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• Experts: Convicting ex-officer in teen's death will be tough

  06-05-2017 23:41
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities who've charged a suburban Dallas police officer with murder in a teenager's death face a tough task in getting a conviction as few of these cases go to trial and, when they do, juries remain reluctant to second guess an officer's decision to use deadly force, legal experts said Saturday.Roy Oliver is free on bond after being charged Friday in the death of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards. Investigators say Oliver shot into a car of teenagers leaving an unruly party on
  
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• Kanye West's Twitter, Instagram accounts go dark

  06-05-2017 23:33
  
  Kanye West has apparently deleted his Twitter and Instagram accounts.Both accounts went dark sometime Friday, for unknown reasons. A representative for the rapper did not immediately respond to an email asking for comment Saturday.West did not attend the Met Gala on Monday evening. His wife, Kim Kardashian West, was there with her sisters, and said her husband was at home. She said he'd been "taking some time off and really loving that."In November, West was admitted to UCLA Medical Center in Lo
  
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• French cybersecurity agency to probe Macron hacking attack

  06-05-2017 23:29
  
  PARIS (AP) — France's election campaign commission said Saturday "a significant amount of data" — and some fake information — has been leaked on social networks following a hacking attack on centrist Emmanuel Macron's presidential campaign. It urged citizens not to relay the data on social media to protect the integrity of the French vote.France's government cybersecurity agency will investigate the attack, according to a government official who said it appeared to be a "very s
  
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• Mike Epps clowns Funk Flex

  06-05-2017 23:20
  Mike Epps makes fun of Funk Flex after Flex went on rant about 2 pac on Instagram live this week. Check out the hilarious video here 3. The homie @djlukenastyy in the building tonight at #PowerFallFest.
  
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• Doppler 10: Showers move out then chilly

  06-05-2017 21:33
  This Afternoon: Lightly scattered showers, cool and breezy.
  Tonight: Early showers then clearing, chilly with spotty frost NW.Low 38.Winds: NW 5-10 mph.
  Sunday: Sunshine returns but still cool and a little breezy.High 57.Winds: NW 10-15 mph.
  Monday: A frosty start the lots of sun but below average.High 59.Winds: NW 5-10 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: Expect lightly scattered showers this afternoon with clearing late tonight.Sunday mor
  
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• Doppler 10: Frosty start to Sunday

  06-05-2017 21:33
  Tonight: Clearing out and cooling off.Spotty frost possible, especially north and NW of the city.Low 38.Sunday: Spotty frost early.Then sunshine returns.Cool and breezy.High 57.Monday: A frosty start with more sunshine but below average highs.High 59Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: A few sprinkles linger early then clearing.Sunday morning will start with some patchy frost, especially north and NW of Columbus.Bring in potted plants and cover
  
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• Soggy Kentucky Derby day doesn't dampen party for some fans

  06-05-2017 20:37
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Danielle Bunker's flowery hat drooped and rain dripped from her pink poncho as she settled into the waterlogged Churchill Downs infield, but she wasn't going to let gloomy weather dampen her Kentucky Derby bachelorette party."It's all in the experience," Bunker, 28, said Saturday as she munched on a pretzel and prepared for a daylong party with nine friends who set up lawn chairs near the giant videoboard. "We're bummed but we're from Ohio, so we're used to it. We'll
  
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• Truck driver sentenced on drug charges, another admits guilt

  06-05-2017 20:29
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A California truck driver who brought large quantities of drugs into New Jersey is now headed to prison, while another has admitted his role in a similar plot.The two cases are among the latest to highlight the role that the country's interstate highway system plays in getting drugs from Mexico to urban centers. The trucks stopped on Interstate 78 are often headed to drug houses in New York to be repacked for sale on the street and the truckers return with cash, police
  
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• Ohio woman arrested after multiple threats made on Facebook

  06-05-2017 20:24
  
  CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say an Ohio woman was arrested after multiple rants were made on Facebook threatening to kill people.Police in Minerva in northeastern Ohio say they received more than 100 phone calls and three dozen complaints from people in three different counties following the threats made beginning on Tuesday.Minerva Police Chief Chris Miller told the Repository that worried parents pulled their children out of elementary school after the woman threatened to kill the st
  
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• For LeBron, another Cavs' sweep is within reach

