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• Arnold Sports Festival hosts first competition for athletes with disabilities

  03-03-2017 23:50
  Thousands of chanting fans gathered around a stage at the Columbus Convention Center Friday to watch a competition that has never been seen before.For the first time, The Arnold Sports Festival held a competition called “Disabled Powerlifting." The competitors suffered injuries that ranged from military wounds to those who were born without a limb.“My accomplishments fuel my desire to get more,” said James Spurgin, who served in the U.S. Marines from 2000-2004.Spurgin lost the
  
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• Lancaster High School students accused of killing baby chicks

  03-03-2017 23:27
  A case of animal cruelty has a central Ohio humane society director outraged. He's investigating the deaths of a half dozen baby chicks, reportedly killed by Lancaster High School students.It’s chick days at all Tractor Supply Company stores in early March. Over the weekend of February 25, some Lancaster High School students reportedly came into the Carroll location and bought at least a half-dozen birds, then killed them.“I’m dumbfounded by the whole thing,” said Fairfie
  
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• Student charged with threat year after Ohio school shooting

  03-03-2017 23:24
  
  A student has been charged with making a terroristic threat, around the one-year anniversary of a shooting at his southwest Ohio school.Butler County authorities said Friday the ninth-grade Madison Schools student made only verbal threats and didn't have ready access to a gun. However, they said he warned another student he was going to do an "Austin Hancock version 2."Hancock pleaded guilty to attempted murder and other charges in the Feb. 29, 2016, Madison cafeteria shooting that wounded two s
  
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• Columbus City Council: Human Services Briefing Pt. 2

  03-03-2017 22:55 via youtube.com
  
  
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• 2 dead in multiple crashes during icy road conditions throughout Columbus

  03-03-2017 22:08
  
  Icy conditions sent the Ohio Department of Transportation back into winter mode in a hurry overnight. Fifty salt trucks were out treating the roads before Friday morning’s commute.Several crashes occurred late Thursday and in the early Friday morning hours.A car spun out along Interstate 70 near the Franklin-Madison County line and was then struck by a semi. The passenger in the car was killed.The victim’s identity hasn’t been released.A semi went off the road along I-70 at I-2
  
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• Senator Reinforces Fight For $15 Support Ahead Of 2018 Re-Election Bid

  03-03-2017 22:05
  Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown called for a $15 federal minimum wage Friday during a speech at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio Friday. "First we need to raise pay and benefits for all workers.
  
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• Arnold Schwarzenegger says he's done with "Celebrity Apprentice"

  03-03-2017 21:45
  
  NEW YORK — Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday that he's through with "The New Celebrity Apprentice," and he's blaming President Donald Trump for the television reality show's recent poor performance.The former California governor said he wouldn't mind working with NBC and producer Mark Burnett again "on a show that doesn't have this baggage."Schwarzenegger replaced the president as host of the show, but Trump remained as an executive producer. The president taunted Schwarzenegger for the sh
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Frigid temperatures tonight

  03-03-2017 21:02
  This Evening:Partly cloudy with a few flurries early.
  Tonight: Partly cloudy and cold. Low 19. Winds: NW 5-10 mph.Tomorrow: Clouds early with clearing skies late. High 38. Winds: S 5-10 mph.Sunday: Sunny and warmer. High 55. Winds: SE 5-10 mph. Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysSpecial Information: Skies will be partly cloudy with frigid temperatures in the teens tonight. Wind chill readings will make it feel even colder. Tomorrow will be partly sunny with
  
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• Denver Zoo giraffe gives birth after getting pregnant on birth control

  03-03-2017 20:41
  
  DENVER -- While millions of people await the livestreamed birth of a giraffe at a zoo in upstate New York, a giraffe was born at the Denver Zoo this week with little fanfare.A male giraffe named Dobby was born early Tuesday. He measured 5-feet tall and weighed 73 pounds. Zookeepers didn't know until recently that the mother was pregnant because she was on birth control.Meanwhile, a pregnant giraffe named April at Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, New York, has been starring in her own YouTu
  
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• The Arnold is Here!

