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• Local reaction to Boy Scouts decision to allow transgender children

  31-01-2017 23:53
  He's just 8-years-old, but a former boy scout helped change the organization’s view about transgender kids like him.Joe Maldonado was kicked out of the scouts in December 2016 because he was born a girl.But just Monday, the Boy Scouts of America changed its stance.It will now allow transgender children to join.Before, a child's birth certificate had to read male.Now, the scouts have dropped that requirement.Kate Leaver has devoted 16 years to the Boy Scouts since her son was a Tiger Scout.
  
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• D.C. schools cancel recess over escaped bobcat

  31-01-2017 23:16
  
  WASHINGTON -- District of Columbia schools have canceled recess at 13 schools near the National Zoo because of an escaped bobcat, even though zoo officials say the animal poses no danger to humans.
  School system spokeswoman Michelle Lerner says the decision to not let students outside on Tuesday was made “out of an abundance of caution.” She declined to comment on how long the policy would stay in place.
  Zoo spokeswoman Pamela Baker-Masson says she spoke to the school system’s
  
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• Can McDonald’s win back lost customers?

  31-01-2017 23:08
  
  While McDonald’s (MCD) has made progress in becoming a more profitable company, it has steadily bled customers since dropping the Dollar Menu in 2012. That menu was always a mixed blessing for the fast-food chain. It drove traffic, but it encouraged customers to spend less by offering them an extensive array of choices that only cost $1. The problem is that while McDonald’s has been able to increase check size and make more money on each customer, its traffic continues to decline. In
  
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• Family: Man playing Pokemon Go fatally shot by security guard

  31-01-2017 23:01
  
  CHESAPEAKE, Va. -- The family of a 60-year-old man who was fatally shot by a security guard in Chesapeake while playing Pokemon Go is looking for answers about why the shooting happened.Police say Jiansheng Chen was sitting in his minivan in a parking lot Thursday when he was fatally shot by a security guard. Police tell The Virginian-Pilot that no one has been charged because the department is investigating whether the shooting was justified.Greg Sandler, an attorney for the Chen family, told C
  
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• Police: Florida pastor caught with man’s wife, flees naked

  31-01-2017 22:53
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A police report says a prominent Florida pastor was forced to run out of a house naked after a woman’s husband came home and found her having sex with the pastor.
  The Tallahassee Democrat reports police documents show a woman’s husband found her in bed with Pastor O. Jermaine Simmons in the middle of the afternoon on Jan. 17. The woman told police that her husband yelled that he was going to kill Simmons, who fled the apartment naked and hid behind a nearby fence
  
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• Cops: Florida man says he shot cat that pooped in his yard

  31-01-2017 22:47
  
  ORMOND BEACH, Fla. — A Florida man could face animal cruelty charges for allegedly shooting a cat that defecated on his yard last week, reports CBS affiliate WKMG.Deputies said the man shot the cat with a BB gun, which paralyzed the animal. It later had to be euthanized.According to a police report, the 69-year-old man told deputies he shot the cat because it “looked at him like he owned the place” before relieving itself on his property.The man told WKMG that he has several he
  
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• Columbus Rotary Luncheon, January 30, 2017

  31-01-2017 22:47 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Gay couple says they were attacked in Short North alley

  31-01-2017 22:46
  
  A gay couple leaving a Short North bar last weekend said they were attacked and severely beaten in an alley.They say a group of eight to 10 men threw a bottle and gay slurs at them before jumping them.It happened early Saturday morning in front of the Hub parking garage.They had just moved to Columbus and said they purposely moved to the Short North because they believed it to be a safe, gay-friendly area.They are bruised, battered and afraid to walk in their own neighborhood.Glenn McEntyre will
  
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• Gay couple believes they were targeted in Short North attack

  31-01-2017 22:46
  Bryson Beier and Mantej Sandhu moved to Columbus from California just a week and a half ago.A gay couple, they purposely selected the Columbus neighborhood they thought would be most welcoming."We're like, let's try to center ourselves in the gay area as much as possible," said Beier. "I mean we're very proud to be in the LGBT community. We take pride in that."Speaking with 10TV from their Short North home, they said the excitement and comfort they felt in their new community came to a violent e
  
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• Gay couple believe they were targeted in Short North attack

