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• Fayette County Jail to install body scanner after overdoses

  10-04-2017 23:52
  Seven inmates overdose in the Fayette County Jail weeks before a new tool will be in place to stop this from happening.The county is about to install a body scanner.It will check every inmate for anything hidden in their body cavities.A separate room is being constructed right now to house it.Body scanners are a new idea Sheriff Stanforth thinks is a necessity.“If you’ve got heroin back in the jail, you might as well bring in a bar of gold,” Sheriff Stanforth said.Morris-Hafner
  
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• Looking for a job? Columbus job fairs can help

  10-04-2017 23:21
  With many local companies closing doors and laying off employees, you might find yourself dusting off your resume. Over 80 companies took part in a career fair at OSU on Monday hoping to fill over 5,000 positions.Jewish Family Services and Easton Town Center also hosted a job fair at the Columbus Airport Marriott.The Columbus Metropolitan Library also helps with resume building in its Learning Lab, so getting that next job may only be a click away.“There's quite a few people who come in to
  
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• Free Adaptive Yoga Workshops Coming to Columbus

  10-04-2017 23:07
  Have you ever wanted to try out your neighborhood yoga class, but figured that your disability might make all those funky poses difficult? Or taken a yoga class, only to find that the teacher did not understand how to modify the poses to work with your unique body? I understand these quandaries. I wondered about the possibility of taking a yoga class as I rolled by the many yoga studios in my old neighborhood.
  
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• Columbus offering programs and services to keep kids safe during Spring Break

  10-04-2017 22:48
  Columbus Public School students met with city leaders at West High School Monday afternoon to share ideas to help keep kids busy and safe during spring break.Columbus Public Schools dismisses early Thursday and students won't return to class until April 24.Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther says the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department will host a variety of programs and events during Spring Break with safety as a top priority.“We know that our kids are safe when they’re in school. We
  
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• Man charged with murder after body found in east Columbus

  10-04-2017 22:39
  
  Columbus Police have arrested one person and charged him with murder after the discovery of a body behind an apartment complex in east Columbus.Police say they took 59-year-old Darryl Lee into custody for the death of 51-year-old Deloris Williams.Police received the call around 1:15 p.m. Monday from the 1800 block of Gault Street. Police say Williams died around 2:48 p.m.Authorities said her body was found in a black SUV behind the complex.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com on this developing story.
  
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• Body found behind apartment in east Columbus

  10-04-2017 22:39
  
  COLUMBUS - Columbus Police are on the scene of a body found behind an apartment complex in east Columbus.Police received a call around 1:15 p.m. Monday on the 1800 block of Gault Street. The body was pronounced at 2:48 p.m.Authorities are treating this as a homicide and the Franklin County Coroner's Office is heading to the scene.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com on this developing story.
  
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• Record blood donor from central Ohio has no plans to slow down

  10-04-2017 22:38
  
  Gary Richmond is a blood donating machine. About five times a year, Gary drives to the Red Cross. He's been donating blood since he was 18, when President Richard Nixon took office.The Red Cross estimates Gary has donated about 150 gallons of blood. That equates to saving the lives of 843 people. Gary is a Vietnam Veteran. He served four years in the Navy.He said his desire to give blood was inspired by those he served with."After I got out and all the people who suffered it was even more import
  
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• ArtPop Billboards Have Starting Appearing Around the City

  10-04-2017 22:30
  
  Columbus has started to have billboards covered in art popping up around the city. A collaboration between outdoor billboard company Lamar and the Greater Columbus Arts Council under their Art Makes Columbus/Columbus Makes Art campaign has resulted in the work of five local artists being showcased on the large scale platforms for the first annual ArtPop Street Gallery.
  Thirty-three artists applied. The five artists selected include: David Butler, Stephanie Rond, Cody F. Miller, Kate Morgan, and
  
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• ArtPop Billboards Have Started Appearing Around the City

  10-04-2017 22:30
  
  Columbus has started to have billboards covered in art popping up around the city. A collaboration between outdoor billboard company Lamar and the Greater Columbus Arts Council under their Art Makes Columbus/Columbus Makes Art campaign has resulted in the work of five local artists being showcased on the large scale platforms for the first annual ArtPop Street Gallery.
  Thirty-three artists applied. The five artists selected include: David Butler, Stephanie Rond, Cody F. Miller, Kate Morgan, and
  
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• "Game changing" drug given to first patients in central Ohio

