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• Police: Missing 84-year-old with serious health issues found

  20-12-2016 23:56
  
  UPDATE: 6:35 p.m.Columbus Police say Dye has been located and is safe.---OriginalColumbus Police are asking for assistance in finding an 84-year-old man who has gone missing from the west side.Police say Otho R. Dye was last seen at S. Richardson Avenue and W. Broad Street Tuesday. They said Rye has serious health issues.Dye is described as a white male, 6’1’’, 190 pounds with grey hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a blue long sleeve shirt with a Home Depot logo and blue jean
  
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• Police looking for a Tunisian man in connection with the Berlin Christmas market attack

  20-12-2016 23:45
  
  UPDATE:Police are looking for a Tunisian man in his early 20s in connection with the Berlin Christmas market attack.That's according to German security officials.The official says the suspect's identity papers were found inside the cabin of the truck used in the attack. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Tuesday for a truck attack on a crowded Berlin Christmas market that German authorities said came right out of the extremist group's playbook, inflicting mass casualties on a soft ta
  
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• Islamic State claims Berlin Christmas market attack

  20-12-2016 23:45
  
  The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Tuesday for a truck attack on a crowded Berlin Christmas market that German authorities said came right out of the extremist group's playbook, inflicting mass casualties on a soft target fraught with symbolic meaning.The Monday night attack on the popular market by the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in the heart of former West Berlin left 12 dead and 48 injured - the first mass casualty attack by Islamic extremists carried out on German soil. German
  
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• Lawmaker proposes tougher penalties after seeing story of woman set on fire

  20-12-2016 23:34
  Since August 2, 2015, the day her ex-boyfriend doused her in gasoline and lit her on fire, Judy Malinowski hasn't known a single day without pain, and she likely never will.Glenn McEntyre: "Judy, how do you describe what you've been through?"
  Judy mouths: "Horrible."She's endured more than 500 days in the hospital, and more than 50 surgeries. Doctors say there's a high likelihood that she still may not survive."It's a struggle isn't it?" her mother, Bonnie Bowes asked. Judy nodded yes, mouthing:
  
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• Man charged with setting fire that burned down Buddhist temple

  20-12-2016 23:29
  
  A 19-year-old Franklinton man has been charged with setting a fire that destroyed a Buddhist temple in January. Ronnie Lee Carroll II, who lives on S. Princeton Avenue, was arrested on Friday and charged with two counts of arson.
  
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• Columbus releases its annual 'Holiday Hoodlums' list

  20-12-2016 23:23
  
  COLUMBUS - The Columbus City Attorney's office has released its annual Holiday Hoodlums list which is a group of crooks who deserve a lump of coal in their stockings.Starting off the list Andrea Anthony, 54, was charged with at least 17 prior times of theft related crimes along with felony theft. Anthony was charged with multiple counts including soliciting, presenting false information in a criminal investigation, illegal possession of drug paraphernalia, public urination, and illegal dog confi
  
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• Tupac Shakur, Pearl Jam, Yes to be inducted into Rock Hall of Fame

  20-12-2016 23:14
  
  The late rapper Tupac Shakur and Seattle-based rockers Pearl Jam lead a class of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees that also include folkie Joan Baez and 1970s favorites Journey, Yes and Electric Light Orchestra.The rock hall also said Tuesday it would give a special award to Nile Rodgers, whose disco-era band Chic failed again to make the cut after its 11th time nominated.Baez will be inducted only months after her 1960s paramour, Bob Dylan, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.The hal
  
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• Columbus Rotary: Kaleidoscope Youth Center 12/19/49

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• Ezekiel Elliott's kettle celebration means jump in Salvation Army donations

  20-12-2016 22:52
  The ringing of bells outside stores is a familiar sound this time of year.And the dropping of money in the red kettle is a familiar sight. This weekend, something bigger dropped in.Former Ohio State running back now Dallas Cowboy, Ezekiel Elliott, celebrated his touchdown in a giant red kettle in the end zone.And Elliott's big jump caused another big jump.“National contributions online have gone up by 61 percent,” Area Coordinator Major Debra Ashcraft said.A fun moment for fans with
  
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• Victim of Sunday morning hit-and-run on Sullivant Avenue identified

  20-12-2016 22:41
  
  Columbus police have identified the man who died after he was run over by a vehicle that didn't stop on Sullivant Avenue early Sunday morning. Oscar Vazquez, 40, is a Honduran national who had no confirmed local address, according to the Columbus police.
  
