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• Judge who released Thomas Hartless early speaks about decision

  19-05-2017 23:53
  
  Judge Michael Higgins addressed the media Friday regarding what happened that allowed Thomas Hartless, the man who murdered his estranged girlfriend, a police chief and a nursing home worker in Kirkersville, to be released from jail early.“I was physically sick over the whole thing,”said Judge Higgins.Higgins said he comes in contact with countless defendants and he relies exclusively on the information fed to him by the reports in the cases. He said the entities involved in the trag
  
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• Grand jury clears Columbus police officer in shooting death of Tyre King

  19-05-2017 23:47
  The Franklin County Grand Jury has decided not to bring charges against a Columbus police officer involved in the shooting death of Tyre King.Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien said the grand jury found the shooting to be justified.King was shot and killed last fall after police said he ran from officers investigating a reported armed robbery.Police said they had received a call of an armed robbery on the city’s east side just before 8 p.m. on September 14. A victim told police that a
  
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• Ohio University saves stranded students headed to Washington DC

  19-05-2017 23:00
  More than 100 eighth graders gathered at Sheridan Middle School in Perry County at 4:30 a.m. Friday morning for their annual trip to Washington D.C."This is our fourth year actually. Bart Smith our history teacher organizes everything, does a fine job at it," school secretary Melissa King said.The students had waited all year long for the opportunity to visit the White House and visit national monuments and museums.Around 4:45 a.m. the trip took an unexpected turn. The school received word that
  
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• NYT: Trump tells Russians Comey was a 'nut job'

  19-05-2017 22:21
  During his meeting with Russian officials last week, President Donald Trump said recently fired FBI Director James Comey was a "nut job" whose ouster relieved "great pressure" on him, according to a report Friday in The New York Times.The Times cited notes from a May 10 Oval Office meeting, the day after Trump fired Comey.Separately, The Washington Post reported Friday that the FBI investigation into possible coordination between Russia and the Trump presidential campaign was moving closer to th
  
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• 2017 Bike to Work Day

  19-05-2017 21:57 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Rock on the Range to reopen after severe weather threat

  19-05-2017 21:43
  UPDATE: Rock on the Range says doors at MAPFRE Stadium will reopen at 7:10 p.m.---Officials with Rock on the Range evacuated MAPFRE Stadium due to the severe weather in the area.The festival posted on their Facebook page asking concertgoers to exit the stadium and seek shelter in their vehicles or at the Lausche Building, located at the rear of the parking lot.Officials said they were working with the local authorities to extend their curfew once doors reopen.
  
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• Rock on the Range reopens after severe weather threat

  19-05-2017 21:43
  UPDATE: Rock on the Range says doors at MAPFRE Stadium will reopen at 7:10 p.m.---Officials with Rock on the Range evacuated MAPFRE Stadium due to the severe weather in the area.The festival posted on their Facebook page asking concertgoers to exit the stadium and seek shelter in their vehicles or at the Lausche Building, located at the rear of the parking lot.Officials said they were working with the local authorities to extend their curfew once doors reopen.
  
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• Doppler 10: Tracking showers & storms in central Ohio

  19-05-2017 21:20
  WEATHER ALERT: Severe storms are moving through central Ohio.Latest watches & warnings >>This Evening: Warm with a chance for showers and thunderstorms. N wind around 5 mph.
  Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms early then mostly cloudy overnight. Low 59. NE around 5 mph.
  Saturday: Partly sunny early with a chance for afternoon showers/storms. High 80. SE wind 5-10 mph.
  Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. High 79. S wind 10-15 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warni
  
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• 2017 Columbus Children's Water Festival

  19-05-2017 20:04 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Prosecutors: Times Square driver wanted to 'kill them all'

  19-05-2017 19:57
  
  NEW YORK — A man charged with slamming his speeding car into pedestrians on the sidewalks of Times Square, killing a teenage tourist and injuring nearly two dozen people, said he wanted to "kill them all" and police should have shot him to stop him, a prosecutor revealed Friday.Richard Rojas, 26, also told responding officers Thursday after he crashed his Honda Accord into protective barriers that he had smoked marijuana laced with PCP, according to a criminal complaint. Officials are awai
  
