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• Girl, 13, killed in collision during police chase in Indiana

  17-02-2017 23:49
  
  CHICAGO -- A 13-year-old girl was killed and her grandmother was fighting for her life, after an SUV being chased by police in northwest Indiana slammed into their car on Wednesday, CBS Chicago reports.East Chicago police were chasing a Dodge Durango into Hammond when it ran a red light and broadsided a Chevy Equinox at the intersection of Gostlin and Columbia around 5 p.m., according to Indiana State Police. The impact sent the Equinox off the road and through a fence.Inside the Equinox were 57
  
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• Sports doctor to stand trial on sex assault charges

  17-02-2017 23:42
  
  MASON, Mich. -- A judge has ordered a former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics sports doctor to stand trial on sexual assault charges.Judge Donald Allen Jr. issued his ruling at the conclusion of a hearing near Lansing in which a 25-year-old woman testified that she was repeatedly molested as a child by Dr. Larry Nassar.Nassar is charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct. He has pleaded not guilty.The woman says her parents were friends with Nassar and the abuse happened from
  
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• Business class at Whitehall Yearling teaches valuable lesson in Black History

  17-02-2017 23:31
  High school students gathered around a rectangular table Friday as part of the business course offered at Whitehall Yearling High.“They learn applicable life skills that they would use in the workplace,” said Lisa Schwieterman, who teaches the class.The course teaches students everything about being professional and what it takes to build a business.For the month of February, Schwieterman decided to add another layer to the classwork that focuses on black history.“Typically, bl
  
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• Woman shot dead; great-grandson, 13, among 3 teens charged

  17-02-2017 23:30
  
  MOBILE, ALA. -- Sheriff’s officials say three teenagers are charged with murder in the gunshot killing of a southern Alabama woman, including her 13-year-old great-grandson.Authorities say the youths are being held in the death of 69-year-old Mary Faulk. She was shot to death Thursday in Mobile County.The woman was found dead by her 11-year-old great-grandaughter, reports CBS affiliate WKRG. Sheriff’s officials say the three were arrested after authorities found the victim’s ca
  
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• First responders trained to spot car seat hazards

  17-02-2017 23:29
  It's something you would never forget to do, strap your child in safe and sound in their car seat. But AAA reports, three out our every four car seats aren't installed properly in the backseat. Delaware County is trying a new approach, training people who see inside a lot of cars to notice when seats aren't right. The county health district is teaming up with highway patrol and the sheriff's office."I know when my kids were small, that was fresh in my mind, I knew I needed to do it, but there we
  
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• Ohio lawmakers want taxes on feminine products eliminated

  17-02-2017 23:10
  
  Lawmakers in Ohio have proposed a law that would remove sales taxes from feminine hygiene products.House Bill 61's two sponsors, state Reps. Greta Johnson of Akron and Brigid Kelly of Oakley, are pushing for feminine hygiene products to be considered "medically necessary." This status makes feminine products tax exempt under Ohio law.Kelly estimates that the state would miss $4 million a year in tax revenue if the "pink tax" was nixed.Advocates of the proposed legislation say it could save women
  
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• Hilliard man charged with vandalizing Perry Township mosque

  17-02-2017 23:06
  Perry Township police have charged a Hilliard man with vandalizing a local mosque.The crime was spotted February 11 at the Ahlul Bayt Society Islamic Center of West Dublin-Granville Road.Those who pray at the mosque see it as a hate crime."In the climate that we are in, it seems like it was," Iram Jafril said.Contractor Cantrail Jackson was the first to discover the vandalism and didn't like what he saw."I thought to myself I can't believe people are that dumb," he said.The front doors were pain
  
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• Hillard man charged with vandalizing Perry Township mosque