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• Whitehall woman's protest behind new state flag law

  20-12-2016 22:14
  Homeowner's associations and landlords can no longer tell you to remove your state flag.A bill to protect your right spawned after 10TV did a story with Julia Lease two years ago."All this time I've been waiting, but my flag has still been flying," Lease said.The 86-year old said she waited patiently for lawmakers to pass a bill inspired by her fight to fly her flag."If somebody doesn't get involved nothing is going to get done," she said.Two years ago, Lease received a notice from her rental co
  
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• Southwest Airlines investigating website outage

  20-12-2016 21:58
  
  Customers of Southwest Airlines attempting to log onto the company's website are currently being greeted by a message requesting patience."We're working hard to get you where you want to be. Please do not refresh your browser. We will automatically transfer you to Southwest.com as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience."The company posted on social media that they are looking into the situation.We are aware and investigating current issues with our website, and we have implemented flexibl
  
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• Man charged for allegedly setting Buddhist Temple fire

  20-12-2016 20:33
  
  Columbus Division of Fire arrested 19-year-old Ronnie Lee Carroll II, for setting fire of The Karma Thegsum Chöling Buddhist Temple on January 31, 2016. Investigators say Carroll started several dumpsters in the area on fire and the one located next to the building and spread quickly. Carroll is facing two felony counts of arson and investigators expect to file addition charges. Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates
  
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• Four more officials charged over Flint water crisis

  20-12-2016 20:04
  
  FLINT, Mich. - The Michigan attorney general announced criminal charges against four new officials in the Flint water investigation.Nine people so far have already been charged in an investigation of Flint’s lead-tainted water system and an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease. Those nine are eight current or former state employees and a Flint water plant employee.Attorney General Bill Schuette said at a news conference Tuesday: “The crisis in Flint was a casualty of arrogance, di
  
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• Are police body-cam videos public record? Ohio justices duck ruling

  20-12-2016 19:50
  
  The Ohio Supreme Court ducked ruling whether police body-cam videos are public records, but found today that a prosecutor acted reasonably in waiting to release video of a fatal shooting by an officer. The ruling came in a case in which six media organizations sued Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph Deters after he failed to quickly release a video of a University of Cincinnati police officer shooting an unarmed motorist as he sat in his car.
  
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• Italian Village mixed-use project receives historic tax credits

  20-12-2016 19:44
  
  The Budd Dairy mixed-use project in Italian Village has been awarded just under $2 million in Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credits to assist with its $25 million redevelopment cost.
  
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• Petra Kvitova injured by knife-wielding attacker at her home

  20-12-2016 19:42
  
  Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was injured by a knife-wielding attacker at her home on Tuesday.The player’s spokesman, Karel Tejkal, said Kvitova suffered a left hand injury and has been treated by doctors. He said the injuries to Kvitova, who is left-handed, were not life-threatening.“What happened to me was certainly not pleasant, but it’s behind me,” Kvitova said in a statement on the Facebook page of the Czech Republic’s Fed Cup team. “The main
  
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• Wash. man admits killing ex, 2 others at party after breakup

  20-12-2016 19:26
  
  EVERETT, Wash. — A young man accused of shooting and killing three people at a house party in July near Seattle pleaded guilty Monday, one day before a prosecutor was to announce his decision on whether to seek the death penalty.
  Investigators said Allen Ivanov attacked the July 30 gathering in the small city of Mukilteo because he was upset that his former girlfriend seemed to be moving on after their breakup.
  The 20-year-old pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated first-degree murde
  
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• New line means arsenic-free water at Fairfield County DD office

  20-12-2016 19:21
  
  LANCASTER — Fairfield County recently finished building a public water line to provide clean drinking water to a county Board of Developmental Disabilities office in Violet Township whose well is contaminated with arsenic.
  
