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• Suspicion surrounds body of woman found in creek bed

  06-11-2016 23:56
  
  The Fairfield County Sheriff's office is treating the case of a body found in Violet Township on Saturday as a "suspicious death."
  
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• Mother of 5 allegedly murdered by boyfriend

  06-11-2016 23:19
  
  It's hard to pinpoint the exact moment when Sandra Harris lost her daughter. Five to six years ago, Nikki Caudill began using heroin. The mother of five started slipping away. She was unable to care for her children. The 9-year-old twins went to live with Harris. Two other children were cared for by their father. A fifth child already was an adult.
  
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• Columbus Zoo takes in 4 baby manatees

  06-11-2016 22:52
  
  The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium welcomed four baby manatees from Florida this week, weighing in at more than 1,000 total pounds. That’s tiny by manatee standards. When the rescued animals are fully grown — and ideally, by then, released back into the wild — they’ll likely weigh a whopping 1,300 pounds each, according to a zoo news release.
  
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• Hilltop's drug crisis a key issue for candidates in Ohio's 17th House District

  06-11-2016 22:41
  
  Some legislative candidates talk about Ohio’s drug crisis in anecdotal terms, but the odor wafting through a Hilltop-area neighborhood on a recent evening was a reminder of how real the issue is in the 17th House District. Republican John Rush refers to the part of the Columbus district between Broad Street and Sullivant Avenue as “Heroinville” — an area the Marine veteran would later walk through, knocking on doors to meet voters. “It’s just an infested area.
  
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• Columbus Zoo and Aquarium welcomes four new manatee rescues

  06-11-2016 22:40
  
  The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium welcomed four new manatee rescues, just after one rehabilitated manatee was returned to Florida.Two of those rescues… twins! Their names are Millennium and Falcon, and they're making history.The zoo says this is the first time it has ever housed twin manatees. That's because twin manatees are extremely rare – making up 1 to 4 percent of births, according to the zoo.Millennium and Falcon are also the smallest manatees to arrive at the Columbus Zoo, each
  
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• FBI director sends Congress new letter on Hillary Clinton emails

  06-11-2016 21:45
  
  FBI Director James Comey wrote in a letter to Congressional leaders Sunday that the agency has not found anything new to contradict its previous evaluation of Hillary Clinton’s emails.“Based on our review, we have not changed our conclusions that we expressed in July with respect to Secretary Clinton,” Comey wrote Sunday.This summer, the FBI announced that after a full investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server, it was not recommending criminal charges aga
  
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• Cosmic fender-bender: Colliding galaxies produce rare eye-shaped formation

  06-11-2016 20:58
  This annotated image shows an eyelid-like star formation, created by the collision of galaxies IC 2163 and NGC 2207. Carbon monoxide gas detected by ALMA is shown in orange, superimposed over a blue-tinted image originally captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.
  
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• Political Roundup: Endorsements, Disses and Statistics

  06-11-2016 20:27
  
  There’s only two days left to go. On Tuesday night, after the dust has settled (hopefully), the tumultuous 2016 election season will have come to an end, and our daily lives can resume normalcy (hopefully). Until then, there’s a couple of last minute updates across both the local and national political spectrum that might be worth […]
  
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• AP Top 25: Ohio State remains at No. 6 spot

  06-11-2016 20:20
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Ohio State remains at the No. 6 spot in The Associated Press college football poll released Sunday.The Buckeyes dominated Nebraska 62-3 on Saturday night. The Huskers fell from No. 9 to No. 21 in this week's rankings.Samuel and Ohio State cruise past Nebraska, 62-3Alabama, Michigan, Clemson, Washington, Louisville also remained in front in the Top 25 rankings.Texas A&M tumbled three spots to No. 10 while the top six teams remained intact.Texas A&M had been ranked fo
  
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• AP Top 25: Ohio State holding steady at No. 6 spot

  06-11-2016 20:20
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Ohio State is holding steady at the No. 6 spot in The Associated Press college football poll released Sunday.The Buckeyes dominated Nebraska 62-3 on Saturday night. The Huskers fell from No. 9 to No. 21 in this week's rankings.Samuel and Ohio State cruise past Nebraska, 62-3Alabama, Michigan, Clemson, Washington, Louisville also remained in front in the Top 25 rankings.Texas A&M tumbled three spots to No. 10 while the top six teams remained intact.Texas A&M had been
  
