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• #BigBinkShow..The Dish: Kehlani Goes Off On Fan, Kylie Gets A New...

  13-06-2017 23:40
  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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• Body dropped off outside Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

  13-06-2017 23:31
  
  A male body was found outside of the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Tuesday,according to a university official.Officials tell 10TV someone dropped off the body outside the emergency room of the hospital.No details on the person's identity are available at this time.This incident remains under investigation.
  
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• Multiple drivers report being hit by rocks from I-270 overpass

  13-06-2017 22:53
  
  Two Dublin women are grateful to have escaped serious injury after a rock flew into their windshield on the interstate.They're not the only ones. Three different drivers reported someone throwing rocks from an overpass.It happened just after midnight early Monday morning on I-270 westbound near Gantz Road.It was a quiet ride home after a night with friends for Krystal Jacobs and Deborah Yankulov. The impact came without warning."It sounded like an explosion to me," said Jacobs."I thought it was
  
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• Tests find that most midsize SUVs' headlights are unsafe

  13-06-2017 22:13
  
  More than half of the midsize SUVs tested by an insurance industry group were found to have unsafe headlights that either didn't light up the road far enough or caused glare for oncoming drivers.The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said Tuesday that it tested 37 midsize SUVs and only two received a "good" rating: the 2017 Volvo XC60 and 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe. Twelve were rated "acceptable," 12 others were rated "marginal" and 11 were rated "poor." IIHS recommends buying vehicles with headl
  
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• Diddy, Beyonce, & Drake Make Top Five On Forbes' Highest Paid Celebrities List

  13-06-2017 21:22
  A few names in the music industry made their way onto the annual Forbes' Highest Paid Celebrities list for 2017. The Weeknd made this year's list at number 6, bringing in around $92 million; due in large part to receiving a tour advance of $75 million.
  
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• Doppler 10: Rounds of showers and storms continue Wednesday

  13-06-2017 21:00
  This Evening: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, some will be strong to severe. Hot and humid with temperatures in the 80s.
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy and warm with a low of 72. SW wind 5-10 mph.
  Wednesday: Showers and storms are likely, mainly in the afternoon. High 89. SW wind 0-5 mph.
  Thursday: More showers and storms. High 88. S wind 3-6 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: Scattered showers and thunderstorms this evening, mainly before 8
  
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• Doppler 10: Rounds of showers & storms continue Wednesday

  13-06-2017 21:00
  Today: Mostly cloudy, hot & humid. Chance for pop-up showers and/or storms. Upper 80s-Near 90 SW 3-6 mph
  Tonight: Still a chance for scattered showers or storms. Warm. 71 S 3-6 mph
  Thursday: More showers and storms. 87 SW 5-10 mph
  Friday: Variably cloudy. Just a slight chance. 89 -->Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: Warm and muggy weather continues today as a very wet air mass remains in place over the region. This will keep things un
  
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• J. Ashburn Jr. Center's Boys And Girls Club Re-opening

  13-06-2017 20:42 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Sessions heatedly denies improper Russia contacts

  13-06-2017 20:26
  
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions heatedly denied on Tuesday having an undisclosed meeting with Russia's ambassador to the U.S. or conversations with any Russian officials about the U.S. election that sent Donald Trump to the White House. He vowed to defend his honor "against scurrilous and false allegations."Testifying at a Senate hearing, Sessions, who was a close Trump adviser during the battle for the presidency, said it was a "detestable and appalling lie" to suggest that he participated in or
  
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• LIVE UPDATES: Jeff Sessions testifies before Senate Intelligence Committee

  13-06-2017 20:26
  
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions, facing fresh questions about his Russian contacts during the election campaign and his role in the firing of James Comey, is being interrogated in a public hearing by former Senate colleagues on Tuesday.The appearance before the Senate intelligence committee comes one week after former FBI Director Comey cryptically told lawmakers the bureau had expected Sessions to recuse himself weeks before he did from an investigation into contacts between Trump campaign assoc
  
