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• Dangerous stretch of Refugee Road claims life

  10-01-2017 23:49
  Nasja DeLeon showed 10TV the path his grandfather took from his family's apartment on Refugee Road to the grocery store just down the street at around 6 p.m. Monday evening.The teen says he was panicking by 10 p.m. because his grandfather still wasn't home.A 911 caller told police 66-year old Jerome Deleon was in the middle of Refugee Road when he was struck and killed by a car.It's the third time in as many years someone has lost their life on the stretch of road between Noe Bixby and Hamilton
  
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• Ohio city urges justices to reject traffic camera law

  10-01-2017 23:12
  In this Nov. 10, 2014, file photo, traffic flows past a photo enforcement traffic camera in Dayton, Ohio. Attorneys for the city of Dayton will urge state Supreme Court justices on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, to reject a requirement that a police officer be present when cameras are used to generate red-light or speeding citations, part of a state law that took effect in 2015.
  
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• How working moms can keep their New Year's resolutions

  10-01-2017 22:59
  When it comes to being a mom it can be difficult to juggle it all: the kids, a career, a household. Finding time to stick to that new year's resolution is tough.“Making it a priority with my family so that means teaching my younger son that he can get himself up and pack his lunch make his own breakfast and get on the bus without me there if I want to hit a class here at 6 a.m.,” said Carolyn Guercio-Wisler, who is a working mother of two from Powell.It’s easier said than done,
  
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• Sentencing for Dylann Roof to be announced soon

  10-01-2017 22:44
  
  The Latest on the federal sentencing trial of convicted Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof (all times local):4:30 p.m.A jury deliberating whether Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof should be sentenced to life in prison or death has reached a verdict.It will be announced soon. Roof was convicted of killing nine black church members in a racially motivated attack on June 17, 2015.The jury reached a decision after about three hours of deliberations.Roof, who is white, was convicted last month
  
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• Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof sentenced to death

  10-01-2017 22:44
  
  A federal jury has sentenced Dylann Roof to death for killing nine black church members in a racially motivated attack in 2015.Roof, who is white, faced either life in prison or execution for the slayings on June 17, 2015. The Justice Department says he is the first person to get the death penalty for federal hate crimes.The jury reached a decision after about three hours of deliberations.Roof was convicted last month of all 33 federal charges against him. During sentencing, he represented himse
  
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• Seventh Son Announces Expansion and Sister Bar

  10-01-2017 22:42
  
  Columbus’ four-time favorite brewery Seventh Son is expanding and adding a sister location this year. Starting construction next week, co-owner Collin Castore said the additional space comes from the parcel of land behind their existing location at 1101 N. Fourth St. The final product will include more production room for all those tasty brews, a […]
  
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• Seventh Son Announces Expanding Bar & Adding Second Location

  10-01-2017 22:42
  
  Columbus’ four-time favorite brewery Seventh Son is expanding and adding a sister location this year. Starting construction next week, co-owner Collin Castore said the additional space comes from the parcel of land behind their existing location at 1101 N. Fourth St. The final product will include more production room for all those tasty brews, a […]
  
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• WATCH: Forceful and tearful, Obama says goodbye in emotional speech

  10-01-2017 22:39
  CHICAGO — Conceding disappointments during his presidency yet offering vigorous encouragement for the nation's future, Barack Obama issued an emotional defense Tuesday night of his vision to Americans facing a moment of anxiety and a dramatic change in leadership.Obama's valedictory speech in his hometown of Chicago was a public meditation on the trials and triumphs, promises kept and promises broken that made up his eight years in the White House. Arguing his faith in America had been con
  
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• Obama, in final speech, to declare faith in power of change

  10-01-2017 22:39
  
  In his parting message to the nation, President Barack Obama is declaring his continued faith in the ability of all Americans to bring about powerful national change, despite the trials of the last eight years that so often stood between him and his goals.Obama, standing before thousands in his hometown, Chicago, planned to reflect on his origins as a community organizer who witnessed "the quiet dignity of working people in the face of struggle and loss." He argues change is only possible "when
  
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• In final speech, Obama must reconcile his hopes with Trump's

  10-01-2017 22:39
  
  WASHINGTON -- Now an elder statesman, Barack Obama is returning to Chicago where he launched his unlikely political career for one final speech: a parting plea to Americans not to lose faith in their future, no matter what they think about their next president.Obama's final speech as president, before thousands who will gather at McCormick Place, is his last chance to try to define what his presidency meant for America. It's a fitting bookend to what he started eight years ago. It was in Chicago
  
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• Florida woman accused of getting drunk at Walmart, grabbing EMT's groin

