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• Florida man stabbed dog because it was barking, police say

  24-01-2017 23:57
  
  SUNRISE, Fla. -- Police say a South Florida man stabbed his dog in the leg with a kitchen knife when it wouldn’t stop barking.The SunSentinel reports the dog was injured in November but Michael O’Brien wasn’t arrested until Jan. 20, when the investigation was completed. He’s charged with cruelty to animals and was released on a $2,500 bond.Sunrise police say the dog, named Nala, is healthy and in the custody of animal control.Police say the 22-year-old O’Brien took
  
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• Hate crime charge in fatal attack on gay man lured to lake

  24-01-2017 23:48
  
  BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho man has been charged with a federal hate crime after prosecutors said he lured a gay man to a remote location near a lake and then beat him to death.
  Kelly Schneider, 23, was indicted by a grand jury earlier this month, but the case was kept under seal until he was taken into federal custody, U.S. Attorney Wendy Olson said in a prepared statement. Schneider is set to be arraigned on Tuesday.
  Schneider has already pleaded not guilty in a first-degree murder charge in
  
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• John Glenn airport had second-busiest year in '16

  24-01-2017 23:44
  If the airport seemed a little busier last time you flew from Columbus, you're right: John Glenn Columbus International Airport recorded its second-busiest year ever last year, serving 7.3 million passengers. That was a 7.8 percent increase over 2015.
  
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• Bob Evans to sell off restaurants

  24-01-2017 23:15
  
  NEW ALBANY - Bob Evans Farms, Inc is selling off their restaurants to focus on packaged foods.Golden Gate Capital bought Bob Evans Restaurants for $565 million.Bob Evans Farms, Inc bought Pineland Farms Potato Company for $115 million.Both transactions are expected to close at the end of the fiscal year on April 28, 2017.President Mike Townsley of Bob Evans Farms, Inc released the following statement:“Following the closing of the Bob Evans Restaurants transaction, Mike Townsley, President,
  
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• Ohio drivers will soon be able to run red lights legally

  24-01-2017 22:19
  
  REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - Ohioans will soon be able to run a red light under a new law that takes effect in March.The new law allows drivers who believe the traffic light is malfunctioning to legally drive through it.Driving instructor Charlie Allen said the roads are full of bad drivers already doesn't like the new law."I've seen drivers running red lights. Running stop signs. Passing on the right," he saidHe sees the danger with the new red light law."Idon't know if it's the wisest decision people
  
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• Family adopts "micro pig," then it grows to 650 pounds

  24-01-2017 22:18
  
  Esther the Wonder Pig is enormous. There is simply no ignoring that fact. But when Steve Jenkins of Campbellville, Canada brought her home, he did so under the impression that Esther was a micro pig.Micro pigs, or teacup pigs as they are commonly known, are a special breed of domesticated hog which generally grow to be anywhere between 50 and 150 pounds. Often kept as pets, these small pigs are more akin to a big dog in size than they are to the much larger pigs one might find on a farm. In fact
  
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• Driver killed in northwest Columbus tanker crash identified

  24-01-2017 22:16
  
  The driver killed in the tanker crash and fire in northwest Columbus has been identified as Duane Brodman.Lykins Energy Solutions CEO Jeff Lykins identified Brodman in a statement released Tuesday.The crash happened Monday morning on the ramp from US 33 to I-270. Police say the truck was on the ramp when the driver lost control and crashed before catching on fire.The truck was carrying up to 8,000 gallons of fuel, according to police.ODOT plans to reopen US 33 to I-270 ramp by Thursday morningYo
  
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• New efforts rolled out for Columbus City Schools

  24-01-2017 22:13
  During the Tuesday night State of the District Address, Superintendent Dr. Dan Good will roll out a list of changes to the district and accomplishments of students and staff."Our theme is 'Our Success is Building'," said Superintendent Good.The school address is hosted from the new Columbus Africentric Early College Campus. It is the official dedication of the $42-million dollar campus.Columbus students will also notice a new tray once a month. It is part of a push to eat food farmed and produce
  