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• Mother of bride ID'd as victim of falling tree wedding tragedy in California

  20-12-2016 19:12
  
  WHITTIER, Calif. - A 61-year-old woman killed when a tree fell on a wedding party at a California park Saturday has been identified as the mother of the bride.The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office has released the victim’s name as Margerita Mojarro, of San Pedro. Family members and friends confirmed to KABC-TV and KNBC-TV that Mojarro was the mother of the bride.The group headed to Penn Park in Whittier just after the wedding to take pictures. The group was posing for photos when a
  
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• How cornstalks prevent snowdrifts on Franklin County roads

  20-12-2016 19:04
  
  Dean Ringle is using a powerful force to fight Mother Nature's winter wrath — cornstalks. Ringle, the Franklin County engineer, is responsible for making sure 900 lane-miles of roads are cleared of snow so that you can get to work, school and home. Drifting snow that piles up on roads requires the same stretch of road to be plowed several times.
  
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• Shoppers brave the cold for latest Nintendo shipment

  20-12-2016 18:23
  COLUMBUS - It was an early morning for dozens of people who sat in the cold just to complete their Christmas shopping but this was no ordinary gift on their list.Many people lined up outside the Best Buy store on Morse Road to get the rare and hard to find Nintendo mini NES classic console.Some customers waited for the doors to open since 11 p.m. Monday night in temperatures that were only in the teens.Rodney Poling said his family sent him out to wait in line since he was retired.Poling got the
  
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• Auditor: Convicted ex-Pickaway County veteran services official owes another $160

  20-12-2016 18:03
  
  For Pickaway County, the damage caused by the former director of the Veterans Service Office keeps piling up. State Auditor Dave Yost's office released an audit report for the county Tuesday, and said there is yet another $160 that was not included in thousands of dollars in restitution that a court ordered Rebecca Lee to be repay after a jury convicted her this year of stealing from the county for years.
  
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• Probe reveals flood of 780M painkillers in 6 deadly years in West Virginia

  20-12-2016 17:55
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Drug wholesalers shipped 780 million hydrocodone and oxycodone pills to West Virginia in just six years, a period when 1,728 people fatally overdosed on these two painkillers, according to an investigation by the Charleston Gazette-Mail.That amounts to 433 of the frequently abused opioid pills for every man, woman and child in the state of 1.84 million people.The Gazette-Mail obtained previously confidential records sent by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to the offi
  
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• Best Art Gallery in Columbus: Wild Goose Creative

  20-12-2016 17:40
  
  To label Wild Goose Creative as a mere art gallery is doing the organization a disservice, but when asked about the city’s best art galleries for the year, our readers and contributors picked Wild Goose as the top response for venues that serve that purpose. After ten years of operations at 2491 Summit Street, Wild Goose […]
  
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• Scientist pleads guilty to stealing sensitive docs for China

  20-12-2016 17:38
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. -- A scientist has pleaded guilty to charges he stole sensitive documents from a Connecticut military contractor and transported them to China.Yu Long waived his right to an indictment and pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in New Haven.The 38-year-old Chinese citizen and legal permanent U.S. resident worked until 2014 as a senior engineer and scientist for United Technologies Research Center.China hands underwater drone back to U.S. NavyOne of the counts was conspiracy
  
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• Why does Columbus smell? City, Columbia Gas are looking into it

  20-12-2016 17:34
  
  Columbus firefighters are spending the morning responding to numerous calls after residents have reported smelling natural gas. As of 9:02 a.m., there were 22 reports of foreign odor complaints. Of those, 14 were reported to smell like natural gas. Since then, the calls have continued to come in, according to department spokeswoman Rebecca Diehm.
  