  17-02-2017 23:06
  Perry Township police have charged a Hilliard man with vandalizing a local mosque.The crime was spotted February 11 at the Ahlul Bayt Society Islamic Center of West Dublin-Granville Road.Those who pray at the mosque see it as a hate crime."In the climate that we are in, it seems like it was," Iram Jafril said.Contractor Cantrail Jackson was the first to discover the vandalism and didn't like what he saw."I thought to myself I can't believe people are that dumb," he said.The front doors were pain
  
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• Ohio inmate accused of mailing threats against Trump, judges

  17-02-2017 23:00
  
  LEBANON, Ohio - An Ohio prisoner faces new charges over allegations that he threatened President Donald Trump and federal judges in letters mailed to the FBI and a public defender's office. Authorities say that 47-year-old Rodney Cydrus threatened to hurt a number of government officials and that some of the mail last month contained white powder that turned out to be harmless. Prosecutors say the former Chillicothe man was indicted this week in federal court on multiple counts of mailing threat
  
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• Families plead for justice in unsolved deaths of 2 Columbus mothers

  17-02-2017 22:46
  Scott Greene will forever be Danielle Green's father."She was very outgoing. She liked to voice her opinion. She didn't stand for anything," he said.And Lindsey Maccabee will always be Stacy Stewart's baby sister."I loved her. She was my little sister, you know?" she said.Both women were mothers, family women who lost their way."I seen her lose everything. I seen her lose her kids, her home, herself," said Stewart."I could tell she wanted help, but she didn't know how to go about getting it," sa
  
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• Columbus Charter Review Committee 2/17/17

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• Newark father accused of injuring 3-month-old son by throwing him on the ground

  17-02-2017 22:01
  
  A Newark father has been charged with abusing his 3-month-old son.Nineteen-year-old Brevin Smith charged with one count of endangering children.According to court documents, paramedics took the child to Licking Memorial Hospital on February 16. The boy was unresponsive and had several marks on his body,Documents state that the child was very unkempt, with long fingernails with dirt underneath them. It was later learned the baby only bathed once a week.Officers described the residence in which th
  
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• Police arrest suspect within minutes of Delaware bank robbery

  17-02-2017 21:18
  
  Delaware police were able to arrest a bank robbery suspect just minutes after receiving the call Friday morning.The robbery happened at the Chase Bank on N. Sandusky Street around 11:18 a.m. Jose Cintron is now being held on one count of Robbery and one count of Kidnapping. DELAWARE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
  According to Delaware City Police Department, Cintron entered the bank, threatened a customer with a knife and demanded money. He fled the bank on foot with an undisclosed amount of money.Delaw
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Feeling like spring this weekend

  17-02-2017 20:54
  This Evening: Clear and pleasant.Tonight: Clear skies and not as cool. Low 42. Winds: SW 5-10 mph.
  Tomorrow: Mostly sunny with a near record high of 62. Old record was 63 set in 2011. Winds: SW 10-15 mph.Sunday: Sunny and even warmer. High 64. Winds: SW 5-10 mph. Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysSpecial Information:Temperatures climbed into the lower 60s today beginning a stretch of unseasonably warm weather. In fact today will be the first of at least 7
  
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• US 42 shut down in Union County after crash

  17-02-2017 20:32
  
  UNION COUNTY – U.S. Route 42 was shut down between U.S. Route 33 and State Route 257 after a crash.The Ohio Department of Transportation says there is a detour at US 33 to US 36 to SR 257. The closure is expected to be about an hour for clean-up.The Union County Sheriff did not have any other information immediately available.
  
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• Dramatic end to Oakland standoff with armed gunman

  17-02-2017 20:12
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. -- A man armed with a high-powered rifle was shot by police after a tense standoff in an Oakland neighborhood, reports CBS San Francisco.The scene unfolded around 9 a.m. Monday morning when police responded to a report of an active shooter. Police rushed to the scene and cordoned off the area as the gunman was seen shooting out of a window of the second story of a home.Video shot from a helicopter then showed the gunman exiting the home, still carrying the rifle, and spray painti
  
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• High school students can sign up for free college classes

  17-02-2017 20:02
  High school students can take free college courses and earn credit through Ohio's College Credit Plus program, will begin its third academic year in August. Interested students must declare their intent to participate by April 1. The state pays for the classes, with tuition rates negotiated with colleges.
  
