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• Doctor doubled girl's antidepressant dosage before she live-streamed her suicide

  26-03-2017 23:07
  
  MIAMI - A month before a South Florida foster child live-streamed her suicide on Facebook Live, the dosage of an antidepressant given to her was doubled by a doctor.The Miami Herald reported Sunday that Zoloft, the antidepressant prescribed to 14-year-old Naika Venant has a critical warning that it increased the risk of suicide in children.The drug had a "black box" warning that is U.S. Food and Drug Administration's strongest advisory.A spokesman for Zoloft's parent company, Pfizer, says the bl
  
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• Dispatch photography staff honored by Ohio association for work in 2016

  26-03-2017 23:02
  Dispatch photographers and videographers raked in 33 awards, including six first-place awards, for their 2016 work at the Ohio News Photographers Association annual contest Saturday at Ohio University in Athens. The Dispatch took first place for Photography Staff of the Year for large markets and also first for Team Picture Story, for its work documenting the case of Tyre King, the 13-year-old robbery suspect shot by Columbus police after pulling a BB gun from his waistband.
  
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• Fire contained inside Owens Corning warehouse in Newark

  26-03-2017 22:49
  
  NEWARK, Ohio - The Newark Fire Department is looking into the cause of a fire inside a warehouse in Newark.The fire department said the fire started inside a warehouse at Owens Corning Sunday afternoon.The company makes insulation, roofing, and fiberglass composites.The fire department said no one was hurt.According to the fire department, the fire was contained in about an hour.This is not the first fire at the Owens Corning facility.There was a small roof fire in February 2014.Large bulk bails
  
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• House names the barn a part of Ohio's architectural history

  26-03-2017 21:48
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio House has unanimously passed a bill designating the barn as the official historical architectural structure of Ohio.Republican Rep. Anne Gonzales of suburban Columbus says a school group brought the idea to her.Students from the Westerville City Schools' gifted education program wanted to emphasize the importance of preserving the many historic barns dotting Ohio's countryside.Gonzales says the bill approved this past week honors Ohio's agricultural heritage and l
  
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• Cleveland Fire Department hasn't hired a woman in 25 years

  26-03-2017 21:32
  
  CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Fire Department hasn't hired a female recruit in more than 25 years, leading many to question why such a gender gap exists in the Ohio city.WKYC-TV reports there are more than 750 firefighters currently employed by the department. But just four of them are women, and they are all expected to retire within the next few years.Firefighter Daphne Tyus, a 29-year veteran, says she's proof that women in Cleveland can do anything they put their mind to.Fire Chief Angelo Calvi
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Mostly cloudy & warm, chance for showers late

  26-03-2017 21:28
  This Afternoon:Mostly cloudy & warm, chance for showers late. Upper 60s.
  Tonight: Showers and storms late. 53.
  Tomorrow:More scattered showers and storms. 64.
  Wednesday:Partly cloudy and more seasonable. 57.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysSpecial Information: Weak high pressure drifts to the east today, allowing another low-pressure system to move across our region. This will bring more showers and some evening/overnight thunderstorms back into our f
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Patchy fog and showers to start the week

  26-03-2017 21:28
  This Morning:Mostly cloudy, patchy fog.
  This Afternoon:Mostly cloudy & warm, chance for showers late. Upper 60s SW 5-10 mphTonight: Showers and storms late. 53 Lt SETomorrow:More scattered showers and storms. 64 N 5-10 mph
  Wednesday:Partly cloudy and more seasonable. 57Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysSpecial Information: Weak high pressure drifts to the east today, allowing another low-pressure system to move across our region. This will bring more s
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: A soggy start to the week

  26-03-2017 21:28
  This Evening:Showers and storms linger with isolated strong wind gusts.
  Tonight:Rain tapers off overnight.Low 52.Winds: SW 4-8 mph.
  Tomorrow:Sun to start with increasing clouds and rain late, mild.High 69.Winds: SW 4-8 mph.
  Tuesday:Showers and a few storms early.Turning mostly cloudy & breezy in the afternoon.High: 64.Winds: NW 8-12 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysSpecial Information: Showers and storms will be possible through Sunday afternoon a
  
