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• Red, White & Boom will offer reserved parking

  29-06-2017 23:02
  Red, White & Boom will offer several new features this year.In addition to a new Charity 5k and an extra minute of fireworks, the event will offer a new parking feature as well.Event planners have teamed up with LAZ Parking as their "Partner in Parking."Red White & Boom: Road closures in downtown ColumbusThis new partnership allows drivers to search, view and pre-purchase parking online, through an online reservation system. You can also reserve parking through the LAZgo smartphone app.O
  
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• 9-year-old girl finds fake bolt filled with drugs in Mount Vernon

  29-06-2017 22:55
  When it comes to hiding drugs, Sergeant Dan Johnson of the Franklin County Special Investigation Unit said everyday items can be turned into a hidden compartment to hide dope."It is a hairbrush. It functions just like one, but you take the top off and there's the safe," he said.Seargent Johnson said there are thousands of websites that sell these items. While some people may use them for legitimate reasons like hiding valuables, he says more often than not, people are using them to conceal illeg
  
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• Platey McPlateface? Ohio BMV asks the internet to name its new mascot

  29-06-2017 22:00
  
  The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles is introducing a new mascot, but it needs a name and is looking for suggestions.The agency posted on Twitter and Facebook Tuesday asking for name ideas, and warned that "only appropriate names will be considered.""We thought this would be a great way to engage our customers and create a dialogue," Ohio BMV representative Lindsey Bohrer said in an email.10TV scrolled through the name suggestions on the Ohio BMV Facebook page.People responded with clever names, li
  
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• Gov. Kasich faces health care clash at home

  29-06-2017 21:43
  
  Republican legislators in Ohio are bracing for a veto fight with GOP Gov. John Kasich as the national health care debate hits the 2016 presidential contender on his home turf.Conservatives have called on the outspoken Kasich to set a national example by leaving in place a state budget provision calling for freezing new enrollment under Medicaid expansion starting July 1, 2018. Kasich must decide by midnight Friday.Allowing the freeze would mark a stunning reversal for Kasich. He's been one of th
  
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• Global cyberattack may have aimed for havoc, not extortion

  29-06-2017 21:29
  
  The cyberattack that has locked up computers around the world while demanding a ransom may not be an extortion attempt after all, but something more sinister: an effort to create havoc in Ukraine, security experts say."There may be a more nefarious motive behind the attack," Gavin O'Gorman, an investigator with U.S. antivirus firm Symantec, said in a blog post . "Perhaps this attack was never intended to make money (but) rather to simply disrupt a large number of Ukrainian organizations."The rog
  
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• GOP may keep some Obama tax hikes to save health care bill

  29-06-2017 21:24
  
  Top Senate Republicans on Thursday considered keeping President Barack Obama's tax increase on wealthier people's investments and using the money to bolster their proposed health care subsidies in a bid to mollify moderate GOP lawmakers and salvage the party's struggling bill.Also in play was a proposal from conservatives to let insurers offer any plans they'd like, including ones with skimpy benefits and low premiums. To do so, a company would also have to sell policies that abide by the consum
  
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• Man sentenced for killing pastor brother at Dayton church

  29-06-2017 21:16
  
  An Ohio man who killed his pastor brother in a church office as Sunday services were ending last year has been sentenced to 31 years to life in prison.The sentencing Wednesday comes after a jury this month found 69-year-old Daniel Schooler guilty of murder and felonious assault charges in the shooting of the Rev. William Schooler at the pastor's Dayton church in February 2016.Daniel Schooler testified at trial that he went to the church to discuss a lawsuit about an inheritance. He said he shot
  
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• Terror suspect scheduled for trial this month actually pleaded guilty in 2015

  29-06-2017 21:08
  Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud, a suspected terrorist whose trial was scheduled for next month, actually pleaded guilty almost two years ago. Mohamud, now 25, entered a guilty plea on Aug. 14, 2015, before U.S. District Court Magistrate Elizabeth A. Preston Deavers.
  