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• Ctv Newsbriefs: Aminah Robinson Work of Art Exhibited

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• President Trump speaks at unveiling of Boeing 787 Dreamliner

  17-02-2017 19:27
  
  President Donald Trump is touring a Boeing facility in South Carolina where the company is unveiling its new Dreamliner aircraft.Boeing executives describe the plane to Trump before taking him up a flight of stairs to see inside the 787-10 Dreamliner.Trump was accompanied on the tour by his daughter, Ivanka, and her husband, Jared Kushner, a senior adviser to the president.Boeing says Trump is the first president to visit the facility, which dates to 2009. The plant is non-unionized; workers the
  
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• Women’s Fund Hosts Statehouse Day to Fuel Women’s Political Engagement

  17-02-2017 17:52
  
  The Women’s Fund of Central Ohio, acting as a parental guide to the region’s fired up feminists, convened hundreds in Ohio’s capitol building on Thursday for a day of education. Traveling from near and far, women and a handful of men spent a workday looking at public policy through a gender lens and learning how to hold legislators accountable. At the end of the day, 140 event-goers went on to have meetings with elected officials.
  “The really special thing about being in
  
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• Edible drugs disguised as candy, chocolate bars seized in Athens County

  17-02-2017 17:31
  
  NELSONVILLE, Ohio – The Athens County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Interdiction Unit found a bounty of edible drugs in a Nelsonville home on Thursday.Investigators said they acted on a tip that illegal drugs were located in a home in the 17000 block of Dorr Run Road.Agents used a warrant to get inside.Sheriff Smith said agents found six firearms, ten pounds of marijuana and more than $2,000 in cash.Agents also found THC in the form of candy, chocolate bars, and butane honey oil commonly
  
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• Top 3 mistakes you make when using your credit card

  17-02-2017 17:21
  Police agencies across central Ohio say credit card fraud is a constant crime.
  "Identity fraud is the most trending thing of the last decade," says Det. Darren Smith with the Powell police department.
  "Anybody can be a victim.It’s just how they’re getting that information to link you to be a victim," adds Det. Smith, who is also part of the FBI Cyber Crime Task Force.
  Police who work fraud and forgery cases listed several mistakes people often make when using their credit cards.
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• Report: Trump weighs mobilizing Nat Guard for immigration roundups

  17-02-2017 16:41
  
  The Trump administration is considering a proposal to mobilize as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to round up unauthorized immigrants, including millions living nowhere near the Mexico border, according to a draft memo obtained by The Associated Press.The 11-page document calls for the unprecedented militarization of immigration enforcement as far north as Portland, Oregon, and as far east as New Orleans, Louisiana.Four states that border on Mexico are included in the proposal — Cali
  
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• Report: DHS weighed Nat Guard for immigration roundups

  17-02-2017 16:41
  
  The Trump administration considered a proposal to mobilize as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to round up unauthorized immigrants, including millions living nowhere near the Mexico border, according to a draft memo obtained by The Associated Press.Staffers in the Department of Homeland Security said the proposal had been discussed as recently as last Friday.The 11-page document calls for the unprecedented militarization of immigration enforcement as far north as Portland, Oregon, and as fa
  
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• It’s Random Acts of Kindness Day!

