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• UK police show photo of concert bomber, ask public for info

  27-05-2017 23:12
  
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — British police on Saturday released surveillance-camera images of the Manchester concert bomber on the night of the attack as they appealed for more information about his final days.Authorities said they had made major progress in unraveling the plot behind the concert bombing but acknowledged there were still gaps in their knowledge.Britain reduced its terrorism threat level a notch Saturday, from "critical" to "severe," yet security remained high as jittery res
  
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• Jim Bunning, Hall of Fame pitcher and U.S. senator, dead at 85

  27-05-2017 22:39
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Bunning, who went on to serve in Congress, has died. He was 85. Bunning's death Friday was confirmed by Jon Deuser, who served as chief of staff when Bunning was in the Senate. Deuser said Bunning's family notified him about the ex-pitcher's death.Bunning won 224 games in a 17-year major-league career and pitched the first perfect game in modern National League history. He became the first pitcher after 1900 to throw no-hitters in both the American and
  
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• 5 Ohio teachers resign after leaving school camp to drink

  27-05-2017 22:15
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Five Ohio teachers have resigned after they slipped out of a sixth-grade camping trip for drinks and dinner.The Blade reports the Washington Local Schools in Toledo announced the resignations Friday. Two tutors who accompanied the teachers on the dinner outings won't have their contracts renewed for the next school year.The teachers were given until Friday to resign.School district officials say the students remained supervised by parents, counselors and other teachers during
  
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• Gregg Allman of The Allman Brothers Band dies at age 69

  27-05-2017 21:57
  
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Music legend Gregg Allman, whose bluesy vocals and soulful touch on the Hammond B-3 organ helped propel the Allman Brothers Band to superstardom and spawn Southern rock, died Saturday, a publicist said. He was 69.Allman died Saturday at his home in Savannah, Georgia, publicist Ken Weinstein said.Allman had cancelled some 2016 tour dates, announcing on Aug. 5 that he was "under his doctor's care at the Mayo Clinic" due to "serious health issues." Later that year, he can
  
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• Doppler 10: Threat for showers and storms continues

  27-05-2017 21:34
  This Evening: Showers and storms early, mainly south of I-70.Some could be strong to severe.
  Tonight: Showers and storms taper off with more rain arriving late.Low 62.Winds: Light Var.
  Sunday: Off & on showers and storms.Some could be strong with gusty winds, heavy rain and small hail.High 80.Winds: S 5-15 mph.
  Monday: Early showers then turning mostly sunny through the day.High 77.Winds: WSW 8-12 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: Sh
  
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• OSU Men's Lacrosse advances to NCAA National Championship Game

  27-05-2017 21:13
  
  Foxborough, Mass. --OSU Men’s Lacrosse team made history with a second-half comeback that is sending them to the NCAA National Championship Game.The Buckeyes defeated the Towson University Tigers 11-10 Saturday afternoon in the NCAA Semifinals at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.This is Ohio State's first time in the championship game in school history.⚡️QUICK CAP⚡️@NCAA_Lax National Semifinal:
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• Police: Woman locked her kids in car trunk while she shopped

  27-05-2017 21:12
  
  RIVERDALE, Utah (AP) - A 39-year-old Utah woman has been arrested after she allegedly locked her two young children in her car's trunk while she went inside a Wal-Mart store to shop.Riverdale police say witnesses heard the children ages 2 and 5 making noise and saw the car shaking, got the older child to pull the emergency latch and called 911.Tori Lee Castillo remains jailed on suspicion of child abuse after being arrested Thursday evening when she returned to the car.Police Lt. Casey Warren sa
  
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• 6-year-old's death at country club ruled accidental drowning

  27-05-2017 21:11
  The Delaware County Coroner has ruled a 6-year-old boy's death an accidental drowning after he wasfound in the pool at Worthington Hills Country Club Friday.According to Perry Township Police Chief John Petrozzi, officers and deputies from Franklin County responded to the country club on the report of missing child, later identified as Jude Kraft.The boy was reported missing from the pool area. Chief Petrozzi said the boy was found in the pool. He was pulled from the water by a lifeguard and off
  
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• Guard to face trial for ignoring inmate's threat of suicide

  27-05-2017 21:03
  
  PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A judge has ordered a prison guard to stand trial in the death of a Michigan inmate who killed herself.Judge J. Cedric Simpson says he's never seen a "clearer case" of neglect of duty.Dianna Callahan of Flint appeared in court near Ann Arbor on Thursday on charges of involuntary manslaughter and willful neglect of duty. She's accused of failing to properly respond to a suicide threat made by Janika Edmond at a prison for women.Edmond yelled for a suicide-prevent
  
