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• Family devastated by car crashes three years apart shares warning for drivers

  25-07-2017 23:44
  June 18, 2014 is a night that changed James Howard's life forever.A car accident left him with a severed spine and a future without the use of his legs.He shared his story with 10TV in October of that year."I've accepted the changes that have taken place with my body, and I'm trying to do what I need to do to move forward with it," he said.
  But the changes weren't only physical."One thing I've done ever since my accident was to make sure I tell those I love that I love them. Situations change on
  
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• Sealy Acquires 652,195 SF Class A Distribution Facility To Re-Enter Columbus, OH Market

  25-07-2017 23:31
  Creekside IX, a 652,195 SF Class A Distribution Facility, was recently acquired by Sealy & Company on behalf of SSEP. )--Sealy & Company, a fully-integrated commercial real estate investment and operating company and recognized leader in the industrial real estate market, announces the acquisition of Creekside IX, a 652,195 SF Class A distribution facility.
  
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• Barbara Sinatra, Frank's 4th wife and philanthropist, dies

  25-07-2017 23:09
  
  LOS ANGELES - Barbara Sinatra, the fourth wife of legendary singer Frank Sinatra and a prominent children's advocate and philanthropist who raised millions of dollars to help abused children, died Tuesday at 90.Sinatra died of natural causes at her Rancho Mirage, California, home surrounded by family and friends, said John Thoresen, director of the Barbara Sinatra Children's Center.With her husband's help, Barbara Sinatra founded a nonprofit center in 1986 to provide therapy and other support to
  
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• Columbus family looking for missing man

  25-07-2017 22:59
  
  COLUMBUS -- Columbus police confirmed they are looking for a missing man who has not been seen since Sunday morning. The family reached out to 10TV to help find the man, Dal B. Biswa, who has not been seen since 11 a.m. Sunday. Biswa was expected to join his family in church, but never showed. None of his belongings were missing from the home. Columbus Police said they are looking into his disappearance. Biswa, 54, has black hair, brown eyes, and no known medical or mental issues. No family memb
  
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• Man trains for Pelotonia five months after being cleared of cancer

  25-07-2017 22:44
  Brian Reese, 23, looks to make every day count.
  For the last five-and-a-half months, he's been training to cycle in this year's Pelotonia.
  The road - it calls to him.
  "Yeah, I've enjoyed it more than I thought I would," he said.
  It's a newfound freedom.
  "Just feeling the wind going against my body and my face," he said. "I haven't really felt that much over the last year."
  Last year, when he was 22. It's when he was about to start his senior year at Ohio Dominican University and had just been di
  
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• 1 man killed in southeast Columbus shooting

  25-07-2017 21:46
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus Police are investigating a deadly shooting on the city's southeast side.Officers were called to the 1600 block of Smith Road around 3:20 p.m. Tuesday.Police said 31-year-old James Lundy was found dead in a yard in the area.Police said Lundy was fighting with 22-year-old Zhontel M. Angel when Angel shot Lundy multiple times.Angel was arrested and charged with murder, according to police.Police said this is the 76th homicide in Columbus in 2017.
  
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• John McCain gives first remarks since returning to the Senate

  25-07-2017 21:42
  
  WASHINGTON — In high drama at the Capitol, Sen. John McCain on Tuesday delivered a crucial vote in the Republican drive to dismantle the health care law, a win for President Donald Trump and GOP leaders, and then leveled a broadside at how the GOP got there.As the 80-year-old McCain entered the chamber, Republicans and Democrats applauded and whooped, with a few hugs for the six-term Arizona lawmaker who is battling brain cancer. "Aye," he said for the GOP vote to move ahead on debate.Afte
  
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• Franklin County adopts delayed inclusion and diversity plan

  25-07-2017 21:22
  For the past week, the commissioners have been criticized by the Columbus branch of the NAACP and others for an inclusion and diversity plan those organizations believed was too broad. The plan was adopted Tuesday after commissioners consulted with county Prosecutor Ron O'Brien and after adding a committee to make sure the plan's intent is followed.
  