  06-05-2017 20:17
  
  LeBron James doesn't prolong the inevitable.The last seven times that James' teams have had a 3-0 lead in a playoff series, the matchup has ended in the most humane fashion — a sweep. He gets a chance at another Sunday, when Cleveland can oust Toronto and advance to the Eastern Conference finals.That's one of three Game 4s on Sunday's NBA playoff slate: Boston and Washington continue their bruising series with the Celtics leading that East semifinal matchup 2-1, and San Antonio — whi
  
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• Intimidation of witness trial set for June

  06-05-2017 18:58
  A June trial has been set for a pair of Columbus men charged with threatening a witness during a murder trial in March.Fred Lee Mosley, 26, and Donald D. Favers, 26, were indicted on March 24 and each charged with one count of intimidation of attorney, victim, or witness in a criminal case, a third-degree felony and one count of aggravated ... (more)
  
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• Overcoming the odds: Ohio State student graduates with honors after criminal past

  06-05-2017 18:32
  “It feels great,” Harley Blakeman said. “I woke up excited. I just kind of jumped out of bed, excited.”Sunday was Blakeman’s first graduation. He never graduated high school. He dropped out when he was 16 years old.At 19, after being arrested for drugs and theft he spent a year in prison in Georgia.“He just needed a chance,” Blakeman’s aunt, Tara Rahm, said. “We just knew what a good heart he had and he just needed a place to have a chance.&r
  
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• OSU graduate spent one year in prison for drug-trafficking

  06-05-2017 18:32
  
  "I remember standing at that window with the bars just looking at the parking lot thinking 'I'm about to be out there'," Harley Blakeman said.
  Blakeman remembers that feeling.
  "As I'm walking, it's just the greatest feeling ever and I'm like 'I'm never coming back'," he said.
  It was the feeling of freedom.
  To understand why, you have to go back almost 10 years.
  "Late 16, early 17 (years old), I dropped out of high school," he said.
  A downward spiral.
  Blakeman was a high school dropout. His fathe
  
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• Review | Carmen: Opera Columbusa production a feast for the senses

  06-05-2017 14:27
  Opera Columbus' new production of Georges Bizet's "Carmen" offers a feast for the senses: Sterling singing, masterful musicianship and deft direction work in concert to tell the story of the Spanish gypsy Carmen and her litany of lovers. In her Opera Columbus debut, contralto Avery Amereau - soon to receive an Artist Diploma in Opera Studies from the Juilliard School - appears as Carmen.
  
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• Lonzo Ball sneaks just dropped

  06-05-2017 12:09
  The company run by the outspoken father of expected lottery-pick Lonzo Ball unveiled a signature shoe for the former UCLA star with an astronomical price tag of $495 a pair. LaVar Ball's Big Baller Brand unveiled the ZO2 Prime, and is taking pre-orders on its website.
  
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• Liberal son of war refugees projected to win S. Korea vote

  06-05-2017 12:06
  
  A former anti-government student leader, Moon Jae-in stands poised to succeed ousted leader Park Geun-hye, the daughter of the slain South Korean dictator who jailed him in the 1970s.Moon, the current front-runner in Tuesday's election, has led a life that seems custom-made for a starring role in South Korean opposition politics.The son of North Korean refugees, he waited in line as a boy in war-ravaged Busan for free U.S. corn flour and milk powder. Imprisoned as a university student for trying
  
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• Fraternity, 18 members charged in Penn State student's death

  06-05-2017 11:33
  
  Eighteen Penn State fraternity brothers have been charged with crimes ranging up to involuntary manslaughter in the death of a pledge who authorities say repeatedly fell down a flight of stairs after he and others were made to run a gantlet of drinking stations guzzling vodka, beer and wine.Beta Theta Pi members resisted getting help for 19-year-old Timothy Piazza, causing him to suffer for hours and possibly making his injuries worse, a prosecutor said Friday in announcing the results of a gran
  
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• Kipchoge falls 26 seconds short of 1st sub 2-hour marathon

  06-05-2017 11:16
  
  Eliud Kipchoge was 26 seconds from making history on Saturday but the Olympic champion finished just short of becoming the first person to run a marathon in less than two hours.Kipchoge ran the 26.2 miles (42.2 kilometers) in an impressive 2 hours, 26 seconds, smashing Dennis Kimetto's world mark of 2:02:57 by 2 1/2 minutes and raising hopes that one of world sport's most famous barriers can be broken."We are human," Kipchoge said. "I am happy that I've reduced by 2 1/2 minutes the world record.
  
