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• Ohio Medicaid veto discussion begins Thursday

  03-07-2017 22:52
  It's showdown at the statehouse, and it's all within the Republican controlled legislature.The battle lines involve the expansion of Medicaid.Governor John Kasich vetoed a plan to freeze expansion. Republican lawmakers aren't happy.Thursday discussions begin on how Republicans plan to proceed.If they prevail, and overturn the Governor's veto, people who don't apply by July 1, 2018 will not receive coverage and those who fall off the rolls, and don't reapply will also be denied.Kasich pushed for
  
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• Judy Malinowski laid to rest

  03-07-2017 22:42
  Judy Malinowski's journey has come to an end.The New Albany mother of two was remembered Monday at her funeral as a faithful, selfless inspiration to others.She died last Tuesday, nearly 700 days after her ex-boyfriend doused her with gasoline and set her on fire.Tuesday inside the Church of the Resurrection, Father Ryan Schmit said, "life is about more than what is seen, what is visible."What couldn't be seen was the faith that sustained her through 696 days in the hospital, some 60 surgeries,
  
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• Highway Patrol targets dangerous drivers during Fourth of July

  03-07-2017 21:47
  The Ohio Highway Patrol is at 100-percent manpower this holiday weekend in an effort to save lives on the highway.Troopers' zero-tolerance policy is part of the national Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over campaign aimed at keeping drunk drivers off the road.AAA expects an estimated 1.9 million Ohioans to travel this weekend.OHP is targeting speeding, distracted driving, road rage and impaired driving.In 2016 between July 1-4, troopers investigated 12 fatal crashes that killed 13 people. That include
  
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• Adults, kids rescued after kayaks get stuck in Scioto River near Dublin

  03-07-2017 21:21
  
  The Washington Township Fire Department helped recover a man, a woman and two kids during a water rescue Monday afternoon.Authorities said the four were kayaking in two separate kayaks along the Scioto River near Dublin when they became wedged on a sandbar in the middle of the river.Firefighters launched boats into the water and were able to rescue all four safely, according to police.Rescue crews say the swift water is likely what caused the kayaks to get stuck on the island.No information was
  
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• Taxi jumps curb at Boston airport, injuring 10 cabbies

  03-07-2017 20:43
  
  A taxi crashed into a group of cab drivers near Boston's airport on Monday, injuring 10 people in what police said appeared to be a "tragic accident."The 56-year-old driver's vehicle jumped a curb around 1:40 p.m., police said, and struck a group of people gathered at an outdoor break area for cabbies. The area, known as the cab pool, is where drivers wait until they are called to pick up passengers at various locations around Logan International Airport.A police official said it appears that th
  
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• K9 Units from around the state help with Red, White and Boom! security

  03-07-2017 20:33
  More than a dozen K9 agencies from around Ohio are helping with Red, White and Boom! security.Locally, they’re from the city of Columbus, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad and the Ohio State University Police Department.Other agencies helping out include the University of Toledo, Cincinnati, the State Fire Marshal’s Office, the U. S. Marshal’s Service and the Ohio State Highway Patrol. More K9 units are on standby if needed.Monday, crews were busy searching
  
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• Editorial: Hop a bus, revitalize Downtown Updated at

  03-07-2017 18:24
  Columbus has an opportunity to become a national example of how to supercharge Downtown development, lure large corporations back from suburbs, reduce carbon-monoxide emissions, become an even hotter draw for young professionals and link low-income residents with jobs. Oh, and help residents save money and forge the kind of social connections that have kept our metropolis feeling like a big small town.
  
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• Man who inspired ice bucket challenge tweets message after rumors of his death

  03-07-2017 18:13
  
  The man who inspired people around the world to dump buckets of ice water over their heads to raise millions of dollars for Lou Gehrig's disease research is back in the hospital and is keeping his sense of humor.A Facebook post from the family of 32-year-old Pete Frates said he is resting comfortably at Massachusetts General Hospital and that "doctors, medicine, prayers and love continue to help him get stronger."After some news outlets erroneously reported Monday that he had died, Frates respon
  
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• Kremlin expects US to quickly return Russian Embassy assets

  03-07-2017 17:30
  
  The Kremlin says its patience with a U.S. plan to return the Russian Embassy's compounds is running out.President Vladimir Putin's foreign affairs adviser, Yuri Ushakov, said Monday that Russia has demonstrated a remarkable restraint by refraining from a tit-for-tat response to President Barack Obama's decision in December to expel 35 Russian diplomats and shutter Russian compounds in Maryland and on Long Island, New York.Ushakov says while Russia has shown "unusual flexibility," Moscow's patien
  