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• SR-315 ramp into Clintonville closes permanently

  25-07-2017 20:58
  
  A highway ramp that took a lot of people into Clintonville has closed forever.The ramp to eastbound North Broadway from 315 North permanently shut down Tuesday.The Clintonville Area Commission said neighbors have been asking for this for a while.Before the closure, traffic came directly off the freeway onto North Broadway. Speed boards were installed to slow traffic but some homeowners think it’s a dangerous situation.Others didn't want to lose the convenience of driving directly into Clin
  
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• LIVE UPDATES: Senate votes to open debate on health care reform

  25-07-2017 20:58
  
  The Latest on the effort by congressional Republicans to pass a health care bill (all times local):2:35 p.m.Protesters temporarily disrupted the Senate proceedings on the health care bill.Shouting "Kill the bill" and "shame," the demonstrators stood in the visitors' gallery and chanted. They were led out of the chamber by police but could still be heard.The vote got underway on moving head on health care with the goal of erasing much of Barack Obama's law. The Senate chamber was packed, with law
  
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• By a hair, Senate votes to debate GOP health care bill

  25-07-2017 20:58
  
  With Vice President Mike Pence breaking a 50-50 tie, the Senate voted by a hair Tuesday to start debating Republican legislation to tear down much of the Obama health care law. The vote gives President Donald Trump and GOP leaders a crucial initial victory but launches a weeklong debate promising an uncertain final outcome.The 51-50 vote kept alive hopes of delivering on promises that countless Republican candidates have campaigned on for years — repealing President Barack Obama's 2010 hea
  
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• Doppler 10: Sunny & Seasonable, Rain Thursday

  25-07-2017 19:24
  Tonight: Partly cloudy and seasonable. Low 67. S wind 5 mph.​
  Tomorrow: Showers and storms are likely with heavy rainfall. Cooler. High 78. S wind 5 mph.
  Friday: Considerable clouds with showers and storms likely in the evening. High 79.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: High pressure will move to the east, allowing a cold front to approach from the west. This will bring scattered showers and storms Thursday and through much of Friday.
  
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• Doppler 10: Sunny & Seasonable

  25-07-2017 19:24
  Today: Sunny and warmer. High 85. S wind 5 mph.​
  Tonight: Partly cloudy and seasonable. Low 67. S wind 5 mph.​
  Tomorrow: Showers and storms are likely with heavy rainfall. Cooler. High 78. S wind 5 mph.
  Friday: Considerable clouds with showers and storms likely in the evening. High 79.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: High pressure continues to bring us sunshine today and temperatures will warm up close to average. A cold front w
  
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• Trump's political speech to Scouts inspires parental outrage

  25-07-2017 19:13
  
  President Donald Trump's fiery speech at the National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia has infuriated parents and former scouts.Standing before thousands of school-aged Scouts, Trump began with a bit of profanity Monday night and then went on to rage for more than half an hour against the media and other perceived political enemies.Trump was cheered by the crowd, but his comments put an organization that studiously avoids political conflict in an awkward position.The Boy Scouts' official Facebook
  
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• In the Kitchen with Chef Micah Wolf of Due Amici

  25-07-2017 19:00
  When Chef Micah Wolf is in the kitchen, he doesn’t see ingredients; he sees colors. In one dish, pink watermelon and roseheart radish contrast with green arugula. On top is yellow — curried crab salad. Wolf suggests, for the best experience, that every bite incorporate each element, creating a union of all flavors: sweet, salty, […]
  
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• System failures: How do we prevent this from happening again?

