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• Council Committee Hearing: Health & Human Services, Finance, & Workforce Development 3/14/2017

  14-03-2017 23:59 via youtube.com
  
  
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• See if your Columbus street will be resurfaced this Spring

  14-03-2017 23:07
  
  The Department of Public Service in Columbus will begin resurfacing roads across the city on March 24.130 streets are on the list to be paved.The work includes paving streets, replacing curbs and sidewalks and installing curb ramps.The work begins March 24 and ends in September. See if your street is on the list.
  
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• Ohio lawmakers hear from woman set on fire in support of "Judy's Law"

  14-03-2017 22:26
  Tuesday the mother of Judy Malinowski struggled for words in front of lawmakers.She testified in front of the Ohio House Criminal Justice Committee about the hell her daughter has endured."Because of the burns being so thick through her skin, she has not been out of bed in over 7 or 8 months, because grafting does not allow for her skin to move or have elasticity," said Bowes. "She is grafted over her entire face all the way down to her ankles."Malinowski was doused with gasoline and set on fire
  
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• Columbus Rotary Club Meeting 3/13/2017

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• Columbus Rotary Club: Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year"

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• GOP leaders scramble to shore up support for health bill

  14-03-2017 21:51
  
  The White House and Republican leaders in Congress scrambled on Tuesday to shore up support for their health care bill as critics went on the attack over new estimates that 14 million people would lose insurance coverage in the first year alone.The findings from the Congressional Budget Office handed fresh ammunition to Democratic opponents of the GOP drive to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law. The new figures, which estimated that 24 million people would lose in
  
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• Police chasing 1,000s of tips in killing of 2 Indiana teens

  14-03-2017 21:15
  
  A month after two teenage girls were found slain after vanishing during a northern Indiana hiking trip, investigators said Tuesday they continue following up on thousands of tips that have led officers to interview more 300 people for possible involvement in the case.State Police Sgt. Kim Riley said police have cleared more than 200 people they had received tips about as resembling a man seen in two grainy photos taken from one of the girl's cellphones.But work continues to determine if any of a
  
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• Ohio bill designed to track and help homeless youth

  14-03-2017 21:13
  Some lawmakers have introduced a bill that aims to change HUD's definition of a homeless person to help kids get the resources they need.Ohio Representative Stivers and a colleague tried unsuccessfully two years ago. They're reintroducing the bill. HUD would recognize homeless youth like schools already do. Then they can get an accurate count and get help for this segment of the population.“We need to change the definition of homelessness so we can count homeless youth,” said Rep. St
  
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• Never Built Columbus: The Scioto Peninsula

  14-03-2017 21:01
  
  Given the sheer number of development concepts, neighborhood plans, and other types of proposals that we write about every year, it can be easy to lose track of them – some are realized after a long delay, some are modified beyond recognition, and some quietly disappear without ever being built.
  Inspired by the recent book Never Built New York, we thought it would be interesting to launch a new series called Never Built Columbus, compiling some of the more noteworthy local proposals t
  
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• 3.14 essential reads for Pi Day

  14-03-2017 20:57
  
  On March 14, or 3/14, mathematicians and other obscure-holiday aficionados celebrate Pi Day, honoring π, the Greek symbol representing an irrational number that begins with 3.14. Pi, as schoolteachers everywhere repeat, represents the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter.What is Pi Day, and what, really, do we know about Pi anyway? Here are three-and-bit-more articles to round out your Pi Day festivities.A silly holidayFirst off, a reflection on this “holiday” c
  
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• Man pleads guilty in rape of Chase bank employee

  14-03-2017 20:51
  A man accused of sexually assaulting a Chase employee last year at the bank's Downtown office pleaded guilty on Tuesday to kidnapping and three counts of rape. Billy Dee Anderson, 32, will be sentenced by Franklin County Common Pleas Judge David Young on April 18. He faces a total of 44 years in prison and as much in $80,000 in fines.
  
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• Man pleads guilty in beating death of girlfrienda s baby

  14-03-2017 20:51
  A 23-year-old man will serve seven years in prison for the beating death of his girlfriend's 8-month-old daughter. Quentin L. Jones pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court to one count of involuntary manslaughter in the the 2015 death of Adriana Barker.
  
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• Columbus City Council approves extension of Rumpke contract

  14-03-2017 20:51
  The Columbus, Ohio, City Council has approved a five-year contract with Cincinnati-based Rumpke Waste & Recycling to handle the city's residential recycling and yard waste program. According to a spokeswoman for the Columbus City Council, the contract is valued at $8.5 million per year and would allow Rumpke to provide bi-weekly collection of recyclables from city residents.
  