  17-02-2017 16:37
  
  Whether it’s a planned volunteer shift or a simple, spontaneous act for a friend—all kindness matters. The Columbus Foundation and Besa, with the help of community partners and all Columbus residents, have been celebrating all month long with Columbus Kindness Month.
  Join us in amplifying kindness through partner collaborations and community participation—or create your own ways to share kindness. Find ideas at givekindnesscolumbus.org, share your kind story with 
  
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• Indiana teen at center of AMBER Alert charged in mom's murder

  17-02-2017 16:07
  
  GARY, Ind. — A 15-year-old Indiana girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert has been charged in the stabbing death of her mother.Police say the Gary teenager went missing early Monday, shortly after she went to a neighbor's home to report her mother was the victim of a crime. Police later issued the alert, saying she could be in "extreme danger." She was found the next day.The Lake County coroner's office says the 34-year-old mother was stabbed to death. The Associated Press isn't naming
  
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• New York Jets’ Darrelle Revis charged with 4 felonies after fight

  17-02-2017 15:53
  
  PITTSBURGH— New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis was charged with four first-degree felonies and one misdemeanor after allegedly being involved in a fight with two men last weekend.According to a docket sheet filed Thursday night, the 31-year-old Revis is facing two counts of aggravated assault, along with charges of robbery, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault and terroristic threats — a misdemeanor — after the incident Sunday at 2:43 a.m.Revis' attorney, Blaine Jones,
  
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• Religious groups hope to break down walls while building houses

  17-02-2017 15:36
  Habitat for Humanity-MidOhio is going back to its roots with a build by those who represent the "historic bedrock" of the organization: faith groups. "We're intentionally broadening our arms and letting people in," said Phil Washburn, faith relations and program manager at Habitat for Humanity-MidOhio.
  
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• Double Comfort First Sanctuary Restaurant in Ohio

  17-02-2017 15:16
  
  While everyone is arguing about the legality and ethics of Sanctuary Cities, local social enterprise Double Comfort has wasted no time bringing the concept of Sanctuary Restaurants to Ohio.
  A step up from its sister term, a Sanctuary Restaurant is a business providing a safe and welcoming environment to refugees and immigrants, “but it also invites people of all races, genders, gender identities, gender expressions, nationalities and religions to the table,” said owner Mary Lyski.
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• Despite the spike in the flu, this year's shot is doing its job

  17-02-2017 14:30
  
  This season’s flu vaccine seems to be working pretty well, weakening the punch of a nasty bug that’s going around, U.S. health officials said Thursday.Preliminary figures suggest the vaccine is 48 percent effective. That’s not bad since the strain that’s making most people sick is one of the worst. Experts consider it a good year when a flu vaccine is 50 to 60 percent effective.“We’re happy” so far this year, said Dr. Alicia Fry, a flu expert at the Cent
  
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• Crews repair water main break in Athens; City remains under boil advisory

  17-02-2017 14:25
  Crews fixed a water main break in Athens that caused Ohio University and several schools in the city to close.The break Thursday morning left much of the southeastern Ohio city without water.City officials issued a boil order Thursday, which remains in effect. The order is set to expire early Saturday morning. The city says the boil order is a precautionary measure and the water may have air in the lines or be discolored.The water main break happened Thursday morning in the 300 block of W. State
  
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• Athens boil water advisory lifted, several days after large water main break

  17-02-2017 14:25
  The City of Athens announced the boil alert has been lifted.Crews fixed a water main break in Athens that caused Ohio University and several schools in the city to close.The break Thursday morning left much of the southeastern Ohio city without water.City officials issued a boil order Thursday, which remained in effect several days.The city says the boil order was a precautionary measure and the water may have air in the lines or be discolored.The water main break happened Thursday morning in th
  
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• John Glenn's widow Annie turns 97, says she misses him 'terribly'

  17-02-2017 14:23
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio— John Glenn's widow says she misses her husband "terribly" and was touched by the outpouring of love and support when he died two months ago.Annie Glenn turns 97 on Friday. On Thursday, she made her first public appearance since her husband's memorial service, a reception at Ohio State University's John Glenn College of Public Affairs.John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, died Dec. 8 at the age of 95.Annie Glenn told The Associated Press that losing her husband of 7
  
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• Plan now, for later: Saving pennies a day could help with your holiday budget

