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• Obama vs Trump: Dispute erupts over who would have won

  26-12-2016 23:41
  
  President-elect Donald Trump and President Barack Obama are trading competing claims about who would have won if the 2016 presidential election had been a contest between the two men.Obama says in a podcast hosted by his former adviser David Axelrod that he's confident he would have won a majority of Americans if he'd run this year on the vision he's pursued for the last eight. He says Democrats didn't communicate that vision clearly enough this year.But Trump is disputing Obama's claim. He says
  
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• Texas murder suspect found covered in blood in Oklahoma prison parking lot

  26-12-2016 23:28
  
  DALLAS — A Dallas man has been arrested on capital murder charges after authorities found him covered in blood in the parking lot of an Oklahoma prison.
  Dallas police say 32-year-old Jeshur Robinson was arrested in connection to the stabbing death of his father, 61-year-old Glen Williams. Robinson was found on state prison property in McAlester, Oklahoma, sitting in his father’s truck with a bloody knife, wounds to his hand and blood on his clothes and the truck.
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• Dozens shot in Chicago over holiday weekend

  26-12-2016 23:14
  
  CHICAGO — Chicago police say 43 people were shot over the holiday weekend, 11 fatally, reports CBS Chicago. More than three dozen guns were seized by investigators in connection with the shootings, which occurred between Friday evening and in early Monday’s pre-dawn hours.The shooting tally includes violence at a family Christmas party on the city’s South Side at which two people were killed and several others wounded. CBS Chicago reports the violence this year far surpasses la
  
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• NYPD suspends officer who posted Snapchat photo of handcuffed family

  26-12-2016 22:35
  
  The New York City Police Department has suspended the officer who posted a photo on social media of a handcuffed Brooklyn family with the caption, “Merry Christmas Its NYPD.”
  Twenty-eight-year-old Kimberly Santiago says the picture was taken by the unidentified officer and posted on Snapchat after the NYPD mistakenly raided her Brownsville home last Thursday morning.
  The NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau is investigating the photograph. The officer who posted it works in the 73rd
  
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• Ohio Transmission buys two companies

  26-12-2016 22:27
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Rain showers this evening

  26-12-2016 20:47
  This Evening: Rain showers likely, could be heavy at times. Mild and breezy. S wind around 15 mph.Tonight: Rain should taper off by midnight. Stays breezy. Low 36. SW wind 10-20 mph.Tomorrow: Partly cloudy and MUCH cooler. High 43. W wind around 10 mph.Wednesday: Mostly sunny with highs around 43. A chance of rain overnight into Thursday. SW wind 3-8 mph.
  Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysSpecial Information: Strong southerly winds brought record high temp
  
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• East Columbus family says Christmas ruined by burglary

  26-12-2016 20:42
  A family arrived home Christmas morning to find their apartment ransacked. Jimmie Smith has photos on his cell phone that show how his apartment looked when he came home early Christmas morning."I work as an assistant manager at Wendy's, I work hard for mine. We do the best that we can and not more," he said.Smith, a father of four, told police burglars broke in."The house was flipped upside down, cabinets were open, they rumbled through the for whatever they took they took," he said.Smith said
  
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• Christmas service accidentally prints Tupac's "Hail Mary" lyrics

  26-12-2016 20:28
  
  Well, that’s one way to liven up a Christmas service.A Christmas service pamphlet from a Sri Lankan church went viral after it mistakenly printed Tupac’s “Hail Mary” lyrics instead of the words to the 1,000-year-old prayer that includes passages from the Gospel of Luke.Instead, Columbo churchgoers at Joy to the World 2016, one of Sri Lanka’s largest carol services, were surprised to see lines like, “Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to gettin’ p***y&
  
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• Hacked again, Sony tweets false news of Britney Spears' death

  26-12-2016 20:21
  
  Hackers appear to have broken into the Twitter account of Sony Music, tweeting the false news that pop star Britney Spears had died.Sony Music sent out several strange tweets on Monday morning in what appeared to be a breach. News outlets captured the tweets before they were deleted: VIA TWITTERVIA TWITTER
  The tweets are no longer on the Sony Music Global Twitter account, which the company uses to share updates on the artists on its music label.“Britney is fine and well,” the artist&
  
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• 3 feared dead after car plunges into Florida canal

  26-12-2016 19:54
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Three people are feared dead after a car went into a canal in Broward County, near Ft. Lauderdale, reports CBS Miami.Sheriff’s spokeswoman Keyla Concepcion said the office received a 911 call about 4:45 a.m.She said the car veered off the roadway and plunged into a canal.Witnesses said the red Jaguar was doing well over 100 mph when it slammed through a fence and plunged into the water.Area residents jumped into the water to help and were able to pull the driver fr
  