  03-03-2017 19:45
  
  The Arnold himself kicks off the amazing Arnold Sports Festival in the Fencing Room! With 20,000 athletes competing in 70 sports and events, there’s something for everyone. We welcome the world to Columbus!
  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 Fac
  
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• Arnold Sports Festival 2017: Everything you need to know

  03-03-2017 19:43
  The 2017 Arnold Fitness EXPO will again feature more than 1,000 booths of the latest in sports equipment, apparel and nutrition and two stages that hosts unique, non-stop competitions and entertainment that combine to make the Arnold Fitness EXPO the heart of the Arnold Sports Festival.The Arnold Fitness EXPO is located in the main hall of the Greater Columbus Convention Center."The Fitness EXPO is among the must-see attractions at the Arnold Sports Festival for many of the Weekend’s 200,0
  
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• Police mobilizing forces to ban substance teens use to get high

  03-03-2017 18:58
  
  Franklin County Public Health inspectors said they've found a second store in central Ohio selling betel nut.It's been around for centuries in southeast Asia, but Reynoldsburg police said they've caught several teenagers chewing betel nut, like smokeless tobacco, to get high.Health experts said betel nut is poisonous and carcinogenic.Reynoldsburg Police Chief Jim O'Neill said his first concern is getting betel nut out of the high school."We want to make sure we keep this out of the hands of stud
  
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• 88-year-old woman stops rape by claiming to be HIV-positive

  03-03-2017 18:58
  An 88-year-old Pennsylvania woman says she talked an attacker out of raping her by lying to him that she was HIV-positive.Helen Reynolds tells WPVI-TV the man forced his way into her Parkesburg apartment on the afternoon of Feb. 17. He rifled through her purse, took $40 and was preparing to sexually assault her.She says he stopped after she told him her husband died of HIV and she also had the virus. She tells Philly.com she "kicked him where it hurt him the most" before he fled.No arrests have
  
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• Council Neighborhood Committee; My Brother's Keeper 3/2/17

  03-03-2017 18:50 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Cosecha Cocina Opens in Italian Village Next Week

  03-03-2017 18:18
  
  The anticipated Cosecha Cocina, Grow Restaurants’ leap into Mexican cuisine, will celebrate its grand opening next Friday. Following their other ventures, Harvest, The Sycamore, and the recently closed Salt & Pine, Cosecha aims for upscale, yet authentic south-of-the-border.
  During a quiet preview on Thursday night, some got a privileged peek at the place, a former barn that had lacked purpose for decades. Sipping signature cocktails, snacking on chips, dips and salsa, project contribu
  
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• Man dies after being struck by semi on I-70

  03-03-2017 17:41
  A man died Friday morning after he attempted to walk through traffic on eastbound Interstate 70 shortly after his vehicle collided with a semi, according to Columbus police. No one was injured in the crash when the man's car collided with a semi truck just before 4:50 a.m. Friday below Interstate 270 on the city's East Side.
  
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• Mass grave for young children found at former Catholic orphanage in Ireland

  03-03-2017 17:35
  
  DUBLIN — A mass grave containing the remains of babies and young children has been discovered at a former Catholic orphanage in Ireland, government-appointed investigators announced Friday in a finding that offered the first conclusive proof following a historian's efforts to trace the fates of nearly 800 children who perished there.The judge-led Mother and Baby Homes Commission said excavations since November at the site of the former Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, County Galwa
  
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• Logan and Columbus Drag Performers – This Weekend’s Movies Have it All

  03-03-2017 17:11
  
  Summer’s blockbusters come earlier and earlier! Next weekend, Kong returns, but today you can catch a different fearsome beast. The latest X-Men flick gets an R-rating and a spare, gritty feel. It’s a nice change of pace, but if you’re looking for something more glittery and closer to home (literally), you can check out a doc about our local drag scene at Gateway this weekend.
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  At the close of X-Men: Days of Future Past, Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) gazes with befuddled joy at
  
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• Mansfield woman charged with murder in 2-year-old girl's death

  03-03-2017 16:34
  
  MANSFIELD, Ohio -- A 20-year old babysitter from Mansfield has been charged with the murder of a 2-year-old girl in her care.
  According to court records, Allison Nething will be arraigned Tuesday on one count of murder and two counts of child endangering.
  The Richland County Prosecutor will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. Friday. 10TV will live stream the press conference.
  According to the Mansfield Journal, the victim is Marlie Milner.
  Milner was taken to OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital in April
  
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• Man charged with threatening Jewish centers to frame his ex

  03-03-2017 16:30
  NEW YORK— A former journalist fired for fabricating details in stories made at least eight of the scores of threats against Jewish institutions nationwide, including a bomb threat to New York's Anti-Defamation League, as part of a bizarre campaign to harass and frame his ex-girlfriend, federal officials said Friday.Juan Thompson, 31, was arrested in St. Louis and appeared there in federal court Friday on a cyberstalking charge. He politely answered questions and told the judge he had enoug
  
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• Man arrested over threats to Jewish institutions nationwide

