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• Report: Freddie Gray investigator charged with assault

  23-01-2017 23:49
  
  BALTIMORE -- A Baltimore police detective who became the lead investigator in the Freddie Gray case has been charged with assault, reports the Baltimore Sun.Veteran homicide detective Dawnyell Taylor, 46, was charged Friday with two counts of second-degree assault, the paper reports.Taylor told the paper the incident was related to “an ongoing family dispute that I’m sure will be resolved.” A complainant is reportedly listed as Tonia Taylor.Baltimore police spokesman T.J. Smith
  
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• Ohio Fire Marshal lists 'safe stay' hotels

  23-01-2017 23:48
  If you're traveling out of town you don't really know a whole lot of about where to stay except for maybe a few online reviews. Now the state fire marshal's office is launching a new designation that will tell you that a hotel has passed intensive safety inspections and has not been an area prone to illegal activities like prostitution, drug activity or even bed bug problems.
  
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• Fla. mom accused of sex with teens at her child's party

  23-01-2017 23:39
  
  BRADENTON, Fla. -- A Florida mother is facing additional charges stemming from alleged sexual encounters with teenagers at a party her own child was hosting.The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office has now identified five alleged victims in the case of 40-year-old Jaimie Ayer. The Bradenton News Herald reports that Ayer is facing seven counts of unlawful sexual activity involving 16- and 17-year-old boys.Authorities say the charges involve a Dec. 23 party in which Ayer was allegedly giving alco
  
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• Homeowner's ex-wife: Police killed wrong guy in burglary call

  23-01-2017 23:14
  
  PITTSBURGH -- The ex-wife of a Pittsburgh homeowner fatally shot by police responding to a burglary call says officers “shot the wrong guy.”Brenda Thompkins was divorced from the shooting victim, 57-year-old Christopher Thompkins, but the couple reconciled years ago and was sleeping together when they spotted an intruder about 4 a.m. Sunday. The woman said the couple woke up to the alleged intruder, later identified by police as Juan Jeter-Clark, standing over their bed, reports CBS
  
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• iPhone assembler Foxconn may invest $7B in US display plant

  23-01-2017 23:00
  
  Foxconn, a major assembler of iPhones and other electronics, may invest $7 billion in a plant for manufacturing display panels that would create as many as 50,000 jobs in the U.S.Foxconn CEO Terry Gou discussed the potential expansion Sunday during a company meeting in Taiwan, the company's home country. Several publications in Taiwan reported Gou's remarks.It's the first time he has provided details about a possible U.S. expansion since one of Foxconn's partners, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, rev
  
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• New help for human trafficking survivors, children targeted by traffickers in Ohio

  23-01-2017 22:56
  There is new help on two fronts in the battle against human trafficking in Ohio.Monday Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced a new program aimed at identifying and protecting children at high risk for being trafficked.State agents will work with local police to help identify the young people most vulnerable and train officers on how to intervene."We still think this is a grossly under-reported crime," DeWine said. "We still think there are a lot of kids out there who are being trafficked i
  
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• New help for human trafficking sSurvivors, children targeted by traffickers in Ohio

  23-01-2017 22:56
  There is new help on two fronts in the battle against human trafficking in Ohio.Monday Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced a new program aimed at identifying and protecting children at high risk for being trafficked.State agents will work with local police to help identify the young people most vulnerable and train officers on how to intervene."We still think this is a grossly under-reported crime," DeWine said. "We still think there are a lot of kids out there who are being trafficked i
  
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• Report: Head found in freezer; arrest in NYC body parts case

  23-01-2017 22:45
  
  NEW YORK — Police have made an arrest in connection with the discovery of human remains at a New York City waste transfer station last week, reports CBS New York.Somorie Moses, 40, was taken into custody Saturday, four days after a torso and leg belonging to an unidentified female were discovered in the trash heaps at the Metropolitan Transfer Station in the Bronx. CBS New York reports, citing sources in the New York Police Department, that the arrest came soon after a human head, two hand
  
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• Authorities searching for missing 82-year-old Columbus woman

  23-01-2017 22:43
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Columbus Police are asking for the public’s help in finding an 82-year-old woman.In an alert issued Monday afternoon, police said Minnie Jacobs-Grayson left her home on Stone Ridge Drive in east Columbus at 10 a.m. and has not return.Jacobs-Grayson is listed as 5’2” tall, 180 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes.She drives a white, 2014 Ford Fiesta with a Maryland license plate.The plate number is 1BR5829.She was last seen wearing a peach, white and p
  
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• Deputy accused of trying to murder elderly woman he'd been defrauding

