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• What's Happening at the Cultural Arts Center? Configurations

  08-06-2017 23:56 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Columbus poor struggle with evictions, high housing costs

  08-06-2017 23:40
  If she can find a place, Danielle Bailey said, she'll probably have to spend more than half her monthly income on rent. That's a best-case scenario.
  
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• Local businesses tune TVs to Comey testimony, central Ohio reacts

  08-06-2017 23:36
  When he opened up Dempsey's Food and Spirits five years ago, Mark Dempsey had a vision."A place to be neutral with the political parties," he said. "I have a background in politics, and a lot of elected officials were friends of mine on the Democratic side, even on the Republican side. "The walls of his Downtown eatery are lined with political faces, all of them in black and white, except one."There's one color picture in the building that represents the relationship that works. It was Tip O'Nei
  
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• Reynoldsburg schools offer summer learning with a twist

  08-06-2017 23:23
  Students across Central Ohio are getting a camp experience like none-other. Camp Invention is being hosted at 12 locations across Central Ohio. Reynoldsburg Schools is hosting its first Camp Invention at Summit Road Elementary School."It's a week long camp where kiddos entering grades kindergarten through 6th grade work their way through a schedule including four different modules," said Heidi Leeds, the camp director.Thursday, the students learned all about investing and entrepreneurship throug
  
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• Rise in teen suicides in Franklin County concerns experts

  08-06-2017 23:04
  In Franklin County this year, there have been the same number of teen suicides as all of last year.Seven in just the first four months of the year. It's a number that concerns those who work to prevent suicide.Nationwide Children’s Hospital has been watching the statistics, their suicide prevention coordinator said attempts are also on the rise.“It's been challenging for the hospital to really see so many youth in distress,”said John Ackerman.Ackerman said there are a number of
  
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• Church bus crashes in Atlanta area; 1 killed, others injured

  08-06-2017 23:04
  
  A church bus carrying dozens of high school students and adults from Alabama crashed near Atlanta on Thursday afternoon, killing one person and injuring several others, authorities said.The Mount Zion Baptist Church bus from Huntsville, Alabama, was headed to the airport for a student ministry mission trip to Africa when it collided with another vehicle on a four-lane road, Fulton County Police Cpl. Partrena Smith said.Smith said at least 10 people were hurt, including two critically. Fulton Cou
  
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• Neighbor charged with murder of 81-year-old Marion man

  08-06-2017 22:49
  The family of Howard Biederman said he would help anyone in need. In the end, that kindness may have contributed to his death.Police arrested his neighbor, 52-year-old Jacqueline Miller and charged her with murder.Neighbors said she would frequent Biederman's home just a few feet from where she lived to cut his grass. He would also loan her money.Around 4 p.m. Wednesday, neighbors said they saw Miller leaving Biederman's home.A daughter-in-law went to check on him and found him bloody inside his
  
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• Pickerington Police arrest suspect in CVS Pharmacy robbery, 2nd at-large

  08-06-2017 21:45
  
  Authorities have arrested one of two suspect accused of robbing a Pickerington CVS Pharmacy Wednesday morning.According to police, one of the suspects entered the CVS at State Route 256 and Refugee Road around 4:30 a.m. CVS Pharmacy in Pickerington, Ohio (WBNS-10TV)
  The suspect reportedly ordered the employees to the ground before stealing medication from the store's safe.Police said the suspect got away from the pharmacy with an unknown amount of medication and got into a vehicle.That vehicle w
  
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• Northeast Ohio teen killed, 3 injured in single-car accident

  08-06-2017 21:18
  
  Authorities say a 16-year-old girl has died and three others have been injured when a car carrying six teen girls left the roadway and crashed into a tree outside of Cleveland.The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the teen killed as Kailee Mayher, of Strongsville. The crash occurred Wednesday night in Strongsville.Strongsville police say the three injured girls were sitting in the backseat and were taken to hospitals. The 16-year-old driver and a 16-year-old front-seat pas
  
