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• Freshman Dobbins making his move at Buckeyes training camp

  07-08-2017 23:59
  With 1,000-yard rusher Mike Weber slowed by a hamstring tweak, true freshman J.K. Dobbins is getting a lot of carries and a majority of the buzz at Ohio State training camp.The La Grange, Texas, native, an early enrollee who participated in spring practice, was the first freshman to lose the black stripe from his helmet, signifying that he is now a full-fledged Buckeye. At the first scrimmage on Saturday, Dobbins was rated a "champion," the highest grade a player can get from the coaching staff.
  
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• Attorney: Amusement Of America will be named in wrongful death lawsuit

  07-08-2017 23:18
  An attorney says he intends to name Amusements of America in a wrongful death lawsuit after a Columbus teenager was killed on a ride at the Ohio State Fair.Amusements of America was in charge of the Fire Ball ride when it broke apart on the first day of the fair.Eighteen-year-old Tyler Jarrell was killed and an attorney representing the teen's family says he didn't die in a freak accident. The company says the Fire Ball ride failed due to excessive corrosion. Attorney Mark Kitrick, says if that'
  
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• Inspection reports shed new light into why Fire Ball ride broke

  07-08-2017 21:33
  Before the arm of the Fire Ball snapped, the manufacturer says it was already weakened by rust.The company, KMG, called it " excessive corrosion." In other words, the steel wall was thinning."The only thing I can think of is that it's in the bottom of that tube and no one had access to see inside that tube," Ricky Morgan, an independent Amusement Ride Inspector with 30 years of experience, said.Soil Consultants Inc. out of South Carolina tested the Fire ball ride in October of last year as part
  
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• Taco Preview: Local Cantina, Balboa, Sunnyside, Tostadalicious & More

  07-08-2017 21:05
  Are you an expert on the local taco scene? You should know that Columbus Underground is bringing back our popular event Best Bites: Tacos for the third year in a row! We are gathering the best tacos in the city and we want you to be the judge in picking the best! On Thursday, August 10 from 7 […]
  
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• Parents' lawsuit blames schools for bullying, child suicide

  07-08-2017 20:58
  
  The parents of an 8-year-old boy who hanged himself blame a "treacherous school environment," alleging in a federal lawsuit filed Monday that school officials allowed and covered up bullying.The wrongful death suit filed by the parents of Gabriel Taye names officials at his elementary school and at the Cincinnati Public Schools district as defendants. It seeks damages to be determined in a trial.Attorneys have said his mother didn't know her son was bullied until the lawyers saw a Cincinnati pol
  
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• Worthington Schools plans curriculum, purchases glasses for solar eclipse

  07-08-2017 20:13
  
  Worthington Schools have some big plans for the upcoming solar eclipse.The district announced they are creating grade appropriate lessons around the eclipse.The eclipse will happen on August 21, only the fourth day of school for the district.Starting at 1:04 p.m., the moon will pass in between the earth and the sun. By 2:30 p.m., 86 percent of the sun will be blocked out.Solar eclipse: Map shows darkest cities in OhioThey have also purchased 11,000 pairs of glasses for all students and staff to
  
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• Worthington Schools plan curriculum, purchases glasses for solar eclipse

  07-08-2017 20:13
  
  Worthington Schools have some big plans for the upcoming solar eclipse.The district announced they are creating grade appropriate lessons around the eclipse.The eclipse will happen on August 21, only the fourth day of school for the district.Starting at 1:04 p.m., the moon will pass in between the earth and the sun. By 2:30 p.m., 86 percent of the sun will be blocked out.Solar eclipse: Map shows darkest cities in OhioThey have also purchased 11,000 pairs of glasses for all students and staff to
  
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• Regenerative medicine breakthrough: Can a small chip 'heal' entire organs?

  07-08-2017 19:50
  This small device uses tissue nanotransfection to regenerate full organs at the touch of a finger. Image credit: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center What was once the stuff of science fiction is now becoming a reality: entire organs may soon be "healed" by simply touching a small chip.
  