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• Bill would give $264 million tax break to Ohio oil and gas industry

  20-12-2016 17:16
  
  Ohio's oil and gas industry would get a windfall retroactive tax break, costing the state $215 million and local government $49 million, under a bill passed by the legislature. Senate Bill 235 has reached Gov. John Kasich's desk and is ready for his signature or veto, which is expected soon. Kasich's office declined comment.
  
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• Recreational Projects Grant Award

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• Central Ohio jobless rate lowest in 15 years

  20-12-2016 16:12
  
  Central Ohio's jobless rate dropped in November to the lowest rate in 15 years, according to state figures released this morning. The 3.7 percent unemployment rate in November is down from 3.9 percent in October and the lowest since September 2001.
  
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• Connecting bike trails

  20-12-2016 16:03
  A new bridge over the Olentangy River to connect the Arena District to the busy Olentangy Trail. A trail connecting a Northeast Side neighborhood to a library and the Alum Creek Trail.
  
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• City, Columbia Gas getting numerous odor complaints

  20-12-2016 16:03
  
  Columbus firefighters are spending the morning responding to numerous calls after residents have reported smelling natural gas. As of 9:02 a.m., there were 22 reports of foreign odor complaints. Of those, 14 were reported to smell like natural gas. Since then, the calls have continued to come in, according to department spokeswoman Rebecca Diehm.
  
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• Ohio justices duck ruling if police body-cam videos are public records

  20-12-2016 15:59
  
  The Ohio Supreme Court ducked ruling whether police body-cam videos are public records, but found today that a prosecutor acted reasonably in waiting to release video of a fatal shooting by an officer. The ruling came in a case in which six media organizations sued Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph Deters after he failed to quickly release a video of a University of Cincinnati police officer shooting an unarmed motorist as he sat in his car.
  
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• Inaugural Class of CelebrateOne Community Connectors -12/13/16

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• Several central Ohio agencies investigating “stink” in the city

  20-12-2016 15:46
  
  Columbus Fire officials tell 10TV that they’re trying to find the source of a foul smell being reported city-wide.Between midnight and 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, they received more than 25 calls from residents all across the city reporting a bad odor.At least 14 of those callers reported that they smelled what they believed to be natural gas.So far, the smell has been reported in Dublin, Upper Arlington, Linden, and Grove City.Delaware County Emergency Communications also received numerous calls r
  
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• Columbus Fire investigating “stink” in the city

  20-12-2016 15:46
  
  Columbus Fire officials tell 10TV that they’re trying to find the source of a foul smell being reported city-wide.Between midnight and 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, they received more than 25 calls from residents all across the city reporting a bad odor.At least 14 of those callers reported that they smelled what they believed to be natural gas.So far, the smell has been reported in Dublin, Upper Arlington, Linden, and Grove City.
  Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest on this developing story.
  
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• 2017 City Budget Hearing: Environment, Administration & Education Cmt

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• Dreaming of a White Christmas?

  20-12-2016 14:45
  
  As the Christmas holiday approaches a lot of people aren’t just wondering if we’ll have a white one but they’re also hoping we’ll get one.If you’ve lived in central Ohio for a while you likely know that the weather can be fickle this time of year.
  One week it could be cold with a few inches of snow on the ground and the next week it's near 70. This actually happened in December 2013 robbing us of our prospects for a white Christmas. These drastic changes in the weat
  
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• Crew SC | Homegrown Crognale signs, but Sauro out for season

  20-12-2016 14:35
  
  Alex Crognale grew up sitting in the Mapfre Stadium stands, rooting for Crew SC and dreaming of the day he might play on the same field as his heroes.
  
