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• Over 1 million join anti-Trump women's marches worldwide

  21-01-2017 23:58
  WASHINGTON -- In a global exclamation of defiance and solidarity, more than 1 million people rallied at women's marches in the nation's capital and cities around the world Saturday to send President Donald Trump an emphatic message on his first full day in office that they won't let his agenda go unchallenged.Many of the women came wearing pink, pointy-eared "pussyhats" to mock the new president. Plenty of men joined in, too, contributing to surprising numbers everywhere from New York, Philadelp
  
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• Pickerington movie theater evacuated after electrical fire

  21-01-2017 22:53
  
  PICKERINGTON, Ohio - The Violet Township Fire Department is investigating after an electrical fire prompted an evacuation at a movie theater.It happened Saturday afternoon at the Marcus Cinema on Hill Road North.Authorities said everyone in the theater was evacuated as a precaution.The situation was contained very quickly and nobody was hurt.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Wounded Ohio student reported to be critical, but stable

  21-01-2017 22:41
  Law enforcement and EMS wait outside after a shooting at West Liberty-Salem Schools in West Liberty, Ohio, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. A male student was shot and wounded was hospitalized Friday, and another student suspected in the shooting was in custody, officials said.
  
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• Deadly tornado rips through parts of southern Mississippi

  21-01-2017 21:19
  
  HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- Four people were killed and scores of homes were flattened early Saturday when a tornado hitting in the dark of night ripped through a city in southern Mississippi, officials said.The city of Hattiesburg said via its Twitter account that four people had died after the twister blew through the city and surrounding area. The twister was part of a wall of stormy weather traveling across the region, bringing with it rain and unstable conditions.Mayor Johnny DuPree has signed an
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: More spring-like weather on Sunday

  21-01-2017 21:14
  This Evening: Overcast with a slight chance of showers and very mild. Feeling like spring. S wind around 10 mph.
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of a stray shower. Low 47. SE wind 3-5 mph.
  Tomorrow: Feeling more like April than January! A chance of afternoon showers and highs around 60. Rain chances increase overnight. E wind 3-7 mph.
  Monday: Temperatures will cool throughout the day thanks to a northerly breeze. Starting out well above average in the morning with rain showers likely
  
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• Justice Department says Trump can legally hire son-in-law Jared Kushner

  21-01-2017 20:50
  
  The Department of Justice has some good news for President Trump: its Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) has concluded that Mr. Trump’s decision to hire his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as a senior White House adviser does not violate federal anti-nepotism laws.The OLC issued a 14-page memo on Friday saying that the president is not barred from appointing Kushner because federal law grants the president special hiring authority that exempts him and his hires from anti-nepotism laws.Anti-nepotism
  
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• Ronald Kinsey Milleson

  21-01-2017 20:26
  Ronald Kinsey Milleson, age 82, of Freeport died at 11:24 p.m. Thursday, January 19, 2017 in the Community Hospice House in New Philadelphia, Ohio. Born August 11, 1934 in Freeport, he was the son of the late Arthur H. "Brady" Milleson and Mary G. Kinsey Milleson.
  
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• Big crowds turn out for Women's Marches around the world

  21-01-2017 19:45
  
  CHICAGO (AP) -- Legions of women flooded streets and city squares from Sydney to South Carolina on Saturday, marching in solidarity as a show of empowerment and a stand against Donald Trump.More than 600 "sister marches" were planned across the country and abroad in conjunction with the Women's March on Washington, which drew hundreds of thousands to the capital a day after Trump became president of the United States.Turnout was high at many of the rallies, requiring some protesters to make last
  
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• Women's March on Washington draws thousands to nation's capital

  21-01-2017 19:09
  
  WASHINGTON -- Wearing pink, pointy-eared “pussyhats” to mock the new president, tens of thousands of women massed in the nation’s capital and cities around the globe Saturday to send Donald Trump an emphatic message that they won’t let his agenda go unchallenged over the next four years.Play VIDEOAmerica Ferrera speaks at Women's March on Washington“We march today for the moral core of this nation, against which our new president is waging a war,” actress Amer
  
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• Women's March on Washington draws hundreds of thousands to nation's capital

  21-01-2017 19:09
  
  WASHINGTON -- Hundreds of thousands of women took to the streets in the nation's capital and cities around the world Saturday to send Donald Trump an emphatic message that they won't let his agenda go unchallenged over the next four years."We march today for the moral core of this nation, against which our new president is waging a war," actress America Ferrera told the Washington crowd. "Our dignity, our character, our rights have all been under attack, and a platform of hate and division assum
  