  03-03-2017 16:30
  
  NEW YORK— A jilted ex-boyfriend is behind at least eight of the scores of threats made against Jewish Community Centers nationwide, plus a bomb threat to New York's Anti-Defamation League, in an effort to harass and vilify his former girlfriend, federal officials said Friday.Juan Thompson, 31, was arrested in St. Louis and will appear in federal court in Missouri on Friday afternoon on a charge of cyberstalking, authorities said. There was no information on an attorney who could comment on
  
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• Arrest made in national threats to Jewish community centers

  03-03-2017 16:30
  
  NEW YORK— An arrest has been made in connection with threats made to at least eight Jewish community centers nationwide and the Anti-Defamation League's headquarters in New York City.Federal authorities in New York said Friday that Juan Thompson has been arrested.According to a complaint, the threats were made to harass a former girlfriend. The caller used the victim's name while making some of the threats.The phone threat to the ADL's Manhattan headquarters was made Feb. 22.Thompson was e
  
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• Popular baby toy recalled because beads can gag babies

  03-03-2017 16:19
  
  Popular baby rattles are being recalled because beads inside the rattle can get loose and gag babies. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has taken 42 reports about the Oball Rattles breaking apart.The rattle comes in pink, green, blue and orange and has the model number 81031 printed on the inner surface of one of the plastic discs and on the packaging.The rattles were sold at Target, Walgreens, Walmart and other large retail stores. It was also sold on Amazon.com, ToysRUs.com, Babyhaven.com
  
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• hhgregg Closing 88 Stores, Including Four in Ohio

  03-03-2017 16:18
  
  Home appliance store hhgregg is following in the footsteps of many other large retailers in 2017. The company announced plans yesterday to close 40 percent of its brick-and-mortar stores. Before the end of April, the Indianapolis-based chain plans to have 88 stores shuttered, which includes four in Ohio.
  “We are strategically exiting markets and stores that are not financially profitable for us,” stated hhgregg President and CEO Robert Riesbeck in a statement issued yesterday. &ldquo
  
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• Giant Eagle Closing Neil Avenue Store on Saturday

  03-03-2017 16:00
  
  The time has officially come for the Neil Avenue Giant Eagle to close, as was previously announced at the beginning of the year. Signs posted on the front entrance proclaim that this Saturday, March 4th will be the final day of business for the store, and that customers are being asked to visit the Grandview Yard Market District store instead.
  No immediate plans for the space have been announced. The property is owned by local developer CASTO, which could seek a new replacement tenant, or potent
  
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• Franklin County, fraternal group team to mentor new dads

  03-03-2017 15:31
  The dad doesn't want Kevyn "KJ" Burston Jr. to grow up like he did - fatherless, with little money and suffering the indignity of being in those circumstances. "I want to teach my son something different," Burston, 25, of the Near East Side, said. "I don't want him to be limited to the things I was limited to."
  
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• 3 children, 1 adult hospitalized after crash near Upper Arlington

  03-03-2017 14:44
  
  Four people were injured in a crash in northwest Columbus Friday, according to Columbus Police.It happened just before 8 a.m. on Henderson Road and Arlington Centre Boulevard near Upper Arlington.Authorities say three children were transported to Nationwide Children's Hospital. One adult was transported to a nearby hospital. The condition of their injuries is unknown at this time.Dispatchers were unaware of many vehicles were involved in the crash.No other details were immediately available.Stay
  
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• 2 children, 1 adult hospitalized after head-on crash near Upper Arlington

  03-03-2017 14:44
  
  Three people were injured in a crash in northwest Columbus Friday, according to Columbus Police.It happened just before 8 a.m. on Henderson Road and Arlington Centre Boulevard near Upper Arlington.According to police, a woman in a white van was traveling westbound on Henderson Road with her two children when she crossed over into the eastbound lanes, striking another vehicle head-on.Authorities say the two children in the van were transported to Nationwide Children's Hospital. A woman in the oth
  
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• Buckeye fans give back to the tune of $2.5 Million

  03-03-2017 14:25
  The annual Buckeye Cruise for Cancer is touting some big donations this year.The cruise just wrapped, with fans donating $2.5 Million.The money will be divided between the Urban & Shelley Meyer Fund for Cancer Research and The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute.10TV's Dom Tiberi was the emcee for the nearly week long event.He was joined by the 2014 National Champion Buckeye Greats and Rascal Flatt
  
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• Report: Pence used private email for gov't affairs as Indy governor

  03-03-2017 14:04
  
  Vice President Mike Pence routinely used a private email account to conduct public business as Indiana’s governor, according to public records obtained by the Indianapolis Star.The newspaper reported Thursday that emails provided through a public records request show that Pence communicated with advisers through his personal AOL account on homeland security matters and security at the governor’s residence during his four years as governor.“Cybersecurity experts say the emails r
  
