.14 million […]
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Record high tied

  01-11-2016 20:30
  This Evening: Partly cloudy and unseasonably warm.
  Tonight: Clear to partly cloudy.Low 58.Wind: SW 5-10 mph.
  Tomorrow: Partly sunny and warm.High 78.Wind: SW 5-10 mph.
  Tonight:Showers likely.High near 60.Wind: W 10-15 mph.Special Information:John Glenn International tied the record high temperature for the day at 80 which was first set in 1950. Wednesday’s high temperature will come close to breaking or tying the record for the day of 79 from 1987. A cold front moves into Ohio on Thursday
  
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• Granby Elementary students vote in mock election

  01-11-2016 20:19
  It wasn't an ordinary Tuesday in the 5th-grade classroom of Granby Elementary.
  "Educating yourself makes you a more informed voter," explained teacher Tina Swearengin. "Your vote impacts what happens in the nation and in our state. One vote does matter, but you need to make an informed decision about who you're going to vote for."
  The class took part in the Studies Weekly "Every Kid Votes!" program. Student Ava Perry was eager to ask questions about the democratic process and the tally.
  "You get
  
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• Dedicated Indians' fans wears baseball shirt every day for a decade

  01-11-2016 20:15
  It isn't out of the ordinary to see Ohio State University students wearing baseball shirts around campus. After all, the Cleveland Indians could win the World Series Tuesday night. For sophomore Tyler Pajk, his choice of shirt goes a whole lot deeper.“I've been wearing baseball shirts since August 9, 2006,” Pajk said.At 10 years old, he went to an Indians game with his family wearing his favorite baseball shirt."They won the game that we went to and it was a great time. The next day,
  
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• Dedicated Indians fan wears baseball shirt every day for a decade

  01-11-2016 20:15
  It isn't out of the ordinary to see Ohio State University students wearing baseball shirts around campus. After all, the Cleveland Indians could win the World Series Tuesday night. For sophomore Tyler Pajk, his choice of shirt goes a whole lot deeper.“I've been wearing baseball shirts since August 9, 2006,” Pajk said.At 10 years old, he went to an Indians game with his family wearing his favorite baseball shirt."They won the game that we went to and it was a great time. The next day,
  
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• Weather Geek: An early November warm-up

  01-11-2016 20:02
  
  Temperature anomalies across the region as we start out the 11th month of the year will be nearly 20 degrees above average!
  These temperatures are more in line with what we see in early to mid-September, not November.As a result, Wednesday's record of 79 set back in 1987 is in serious jeopardy.
  Some of us on Wednesday could even touch 80, believe it or not.Looks like summer is going to hold on just a little longer.Don't get used to it, though.Rain and cooler weather will arrive by Thursday.
  
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• Internet helps grieving dad recover songs from wife who died in childbirth

  01-11-2016 19:01
  
  Four months ago, Jared Buhanan-Decker lost the love of his life — his wife, mother of his baby and the woman he was with for more than a decade.Sharry Buhanan-Decker, 29, died “unexpectedly and tragically” during the birth of their first child, James, due to an amniotic fluid embolism, a rare condition that occurs when amniotic fluid enters the mother’s bloodstream.Weeks before Sharry’s untimely death, the mom-to-be recorded a few lullabies for James.Jared recently
  
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• Rockmill Tavern chooses Brewery District site

  01-11-2016 18:53
  Rockmill Tavern has opened in the former World of Beer site on South Front Street in Columbus. The restaurant features a rustic decor owner Matt Barbee prefers to call "rugged."
  
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• In Ohio, a spelling error could cost you your vote

  01-11-2016 18:53
  Roland Gilbert, a blind 86-year-old Franklin County resident, stands for a portrait at his home in Columbus, Ohio U.S., October 28, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Voting is no easy task for Roland Gilbert.
  