  10-01-2017 22:32
  
  LADY LAKE, Fla. — Police say a woman drank five beers in a Walmart aisle before assaulting an EMT while she was in handcuffs, reports CBS affiliate WKMG.According to an arrest report, Shellby Conder, 18, allegedly told the Walmart’s manager that she drank five cans of beer from the beer aisle and was drunk. She also asked for a ride home, according to the report.Deputies arrived and Conder allegedly resisted, kicking one as she was being handcuffed. Paramedics were then called to eva
  
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• Florida woamn accused of getting drunk at Walmart, grabbing EMT's groin

  10-01-2017 22:32
  
  LADY LAKE, Fla. — Police say a woman drank five beers in a Walmart aisle before assaulting an EMT while she was in handcuffs, reports CBS affiliate WKMG.According to an arrest report, Shellby Conder, 18, allegedly told the Walmart’s manager that she drank five cans of beer from the beer aisle and was drunk. She also asked for a ride home, according to the report.Deputies arrived and Conder allegedly resisted, kicking one as she was being handcuffed. Paramedics were then called to eva
  
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• Dairy Queen shuts store after owner directs racial slur at customer

  10-01-2017 22:24
  
  ZION, Ill. -- Dairy Queen has closed one of its stores in Illinois and terminated its relationship with the franchise owner after, police say, he used racial slurs in an angry confrontation with a customer.A Zion police report says the franchise owner, Jim Crichton, told a responding officer he called Deianeira Ford, 21, of Tinley Park, Illinois, and her children a racial slur. He also said he was “fed up with black people” and would go to jail over the issue. According to the report
  
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• Kevin Wilson named Ohio State Offensive Coordinator

  10-01-2017 22:15
  
  Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer announced Kevin Wilson as the Buckeyes’ new offensive coordinator Tuesday.The former Indiana head coach has 16 years of coordinator experience. Wilson will coach Ohio State tight ends in addition to being offensive coordinator.Meyer also announced today that Ryan Day would be co-offensive coordinator along with coaching the quarterbacks, and that Bill Davis will coach linebackers.Wilson spent six seasons as Indiana coach and led them to consecutive bowl ga
  
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• Police: Men held 5 women at gunpoint in Columbus home invasion

  10-01-2017 21:37
  
  Two men have been charged after they allegedly broke into a Columbus home and robbed five women at gunpoint.According to Columbus Police, 33-year-olds Matthew Werth and Michael Rodgers broke into the home on W. Blake Avenue around 1:30 a.m. Monday.Officers were able to arrive at the house within a few minutes as one of the victims was able to call the police.One of the suspects was found hanging out of a window and the other in the basement. Both have been charged with aggravated robbery.
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Wind Advisory this evening

  10-01-2017 21:28
  This Evening: Windy with showers likely. Wind gusts between 30-40 mph.
  Tonight: Showers and breezy. Low 38. Winds: SW 10-20 mph.Tomorrow: Sunny and much warmer early. Increasing clouds with showers late. High 54. Winds: S 5-10 mph.
  Thursday: Feeling like spring with unseasonably warm temperatures near 60. Scattered showers also likely. Wind: S 15-20 mph. Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysSpecial Information: A Wind Advisory has been expanded to now include
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Warming up, rain on the way

  10-01-2017 21:28
  This Evening: Windy with showers likely. Wind gusts between 30-40 mph.
  Tonight: Showers and breezy. Low 38. Winds: SW 10-20 mph.
  Tomorrow: Sunny and much warmer early. Increasing clouds with showers late. High 54. Winds: S 5-10 mph.
  Thursday: Feeling like spring with unseasonably warm temperatures near 60. Scattered showers also likely. Wind: S 15-20 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysSpecial Information: A Wind Advisory has been expanded to now include
  
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• Carrie Fisher's death certificate confirms heart attack

  10-01-2017 21:27
  
  LOS ANGELES -- Carrie Fisher’s death certificate confirms that the actress died of a heart attack, but it says more investigation is needed to try to determine the underlying cause.The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health issued the death certificate in the name of Carrie Frances Fisher. It was obtained Monday by The Associated Press.Under “cause of death” it says “cardiac arrest/deferred.” The “deferred” designation indicates that more investi
  
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• Joe Blundo commentary: Department stores died a long time ago

  10-01-2017 21:09
  The Kull brothers sold their jewelry store at 205 S. High St. in about 1980, but they left the clock out front long after. This photo shows the clock, near Lazarus in Downtown Columbus, in 1980.
  