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• Doppler 10: Cranking up the heat

  08-06-2017 21:09
  This Evening: Partly sunny and a little warmer than yesterday. NE 3-7 mph.
  Tonight: Partly cloudy tonight. Low 56. Light and variable wind.
  Friday: Mostly sunny and seasonably warm with highs near 80. SW 5-10 mph.
  Saturday: Mostly sunny and even warmer. High 85. SW 5-10 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: Upper level low pressure to our south is bringing shower and storm chances just SE of the Ohio state line. Clouds will slightly build th
  
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• Renovated gorilla exhibit opens 1 year after Harambe's death

  08-06-2017 20:19
  
  Part of an expanded gorilla exhibit has opened at the Cincinnati Zoo, about a year after a 3-year-old boy fell into the enclosure, leading the zoo to kill an endangered gorilla named Harambe.The renovations started in the fall but had been in the works since before the gorilla's death.The outdoor portion of the enclosure is now open. Work continues on a new indoor enclosure that will allow visitors to see the apes year-round.Harambe was killed May 28, 2016, after the zoo determined he was a thr
  
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• McDermott staying at Creighton, not taking job at Ohio State

  08-06-2017 20:03
  
  Creighton coach Greg McDermott says he is staying with the Bluejays after a report he was offered the job at Ohio State.ESPN first reported Wednesday night that McDermott met with Ohio State officials on Wednesday and was offered the job, which opened Monday when Thad Matta resigned.McDermott tweeted Thursday, "I'm blessed and honored to be the coach at Creighton.....and am looking forward to many more great years in Omaha!" I'm blessed and honored to be the coach at Creighton.....and am looking
  
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• Trump lawyer denies president demanded loyalty

  08-06-2017 19:31
  
  President Donald Trump's personal attorney says the president "never, in form or substance" directed former FBI director James Comey to stop investigating anyone. That includes former national security adviser, Michael Flynn.Marc Kasowitz is responding to Comey's Thursday morning testimony, in which the fired FBI director said Trump urged him to drop the Flynn case.Kasowitz says that the president is "entitled to expect loyalty" from those serving the administration. But he says Trump never told
  
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• 4 dead in murder-suicide at Pennsylvania supermarket

  08-06-2017 19:22
  
  TUNKHANNOCK, Pa. — A supermarket employee brought two guns to work overnight Thursday, blocked the store's entrances and exits so no one could flee and fatally shot three fellow employees before turning the weapon on himself, Pennsylvania state police said.State police say it remains unclear why 24-year-old Randy Stair, of Dallas, shot the others and himself in a Weis Market shortly before 1 a.m. Thursday.Stair's shift started when the store closed at 11 p.m. Police said he later took a du
  
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• What you need to know about the Columbus Arts Festival Updated at

  08-06-2017 19:04
  The 56th Columbus Arts Festival is this weekend at the Scioto Riverfront, where artists and non-artists alike can stop and enjoy musical performances and the craft of local visionaries. The Columbus Arts Festival is a free, three-day event that serves as the "welcome to summer" event for people to view the visual arts, whether that be music, art, dance or theater.
  
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• Data shows 43 overdose deaths in Ohio county over 13 days

  08-06-2017 18:07
  
  CLEVELAND — A medical examiner's office says drug overdoses killed at least 43 people in a northeast Ohio county since Memorial Day weekend.The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office in Cleveland reports that 29 men and 14 women died in the 13-day period from May 26 to Wednesday. The statistics released Wednesday don't say how many of the 43 overdoses were caused by opioids, such as heroin and fentanyl, or other drugs.The 43 deaths included 20 residents of Cleveland and 23 residents of
  
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• Columbus Police: Wife in life-threatening condition after husband admits to shooting her