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• Doppler 10: Showers and storms return Friday

  29-06-2017 20:55
  This Evening:Windy, warm and humid. A slight chance that a shower or storm could develop. SW wind 15-20 mph; gusting around 30 mph.
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of a scattered shower or storm. Low 71. S wind 5-10 mph.
  Friday: Partly sunny and breezy with a chance for afternoon showers and storms. High 86. SW wind 10-15 mph.
  Saturday: Mostly cloudy with a better chance of showers and storms. High 84. W wind 5-10 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Rad
  
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• Mega Weekend: Fireworks, Rooftop Patios, and Lots More!

  29-06-2017 20:00
  
  Happy 4th of July Weekend! Get your tickets to our Healthy Bites Festival, presented by Shipt. Take a look at some of what you will taste. Enter to win tickets to The Beat and more.
  ThursdayTonight, join Modo Yoga for day one of their 2 year anniversary celebration. ‘Of Space and Blood‘ opens at the Cultural Arts Center. Make plans to go on a tour of Columbus. It’s the last day to see Free to Ride at the Gateway Film Center. The Actors’ Theatre continues Pride &
  
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• Fireworks in Theaters: Baby Driver, Beguiled, Bad Batch & More

  29-06-2017 20:00
  
  We’ve had a couple of dud weekends at the movies, but theaters are ablaze with the pre-Fourth fireworks of really good movies. Edger Wright’s hotly anticipated rocker Baby Driver meets expectations with a head-on collision, while Sofia Coppola’s Cannes-winning version of The Beguiled proves its mettle, as well. And for horror buffs, Girl Walks Home Alone at Night director Ana Lili Amirpour returns with a cannibal wasteland follow up!
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• Man convicted of killing Columbus SWAT officer gets life in prison

  29-06-2017 19:32
  
  The man convicted of killing a Columbus SWAT officer last year received life in prison without the possibility of parole.Lincoln Rutledge will face formal sentencing July 18 when Officer Steven Smith's family will have an opportunity to speak in court. ----Rutledge was facing the death penalty after the jury convicted him Thursday of the aggravated murder of Officer Smith, and the attempted murder of two other SWAT Officers.Prosecutors said SWAT officers were trying to arrest Rutledge for settin
  
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• More than $1.4 Million in Grants to Support Local Arts

  29-06-2017 19:25
  
  The Columbus Foundation recently announced more than $1.4 million in grants to support 53 arts organizations serving central Ohio. Grants were also awarded to recognize Smart Columbus and ColumbusNext, which will benefit our community as we look to the future.
  Read more about the grants and view the list of arts organizations.
   
  The Columbus Foundation is working to capture The Spirit of Columbus through images that showcase the determination, dedication, and commitment of pe
  
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• Columbus man’s guilty plea in terrorism case unsealed, facts of plot revealed

  29-06-2017 19:19
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Newly unsealed court documents say a Columbus man charged with plotting a U.S. attack after receiving overseas training pleaded guilty nearly two years ago.A court filing unsealed Thursday says Columbus resident Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud pleaded guilty in August 2015 to supporting terrorism and making false statements to authorities. The plea was sealed because of an ongoing investigation, according to the Franklin County Prosecutor’sOffice.Federal prosecutors say Moh
  
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• Sinkhole swallows up car in downtown St. Louis

  29-06-2017 18:55
  
  ST. LOUIS — A man who scored what he thought was a prime parking spot in downtown St. Louis says he returned from a trip to the gym with his fiancee to find his car swallowed by a sinkhole.Jordan Westerberg tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that when the couple came back to his Toyota Camry shortly before 7 a.m. Thursday and didn't see it, they figured it had been towed.Street workers were gathered at the parking space, a tipoff that something was amiss. That's when Westerberg, 25, found t
  
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• #Whatstrending We have discovered who Rihanna Boo is

  29-06-2017 18:48
  In case you missed, both ladies unfollowed each other on social media earlier this year, plus there's video of them basically ignoring each other at the 2017 Met Gala. Naomi offered a coy response about what happened on ' Watch What Happens Live,' but neither of the ladies have publicly commented on each other.
  
