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• Former Knox County Sheriff David Barber passes away

  02-04-2017 23:28
  
  MOUNT VERNON, Ohio -- Knox County is mourning the loss of former sheriff David Barber.The Knox County Sheriff's Office said Barber was found Sunday at his home.The office issued a statement on Facebook about the former sheriff's passing:"We are sad to report the death of retired Sheriff David Barber. He was discovered today at his residence. Our condolences to his family."Barber served as sheriff in Knox County from 1993-2013.
  
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• Pedestrian killed in hit-skip crash on West Side

  02-04-2017 23:18
  Passersby saw the 31-year-old man in the roadway at about 2:30 a.m. and called for help, according to Columbus police. He was pronounced dead at the scene. His identity is being withheld, pending notification of his family.
  
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• Family of murdered OSU student pushes for system changes

  02-04-2017 21:57
  
  The family of former Ohio State University senior Reagan Tokes is pushing for a "change to the system" after her brutal murder in February.Tokes’ body was found at Scioto Grove Metro Mark on February 9. She was last seen leaving work at Bodega in the Short North the night before.Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien tells 10TV Tokes' accused killer, 29-year-old Brian Golsby, was formally indicted Friday for her kidnapping, rape and murder.Golsby was also indicted on seven counts aggravate
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Showers and storms on Monday

  02-04-2017 21:15
  This Evening: Partly sunny and warm. SE wind 5-10 mph.
  Tonight: Clouds increase, but temperatures remain mild. Low 47. E wind 5-10 mph.
  Tomorrow: Overcast with a chance of showers, chances increase in the afternoon with the possibility of an evening thunderstorm. Chances stay with us tomorrow night. High 66. S wind 5-15 mph.
  Tuesday: Showers likely in the morning. Otherwise mostly cloudy and breezy with a high near 63. W wind 10-20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Showers & storms possible for Monday

  02-04-2017 21:15
  
  This Morning: Mostly cloudy and mild.
  This Afternoon: Chance for showers rises. Mid 60s.
  Tonight: Showers, chance for Thunderstorms. 56
  Tomorrow: Chance for lingering showers, or a storm. Low 60s.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: Low pressure system will move up from the south bringing showers and a chance for thunderstorms later today and into tomorrow.
  
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• Cochlear implant helps Columbus senior hear again

  02-04-2017 21:02
  After 26 years of living in a nearly silent world, Bruce Mills couldn't wait to hear his wife's voice again. She did it without so much as a glance in his direction because she didn't want to tip him off to her ploy.
  
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• Police looking for car that hit, killed man in west Columbus

  02-04-2017 20:40
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A man was killed while walking along Trabue Road in west Columbus early Sunday morning.The Columbus Division of Police said an unidentified man was walking westbound on Trabue near Ongaro Drive, when he was hit by a car around 2:30 a.m. The car then fled the scene.Witnesses saw the man in the road and stopped to call 9-1-1. Police said the man was pronounced dead at the scene.According to police, not much is known about the car that struck the man, but it should have damage to
  
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• Teenage employee shot during Subway shop robbery

  02-04-2017 20:17
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) - Authorities say a 17-year-old employee at a Subway sandwich shop has been wounded during a robbery in Cleveland.Police say the teenage girl was shot in the arm with a handgun during the robbery Friday night in the city's Old Brooklyn neighborhood. Police say the girl was taken to a hospital and was expected to be released Saturday.Police say one of two male suspects holding what appeared to be an assault-type weapon forced a male employee to retrieve money from the register and
  
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• Police: Ohio student sold cookies containing marijuana at school

  02-04-2017 20:14
  
  ONTARIO, Ohio (AP) - A high school student accused of selling cookies sprinkled with marijuana has been charged with a misdemeanor in northern Ohio.The Mansfield News-Journalreports that an Ontario police report says the 18-year-old girl told police and school administrators she made the cookies, sprinkled them with marijuana and sold them at school to fellow students.The Ontario High School student is charged in Ontario Mayor's Court with a first-degree misdemeanor relating to putting harmful s
  
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• Fisherman finds woman's unidentified body in Lake Erie

  02-04-2017 20:11
  
  PORT CLINTON, Ohio (AP) - Ohio authorities say a fisherman has found the unidentified body of a woman in western Lake Erie.The Sandusky Register reports the Ottawa County coroner has said the fisherman found the body floating in the lake around 5 p.m. Saturday about 4 miles north of the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station.Coroner Daniel Cadigan says the body had been in the water for some time and that it doesn't appear to have any signs of trauma.The Lucas County Coroner's Office will perform an
  
