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• Man stabbed in throat at Cincinnati Zoo

  29-07-2017 23:57
  
  CINCINNATI - A man was cut in the throat at the Cincinnati Zoo Saturday afternoon.The incident happened around 4:07 p.m.Sergeant Eric Frantz told WCPO, the victim was taken to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.Police are still searching for the suspect.The Cincinnati Zoo remained open and did not close.​
  
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• Local businesses hurt after tourists evacuate N Carolina island

  29-07-2017 22:30
  
  A "steady stream" of tourists left a North Carolina island Saturday under evacuation orders prompted by a widespread power outage, wiping out a significant chunk of the lucrative summer months for local businesses.It could take days or weeks to repair an underground transmission line damaged early Thursday by construction crews working on a new bridge between islands. The construction company drove a steel casing into an underground transmission line, causing blackouts on Ocracoke and Hatteras i
  
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• Trump threat: End health payments unless there's an overhaul

  29-07-2017 22:15
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened once more to end required payments to insurance companies unless lawmakers repeal and replace the Obama-era health care law.In apparent frustration over Friday's failure by the Senate Republican majority to pass a bill repealing parts of the Affordable Care Act, Trump tweeted: "If a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress will end very soon!"If a new HealthC
  
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• Pilot of Canada-bound plane loaded with cocaine pleads guilty

  29-07-2017 21:44
  
  COLUMBUS — The pilot of a Canada-bound plane loaded with 290 pounds of cocaine forced to land in southern Ohio because of engine problems has pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge.The Columbus Dispatch reports 48-year-old Sylvain Desjardins entered his plea Friday to possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. A District Court judge ordered Desjardins to remain jailed until his undetermined sentencing date.Desjardins landed the twin-engine plane at Ohio University's airport in March
  
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• Police: Man arrested after setting fire to LGBTQ youth center

  29-07-2017 21:27
  
  PHOENIX – A 26-year-old man was arrested after he set fire to an LGBTQ center in Phoenix, police said Friday.Darren Beach Jr. was taken into custody without incident, and he was charged with one count of arson of an occupied structure, CBS affiliate KPHO-TV in Phoenix reports.Earlier this week, The Phoenix Fire Department released surveillance footage of a man dousing the one.n.ten building with gasoline before setting it on fire on July 12.Police said Beach received services at the nonpro
  
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• Chicago giving departing inmates overdose-reversing drug

  29-07-2017 20:52
  
  CHICAGO — Chicago now gives at-risk inmates the overdose-reversing drug naloxone upon their release from jail and Los Angeles is poised to follow suit, putting the antidote in as many hands as possible as part of a multifaceted approach to combatting the nation's opioid epidemic.The Cook County Jail in Chicago, which is the largest single-site jail in the country, has trained about 900 inmates how to use naloxone nasal spray devices since last summer and has distributed 400 of them to at-r
  
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• Triple crown: Caeleb Dressel wins record 3 golds at worlds

  29-07-2017 20:22
  
  BUDAPEST, Hungary — Caeleb Dressel became the first swimmer to win three gold medals on a single night at the world championships Saturday.America's newest star pulled off a stunning triple play, racing three times over the course of about two hours — and winning every time.He started with a victory in the 50-meter freestyle, came back about a half-hour later to nearly break Michael Phelps' world record in the 100 butterfly, and closed the night by leading off a world-record performa
  
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• Gold lunar module stolen from Neil Armstrong museum in Ohio

  29-07-2017 19:58
  
  WAPAKONETA, Ohio — Police say a rare gold replica of the lunar space module has been stolen from the Armstrong Air and Space Museum.Police in Wapakoneta, in northwest Ohio, responded to an alarm at the museum just before midnight Friday and discovered the 5-inch high, solid-gold replica had been stolen.Replicas of the lunar excursion module produced by Cartier were presented to Neil Armstrong and his two fellow astronauts, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, in Paris shortly after their histo
  
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• Newly Discovered Biomarkers May Lead to Promising Diagnostic Tool for Alzheimer's

  29-07-2017 19:02
  COLUMBUS, Ohio Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease and determining a patient's prognosis is an inexact business, and that stands in the way of better personalized care and advances in treatment. A new study from The Ohio State University has identified a potential new way of confirming the disease and predicting a patient's outlook.
  