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• In opioid crisis, a new risk for police: accidental overdose

  27-05-2017 20:59
  
  BEL AIR, Md. (AP) - A deputy's nearly fatal overdose while investigating a drug scene recently underscores the dangers faced by those fighting the U.S. drug epidemic.Cpl. Kevin Phillips of the Harford County Sheriff's Office in Maryland says he investigated the scene as he's done with countless others, putting on gloves and putting evidence in bags.But this time he was exposed to an extremely potent synthetic opiate that sickened him, requiring a dose of the life-saving antidote Narcan.Officials
  
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• Indians' Kluber expected to rejoin rotation Thursday

  27-05-2017 20:54
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) - Corey Kluber, sidelined most of the month with a strained lower back, is expected to rejoin the Cleveland Indians rotation on Thursday against Oakland.Cleveland's ace right-hander hasn't pitched since May 2 when he left his start against Detroit after three innings. He threw five scoreless innings for Double-A Akron on a minor league rehab assignment Friday.Kluber is 3-2 with a 5.06 ERA in six starts. He pitched 249 1/3 innings last season, including 34 1/3 in the playoffs. Klub
  
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• UK lowers terror threat to 'severe;' more Manchester arrests

  27-05-2017 20:50
  
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Britain reduced its terrorism threat level a notch, from "critical" to "severe" on Saturday, as authorities said they had made major progress in unravelling the plot behind the Manchester concert bombing.But police said more arrests were expected, and security was tight across Britain as hundreds of thousands of people attended major soccer matches, concerts and other big holiday-weekend events.Police made two more arrests in Manchester on Saturday on suspicion o
  
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• Some women-only screenings planned for 'Wonder Woman'

  27-05-2017 20:46
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Take a seat, "Thor."Scattered plans among Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas to host women-only screenings of the upcoming "Wonder Woman" movie have produced both support and some grumbling about gender discrimination.Various locations have taken to social media in response, including the operators of the Brooklyn theater promising on Twitter to funnel proceeds from women-only screenings in early June to Planned Parenthood. And by women only, they mean staff, too.Some of the screenin
  
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• Puppy released by Delta Airlines after 33-hour "hostage situation"

  27-05-2017 19:53
  
  A Minnesota woman is speaking out against Delta Airlines, claiming her puppy was held in custody for more than 33 hours over paperwork that airline officials misplaced.Mary Nguyen, a 25-year-old student in Minneapolis, recently shipped her 8-month-old German Shepherd, Bunny, to live with her husband in Guatemala. Nguyen told CBS News that officials at La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City had all the required paperwork they need to release the dog from custody but refused to do so."T
  
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• Float in Utica's Ice Cream Parade pays tribute to Kirkersville victims

  27-05-2017 19:06
  In the midst of celebration, there's a reason to reflect.
  In the middle of the Ice Cream Festival parade lineup in Utica, Saturday, one float gave way to that reason.
  "The float is first of all a tribute to Marlina [Medrano] and Cindy [Krantz], Tom Rosser said.
  Rosser is the owner of the Pine Kirk Care Center in Kirkersville where workers Krantz and Medrano and Police Chief Steven Eric DiSario were killed a few weeks ago by Thomas Hartless.
  "It became overwhelming," Rosser said. "It became unbel
  
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• British Airways cancels all flights from London

  27-05-2017 14:54
  
  LONDON (AP) — British Airways canceled all flights from London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports Saturday as a global IT failure causes severe disruption for travelers.The airline said it was suffering a "major IT systems failure" around the world. It didn't say what was causing the problem but said there is no evidence of a cyberattack.BA said terminals at Heathrow and Gatwick had become extremely congested and cancelled all flights from those airports until 6 p.m. (1700GMT, 1 p.m. EDT). It
  
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• More than 1,600 AEP Ohio customers without power

  27-05-2017 14:44
  
  DELAWARE - There are more than 1,600 American Electric Power customers without power in the Delaware area.According to AEP the outage is near Ohio Wesleyan and Columbus Pike.A cause for the outage was due to a piece of equipment that failed on one of the poles.The restoration time is expected to be 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
  
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• Woman dies after being struck by vehicle in Marion County