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• Jeff Sessions testifies before Senate Intelligence Committee on Russia investigation

  13-06-2017 20:26
  
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions, facing fresh questions about his Russian contacts during the election campaign and his role in the firing of James Comey, will be interrogated in a public hearing by former Senate colleagues on Tuesday.The appearance before the Senate intelligence committee comes one week after former FBI Director Comey cryptically told lawmakers the bureau had expected Sessions to recuse himself weeks before he did from an investigation into contacts between Trump campaign associ
  
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• Columbus teen wins gold in FIBA Under 16 World Championships

  13-06-2017 20:21
  
  A local 16-year-old girl has brought the Gold home to Ohio.Jordan Horston was recently one of 12 girls to represent the USA in Argentina in the FIBA Under 16 World Championships.The team beat out Canada for the golf medal with a 91-46 score.Horston attends Africentric High School in Columbus where she will be a junior in the fall.
  
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• Verizon takes over Yahoo to complete $4.5 billion deal

  13-06-2017 19:52
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Verizon has taken over Yahoo, completing a $4.5 billion deal that will usher in a new management team to attempt to wring more advertising revenue from one of the internet's best-known brands.Tuesday's closure of the sale ends Yahoo's 21-year history as a publicly traded company. It also ends the nearly five-year reign of Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, who isn't joining Verizon. She will walk away from Yahoo with a compensation package currently worth about $127 million, includin
  
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• Officials: Vape pipe sparked fire; dog possibly involved

  13-06-2017 19:43
  
  DAMASCUS, Md. — Authorities say a vape pipe blamed for a house fire north of the nation's capital may have sparked a flame because a dog got hold of it.WTTG-TV quotes Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesman Pete Piringer as saying the dog may have been playing with the device, causing its battery to ignite.The owner of the town house in Damascus, Maryland, was away on a motorcycle ride, the station reported. He said he found his house filled with smoke and his carpet and couch
  
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• Ohio man identified as suspect in killings of 5 in 2 cities

  13-06-2017 19:11
  
  CANTON, Ohio — A man suspected of fatally shooting a mother and her two college-age daughters is believed to have killed a married couple afterward in another city, a sheriff said Tuesday.Stark County Sheriff George Maier identified the suspect as 45-year-old George Brinkman Jr., who was taken into custody early Tuesday after a standoff in Brunswick, south of Cleveland.Maier said Brinkman worked for 71-year-old Rogell Eugene John and 64-year-old Roberta Ray John, whose bodies were found in
  
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• Inmates kill prison guards, escape during bus transport

  13-06-2017 18:16
  
  EATONTON, Ga. — A manhunt is under way in Georgia for two inmates accused of killing two guards on a prison bus Tuesday morning.Donnie Russell Rowe, 43, and Ricky Dubose, 24, overpowered and disarmed the two guards around 5:45 a.m. as about 30 inmates were being driven between prisons, Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills said in a news release. One of the two inmates then shot and killed both guards, Sills said.Rowe and Dubose then carjacked a getaway car and fled, armed with the officers'
  
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• Fugitives in guard shootings 'dangerous beyond description'

  13-06-2017 18:16
  
  EATONTON, Ga. — A manhunt is under way for two inmates accused of killing two guards on a Georgia prison bus Tuesday morning.Donnie Russell Rowe, 43, and Ricky Dubose, 24, overpowered and disarmed the two guards around 6:45 a.m. as 33 inmates were being driven between prisons, Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills told reporters. One of the two inmates then shot and killed both guards, Sills said."We are still desperately looking for these two individuals. They are armed with 9 mm pistols tha
  
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• Hazmat incident closes State Route 37 in Licking County

  13-06-2017 17:58
  
  The Licking County Sheriff Office is investigating a crash on State Route 37involving a semi-truck and another vehicle Tuesday morning.Deputies say fuel spilled from the tractor-trailer prompting hazmat crews to respond.State Route 37 is closed at State Route 16 while crews process the scene, according to the Sheriff Office.Authorities say least one person was injured in the crash and their condition is unknown at this time.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.Hazmat incident RT 37 closed at
  