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• Teen mom of buried newborn pleads not guilty

  07-08-2017 19:23
  
  CINCINNATI — An 18-year-old woman whose newborn's remains were buried outside her southwest Ohio home pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder and other charges on Monday.Brooke Skylar Richardson entered the pleas at her arraignment in a Warren County court in Lebanon. She was indicted Friday on charges that also include involuntary manslaughter, child endangering, evidence tampering and corpse abuse in the May death.Prosecutors requested a $1 million bond, but the judge set bond at $50,000
  
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• Ohio Local Foods Week 

  07-08-2017 19:20
  It’s Ohio Local Foods Week and National Farmers’ Market Week! Where are you shopping? Find a market close to you on this list by Ohio State College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. Pictured above is Pearl Market, occurring every Tuesday and Friday until October 13 from 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. The Columbus Foundation is working to […]
  
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• Short North Tour of Homes & Gardens Returns in September

  07-08-2017 19:19
  The Short North Tour of Homes & Gardens is coming back for its 43rd year in September. The tour includes nine stops where guests will examine the architecture and amenities of some of the area’s most unique spaces. The event starts on Saturday, September 16, with a preview tour of the Sells Circus House, not […]
  
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• #BradleyStrong: Worthington Kilbourne football players to show support of Chris Bradley

  07-08-2017 19:19
  
  A hard road is something we all walk from time-to-time.Hard Road in Worthington leads us to the football field at Worthington Kilbourne High School.It leads us to Hayden Shaffer and his family."He just really cares a lot about his whole family," Shaffer said. "He's just a down-to-Earth guy. Very genuine."It was March when Shaffer's family got the news that his uncle was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia."We just go see him and check on how he's doing and just stay positive," he said.Five mon
  
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• Iconic Colorado peak claims second climber's life in a month

  07-08-2017 19:14
  
  ASPEN, Colo. – A climber who fell from an iconic feature of a Colorado "14er," a mountain peak exceeding 14,000 feet, suffered fatal injuries over the weekend, CBS Denver reports.The unidentified climber's body was left below Capitol Peak's Knife Edge until better weather can provide search and rescue teams a safe opportunity to recover it.A hiker ascending the peak notified Pitkin County sheriff's deputies shortly before 8:30 a.m. Sunday of another hiker, in a group ahead of his, who fell
  
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• Boy Scouts electrocuted in deadly Texas boating accident

  07-08-2017 18:19
  
  AVINGER, Texas – Authorities say two Texas Boy Scouts were killed and another was critically injured when their sailboat hit an overhead power line and apparently electrocuted the youths.The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department says the accident happened Saturday afternoon at Lake O' The Pines near Avinger, 150 miles east of Dallas.Agency spokesman Steve Lightfoot said the Boy Scouts, ages 18 and 16, died at the scene. Their names weren't immediately released.CBS affiliate KYTX-TV reports
  
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• 3rd Boy Scout dies after sailboat strikes power line on lake

  07-08-2017 18:19
  
  A third Boy Scout has died from injuries suffered when a sailboat struck an overhanging power line on a lake east of Dallas.Texas Parks & Wildlife spokesman Steve Lightfoot says the 11-year-old Scout died Monday. He was hospitalized in Shreveport, Louisiana, following the accident Saturday.The boy was sailing in a catamaran with two older boys, one 17 and the other 16, when the mast struck the power line at Lake O'The Pines near Avinger, 150 miles (241 kilometers) from Dallas.A Scout officia
  
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• Why was there no warning before devastating Tulsa tornado?

  07-08-2017 17:22
  
  There are new questions about why there was no warning before a tornado ripped through Tulsa, Oklahoma, early Sunday morning. The National Weather Service confirmed an EF2 tornado touched down. The rare August tornado ripped roofs off homes and knocked down trees. About 30 people were hurt, and two people had severe injuries.As early as 1:19 a.m., the tornado touched down in Tulsa and there were signs of it on radar. But the sirens never went off because the National Weather Service did not issu
  
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• Boy riding in vehicle is shot in head on Cleveland highway

  07-08-2017 17:04
  
  CLEVELAND — Cleveland police say a 4-year-old boy was shot in the head and wounded while riding in a vehicle when someone fired at it as his mother drove on a highway.Police say the woman reported that she honked the horn to pass a vehicle blocking a roadway late Sunday night, and that vehicle followed her onto Interstate 90. She told police that two men were in the trailing vehicle, and someone fired shots toward her.She said she exited the highway to call for help for the boy, who was in
  