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• Police looking for person poisoning dogs in Wisconsin

  26-03-2017 21:27
  
  LAKE HALLIE, Wis. - Police in a western Wisconsin town are trying to find whoever is making dogs sick.The Lake Hallie Police Department says someone has been putting an unknown substance inside cut-up hot dogs, wrapping the hot dogs in dental floss and then tossing the meat in people's yards. Police say dogs have gotten sick from eating the hot dogs.Police have posted on Facebook pictures of a "suspicious subject" taken on a trail camera.
  
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• EPA chief: Trump to undo Obama plan to curb global warming

  26-03-2017 21:18
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump in the coming days will sign a new executive order that unravels his predecessor's sweeping plan to curb global warming, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Sunday.EPA chief Scott Pruitt said the executive order to be signed Tuesday will undo the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan, an environmental regulation that restricts greenhouse gas emissions at coal-fired power plants. The 2015 rule has been on hold since last year while a fe
  
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• UK: Attacker used WhatsApp, message can’t be accessed

  26-03-2017 21:01
  
  LONDON — Westminster Bridge attacker Khalid Masood sent a WhatsApp message that cannot be accessed because it was encrypted by the popular messaging service, a top British security official said Sunday.British press reports suggest Masood used the messaging service owned by Facebook just minutes before the Wednesday rampage that left three pedestrians and one police officer dead and dozens more wounded.As controversy swirled over the encrypted messages, police made another arrest in Birmin
  
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• California slaying victims are mom, 2 kids and another woman

  26-03-2017 20:51
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The four people killed last week in a quiet Northern California neighborhood include a woman and her two children, authorities said Sunday.The victims are Angelique Vasquez, 45; her daughter, Mia Vasquez, 14; her son, Alvin Vasquez, 11; and Ashley Coleman, 21, according to the Sacramento County coroner's office.Detectives did not immediately know what relationship Coleman had to the Vasquez family, Sacramento Officer Matthew McPhail said.Police found the victims Thursd
  
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• 15 Shot and 1 Dead At A Cincinnati Ohio Nightclub [VIDEO]

  26-03-2017 18:36
  It is being report that at least 15 have been shot and 1 has died at a nightclub in Cincinnati, Ohio. According to reports Cameo Nightclub was hosting a youth night and the club was packed with hundreds when shots rang.
  
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• Crew Tops Timbers 3-2 in Home Game Win

  26-03-2017 17:17
  
  It feels like an eternity (October 1, actually) since Columbus Crew SC were able to celebrate a home win, yet after a somewhat uneven start to the 2017 season Crew SC brushed away the ghost of MLS Cup 2015 with a 3-2 victory over that years party poopers, and unwilling beer targets, Portland Timbers.
  The evening didn’t start out well for Crew SC when it took Portland just 4 minutes to find the back of the net, however, a stroke of luck in the 11th minute saw the ball ricochet in front of J
  
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• Goodale Pro Hardware Closing Doors in Grandview

  26-03-2017 16:45
  
  After eight years of serving the hardware needs of Grandview Heights and the surrounding areas, Goodale Pro Hardware is closing its doors for good. Father-and-son owners Jeff and Jeffrey Zettler have labeled the closure as a retirement sale, and currently have all items in the store priced to close out all inventory.
  When the store opened in 2009, it was a compliment to the Downtown Zettler Hardware store, which had served the community since the 1840s. The Downtown store closed temporarily in 2
  
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• Photos: Trump Supporters and Protestors Gather Downtown

  26-03-2017 15:23
  
  Hundreds of vocal citizens gathered on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse yesterday afternoon to share their opinions of President Donald Trump. Supporters rallied on the steps of the Statehouse as a part of a national “Make America Great Again” Rally that took place in large cities all across the US, while a counter-protest took place on the sidewalk next to High Street.
  Signage and identification revealed a diverse set of groups in attendance from the West Ohio Militia armed with a
  