  25-07-2017 17:47
  Having worked on the Brian Golsby story for several months now, the more I learn about him, the harder it is to understand how he got released from prison in the first place and with so little supervision.Even Gary Mohr, the Director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, admits Golsby was bad news during his six-year incarceration in five prisons. He racked up 52 violations.“Yes, his behavior was not rehabilitative. He would not engage in programming that would abate the
  
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• CTE found in most donated brains from NFL players

  25-07-2017 17:37
  Research on 202 former football players found evidence of a brain disease in nearly all of them, from athletes in the NFL down to high school.It's the biggest update on chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE. The disease has been linked with repeated head blows and the results confirm that it can happen even in young players. But the report only reflects high occurrence in samples at a Boston brain bank and many donors contributed because of troubling symptoms before death.CTE was diagnosed in
  
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• US stocks back to records as corporate profits keep rising

  25-07-2017 17:22
  
  NEW YORK — U.S. stock indexes returned to their winning ways Tuesday, and the Standard & Poor's 500 index headed for a record after corporate profits continued to come in better than analysts expected. McDonald's and Caterpillar were among the big companies reporting healthier-than-forecast earnings.Higher prices for oil, metals and other commodities helped to lift energy and raw-materials companies, while tech stocks took a rare step backward after results for Seagate Technology and o
  
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• Books and Berries at Community Garden

  25-07-2017 17:13
  How about books and berries for breakfast? 4th Street Farms gathers for story time and sharing of food grown in the Weinland Park community garden. 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 […]
  
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• Shooter in Newark, victim had volatile history

  25-07-2017 17:11
  NEWARK -- A very public domestic violence situation didn't start on the streets of Newark on Monday morning, but it ended there. Phillip Parker accidentally shot and killed himself on North 21st Street while trying to harm his girlfriend Sarah Bennett.The incident that began in a Walmart parking lot spilled over onto North 21st Street, involved a car crash with a third party and ended with gunfire.But their volatile relationship involved police in Licking County about a month prior.According to
  
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• Condemned killer arrives at death house ahead of execution

  25-07-2017 17:09
  
  A condemned killer in Ohio has arrived at the death house ahead of his scheduled execution Wednesday with several requests for a delay pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.A prisons department spokeswoman said Ronald Phillips arrived at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville at about 10:15 a.m. Tuesday. That's about 24 hours before he is set to die in Ohio's first execution in more than three years.Phillips was convicted for the 1993 rape and killing of his girlfriend's 3-year-ol
  
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• Meyer: Big 10 on par with SEC

  25-07-2017 16:53
  With the start of the 2017 college football season a little over a month away, the Buckeyes will take the field for the first time this season with an early morning workout Thursday. Head coach Urban Meyer doesn't just believe the Big Ten has closed the gap with the more heralded Southeastern Conference.
  
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• Official: US Navy ship fires warning shots near Iranian ship

  25-07-2017 16:49
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A U.S. Navy patrol boat fired warning shots Tuesday near an Iranian vessel that came close to it during a tense encounter in the Persian Gulf, an American defense official said.The incident involving the USS Thunderbolt, a Cyclone-class patrol ship based in Bahrain as part of the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, is the latest confrontation between Iranian vessels and American warships.The Thunderbolt was taking part in an exercise with American and other coalition vesse
  
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• Photos & video: Ohio State Fair butter display features chocolate milk, athletes

  25-07-2017 16:25
  
  This year's butter sculptures at the Ohio State Fair added something new that hasn't been seen before: color.The American Dairy Association reveals this year's sculptures which include the traditional cow and calf alongside a large chocolate milk and four student athletes representing the Ohio High School Athletic Association.Chocolate milk is the official beverage of the OHSAA.Made from roughly 2,000 pounds of butter, the display was completed in nearly 500 hours.The ProcessThe sculptors start
  
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• Ohio State Fair to reveal this year’s butter sculptures

  25-07-2017 16:25
  
  We’re just one day away from this year’s Ohio State Fair, but today is when we will find out this year’s answer to a long-standing tradition: What are this year’s butter sculptures?Sculptors have been working over the last couple of weeks with more than a ton of butter (literally) to make this year's display.But what will be this year’s surprise sculptures? We will stream this year’s reveal around noon in the player below.The ProcessThe sculptors start by buil
  
