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• Ohio constituents ask their members of Congress and US senators hundreds of questions

  19-03-2017 23:49
  In four days, nearly 500 of you submitted questions for Ohio's two U.S. senators and the three House members who represent the Columbus area. Through our online form, emails and Facebook posts, you provided more than 2,000 questions.
  
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• Crime Stoppers: Police seek help catching diamond thieves

  19-03-2017 23:49
  Columbus police are seeking a couple of diamond bandits who snatched a pair of earrings from a store clerk's hands last month on the city's North Side.  As part of this week's Crime Stoppers' Crime of the Week, police are asking for the public's help in catching the men who stole a pair of diamond studs valued at $5,000. The two men entered the Kohl's store at 3360 Olentangy River Road just before 6 p.m. on Feb. 16, and one of them asked an employee in the jewelry section to see a pair of 1
  
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• March Madness slides Primetime lineup on 10TV

  19-03-2017 23:01
  
  NCAA Men's basketball ran a little long tonight, so CBS is sliding Primetime programming to accommodate.Here's the full schedule in case you need to reset your DVR:7:35 60 Minutes8:35 NCIS: Los Angeles9:35 Madam Secretary10:35 Elementary11:35 10TV News @ 11.
  
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• Construction Roundup: Short North, University District & More

  19-03-2017 23:00
  
  Construction cranes have sprouted up all over Columbus like steel trees as a number of significant urban development projects have simultaneously gotten under way. Many of them are concentrated along High Street through the Short North and University District neighborhoods, which this installment of our Construction Roundup series is focused upon.
  Check out more projects, information and construction photos below.
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  All photos by Walk
  
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• Intel documents offer no evidence of spying on Trump Tower

  19-03-2017 21:50
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The top two lawmakers on the House intelligence committee said Sunday that documents the Justice Department and FBI delivered late last week offered no evidence that the Obama administration had wiretapped Trump Tower, but the panel's ranking Democrat says the material offers circumstantial evidence that American citizens colluded with Russians in Moscow's efforts to interfere in the presidential election."There was circumstantial evidence of collusion; there is direct ev
  
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• Art exhibit: Iranian-born women step outside societal box with a SCARvesa

  19-03-2017 21:48
  Inside the 400 West Rich Street building in Franklinton, toilet paper dangles from exposed pipes and covers part of the floor of the X Space gallery. Mirrored photos - some with cracks -  line one wall, and, in the center of the room, a large cardboard box hangs from the ceiling.
  
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• Former police chief detained at JFK for 90 minutes

  19-03-2017 21:08
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. — A former North Carolina police chief who now works as a law enforcement consultant said Sunday that he's disappointed with his country of 42 years after he was detained at John F. Kennedy International Airport.Former Greenville Police Chief Hassan Aden of Alexandria, Virginia, said he was detained March 13 on his return trip from Paris. He supports the officers of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, but he believes his 90-minute detention was unreasonable, he said in a tele
  
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• Autopsy to learn if Paris airport attacker was drunk or high

  19-03-2017 21:04
  
  PARIS — French officials completed an autopsy Sunday to determine whether a suspected Islamic extremist was drunk or high on drugs when he took a soldier hostage at Paris' Orly Airport and was shot dead by her fellow patrolmen.The suspect, Ziyed Ben Belgacem, stopped at a bar in the wee hours Saturday morning, around four hours before he first fired bird shot at traffic police. Then, 90 minutes later, he attacked the military patrol at Orly, causing panic and the shutdown of the French cap
  
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• Columbus Blue Jackets clinch spot in Stanley Cup Playoffs

  19-03-2017 20:54
  
  The Columbus Blue Jackets have secured a spot in the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs after a 4-1 win Sunday against the New Jersey Devils.The win also means the Blue Jackets have earned 100 points on the year for the first time in franchise history.This is the third time the Blue Jackets have made the postseason.When the game ended, the Blue Jackets were tied for first place in the Metropolitan Division and the entire league.Fans can secure playoffs tickets by buying a 2017-2018 ticket plan to see the
  
