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• Vehicle fire sends smoke pouring out of OSU parking garage

  30-04-2017 23:26
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Smoke poured out of the Lane Avenue Garage on the Ohio State University Campus on Sunday.The Columbus Division of Fire said it happened around 4:30 p.m. when a vehicle caught fire.Two other vehicles also caught fire during the incident, but authorities said no one was hurt.Investigators are will looking into what caused the fires.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Part of U.S. 40 closed near Etna due to two-vehicle crash

  30-04-2017 23:09
  
  LICKING COUNTY, Ohio - The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a crash along U.S. 40 in Licking County.OSHP said the crash between a car and a motorcycle happened around 4:15 p.m. near the intersection with Tollgate Road near Etna, Ohio.According to OSHP, U.S. 40 is closed in both directions in the area of the crash.Information about possible injuries has not been released.
  
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• One person killed in crash on U.S. 40 in Licking County

  30-04-2017 23:09
  
  LICKING COUNTY, Ohio - The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a crash along U.S. 40 in Licking County.OSHP said the crash happened around 4:15 p.m. near the intersection with Tollgate Road in Etna Township.According to OSHP, 23-year-old Donnald Simpson of Newark was operating a motorcycle in the eastbound lanes of U.S. 40.Investigators said a driver of a car pulled onto U.S. 40 from Tollgate Road as Simpson was approaching the intersection.OSHP said Simpson lost control, did not hit the
  
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• Swimmer injured in shark attack at Southern California beach

  30-04-2017 22:13
  
  CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — A shark attacked a woman wading in the ocean with friends, tearing away part of her upper thigh in the ocean off a popular Southern California beach, authorities and witnesses said Sunday.The attack occurred Saturday near San Onofre State Beach in northern San Diego County."All of the back of her leg was kind of missing," Thomas Williams, one of several witnesses who pulled the woman ashore, told the Orange County Register (http://bit.ly/2oYfHJv ). "If she did
  
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• Amid Ohio online school's funding fight, other cases stall

  30-04-2017 22:01
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — A legal fight with Ohio's largest online charter school over $64 million has stalled efforts to recover millions more from eight other virtual schools and delayed potential changes to how they're evaluated and funded.The state auditor has urged lawmakers to come up with a better way of measuring how those schools perform and whether they're appropriately funded, but it's not likely that the Legislature will take action before summer break or that any such changes will be i
  
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• Woman charged with murder in death of boyfriend's baby

  30-04-2017 21:57
  
  OREGON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a 40-year-old Ohio woman has been charged with murder in the death of her boyfriend's 6-month-old child.The Blade reports Angie Walker was arrested Friday in the Toledo suburb of Oregon. She also faces a child endangering charge after emergency crews responded to a home Tuesday morning and found Levi Ashley unconscious. Police say Walker was caring for the baby and that neither the boyfriend nor Levi's mother was there at the time.The newspaper reports t
  
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• Elderly couple killed in house fire outside Cleveland

  30-04-2017 21:47
  
  PEPPER PIKE, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say an elderly couple has died in a house fire in a suburb outside of Cleveland.Cleveland.com reports 82-year-old Kermit Greeneisen and his 80-year-old wife, Ann, died after their Pepper Pike home caught fire early Saturday.Pepper Pike Fire Chief John Frazier says the home was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. The first and second floors collapsed into the home's basement.Frazier says the Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office and Hillcrest Region
  
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• Ohio man sentenced to prison for dogfighting conspiracy

  30-04-2017 21:44
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man has received six years in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to participate in a dogfighting ring and other charges.Prosecutors say 40-year-old Charles Granberry, of Columbus, sold an undercover law enforcement officer a dog for $2,500 in March 2016 and had equipment to train and fight dogs on his property. Granberry was sentenced Friday.More than 20 other dogs were chained to heavy car axles in the backyard of a home.Officers se
  
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• Doppler 10: More rain tonight

  30-04-2017 21:29
  This Afternoon: Warm, breezy and muggy with a few isolated storms.
  Tonight: Scattered showers and storms late, watch for slow-downs into work.Low 63.Winds: S 10-15 mph.
  Tomorrow: Early showers and storms with a few showers lingering in the afternoon.Windy and cooler.High 71.Winds: SW 15-25 gusts to 35 mph.
  Tuesday: Partly cloudy, cooler & breezy.High 64.Winds: W 10-20 gusts to 30 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: We'll see some after
  
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• Doppler 10: Cooler temperatures to start May

  30-04-2017 21:29
  
  Today: Cloudy with a lesser chance for showers. Turning blustery. Low 70sTonight: Chance for a scattered shower. Windy & much cooler. 48Tomorrow: Blustery and cooler, otherwise mostly cloud.Wednesday: Mix of sun & clouds. 61Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: A cold front will move east of the state today, allowing cooler temperatures to settle in. Winds will kick up as a strong low pressure system moves in from the west. The chance fo
  
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• Jeff Johnston to be inducted into PCHS Alumni Hall of Fame

  30-04-2017 20:25
  The Port Clinton High School Alumni Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the 2017 inductee is Mr. Jeff Johnston. Mr. Johnston will join the elite group of Port Clinton High School alumni recognized for their outstanding achievement and contributions in their field.
  
