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• Judge in Hawaii puts Trump's travel ban on hold

  15-03-2017 23:59
  
  A federal judge in Hawaii has put President Donald Trump's revised travel ban on hold.U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson issued his ruling Wednesday after hearing arguments on Hawaii's request for a temporary restraining order involving the ban.His ruling prevents the executive order from going into effect Thursday.More than half a dozen states are trying to stop the ban, and federal courts in Maryland, Washington state and Hawaii heard arguments Wednesday about whether it should be put into pra
  
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• Babysitter in Texas struggles to reach 911 when 6-month-old child wouldn't wake up

  15-03-2017 23:15
  
  Problems at a 911 center may have contributed to the death of a 6-month-old baby, reports CBS Dallas / Fort Worth.The Dallas Police Department is investigating after the boy’s caretaker dialed 911 on Saturday evening, but was unable to get through. The city confirmed that so-called “ghost calls” from T-Mobile phones were overwhelming emergency lines at the time.CBS Dallas / Fort Worth spoke with Mayor Mike Rawlings about his frustration and the danger the situation poses for re
  
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• Pickerington student named Military Child of the Year

  15-03-2017 23:02
  Sixteen-year-old Molly Frey has been named one of six "Military Child of the Year" recipients by Operation Homefront.She's a musician, a dancer, a sailor, a figure skater and a dedicated volunteer. If that's not enough, she does it all while getting all A's in school."I mean, I work really hard for it so, it's really nice that it's paying off," said Frey.The 16-year-old is a senior at Pickerington High School."I skipped my 11th-grade year," she explained. "Ever since I was in 7th grade, you coul
  
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• Grant Medical Center releases updated statement on incident involving security officers

  15-03-2017 22:36
  The president of OhioHealth Grant Medical Center has released an updated statement into the investigation of a video posted online involving three security officers and a man outside the hospital.Video of the incident showed 38-year-old Shelton Adams interacting with the three officers. Adams is seen taking a step toward the officers when one of them shoves him.As Adams regains his balance, you can see one officer snap open his baton. Adams then appears to flick his cigarette at them before one
  
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• Ohio man pleads guilty in bank sexual assault case

  15-03-2017 22:11
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio man has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting an employee at a bank.Police say 32-year-old Billy Dee Anderson visited Columbus' Chase Tower and asked to rent a safe-deposit box Feb. 19, 2016.
  
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• Dublin, Central Ohio Safe Ride teaming up with Uber for St. Patrick’s Day weekend

  15-03-2017 22:08
  
  The City of Dublin is partnering with the Central Ohio Safe Ride program to keep St. Patrick’s Day patrons safe.The partnership will offer discounts on Uber rides for the weekend at designated Dublin locations.The discounts are worth up to $10 each way and users may use the code up to twice during the weekend while supplies last.Patrons will need to use the code DUBLINSTPATS17 in the payment section of the Uber app.More information on how to use the promo code is listed below. Maps and inf
  
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• Fire damages apartment building in north Columbus

  15-03-2017 22:01
  
  Several people are displaced after a fire starting inside an apartment building in north Columbus.Firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire along Belcher Drive Wednesday afternoon.The Columbus Fire Chief tells 10TV the fire was contained by first responding firefighters and the building was evacuated.According to officials, no reports of injuries and the fire remains under investigation.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com.
  
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• Prosecutors: Death decision months away in airport shooting

  15-03-2017 21:25
  
  A decision is months away on seeking the death penalty for the Alaska man accused of killing five people and wounding six in a Florida airport mass shooting, federal prosecutors told a judge Wednesday.Prosecutors and defense attorneys for Esteban Santiago said at a hearing Wednesday the death penalty decision process has only just begun. Santiago lawyer Eric Cohen said it will take 12 months for the defense to prepare a "mitigation" document showing reasons the death penalty should not be sought
  
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• Ohio man charged after daughter eats THC-laced gummy bear

  15-03-2017 21:22
  
  Police say a northeast Ohio has been charged criminally after his 5-year-old daughter ate a gummy bear laced with THC, the active ingredient in marijuana.Thirty-four-year-old Nicolas Hall, of North Ridgeville, was charged Tuesday in Elyria Municipal Court with felony child endangering and misdemeanor possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.Ridgeville, was charged Tuesday in Elyria Municipal Court with felony child endangering and misdemeanor possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
  
