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• Man claiming police brutality says he needs wheelchair to appear in court

  15-09-2017 23:20
  A hearing at the Franklin County Courthouse was continued for a second time in a week after a Columbus man who claims he's a victim of police brutality was denied a wheelchair.Timothy Davis' attorney, Lori Brown-Johnson, said Davis can't walk because of a violent confrontation with Columbus police. The incident on September 1 was captured on a cell phone camera.The video shows police officers punching and kicking Davis who officers say was resisting arrest.Davis was expected in court Friday morn
  
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• Soldier killed at Fort Bragg was training to be Green Beret

  15-09-2017 22:27
  
  FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A soldier killed in an apparent demolition accident was training to become a Green Beret experienced in handling explosives.Staff Sgt. Alexander Dalida of Dunstable, Massachusetts, died Thursday at Fort Bragg during training exercises involving demolitions.Investigators haven't said whether an explosion caused his death, U.S. Army Special Operations Command Lt. Col. Robert Bockholt said Friday.Seven other soldiers were injured. Four remained hospitalized Friday, while th
  
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• Hyperloop One Chooses Chicago-Columbus-Pittsburgh As Top 10 Finalist

  15-09-2017 21:45
  How cool would it be to travel from Columbus to Chicago or Pittsburgh in 30 minutes! That is what the city is hoping to do becoming a finalist for the Hyperloop. The Hyperloop Midwest would travel 478 miles between Chicago, Columbus, and Pittsburgh.
  
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• Grassroots Leader and CU Contributor Reggie Anglen Passes Away, Family Launches GoFundMe for Funeral Expenses

  15-09-2017 21:42
  Reggie Anglen, President Emeritus of the Columbus Association of Black Journalists and former CU contributor, passed away last Friday, September 1, at his home in Columbus. According to a GoFundMe set up for his funeral costs, no insurance coverage exists for his memorial service, and his family is asking for donations “in order to ensure […]
  
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• Art for Life: An Event, An Experience, A Sanctuary

  15-09-2017 21:07
  Until recent day, and in some places still, members of the LGBTQ+ community have long dealt with hate, prejudice and discrimination. Looking through an intersectional lens, it’s safe to say that the struggles that cis, white individuals within the community have seen improve or disappear still exist, and can even be magnified, when factors like […]
  
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• Photos: Royal Blood and Queens of the Stone Age at Express Live!

  15-09-2017 21:00
  Two current heavy-weights of the modern alt-music world popped in to Express Live! on an unpleasantly wet Tuesday evening for a night of good old fashioned heart-pounding guitar rock. Royal Blood’s second album “How Did We Get So Dark?” went to number one in the UK shortly after the Brighton two-piece last came to Columbus […]
  
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• OSU Posts Record Enrollment Numbers for 2017-2018 Year

  15-09-2017 20:57
  The Ohio State University announced this afternoon that the college has broken enrollment records this fall with 66,444 students taking classes. That number includes a record-high body of 59,837 students at OSU’s main campus in Columbus. In recent years, OSU has placed in the top three slots for college student enrollment on individual campuses, along side […]
  
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• Independents’ Day Festival

  15-09-2017 20:53
  It’s the perfect weekend for the 10th and final Independents’ Day Festival! Who’s with us? Music, art, community, and good times ahead. 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 out columbusfoundation.org and follow along on Facebook as […]
  
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• Mars research crew emerges after 8 months of isolation

  15-09-2017 20:45
  
  HONOLULU — Six NASA-backed research subjects who have been cooped up in a Mars-like habitat on a remote Hawaii volcano since January emerged from isolation Sunday. They devoured fresh-picked tropical fruits, vegetables and a fluffy egg strata after eating mostly freeze-dried food during their isolation.The crew of four men and two women are part of a study designed to better understand the psychological impacts a long-term space mission would have on astronauts.The data they produced will
  
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• First & 10: Central Ohio high school football scores | Week 4

  15-09-2017 20:29
  
  First & 10 featured games:Worthington Kilbourne (1-2) at Thomas Worthington (3-0)Westerville South (1-2) at Upper Arlington (2-1)Bishop Ready (2-1) at Grandview (2-1)Westerville Central (2-1) at Pickerington North (2-1)New Albany (1-2) at Gahanna (2-1)Beechcroft (0-3) at Mifflin (3-0) Chopper 10 games:Lexington (1-2) at Mt. Vernon (1-2)Licking Valley (3-0) at Utica (0-3)Lakewood (0-3) at Northridge (3-0)Granville (3-0) at Johnstown (1-2) Watch complete coverage Fridays at 11:15 p.m. on First
  
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• 11-year-old boy gets lawn-mowing gig at White House

  15-09-2017 19:48
  
  WASHINGTON — An 11-year-old boy in khaki shorts and a red polo shirt got the lawn-mowing gig of a lifetime Friday when President Donald Trump put him to work in the Rose Garden.Frank Giaccio, who goes by the initials FX, was so focused on doing his job that he didn't even notice when Trump emerged from the White House to check out his work.FX, who lives in the Washington suburb of Falls Church, Virginia, kept right on pushing the mower in a long, straight row as Trump walked alongside him.
  