  23-01-2017 22:39
  
  SARASOTA, Fla. - Authorities say a sheriff’s deputy in southwest Florida tried to kill a woman he had been defrauding.Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight told reporters Monday that 46-year-old Deputy Frankie Bybee had befriended the victim, a 79-year-old Sarasota woman, while responding to a service call in October.Knight said when the woman entrusted Bybee -- an 18-year agency veteran -- with her dog, the deputy sold the dog through Craigslist.Knight said Bybee was placed on administrative
  
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• Judge rules Snapchat immune from distracted driver claim

  23-01-2017 22:32
  
  A judge has dismissed claims against Snapchat that blamed the social media company's "speed filter" for a highway crash. The judge said the Communications Decency Act provides the social media company with immunity.Snapchat attorney Mark Trigg told The Associated Press Monday in an emailed statement that the "the judge's ruling in this case is precedent setting for the entire mobile app and product industry.""A loss for Snapchat would have been dangerous, opening a floodgate of lawsuits for ever
  
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• Ex-college football player indicted in high school cheerleader's killing

  23-01-2017 22:06
  
  A former Tennessee college football player has been indicted in the shooting death of a high school cheerleader who had reportedly broken up with him.William Riley Gaul, a former freshman wide receiver at Maryville College, was arrested after the Nov. 21, 2016 death of 16-year-old Emma Walker. The Knox County Sheriff’s Office says Walker broke off a relationship with Gaul about two weeks before Gaul allegedly fired shots into her bedroom from outside her house while she slept in her bedroo
  
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• New weather satellite images are not disappointing

  23-01-2017 22:03
  
  Back in November, NASA launched the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s newest weather satellite. At the time NOAA touted it as the “future of weather forecasting."The first images from the GOES-16 satellite are in…and they’re not disappointing.Above is an image of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. In the middle is the island nation of Cuba framed by the Yucatan Peninsula to the west and Florida Peninsula to the north. The detail in the land and the
  
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• New "Stars Wars" film's title revealed

  23-01-2017 21:58
  
  The next chapter in the ongoing “Star Wars” saga now has an official title.Episode VII in the series -- the follow-up to 2015’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” -- will be called “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Lucasfilm announced Monday.Little else was revealed about the film, written and directed by “Looper” filmmaker Rian Johnson, but Johnson has already said that the movie will pick up right where “The Force Awakens” left off, with
  
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• When their shifts end, Uber drivers set up camp in parking lots

  23-01-2017 21:27
  Uber driver Joseph Adeyanju drives passengers Tiffany Vhao, left, and Michelle Wu, both University of Chicago students, to the airport Friday, Dec. 9, 2016. Adeyanju drove a cab for 40 years and raised a family before switching to Uber.
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Patchy showers and fog to start Tuesday

  23-01-2017 21:08
  This Evening:On and off light showers and still breezy, but mild. NE winds around 10 mph with gusts upward of 20 mph.Tonight:Patchy showers or a misty rain with some patchy fog overnight. Low 39. N wind 5-10 mph.Tomorrow: A few scattered showers could linger early otherwise cloudy. High 47. NW wind 6-8 mph.Wednesday:A slight chance of early showers, but warmer and breezier. High 55. SW 5-15 mph with gusts upward of 30 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, Delays
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Cloudy & Cooler Tuesday

  23-01-2017 21:08
  This Morning:Any showers end. Cloudy with some patchy fog in spots.This Afternoon:Cloudy and cooler (bus still mild for January) Mid 40s.Tonight: Mostly cloudy. 37Tomorrow:Mostly cloudy. Slight chance for rain or snow shower. 40.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysSpecial Information:High pressure returns briefly today, bringing dry skies, but the next wave of low pressure will bring a few showers for late Wednesday and early Thursday followed by a big cool
  
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• Tanker fire aftermath caught on video by Delaware couple

  23-01-2017 20:59
  Moments after a tanker truck exploded on top of the I-270/US 33 ramp Monday a Delaware saw the thick plume of smoke."I was just in complete shock it just blew my mind to see the massive and all the smoke and fire it was huge," Carla Rose said.The video was shot between 10:10 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. Monday morning. It not only shows a 100 yard stretch of flames, but also the grass below catching fire."When we were pulling up to it, the flames had to of been 40-50 feet in the air whatever was in the t
  
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• Re:work Furnishings Expanding into Larger Location

  23-01-2017 20:52
  
  After less than two years operating out of a 2,000 square foot workshop just south of Grandview Heights, Re:work Furnishings is making the move to a much larger 10,000 square foot space just north of Grandview Heights. Husband-and-wife duo Alex and Lindsay Remley officially announced the move today, providing details about about that the news […]
  