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• Hocking County Sheriff's Office lieutenant injured in crash

  19-03-2017 20:47
  
  HOCKING COUNTY, Ohio - A Hocking County Sheriff's Office lieutenant is in the hospital recovering from injuries he sustained in a crash while on patrol early Sunday morning.The Sheriff's Office said Lieutenant Brian McManaway was driving on Chieftain Drive when a pickup truck crossed the center line and hit the lieutenant's cruiser head-on.Both Lieutenant McManaway and the other driver were taken to Hocking Valley Community Hospital and then to a Columbus area hospital for treatment.The Sheriff'
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Showers and storms for first day of spring.

  19-03-2017 20:15
  This Evening: Mostly cloudy and still below average temperatures.
  Tonight: Overcast with a low of 33. Light and variable wind.
  Tomorrow: Milder with showers likely and maybe an afternoon thunderstorm. High 54. S wind 5-10 mph.
  Tuesday: Mostly cloudy with a high of 53. N wind 5-10 mph. Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysSpecial Information: Drier, but mostly cloudy this evening. Milder on Monday with highs in the low to mid 50s. Make sure to have the rain ge
  
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• Ohio State holds off Kentucky 82-68 in NCAA's second round

  19-03-2017 19:48
  
  LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Tori McCoy scored six straight points midway through the fourth quarter to help Ohio State withstand Kentucky's furious rally from a 19-point second-half deficit and escape with an 82-68 second-round NCAA Tournament victory Sunday.The fourth-seeded Wildcats trailed 50-31 early in third but closed to 65-64 with 6:04 remaining. The fifth-seeded Buckeyes answered with eight straight points behind McCoy.Ohio State (28-6) held on from there to earn its second straight Sweet 16 appea
  
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• Woman in critial condition after fall at Cleveland bar on St. Patrick's Day

  19-03-2017 19:29
  
  CLEVELAND -- The hospital says a 20-year-old woman is in critical condition after a fall from a second-story balcony inside a Cleveland bar on St. Patrick's Day.Cleveland.com reports police erroneously released information that the woman had died after receiving "conflicting" reports about her status. A spokeswoman at MetroHealth said the woman remains in critical condition as of Sunday afternoon.The woman fell headfirst at a crowded downtown bar after the city's St. Patrick's Day parade, accord
  
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• Woman dies after fall at Cleveland bar on St. Patrick's Day

  19-03-2017 19:29
  
  CLEVELAND -- Police say a 20-year-old woman has died from injuries after a fall from a second-story balcony inside a Cleveland bar on St. Patrick's Day.A Cleveland police spokesman said Sunday that the woman whose identity has not been released died Friday.Cleveland.com reports the woman fell headfirst at a crowded downtown bar after the city's St. Patrick's Day parade.Investigators say she hit her head on a granite rail.Police, fire officials and agents with the state's liquor-license investiga
  
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• SpaceX capsule returns space station science to Earth

  19-03-2017 19:17
  
  LOS ANGELES — A SpaceX capsule is back on Earth with a full load of space station science samples.The Dragon cargo ship parachuted into the Pacific on Sunday off the Southern California coast. Astronauts set it free from the International Space Station 5½ hours earlier.The Dragon flew to the space station a month ago from the same Florida launch pad used for NASA's Apollo moon shots. It took up more than 5,000 pounds of supplies and brought back just as much in completed experiments
  
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• Missouri childhood home of late Maya Angelou up for sale

  19-03-2017 19:03
  
  ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis childhood home of late poet Maya Angelou is up for sale.With a listed price of $159,000, the 1,100-square-foot place at 3130 Hickory St. was Angelou's home for her first three years and, after her death in 2014 at the age of 86, was given local landmark status.The three-bedroom, three-bathroom dwelling is 129 years old.The home belonged to Angelou's maternal grandparents when she was born as Marguerite Johnson in 1928. As a child, Angelou and an older brother were
  
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• #itsjustLeelee: Kanye West releasing a cosmetic line?