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• Murders in Reynoldsburg hit an all-time high in 2016

  26-12-2016 19:16
  REYNOLDSBURG- A violent year leaves several families in Reynoldsburg grieving. The city saw a record six homicides in 2016, but solved all of the cases.Reynoldsburg resident Linda Straughter lost her grandson in April."He always called me mom,” said Straughter. “I brought him home from the hospital."Straughter always felt her grandson would make a big mark on this world. Her hopes for his future came crashing down in April. She described saying goodbye to him as she left for work."I
  
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• Two separate semi-crashes in Richland County cause traffic headache

  26-12-2016 19:05
  
  Two separate semi-crashes along I -71 in Richland County results in traffic backup The Ohio State Highway patrol are investigating two separate semi-truck crashes in Richland County, south of Mansfield. Dispatchers say traffic is backed up for miles along I-71 in both directions as a result of crashes. The first truck crashed on the I-71 southbound lanes near state route 13 ramp. The second crash happened on the I-71 northbound lanes approximately five miles south of state route 13. Both crashes
  
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• Girl, 8, dies after crash that killed parents near Columbus

  26-12-2016 18:41
  
  An 8-year-old girl hurt in a crash that killed her parents and another driver in suburban Columbus has died. The Franklin County Sheriff's Office says 8-year-old Mylee Music of Columbus died early Sunday at a Columbus hospital.
  
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• 8-year-old dies following Christmas Eve crash that killed three others

  26-12-2016 18:41
  Mylee Music, an 8-year-old passenger in a car involved in a crash on Interstate 270 on Saturday, has died. Mylee died at Nationwide Children's Hospital at 3:02 a.m. Christmas Day, according to the Franklin County sheriff's office.
  
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• Christmas Day toilet hole jailbreak leaves four inmates on the run in Tennessee

  26-12-2016 17:10
  
  COCKE COUNTY, Tenn. – Four inmates are still on the run in Tennessee after an early morning Christmas Day jailbreak through a hole behind a toilet, officials told CBS Knoxville affiliate WVLT.The sheriff said there was a water leak behind a stainless steal toilet in the Cocke County Jail Annex, and six total inmates took advantage.“Apparently the bolts holding the unit rusted out and there was prior damage to the concrete due to plumbing repairs,” the sheriff told WVLT. “
  
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• 1 inmate still on the run after Christmas Day jailbreak, 5 captured

  26-12-2016 17:10
  
  COCKE COUNTY, Tenn. –Six men escaped from the Cocke County Jail Annex during the early morning hours of Christmas Day. Investigators said the inmates escaped through a hole behind a stainless steel toilet, CBS affiliate WVLT reports. According to the sheriff, “The inmates escaped after a water leak occurred behind a wall unit stainless steel toilet. Apparently the bolts holding the unit rusted out and there was prior damage to the concrete due to plumbing repairs. The inmates vandali
  
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• Hexion plans R&D center in Germany

  26-12-2016 16:47
  
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• The Top 25 Restaurants in Columbus

  26-12-2016 16:22
  
  Columbus is filled with amazing restaurants both old and new. Each year our readers and contributors deliberate over the best of the best to determine our top restaurants list for the year, which is always a difficult decision given the wide range of choices and options that exist. This year’s Top 25 list (there’s too […]
  
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• Top 10 Salons & Spas in Columbus

  26-12-2016 15:41
  
  There are a lot of places you can get your hair done and find spa treatments all throughout Columbus and the surrounding suburbs. But each year only one can be named the best of the best in our annual readers poll. This year, our readers and contributors picked Clintonville’s Virtue Vegan Salon for the top […]
  
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• The Top 10 Best Films of 2016

  26-12-2016 15:30
  
  Hollywood kind of crapped out this year. Very few of the big box office cash grabs turned out to be worth watching. Few were as dumpster-fire bad as Suicide Squad, but where was this year’s Mad Max or Guardians of the Galaxy? Yes, Rogue One impressed and Deadpool exceeded expectations, but aside from some outstanding […]
  
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• Top 10 Locally Made Products in Columbus

  26-12-2016 15:24
  
  Central Ohio is filled with locally made products. Local consumers have their choice of local food items, soaps, health products and more, right along side the national name brands. Many of these products don’t have a specific store of their own, so they need to be sought out in grocery stores, specialty shops, or online. […]
  
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• Man found incompetent for trial for Columbus woman’s murder