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• St. Louis ex-officer acquitted in shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith

  15-09-2017 19:10
  
  ST. LOUIS — A former police officer was acquitted Friday in the 2011 death of a man who was fatally shot following a high-speed chase, with the judge declaring that he could not be swayed by "partisan interests, public clamor or fear of criticism."The acquittal of Jason Stockley in the death of 24-year-old Anthony Lamar Smith had stirred concerns about possible civil unrest for weeks. Several hundred protesters were marching in the streets of downtown St. Louis within hours of the verdict.
  
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• Florida governor orders removal of nursing home from Medicaid program after 8 died

  15-09-2017 18:33
  
  At least 56 of Florida's 639 nursing homes still have no electricity on Friday morning, five days after Hurricane Irma. Nursing homes across the state are getting new attention after eight patients died Wednesday.Hollywood police carried out a search warrant of the Hollywood Hills home as the criminal investigation into this tragedy moves forward. Florida Gov. Rick Scott has directed Florida's agency for healthcare administration to remove the rehabilitation center from the Medicaid program.Fami
  
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• Equifax data breach: Beware of these 3 scams

  15-09-2017 18:16
  
  Consumers need to be doubly vigilant following the massive Equifax data breach, experts warn. Even if you were wise enough to put an immediate fraud alert or credit freeze on your credit files, con artists are likely to go into hyperdrive finding new ways to take advantage of the hack and the publicity surrounding it."Don't panic. But be vigilant," said Susan Grant, director of consumer protection and privacy at the Consumer Federation of America. "With this breach, criminals have everything the
  
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• University appeals order allowing Steubenville man to play football

  15-09-2017 17:48
  
  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Youngstown State University on Friday appealed a judge's decision that would allow a man convicted of rape as a teen in a highly publicized case to be temporarily reinstated on the university football team.Ma'lik Richmond sued Youngstown State University earlier this week after the school allowed him to join the football team as a walk-on and then told him he couldn't play this season. He's seeking reinstatement to the team's active roster along with attorney fees and an
  
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• Court: Ohio rape convict can play football in Saturday game

  15-09-2017 17:48
  
  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — A federal appeals court on Friday declined a university's request to stop one of its football players convicted of rape as a teenager from playing on the team.The ruling means Ma'lik Richmond, 21, will be allowed to play for Youngstown State University in a game against Central Connecticut State University on Saturday.Youngstown State had asked the appeals court to throw out a Thursday night decision by U.S. District Judge Benita Pearson to temporarily allow Richmond to
  
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• Tropical storm warning expanded to US northeast

  15-09-2017 17:29
  
  MIAMI — A tropical storm warning has been issued for a stretch of New England as Hurricane Jose approaches the coast of the U.S. Northeast.National Hurricane Center in Miami said the warning was in effect for an area stretching from Watch Hill, Rhode Island, to Hull, Massachusetts. The storm is expected to remain offshore, although coastal flooding is possible from Delaware to southern New England over the next few days.The center says little change in strength is expected in the next 24 h
  
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• Tropical Storm Jose expected to become a hurricane again

  15-09-2017 17:29
  
  MIAMI -- Tropical Storm Jose is expected to re-strengthen to a hurricane and produce high surfs and life-threatening rip current conditions along the U.S. East Coast as it moves up the Atlantic. The storm's maximum sustained winds early Friday are near 70 mph and it's forecast to become a hurricane again later in the day. Jose is centered about 360 miles northeast of the southeastern Bahamas and is moving west-northwest near 8 mph. According to the National Hurricane Center, swells from Jose are
  
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• Jose re-strengthens into Category 1 hurricane

  15-09-2017 17:29
  
  MIAMI -- Tropical Storm Jose re-strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane Friday afternoon off the coast of North Carolina. At this time, there is no current threat to land. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an advisory Friday afternoon that Jose had sustained winds of 75 mph. It was located about 640 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and about 485 miles southwest of Bermuda. The hurricane was moving northwest at about 10 mph, was expected to turn to the north-north
  
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• J.D. Vance says time not right for U.S. Senate run

  15-09-2017 17:07
  It's ultimately no surprise, really, but Columbus transplant J.D. Vance will not seek the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 2018. "I felt like I had to take a serious look at it because I care about the direction of the party, and people I respect encouraged me to run," Vance said.
  
