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• Korean War POW honored with final farewell

  19-11-2016 23:38
  
  The Ohio Patriot Guard hosted an honorable farewell for a Korean War veteran killed in the Korean conflict.
  Private first class William Wayne Cowan died as a prisoner of war more than six decades ago.
  “It was 65 years ago and today we are honoring him,” said Edwina Campbell, secretary for Ohio Patriot Guard.Saturday, Pfc. Cowan’s remains were buried in Granville, Ohio.
  “He died of starvation, also frost bite. His remains reveal that he was beaten. He died a very tragic de
  
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• Thousands gather to mourn, celebrate, journalist Gwen Ifill

  19-11-2016 23:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- Thousands of mourners - including first lady Michelle Obama - remembered and celebrated veteran Washington journalist Gwen Ifill on Saturday, recalling her as a standard bearer, cherished friend, devoted mentor and woman of abiding faith.Ifill died Monday at 61 after a yearlong battle with cancer. Mrs. Obama did not speak at the service, but several journalists and political figures offered reflections."We didn't look like other anchor pairs - and we loved that," said Judy Woo
  
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• Ohio mayors team up to lift interests of big cities, suburbs

  19-11-2016 22:39
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Mayors from Ohio's 30 biggest cities and suburbs are forging an alliance to fight for more government investment in urban infrastructure and job creation.They also want to dispel negative stereotypes about cities.The bipartisan Ohio Mayors Alliance was announced Friday.
  
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• Jury recommends death penalty in Ohio triple slayings

  19-11-2016 22:35
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) -- A jury recommended Saturday that a young man be put to death for killing three people and wounding three others last year at a suburban Cleveland barbershop in what authorities described as a gang-related dispute.Earlier this month, the same jury had convicted Douglas Shine Jr., 21, of aggravated murder and dozens of other charges related to the shootings at Chalk Linez barbershop, in Warrensville Heights, and his role in killing an eyewitness.Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge
  
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• Soldier found dead in barracks at North Carolina fort

  19-11-2016 22:31
  
  FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Army officials say a 21-year-old decorated soldier was found dead in his barracks at Fort Bragg.CBS Raleigh affiliate WNCN-TV reports that Pfc. David Winchester, of Adamsville, Alabama, was found Wednesday. Agents with the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command are investigating.The Army said in a release Friday that Winchester was a biomedical equipment specialist. He joined the Army in April 2015 and was assigned to Fort Bragg last June.Lt. Col. Aric Bowman says Wincheste
  
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• Grandma accidentally texts random teen Thanksgiving plans, invites him anyway

  19-11-2016 22:13
  
  Like any good grandmother, Wanda Dench wanted to give her grandchildren advance notice of Thanksgiving plans this year.And she knew the best way to communicate with “kids” these days: by text.So, instead of dialing up her grandson, the Phoenix-area woman typed a quick message.“Thanksgiving is at my house on Nov. 24 at 3:00 p.m. Let me know if you’re coming. Hope to see you all. Of course that includes Amanda & Justin,” Dench wrote on Monday.But the response wasn
  
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• Ohio State holds on for 17-16 win over Michigan State

  19-11-2016 21:56
  
  Mike Weber ran for 111 yards and a touchdown, and No. 2 Ohio State held off Michigan State 17-16 on Saturday after the upset-minded Spartans missed a 2-point conversion with 4:41 remaining.Ohio State (10-1, 7-1 Big Ten, No. 2 CFP) can now move on to next weekend's showdown with rival Michigan, but only after withstanding a spirited challenge from a Michigan State team that derailed the Buckeyes' national title bids in two of the previous three seasons. The Spartans (3-8, 1-7) were down 17-10 whe
  
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• Kids write letters asking Trump to "be kind"

  19-11-2016 21:09
  
  People have been experiencing and expressing lots of different emotions about Donald Trump’s election. As a result, a Washington state mother thought it might be good for kids to have an outlet to process how they’re feeling about the president-elect. So she turned to social media.To let kids know their actions can go a long way, Molly Spence Sahebjami started the Facebook group Dear President: Letters from Kids about Kindness. To say it’s caught on quickly would be an understa
  
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• Kansas baby found in Dallas two days after mom was shot to death

  19-11-2016 19:42
  
  WICHITA, Kan. -- A week-old newborn girl who went missing after her mother was shot to death was found alive Saturday in Dallas, police said.Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsay said Saturday morning that suspects in the death of 27-year-old Laura Abarca-Nogueda took the child and fled to Texas, where Sofia Victoria Gonzalez Abarca was found alive and healthy, CBS Wichita affiliate KWCH-TV reports.Ramsay also said two people are in custody. He said they knew the family but didn’t elaborate,
  
