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• American tries to learn from United's mistakes in incident

  22-04-2017 23:36
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Another day, another cellphone video of a conflict on an airplane.American Airlines said it grounded a flight attendant who got into a verbal confrontation with a passenger after taking a baby stroller away from another passenger on a Friday flight from San Francisco to Dallas-Fort Worth. The incident comes less than two weeks after video of a man being violently dragged off a United Express flight sparked widespread outrage .In an age of cellphone videos and social media,
  
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• Trump says he'll mark 100 days with Pennsylvania rally

  22-04-2017 23:31
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he'll mark his 100th day in office with a "BIG" rally in Pennsylvania.Trump hits 100 days on April 29 — next Saturday.He tweeted about the rally this Saturday, saying that next week "I will be holding a BIG rally in Pennsylvania. Look forward to it!" Next Saturday night I will be holding a BIG rally in Pennsylvania. Look forward to it!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 22, 2017April 29 is also the annual White House Correspo
  
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• Officials: Cigarette likely caused fire that burned 4 homes

  22-04-2017 23:27
  
  LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. (AP) — A lit cigarette likely tossed by a parent waiting for a school bus caused a southwest Florida brush fire that destroyed four homes and several cars.According to the News-Press, Lee County fire inspector Dale Reisen said Saturday that the 400-acre Lehigh Acres fire started Friday afternoon when a cigarette was tossed into some dry vegetation. The spot is next to a bus stop where parents pick up their children.Reisen said that even if the fire was accidental, the pe
  
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• Hernandez's body brought to Connecticut funeral home

  22-04-2017 23:24
  
  BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Former NFL player Aaron Hernandez's body was taken to a funeral home in his Connecticut hometown Saturday, two days before his family holds a private funeral.The body arrived in the afternoon at O'Brien Funeral Home in Bristol, said Laura Soll, a spokeswoman for the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association.A private service is scheduled at the funeral home Monday from 1 to 3 p.m. Soll said the burial will be private at an undisclosed location.The former New England P
  
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• Authorities drop 33 cases against Dakota Access protesters

  22-04-2017 23:17
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Authorities dropped nearly three dozen cases last month that stemmed from arrests of protesters against the Dakota Access crude oil pipeline, court records show.The Bismarck Tribune reported Saturday that prosecutors and judges dropped the 33 misdemeanor cases while another 14 were resolved by guilty pleas. Most of the cases dropped last month related to criminal trespass charges from the late summer and fall.Prosecutors struggled to prove those charges before Judge A
  
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• 1 dead after police shooting at apartment complex near Cincinnati

  22-04-2017 23:14
  
  HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say one person has been killed after a police shooting at an apartment complex in an Ohio city.The shooting in Hamilton in southwestern Ohio was reported around 3 p.m. Saturday. Hamilton police crime scene investigators were on the scene late in the day.Police used crime scene tape to place a large area of the apartment complex off limits.Hamilton is about 33 miles north of Cincinnati.This is a developing story. Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Bus driver cited for driving too fast in West Virginia crash

  22-04-2017 23:12
  
  WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. (AP) — Authorities in West Virginia say the driver of a bus that slammed into a tree, injuring 26 students and one adult from Ohio, has been cited for driving too fast.West Virginia State Police Senior Trooper K.M. Parker says speed was a factor in the Thursday evening crash along with the driver's unfamiliarity with the winding road.The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register reports the driver, Donald Haggerty, was cited for driving too fast for conditions.Parker say
  
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• Trump Health Dept. dismisses Obama appointed surgeon general

  22-04-2017 23:09
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration has relieved Dr. Vivek Murthy of his duties as U.S. Surgeon General.A spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services says Murthy was asked to resign after "assisting in a smooth transition" under President Donald Trump.Murthy was a holdover from the Obama administration.Murthy's deputy, Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams, is serving as acting surgeon general and leader the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps until the Senate confirms
  
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• Doppler 10: Sunny and warmer on Sunday

  22-04-2017 21:24
  This Evening: Cool with a slight chance of light showers, mainly cloudy. NE wind 15 mph.
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy with a light breeze. Low 41. NE wind 10 mph.
  Sunday: More sun than clouds and warmer. High 69. NE 5-15 mph.
  Monday: Sunny. High 71. E wind 5-10 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: Cool conditions with a few scattered light rain showers through the evening. Mostly cloudy tonight with lows around 40. Warming slightly on Sunday with
  
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• Second shooting victim dies among three shot on West Side

  22-04-2017 21:02
  Mohamed Noor "Deq" Mohamed, 21, died Friday night at Mount Carmel West Hospital, where he was taken in critical condition after the shootings around 2 a.m. April 17. Omar Abdulkadir Ali, 25, was pronounced dead at the scene, inside a black SUV with New York license plates parked in the 800 block of Wedgewood Drive. Their deaths were the 37th and 39th homicides in Columbus this year, police said.
  