  19-03-2017 17:50
  Kanye West is set to release a cosmetic line! Watch out Kylie Jenner! Kanye West filed with the United States Patent and Trademark office and continues to move forward with his beauty line call "Donda". Kayne West decided to name the beauty line after his mother, who passed in 2007.
  
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• Income Inequality: Despite thriving economy, many in central Ohio struggle in low-wage jobs

  19-03-2017 15:47
  Cathi Steele led a group of canvassers along Azelda Avenue in a North Linden neighborhood as raw as the winter morning. Worn bungalows and ranches, some boarded up, line the streets in the area where Steele searched for low-wage workers who need help with bills.
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Gloomy and chilly

  19-03-2017 14:24
  This Evening: Mostly cloudy with peaks of sun during the afternoon. High 44.Winds: N 5-10 mph.
  Tonight: Clouds decreasing during the evening leaving mostly clear skies. Chilly.Low 32.Winds: Calm.
  Tomorrow: Right around average for the first day of spring. Rain moving in during the morning with a chance for a thunderstorm. High 51. Winds: N 5-10 mph.
  Monday: A lingering shower early then turning mostly cloudy. Chance for a quick shower overnight. High 52. Winds: N 5-10 mph.Weather Resources: Inte
  
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• Password security tips to help you foil hackers

  19-03-2017 13:27
  
  Details from this week’s federal indictment of Russian hackers charged with compromising hundreds of millions of Yahoo accounts reveal that many people are still not taking routine precautions to safeguard their email accounts — and hackers are exploiting that.The Russian hackers didn’t have to work very hard to break into people’s email accounts, even those belonging to government officials or powerful executives. Here’s a look at a few simple ways to help safeguar
  
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• Slain NYC medic's son: "I know she didn't die in vain"

  19-03-2017 13:17
  
  The eldest son of a fire department medic fatally run over by a stolen ambulance urged her colleagues and loved ones Saturday to be humbled rather than sad in her memory."Seeing everyone she affected, I know she didn't die in vain," Jose Montes, the eldest of slain Fire Department emergency medical technician Yadira Arroyo's five sons, told the family members and colleagues gathered at the Bronx stationhouse where the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation announced it was giving $100,000 to
  
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• March Madness 2017: Game times, TV schedule, results

  19-03-2017 13:15
  
  With the first round in the rearview mirror, a monster set of matchups are on tap for the weekend. The 16 games on the schedule are filled with bluebloods and highly anticipated second-round throwdowns.How to stream NCAA tournament gamesResultsBelow are the tip times, and TV schedule for second-round action.The Final Four will take place April 1 and 3 on 10TV.---Second roundSunday12:10, 10TV, No. 2 Louisville vs. No. 7 MichiganApprox. 2:40, 10TV: No. 2 Kentucky vs. No. 7 Wichita State5:15, 10TV,
  
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• No opioids, please: Clearing the way to refuse prescriptions

  19-03-2017 13:11
  
  The ease of relapsing into opioid addiction has led a growing number of states to help residents make it clear to medical professionals they do not want to be prescribed the powerful painkillers.Connecticut and Alaska are two of the latest considering legislation this year that would create a "non-opioid directive" patients can put in their medical files, formally notifying health care professionals they do not want to be prescribed or administered opioid medications.Legislators in Massachusetts
  
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• Capital Crossroads Makes Pitch for Free Bus Pass Program for Downtown Workers

  19-03-2017 13:00
  When it comes to transit, discussions about light rail and streetcars — or high-profile, big-money initiatives like Smart Columbus — tend to grab the headlines. The Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District is betting that a much more modest program can help to revitalize Downtown while also putting a dent in Columbus’ infamous “car culture.”
  It will cost about five million dollars to pay for free bus passes for as many as 40,000 downtown workers, and the
  