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• Cause of death determined in "unspeakable" slaying of N.M. girl, 10

  10-01-2017 20:57
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Medical investigators say strangulation was the cause of death of an Albuquerque girl whose dismembered remains were found wrapped in a smoldering blanket in her family’s apartment.Autopsy results made public late Monday detail the slaying of Victoria Martens on her 10th birthday last August. The crime, described by authorities at the time as horrific and heartbreaking, sent shockwaves through New Mexico.The results show the girl had suffered previous sexual abuse befo
  
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• Debris raised in Lake Erie belonged to lost plane

  10-01-2017 20:50
  
  Officials today confirmed that large pieces of debris recovered from Lake Erie off Cleveland are from the private plane that crashed Dec. 29, killing six members of two central Ohio families. The debris brought up Monday includes a 20-foot-long section of the CitationJet 525's tail section, a 20-foot piece of the canopy over the passenger section, seats, an engine and a wheel.
  
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• DeWine, once a colleague of Sessions, shows solidarity at confirmation hearing

  10-01-2017 20:46
  
  WASHINGTON — For roughly a decade, Jeff Sessions and Mike DeWine sat next to one another during hearings of the Senate Judiciary Committee. So it only made sense that when the Alabama senator faced the committee today on which he’d long sat that the Ohio attorney general, once again, was nearby.
  
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• ColumbusRotary - PACT Health Sciences Academics with Tei Street

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• "Flip or Flop" star Tarek El Moussa files for divorce

  10-01-2017 20:03
  
  LOS ANGELES -- HGTV’s Tarek El Moussa has officially filed for divorce from wife and “Flip or Flop” co-star Christina El Moussa.The couple’s publicist confirmed the filing to The Associated Press on Tuesday, but offered no other comment.The move comes nearly a month after the pair said they were separating. In announcing the split, the El Moussas said police were called to their California home several months ago over what they termed an “unfortunate misunderstandin
  
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• Jury follows path of pursuit in former Pike County deputy's murder trial

  10-01-2017 20:00
  
  WAVERLY, Ohio - It took a day and a half, but a jury of 10 women and two men has been impaneled to decide whether a former Pike County deputy sheriff was justified when he shot a killed a man after a pursuit almost two years ago. Former Deputy Joel Jenkins, 32, is on trial in Pike County Common Pleas Court on charges of murder and reckless homicide for the March 28, 2015 fatal shooting of Robert C. Rooker, 26.
  
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• Dayton urges justices to reject traffic camera law

  10-01-2017 19:15
  
  An Ohio city is urging the state Supreme Court to reject a law that restricts traffic camera use. Attorney John Musto for Dayton told the justices Tuesday that the law enacted by the Legislature that took effect in 2015 improperly limits local "home-rule" powers. A key provision requires a police officer be present when cameras are used to generate red-light or speeding citations.
  
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• Strayer quickly named partner of Columbus law firm

  10-01-2017 19:00
  Strayer joined the firm in February 2016. His focus is and will continue to be on representing landowners in property rights and eminent domain issues, but he also brings additional commercial litigation experience to the firm's expanding practice.
  
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• Statewide endangered child alert issued for missing 5-year-old

  10-01-2017 18:33
  
  An endangered missing child advisory has been issued by the Regional Emergency Dispatch Center for the entire state of Ohio.Police are searching for 5-year-old Ashley Zhao who was last seen around 5 p.m. at Angs Cuisine Restaurant in North Canton, Ohio when she went to lay down.Around 9 p.m. when her mother went to check on her, she was missing.There is no evidence she was taken, according to police.Zaho was last seen wearing a purple coat with gray leggings. She is about 4'0," weighing 35 pound
  
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• Parents charged after dead girl found "concealed" in family's restaurant

  10-01-2017 18:33
  A young northeast Ohio girl who had been reported missing by her parents Monday was found dead and “concealed” inside her family’s restaurant, reports CBS affiliate WOIO.Five-year-old Ashley Zhao vanished Monday from the restaurant, Ang’s Asian Cuisine in North Canton. CBS affiliate WKBN reports her parents told police Ashley went to lay down in the back of the restaurant around 4 p.m. Her mother said when she went to check on her around 9 p.m., the child was gone.The mot
  
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• North Canton 5-year-old reported missing found dead

  10-01-2017 18:33
  
  UPDATE: 5:10 p.m.An endangered missing child in North Canton has been found dead.Five-year-old Ashley Zhao was found dead inside her family's restaurant, according to police.---Original StoryAn endangered missing child advisory has been issued by the Regional Emergency Dispatch Center for the entire state of Ohio.Police are searching for 5-year-old Ashley Zhao who was last seen around 5 p.m. at Angs Cuisine Restaurant in North Canton, Ohio when she went to lay down.Around 9 p.m. when her mother
  