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• Funeral services held for Cleveland victim of Facebook killer

  22-04-2017 20:48
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Funeral services have been held for a Cleveland retiree whose shooting death was posted on Facebook.Family members on Saturday recalled Robert Godwin Sr. as a loving, gentle person who taught the importance of forgiveness.The 74-year-old Godwin was shot Easter Sunday walking along a Cleveland street.Gunman Steve Stephens led police on a 2-mile chase in Erie, Pennsylvania, before fatally shooting himself Tuesday.Tonya Godwin-Baines, one of Godwin's 10 children, said the fam
  
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• March for Science marks Earth Day around the world

  22-04-2017 19:09
  NEW YORK -- Scientists worldwide left their labs and took to the streets Saturday along with students and research advocates, pushing back against what they say are mounting attacks on science.The March for Science, coinciding with Earth Day, was set for more than 500 cities, anchored in Washington, D.C., and to be joined by dozens of nonpartisan scientific professional societies in a turnout intended to combine political and how-to science demonstrations.WATCH LIVE: March for Science is happeni
  
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• March for Science gets underway, marking Earth Day around the world

  22-04-2017 19:09
  
  NEW YORK -- Scientists worldwide left their labs and took to the streets Saturday along with students and research advocates, pushing back against what they say are mounting attacks on science.The March for Science, coinciding with Earth Day, was set for more than 500 cities, anchored in Washington, D.C., and to be joined by dozens of nonpartisan scientific professional societies in a turnout intended to combine political and how-to science demonstrations.WATCH LIVE: March for Science is happeni
  
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• American Airlines employee allegedly hits woman with stroller

  22-04-2017 18:31
  
  A dispute between passengers and an American Airlines employee is bringing another black eye to the airline industry, just weeks after a violent confrontation on a United plane went viral.The latest incident occurred Friday on an American flight that was getting ready to take off from San Francisco to Dallas.A video posted to Facebook captured the moments after an employee allegedly took a stroller from a woman and hit her with it, narrowly missing the baby in her arms. The video shows the distr
  
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• Otterbein University programs attract and support low-income students

  22-04-2017 16:27
  Otterbein University has found a simple formula for more success with first-generation college students: Offer more financial aid, and they'll come; give them extra support, and they'll stay. In recent decades, the Westerville school drew only a handful of students each year from Columbus City Schools.
  
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• CPD seek shooter who opened fire into home, hitting teenager

  22-04-2017 14:25
  
  Columbus Police are looking for the person who opened fire into a northeast Columbus home, hitting a 15-year-old boy.Investigators say it happened at about 9:30 p.m. on Friday on Dawnlight Avenue. Witnesses told police that someone fired several gunshots, hitting the teenager.Police said the teenager was expected to survive. Police are asking anyone with information on the shooting to call 614-461-TIPS.Stay with 10TV News and 10TV.com for the latest on this developing story.
  
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• Thousands of scientists plan March for Science on Earth Day

  22-04-2017 13:26
  
  Tens of thousands of scientists plan to mark Earth Day on Saturday by marching in hundreds of cities across the country and around the world. They’ll be protesting cuts to research and programs aimed at fighting climate change.The march comes as many Americans are pessimistic about the environment. A CBS News poll on Friday found just 12 percent believe the environment will improve for the next generation. Fifty-seven percent say it will get worse.Ahead of Earth Day, most Americans pessimi
  
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• Pence embraces US-Australia partnership after Trump spat

  22-04-2017 13:11
  
  U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Australia's prime minister swept aside any lingering tensions Saturday over an Obama era agreement on the resettlement of refugees, joining forces to urge China to take a greater role in pressuring North Korea to scuttle its nuclear weapons and missile program.Pence and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull repeatedly praised the decades-long American-Australian alliance following a meeting in Sydney, with the vice president passing along President Donald Trump's "ve
  
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• Prosecutors: Dentist pulled tooth while riding hoverboard

  22-04-2017 12:56
  
  Prosecutors say an Alaska dentist charged with Medicaid fraud pulled a sedated patient's tooth while riding a hoverboard.Seth Lookhart was charged with 17 counts of Medicaid fraud after prosecutors say he billed Medicaid $1.8 million last year for IV sedation used in procedures that didn't call for it.Prosecutors say in an indictment that investigators found a video on Lookhart's phone of him riding a hoverboard while extracting a sedated patient's tooth. They say he texted the video to his offi
  
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• OSU usher connects to fans with "Confessions"

  22-04-2017 12:52
  The best stories are the ones that tell themselves, and Trevor Zahara's story speaks volumes.
  He finds the pleasure in being personable, even after being an Ohio Stadium usher for the last 20 years.
  "No, it never gets old," he said. "I love it."
  He loves being a part of something bigger than himself. He loves being a part of a long-standing tradition. Now, he loves knowing he's able to share the past two decades with others.
  "I want to pay [it] forward," he said.
  He's put his passion on more tha
  
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• Prosthetic arm designed by undergrads lets girl play violin

  22-04-2017 12:41
  
  The pressure was on for Abdul Gouda and his classmates at George Mason University: Not only did their graduation depend on the success of their project, but so did the hopes of an impossibly cute 10-year-old girl.Fifth-grader Isabella Nicola wanted to play the violin, but she was born with no left hand and a severely abbreviated forearm. Her music teacher at Island Creek Elementary in Fairfax County had built her a prosthetic allowing her to move the bow with her left arm and finger the strings
  