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• A 'sci-fi' cancer therapy fights brain tumors, study finds

  02-04-2017 20:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It sounds like science fiction, but a cap-like device that makes electric fields to fight cancer improved survival for the first time in more than a decade for people with deadly brain tumors, final results of a large study suggest.Many doctors are skeptical of the therapy, called tumor treating fields, and it's not a cure. It's also ultra-expensive — $21,000 a month.But in the study, more than twice as many patients were alive five years after getting it, plus the
  
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• Dakota Access fight provides blueprint for pipeline protests

  02-04-2017 20:04
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Prolonged protests in North Dakota have failed to stop the flow of oil through the Dakota Access pipeline, at least for now, but they have provided inspiration and a blueprint for protests against pipelines in other states.The months of demonstrations that sought to halt the four-state pipeline have largely died off with the February clearing of the main protest camp and the completion of the pipeline, which will soon be moving oil from North Dakota to a distribution
  
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• US ambassador says no question Russia meddled in election

  02-04-2017 20:01
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says there's no question Russia was involved in the U.S. presidential election and that the actions of the Kremlin will be addressed after the investigations are completed.In an interview with ABC's "This Week," Ambassador Nikki Haley says Trump hasn't told her not to criticize Russia. She says she is "beating up on Russia" over issues such as its actions in Crimea and its dispute with Ukraine.President Donald Trump has said he believes
  
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• 6 arrested in vicious attack on teen asylum-seeker in London

  02-04-2017 19:57
  
  LONDON -- UK police have arrested six people in a vicious attack on a teenage asylum-seeker in the London borough of Croydon.
  Authorities are questioning four men and two women, all in their 20s, on charges of attempted murder in the attack that left a 17-year old Kurdish-Iranian hospitalized with a fractured skull and a blood clot on his brain.
  Police say eight youths approached the teen at a bus stop Friday night. Upon learning he was an asylum-seeker, they chased him through the streets and b
  
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• Grim search for missing resumes after flood in Colombia kills at least 200

  02-04-2017 19:53
  
  MOCOA, Colombia -- A grim search for the missing resumed at dawn Sunday in southern Colombia after surging rivers sent an avalanche of floodwaters, mud and debris through a small city, killing at least 200 people and leaving many more injured and homeless.
  People pried through piles of rocks and wooden planks that entombed homes. Streets were covered in thick sand, mud and tree limbs from the rivers and rainforest that surround the city. There was little drinking water and no power, which forced
  
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• Remains found of Ariz. girl, 6, who disappeared in 2012, police say

  02-04-2017 19:50
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. -- Police have found the remains of a 6-year-old girl who went missing from her bedroom in Tucson nearly five years ago, putting an end to an exhaustive search that roiled the community and beyond.
  Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus said Friday that police found the remains of Isabel Celis in a rural area of Pima County about a month ago “not by happenstance.”The remains were identified through an independent out-of-state lab, Magnus said.
  “Obviously this is not the
  
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• New York Post app sends out "Heil President" alert after hack

  02-04-2017 19:46
  
  NEW YORK -- The New York Post app was hacked on April Fools’ Day, sending out a series of push alert notifications that included “Heil President Donald Trump.”The Post apologized Saturday night, shortly after its app sent out the alerts.“Our push alert notification system was compromised this evening,” the newspaper said in a follow-up alert. “We are working to resolve the issue. Please accept our apologies.”The Post also apologized on Twitter: The push
  
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• Crew SC Dethrones Orlando in 2-0 Match

  02-04-2017 19:12
  
  Columbus Crew SC continued their impressive start to the 2017 season with another win, this time over the until now unbeaten Orlando Lions at a chilly MAPFRE Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
  Goals on both sides of the half from in-form forward Justin Meram helped push a confident looking Crew SC side to their third win on the spin as they brushed aside a Kaka-less Orlando team that often looked dangerous but couldn’t find a way past the Crew SC backline.
  The first goal came in the 13th minut
  
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• Ohio awards millions in unbid IT contracts