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• I-70 reopens on West Side after crash, cleanup

  01-11-2016 18:48
  
  Westbound lanes of Interstate 70 reopened on the West Side this afternoon after a late-morning crash involving a semi, the Ohio Department of Transportation said. ODOT reported that oil and fuel had spilled on the highway where I-70 meets I-270, about one mile from Ohio 142 exit off of westbound I-70 in western Franklin County.
  
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• Ads for baby food & drink go against expert advice

  01-11-2016 18:32
  A new study of how food and drink for babies and young children is marketed reveals advertising often goes against the advice of health experts
  The Baby Food FACTS report reveals that companies spent $77 million in 2015 on advertising infant formula baby food and toddler food on television, in magazines and the internet.
  Researchers from the University of Connecticut’s Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity say there is good news because the products offered were fruits, vegetables, and
  
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• Ohio medical marijuana committee may permit up to 18 growers

  01-11-2016 18:30
  
  New rules being considered by a state medical marijuana committee would permit up to 18 growers in the state. There would be 12 large and six smaller cultivators under rules being reviewed today by the Ohio Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee. There would be a $20,000 application fee and a $180,000 licensing fee for large growers. Smaller growers would pay an $2,000 application fee and $18,000 license fee.
  
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• Face-biting attacker: 'I ate something bad...humans'

  01-11-2016 18:30
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The Florida college student accused of killing a couple and chewing on the dead man's face told deputies, "Help me, I ate something bad" and then admitted it was "humans" as he spit out a piece of flesh, court documents show.Austin Harrouff, 19, also begged deputies to kill him after they pulled him off John Stevens' body, according to the records, obtained Monday by the Palm Beach Post."Shoot me now, I deserve to die," Harrouff said.Harrouff is charged with second-degre
  
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• Indians try to bring Cleveland long-awaited home party

  01-11-2016 18:24
  
  CLEVELAND -- Flash back to Oct. 12, 1920."An overjoyed crowd of nearly 28,000 fans blazed into a conflagration of hysterical excitement when the game was over and Cleveland had realized at last the baseball ambition of twoscore years," The New York Times wrote the following day.Stan Coveleski's five-hitter led Cleveland over Brooklyn 3-0 that afternoon at League Park for a 5-2 win in that year's best-of-nine World Series.The Indians have not won the championship at home since, a streak they hope
  
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• Man admits burying his mother in her backyard, prosecutors say

  01-11-2016 18:11
  
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A Florida man faces up to 12 years in federal prison for burying his mother in her backyard so he could continue collecting her retirement payments.Prosecutors say Brian Adams admitted he failed to notify anyone that his mother, Janell Adams, had died of natural causes in July 2014.Her remains were found in June 2015, reports CBS Jacksonville affiliate WJAX-TV.U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley III says in a news release that the 56-year-old Adams, of Green Cove Springs, pleaded g
  
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• Jurors see scene of Cincinnati police shooting as trial opens

  01-11-2016 17:38
  
  CINCINNATI — Jurors in the murder trial of a white University of Cincinnati police officer on Tuesday visited the scene where he fatally shot a black man during a 2015 traffic stop on a street near campus. Before they left by bus, Hamilton County Judge Megan Shanahan advised jurors that they shouldn't consider what they see there as evidence and that conditions might have changed since the shooting.
  
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• Police ID man killed in Southeast Side shooting

  01-11-2016 17:27
  
  Columbus police have identified a man who was shot and killed at an apartment complex on the Southeast Side. Brian Malik Woodson, 42, was found dead when officers arrived on a shots fired call in the 4600 block of Refugee Road. The call went out at 10:32 p.m. Monday. Woodson was pronounced dead 10 minutes later by medics.
  
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• Opinion: Transit Columbus Endorses Issue 60

  01-11-2016 16:58
  
  There is no better way to put your finger on the pulse of Columbus than to move around it on COTA. While riding the bus, I learn more about my neighbors in a more meaningful way. I have time to take in the city-scape; the good and bad of Columbus unfolding as I stare out […]
  
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• Opinion: Transit Columbus Endorses COTA Levy Renewal

  01-11-2016 16:58
  
  There is no better way to put your finger on the pulse of Columbus than to move around it on COTA. While riding the bus, I learn more about my neighbors in a more meaningful way. I have time to take in the city-scape; the good and bad of Columbus unfolding as I stare out […]
  
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• Crash closes westbound I-70 on West Side

  01-11-2016 16:40
  
  A crash has shut down westbound Interstate 70 on the West Side. The crash, reported at about 10:30 a.m. today closed the all lanes of west I-70 at I-270.
  