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• Man accused of kidnapping Chinese student researched abduction techniques, FBI says

  03-07-2017 16:46
  
  CHICAGO — A website that hosted an "Abduction 101" forum linked to a 28-year-old suspect in the kidnapping of a Chinese scholar at the University of Illinois bills itself as the most popular sexual fetish networking site on the internet — and it has faced pressure in recent months to be clearer about not tolerating behavior that could be regarded as criminal.Brendt Allen Christensen, who earned a master's degree in physics from U of I this year, is charged in the June 9 abduction of
  
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• UK student, 18, arrested in international cyberattack

  03-07-2017 16:18
  
  An 18-year-old student in northwestern England has been charged in a series of cyberattacks on the websites of nearly a dozen multinational firms.Jack Chappell is accused of supplying software that crashes websites by flooding them with data and with running a help-desk for cyber criminals.West Midlands Police said in a statement that "Chappell allegedly attacked the websites of T-Mobile, EE, Vodafone, O2, BBC, BT, Amazon, Netflix, Virgin Media and the National Crime Agency."He is also accused o
  
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• #WhatsTrending Nike Air foamposites for Women

  03-07-2017 16:08
  For the first time in its 20+ year existence, the Nike Air Foamposite One will release in a colorway exclusively geared toward women. Nike Women's Air Foamposite One "Shine" Release Date: Holiday 2017 Color: Dark Stucco/Dark Stucco-Black Style #: AA3963-001 Price: $230 3. The homie @djlukenastyy in the building tonight at #PowerFallFest.
  
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• Gov. Chris Christie defends use of beach closed to public

  03-07-2017 15:54
  
  TRENTON, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie got blistered online Monday after he was photographed sunning himself with his family on a New Jersey beach that he had closed to the public because of a government shutdown.Christie defended his use of the beach, saying he had previously announced his vacation plans and the media had simply "caught a politician keeping his word."The Republican governor was photographed Sunday by NJ.com at Island Beach State Park lounging on a beach chair in sandals and
  
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• Maria Menounos reveals brain tumor battle, quits E! News

  03-07-2017 15:25
  
  NEW YORK — Maria Menounos says she has been diagnosed with a benign brain tumor and has announced her resignation from E! News.Menounos tells People magazine that she underwent surgery last month to remove a golf-ball-sized tumor discovered in February. Menounos says 99.9 percent of the tumor was removed during the seven-hour procedure on June 8. She says there's a small chance that it could come back.E! says Monday that Menounos is leaving the network after three years. The cable network
  
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• Rapper who performed at Little Rock club arrested in Alabama

  03-07-2017 15:13
  
  A rapper whose concert in Little Rock was the site of a shooting that left 28 people injured has been arrested on unrelated assault charges outside an Alabama club where he was performing just 24 hours later, and authorities said several firearms were recovered during the arrest.Ricky Hampton, 25, of Memphis, Tennessee, also known as Finese 2Tymes, was arrested early Sunday on outstanding charges of aggravated assault with a gun out of Forrest City in eastern Arkansas, the U.S. Marshals Service
  
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• Child starts fire after lighting firework indoors

  03-07-2017 15:07
  
  Police say a 9-year-old boy lit a firework and started a fire in an apartment building in Ohio.WCPO reports the boy ignited the firework in the fourth-floor of a Cincinnati apartment building Saturday.Cincinnati Fire Department District Chief Craig Coburn says the boy got scared after lighting the firework and he got onto a bed, causing it to catch fire.The boy was hospitalized after the fire, but has since been released. It is unclear if the fire caused any property damage.The boy's family has
  
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• For most Americans, income is on the decline

  03-07-2017 14:22
  
  President Ronald Reagan might have clinched the 1980 election when he asked: "Are you better off now than you were four years ago?" Today the question is: Are you better off than your parents were 50 years ago?According to a study by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the answer -- at least in terms of paychecks -- is no. Most Americans are worse off, and becoming even more worse off, if possible.In particular, men have endured "stagnation in lifetime incomes," said the NBER report
  
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• Pickaway County gets inmate murder case

  03-07-2017 14:02
  An inmate who was strangled in a prison transport van died in a county just south of Columbus, authorities have decided after an investigation that also explored whether the killing in a moving vehicle happened in two other counties. That determination was important because it will decide where the case is prosecuted.
  