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• Weinland Park Elementary Teacher Honored with Prestigious Award

  24-01-2017 21:45
  
  It seemed like an ordinary assembly, but for one teacher at Weiland Park Elementary School, the assembly to commend the school on its partnership with Ohio State University and progress on the Third Grade Reading Guarantee turned out to be a huge surprise! Tiffany Tynes Curry was honored this morning with a Milken Educator Award. […]
  
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• Confederate flag won't return to South Carolina courtroom

  24-01-2017 21:33
  
  YORK, S.C. — A Confederate flag and portraits of Confederate generals will not return to a South Carolina courtroom when renovations are completed.Everyone should feel they are going to be treated fairly when they enter a courtroom, and that can't happen with the rebel flag and pictures of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson displayed, York County Clerk of Court David Hamilton said."The history is very, very important, but obviously, the future is more important," Hamilton told The Herald
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Mild with a chance for showers

  24-01-2017 21:27
  
  Today: Cloudy skies. Chance for showers. Mild. Low 50s S 5-10 mph
  Tonight: Showers likely. 36 W 10-15 mph
  Tomorrow: Chance for rain and/or snow showers. 38 Blustery. W 10-20mph with gusts of 30+
  Friday: Mostly cloudy. Chance for a light snow shower. Colder. 32Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysSpecial Information:After more spring-like temperatures today, showers will move in ahead of a cold front that will usher in colder temperatures for the remainder of
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: A cool night with patchy fog

  24-01-2017 21:27
  This Evening:Cloudy skies with areas of light drizzle.
  Tonight: Partly to mostly cloudy with patchy fog. Low 36. Winds: W 0-5 mph.
  Tomorrow: Cloudy and mild. Showers likely after sunset. High 54. Winds: S 5-10 mph.
  Thursday: Windy, colder with scattered snow showers. High 41. Winds: W 15-25 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysSpecial Information:Cloudy with patchy fog by morning. Visibilities will drop to a mile or less north of Columbus.Allow extra time
  
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• Police shut down portion of I-70 on East Side because of gunman

  24-01-2017 21:24
  
  Police have closed Interstate 70 in both directions from the Interstate 71 split to Livingston Avenue on the East Side. Columbus police were called at 11:12 a.m. about a "man with a gun" in the 1900 block of Gault Street on the East Side.
  
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• State of the District Will Cover Progress and Plans for Columbus City Schools

  24-01-2017 21:00
  
  Columbus City Schools Superintendent Dan Good will discuss the State of the District tonight, covering the school system’s progress and plans since voter support passed their levy in November. The theme is “Our Success is Building,” and it takes place on the new Columbus Africentric Early College Campus at 300 E. Livingston Ave. Since campus […]
  
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• Bengals' Jones issues apology after police release video

  24-01-2017 20:48
  
  CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Bengals player Adam "Pacman" Jones has apologized through his attorneys after Cincinnati police released video showing his raucous, often-vulgar reaction to his latest arrest."Adam Jones is deeply embarrassed and remorseful for his conduct and language after being arrested in early January," the statement said. "Mr. Jones has the utmost respect for law enforcement and the difficulties police encounter on a daily basis."The statement from attorneys Timothy Schneider
  
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• 10-year-old boy drives to store, speeds away in police chase

  24-01-2017 20:14
  
  FOSTORIA, Ohio — An erratic, speeding driver who led an Ohio officer on a brief pursuit turned out to be a 10-year-old boy who took his parents' car without permission and drove 11 miles to a nearby city to shop at a convenience store, police said.An officer in Fostoria, roughly 40 miles south of Toledo, tried to stop a driver who wasn't using headlights and kept braking Sunday morning, and the vehicle took off at 70 mph, WTOL-TV reported. The vehicle eventually struck a curb and stopped i
  