  31-01-2017 22:46
  Bryson Beier and Mantej Sandhu moved to Columbus from California just a week and a half ago.A gay couple, they purposely selected the Columbus neighborhood they thought would be most welcoming."We're like, let's try to center ourselves in the gay area as much as possible," said Beier. "I mean we're very proud to be in the LGBT community. We take pride in that."Speaking with 10TV from their Short North home, they said the excitement and comfort they felt in their new community came to a violent e
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Tracking the next cool down

  31-01-2017 21:29
  This Evening: Cloudy and breezy. Winds: W 15-25 mph.
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Low 32. Winds: W 10-15 mph.
  Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy. High 40. Winds: W 5-10 mph.
  Thursday: Partly sunny and colder. High 31. Wind: W 5-10 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysSpecial Information: Very windy today with gusts to 35 mph and the winds will continue this evening. Skies will be cloudy with lows near freezing and highs tomorrow will once again reach 40. I’m lookin
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Cloudy Wednesday

  31-01-2017 21:29
  This Morning: Cloudy skies. Stray flurry or sprinkle possible
  This Afternoon: Cloudy skies and seasonable. Low 40s
  Tonight: Lingering clouds and colder. 22
  Tomorrow: Brightening skies but cooler. Near 30 WWeather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysSpecial Information:A weak upper level low will track across the region today keeping clouds and seasonably mild temperatures around for another day, but high pressure and colder temperatures will return for the rest of t
  
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• Cincinnati Zoo names prematurely born hippo – Fiona

  31-01-2017 21:25
  
  A baby hippo born prematurely at the Cincinnati Zoo has a name — it's Fiona.The zoo's mammal curator Christina Gorsuch says members of the team giving the week-old female calf 24-hour care thought the name that means "fair" was a perfect fit for the "fair little girl."The zoo says 17-year-old Bibi gave birth six weeks early Jan. 24 to the first Nile hippo born there in 75 years.Staffers have been working to help her grow, get stronger and learn to nurse on her own. They keep her close enou
  
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• Who is Trump's high court pick? Announcement Tuesday night

  31-01-2017 21:16
  
  President Donald Trump was poised Tuesday to announce his choice to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court, one of the most consequential moves of his young administration and a decision with ramifications that could long outlast his time in office.The president is to unveil his pick during an 8 p.m. EST televised address from the White House.Trump is said to have made his selection from a group of three finalists, all federal appeals court judges appointed by former President George W. Bush: Nei
  
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• President Donald Trump nominates Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court

  31-01-2017 21:16
  
  President Donald Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch, a fast-rising conservative judge with a writer's flair, to the Supreme Court on Tuesday, a selection expected to spark a fierce fight with Democrats over a jurist who could shape America's legal landscape for decades to come.At 49, Gorsuch is the youngest Supreme Court nominee in a quarter century. He's distinguished himself on the Denver-based 10th Circuit Court of Appeals with his clear, colloquial writing, advocacy for court review of government
  
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• Auditor finds overpayments to teachers at closed North Side charter school

  31-01-2017 20:30
  Two teachers at a now-closed Columbus charter school owe the state $4,119 in overpayments, according to an audit released Tuesday by Ohio Auditor Dave Yost. FCI Academy, formerly at 2177 Mock Rd., erroneously overpaid Melissa Childress and Christopher Ervin after they left the school in January 2015, the audit said.
  
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• Police searching for suspect in Grandview bank robbery, bomb threat

  31-01-2017 19:58
  
  COLUMBUS - Grandview Police are searching for a suspect after he attempted to rob a bank at Broadview Avenue and 1st Avenue.It happened around 1:10 p.m. Tuesday afternoon and authorities told 10TV there is now a possible threat to the bank.Police described the suspect as a white male who walked into the bank demanding money and said he had a bomb. The suspect then left a bag at the bank.Officials have confirmed the package was not a bomb and they will begin opening the streets and children can u
  
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• Bank robbery, bomb threat forces evacuations in Grandview

  31-01-2017 19:58
  
  COLUMBUS - Grandview Police are on the scene of a reported bank robbery at Broadview Avenue and 1st Avenue.It happened around 1:10 p.m. Tuesday afternoon and authorities told 10TV there is now a possible threat to the bank.Police described the suspect as a white male who walked into the bank demanding money and said he had a bomb. The suspect then left a bag at the bank.All roads in the area were closed and nearby homes were evacuated.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Report: NYC mom missing a month found stabbed to death behind wall