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• Parents ask court to let them take Charlie Gard home to die

  25-07-2017 15:53
  
  LONDON (AP) - A lawyer for the parents of Charlie Gard told a judge Tuesday their last wish is to take their critically ill son home to die.Lawyers for the family of the 11-month old infant and the hospital treating him returned for a hearing before Britain's High Court, a day after the baby's parents said they were dropping their long legal battle to get him experimental treatment.The family attorney, Grant Armstrong, told a judge that Chris Gard and Connie Yates have held discussions with Grea
  
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• White House aide suggests that Pres. Trump wants Sessions gone

  25-07-2017 15:43
  
  President Donald Trump's new communications director says it's "probably right" that Trump wants Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign.Anthony Scaramucci, the Trump adviser, said in an interview Tuesday with radio host Hugh Hewitt that Trump is "obviously frustrated" and that the two men "need to work this thing out."Scaramucci replies "you're probably right" when Hewitt says it's clear that Trump wants Sessions gone.Trump is angry that Sessions recused himself from the investigation into the
  
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• Trump vents anew on Sessions, who's under pressure to quit

  25-07-2017 15:43
  
  President Donald Trump turned up the heat on Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday, launching a fresh Twitter tirade against him while musing privately about firing the man who was the first U.S. senator to endorse his candidacy.The future of the nation's top law enforcement officer seemed to hang in the balance as pressure on him to resign mounted by the hour, even as the pushback to Trump's extraordinary public rebuke began from fellow Republicans.The president's latest broadside came in t
  
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• Trial begins for driver charged in death of Ohio trooper

  25-07-2017 15:40
  
  Jurors are being chosen for the trial of a driver suspected of fatally hitting a state trooper along a Cleveland highway.Cleveland.com reports that jury selection began Monday for 38-year-old Joshua Gaspar, of Columbia Station.He is charged in the September death of Trooper Kenneth Velez. Gaspar previously pleaded not guilty to charges including aggravated vehicular homicide and causing an officer's death while driving recklessly or under the influence of drugs.Prosecutors say Gaspar hit Velez o
  
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• Columbus City Council Meeting July 24, 2017

  25-07-2017 14:26
  
  
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• Smugglers offer crammed big rigs as 'VIP treatment' to US​

  25-07-2017 14:17
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — When Thomas Homan, the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was awakened Sunday morning with news that migrants were found dead inside a sweltering tractor-trailer outside a San Antonio Walmart, his mind flashed back to 2003, when he stood at the back of a truck about 120 miles (200 kilometers) southeast of San Antonio that carried 19 dead migrants."It is sad that 14 years later people are still being smuggled in tractor-trailers," he said. "There s
  
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• Are you getting ripped off buying on Amazon?

  25-07-2017 14:05
  
  Consumers looking for the best deals on everything from clothing to TVs have been well trained to price-check online, often starting at e-commerce behemoth Amazon (AMZN), which trumpets its aim to match "the lowest prices." But beware.So-called "dynamic pricing" has long bedeviled travelers by jacking up the cost of air fares and hotel rooms, and now it's becoming common among online retailers. That technique, also known as surge pricing, could dramatically drive up the cost of items you want to
  
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• A surprising turnabout for college tuition

  25-07-2017 13:21
  
  College isn't what it used to be, at least when it comes to tuition.Tuition hikes have slowed considerably in the last year and are now matching the rate of inflation, according to new data from the Labor Department. That's a welcome relief for families and students who have struggled with decades of tuition increases that far outpaced inflation and meant that earning a diploma increasingly took a bigger bite out of a family's paycheck.A college education may be more important than ever in a job
  
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• Pope Francis shuts off Vatican fountains due to Italy drought