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• 80 flights impacted in Columbus due to northeast blizzard

  14-03-2017 20:31
  The storm in the northeast is causing quite the ripple effect.Airports across the country are seeing information boards peppered with the words "Delayed" and "Canceled."More than 5,000 flights have been grounded, nationwide."We've seen a really large impact on all of our flights to the northeast," Angie Tabor said.Tabor, a spokeswoman with John Glenn Columbus International Airport, said about 80 flights locally have been impacted in the last 24 hours.But, if you looked inside the airport, you wo
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Single digit wind chills tonight

  14-03-2017 20:19
  
  This Evening:Partly cloudy with passing snow showers.
  Tonight: Partly cloudy and very cold. Low 15 with wind chills in the single digits. Winds: NW 10-15 mph.
  Tomorrow: Partly to mostly cloudy and cold. High 27. Winds: NW 15-20 mph.
  Thursday: Sunny skies and chilly. High 38. Winds: W 5-10 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysSpecial Information: Scattered snow showers and very cold tonight with lows in the teens and wind chills in the single digits. Tempe
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Bitter cold breeze today

  14-03-2017 20:19
  
  Today:Cold & blustery. Maybe a flurry late. Upper 20s NW 10-20 mph G 30 mph
  Tonight: Partly cloudy and cold again. 18 NW 5-15 mph
  Tomorrow: Mostly sunny and chilly. 39 W 5-10 mph
  Friday: Chance for light snow or freezing rain early. Milder. 46Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysSpecial Information: A strong area of low pressure will move off to the east as high pressure builds at the surface. Today will be windy and unseasonably cold. As the high drifts
  
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• Ohio activist sues Oscar nominee James Woods over 'Nazi' tweet

  14-03-2017 20:16
  
  An Ohio activist is suing Oscar nominee James Woods for defamation over a tweet he sent out during the presidential campaign season.The Chillicothe Gazette reports Portia Boulger, a supporter of Bernie Sanders, filed a federal lawsuit this month.The Twitter account @voxday identified Boulger as a woman in a Donald Trump T-shirt appearing to give a Nazi salute during a March 2016 rally for Trump.Woods' account tweeted the photo and information, asking, "So-called #Trump 'Nazi' is a #BernieSanders
  
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• Activist sues Oscar nominee James Woods over 'Nazi' tweet

  14-03-2017 20:16
  
  An Ohio activist is suing Oscar nominee James Woods for defamation over a tweet he sent out during the presidential campaign season.The Chillicothe Gazette reports Portia Boulger, a supporter of Bernie Sanders, filed a federal lawsuit this month.The Twitter account @voxday identified Boulger as a woman in a Donald Trump T-shirt appearing to give a Nazi salute during a March 2016 rally for Trump.Woods' account tweeted the photo and information, asking, "So-called #Trump 'Nazi' is a #BernieSanders
  
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• State debates education plan under laws replacing No Child Left Behind Act

  14-03-2017 20:13
  
  State officials will spend more time reviewing public feedback before sending federal regulators Ohio's education and accountability plan under the law that replaced No Child Left Behind.Ohio intended to submit the plan next month, but educators raised criticisms about the draft, particularly about not reducing standardized testing. State Superintendent Paolo DeMaria says Ohio will wait until a September deadline to submit the final plan and will carefully consider feedback in the meantime.He sa
  
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• Murder victim's mother pushes for violent offender registry

  14-03-2017 20:05
  
  The family of 20-year-old murder victim Sierah Joughin told the Ohio Senate a violent offender registry will prevent future crimes. Joughin was kidnapped and murdered last year near Toledo.James Worley of Delta, Ohio, is on trial for Joughin's murder. Worley had a past abduction conviction 26 years ago.Joughin's family said they were shocked to discover that while there is a public registry for sex offenders and people convicted of arson, there is no public or police registry listing people conv
  
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• Ohio State issues safety notice after report of robbery near campus

  14-03-2017 19:53
  
  Columbus police are investigating the assault and robbery of an Ohio State student at an off-campus area.The Ohio State University issued a neighborhood safety notice after the student said he was followed out of an establishment near Pearl Street and 13th Avenue just before 2 a.m. Monday.Officials said the student was pushed to the ground and attacked by three male suspects who took his cell phone and cash.Authorities describe the suspects as males between the ages of 18 and 25. Anyone with inf
  