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• Police believe 18 dead in German bus crash

  03-07-2017 12:42
  
  German police say they believe that 18 people died in a Bavarian bus accident after the bus rammed into a truck and burst into flames.Bavarian police say 30 others were injured, some seriously, and were brought to hospitals for treatment. The others, they said in a statement Monday, “are believed to have died on the burning bus.”Police spokeswoman Irene Brandenstein says the bus was carrying a German senior citizens’ tour group.Authorities said that forensic specialists were be
  
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• Bus carrying seniors crashes on German highway, killing 18

  03-07-2017 12:42
  
  BERLIN — A bus carrying German seniors on holiday slammed into the back of a truck that had slowed for a traffic jam and burst into flame Monday, killing 18 people on a major highway in Bavaria, authorities said.More than two dozen people who were hurt escaped the bus before it became fully engulfed in fire, police said. By the time the blaze was put out, only the vehicle's charred, twisted frame remained.The bus from the eastern state of Saxony rear-ended the trailer-truck on the A9 near
  
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• 18 feared dead in fiery Bavarian bus crash; 30 injured

  03-07-2017 12:42
  
  BERLIN — Eighteen people are feared dead after a bus carrying a group of German senior citizens crashed into a truck on a highway in Bavaria early Monday and burst into flames, police said.Thirty people were injured in the early-morning accident, some seriously, while the 18 still considered missing "are believed to have died on the burning bus," police said in a statement."Two people are still in life-threatening condition," Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt told reporters after touri
  
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• State leaders set override vote for Gov. Kasich's veto of Medicaid freeze

  03-07-2017 12:33
  
  This week, Ohio lawmakers will try to override Governor John Kasich's veto of a freeze on Medicaid.That freeze was part of a two-year spending bill that Kasich signed late Friday.Kasich says 500,000 Ohioans would lose Medicaid coverage.The override meeting is set for Thursday.Among the items vetoed is a proposal to increase taxes on health insurers that would have sent money to counties and regional bus services.State lawmakers proposed the idea to make up for lost revenue from a sales tax that
  
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• Tesla says its Model 3 car will go on sale on Friday

  03-07-2017 12:28
  
  Electric car maker Tesla says its keenly awaited Model 3 car for the masses will go on sale on Friday.CEO Elon Musk made the announcement Monday on Twitter.The car is to start around $35,000 and with a $7,500 federal electric car tax credit, could cost $27,500. Tesla says the five-seat car will be able to go 215 miles (133 kilometers) on a single charge and will be sporty, accelerating from zero to 60 miles per hour in under six seconds.Musk had said that production was on track to start in July
  
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• Tesla: 1st Model 3 to be built Friday, sales start July 28

  03-07-2017 12:28
  
  The first Tesla Model 3 electric car for the masses should come off the assembly line on Friday with the first deliveries in late July, the company's CEO says.CEO Elon Musk, in several Twitter messages early Monday, says the new car passed all government regulatory requirements for production to begin two weeks ahead of schedule. The company plans to hold a party to hand over the first 30 Model 3s to customers on July 28, Musk wrote in a tweet.The Model 3 is to start around $35,000 and with a $7
  
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• Healthy Bites Preview: Juices, Plants, Sushi, Desserts & More!

  03-07-2017 12:00
  
  While temperatures are rising, we are reaching for lighter meals and cooler drinks! Luckily, there is no shortage of  local products that can help us live our best summer lives here in the Capital City. Columbus Underground and Shipt are bringing together our favorites for a health forward party once again on July 13. Healthy Bites will showcase almost two dozen local vendors that will give you a taste of living well. From fresh pressed juice to a moss wall, this is not an event y
  
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• China's Xi warns Trump of 'negative factors' hurting US ties

  03-07-2017 11:09
  
  Chinese President Xi Jinping warned President Donald Trump on Monday that "some negative factors" are hurting U.S.-China relations, as tensions flare anew over a slew of long-standing sore points.Xi's comments in a phone call with Trump follow Beijing's displeasure over U.S. arms sales to rival Taiwan, U.S. sanctions against a Chinese bank over its dealings with North Korea and, most recently, the sailing of a U.S. destroyer within the territorial seas limit of a Chinese-claimed island in the So
  
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• Q&A: Marietta serves as background for mystery

  03-07-2017 09:54
  For his fifth published book, Marietta native Joe Dixon decided to go back to his roots, setting the suspense thriller in his hometown. Writing under the pen name Thomas Kifton, Dixon said while his books aren't a series, he always leaves the door open for a sequel, meaning Marietta could once again be one of his settings someday.
  
