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• Trump's new message man deletes inconvenient tweets

  22-07-2017 23:16
  
  WASHINGTON — A day after accepting a top White House job, President Donald Trump's new communications adviser announced Saturday that he's deleting old tweets, saying his own views have evolved and that what he said in the past shouldn't be a distraction.Trump announced Friday that he'd hired Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci to help the White House sharpen its public message.Social media users quickly did a deep dive and recirculated past tweets by Scaramucci that were at odds with
  
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• Jazz pianist Robert Lepley back on the keys after career as a minister

  22-07-2017 22:14
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• Arizona tells armed drivers how to avoid deadly police stops

  22-07-2017 20:52
  
  PHOENIX — Gun-friendly Arizona is trying to avoid deadly encounters between police and people behind the wheel by teaching armed drivers how they should handle themselves when they are pulled over.Arizona, which allows residents to carry weapons without permits, recently changed its rule book for the road in a bid to avoid confrontations such as the one that killed Philando Castile. The Minnesota man, who had a gun permit, was fatally shot during a 2016 traffic stop after telling an office
  
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• Doppler 10: More storms in the forecast

  22-07-2017 20:17
  This Evening: Another round of storms develops, heavy rain possible.
  Tonight: Showers and storms early with heavy rain possible.Drying out late.High 73.Winds: SW 4-8 mph.
  Tomorrow: Chance for lingering storms early then mostly cloudy.High 87.Winds: W 5-10 mph.
  Monday: Mostly sunny with a few pop-up afternoon storms but most will stay dry.High 86.Winds: WNW 5-10 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: Multiple disturbances will move across the
  
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• Trump helps commission $12.9 billion aircraft carrier

  22-07-2017 20:01
  
  NORFOLK, Va. — President Donald Trump helped commission the USS Gerald R. Ford on Saturday and declared that the most advanced aircraft carrier to join the Navy will cause America's enemies to "shake with fear" whenever they see its form cutting across the horizon."I hereby place United States Ship Gerald R. Ford in commission," Trump said after delivering a speech in which he praised the U.S. military and the American labor that went into building the 100,000 ton, $12.9 billion warship."M
  
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• Guest column: The truth behind the CBO

  22-07-2017 17:48
  The following is a guest column from Representatives Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows. Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., represents North Carolina's 11th district.
  
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• Actor John Heard, of 'Home Alone' movies, dies at 71

  22-07-2017 17:20
  
  NEW YORK — Actor John Heard, whose many roles included the father in the "Home Alone" series and a corrupt detective in "The Sopranos," has died. He was 71.His death was confirmed Saturday by the Santa Clara Medical Examiner's office in California. TMZ reported that Heard, who lived in southern California, was found at a Palo Alto, California, hotel where he was recovering from back surgery.Heard played Peter McCallister, the father of Kevin, played by Macaulay Culkin, in "Home Alone" and
  
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• Actor John Heard dead at 72

  22-07-2017 17:20
  
  Actor John Heard, best known for his roles in classic 80s and 90s movies including "Home Alone," has died at 72 years old, according to reports.Heard played roles in several popular movies, including "Big" and "Beaches."In Home Alone, Heard played Macaulay Culkin's father, Peter McAllister.In total, Heard appeared in more than 200 movies throughout his career.According to reports, Heard was found dead in a Palo Alto, Calif. hotel on Friday.A cause of death was not immediately known.
  
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• House committee seeks to let Veterans Affairs redirect funds

  22-07-2017 14:05
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee has unveiled a disputed plan to allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to shift $2 billion from other programs to cover a sudden budget shortfall that could threaten medical care for thousands of patients in the coming weeks.Friday's proposal by the House Veterans Affairs Committee would provide a six-month funding fix to the department's Choice program, which offers veterans federally paid medical care outside the VA and is a priority of President Don
  
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• Kushner discloses additional $10M in assets

  22-07-2017 14:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner "inadvertently omitted" more than 70 assets worth at least $10.6 million from his personal financial disclosure reports, according to revised paperwork released Friday.The previously unreported assets were included in updated disclosure reports certified by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics on Thursday as part of the "ordinary review process," according to Kushner's filing.Among the new set of assets
  