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• TV Review: Second Season of “Insecure” is Hella Strong

  15-09-2017 17:00
  HBO’s Insecure just wrapped up it’s second season, and it’s no sophomore slump. While the first season seemed slow until the rush of action in the last few episodes, show creator/producer/star Issa Rae is killing it this season with new cast members, more trash raps, and all the male nudity you can handle (Seriously. Lots […]
  
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• Chlorine leak prompts shelter in place warning for Washington Court House residents

  15-09-2017 16:59
  
  Residents were asked to stay indoors Friday after a chlorine tank ruptured at a water treatment plant in Washington Court House, according to the Fayette County sheriff. Sheriff Vernon Stanforth tells 10TV a chorine tank ruptured at the Washington Courthouse Water Treatment Plant located at Park Avenue and N. North Street. Nearby roads were closed and a shelter in place warning was issued to residents near the plant and to Miami Trace High School, which is located about two miles from the plant.
  
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• JLaw’s Maternal Instinct Onscreen This Weekend

  15-09-2017 16:00
  Darren Aronofsky returns to cinemas to remind us all that, before he produced measured, impeccable dramas like The Wrestler and Black Swan, he made bat shit insane art—The Fountain, anyone? His mother! (love that exclamation point!) delivers the nuttiest bit of cinema so far this year. mother! Darren Aronofsky is grappling with some things. Jennifer […]
  
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• Bexley Native Brings Political Doc Home

  15-09-2017 16:00
  It’s been a 10-year journey, but Bexley native Travis Irvine thinks the timing may be perfect for his trip from failure to success to more failure to – well, maybe this is the time he can make the biggest impact. In 2007, filmmaker Irvine ran for mayor of Bexley. He’d recently graduated from Ohio University […]
  
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• Lunch & Learn Series: Resources That Aid Healing

  15-09-2017 15:48 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Columbus to Chicago Rail Proposal Still on the Table

  15-09-2017 15:30
  Yesterday’s announcement that a hyperlink route between Chicago, Columbus and Pittsburgh will be further studied might leave some wondering — what happened to the proposal to build a high speed rail line on essentially the same route? The passenger rail proposal, which would connect Columbus to Chicago by upgrading existing freight lines, is not dead. […]
  
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• Columbus Metropolitan Club: Youth Needs to Succeed

  15-09-2017 15:20 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Needle Box Unveiling

  15-09-2017 15:01 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Trump demands ESPN apologize for anchor's tweets

  15-09-2017 15:00
  
  President Donald Trump is calling on ESPN to apologize days after one of the sports network's anchors called him a "white supremacist" and "bigot."ESPN said Thursday it had accepted the apology of its "SportsCenter" host Jemele Hill for her tweets about Trump Monday. Hill said Thursday she was sorry for causing her employer trouble.ESPN has repeatedly said Hill's comments don't reflect the view of the network. But that apparently hasn't satisfied Trump. He demanded on Twitter early Friday that E
  
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• Coroner: Hunter shoots, kills man she mistook for wild hog

  15-09-2017 14:57
  
  A man has been killed after South Carolina authorities say a hunter using a night-vision scope mistook him for a wild hog.Anderson County Deputy Coroner Charlie Boseman tells news outlets that 40-year-old Kenneth Jason Young of Starr was hunting wild hogs on private land Wednesday night. Boseman says a woman hunting on land nearby saw through her night-vision scope something "on all fours in the grass" and fired a shot, thinking she was aiming for a wild hog.Boseman says the shot hit Young in th
  
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• Vernacular Apparel Brand Adds Store for Home Decor

  15-09-2017 14:43
  Any shoppers familiar with Vernacular will know they carry a small inventory of decor pieces, stationary and apothecary products in their clothing stores. They’ve now expanded that inventory, and given it its own home at Vernacular Home, which will celebrate a grand opening this weekend. Located at 1310 Grandview Avenue, Vernacular Home is just down […]
  
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• Mother arrested after death of 3-month-old child

