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• Big Walnut Science Fair tonight

  08-02-2017 23:56
  The Big Walnut Science Fair is tonight at Big Walnut High School.Students begin setting up entries at 5:30 p.m. with judging complete about 8:30.
  
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• Mother overdoses in Fayette County school parking lot

  08-02-2017 23:50
  A former school bus driver overdosed Monday in a school parking lot, right after picking her son up from kindergarten.The principal of Cherry Hill Primary in Washington Court House found Cheyenne Baughn slumped over her steering wheel.“She had a son in the back seat, who immediately, my thoughts turned to him,” said Principal Craig Maddux. “I did not want him around or witnessing any more than he had to be.”Maddux quickly shuttled the child back inside and 911 was called.
  
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• Tips to help get the best sleep every night

  08-02-2017 23:42
  Yandora Fisher said she tries to sneak a workout into her busy schedule at the Hilltop YMCA Tuesday afternoon.It's not easy in her line of work. She works overnights at a local hospital. Six nights on, then eight days off.She also takes classes to finish up her biology degree. And tends to the schedules of her three kids.She described her sleep as sporadic, saying she definitely has days when she feels like a zombie. Work disrupts her sleep schedule, which can also wreak havoc on her whole famil
  
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• Ready, set, ride: Registration now open for Pelotonia

  08-02-2017 23:39
  
  It is now time to dust off the bike and get riding.Today people can now register for Pelotonia 2017, the annual three-day bike race from Columbus to Gambier and back to raise money for cancer research.This year's race is Aug. 4 to Aug. 6. Participants can now sign up to be a rider or a virtual rider, commit to earn an amount of money for the The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center.Riders can choose among six routes and corresponding fundraining commitments:Columbus to Pickerington,
  
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• German Village residents strengthen block watch after reported attacks

  08-02-2017 23:14
  In the wake of multiple violent confrontations in German Village, residents are vowing to fight back.Following a neighborhood safety meeting Tuesday night several people have said they will join up in a neighborhood watch effort.Dan Glazener admitted this isn't the first time German Village has seen crime. He has seen it first-hand."I had my garage door open and was doing things around the house and the next thing I know, somebody was walking out of my garage with my brand new bicycle," Glasener
  
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• Walnut Township Local Schools closed Thursday due to large number of illnesses

  08-02-2017 22:33
  
  Walnut Township Local Schools will be closed Thursday due to a large number of illnesses.The district said many cases of strep throat and influenza have been reported in the school.As a result, the school will be closed so it can be cleaned.Staff are to report as instructed.
  
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• Delaware County dispatcher helps dad deliver baby at home

  08-02-2017 21:58
  Some mothers plan at home births, but for a Lewis Center family, they had no choice. Their daughter, Nina, came into this world in less than minutes, quite the difference from the birth of their first daughter, Naomi, which took 23 hours.It was the evening of January 10. Delaware County Dispatcher, Catharine Dobyns, took the call “911 what's the address of your emergency?" All she hears is screaming.Brian and Khandice Baertsche were sent home twice from the hospital in the days leading up
  
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• Questions linger after student's death at Penn State frat

  08-02-2017 21:56
  
  Beta Theta Pi at Penn State University is suspended after the death of a student. Police say 19-year-old Timothy Piazza was found unconscious inside their fraternity house Friday morning. The coroner ruled his death accidental. Investigators are now looking for video evidence from inside the house.Timothy Piazza just recently joined the ranks of the“Men of Principle" at Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Frat members told police and paramedics on Friday morning the teen plunged down the basement st
  
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• Police: Hit-skip crashes happening more frequently

  08-02-2017 21:52
  Police say hit-skip accidents are happening more often.Between January 25-31, Westerville police investigated two hit skips and Dublin took one report. Compare that to Grove City and Pickerington where police investigated five hit-skip accidents in one week.The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) said the percentage of car crashes in Franklin County involving hit-skip drivers has climbed from 18 percent to nearly 22 percent in recent years.Pickerington Police Commander Tod Cheney said
  
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• Mostly cloudy with temps in the low 20s