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• New helmets for high school athletes meant to protect against head injuries

  07-08-2017 17:01
  As students prepare to head back to class, that means it is also time to hit the gridiron once again.Around central Ohio, high school football athletes turn up practice intensity just as new research points to the toll those hard hits can take.The new study looked at more than 200 former football players ranging in levels of professional NFL to high school. Researchers found nearly 90 percent, or 177 of those tested, suffered from CTE. Those statistics are among the reasons local schools search
  
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• Researchers at Ohio State report breakthrough in cell regeneration technology

  07-08-2017 16:54
  A tiny chip the size of an earring or cufflink could change the way injured or failing organs are treated.
  Researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Ohio State’s College of Engineering have developed what’s called Tissue Nanotransfection or TNT.
  It allows organs that are losing function to be restored in one tenth of a second in a non-invasive procedure. The lead researcher, Chandan Sen PhD, said “You lay the chip on the skin, apply a short pulse of cur
  
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• Trump: My base is stronger than ever, despite 2020 rumblings

  07-08-2017 16:53
  
  BEDMINSTER, N.J. — President Donald Trump is insisting his support is stronger than ever, despite a report that some Republicans are weighing a 2020 presidential run without him.In a flurry of early morning tweets Monday, Trump says "the Trump base far bigger & stronger than ever before (despite some phony Fake News polling)." He specifically criticized the "failing @nytimes." The New York Times detailed efforts by some Republicans looking ahead to 2020, including Vice President Mike P
  
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• Investigation launched after new shark abuse video emerges

  07-08-2017 16:44
  
  An investigation is underway in Florida after another reported case of shark abuse was caught on camera. A new video captures a fisherman shooting a hammerhead shark with a handgun.A different video that surfaced last month showed a shark being dragged behind a speeding boat.No charges have been filed in the shark abuse incidents, but animal activists claim they were carried out by the same group of men, reports correspondent Manuel Bojorquez. They also say they have other videos of their distur
  
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• Australian teen's feet bloodied by mystery sea creatures

  07-08-2017 16:24
  
  WARNING: This story contains graphic images.MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A teenager who went for a swim at a Melbourne beach and emerged with his feet covered in blood has stumped marine experts.Sam Kanizay's legs felt sore after playing a game of football on Saturday, so he decided to soak them at the beach. About 30 minutes later, the 16-year-old walked out of the water with his feet and ankles covered in what looked like hundreds of little pin holes that were bleeding profusely. Upon ret
  
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• Could fast-food's high-tech future hurt jobs?

  07-08-2017 16:06
  
  Thousands of McDonald's restaurants are adding a new feature this year: self-serve kiosks.The new tools are expected to arrive in about 2,500 McDonald's restaurants by the end of the year. The company plans to have them in most of its 14,000 U.S. restaurants by 2020.McDonald's says skipping the traditional cashier is part of its experience of the future. At some locations, you can order food through the company's app and pick it up at the drive-through, or even get table service.Jonathan Alvarez
  
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• Former All-Star catcher Darren Daulton dead at 55

  07-08-2017 16:03
  
  PHILADELPHIA -- Darren Daulton, the All-Star catcher who was the leader of the Philadelphia Phillies' NL championship team in 1993, has died. He was 55.Daulton had battled brain cancer since 2013. He had two tumors removed during brain surgery on July 1, 2013, but nine days later was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer that also took the lives of his former teammate Tug McGraw and former coach John Vukovich."Darren was a true leader of men," Phillies chairman emeritus
  
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• Missouri officer killed during traffic stop, man sought

  07-08-2017 15:58
  
  Authorities were searching Monday for a 39-year-old man charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a western Missouri police officer during a traffic stop.Authorities accuse Ian McCarthy in the killing of Clinton police officer Gary Michael late Sunday. McCarthy, of Clinton, is also wanted in New Hampshire, where a warrant was issued in 2013 when he failed to show up for sentencing on a disorderly conduct charge, according to court records in that state.Missouri online court recor
  