  10-04-2017 22:18
  Medical staff at OhioHealth's Neuroscience Center at Riverside Methodist Hospital have reason to celebrate:they are first in the country to treat patients with a new drug in the battle against multiple sclerosis.Neuroscientist Dr. Aaron Boster said it’s a transformative moment.“For the first time we can slow someone’s disease down, it’s really special, a very, very big deal," he said.The significance of the drug Ocrevus lies in how it can slow what's called primary progre
  
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• Cheetah sisters prepare for the public this weekend at the Columbus Zoo

  10-04-2017 22:18
  Three baby cheetahs will join the Heart of Africa exhibit at the Columbus Zoo this weekend during a soft opening.Ophelia, Izzy and Lucy are just four months old.
  Weather permitting, the cheetahs will be out at the watering hole in the exhibit for a run every day at 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
  
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• Doppler 10: Rain arrives Tuesday

  10-04-2017 21:07
  Today: Lingering clouds. Cooler, but still mild. Near 70Tonight: Partially clearing. Cooler46Tomorrow: Brightening skies and seasonable. 62Thursday: Sun & clouds. Mid 60s.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: A weak cold front will cross the state today bringing a few showers and thunderstorms, mainly early. High pressure will then bring clearing skies and cooler temperatures for the next several days. Look for temperatures to bounce back by
  
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• Doppler 10: Rain arrives overnight

  10-04-2017 21:07
  This Evening: Mild and breezy with winds dying off a little after sunset.
  Tonight: Showers and storms arrive in the early morning hours.Low 59.Winds: 10-15 mph.
  Tomorrow: Rain during the morning commute, drying out in the afternoon, breezy.High 70.Winds: SW 10-15 mph.
  Wednesday: Sun returns, a little cooler with near-average highs.High 64.Winds: NW 5-10 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: Expect a mild night with rain arriving late tonight
  
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• Video shows Columbus police officer kicking man in the head

  10-04-2017 21:04
  
  The Columbus police department said an officer has been temporarily reassigned after he was seen on video kicking a suspect in the head.The incident began Saturday on the report of a discharged firearm in the area of Maize Road and Weldon Avenue.The video shows an officer restraining a man when another officer runs into frame and kicks him in the head.Police recovered crack cocaine and a gun from the suspect, who was identified as 22-year-old Demarco Anderson, according to their report.Columbus
  
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• Video appears to show Columbus police officer kicking man in the head

  10-04-2017 21:04
  The Columbus police department has identified the officer who appears to be kicking a suspect while on the ground and 10TV has learned the officer is one of the men involved in last summer’s shooting death of Henry Green.Officer Zachary Rosen is under investigation for his actions over the weekend involving a handcuffed suspect. The entire incident was caught on camera.Just last month, a grand jury cleared Officer Rosen of charges in the shooting death of 23-year-old Henry Green.Police hav
  
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• Teacher, boy die when husband opens fire in California class

  10-04-2017 20:07
  A man walked into his estranged wife's elementary school classroom in San Bernardino and opened fire without saying a word, killing her and an 8-year-old student before shooting himself in a murder-suicide that spread panic across a city still recovering emotionally from a terror attack just 15 months ago.A 9-year-old student also was critically wounded. He and the boy who died were behind their special-education teacher, Karen Elaine Smith, 53, the target of the man she had married months earli
  
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• Likely murder-suicide at school kills 2 adults, hurts 2 kids

  10-04-2017 20:07
  
  Two adults were killed and two students critically wounded Monday in an apparent murder-suicide inside a San Bernardino elementary school that spread panic across a city still recovering emotionally from a terror attack at a community center just 15 months ago.Authorities said one of those killed was a teacher and the other was the suspected shooter who opened fire in a classroom at North Park School. A school official said the attack was believed to stem from a "domestic dispute" and that the t
  
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• Likely murder-suicide at school kills 2 adults, 1 student

  10-04-2017 20:07
  A husband opened fire on his wife Monday in a San Bernardino elementary school classroom, killing her and a student in a murder-suicide that spread panic across a city still recovering emotionally from a terrorist attack at a community center just 15 months ago.The shooter also died, and a second student was critically wounded at North Park School."The children we do not believe were targeted," police Capt. Ron Maass told reporters.The gunman was identified as 53-year-old Cedric Anderson, of Riv
  
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• Trump to sell attack planes to Nigeria for Boko Haram fight

  10-04-2017 18:52
  
  The Trump administration will move forward with the sale of high-tech aircraft to Nigeria for its campaign against Boko Haram Islamic extremists despite concerns over abuses committed by the African nation's security forces, according to U.S. officials.Congress is expected to receive formal notification within weeks, setting in motion a deal with Nigeria that the Obama administration had planned to approve at the very end of Barack Obama's presidency. The arrangement will call for Nigeria to pur
  
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• The Big Table Returns May 17!