  15-09-2017 14:37
  
  KENT, Ohio — An Ohio mother has been arrested after the death of her 3-month-old daughter.Twenty-two-year-old Samantha Knisely was arraigned Thursday on a charge of child endangering.Police responded to a home in Kent on Wednesday after a man called 911 to report an infant not breathing.Kent Police Lt. Mike Lewis tells the Akron Beacon Journal it appeared Knisely was sleeping in the same bed as the infant before the child's death. He says police are continuing to investigate, but he believ
  
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• NASA's Cassini spacecraft burns up in skies over Saturn

  15-09-2017 13:53
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's Cassini spacecraft disintegrated in the skies above Saturn early Friday in a final, fateful blaze of cosmic glory, following a remarkable journey of 20 years.Confirmation of Cassini's expected demise came about 7:55 a.m. EDT. That's when radio signals from the spacecraft — its last scientific gifts to Earth — came to an abrupt halt. The radio waves went flat, and the spacecraft fell silent.Cassini actually burned up like a meteor 83 minutes earlier
  
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• NASA waits for word that Saturn spacecraft met fiery end

  15-09-2017 13:53
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA waited for confirmation Friday that the Cassini spacecraft had burned up in the sky over Saturn.Cassini had been put on a course to plunge through Saturn's atmosphere and vaporize like a meteor at the end of its 20-year journey exploring the planet.Flight controllers at California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory expected one last burst of scientific data from Cassini, before the radio waves go flat — and the spacecraft falls silent.Confirmation that Cassini ha
  
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• Farewell Cassini: Saturn spacecraft makes fiery, final dive

  15-09-2017 13:53
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. —NASA's Cassini spacecraft disintegrated in the skies above Saturn on Friday in a final, fateful blaze of cosmic glory, following a remarkable journey of 20 years.Confirmation of Cassini's expected demise came about 7:55 a.m. EDT. That's when radio signals from the spacecraft — its last scientific gifts to Earth — came to an abrupt halt. The radio waves went flat, and the spacecraft fell silent.Cassini actually burned up like a meteor 83 minutes earlier as
  
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• Google hit with class action lawsuit over gender pay

  15-09-2017 13:26
  Google faces a new lawsuit accusing it of gender-based pay discrimination. A lawyer representing three female former Google employees is seeking class action status for the claim.The suit, filed Thursday in San Francisco Superior Court, follows a federal labor investigation that made a preliminary finding of systemic pay discrimination among the 21,000 employees at Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California. The initial stages of the review found women earned less than men in nearly ever
  
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• Independent's Day Festival brings music and art for its final year

  15-09-2017 12:28
  A parachute is passed around at Independent's Day Festival in East Franklinton in 2015. Credit: Courtesy of Independent's Day This weekend marks the final Independent's Day Festival, the last chance to experience a celebration that brings a variety of local artists and bands to Franklinton.
  
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• Doppler 10: Mix of sun & clouds

  15-09-2017 10:14
  Today: A mix of sun and clouds. High 77. SE wind 0-5 mph.
  Tonight: Partly cloudy with patchy fog possibly developing into the morning. Low of 61. SE wind around 5 mph.
  Tomorrow: Patchy dense fog early, otherwise mostly sunny and even warmer. High 81. Light and variable wind.
  Sunday: Feeling like summer. Mostly sunny with a high of 84. Light and variable wind.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information:A mix of sun and clouds on this Friday. Highs today
  
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• Doppler 10: Foggy start with temperatures rising

  15-09-2017 10:14
  Today: Patchy dense fog early, otherwise a mix of sun and clouds. High 77. SE wind 0-5 mph.
  Tonight: Partly cloudy with patchy fog possibly developing into the morning. Low of 61. SE wind around 5 mph.
  Tomorrow: Patchy dense fog early, otherwise mostly sunny and even warmer. High 81. Light and variable wind.
  Sunday: Feeling like summer. Mostly sunny with a high of 84. Light and variable wind.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information:Starting off with
  
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• Doppler 10: A warm late summer weekend.