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• Cop shot dead during traffic stop, manhunt for possible gunman

  07-08-2017 15:58
  
  CLINTON, Mo. -- The Missouri State Highway Patrol says authorities are looking for a man who shot and killed an eastern Missouri police officer during a traffic stop.Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Bill Lowe told CBS Kansas City affiliate KCTV that Clinton Officer Gary Michael died late Sunday after stopping a vehicle near Clinton, about 75 miles southeast of Kansas City.Lowe says the driver of a Dodge Nitro got out of the vehicle during the traffic stop and started shooting.He says the 37-year-old
  
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• Model talks about "terrifying" kidnap for alleged sale as sex slave

  07-08-2017 15:54
  
  LONDON -- A British model has told reporters about her ordeal at the hands of kidnappers who allegedly planned to auction her off as a sex slave to the highest bidder on the dark web.Chloe Ayling, 20, told reporters Monday morning outside her mother's South London home that she didn't know during her week-long captivity whether she would survive to tell the story."I've been through a terrifying experience. I've feared for my life, second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour," she told the m
  
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• Brock Osweiler to start Browns exhibition opener against Saints

  07-08-2017 15:48
  
  Brock Osweiler didn't appear to be in Cleveland's plans when he arrived via trade in March.Now he's starting the Browns' exhibition opener.Coach Hue Jackson picked Osweiler over Cody Kessler, rookie DeShone Kizer and Kevin Hogan to start Thursday's preseason home game against the New Orleans Saints. Osweiler, who started 14 games for Houston last season, has not taken snaps with the starting offense during camp, but he'll be the first one on the field, with a chance to impress Jackson and potent
  
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• Manufacturer says corrosion caused fair accident

  07-08-2017 14:56
  KMG posted the memo dated Friday on its Facebook page Sunday that says company officials visited the accident site and conducted metallurgical tests. The statement says the corrosion "dangerously reduced" the thickness on the wall of the beam holding a passenger gondola on the swinging and spinning ride.
  
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• In push to get Model 3 to masses, Tesla starts raising cash

  07-08-2017 14:37
  
  Tesla is raising $1.5 billion as it ramps up production of the Model 3 sedan, its first mass market electric car.The company said Monday that it planned to offer senior notes due in 2025 and would use the offering's proceeds to further strengthen its balance sheet during rapid scaling of the Model 3.Last week CEO Elon Musk said investors should have "zero concern" about whether Tesla will be able to make 10,000 Model 3s per week by next year. Tesla just delivered the first 30 Model 3s to employe
  
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• Google worker says women don't advance in tech because of biology

  07-08-2017 14:25
  
  Silicon Valley faces another tempest over the status of women in the work place, this time at Google (GOOG).The search giant's new head of diversity has rejected an internal commentary from an employee who suggested women don't get ahead in tech jobs because of biological differences.Danielle Brown, who was named a vice president at the search giant only a few weeks ago, said Google is "unequivocal in our belief that diversity and inclusion are critical to our success," according to a copy of he
  
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• "Chunky Chunky Hippo": Fiona-inspired ice cream coming to Columbus

  07-08-2017 13:10
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- "Chunky Chunky Hippo" is coming to Columbus! On Monday, Graeter's Ice Cream announced the expansion of its flavor inspired by Cincinnati's beloved baby hippo, Fiona.The limited-time flavor was introduced in July. It was only available at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, and Graeter's scoop shops in Cincinnati, northern Kentucky and Dayton.It's a toffee ice cream with salted roasted peanuts and milk chocolate caramel truffles. Part of the sales benefit the Cincinnati Zoo
  
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• Maduro vows 'maximum penalty' for attack on Venezuela base

  07-08-2017 12:25
  
  VALENCIA, Venezuela (AP) — President Nicolas Maduro vowed that a band of anti-government fighters who attacked a Venezuelan army base will get the "maximum penalty" as his administration roots out his enemies.Troops killed two of the 20 intruders who slipped into the Paramacay base in the central city of Valencia early Sunday, apparently intent on fomenting a military uprising, Maduro said in his weekly broadcast on state television.One of the invaders was injured, seven captured and 10 go
  