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• National Arbor Day Celebration 2017

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• Multiple deaths in powerful tornado in East Texas

  30-04-2017 19:54
  
  CANTON, Texas -- Five people were killed and at least 50 people were taken to hospitals after a tornado hit a small city in East Texas on Saturday. Officials confirmed late Saturday night a total of five people had died, CBS Dallas / Fort Worth reports.None of the victims had been formally identified as of Saturday night.Powerful storms swept through Canton and nearby areas about 50 miles east of Dallas, leaving behind a trail of overturned vehicles, mangled trees and damaged homes. Some buildin
  
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• Crew Drops Ball to NYC FC in First Home Game Loss of Season

  30-04-2017 18:54
  
  A late second-half collapse from Columbus Crew SC saw New York City FC come back from 1-2 down to win 3-2 and hand Columbus its first home defeat of the season at MAPFRE Stadium on Saturday night.
  Maxi Moralez opened the scoring for the visitors early in the first half before Federico Higuain levelled with a brilliantly taken half-volley that flew past NYCFC ‘keeper Sean Johnson.
  Crew SC got off to the perfect second-half start as NYCFC gifted the home team with a goal as a defensive mix-u
  
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• Cedar Point, Knott's Berry Farm adds metal detectors

  30-04-2017 18:24
  
  SANDUSKY — Amusement park visitors to the "Roller Coaster Capital of the World" can expect slightly longer wait times to pass through new metal detectors.The parent firm of Cedar Point added another level of security to all of its parks.Cedar Point spokesman Tony Clark says the process for passing through metal detectors should go quickly.Cedar Point will open Saturday with a newly expanded water park called Cedar Point Shores. It has the second most roller coasters in the world behind Six
  
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• CAPA announces 47th Summer Movie Series with Beetlejuice and more

  30-04-2017 17:30
  
  The CAPA Summer Movie Series has been announced and begins June 16. The longest-running classic film series in America will be celebrating its 47th anniversary this year. Nite Owl Theatre returns with a showing of 1980’s horror movie, The Shining. Twenty-five films plus cartoons will be playing, including the series premiere of Beetlejuice. Also showing is Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Movies play at the historic Ohio Theatre.
  Show up to each screening 30 minutes early to enjoy a pre
  
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• School funding cap hits central Ohio districts hard, costs $890 million statewide

  30-04-2017 16:06
  When the House rolled out its state budget changes last week, it included a $20 per pupil increase for charter schools and $6 more for private schools, compared to Gov. John Kasich's initial plan. But for Olentangy Schools, which is adding students faster than any district in the state, the House changes meant only $5.50 more per pupil by 2019.
  
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• US-23 South closed at Downing Rd due to a semi on its side

  30-04-2017 15:07
  
  DELAWARE - Ohio State Highway patrol is on the scene of a semi-truck on its side at US Route 23 at Downing Road.According to OSP, this intersection is currently closed and re-routing traffic to Troutman Road.The Ohio Department of Transportation is assisting OSP and they believe it will be closed for several hours.No injuries were reported at this time.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• US-23 South at Downing Rd re-opens after semi was on its side

  30-04-2017 15:07
  
  DELAWARE - Ohio State Highway patrol says US Route 23 at Downing Road is back open after a semi-truck was on its side blocking traffic.According to OSP, the crash happened Sunday morning and they had to re-route traffic to Troutman Road.The Ohio Department of Transportation helped assist OSP with the crash. No injuries were reported.
  
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• Trump says China pressuring North Korea on missile, nukes

  30-04-2017 14:31
  
  President Donald Trump said in a television interview to be aired Sunday that he believes China's president has been putting pressure on North Korea as it pursues its missile and nuclear weapons programs.In an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation," Trump said he won't be happy if North Korea conducts a nuclear test and that he believes Chinese President Xi Jinping won't be happy, either.Asked if that means military action, Trump responded: "I don't know. I mean, we'll see."On Saturday, a North K
  
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• Theodore Decker: Food stand owner made South End her home

  30-04-2017 13:51
  From her produce stand on Marion Road, Mae Hicks could see the Columbus police cruisers plain as day, guarding the city's latest homicide scene. For "38 or 35 or whatever" number of years, Hicks said, she's worked at Mae's Market at 440 Marion Road, keeping customers up to their ears in Ohio sweet corn, Indiana melons and Georgia peaches.
  