  02-04-2017 16:20
  "This position was unbid" … "No competitive procurement was issued" … "The rates seem to be excessive" ... "The agency did not complete any competitive process" ... "This position could have been filled … with rates at least $63 less per hour." And, time after time, their superiors at the Ohio Department of Administrative Services overrode those concerns to award millions of dollars in no-bid, information-technology contracts, frequently paying more than $200 an hour -&
  
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• Firefighters investigating overnight apartment fire in east Columbus

  02-04-2017 16:02
  
  Firefighters were called out to a fire at an eight-unit apartment building in east Columbus early Sunday morning.The fire started around 3 a.m. on East Livingston Avenue between Barnett and Courtright Roads.Columbus Firefighters say two people were taken to the OSU Wexner Medical Center as a precaution for possible smoke inhalation.The cause of the fire is under investigation.
  
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• Ways to squeeze moments of stress relief into your day

  02-04-2017 13:49
  Commit to be Fit by finding ways to cut down on stress while improving your health.It can be hard to squeeze in stress relievers during your day, but 10TV's Jeff Booth spoke to registered nurse and certified personal trainer, Natalie Lane, with our Commit to be Fit sponsor the YMCA.She shares with us the short-term and long-term effects of stress, as well as quick stress-relieving exercises you can do at home.
  
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• One person critical after shooting in north Columbus

  02-04-2017 13:49
  
  COLUMBUS - One person is in critical condition after a shooting in north Columbus.It happened just before 7:30 am on the 7400 block of North High Street near a Motel 6.According Columbus Police, they do not have any suspect information at this time.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• A blitz: Car carrying Super Bowl trophy hits deer in Maine

  02-04-2017 13:26
  
  The Super Bowl trophy's run-in with a deer was nearly as improbable as the New England Patriots' come-from-behind win over the Atlanta Falcons.But it happened Friday night in Maine when a Patriots employee who had the Vince Lombardi Trophy in his vehicle struck a deer in Fairfield.Team spokesman Stacey James on Saturday confirmed the accident. James said the employee was unhurt and the trophy was unscathed.The trophy was on display Saturday at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine, as sche
  
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• Parched snake quenches thirst with bottle of water

  02-04-2017 13:07
  
  For thousands of years, snakes have been portrayed as the slithery, slimy embodiment of evil. But they’re not all bad.One cobra in a drought-stricken village in the southwestern Indian state of Karnataka emerged from hiding and slithered into town in search of water.Some friendly villagers banded together to help the 12-foot long snake get a drink. It was a team effort, but they were eventually able to help him out, and caught the encounter on video.Just another sign that when time
  
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• Dems urge President Trump to veto bill blocking online privacy rule

  02-04-2017 12:51
  
  Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer is urging President Donald Trump to veto a resolution that would kill an online privacy regulation, a move that could allow internet providers to sell information about their customers' browsing habits.The New York senator and 46 other Senate Democrats signed a letter calling on Trump to "tell us whose side he's really on."The Federal Communications Commission rule issued in October was designed to give consumers greater control over how internet service pr
  
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• Creator of rainbow flag, a symbol of gay rights, dies at 65

  02-04-2017 12:45
  
  Gilbert Baker, the creator of the rainbow flag that has become a widely recognized symbol of gay rights has died. He was 65.Baker was found dead Friday at his New York City home. The city medical examiner's office said Saturday that he had died of hypertensive heart disease.Baker was born in Kansas and served in the U.S. Army from 1970 to 1972.He was stationed in San Francisco in the early days of the gay rights movement and continued to live there after his honorable discharge.According to Bake
  
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• Boy, 14, arrested in sexual assault streamed on Facebook Live, police say

  02-04-2017 12:34
  
  A 14-year-old boy has been arrested in the sexual assault of a 15-year-old Chicago girl that was streamed live on Facebook and watched by about 40 people who didn’t report it to authorities, police said late Saturday.
  Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said more arrests are expected as the investigation continues. Police have said the attack involved five or six males, and Guglielmi said the boy “was one of the offenders in the video.” Girl allegedly sexually assaulted
  
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• 5 children dead in South Dakota house fire, authorities say

  02-04-2017 12:27
  
  Authorities say five children died in a house fire in western South Dakota.The fire was reported at 4:23 a.m. Saturday at a two-story residence in Spearfish, a town of about 11,000 people.Spearfish police and fire officials say the victims were believed to be between the ages of 6 and 9 years old. Officials aren’t ruling out that there could be more fatalities, but believe they have accounted for everyone, CBS affiliate KELO reports. There was possibly a sleepover or party happening at the
  
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• Columbus still seeks to trim cost of recycling contract

  02-04-2017 11:55
  Columbus officials tasked with ironing out a new contract for recycling and yard-waste pickup considered several options to cut costs before ultimately accepting Rumpke's price increase. They considered a one-year extension to give more time to negotiate the bid, which was 50 percent higher than the previous contract.
  