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• Mom shares terrifying photos of 3-year-old covered in "seed ticks"

  19-05-2017 19:52
  
  A concerned mom is warning people across the country about a dangerous pest people need to be on the lookout for this summer — one so small it's often mistaken for a speck of dirt.It's called a seed tick, the larval form of a tick, and it can be found in groups of thousands.On a hot summer afternoon, 3-year-old Emmalee was playing in a backyard sprinkler to cool off. Her mom, Beka Setzer, of Meigs, Ohio, called her inside to take a nap. When she started changing her daughter's damp clothes
  
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• BWW Review: Cirque du Soleil Impresses with Insect-Inspired OVO

  19-05-2017 19:36
  Entomology is not usually associated with elegance, but Cirque du Soleil 's immersive and insect-inspired touring production, OVO , brings breathtaking beauty to the world of bugs. Performed at Value City Arena on the Ohio State University's Columbus campus, OVO tunnels under the ground to unearth a vibrantly vivacious ecosystem teeming with talented bugs.
  
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• Family of slain officer lends support to DiSario family

  19-05-2017 17:57
  Across the nation, families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty participated in National Police Week to honor the memory of their loved one.The family of Columbus Police SWAT officer Steven Smith, who was shot and killed during a SWAT mission in 2016, traveled to Washington D.C. Friday for a national ceremony honoring Smith.It was during that ceremony they learned of the tragedy in Kirkersville."We had just landed in DC and I had received a text.And, you know, right away I pra
  
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• Police department names new K-9 after Patriots' Gronkowski

  19-05-2017 17:45
  
  Gronk will soon be tracking down criminals, sniffing for drugs and acting as the furry face of a Massachusetts police department.No, not New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski.This Gronk is the Athol Police Department's new dog. The year-old German shepherd is undergoing a 14-week training program.Chief Russell Kleber tells The Recorder that Gronk will be the department's first K-9 officer in seven or eight years. He says he wanted to name the dog after a Boston sports figure and recalled
  
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• Lawsuit dismissed against Dakota Access Pipeline protesters

  19-05-2017 17:36
  
  A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit from the developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline against Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman David Archambault and four others.Dakota Access LLC filed the complaint last year against Archambault and others, seeking restraining orders and monetary damages.The Bismarck Tribune reports that the company claimed they interfered with pipeline work, threatening the safety of workers and costing the company more than $75,000 a day.U.S. District Judge Daniel Ho
  
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• Police: Ohio boy, 5, helped save parents who were overdosing

  19-05-2017 17:07
  
  MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — Police in Ohio say the 5-year-old son of a couple who overdosed on heroin saved his parents by walking two blocks in the dark to alert another relative because he thought they were dead.Emergency responders used a drug-overdose antidote to revive the unresponsive pair Thursday morning after finding them on the floor of a home in Middletown, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of Cincinnati. A 3-month-old baby was found in a car seat nearby.Police say the couple acknowle
  
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• Family of musician Chris Cornell disputes he killed himself

  19-05-2017 16:47
  
  DETROIT — The family of Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell is disputing "inferences that Chris knowingly and intentionally" killed himself.The family said in a statement that without toxicology tests completed, they can't be sure what led to his death, or if any substances were involved. According to lawyer Kirk Pasich, Cornell had a prescription for the anti-anxiety drug Ativan, which he said has various side effects.The musician was found dead in his Detroit hotel room Wednesday after pe
  
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• Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner faces charges in sexting case involving teen

  19-05-2017 15:14
  
  NEW YORK — Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner will appear in federal court Friday to face criminal charges in connection with an investigation of his online communications with a 15-year-old girl in North Carolina.The Democrat will appear in court at 11 a.m., the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan said. Prosecutors declined to immediately release additional details about the charges against him.The FBI began investigating Weiner in September after the North Carolina girl told a tabloid news
  
