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• New Franklin County sheriff outlines priorities, plans

  03-01-2017 23:44
  There's a new Sheriff in town. The signage has already been changed at the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, signaling a new era in Franklin County law enforcement.Franklin County's new Sheriff has been making the rounds, swearing in each of his nearly 1200 employees for another four-year term.This week Dallas Baldwin takes the helm of what he said is the largest sheriff's office in the state."Really happy to finally be in office," Baldwin said. "Transition period was a long time. From March all
  
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• Pa. high school football players settle "No Gay Thursday" hazing case

  03-01-2017 23:32
  
  BERWYN, Pa. -- Three suburban Philadelphia high school football players have pleaded guilty to a lesser charge to settle initial accusations that they penetrated a freshman player with a broom handle on what the team called “No Gay Thursday.”
  Tuesday’s statement by Chester County District Attorney Thomas Hogan and attorneys for the three Conestoga High School seniors said the 14-year-old freshman “did not suffer any physical injury” in the October 2015 encounter, th
  
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• Giant Eagle closing 3 central Ohio supermarkets

  03-01-2017 23:26
  
  Giant Eagle has announced it will be closing three stores and one GetGo location in March.The supermarkets located at 1000 East Dublin-Granville Road, 777 Neil Avenue and 1760 Hilliard-Rome Road will close March 4. The GetGo adjacent to the Hilliard-Rome Road location will also close.“We thank our customers for their years of patronage at these locations, and invite them to visit us at our other area stores,” said Giant Eagle spokesperson Dan Donovan. “Central Ohio, and Columbu
  
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• Giant Eagle Closing Victorian Village Store, Plus Two Others

  03-01-2017 23:15
  Representatives from Giant Eagle announced today that they will soon be closing three area stores. “We thank our customers for their years of patronage at these locations, and invite them to visit us at our other area stores,” said Giant Eagle spokesperson Dan Donovan. “Central Ohio, and Columbus specifically, are important communities for Giant Eagle, […]
  
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• Browns owners send letter of apology to ticket holders

  03-01-2017 22:12
  
  Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam have apologized to the team's season-ticket holders following a 1-15 season.The team shared a letter that the Haslams sent to fans following the worst season since the Browns joined the NFL in 1950.The couple thanked Cleveland fans for their support during a season that "has been a painful part of our building process. You deserve the best, and you certainly deserve better than a 1-15 team. We are sorry that our results have not been better."The Browns lost the
  
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• Challenger to Borges says she has votes to become GOP chairman

  03-01-2017 22:07
  
  Stark County Republican Vice Chair Jane Timken said today she's lined up the necessary 34 votes on the 66-member state GOP Central Committee to become the Ohio Republican Party's chairman on Friday.
  
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• Local businesses stand to profit from Blue Jackets winning streak

  03-01-2017 21:59
  The Columbus Blue Jackets prepare to claim a 16th straight win Tuesday night against the Edmonton Oilers. Wins on the ice are generating dollars for local businesses."The team is on fire right now. They're going for 16. We actually dropped our CBJ line about a week ago. Sales are outrageous and people are actually asking for more," Brandon Fuss-Cheatham, Founder of Lamp Apparel said.Fuss-Cheatham is stocking his shelves and racks inside the Short North store. He said it does not take long for th
  
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• AEP Electric Car Ride & Drive Event

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• Nationwide to eliminate 138 jobs in Cleveland area

  03-01-2017 21:41
  
  Nationwide plans to eliminate 138 jobs in the Cleveland area over the course of 2017 as part of its plan to exit a line of business, but the insurer anticipates that many of the affected workers will find new jobs.
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Sunny but breezy & bitter

  03-01-2017 21:22
  This Afternoon: Brightening but breezy & bitter. Falling into the 20s. W 15-20 Gusts to 30 mph
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy and colder. 14 W 10-20 mph gusty
  Tomorrow: Chance for a snow shower. 24 W 10-20 mph gusty
  Friday: Brighter but cold. 20Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysSpecial Information: A cold front will move east of the region today and much colder air will filter in behind it. Look for a bitter breeze today and tonight. High pressure will bring b
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Much colder by morning

  03-01-2017 21:22
  This Evening: Areas of fog with scattered showers.Tonight: Rain ending as snow showers around midnight. Little if any accumulation expected. Low 28. Winds: W 10-15 mph.Tomorrow: Clearing skies and much colder. High 33. Winds: W 10-15 mph. Thursday: Even colder with light snow during the afternoon. High 22. Winds: W 5-10 mph. Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysSpecial Information: Temperatures will be much colder when you head out the door tomorrow morning c
  
