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• Dad's "kindness challenge" in memory of his 17-year-old son goes viral

  10-02-2017 23:55
  
  At the young age of 17, Dylan Vassallo did more service work than most people hope to accomplish by 50. The New Jersey teen served as an altar boy at St. Benedict’s of Holmdel for 8 years, was on his way to becoming an Eagle Scout and volunteered at several organizations such as Students Helping Honduras, Family Promise, De La Salle Blackfeet School in Montana, Lunch Break in Red Bank, The Trulia Family Feast in Perth Amboy, The Schroth School for Special Needs in Wanamassa — just to
  
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• Girl Scout cookie stand robbed at gunpoint; cops cover the costs

  10-02-2017 23:26
  
  UNION CITY, CALIF. -- Union City, Calif. police officers reached for their own wallets after Girl Scouts had their proceeds stolen outside a grocery store.The East Bay Times reports that police have so far donated more than $1,000 to a 12-year-old girl who had her cookie proceeds robbed at gunpoint on Wednesday. The robbery occurred at a Safeway store and the suspect has not been apprehended.Police tell the paper the suspect approached the stand and asked about purchasing cookies, but didn&rsquo
  
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• Proposed Columbus council system would elect district reps with citywide vote

  10-02-2017 23:17
  A charter review committee wants to expand the Columbus City Council and adopt a hybrid system in which representatives live in specific districts, but are elected citywide. The committee's draft recommendations that are circulating around City Hall show that it will suggest adding two more council members, expanding the seven-member council to nine.
  
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• Columbus man indicted for stolen credit cards

  10-02-2017 23:17
  A Delaware County Grand Jury has indicted a Columbus man for 12 charges including forgery and receiving stolen property.Glen Allen Graves, 48, is charged with four counts of possessing criminal tools, fifth-degree felonies; four counts of forgery, fifth-degree felonies; one count of receiving stolen property, a fifth-degree felony; one count of ... (more)
  
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• Hot plate-sparked camper fire kills 2 kids, officials say

  10-02-2017 23:16
  
  BRUNSWICK, Ga. -- After their mobile home burned last year, the best Michael Reeves and Chassity Carter could do was to park a camper trailer on the same lot in coastal Georgia and make it their new home.Now hardship has become sheer tragedy for Reeves and Carter. Less than a year after their mobile home burned, another fire Wednesday ravaged the camper the family had been living in, killing two of their children - 3-year-old Blayden Wade Reeves and his 4-month-old sister, Tallie Ann Carter. Cha
  
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• Community Forum on Affordable Care Act Repeal

  10-02-2017 23:12 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Cremation company accused of scamming family

  10-02-2017 23:05
  
  DENVER -- As Lisa Koltun quietly thumbed through precious photos of her son Jake, she couldn’t help but remember how his 2015 death on a Colorado ski slope was made far worse by the treatment she received after he died, CBS Denver station KCNC-TV reports.“That’s my boy,” she murmured softly as she looked through a photo album. “He had so many friends.”Jake Koltun, 22, died at Breckenridge on his last run of the day. Things were only about to get worse for his
  
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• Funeral held for Ohio-native officer killed in the line of duty

  10-02-2017 22:50
  A bagpiper from the Columbus Division ofPolice Honor guard slowly walked out of the Linworth Baptist Church Friday morning followed by the mother of Nashville Metro Police Officer Eric Mumaw.It was the last salute to an officer who swore to serve and protect his city."It was a shock, but not a surprise, Eric loved helping people," said Sergeant Robert Weaver.Officer Eric Mumaw died February 2 while trying to save a suicidal woman in his adopted hometown of Nashville."It's been hard for my class
  
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• Mother pleads guilty to accessory charge in 'Baby Doe' case