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• Supply ship named for John Glenn arrives at Space Station

  22-04-2017 12:32
  
  A supply ship bearing John Glenn's name has arrived at the International Space Station.Astronauts used the station's big robot arm to grab the capsule Saturday morning.NASA's commercial shipper, Orbital ATK, named the spacecraft the S.S. John Glenn in honor of the first American to orbit Earth. It rocketed from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Tuesday with nearly 7,700 pounds of food, experiments and other goods.Glenn died in December at age 95 and was buried earlier this month at Arlington National
  
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• Earth Day

  22-04-2017 11:39
  Central Ohio residents can celebrate Earth Day Saturday by communing with their furry and feathered friends, by doing some spring cleaning or by showing their support for environmental science. The first Earth Day was observed on April 22, 1970, to call attention to environmental issues and has led to adoption of a number of laws and regulations governing conservation, pollution and land use.
  
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• Afghan official: Gunmen attacked army base, 100 casualties

  22-04-2017 11:39
  
  Gunmen wearing army uniforms stormed a military compound in the Balkh province, killing or wounding more than 100 army personnel, an Afghan official said Saturday.Daulat Waziri, spokesman for the Afghanistan Ministry of Defense, said the attack a day earlier on a compound of the 209th Corps of the Afghan National Army left dozens of soldiers and other personnel dead or wounded.Gunmen entered the compound with a military vehicle and began shooting at soldiers as they prayed in a mosque, he said.W
  
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• Police identify man found dead at Miracle Car Wash in Reynoldsburg

  22-04-2017 11:09
  
  Reynoldsburg Police have identified the man who was found dead early Saturday at a Miracle Car Wash on the 600 block of Lancaster Avenue.Authorities said 59-year-old James Stennies Jr. was found with a gunshot wound to his chest.Police said they received a call at about 1:30 a.m. about gunfire in the area.Police said they found the man's body in the parking lot. Investigators are asking anyone with information about the man's death to call 614-866-6622.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates on
  
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• One person found dead at Miracle Car Wash in Reynoldsburg

  22-04-2017 11:09
  
  Reynoldsburg Police say one person was found dead at a Miracle Car Wash on Lancaster Avenue.Police say they received a call around 1:30 Saturday morning about gunshots.When they got there, they found a man dead in the parking lot.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates on this story.
  
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• OSU issues neighborhood safety notice after armed robbery off campus

  22-04-2017 10:17
  
  The Ohio State University issued a warning early Saturday about an armed robbery off campus.OSU says at 1:10 a.m. Columbus police responded to a report of an armed robbery on Summit Street between E. 14th Ave and E. 15th Ave. Reports indicate two female Ohio State students were approached by an unknown male with a handgun who demanded their purses. He then fled with their belongings in an unknown direction.The suspect is described as a skinny, 22 to 25 year old male, standing 5’8” to
  
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• Doppler 10: Cool and dreary Earth Day

  22-04-2017 10:06
  This Evening: Mostly cloudy to overcast and cooler.
  Tonight: Cloudy skies, chance for rain late in Southern Ohio.Low 44.Winds: NE 8-12 mph.
  Tomorrow: Showers possible in the afternoon and evening.Cooler and a little breezy.High 55.Winds: NE 8-12 mph.
  Sunday:A few showers early then partly cloudy.High 66.Winds: NE 5-10 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information:We’ll see cooler air working in tonight behind a cold front and the chance for rai
  
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• K. Michelle Puts The Real On BLAST

  22-04-2017 06:55
  When asked about drama from her past, K. Michelle didn't take the shade too lightly thrown by Loni Love. 3. The homie @djlukenastyy in the building tonight at #PowerFallFest.
  
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• Franklin County Board of Elections gets poll pads ahead of May primary

  22-04-2017 03:45
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Franklin County Board of Elections is making a major technology upgrade at the polls. $2.1 million in equipment is now being used to help move voters through lines faster.
  The upgrade comes less than two weeks before Franklin County residents will cast their ballot in the May primary election.
  County officials said because it is an off year election and voter turnout is expected to be light, they decided to start using the new technology.
  Voters will be quickly on their way
  
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• Revenue sources sought for Point project

  22-04-2017 02:13
  The city of Delaware may start the preliminary design work to improve The Point as early as late summer, while it continues to identify revenue sources for the project.
  
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• Columbus seeking feedback on Short North parking issues

  22-04-2017 02:00
  
  The City of Columbus has set up a survey to get feedback on the parking issues in the Short North neighborhood.The online survey was set up to gain additional feedback following the Department of Public Service's open houses.The city said several hundred people attended the open house events.The survey will be up until May 1. You can take the survey by clicking here.
  
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• Justice Dept threatens sanctuary cities in immigration fight

  22-04-2017 01:15
  
  The Trump administration intensified its threats to crack down on so-called sanctuary cities that refuse to comply with federal immigration authorities, warning nine jurisdictions Friday that they may lose coveted law enforcement grant money unless they document cooperation.It sent letters to officials in California and major cities including New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and New Orleans, all places the Justice Department's inspector general has identified as limiting the information local law
  
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