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• NASA eyes "chain mail" fabric for use in space

  06-05-2017 10:46
  
  To protect its spacecraft from the rigors of deep space, a team of NASA engineers is turning to a time-honored — and battle-proven — solution: chain mail. Led by Raul Polit Casillas, whose mother is a fashion designer in Spain, the group at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has developed a prototype fabric that puts an extraterrestrial spin on the armor of yore.The fabric is strung together from a series of articulated metallic tiles, which reflect light on one side and absorb i
  
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• Doppler 10: Cool today with afternoon showers

  06-05-2017 10:29
  Today: Sun and clouds to start with scattered afternoon showers.Cool and breezy.High 58.Winds: NW 10-15 mph.
  Tonight: Early showers then clearing, chilly with spotty frost NW.Low 38.Winds: NW 5-10 mph.
  Sunday: Sunshine returns but still cool and a little breezy.High 57.Winds: NW 10-15 mph.
  Monday: A frosty start the lots of sun but below average.High 59.Winds: NW 5-10 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: We’ll start out with some sun
  
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• Experts warn of deadly tick-borne Powassan virus

  06-05-2017 10:26
  
  Though Lyme disease is the most prevalent — and most well-known — tick-borne virus, it isn't the only reason to take extra precautions when walking in the woods.Tick season is upon us and experts say this could be a "particularly bad year," as they're seeing greater numbers of ticks in more areas of the country.Dr. Susan Paskewitz, the chair of the department of entomology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been studying the deer tick population in the state for more than 20
  
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• Ohio Planned Parenthood backers lament federal funding elimination

  06-05-2017 07:45
  While pollls show that Americans overwhelmingly support tax-funding for Planned Parenthood once they learn the money doesn't directly pay for abortions, the health-care bill passed by the House eliminates government support to the 100-year-old health organization. Women's health advocates say the bill, which still must be approved by the Senate, will be devastating for women.
  
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• Slaying of Coshocton Co. woman, fiance on California beach may be solved

  06-05-2017 05:12
  
  California authorities believe they have solved the slayings of two young Bible-camp counselors found shot to death as they slept on a Northern California beach more than a decade ago, they said Friday.The killings and the mysteries surrounding them long had drawn national attention: 22-year-old Lindsay Cutshall and her 26-year-old fiance, Jason Allen, were found dead next to each other on an isolated and driftwood-strewn beach near the Sonoma County village of Jenner on Aug. 18, 2004.The two su
  
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• In long-feared twist, online leak rattles French campaign

  06-05-2017 04:34
  
  Many feared this was coming.For months pundits and journalists worried over the possibility that a strategically timed leak could destabilize France's election, a replay of the obsessively covered disclosures that some Americans blame for scuppering Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's campaign and many others fear are sapping popular faith in Western democracy.Late Friday, with only minutes left before France's presidential campaign duel was due to cease fire for the weekend, it
  
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• Raiders' Conley maintains innocence in rape accusation

  06-05-2017 04:19
  
  Oakland Raiders first-round draft pick Gareon Conley called his meeting with police this week about a rape accusation another chance to prove his innocence.Conley met with Cleveland police Monday to give a statement and a DNA sample. A police report released last week says that a 23-year-old woman told officers that Conley raped her in a hotel bathroom on April 9. No charges have been filed.Conley's attorney, Kevin Spellacy, said earlier this week that there was "a consensual sexual event" that
  
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• Drug treatment experts fear more deaths with new heroin mixture in Ohio

  06-05-2017 04:06
  Local drug treatment experts say it's only a matter of time before "gray death" reaches Columbus. The drug is a form of heroin, highly potent and cut with opioids and synthetic drugs.Experts worry it could lead to even more deaths than the epidemic produces every day.A recovering heroin addict tells 10TV when you're addicted, it doesn't matter if the drug can kill you."I think that when you're addicted you almost welcome death. You don't want to live, but you don't know how to stop," Samantha Fe
  
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• James scores 35, Cavs take 3-0 lead with 115-94 victory