  31-01-2017 19:23
  
  NEW YORK — A New York City woman who had been missing since Jan. 23 was found stabbed to death on Saturday, reports local news site DNAinfo.Joan Viau, 52, was last seen alive when she took her 31-year-old son, Joseph Garcia, for a doctor’s appointment at a VA facility in the Bronx.Garcia was arrested Friday and charged with grand larceny for allegedly using his mother’s credit card after she went missing, reports CBS New York. Days after her disappearance, blood was found insid
  
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• Plan to Transform Block of Parsons Avenue Moving Forward

  31-01-2017 19:23
  
  A plan to transform a cluster of run-down buildings on Parsons Avenue into a “cultural hub” is moving ahead after receiving support from multiple neighborhood groups. The buildings, located at 677 to 681 Parsons, have long been vacant but once held an assortment of businesses, ranging from a tire shop to an adult bookstore. Plans […]
  
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• Gov. John Kasich will have book out in April

  31-01-2017 19:13
  
  NEW YORK - Gov. John Kasich, a prominent Republican detractor of President Donald Trump, has a book deal.Thomas Dunne Books says Tuesday that Kasich's "Two Paths: America Divided or United" will be published April 25. The book will reflect on Kasich's career, his run for the presidency and his views on a wide range of issues, from media coverage of politics to voting rights.The 64-year-old Kasich was a leading competitor to Trump in the GOP primary race and declined to endorse Trump after he cli
  
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• US Official says 872 refugees to be allowed in

  31-01-2017 19:03
  
  WASHINGTON - A senior U.S. official says 872 refugees will be allowed into the United States this week despite the Trump administration executive order suspending the U.S. refugees program.Kevin McAleenan, acting commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, said these refugees would be granted waivers. He said that was allowed for under the order, in instances where refugees were ready for travel and stopping them would cause "undue hardship."McAleenan said this was being done
  
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• Speaker Ryan defends Trump travel ban

  31-01-2017 18:39
  
  Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan defended President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily banning new arrivals from seven Muslim-majority countries during a House GOP press conference Tuesday morning. Ryan, however, was somewhat critical of the rollout of the ban, particularly that green card holders and translators who worked with U.S. forces in Iraq were initially affected by it. He said that he had talked with Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly about the matter, and that he w
  
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• Tuesday night deadline for 'Obamacare' coverage

  31-01-2017 18:07
  
  WASHINGTON — Overnight Tuesday is the deadline to sign up for coverage under the federal health care law. Even if the ultimate fate of "Obamacare" is uncertain, there's been no change for this year. About 11.5 million people had enrolled as of Dec. 24.The deadline is midnight Pacific time in the 39 states served by HealthCare.gov, the government said. States with their own insurance websites may have different deadlines.Although premiums are up significantly this year, more than 8 in 10 cu
  
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• Trump administration says it will keep LGBTQ protections

  31-01-2017 17:59
  
  The White House says the new administration has no interest in rolling back protections of LGBTQ workers.“President Donald J. Trump is determined to protect the rights of all Americans, including the LGBTQ community,” said a White House statement released Tuesday morning. The statement goes on to say that a 2014 executive order prohibiting discrimination against LGBTQ employees at federal contractors will remain in effect.“The President is proud to have been the first ever GOP
  
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• Photos: Trump Protestors Rally at Ohio Statehouse in Downtown Columbus

  31-01-2017 17:37
  
  Editor’s Note: On Monday night, thousands of locals gathered at the Ohio Statehouse for the “Resist Trump – Rally for the 99%” event, organized by the grassroots activists at Ohio Revolution. Protestors made specific demands for the denial of Trump cabinet positions, for the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines to not be built, for equal rights for […]
  
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• Are poor driving safety laws responsible for surge in traffic deaths?

  31-01-2017 17:15
  
  A new study shows a lack of driving safety laws could help explain the surging number of people killed in accidents.The report ranks driving safety laws nationwide. It found Rhode Island, Delaware, Washington state, Washington D.C., Louisiana and Oregon as the best states for driving -- with Rhode Island at the top of that list. South Dakota, Wyoming, Arizona, Missouri and Montana are accused of having the worst record.In Virginia – one of the states the group says needs to do more to make
  
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• Founder of Ohio Renaissance Festival dies at 89

  31-01-2017 16:51
  
  Peter Carroll, founder of the Ohio Renaissance Festival near Cincinnati, passed away on January 29 in Indian Hill, Ohio after battling pneumonia.Carroll, a New York native, began his career at the Philadelphia Board of Trade and later founded the world’s first Imported and Compact Car Show.He went on to produce a number of other Trade Shows and Boat Shows throughout the country.In 1985, Carroll and his partner bought 172 acres south of the Hartsfield Airport in Fulton County Georgia near A
  