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• Nations race to prevent backsliding on North Korea sanctions

  07-08-2017 12:19
  
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Armed with extraordinary new U.N. sanctions, nations raced Monday to ensure that North Korea's biggest trading partners actually carry them out, an elusive task that has undercut past attempts to strong-arm Pyongyang into abandoning its nuclear weapons.North Korea reacted angrily, vowing to bolster its nuclear arsenal and launch "thousands-fold" revenge against the United States. In a statement carried by state media, Kim Jong Un's government called the sanctions
  
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• Minnesota mosque explosion 'deeper and scarier' than threats

  07-08-2017 12:14
  
  The Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in suburban Minneapolis, like other U.S. mosques, occasionally receives threatening calls and emails. Its leaders say they're more frightened now after an explosive shattered windows and damaged a room as worshippers prepared for morning prayers."We feel like it's much deeper and scarier than like something random," Mohamed Omar, the center's executive director, said Sunday. "It's so scary."No one was hurt in the blast, which happened around 5 a.m. Saturday. Wind
  
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• North Korea vows harsh retaliation against new UN sanctions

  07-08-2017 12:10
  
  North Korea vowed Monday to bolster its nuclear arsenal and launch "thousands-fold" revenge against the United States in response to tough U.N. sanctions imposed after its recent intercontinental ballistic missile launches.The warning came two days after the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved new sanctions to punish North Korea, including a ban on coal and other exports worth over $1 billion. The U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Nikki Haley, called the U.S.-drafted resolution "the single lar
  
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• Chris Pratt and Anna Faris announce separation

  07-08-2017 12:08
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Pratt and Anna Faris announced Sunday that they are separating after eight years of marriage, sparking a wave of shock and sadness online about the demise of one of Hollywood's most popular power couples.The actors announced their breakup on social media in a joint statement confirmed by Pratt's publicist."We tried hard for a long time, and we're really disappointed," the actors wrote. "Our son has two parents who love him very much and for his sake we want to keep
  
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• Boy's rendition of 'Let it Go' takes internet by surprise

  07-08-2017 12:08
  Luke Chacko came to slay!Idina Menzel brought the only boy in the audience that she saw to the stage to sing the chorus of her Frozen hit, "Let It Go," during herconcert in Grand Prarie, Texas. But even she wasn't expecting him to kill it like he did."Every time a boy comes up, he tells me he doesn't really like this song," Menzel explained."Heck to the no! I'm offended," Luke replied, taking the mic from Menzel, and blowing the audience away so much that Menzel requested an encore."Can you all
  
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• Authorities: 5 injured as driver hits Disney World bus

  07-08-2017 11:53
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida say five people were injured after a man ran a red light and collided with a Disney World bus.The Orlando Sentinel reports 34-year-old Ritesh Bhagani crashed into the bus Sunday around 6:30 p.m.Sgt. Kim Montes with the Florida Highway Patrol says Bhagani slammed into the front of the Disney World bus with 19 passengers inside.Authorities say the bus driver was hospitalized with serious injuries. Two other people on the bus, along with Bhagani and
  
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• Inmates serving terror-related sentences slated for release

  07-08-2017 11:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of convicts serving time in U.S. prisons for terrorism-related offenses are due to be released in the next several years, raising the question of whether that's something Americans should fear.Since the Sept. 11 attacks, the United States has worked aggressively to foil attacks and imprison hundreds of people who joined or helped militant groups. Experts say less attention has been paid to what happens once those prisoners complete their sentences and re-enter Amer
  
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• 8-year-old discovers body of man killed in Cleveland shooting

  07-08-2017 11:31
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Police in Ohio are investigating the shooting death of a man whose body was discovered by an 8-year-old boy taking out the trash.The boy's mother, Dejenaba Lockett, tells Cleveland.com the boy found the body around 11:30 a.m. Sunday in the driveway of their Cleveland home.She says the body was not there when she went outside about two hours earlier, and she never heard any commotion.Investigators say the man, whose name has not been released, died after being shot once in
  
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• "I'm angry with myself": Ohio sheriff speaks out amid manhunt for rape suspect