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• 10TV welcomes Yolanda Harris

  03-07-2017 06:02
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – WBNS-10TV is pleased to announce that Yolanda Harris has joined Central Ohio’s News Leader as co-anchor of 10TV’s 5, 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts.“Yolanda is a class act and I am thrilled she is joining WBNS alongside Jerry Revish,” says Kelly Frank, Director of News and Digital Content. “Her professional demeanor as an anchor combined with her warmth and strong local roots will complement the strongest and most talented news team in central Ohio.&
  
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• One person in critical condition after I-71 crash

  03-07-2017 05:52
  Columbus police were called at 8:39 p.m. on the report of a crash in the northbound lane of Interstate 71 near the East 11th Avenue exit. The person was taken in critical condition to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center.
  
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• SkyWest jet engine catches fire at Denver airport; no injuries reported

  03-07-2017 03:46
  
  The engine of a regional jet caught fire shortly after landing on a taxiway at Denver International Airport on Sunday afternoon.In a statement to CBS News, SkyWest Airlines said: "After landing safely at Denver, SkyWest flight 5869, a CRJ700 operating as United Express from Aspen to Denver, experienced engine issues.""All 59 passengers safely deplaned the aircraft and were transported to the terminal," the statement said.Airport spokesman Heath Montgomery said the flight arrived at 2:15 p.m. No
  
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• One person taken to Grant Medical Center after motorcycle crash on I-71

  03-07-2017 03:03
  
  Columbus Police say one person was taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition after a motorcycle crash on I-71 north near 11th Avenue.Police say the crash, which was between a car and a motorcycle, happened around 8:30 Sunday evening.The right two lanes of I-71 north are blocked near the crash. Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates on this story.
  
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• 4 train cars derail in Washington; minor injuries reported

  03-07-2017 01:54
  
  Portions of an Amtrak passenger train have derailed near a town in Washington state's Pierce County.The Pierce County Sheriff's Office said on Twitter that there appear to be only minor injuries from the waterfront derailment near the town of Steilacoom.Four cars of the train, which was carrying around 200 passengers, derailed on Sunday afternoon near the Chambers Bay golf course.West Pierce Fire says passengers are being safely evacuated from the scene.Photos posted on social media show several
  
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• Three children reported missing from Indiana found; father in custody

  03-07-2017 01:37
  
  ANDERSON, Indiana - The Anderson (IN) Police Department is investigating the abduction of three children Sunday.Police say the children were abducted by their father, 28-year-old Blake Rindahl.Police told WTHR, an affiliate in Indianapolis,the children have been found in Illinois and Blake Rindahl is in custody.Police told WTHR Blake Rindahl is accused of domestic battery in an incident earlier on Sunday.Anderson police say kids in Amber Alert also taken into custody with father. Anderson police
  
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• Coast Guard along Great Lakes seeing increase in hoax calls

  03-07-2017 01:37
  
  U.S. Coast Guard stations that watch over the Great Lakes say they're seeing a huge jump in fake distress calls.The Coast Guard says more than 160 hoax calls have been made across the Great Lakes so far this year. That's nearly triple the number they had at this time last year.Capt. Joseph McGilley of the Coast Guard's Cleveland-based Great Lakes unit says hoax calls put boaters at risk because they can divert search and rescue responders during real emergencies.People making fake distress calls
  
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• Crime Stoppers: Thief loses his flip-flops but gets away with chain saws

  03-07-2017 01:36
  "Don't make me have to pull my gun," the thief told a store clerk as he wrestled away a couple of chain saws at a hardware store on the city's Northwest Side last month. As part of Crime Stoppers' Crime of the Week, Columbus police detectives hope that someone recognizes the man in the surveillance video.
  