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• Photos: Holy Chicken Debuts in Columbus

  19-11-2016 19:37
  
  Morgan Spurlock’s Holy Chicken fast food restaurant officially opened its doors for the first time this morning, and hundreds of curious eaters decided to brave the cold weather for a chance to try it out on day one. During the four-day pop-up run on Schrock Road, Spurlock himself is on site to make sure everything […]
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: First flakes of the season

  19-11-2016 19:15
  This Evening: Scattered snow showers, windy and much colder.Temperatures falling into the middle 30s. WNW winds 15-25 mph Gusts to 35 mph.
  Tonight: Light snow showers.Chilly and breezy with wind chill values as low as the upper teens in spots.Low 29.West winds 15-20 mph Gusts to 35 mph.
  Tomorrow: A little light snow early. Then mostly cloudy to partly cloudy and breezy.Wind chills in the 20s again.High 37.NW winds 15-20 mph Gusts to 30 mph.
  Monday: Mostly sunny and cooler than average.High 42.NW
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Cloudy skies breaking a little through the afternoon

  19-11-2016 19:15
  Today: Cloudy skies breaking a little through the afternoon.Cold & breezy with wind chills in the 20s.High 37.NW winds 15-20 mph Gusts to 27 mph.
  Tonight: Decreasing clouds, chilly and still a little breezy with wind chills in the teens when we’re at our coldest.Low 25.NW winds 8-12 mph.
  Tomorrow: Sunny and cold, still a little breezy.High 42.NW winds 7-11 mph.
  Tuesday: Sunny to partly cloudy with increasing clouds through the afternoon.High 47.Light variable winds. Weather Resources:
  
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• Designer, construction manager named for U.S. courthouse in Toledo

  19-11-2016 18:36
  
  The U.S. General Services Administration announced today that it designated an architect-engineer and construction manager for Toledo's planned federal courthouse renovation and new annex project. Columbus-based Schooley Caldwell Associates was awarded the contract for design, management, and inspection services.
  
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• Trump reacts to Pence's treatment at "Hamilton" show, demands apology from cast

  19-11-2016 18:00
  
  President-elect Donald Trump is demanding an apology from the “very rude” cast of “Hamilton,” the hit Broadway musical, after Vice President-elect Mike Pence was addressed directly by the performers following a Friday night showTrump sent tweets Saturday morning saying the vice president-elect was “harassed” when he attended the musical:Our wonderful future V.P. Mike Pence was harassed last night at the theater by the cast of Hamilton, cameras blazing.This sho
  
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• State crime lab: Do thank you notes hint at impropriety?

  19-11-2016 17:45
  
  Throughout her nearly 33-year career at the state crime lab, now-retired forensic scientist G. Michele Yezzo won high praise from prosecutors for helping them to convict an uncounted number of Ohioans. But the letters from prosecutors in her personnel file raise questions about whether she went beyond the role of neutral, objective scientist to become a part of the prosecution team seeking convictions.
  
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• Wasted Space: North Third Street Awash With Surface Parking in Downtown Columbus

  19-11-2016 17:25
  
  The High Street corridor Downtown has witnessed a steady stream of development the last few years. The 12-story 250 High now sits where a parking lot once was, historic renovations are bringing the Citizens Building and the former Madison’s Department Store back to life, and the largest remaining “missing tooth” along the corridor — parking lots […]
  
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• Skywatch: Last quarter moon makes way for planet watching

  19-11-2016 16:52
  
  This week's night sky starts with a view of the moon as it reaches last quarter.
  Each month the moon waxes and wanes, and early in the week it'll appear as a half moon high in the heavens.
  The last quarter moon will officially occur at 3:33 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 21. But, it'll appear as a half moon Sunday night into Monday morning so you don't have to get up in the wee hours of the day to enjoy the show.Look for a planetary triangle on Wednesday night formed by Venus, Mercury and Saturn.
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• ESPN’s College GameDay heading to Columbus for Ohio State-Michigan game

  19-11-2016 16:51
  
  ESPN’s College GameDay announced Saturday it will broadcast the show in Columbus next Saturday for Ohio State’s game against that team up north.In a tweet, the show posted:
  Columbus, we're headed your way.
  Get up. It's a 5-hour show.
  IT'S RIVALRY WEEK.Stay with 10TV for updates.
  