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• Opinion: Women’s March Shows the World How To Fight Like a Girl

  24-01-2017 19:12
  
  Last Friday, I piled into an SUV with four other strong, independent-minded, Columbus-based women to make the seven-hour trek to our nation’s Capital and attend the Women’s March on Washington. On an average day, not one of us would even remotely identify as a “hippie,” but we cranked up Joni Mitchell’s 60’s-era protest tunes anyway […]
  
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• Shooting suspect arrested after SWAT standoff shuts down I-70

  24-01-2017 19:10
  
  A man suspected of shooting two people was arrested Tuesday afternoon after an hours-long standoff with SWAT officers in Columbus.According to police, 29-year-old Jamie Broom Junior was involved in a shooting where one victim was shot in the leg and another shot in the mouth Monday night.Just after 11 a.m. Tuesday, Broom shot one of the victim’s vehicles. The victim contacted police.Officers were able to determine Broom was inside a home in the 1900 block of Gault Street.Two other people e
  
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• I-70 reopens after SWAT situation east of downtown Columbus

  24-01-2017 19:10
  
  Interstate 70 was closed near downtown Columbus due to a SWAT barricade situation near the highway.Ohio Department of Transportation says all lanes of I-70 east are now open. I-70 west is expected to be open by 3:30 p.m.According to Columbus Police, as a precaution they closed the highway in the event there were shots fired at the scene.The SWAT situation ended shortly before 3 p.m. Officers removed two men from a home near S Nelson Road and Gault Street.Authorities say a K-9 officer responding
  
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• I-70 closed near downtown Columbus due to SWAT barricade situation

  24-01-2017 19:10
  
  Interstate 70 is closed near downtown Columbus due to a SWAT barricade situation near the highway.Ohio Department of Transportation says all lanes of I-70 west are closed at Livingston Avenue. All lanes of I-70 east are closed at I-71 north and the ramp from I-71 south to I-70 east is closed.ODOT says the following ramps are also closed: Ramp from I-71 south to I-70 east, I-270 north to I-70 west, and I-270 south to I-70 west. ODOT says they are assisting with traffic control.A duration for the
  
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• Central Ohio jobless rate rises to 3.9 percent in December

  24-01-2017 19:09
  Central Ohio's jobless rate climbed last month, but still was the only metropolitan area in Ohio to post a rate below 4 percent. The jobless rate for the Columbus area climbed to 3.9 percent last month from 3.7 percent in November, according to Ohio Department of Job and Family Services figures released this morning.
  
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• Supporting Social Enterprise

  24-01-2017 18:51
  
  Transformative and pioneering ideas of local social enterprises, like Lower Lights Salon, are supported through nearly $600,000 in grants through The Columbus Foundation’s Fund for Financial Innovation. View the organizations and projects. The Columbus Foundation is working to capture The Spirit of Columbus through images that showcase the determination, dedication, and commitment of people in our smart + […]
  
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• German Village newlyweds in search of wife's stolen wedding ring

  24-01-2017 18:40
  
  While admiring their wedding album, Tom and Jordan Musser called the day amazing.“We got married in Williams Port, Pennsylvania at an old barn. It was pretty intimate. We had just our close friends and close family,” she said. “It was the best day.”For them, it was the perfect nuptials preceded by the perfect proposal.“We took a trip to Ireland ….and, he knew he was going to propose,” Jordan said. “I had no idea. He surprised me on a beach, no rin
  
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• Columbus man who sold elephant tranquilizer as heroin sentenced 15 years

  24-01-2017 18:18
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio- A suspected drug dealer has pleaded guilty to selling animal tranquilizer that resulted in the deaths of two people.Rayshon Alexander, 36, was sentenced to 15 years in prison Tuesday.Alexander pleaded guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter and nine counts corrupting another with drugs.According to Franklin County Court of Courts, Alexander was sentenced to five years on each count with the nine charges served concurrently with an eligibility for parole after 10 years.Fr
  