  17-02-2017 14:21
  It may only be February, but financial experts say now is the time to start thinking about your holiday budget.The American Research Group reported in 2016 that shoppers planned to spend, on average, $929 on gifts.There are ways to start saving now to put a dent in that spending.Mary Hoover with 'Mission: to Save' says if you save pennies on the dollar, you could save $667.95 in a year.Day one of saving, place one penny in a jar. Day two would mean saving two pennies. Day 100 would be $1.00. By
  
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• 11-foot python slithers into South Florida student's car

  17-02-2017 14:14
  
  A South Florida college student says he was startled when he saw a large snake crawl under his roommate's car.Nova Southeastern University students Ross Price and his roommate James Hand called an exterminator Feb. 1, but were told it was too late to send someone. So they called the Davie Police Department.The SunSentinel reports Officer Tony Bernardo — the go-to guy for dealing with wildlife — and two other officers responded. The snake put up a fight and moved deep into the Toyota
  
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• Update: Lomonico’s Downtown Restaurant Remains Closed

  17-02-2017 14:00
  
  Last week we initially reported that Italian restaurant Lomonico’s had permanently closed both its Downtown and Pickerington locations due to the reports of employees, but later updated that article to clarify that the Downtown restaurant would reopen on Monday, February 13th, as reported by the owner.
  On Saturday, a notice to vacate the premises was posted on the door of the business at 340 East Gay Street. The notice instructed the business owners to leave within five days on the grounds
  
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• Homeport Building 33 New Homes in Milo-Grogan

  17-02-2017 14:00
  
  Despite some uncertainty surrounding the tax credit program that is funding the project, Homeport is moving ahead with plans to build 33 new single family homes in Milo-Grogan.
  The homes will be lease-purchase, meaning that qualified residents will be eligible to purchase the homes after a 15-year rental period. To qualify to rent the homes, residents would need to make less than 60% of the average median income.
  All but one of the parcels that the new houses will be built on are being purchased
  
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• Fist Fight, The Great Wall, I Am Not Your Negro & More

  17-02-2017 14:00
  
  Required viewing at the Wex this weekend – Oscar nominee for best documentary, I Am Not Your Negro screens all weekend and you should catch it if you can. Another Oscar nominee – best foreign language pick Toni Erdmann – opens at Drexel and elsewhere. Beyond that, a couple of studio release that are less awful than imagined are also, well, colorful.
  Fist Fight
  At Roosevelt High, it’s the last day before summer break, and the school’s online newspaper gets a breaking
  
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• Abercrombie & Fitch Launches New Store Concept at Polaris

  17-02-2017 14:00
  
  New Albany-based Abercrombie & Fitch is reinventing their look with a new store layout that opens today at Polaris Fashion Place. The new store format is the first of seven to launch this year, designed to reimagine the customer experience and showcase new clothing collections that the brand is rolling out.
  “It is important that our stores reflect what the Abercrombie & Fitch brand is today, so we’ve created a new space for our customers, that is warm, inviting, inclusive and
  
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• Laughter really is the best medicine, according to doctors

  17-02-2017 12:58
  Laughing yoga combines traditional stretching with gut busting laughs and it can have serious health benefits.The yoga class begins with a few simple moves and then the laughing begins.Laughter Yoga on California's Laguna Beach guides students through different exercises designed to make them laugh.Instructor Jeffrey Briar first brought laughter into his classes 12 years ago. While he admits the practice can look a bit unusual, he thinks the health benefits are no joke."I used to be sick about 3
  
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• Photo Coverage: First look at Catco's Sex with Strangers

  17-02-2017 11:08
  Opposites attract when Olivia, a serious mid-career novelist and Ethan, an author of dirty books meet. While Olivia has nothing but contempt for his work, she's turned on by Ethan's commercial success in the same way that he lusts after her literary talent.
  