  10-02-2017 22:45
  
  BOSTON — A woman whose ex-boyfriend is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter pleaded guilty Friday to helping dispose of the girl's body in a plea deal.The plea deal was expected to lead to her release from jail less than two years after the girl's remains washed up on a Boston Harbor island.Rachelle Bond pleaded guilty to a charge of being an accessory after the murder. She also pleaded guilty to a larceny charge for collecting about $1,400 in welfare benefits after her daughter's de
  
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• Army drone missing from Arizona found in Colorado

  10-02-2017 22:24
  
  DENVER -- An Army drone that disappeared on a training flight in southern Arizona has been found about 600 miles away in Colorado, and the military is trying to figure out how it got there.Officials at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, say a hiker found the $1.5 million Shadow drone stuck in a tree in the mountains west of Denver Thursday. It was missing a wing.Soldiers lost contact with the drone at Fort Huachuca nine days earlier. A search failed to find it, and the Army concluded it probably crashed an
  
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• Ohio State issues neighborhood safety notice after female student found dead

  10-02-2017 21:56
  The Ohio State University sent out a neighborhood safety notice to its students Friday after learning a missing student was identified as the women found dead in a Grove City park.Reagan Tokes, 21, was found dead from an apparent gunshot wound Thursday near the Scioto Grove Metro Park’s entrance.Tokes was last seen leaving the Short North Wednesday evening and was reported missing Thursday.The university said in a statement that counselors will be available to students Friday in the Ohio U
  
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• Who was Reagan Tokes? Friends, social media posts offer insights

  10-02-2017 21:32
  From Reagan Tokes' social media pages, it's clear she was a young woman who loved life and Ohio State.A family photo from November carries the caption, "Extremely lucky and thankful to call THE Ohio State University home."The 21-year-old from the Maumee area was an Ohio State senior studying psychology.The Toledo Blade quoted Tokes' father describing her as kind, ambitious, and dedicated to her family.Active in sports, she played tennis and lacrosse in high school.A friend told 10TV "everyone lo
  
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• Renovation nightmare: Homeowner makes deal to renovate house with realtor

  10-02-2017 21:17
  There’s a great house for sale in Columbus with updated everything inside and golf course lot outside.You can get it for thousands less than what the seller put into it too. However, the only reason Consumer 10 knows this is because the seller has a nightmare home renovation story from which you could learn what not to do with your home.Bill Jones owns the house on Ione Court and he bought it in 2015. He says his realtor, Dave Barlow, told him it needed about $100,000 in renovations and th
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Warmer with showers likely

  10-02-2017 21:16
  This Evening:Mostly cloudy and cool.
  Tonight: Clouds with slowly rising temperatures.Early low of 34 warming to 40 by morning. Winds: S 10-15 mph.
  Tomorrow: Cloudy and much warmer with scattered light rain showers after 6PM. High 53. Winds: SW 5-10 mph.
  Sunday: Showers likely in the morning. Then cloudy and mild with a high of 52. Winds: W 5-10 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysSpecial Information:It’s back to spring-like weather this weekend wit
  
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• Monclova twp woman found shot to death after missing

  10-02-2017 21:09
  A 21-year-old from Monclova Township was found dead at a metro park outside of Columbus where she was going to college. Grove City Police says the Franklin County Coroner's office identified a body found dead of a gunshot wound as Reagan Tokes.
  
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• Few transgender teens opt for fertility preservation

  10-02-2017 21:09
  Just a fraction of transgender adolescents who are counseled about infertility risks associated with their treatment will opt to bank their sperm or eggs, new research shows. "More research needs to be done to understand parenthood goals and barriers to fertility-preservation utilization specific to this transgender population," said lead author Dr. Leena Nahata, of Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus.
  
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• Putin planning to send 100K troops to Baltic border for drills?

