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• Town honors Danville officer killed in line of duty one year ago

  17-01-2017 23:30
  January 17 marks one year since the passing of Danville Police Officer Tom Cottrell. The community has planned to honor his memory in a Tuesday night basketball game, then share memories in a candlelight vigil outside of the police department after the game.The officer's mother is touched by the tributes, but due to family obligations could not take part. "I'm with my daughter in Georgia, and any day we're expecting my new granddaughter, the niece that my son will never meet," said Tom Cottrell'
  
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• Town honors Danville officer killed in line of duty

  17-01-2017 23:30
  January 17 marks one year since the passing of Danville Police Officer Tom Cottrell. The community has planned to honor his memory in a Tuesday night basketball game, then share memories in a candlelight vigil outside of the police department after the game.The officer's mother is touched by the tributes, but due to family obligations could not take part. "I'm with my daughter in Georgia, and any day we're expecting my new granddaughter, the niece that my son will never meet," said Tom Cottrell'
  
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• Ditching New Year's resolutions

  17-01-2017 23:19
  Eating better, exercising more, we've heard the resolutions.
  Lifelong Columbus resident Bill Huffman has made plenty of them before. He's done without sodium and cigarettes and says he's not about to stop now.
  But statistics show, by January 17, more than 30 percent of people who made resolutions, have given up on them.
  According to Austin Mock, a personal trainer at the YMCA of Central Ohio, people set expectation levels too high, too soon.
  "Chalk it up to unrealistic expectations. People want
  
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• Mom sentenced for death of toddler found in ravine

  17-01-2017 23:13
  
  PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh-area woman who wrote on Facebook that “Mommy loves you, my angel” after her 3-year-old daughter was found dead in a ravine was sentenced Tuesday to 20 to 40 years behind bars for killing her.Adriene Williams, 27, of Wilkinsburg, rejected a plea bargain that would have sent her to prison for 15 to 30 years. She was convicted at trial in August of third-degree murder and other charges in the death of her daughter, Adrionna.Williams maintained her innocen
  
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• Grants to Support Number of Needs

  17-01-2017 23:11
  
  Recent grants will help 25 local nonprofits address a plethora of needs, from providing meals to seniors through LifeCare Alliance‘s Meals-on-Wheels to a program aimed at reducing evictions in Franklin County by The Legal Aid Society of Columbus (LASC). Read more. The Columbus Foundation is working to capture The Spirit of Columbus through images that showcase the determination, dedication, […]
  
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• City crews locate waterline break that flooded homes

  17-01-2017 23:10
  
  Columbus Public Utilities workers plan to remove about a 20-foot section from a water line that broke on Monday, flooding a Northwest Side neighborhood.
  
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• Pit bulls attack kids on way to school, killing one

  17-01-2017 23:04
  
  ATLANTA -- Police say a child has died and two others were seriously injured after at least two pit bulls attacked them in southwest Atlanta.Atlanta police Sgt. Warren Pickard tells local news media the attack occurred around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday while the children were walking to elementary school. Pickard says the pit bulls have been contained as one of the animals was shot by officers.CBS Atlanta affiliate WGCL reports the owner of the dogs was taken away in a patrol car, but it’s not clea
  
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• Ex-deputy found not guilty of murder charge in Ohio shooting

  17-01-2017 22:56
  
  A former Ohio deputy sheriff accused of fatally shooting an unarmed man after a chase has been found not guilty of murder and reckless homicide charges.A Pike County jury deliberated around five hours before finding former Pike County deputy Joel Jenkins not guilty Tuesday in Robert Rooker's death.Jenkins testified he was forced to fire in March 2015 because he thought Rooker was leaning down to grab a weapon.Special prosecutors from the Ohio Attorney General's Office said Jenkins unnecessarily
  
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• Suit: Officers at Montgomery County jail beat homeless veteran into coma

  17-01-2017 22:48
  
  DAYTON, Ohio — A federal lawsuit alleges that officers at an Ohio jail beat a homeless veteran so severely that he ended up in a coma for two months, now needs a wheelchair and is cognitively disabled.Joseph Guglielmo, 59, filed the civil rights suit against Montgomery County’s commissioners, its sheriff and six employees of the sheriff’s office, the Dayton Daily News reported.Sheriff Phil Plummer declined to comment on the allegations in the lawsuit.Guglielmo, who served in th
  
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• Columbus hits record high temperature

  17-01-2017 22:39
  Columbus set a record high Tuesday at 12:05 p.m. when the thermometer hit 63 degrees, topping the old record of 62 set in 1952, Jeff Sites, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Wilmington, said. The forecast for Wednesday and Thursday is for cloudy skies, no precipitation and highs in the mid-40s.
  