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• Iran imposes sanctions on 15 U.S. firms

  26-03-2017 14:59
  
  Iran said Sunday it has imposed sanctions on 15 American companies over their alleged support for Israel, terrorism and repression in the region.A Foreign Ministry statement carried by the state-run IRNA news agency said the companies are barred from any agreements with Iranian firms and that former and current directors will not be eligible for visas.The move is seen as a response to U.S. sanctions placed on dozens of Iranian entities in February following an Iranian missile test. Iran's sancti
  
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• Trump's border-wall proposal faces many obstacles

  26-03-2017 14:50
  
  President Donald Trump has now laid out exactly what he wants in the "big, beautiful wall" that he's promised to build on the U.S.-Mexico border. But his effort to build a huge hurdle to those entering the U.S. illegally faces impediments of its own.It's still not clear how Trump will pay for the wall that, as described in contracting notices, would be 30 feet (9 meters) high and easy on the eye for those looking at it from the north. The Trump administration will also have to contend with unfav
  
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• Will NYC invite the 'Fearless Girl' to stay on Wall Street?

  26-03-2017 14:42
  
  Should the "Fearless Girl" stand up to Wall Street's charging bull forever?That's the question New York City officials are facing after a statue of a ponytailed girl in a windblown dress went up in front of the bronze bull early this month and immediately became a tourist draw and internet sensation.What was intended as a temporary display to encourage corporations to put more women on their boards is now getting a second look in light of its popularity, which has spawned an online petition seek
  
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• Idaho woman says she crashed because she saw a sasquatch

  26-03-2017 14:37
  
  A northern Idaho woman told police she crashed into a deer because she was distracted by a sasquatch in her rearview mirror.The Moscow-Pullman Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/2n2zshf ) that the 50-year-old Tensed woman was driving south on U.S. Highway 95 on Wednesday when she struck a deer near Potlatch.The woman told Benewah County Sheriff's officials that she saw a sasquatch chasing a deer on the side of the road while driving. She says she checked one of her mirrors to get a second look a
  
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• Guardian lions back in front of Columbus police headquarters

  26-03-2017 14:12
  After more than four years, two 9,000-pound stone lions are back where Columbus police officers and their union think they belong - guarding the Downtown police station. The statues were moved Saturday from pedestals in front of the nearby former police headquarters and reinstalled next door, at the entrance to the current police headquarters.
  
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• Man carrying a sword, dressed as Joker arrested in Virginia

  26-03-2017 14:07
  
  Police in Virginia have arrested a man who was dressed as comic book villain the Joker and reportedly carrying a sword.Winchester Police Department spokeswoman Jennifer Hall said in a news release that the department got several 911 calls Friday afternoon reporting a man made up as Batman's nemesis. He was wearing a cape and carrying a sword.Thirty-one-year-old Jeremy Putman has been charged with wearing a mask in public, a felony that can result in five years of jail.Right now, he is being held
  
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• Biden says if he'd run for president he could have won

  26-03-2017 13:55
  
  Former Vice President Joe Biden says that if he had run for president in 2016 he could have won.Biden told students at Colgate University in central New York on Friday that he could have won the election but the Democratic primary would have been "very difficult."Biden said his son Beau's battle with brain cancer kept him out of the race.The Observer-Dispatch of Utica reports (http://bit.ly/2nS1bWc ) that Biden said anyone who runs for president should be able to "look the public in the eye and
  
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• Man killed in Cincinnati nightclub shooting ID'd; 15 hurt

  26-03-2017 11:17
  CINCINNATI— Gunfire erupted early Sunday inside a crowded Cincinnati nightclub after a dispute broke out among several men, killing one man and injuring 15 other people, authorities said.No suspect was in custody by the afternoon and police did not think the shooting at the Cameo club was terrorism-related. They said the nightclub has a history of gun violence.Cincinnati Police Chief Eliot Isaac said one of the wounded was in "extremely critical condition." A hospital spokeswoman said two
  
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• 15 people shot, 1 killed at Cincinnati nightclub

  26-03-2017 11:17
  
  Police say 15 people were shot and one person was killed when gunfire erupted at a Cincinnati nightclub.WLWT reports (http://bit.ly/2mDfUV3) that the shooting was happened about 2 a.m. Sunday at Cameo nightclub.The victims were taken to four area hospitals.Police have not said whether anyone is in custody, and the investigation is ongoing.It wasn't immediately clear what prompted the shooting.
  