  08-02-2017 21:25
  This Afternoon: Mostly cloudy with temps in the low 20s.
  Tonight: Clouds give awy to clearing and cold. 13
  Tomorrow: Mix of sun and clouds. Seasonable. 38Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysSpecial Information:High pressure returns today bringing dry, but colder, conditions today and tomorrow and for much of the day Saturday. As the high drifts east, warmer temperatures will return with a seasonable afternoon tomorrow and well above normal readings for the w
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Light snow overnight

  08-02-2017 21:25
  This Evening: Snow moves into Central Ohio.
  Tonight: Snow likely until 1AM.Up to 1" accumulation in Columbus with 1-3" north of the city.Low 23.Wind: N 5-10.
  Tomorrow: Snow flurries and colder.High 26.Wind: NW 10-20 mph.
  Friday: Mostly cloudy.High 38.Wind: S 5-10 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysSpecial Information:The Winter Weather Advisory has been expanded to include Marion, Morrow, Richland, Crawford and Knox Counties for 1-3 inches of snow.Snowf
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Colder start to your day

  08-02-2017 21:25
  
  This Morning: Cloudy skies. Colder. Flurries possible.
  This Afternoon: Mostly cloudy with temps in the low 20s.
  Tonight: Clouds give awy to clearing and cold. 13
  Tomorrow: Mix of sun and clouds. Seasonable. 38Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysSpecial Information:High pressure returns today bringing dry, but colder, conditions today and tomorrow and for much of the day Saturday. As the high drifts east, warmer temperatures will return with a seasonable afte
  
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• Akron dealer imprisoned for pregnant girlfriend's drug death

  08-02-2017 21:24
  
  A northeast Ohio drug dealer has pleaded guilty in the overdose death of his pregnant girlfriend and her unborn child and been sentenced to eight years in prison.The Akron Beacon Journal reports 22-year-old Rashon Williams was sentenced Tuesday on charges including involuntary manslaughter and heroin trafficking.The Akron man tearfully apologized to the woman's mother and other relatives in court.Williams was suspected of providing the drug that led to the August death of 26-year-old Megan Carls
  
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• Ex-sheriff asks Ohio high court to hear his corruption case

  08-02-2017 21:17
  
  A former southern Ohio sheriff imprisoned for public corruption is appealing to the state's high court.Former Athens County sheriff Patrick Kelly was accused of pocketing cash by selling county vehicles to a salvage yard and spending public money on clothes and meals. He was sentenced to seven years in prison.His attorney unsuccessfully argued that there wasn't enough evidence to convict Kelly on several charges, including theft. A state appeals court upheld Kelly's convictions last year.Now he'
  
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• Three Options for Replacing Short North Building to be Presented

  08-02-2017 21:16
  
  A proposal to demolish and replace a one-story building at 1174 N. High St. has been submitted to the Italian Village Commission. The building, which currently holds The Garden store, sits just north of the parking lot for Stonewall Columbus.
  Three different options for the site are depicted for the commission’s consideration, ranging from two to seven stories.
  The seven-story option would hold 36 small apartments (starting at 400 square feet) on the upper floors, while the two-story optio
  
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• Disney announces opening for Star Wars lands

  08-02-2017 21:11
  
  Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company will open its Star Wars-themed lands at California's Disneyland and Florida's Walt Disney World in 2019.The 14-acre attractions were announced in 2015 and are under construction at the parks. Disney says the lands will include attractions and entertainment alongside aliens and droids. The attractions represent the parks' largest single themed land expansion ever.During the company's earnings call Tuesday, Iger also set an opening date of May 27 for the new Wo
  
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• Cleveland Browns lower ticket prices after 1-15 season

  08-02-2017 20:32
  
  CLEVELAND— Coming off a 1-15 season, the Cleveland Browns have lowered the price of many tickets.The Browns said reducing ticket prices "was the right thing to do for our fans." Tickets will be decreased in 40 percent of FirstEnergy Stadium.The team announced the decrease Wednesday and released a letter that owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam sent to season-ticket holders. The Haslam's outlined the team's plans to take "an appropriately aggressive approach to free agency" and the intent to keep c
  
