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• Southwest flight makes safe emergency landing after 'wheel issue'

  26-08-2017 22:04
  
  COLUMBUS -- Columbus firefighters are still on scene at John Glenn Columbus International Airport as a plane for plane with a wheel issue laded safely.According to the Columbus Fire Department, there was a 737 circling the airport. The fire department awaited the landing on the tarmac and is still on scene.Southwest Flight 2803, bound for Fort Lauderdale, left the airport successfully, according to Manager of Communications for the Columbus Regional Airport Authority Angie Tabor, but tire remnan
  
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• Ohio State star Kyle Snyder upsets Sadulaev and wins US world wrestling title

  26-08-2017 21:52
  
  PARIS — Ohio State star Kyle Snyder scored a late takedown of Olympic gold medalist Abdusalim Sadulaev in the deciding match, and the United States won the world freestyle wrestling title Saturday night for the first time in 22 years.The U.S. and Russia were tied heading into the highly anticipated match between Snyder and Sadulaev, who moved up to the 213-pound weight class to challenge the American. Snyder, the 2016 Olympic champion who led Ohio State to its second straight NCAA title la
  
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• Thousands in Barcelona march shouting "I'm not afraid!"

  26-08-2017 21:27
  
  BARCELONA, Spain — Hundreds of thousands of peace marchers flooded the heart of Barcelona on Saturday shouting "I'm not afraid" — a public rejection of violence following extremist attacks that killed 15 people, Spain's deadliest in more than a decade.Emergency workers, taxis drivers, police and ordinary citizens who helped immediately after the attack on Aug. 17 in the city's famed Las Ramblas boulevard led the march. They carried a street-wide banner with black capital letters read
  
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• Doppler 10: Pleasant this Saturday evening

  26-08-2017 21:21
  This Evening: Clear skies, very pleasant.
  Tonight: Mostly clear, open the windows.Low: 56.Winds: NE 3-6 mph.
  Tomorrow: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy, slight chance for a shower in the east.High 82.Winds: E 4-8 mph.
  Monday: Increasing clouds with the slight chance for a late day shower.High 80.Winds: ESE 5-10 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: High pressure is the main weather feature which means pleasant conditions will continue.Expect mo
  
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• Owners Discover Home Is Preserved 19th Century Log Cabin

  26-08-2017 21:00
  The couple was planning to raze a home that they bought recently on Riverside Drive in Dublin, to build a new house on the property, when Kemp and a friend, Larry Daniels, decided to remove some paneling for reuse.
  
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• Hurricane Harvey closes key oil, gas operations in Texas

  26-08-2017 20:40
  
  DALLAS — Key oil and gas facilities along the Texas Gulf Coast have temporarily shut down as Hurricane Harvey pounds the region with torrential rain and high winds, virtually assuring gasoline prices will rise in the storm's aftermath.Even before the Harvey made landfall late Friday, dozens of oil and gas platforms had been evacuated, at least three refineries had closed and at least two petrochemical plants had suspended operations.How soon they reopen depends on the severity of flooding
  
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• Columbus Zoo officials say macaw has been found

  26-08-2017 19:16
  
  Officials at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium say Milo, a blue and gold macaw, has been found after flying away from the park Friday.The zoo says that Milo flew away from the Animal Encounters area near the zoo’s entrance late Friday.Zoo staff were able to keep him within eyesight until around 8:00 p.m.The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium posted on Facebook today that Milo has returned safely.
  
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• Columbus Zoo officials ask for help locating brightly-colored bird

  26-08-2017 19:16
  
  Officials at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium are asking residents to be on the lookout for a macaw that flew away from the zoo Friday.The zoo says that Milo, a male blue and gold macaw, flew away from the Animal Encounters area near the zoo’s entrance late Friday.Zoo staff were able to keep him within eyesight until around 8:00 p.m.The zoo is asking for residents in the areas around the park to keep an eye out for him.Any possible sightings can be reported to the Columbus Zoo’s securit
  
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• In Harvey's wake: smashed homes, businesses and heavy rain

  26-08-2017 17:19
  
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Hurricane Harvey rolled over the Texas Gulf Coast on Saturday, smashing homes and businesses and lashing the shore with wind and rain so intense that drivers were forced off the road because they could not see in front of them.The fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade came ashore late Friday about 30 miles northeast of Corpus Christi as a mammoth Category 4 storm with 130 mph winds. It weakened overnight to Category 1 and then to a tropical storm.
  