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• Mayor of Columbus lauds Zoomlion sanitation crusade

  19-11-2016 14:39
  The Mayor of the City of Columbus, Ohio in the United States of America has praised Ghana's leading waste management firm, Zoomlion Company Limited for its tremendous efforts at promoting sanitation in the country and the sub-region. Mayor Andrew Ginther disclosed this at the headquarters of the Jospong/Zoomlion Group of Companies on Tuesday in Accra when he led a delegation from Columbus to tour some subsidiaries of Zoomlion, namely Dredging Masters and the Mudor Faecal Treatment Plant at Laven
  
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• 4 charged in beating of man as others yell anti-Trump words

  19-11-2016 14:20
  
  Chicago police say four people have been charged in the videotaped beating of a man as bystanders yelled "Don't vote Trump."Authorities say 26-year-old Julian Christian, 21-year-old Rajane Lewis, 20-year-old Dejuan Collins and a 17-year-old girl who wasn't identified were each charged with vehicular hijacking in the Nov. 9 incident. Christian is from Broadview, Illinois, and Lewis and Collins are from Chicago.Forty-nine-year-old David Wilcox says he was attacked after another car scraped his. He
  
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• Mike Pence booed at "Hamilton" Broadway show

  19-11-2016 14:09
  
  New Yorkers are famous for letting their feelings be known — a lesson Vice President-elect Mike Pence learned Friday night.At a performance of the Broadway smash Hamilton, Pence was booed (with some cheers mixed in) before the show started. While the cast performed the hip-hop musical about the Founding Fathers, debate raged on the internet about the etiquette behind booing the vice president-elect.But as they say in the theater world — the show must go on, and it did. According to r
  
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• November is National Pepper Month

  19-11-2016 13:59
  
  Jason Shultz from Bravo shares with us some of the health benefits of pepper, and a recipe you can try today.Shrimp ScampiIngredients:
  ½ lb. Angel Hair pasta
  ½ lb. Medium size, cleaned and deveined
  1 oz. olive oil
  1 tsp. garlic
  ½ tsp. chili flakes
  4 oz. of vegetable stock
  8 oz. of heavy cream
  2 oz. of parmesan
  2 fresh squeezed lemons
  1 tsp. pepper
  Salt, parsleyDirections:
  1.First, sauté shrimp halfway, in olive.
  2.Next, add garlic and chili flakes
  3.Slowly add vegetab
  
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• Do thank you notes hint at impropriety?

  19-11-2016 13:17
  
  Throughout her nearly 33-year career at the state crime lab, now-retired forensic scientist G. Michele Yezzo won high praise from prosecutors for helping them to convict an uncounted number of Ohioans.
  
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• DSW seeks incentives to expand center, add 100 jobs

  19-11-2016 13:03
  
  Columbus-based footwear and accessories retailer DSW is planning to invest $3.6 million in improvements to the distribution center on its corporate headquarters campus and add 100 full-time jobs. Next week, Columbus City Council will consider giving DSW a job-creation tax credit agreement of 55 percent for a period of five years to help implement the expansion.
  
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• Crime 18 mins ago 4:14 p.m.Haslam to face deposition Dec. 13 in fuel rebate suit

  19-11-2016 12:44
  Pilot Flying J CEO Jimmy Haslam will submit to a deposition next month in Knoxville in connection with a lawsuit that alleges his company cheated two trucking companies out of fuel rebates. A Franklin County, Ohio, judge has approved the videotaped deposition for Dec. 13 in the offices of prominent law firm Ritchie, Dillard, Davies & Johnson, documents show.
  
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• Home-schoolers gather for drama, other extracurriculars

  19-11-2016 12:00
  
  It was your typical school-play dress rehearsal, with the director showing the young thespians where to enter and exit and cautioning them not to crinkle flimsy plastic water bottles backstage during the show. But there was definitely something different about it. The teachers were running things, but the teachers were also the parents.
  
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• Disneyland online auction: Own a piece of Disney history

  19-11-2016 11:45
  
  If you've ever wanted to own a piece of Disneyland, well now you can.Van Eaton Galleries in California is presenting "Souvenirs of Disneyland," an exhibition and auction that offers some of the most unique Disneyland artifacts.The collection brings together props, costumes, souvenirs, and artwork along with other collectibles from every land and attraction at Disneyland over the last 60 years.The live online auction starts Saturday, November 19 at 10 a.m.
  
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• Trump's pledges to reverse climate-change policies worry some

  19-11-2016 11:36
  
  When Donald Trump is inaugurated in January, he will become the only world leader to discredit the science of climate change. Trump — who has called climate change a Chinese hoax — will assume leadership of the world’s second-leading greenhouse gas-emitter weeks after what probably will be the planet’s hottest year on record, according to a report this week by the World Meteorological Organization.
  