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• Anthony Weiner pleads guilty in sexting case

  19-05-2017 15:14
  
  NEW YORK — Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, whose penchant for sexting strangers ended his political career and led to an investigation that upended the presidential race, pleaded guilty Friday to criminal charges in connection with his online communications with a 15-year-old girl.Weiner pleaded guilty to a charge of transmitting sexual material to a minor and could get years in prison. He agreed not to appeal any sentence between 21 and 27 months in prison.In court, Weiner cried as he ap
  
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• Morbidly obese monkey put on strict no-junk-food diet

  19-05-2017 14:58
  
  BANGKOK -- A morbidly obese wild monkey who gorged himself on junk food and soda left behind by tourists has been rescued and placed on a strict diet of lean protein, fruits and vegetables.Wildlife officials caught the chunky monkey - nicknamed "Uncle Fat" by locals - after photos of the animal started circulating on social media last month.Wild monkeys roam free in many parts of Thailand, attracting tourists who feed and play with the animals. Most of the monkeys are macaques like Uncle Fat, an
  
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• Franklin Park Cascades to flow again this summer under city plan

  19-05-2017 14:50
  The Franklin Park Cascades have been out of commission since last spring, with dead leaves and litter where water once gushed. Now, the city has a plan to get water flowing again this summer.
  
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• Suspect in deadly Times Square mayhem charged with murder

  19-05-2017 13:33
  
  NEW YORK — A Times Square motorist accused of steering his car onto one of the busiest sidewalks in the U.S. and mowing down pedestrians has been charged with murder and 20 counts of attempted murder, police say.The New York Police Department said 26-year-old Richard Rojas, of the Bronx, was charged late Thursday also with five counts of aggravated vehicular homicide.Rojas was arrested Thursday afternoon after he drove his car for three blocks in Times Square, hitting nearly two dozen peop
  
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• Woman robbed at knifepoint in German Village

  19-05-2017 13:17
  Columbus police are investigating an armed robbery in German Village.Officers say a man with a knife held up a 20-year-old woman in the area of Mohawk and East Sycamore Streets around 12:30 Saturday, May 13.Surveillance cameras caught a grainy image of the suspect.Police say he was a man in his mid-20s, 6’0”, wearing dark clothing.Officers say he drove off in an older model red Chevy Trailblazer with missing back and back side windows.If you have any information, call the Columbus Po
  
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• Here comes Pippa: Britain's almost-royal wedding on the way

  19-05-2017 13:17
  
  She played a memorable supporting role at sister Kate's 2011 wedding, but Pippa Middleton will take center stage Saturday at what looks to be the high society event of the year.The 33-year-old is marrying a wealthy financier at the oh-so-English 12th-century church of St. Mark's in the village of Englefield, west of London — with a guest list of young A-list royals and reality TV stars looking on.Prince William, a future king, will be there with his wife Kate, now formally known as the Duc
  
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• Seattle and Columbus honor rocker Chris Cornell

  19-05-2017 13:12
  People across the country are remembering Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell.Cornell died from an apparent suicide after a show in Detroit Wednesday night.The members of Soundgarden were from Seattle and part of the city's grunge movement that shot Soundgarden into stardom.At Thursday night's Seattle Mariners game, a moment of silence was observed for Cornell, as images of him were flashed on the stadium's big screen.Seattle's iconic space needle went dark last night, also in honor of Cornell.He
  
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• Ohio supt. rejects claim that bully slammed boy into wall, denies suicide connection

  19-05-2017 12:32
  The Cincinnati Public Schools superintendent has released a statement about an 8-year-old boy's suicide.Superintendent Mary Ronan rejected the family's claims that a bully slammed Gabriel Taye into a restroom wall."If you look at the video, and we have frame by frame, it appears the young man fainted," Mary Ronan told local media in Cincinnati.Taye's mother and her lawyer argue the video shows another boy injuring him.The Hamilton County prosecutor is considering whether criminal charges should
  
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• Swedish prosecutors drop charges against Wikileaks founder