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• Harvey rolls over Texas coast, smashes homes and businesses

  26-08-2017 17:19
  
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Hurricane Harvey rolled over the Texas Gulf Coast on Saturday, smashing homes and businesses and lashing the shore with wind and rain so intense that drivers were forced off the road because they could not see the pavement in front of them.The fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade spun across hundreds of miles of coastline where communities had prepared for life-threatening storm surges — walls of water rushing inland.The mammoth system made
  
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• State reps team up for economic roundtable

  26-08-2017 16:23
  State and local officials are teaming up to address workforce development in Delaware County.
  
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• American holds onto Air Guitar World Championship title

  26-08-2017 13:58
  
  Matt "Airistotle" Burns is the best when it comes to pretend playing guitar.The American successfully defended his title at the 22nd Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland on Friday after competing in the finals against 15 contestants from South Korea, Pakistan, Sweden, Britain, Canada and other countries.Burns, of Staten Island, New York, finished ahead of runners-up Patrick "Ehrwolf" Culek of Germany and Alexander "The Jinja Assassin" of Australia, who tied for second place. Japan's 1
  
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• From teacher to tragic figure, the life of Princess Diana

  26-08-2017 12:38
  
  It has been 20 years since the death of Princess Diana in a car crash in Paris and the outpouring of grief that followed the death of the "people's princess."Here is a timeline of the key moments in Princess Diana's life:—July 1, 1961: Diana Frances Spencer is born into an aristocratic family.—February 24, 1981: Lady Diana's engagement to Prince Charles, 32, is announced.—July 29, 1981: Diana, 20, marries Prince Charles at St Paul's Cathedral in London. The wedding was broadcas
  
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• IGS Opens Compressed Natural Gas Station At Rumpke

  26-08-2017 11:57
  COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 25, 2017 : IGS CNG Services and Rumpke Waste and Recycling partnered to build a new compressed natural gas fueling station at Rumpke's Columbus location on Fields Avenue. The station began operating on August 7, 2017.
  
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• Transgender troops call ban step backward for civil rights

  26-08-2017 11:20
  
  Active-duty transgender troops say a policy change that puts them at risk of being removed and indefinitely bars transgender people from enlisting in the military is a step backward for civil rights that will promote inequality in the armed forces.President Donald Trump on Friday directed the Pentagon to extend a ban on transgender individuals joining the military but gave the Pentagon the authority to decide the future of openly transgender people already serving. Trump appeared to leave open t
  
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• Terror police question man arrested near Buckingham Palace

  26-08-2017 10:57
  
  British counterterror police are questioning a man who was detained with a "large bladed weapon" outside Buckingham Palace.The Metropolitan Police force said two London police officers were slightly injured on Friday night while arresting the 26-year-old man. It said officers saw the weapon in the man's car when he drove up to a police vehicle near Queen Elizabeth II's London residence.He was held on suspicion of assaulting police and has since been arrested under the Terrorism Act.The suspect w
  
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• Jerry Lee Lewis doesn't get Country Music Hall of Fame snub

  26-08-2017 10:33
  
  Jerry Lee Lewis is one of the early pioneers of rock 'n' roll music, but he doesn't understand why his contributions to country music haven't been recognized by the Country Music Hall of Fame.Now 81, Lewis said that when he first came to Nashville from Louisiana, he was advised to pick up a guitar instead of playing the piano."I was trying to get a record out and get my start in the business and they really didn't any part of rock n' roll," Lewis said in an interview Thursday in Nashville, where
  
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• Trump adviser says he nearly quit over president's remarks

  26-08-2017 10:12
  
  President Donald Trump's top economic adviser sharply denounced the president's response to the racial violence in Charlottesville, saying in an interview that he felt "compelled" to speak out. Gary Cohn, who is Jewish, was so upset by Trump's comments that he wrote a letter of resignation but never submitted it."Citizens standing up for equality and freedom can never be equated with white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and the KKK," Cohn told The Financial Times in an interview published Friday. "I b
  
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• US urges Myanmar to avoid reprisals after attacks kill 89

  26-08-2017 09:46
  
  An attack by ethnic Rohingya militants in western Myanmar left 12 security personnel and 77 Rohingya Muslims dead in a dramatic escalation of communal violence that has plagued the region, as the United States urged authorities to avoid a response that would inflame the tensions.The office of the country's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, said Friday that military and border police responded to the attacks by launching "clearance operations."Police fought off groups of as many as 100 Rohingya attackers
  
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• Man charged with selling stolen COTA bus passes meant for poor students

  26-08-2017 07:35
  A Whitehall man was arrested on Friday after the Ohio auditor's office says he sold Central Ohio Transit Authority bus passes that were stolen from the Columbus City Schools. Jason S. Morris, 31, of Baywood Street in Whitehall, was charged with telecommunications fraud after police say he sold four bus passes for $100 during a sting operation.
  