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• National Mango Day: Vegan mango kale smoothie recipe

  22-07-2017 13:52
  There's a holiday for just about everything! Saturday is National Mango Day, and to help us celebrate, Matthew Graham with Smoothie King visited 10TV to show us a healthy smoothie recipe you can try at home.The Vegan Mango Kale smoothie is in the "Wellness" menu category.It has 320 calories, 11 grams of protein and 6 grams of fiber.
  oBanana(potassium, ripe)1 Whole Banana
  oMango(in season, the "feature" of our smoothie)1/2 Cup, Diced
  oKale (sneak in veggies without even knowing it!)2 Leaves
  oPine
  
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• Walk Like MADD

  22-07-2017 13:44
  Two-thirds of people will be involved in a drunk driving crash in their lifetime.But some local teens are working to help stop drunk driving -- by raising funds for Mothers Against Drunk Driving's Walk Like MADD.The funds raised are used to provide emotional support and assistance with medical and legal struggles that follow a drunk driving crash, conduct awareness and research-based prevention programs to stop both drunk driving and underage drinking and to help assist law enforcement who work
  
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• Saturday morning storms rock central Ohio

  22-07-2017 13:44
  
  Strong storms moved through central Ohio Saturday morning, setting off Severe Thunderstorm and Tornado warnings and leaving downed tree limbs and utility lines in its path.The heaviest rains began just after 6:00 a.m.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarPictures from the Hilliard area show trash cans overturned and tree branches blocking roadways.A Tornado Warning was issued for the southern portion of Knox County around 7:30 a.m. No serious damage or injuries were
  
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• Bruce Willis movie, filmed in Granville area, feted with Ohio premier

  22-07-2017 13:31
  Columbus-area moviegoers may recognize more than just A-list actors in "First Kill," which hit theaters nationwide Friday. The movie was filmed and set in the Licking County village of Granville.
  
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• UK palace releases Prince George's 4th birthday portrait

  22-07-2017 13:27
  
  LONDON (AP) — Kensington Palace has released a portrait to mark Prince George's fourth birthday.The son of Prince William and his wife Kate celebrated his birthday Saturday. George, who is third in line to the throne, is beaming with a happy smile in the photo.The palace said William and Kate "are delighted to share a new official portrait of Prince George to mark His Royal Highness's fourth birthday." It was taken by a professional photographer. In the past, Kate has released photos she h
  
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• Ohio prosecutor: Infant whose remains found was born alive

  22-07-2017 13:12
  
  FRANKLIN, Ohio (AP) - A prosecutor says an infant whose remains were found buried in southwestern Ohio was born alive.Eighteen-year-old Brooke Skylar Richardson is charged with reckless homicide in the baby's death. Warren County Prosecutor David Fornshell said Friday that the charge was based upon evidence that the infant was "born alive and was not a stillborn baby."The remains were found July 14 near a home in Carlisle, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) north of Cincinnati.Franklin Municipal Cou
  
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• Federal grand jury indicts US soldier on terrorism charges

  22-07-2017 12:30
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — A federal grand jury in Hawaii indicted a U.S. soldier Friday for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State group.Army Sgt. 1st Class Ikaika Kang was arrested by an FBI SWAT team on July 8. Kang was ordered held without bail.Kang will be arraigned in federal court on Monday when he had previously been scheduled for a preliminary hearing. Kang's court-appointed attorney, Birney Bervar, told The Associated Press Friday that the indictment was expected."We ha
  
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• "Complete devastation" for some near California wildfire

  22-07-2017 12:16
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A chimney and a cinder block wall is all that's left standing among rubble that was a house Miki Crawford and her family called home for 22 years after a wildfire raced through her Northern California rural community, the former nurses' aide said."Everything else is obliterated," Crawford said Friday. "It's just a feeling of complete devastation and loss."Crawford said she and her husband, Jai Crawford, packed two cars with clothes, photographs, family heirlooms, thei
  