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• Cyber security experts warn parents to be smart about 'smart toys'

  15-03-2017 21:16
  'Smart toys' all have processors that transmit and receive data. Cyber security experts warn toys that send out information on the internet can also let hackers into your home.Columbus computer guru, Matt Curtin, questions why parents are letting toy companies put microphones in their homes?"For what purpose do they gather that information? What are they going to do with the information? Where does it go?" said Curtin.In February, a cyber security company reported the account information of more
  
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• Cars vandalized with spray paint in west Columbus

  15-03-2017 20:27
  Residents of a west Columbus apartment complex had a rude awakening this week. Their cars, parked right outside their homes, spray painted in red, yellow and blue.The vandalism happened at the Wilson Court Apartments. Parkash Sin's car was one of the worst.The damage on his car was in yellow spray paint from his rear back door to the passenger door and on the driver side was the word "slave.""Thank God there was snow and ice on the car and we were able to remove it," he said.Other residents' car
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Frigid for a little longer

  15-03-2017 20:25
  This Evening:Partly cloudy, breezy and cold.
  Tonight:Clear and cold again.Low 20 with single digit wind chills.Winds: NW 5-15 mph.
  Tomorrow:Mostly sunny, not as cold but still chilly.High 38.Winds: W 5-10 mph.
  Friday:Wintry mix in the morning turning to all rain.High 46.Winds: S 5-10 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysSpecial Information: It may have looked nice outside but cold temperatures and blustery winds made it feel uncomfortably cold today.Lows
  
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• Columbus International Auto Show begins Thursday at Convention Center

  15-03-2017 20:25
  
  The Columbus International Auto Show will open it's door for 2017 Thursday at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.Manufacturers will be displaying their latest technologies, designs and innovations along with the newest makes and models.The show will be open March 16-17 from 12-9 p.m., March 18 from 10 a.m.-9 p.m. and March 19 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.Tickets are $10 for adults at the box office ($8 online), $5 for students with ID and children (9 & under) are free when accompanied by an adult.
  
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• New Chipotle and Starbucks Locations Coming to University District, Locals Express Concern With Overabundance of Chain Retail

  15-03-2017 20:00
  
  Construction has officially begun on a new five story building that will soon rise at the southeast intersection of Lane Avenue and High Street. Once completed, a couple of familiar chains will be opening there to accommodate campus-area residents, workers, and visitors.
  Representatives with the company that owns the new building confirmed with Columbus Underground on Monday that both Chipotle and Starbucks are slated for ground-floor retail spaces of the mixed-use building.
  While both chains ha
  
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• Roads reopen in west Columbus after SWAT situation

  15-03-2017 19:35
  
  The roads around a barricade situation in west Columbus after police were able to take the person into custody.Police had responded to the situation on N. Hague Avenue Wednesday afternoon.Authorities had shut down N. Hague between Steele Avenue and Grace Street along with Grace Street between N. Harris Avenue and N. Powell Avenue.Police have not identified the person they took in custody at this time.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Kidnapping suspect arrested after SWAT standoff in west Columbus

  15-03-2017 19:35
  
  Columbus police said they have arrested a man wanted on a kidnapping charge.Twenty-five-year-old Antwan Hutchinson was taken into custody by SWAT officers Wednesday after a standoff on North Hague Avenue.Police identified Hutchinson and 24-year-old Michael Favors as persons of interest in recent homicides.Hutchinson was wanted for pointing a gun at a witness who may have known information about the death of Cody Campbell. He was found dead inside a home on Whitehorne Avenue on February 13.Two wo
  
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• CoreLife Eatery Adding Two Locations Near OSU

  15-03-2017 19:10
  
  In 2018, you’ll have triple the number of locations to find fast-casual health food from CoreLife Eatery in Central Ohio. The Syracuse-based restaurant chain that launched last November near Polaris Fashion Place announced plans to open locations at The Lennox Town Center and inside a new building currently under construction at Lane and High.
  “A lot of our locations are in power centers with high traffic and high visibility, but also with close proximity to college campuses,”
  
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• Amazon’s Prime Now to deliver alcohol in Columbus

  15-03-2017 18:48
  
  Prime members in Columbus can now have beer and wine delivered through Prime Now.Amazon, which started the alcohol delivery option Wednesday, said they have added popular names brands to the service and local favorites like Great Lakes Brewing Company, Rhinegeist and MadTree Brewing.“We are excited to continue expanding our product offerings and we know customers will love getting wine and beer delivered right to their door in one hour or less,” said Stephenie Landry, vice president
  
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• Dangerous Dozen #ColumbusReport

  15-03-2017 17:37
  The U.S. Marshals Service released on Monday its updated list of the "Dangerous Dozen," the most-wanted fugitives from northern Ohio. Shadique Robinson is a Mansfield-area fugitive wanted for probation violations stemming from a conviction of illegally possessing firearms under disability.
  