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• Women's March on Washington draws 100,000s to nation's capital

  21-01-2017 19:09
  
  WASHINGTON -- Hundreds of thousands of women took to the streets in the nation's capital and cities around the world Saturday to send Donald Trump an emphatic message that they won't let his agenda go unchallenged over the next four years."We march today for the moral core of this nation, against which our new president is waging a war," actress America Ferrera told the Washington crowd. "Our dignity, our character, our rights have all been under attack, and a platform of hate and division assum
  
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• Skywatch: Look for royalty, planets and the new moon this week

  21-01-2017 17:54
  
  If you look up in the sky this week you may see the formation I used to call the "Lazy W" when I would stargaze as a kid.The constellation's real name is Cassiopeia and she'll be high in the sky in the evening for the rest of the month.
  Cassiopeia was the beautiful wife of King Cepheus.Legend has it that she was vain and boasted that the beauty of her and her daughter, Andromeda, was greater than that of the sea nymphs.As a result, Poseidon sent a sea monster to exact vengeance upon Cassiopeia's
  
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• Concert Review and Q&A: Tongues Unknown at The Shrunken Head

  21-01-2017 17:03
  
  In his live form, an eight-armed, four person show, the one-man monster behind Brooklyn, New York’s Tongues Unknown was a creature of incredible comfort this Thursday night at Shrunken Head. Although, this should have come as no surprise, as Connor Grant is no stranger to the accompaniment of a full band on stage. Playing alongside […]
  
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• Roads closed, residents evacuated in west Columbus after police chase ends in crash

  21-01-2017 16:27
  
  TheColumbus Division of Police tells 10TV the car crashed into a gas line following a pursuit with Grandview Police. In an attempt to get away from police the vehicle crashed at the corner of west Broad and south Grubb. Car hits gas line in west Columbus
  Columbus Police and Fire briefly evacuated people from nearby businesses and homes near the crash. Police later tweeted the gas was turned off and the suspects were arrested.HEADS UP: 10am pursuit in Grandview Heights area ends@Broad/Grubb St.
  
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• Many Ohio farmers still need training after lake erie algae

  21-01-2017 15:51
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio's agriculture leaders say thousands of farmers have completed training that will be required for putting fertilizer on fields, but many more face a September deadline to finish the program aimed at combating the toxic algae fouling Lake Erie.The first of its kind requirement is one of several steps Ohio has taken to reduce the farm runoff that feeds algae in the state's lakes and rivers.State lawmakers put the measure in place in 2014, just months before algae in Lake E
  
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• Trump wraps up ceremony, turns to governing

  21-01-2017 15:37
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- As President Donald Trump wrapped up the ceremony of his inauguration and shifted to governing, he signaled he intends to move quickly to make a clean break from the Obama administration.Trump spent his first night in the White House and was slated to start his first full day in office at a national prayer service Saturday morning. The traditional gathering was the last piece of the transition ritual for the new president before he was clear to get to work.Trump took his first
  
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• Where do Malik Harrison, young stars fit in? Ohio State 2017 linebacker depth chart projection

  21-01-2017 13:58
  Malik Harrison has everything you look for in an outside linebacker: Size, speed, range and the athletic ability that made him an excellent high school quarterback and basketball player. All the tools are there to suggest that Harrison will someday become a college football star, one on the kind of career trajectory that Darron Lee had at Ohio State.
  
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• 3 hospitalized after a crash, 2 struck pushing a disabled vehicle

  21-01-2017 13:48
  
  COLUMBUS, OhA crash late Friday night on Westerville Rd. left two men with serious injuries.According to the Franklin County Sheriff, a Jeep Grand Cherokee was disabled on Westerville Rd. just north of Oakland Park Ave around 11:30 pm.Two men started pushing the SUV southbound.Witnesses told deputies a Toyota Corolla also heading southbound hit the two men and the SUV.Both men were seriously injured and transported to area hospitals.The victims have been identified as 20-year-old Austin Thiel a
  
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• 1 dead after 2 struck while pushing a disabled vehicle (UPDATE)