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• Live Your Dreams for a Day with Lil D & the 12 Days of Christmas

  01-11-2016 16:32
  Power 107.5 night personality Lil D is giving twelve girls between the ages of 11-17 the chance to live their dreams for a day! Twelve girls from the Columbus metro will have the opportunity to spend a day living our their dreams by functioning as an active part of the career field in which they aspire to be! 2. The Buckeye Guy just showed up to show The @rickeysmileymorningshow how it's done in Buckeye Country! O - H Y Y 1 2 #rsms614 6. S/O the homie @jahlionsound of the Rickey Smiley Morning S
  
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• New Home for Harmony

  01-11-2016 16:19
  
  The Harmony Project opens its doors to its new space at Lincoln Theater and its arms to the community in King Arts District. Welcome home! The idea for Harmony Project didn’t happen overnight. Founder David Brown had been carrying it around for a while, but didn’t know if it was even possible. Read more. The Columbus Foundation is working […]
  
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• Tractor-trailer crash closes I-70 westbound in west Columbus

  01-11-2016 16:11
  
  COLUMBUS - A crash involving a jack-knifed tractor trailer has Interstate 70 westbound closed at I-270 on the west side.
  According to the Franklin County Sheriff Department, the injuries are unknown at this time.
  The Ohio Department of Transportation says there is no estimated time of when all lanes will open on I-70 Westbound.
  Detour: You can take Broad Street to avoid delays on I-70.
  Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Multi-vehicle crash closes I-70 westbound in west Columbus

  01-11-2016 16:11
  
  COLUMBUS - A multi-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer has Interstate 70 westbound closed at Hilliard-Rome Road.
  The northbound and southbound ramps from I-270 to I-70 on the west side are also closed.
  According to the Franklin County Sheriff Department, the injuries are unknown at this time.
  The Ohio Department of Transportation says the closure could last several hours. ODOT says fuel and oil was spilled onto the roadway after the crash.
  Detour: You can take Broad Street to avoid delays
  
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• Opinion: As Downtown Evolves, so Must the Downtown Dining Operators

  01-11-2016 15:46
  
  The Gay Street District in Downtown Columbus has seen a number of new dining options open during the past five years. While a few have closed down, the majority have succeeded. The one common denominator for those enjoying business success, is an understanding of their new audience. These audiences typically ask for longer hours and […]
  
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• Police: Head moved from remains found in cluttered Chillicothe home

  01-11-2016 15:39
  
  CHILLICOTHE, Ohio -- Police are investigating after they say a badly decomposed body was found underneath several inches of garbage inside a home, and the head appeared to have been moved from the body after death.Investigators say the skeletal remains were found inside a Chillicothe home on Monday morning.Police Detective Bud Lytle says roughly 4 feet of garbage was strewn throughout the home. Investigators were unable to determine the gender of the body.The Chillicothe Gazette reports authorit
  
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• Amazon to build second wind farm in Ohio

  01-11-2016 15:32
  
  Amazon is developing another wind farm in Ohio. The internet giant said its web-services operations will build a 189-megawatt wind farm in Hardin County in northwest Ohio that will begin generating electricity in December 2017.
  