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• President Trump signs executive order to advance Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines

  24-01-2017 17:45
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump moved to advance construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines Tuesday, a pair of projects that were blocked by the Obama administration due in part to environmental concerns. Both orders are subject to renegotiations of the agreements.Trump also signed a notice requiring the materials for the pipelines to be constructed in the United States, though it was unclear how he planned to enforce the measure."From now we are going to start mak
  
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• Short North’s Biscuit & Branch Opens Tonight

  24-01-2017 17:43
  
  After a few expected delays, the Short North’s southern comfort food concept Biscuit & Branch is open for business tonight. The breakfast-all-day joint, situated at 685 N. High St. has a menu featuring “a lot of biscuits, a lot of breakfast food, a lot of fried chicken,” said Culinary Director Paul Yow. They’ve been testing […]
  
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• Accused HS shooter remains in jail

  24-01-2017 16:49
  
  A 17-year-old boy charged in a school shooting that injured two students will remain in custody at a juvenile detention center for now. A juvenile court judge on Monday granted the prosecutor's request to continue the teenager's detention.
  
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• WATCH: Superintendent provides update on shooting at West Liberty-Salem High School

  24-01-2017 16:00
  
  The Superintendent of West Liberty-Salem Local School District held a news conference Tuesday morning at the Mad River Farmers Market, just north of the school. ---Students at the high school headed back to class Tuesday for the first time since the shooting.Police say a student walked in and shot another classmate Friday.People living in the Champaign County community say they hope students can get back to normal.The suspect was officially charged in a juvenile court Monday.The 17-year-old now
  
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• Support for shooting suspect's family, as West Liberty students return to class

  24-01-2017 16:00
  Students gathered to pray Tuesday morning in front of West Liberty-Salem High School.Among those returning: Amy Flannery's 15-year-old son."They needed to go back," she said. "Getting them back there and letting them know that this is not a place you have to be fearful of."Those are her feelings now, but she calls Friday the most fearful moment of her life: the day one of her son's classmates opened fire, shooting another student, 16-year-old Logan Cole.Flannery describes what happened, as told
  
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• Watershed Kitchen and Bar Opens Today

  24-01-2017 15:44
  
  When Greg Lehman and Dave Rigo started Watershed Distillery nine years ago, they never considered opening a bar restaurant. Bars were scary. Restaurants were scary, Lehman said. “Fast forward to today and we’re ribbon-cutting our own bar restaurant,” he said at their event on Monday night. “But a lot has changed.” Admitting that he and […]
  
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• Suspect in custody in death of Cleveland police officer killed in hit-skip on highway

  24-01-2017 15:25
  
  CLEVELAND—Cleveland police say the car that struck and killed an officer on an interstate has been found west of the city and a man is being questioned by authorities.Police say the vehicle has been found in Lorain, about 30 miles west of Cleveland. Police had been searching for the older-model Toyota Camry and the driver suspected of fleeing after striking 39-year-old Patrolman David Fahey on Tuesday morning in the westbound lanes of Interstate 90.Fahey was struck while setting up flares
  
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• Man arrested in hit-and-run death of Cleveland officer

  24-01-2017 15:25
  
  CLEVELAND—A man has been arrested in the hit-and-run death of a Cleveland patrolman on an interstate.Police say they arrested a 44-year-old man in Lorain, 30 miles west of Cleveland, after finding the car that struck 39-year-old David Fahey on Tuesday morning on Interstate 90 in Cleveland.Fahey had been setting up flares to help close the interstate after two earlier crashes.The first was a one-car crash. A Rocky River firetruck responding to that crash was then struck by a van, killing th
  
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• Cleveland police officer killed in hit-skip on highway

  24-01-2017 15:25
  
  CLEVELAND— A Cleveland police union official says an officer struck by a vehicle on an interstate has died.Police say the officer was hit by a white Toyota Camry on Tuesday morning while setting up flares at the site of an earlier crash involving a firetruck and a van on Interstate 90. Police say the driver of the Camry didn't stop.Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association president Steve Loomis has confirmed the officer died. The officer's name wasn't immediately released.The westbound lan
  