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• Students Band Together at Skully's Music-Diner

  02-04-2017 07:28
  A n evening of entertainment and education merged in the Short North on February 23 when Skully's Music-Diner hosted Groove U's 5th Annual Instaband competition. The contest brings together the best high school-level bands in Central Ohio to compete for a recording contract, studio EP, music video, concert booking support and gift card awarded by Groove U. 350 people attended the finals that evening with ten bands and musicians performing before judges, family, friends, and fans after finishing
  
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• Three prisoners escape correctional facility in Nelsonville

  02-04-2017 05:36
  
  Authorities in southeastern Ohio are searching for three prisoners who escaped the SEPTA Correctional Facility in Nelsonville.According to a release from SEPTA, David Skeens, Justin Delano Stanley, and Troy Brandon Tyler Byrd escaped the facility in two separate incidents. Two of the men escaped Friday night, and the third escaped Saturday evening.Skeens, 30, was serving time at the facility for a felonious assault conviction out of Licking County. He was last seen wearing a black zip-up hooded
  
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• Second prisoner captured after three escape correctional facility in Nelsonville

  02-04-2017 05:36
  Newark Police Chief says they captured a second of three prisoners who escaped the SEPTA Correctional Facility in Nelsonville Friday and Saturday.Justin Stanley was taken into custody Monday after he was followed by off-duty officers in Newark.On Sunday the Heath Police Department captured David Skeens as he was hiding with an adult at the Starlite Motel on the 1300 block of Hebron Road.Skeens cooperated with the Heath Police department during the investigation and was arrested where he was tran
  
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• One prisoner captured after three escape correctional facility in Nelsonville

  02-04-2017 05:36
  
  Heath Police have captured one of the three prisoners who escaped the SEPTA Correctional Facility in Nelsonville Friday and Saturday evenings.David Skeens was hiding with an adult at the Starlight Hotel on the 1300 block of Hebron Road.Skeens cooperated with the Heath Police department during the investigation and was arrested where he was transported to the Licking County Justice Center.The adult female has not been charged with any crimes at this time.Authorities in southeastern Ohio are still
  
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• North Carolina escapes after late Oregon rally

  02-04-2017 05:35
  
  North Carolina is one game away from its sixth college basketball national championship after surviving a late rally in the final seconds against Oregon.Kennedy Meeks matched his career high with 25 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as North Carolina won 77-76.Meeks' final rebound was the most pivotal, coming after a missed free throw in the closing seconds.North Carolina missed four straight free throws at the end of the game but got offensive rebounds in both cases to emerge victorious.Dylan Enni
  
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• Family of woman found dead in Big Darby Creek relieved after suspect arrested

  02-04-2017 04:00
  
  Twenty-nine year old Andrew McGowan was arraigned Saturday morning for the murder of Gabriel Hinojosa.
  The 22-year old was the mother of his two-year old daughter Madison.
  "It hurts and it sucks because now Madison not only doesn't have a mother, but now she doesn't have her father," said Kayla Hinojosa, Gabby's cousin.
  Prosecutors now say McGowan murdered Gabby in late February before placing her body in a recycling bin. That bin was found floating in Big Darby Creek in Grove City on February 2
  
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• Las Vegas officials rethink bus security, ads after shooting

  02-04-2017 03:29
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Las Vegas public transportation system is investigating how it uses surveillance video and vehicle advertisements a week after a fatal shooting and barricade situation on a public bus shut down the Strip for hours.The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada said in a statement Saturday that the agency is working with Las Vegas police to examine those issues from the March 25 incident.Police said all those aboard were able to flee. But during the barricade, auth
  
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• Astronaut Buzz Aldrin to take flight with the Thunderbirds