  25-07-2017 13:13
  
  The Vatican began turning off its fountains due to an ongoing drought in Italy, the BBC reported Tuesday.This spring has been Italy's third-driest in 60 years, and the lack of rainfall has cost the Italian agriculture sector nearly 2.3 billion dollars.The Vatican has approximately 100 fountains, some of which are considered artistic masterpieces, and Vatican spokesman Greg Burke told the Reuters news agency that the move was the Vatican's way of standing side by side with the city of Rome during
  
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• Tokyo to begin seeking names for star giant panda cub

  25-07-2017 12:53
  
  Tokyo is preparing to start collecting ideas later this week for naming a new giant panda cub born at its Ueno zoo.The zoo, Japan's oldest, has not shown the cub directly to the public. But it released a video of the cub born on June 12 showing the squeaky baby snuggling with its mother ShinShin. The roly-poly female cub already has the characteristic black and white giant panda pattern in its fur and its eyes have opened.ShinShin's last cub was born in 2012 and survived only six days. The newco
  
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• Private geriatric-care managers assist elderly, their families

  25-07-2017 12:47
  But after she had provided for her mom's every need for 14 months, a health-care worker warned her recently that if she didn't look after herself, she couldn't be her best for her mother. "I was starting to feel run down, frazzled, even quick to anger," said Fetsko, 65, of the Southeast Side. "I was told I needed to get out of the house."
  
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• Trump to rally in Ohio as residents worry about health care

  25-07-2017 12:41
  
  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Ohio on Tuesday as the U.S. Senate will vote on whether to open debate on legislation to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law.Ohioans have mixed feelings about Republicans' efforts.Some who rely on government assistance say they're having trouble sleeping at night because they're worried about their medical expenses. Others are hopeful the Republican plan will make things more affordable for them.
  
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• President Trump to rally in Ohio as Ohioans wonder what's next for health care

  25-07-2017 12:41
  
  President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Ohio on Tuesday as the U.S. Senate will vote on whether to open debate on legislation to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law.Ohioans have mixed feelings about Republicans' efforts.Some who rely on government assistance say they're having trouble sleeping at night because they're worried about their medical expenses. Others are hopeful the Republican plan will make things more affordable for them.Republican Ohio Sen. Rob
  
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• LIVE: President Trump holds rally in Youngstown, Ohio

  25-07-2017 12:41
  
  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Ohio on Tuesday, hours after the U.S. Senate voted to open debate on legislation to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law.Ohioans have mixed feelings about Republicans' efforts.Some who rely on government assistance say they're having trouble sleeping at night because they're worried about their medical expenses. Others are hopeful the Republican plan will make things more affordable for them.Trump
  
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• Tech company to install microchip in employees

  25-07-2017 12:26
  Three Square Market, a Wisconsin technology company, is offering to install a microchip in its employees. Unlike many dystopian futuristic scenarios, the decision is completely up to each individual employee.The microchip, no larger than a grain of rice, would allow employees to scan into the building and buy food in the break room, among other office duties. It would go between the thumb and forefinger and use Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) to work. At least 50 of the company’s emp
  
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• Nearly-undetectable Mac malware can take over entire computer

  25-07-2017 12:25
  Law enforcement agents are looking into malicious codes that’s been hitting Mac users in the U.S.“FruitFly,” as the malware has been dubbed, is nearly undetectable.The hack is thought to be for surveillance as hackers were able to jump into the webcams of the affected computers and take screenshots, though the FruitFly malware has the ability to take over the entire computer.“This didn’t look like cybercrime type behavior, there were no ads, no keyloggers, or ransom
  
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• GOP sets Senate health care vote buoyed by McCain return

  25-07-2017 12:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders are steering the Senate toward a crucial vote on their bill eviscerating much of President Barack Obama's health care law, buoyed by the near theatrical return to the Capitol of the ailing Sen. John McCain.No stranger to heroic episodes, the Navy pilot who persevered through five years of captivity during the Vietnam War announced through his office that he would be back in Washington for the critical roll call on beginning debate on the legislation. Th
  