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• Unique Italian Village Building Changes Hands, Restaurant a Possibility

  03-03-2017 14:00
  
  A new owner controls the northwest corner of Summit Street and East Third Avenue in Italian Village. Fans of the unique century-old building on the lot needn’t worry about it getting torn down, though.
  “We don’t have concrete plans yet — the tenant just moved out — but we think that it’d be perfect for a bar, a restaurant or a brew pub,” said Michael Linsker, a partner in the new ownership group and a broker with NorthSteppe Realty.
  Linsker and his partn
  
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• Fire Breaks Out At Trump International Hotel

  03-03-2017 13:10
  
  NEW YORK – A fire broke on an upper floor of the Trump International Hotel on Columbus Circle in midtown Manhattan early Friday, CBS New York reports.It happened around 4:12 a.m. Friday when, authorities say, a piece of machinery malfunctioned in an apartment under construction.The fire forced a partial evacuation of the building, but was brought under control at around 5:20 a.m.The upper floors were being vented due to carbon monoxide concerns.One person was treated for smoke inhalation,
  
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• Michael Jackson's daughter joins IMG model agency

  03-03-2017 12:56
  
  Paris Jackson has joined one of the world's top modeling agencies.The 18-year-old daughter of Michael Jackson will model for IMG. The company and Jackson made the announcement on social media Thursday.Jackson says on Instagram she feels "very lucky and blessed."Jackson joins a roster that also includes Gisele Bundchen, Kate Moss and supermodel sisters Bella and Gigi Hadid. She's not the first daughter of a famous singer to join the agency, which also represents Mick Jagger's daughter, Georgia M
  
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• “Country Concert in the Hills” founder dies

  03-03-2017 12:47
  An Ohio man who each summer turned his family campground into one of the largest outdoor concerts in the nation has died.Mike Barhorst and his wife started the Country Concert in the Hills in 1981 and it has since grown into a three-day festival that draws the biggest names in country music. Family members say Barhorst died Wednesday at his home in Fort Loramie. He was 77.The annual concert grew out of a family get-together with a few hundred friends in the late 1970s. Now more than 80,000 peopl
  
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• Crash closes eastbound lanes of I-70 in east Columbus

  03-03-2017 11:23
  
  COLUMBUS,ohThe eastbound lanes of I-70 are closed due to a two-vehicle crash in east Columbus.According to Columbus Police, all eastbound traffic is detoured onto I-270 following the crash.
  Dispatchers say at least two people are hospitalized with at least one in critical condition.
  No word on how long the road will be closed.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Crash with pedestrian struck closed eastbound lanes of I-70 in east Columbus

  03-03-2017 11:22
  
  COLUMBUS,ohA portion of I-70 Eastbound was closed due to a two-vehicle crash in east Columbus. A driver who exited their vehicle along the highway was struck by a semi-truck on I-70 near Brice Road on Friday morning, according to Columbus Police. Dispatchers say at least two people are hospitalized,the victim struck by the truck is in critical condition at Grant Medical Center. All lanes of I-70 eastbound were closed at I-270 while police investigate the crash. The ramp from I-270 southbound to
  
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• Top things to do this weekend, March 3-5

  03-03-2017 11:19
  The Arnold Sports Festival is the largest multi-sport festival in the nation - even bigger than the Olympics - with about 20,000 athletes from 80 nations competing in 70 sports and events. The Expo will feature more than 1,000 booths of the latest in sports equipment, apparel and nutrition among competition stages.
  
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• Semi crash closes I-70 Westbound in west Columbus

  03-03-2017 08:17
  
  A semi-truck crash shut down a portion of I-70 Westbound in west Columbus early Friday morning.The crash happened around 1 a.m., just east of Hilliard Rome Road.Columbus police said there were no reported injuries and the semi was the only vehicle involved in the crash.The closure was expected to last through the morning rush.Stay with 10TV and refresh 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Icy roads cause crashes along I-70 Westbound

  03-03-2017 08:17
  
  A semi-truck crash shut down a portion of I-70 Westbound in west Columbus early Friday morning.The crash happened around 1 a.m. near I-270.Columbus police said there were no reported injuries and the semi was the only vehicle involved in the crash.The closure was expected to last through the morning rush.Some ramps in the area were also closed so that ODOT could salt the roads.Another crash caused the death of a man in his 20s on I-70 Westbound right before the West Jefferson exit near the Frank
  
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• Test New Treatment for Congestive Heart Failure

  03-03-2017 07:34
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Whitehall, Ohio man is the first in the U.S. to undergo a brand new treatment designed to remove excess fluid from hospitalized patients suffering from congestive heart failure, which affects six million Americans. The trial procedure occurred last week at The Ohio State University Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital .
  