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• 2 children, 1 adult killed in in Halloween hayride crash on Miss. highway

  01-11-2016 15:11
  
  CHUNKY, Miss. -- A vehicle struck a flat-bed trailer carrying adults and children who were dressed up for Halloween, killing three people and injuring several others in a small Mississippi town, authorities said.Two children and one adult - all related to each other - were killed in the crash, Newton County Coroner Danny Shoemaker said late Monday. Their names and ages were not immediately released."It was just chaos," Shoemaker said, describing the scene of the wreck on U.S. Highway 80 in Chunk
  
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• Traffic delays expected during evening rush due to Obama's Columbus visit

  01-11-2016 14:47
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus motorists should expect several road closures and traffic backups Tuesday afternoon.
  President Obama will be speaking at Capital University on East Main Street and College Avenue.
  Air Force One is expected to land at the John Glenn Columbus International Airport around 4:30 p.m.Air Force One at John Glenn Columbus International Airport | Credit: WBNS-10TV
  For security reasons the Secret Service will not release the President's route, but we do expect to see delays and r
  
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• Tom Hanks still knows the rap from "Big," and it's even better 28 years later

  01-11-2016 14:18
  
  If anything can be said of beloved actor Tom Hanks, it’s that his characters hold special places in our hearts. So, perhaps it’s not surprising that when YouTube stars Wesley Chan and Philip Wang of Wong Fu Productions ran into Hanks last week, they asked him to reenact a scene from one of those iconic roles.Chan and Wang were in Florence, Italy, for the “Inferno” premiere, and were lucky enough to meet both the film’s star, Tom Hanks, and its A-list director, Ron H
  
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• AEP reports $2.3 billion charge as coal-fired power plants lose value

  01-11-2016 13:35
  
  American Electric Power is reporting a one-time charge of $2.3 billion, mostly to reflect the loss of value of power plants in Ohio that have struggled to compete. With the charge, the Columbus-based utility posted a third-quarter loss of $766 million compared to a profit of $518 million in the prior-year quarter.
  
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• At least 3 dead after school and city bus collide in Baltimore

  01-11-2016 13:05
  
  BALTIMORE (CBS/AP) -Police say at least three people were killed after multiple crashes involving a school bus and a commuter bus in southwest Baltimore. There are reports more people may have died in the crash.There are also reports of several injuries, although their extent and severity hasn’t been released by officials yet.CBS Baltimore reports officials as saying there were no children aboard the school bus.The head-on collision between the vehicles happened on the western area of the
  
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• 6 killed, 10 injured after school and city bus collide in Baltimore

  01-11-2016 13:05
  
  BALTIMORE -A school bus blocks away from its first stop Tuesday morning rear-ended a car, hit the entrance to a cemetery and then veered into an oncoming commuter bus in a crash that killed at least six people and injured 10, authorities said.No children were on board the school bus, whose driver was killed along with at least five people on the Maryland Transit Administration bus, Baltimore Police spokesman T.J. Smith said.“It literally looks like a bomb exploded in the bus. It’s ca
  
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• 6 dead after school and city bus collide in Baltimore, MD

  01-11-2016 13:05
  
  BALTIMORE -Police say six people are dead after a school bus and a commuter bus crashed in southwest Baltimore.Baltimore Police tweeted that no children were aboard the school bus that crashed early Tuesday morning.Baltimore public schools spokeswoman Anne Fullerton said by telephone that no students are among the fatalities.Video from above the scene while it was still dark shows the front part of a yellow school bus smashed into the side of a Maryland Transit Administration bus. The front of t
  
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• GOP will need reboot post-Trump, Kasich says

  01-11-2016 12:55
  
  With Donald Trump trailing in national polls, John Kasich says the Republican Party must move quickly to restore its credibility with American voters after Nov. 8. The Ohio governor wants to be part of that revamp to make the GOP relevant to voters again after what would be its sixth popular-vote loss in the past seven presidential elections. But he won’t say whether Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus should retain his post — Kasich said he doesn’t “wan
  
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• Concert Preview: Aaron Lee Tasjan

  01-11-2016 12:43
  
  Roots rocker Aaron Lee Tasjan’s just-released major label debut, Silver Tears (New West Records), is a beautifully crafted piece of Americana worthy of the tremendous praise it’s already received from multiple industry outlets. Tasjan’s voice is accessible and earnest, adrift in a haunting current of acoustic and slide guitars and an appropriately restrained rhythm section. […]
  
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