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• Problems parking in Short North? Columbus wants to hear them

  03-01-2017 21:20
  
  If you're having a hard time finding parking in the Short North District, mark your calendars: Columbus city leaders want to hear from you.The Short North is an increasingly popular hang-out spot in Columbus. It's also an increasingly difficult spot to find a place to leave your car.That's why the city commissioned what it calls the Short North Parking Plan.According to the city's website, the research looks at:Existing areas of low and high parking demand throughout the Short NorthParking manag
  
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• March trial set for man charged with rape

  03-01-2017 21:05
  A Delaware man was indicted in December by a Delaware County Grand Jury for allegedly raping a Delaware woman in June.Ronald Eugene Hoover, 53, of 5 Bank Street, Delaware, was indicted on one count of rape, a first-degree felony; one count of soliciting, a third-degree felony; two counts of gross sexual imposition, fourth-degree felonies; a count ... (more)
  
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• Akron home sells for $1 under Ohio's new public auction law

  03-01-2017 20:52
  
  AKRON, Ohio -- A vacant 92-year-old bungalow in Akron sold at a sheriff's sale last month for just $1, a price made possible by a revision of Ohio law governing public auctions last year.The Akron Beacon Journal reports the home is the first to sell so cheaply in Summit County since the passing of House Bill 390 last summer.Under the new law, vacant homes can now be sold for less than two-thirds of their appraised value at public auctions across Ohio. The "fast-track foreclosure bill" also decre
  
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• Columbus council has $3.2 million for 2017 priorities

  03-01-2017 20:34
  
  The Columbus City Council will have about $3.2 million to earmark for its own initiatives in the 2017 budget. Auditor Hugh J. Dorrian said the city’s carryover for 2017 exceeded his November estimate, leaving the council with a pot of money that wasn’t part of Mayor Andrew J. Ginther’s proposed budget.
  
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• Justice O'Neill eyeing run for governor

  03-01-2017 20:32
  
  The lone Democrat holding an Ohio statewide office is considering stepping down from his post at year's end to run for governor. Supreme Court Justice William O'Neill told the Associated Press Tuesday he will delay a formal decision about leaving the bench to see if any other "truly competitive" Democratic gubernatorial candidate emerges.
  
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• Arson investigators at Volunteers of America warehouse fire site on Far West Side

  03-01-2017 20:32
  
  Firefighters say half of the Volunteers of America warehouse on the Far West Side has been destroyed in a blaze that started Monday night. The fire raged for hours overnight at the warehouse at 5640 West Broad Street, at the back of the Volunteers of American store. The store was not damaged in the fire, but as much as half of the warehouse and its contents are destroyed, said Deputy Chief Jack Reall of the Columbus Division of Fire.
  
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• House Republicans relent, back off plans to change ethics rules

  03-01-2017 20:30
  
  WASHINGTON - Less than 24 hours after approving a rule that critics said would gut an independent congressional ethics watchdog, House Republicans withdrew it, bowing to pressure from watchdogs, constituents and even a tweet from President-Elect Donald Trump.
  
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• Ohio State cornerback Gareon Conley to enter NFL draft

  03-01-2017 20:29
  
  Gareon Conley is the latest Ohio State Buckeye planning to enter the NFL Draft.The fourth-year junior cornerback announced his decision on Instagram Tuesday.“I feel like the past four years have really expanded and opened my mind and made me grow as a student, an athlete and a man! It's been an honor to play as a buckeye and a silver bullet and also to be a part of the great secondary this past year,” Conley’s post read.Conley served as one of seven captains during Ohio State&r
  
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• Bo Jackson's sports facility opens in Hilliard

  03-01-2017 20:10
  A year-round commitment to your fitness can be a difficult goal, especially if you enjoy outdoor activities or are part of a warm weather team sport.
  But a solution recently popped up right here in central Ohio. It's a first of its kind Columbus facility that brings summer inside for winter.
  Fifteen-year-old Hilliard resident Jack Vellky is used to a lengthy travel baseball season followed by a long, weather-induced layoff from the sport he loves.
  Those days may be over as Bo Jackson's Elite Spo
  
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• House re-elects Republican Paul Ryan as speaker, will lead hefty GOP majority

  03-01-2017 20:06
  
  WASHINGTON -- House re-elects Republican Paul Ryan as speaker, will lead hefty GOP majority.
  