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• 12-year-old boy wakes from coma, back home after school hallway beating

  08-02-2017 19:51
  
  CHICAGO (CBS News) -- Five days after 12-year-old Henry Sembdner was allegedly beaten into a coma in a school hallway last week, the boy’s family took to Twitter to share some good news: he’s awake and resting at home.The boy’s story went viral this week, as students, community members and even Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo pledged their support for the middle schooler with the hashtag #HenryStrong.“Heard you are a big Cubs fan Henry. When you are better I have
  
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• 5 tornadoes confirmed in the South as people tell survival tales

  08-02-2017 19:33
  NEW ORLEANS— National Weather Service teams were studying scenes of severe weather damage in Louisiana and Mississippi on Wednesday to determine where tornadoes struck and just how powerful they were.At least four confirmed tornadoes hit Louisiana and one hit Mississippi on Tuesday, meteorologists said. There may have been more still in Louisiana, but it could take several days to find the evidence, Christopher Bannan said."Confirmation teams look for a concentrated, focused path" and chec
  
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• Bailiff who attacked handcuffed teen quits to avoid charges

  08-02-2017 19:30
  Almost a year after a Clinton County bailiff was caught on courtroom video putting a handcuffed boy in a headlock and dragging him out of juvenile court, the bailiff has quit his job to avoid criminal charges. "He has agreed to resign and surrender and not renew his certificate," Jill Del Greco, spokeswoman for the Ohio Attorney General said Wednesday.
  
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• Quizbowl Questions

  08-02-2017 18:57
  
  Behind the scenes at the filming of WOSU Public Media‘s In The Know! Can you compete with local high schoolers on the ever-popular quiz program?
  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 + open community. Be sure to check out columbusfoundation.org and follow along on Facebook as we continue to celebrate The Spirit of Columbus throu
  
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• Winter Weather Advisory issued northwest of Columbus

  08-02-2017 18:25
  Snow is currently falling in Indiana and will arrive in central Ohio this afternoon.A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued northwest of Columbus as 1-2" of snow is expected in the area.Accumulations in Columbus will be less - from a coating to 1" - because of melting with the ground temperature above freezing.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysHIGH RES MODEL-- Interesting setup on HRRR. Heaviest snow NE and E of Columbus Metro area.I'll be monitoring for
  
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• Lady Gaga responds to body shaming after Super Bowl halftime show

  08-02-2017 17:56
  
  Lady Gaga has a message for critics of her body: "I'm proud of my body and you should be proud of yours too."Gaga responded on Instagram on Tuesday night to those who took shots at her physical appearance during Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show. She included a picture of herself in a bare midriff in her post. In the caption she writes: "I could give you a million reasons why you don't need to cater to anyone or anything to succeed. Be you, and be relentlessly you. That's the stuff of champions.
  
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• To declaw cats or not? New Jersey could be first with ban

  08-02-2017 17:52
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Cats would keep their claws under a bill that would make New Jersey the first state to prohibit declawing.The measure, which cleared the lower chamber of the Legislature last month, bans onychectomies and flexor tendonectomies on a cat or any animal unless a veterinarian deems them medically necessary. Sponsors in the state Senate are reviewing possible changes, and it's not clear when it will move forward.The practice, often undertaken to prevent cats from shredding furnit
  
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• Review launched after Ohio inmate killed in transport van

  08-02-2017 17:40
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio prisons agency has launched an internal investigation after an inmate was strangled while riding in a transport van with other prisoners and guards inside.The Ross County Coroner's Office has identified the slain inmate as 61-year-old David Johnson.Authorities say the killing happened Feb. 1. Johnson's body was discovered after the van arrived at the Ross County Correctional Institution in Chillicothe following a trip to Columbus for inmate medical care.Prisons sp
  
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• Inmate death investigated

  08-02-2017 17:10
  The Ohio prisons agency has launched an internal investigation after an inmate was strangled while riding in a transport van with other prisoners and guards inside. Authorities say the killing happened Feb. 1. Johnson's body was discovered after the van arrived at the Ross County Correctional Institution in Chillicothe following a trip to Columbus for inmate medical care.
  