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• Bond denied for man who chained woman, unveiled as alleged mass murderer

  06-11-2016 20:09
  
  WOODRUFF, S.C. - A South Carolina man accused of holding a woman chained inside a storage container was was denied bond Sunday after investigators say he confessed to an unsolved quadruple murder that happened 13 years ago.Authorities have charged Todd Kohlhepp, 45, with four counts of murder in the deaths of four people in 2003 at the Superbike Motorsports motorcycle shop in Chesnee, South Carolina. His alleged role in those killings was uncovered, police said, after the woman was found earlier
  
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• Bond denied for man accused of chaining woman, unveiled as alleged mass murderer

  06-11-2016 20:09
  
  WOODRUFF, S.C. - A South Carolina man accused of holding a woman chained inside a storage container was was denied bond Sunday after investigators say he confessed to an unsolved quadruple murder that happened 13 years ago.Authorities have charged Todd Kohlhepp, 45, with four counts of murder in the deaths of four people in 2003 at the Superbike Motorsports motorcycle shop in Chesnee, South Carolina. His alleged role in those killings was uncovered, police said, after the woman was found earlier
  
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• Three arrested after Utah cop killed during pursuit

  06-11-2016 20:01
  
  SALT LAKE CITY – Three people were taken into custody after West Valley City police officer Cody Brotherson was killed during a pursuit early Sunday morning, reports CBS Salt Lake City affiliate KUTV.Police say the officer died after a vehicle hit him during a pursuit in Taylorsville in the early morning hours. The officer was reportedly standing outside his vehicle when he was struck.Brotherson has been with a police officer with West Valley City since 2014. KUTV reports he is the first o
  
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• Trump protester: Police saved my life after disturbance at rally

  06-11-2016 19:57
  
  The Donald Trump protester who sparked a disturbance Saturday at a Nevada rally -- forcing the Republican nominee offstage briefly -- is speaking out against the Trump supporters that he said “could have strangled me and killed me” after he had held up an anti-Trump sign during the campaign event.“I’m actually a Republican,” Austyn Crites said in an interview with CBS Reno affiliate KTVN. “I’m a Republican and have been supporting Republican candidates f
  
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• Reports: Marine Corps recruit dies, second this year

  06-11-2016 19:51
  
  A Marine Corps recruit has died after being found unconscious in his bed in Parris Island, South Carolina, according to multiple reports.The Marine Corps Times reports the recruit had been assigned to the 2nd Recruit Training Battalion at the Marine Corps’ East Coast training depot. Base officials said in a statement the recruit was found in his bed unconscious on Friday evening, and was pronounced dead sometime thereafter.The recruit’s family has been notified, but the Marine Corps
  
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• VW chairman under investigation over emissions scandal

  06-11-2016 19:46
  
  BERLIN - German prosecutors have widened their investigation into Volkswagen’s handling of the emissions scandal to include its board chairman, Hans Dieter Poetsch, the company said Sunday.Poetsch was VW’s chief financial officer when the company’s efforts to rig cars to cheat on U.S. diesel emissions tests became public in September 2015.Volkswagen said in a statement that prosecutors in the German city of Braunschweig are investigating three members of the board including Poe
  
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• Texas cop fired for giving homeless man feces sandwich

  06-11-2016 19:41
  
  SAN ANTONIO - A San Antonio police officer has been fired after an internal investigation determined he tried to give a homeless man a sandwich with feces inside it.Police Chief William McManus said in a statement Friday that former officer Matthew Luckhurst deserved to be fired.“This was a vile and disgusting act that violates our guiding principles of “treating all with integrity, compassion, fairness and respect’,” McManus said. “The fact that his fellow officers
  
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• Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933-1957

  06-11-2016 19:18
  
  It would be easy to survey contemporary art and assume it stole all its best moves from consumer product design and marketing. Whether it is the epic gloss and shine of Jeff Koons, the flawless finishes of Anish Kapoor, the pop-infused stylings of Takashi Murakami, or the cool, oversized appropriations of Richard Prince, art today […]
  
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• Man killed in crash near Eastland Mall

  06-11-2016 17:08
  
  Columbus police have identified a Columbus man as the driver killed early Sunday in a crash near Eastland Mall. James R. Jamison, 36, of Chatterton Road in the Southeast Side, lost control of his vehicle at about 4 a.m. and struck a concrete pillar in the median, according to a news release.
  