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• Opinion: Finding Purpose After Protests

  23-01-2017 20:23
  
  Like many who attended the Women’s March on Washington, during the four-hour standing around period, I experienced a stream of sobering thoughts and ideas about what plans President Donald Trump has for me and my fellow Americans. What good could possibly come out of having someone leading my country who’s bragged about sexual assault, denied […]
  
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• Teen killed, 2 injured in Hocking County crash

  23-01-2017 19:22
  
  ATHENS, Ohio-- Troopers from the Athens Post of Ohio State Highway Patrol are investigating a two-vehicle crash that killed a teenager in Hocking County.The crash happened around 5:25 p.m. Sunday on Ellis Road west of Union Road.Lucas Conley, 18, of Stoutsvile was driving westbound on Ellis Road in a 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier when he drove left of the center and struck a 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee head-on.Shelia Azbell, 51, of Rockbridge was driving the Jeep when the collision happened.According to
  
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• Charleys opens new store with new look

  23-01-2017 19:21
  It has a slightly different look than other stores, with a more sports-oriented design, and a new menu item: hand-battered, white-meat chicken fingers that are fresh, never-frozen and cooked in 100 percent olive oil. They are served with either coleslaw, Texas toast or French fries and a choice of seven dipping sauces.
  
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• Theatre Review: Exit Left’s Misguided Hamlet

  23-01-2017 19:00
  
  Exit Left Productions’ first production, a heavily stripped down and slightly reshuffled Hamlet opened this weekend at MadLab in a production directed by Patrick McGregor II. The oft-told tragedy of a Danish prince haunted by life and his indifference, has been the vehicle for a variety of interpretations and set everywhere from WWII to the apocalypse. Here, […]
  
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• Columbus Charter Review Committee Meeting - 1/20/2017

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• Demolitions Proposed to Make Room for Temporary North Market Parking

  23-01-2017 18:20
  
  Tomorrow morning, the Downtown Commission will review a request to tear down three buildings to make room for new surface parking lots. If approved, small single-story warehouse-style structures at 501 Armstrong St. 135 Spruce St. and 165 W. Vine St. would be razed, and temporary parking lots would take their place to better serve North Market […]
  
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• Trump moves to pull US out of Pacific-Rim trade deal

  23-01-2017 17:59
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump moved to pull the United States out of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact Monday, fulfilling a campaign promise as he began his first full week in office."Great thing for the American worker that we just did," Trump said as he signed a notice in the Oval Office.The president also signed memorandums freezing most federal government hiring, though he noted an exception for the military, and reinstating a ban on providing federal money to int
  
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• President Trump signs multiple executive orders; including TPP trade deal

  23-01-2017 17:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- Trump places hiring freeze on some federal workers, cuts off funding for international groups that perform abortions.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Barbara Bush discharged from hospital; George H.W. Bush leaving ICU

  23-01-2017 17:28
  
  HOUSTON— Former first lady Barbara Bush was discharged from a hospital Monday while former President George H.W. Bush is expected to be moved from the hospital's intensive care unit soon.The 92-year-old former president was struggling to breathe when he was admitted to the Houston Methodist Hospital Jan. 14, and had since been treated for pneumonia in the intensive care unit. Ninety-one-year-old Barbara Bush was suffering from bronchitis and entered the same hospital Wednesday.Two doctors
  
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• Attempted murder charges filed against student accused in school shooting

  23-01-2017 16:55
  
  A student accused in a shooting at a Champaign County high school was officially charged in a juvenile court Monday.The 17-year-old was charged with a total of 13 counts: one count of inducing panic, two counts of attempted murder, one count of conveying a deadly weapon in a school, three counts of felonious assault and six counts of improper discharge of a firearm.The Champaign County Prosecutor filed a motion Monday, requesting that the suspect be tried as an adult. The motion asked the Juveni
  
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• Tanker fire shuts down I-270 & US-33 in northwest Columbus

  23-01-2017 16:49
  
  COLUMBUS - Interstate 270 and US-33 was closed in all directions due to a tanker fire near Dublin in northwest Columbus.Dublin Police have advised motorists to avoid area. ---Latest closures, traffic updates from ODOT:33 EB to 270 NB270 North and South at 33Avery Rd to 33 EBODOT crews are closing 270 west at 315, forcing traffic onto 315.ODOT is in the process of opening 315 at 750.315 south of 750 closed At 5 this morning for the slope stabilization project.The interchange of 270 & 70 is al
  