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• Man pleads guilty to rape of Columbus bank employee

  14-03-2017 19:26
  
  A former inmate has pleaded guilty to raping a Chase bank employee last year in downtown Columbus.Billy Dee Anderson pled guilty to one count of kidnapping and three counts of rape Tuesday.The incident happened February 19, 2016, at the bank located in the Chase Bank Tower at the intersection of 3rd and Broad Streets.Police said Anderson entered the bank and expressed interest in renting a safe-deposit box.Anderson was escorted to the lower level of the bank by the victim. This is where Anderson
  
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• One Columbus building sold; new owner begins improvements

  14-03-2017 18:39
  The One Columbus office building at Broad and High streets Downtown has been sold to a Chicago investor that's already begun making improvements to the 25-story building's common areas. On its website, Chicago-based Hearn Co.
  
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• Have opinions about submeter companies? Columbus plans hearing Thursday

  14-03-2017 18:39
  For the first time, the city of Columbus is asking the public for opinions about companies that resell utilities in apartments and condominiums. The City Council's Public Utilities Committee will hold a public hearing at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, convened at the request of the committee's chairman, Mike Stinziano.
  
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• Columbus men get life sentences for Delaware County murder

  14-03-2017 18:39
  Two Columbus men who killed an acquaintance more than four years ago were each sentenced today to at least 21 years in prison. Reginald Conley, 27, and Jermaine Kelly, 31, each were charged with two counts of murder in the shooting Nov. 9, 2012, of Dontee Gervins, 29, also of Columbus.  "You showed no remorse about taking a living soul," Dena Bronaugh, Gervin's oldest sister told the two prior to the sentence.
  
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• Big Brother to hold Columbus open casting call

  14-03-2017 18:37
  
  CBS's "Big Brother" is going to be hosting an open casting call in Columbus this weekend.The event will take place March 18 from noon to 3 p.m. at Barrel On High (1120 N. High Street).The website states those interested will need to bring their IDs. You must be a United States citizen and at least 21 years old.For more information on how to apply if you can making the casting call, click here.
  
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• Coroner: Family of 8 slain feared release of autopsy details

  14-03-2017 18:17
  
  Objections by family members did not directly influence a coroner's decision to shield full autopsy reports of eight relatives who were shot in their homes, the coroner said in a deposition filed Tuesday in the state Supreme Court.Relatives of those victims raised concerns about the release of details of how their loved ones died, Pike County Coroner David Kessler said in his deposition."I met with the next of kin of all the deceased, answered their questions, and after preliminary autopsy, and
  
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• Columbus Metropolitan Club: Immigration, Islamophobia & National Security

  14-03-2017 18:11 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Grant Medical Center responds to video showing guards involved in altercation

  14-03-2017 17:48
  Three security guards have been placed on suspension following an incident caught video outside at Grant Hospital.Video of the incident involving a man and three security guard surfaced on social media late Monday night.According to Ohio Health officials, they are aware of the incident and are investigating.Authorities issued a statement in response to the incident at Grant last night."We are aware of the incident that happened at OhioHealth Grant Medical Center last night and began investigatin
  
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• March Madness 2017: Game times, TV schedule

  14-03-2017 17:15
  
  You viewed and filled out your bracket and now the games are set to begin.The First Four of the NCAA Tournament begins Tuesday evening and with the first rounds starting on Thursday.Below is a list of the games from Tuesday through Sunday including game time and network.The Final Four will take place April 1 and 3 on 10TV.March Madness 2017: NCAA tournament brackets revealedFirst Four (Dayton, Ohio)New Orleans vs. Mt. St. Mary's - 6:40 p.m. (truTV)Wake Forest vs. Kansas State - 9:10 p.m. (truTV)
  
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• ACM Awards: Winners for new categories announced

  14-03-2017 17:13
  
  Brothers Osborne, Maren Morris and Jon Pardi are early winners at this year's Academy of Country Music Awards.The ACMs announced on Tuesday the winners of their new artist categories, including Brothers Osborne securing new vocal duo or group of the year honors, Morris snagging the new female vocalist of the year award, and Pardi getting the new male vocalist of the year trophy.The new artist winners will get to perform on the 52nd ACM Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 2, on CBS.Brothers Osbo
  
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• Amazon plans pop-up store on Ohio State campus