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• Hilliard man gets 7 years for driving to fatal home invasion

  17-01-2017 22:35
  
  A Hilliard man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in a deadly home invasion in Reynoldsburg. Eric Brown, 27, pleaded guilty Tuesday to felonious assault and aggravated burglary with a firearm specification in Licking County Common Pleas Court, said Assistant Prosecutor Jenna Joseph.
  
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• Report: Man made medieval weapon to threaten wife

  17-01-2017 22:34
  
  CORNELIUS, Ore. -- Deputies say an Oregon man was arrested after threatening his wife with a nail-filled baseball bat he claimed he built to protect his children from clowns, reports OregonLive.com.Washington County deputies responded to a domestic argument at a Cornelius home around 8 p.m. Saturday, reports the website. Officials say 31-year-old Matija Belavic had left the home by the time deputies arrived and was arrested about 15 minutes later when he was found walking down the street.Deputie
  
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• President Obama commutes sentence of Chelsea Manning

  17-01-2017 22:33
  
  As one of his final acts as outgoing president, Barack Obama commuted the sentence being served by Chelsea Manning, a transgender soldier who is more than six years into a 35-year sentence for leaking classified government and military documents to the WikiLeaks website.Manning’s attorneys released her commutation application in November, asking Mr. Obama to shorten her sentence to the time she’s already served. The president granted commutation of sentence to 209 individuals and par
  
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• Maserati salesman killed after posting speeding video

  17-01-2017 22:19
  
  HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. – A young Maserati salesman outside Denver was killed driving one of the high-performance and high-price sport cars shortly after posting a Facebook live video showing him going from zero to 110 miles per hour in 20 seconds.CBS Denver reports the driver was identified as 24-year-old Brandon Gionapoulos, a salesman for the Mike Ward Maserati and Infiniti dealership in Highlands Ranch, a suburb south of Denver.The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said “reckl
  
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• Second death in California likely linked to meningitis

  17-01-2017 21:53
  
  Officials say a second person in the San Francisco Bay Area may have died from bacterial meningitis within a week, CBS affiliate KPIX reports.Laura Delmond, 53, was spotted last Tuesday sitting upright in the back of a San Francisco Muni bus, according to David Robson, Laura’s brother.The driver of that bus said Laura was already dead when she was found.Reportedly, the Laura recently had shoulder surgery in Marin County only a few miles from a SoulCycle gym where 48-year-old Sevin Philips,
  
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• Cleveland officials to end search for plane that crashed in Lake Erie

  17-01-2017 21:28
  
  The recovery efforts for a plane that crashed in Lake Erie last month will end Tuesday.The search has turned up about 270 pieces of debris so far, including parts of the fuselage and the wings, along with some human remains. Identities of those remains haven't been confirmed.Searchers also found the cockpit voice recorder and a box that records mechanical information but isn't crash-proof. Investigators are reviewing those for clues about what happened.A Columbus businessman, his wife, their two
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Cooler weather but above average

  17-01-2017 21:07
  This Morning:Patchy drizzle and still mild.
  This Afternoon: Cloudy and cooler, but still above "normal." Low-mid 40s.
  Tonight: Lingering clouds. 34
  Tomorrow: Mix of sun and clouds. Milder Again. 51Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysSpecial Information: High pressure returns today, but clouds will linger even as we dry out. The next system will move over the Great Lakes going into Friday, bringing another chance for showers but also more unseasonably warm te
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: A little cooler

  17-01-2017 21:07
  This Evening:Mostly cloudy and still mild.
  Tonight: Cloudy with a few passing showers. Low 39. Winds: W 5-10 mph.
  Tomorrow: Clouds with a few breaks of sun.Cooler with a high of 45. Winds: W 5-10 mph.
  Thursday: Partly sunny. High near 50. Wind: S 0-5 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysSpecial Information: Columbus set a new record high today with temperature soaring to 64 at John Glenn International.The old record for the day was 62 set in 1952. Tomorro
  
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• Off-duty Columbus officer shoots would-be burglar at home

  17-01-2017 20:55
  
  An off-duty Columbus police sergeant awoke to the sound of breaking glass and shot a would-be burglar breaking into his home near Grove City, the sheriff's office said.
  