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• First Look: Baba’s

  06-11-2016 16:01
  
  The story behind Baba’s dates back to over two and a half years ago to when Dan and Caroline Kraus first informed Columbus Underground that they would be taking their mobile venture That Food Truck, and turn it into something bigger called The Butcher’s Baker in Italian Village. Since then, the name changed and the […]
  
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• John Switzer | From the Stump: November ‘super moon’ special, but it won’t justify hype

  06-11-2016 14:50
  
  There’s a story in the “Old Farmer’s Almanac” that tells us the November full moon will be extra special. The moon, which is called the beaver moon, will be full on the 14th. NASA scientists call it a “super moon.” The almanac goes further and calls it the “extraordinary super moon” and says it will be closer to Earth than any moon since Jan. 26, 1948.
  
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• Ohio’s Rust Belt is ready for Trump

  06-11-2016 14:31
  
  WARREN — Drive down West Market Street in this northeastern Ohio city of 40,768 and the main category of business seems to be “closed.” Shops are vacant. Houses are boarded up. Though there are certainly more affluent areas around here, this stretch is by far no picture of economic opportunity. A drive down this street makes it easy to imagine voters wanting something different. And that might be why Republican Donald Trump is doing so well here.
  
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• Ohio State Highway Patrol investigating deadly Knox County crash

  06-11-2016 13:52
  
  The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly two-vehicle crash in Knox County that took place Saturday evening.It happened on State Route 13 in Middlebury Township just after 7 p.m.31-year-old Landree Rennpage and 68-year-old John Bentley both died after colliding head-on.No one else was in either vehicle and both victims were wearing their seatbelts.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest developments.
  
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• Pope Francis holds special Jubilee Mass for prisoners

  06-11-2016 13:29
  
  Pope Francis held a special Jubilee Mass for prisoners in St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday, telling them that all people "have made mistakes" and urging them to never give up hope in God's mercy.He later urged political leaders to respect the dignity of inmates and offer them amnesty whenever possible.Wearing green robes and a white skull cap, Francis stood before a congregation made up of some 1,000 prisoners from 12 countries and their families, as well as prison chaplains and volunteers who wor
  
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• Saving on utility costs for fall and winter

  06-11-2016 13:19
  
  There's a chill in the air, but that's no reason to feel the heat in your utility costs. Here are a few tips on how to keep your utility expenses under control during these winter and fall months:DO AN AUDIT: Consider having an energy audit done to find out where you have energy inefficiencies and how to improve your energy savings. You can pay a professional for these checkups, but some local programs or utility companies may provide one for free.The Department of Energy also has tips on do-it-
  
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• Going to the polls on Tuesday? Tell us about your voting experience

  06-11-2016 13:17
  
  Elections officials and political observers will be keeping a close eye on the voting Tuesday. The heated presidential election has created a considerable amount of interest — and concern — about the voting process. If past elections are any indication, lines at polling locations could be long. We want to know what you see as you vote on Tuesday. Are there long lines? Did voting go smoothly, or were there problems? Tell us about any issues, large or small, you see at the polls by cal
  
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• What Dispatch Poll respondents said about presidential election

  06-11-2016 13:13
  
  Dispatch Poll respondents elaborate on their selections in the 2016 presidential race.
  
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• Methodology behind Dispatch Poll

  06-11-2016 13:12
  
  The Dispatch Poll was based on returns from 1,151 registered Ohio voters who said they intend to vote in the 2016 general election.
  
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• Dispatch Poll: Clinton-Trump race too close to call in Ohio

  06-11-2016 13:09
  
  As the bitter 2016 presidential campaign lurches into its final crucial days, the nation’s leading bellwether state remains ripe for plucking by either side, the Dispatch Poll found. The survey shows Democrat Hillary Clinton leading by 1 point, 48 percent to 47 percent, over Republican Donald Trump heading into the final days of the raucous race. Since that figure is well within the poll’s margin of sampling error (plus or minus 2.9 points), get-out-the-vote efforts will be especiall
  
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• News Minute: Here is the latest Ohio news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. EST

  06-11-2016 12:53
  
  A retired college professor has been arrested on charges he hid a tiny camera in the changing room of a sports club. Police in the suburban Cincinnati village of Fairfax say 76-year-old Brian Meadows was charged Friday on counts of voyeurism and using minors in nudity-oriented material.
  