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• Police looking for missing 11-year-old girl in east Columbus

  30-04-2017 13:38
  
  Columbus Police are looking for a missing 11-year-old girl in east Columbus. Police say Niosha Brown was last seen leaving her house on Bulen Avenue on her way to school around 6:00 a.m. on Friday.She was believed to be wearing a black and orange Champion Middle School track suit. Please contact Columbus Police Missing Persons Unit at 614-645-4624 with any information.
  
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• Famed Swiss climber Ueli Steck killed near Mount Everest

  30-04-2017 13:24
  
  Famed Swiss climber Ueli Steck was killed Sunday in a mountaineering accident near Mount Everest in Nepal, expedition organizers said.Mingma Sherpa of the Seven Summit Treks said Steck was killed at Camp 1 of Mount Nuptse. His body has been recovered from the site and been taken to Lukla, where the only airport in the Mount Everest area is located.It was not clear how Steck died but he was planning to climb 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) Mount Everest and nearby Mount Lhotse next month.He was the fir
  
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• Official: Deaths reported, dozens hospitalized after tornado

  30-04-2017 12:43
  
  Fatalities have been reported and dozens of people were taken to hospitals after a tornado hit a small city in East Texas, authorities said.Canton Fire Department Capt. Brian Horton said during a news conference late Saturday that "a number of fatalities" were reported, but that it wasn't yet clear how many, after powerful storms swept through the community earlier in the evening.The storms left behind a trail of overturned vehicles, mangled trees and damaged homes in and around Canton, which is
  
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• At 100 days in, Trump seems both outsider and insider

  30-04-2017 12:23
  
  President Donald Trump is turning from his dramatic debut as an outsider president to focus on advancing his plans to cut taxes and get tough on trade deals."We are not going to let other countries take advantage of us anymore," he said Saturday in Harrisburg at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center. "From now on it's going to be America first."But even as he returned to friendly political turf in Pennsylvania, Trump seems caught between his role as an outsider candidate and that of
  
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• Officer in fatal Columbus police shooting identified

  30-04-2017 11:44
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus has identified the officer who fatally shot a man during a traffic stop.
  
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• Doppler 10: Near-record highs Sunday

  30-04-2017 10:15
  Today: Warm and breezy with near-record highs and late-day storms.High 86.Winds: SSW 10-20 gusts to 30 mph.
  Tonight: Scattered showers and storms late, watch for slow-downs into work.Low 64.Winds: S 10-15 mph.
  Tomorrow: Early showers and storms with a few showers lingering in the afternoon.Windy and cooler.High 71.Winds: SW 15-25 gusts to 35 mph.
  Tuesday: Partly cloudy, cooler & breezy.High 64.Winds: W 10-20 gusts to 30 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar
  
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• BWW Review: BalletMet's Romeo and Juliet Captures Emotion through Dance, Music

  30-04-2017 05:33
  The notion of staging a Shakespearean classic and not uttering a single metered phrase might seem like sacrilege, but BalletMet's Romeo and Juliet proves that there's more than one way to tell a story. Set on a stage draped with rich burgundy fabrics and bathed in the burnt orange glow of an Italian sunset, BalletMet artistic director Edwaard Liang 's Romeo and Juliet closed out the Columbus-based company's 2016-17 season with an inspiring interpretation of William Shakespeare 's tragic tale of
  
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• Community rallies for Licking Heights School District ahead of levy

  30-04-2017 03:53
  A local community is coming together to support its school district after a theft was reported from a booster club and right before a levy goes to a vote. Groups supporting the Licking Heights School District threw a rally Saturday afternoon to show their support.
  After the Licking Heights Music Boosters Treasurer, Thomas Mays, was arrested for theft it hit the district's community hard. The arrest came right before a bond issue goes to a vote in the May primary.
  The sound of school spirit took
  
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• Police looking for missing 10-year-old boy in east Columbus

  30-04-2017 03:48
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus Division of Police is asking for the public's help in finding a missing 10-year-old boy.Police said Jairon Clinton was last seen walking away from the area of Walshire Drive and Knollwood Drive East in east Columbus around 5:30 p.m. Saturday.Clinton is said to be about 5-feet tall, weighs about 100 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes..He was last seen wearing a dark "Angry Birds" T-shirt and dark basketball-style pants.If anyone has any information, they are as
  
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• Elite boarding school officials resign amid sexual abuse claims