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• 1 dead, 15 injured in Cincinnati nightclub gunfight

  26-03-2017 11:17
  CINCINNATI — A gunfight broke out inside a crowded Cincinnati nightclub early Sunday, leaving one man dead and 15 other people wounded after a dispute among several patrons escalated into a shootout, authorities said.No suspects were in custody by Sunday night in the shooting at the Cameo club, which has a history of gun violence, and police said there was no indication of any terrorism link.Cincinnati Police Chief Eliot Isaac said one of the wounded was in "extremely critical condition,"
  
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• 1 dead, 14 injured in Cincinnati nightclub shooting

  26-03-2017 11:17
  CINCINNATI — Gunfire erupted inside a crowded nightclub early Sunday, killing one person and wounding more than a dozen others.Police said there is no indication the shooting at the Cameo club was terrorism related. Assistant Police Chief Paul Neudigate said in a tweet that the motive is still unclear, however. Authorities also didn't immediately have any suspects in the 1:30 a.m. shooting on a busy weekend night.Update: Motive is still unclear but there are no indications this incident is
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Spring showers and storms

  26-03-2017 11:11
  Today:Mild with rain beginning in the afternoon. Chance of storms in the evening with damaging winds and isolated hail possible.High 67.Winds: South 6-12 mph.
  Tonight:Rain and thunderstorms before midnight then turning partly cloudy. Low 53.Winds: South 5-7 mph.
  Tomorrow:Warm and feeling like spring. Chance of rain and possible thunderstorm in the evening.High 70.Winds: SW 5-8 mph
  Tuesday:Rain during the morning and afternoon. Chance of thunderstorms in the morning.High 62. Winds: NW 5-7 mph.Wea
  
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• Honor Roll of the Great War - Part I

  26-03-2017 09:55
  On 2 April 1917, President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany. Wilson cited Germany's violation of its pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, as well as its attempts to entice Mexico into an alliance against the United States, as his reasons for declaring war.
  
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• Judge: Case alleging Ohio 'segregates' disabled can proceed

  26-03-2017 05:50
  By JULIE CARR SMYTH, AP Statehouse Correspondent COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal judge has rejected requests by Ohio Gov. John Kasich and several state officials to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges the state has effectively segregated people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in institutions by failing to provide accessible community- or home-based services. Judge Edmund Sargus Jr. said Thursday that sovereign immunity granted to the Republican governor does not apply in the case and the
  
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• Skywatch: A darker sky could lead to added treats this week

  26-03-2017 04:52
  
  If you're looking up at the sky this week and you think you can see more stars, there's a reason for that: We'll see our new moon early in the week.
  That means we won't get as much light pollution so fainter objects will find it easier to escape the moon's glare.Look for the new moon Monday night at 10:57 p.m.The darker sky will make it easier to look for meteors, and a minor meteor shower is peaking late in the week.
  It's known as the Eta Draconid meteor shower and, while it's not a well-known
  
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• Utah's governor signs abortion-halting legislation

  26-03-2017 04:01
  
  Utah's governor signed legislation on Saturday that would require doctors to inform women that medication-induced abortions can be halted after taking just one of two pills, despite doctors' groups saying there is little evidence to back up that idea.Proponents of the idea said doctors can give a woman the hormone progesterone to stop an abortion after she has taken the first of two medications needed to complete the abortion.The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has said that
  
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• Storms destroy church, homes in turbulent week of weather