  10-02-2017 20:51
  
  Baltic nations are increasingly worried that Russian war games set for this autumn will see President Vladimir Putin send as many as 100,000 troops to Belarus’ border with Lithuania and Poland -- the very edge of the Kremlin’s sphere of influence with eastern Europe.At a recent Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Russia, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, said he’d met recently with Baltic ambassadors who said the planned “Zapad” exercises, set for September
  
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• Firefighter adopts baby girl he delivered on emergency call

  10-02-2017 20:37
  
  Firefighter Marc Hadden was working with the medical unit when he helped deliver the baby girl who would grow into the blonde-haired, blue-eyed daughter he now knows as “Gracie.”It was a surprisingly slow day for one of the busiest fire stations in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on November 11, 2011. Hadden had spent the day training and killing time cleaning engines.When he finally sat down with his crew to eat dinner in the middle of his 24-hour shift, the phone rang — and he h
  
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• James Corden says he won't sing at Grammys

  10-02-2017 19:03
  
  LOS ANGELES -- He may be the king of Carpool Karaoke, but James Corden says he won’t be singing as host of Sunday’s Grammy Awards.“There are a lot of brilliant singers there,” he says, “and no one needs to hear me disrupt such beautiful vocals.”Corden also says he isn’t trying to be the next LL Cool J, Grammy host for the past five years.How to watch the Grammys“I’m more like, not Ladies Love Cool James,” he says. “I’m like
  
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• President Trump welcomes Japanese Prime Minister

  10-02-2017 18:49
  
  President Donald Trump has welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the White House with a warm embrace.LIVE: President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo hold joint news conference:Trump greeted Abe as he arrived in his black sedan at the doors of the West Wing. The two men embraced before entering the building together.Trump and Abe will hold talks in the Oval Office, followed by a joint news conference and a working lunch in the State Dining Room.The two leaders will depart on Air
  
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• President Trump says US committed to security of Japan

  10-02-2017 18:49
  
  WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump says the U.S. is committed to the security of Japan and all areas under its administrative control.Trump's comments imply that a U.S.-Japan defense treaty covers disputed East China Sea islands, which are controlled by Japan but also claimed by China.Trump was speaking after meeting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White House on Friday.Trump said the allies have many shared interests, including freedom of navigation and defending against North Korea
  
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• Mother pleads guilty to charges she faked Amber Alert

  10-02-2017 18:44
  COLUMBUS - The Columbus mother accused of faking an Amber Alert so police would find her stolen car faster, pleaded guilty to charges, Thursday. Columbus Police say Pickett, 22, was warming up her car near Chittenden Ave. and North 4th Street, just east of Ohio State University, January 30. She called dispatchers to report her car was stolen with her 4-year-old daughter inside.
  
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• Grab Your Skates!

  10-02-2017 18:19
  
  It’s Winter Park by Columbus Blue Jackets! The park returns with an NHL-sized ice rink that is open for public skating and the Mad River Mountain Kids’ Slide. Learn more. 
  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
  
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• Amid opioid crisis, Ohio panel urges drug education to start in kindergarten

  10-02-2017 18:06
  
  An Ohio panel says students from kindergarten to 12th grade should be taught about the dangers of drug use, and schools should have to report how they're meeting requirements for educational efforts to prevent drug abuse.Those are among 15 recommendations shared Friday by a committee created last August to study the issue in the midst of the opioid epidemic. State leaders say prevention efforts are key to fighting that crisis.The panel also recommends that schools incorporate substance-abuse ed
  
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• Amid opioid crisis, Ohio panel studies drug education effort

  10-02-2017 18:06
  
  COLUMBUS — An Ohio panel created to study how students are educated about the dangers of drug use amid the growing opioid epidemic is ready to share its recommendations.State legislative leaders and the attorney general announced the committee last August, saying that educational efforts to prevent drug abuse are an important part of addressing the opioid crisis. They plan to share the panel's recommendations Friday.Its members included lawmakers and educators, as well as representatives f
  
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• TV Review: Tom Hardy’s New “Taboo” is Totally Binge Worthy

  10-02-2017 18:00
  
  Taboo, currently airing Tuesday nights on FX, is a dark, shadowy show set in 1814 London.
  Tom Hardy and his father Chips Hardy came up with the show’s concept along with Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders). With Tom Hardy also producing and starring in the show, Taboo obviously plays to his strengths as an actor. The character of James Delaney is right in Hardy’s wheelhouse: a gruff, intimidating presence. That grunts a lot. Some reviewers have been heckling Hardy for playing a repetitive
  