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• Theatre Review: Short North Stage’s Blistering Hand To God

  08-02-2017 17:00
  
  Just over a year after closing an acclaimed Broadway run, Robert Askins’ hilarious Hand to God opens at Short North Stage over the weekend in a perfect production directed by Edward Carignan. Irreverent puts it mildly in describing this deliciously scabrous comedy.
  Tyrone, the demonic puppet from Hell, preaches from the stage of a Texas church puppet ministry in the Short North Stage production of “Hand to God.” Photo by Jason Allen.
  This production transforms The Gre
  
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• Safety experts say to look ‘beyond the profile’ before you online date

  08-02-2017 16:58
  Safety experts said to look "beyond the profile" before you online date.“I think that sometimes when they learn about somebody online, they do feel like they know that person,” Assistant Columbus City Prosecutor Annie Murray said. “But of course, it’s only what that person is willing to show.”Murray is the director of the capital city’s Domestic Violence and Stalking Unit. She said her office does not keep official statistics of crimes related to online dating
  
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• Federal judge refuses to lift order delaying Ohio executions

  08-02-2017 16:37
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge has refused to lift his order delaying Ohio's executions after declaring the state's new lethal injection process unconstitutional.Magistrate Judge Michael Merz last month rejected Ohio's use of a sedative used in problematic executions in Arizona and Ohio.The judge also barred Ohio from using drugs that paralyze inmates and stop their hearts.Attorneys for Ohio's prison system asked the judge to lift the order, saying his decision would likely be overturned
  
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• State auditor, lawmakers announce legislation targeting fraud in Ohio’s food benefits program

  08-02-2017 15:46
  
  Auditor of State Dave Yost, Rep. Tim Schaffer and Sen. Matt Huffman announced new legislation designed to curb fraud in Ohio’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as the food stamp program.The legislation includes measures to prevent unauthorized use of SNAP Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards, such as a requirement for photographs of recipients on cards.Watch live at approximately 10 a.m.This comes after 10 Investigates uncovered October 2015 why some recipien
  
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• Lawmakers announce changes in Ohio’s food benefits program to help curb fraud

  08-02-2017 15:46
  
  Auditor of State Dave Yost, Rep. Tim Schaffer and Sen. Matt Huffman announced new legislation designed to curb fraud in Ohio’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as the food stamp program.The legislation includes measures to prevent unauthorized use of SNAP Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards, such as a requirement for photographs of recipients on cards.During the news conference held in the Ohio Statehouse Wednesday, Yost said the bills Schaffer and Huffman p
  
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• New Music Extravaganza Tutti Festival Returns to Denison through Feb 11

  08-02-2017 15:30
  
  Every two years since 2004, Denison University’s School of Music hosts a veritable buffet for fans of contemporary chamber music: the Tutti Festival. The musical term tutti means “all together, ” and this festival brings in composers (and world premiere compositions), ensembles, and soloists from near and far. Since its founding by Ching-chu Hu, the Tutti has brought together faculty composers, composers who’ve never had a piece professionally performed, and Grammy w
  
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• New Restaurant Hitting the Short North This Summer

  08-02-2017 14:41
  
  Replacing the old Callander Dry Cleaners in the Short North is a new concept from the owners of BBR Restaurant Downtown. Mike Mercer, partner, said Junction Cookhouse and Bar will bring an “old wild west” vibe to the neighborhood.
  Having a “rustic, industrial, steam punk” feel, Junction will have three garage doors leading outside, two bars and a patio. The 4,200 square foot space will seat 120 people inside and 70 more outside. They’ve hired a chef from out of stat
  
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• Child's Amazon search has scandalous results

  08-02-2017 14:37
  A Florida mother says her six-year-old son was using the Amazon app to find a Batman cake topper for his birthday. When he hit the microphone option and began to say 'Realistic Batman,' explicit images came up under the word realistic."Thank goodness he's so innocent," Donna McCormick said. "He just said, she was in her underwear."McCormick is now asking for changes, so other children aren't exposed to thise kinds of images."I don't want to see the content either, so there should be like a page
  