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• Best Urban Development in Columbus: The Madison

  20-12-2016 14:00
  
  Everywhere you look around Columbus, you’re likely to see construction cranes in the sky. For some people that means extra traffic and noise, but to most people it means that our city is growing and evolving. While Columbus Underground Writer Brent Warren covers the daily development beat, the end of the year is a time […]
  
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• Pickerington soldier returns to cheering crowd of family, admirers

  20-12-2016 12:01
  
  Spc. Brian Carroll thought no one outside his immediate family would be there for his delayed homecoming Monday night. What he found left him in stunned surprise.
  
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• Holiday donor passes out $100 bills at Merion Village laundromat

  20-12-2016 11:57
  
  Amber Touvell had only one more day until her auto-insurance bill was due. Brittney Cunningham had bills of her own. Samantha Smith hoped to buy a few more Christmas gifts for her 8-month-old son. All three women were at MC Laundries in Merion Village on Sunday evening when an older woman walked into the self-service laundromat. The laundromat has its regulars — good people — Touvell said. But the woman who walked in that night was an unfamiliar face.
  
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• Holiday cookbooks for grazers and gazers

  20-12-2016 11:57
  Whether you are seeking gifts for dear ones who are trying to find their inner Dorie Greenspan or Mario Batali, or you simply want to gift yourself, there's no such thing as too many cookbooks. Especially this year, when celeb chefs and authors and knowledgeable first-time writers have come out with keepers that are packed with must-try recipes and the ultimate food porn.
  
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• $788,421 state grant to help connect trails, build park in Columbus

  20-12-2016 11:53
  
  A new bridge over the Olentangy River to connect the Arena District to the busy Olentangy Trail. A trail connecting a Northeast Side neighborhood to a library and the Alum Creek Trail. A new park in the Southgate neighborhood along South High Street.
  
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• Kasich urged to fight Obamacare repeal

  20-12-2016 11:44
  
  Warning that nearly 1 million Ohioans could lose health coverage, advocates for the poor and disabled urged Gov. John Kasich to oppose a plan by congressional Republicans and President-elect Donald Trump to repeal Obamacare unless they have a replacement.
  
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• Motorists rejoice? Ohio rated second-best state for drivers

  20-12-2016 11:11
  
  Columbus drivers, consider this the next time you're stuck in rush-hour traffic or face a higher insurance bill: It's a lot worse elsewhere. Ohio is the second-best state for drivers, according to a new report from Bankrate.com.
  
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• Pilots in labor dispute seek support from Amazon customers

  20-12-2016 11:02
  
  ABX Air pilots flying on behalf of Amazon are taking their labor dispute to consumers after being ordered by a federal judge in late November to end a short-lived strike.
  
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• Justice Insider: Social media is snake owner’s undoing

  20-12-2016 10:57
  
  State officials seized nearly a dozen snakes last week at a Northeast Side exotic-pet store and the owner’s Pickerington house. The Ohio Department of Agriculture took five rattlesnakes from Terry Wilkins’ home in the 300 block of Leaning Fence Court in Pickerington. Six constrictors more than 12 feet in length were taken from Captive Born Reptiles on Morse Road.
  
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• Experts warn of top three scams in Central Ohio this holiday season

  20-12-2016 09:55
  
  Experts are warning consumers of three scams in central Ohio that continue to grow in popularity.
  According to Shane Eighme with Shane and Shane Financial in Columbus, scammers target people over the holidays who are feeling more generous and do more shopping this time of year. They warn to be on the lookout for:
  Gift Card Scams
  Fake Charities
  Delivery Scams
  Eighme says gift card scams have become the most requested holiday gift, but there are several scams to be aware of. If you see an online a
  
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• Boy, 4, in critical condition after accidental shootingPreschooler...

  20-12-2016 08:11
  A 4-year-old boy was in critical condition Sunday night after accidentally shooting himself at his Near East Side home. Columbus police were called just before 8 p.m. to a house in the 1300 block of Cole Street, which is just north of Interstate 70. The boy, identified as Tyjhuann Granger, was taken to Nationwide Children's Hospital, said Sgt.
  
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