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• New photos show detached gondola, severed ride arm in aftermath of State Fair accident

  29-07-2017 18:33
  
  Investigative photos obtained by 10TV shed new light on the accident aboard the Fire Ball ride at the Ohio State Fair Wednesday evening. The accident left one person dead and several others injured.According to state agency sources, the photos show both ends of the structural arm that suffered some sort of failure. The arm broke, sending a gondola of four seats crashing to the ride platform before being crashed into by the ride, which was still in motion. Columbus eighteen-year-old Tyler Jarrell
  
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• Balloons to celebrate life of slain Ohio 3-year-old after execution

  29-07-2017 17:36
  
  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — The family of a young girl slain nearly 25 years ago in Ohio is holding a balloon launch to celebrate her life days after her killer was executed.Ronald Phillips died by lethal injection Wednesday at the Lucasville state prison for the 1993 rape and murder of his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter, Sheila Marie Evans.The celebration is scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday at a cemetery in Mahoning County's Milton Township in northeast Ohio.Sheila Marie is buried beneath a pink gr
  
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• MadLab Announces the Ohio Premiere of COUNTER/TOP

  29-07-2017 14:58
  MadLab's world premiere production of Counter/Top by Kirin McCrory will take place Fridays and Saturdays, Aug. 11 - 26, 2017, with a special preview performance on Thursday, Aug. 10, at MadLab, 227 N. 3rd St., in Columbus. Admission is $18 for the general public, $15 for students and seniors and $13 for MadLab members.
  
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• National Lasagna Day

  29-07-2017 14:52
  CARFAGNA'S FAMOUS HOMEMADE LASAGNA RECIPEINGREDIENTS
  1.)2-Qts. Pasta Sauce
  2.)1-1/2 Lbs. of Ground Beef or Ground Italian Sausage
  3.)½-cup Olive Oil
  4.)½-cup Diced Onions
  5.)½ -tsp. Fresh Chopped Garlic
  6.)Salt & Pepper
  7.)2-Lbs. Fresh Dry Ricotta Cheese
  8.)2-Lbs. Shredded or Sliced Provolone Cheese
  9.)4-Oz. Grated Romano or Parmesan
  10.)6-8x10 Inch Pre-Cooked Pasta Sheets or 2-Bx's Dry Pasta Noodles
  11.)1-8" x 10" or 10" x 12" Baking Dish / 2-3 Inches Depth
  DIRECTIONS
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• Lunches at your door

  29-07-2017 14:45
  There are several food delivery programs in central Ohio.
  Fare and Square and Home Bistro are just a couple of examples of companies that deliver dinners to your home.
  Now, a new food delivery service aimed at providing healthy lunches for kids is moving into central Ohio next week -- just in time for back-to-school.
  Joining us to tell us about this new program is Rebecca Sholiton -- co-founder of Wise Apple.Tell us about the food people can order-- and the healthy aspect of the meals.
  The menu
  
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• Get Inspired: Rain Barrel Gardening

  29-07-2017 14:30
  Get Inspired to conserve your water -- with a rain barrel.10 This Morning's Karina Nova learned the benefits of using rain barrels, and how to set one up, at Franklin Park Conservatory.
  
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• Alleged Russian hacker's arrest caps long cybercrime career

  29-07-2017 14:17
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — From the early days of online stock scams to the increasingly sophisticated world of botnets, pseudonymous hacker Peter Severa spent nearly two decades at the forefront of Russian cybercrime.Now that a man alleged to be the pioneering spam lord, Pytor Levashov, is in Spanish custody awaiting extradition to the U.S., friends and foes alike are describing the 36-year-old as an ambitious operator who helped make the internet underground what it is today."Levashov is a pioneer wh
  
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• Federal judge blocks Arkansas from enforcing abortion laws

  29-07-2017 14:01
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked Arkansas from enforcing four new abortion restrictions, including a ban on a common second trimester procedure.U.S. District Court Judge Kristine Baker issued a preliminary injunction late Friday night against the new abortion restrictions, three of which are set to take effect on Tuesday. The laws include a ban on a procedure known as dilation and evacuation. Abortion-rights supporters contend it's the safest and most common procedure u
  
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• Apartments Mostly Taken in LeVeque Tower, Condos Still Available