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• Governor John Kasich to address newspaper executives

  08-02-2017 14:19
  
  Ohio Governor John Kasich is set to address Ohio newspaper editors and publishers at a time of high tension between the government and the press.The Republican governor is the featured speaker Wednesday at the Ohio Newspaper Association's annual convention in Columbus.Kasich made an unsuccessful run for president last year and later declined to endorse, vote for or support President Donald Trump, a vocal critic of the news media.At a recent gathering of reporters organized by The Associated Pres
  
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• Gov. Kasich to newspaper editors: 'I want you to survive'

  08-02-2017 14:19
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. John Kasich says he wants to see the state's newspaper industry survive and thrive.The Republican governor told the Ohio Newspaper Association's convention Wednesday that the job of journalists is difficult but valuable to the state and nation.His remarks to editors and publishers come as tensions are high between government and the media. Kasich made an unsuccessful run for president last year and later declined to endorse, vote for or support President Donald T
  
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• Restaurant Review: Tensuke Express

  08-02-2017 14:00
  
  The road to Tensuke Express is a well-traveled one for food fans. Tensuke Market has long been a popular destination for an expansive selection of Japanese groceries ready-to-eat options. It’s nested near other heavy-hitters such as Akai Hana and Belle’s Bread. That is to say, the zone is perpetually bustling with activity.
  Tensuke Express recently expanded its market-based operation. The express outlet debuted new digs a few months ago, it has its own doorway to its own space. The e
  
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• Book Preview: HolyJuan’s Doug Powhida Writes Ode To The Past

  08-02-2017 14:00
  
  For Doug Powhida, stories are everywhere.
  Between his time spent working at an Alaskan salmon cannery and his days traveling the country for COSI’s basketball-playing rats exhibit, Powhida has had his fair share of peculiar experiences, and what a brilliant thing he thought it would be to share those stories with the world.
  But Powhida ensures he’s not your average storyteller.
  In 2006, he began his online blog HolyJuan as a creative outlet. Between jobs and feeling uninspired he beg
  
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• Affordable Housing Coming to Former Hospital Site

  08-02-2017 14:00
  
  More affordable housing is coming to the Hilltop. Construction is well underway on a three-story, 42-unit building at 180 Wheatland Avenue.
  The new project, called Wheatland Crossing Senior Apartments, sits on the northern end of a 20-acre site that was once home to the Central Ohio Psychiatric Hospital. The City of Columbus bought the land and cleaned it up after the hospital was razed in 1988.
  “Wheatland Crossing will offer seniors the opportunity to live independently in a modern and af
  
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• Penn. bald eagle spotted with leg trap clamped to talon

  08-02-2017 13:12
  
  Bird-welfare volunteers are trying to locate a bald eagle that was photographed in Pennsylvania with a leg-hold trap clamped to a talon. Wildlife rehabilitator Wendy Ebersole Looker told The York Dispatch on Tuesday she will care for the injured raptor if it can be caught. “There’s really not much the average person can do,” Looker said. “Obviously no one should try to handle the bird.”
  The bird was photographed Sunday afternoon in Bonneauville, a town about five mi
  
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• Sen. Elizabeth Warren violates rule, sparks tension during overnight Capitol Hill session

  08-02-2017 12:57
  
  Sen. Elizabeth Warren has earned a rare rebuke by the Senate for quoting Coretta Scott King on the Senate floor.The Massachusetts Democrat ran afoul of the chamber's arcane rules by reading a 30-year-old letter from Dr. Martin Luther King's widow that dated to Sen. Jeff Sessions' failed judicial nomination three decades ago. The chamber is debating the Alabama Republican's nomination for attorney general.King wrote that when acting as a federal prosecutor, Sessions used his power to "chill the f
  
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• Hospitals are urged to look for signs of infant abuse

  08-02-2017 12:52
  Ohio's children's hospitals are asking physicians at adult, community hospitals to pay closer attention to minor injuries that could indicate child abuse among babies. The Ohio Children's Hospital Association, through its Timely Recognition of Abusive Injuries Collaborative, is reaching out to 18 regional hospitals to share newly developed protocols to follow if injuries in children younger than 6 months are seen in emergency departments.
  