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• Plane carrying 4 crashes, causes explosion in Nevada

  19-11-2016 11:32
  
  A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman says a plane carrying four people has crashed in Elko, Nevada.Allen Kenitzer says the Piper PA 31 airplane crashed Friday evening under unknown circumstances.An Elko cardiologist told the Elko Daily Free Press (http://bit.ly/2g5Y32Q) that the plane was transporting a heart patient to the University of Utah.The newspaper says the plane crashed into the Barrick Gold Corp. parking lot, causing multiple explosions and sending up flames near a busy casino.
  
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• Rangers at Jackets: Quick Takes

  19-11-2016 08:49
  Bobrovsky has been on fire to open this season. I wonder how much the World Cup of Hockey helped him get ready.
  
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• High school football | Pickerington Central heads to state semifinal on late field goal

  19-11-2016 07:11
  
  LONDON — Darius Coker ran 49 yards on a quarterback draw to set up a 19-yard field goal by Brandon Vollmer as time ran out to give Pickerington Central a sensational 17-14 victory over Huber Heights Wayne on Friday night in a Division I regional final.
  
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• Mystery foam fills street in Santa Clara

  19-11-2016 05:49
  
  A mysterious foam has filled a street in Santa Clara.A test of fire-suppression foam by a company near San Jose Mineta International Airport went awry, filling nearby streets with the white substance, according to Santa Clara Police, CBS San Francisco reports.The thick white foam which resembled snow, came from Signature Flight Support, a business located right next to the airport at 323 Martin Avenue near the San Jose-Santa Clara border. Police said the company was testing its emergency fire su
  
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• Deputy U.S. marshal shot dead serving warrant in Georgia

  19-11-2016 05:45
  
  Federal authorities say a deputy U.S. marshal has been fatally shot while trying to serve an arrest warrant in southeast Georgia.A news release from the U.S. Marshals Service says the suspect was killed by officers who returned fire. The release says the deputy marshal, 53-year-old Patrick Carothers, was shot twice while trying to serve a warrant at a mobile home in rural Long County, about 55 miles southeast of Savannah.Stewart Cottingham, supervisory inspector for a fugitive task force run by
  
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• California family booed on flight bringing home soldier killed in Afghanistan, dad says

  19-11-2016 05:39
  
  The father of a slain Northern California soldier said his family was booed on the flight to bring his son’s body home from Afghanistan, CBS Sacramento station KOVR-TV reports.Sgt. John Perry was killed on Saturday in Afghanistan by a suicide bomber.His father, Stewart Perry, mourned the loss of his son at a service on Thursday.“Most importantly, I want people to know about the heroic thing that my son did,” he said.His son stumbled on the suicide bomber before he could reach h
  
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• 79-year-old man killed in Knox County crash

  19-11-2016 05:18
  
  Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a three-vehicle crash that killed one person in Knox County.The incident happened Friday at 8:40 a.m. on State Route 13 at County Road 29 in Morgan Township.According to OSHP, 79-year-old Donald Baker was traveling northbound in a Ford Ranger. Baker slowed down to turn left onto County Road 29 when his was pushed into the southbound lanesof SR-13 by a Chevrolet Impala.Baker's truck was then hit by a vehicle driven by 22-year-old Allison Ruhl. Baker was
  
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• Ceremony held for transgender people killed around the world

  19-11-2016 05:06
  Friday is a day of remembrance for transgender people killed around the world.The community came together to remember lives lost, including three in Ohio this year. The day of remembrance was also about renewing a fight to bring change and keep more trans people safe.“I spent a long time, kind of keeping it secret,” said James Glasser.Glasser finds himself reflecting on his own journey on a day remembering those who shared the same struggles as he did, many of them killed for simply
  
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• Polar bear Nora loses older bear pal in Oregon to cancer

  19-11-2016 04:54
  The Oregon Zoo announced on Friday that 31-year-old Tasul, one of the oldest polar bears in the world, was euthanized because she has advanced cancer. Nora, who was born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium a year ago, was sent to Oregon in September.
  