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• Woman shot at UPS complex; suspect shoots self after police chase

  17-02-2017 10:30
  A shooting outside a UPS distribution center led to a chase in west Columbus.The shooting happened before 4 a.m. Friday on Trabue Road.Columbus Police say a woman was shot outside of the center and taken to Mount Carmel West with life-threatening injuries.Officers chased the male suspect in the shooting for several miles on side roads and Interstate 70. Officers used stop sticks on Broad Street, causing the vehicle to stop near Wilson Road.Officers and a SWAT team surrounded the vehicle. The sus
  
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• Shooting leads to police chase in west Columbus

  17-02-2017 10:30
  
  A shooting at a UPS distribution center led to a chase in west Columbus.The shooting happened before 4:00 Friday morning on Trabue Road.Columbus police say one person was shot outside of the center and taken to Mount Carmel West with life-threatening injuries.Officers chased the suspect in the shooting for several miles, along side roads and I-70.Officers used stop sticks on Broad Street, causing the vehicle to stop near Wilson Road.Officers have the vehicle surrounded and a SWAT team has been c
  
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• Updates: Investigation into Dec. fire; burned teen fights to recover

  17-02-2017 06:59
  As two more serious fires hit Washington County this week, a Warren Township teen continues to recover from burns sustained in a blaze last week, and a cause remains unknown for that fire and one that took three lives in December. Just days before Christmas, flames engulfed a home in Watertown, killing Stephen Coulter, 38, Misty Perine, 33, and their 2-year-old daughter Aubrey Coulter, of 14320 State Route 339.
  
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• Ohio troopers seize $600,000 worth of drugs in traffic stop

  17-02-2017 03:44
  
  Ohio State Highway Patrol said a New York man is facing felony drug charges after troopers seized eight pounds of drugs during a traffic stop in Madison County.Troopers stopped a 2016 Chevrolet Cruz with Iowa tags for a marked lanes violation on Interstate 70 around noon on February 7.Authorities said 'criminal indicators were observed' and a drug-sniffing dog was used.Troopers found six pounds of cocaine and two pounds of heroin, valued at approximately $600,000.The driver, 40-year-old Santos S
  
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• Trump overturns regulation on coal mining debris

  17-02-2017 03:36
  
  President Donald Trump has put the brakes on a regulation blocking coal mining debris from being dumped into nearby streams.Trump called the regulation a "job-killing rule" before he signed a measure to overturn it. Lawmakers from coal-mining states stood close by, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.Several coal miners and energy company executives also attended the White House signing ce
  
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• Harward turns Trump down for national security adviser job

  17-02-2017 03:33
  
  Vice Admiral Robert Harward has turned down an offer to be President Donald Trump's new national security adviser, the latest blow to a new administration struggling to find its footing.Harward told The Associated Press that the Trump administration was "very accommodating to my needs, both professionally and personally.""It's purely a personal issue," Harward said Thursday evening. "I'm in a unique position finally after being in the military for 40 years to enjoy some personal time."Asked whet
  
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• 7-year-old asks Google for a job; CEO writes back

  17-02-2017 03:12
  
  A 7-year-old girl has already made it onto Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s radar by mailing a handwritten “job application” to the executive a few years early.Chloe Bridgewater from Hereford, England, was talking with her dad about his job one day after school when he mentioned the internet giant.“She asked what I would love to do, I said, “Well, it’d be cool to work at Google,’” Andy Bridgewater, Chloe’s dad, told CBS News. “She asked why a
  
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• Whitehall police seize 182 marijuana plants from grow house

  17-02-2017 02:51
  
  Whitehall police are searching for a man after finding 182 marijuana plants in his residence this week.Police were serving a search warrant at a home on Collingwood Avenue and found a large marijuana grow operation.They seized the plants along with 522 grams of harvested marijuana, 138.5 grams of psilocybin mushrooms and $630 in cash.The resident, 28-year-old Charles M. Frazer, was not home during the search and has been evading police.Police have issued warrants for his arrest.Anyone with knowl
  
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