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• U.S. border officers discover produce is not what it appears to be

  08-02-2017 12:35
  They look like a normal shipment of limes. But they don’t contain any citrus juice. They're packed full of marijuana.U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Pharr, Texas, confiscated a total of 3,947 pounds of pot in the commercial shipment of key limes on January 30, according to CNN.The truck hauling the “produce” crossed the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge along the Texas-Mexico border near the Gulf of Mexico. More than 34,000 of the fake fruit packages were discov
  
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• President Obama learns a new skill in retirement

  08-02-2017 12:33
  Former President Barack Obama dove into an aquatic and athletic challenge with his friend, Virgin Group founder and billionaire Richard Branson, while vacationing on the British Virgin Islands with former first lady Michelle Obama.CNN reports that Branson offered Obama the chance to learn how to kitesurf.
  "We decided to set up a friendly challenge: Could Barack learn to kitesurf before I learned to foilboard? We agreed to have a final day battle to see who could stay up the longest," Branson wro
  
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• Barack Obama learns a new skill in retirement

  08-02-2017 12:33
  Former President Barack Obama dove into an aquatic and athletic challenge with his friend, Virgin Group founder and billionaire Richard Branson, while vacationing on the British Virgin Islands with former first lady Michelle Obama.CNN reports that Branson offered Obama the chance to learn how to kitesurf. "We decided to set up a friendly challenge: Could Barack learn to kitesurf before I learned to foilboard? We agreed to have a final day battle to see who could stay up the longest," Branson wro
  
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• Investigators: Gas leak may have caused home explosion in Akron

  08-02-2017 11:52
  
  Officials say a house has exploded in Akron.Police say the explosion happened around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. The resulting fire was extinguished by the Akron Fire Department around 10 p.m. Gas and electric feeds were shut off to the home.Officials say one man was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation and burns.The house was completely destroyed. Crews evacuated nearby homes as a precaution. Fire officials say the explosion may have been caused by a gas leak.
  
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• Ask Lisa: How do you sour milk?

  08-02-2017 08:46
  Q: I have a recipe that calls for buttermilk. Can I use sour milk instead, or kefir? If so, how do I sour milk? To sour milk, place 1 tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice in a 1-cup measure and add enough milk to equal 1 cup.
  
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• Judges hammer attorneys on both sides of travel ban case

  08-02-2017 04:57
  
  President Donald Trump's travel ban faced its toughest test yet Tuesday as a panel of appeals court judges hammered away at the administration's claim that the ban was motivated by terrorism fears while also directing pointed questions to an attorney challenging the executive order on grounds that it unconstitutionally targeted Muslims.The contentious hearing before three judges on the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals focused narrowly on whether a restraining order issued by a lo
  
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• Columbus police officer retires with K9 partner

  08-02-2017 04:49
  
  A Columbus police officer has retired and he's taking his K9 partner with him.The Columbus Police Department shared a photo of Officer Bill Dorsey and his partner Camile Tuesday.Officer Dorsey has been with Columbus police for almost 30 years including 15 with the Canine Unit.Camile, who is 8-years-old, has been partnered with Officer Dorsey since December 2009.In the post, Sgt. Mark Cartwright said Officer Dorsey will be running a fishing charter during retirement and Camile will probably be hi
  
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• School board emphasizes Columbus schools are 'safe spaces'

  08-02-2017 04:48
  Citing uncertainty and anxiety due to the current political climate, Columbus Board of Education unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday stating its schools are "safe spaces" for each student "notwithstanding that child's immigration status." The two-page resolution never specifically mentions the "sanctuary" status currently the focus of national debate, but states that "it is the goal and commitment of this district to cultivate safe and supportive learning environment for all, to embrace
  
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