  30-04-2017 03:42
  
  WALLINGFORD, Conn. -- A prestigious Connecticut boarding school says two former headmasters have resigned as life trustees after a report that alleged teachers had sexually abused students.A spokeswoman for Choate Rosemary Hall says Charles Dey resigned from the position Thursday. He led the Wallingford private school from 1973 to 1991. Edward Shanahan resigned Friday. He was headmaster from 1991 to 2011.The spokeswoman says all former Choate headmasters receive the life trustee designation.The
  
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• Barron Trump unites social media users

  30-04-2017 03:38
  
  On the 100th day of his presidency, President Donald Trump has already solidified his place in history as one of the more unconventional presidents, using social media unlike any of his Oval Office predecessors.But while the tweeter-in-chief takes to social media to provide his own running commentary on hot button topics facing the American public, data findings by SocialFlow, a publishing optimization platform, show it's the youngest Trump that has captured America's hearts and minds.SocialFlow
  
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• Hacker claims to leak new season of Netflix's "Orange Is The New Black"

  30-04-2017 03:29
  
  SAN FRANCISCO -- A hacker claims to have stolen the upcoming season of Netflix's hit series "Orange Is The New Black" and has purportedly released most of the new episodes online.The hacker, operating under the name The Dark Overlord, purportedly uploaded the first episode to an illegal file-sharing service and demanded the video streaming service pay an unspecified ransom to prevent the release of additional episodes. The hacker later said an additional 10 episodes of the 13-episode season had
  
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• Police officer faked his own death and fled to Mexico, cops say

  30-04-2017 03:24
  
  AUSTIN, Texas -- Authorities in Texas say a police officer who notified his wife that he planned to kill himself actually faked his own death and fled to Mexico.An arrest affidavit revealed Friday that 29-year-old Austin officer Coleman Martin earlier in the week texted his wife a photo of a note indicating he meant to drown himself in a lake near the border with Mexico.CBS affiliate KEYE-TV in Austin reports that Martin then withdrew $300 from an ATM on April 25 and bought a raft at a sporting
  
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• Trump says he's brought 'profound change' to Washington

  30-04-2017 01:47
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday marked his 100th day in office by saying he had brought "profound change" to Washington and reaffirming that "my only allegiance" is to those he governs.On a threshold that Trump has both derided and tried to define, the president also said he is putting Americans first even as he learns on the job."My only allegiance is to you, our wonderful citizens," Trump said in his weekly radio address.It was a preview of a day on which Trump traveled t
  
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• 100 days in, Trump says he's brought about 'profound change'

  30-04-2017 01:47
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. — President Donald Trump on Saturday marked his 100th day in office by claiming historic action on his agenda, renewing promises on health care and taxes and attacking the news media for misleading Americans.In his morning radio address Trump issued an assurance: "My only allegiance is to you, our wonderful citizens." To supporters at an evening rally in Pennsylvania, he promoted American power and patriotism while emphasizing such priorities as American manufacturing, bett
  
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• Rasheed Finally Breaks Silence About Her Marriage

  30-04-2017 01:10
  It's no secret that Kirk has not only cheated on Rasheeda, but has a baby as well. As the story continues to unfold right in front of our eyes on "Love&Hip Hop ATL" we find out more and more that THIS is real.
  
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• High pollen levels leaving some central Ohioans feeling miserable

  30-04-2017 00:21
  
  If you’ve found yourself sniffling and sneezing with a scratchy throat recently, you may have thought you were sick... but it could be something else that’s making you miserable.
  As the area has awoken from its winter slumber, the trees have started blooming. That may make for a pretty sight, but it can wreak havoc on your allergies.
  In fact, tree pollen levels have been off the charts as of late and some of the main culprits have been oak, mulberry, poplar and juniper pollen.You don
  
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• Child treated for minor injuries after tree falls in Licking County

  30-04-2017 00:15
  
  HANOVER, Ohio - A child is being treated for what the fire department called minor injuries after a tree fell on the child Saturday afternoon.A Licking County emergency dispatcher said the tree fell on the child around 4:12 p.m. on South Main Street in Hanover.Hanover Volunteer Fire Department Lt. Christopher Mitchell told 10TV the toddler had some minor injuries but was flown to Nationwide Children's Hospital as a precaution.Lt. Mitchell said they felt the the child needed to be checked out aft
  
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• Child taken to hospital after tree falls in Licking County

  30-04-2017 00:15
  
  HANOVER, Ohio - A child is being treated for what the fire department called minor injuries after a tree fell on the child Saturday afternoon.A Licking County emergency dispatcher said the tree fell on the child around 4:12 p.m. on South Main Street in Hanover.Hanover Volunteer Fire Department Lt. Christopher Mitchell told 10TV the toddler was injured and was flown to Nationwide Children's Hospital as a precaution.Lt. Mitchell said they felt the the child needed to be checked out after what had
  
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