  29-07-2017 14:00
  A tour of the LeVeque Tower last summer revealed plenty of work still to be done on the residential units in the upper floors of the historic building. This summer is a different story, with over 80 percent of the building’s 69 apartments occupied and the final finishes being put on eight for-sale condominiums on […]
  
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• Protesters clash with London riot police over man's death

  29-07-2017 13:52
  
  LONDON (AP) — Protesters angry over the death of a young man following a police chase have clashed with riot police in London, throwing bottles and fireworks and setting garbage cans on fire.The clashes broke out on the streets of east London late Friday as police tried to disperse the protesters, some of whom held "Black Lives Matter" placards.Authorities are investigating the events that preceded the death of 20-year-old Rashan Charles. He died in a hospital last week after he was pursue
  
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• Iran says US Navy fires warning shots near its vessels

  29-07-2017 13:45
  
  Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard said Saturday a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier fired a warning shot in an "unprofessional" confrontation with Iranian vessels, the official IRNA news agency reported.IRNA quoted a statement from the Guard as saying that the USS Nimitz and an accompanying ship came near an Iranian oil offshore platform in the Persian Gulf and a helicopter from the ship hovered near vessels manned by Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard.The report said the confrontation took place Friday
  
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• Seoul, Washington to talk over missile limits

  29-07-2017 13:39
  
  South Korea says it plans to hold talks with the United States on increasing the warhead limit for South Korean missiles following North Korea's second flight test of an intercontinental ballistic missile.South Korean President Moon Jae-in's chief secretary Yoon Young-chan said Saturday that Washington accepted Seoul's proposal for talks on revising a bilateral "guideline" that limits the development of South Korean missiles.He says both sides plan to sit down as soon as possible.Yoon says Seoul
  
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• Hamburg stabbing suspect known as radical, mentally unstable

  29-07-2017 13:32
  
  BERLIN (AP) - A German official says the man who fatally stabbed one person and wounded several others in Hamburg was known to authorities as an Islamic radical but also was psychologically unstable.The suspect, a 26-year-old born in the United Arab Emirates, was quickly overwhelmed by passers-by and arrested after Friday's attack in Hamburg's Barmbek district.Hamburg's state interior minister, Andy Grote, said the man - whose asylum claim had been rejected - was known to have been radicalized b
  
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• Tesla delivers first lower-cost Model 3 cars

  29-07-2017 12:26
  
  FREMONT, Calif. (AP) — Tesla Inc. has finally made its long-promised affordable electric car. But it could take years to get it to all the people who want to buy it.Tesla delivered the Model 3 small car to its first 30 customers — all employees — at a company party Friday night. CEO Elon Musk said Tesla will build the cars as fast as it can, but acknowledged that supply issues and other complexities will make it tough to reach his goal of making 500,000 cars next year. Fourteen
  
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• Original Max and Erma's in German Village to close Aug. 7

  29-07-2017 10:58
  Erma Visocnik passed away in 1977. Her husband, Max, died in 1995. Their iconic restaurant location in German Village will meet its end on Aug. 7. The original location of what became a regional restaurant chain - with more than 100 stores at its peak - is being closed by its owner, Glacier Restaurant Group, saying it wasn't viable.
  
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• Lawyer says juror might have stolen opioid evidence at trial

  29-07-2017 07:07
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• Fumes force Austin police to pull Ford Explorers off patrol

  29-07-2017 04:42
  
  The Austin Police Department on Friday pulled nearly 400 Ford Explorer SUVs from its patrol fleet over worries about exhaust fumes inside the vehicles.Ford Motor Co. responded by promising to repair the vehicles, even as it continues to investigate the cause of the problem.The move comes as U.S. auto safety regulators investigate complaints of exhaust fume problems in more than 1.3 million Explorers from the 2011 through 2017 model years. In Austin, more than 60 officers have reported health pro
  
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• In shooting simulator, fairgoers aim from police perspective

  29-07-2017 04:40
  
  When the gunman showed up at the hospital, Mike McDorman raised his handgun, took aim and shot the guy. He did the same when an impaired driver stepped out of a vehicle and aimed his way.Then, having dealt with a handful of these tense scenarios in just a few minutes, he handed the gun back to a sheriff's deputy and walked out of the police shooting simulator with a relieved smile."I'm a mess. Sweaty!" said McDorman, the local chamber of commerce president, who acknowledged he shot an innocent p
  
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• 1 man hospitalized after shooting in west Columbus