  07-08-2017 11:23
  
  PAULDING, Ohio -- Federal officials joined local authorities on Sunday as the search continues for an Ohio rape suspect who overpowered a sheriff's deputy in a transport van, stole his gun and ammunition and fled.Paulding County Sheriff Jason Landers said Sunday that authorities, including the FBI and U.S. Marshals, were working around the clock to find 32-year-old Branden Lee Powell, who escaped around noon Friday on an 80-mile trip from a psychiatric hospital in Toledo to the Paulding County J
  
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• Speaker Ryan focuses on home but can't escape questions about GOP

  07-08-2017 10:43
  
  With a dysfunctional Congress on recess, House Speaker Paul Ryan has turned his focus back home, touring flood-damaged areas and visiting local businesses in Wisconsin. But he can't escape the questions about why Republicans in charge of Washington aren't delivering.And though he's won re-election easily for years, Ryan faces the prospect of challenges from left and right and an energized Democratic base in next year's midterm elections."We have a majority in the House and Senate and it feels li
  
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• Retired principal teaches kids through storytelling

  07-08-2017 10:06
  In front of a small classroom full of kids at Ohio Hispanic Coalition East, professional storyteller Jim Flanagan wrapped an elastic exercise band around the thin waist of a volunteer, secured the child's arms, then asked the student to throw a football. The boy struggled against the band and the children chuckled as Flanagan told them: "This is what it means not to be able to read."
  
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• This woman went to a Bon Jovi concert for her birthday. An act of hatred made her leave.

  07-08-2017 05:23
  Karina Brown couldn't believe it when a "PTA mom" at a Bon Jovi concert told her she didn't belong in the United States. This woman went to a Bon Jovi concert for her birthday.
  
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• Marion cliff to be reconstructed two months after teen drowns

  07-08-2017 05:07
  MARION, Ohio -- One of the most popular natural attractions in Marion will soon be demolished and replaced. It's called "Graffiti Hill," a 22-foot cliff above 26-foot-deep water at Quarry Park."I have dove off this cliff before. I've scuba dived in this quarry," said Josh Daniels, Marion city councilman. "None of which was legal."Daniels said as fun as Graffiti Hill seems for kids, it is also very dangerous and could cost someone their life."We do not do the taxpayers any favors by allowing some
  
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• N. Korean missiles add urgency to Hiroshima A-bomb appeals

  07-08-2017 03:27
  
  HIROSHIMA, Japan — Hiroshima's appeal of "never again" on the 72nd anniversary Sunday of the world's first atomic bomb attack has gained urgency as North Korea accelerates work on its nuclear weapons program, showing its growing prowess with increasingly frequent missile launches.When the U.S. dropped the bomb on Aug. 6, 1945, Toshiki Fujimori and his mother, carrying him piggyback, were both thrown to the ground by the impact."Obviously tensions are growing as North Korea has been pushing
  
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• Refill app lets users buy drinks with tap of phone Updated at

  07-08-2017 03:02
  Two years ago, if you wanted a beer, you had to go to a store, brewery or a bar. So much has changed.
  
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• Lyft driver attacked in alleged road rage, robbery incident in California

  07-08-2017 02:46
  
  LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles Lyft driver says she was brutally attacked in what she calls a road rage incident-turned-robbery.A witness caught the violence on cellphone video and shared it with CBS Los Angeles. It shows Tenicia Bennet being attacked at a gas station in the Miracle Mile neighborhood in Los Angeles."I can't watch it, no. I can't watch it... see myself being dragged across a gas station for no reason," she said.A full-time Lyft driver, Bennet says she had just dropped off a cu
  
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• 13 injured in hazardous materials leak at California dock

  07-08-2017 02:27
  
  LONG BEACH, Calif. — Twelve dock workers and a firefighter sustained minor to mild injuries after a container ship leaked a hazardous material in the Port of Long Beach.City Fire Department spokesman Brian Fisk said a 6,000-gallon container on the Harbour Bridge ship began leaking the liquid Sunday morning.The Coast Guard identified the liquid as propyl acetate, primarily used as a solvent. It's unclear how much spilled or what caused the leak.Fisk says the leak was contained and a 1,000-f
  
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