  08-06-2017 18:00
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus police said a husband shot his wife in the Hilltop area of Columbus on Thursday.Police said officers were called to the 3500 block of Fremont Street just before 7 a.m. where they found 42-year-old Lucia Romero shot.Police said she is in life-threatening condition at a local hospital.Her husband, 43-year-old Fernando Romero, is charged with felonious assault after police said he confessed to the shooting.Fernando Romero is in custody at the Franklin County Jail.If you've
  
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• James Comey: Trump administration spread 'lies, plain and simple'

  08-06-2017 17:54
  
  WASHINGTON — Former FBI Director James Comey accused the Trump administration Thursday of spreading "lies, plain and simple" about him and the FBI in the aftermath of his abrupt firing, in dramatic testimony that exposed deep distrust between the president and the veteran lawman and threatened to undermine Donald Trump's presidency.Comey disputed the Trump administration's justification for his firing, declaring the administration "defamed him and more importantly the FBI," as he opened hi
  
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• WATCH: James Comey testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee

  08-06-2017 15:56
  
  Ousted FBI director James Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday, and didn't pull any punches when discussing President Trump.---James Comey testimony: The top takeaways "Lies, plain and simple"Throughout his testimony, Comey accused Mr. Trump of misleading Americans about the nature of his tenure at the Bureau and his firing in May. "The administration then chose to defame me and more importantly the FBI, by saying the organization was poorly led," Comey said at th
  
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• Live Updates: James Comey testifies for first time since firing

  08-06-2017 15:56
  
  Former FBI Director James Comey will testify before Congress for the first time Thursday morning since President Trump fired him nearly a month ago.LIVE COVERAGE: James Comey testimonty today10 a.m. ET, James Comey testimony expected to begin1 p.m. ET, Private Senate Intelligence Committee session expected to begin ---LIVE UPDATES11:40 a.m.Former FBI Director James Comey says he asked a friend to leak the contents of his memo about meetings with President Donald Trump.Comey says in his hearing b
  
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• Police: Uptick in car break-ins targeting a specific crowd

  08-06-2017 15:36
  Reynoldsburg is the latest city in central Ohio getting targeted by thieves peeking through car windows and finding a lot of loot.
  “I’ve seen some pretty interesting things,” says Officer Tammy Jackson, a Community Resource Officer (CRO) with the Reynoldsburg Division of Police.
  “Even a brand new Coach purse, sitting on the front seats, laptops, you name it, it looks good to a criminal,” she adds.
  Jackson is now part of a team of CRO’s who patrol parking lots
  
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• Amazon announces discounted Prime membership for low income customers #whattrending

  08-06-2017 14:25
  Amazon has announced that the company will be offering its Prime membership at a discounted price of $5.99 a month to low-income families receiving government assistance. Prime usually costs $10.99 a month, which comes out to about $132 a year, or $99 a year if paid annually.
  
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• Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo tops Forbes' ranking of best-paid athletes

  08-06-2017 14:03
  Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo topped Forbes' ranking of the world's highest paid athletes in 2017 for the second straight year, earning $93 million in salary and endorsement income. He edged out basketball star LeBron James, who took home $86.2 million and Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi, who received $80 million.Before Ronaldo became the best-paid athlete, the title had belonged to either golfer Tiger Woods or boxer Floyd Mayweather for 15 straight years.Ronaldo plays for Real M
  
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• Eating eggs could provide health benefits for children

  08-06-2017 13:27
  Nutrition experts were surprised by a study about the benefits of adding eggs to a child's diet.Research published in the journal "Pediatrics" found eggs significantly increased growth in young children and reduced the number of children who were underweight.The study followed six-to-nine-month-old babies in Ecuador who were fed one egg a day.
  