  02-04-2017 03:27
  
  MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) - Astronaut Buzz Aldrin will take flight once again, this time with the world-renowned Thunderbirds at the Melbourne Air and Space Show in Florida on Sunday.Aldrin was the second man on the moon, piloting the Apollo 11 and following Neil Armstrong onto the lunar surface in 1969.Now 87 years old, the retired Air Force colonel will be the oldest person to fly with the Thunderbirds, known for their rigorous physical requirements.His flight comes as the Air Force celebrates its
  
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• Truck carrying 30,000 pounds of bananas crashes

  02-04-2017 03:22
  
  HAMPTON, NH -- A truck carrying 30,000 pounds of bananas crashed Saturday morning and police say the driver was going too fast, CBS Boston reports. New Hampshire State Police said in a statement that Jose Fernandes, 34 of Chelsea, was driving north on Interstate 95 near Hampton, NH when he lost control of the truck in the snowThe trailer spun on the slippery road and caused the truck to roll over onto the highway. Police had to block the northbound side for three hours.Fernandes was taken to Exe
  
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• Vice President Mike Pence voices optimism, confidence during Ohio visit

  02-04-2017 02:47
  Vice President Mike Pence was the Trump administration's cheerleader-in-chief Saturday during a visit to the Columbus area, touting President Donald Trump's achievements during his short time in office and promising action on issues from health care to job creation. Trump's approval rating is historically low following the failure to pass a health-care bill to replace the Affordable Care Act, but the vice president voiced optimism that a solution to that and a range of other issues would be foun
  
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• MARCH MADNESS: Gonzaga wins, advances to title game

  02-04-2017 02:23
  
  The Gonzaga Bulldogs are headed to the national title game.Gonzaga weathered a furious second-half rally by South Carolina and held on to beat the Gamecocks 77-73 at the Final Four on Saturday night.The Bulldogs, who have lost once in 38 games this season, play the winner of the Oregon-North Carolina game for the national championship Monday night.
  
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• Gonzaga makes first NCAA title game with win over South Carolina

  02-04-2017 02:23
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. — Their star guard was outstanding. Their big men dominated inside. Still, it came down to some last-second strategy for Gonzaga to move on to the NCAA Tournament championship game for the first time.Nigel Williams-Goss scored 23 points, Gonzaga's big men combined for 27 and the Bulldogs kept South Carolina from taking a game-tying shot in a 77-73 victory Saturday night in a matchup of first-time teams at the Final Four."Just an awesome, awesome basketball game, with just h
  
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• Selfies – yes, selfies – could help diagnose rare genetic disease

  02-04-2017 01:58
  
  Could diagnosing rare genetic disorders one day be as simple as snapping a picture with a smartphone? That’s what a new study suggests.Researchers with the National Institutes of Health’s National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) successfully used facial recognition software similar to that found in airports and on Facebook to diagnose a rare genetic disease called 22q11.2 deletion syndrome using photos alone.The disease, also known as known as DiGeorge syndrome, can be diffic
  
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• 1 child killed, 6 found unresponsive after carbon monoxide leak at hotel

  02-04-2017 01:51
  
  NILES, Mich. -- Authorities say a carbon monoxide leak caused by a malfunctioning pool heater at a southwestern Michigan hotel has killed a child and sickened about a dozen other people, including seven other children and several police officers. The Niles police department confirmed the death of Bryan Douglas Watts, 13, of Niles, in an email to CBS News. In all, 12 people were taken to area hospitals, CBS affiliate WSBT reports. Two people remain in serious condition, Memorial Hospital in South
  
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• Colombia: 154 dead after rivers overflow, toppling homes

  02-04-2017 00:21
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — An avalanche of water from three overflowing rivers swept through a small city in Colombia while people slept, destroying homes, sweeping away cars and killing at least 154 unsuspecting residents.The incident triggered by intense rains happened around midnight in Mocoa, a provincial capital of about 40,000 tucked between mountains near Colombia's southern border with Ecuador.Muddy water and debris quickly surged through the city's streets, toppling homes, ripping tr
  
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• Repeat offender charged with arson in Atlanta overpass fire

  02-04-2017 00:14
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A man charged with arson Saturday in the raging fire that collapsed part of Interstate 85 north of downtown Atlanta has been arrested more than a dozen times, mostly on drug charges.Jail records show that Basil Eleby has been arrested repeatedly since 1995. Accused of starting the fire below the elevated highway, Eleby now faces charges of first-degree arson and first-degree property damage.Sophia Bruner and Barry Thomas, both charged with criminal trespass, were arrested al
  
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