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• Doctor removed patient records related to USA Gymnastics: university documents

  19-03-2017 12:54
  
  A Michigan State University doctor resigned after learning the school was considering her termination because she didn’t disclose in 2015 that USA Gymnastics was investigating a fellow physician who has since been charged with molesting young gymnasts, according to records released to the Lansing State Journal.
  The documents obtained from Dr. Brooke Lemmen’s personnel file through the Freedom of Information Act reveal she also removed patient records at Dr. Larry Nassar’s reque
  
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• North Korea tests newly developed high-thrust rocket engine

  19-03-2017 12:32
  
  North Korea has conducted a ground test of a new type of high-thrust rocket engine that leader Kim Jong Un is calling a revolutionary breakthrough for the country's space program, the North's state media said Sunday.Kim attended Saturday's test at the Sohae launch site, according to the Korean Central News Agency, which said the test was intended to confirm the "new type" of engine's thrust power and gauge the reliability of its control system and structural safety.Kim called the test "a great e
  
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• Dividing Lines | Last-mile bus service delivers workers to warehouse jobs

  19-03-2017 11:37
  The first workers arrive before dawn, ready to swap buses for the last-mile service that will deliver them to the warehouses. COTA's Line 81 stops where the shuttle picks up - at a Marathon gas station on the corner of Alum Creek Drive and London-Groveport Road.
  
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• Tiki Underground opens in Boston Heights March 25

  19-03-2017 07:36
  BOSTON HEIGHTS On March 25, celebrate the grand opening of Tiki Underground, a new Tiki Bar and Restaurant. Located on Old Route 8 just south of Route 303, on the border of Boston Heights and Hudson, Tiki Underground unites Polynesian cocktails and food with traditional bar favorites.
  
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• Man who drove suspicious car near White House is detained

  19-03-2017 06:16
  
  WASHINGTON -- A man who drove to a security checkpoint near the White House in a car that was deemed suspicious has been detained by the U.S. Secret Service.The car was stopped Saturday night about a quarter-mile from the White House.The Secret Service says it's investigating. It hasn't said what caused the car to be considered suspicious.Republican President Donald Trump wasn't at the White House because he and his family are spending the weekend at his resort in Palm Beach, Florida.Earlier Sat
  
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• Car and bomb claim at White House sets off security alert

  19-03-2017 06:16
  
  According to a CNN report, two law enforcement officials told CNN a car drove up to a White House checkpoint late Saturday night and the driver claimed to have a bomb in his vehicle,There is no confirmation that there is any device in the vehicle but security at the White House was immediately upgraded.One person is in custody and the vehicle is currently being checked, the sources said.Several streets around the White House have been closed, and the situation is ongoing.
  
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• Alfred Arthur Tibor | 1920-2017

  19-03-2017 03:35
  But Tibor made up for lost time as he left a lasting mark with his work on display around central Ohio. His sculptures are featured in more than 500 public and private collections, including the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem.
  
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• Amber Alert issued for abducted 1-year-old in Ashtabula

  19-03-2017 03:17
  
  ASHTABULA, OH - An Amber Alert has been issued by the Ashtabula Police Department for a missing one-year-old boy.Police say Omar Stanley was last seen at 3404 Lake Avenue in Ashtabula in apartment 20.Stanley is described as being 2'6" tall, weighs about 26 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes.He was last seen wearing green pajamas with monkeys on them.Police say Omar was abducted by his father, 26-year-old Jeffrey Stanley.He is 6'3" tall, weighs 180 pounds, and has brown hair and brown eyes.
  
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• Amber Alert canceled after 1-year-old boy and father are found

  19-03-2017 03:17
  
  ASHTABULA, OH - An Amber Alert originating out of Ashtabula in northeast Ohio Saturday night was canceled after a one-year-old boy and his father were found.Police say Omar Stanley was abducted by his father, Jeffrey Stanley at an apartment on Lake Avenue in Ashtabula. Jeffrey Stanley
  Police have yet to release where they found Omar and his father and if they are safe.
  