  21-01-2017 13:48
  
  COLUMBUS - A crash late Friday night on Westerville Rd. left two men with serious injuries.According to the Franklin County Sheriff, a Jeep Grand Cherokee was disabled on Westerville Rd. just north of Oakland Park Ave around 11:30 pm.Two men started pushing the SUV southbound.Witnesses told deputies a Toyota Corolla also heading southbound hit the two men and the SUV.Both men were seriously injured and transported to area hospitals. One victim identified as Austin Thiel, 20 has died. The second
  
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• World jittery about Trump's 'America First' inaugural speech

  21-01-2017 13:31
  
  President Donald Trump's inaugural speech promised "America first" policy, but offered no specifics about America's place in the world.The billionaire businessman and reality television star - the first president who had never held political office or high military rank - promised to stir a "new national pride" and protect America from the "ravages" of countries he says have stolen U.S. jobs."This American carnage stops right here," Trump declared. In a warning to the world, he said, "From this
  
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• Trump takes office, vows to stop 'American carnage'

  21-01-2017 12:55
  
  Pledging emphatically to empower America's "forgotten men and women," Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on Friday, taking command of a riven nation facing an unpredictable era under his assertive but untested leadership.Under cloudy, threatening skies at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, Trump painted a bleak picture of the America he now leads, declaring as he had throughout the election campaign that it is beset by crime, poverty and a lack of bold action.
  
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• Man injured in drive-by shooting

  21-01-2017 12:49
  
  TheColumbus Division of Police say they responded to a shooting in the 2100 block of Dawnlight Ave. Friday afternoon. According to police, 22-year-old Antwain Henderson was outside a residence when two passengers in a vehicle fired multiple shots. Police say bullets struck the residence where inside 19-year-old Austin Deal was shot. Officers were provided a description of the vehicle as a white Hyundai and were able to locate the vehicle.Police say both the driver, 17-year-old Jaisaan Prentiss,
  
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• Can breakfast help keep us thin? Nutrition science is tricky

  21-01-2017 12:34
  
  Cereal makers have happily encouraged the belief that eating breakfast can help keep us thin and bring other benefits, partly by paying for studies that seem to support the idea.So, does that mean breakfast is bad for you? Not that either. What it does show is how difficult it can be to sort the hype from reliable dietary advice when studies are funded by the makers of Froot Loops, nutrition science is often inconclusive, and gray areas can be spun for marketing.Take Special K. In the 1990s, Spe
  
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• Man shot outside Milo Yiannopoulos event in Seattle, fire department says

  21-01-2017 12:23
  
  A man was shot at a University of Washington protest in the campus’ Red Square outside an event with controversial Brietbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos, CBS affiliate KIRO reports.Seattle Fire Department said that the man has possible life threatening injuries.The University of Washington tweeted at 10:40 PT that the suspect was still at large.Yiannopoulos posted on Facebook after the event “prayers are with the victim, whoever he is.”The University of Washington College Rep
  
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• 16 killed in fiery bus crash on Italian highway

  21-01-2017 12:13
  
  Italian police say 16 people died when a bus carrying Hungarian school students returning home from France crashed into the side of a highway near Verona. Thirty-nine people survived.Police commander Geralomo Lacquanita said the bus crashed and burst into flames just before midnight. No other vehicles were involved and it was not clear why the bus went off the road, crashing into the barriers.The bus was returning to Budapest with students ages 15 to 17. Police say 16 badly burned bodies have be
  
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• Whitehall police arrest suspect in 2015 triple homicide

  21-01-2017 09:45
  
  After 21-year-old man's indictment for 2015 slayings, arrests have been made in all nine homicides in Whitehall from that year. Whitehall police Jan. 19 arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with a triple homicide that occurred in August 2015 at the Shaker Square Apartments in Whitehall.
  
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• Experience Columbus not shy about touting Columbus' visitor award

  21-01-2017 05:32
  
  Columbus has a trophy saying it's tops in the Midwest for visitor satisfaction, and local tourism officials plan to make sure everyone - particularly potential visitors and meeting planners - knows it. Experience Columbus already has placed copies of the award, presented by the research firm J.D. Power, at its visitors centers in the Arena District, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center and at Easton Town Center.
  