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• City paying $20,000 after loss in police public records case

  17-01-2017 20:28
  
  Columbus officials have agreed to pay $20,000 in damages and legal fees after the Ohio Supreme Court found the city's police division illegally refused to release public records.
  
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• Prosecutor: Man Who Fatally Shot 4 In Ohio Pleads Guilty

  17-01-2017 20:21
  
  A man has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting four people and trying to kill a fifth during a robbery at an Ohio home in 2015.
  
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• Colo, first gorilla born in a zoo, dies at 60 at the Columbus Zoo

  17-01-2017 20:21
  The zoo announced Tuesday morning that Colo, who last month had a malignant tumor removed from under her arm, died in her sleep. She was the first gorilla born in a zoo and lived two decades past normal life expectancy.
  
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• Charter school problems

  17-01-2017 20:21
  A Columbus charter school again has run into potential ethics violations, according to a new audit by the office of Ohio Auditor Dave Yost. An audit for the 2014-15 school year this morning resulted in apparent nepotism findings at the A+ Children's Academy that were referred to the Ohio Ethics Commission for investigation.
  
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• Theatre Review: Available Light’s Remarkable You Got Older

  17-01-2017 20:15
  
  For most of us, the self-knowledge that arrives with adulthood doesn’t come with a beam of light packing an epiphany or an easily digestible koan. For many of us, it’s closer to picking at scabs. The play of the last ten years that best understands that is Clare Barron’s You Got Older which opened in a magnificent […]
  
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• Rolls-Royce to pay $800 million in fines for bribery scheme hatched in Mount Vernon

  17-01-2017 19:44
  
  Rolls-Royce, the British auto and aerospace company, has agreed to pay more than $800 million in fines for a global bribery scheme hatched at the former Rolls-Royce Energy Systems based in Mount Vernon, Ohio, according to a case unsealed today in federal court in Columbus.
  
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• Rhode Island sisters taken in 1985 found alive

  17-01-2017 19:43
  
  SCITUATE, R.I. -- Rhode Island State Police say they have located two children reported missing in 1985 and arrested a non-custodial parent wanted for snatching them.Officials say Kimberly and Kelly Yates were taken from Warwick by their mother on Aug. 26, 1985.In 1988, a felony warrant was issued for their mother, Elaine Yates, who did not have custody.Kelly was 10 months old at the time she went missing. Her sister was 3. Kelly is now 32; Kimberly is 35.All three were found living under assume
  
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• Official: Nigeria mistakenly bombs camp, kills more than 100

  17-01-2017 19:33
  
  MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — A Nigerian Air Force fighter jet on a mission against Boko Haram extremists mistakenly bombed a refugee camp Tuesday, killing more than 100 refugees and wounding aid workers, a Borno state official said. A Red Cross worker said 20 volunteers with the aid group had been killed.The state government official, who was helping to coordinate the evacuation of wounded from the remote area by helicopters, spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was n
  
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• Bryden Road Renovation Nearing Completion

  17-01-2017 19:21
  
  Twelve one-bedroom apartments will soon be available for rent at 738 Bryden Road – a three-story building with a rich history that has stood empty for years. Karl Schneider and Tyler Lucks, of Solihull Development Group, purchased the building in January of 2015 (along with other partners who have since divested from the project). After […]
  
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• Sheriff: Columbus Police officer shoots home intruder in Franklin County

  17-01-2017 18:56
  
  COLUMBUS - Franklin County Sheriff's Office are investigating an intruder shot by a Columbus Police Officer in a southern Franklin County home.The shooting happened around 12:30 p.m. in the 7000 block of Gay Road.The victim was found on South Highland Avenue and transported to Mount Carmel West in stable condition.No other information was immediately available.Stay with 10TV and 10TV for updates.
  