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• Black Pride 4 group hosts discussion on Pride Parade incident

  25-07-2017 11:59
  Just one week after a group staged a protest in the middle into a community meeting, Black Queer and Intersectional Columbus hosted a meeting of their own.“A lot of good points were made by us, there was a lot of good conversation started by us,” group member Wriply Bennet said.“There were a lot of issues that were raised that no one knew about it.”Those issues --transphobia, racism, and homophobia within the LGBTQ community -- were the center of this protest at the Colum
  
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• Ohio medical marijuana program budget grows to $11 million

  25-07-2017 08:56
  The Ohio Department of Commerce and Board of Pharmacy plan to request about $6 million more in state funding for the next two years of setting up the state's new medical marijuana program. The Ohio Department of Commerce and Board of Pharmacy plan to request about $6 million more in state funding for the next two years of setting up the state's new medical marijuana program.( COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio regulators say they'll need another $5.6 million this year for a medical marijuana tracking databa
  
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• Fatal crash in Madison County -

  25-07-2017 04:55
  Troopers of the West Jefferson Post of The Ohio State Highway Patrol are currently investigating a two vehicle fatal crash that occurred at approximately 4:11 p.m. on Monday, July 24. A 2007 Chevrolet Silverado was traveling southbound on Plain City-Georgesville Road driven by Nathan Kocher of Galloway. A 2005 Honda Accord driven by 17-year-old Sarah Munford of Hilliard was traveling eastbound on Lucas Road and failed to yield from the stop sign.
  
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• Columbus woman killed in Madison County crash

  25-07-2017 04:55
  A young Columbus woman was killed when the car she was riding in Monday afternoon crashed with a pickup truck at an intersection in northeast Madison County. Alexa Howard, 18, of the Far West Side, was partially ejected from the car and pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which occurred around 4:10 p.m. on Plain City-Georgesville Road at Lucas Road in Canaan Township, the State Highway Patrol said.
  
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• Tractor-trailer survivor says people cried, asked for water

  25-07-2017 03:52
  
  Adan Lara Vega said he was told the $5,500 he was being charged to be smuggled into the United States would include an air-conditioned truck ride.Instead, the 27-year-old Mexican laborer climbed with his friends into a pitch-black, metal tractor-trailer compartment that lacked ventilation — a deadly oven that would claim 10 lives."After an hour I heard ... people crying and asking for water. I, too, was sweating and people were despairing," Lara Vega told The Associated Press in an exclusi
  
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• McCain to come back to Senate Tuesday

  25-07-2017 03:35
  
  Arizona Sen. John McCain is returning to the Senate on Tuesday to vote on GOP health care legislation just days after being diagnosed with a brain tumor.McCain's office made the dramatic announcement late Monday in a brief statement saying he looks forward "to continue working on important legislation including health care reform."Republicans are holding the high-stakes vote on Tuesday to open debate on legislation to repeal and replace "Obamacare."They have almost no margin for error making the
  
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• 18-year-old Columbus woman killed in Madison County crash

  25-07-2017 03:27
  
  An 18-year-old from Columbus was killed in Madison County Monday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash.According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the crash happened just after 4 p.m. on Plain City-Georgesville Road at Lucas Road.A Honda Accord driven by 17-year-old Sarah Munford of Hilliard was traveling eastbound Lucas Road and failed to yield from a stop sign.As a result, the Accord was struck by a Chevrolet Silverado going south bound on Plain City-Georgesville Road.Both vehicles continued off th
  
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• Markets Live: Investors hold fire

  25-07-2017 02:47
  Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer View text version of this page Help using this website - Accessibility statement Join today and you can easily save your favourite articles, join in the conversation and comment, plus select which news your want direct to your inbox. Shares are set for a more positive start despite a mixed night in global markets, as oil and iron ore prices stage a recovery.
  
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