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• One dead after crash, tanker fire in northwest Columbus; 270 & 33 remain closed

  23-01-2017 16:49
  COLUMBUS - Interstate 270 and US-33 was closed in all directions due to a tanker fire near Dublin in northwest Columbus.Police say a tractor-trailer was involved in a crash that resulted in the fire. One person was reportedly killed.Dublin Police have advised motorists to avoid area.---Latest closures, traffic updates from ODOT:SR 315 is now open south of SR 750 in Delaware County to accommodate the detoured traffic from the tanker fire.All I-270 and US 33 closures are still in place: I-270 west
  
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• One dead after crash, tanker fire in northwest Columbus

  23-01-2017 16:49
  COLUMBUS - All roads have reopened except for one ramp after a single-vehicle crash and large fire near Dublin in northwest Columbus.The crash happened on the ramp from US 33 east to I-270 north Monday morning.Police say a tractor-trailer was on the ramp when the driver lost control and crashed.Dublin Police Lt. Steve Farmer said one person was killed in the crash and it appears to be the driver of the tractor-trailer.The truck was carrying up to 8,000 gallons of fuel, according to police. Sever
  
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• Photos: Steve Byrne at Columbus Funny Bone

  23-01-2017 16:21
  
  Watching comedian, actor, and writer Steve Byrne wax about marriage, racial stereotyping, the election – and almost everything in between – made a compelling case as to why he’s been working non-stop for the past twenty years. Byrne effortlessly engaged those in attendance with a significant amount of new material, referring every so often to […]
  
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• SUV crashes into 2 Amish buggies in NE Ohio; 5 adults, 3 kids hurt

  23-01-2017 16:00
  
  BEACH CITY, Ohio— State troopers say eight people, including three children, were hurt when an SUV crashed into two Amish buggies in northeast Ohio.The Ohio State Highway Patrol says an SUV heading east on County Road 97 in Wayne Township crossed the centerline on Sunday morning and crashed head-on into a buggy.The crash sent the buggy hurtling into a second buggy following behind. All seven people in the two buggies were thrown from the vehicles.Eight people, including a 2-year-old, were
  
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• Ohio drivers are seeing some of country's lowest gas prices

  23-01-2017 15:45
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio— Ohio has some of the country's lowest gas prices as the workweek begins.A gallon of regular gas in Ohio averaged about $2.13 in Monday's survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and WEX Inc. That's 12 cents cheaper than a week ago but much higher than a year ago, when the average was $1.58.The national average was higher at $2.31 per gallon Monday. That's down a few pennies a week ago but higher than the averages of $2.27 a month ago and $1.84 at this ti
  
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• Italy crews find 3 puppies alive under avalanche-hit hotel

  23-01-2017 15:27
  
  FARINDOLA, Italy — Rescue crews say they have found three puppies alive in the rubble of an Italian mountain hotel slammed by an avalanche.Firefighter spokesman Fabio German said the discovery signals that there are still chances of finding some of the 23 people still buried under the snow alive. Emergency crews have held out hope that survivors found air pockets under the tons of snow and rubble.So far nine people have been rescued from the snow-covered Hotel Rigopiano, which was hit by u
  
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• 19 die amid apparent winter tornadoes, violent storms in South

  23-01-2017 15:14
  
  ADEL, Ga. — A vast storm system that kicked up apparent tornadoes, shredded mobile homes and left other destruction scattered around the Southeast has claimed at least 19 lives during its two-day assault on the region.Authorities said Monday at least 15 deaths occurred in south Georgia alone, including seven from an apparent winter twister that tore through a trailer park before dawn Sunday. Authorities reported four deaths Saturday in Mississippi as the storm system ramped up. It was so b
  
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• Reynoldsburg Police: Suspected thief takes off with $250 in comic books

  23-01-2017 14:54
  
  Reynoldsburg Police say an unidentified man walked into the Capital City Comics and took off with $250 worth of comics.
  The store, located at 1915 State Route 256 in Reynoldsburg, provided police with images of the man in the store around 2:20 p.m. on January 20.
  Anyone with information can contact Officer Caruso at 614-866-6375.
  
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• Gas prices drop another 18 cents

  23-01-2017 14:48
  
  Gas prices in Columbus dropped for the second straight week despite reports that an oil production cut intended to shore up oil prices is well underway.
  