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• Hundreds pay respect to Judy Malinowski during calling hours

  03-07-2017 01:34
  
  Friends, family, and even strangers paid their final respects to a woman they said inspired everyone with her courage and strength. Hundreds of people attended calling hours Sunday afternoon for Judy Malinowski.Nearly two years ago, Malinowski's ex-boyfriend doused her with gasoline and set her on fire.Despite suffering severe injuries, Malinowski fought to change Ohio law to protect victims of domestic violence. Her family called her an inspiration."She was beautiful inside and out to the day s
  
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• Vandals post anti-Jewish banner at Holocaust memorial

  03-07-2017 01:20
  
  Vandals posted a banner containing an anti-Jewish slur on a Holocaust memorial in front of a New Jersey shore town synagogue where several residents were recently accused of misrepresenting their incomes to improperly obtain public welfare benefits.Photos posted online Sunday by the state chapter of the Anti-Defamation League show the covering on the memorial in Lakewood. A message on the covering included an ethnic slur for Jewish people and stated they "will not divide us," along with the name
  
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• Colorado man mistakes son for intruder, shoots and kills him

  03-07-2017 01:14
  
  A Colorado man who reportedly mistook his adult son for an intruder told deputies he shot and killed him.Douglas County deputies arrested 58-year-old Frank Leon Huner of Sedalia on suspicion of second-degree murder. He was released after posting a $50,000 bond.Sheriff's spokeswoman Lauren LeKander says Huner called 911 at about 10:15 p.m. Saturday to report the shooting. He later said the victim was his son.LeKander told KMGH-TV that investigators believe the victim is Huner's son, but they are
  
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• Fire at commercial egg farm kills more than 100,000 chickens

  03-07-2017 01:08
  
  Authorities say more than 100,000 chickens died in a fire that destroyed a barn at a Pennsylvania commercial egg farm in Pennsylvania.The blaze at Hillandale Farms in Tyrone Township was reported around 5:45 a.m. Saturday. Tyrone is about 29 miles (46 kilometers) southwest of Harrisburg.A Heidlersburg Fire Company captain said flames were visible above the roof of the 600-foot (183-meter) barn by the time fire crews arrived.Crews concentrated on keeping the blaze from spreading to other building
  
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• Doppler 10: Sunny and warm Wednesday

  03-07-2017 00:05
  Today: Party sunny and seasonable. High 87. NE wind 3-5 mph.Tonight: Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and storms mainly in southern Ohio. Low of 70. NE wind around 5 mph.Tomorrow: Showers and storms are likely, mainly in the afternoon. Otherwise, mostly cloudy and a tad milder with a high of 82. SW wind 3-5 mph.Friday: Showers and storms are likely, mainly in the afternoon again. High 84.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: A stat
  
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• Doppler 10: Sunny & warm Wednesday

  03-07-2017 00:05
  Today: Party sunny and seasonable. High 87. NE wind 3-5 mph.
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and storms mainly in southern Ohio. Low of 70. NE wind around 5 mph.
  Tomorrow: Showers and storms are likely, mainly in the afternoon. Otherwise, mostly cloudy and a tad milder with a high of 82. SW wind 3-5 mph.
  Friday: Showers and storms are likely, mainly in the afternoon again. High 84.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information:A sta
  
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• Doppler 10: Showers & Storms return Thursday.

  03-07-2017 00:05
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and storms mainly in southern Ohio. Low Near 70. NE wind around 5 mph.
  Tomorrow: Showers and storms are likely, mainly in the afternoon. Otherwise, mostly cloudy and a tad milder with a high in the low 80s. SW wind 3-5 mph.
  Friday: Showers and storms are likely again, mainly in the afternoon & evening. High 84.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information:A stationary front near the Ohio River w
  
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• Doppler 10: Hot and muggy Monday

  03-07-2017 00:05
  Today:Mostly sunny with a chance for a late afternoon shower or storm. High of 87.
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy with a low of 66. NW wind around 5 mph.
  Tomorrow: Hot, muggier with afternoon storms into the evening.High 87.Winds: WSW 4-8 mph
  Wednesday: Great pool day. Mostly sunny and warmer. High 88. E wind 3-5 mphWeather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: A weak front will move into the northern Ohio Valley region today, but warm and humid conditions will
  
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• Doppler 10: Hot and humid Independence Day

  03-07-2017 00:05
  Today: More sun than clouds and seasonable. A chance of showers, mainly in southern Ohio. High 85. E wind 5 mph.
  Tonight: Partly cloudy with a low of 65. NE wind around 5-10 mph.
  Tomorrow: A mix of sun and clouds and slightly warmer. High 87. NE wind 5 mph.
  Thursday: Showers and storms are likely, mainly in the afternoon. Otherwise, mostly cloudy with a high near 81.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: A weak boundary across the region, along w
  
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