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• Prosecutor: Men in animal costumes raped child repeatedly

  31-01-2017 16:33
  
  WARMINSTER, Pa.— A Pennsylvania boy told state prosecutors that he was forced to dress as "Tony the Tiger" at perverse fetish parties in which he was repeatedly sexually abused by men dressed in animal costumes.Prosecutors said the 14-year-old's allegations paint a horrifying portrait of members of a child predator ring that took turns raping him at "furry" parties held in Bucks County beginning in 2009.Police have arrested five people who they say were involved in the ring, a multi-state
  
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• Villanova professor found dead before reporting to prison

  31-01-2017 16:18
  
  PAOLI, Pa. -- A Villanova University history professor has been found dead, two days before he was scheduled to begin serving a 20-month federal prison term for child pornography charges.Chester County’s deputy coroner says 60-year-old Christopher Haas’ death on Saturday was not suspicious. But he declined to disclose the cause or manner until after he notifies Haas’ family.Haas’ attorney, Scott Godshall, tells The Philadelphia Inquirer he had been planning to drive Haas
  
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• Concert Review: The Lumineers at The Schottenstein Center

  31-01-2017 16:05
  
  I’ll admit to being surprised that The Lumineers had the cachet to fill an arena, but there they were on Saturday night playing at a near-brimming Schottenstein Center. “This is a pretty special night for us. I think this is the biggest venue we’ve played this whole tour,” lead singer and principal songwriter Wesley Schultz […]
  
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• Justice Insider: Federal judge critiques defendant's apology

  31-01-2017 15:56
  In courtroom parlance, the area between the judge's bench and the attorneys' tables is called "the well." Dispatch Federal Courts Reporter Earl Rinehart said it's where defendants about to learn their fate say they're sorry. It's where they promise to get their GED, beat their drug addiction, etc.
  
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• Oprah Winfrey becomes special contributor to "60 Minutes"

  31-01-2017 15:21
  
  Oprah Winfrey, the esteemed broadcaster, producer, actress and philanthropist, will become a special contributor to “60 Minutes,” the news magazine’s executive producer Jeff Fager announced on Tuesday.Winfrey will make her first appearance on CBS News’ legendary Sunday night broadcast this fall.“There is only one Oprah Winfrey,” Fager said. “She has achieved excellence in everything she has touched. Her body of work is extraordinary, including thousands
  
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• Photos: Resist Trump Rally

  31-01-2017 15:14
  
  Editor’s Note: On Monday night, thousands of locals gathered at the Ohio Statehouse for the “Resist Trump – Rally for the 99%” event, organized by the grassroots activists at Ohio Revolution. Protestors made specific demands for the denial of Trump cabinet positions, for the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines to not be built, for equal rights […]
  
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• WATCH: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Monday, January 30

  31-01-2017 15:04
  
  ​On Monday, Stephen Colbert kicked off The Late Show with a run-down of just some of the ways Trump is changing the course of American history."People said, 'Let's not worry too much; let's wait and see,'" Stephen said. "Well, we didn't have to wait long. The line moves so fast on this ride. Every day you just get right back on the rollercoaster and start throwing up."Watch The Late Show with Stephen Colbert weeknights at 11:35/10:35c on 10TV and CBS All Access.---
  
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• Ohio dad sentenced for attack on teen who propositioned daughter

  31-01-2017 14:41
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.— A man has been sentenced to two years in prison after he participated in an attack upon a 13-year-old boy who made a lewd comment to his daughter on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship.The SunSentinel reports that 33-year-old Jason Lawson, of Toledo, Ohio, and his 31-year-old brother-in-law, Arturo Martinez, refused to let the boy leave the cruise ship's library after Martinez heard the boy offer Lawson's daughter a "key chain for her virginity."Prosecutors in Broward Coun
  
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• One critical after crash on State Route 104 in south Columbus

  31-01-2017 14:30
  
  One person is in critical condition after a crash near Grove City.The three-car crash happened around 7:25 a.m. Monday morning on State Route 104 near Stringtown Road.Columbus Police says one person was transported to Grant Hospital in critical condition. Two others were transported to a nearby hospital in stable condition.State Route 104 was closed in both directs after the crash. The duration of the closure is unknown at this time.---Detour: Take I-71 or US-23---
  
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• Grassroots: Ohio Revolution Leads Statewide Resistance

  31-01-2017 14:00
  
  Liberals have been busy for the last 10 days. Since Donald Trump’s rise to presidency, he’s signed 18 Executive Orders. His signature has halted the US Refugee Admissions Program for and banned immigrants from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. It’s advanced on the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines and stripped federal […]
  
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• What's in a dog name? Ask 'Poopus Maximus'

  31-01-2017 11:38
  
  But they were already named. One was Bella, a name Anderson liked and continues to use, but she renamed the other Suzy.
  