  10-04-2017 18:48
  
  Join us for a day of community-wide conversation and add your voice to The Big Table!
  On May 17, The Columbus Foundation will catalyze thousands of central Ohio residents to connect, talk, listen, learn, and be inspired at The Big Table. First launched in 2016, The Big Table provides an opportunity for central Ohio residents from all walks of life to host or attend conversations to build a strong and connected community.
  “Every voice has value. The Columbus area is at its best when we disc
  
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• Ohio State beefs up response plans after attack

  10-04-2017 18:25
  
  Ohio State University is beefing up its automated response system for campus crises after last year's car-and-knife attack exposed problems with the text-message system.A report that studied the November attack that injured more than a dozen people found some campus contractors and visitors weren't aware of automated campuswide alerts to seek shelter.The report by the OSU Department of Public Safety and obtained by The Associated Press also found that too much time passed between automated alert
  
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• Fingerprints lead to arrest in 1985 slaying of Ohio woman

  10-04-2017 18:12
  Authorities say fingerprints obtained in 2015 have led to the arrest and indictment of a man in the fatal shooting of a central Ohio woman in the mid-1980s. The Columbus Dispatch reports the Franklin County Prosecutor's Office in Columbus announced Monday that 63-year-old Douglas Krumlauf has been charged with aggravated murder in the slaying of 24-year-old Sharla Spangler.
  
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• 63-year-old man charged in 1985 murder

  10-04-2017 18:12
  Douglas Krumlauf has been indicted on charges of murder and aggravated murder in the death of Sharla Spangler, whose body was found early on the morning of Jan. 30, 1985, said Det. Steve Eppert of the Columbus police Homicide Cold Case Unit.
  
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• The Latest: G-7 ministers consider sanctions on Russians

  10-04-2017 17:13
  
  LUCCA, Italy (AP) — The Latest on Group of Seven meeting of foreign ministers from industrialized nations (all times local):3:20 p.m.British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson says Group of Seven foreign ministers are considering imposing new sanctions on Russian individuals over Moscow's support for Syrian President Bashar Assad.Johnson says ministers meeting in Lucca, Italy on Monday and Tuesday "will be discussing the possibility of further sanctions, certainly, on some of the Syrian milit
  
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• Oak tree in 'Shawshank Redemption' cut up, hauled away

  10-04-2017 15:47
  
  What remained of a 200-year-old oak tree made famous by the movie "Shawshank Redemption" has been cut up and hauled away by an owner of the north-central Ohio property.The Mansfield News-Journal reports (http://ohne.ws/2ohFpuC ) Dan Dees said last week he plans to use some of the wood to make a table. The tree was rotted in the middle when high winds knocked down a portion in 2011. It was further damaged during a storm last July.The tree was in one of the final scenes of the 1994 film starring T
  
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• Man charged in Cincinnati nightclub shooting pleads not guilty

  10-04-2017 15:42
  
  A man who allegedly opened fire in a crowded Cincinnati nightclub has pleaded not guilty to two murder charges and three dozen other charges.A Hamilton County judge on Monday ordered 27-year-old Cornell Beckley to remain held on $1.7 million bond. He was initially arrested by police on a murder charge in the March 26 gun battle, and a grand jury last week added charges including involuntary manslaughter, inducing panic, and felonious assault.Beckley's attorney has blamed the charges against him
  
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• The Latest: Gorsuch takes first of 2 oaths

  10-04-2017 15:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the swearing-in of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court (all times local):9:25 a.m.Surrounded by family and his future colleagues, Neil Gorsuch has taken the first of two oaths as he prepares to take his place as the 113th justice of the Supreme Court.The 49-year-old appeals court judge from Colorado is being sworn in Monday after a bruising fight that saw Republicans change the rules for approving Supreme Court picks - over the fierce objection of Democrats.Th
  
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• Gorsuch sworn into Supreme Court, vows to serve Constitution

  10-04-2017 15:34
  
  President Donald Trump praised new Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch during a White House swearing-in ceremony on Monday as a jurist who will rule "not on his personal preferences but based on a fair and objective reading of the law."In the Rose Garden ceremony, Trump said Americans would see in Gorsuch "a man who is deeply faithful to the Constitution of the United States" and predicted greatness for the 49-year-old former appeals court judge from Colorado."I have no doubt you will go down as
  
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• Teen injured after being shot inside his home in east Columbus