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• Judge orders Ohio to let company reopen brine injection well

  03-01-2017 19:54
  
  CLEVELAND — The pumping of waste from hydraulic fracturing operations into a closed Ohio injection well is expected to resume after a judge's ruling that the state's oil-and-gas regulator failed to consider a new plan after shutting down the well in 2014 because of two small earthquakes nearby.
  
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• Child’s body found in icy pond amid search for missing 6-year-old boy

  03-01-2017 19:53
  
  Authorities believe they may have found the body of a 6-year-old boy who apparently wandered away from his suburban Denver home on New Year's Eve.The body of a child was found Tuesday in an icy pond by divers assisting in the search for David Puckett in Aurora. Police Chief Nick Metz said the body hasn't been identified yet, but he told David's family about the discovery because of their suspicions.Metz said bloodhounds looking for the boy didn't get good results but a scent picked up by a speci
  
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• Texas mom critical after accidental poisoning kills four of her kids

  03-01-2017 19:44
  
  AMARILLO, Texas - A Texas woman was in critical condition Tuesday following an accidental poisoning at her home that killed four of her children and sickened five other family members, hospital and fire officials said.Crews who responded to a 5 a.m. call to the home on Monday originally thought it was related to carbon monoxide poisoning, but authorities later determined that phosphine gas was likely released when a family member used water to wash away pesticide pellets he had placed under the
  
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• Fox News' star Megyn Kellly headed to NBC News

  03-01-2017 19:21
  
  NEW YORK -- Megyn Kelly, the Fox News star whose 12-year stint has been marked by upheavals at her network and personal attacks on the campaign trail, is headed to NBC News.The move was confirmed by Kelly's publicist, Leslee Dart.Kelly's departure deprives Fox News of its second-most-watched host, behind only Bill O'Reilly.Her contract with the network was due to run out this summer.In the past two years, Kelly has weathered personal attacks from Donald Trump during his presidential campaign, an
  
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• Worries about food waste appear to vanish when diners know scraps go to compost

  03-01-2017 18:55
  Diners waste far less food when they're schooled on the harm their leftovers can inflict on the environment. But if they know the food is going to be composted instead of dumped in a landfill, the educational benefit disappears.
  
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• House Republicans back off plans to change ethics rules

  03-01-2017 18:34
  
  Less than 24 hours after approving a rule that critics said would gut an independent congressional ethics watchdog, House Republicans withdrew it, bowing to pressure from watchdogs and even President-Elect Donald Trump.
  
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• Firefighters still out at Volunteers of America warehouse blaze on Far West Side

  03-01-2017 18:05
  
  Firefighters say much of the Volunteers of America warehouse on the Far West Side has been destroyed in a blaze that started Monday night. The fire raged for hours overnight at the warehouse at 5640 West Broad Street, at the back of the Volunteers of American store. The store was not damaged in the fire, but as much as half of the warehouse and its contents are destroyed, said Deputy Chief Jack Reall of the Columbus Division of Fire.
  
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• Ford cancels plan to build new Mexican plant, adds U.S. jobs

  03-01-2017 18:01
  
  FLAT ROCK, Mich. -- Ford is canceling plans to build a new $1.6 billion factory in Mexico and will invest $700 million in a Michigan plant to build new electric and autonomous vehicles.Ford, however, still plans to shift production of the Focus small car to Mexico and will make the car at an existing plant. President-elect Donald Trump has been pressuring Ford to keep production of the Focus in the U.S.The company made the announcements Tuesday at a factory in Flat Rock, Michigan, near Detroit.
  
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• Our Lady of Guadalupe Center to get welcome expansion through grant

  03-01-2017 17:59
  
  Catholic Social Services is using a $175,000 grant to move the Our Lady of Guadalupe Center on the West Side out of its current space, which is the size of a three-car garage, into one that's three times larger. If construction continues to progress well, the move could be made as early as February. Best of all, officials say, the new space will be just a few storefronts away in the same plaza, on Industry Drive on the West Side, so clients won't have to look hard to find it.
  
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• Donald Trump bashes House GOP move to weaken ethics watchdog

  03-01-2017 17:33
  
  President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday slammed House Republicans for voting a night earlier to strip the chamber’s outside ethics watchdog of its power and independence.Mr. Trump made his position clear on the matter on Twitter, less than two hours before the new Congress gavels into session. With all that Congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the Independent Ethics Watchdog, as unfair as it— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 3, 2017 ........
  