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• Missing North Canton 5-year-old girl found dead, "concealed" in family's restaurant

  10-01-2017 18:33
  
  A young northeast Ohio girl who had been reported missing by her parents Monday was found dead and “concealed” inside her family’s restaurant, reports CBS affiliate WOIO.Five-year-old Ashley Zhao vanished Monday from the restaurant, Ang’s Asian Cuisine in North Canton. CBS affiliate WKBN reports her parents told police Ashley went to lay down in the back of the restaurant around 4 p.m. Her mother said when she went to check on her around 9 p.m., the child was gone.Police
  
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• Juvenile killed in Fairfield County crash

  10-01-2017 18:29
  
  PLEASANT TOWNSHIP – A juvenile passenger was killed Monday in a single-vehicle crash northeast of Lancaster.The Lancaster Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol says it is investigating the fatal crash that occurred on State Route 188 in Pleasant Township around 9:15 p.m.OSHP says Natasha Anderson, 31, of Lancaster was traveling on State Route when she drove off the side of the road, struck an embankment, overturned and then hit a utility pole.One juvenile passenger was ejected from the veh
  
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• 4-year-old boy killed in Fairfield County crash

  10-01-2017 18:29
  
  PLEASANT TOWNSHIP – A 4-year-old boy was killed Monday in a single-vehicle crash northeast of Lancaster.The Lancaster Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol says it is investigating the fatal crash that occurred on State Route 188 in Pleasant Township around 9:15 p.m.OSHP says Natasha Anderson, 31, of Lancaster was traveling on State Route when she drove off the side of the road, struck an embankment, overturned and then hit a utility pole.The 4-year-old was ejected from the vehicle. He was
  
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• Proposal for Hyperloop Between Chicago and Columbus Receives a Boost From Startup

  10-01-2017 18:20
  
  A proposal from the Mid Ohio Regional Planning Commission to build a hyperloop from Chicago to Pittsburgh (with a stop in Columbus) received a boost from a startup looking to build the first prototype of the futuristic transportation idea. Hyperloop One is a Los Angeles-based company that is researching the technology, which it describes as […]
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Cloudy with more rain this afternoon

  10-01-2017 17:56
  This Afternoon: Warming into the 40s but windy.Off & on showers move through the area.Winds 15-25 with gusts as high as 35 mph in Columbus.
  Tonight: Showers early then cloudy, breezy.Low 39.SW winds 10-20 mph.
  Tomorrow: A few showers early then another round late.Mild & a little breezy.High 53.South winds 8-12 mph.
  Thursday: Another round of rain.Warm & windy.High 60.SW winds 12-18 mph.
  Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, Delays
  Special Information: Af
  
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• Hostages 'fine,' suspect arrested near University of Alabama (UPDATE)

  10-01-2017 17:24
  
  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Police in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, say a man was arrested after a hostage situation near the University of Alabama, and all the hostages are reported unharmed.Lt. Teena Richardson, a Tuscaloosa police spokeswoman, said the incident Tuesday morning ended peacefully. She said, "The hostages are fine." She said there were about eight hostages.She said the man had a gun, and said it wasn't clear what sparked the incident.It happened at an Alabama Credit Union branch across the s
  
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• Columbus woman pleads guilty to injecting father with fatal heroin dose

  10-01-2017 17:10
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A woman accused of giving her father a fatal dose of heroin last year pleaded guilty Tuesday.Lindsay Newkirk cried as the prosecutor described the day she prepared heroin and injected into her own arm then into the arm of her father. It was drug abuse that turned deadly for the 55-year-old man.In front of Judge Kimberly Cocroft, Newkirk pleaded guilty to involvement in the death of her father and received a three-year prison sentence.In agreement for the 27-year-old woman's gui
  
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• Columbus City Council Meeting 1/9/17

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• Woman pleads guilty to injecting father with fatal dose of heroin

  10-01-2017 16:12
  
  A West Side woman accused of injecting her father with a fatal dose of heroin pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to involuntary manslaughter.
  
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• Auditor’s values for Franklin County homes may soar by more than 10 percent

  10-01-2017 16:10
  
  Franklin County homeowners should brace themselves. Figures released Monday by county Auditor Clarence Mingo suggest that homeowners’ property values will rise at least 10 percent when the county reassesses property this year. “There will be significant adjustments in some areas,” Mingo said. “We don’t want property owners to be surprised.”
  