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• Northeast facing icy mess as plunging temps follow storm

  15-03-2017 17:35
  NEW YORK — Plunging temperatures ushered in by the storm that plastered the Northeast turned the snow and sleet into rock-solid ice, leaving roads and sidewalks treacherous Wednesday and making shoveling seem like hard labor.Tuesday's powerful nor'easter paralyzed much of the Washington-to-Boston corridor, but fell short of the predicted snowfall totals in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia.The storm, which followed a stretch of unusually mild winter weather, dumped 1 to 2 feet in many pla
  
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• McDonald's tests mobile ordering before national rollout

  15-03-2017 17:11
  
  NEW YORK — McDonald's has started testing mobile order-and-pay after acknowledging the ordering process in its restaurants can be "stressful."The company says it will gather feedback from the test before launching the option nationally toward the end of the year. It says mobile order-and-pay is now available at 29 stores in Monterey and Salinas, California, and will expand to 51 more locations in Spokane, Washington, next week.The rollout comes as customers increasingly seek out convenienc
  
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• US charges Russian officials, hackers in mass Yahoo breach

  15-03-2017 16:53
  
  WASHINGTON — The United States announced charges Wednesday against two Russian intelligence officers and two hackers, accusing them of a mega data breach at Yahoo that affected at least a half billion user accounts.The hack targeted the email accounts of Russian and U.S. officials, Russian journalists, and employees of financial services and other businesses, officials said."We will not allow individuals, groups, nation states or a combination of them to compromise the privacy of our citiz
  
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• Air Force: 3 killed in New Mexico crash of military plane

  15-03-2017 16:43
  
  Three service members were killed after a single-engine reconnaissance and surveillance plane crashed in eastern New Mexico during a training flight, the Air Force said.Officials at Cannon Air Force Base said the U-28A crashed Tuesday night in a field about a quarter mile east of Clovis Municipal Airport, about 3 miles east of Cannon. The plane was assigned to Cannon.The identities of the victims will be withheld until 24 hours after the families are notified, Cannon officials said in a statemen
  
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• Suicide bombers strike Syrian capital, killing at least 30

  15-03-2017 16:28
  
  Suicide bombers hit the main judicial building and a restaurant in Damascus on Wednesday, killing at least 30 people, according to state media, spreading fear across Syria's capital as the country's civil war enters its seventh year.The first attacker struck inside the Justice Palace, located near the famous and crowded Hamidiyeh market. The explosion left bodies lying amid pools of blood and shattered glass in the building's main hall, adorned with a picture of President Bashar Assad hanging on
  
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• Short North Stage Honors 30th Anniversary of AZT With Reading of The Normal Heart

  15-03-2017 15:00
  
  Short North Stage isn’t resting for long between their extended, sold-out run of Hand to God and their upcoming anticipated production of Spamalot. This week they’re staging a reading of one of the most important pieces of political theatre of the last 40 years: Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart. This reading coincides with the 30th anniversary of AZT’s approval by the FDA.
  Larry Kramer founded the Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) in his living room
  
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• Restaurant Review: De Novo on the Park

  15-03-2017 15:00
  
  De Novo on the Park had a long history not on the park (Columbus Commons), but near the park on High Street. It moved its digs across High to a lovely spot that overlooks the green space. The new space is huge — almost cavernous, but the restaurant itself is too open and windowed to compare it to a cavern. In fact, elevated above the park, the dining view lets you be queen (or king) of all you survey, all the little people making their way across the Commons. It’s good to be queen (o
  
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• Ohio's 20 week abortion ban takes effect

  15-03-2017 14:05
  
  A new law banning abortions after 20 weeks' gestation has taken effect in Ohio as anti-abortion activists plan further efforts aimed at curbing abortion access in the state.Abortion rights advocates have criticized the law as a barrier for women seeking safe medical care but haven't challenged it in court.The 20-week ban is based on the assertion that fetuses can feel pain then, which opponents characterize as scientifically unsound.Republican Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sik) signed the law in Decemb
  