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• Backtracking after Trump tweet, GOP won't gut ethics office

  03-01-2017 17:33
  
  WASHINGTON — House Republicans abruptly reversed themselves Tuesday under pressure from President-elect Donald Trump and dropped plans to gut an independent congressional ethics board.The dizzying about-face came as lawmakers convened for the first day of the 115th Congress, an occasion normally reserved for pomp and ceremony under the Capitol Dome. Instead, House Republicans found themselves under attack not only from Democrats but from their new president, over their secretive move Monda
  
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• Ryan Day to replace Tim Beck as Ohio State quarterbacks coach

  03-01-2017 17:27
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State announced a coaching change three days after their 31-0 loss to Clemson in the Fiesta Bowl.Ryan Day, quarterbacks coach under Chip Kelly this past season for the San Francisco 49ers and two years ago for the Philadelphia Eagles, will join the Ohio State coaching staff as quarterbacks coach.Day replaces Tim Beck, who is pursuing other opportunities.Day comes to Ohio State with 15 seasons of coaching experience, including two years in the National Football League
  
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• Trump tweet targets GM’s Mexican production

  03-01-2017 17:25
  
  DETROIT -- In another tweet targeting a U.S. company, President-elect Donald Trump is threatening to slap a tax on General Motors (GM) for importing compact cars to the U.S. from Mexico.But GM makes the vast majority of compact Chevrolet Cruzes in Lordstown, Ohio, near Cleveland.Trump tweeted early Tuesday that GM is sending Mexican-made Cruzes to the U.S. tax-free. He told GM to stop or “pay a big border tax.” General Motors is sending Mexican made model of Chevy Cruze to U.S. car d
  
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• Photojournalist pulls off dramatic rescue of driver trapped in fiery L.A. freeway crash

  03-01-2017 17:12
  
  LOS ANGELES – A fiery crash on the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles on Sunday morning left a driver unconscious and trapped and likely to die.Fortunately for that driver, a heroic and fast-thinking photojournalist who owns RMG News pulled him to safety, reports CBS Los Angeles.It was around 3:30 a.m. Sunday when CHP responded to a report of a traffic collision on the northbound 110 near Gage.A dark-colored SUV was reported stalled on the northbound side in the number one lane. The vehicles light
  
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• Caught on Camera: Photojournalist rescues driver trapped in fiery crash

  03-01-2017 17:12
  
  LOS ANGELES – A fiery crash on the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles on Sunday morning left a driver unconscious and trapped and likely to die.Fortunately for that driver, a heroic and fast-thinking photojournalist who owns RMG News pulled him to safety, reports CBS Los Angeles.It was around 3:30 a.m. Sunday when CHP responded to a report of a traffic collision on the northbound 110 near Gage.A dark-colored SUV was reported stalled on the northbound side in the number one lane. The vehicles light
  
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• Trump tweet slams GM for ‘Mexican-made’ Chevy Cruze, but most cars built in Ohio

  03-01-2017 15:33
  
  DETROIT — In another tweet targeting a U.S. company, President-elect Donald Trump is threatening to slap a tax on General Motors for importing compact cars to the U.S. from Mexico. But GM makes the vast majority of compact Chevrolet Cruzes in Lordstown, Ohio, near Cleveland.
  
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• Bengals' Pacman Jones jailed over Cincinnati confrontation

  03-01-2017 14:49
  
  CINCINNATI -- Bengals cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones is facing assault, disorderly conduct and other charges after being arrested in Cincinnati's downtown entertainment district.Authorities say Jones is accused of pushing and poking someone in the eye, then struggling with officers during his arrest and spitting on a nurse while being booked into the Hamilton County jail early Tuesday.He has been jailed on misdemeanor charges of assault, disorderly conduct and obstructing official business, and
  
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• NFL | Bengals cornerback ‘Pacman’ Jones jailed over Cincinnati confrontation

  03-01-2017 14:41
  
  CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones is in trouble again, facing several charges after being arrested early Tuesday in a downtown entertainment district.
  
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• Several dead as severe storms sweep Southeast

  03-01-2017 13:52
  
  At least five people have been killed as severe storms moved across the Southeast, bringing heavy rain and strong winds.The line of severe thunderstorms spawned several possible tornadoes, and the threat continued into Tuesday moring for southern Alabama, southwest Georgia and the Florida Panhandle.Four people were killed Monday evening when a tree fell on their mobile home in Rehobeth, Alabama, said Kris Ware, a spokeswoman for the Dothan Houston County Emergency Management Agency.
  Alabama Gov.
  