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• Master Plan for Scioto Peninsula Unveiled

  10-02-2017 18:00
  
  The Columbus Downtown Development Corporation (CDDC) has unveiled its long-awaited plan to develop 21 acres of city-owned and county-owned land on the Scioto Peninsula. The vision is of a dense urban neighborhood, with over 1,500 residential units, 180,000 square feet of retail, 240 hotel rooms, and as much as 840,000 square feet of office space.
  Here’s what those numbers translate to in terms of actual buildings:
  Five or more mid-rise residential buildings, each eight to 12 stories tall.
  
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• 21 Acre Downtown Development Plan Unveiled

  10-02-2017 18:00
  
  The Columbus Downtown Development Corporation (CDDC) has unveiled its long-awaited plan to develop 21 acres of city-owned and county-owned land on the Scioto Peninsula. The vision is of a dense urban neighborhood, with over 1,500 residential units, 180,000 square feet of retail, 240 hotel rooms, and as much as 840,000 square feet of office space.
  Here’s what those numbers translate to in terms of actual buildings:
  Five or more mid-rise residential buildings, each eight to 12 stories tall.
  
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• Woman killed in southeast Columbus shooting; Suspect injured in separate shooting

  10-02-2017 16:55
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Columbus Police are investigating two shootings in southeast Columbus Friday.Police say around 10:30 a.m. Friday a woman was shot and killed outside an apartment on Silver Oak Drive.Officers followed a male suspect in the shooting to a nearby location on Lowridge Drive. Police say the suspect was holding a gun when he got out of his vehicle.An officer fired his weapon at the suspect but police say they are unclear if the officer struck the man. Police say the suspect turned the
  
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• Woman killed in southeast Columbus shooting; Suspect injured after shooting himself

  10-02-2017 16:55
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- ​Columbus Police are investigating two shootings in southeast Columbus Friday.Police say around 10:30 a.m. Friday a woman was shot and killed outside an apartment on Silver Oak Drive.Officers followed a male suspect in the shooting to a nearby location on Lowridge Drive. Police say the suspect was holding a gun when he got out of his vehicle.An officer fired his weapon at the suspect and the suspect fired a self-inflicted gunshot wound.The suspect was taken to Grant Medic
  
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• One killed after shooting in east Columbus

  10-02-2017 16:55
  
  COLUMBUS - Columbus Police are investigating a shooting in east Columbus.It happened around 10:30 a.m. Friday in the 2200 block of Silver Oak Drive.Authorities are calling this shooting a homicide after one victim passed away.No other information was immediately available.Stay with 10TV for updates on this developing story.
  
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• Woman's body found in Columbus-area metropark

  10-02-2017 16:27
  A woman's body was discovered Thursday afternoon near the main entrance to Scioto Grove Metro Park, and police were searching for her car, which was missing. Grove City police Lt.
  
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• Guns! Bondage! Legos! That’s Valentine’s at the Movies

  10-02-2017 16:17
  
  Oscar is approaching! One sure way to know – Gateway’s screening all the nominated short films. Check out each set – live action, animated and documentary – this weekend. Unrelated to Oscar in any conceivable way, John Wick 2 is also available and God help me, it’s not bad. It’s not LEGO Batman good, but it’s not Fifty Shades bad, either.
  John Wick: Chapter 2
  Keanu Reeves is a cyborg. He’s seen human behavior – he just can’t replicate i
  
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• Doctors report spike in strep throat, flu cases

  10-02-2017 16:17
  It’s a double whammy of sickness taking hold of many families this week:flu and strep throat are what’s going around central Ohio.First, let’s look at influenza and its symptoms. They include fever, chills, muscle aches, cough, congestion, runny nose, headaches and fatigue.Doctors said the best protection comes in the form of the flu vaccine and they say, even in February, it’s not too late to get vaccinated.If you or someone you love already has the flu, Dr. Mike Patrick
  