  15-09-2017 10:14
  This Evening: Partly cloudy & warm.
  Tonight: Clear to partly cloudy. Again, a little patchy fog possible. Near 60
  Tomorrow: Chance for fog early, then mostly sunny and warm. 82 Light wind
  Sunday: Mostly sunny and hot. 83
  Monday: Sun & clouds. Still toasty. Slight chance. 84Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information:High pressure to the east will keep an unseasonably warm flow of air over the region through the weekend and much of next week. Sk
  
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• Search for perpetrators of bomb on London subway, 29 wounded

  15-09-2017 10:06
  UPDATE: 3:35 p.m.Islamic State group claims the London subway explosion was carried out by an affiliated unit.Original StoryA homemade bomb planted in a rush-hour subway car injured 29 people in London on Friday, sparking a huge manhunt for the perpetrators of what police said was the fourth terrorist attack in the British capital this year.Prime Minister Theresa May said the device "was intended to cause significant harm," but to the relief of authorities and Londoners, the bomb — hidden
  
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• Reports of an explosion at a southwest London subway station

  15-09-2017 10:06
  
  LONDON — A reported explosion at a train station sent commuters stampeding in panic, injuring several people on Friday at the height of London's morning rush hour, and police said they were investigating it as a terrorist attack.Photos taken inside a District Line train show a white plastic bucket inside a supermarket shopping bag. Flames and what appear to be wires can be seen. London ambulance services said they had sent multiple crews to the Parsons Green station. Police advised people
  
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• Police make arrest in London subway explosion that wounded 29

  15-09-2017 10:06
  UPDATE: Saturday10:45 a.m.British police say they have arrested an 18-year-old man in connection with the London subway attack.Police say the man has been arrested by Kent police in the port area of Dover on the English Channel.Deputy Assistant Police Commissioner Neil Basu says that it's a "significant arrest." He said the investigation is ongoing and the terror threat level remains at "critical."The man is being held for questioning under the Terrorism Act. He has not been charged or identifie
  
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• Manhunt on after homemade bomb wounds 22 on London subway

  15-09-2017 10:06
  
  LONDON — Hundreds of British police embarked on a massive manhunt Friday, racing to find out who placed a homemade bomb on a packed London subway train during the morning rush hour.The explosion — labeled a terrorist attack by police — wounded 22 people and ignited a panicked stampede to safety. Experts said London may have escaped far worse carnage because it appeared that the bomb only partially exploded."Clearly, this was a device that was intended to cause significant harm,
  
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• Improvised bomb injures 22 on London subway train

  15-09-2017 10:06
  
  LONDON — A homemade bomb exploded on a packed London subway train during rush hour on Friday, leaving 22 people injured, police and health officials said. None of the injured is thought to be seriously hurt.Police say the explosion was a terrorist attack, the fifth in Britain this year. Britain's domestic spy agency is helping out in the investigation.Police were alerted to an incident at 8:20 a.m. local time (0720GMT) after commuters reported a noise and a flash aboard the District Line t
  
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• Franklin County Recorder to store birth certificates for homeless

  15-09-2017 07:51
  Hoping to help the local homeless, Franklin County Recorder Danny O'Connor is implementing a plan that prepares them to apply for housing. O'Connor is making a Friday presentation to get the word out that his office now accepts and stores copies of birth certificates.
  
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• One man critically injured in shooting

  15-09-2017 06:16
  
  One person was transported to the hospital in critical condition after a shooting in north Columbus.Ryson Bullard, 37, called police around 11:45 Thursday night saying he was shot.Police found Bullard in an alley off East Third Avenue at Washington Avenue.Columbus Police have asked anyone with information on the shooting to call them.Stay with 10TV and refresh 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Dreamers in Columbus are hopeful after President Trump's latest DACA remarks

  15-09-2017 04:04
  Dreamers living in central Ohio who are still uncertain about their future, say they are hopeful after the President's meeting Wednesday night about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.Dreamer Nathalie Bertran has been building her life in Columbus for about 3 years now."This is basically my home. I'm like growing up here, being an adult, so it's a different phase in my life," Bertran said.She says it wouldn't have been possible without the DACA program."I have a life. So I'm tryi
  
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• Pickaway County multi-millionaire found guilty of tax-evasion charges

  15-09-2017 03:02
  John Anderson Rankin was one of the wealthiest defendants federal prosecutors in Columbus said they have ever had in a tax case. Rankin, who resides in Pickaway County, owns a software development company, and is the principal in the Tuscan Table LLC Italian restaurant in Circleville.
  
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• Police searching for missing 7-year-old last seen in east Columbus

  15-09-2017 02:18
  
  The Columbus Division of Police is asking for the public’s help in finding 7-year-old Donzell Houston, Jr.He was last seen around 3:30 p.m. Thursday in the area of Ohio Avenue Elementary School in east Columbus.Houston is about 3’5” tall and weighs about 50 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes.He was last seen wearing a blue shirt with white sleeves and the phrase “Ladies’ Man” was written on the front.He was wearing black jeans, red, white, and blue Fila
  
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