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• Experts say you should still enroll for Obamacare, despite possible repeal

  31-01-2017 11:05
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Despite the fact republicans in the House and Senate have passed legislation that would essentially make it easier to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, experts say you should still enroll.
  Tuesday, Jan. 31 is the last day for people to enroll in the Affordable Care Act or make changes to their existing health plans.
  Twenty million Americans are enrolled in the ACA. In Ohio, there are 700,000 enrolled. Across the country, more than 11.5 million people have signed
  
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• Man fatally shot in Columbus' Hilltop neighborhood

  31-01-2017 07:31
  A man thought to be in his 20s was fatally shot Monday night in the 200 block of South Ogden Avenue on the Hilltop. Columbus police received a 911 call about a person shot in the stomach about 7:15 p.m. The victim was taken to Mount Carmel West hospital, where he was pronounced dead around 8:30 p.m., police said.  A female neighbor, who asked not to be identified out of concern for her safety, told The Dispatch that she was eating dinner when there was a knock on the door from one of t
  
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• Columbus Council OKs study of minority, women contracts

  31-01-2017 05:20
  
  Columbus City Council approved a contract Monday with a research firm that will determine whether minority- and women-owned businesses are receiving enough city contracts. The city will pay Mason Tillman Associates about $435,000 to conduct the disparity study, which will measure the number of minority- and women-owned businesses in central Ohio against those that received contracts.
  
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• Olentangy Local School District introduces two redistricting scenarios

  31-01-2017 04:35
  
  Big changes are coming to the Olentangy School District this year, as its fourth high school is being built.The Olentangy Local School District redistricting committee introduced two different plans to parents Monday night at the first public forum.School officials say redistricting is necessary and students will have to move. The chance to weigh in comes now for parents of Olentangy students."I feel very upset," parent Bobbi Walentschak said.The Olentangy Local School District is asking for fee
  
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• Columbus City Council Meeting 1/30/2017

  31-01-2017 04:16 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Columbus doctor pleads guilty to drug, tax evasion charges

  31-01-2017 04:08
  
  A doctor and former university trustee pleaded guilty Monday to charges of tax evasion and running a pill mill in Columbus that served hundreds of patients a day, authorities said.Dr. Kevin Lake acknowledged knowing that doctors and staff at his Columbus medical clinic were prescribing painkillers without a legitimate medical purpose, according to the indictment and plea deal made public Monday.Lake oversaw illegal operations at Columbus Southern Medical Center that included more than $38 milli
  
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• Trump fires acting attorney general

  31-01-2017 03:47
  
  President Donald Trump has fired Acting Attorney General Sally Yates after she announced she would not defend his controversial immigration order.He is naming Dana Boente, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, to serve in her place.The White House press office says in a statement Monday that Yates "has betrayed the Department of Justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States."The statement calls Yates an Obama administration appoi
  
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• Florida airport shooting suspect pleads not guilty

  31-01-2017 03:19
  
  One by one, a judge detailed the 22 charges against an Alaskan man accused of killing five people and wounding six others in the Florida airport shooting spree. Then, Esteban Santiago pleaded not guilty.Santiago, 26, stood in chains Monday in a red "max custody inmate" jumpsuit as U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Seltzer took the unusual step of reading the entire 17-page indictment aloud in court — with repeated emphasis on the victims' names. After each count, Santiago said he understood and
  
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• Press Conference: 2017 Columbus City Budget Amendments

  31-01-2017 03:02 via youtube.com
  
  
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• 1 person killed in Hilltop area shooting

  31-01-2017 02:47
  
  One person is dead after a shooting in the Hilltop area of Columbus.Columbus Police said one person was shot in the 200 block of S. Ogden Avenue around 7:15 p.m.The person was taken to Mount Carmel West Hospital in critical condition before being pronounced dead at 8:30 p.m.Police have not released any suspect information.
  
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• Press Conference: Addressing The Executive Immigration Order

  31-01-2017 02:41 via youtube.com
  
  
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