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• Nationwide releases most popular pet names of 2016

  19-11-2016 04:47
  
  For the fifth consecutive year, Bella reigns as the top pet name among cats and dogs in America according to Nationwide.Max finished second for both animals for the second year in a row."Our annual review of the most common pet names gives us a unique view of popular trends among our members," said Carol McConnell, DVM, MBA, Vice President and Chief Veterinary Officer for Nationwide. "Our data often shows increases in certain pop culture themes among pet monikers. The most significant theme has
  
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• Judge: Mom's confession in sons' deaths can be used at trial

  19-11-2016 04:28
  
  A recorded police interrogation of an Ohio woman saying she smothered her three young sons can be used during her trial, a judge ruled Friday.The Logan County judge found that Brittany Pilkington's recorded statements to police Aug. 18, 2015 were voluntary. The judge also found there were "no overt threats or inducements" in the interrogation.Pilkington, 24, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated murder. She says in the recording she smothered each boy with a blanket because she di
  
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• “Super Size Me” filmmaker opens pop-up restaurant in Columbus

  19-11-2016 04:19
  
  Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, the man behind the documentary “Super Size Me,” is opening a pop-up restaurant in central Ohio.“Holy Chicken!” opens Saturday at the former Wendy’s located at 2405 Schrock Road through Tuesday.The food is advertised as hormone-free, antibiotic-free, cage-free, free-range, farm-raised, humanely raised and 100 percent natural.The menu includes “The Grilled Crispy Chicken Sandwich;” a special kid’s menu highlight the “
  
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• Alabama inmates do mannequin challenge using illegal cellphone

  19-11-2016 03:50
  
  Inmates in an Alabama prison are taking part in the "mannequin challenge" sweeping the country, using an illegal cellphone.Al.com reports that the men wearing prisoner clothing labeled Alabama Department of Corrections shot a nearly minute-long video of themselves freezing in various positions. They can be seen staging a fight, doing push-ups, reading on their cots and praying, both Christians and Muslims.A spokesman for the Alabama Department of Corrections, Bob Horton, tells the newspaper they
  
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• Confession from mother accused of killing 3 sons allowed for trial

  19-11-2016 01:50
  
  Logan County Common Pleas judge has ruled that a Bellefontaine woman's confession to smothering her three young boys over a 13-month period will be allowed during her murder trial. Judge Mark S. O'Connor denied the defense’s motion to suppress the statements made by Brittany R. Pilkington on Aug. 18, 2015, following the death of her 3-month-old son, during a videotaped interview with a Bellefontaine Police Department detective.
  
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  19-11-2016 00:53
  Columbus City Councilwoman Elizabeth Brown, right, speaks at Ohio State on Nov. 17 about her political career. Credit: Courtesy of Tyler Osborne Ohio State's chapter of the American Association of University Women was formed just this semester, and hit the ground running on Thursday by hosting a discussion with Columbus City Councilwoman Elizabeth Brown.
  
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• City of Columbus Charter Review Committee; Barnett Community Recreation Center 11/17/16

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• Ohio inmate walked away from community service project

  19-11-2016 00:31
  
  The Morgan County Sheriff's Office are searching for an inmate who walked away from a community service project.Authorities responded to a call around 2:30 p.m. on Friday after the inmate left to go to the restroom and did not return to Cheserhill, a Multicultural building.The supervisor noticed he did not return after 30 minutes and called Southeastern Probation Correctional Facility SEPTA.SEPTA then called the Morgan County Sheriff's Office and a message was sent out to neighboring law enforce
  
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• Columbus Early Learning Center students become authors

  19-11-2016 00:25
  COLUMBUS -- Nancy Kangas cozied on a couch with preschooler Princeton, as the two wrote poetry together at Columbus Early Learning Center on N. Champion Ave.“Did I get it right?” Kangas asked Princeton.The process is part of the school’s literacy program which teaches 3 and 4-year-olds the art of poetry.“I was very scared about writing with them because they don't write. How would we make poems?” she asked herself aloud. Kangas says she quickly came up with a feasib
  
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• Former Watterson teacher gets 25 years for using student in porn

  19-11-2016 00:22
  
  A judge told former Bishop Watterson High School teacher Brian Sze that what he did to a student there was "tantamount to taking this victim's life." "Everyone should have their period of innocence," U.S. District Judge Algenon L. Marbley told Sze, 36, before sentencing him Friday to 25 years in prison for possessing child pornography involving the student. "This individual was deprived of that. He'll never get it back," Marbley said.
  
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• Polar bear meant to serve as mentor for Nora has died

  19-11-2016 00:08
  
  The Oregon Zoo is mourning the death of one of its polar bears, who was euthanized on November 18.Tasul, a 31-year-old polar bear, was the third-oldest polar bear in any North American zoo.The bear was going to be a mentor to Nora, the polar bear who was born and raised at the Columbus Zoo before going to the Oregon Zoo.Veterinarians found a mass on Tasul’s ovary during an ultrasound and discovered it was cancerous. The cancer had spread extensively and staff decided to euthanize to preven
  
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• Lancaster man dies from injuries suffered in crash earlier this week

  19-11-2016 00:02
  
  A Lancaster man who was involved in a single-vehicle crash in Fairfield County earlier this week has died, the State Highway Patrol said Friday.
  
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