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• One person in critical condition after west Columbus crash

  26-08-2017 04:31
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus Division of Police is investigating a serious crash on the city's west side.Police said a sedan went left of center and hit a pickup truck just after 9:50 p.m. Friday on Sullivant Avenue near I-270.The people in the pickup truck left the scene, police told 10TV.Police said the pickup truck was left at the scene.Police said a person in the sedan was taken to Mount Carmel West.That person is now in stable but critical condition, according to police.
  
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• President Trump signs disaster proclamation for Texas

  26-08-2017 03:57
  
  President Donald Trump tweeted Friday night he signed a Disaster Proclamation at the request of the Governor of Texas, Greg Abbot, as Hurricane Harvey continues to head toward the state's coast.At the request of the Governor of Texas, I have signed the Disaster Proclamation, which unleashes the full force of government help!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 26, 2017
  By Friday night, Hurricane Harvey was classified as a Category 4 storm.Landfall was predicted for late Friday or ea
  
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• Columbus hopes new program will reduce recidivism among violent offenders

  26-08-2017 03:08
  The program, called the Safe Neighborhood Initiative, is the result of a three-year grassroots effort led by BREAD - Building Responsibility, Equality And Dignity - to lobby the city and other government agencies that violence could be reduced by intervening with violent offenders. BREAD is a faith-based social justice organization made up of 40 congregations and 20,000 members.
  
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• National security aide Sebastian Gorka leaves White House

  26-08-2017 02:50
  
  White House national security aide Sebastian Gorka tells The Associated Press he has resigned from his position.A White House official, however, says Gorka did not resign but "no longer works at the White House."That official was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.Gorka is declining to discuss the reasons he has left the White House, but is pointing toward excerpts from his resignation letter that were posted Friday evening by The Federalist website
  
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• CNN: Top counterterrorism adviser to President Trump resigns

  26-08-2017 02:50
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sebastian Gorka, a top counterterrorism adviser to President Donald Trump, has resigned according to CNN.Gorka was initially hired to play a key role on the Strategic Initiatives Group, an advisory panel created by Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon to run parallel to the National Security Council.
  
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• President Trump grants pardon to former Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona

  26-08-2017 02:12
  
  President Donald Trump has pardoned former sheriff Joe Arpaio following his conviction for intentionally disobeying a judge's order in an immigration case.The White House announced the move Friday night, saying the 85-year-old ex-sheriff of Arizona's Maricopa County was a "worthy candidate" for a presidential pardon.
  
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• US: North Korea missile launch fails

  26-08-2017 00:58
  
  Three North Korea short range ballistic missiles failed on Saturday, a temporary blow to Pyongyang's rapid nuclear and missile expansion, U.S. military officials said.The U.S. Pacific Command said in a statement that two of the North's missiles failed in flight after an unspecified distance, and another appeared to have blown up immediately. It added that the missile posed no threat to the U.S. territory of Guam, which the North had previously warned it would fire missiles toward.Seoul's Joint C
  
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• North Korea fires 3 short-range missiles; US says tests fail

  26-08-2017 00:58
  
  Three North Korea short-range ballistic missiles failed on Saturday, a temporary blow to Pyongyang's rapid nuclear and missile expansion, U.S. military officials said.The U.S. Pacific Command said in a statement that two of the North's missiles failed in flight after an unspecified distance, and another appeared to have blown up immediately. It added that the missile posed no threat to the U.S. territory of Guam, which the North had previously warned it would fire missiles toward.Seoul's Joint C
  
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• Can Charlottesville happen in Ohio?

  26-08-2017 00:53
  Earlier this month, they got a painful reminder when they turned on the televisions to see Klansmen and neo-Nazis marching in a torch-lit parade and chanting anti-Semitic slogans. Eventually one of their number ran his car into a crowd of counter-protestors, killing one.
  
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• Trump tells Mattis to indefinitely ban transgender recruits

  26-08-2017 00:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday directed the Pentagon to declare an indefinite ban on transgender individuals joining the military, but he appeared to leave open the possibility of allowing some already in uniform to remain in the military.The Obama administration in June 2016 had changed longstanding policy, declaring that troops could serve openly as transgender individuals. And it set a July 2017 deadline for determining whether transgender people could be allowed to
  
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