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• Court sets hearing over NFL's blocked suspension of Ezekiel Elliott

  22-09-2017 23:33
  
  A federal appeals court has set oral arguments for Oct. 2 in the NFL's bid to reinstate Ezekiel Elliott's six-game suspension over a domestic case in Ohio, meaning the star Dallas Cowboys running back will play at least two more games.The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans posted the notice Friday, clearing the way for last year's NFL rushing leader to play Monday night at Arizona and at home Oct. 1 against the Los Angeles Rams.The court is seeking briefs from both sides by Wednesd
  
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• First & 10: Central Ohio high school football scores | Week 5

  22-09-2017 23:00
  
  First & 10 featured games:Pickerington North at Olentangy LibertyNewark at Olentangy OrangeReynoldsburgat Westerville CentralThomas Worthingtonat Hilliard BradleyMarion-Franklin at WestGrove City at Franklin Heights Gahanna at Dublin CoffmanUpper Arlington at Pickerington CentralAfricentric at IndependenceWorthington Kilbourne at Bishop Hartley Watch complete coverage Fridays at 11:15 p.m. on First & 10.---This week's high school football scores from around central Ohio.
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• Powerful drug testing catching more alcohol use among Ohio high school students

  22-09-2017 22:30
  
  In school districts where drug testing is a condition to play a sport or play in the band, high school students are tested for more drugs than those who fly a plane or drive a truck for a living.Sports Safe Testing in Powell works in 12 states, including Ohio and performs about 25,000 drug screens nationwide.It says positive drug tests in Ohio have been declining from 1.4 percent in 2014 to 1.1 percent last year.Among the drugs, they are likely to see the most are marijuana and alcohol.He says a
  
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• GOP health bill all but dead; McCain again deals the blow

  22-09-2017 22:02
  
  Sen. John McCain declared his opposition Friday to the GOP's last-ditch effort to repeal and replace "Obamacare," dealing a likely death blow to the legislation and, perhaps, to the Republican Party's years of vows to kill the program."I cannot in good conscience vote for the Graham-Cassidy proposal," McCain said in a statement, referring to the bill by Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana. His opposition likely leaves the bill at least one vote short of the suppo
  
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• Thousands without power again after outages in Reynoldsburg, east Columbus

  22-09-2017 21:40
  
  Thousands of AEP Ohio customers are without power again after a new outage in the Reynoldsburg area.According to AEP, there are approximately 13,845 customers without power.Customers in east Columbus and Reynoldsburg were without power for several hours Thursday after reported equipment failure at a substation.AEP said crews were sent to the same substation to see what the issue is.They added crews were able to identify the equipment issue and restoration time is estimated to be 5:30 p.m.Click h
  
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• Power back on for thousands in Reynoldsburg, east Columbus

  22-09-2017 21:40
  
  Power has been restored for thousands of AEP Ohio customers in the east Columbus and Reynoldsburg area for the second time this week.According to AEP, there were approximately 13,845 customers without power Friday.Customers in east Columbus and Reynoldsburg were without power for several hours Thursday after reported equipment failure at a substation.AEP said crews were sent to the same substation and determined it is the same issue that caused the power outage on Thursday.As of 7:45 p.m., the A
  
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• 20 years after DeRolph decision, some school districts gained, some lost

  22-09-2017 21:09
  "We admonish the General Assembly that it must create an entirely new school financing system. In establishing such a system, the General Assembly shall recognize that there is but one system of public education in Ohio ... " The Ohio Supreme Court gave Ohio lawmakers a 1998 deadline to fix the state's unconstitutional school-funding system.
  
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• Indiana man locked in cave for 60 hours, forgotten by group

  22-09-2017 19:56
  
  BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A 19-year-old man who spent 60 hours locked alone inside a gated southern Indiana cave says he feels lucky to be alive.Indiana University freshman Lukas Cavar was on a spelunking trip to Sullivan Cave about 10 miles south of Bloomington when he became separated Sunday afternoon from 12 other members of the university's Caving Club.When he eventually reached the cave entrance, Cavar found club members had padlocked its gate, unaware that he remained inside. He couldn't g
  
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• 10 Things To Know: Ohio State vs. UNLV

  22-09-2017 19:56
  
  Can we all agree we’re feeling better this week after a 31-point win?Let’s keep the good times rolling as Ohio State finish up their September homestand as they face UNLV.We’ll get our third different kickoff this year as Saturday’s contest begins at noon. So get some sleep Friday night and get up and early.But before you try to get some sleep, make sure to check out 10 Things to Know for this week:1. Another New Face The Buckeyes will be facing another new opponent this
  
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• Conversations & Coffee: Latinomoji by Jesus Walle

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• Puerto Rico faces weeks without electricity after Maria