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• Crash with multiple vehicles closes westbound lanes of I-270 in Dublin

  03-03-2017 05:29
  
  The westbound lanes of I-270 were closed due to a multiple vehicles involved in a crash in Dublin.Dublin Police told 10TV about six vehicles are involved in the crash near the bridge over the Scioto River around 11:20 p.m. The highway reopened shortly before midnight.Police said injury information was not available.Stay with 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Family of 1991 murder victim feeling relieved after suspect arrested

  03-03-2017 05:27
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The daughter of a woman found stabbed to death more than 25 years ago is feeling relieved now that a suspect is behind bars for the murder.
  Gustave Sapharas is charged with Bonita Parker's 1991 killing.
  Bonita Parker's family spent some of Thursday night with Licking County investigators to get some of the answers they have been waiting so long for.
  Even almost 30 years after her death, one of Bonita Parker's daughters said she forgives the accused killer.
  Shuffling through old
  
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• Family of 1991 murder victim feeling relieved after a suspect is arrested

  03-03-2017 05:27
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The daughter of a woman found stabbed to death 26 years ago is feeling relieved now that a suspect is behind bars for the murder.
  Gustave Sapharas is charged with Bonita Parker's 1991 killing.
  Bonita Parker's family spent some of Thursday night with Licking County investigators to get some of the answers they have been waiting so long for.
  Even almost 30 years after her death, one of Bonita Parker's daughters said she forgives the accused killer.
  Shuffling through old family pho
  
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• Two people injured in southeast Columbus shooting

  03-03-2017 04:55
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus Police are investigating after two people were injured after a shooting on Pintail Creek Drive in southeast Columbus.Police told 10TV the incident happened just before 10:30 p.m. Thursday.Both victims were taken to the hospital with injuries, but expected to survive.Stay with 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Public Health Officials Warn About New Substance

  03-03-2017 04:00
  A warning about a new substance found in a Central Ohio high school.
  It's called betel nut.It's been around for centuries in South Asia but health officials say it's being sold in some stores here under the name Tursi.
  “It’s very much available in the Indian and Nepalese and Bhutanese stores,” said Bhutanese Community Leader Bhuwan Pyakurel.
  Food inspectors recently found betel nut in one Reynoldsburg store.It's sold under different names. They made the employees throw all of i
  
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• Ty Van Fossen is UC's First 2018 Commit

  03-03-2017 03:34
  I hope Ohio State is ready to keep having players stolen out from underneath its Buckeye nose. Luke Fickell, former Ohio State defensive coordinator and current head coach of the Cincinnati Bearcats , has not only made recruiting in Cincinnati a priority, but also going to the well at his old stomping grounds.
  
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• College student with "deadly" allergy hazed with peanut butter, mom claims

  03-03-2017 01:38
  
  By Jennifer Earl / CBS NEWSAn outraged mother’s Facebook post is going viral after the Michigan woman posted a photo of her son’s severe allergic reaction to peanut butter, which, she claims, was rubbed on his face while he was asleep at an off-campus fraternity back in October.Teresa Seely said her now 19-year-old son, Andrew, just told her about the incident at the Alpha Chi Rho fraternity at Central Michigan University (CMU) during his first semester as a freshman after she saw o
  
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• Pregnant mom found shot dead with unharmed infant beside her

  03-03-2017 00:32
  
  FRESNO, Calif. – A 20-year-old pregnant woman was found shot to death with her infant son lying next to her unharmed, reports CBS affiliate KGPE.Police say they found the body of Amber Baker early on February 26. Baker’s sister, Katie Martin, told the station that she was found in bed with her 4-month-old lying beside her.“Amber was a beautiful person, she had a huge heart,” said Martin, who told the station her sister was six weeks pregnant. An autopsy confirmed the woma
  
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• Center of attention: Cavaliers sign center Andrew Bogut

  03-03-2017 00:26
  
  CLEVELAND — Andrew Bogut has changed jerseys — and perhaps sides in the NBA Finals.The free agent center signed Thursday with the Cleveland Cavaliers, joining the team he faced the past two Junes with a championship on the line.Bogut spent the past four seasons with the Golden State Warriors, who could be on a collision course to play the Cavs for the third straight year.A lot of hoops will be played before that, but the 7-foot Bogut gives the Cavs another proven veteran to help them
  
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