  14-03-2017 16:24
  
  Amazon plans to open a storefront in Columbus near the Ohio State University campus where students can pick up books and other items they've ordered online.The Seattle-based online retailer has submitted applications for construction and signage to the city of Columbus for a 900-square-foot retail space where students with an Amazon prime membership can pick up items from self-service lockers or with help from an Amazon employee.Amazon has created similar stores at more than a dozen colleges and
  
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• Another Ohio coroner out of space, uses mobile morgue setup

  14-03-2017 16:20
  
  Another Ohio county has made use of a mobile cooling unit to store bodies because its morgue ran out of space, in part because of fatal drug overdoses.WEWS-TV reports the Stark County coroner had to bring in a 20-foot cooling trailer over the weekend. Investigator Rick Walters says the office was at capacity with eight bodies, then got four more on Saturday and employed the trailer.Such temporary morgue arrangements also have been used Ashtabula, Cuyahoga and Summit counties in northeast Ohio. T
  
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• Wintera s last hurrah?

  14-03-2017 16:19
  So you thought winter was over, didn't you? After such mild weather, including the warmest February on record here in Columbus, thoughts of snow were likely receding. But not so fast.
  
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• Youth-Led Community Talks

  14-03-2017 16:02
  
  Boys & Girls Clubs of Columbus team up with Columbus Division of Police in a teen-led dialogue to discuss opportunities and challenges youth face in our community.
  A facilitated panel discussion and small breakout groups created an environment of idea sharing and open communication that took place between 30 youth, 30 law enforcement officials, and 10 Boys & Girls Club staff members.
  The Columbus Foundation is working to capture The Spirit of Columbus through images that showca
  
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• Snowstorm clobbers the Northeast after weeks of mild weather

  14-03-2017 14:15
  
  NEW YORK — A storm pounded the Northeast with more than a foot of snow in places Tuesday, paralyzing much of the Washington-to-Boston corridor after a remarkably mild February had lulled people into thinking the worst of winter was over.The powerful nor'easter grounded more than 5,000 flights, closed schools in cities big and small and prompted dire warnings to stay off the roads. Nearly 100,000 customers from Virginia to Pennsylvania lost power.Blizzard warnings were issued for parts of P
  
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• Northeast gets clobbered by late-season storm

  14-03-2017 14:15
  
  NEW YORK — A sloppy, blustery late-season storm lashed the Northeast with sleet and more than a foot of snow in some places Tuesday, paralyzing much of the Washington-to-Boston corridor after a remarkably mild February had lulled people into thinking the worst of winter was over.The powerful nor'easter grounded nearly 6,000 flights, knocked out power to nearly a quarter-million customers from Virginia northward, closed schools in cities big and small and prompted dire warnings to stay off
  
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• Tap into the youthful vibe in Columbus, Ohio

  14-03-2017 14:12
  Bikers whiz down pathways along the Scioto River in Columbus, Ohio. Bikes can be rented at bike-share kiosks located throughout the downtown area.
  
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• Opinion: High School Activists Lay Out Education Demands at “Where are the Pencils” Rally

  14-03-2017 13:00
  
  “What does democracy look like?”
  “This is what democracy looks like!”
  The chant was repeated continuously, and with each repetition the tone of the crowd became increasingly fervent. A cycle of similar chants would be interchanged, including “We need money for education. Not for jails and incarceration!” and “When education is under attack, what do we do? Stand up and fight back!”
  An intra-district, high school student-based rally was held in front
  
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• Goodyear retires blimps but keeps familiar form in flight

  14-03-2017 12:57
  
  Goodyear is letting the helium out of the last of its fabled fleet of blimps.But shed no tears, blimp fans, you'll still see a familiar form floating over your favorite sports events long after the California-based "Spirit of Innovation" goes flat Tuesday.Its replacement, "Wingfoot Two," will look about the same when it arrives at Goodyear's California airship base in Carson later this year.But it will be a semi-rigid dirigible. It joins two similar aircraft replacing aging Goodyear blimps in Fl
  
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• Hamilton adds 8 more cities to 2017/2018 tour

  14-03-2017 12:54
  The multi-Tony award-winning show has announced its adding 8 more cities to its 2017/2018 tour.The traveling version of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s show kicked off at San Francisco’s SHN Orpheum Theatre over the weekend. It will be there for five months before moving to Los Angeles and wrapping in San Diego in January 2018.The second leg of the tour will then stop in Seattle, Portland, Salt Lake City, Costa Mesa, Las Vegas, Des Moines, Minneapolis and Cleveland.You can also catch it anytime
  
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• Hamilton adds 8 more cities to 2017-2018 tour