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• Ohio State ranked No. 6 in final AP poll of 2016 season

  10-01-2017 15:07
  
  TAMPA, Fla. — Clemson finished atop The Associated Press College football poll Tuesday, knocking Alabama from the spot it held all season, and Southern California became the first team to finish as high as No. 3 with three losses.The Tigers were voted No. 1 in the final poll for the first time since 1981. The Crimson Tide was trying to become only the third team to go wire-to-wire as No. 1, but lost 35-31 to Clemson on Monday night in the College Football Playoff championship game.USC, whi
  
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• FIFA to expand World Cup to 48 teams in 2026

  10-01-2017 14:28
  
  ZURICH — FIFA will expand the World Cup to 48 teams, adding 16 extra nations to the 2026 tournament which is likely to be held in North America.President Gianni Infantino's favored plan — for 16 three-team groups with the top two advancing to a round of 32 — was unanimously approved Tuesday by the FIFA Council.It meets Infantino's election pledge of a bigger World Cup, and should help fund promised raises for FIFA's 211 member federations.With 80 matches instead of 64, FIFA for
  
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• The Market Italian Village Gets Revamp

  10-01-2017 14:00
  
  Angry Bear Kitchen’s co-owner and Chef Tyler Minnis has a new kitchen at The Market Italian Village. There, he’s led a total transformation of the two-year-old eatery, market, deli and coffee shop. Before ABK closed in September 2016, Minnis established a reputation. The Old North restaurant, serving breakfast and upscale diner goods, offered the same […]
  
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• Cannon Blasts: McElhinney Waived, No More Third Jersey?

  10-01-2017 12:58
  Columbus will take to the ice tonight for the first of a three-game road trip, beginning in Carolina, as the Blue Jackets will look to officially kickoff another winning streak following Sunday's overtime win against the Flyers . But, the Jackets will be without a familiar face on the bench as Columbus waived Curtis McElhinney following his performance in Saturday's 5-4 loss to the Rangers .
  
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• Freezing rain delaying classes in many central Ohio districts

  10-01-2017 12:57
  
  More than 150 central Ohio schools are delayed or closed today because of freezing rain that is making roads and sidewalks hazardous until temperatures rise later today. Big Walnut, Buckeye Valley, Canal Winchester, Delaware, Granville, Jonathan Alder, Lancaster, Marysville, New Albany, Newark, Olentangy and Pickerington schools are among the districts on a two-hour delay.
  
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• Three things to watch in Jeff Sessions' confirmation hearing

  10-01-2017 12:48
  
  On Tuesday, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., will face the Senate Judiciary Committee and answer questions from his colleagues, who will play a key role in deciding whether to confirm his nomination to be the nation’s top law enforcement officer.Cabinet confirmation hearings: What to expect this weekThe attorney general is in charge of the Department of Justice and its components -- the FBI, DEA, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Bureau of Prisons, Office of Justice Programs,
  
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• Messaging app Snapchat to put European base in UK

  10-01-2017 12:39
  
  The company behind messaging app Snapchat will place its European base in Britain in a vote of confidence in the economy following the vote to leave the European Union.Los Angeles-based Snap Inc.'s decision runs counter to that of tech giants like Apple and Google, who have chosen lower tax bases like Ireland. It also comes amid public frustration over alleged tax avoidance schemes of multinational corporations.Snap, which has 75 staff members in Britain, will pay U.K. corporation tax on its int
  
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• Old theory on how the moon formed gets new life

  10-01-2017 12:33
  
  A series of cosmic collisions may have spawned multiple moonlets that morphed into the one big moon we know today.Rather than one giant impact that knocked off part of early Earth and created the moon, a number of smaller collisions may have produced lots of mini-moons, Israeli scientists reported Monday.And those mini-moons, over millions of years, may have clumped together to make one large one.The researchers conducted nearly 1,000 computer simulations and estimate about 20 impacts could do t
  
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• Hostess issues voluntary recall on Holiday White Peppermint Twinkies

  10-01-2017 12:25
  
  Hostess Brands, LLC (“Hostess”) is voluntarily recalling its Holiday White Peppermint Hostess® Twinkies® because of a recall by Blommer Chocolate Company of the confectionery coating used on the Holiday White Peppermint Hostess Twinkies product.The confectionery coating contains milk powder ingredients recalled by Valley Milk Products, LLC due to a concern of Salmonella contamination.No illnesses have been reported so far, and none of the confectionery coating sampled has tes
  
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• Should Columbus issue its own ID cards to residents?

  10-01-2017 11:54
  
  Imagine having a card that would prove your identity and residency, plus give you access to city services, business discounts and memberships to museums and other venues. That’s the idea behind a proposal by a coalition of faith leaders and social-welfare groups that wants Columbus City Council to adopt a municipal ID card.
  
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