  10-04-2017 15:17
  
  A 16-year-old is recovering from a gunshot shooting that took place at his home along Marley Court in east Columbus. It happened around 3 a.m. on Monday in the 1800 block of Marley court. According to police, the male teen was inside his home when shots were fired from outside the house.The teen was struck in the leg and was transported to Nationwide Children's Hospital where is expected to survive his injuries. Right now, police are searching for a suspect, but have no suspect description. Sta
  
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• Police charge Knox County businessman in 1985 murder of Columbus woman

  10-04-2017 14:59
  The killing of Sharla Spangler went unsolved for more than 32 years.But Columbus Police say a fingerprint led them to a Knox County businessman, and he is now charged with her murder.Police found the body of 24-year-old Sharla Spangler on January 30, 1985.They said she had been shot to death and left under a semi trailer in a parking lot at the corner of Dublin Granville Road and Hamilton Rd.She had last been seen leaving the Gold Fox Lounge in Gahanna where she worked. Other employees found her
  
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• Charges filed in 1985 Gahanna cold case

  10-04-2017 14:59
  
  Charges have been filed in a central Ohio murder case that dates back more than 30 years.Douglas Krumlauf, 63, was indicted for the 1985 murder of Sharla Spangler near Gahanna. Spangler was 24 at the time.The Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office says that Krumlauf was connected to the crime after his fingerprints were entered into a database in 2015. Homicide detectives were eventually able to match those prints to evidence from Spangler’s murder.Spangler had last been seen leaving th
  
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• Charges filed in 1985 cold case

  10-04-2017 14:59
  
  Charges have been filed in a central Ohio murder case that dates back more than 30 years.Douglas Krumlauf, 63, was indicted for the 1985 murder of Sharla Spangler near Gahanna. Spangler was 24 at the time.The Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office says that Krumlauf was connected to the crime after his fingerprints were entered into a database in 2015. Homicide detectives were eventually able to match those prints to evidence from Spangler’s murder.Spangler had last been seen leaving th
  
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• Kasich focuses attention on future

  10-04-2017 13:07
  Gov. John Kasich was at Amazon's 800,000-plus-square-foot fulfillment center just outside of Columbus a few days back for a celebration of sorts of the new facility. Current subscribers have full access to all online news content as part of their subscription.
  
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• Teen hopes retweets will get him free chicken nuggets

  10-04-2017 12:52
  If you want something, you ask for it, right? That's one teenager's motto. And he really, really, really wants chicken nuggets.He tweeted Wendy's, asking how many retweets he'd need for a year of free nuggets.Wendy's response? 18 million.HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS pic.twitter.com/4SrfHmEMo3— Carter Wilkerson (@carterjwm) April 6, 2017On Monday morning, Carter's tweet had more than 2 million retweets. He just needs 16 million more to win.
  
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• Japanese scientists want to be first to drill into the Earth's mantle

  10-04-2017 12:47
  Humans have been to the Moon and explored almost every corner of the planet, but there's one place they have never been.A group of Japanese scientists say they plan to be the first group to successfully drill into the Earth's mantle, the planet's vast molten-rock interior, which lies just beneath the outer crust.Researchers at Japan's Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) say they are hoping to discover more about how our planet was formed and what the mantle is composed of.Ja
  
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• Wearable, portable breast pump gives new moms more flexibility

  10-04-2017 12:46
  A new technology is giving new moms more flexibility.Breast pumping on the go is a new reality for new mom Tara Riley. Tara used to spend hours in one place hooked up to a traditional breast pump.In December, she entered a trial group for Willow, a new wearable breast pump that is cordless, battery powered and quiet. The donut shaped bag has a one way valve to prevent leakage. The bags are freezer safe and disposable. Each pump weighs less than a pound.“It’s super comfortable,”
  
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• Man charged in Ohio nightclub shooting to appear in court

  10-04-2017 12:39
  A man indicted on two murder charges and dozens of other counts in an Ohio nightclub shooting is due in court for his arraignment.The Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office says 27-year-old Cornell Beckley is to be arraigned Monday on charges that also include involuntary manslaughter, inducing panic, weapons offenses and felonious assault. Beckley was indicted in the shooting deaths of O'Bryan Spikes and Deondre Davis at a Cincinnati nightclub. Fifteen other people were injured in the March 26 sho
  
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• Seven inmates overdose inside Fayette County jail

  10-04-2017 10:45
  
  Multiple inmates at the Fayette County jail overdosed within the facility early Monday morning.According to authorities with the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office, all seven inmates are women.The jail, which sits on Market Street in Washington Court House, houses both male and female inmates.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest on this developing story.
  