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• AME Church marches Downtown to inspire blacks to vote

  06-11-2016 12:47
  
  Members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church led about 250 people on a march Downtown on Saturday, hoping to bring inspiration to black voters who are, by most accounts, less enthusiastic about the presidential election this year.
  
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• Exhibit of veterans’ art Downtown depicts war through their eyes

  06-11-2016 12:43
  
  Raine McMullen pushes certain chapters of the 10 months she spent in Afghanistan to the back of her mind. There are things she saw and heard and experienced while deployed there that she doesn’t like to talk about. But the children? She will never forget them and is always eager to share their stories.
  
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• Former nurse’s aide used job skills to prey on, rob elderly

  06-11-2016 12:39
  
  As a former nurse’s aide, Susan Gwynne knew the language of elder care, how to interact with co-workers and how to earn people’s trust. She feigned kindness and dedication to betray her former profession by stealing — in a prolific, multiyear spree — jewelry, credit cards, keepsakes and memories from those who were ill, confined to a bed or just in need of companionship.
  
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• Senate control in question as candidates make final pitches

  06-11-2016 12:37
  
  Control of the Senate is hanging in the balance as candidates from Nevada to New Hampshire make their closing pitches to voters after a tough and costly campaign.Republicans feared their slim 54-46 majority could slip away as they battled cross-currents from all sides, not least their unconventional presidential nominee, Donald Trump.Democrats seemed likely to defeat GOP incumbents in Illinois and probably Wisconsin. Republican senators in Florida, Arizona and Ohio appeared to have comfortable l
  
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• Democrat Ted Strickland’s challenge of U.S. Sen. Rob Portman sinking after high hopes

  06-11-2016 12:28
  
  CLEVELAND — Within a few hours on the campaign trail last week, Ted Strickland was rained on, was heckled along with other Democrats by a man in a Chicago Cubs hat, and learned he was down 18 points in the latest poll. It was, as the children’s book says, a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. But Strickland, who hopes to unseat U.S. Sen. Rob Portman on Tuesday, has had his share of those lately.
  
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• Man accused of kidnapping S.C. woman confesses to 2003 murders, sheriff says

  06-11-2016 12:22
  
  CBS/AP - The man accused of kidnapping Kala Brown and her boyfriend Charles Carver is also responsible for another major unsolved case from 2003, according to Sheriff Chuck Wright, CBS affiliate WSPA reports. Todd Kohlhepp admitted to murdering the four victims from the 2003 Superbike case, Wright said.Kala Brown was found on Todd Kohlhepp’s property, chained in a storage container.Charles Carver’s body was found in shallow grave on the property.Kohlhepp was brought back to his prope
  
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• Obama commutes drug sentences of 2 Ohioans

  06-11-2016 12:21
  
  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has granted clemency to two Ohioans imprisoned for life as part of his latest round of commutations.
  
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• Hilltop man killed in gun battle, police say

  06-11-2016 11:58
  
  People living up and down Ogden Avenue said they heard the many gunshots that pierced the early morning silence on Saturday and left one man dead, but the shooter apparently escaped so quickly that police don’t have a good description of any potential suspects. Detectives canvassed the neighborhood Saturday to find out who might know more about an altercation and shootout in the street that left 26-year-old William Earl Howard dead in the 700 block of Ogden Avenue, north of Mound Street on
  
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• Capitol Insider: Ohio’s status as bellwether in presidential election at risk

  06-11-2016 11:54
  
  Is Ohio’s status as the nation’s leading presidential bellwether in jeopardy Tuesday? As you’ve probably have heard about 1,000 times this year, the candidate who has won Ohio has won the White House in every election except two (1944 and 1960) since the end of the 19th century.
  
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• GE has high hopes for new operations center in Cincinnati

  06-11-2016 11:28
  
  Jeffrey Immelt said locating General Electric Co.’s Global Operations Center in downtown Cincinnati was about being in the “active flow of ideas.”
  
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• 1 killed in crash near Eastland Mall

  06-11-2016 11:16
  
  One person was killed early Sunday in a crash at S. Hamilton and Refugee roads near Eastland Mall.
  