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• 2017 Pride Illumination Ceremony

  13-06-2017 17:45 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Bill Cosby jury drills down on his deposition testimony

  13-06-2017 17:37
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. — The jury in the Bill Cosby sexual assault case drilled down Tuesday on what the TV star said happened inside his suburban Philadelphia home and how he characterized his relationship with the accuser as it weighs charges that could send him to prison for the rest of his life.Jurors began their second day of deliberations by reviewing more than a dozen passages from a deposition Cosby gave more than a decade ago. They heard excerpts covering a wide range of topics, from Cos
  
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• No more art, music and gym tests just to grade teachers? How Ohio...

  13-06-2017 16:37
  Fourth-grader Ella Gibson puts her touch on a progressive art project at a Rocky River school district art show in 2014. Art students in Ohio schools could soon stop taking tests each year just to grade their art teachers, if a new proposal from State Superintendent Paolo DeMaria takes effect.
  
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• North Korea frees U.S. student Otto Warmbier; family says he's in coma

  13-06-2017 15:41
  WASHINGTON — North Korea has released an American college student who was serving a 15-year prison term with hard labor for alleged anti-state acts, U.S. and North Korean officials said Tuesday. Otto Warmbier's parents said he was in a coma and being medically evacuated.The announcement on Warmbier's release came as former NBA player Dennis Rodman was paying a return visit to Pyongyang. Rodman is one of few people to have met both North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump.
  
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• North Korea frees U.S. student Otto Warmbier

  13-06-2017 15:41
  
  WASHINGTON — North Korea has released Otto Warmbier, an American serving a 15-year prison term with hard labor for alleged anti-state acts, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday in an announcement that came as former NBA player Dennis Rodman was paying a return visit to Pyongyang."At the direction of the President, the Department of State has secured the release of Otto Warmbier from North Korea," Tillerson said in a statement. "Mr. Warmbier is en route to the U.S. where he will be
  
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• Ohio judge orders DUI defendants to download rideshare apps

  13-06-2017 15:07
  
  PAINESVILLE, Ohio — An Ohio judge known for handing down unusual sentences is requiring convicted drunken drivers to download ridesharing apps on their phone as part of their punishment.Municipal Court Judge Michael Cicconetti in Painesville in northeastern Ohio also requires defendants to enter a credit card number on the Uber and Lyft apps as a condition of probation.Ridesharing apps allow users to summon a ride via their smart phone similar to taxi services.Cicconetti tells the Willough
  
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• Ohio prepares for possible coordinated attack with simulated exercise

  13-06-2017 14:29
  On Tuesday, the Ohio Department of Public Safety (ODPS) will test its response capabilities to a complex, coordinated attack during an exercise that will take place in two separate locations.
  It’s the first time ODPS has put a majority of the Department’s divisions to the test with a multi-location, simultaneous attack.
  “Communication moves faster than ever, so public safety has to move equally as fast,” says Rick Zwayer, executive director for Ohio Homeland Security (OHS
  
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• Ohio prepares for possible coordinated attack with a simulated exercise

  13-06-2017 14:29
  “Communication moves faster than ever, so public safety has to move equally as fast,” says Rick Zwayer, executive director for Ohio Homeland Security (OHS).
  On Tuesday, the Ohio Department of Public Safety (ODPS) will test its response capabilities to a complex, coordinated attack during an exercise that will take place in two separate locations.It’s the first time ODPS has put a majority of the Department’s divisions to the test with a multi-location, simultaneous attack
  
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• Jennifer Lawrence's private plane makes emergency landing after double-engine failure

  13-06-2017 14:21
  
  Jennifer Lawrence is safe after the actress had to make an emergency landing on Saturday after both engines on her flight failed.Lawrence was traveling from Louisville, Kentucky, where she was visiting family, but mid-flight, at 31,000 feet, an engine failed on the private plane, her representatives confirmed to CBS News.The pilots had to make an emergency landing in Buffalo, New York, during which the second engine failed.The FAA does not release names of passengers, but a spokesperson confirme
  