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• The Confluence Cast: Six Word Memoirs

  23-01-2017 14:00
  
  
  We all want to tell stories. Larry Smith, the creator of Six Word Memoirs helps people do that. We sat down to talk about the project, Larry’s background as a journalist and storyteller, and why he and his wife, noted author Piper Kerman, choose Columbus as their home. http://theconfluencecast.com/episodes/24_larrysmith.mp3 Shownotes for this episode This Confluence […]
  
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• Second suspect caught from fatal San Antonio mall good Samaritan shooting

  23-01-2017 12:48
  
  Police here say two suspects are in custody after a robbery inside a shopping mall Sunday afternoon ended in a shooting that left one man dead and several people injured.In a statement early Monday, police said both suspects face preliminary charges of capital murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.The robbery happened at a Kay Jewelers store inside Rolling Oaks Mall, reports CBS San Antonio affiliate KENS-TV.“What we have here is a robbery gone really, really bad,” Polic
  
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• Good Samaritan shot dead in San Antonio mall; second suspect caught

  23-01-2017 12:48
  
  Police here say two suspects are in custody after a robbery inside a shopping mall Sunday afternoon ended in a shooting that left one man dead and several people injured.In a statement early Monday, police said both suspects face preliminary charges of capital murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.The robbery happened at a Kay Jewelers store inside Rolling Oaks Mall, reports CBS San Antonio affiliate KENS-TV.“What we have here is a robbery gone really, really bad,” Polic
  
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• Ex-executive admits stealing $850K from health care giant UPMC

  23-01-2017 12:35
  
  A former executive with Pittsburgh-based health care giant UPMC has admitted he stole nearly $850,000 from the company by arranging to hire his wife and a friend as ghost workers.Federal prosecutors say 48-year-old Ronald Locy faces up to a decade in prison after pleading guilty last week to embezzlement in connection with health care.The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/2kigAxI ) Locy, of Georgetown, Texas, was a senior director in the claims department for UPMC Health Plan.Prosec
  
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• Sierra Nevada Brewing recalls bottled beer due to hazard

  23-01-2017 12:08
  
  Sierra Nevada Brewing says it has issued a recall in the Midwest, South and East Coast of some of its bottled beer after finding a flaw that could allow glass to break and fall inside.The recall applies to certain varieties of beer in 12-ounce bottles produced at Sierra Nevada's brewery in Mills River, N.C., the brewer said on its website."While we believe this concern impacts roughly one in every 10,000 (0.01%) of our bottles packaged during this time, Sierra Nevada has set the standard for qua
  
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• SR-315 to close north and south of SR-750 in Delaware County

  23-01-2017 11:28
  The following work is planned in the Delaware County area at the intersection of SR-315 and SR-750.Please note that all work is weather dependent; it may be postponed or canceled without prior notice.MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 5 A.M.SR 315 will be closed to through traffic south of SR 750, between Jewett Road and SR 750, for three weeks, weather permitting, for tree clearing and utility relocation.Detour: SR 750 east to US 23 (Columbus Pike), south to I-270 and back west to SR 315, or the reverse.Watch
  
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• Squires is majoring in aerospace engineering

  23-01-2017 10:24
  
  Drew Squires, a 2013 graduate of Ashland High School, has been named to the dean's list for the fall semester at The Ohio State University in Columbus. He is a senior majoring in aerospace engineering and will graduate in May. Current subscribers have full access to all online news content as part of their subscription.
  
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• West-Liberty students to resume classes Tuesday after shooting

  23-01-2017 06:17
  
  As a 16-year-old boy continues to make strides in recovering from serious gunshot wounds, the West Liberty-Salem High School is also taking steps to resume school on Tuesday. Logan Cole is now out of the intensive-care unit at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus and listed in stable condition.
  
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• Samsung says Note 7 battery design, manufacturing caused fires

  23-01-2017 03:30
  
  SEOUL, South Korea -- Samsung Electronics Co. says problems with the design and manufacturing of batteries in its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones caused them to overheat and burst into fire. The announcement Monday of the company’s investigation into one of its worst product fiascos comes three months after the flagship phone was discontinued.
  The world’s biggest smartphone maker recalled 2.5 million Note 7 phonesin September after reports they were overheating and catching fire. It blamed
  
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• President Trump tweets on Women’s March protesters: “Why didn’t these people vote?”

  23-01-2017 02:47
  
  President Donald Trump, in between tweets about his “long standing ovations” at CIA headquarters and his inauguration’s television ratings, implied in a tweet early Sunday morning that the Women’s March protesters did not vote.“Watched protests yesterday but was under the impression that we just had an election!” Mr. Trump wrote. “Why didn’t these people vote? Celebs hurt cause badly.” Watched protests yesterday but was under the impression t
  
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