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• 2017 Oscar Nominations: Complete list of Academy Awards nominees

  24-01-2017 14:57
  
  The candy-colored love letter to musicals "La La Land" has landed a record-tying 14 Academy Awards nominations, matching it with "Titanic" and "All About Eve" for most nominations ever."La La Land" has earned nods for best picture, its stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, its songs and its 32-year-old writer-director, Damien Chazelle.The other nominees for best picture are: "Moonlight," ''Arrival," ''Manchester by the Sea," ''Hell or High Water," ''Lion," ''Fences," ''Hidden Figures" and "Hacksaw
  
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• COTA to implement new bus routes on May 1

  24-01-2017 14:43
  
  A new employee went into the office of Curtis Stitt a few years ago and proudly showed him a document from 1974, COTA's first year as a public-transit system. Stitt, president and CEO of the Central Ohio Transit Authority, looked at the bus route map from the 1974 document and saw it was very similar to routes four decades later.
  
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• This text can crash your iPhone

  24-01-2017 13:24
  
  As if receiving a text from an ex isn’t bad enough, now there’s a far worse kind of unwanted message to worry about. This one can crash your iPhone.YouTube channel EverythingApplePro highlights a sequence of characters that temporarily freeze an iPhone, which you can send to someone to put their kibosh on their phone. Here’s how it works: a white flag emoji, the digit “0” and a rainbow emoji confuse iOS 10 when it tries to combine them into a rainbow flag.Send those
  
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• Mother says school pulled out her son's teeth

  24-01-2017 13:13
  
  A mother in Baltimore is seeking answers after her son came home from school with three of his teeth missing.Shanda Flemming says her son had his teeth removed last week during a dental procedure at his elementary school.Flemming says she was never told about it. She also says her son never got medicine after the procedure, and had to walk home from school because he missed the bus. "He walked home alone after having three teeth extracted from his mouth. Now he could have fell out or anything,"
  
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• $20 million cash found stashed in box spring, authorities say

  24-01-2017 12:31
  
  A photo released by the U.S. attorney’s office shows $20 million authorities say they found hidden in a box spring in a Westborough, Mass. apartment, CBS Boston reports.The cash was inside a box spring and, police say, is connected to a pyramid scheme involving TelexFree, a Marlborough, Mass.-based company that purported to sell VOIP telephone service.The cash was found earlier this month by investigators who’d tailed a Brazilian man from New York. That man, Cleber Rene Rizerio Rocha
  
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• What the UK supreme court ruling means for BREXIT

  24-01-2017 12:18
  
  Britain's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that parliamentary approval is needed before the government can start the process of taking Britain out of the European Union.The decision is a setback for Prime Minister Theresa May's plan to start the process by the end of March, but government officials say they can still meet the timetable.Some questions and answers about the decision:---DOES THIS RULING MEAN THE BREXIT PROCESS WILL STOP?The June 23 referendum vote that produced majority support for leav
  
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• Chelsea Clinton defends Barron Trump after social media mocking

  24-01-2017 12:05
  
  While the majority of the country was likely arguing about the size of the inauguration crowd or the Women’s March on Washington this weekend, another controversy was brewing over first son Barron Trump.During the inauguration, off-color tweets began trickling in targeting 10-year-old Barron as he appeared behind his father during the various televised events of the day. Almost immediately, those jokes were condemned as inappropriate by people from both sides of the aisle. Journalists, com
  
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• Lithium batteries the culprits in Samsung Note 7 debacle, company finds

  24-01-2017 11:25
  
  It was overheating Samsung Galaxy Note 7 incidents that prompted a worldwide recall and months-long investigation by 700 Samsung engineers.Over 200,000 devices and more than 30,000 lithium-ion batteries were tested.Samsung found that a design defect -- incorrect battery positioning in the Galaxy Note 7’s upper right corner --caused the first wave of problems. Then some replacement devices had a manufacturing error; An abnormal weld that led to internal short circuits. Samsung batteries und
  