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• Drinking dairy-free milk could cause kids to be shorter

  08-06-2017 13:20
  Kids who drink dairy alternatives like rice, soy or almond milk may end up shorter than kids who drink cow's milk.A new study published by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition says the most surprising finding is that "the amount children were shorter depended on how much they were consuming." Each cup of non-cow's milk a child drinks a day is associated with a loss of .15 inches in height.For example-- if a three-year-old drinks three cups of non-dairy milk each day, that child would be ha
  
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• #bigbinkshow Janet Already Lost 50 Pounds For Tour

  08-06-2017 09:50
  If you haven't seen the baby yet, check it out below. RT @HuntikFan1017 : One More School Day Before The Last Day Of School On Wednesday Kids! Tomorrow and Wednesday then school is out for the S... RT @JaqFleming : I could live on the water & breathe u & touch u everyday & I'd be just fine! a i u that much!!!! #mermaidfromdenmark https:/...
  
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• Warriors rally to beat Cavs 118-113

  08-06-2017 06:00
  
  Kevin Durant made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 45 seconds left and the Golden State Warriors took a 3-0 in the NBA Finals by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 118-113 on Wednesday night.Durant scored 31 points and Klay Thompson had 30 for the Warriors, who improved to 15-0 in the postseason and are on the brink of the first undefeated finish in the NBA. Stephen Curry had 26 points, 13 rebounds and six assists.LeBron James had 39 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists for the Cavaliers, and Kyrie Irving
  
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• Noel Gallagher is donating song royalties to Manchester fund

  08-06-2017 05:44
  
  Noel Gallagher will donate royalties from Oasis' song "Don't Look Back In Anger" to the British Red Cross' One Love Manchester fund, a spokesperson for a benefit concert where the song was performed said Wednesday.A spokesperson for the production companies behind Sunday's benefit concert said that neither Gallagher, 50, nor Oasis was set to perform. SB Projects, Live Nation, Festival Republic and SJM Concerts produced the event, which was broadcast around the world.Gallagher told organizers tha
  
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• New trial requested in 'Making a Murderer' case

  08-06-2017 05:40
  
  A lawyer on Wednesday asked for a new trial for a Wisconsin man convicted in a case profiled in the "Making a Murderer" Netflix series.Steven Avery's conviction was based on planted evidence and false testimony, attorney Kathleen Zellner says in a 1,272-page document she filed. She contends Avery deserves a new trial "in the interests of justice" and because "the real controversy was never tried," USA Today Network-Wisconsin (http://post.cr/2rCtIju ) reported.The Wisconsin Department of Justice
  
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• Bodies, aircraft parts found in search for Myanmar plane

  08-06-2017 05:28
  
  YANGON, Myanmar— A navy ship found bodies and aircraft parts in the seas off Myanmar while searching Thursday morning for a military transport plane carrying 120 people, a spokesman said.The Chinese-made Y-8 turboprop aircraft carrying 120 people disappeared Wednesday afternoon about a half-hour after leaving Myeik, also known as Mergui, for Yangon on a route that would have taken it over the Andaman Sea.Nine naval ships, five army aircraft and three helicopters were searching for the plan
  
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• Ro James Talks About How Prince Influenced Him [VIDEO]

  08-06-2017 05:27
  I'm DJn his set so we bout to set Columbus on Y" Y" Y" Y" #DownWithTheKing 11. #rp @LILDonAIR: "I said "hey @djmrking we should dress alike!" He said "that's corny."
  
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• Police identify 81-year-old victim, suspect in Marion homicide

  08-06-2017 04:20
  
  An 81-year-old man was found dead in his Marion home Wednesday and one woman is in custody.A caller told police they discovered a family member at a home on Uncapher Avenue covered in blood and the man did not appear to be breathing.EMS and police discovered found Howard Biederman deceased when they arrived on scene.Marion Police say 52-year-old Jackie Miller, of Marion, was located near the residence late Wednesday night. Police say she was known to the victim and was the primary lead in the in
  
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• Marion Police investigating possible homicide

  08-06-2017 04:20
  
  The Marion Police Department is investigating a possible homicide that was reported Wednesday night.A caller told police they discovered a family member covered in blood and did not appear to be breathing in the 300 block of Uncapher Avenue.EMS and police discovered an 81-year-old man who was deceased.The Marion County coroner and investigators are still on the scene.
  