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• Gov. Kasich delays 8 executions during appeal

  10-02-2017 16:08
  
  Ohio Gov. John Kasich has delayed eight executions as a court fight continues over the constitutionality of the state's lethal injection process.The Republican governor's announcement Friday postpones an execution scheduled for next week until May. It also moves seven other procedures months into the future.Kasich said the timing of arguments before a Cincinnati federal appeals court necessitated the delay.The court is hearing Ohio's appeal of a judge's order finding the state's latest execution
  
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• Theatre Review: OSU’s Whimsical 7 Ways to Say I Love You

  10-02-2017 16:00
  
  Buzzy playwright and theatre historian Adam Szymkowicz’s collection of shorts dissecting love and its challenges, 7 Ways to Say I Love You opened Thursday in a charming production directed by Kevin McClatchy. Unfortunately, sometimes charm is all the source material has going for it, and that charm has a tendency to wear thin.
  Cecelia Bellomy as Woman A and Chorsie Calbert IV as Man A in The Ohio State University Department of Theatre’s production of 7 Ways to Say I Love Yo
  
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• Hunters take more than 182,000 deer in 2016-2017 Ohio season

  10-02-2017 15:46
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Hunters took more than 182,000 deer throughout the 2016-2017 hunting season in Ohio.The state's Department of Natural Resources says the total number of deer checked was less than the more than 188,000 deer checked in the 2015-2016 season.The department says the goal of the state's deer management program is to provide a deer population that maximizes recreational opportunities, while minimizing conflicts with landowners and motorists.Deer hunting regulations over the past
  
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• Missing Ohio State student identified as woman found dead at Grove City park

  10-02-2017 15:31
  
  The body found at Scioto Grove Metro Park has been identified as a missing Ohio State student.The Franklin County Coroner's Office confirmed 21-year-old Reagan Tokes was found dead from an apparent gunshot wound Thursday near the park’s entrance.Columbus police confirmed Thursday evening they had taken a missing person report on Tokes, who was last seen at Bodega, a bar in the Short North.A social media post from someone claiming to be Tokes’ roommate said she was last seen leaving t
  
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• Theatre Review: Findlay/Sandsmark’s O’Death at the Wexner Center

  10-02-2017 15:30
  
  The best moments in Findlay/Sandsmark’s journey to the melancholy at the heart of the end of the world, O’Death, have the same rawness as Reverend J.M. Gates’ song/sermon for which the show is named. However, the performance which opened at the Wexner Center for the Arts on Thursday – choreographed and performed by Marit Sandsmark and designed and directed by Iver Findlay – doesn’t sustain the sensation that a cold wind has scraped your lungs raw. It most
  
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• Sweetheart scams target people looking for love ahead of Valentine's Day

  10-02-2017 14:53
  Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is warning people about a spike in online dating scams ahead of Valentine's Day.The accused scammers use facebook and dating websites to entice their victims.Romance scammers often claim to be:•A soldier, general, or other military member stationed overseas;
  •An oil rig worker;
  •A business person working in another country;
  •An heir to a large inheritance;
  •In need of money for travel, medical, or business costs.The Attorney General's of
  
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• Fast food chain hit by hackers

  10-02-2017 14:43
  
  Arby's is dealing with a data breach that could potentially impact 350,000 customers.Hackers reportedly installed malware on cash registers, allowing them to access credit and debit card information.The breach reportedly only affected Arby's-owned stores, not franchises.Arby's says it's eliminated the software that infected the system.
  
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• Columbus has traits of sanctuary city, but officially it's not

  10-02-2017 14:07
  City officials said last week that they would investigate whether Columbus should adopt the sanctuary label after President Donald Trump issued an executive order banning immigrants and refugees from certain countries from entering the United States. That order was overturned in court, and an appeal by the government was denied by another court Thursday.
  