  26-03-2017 03:51
  
  Storms demolished mobile homes in Arkansas and a church in Louisiana as a menacing weather system threatened several states across the South and Midwest, authorities said.A tornado destroyed four mobile homes and damaged others near Cato, Arkansas, about 15 miles north of Little Rock late Friday night, the National Weather Service confirmed on Saturday.An apparent tornado destroyed the Ringgold Assembly of God Church in Ringgold, Louisiana, late Friday night, the Bienville Parish Sheriff's Offic
  
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• Reynolds and Fisher honored with humor, music and dance

  26-03-2017 03:43
  
  Laughter, music and the tapping of dancing shoes reverberated throughout a public memorial to Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher, which loved ones say is just how the actresses would have wanted it.There were few tears throughout the two-hour ceremony Saturday, which honored the mother-daughter duo's impact on film, culture and those who knew them with a mix of photos, videos, and anecdotes that kept the audience laughing and applauding.Todd Fisher led the ceremony, which he said was intended to
  
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• Car crashes into front of longtime drug store in Lancaster

  26-03-2017 03:36
  
  LANCASTER, Ohio - Lancaster police told 10TV a car crashed into the front of a longtime drug store in Lancaster Saturday night.Police said a two-vehicle crash ended up with one of the vehicles hitting Risch Drugs at the corner of Columbus Street and Sixth Avenue.According to a 10TV crew at the scene, the cars have already been removed from the location and no roads are blocked.Photos of the scene show the car damaged the front portion of the store.Police said people involved in the crash were ta
  
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• The latest: Pence says fight against 'Obamacare' to continue

  26-03-2017 00:56
  
  The Latest on Congress and the health overhaul (all times local):7:35 p.m.Vice President Mike Pence has told a group at a small business in West Virginia that "we will end the Obamacare nightmare and give the American people the world-class health care that they deserve."Pence's message on Saturday comes after the GOP effort to repeal Barack Obama's health care law failed to gather enough Republican support to come to a vote in the House.Top congressional Republicans mostly concede the measure's
  
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• Man who bound dog's muzzle with tape sentenced to 5 years

  26-03-2017 00:44
  
  A South Carolina man who wrapped electrical tape around a dog's muzzle to stop her from barking has been sentenced to five years in prison.Media outlets report William Dodson's sentence Friday represented the state's maximum for animal cruelty. However, Dodson's sentence for mistreating Caitlyn won't extend his prison time.The 43-year-old North Charleston man was sentenced a day earlier in federal court to 15 years on a gun charge stemming from a traffic stop months before Caitlyn was found in s
  
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• WikiLeaks: CIA tools could infiltrate MacBooks, iPhones

  26-03-2017 00:26
  
  Armed with a fresh set of leaked documents, WikiLeaks said Thursday that the US Central Intelligence Agency has developed tools to infect Apple products like iPhones and MacBooks.The tools, which date from between 2009 and 2013, are unlikely to affect current Apple hardware. They show a spy agency attempting to crack into some of the most locked-down consumer electronics devices available, using hacking methods that require the agency to directly access the products.CNET is unable to verify whet
  
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• Man accused of killing college student had 3 parole violations after...

  26-03-2017 00:18
  A Columbus man had three parole violations after he was released from prison in November and before he was accused of raping and fatally shooting an Ohio State University student in February. Brian Golsby, 29, who is accused of killing 21-year-old Reagan Tokes on Feb. 9, was sanctioned by parole officers for failing to comply with rules at the nonprofit Alvis House re-entry program, failing to reside in an approved residence and once failing to keep his GPS monitor charged, according to a state
  
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• “Solar-powered skin” could open new doors for prosthetics

  26-03-2017 00:14
  
  Engineers have developed a new way of harnessing the sun’s rays to power “synthetic skin” that they hope can be used to create advanced prosthetic limbs capable of returning the sense of touch to amputees.The researchers from the University of Glasgow had previously created “electronic skin” for prosthetic hands made from graphene, a highly flexible form of graphite that is only a single atom but stronger than steel.The new skin is more sensitive and uses natural en
  
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