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• Pope's top aide is accused in Australian sex abuse case

  29-06-2017 18:18
  VATICAN CITY— Pope Francis suffered a major blow Thursday when his top financial adviser, Cardinal George Pell, was charged in his native Australia with multiple counts of sexual assault from years ago, bringing a criminal case in the long-running abuse scandal inside the frescoed walls of the Vatican for the first time.The 76-year-old Pell — the highest-ranking Vatican official ever implicated in the scandal — forcefully denied the accusations and took an immediate leave of ab
  
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• Cardinal takes leave from Vatican after sex assault charges

  29-06-2017 18:18
  VATICAN CITY— Cardinal George Pell, a top adviser to Pope Francis, took a leave of absence as the Vatican's financial chief Thursday to fight criminal charges in his native Australia that alleged he committed sexual assault years ago.Pell forcefully denied the accusations, denounced what he called a "relentless character assassination" in the media and said he would return to Australia to clear his name."I repeat that I am innocent of these charges. They are false. The whole idea of sexual
  
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• Local Brews Released for the Summer Season

  29-06-2017 18:00
  
  Summer was welcomed just a week ago, and in celebration, Columbus breweries have introduced a refreshing draft list to keep you cool all season long. Cream ales, sour beers, IPAs, Saisons and more will be flowing from local taps. Let us know if we missed anyone in the comments below.
  Lineage Brewing
  2971 N. High St.Weekend at Bernice’s: margarita-inspired Berliner Weiss (cloudy, sour, and white) with limes and sea saltCardinal the Crusher: American lager
  Wolf’s Ridge Brewing
  215 N. F
  
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• First Phase of Motorists’ Plan Calls for Five-Story Building Overlooking Topiary Park

  29-06-2017 17:33
  
  Motorists Insurance Group revealed more details of its plan for a one-acre parking lot abutting the Topiary Park Downtown. The latest proposal, which was presented to the Downtown Commission at its meeting on Tuesday, also shed some light on the company’s plans for future phases of the development.
  The overall plan calls for a total of 256 units, parking for 778 cars, and another 10,000 square feet of retail space. Those future phases would fill in the additional surface parking lots that
  
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• Buckeye Lake fireworks canceled, organizers cite safety concerns

  29-06-2017 16:39
  
  For the second year in a row, fireworks are canceled at Buckeye Lake.Those who put on the display say, after input from first responders and law enforcement officials, they feel it’s the safest decision. They hope to resume the fireworks celebration next year.Directors with Buckeye Lake Area Star Spangled Tradition (BLASST) cite several reasons.Because of construction of the dam, parking is severely limited around the lake. Over Memorial Day, this caused traffic tie-ups and illegal parking
  
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• Rob Lowe says he feared death during bigfoot-like encounter

  29-06-2017 16:30
  
  Rob Lowe says he thought he was going to be killed during an encounter with a bigfoot creature while filming his new A&E docuseries.Lowe tells Entertainment Weekly the encounter took place in the Ozark Mountains, which stretch between Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.Lowe says he and his sons were camping there to investigate a bigfoot-like creature known to locals as a "wood ape" during a shoot for "The Lowe Files" when something began to approach their camp. Lowe says he was lying on the gr
  
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• Police: Ohio man survives after overdose, fall on train tracks

  29-06-2017 16:29
  
  MIDDLETOWN, Ohio— Police say an Ohio man is lucky to be alive after he overdosed and fell in between a set of railroad tracks.Fire officials say the 46-year-old man overdosed and fell on the tracks Friday night in Middletown. The conductor of a Norfolk-Southern train told police he saw the man lying in the tracks, but by the time he was able to stop all 26 rail cars had passed over him.Middletown paramedics were able to revive the man with a dose of the opioid-overdose antidote naloxone. H
  
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• Fugitive Files July 2017

  29-06-2017 16:25
  
  
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• Reading program helps a shy catsa at Clintonville shelter bond with people

  29-06-2017 16:13
  Eleven-year-old Jenna Christian took a folded blanket and placed it on the linoleum floor, facing away from the adults in the room and toward stacked rows of cat cubbies. She had selected "I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor" from one of six plastic boxes full of books in a corner of the room.
  