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• Off-duty Columbus police officer shoots home invasion suspect

  17-01-2017 18:56
  
  COLUMBUS - The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is investigating a police-involved shooting that happened out of a home invasion in southwest Franklin County.The shooting happened around 12:30 p.m. in the 7000 block of Gay Road.According to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, an off-duty Columbus Police Sergeant was sleeping in his home when he was by the sound of glass breaking.The officer then discovered a burglar coming into his house. The officer grabbed his weapon and shot the burgl
  
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• GM to add or keep 7,000 jobs, make $1B factory investment

  17-01-2017 18:04
  
  DETROIT— General Motors plans to invest $1 billion in U.S. factories and add thousands of new white-collar jobs, measures that have been in the works for years but announced Tuesday after criticism from President-elect Donald Trump.In all, the Detroit automaker said it will create or keep 7,000 jobs in the next few years, including about 2,000 at its factories. Another 5,000 new positions will be created at its auto financing arm and to develop advanced technology, electric and autonomous
  
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• Man pleads to four murder charges in 2015 Linden slayings

  17-01-2017 18:01
  
  A man accused of killing four people in the basement of a South Linden house in June 2015 pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to avoid the death penalty.
  
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• Free tampons, pads to be offered at Columbus recreation centers

  17-01-2017 17:57
  Columbus will offer free tampons and sanitary pads in city recreation centers as part of a new initiative led by Councilwoman Elizabeth Brown. The city started a pilot program in four recreation centers in December to determine whether it could extend it to others, Brown said.
  
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• Man pleads guilty to execution-style murders of 4 in north Columbus

  17-01-2017 17:47
  
  COLUMBUS - Robert Lee Adams pleaded guilty Tuesday to aggravated murder charges for the execution-style killings of four people at a home on Hudson Street in June 2015.The court sentenced him to life behind bars with no possibility for parole.A teenage girl, the only survivor of the mass shooting, wept in court as Adams learned his fate. She said, "You're a snake. You have no heart....I hope you die a horrible death....I'm glad I'm the person who ended your life."Adams was originally charged wit
  
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• Report: Oregon players hospitalized after intense workouts

  17-01-2017 17:13
  
  EUGENE, Ore. — At least three Oregon football players have reportedly been hospitalized following a series of intense workouts.The Oregonian reported late Monday that the players remain hospitalized after being taken there late last week.The school didn't immediately identify the players who were hospitalized. It says in a statement to the newspaper that it will continue to monitor and support the players as they recover. The university says it has "implemented modifications as we transiti
  
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• Megabus no longer serving Columbus

  17-01-2017 16:49
  
  Megabus has ceased service in Columbus, the low-cost bus carrier has confirmed. It once served cities including Cleveland, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Pittsburgh from Columbus, but had cut several unprofitable routes over the years.
  
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• Columbus Zoo mourns loss of Colo, world’s oldest zoo gorilla

  17-01-2017 16:15
  
  She was 60. Colo, the first gorilla born in a zoo, and who just celebrated her 60th birthday on December 22, 2016, died overnight in her sleep. “Colo touched the hearts of generations of people who came to see her and those that cared for her over her long lifetime,” said Tom Stalf, president and CEO […]
  
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• Columbus Zoo announces death of Colo, world's oldest zoo gorilla

  17-01-2017 16:06
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Colo, the first gorilla born in a zoo and the matriarch of the Columbus Zoo’s famous gorilla family died in her sleep overnight, according to the zoo.At 60 years of age she was the oldest gorilla on record and exceeded her normal life expectancy by more than two decades.On Dec. 22, 2016 Colo celebrated her historic 60th birthday surrounded by thousands of fans and with birthday wishes coming from around the world.“At the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium our mantra is to tou
  
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• Teenager hospitalized after shooting in north Columbus

  17-01-2017 16:01
  
  COLUMBUS - Columbus Police are investigating after a 14-year-old was shot in north Columbus.The shooting happened when the victim was walking down Hamilton Avenue and an unknown man fired multiple gunshots at him Monday night.The victim was transported to Nationwide Children's Hospital after being struck in the right arm and right leg. His injuries were not considered to be life threatening.This incident remains under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call the Columbus Police As
  
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• Denver teen trampled to death in music fest shooting, family says

  17-01-2017 15:31
  
  PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico -- While authorities investigate what set off a deadly shooting at an electronic music festival event in this Caribbean resort, residents said it came amid a growing and increasingly open drug scene in this resort town that has long been spared the violence of Mexico’s cartel wars.On Monday, officials released a list of the dead, who included an American, a Canadian, two Mexicans and an Italian. Fifteen people suffered injuries, including at least two Canadians and
  
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• Data: Ohio population grew by less than 1 percent

  17-01-2017 15:30
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Federal data shows that the state of Ohio's population is growing slowly, with a population growth of less than 1 percent.The Hamilton-Middletown Journal-News reported the state grew by about 9,000 people from July 1, 2015 to July 1, 2016 - an increase of .07 percent, according to population estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau.
  