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• CCS to talk improvements at State of the District

  24-01-2017 11:19
  COLUMBUS, Ohio--The Columbus City Schools Superintendent is expected to update parents Tuesday evening in the State of the District address.
  The district told 10TV Dr. Dan Good will review a number of topics, including enrollment. Currently, there are 51,311 students enrolled in CCS, two percent more than last year.
  Enrollment is also up in pre-kindergarten.CCS estimates a 22 percent increase from four years ago. Dr. Good is expected to announce more on his pre-k initiative, Tuesday. He wants to
  
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• Trism to serve healthy options in former Eddie George's space

  24-01-2017 10:27
  This is an artistic rendering of Trism, set to open at 1636 N. High St. this spring. Credit: Courtesy of Tim Lai North High Street is set to welcome a new restaurant in the former Eddie George's Grille 27 space this semester.
  
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• Two bodies found in parked car in west Columbus

  24-01-2017 06:15
  
  Two bodies were found Monday night inside a car in a west Columbus apartment complex parking lot after someone attempted to set the vehicle on fire, said Columbus police Sgt. Jeff Strayer.
  
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• Opinion: Women’s March on Washington Reveals Shortcomings of White Feminism

  24-01-2017 05:57
  
  Friday evening I made the trek as reportedly over half a million individuals did out to Washington D.C. for Saturday’s march. From the get-go I faced confliction in my commitment. Was I committing to an event that lacked teeth? Intersectionality? What did the march’s discourse represent exactly? What came of the journey was an important […]
  
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• Scioto County man charged for unlawful sexual conduct with minor

  24-01-2017 04:37
  
  A West Portsmouth man has been charged with unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, according to the Scioto County Sheriff’s Office.The office received a call January 2014 from a female stating her 15-year-old son might have been sexually assaulted.During their investigation, detectives were able to interview witnesses that led them to a suspect.Sixty-year-old Ronald D. Robinson was arrested January 20. He is currently being held of a $10,000 bond and will appear in court January 23.Accordin
  
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• Two victims identified after found dead inside car in west Columbus

  24-01-2017 04:23
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus Police are investigating after two bodies were found in a car in west Columbus Monday night.Police have identified both bodies as 22-year-old Caleb Killen and 22-year-old Jawuan Reynolds.Investigators say they were called to an apartment complex along Eakin Road near Wedgewood Drive after a report of a man trying to light a rag inside the car's gas tank on fire.When police got there, they found two people inside the car. The vehicle never caught fire, and the suspect ra
  
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• Two people found dead inside car in west Columbus

  24-01-2017 04:23
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus Police are investigating after two bodies were found in a car in west Columbus Monday night.Authorities said the bodies were found in a car at an apartment complex along Eakin Road near Wedgewood Drive.Police told 10TV investigators have not ruled on a cause of death.The identifies of the people found have not been released.Police would not comment on if the car was set on fire or not, but said the car was not burned up.
  
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• Body found inside vehicle in west Columbus

  24-01-2017 04:23
  
  Columbus police are investigating a body found inside of a vehicle on the city's west side.Authorities said the body was found in a car in the area of Eakin Road and Wedgewood Drive.Police also said the car had been set on fire.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Cirque du Soleil's 'OVO' coming to Columbus

  24-01-2017 04:13
  
  Cirque du Soleil is returning to Columbus this spring with OVO, its newest touring arena show.The group will perform seven shows at the Schottenstein Center from May 17 to 21.The show is described as “a headlong rush into a colorful ecosystem teeming with life, where insects work, eat, crawl, flutter, play, fight and look for love in a non-stop riot of energy and movement.”The cast of OVO is comprised of 50 performing artists from 12 countries.Advance tickets for OVO will be availabl
  
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