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• Photos: 311 & New Politics at Express Live!

  29-06-2017 16:09
  
  Summer wouldn’t quite be summer in Columbus without a 311 gig, and a 311 gig in Columbus wouldn’t be a 311 gig without beautiful weather and an Express Live! lawn populated with a family-like collection of fans of all ages kicking back and enjoying an evening of high energy alt-rap-rock from the Nebraska five-piece.
  Opening for 311 were Danes-via-New York pop-rock-jumpy band New Politics, who delivered exactly what was expected: High energy sing-along radio-hits with some arm waving,
  
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• Ohio’s Own: Tropical Truth Ice Cream

  29-06-2017 16:01
  
  United Dairy Farmers isn’t exactly the first place you’d pick for an edgy ice cream adventure. It’s generally awesome for milkshakes or something on the lines of Mint Chocolate Chip and Strawberry Sherbet. Typically, the most adventurous thing you’re going to find at the counter is some kiddie cookie-dough flavor infused with blue dye. But this summer . . . this summer, the convenience store partnered with Rhinegeist Brewery in Cincinnati to bring us: Tropical Truth. It u
  
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• Red, White and Yoga! Modo Yoga Celebrates Two Years

  29-06-2017 15:40
  
  Less than a mile from Downtown Columbus, Modo Yoga is well-placed for a view of Red, White and Boom. For the second year, the owners of Modo Yoga will have a yoga class and fireworks party on July 3. This year, Modo is also celebrating their two-year anniversary with $2 yoga and other specials, and they are leading yoga at the Clippers’ stadium this July.
  “Our focus at Modo Yoga Columbus is our local community and supporting this terrific town we are in!” says Columbus native E
  
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• Recall: Fireworks sold in Ohio can explode unexpectedly

  29-06-2017 14:44
  
  A popular brand of fireworks sold in Ohio is on the recall list.The TNT Red, White, & Blue Smoke fireworks are intended to emit colored smoke, not explode.This week theConsumer Products Safety Commission put out an alert after three people reported being burned by the fireworks.The product was sold at Albertsons, Kroger, Meijer, Target and Walmart stores in Illinois, Ohio, Vermont and Wisconsin for $5 a package.TNT's logo as well as "Red, White & Blue Smoke" and UPC number 027736036561 a
  
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• Police say buyer beware: That dirt bike you just bought over the internet might be stolen

  29-06-2017 14:31
  CrimeTracker 10 uncovered a recent spike in garage break-ins targeting dirt bikes in the Reynoldsburg area.Detective Jeff Gammell says the Reynoldsburg Division of Police (RPD) has taken up to 13 thefts reports between the months of April and June 2017.
  “Mostly happening at night,” Gammell told CrimeTracker 10’s Angela An.
  A recent Facebook post from RPD states two of the stolen dirt bikes were recovered in Licking County after they were sold through a buy-sell website.Det. Gam
  
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• Columbus City Adventures Will Explore City’s History, Architecture and Development

  29-06-2017 14:00
  
  The creators of Columbus Food Adventures and Columbus Brew Adventures are introducing a new way to experience the city. Through a partnership with Jeff Lafever from the Columbus Historical Society, co-founders Andy Dehus and Bethia Woolf will offer opportunities to explore Columbus’ history, architecture and development through Columbus City Adventures.
  “It’s an exciting opportunity for us,” Woolf said. “Our other businesses have been using food and the local microb
  
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• Columbus Makes Art Presents Amandda Leigh Tirey on her new exhibition of space and blood

  29-06-2017 13:00
  
  Columbus painter Amandda Leigh Tirey is intrigued by space and the vast biological existence inside and around us. Her large format works in oil appear to freeze the motion of active forms floating in an ambiguous space devoid of gravity, or capture slices of an anonymous aura delicately placed in a petri dish. She creates her own visual science by bringing to life these fictional Liquidscapes and grand nebulous worlds. Amandda is showcasing some of her new paintings in her exhibition, of space
  
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• Local moms create app to help parents find a babysitter