  22-09-2017 19:51
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The eye of Hurricane Maria was nearing the Turks and Caicos early Friday as Puerto Rico sought to recover from the storm's devastation.Two days after Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, flooding towns, crushing homes and killing at least two people, millions on the island faced the dispiriting prospect of weeks and perhaps months without electricity. The storm knocked out the entire grid across the U.S. territory of 3.4 million, leaving many without power.The loss of power l
  
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• Searching for Sammy: Gahanna's feathered resident goes missing

  22-09-2017 18:33
  Those who live in Gahanna want to know what happened to a beloved swan that lived in Creekside, affectionately known as Sammy the Swan."He was kinda like a crown jewel in Creekside and it won't be the same if he's not around anymore," said Zac Writesel, who lives in Gahanna.Sammy lived in Gahanna for about a decade and became a staple of the community."Everybody knows Sammy," said Writesel. "He's a resident."Last week, Parks and Recs employees say they noticed the swan was having trouble with an
  
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• Gahanna residents demand answers after beloved ‘Sammy the Swan’ reportedly euthanized

  22-09-2017 18:33
  
  Those who live in Gahanna want to know what happened to a beloved swan that lived in Creekside, affectionately known as Sammy the Swan.The mute swan lived in Gahanna for about a decade and became a staple of the community.Last week, community members say they noticed the swan was having trouble with an abscess on its foot. Employees with Gahanna Parks and Recreation Department did what they could to make sure the swan was healing properly.Earlier this week, the swan disappeared. Mayor Tom Kneela
  
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• Gahanna residents demand answers after beloved ‘Sammy the Swan’ euthanized

  22-09-2017 18:33
  
  Those who live in Gahanna want to know what happened to a beloved swan that lived in Creekside, affectionately known as Sammy the Swan.The mute swan lived in Gahanna for about a decade and became a staple of the community.Last week, community members say they noticed the swan was having trouble with an abscess on its foot. Park officials did what they could to make sure the swan was healing properly.Earlier this week, the swan disappeared. Mayor Tom Kneeland says it is rumored a private citizen
  
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• 1 killed in semi-truck crash in Obetz

  22-09-2017 17:25
  
  The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal crash which occurred early Friday morning.Authorities say the crash happened in the parking lot of a business located at 2750 Creekside Parkway in Obetz.The driver of a semi-truck was traveling westbound in the parking lot when the vehicle struck four parked trailers in the lot, according to deputies.Deputies say the driver was then transported to Grant Medical Center where they later died.The sheriff's office is withholding the name
  
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• Columbus Fire rescues man injured at Short North construction site

  22-09-2017 17:21
  
  Rescue crews responded to the Short North Friday morning on a report of a man injured at a construction site.The man was injured while on top of a building under construction on North High Street.Columbus Fire Chief Steve Martin tells 10TV paramedics were able to attend to the man at the construction site. A rescue worker then brought him down in a basket on the outside of the building. Once safely on the ground, the victim was transported to a nearby hospital.Chief Martin called the rescue "smo
  
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• WAITRESS Tour to Hold Columbus Auditions to Search for 'Lulu'

  22-09-2017 16:28
  The Tony-nominated musical WAITRESS will make its Columbus premiere at the Ohio Theatre November 7-12, and is holding auditions to find two young girls to perform the role of "Lulu" for the duration of the Columbus engagement. The character of "Lulu" is a sweet and carefree young girl aged 4-5 who appears in the production's finale.
  
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• Lady Gaga on being famous: 'Not all it's cracked up to be'

  22-09-2017 16:18
  
  Lady Gaga has written an emotional message to fans to mark of the release of her new Netflix documentary.In a note posted to Twitter on Thursday, Gaga writes that the film reveals "that fame is not all it's cracked up to be." She says fame is lonely, isolating and "very psychologically challenging" because it "changes the way you're viewed by people." She says her relationship with fame is "complicated" because she knows it's her "destiny to be a performer."
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• Police: 8-year-old girl helps drive drunken Pennsylvania man

  22-09-2017 15:04
  
  Police say a drunken Pennsylvania man had an 8-year-old girl drive him around until someone saw the car moving recklessly and called 911.WPXI-TV reports the bizarre incident involving 24-year-old Kevin Cook happened on Sept. 3 in Darlington Township, Beaver County.That's where township police say in a criminal complaint that someone reported seeing the child driving and almost wrecking the car twice about 7:30 p.m.Police say the girl stopped the car when another motorist became upset and got out
  
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• School where teacher tackled gunman had trained for active shooters

  22-09-2017 14:31
  
  New details Friday morning about the high school teacher who stopped a student gunman in Illinois on Wednesday. Investigators are working through about 200 interviews to figure out the gunman's motive and how he obtained his weapon, but police are already pointing to the incident as an example of the value of preparing teachers to respond to active shooters.According to witnesses, veteran math and P.E. teacher Angela McQueen grabbed the shooter's arm and subdued him after he opened fire in Matto
  
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• Columbus economy tops Cleveland

  22-09-2017 14:13
  Central Ohio's gross domestic product - the value of goods and services produced in the region - grew at a 2.5 percent rate in 2016, pushing the size of the economy past Cleveland's, according to federal data released this week.  The growth rate for central Ohio was stronger than the 1.7 percent growth rate posted by the average U.S. metropolitan area's economy and the 1.5 percent growth rate for the overall U.S. economy last year. "It is good news.
  