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• Local Alcohol Delivery Startup Partners with Blue Jackets for In-Seat Delivery Service

  17-01-2017 14:00
  
  If you already have the Refill app on your phone, then your life inside Nationwide Arena just got a little bit easier. The owners of the Columbus-based app startup just signed a partnership deal with the Columbus Blue Jackets yesterday to provide in-seat delivery for hockey fans cheering on the team live at home games. […]
  
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• Gee hires Ohio State cancer expert for West Virginia center

  17-01-2017 13:50
  
  MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Dr. Richard Goldberg, a gastrointestinal cancer expert, has been named the new director of the Cancer Institute at West Virginia University. Goldberg comes from Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center, where he is the Klotz Family Professor of Cancer Research, physician-in-chief of the James Cancer Hospital and associate director of the Ohio State Comprehensive Cancer Center.
  
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• Istanbul gunman captured after more than 2 weeks on run

  17-01-2017 12:59
  
  Turkish police captured the gunman who carried out the deadly New Year's nightclub attack in Istanbul, with officials saying Tuesday that he's an Uzbekistan national who trained in Afghanistan and confessed to the massacre.The man was being questioned by police, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told reporters in Ankara. Yildirim expressed hope that the interrogation would unveil the "forces" behind the attack, which killed 39 people and has already been claimed by the Islamic State group.Hundreds
  
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• Wal-Mart to add about 10,000 retail jobs in the U.S.

  17-01-2017 12:52
  
  Wal-Mart plans to add about 10,000 retail jobs in the U.S. as it opens new stores and expands existing locations.The world's biggest retailer said Tuesday that there will also be about 24,000 construction jobs as well.Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says there will be 59 new, expanded and relocated Walmart and Sam's Clubs facilities.The chain is planning $6.8 billion in capital investments in the U.S. in the coming fiscal year, which starts on Feb. 1. The investments include construction and remodeling of
  
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• CNN/ORC Poll: Confidence drops in Trump transition

  17-01-2017 12:48
  
  Donald Trump will become president Friday with an approval rating of just 40%, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll, the lowest of any recent president and 44 points below that of President Barack Obama, the 44th president.Following a tumultuous transition period, approval ratings for Trump's handling of the transition are more than 20 points below those for any of his three most recent predecessors. Obama took the oath in 2009 with an 84% approval rating, 67% approved of Clinton's transition as of l
  
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• Sunken, 600-year-old Buddha emerges from water in China

  17-01-2017 12:39
  
  A 600-year-old Buddha statue has been discovered in a reservoir in east China’s Jiangxi Province after water levels fell during renovation work.A local villager first spotted the head of the Buddha last month when the water level fell by more than 10 meters during work on a hydropower gate, official state news agency Xinhua reported.The Buddha’s head sits against a cliff and gazes serenely over the body of water. It has attracted many tourists as well as locals, who see it as an ausp
  
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• Can GOP quickly deliver on repeal-and-replace of Obamacare?

  17-01-2017 12:23
  
  WASHINGTON — As the Republican-led Congress sets out to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s 2010 health-care law, Rep. Pat Tiberi finds himself in a tricky situation. Like other congressional Republicans, Tiberi, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee’s subcommittee on health, wants to repeal the law as quickly as possible. But what the law’s replacement looks like is still very much a matter of debate.
  
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• Gee poaches Ohio State cancer expert for West Virginia center

  17-01-2017 11:48
  
  MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Dr. Richard Goldberg, a gastrointestinal cancer expert, has been named the new director of the Cancer Institute at West Virginia University. Goldberg comes from Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center, where he is the Klotz Family Professor of Cancer Research, physician-in-chief of the James Cancer Hospital and associate director of the Ohio State Comprehensive Cancer Center.
  
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• Search warrant results in four arrests - 3:15 am updated:

  17-01-2017 10:42
  
  The Gallia County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant at 1096 Ohio 141 near the intersection of Sanders Drive in Gallia County, early Tuesday morning, and arrested four. Deputies, assisted by the Gallipolis City Police Department and the Ohio State Highway Patrol, seized drugs, drug paraphernalia and approximately $3,700 in cash.
  
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