  29-06-2017 12:56
  POWELL, Ohio -- Across central Ohio, many parents are ready to share stories of their struggles to find the right trustworthy person to watch their kids when an unplanned event popped up. Now several options within the community offer help.The lifelines to friend-approved or tested babysitters can be found within neighborhoods, local churches and your cell phone. Powell moms Ashlee Giannetti and Amber Nolan linked up with a couple other local moms to create another more modern way to find a solu
  
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• App map trap? Snapchat feature could backfire on criminals

  29-06-2017 12:38
  A new Snapchat feature -- that prompted a warning from police -- could actually be a good thing, according to a sheriff's office in Florida."Snap Map" shows your exact location.Some parents and police are worried it will lead criminals right to their kids. But Sheriff Grady Judd says it could actually lead criminals right to deputies."We hope all of our criminals get Snapchat, and make sure that they have the locator clearly pushed, so we can just drive straight to them, save them the hassle fro
  
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• MLB umpire rescues woman about to commit suicide on bridge

  29-06-2017 12:29
  John Tumpane can't explain why he approached the woman as she hopped over the railing of the Roberto Clemente Bridge on Wednesday afternoon.The woman told Tumpane she just wanted to get a better view of the Allegheny River below. The look on her face and the tone of her voice suggested otherwise to Tumpane, a major league baseball umpire in town to work the series between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Tampa Bay Rays.So the 34-year-old Tumpane reached for the woman even as she urged him to let h
  
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• Robber hits four west Columbus businesses in one hour

  29-06-2017 12:11
  Columbus Police are searching for the person they believe robbed four west Columbus businesses within an hour on Thursday.The first robbery happened at 7:00 p.m. when police say a man wearing blue plaid shorts and a black shirt entered the T-Mobile store at 5331 Westpointe Plaza Drive. The man walked up to the clerk, implied he had a gun and demanded money. Police say he fled the store when a customer walked in.Five minutes later, a man wearing the same outfit entered the Red Roof Inn at 5001 Re
  
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• Partial US travel restrictions going into effect Thursday

  29-06-2017 12:10
  
  The Trump administration has set new criteria for visa applicants from six mainly Muslim nations and all refugees that require a "close" family or business tie to the United States. The move came after the Supreme Court partially restored President Donald Trump's executive order that was widely criticized as a ban on Muslims.Visas that have already been approved will not be revoked, but instructions issued by the State Department Wednesday said that new applicants from Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Lib
  
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• Columbus Public Health to spray parks to prevent West Nile virus

  29-06-2017 11:48
  
  Columbus health officials are working to prevent the spread of West Nile virus.They will spray 43 area parks for mosquitoes between Friday and Monday.Spraying will happen between 3:30 a.m. – 6 a.m.On Friday, June 30, the following parks will be sprayed:
  •Anheuser Busch Park
  •AntrimPark
  •Big Walnut Park
  •Cooper Park
  •Deshler Park
  •Driving Park•Fairwood Park
  •Franklin Park
  •Innis Park
  •Iuka Park
  •Lazelle Woods Park
  •Krumm Park
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• Ohio News

  29-06-2017 11:42
  Senate OKs budget with Medicaid limitsCOLUMBUS - Ohio lawmakers in the state Senate have approved a new two-year state budget that includes limits on Medicaid enrollment.The vote on Wednesday comes as legislators in the Ohio House also are preparing to vote on $65 billion spending plan.The plan coming out of the Republican-controlled House and ... (more)
  
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• Teen killed, another injured in shooting near east Columbus gas station

  29-06-2017 09:34
  A teenager was killed and another was injured in an early morning shooting Thursday in east Columbus.The shooting happened around 2 a.m. near the BP gas station at the corner of East Main Street and South James Road.When officers arrived, they located an injured 17-year-old male. He was transported to Grant Medical Center in stable condition.An hour later, Columbus Police say 16-year-old Marquelis Shaquan Barnes was located in the front yard of a nearby address. Barnes was found suffering multip
  
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• 1 person killed, 1 injured in shooting near gas station

  29-06-2017 09:34
  
  One person is dead and another injured in a Thursday morning shooting in east Columbus.The shooting happened around 1 a.m. near the BP gas station at the corner of East Main Street and South James Road.Columbus Police say the surviving victim was taken to the hospital.Police are investigating who shot them.James Road is closed between Main and Bexley Park during the investigation.
  