  06-05-2017 03:57
  
  LeBron James scored 35 points, Kevin Love had 16 points and 13 rebounds, and the Cleveland Cavaliers pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Toronto Raptors 115-94 on Friday night and take a 3-0 lead in their second-round playoff series.DeMar DeRozan scored 37 points and Jonas Valanciunas had 19 for the Raptors, who were without three-time All-Star Kyle Lowry. They trailed by only two after three quarters before the Cavaliers quickly blew open the game.Game 4 is Sunday in Toronto.The Caval
  
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• WATCH LIVE: March for racial justice in east Columbus

  06-05-2017 03:07
  
  Hundreds of people gathered to march for racial justice on the east side of Columbus Saturday.The march began at 3 p.m. at Franklin Park, and it will end at the Governor's mansion in Bexley.The event is sponsored by organizations around the state, including the People’s Justice Project.According to organizers, marchers called for the arrest, indictment and conviction of police officers who use excessive or lethal force, ending unfair sentencing and intimidation tactics, restorative justice
  
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• Hundreds march for racial justice in east Columbus

  06-05-2017 03:07
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Hundreds of people gathered to march for racial justice on the east side of Columbus Saturday.The march began at 3 p.m. at Franklin Park, and it will end at the Governor's mansion in Bexley.The event is sponsored by organizations around the state, including the People’s Justice Project.According to organizers, marchers called for the arrest, indictment and conviction of police officers who use excessive or lethal force, ending unfair sentencing and intimidation tactics, r
  
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• Columbus police officers rescue wayward cow

  06-05-2017 03:06
  Columbus police Officers David Shore and Deann Trionfante were on patrol recently when they came upon a wayward cow along the roadway. HOLY COW! it's not everyday officers stumble upon a lost cow! Thx Ofs.
  
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• Progress Report: Police crackdown on crime-ridden hotels in north Columbus

  06-05-2017 02:59
  The Columbus City Attorney’s Office said three years ago the 161 corridor in north Columbus was home to a half dozen hotels infested with drugs, prostitution, and violence.The area is also home to several suburban-like neighborhoods including Forest Park and Sharon Woods.In 2012, Columbus police were buried under thousands of calls for help to the hotels, including murder investigations.Prosecutors said the trouble spread like tentacles into nearby businesses including a fast food restaura
  
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• Aunt Jemima frozen foods recalled due to possible listeria contamination

  06-05-2017 02:43
  
  Several variations of Aunt Jemima frozen food is being voluntarily recalled by Pinnacle Foods Inc. because of a possible listeria contamination.The FDA announced Friday that Aunt Jemima Frozen Pancakes, Frozen Waffles & Frozen French Toast Slices may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.The company made the decision to recall the food after listeria was found in the plant environment.The FDA said Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes deadly infect
  
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• Trial for Reagan Tokes' accused killer to start next February

  06-05-2017 01:55
  
  A judge has scheduled the trial of the man accused of killing an Ohio State student earlier this year.Brian Golsby's trial in the murder of Reagan Tokes will begin February 23, 2018.Investigators say on February 8, Brian Golsby kidnapped 21-year-old Reagan Tokes as she left work at Bodega in the Short North.They say he forced her into a car, made her withdraw cash from an ATM, then raped her and shot her.Her body was found the next day at Scioto Grove Metro Park in Grove City.Investigators say D
  
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• Texas police officer released on bond after turning self in

  06-05-2017 01:00
  
  A white former Texas police officer has been released on bond after he turned himself in to authorities to face a murder warrant in the shooting of a black teenager.The Dallas County Sheriff's Office issued the warrant for former Balch Springs officer Roy Oliver in the April 29 shooting death of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards, according to a sheriff's office statement. The statement cited evidence that suggested Oliver "intended to cause serious bodily injury and commit an act clearly dangerous to h
  
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• Texas police officer faces murder charge in teen's death

  06-05-2017 01:00
  
  A Texas police officer has been charged with murder in the shooting of a teenager for which the officer was fired, according to an arrest warrant issued Friday.The Dallas County Sheriff's Office issued the warrant for former Balch Springs officer Roy Oliver in the April 29 shooting death of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards, according to a sheriff's office statement. The statement cited evidence that suggested Oliver "intended to cause serious bodily injury and commit an act clearly dangerous to human
  
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