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• Cleanup begins in wake of severe storms that kill 5 in South

  03-01-2017 13:52
  
  Crews were assessing damage Tuesday in the aftermath of storms that killed at least five people and brought heavy rain and strong winds to the Southeast.The line of severe thunderstorms spawned several possible tornadoes as the storms moved across Alabama, Georgia and the Florida Panhandle. The worst of the storms had passed through the region by late Tuesday morning as the system headed toward the Atlantic Ocean.
  Four people were killed Monday evening when a tree fell on their mobile home in Re
  
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• Billie Lourd breaks silence on deaths of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds

  03-01-2017 13:16
  
  Billie Lourd broke her silence on social media after the deaths of her mother, Carrie Fisher, and grandmother, Debbie Reynolds.Fisher and Reynolds died last week on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively. Fisher’s brother and Reynolds’ son Todd Fisher said of his mother, “She’s now with Carrie and we’re all heartbroken,” and announced that the two will have a joint funeral and be buried together.Lourd, who is an actress on “Scream Queens,” took to Ins
  
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• Searchers: Much of debris is consistent with missing plane

  03-01-2017 13:09
  CLEVELAND -- Cleveland officials say the search for a plane carrying six people that disappeared last week over Lake Erie has resumed.Tuesday marks the third straight day that conditions have allowed recovery teams to search the lake for a Columbus-bound Cessna 525 Citation that vanished from radar shortly after takeoff Thursday night from Burke Lakefront Airport.Cleveland heads the recovery effort with help from other agencies.The city said Monday that many of the 120 pieces of debris found so
  
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• Search for Ohio plane that vanished will last until recovery

  03-01-2017 13:09
  CLEVELAND -- Cleveland officials say the search for a plane carrying six people that disappeared last week over Lake Erie will continue until the aircraft is found.Officials said more debris that possibly came from the plane was found Tuesday on the shoreline. They have said many of more than 120 pieces of debris found are consistent with that type of aircraft and a bag from the plane was found.Tuesday was the third consecutive day that weather conditions allowed searchers to look for the Columb
  
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• Set Goals Within Goals for Fitness Success

  03-01-2017 13:00
  
  I want to run a half marathon personal best time. She hopes to beat her sister’s 5k time. He wants to challenge himself to reach a new distance in a race. We all have thoughts about what might be our next big thing. Once in a while, that thought reemerges over and over again until […]
  
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• Doubt cast that Moscow tried to hack Vermont utility, Washington Post says

  03-01-2017 12:58
  
  Federal officials probing suspicious code found on a Vermont utility laptop last week “are finding evidence that the incident is not linked to any Russian government effort to target or hack the utility, according to experts and officials close to the investigation,” The Washington Post reported late Monday night.According to the Post, “An employee at Burlington Electric Department was checking his Yahoo email account Friday and triggered an alert indicating that his computer h
  
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• VIDEO: Two-year-old saves twin brother from fallen dresser

  03-01-2017 12:52
  It was a close call for two twins climbing on a dresser in Utah, and it was all caught on camera.The two-year-old boys were climbing on their dresser drawers when it started to tip over, trapping one of them underneath.That's when the twin brother comes to the rescue, pushing the dresser off of him.Kayli Shoff, the boys' mother, says she had no idea what happened until she watched back the video from the camera in their room."I usually hear everything. We didn't hear a cry. We didn't hear a big
  
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• The Art of Mindfulness: Open to Interpretation

  03-01-2017 12:50
  
  Mindfulness can be a tricky thing to master. Like any form of physical exercise, starting is the hardest part. But it’s in that difficult beginning that we start to grow and transform the boundaries of our minds, sometimes unbeknownst to us in the moment. One of the first times I truly tried to meditate on […]
  
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• Trump claim on N. Korean nukes may underestimate program

  03-01-2017 12:49
  
  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter to vow that North Korea won't develop a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the United States. But it might already have done so.Views vary, sometimes wildly, on the exact state of North Korea's closely guarded nuclear and missile programs, but after five atomic test explosions and a rising number of ballistic missile test launches, some experts believe North Korea can arm short- and mid-range missiles with atomic warheads.That would allo
  
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• The Ketogenic Diet Offers New Approach to Fat and Protein

  03-01-2017 12:40
  
  Every year, one of the top resolutions is to lose weight or get in shape. However, there is so much information out there, and a lot of it is wrong or conflicting information. If you pay attention to diet trends, one of the most searched “diets” last year was the Ketogenic diet, a low-carb, high-fat […]
  
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