  19-05-2017 12:18
  Sweden's top prosecutor is dropping the Julian Assange rape investigation and withdrawing his arrest warrant.The Wikileaks founder took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London in 2012 to escape extradition for the rape charges. Two women allege he sexually assaulted them. Prosecutors say the probe could be reopened if Assange returns to Sweden before statute of limitations ends in 2020.Assange is also wanted in the United States for charges related to Wikileaks' publication of classified Amer
  
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• "Breasties": Young women support each other after breast cancer diagnosis

  19-05-2017 10:37
  It's been said that unexpected friendships are the best ones.That's exactly how this group of young ladies started a special bond."They called and all I heard them say this isn't easy and I heard cancer and I tuned everything out," explains Lauren Mandell."It was shocking all along I didn't think it was breast cancer either, I'm only 26," says Lauren Hafley.Both Mandell and Hafley were diagnosed with breast cancer in their 20's.Now 33 and 27, after meeting at the Stephanie Spielman Cancer Center
  
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• Komen Race for the Cure

  19-05-2017 10:07
  Thousands of runners and walkers will line up in downtown Columbus Saturday morning for the 25th annual Komen Columbus Race for the Cure in support of breast cancer research and treatment. 7:00 a.m. Expo Starts on East Broad Street at the State House 8:45 a.m. 5K Start 9:15 a.m. Family Fun Walk Start A "pinked out" Columbus police cruiser will lead Saturday's Komen Race for the Cure.
  
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• Airlines predict busy summer; Southwest opens schedule

  19-05-2017 05:43
  If you're planning air travel this summer, book soon and prepare for crowds: U.S. airlines expect to see a 4 percent increase in passengers this summer, reaching a record 234 million between June 1 and August 31. The figures are for worldwide travel on U.S. airlines.  In a statement, John Heimlich, vice president and chief economist for trade group Airlines for America, attributed the predicted uptick to "a steadily improving economy, all-time high household net worth and low airfares." &nb
  
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• Wife of fallen police officer grateful to Columbus

  19-05-2017 05:30
  The Columbus Division of Police held a candlelight memorial ceremony Thursday evening to honor the 56 officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. The ceremony was held at Genoa Park along the Scioto River, where a memorial walls bears the name of every officer ever killed while protecting and serving, dating back to the 1800s.As each officer's name was read, a blue candle, symbolic of the blue line, was lit in their memory.
  The most recent name etched in granite is SWAT Officer Steven Smi
  
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• My Brother's Keeper Summit, May 17, 2017

  19-05-2017 03:00 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Hurt, anger for those mourning Kirkersville victim Marlina Medrano

  19-05-2017 02:20
  Marlina Medrano was 46 years old, a mother and a nurse."Marlina was the sweetest, free-spirited, most beautiful girl," said friend Niki Arter. "She touched everybody. If you ever met Marlina, you remembered her forever.""She was a very beautiful girl," said Robyn Sattelmyer. "Her smile always stood out."What she brought to the world and to the lives of those who lined up to remember her at her visitation Thursday, was stolen by a man who stalked, terrorized, and brutalized her.In March, her boyf
  
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• Former sex slave whose charity helped other survivors dies in U.S.

  19-05-2017 01:22
  Jennifer Kempton, a former sex slavery victim who founded the U.S.-based charity Survivor's Ink to help other trafficked women, died on Thursday, an associate said, prompting a series on tributes on social media. Kempton used tattoos to cover up those branded on her by sex traffickers and she founded her non-profit group in 2014 to provide grants so others could do the same.
  
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• Andrea Cambern talks about life in California, reflects on favorite Columbus moments

  19-05-2017 00:00
  
  You invited her into your home every night.It's been five years since Andrea Cambern signed off at 10TV – but she has never forgotten her roots and hasn’t lost her love for the Buckeye State.Her heart is still in Columbus, the place she called home for so long, but now, Andrea is a California girl.Jerry Revish traveled to California to catch up with his friend and former colleague.Watch part one of the interview below: Watch part two tonight at 11.----VIDEO: Andrea Cambern on why she
  
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