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• Ice Chips: Blue Jackets surprise young players at practice

  21-01-2017 05:25
  Columbus, Ohio - The Blue Jackets are all about winning but they also find time to give back to Central Ohio.
  In December the Lady Jackets held their annual Holiday Auction and Blue Jacket forwards Boone Jenner and Sam Gagner offered a "crash your practice" experience.
  They lived up to their word this week by dropping in on a group of kids who play for the Special Hockey CBJ program.
  The duo showed up at the Easton Chiller and spent time doing one-on-one drills and interacted with the kids.The l
  
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• Athlete of the Week: B.J. Duling

  21-01-2017 04:02
  B.J. Duling plays basketball at Newark High School, the top team in the OCC Capital Division. Last week, Duling scored 24 points to lead his Wildcats to a win over Groveport, keeping his team undefeated in the process.
  
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• Autopsy: Slain Orlando officer was on the ground when she was shot

  21-01-2017 03:20
  
  An autopsy shows that an Orlando police officer gunned down outside a Wal-Mart last week was struck four times and the fatal shot hit her neck, apparently as she lay on her back, according to an arrest affidavit filed Friday.The bullet from the fatal shot appeared to be impacted by concrete, suggesting that Lt. Debra Clayton was on her back, according to the affidavit.Security video showed Markeith Loyd running out of the store and Clayton pursuing him about 10 feet behind after the lieutenant w
  
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• President Donald Trump tells agencies to ease health care burden

  21-01-2017 03:07
  
  The White House is putting a freeze on any new regulations and halting ones that former President Barack Obama's administration had started.A memo from White House chief of staff Reince Priebus says federal agencies shouldn't submit any completed regulations to be published in the Federal Register until President Donald Trump's administration can review them.The memo also freezes any regulations that were in the pipeline to be published. Regulations that have already been published but haven't k
  
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• Compensation denied for relative of Pike County massacre victim

  21-01-2017 02:55
  
  A crime victim compensation fund has rejected a request for payment of lost wages made on behalf of a relative of a man killed in last year's southern Ohio massacre of eight people.David Weisel had asked the Ohio Victims of Crime Compensation Program to repay wages he lost while he dealt with the killing of his brother-in-law Christopher Rhoden Sr.A letter from Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine's office to Weisel this month said payment has been denied because of evidence that Rhoden was cultiva
  
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• Columbus women head east for Women's March on Washington

  21-01-2017 02:15
  
  Some of the Columbus community will travel east by car and by bus to get to Washington D.C. in time join a massive movement.In less than 24 hours. Liza Varnum and Carol Argiro will walk with hundreds of thousands of people through Washington D.C. Saturday."I think it's a historical moment," Liza Varnum said.It's a last minute trip to Washington D.C. for Varnum. She's leaving Columbus Friday night and driving there. It's worth it to her she says, to be a part of something big."Unity. Just knowing
  
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• Man sentenced for stealing guns from unmarked police SUV

  21-01-2017 01:18
  A man involved in the theft of guns and other gear from an unmarked Columbus police SUV in a restaurant parking lot will serve six months in Franklin County's Community Based Correctional Facility. Craig Stewart, 35, also was placed on probation for three years as part of his agreement to plead guilty last month to three counts of theft and one count of being a felon in possession of a gun.
  
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• 217 arrested, 6 officers hurt in DC protests

  21-01-2017 00:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The District of Columbia police chief says 217 people have been arrested and charged with rioting and six officers suffered minor injuries during demonstrations against President Donald Trump.Interim Police Chief Peter Newsham provided the update at a news conference Friday.Meanwhile, protesters in downtown Washington linked arms, facing off from the police line and chanting, "No Trump, No KKK, No Fascist USA."Metropolitan police have deployed streams of pepper spray against de
  
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• Students describe fleeing scene of shooting at West Liberty High School

  21-01-2017 00:25
  Students at West Liberty High School said at around 7:40 a.m. Friday they heard a loud noise."A loud bang. It sounded almost like a board dropping on the ground or something so I didn't really think anything about it at first," said freshman Ray Barik.Senior Ashley Rabenstein, heard it too."We heard a loud noise go off but it was a little deceiving because with all the construction going on lately it's been pretty loud at school. My teacher went and looked out in the hallway to see what was goin
  
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• Registered sex offender convicted of new sex crimes against children

  21-01-2017 00:10
  
  A Columbus man, who is a registered sex offender, has been convicted of new sex crimes involving children.Thomas Sweeney, 48, was convicted of charges including production of child pornography, attempted coercion/enticement of a minor, receipt of child pornography and commission of a sex offense while registered as a sex offender.According to court records, Sweeney enticed a 14-year-old girl to take sexually explicit pictures and send them to his phone. He also attempted to coerce the minor into
  
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