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• Ride-Sharers Can Go Farther With car2go’s Home Area Expansion

  13-06-2017 14:00
  Ride-sharing is taking off in Columbus. For economic or environmental reasons, more people are looking for ways to live in the city without owning a car. After the launch of car2go in 2013, thousands of Columbusites became members, trading in their sedans for the company’s compact vehicles. For the last couple of years, the cars’ travel radius has reached from North Broadway to East Morrill Avenue in Merion Village, and from Champion Avenue in Olde Towne East to North Star Avenue in
  
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• Monument review includes oceans, tribal lands and Sequoias

  13-06-2017 13:33
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — President Donald Trump's call to review 27 national monuments established by three former presidents put in limbo protections on large swaths of land home to ancient cliff dwellings, towering sequoia trees, deep canyons and ocean habitats where seals, whales and sea turtles roam.Trump and other critics say presidents have lost sight of the original purpose of the law created by President Theodore Roosevelt that was designed to protect particular historical or archaeologica
  
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• Cases of canine flu on rise in several U.S. states

  13-06-2017 12:59
  A highly contagious dog flu is reaching various states including Florida, Texas and Tennessee.Symptoms include sneezing, coughing and nasal discharge.The good news is -- as of June 13, 2017 -- 10TV had not seen any reports of the virus this year in Ohio.Still, veterinarians are always reminding dog owners to keep an eye on their pets when they come in contact with other animals.If you think your dog may be sick, experts say the best course of action is to give your dog lots of water and make sur
  
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• Theodore Decker: In death penalty trial, suspect shows no emotion

  13-06-2017 12:10
  So much of Lincoln Rutledge's life in the weeks before his deadly standoff with Columbus police last year was about constant motion, his sudden tumble into irrationality and the choices he made that hastened his fall. Rutledge did little more than blink and stare into space as he sat for hours Monday before the Franklin County Common Pleas jury that will weigh whether he killed SWAT Officer Stephen Smith during a Clintonville barricade in April 2016 and, if he did, whether he should pay for that
  
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• Former NBA player Dennis Rodman arrives in North Korea

  13-06-2017 11:53
  
  Dennis Rodman, the former NBA bad boy who has palled around with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, flew back to Pyongyang on Tuesday for the first time in Donald Trump's presidency. He said he is "just trying to open a door" on a mission that he thinks his former "Celebrity Apprentice" boss would support.Rodman, one of the few people to know both of the nuclear-armed leaders, sported a black T-shirt advertising a marijuana cybercurrency as he talked to reporters briefly before his flight from Bei
  
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• Golden State Warriors defeat Cleveland Cavaliers in NBA Finals

  13-06-2017 09:23
  
  As a fresh NBA champions cap sat a tad off-kilter on his head, Kevin Durant embraced mother Wanda. Then he moved across the podium and hugged Stephen Curry before accepting his shiny MVP trophy, holding out his arms and hoisting it for everyone to see.Durant capped his spectacular first season with the Warriors by bringing home that coveted NBA championship he joined Golden State last July so determined to get, scoring 39 points in a fast-and-furious, Finals-clinching 129-120 victory over LeBron
  
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• Police search for man who exposed himself to a 5-year-old girl

  13-06-2017 08:53
  
  Columbus Police are searching for a man they say exposed himself to a 5-year-old girl.The incident happened Friday, June 9 around 7:33 p.m. at the Half Price Books store on Bethel Road at the Carriage Place Shopping Center.The victim told police she was in the children's area looking at books and stuffed animals when a stranger began talking to her. The man eventually exposed himself to the girl, then ran out of the store.Police say their initial investigation did not reveal any sexual contact d
  
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• Columbus Police search for man who exposed himself to a 5-year-old girl