  26-12-2016 14:38
  
  According to Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, James Byrd was found incompetent to stand trial for an August 2016 murder. The court order was signed December 22, 2016, by Judge Guy Reece for Byrd to complete 1-year competency treatment. Byrd was charged and pled not guilty to murdering Rae’Lynn Thomas this past August. Thomas’ family witnessed the shooting and wanted to see Byrd go to jail for the rest of his life.The family considered Rae'Lynn's murder a hate crime. Byrd is exp
  
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• Man charged in murder of transgender woman found incompetent for trial

  26-12-2016 14:38
  Rae'Lynn Thomas was the entertainer in her family, the life of every party.This Christmas, her family's first without her, was spent remembering a life cut short.The Franklin County Prosecutor said on August 10, James Allen Byrd shot Rae'Lynn multiple times without warning.After shooting her, investigators said he began beating her.All of this, they said, in front of Rae'Lynn's mother, Byrd's longtime girlfriend."He took a light away from all of us that we can't get back," said Rae'Lynn's aunt,
  
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• Blizzards, ice storms wreak havoc across northern Plains

  26-12-2016 13:24
  
  CHICAGO (AP) -- Travel conditions remain hazardous across much of the northern Great Plains as a winter storm continues to sweep across the region.The combination of freezing rain, snow and high winds that forced the shutdown Sunday of vast stretches of highways in the Dakotas was forecast to continue into Monday morning.The storm also has caused widespread power outages in the Dakotas, Nebraska and western Iowa.As of 1 a.m. Monday, the South Dakota Rural Electric Association was reporting 10,23
  
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• Iraqi family grateful for safety, comfort of new life in Columbus

  26-12-2016 12:43
  
  Alaa Qamar holds his sons Hussein, 4, left, and Abas, 1, in their apartment in Columbus. Qamar and his, wife, Nisreen, brought Hussein and Abas with them to Columbus in September from Baghdad.
  
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• Central Ohio hospitals see increase in young people being shot

  26-12-2016 12:16
  
  Years ago, doctors said, it was unusual to see young patients with gunshot wounds. Now, they're noticing a rise in young victims, whether it be a homicide, unintentional shooting or suicide.
  
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• Recounts or no,US elections are still vulnerable to hacking

  26-12-2016 11:57
  
  ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Jill Stein's bid to recount votes in Pennsylvania was in trouble even before a federal judge shot it down Dec. 12. That's because the Green Party candidate's effort stood almost no chance of detecting potential fraud or error in the vote - there was basically nothing to recount.Pennsylvania is one of 11 states where the majority of voters use antiquated machines that store votes electronically, without printed ballots or other paper-based backups that could be used to doub
  
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• Was Ohio prison-farm sale a 'fire sale'?

  26-12-2016 11:19
  
  Ohio's century-old prison-farm system is history. The roughly 12,500 acres of state-owned farmland haven't been sold, and may be leased out instead, but all the livestock and most of the farm equipment are gone.
  
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• POLICE: Missing 65-year-old with health issues found safe

  26-12-2016 11:04
  
  UPDATE: Ms. Butler was found safe by law enforcement and returned home.---The Ohio Attorney General Office are asking for assistance in finding a 65-year-old woman who has gone missing from Stark County.Officials say Janet Butler was last seen at a health facility located on Market Avenue North in the city of Canton. They said Butler has health issues and is need of her medication.Butler is described as a black female, 5’3’’, 112 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. She is on
  
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• Families continue Christmas Day traditions at the movies

  26-12-2016 04:10
  On Christmas Day, families packed movie theaters across the country and through Central Ohio. In Bexley, managers at the Drexel Theatre say they sold out shows on one of their busiest days of the year.
  While many people spent their day opening presents, some families say Christmas Day would not be complete without a trip to the movies. Christmas Day is a holiday packed with traditions and at the movies.on Sunday families filled the seats.
  "During Christmas we tend to go to see a movie. I'm a big
  
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• Authorities identify 4 fatally shot in N.C. home over Christmas weekend

  26-12-2016 03:48
  
  WILSON, N.C. -- Authorities in North Carolina have identified the four people fatally shot in a home about 50 miles east of Raleigh.
  Wilson County Sheriff’s Office Chief of Staff Wanda D. Samuel says in a news release that the victims all lived at the residence where they were found by a family member Saturday afternoon.
  Those slain are 54-year-old Tammy Lynette Pearce, 28-year-old Paul Shane Pearce, 47-year-old Selby Gene Outland and 23-year-old Dominique Nicole Privette. No details were
  
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• Maine man sets estranged wife's home on fire before killing himself, police say

  26-12-2016 03:00
  
  FAIRFIELD, Maine -- A central Maine man set his estranged wife’s house on fire during the middle of the night before fatally stabbing himself in front of responding officers, police said Sunday.
  Shortly after midnight Saturday, Terry Whitney, 63, went to his estranged wife’s home, shut off the power, and set fire to his truck and the house, police said.
  His wife called police and escaped uninjured.
  When an officer arrived, police say Whitney had a propane torch in his hand and ran to
  