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• How to better build your resume

  10-02-2017 13:51
  Anyone on the job hunt can tell you the effort of finding a job is much like a job, itself.
  "I'm in search of a career," Vincent Sanfillipo said.
  Sanfillipo has been searching for a job since August.
  "When I was in college, I went for a couple different things," he said. "But, I was never really taught how to find a job."
  Curtiss Jarvis has been job-hunting since June.
  "I thought I would just submit my resume everywhere and I would just magically get a job," he said. "And that really wasn't the
  
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• Pedestrian struck by vehicle in west Columbus

  10-02-2017 13:29
  
  The Columbus Division of Police closed a portion of Sullivant Avenue after a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle.According to police, the incident happened just before 7 a.m. near the intersection of S. Highland Avenue and Sullivant Avenue.Todd Thornhill and Sarah Pearson were walking on the sidewalk when a vehicle traveling eastbound crossed into the westbound lanes on Sullivant Avenue and jumped over the curb.Thornhill pushed Pearson out of the way before the vehicle struck him and a utility pole.
  
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• Pedestrian struck by a vehicle in west Columbus

  10-02-2017 13:29
  
  The Columbus Division of Police say a portion of Sullivant Avenue is closed after a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle.According to police, the victim was struck Friday morning near the intersection of S. Highland Avenue and Sullivant Ave. in west Columbus.The victim was transported to Mt. Carmel West Hospital in critical condition.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• TSA: Woman's cane concealed sword at Myrtle Beach airport

  10-02-2017 13:23
  
  Authorities in South Carolina believe an 80-year-old woman had no idea until she went through airport security that the walking cane she was attempting to take on an airplane contained a hidden sword.News outlets report that Transportation Security Administration regional spokesman Mark Howell recounted the incident Thursday at Myrtle Beach International Airport as part of an effort to highlight examples of dangerous items recently carried by passengers departing the airport.Howell told reporter
  
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• Suspects in videotaped beating to appear in Chicago court

  10-02-2017 12:38
  
  Four people charged with a hate crime in an attack on a mentally disabled man that was captured by a cellphone camera and shown live on Facebook are scheduled to return to court, where they're expected to enter pleas in the case.The four whose hearings are scheduled for Friday in Chicago have been in custody since early January. At their first hearing, a judge called them a danger to society and refused to allow them to post bail.The case gained international attention because the attack was sho
  
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• GM recalls older sports cars to fix air bag sensor problem

  10-02-2017 12:34
  General Motors is recalling 107,000 older sports cars worldwide because a faulty sensor can disable the front passenger air bag.The recall covers the 2006 to 2010 Pontiac Solstice and the 2007 to 2010 Saturn Sky. The two-seat cars are no longer made and both brands have been scrapped by the company.GM says in government documents that a sensor that determines if a child is sitting in the passenger seat can bend and become damaged over time. That can open an electrical circuit, causing the car to
  
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• Golfer uses putter to fight off alligator on Florida golf course

  10-02-2017 12:27
  A Florida golfer had to use his putter for more than golf.Tony Aarts was golfing at the Magnolia Landing Golf & Country Club course in North Fort Myers when a 10-foot gator attacked.Aarts said it all happened fast, but he did hear the gator coming up from the water."As I was walking about 5 to 6 feet away from the water I heard a splash, and as soon as I heard that splash I knew it was an alligator, and he got me," said Aarts. "I remember having a club in my hand, and as soon as he had me in
  
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• 12.2 million sign up for Affordable Care Act despite its problems

  10-02-2017 12:21
  
  More than 12.2 million people have signed up for coverage nationwide this year under the Obama-era health care law even with the uncertainty created by President Donald Trump's vow to repeal and replace it.A count by The Associated Press shows that many consumers returned to the program despite its problems. Aside from the political turmoil, those difficulties include a spike in premiums, rising deductibles and dwindling choice of insurers.Although initial enrollment is about 4 percent lower tha
  
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