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• Deadly tick bite may have killed Indiana toddler

  08-06-2017 03:48
  
  PLAINFIELD, Ind. (WTHR) - A deadly bite may be to blame for a central Indiana toddler going from perfectly healthy to dangerously sick, in just one week.According to WTHR, 2-year-old Kenley Ratliff died Sunday.Her family suspects she was infected with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever after getting bitten by a tick. The family said she'd gone camping recently and then the sickness started.Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is a rare, tick-borne illness. If not treated right away with antibiotics, there is
  
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• 5 medical marijuana cultivation companies look to set up in Johnstown

  08-06-2017 03:19
  More medical marijuana businesses are hoping to start growing in central Ohio, specifically on Commerce Boulevard in Johnstown.The village's manager said five medical marijuana cultivation companies are in contracts with property owners, with hopes to set up a business by September.Now, nearly all of the space for medical marijuana companies in Johnstown is taken, but before growers can plant they need a license from the state.According to the village welcome sign, Johnstown is known for its fam
  
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• Officer who stopped OSU attacker receives award named after fallen Columbus officer

  08-06-2017 03:18
  
  The police officer who shot and killed the suspect in an attack on Ohio State's campus received an award named after a Columbus police officer who was killed in the line of duty.Ohio State University Police Officer Alan Horujko received the Steven Michael Smith Valor Award from the Ohio Tactical Officers Association. Officer Smith was wounded in a SWAT standoff on April 10, 2016 and passed away from his injuries two days later.The award is presented to the "person or persons who distinguish ones
  
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• Grave of boy who killed himself opened to retrieve computer

  08-06-2017 02:24
  
  The grave of an 8-year-old Ohio boy who killed himself in January after his mother said he was bullied at school was opened to remove a computer tablet for prosecutors investigating his suicide, authorities said Wednesday.The Hamilton County Coroner's Office said Gabriel Taye's grave was opened Wednesday to remove the tablet on behalf of the county prosecutor's office. The tablet was buried with Gabriel because his mother wanted to ensure "he had something to play with in heaven."The coroner's o
  
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• Second woman charged after woman found dead in south Columbus

  08-06-2017 02:18
  
  A second woman has been charged in relation to a body discovered in south Columbus along Big Run Road on May 31.Kristen Mays is accused of brushing the teeth and wiping the body of Jacqueline Powers in an attempt to hide evidence, according to Franklin County Municipal Court records.Those records also show Mays admitted to placing Powers' body into a closet for about two hours and did not call for medical assistance.Mays helped place Powers' body into a vehicle with the intention of getting rid
  
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• VIDEO: Take a walk through IKEA Columbus in 6 minutes

  08-06-2017 01:59
  
  After years of waiting, the IKEA in Columbus has officially opened.The Swedish furniture store features 10,000 exclusively designed items, 50 room-settings, three model home interiors, a supervised children's play area, and 450 seat restaurant.The 354,000 square foot store is located at the northeastern corner of Interstate 71 and Gemini Place in the Polaris Centers of Commerce.Check out the video below to see a complete walking tour through the store under six minutes.
  
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• The Columbus Metropolitan Club, June 7, 2017

  08-06-2017 01:27 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Columbus Metropolitan Club, : The American Civil Liberties Union.

  08-06-2017 01:27 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Columbus Police Contradict 'Hate Crime' Story Spread By Linda Sarsour, Shaun King

  08-06-2017 00:49
  Rahma Warsame, a Somali Muslim resident of Columbus, Ohio, claimed to be brutally beaten by a white man in a hate crime attack. Warsame reportedly said that her attacker told her, "you all will be shipped back to Africa."
  
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