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• 1 person killed, 1 injured in shooting near east Columbus gas station

  29-06-2017 09:34
  
  One person is dead and another injured in a Thursday morning shooting in east Columbus.The shooting happened around 2 a.m. near the BP gas station at the corner of East Main Street and South James Road.One victim was quickly located and transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.The other victim wasn't located for nearly an hour. That person did not survive.James Road was closed between Main and Bexley Park during the investigation.
  
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• Delaware 'ahead of the curve' on Point project

  29-06-2017 07:20
  The city of Delaware has secured more than $19.5 million to make improvements to The Point.The combination of federal, state and local dollars will fund a construction project aimed at easing the traffic bottleneck at the intersection of State Route 37 and U.S. 36 on the city's east side.
  
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• U.S. demands more security on international flights coming to the country

  29-06-2017 05:46
  
  The Homeland Security Department is demanding that airlines around the world step up security measures for international flights bound for the United States or face the possibility of a total electronics ban for planes.Compliance with the new rules could lead to the lifting of a ban on laptops and other large electronics already in place for airlines flying to the United States from 10 airports in the Middle East and Africa. It could also stave off a much-discussed expansion of the ban to flight
  
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• US sets new visa rules for 6 mainly Muslim nations, refugees

  29-06-2017 05:01
  
  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday set new criteria for visa applicants from six mainly Muslim nations and all refugees that require a "close" family or business tie to the United States. The move came after the Supreme Court partially restored President Donald Trump's executive order that was widely criticized as a ban on Muslims.Visas that have already been approved will not be revoked, but instructions issued by the State Department say that new applicants from Syria, Su
  
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• Australian police charge Vatican cardinal with sex offenses

  29-06-2017 04:35
  
  SYDNEY — Australian police charged a top Vatican cardinal on Thursday with multiple counts of historical sexual assault offenses, a stunning decision certain to rock the highest levels of the Holy See.Cardinal George Pell, Pope Francis' chief financial adviser and Australia's most senior Catholic, is the highest-ranking Vatican official to ever be charged in the church's long-running sexual abuse scandal. Pell said he would return to Australia to fight the charges.Victoria state Police Dep
  
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• Council Rules & Reference Committee Hearing 6/28/2017

  29-06-2017 03:01
  
  
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• Jurors deliberating life or death for Columbus officera s killer

  29-06-2017 02:55
  A Franklin County jury has begun deliberating whether Lincoln S. Rutledge should receive a death sentence or life in prison for purposely killing a Columbus police officer. If the jurors don't reach a decision by 9 p.m., they will be sequestered overnight at a Downtown hotel and resume deliberations Thursday morning, Common Pleas Judge Mark Serrott said.
  
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• Rockets acquire Chris Paul from Clippers in 8-player deal

  29-06-2017 02:49
  
  HOUSTON — Chris Paul is heading to Houston to join James Harden, and the Rockets will soon have two All-Stars in the backcourt to lead their chase for a championship.In the NBA's second blockbuster trade in less than a week, the Rockets acquired Paul from the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday in exchange for Patrick Beverley, Lou Williams, Sam Dekker, Montrezl Harrell, Darrun Hilliard, DeAndre Liggins, Kyle Wiltjer, a protected first-round pick next year and cash considerations. The Rocket
  
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• Rock Hall of Fame to open $15M 'Power of Rock' exhibit

  29-06-2017 02:44
  
  CLEVELAND — Rock 'n' roll fans can get a taste of what it's like to be a star inducted at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame beginning this weekend.The museum is opening a $15 million exhibit called "Power of Rock," featuring film clips, laser lights, concert smoke, under-seat speakers and recorded stories by Hall of Fame inductees, including former Deep Purple bassist Glenn Hughes.Fans will be able to enter an interactive booth and listen to Hughes recounting how a Rolling Stones concert he a
  
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