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• 2 suspects sought after 7 shot at N.C. Christmas party, police say

  26-12-2016 02:52
  
  MADISON, N.C. -- Two suspects were being tracked down Sunday after North Carolina investigators say they shot seven people during a private Christmas party attended by hundreds of people.
  None of the victims appeared to suffer life-threatening injuries after being shot early Saturday at a Moose Lodge in Madison, about 25 miles north of Greensboro, deputies said.The two men were still at large Sunday and no other details were being made public, Rockingham County Sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Kev
  
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• Ohio woman's unexpected death gives four people new chance at life

  26-12-2016 02:48
  She was a mother, stepmother and according to her husband, a friend to everyone she met. Now, she can add one more title: organ donor.Tabatha Schmidt’s unexpected death two days before Christmas gave four people a second chance at life. And it’s her unselfish act that has her family celebrating this holiday season.“Everyone always remembers her for her big beautiful smile; big beautiful ... just perfect teeth,” her widower, Eric Schmidt, said.Schmidt said he worshiped his
  
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• Baby dies in bassinet after parents' suspected drug overdose deaths, authorities say

  26-12-2016 02:41
  
  JOHNSTOWN, Pa. -- An infant died in her bassinet of dehydration and starvation three or four days after her parents died, also at home, from suspected drug overdoses, authorities said.
  Jason Chambers, 27, Chelsea Cardaro, 19, and 5-month-old Summer Chambers were found dead Thursday in Kernville, about 60 miles east of Pittsburgh.
  Cambria County coroner Jeffrey Lees said that the parents had been dead for about a week when the discovery was made.
  The infant died three or four days after them, he
  
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• Powerful earthquake shakes southern Chile

  26-12-2016 02:30
  
  SANTIAGO, Chile – A powerful earthquake shook southern Chile on Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of deaths and only minor known damage.The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 7.6 quake struck at 11:22 a.m. local time (9:22 a.m. EST; 1422 GMT) near the southern tip of Chiloe Island, about 25 miles (39 kilometers) south-southwest of Puerto Quello and at a depth of 22 miles (35 kilometers). The area, some 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) south of the capital of Santiago, is relat
  
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• What to do with unwanted gift cards

  26-12-2016 02:20
  
  Gift cards are a popular present at the holidays — the National Retail Federation says more than half of consumers plan to give one this year.But they aren’t always wanted — indeed, research organization CEB TowerGroup estimates that $1 billion of the $130 billion spent on gift cards last year went unused.It could be that the gift card is for a retailer or other business the recipient doesn’t like. Or they simply don’t have access to the restaurant or movie theater
  
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• Stopped Ohio motorist handed 5-year-old son sippy cup with wine, police say

  26-12-2016 01:58
  
  LOVELAND, Ohio -- Police say an Ohio woman stopped for driving erratically handed her 5-year-old son a sippy cup with wine in it when officers approached her car.
  Twenty-seven-year-old Elizabeth Louise Floyd is now charged with driving under the influence and child endangering.
  Police say they stopped Floyd after getting a call Friday about a vehicle crossing the double yellow line and hitting a curb in the northeast Cincinnati suburb of Loveland.
  They say Floyd acknowledged giving the cup with
  
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• For John Glenn, Annie was the hero

  26-12-2016 01:17
  
  American icon John H. Glenn Jr. truly had The Right Stuff. Author Tom Wolfe said Glenn was "the last true national hero America has ever had."
  
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• Publicist: British Singer George Michael has died at age 53

  26-12-2016 00:33
  
  LONDON -- George Michael, who rocketed to stardom with WHAM! and went on to enjoy a long and celebrated solo career lined with controversies, has died, his publicist said Sunday. He was 53.Michael enjoyed immense popularity early in his career as a teenybopper idol, delivering a series of hits such as "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go," ''Young Guns (Go For It)" and "Freedom."As a solo artist, he developed into a more serious singer and songwriter, lauded by critics for his tremendous vocal range.Mic
  
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• 6 shot New York nightclub early Christmas morning

  26-12-2016 00:26
  
  MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. — The co-owner of a nightclub in Westchester County was killed and five others were wounded in a shooting early Christmas morning, CBS New York reports.Shots were fired near the entrance of The Mansion club around 4:30 a.m. It happened in Mount Vernon, just north of New York City’s Bronx borough.Mount Vernon Police Captain Edward Adinaro said the 36-year-old shooter was in custody. The suspect’s identity was not immediately known. Police said the suspect had
  
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