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• Police: Suspect pulls out butcher knife during robbery

  15-03-2017 14:03
  
  Reynoldsburg police arrested a Columbus man accused of using a butcher knife during a robbery.Police said Antuan Shackleford is accused in two robberies over the last two days.The Family Dollar located in the 6300 block of E. Livingston Avenue was robbed on March 13. Police said Shackleford pulled a large butcher knife out and demanded cash from an employee. He fled before officers arrived.On March 14, patrol officer Katherine Mielke responded to a robbery in progress at the Golden China Restaur
  
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• Advocates differ on definition of youth homelessness

  15-03-2017 13:25
  Most nights, Cynthia Fernan can find someone - a friend, relative or maybe a friend of a friend - willing to make room. She has kept a roof over her head for years by couch-surfing.
  
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• Setting Up CAAMP With Ohio’s Own

  15-03-2017 13:00
  
  As I was seated at the tattered leather booth, its tabletop surface illuminated by a reading lamp, I heard the two come through the front door of the bar.
  We took our seats back around the corner and the two ordered beers. One Jackie O’s Mystic Mama and a North High Haybomb Hefeweizen.
  Two Ohio beers for the Ohio boys.
  Evan Westfall and Taylor Meier, who make up the band Caamp, are finally home from their first U.S. tour. Although, it won’t be long until the two hit the road once mor
  
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• Local Entrepreneurs Are Funding Franklinton’s New Educational Garden

  15-03-2017 13:00
  
  When you’re growing up in a food desert, knowing which food is healthy, where to get it, and how to cook it doesn’t come as naturally as it should. Franklinton Gardens, the non-profit behind the eight community gardens scattered throughout the neighborhood, is looking to change that for the neighborhood’s residents. With the help of a startup fund from Rev1 Ventures, Franklinton Gardens hopes to launch an educational garden by this fall.
  The plan itself is still in its infancy.
  
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• Balanced Yoga Announces Second Location in German Village

  15-03-2017 13:00
  
  Clintonville’s Balanced Yoga announced plans this week for a second location in German Village. Owner Leah Westwater signed a lease moving the yoga studio in with Fox In The Snow Cafe’s newest location at 210 Thurman Ave.
  “German Village has a wonderfully unique vibe—both historic and urban—and we are so excited to join the neighborhood,” Westwater said in a press release. “To be honest, a second location wasn’t on our radar until the building and
  
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• BBC dad and family break silence on viral interview: "We laughed a lot"

  15-03-2017 12:45
  
  It was a video that “broke” the internet last week — a man being interviewed on live television only to be interrupted by his two energetic children.On Tuesday, the interviewee, Robert E. Kelly, spoke out about the hilarious mishap, alongside his wife and two children, the surprise guests who “videobombed” his interview on BBC World News.Robert E. Kelly, sitting next to his family, talks about his interview that went viral on BBC News last week after his children st
  
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• Trump to take on fuel standards, hold Nashville rally

  15-03-2017 12:40
  
  President Donald Trump is hitting the road to pay homage to a predecessor and take the first steps in rolling back fuel efficiency standards.The president is headed to Michigan Wednesday, where he's expected to take aim at fuel-economy standards that were a key part of former President Barack Obama's strategy to combat global warming.The president is also scheduled to travel to Nashville, Tennessee, where he'll lay a wreath at President Andrew Jackson's tomb at the Hermitage to mark what would h
  
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• Battery chargers for XBOX ONE Video Game Controllers recalled for burn hazard

  15-03-2017 12:00
  
  Some battery chargers for XBOX ONE Video Game Controllers are being recalled because of a burn hazard.The name of the product is Energizer® XBOX ONE 2X Smart Chargers, and the battery chargers can overheat and damage the XBOX ONE video game controller, posing a burn hazard to users.The chargers are black plastic and measure about 3.5 inches long, 5 inches wide and 11 inches tall.“Energizer®” is printed on the charger’s label. Item number 048-052-NA is printed on the bot
  
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• Public charging ports could jeopardize your personal information

  15-03-2017 11:30
  The next time you need to charge your phone in a public space, you might want to think twice. Experian, a credit security company, says plugging your phone into a public outlet can put your personal information at risk. Experts say it works very similar to plugging your phone into your computer. Outlets can be compromised to download your pictures, apps, and other information, too. Experian says that public USB ports like the ones you might see on airplane TVs and rental cars are even easier to
  