  27-05-2017 14:04
  
  MARION COUNTY - The Ohio State Highway Patrol of Marion are investigating a fatal crash Friday night.It happened just before midnight on State Route 47 just south of the village of Waldo in Marion County.Anita Foor, 39, of Ashley, Ohio was walking northbound on SR 47 when she was struck by a 2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser driven by Jessa Gary, 29 of Waldo.According to OSP troopers, Foor was not wearing any reflective clothing at the time of the crash when the roadway was wet and rainy.Foor's vehicle i
  
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• Skywatch: A young moon will brighten this week

  27-05-2017 13:48
  
  The week will start out with ayoung moon.If you see it at the start of the week you’ll notice it looks a little like a fingernail, or the smile of the Cheshire Cat of Alice in Wonderland fame.It’s known as a crescent moon because of its shape.Because it’s getting brighter with each successive night it’s waxing.Put the two together and you can see why we call this moon a waxing crescent.The moon will officially reach first quarter phase on Thursday night at 8:42 P.M.Look f
  
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• Ben Stiller and wife Christine Taylor announce separation

  27-05-2017 13:15
  
  Ben Stiller and his wife announced Friday that they are separating after 17 years of marriage.Stiller and actress Christine Taylor released a joint statement Friday announcing their breakup. They were married in May 2000 and have two children, who they said will remain their priority."With tremendous love and respect for each other, and the 18 years we spent together as a couple, we have made the decision to separate. Our priority will continue to be raising our children as devoted parents and t
  
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• $10,000 bill for getting car stuck in newly poured concrete

  27-05-2017 12:45
  
  A driver could be facing a $10,000 bill after he plowed into newly poured concrete in Lincoln, Nebraska, and became stuck.The accident occurred Wednesday on a portion of a road repair project in the state capital. Police spokeswoman Angela Sands said Friday that police won't cite the driver, 19-year-old Shadrach Yasiah. A police incident report says it wasn't obvious that the concrete wasn't dry and that Yasiah drove into it through a 24-foot (7-meter) gap between traffic control cones.Attempts
  
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• Carter national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski dies

  27-05-2017 12:33
  
  Zbigniew Brzezinski, who helped topple economic barriers between the Soviet Union, China and the West as President Jimmy Carter's national security adviser, died Friday. He was 89.His death was announced on social media Friday night by his daughter, MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski. She called him "the most inspiring, loving and devoted father any girl could ever have."In a statement, Carter called Brzezinski "a superb public servant" as well as "brilliant, dedicated and loyal."Earnest and ambitious,
  
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• Police: Man hurling racial slurs kills 2, injures 1 on train

  27-05-2017 12:28
  
  Two people died Friday and another was hurt in a stabbing on a Portland light-rail train after a man yelled racial slurs at two young women who appeared to be Muslim, one of whom was wearing a hijab, police said.Officers arrested a man Friday afternoon who ran from the train, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported (https://goo.gl/PKo777 ). Police were still working Friday night to identify the man and the people who were attacked.Before the stabbing the assailant on the train was ranting on many topi
  
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• Swarming Branch's New 'Surreal Number' Out Today

  27-05-2017 12:01
  Swarming Branch is a band engaged in three seemingly disparate pursuits: elaborating folk music's four-chord strum with complex extensions and substitutions, winking at the theater of glam rock from dive bar stages around the country without causing the cynics to spray beer out of their nostrils, and inviting the droning, unbridled tendencies of modal jazz to gradually displace rock and roll's typical pentatonic shapes. You could say they aspire to become the modern Midwestern Steely Dan, even i
  
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• Mortuary chief: John Glenn's remains weren't disrespected

  27-05-2017 12:00
  
  As Air Force officials investigate allegations that inspectors were invited to view the remains of astronaut and former U.S. Sen. John Glenn at Dover Air Force Base, a military mortuary chief said that Glenn's remains were treated with "impeccable care.""He was not disrespected in any way, shape or form," William Zwicharowski told The Associated Press on Friday.Zwicharowski said he's proud of the job he and his staff did in caring for Glenn's remains during the months between his death last Dece
  
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• Officials investigate photos of baby alligator forced to drink beer, inhale smoke

  27-05-2017 11:42
  
  South Carolina wildlife authorities are investigating after photos circulated online showing beer being poured down a young alligator's throat.Kyndel McConchie, public information director for the State Department of Natural Resources, says charges are expected to be announced Friday.It's unclear what the charges will be, but alligators are federally protected animals. State law makes it illegal to feed an alligator or capture one without a permit.McConchie says the animal is clearly not being h
  