  14-03-2017 12:54
  The multi-Tony award-winning show has announced its adding 8 more cities to its 2017/2018 tour.The traveling version of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s show kicked off at San Francisco’s SHN Orpheum Theatre over the weekend. It will be there for five months before moving to Los Angeles and wrapping in San Diego in January 2018.The second leg of the tour will then stop in Seattle, Portland, Salt Lake City, Costa Mesa, Las Vegas, Des Moines, Minneapolis and Cleveland.You can also catch it anytime
  
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• Changes in the works could boost your credit score

  14-03-2017 12:47
  
  Credit scores can help determine how much you pay for a house or car, or even whether you need to put a deposit down on utilities.So it comes as good news for millions of Americans that they may find their credit-score getting a boost later this year. That’s because the three major credit-reporting agencies are changing their standards for two pieces of negative information: tax liens and civil judgments. Either event has led to a lower credit score in the past, so the change is projected
  
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• Police: Baby found with father after he kills child's mom

  14-03-2017 12:38
  
  Police in Ohio say a man shot and killed the mother of his 10-month-old son and abducted the boy before being caught in Indiana.Delta Police Chief Nathan Hartsock says authorities tracked James Ramey's cellphone to Fulton County, Indiana, where he was found with 10-month-old Winston Ramey, Tuesday.Police say the child wasn't injured.The father of the baby's mother tells media outlets in northwestern Ohio that Ramey broke into the family's house early Tuesday and shot his daughter in the chest.He
  
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• Dying mom's last words lead to multi-state search for infant

  14-03-2017 12:38
  
  A dying young mother’s last words asking about her son led investigators to launch a multi-state search for the abducted infant, who was later found safe, reports CBS affiliate WTOL.Police responded to the home in Delta, Ohio around 5 a.m. Tuesday morning and found 23-year-old Amanda “Mandi” Mangas gravely wounded with gunshot wound to the chest, Delta Police Chief Nathan Hartsock told reporters. Police and family tell WTOL that Mangas asked a responding sergeant, “Where&
  
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• Child in northwest Ohio Amber Alert found safe; father in custody

  14-03-2017 12:38
  
  UPDATED: 10:43 a.m.An Amber Alert for a 10-month-old from northwest Ohio has been canceled.Ohio Amber Alert said Winston Ramey was located and is safe.Authorities said the child's father, James Ramey, is in custody.According to WTOL, Ramey shot the child's mother, Mandi Mangas, Tuesday morning before taking the child.She was taken to a local hospital where she later died.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates. Original StoryDELTA, Ohio -- The Ohio State Highway Patrol has issued an Amber Alert
  
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• Amber Alert issued for a baby kidnapped from northwest Ohio

  14-03-2017 12:38
  
  DELTA, Ohio -- The Ohio State Highway Patrol has issued an Amber Alert for a baby kidnapped from northwest Ohio.10-month-old Winston Ramey was taken by his father from Delta, Ohio, at 5:09 a.m.The child is a white male, with brown hair and brown eyes.His father, James Christopher Ramey, is 27-years-old. Troopers say he should be considered armed and dangerous. Pictured: Child's father
  Stay with 10TV for updates to this developing story.
  
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• Synthetic pot, or "fake weed," much riskier than marijuana, study finds

  14-03-2017 12:26
  Marijuana is often seen as a relatively benign drug that produces a typically mellow high, but new U.S. government research shows that the drugs called synthetic pot appear to be much different.Teens who use synthetic pot are at a heightened risk for violent behavior, risky sex and abuse of other drugs, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study revealed.Synthetic pot -- sometimes called fake weed -- covers a variety of drugs sold under hundreds of brand names. Spice and K2 were c
  
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• Justice Insider: Bondage photo shoot goes terribly wrong Updated at

  14-03-2017 12:03
  A man who was expecting to participate in a bondage photo shoot for a woman at his Far West Side apartment last month learned that some things are too good to be true. Two other men convinced him to be tied up and pose in photos.
  
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• University of Dayton officials brace for St. Patrick's Day celebrations

  14-03-2017 10:52
  
  University of Dayton officials are warning students to not engage in harmful behavior as they celebrate St. Patrick's Day and an NCAA tournament berth.Police Chief Rodney Chatman met with both the dean of students and president of the student government association for a press conference to outline expectations Monday. School officials are reminding students that all laws and school conduct rules will be enforced.Visitors are banned from residence halls from March 16 to March 19. School official
  
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