  29-07-2017 03:58
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - One person is in critical condition after a reported shooting in west Columbus.Police were called to the 500 block of Wedgewood Drivejust after 9:30 p.m. Friday.Police said a man was shot in the 900 block of Wedgewood Drive then walked to the 500 block of Wedgewood Drive.The victim was taken to Mount Carmel West Hospital.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Ohio doctors would report opioid diagnosis codes under deal

  29-07-2017 03:24
  
  Ohio doctors would report the specific diagnosis of every patient who receives a prescription painkiller under a tentative agreement reached Friday with the Kasich administration.The 11th-hour compromise between the Republican governor's office, the state Medical Board and associations representing doctors and hospitals followed months of wrangling over new opioid prescribing rules proposed in April in a state that leads the nation in opioid addiction and death.A record 3,050 Ohioans died from d
  
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• How Safe Are Amusement Park Rides?

  29-07-2017 03:09
  An entire row of seats fell off the "Fire Ball" ride at the Ohio State Fair on Wednesday July 26, 2017. Three of the injured were immediately hospitalized after the incident with two of them released Thursday morning.
  
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• Family of man killed on Ohio State Fair ride to file wrongful death lawsuit, reports say

  29-07-2017 03:09
  Tyler Jarrell, seen in these photos provided by his school district and the U.S. Marine Corps , was killed Wednesday night after a ride malfunctioned at the Ohio State Fair. Tyler Jarrell, seen in these photos provided by his school district and the U.S. Marine Corps , was killed Wednesday night after a ride malfunctioned at the Ohio State Fair.( COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The family of Tyler Jarrell, who was killed after being thrown from a ride that malfunctioned at the Ohio State Fair , will file a wr
  
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• FDA to target addictive levels of nicotine in cigarettes

  29-07-2017 01:12
  
  NEW YORK – For the first time, the federal government is proposing cutting the nicotine level in cigarettes so they aren't so addictive.U.S. Food and Drug Administration chief Scott Gottlieb on Friday directed the agency's staff to develop new regulations on nicotine. The FDA has had the power since 2009 to regulate nicotine levels but hasn't done so. Stocks of cigarette makers plunged after the announcement.As part of the new strategy, the FDA is giving e-cigarette makers four more years
  
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• British driver totals Ferrari an hour after purchase

  29-07-2017 00:59
  
  LONDON — A British driver has survived a major crash in his Ferrari, an hour after he bought it. Local police called it a "miracle escape," but the car was not so lucky.South Yorkshire Police posted Twitter photos of the smoking, wrecked car, saying it "went airborne (and) burst into flames" beside a highway in northern England.Someone had a miracle escape (cuts/bruises) from his #Ferrari earlier on the M1. Lost control, went airborne & burst into flames #fire #ouch pic.twitter.com/DkM
  
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• Ohio State Fair vendors look ahead after deadly ride accident

  29-07-2017 00:16
  
  As inspections continue at the Ohio State Fair, the families of those involved in Wednesday’s tragedy are on the minds of many at the fair.Vendors tell 10TV the mood hasn’t been the same but they hope to end the fair on a high note."We lift our prayers up to the families and everything because that's important," said Dale Wagner, with Wagner's Country Kitchen.There are nearly 200 vendors that attend the fair and normally, when coupled with the rides, vendors say the fair is swarming
  
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• Nursing student recounts how she helped victims of fair ride malfunction

  29-07-2017 00:10
  The trauma after a ride malfunctioned at the Ohio State Fair alerted a nursing student to jump in and help."I just kind of ran up to one of the police officers and said, hi I'm a nursing student can I help?," said Jordyn Pennington, a junior nursing student at Chamberlain University.Pennington and her husband attended the fair on opening day as a mid-week date."We don't get a lot of alone time," said Pennington.Pennington says she was ordering food when her husband began yelling about an acciden
  
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• Bucyrus fire chief agrees to disciplinary probation

  29-07-2017 00:00
  
  COLUMBUS - Bucyrus Fire Chief Jay Keller was placed on disciplinary probation for six months after entering into an agreement with the Mayor and Safety Service Director.Keller denies any wrong doing or misconduct. A statement released by his lawyer Adam Stone states: “in an effort to internally handle the complaints of disgruntled former employees without bringing scandal or dishonor to his department – he consented to the terms and conditions of the agreement with city officials.&rd
  
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