  13-06-2017 08:53
  Columbus Police are searching for a man they say exposed himself to a 5-year-old girl.The incident happened Friday, June 9 around 7:33 p.m. at the Half Price Books store on Bethel Road at the Carriage Place Shopping Center.The victim told police she was in the children's area looking at books and stuffed animals when a stranger began talking to her. The man eventually exposed himself to the girl, then ran out of the store.Police say their initial investigation did not reveal any sexual contact d
  
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• Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus in Ohio

  13-06-2017 07:59
  Franklin County Public Health says the infected mosquito pool is in Norwich Township near the Columbus suburb of Hilliard. Health officials say the pool was identified in a surveillance of traps set up to monitor the mosquito population.
  
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• Security procedures to be reviewed in wake of shooting at main library

  13-06-2017 05:51
  But a day after a shooting Sunday shattered the quiet, welcoming atmosphere inside the Downtown facility, a library official said a review of security procedures is planned that could lead to searching patrons' bags, installing metal detectors and other measures. The topic will likely come up at an already scheduled trustees meeting on June 21. "We're going to talk about everything,' said Gregg Dodd, the library's director of marketing. "As a public resource ... we want to be open.
  
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• SWAT situation reported in Blacklick

  13-06-2017 04:25
  
  Authorities are at the scene of a reported standoff in Blacklick.SWAT officers are on the scene along Crete Lane.According to Columbus Police, officers were called to the area just before 9 p.m. on the report of someone with a gun.Waggoner Road from Kennedy Road to Jefferson Run is shut down.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Classmates remember kindhearted, Worthington teen found in ocean

  13-06-2017 03:58
  Plans are underway for a vigil to remember a Thomas Worthington High School student who died on a school trip.Known for his natural ability to lead, students and friends of Franklin "Eric" Clark are remembering him for his kind heart. Eric Clark is believed to have drowned in the Atlantic Ocean while visiting South Carolina with his high school basketball team.Clark went missing Sunday afternoon and search crews found his body around noon Monday.Much of the district community is heartbroken toni
  
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• Columbus City Council Meeting June 12, 2017

  13-06-2017 03:47 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Announcing the 2017 Summer Fellows!

  13-06-2017 02:50
  College students and recent graduates are matched with central Ohio nonprofits for a 10-week, hands-on experience to prepare them for a future nonprofit career.
  Read the list of fellows and programs. Or follow along on the Summer Fellows blog.
  The Columbus Foundation is working to capture The Spirit of Columbus through images that showcase the determination, dedication, and commitment of people in our smart + open community. Be sure to check out columbusfoundation.org an
  
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• Theater refuses to buckle after 'Caesar' Trump criticism

  13-06-2017 02:10
  
  The Public Theater is refusing to back down after backlash over its production of "Julius Caesar" that portrays a Donald Trump-like dictator in a business suit with a long tie who gets knifed to death onstage.Delta Air Lines and Bank of America have pulled their sponsorship of the Public's version of the play, but in a statement Monday the theater said it stands behind the production. It noted its staging has "provoked heated discussion" but "such discussion is exactly the goal of our civically-
  
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• Columbus schools wants a share of ECOTa s $60 million repayment

  13-06-2017 01:20
  The district is among several in Ohio that believe they are owed a chunk of the $60 million the State Board of Education ordered online charter school ECOT to repay Monday. The state says that's how much ECOT overcharged the state in the 2015-16 school year for students it could not prove attended classes.
  
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• Trial begins for man accused of killing Columbus SWAT officer

  13-06-2017 00:36
  The trial has begun for the man accused of shooting and killing a Columbus Police SWAT officer in April 2016.Lincoln Rutledge is facing charges including aggravated murder and attempted murder because Franklin County Assistant Prosecutor Dan Hogan said Rutledge tried to kill four more SWAT officers before he was taken into custody.Rutledge showed no emotion in court Monday as his estranged wife, who asked not to be identified, told the jury Rutledge had mental issues.Prosecutors showed the jury
  
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