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• Court blocks law that would have closed Mississippi's only abortion clinic

  19-03-2017 03:00
  
  JACKSON, Miss. -- A federal court on Friday permanently blocked Mississippi’s law that threatened to close the state’s only abortion clinic by setting a hospital-privileges requirement the clinic couldn’t fulfill.
  The ruling comes eight months after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked a similar law in Texas. In a statement, Center for Reproductive Rights President and CEO Nancy Northup called the ruling the latest victory for women’s health and rights.“Our landmark win a
  
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• Toddler with Down syndrome models for British retailer

  19-03-2017 02:50
  
  LONDON — A British clothing retailer is featuring a toddler girl with Down Syndrome as a model in its stores across the United Kingdom.Britain's ITV reports that Lily Beddall's picture is hanging on the walls of 217 Matalan locations in the U.K.Her mother, Vicki Beddall, took Lily to see her picture in one of the stores and posted the moment on Facebook . She writes that she's "proud of Lily and proud of what she has achieved." She adds, "no limits for our little girl."The company's market
  
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• Police: Man fatally shot wife in grocery store parking lot

  19-03-2017 02:42
  
  AUBURN, Ga. — Police are investigating a fatal shooting outside a grocery store in a suburb northeast of Atlanta.WSB-TV reports Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith says the shooting happened Saturday around 5:20 p.m. in the parking lot of an Ingles grocery store in Auburn.According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, a 911 call came from the store about a domestic disturbance.Officers arrived to find 51-year-old Dorothy Russell of Statham, Georgia, shot to death in a car.Police say Russell
  
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• Chillicothe community talks to LGBT advocate groups about equality

  19-03-2017 02:40
  Organizers of a local grassroots effort to fight for LGBT equality says change has to start locally before they can go to Washington D.C. In Ross County, state and local advocates met with the community to start talking.
  It's a first step for some in the Chillicothe community in the fight for equality."The rights of the LGBTQ, especially transgendered, are not fully recognized," Reverend Lynne Hoover said.
  It started Saturday with a panel discussion at a small town hall meeting. State and local
  
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• Ohio State wrestler Kyle Snyder wins second NCAA title

  19-03-2017 02:07
  
  Ohio State wrestler Kyle Snyder has added another championship to his resume.Snyder, a junior and a reigning Olympic champion, won the NCAA title in the 285-pound weight class on Saturday.Snyder's gold medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio capped an impressive 12-month span for the wrestler.In the summer of 2015, he became the youngest world champion in USA wrestling history.In the 2015-2016 collegiate wrestling season, Snyder won Big Ten and NCAA championships. 🏆🏆 Olympic champ. Wor
  
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• Holocaust survivor and Columbus sculptor, Alfred Tibor, dies at the age of 97

  19-03-2017 00:51
  
  Alfred Tibor, a Holocaust survivor and famous sculptor in the Columbus area, has died at the age of 97.According to his obituary, he moved to the United States in 1956 before settling in Columbus in 1972.His sculptures can be seen throughout Columbus and a park in Upper Arlington, Tibor Park, is named after him.A funeral service for Tibor will be held Monday afternoon at Congregation Agudas Achim.In 2013, 10TV produced a story about Tibor.The video can be seen below."When I was 6-years-old, my d
  
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• Eclipse’s Delightful Cripple of Inishmaan Runs Through March 26

  19-03-2017 00:19
  
  Martin McDonagh’s Off-Broadway hit The Cripple of Inishmaan opened at Eclipse Theatre Company on Thursday in a lively production directed by Greg Smith.
  The Cripple of Inishmaan takes place on its eponymous piece of Ireland’s Aran Islands in 1934 as Robert Flaherty and a Hollywood crew are filming Man of Aran on neighboring island Inishmore. Billy Claven (Jack Miller), a young man deformed at birth and raised by his Aunties Kate (Molley Collins) and Eileen (Kate C
  
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