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• Ticket to Write: Cincinnati museum is its own work of art

  06-11-2016 11:00
  
  Travelers usually go to a museum to see what’s inside the building. But sometimes the building itself is as wondrous as any item in the collection. Beautiful Union Terminal, once a railroad station and now home to the Cincinnati Museum Center, would be worth a visit even if empty.
  
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• One person killed in southeast Columbus crash

  06-11-2016 11:00
  
  Police are on scene of a crash that left one person dead in southeast Columbus early Sunday morning.It happened in the area of South Hamilton Road and Refugee Road just after 4 a.m.Police say another person was taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition.The southbound lanes of Hamilton Road are shut down under the bridge before Refugee Road.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest developments.
  
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• Hot air balloon lands in the middle of north Columbus street

  06-11-2016 09:41
  
  A hot air balloon landed in the middle of the road in north Columbus Saturday evening.It happened on Westerville Road and Thornapple Drive, just north of Morse Road.Columbus firefighters say no one was hurt and no houses were damaged.The balloon also lifted without any problems, but it is still unclear why the balloon landed on the street.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest developments.
  
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• Hot air balloon lands in the middle of north Columbus road

  06-11-2016 09:41
  
  A hot air balloon landed in the middle of the road in north Columbus Saturday evening.It happened on Westerville Road and Thornapple Drive, just north of Morse Road.Columbus firefighters say no one was hurt and no houses were damaged.The balloon also lifted without any problems, but it is still unclear why the balloon landed on the street.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest developments.
  
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• Largely Literary Theater Company Presents 'Twain By Two' Nov. 10

  06-11-2016 06:19
  
  The Largely Literary Theater Company is bringing its acclaimed collection of Mark Twain sketches, Twain By Two, to the G.A.R. Hall in Peninsula at 7 p.m. Nov. 10. The production features company co-founders Mark Dawidziak and Sara Showman. Dawidziak, a recognized Twain scholar who has been played the beloved American writer for more than 35 years, also will be signing copies of his three recently published Twain-centric books: Mark Twain for Cat Lovers, Mark Twain in Ohio and Mark Twain's Guide
  
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• Samuel and Ohio State cruise past Nebraska, 62-3

  06-11-2016 05:11
  
  Curtis Samuel had 178 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns, including a 75-yard touchdown reception on Ohio State's first play of the second half, and the sixth-ranked Buckeyes dominated No. 9 Nebraska 62-3 on Saturday night.After three straight weeks of close games and inconsistent offense, the Buckeyes (8-1, 5-1 Big Ten) put forth their best performance of the season, led 31-3 at the half and handed the Cornhuskers (7-2, 4-2 Big Ten) their most lopsided loss since 2004.Damon Webb got it sta
  
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• Tens of thousands of South Koreans call for president to resign

  06-11-2016 03:21
  
  SEOUL, South Korea -- Tens of thousands of South Koreans poured into the streets of downtown Seoul on Saturday, using words including “treason” and “criminal” to demand that President Park Geun-hye step down amid an explosive political scandal.
  The protest, the largest anti-government demonstration in the capital in nearly a year, came a day after Park apologized on live television amid rising suspicion that she allowed a mysterious confidante to manipulate power from the
  
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• Donald Trump harps on Jay Z's "language" at pro-Hillary Clinton rally

  06-11-2016 03:07
  
  Just days away from the presidential election, Republican nominee Donald Trump is training his attacks on a target with arguably greater star power than his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton. At a campaign event in Tampa, Florida, Trump went after hip hop performer Jay Z Saturday, criticizing the musician’s “language” following his appearance at a pro-Clinton rally the previous night.“I actually like Jay Z, but you know the language last night,” Trump said Saturd
  
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• 2 children, 1 woman stabbed to death in Newark attack, 3 others injured

  06-11-2016 03:03
  
  NEWARK, N.J. -- Authorities say three people were fatally stabbed at a Newark home during an attack that left three other people injured.The stabbings occurred around 4 p.m. Saturday at a Hedden Terrace residence. But it’s not clear what prompted the attack or if anyone has been arrested.Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray said an 8-year-old girl, 11-year-old boy and 23-year-old woman were killed, and two 13-year-olds — one boy and one girl — and a 29-year-old woman w
  
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