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• This is Joe Biden's favorite Obama-Biden meme

  15-03-2017 11:22
  The years-long bromance between former President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden generated enough funny memes to last a lifetime.Now the former VP has selected his favorite meme of all.It's a picture of him hugging Obama, with a caption suggesting that Biden had hoped the former president would leave Michelle for him.Ashley Biden took credit for introducing her dad to the memes in an interview with Moneyish.She says when he first learned about the memes, he "sat there for an hour and l
  
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• 911 dispatcher in Tamir Rice case suspended for 8 days

  15-03-2017 10:47
  
  A 911 dispatcher who took a call that led to a white police officer's fatal shooting of 12-year-old black boy who'd been playing with a pellet gun outside a Cleveland recreation center has been suspended for eight days.Police Chief Calvin Williams stated in a disciplinary letter Constance Hollinger violated protocol.The caller told Hollinger it was probably a juvenile with a fake weapon outside the rec center in 2014. Hollinger is accused of not relaying that to another dispatcher communicating
  
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• Long awaited Skyview Drive road reconstruction project to begin in Brunswick

  15-03-2017 09:25
  Members of Cub Scout Troop 3517 Jonathan Jackson, Isaijah Watson and Antonio Head - with Den leader, Jim Jackson, are presented with proclamations recognizing their Arrow Awards by Brunswick Mayor Ron Falconi. Not pictured are Pack members Trevor Horman, Teddy Gurtsak, Ty Worsencroft, Evan Wodzak, JP Starcheski, and Jacob Segert and co-leaders Paul Worsencroft and Max Wodzak.
  
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• Central Ohio Catholics can ask for permission to eat meat Friday

  15-03-2017 05:25
  The corned beef tradition doesn't have to be forgotten, as the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus will grant people a dispensation from the Lenten obligation not to eat meat, according to George Jones, diocese spokesman. Katzinger's Delicatessen in German Village is one of several Columbus restaurants that sell corned beef.
  
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• Officer charged with killing unarmed man says he's broke, asks for public defender

  15-03-2017 04:46
  
  The former South Carolina police officer charged with killing an unarmed black man running from a traffic stop has asked a judge to allow a publicly funded lawyer to represent him.News outlets report Michael Slager made that request Tuesday during a hearing in Charleston. Circuit Court Judge Clifton Newman says he'll issue a ruling later.Slager says his family of five lives under the poverty line. Slager was fired and charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Walter Scott following an April 2
  
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• Spicer says Trump confident on wiretap evidence

  15-03-2017 04:41
  
  The White House says President Donald Trump is "extremely confident" that the Justice Department will produce evidence backing up his claim that his predecessor wiretapped his New York skyscraper during the election.The comments from spokesman Sean Spicer come one day after the Justice Department asked lawmakers for more time to produce that evidence. The House intelligence committee gave the department until March 20, the first day of its hearings on Russia's interference in the 2016 election a
  
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• Family urges heroin addicts to seek help after losing loved one

  15-03-2017 03:09
  The heroin epidemic has claimed another life in central Ohio and this time it's a father of at least 10 children. Timothy Teague's family is speaking out and urging addicts to seek the help they might need to start recovery.
  As family members of Teague talk about his death, the Catholic Diocese of Columbus held a community meeting Tuesday to talk about the opiate crisis.With the hope families will hear her story, Cassondra Jones is talking about what happened to her family over the weekend.
  "It'
  
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• White House releases Trump tax info ahead of TV report

  15-03-2017 01:53
  
  WASHINGTON-- The White House says President Donald Trump made more than $150 million in income in 2005 and paid $38 million in income taxes that year.The acknowledgment came as MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said she has obtained part of Trump's 2005 tax forms, and prepared to discuss the document on her Tuesday night show.The records have become highly sought-after because Trump refused to release his returns during the campaign, breaking a decades-long tradition. He claimed he was under audit.The Wh
  
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• Ohio could join in call for changing U.S. Constitution

  15-03-2017 01:11
  Ohio could join an ongoing national push for states to force changes to the U.S. Constitution, such as term limits for federal officials and requiring a balanced federal budget. Identical resolutions currently getting hearings in House and Senate committees would call for a Convention of States under Article V of the U.S. Constitution.
  
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