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• Residents, tourists in Greece sleep outdoors after quake

  22-07-2017 12:03
  
  KOS, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of people on the eastern Greek island of Kos have spent the night sleeping outdoors after a powerful earthquake killed two tourists and injured nearly 500 others across the Aegean Sea region in Greece and Turkey.Residents and tourists were too afraid to return to their homes and hotels, camping out instead in parks and olive groves, or slumbering in their cars or on lounge chairs.The most seriously injured in Greece were airlifted to hospitals on the mainland an
  
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• Doppler 10: Chance for storms continues

  22-07-2017 10:35
  Today: Showers and storms early, then more rain in the afternoon.Some storms could be strong.High 87.Winds: SW 5-15 mph.
  Tonight: Showers and storms early, heavy rain possible.Low 73.Winds: SW 5-10 mph.
  Tomorrow: Chance for lingering storms early then mostly cloudy.High 87.Winds: W 5-10 mph.
  Monday: Sunshine returns!Drier and seasonable.High 85.Winds: N 4-8 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: Multiple disturbances will move across the regi
  
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• Man accused of tampering with evidence

  22-07-2017 09:05
  Graeme Philip Alexander, 27, of 814 Leonard Ave., Belpre, faces the third-degree felony in addition to a previous charge for child endangering, a second-degree felony. Alexander was arrested and charged with child endangering June 13 after his 2-month-old son was flown to Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus and Alexander was accused of shaking and seriously injuring the infant.
  
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• Friends and family of missing women in Chillicothe keeping hope alive

  22-07-2017 05:37
  CHILLICOTHE, Ohio - Hoping to bring light to a situation that has terrorized the community for years, friends and family members of six missing Chillicothe women held a vigil in city park on Friday.“Parents want to know what happened to these girls, what happened to these young beautiful women,” a tearful friend of Wanda Lemons said in front of nearly 30 people.Between 2014 and 2015 six women disappeared from Chillicothe. Of those women, four bodies were discovered, two remain missin
  
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• Study or not, Columbus developers say they need tax breaks

  22-07-2017 04:44
  A city-commissioned study that said Columbus has been too generous with tax breaks in the Short North has done little to change the minds of the developers building up the district and the opponents of abatements. Developers say the types of projects they're doing aren't financially feasible without the incentives.
  
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• Somalis in Minneapolis on defensive after police shooting

  22-07-2017 04:20
  
  The killing of an unarmed Australian woman by a Minneapolis police officer who is a Somali-American has turned an unwelcome spotlight on the city's beleaguered Somali community, where many again find themselves on the defensive.
  The city's police chief said Officer Mohamed Noor's race and ethnicity had nothing to do with the July 15 killing of Justine Damond, who was shot after she called 911 to report a possible rape. But negative comments have included former U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann's recen
  
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• Former McCain rival suggests he resign because of cancer

  22-07-2017 04:16
  
  An Arizona Republican who tried to oust Sen. John McCain last year suggested Friday that he resign because he has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer.Kelli Ward, who is a doctor, said in a statement that the 80-year-old McCain's diagnosis is grim and that his cancer, glioblastoma, "is both devastating and debilitating.""As a doctor, I've counseled patients in similar situations and these end-of-life choices are never easy. I usually advise terminal patients to reduce stress, r
  
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• Minneapolis police chief resigns in wake of officer shooting

  22-07-2017 01:23
  
  Minneapolis police Chief Janee Harteau resigned Friday amid calls for new leadership in the department following last week's shooting death of an unarmed Australian woman by a police officer.In a statement released Friday, Harteau said: "I've decided I am willing to step aside to let a fresh set of leadership eyes see what more can be done for the MPD to be the very best it can be."Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges said she asked for the chief's resignation."I've lost confidence in the Chief's abil
  
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• Nationa s county leaders gather here

  22-07-2017 00:06
  The drug overdose crisis, safe water and the use of technology will be among the topics under discussion when more 2,000 elected officials and staff members from counties in 46 states and the District of Columbia gather at the Greater Columbus Convention Center this weekend.
  
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