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• After trip's final day, Trump to return to tumult at home

  27-05-2017 11:29
  
  Down to the final day of his lengthy first international trip, President Donald Trump will lift off for Washington having rattled some allies and reassured others, returning to a White House that sits under a cloud of scandal.Trump started Saturday at the second day of the G-7 summit in Sicily, bringing to an end a nine-day trip that started in Saudi Arabia and Israel before moving on to three European stops. The trip has largely gone off without a major misstep, with the administration touting
  
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• UK police arrest 2 more bomb suspects, raising total to 11

  27-05-2017 11:11
  
  Police arrested two more suspects Saturday over the deadly Manchester concert bombing, as Britons began a sunny holiday long weekend under heightened security.Greater Manchester Police said two men, aged 20 and 22, were detained early Saturday in the northwest England city on suspicion of terrorism offenses. Police used an explosive device to get into a property to make the arrests.Police say they are now holding 11 men, aged between 18 and 44, in custody and have made major progress in their in
  
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• Doppler 10: Unsettled weather at times this weekend

  27-05-2017 10:58
  Today: Rain and storms early, then turning mostly to partly cloudy.High 78.Winds: N 4-8 mph.
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy with the slight chance for a storm or two late.Low 62.Winds: Light Var.
  Sunday: Off & on showers and storms.Some could have gusty winds, heavy rain and small hail.High 81.Winds: SW 5-15 mph.
  Monday: Turning mostly sunny through the day.High 77.Winds: WSW 8-12 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: After early showers and sto
  
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• Two arrested and one still sought in October homicide

  27-05-2017 07:58
  Columbus police have arrested one man and are seeking another in connection to a fatal shooting on the city's Southeast Side in October. Brian Malik Woodson, 42, was found at the Commons on Waters Edge apartment complex in the 4500 block of Refugee Road on Oct. 31. He was shot multiple times after an argument just after 10:30 p.m., police said.
  
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• Young boy suffers severe arm injury after lawnmower accident in Washington Court House

  27-05-2017 04:35
  
  WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio - The Washington Court House Police Department said a young boy is in critical condition with a severe arm injury after a lawnmower accident Friday afternoon.Police said officers and medics responded to the dead-end of Ely Street just after 4 p.m. after a child fell off a zero-turn style lawnmower.Police said the boy was not properly restrained when he fell off the left side of the mower when it was turning right.According to police, the child was riding with a famil
  
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• Columbus is 11th top U-Haul destination city

  27-05-2017 03:38
  The company, whose rental vehicles are commonly used for moves, said the city saw a 9.2 percent increase in arrivals year-over-year, and rose four spots from its 2015 ranking of 15th.  U-Haul ranks cities according to the total number of arriving one-way U-Haul truck rentals to a city in a calendar year.
  
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• Rocker Chris Cornell remembered as 'voice of our generation'

  27-05-2017 02:17
  
  Music's elite and Hollywood stars remembered Chris Cornell at a somber memorial service Friday that focused on the Soundgarden frontman's love of family and friends as much as it did on his musical achievements as one of rock's leading voices."Chris was as melodic as The Beatles, as heavy as Sabbath and as haunting as Edgar Allan Poe," Tom Morello, Cornell's Audioslave bandmate, said during his eulogy. "The demons he wrestled with were real, but he harnessed those demons and rode them like a mot
  
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• Missing 6-year-old boy found in Worthington Hills Country Club pool; taken to hospital

  27-05-2017 00:11
  
  UPDATE: 6:50 p.m.Perry Township police said Jude Kraft was found in the pool at the Worthington Hills Country Club.Jude was taken to Nationwide Children's Hospital, according to police. There is no word on his condition at this time.---OriginalThe Franklin County Sheriff's Office is searching for a missing 6-year-old boy.They said Jude Kraft was last seen near the pool at the Worthington Hills Country Club around 4:30 p.m. Friday.Jude is described as a white male, with blonde hair with a scar ab
  
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• 6-year-old boy found in Worthington Hills Country Club pool has died

  27-05-2017 00:11
  A 6-year-old boy who was found in the pool at Worthington Hills Country Club has died.According to the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, Jude Kraft was reported missing Friday around 4:30 p.m. and was last seen around the pool.Perry Township police said the boy was taken to the Nationwide Children's facility in Lewis Center. He was pronounced dead around 7 p.m.The Franklin County Sheriff's Office said they believe lifeguards were on duty at the time the boy was reported missing.The sheriff's off
  
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