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• J. Cole Fly-A-Way to California

  10-04-2017 08:29
  Power 107 5 is giving you a chance to hang out with J. Cole! Listen for your chance to win a flyaway to see J. Cole in Los Angeles on July 11th. To win, all you have to do is join our text club by listening for the Key Word to text to 71007.
  
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• Jackets and Penguins open NHL playoffs series Wednesday

  10-04-2017 06:55
  
  A look at the NHL playoffs that begin Wednesday:___WHO'S PLAYINGEAST: The NHL-leading Washington Capitals face the Toronto Maple Leafs and the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins have home-ice advantage against the rival Columbus Blue Jackets on the Metropolitan Division side. On the Atlantic side, the division champion Montreal Canadiens face the wild-card New York Rangers, and the Ottawa Senators have home ice against the Boston Bruins.West: The Central Division champion Chicago
  
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• Cooper Stadium project stalls as developer ducks questions

  10-04-2017 05:53
  What's remaining of Cooper Stadium's grandstand sat bleakly under a heavy gray sky last week. Large boards have replaced many of the picture windows in the suites that line the top of the grandstand.
  
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• Dublin woman says friends were almost injured in Egypt bombings

  10-04-2017 04:38
  
  The deadly church explosions in northern Egypt came as scary news for a family in Dublin.
  "I do have family and friends [there]," said Gina, who did not want to give us her last name.
  "Luckily, they left the church in Alexandria like 5 minutes before the explosion."
  Gina says her heart is deeply saddened by the many lives lost in Egypt.
  "Egypt used to be a very safe place and I think still is. A group of people who does these stuff think they are serving God and they will get rewarded," she said
  
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• Forecast for big year of walleye, perch fishing in Ohio

  10-04-2017 03:52
  
  MARBLEHEAD, Ohio (AP) — The forecast for fishing on Lake Erie this year looks pretty good.Ohio's Department of Natural Resources says the outlook for walleye and yellow perch fishing look strong thanks to big hatches over the last few years.Fish management and research administrator Rich Carter says a strong walleye hatch in 2014 was followed up by an even bigger one the next year.Carter says those fishing for walleye and yellow perch are likely to come away hitting their daily limits.The
  
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• Art Review: Carmen Herrera’s “Lines of Sight”

  10-04-2017 03:45
  
  Here’s some context. Carmen Herrera is a centenarian painter who’s been plying her trade since the 1940s. She’s lived and worked in Cuba, Paris, and New York. Largely ignored by the art world, Herrera didn’t sell her first painting until she was 89. Thankfully, recent years have been kinder to the artist. Interest in her work has grown. Her paintings now command upwards of six figures. Her gallery shows sell out. She is the subject of a 2015 documentary The 100 Years Show
  
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• Syrian girl, 7, tweets support for Donald Trump's missile strikes

  10-04-2017 03:35
  
  The 7-year-old girl who rose to fame on Twitter as the “voice of Aleppo” is speaking out once again — this time, about President Donald Trump’s decision to order U.S. missile strikes on a Syrian air base.Syrian refugee Bana Alabed took to Twitter just hours after the U.S. launched 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles, to pledge her support.“I am a Syrian child who suffered under Bashar al Asad & Putin,” Alabed wrote early Friday morning. “I welcome Donald Tr
  
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• Garcia wins 1st major title at the Masters

  10-04-2017 01:38
  
  AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Sergio Garcia has won the first major championship of his career with a dramatic, sudden-death victory over Justin Rose at the Masters.Garcia finally broke through in his 71st major as a professional, and nearly 18 years after he was runner-up to Tiger Woods in a breakthrough performance in the PGA Championship.After missing a 5-foot birdie at the 72nd hole, Garcia had to get through one extra hole to finally remove the stigma of being considered the best player never to win
  
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• Appalachian Regional Commission: Essential or expendable federal spending?

  10-04-2017 01:31
  But in his first proposed budget, the new president has targeted an agency that advocates say pulled the region out of utter destitution. The Appalachian Regional Commission, established in March 1965 by President Lyndon Johnson, is among more than 60 agencies and programs that Trump's budget would eliminate.
  
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• No-fly zone: President Trump not allowed to use personal helicopter

  10-04-2017 01:05
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump can only look at the personal helicopter parked on the front lawn of his Mar-a-Lago resort. As far as going for a ride in it, he's grounded.The Secret Service says standard security protocol requires the president to fly on either Air Force One, a jumbo jet, or Marine One, a helicopter. The agency says Trump was never on the helicopter.It's hard to miss: The Sikorsky S-76 carries Trump's name in bold red print on the tail and step, and his per
  
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