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• Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame set to induct Class of 2017

  22-09-2017 14:12
  
  The Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame will induct its Class of 2017 class in November.Officials with the Ohio Department of Veterans Services say the 20 newest members will be inducted in a public ceremony in the Columbus suburb of Dublin on Nov. 9.This year's inductees include veterans from all five branches of the U.S. military.The 2017 class joins 834 Ohio veterans who have been inducted since 1992. Honorees through the years have included astronauts, community volunteers and former government offic
  
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• Pres. Trump lashes out at GOP opponents of health care bill

  22-09-2017 14:08
  
  President Donald Trump is lashing out at a Republican senator who opposes the last-ditch effort to overturn the Obama-era health care law.On Twitter Friday, Trump says: "Rand Paul, or whoever votes against Hcare Bill, will forever (future political campaigns) be known as 'the Republican who saved ObamaCare.'"Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has said he'll oppose the latest bill because it doesn't abolish enough of Obama's 2010 law.The proposal to scrap President Barack Obama's health care l
  
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• NTSB: Engineers in NYC-area train crashes had sleep apnea

  22-09-2017 12:59
  WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Federal investigators have found that the engineers of two New York City-area commuter trains that crashed into stations were both suffering from severe sleep apnea.The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday the similar circumstances of the crashes warranted combining findings and recommendations into a single special report.A woman standing on a platform was killed and about 110 passengers and crew were injured when a New Jersey Transit train going more than doub
  
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• Two days out of jail, serial groper re-arrested on charges of assaulting 3 women

  22-09-2017 12:52
  A serial groper is now back behind bars after police say he targeted women on campuses all over central Ohio.Sixty-year-old Lonnie Sturdivant has been charged with groping women at least 17 times over the years. He's been convicted 12 times.Friday afternoon he was arrested again after police say he was on or near three local campuses the night before: Ohio State, Otterbein and Capital University.Lonnie Sturdivant is the very definition of a serial offender, convicted 12 times of approaching wome
  
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• Serial groper just released from jail charged again with sexual imposition

  22-09-2017 12:52
  
  The Columbus Division of Police say two women reported being groped by a serial groper Lonnie Sturdivant early Friday morning.According to police, the incident happened inside a bar near N. High Street and Frambes Avenue near The Ohio State University.Detectives issued Sturdivant a summons for two counts of sexual imposition.Sturdivant was released from jail earlier this week after serving jail time for similar conduct.He was banned from The Ohio State University and has been convicted of numero
  
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• Columbus serial groper charged in separate incident at Capital University following Friday's arrest

  22-09-2017 12:52
  
  UPDATE:A second arrest warrant has been issued for Sturdivant for an alleged groping incident at Capital University.According to Capital University Police, Sturdivant groped a female student in the library around 8:30 p.m. Thursday.Authorities were able to identify Sturdivant Friday and have also charged him with trespass since he had committed a similar act on Capital’s campus in 2011.Officials with Otterbein University reported that Sturdivant was also spotted on their campus Thursday.He
  
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• Columbus serial groper charged again with sexual imposition for incidents near Ohio State

  22-09-2017 12:52
  
  The Columbus Division of Police say two women reported being groped by a serial groper Lonnie Sturdivant early Friday morning.According to police, the incident happened inside a bar near N. High Street and Frambes Avenue near The Ohio State University.Detectives issued Sturdivant a summons for two counts of sexual imposition.Sturdivant was released from jail earlier this week after serving jail time for similar conduct.He was banned from The Ohio State University and has been convicted of numero
  
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• Kim fires off insults at Trump and hints at weapons test

  22-09-2017 12:06
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has lobbed a string of insults at President Donald Trump, calling him a "mentally deranged U.S. dotard" and hinting at a frightening new weapon test.The fact that it's the first time for a North Korean leader to issue such a direct statement has raised the international nuclear standoff to a new level.Kim says in his Friday statement that Trump will "pay dearly" for his recent threat to destroy North Korea. Kim calls Trump "a rogue
  
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• Doppler 10: Sure doesn't feel like fall.

  22-09-2017 10:05
  This Evening: A warm and dry evening.
  Tonight: Mostly clear and maybe a touch cooler. 63 NE 3-6 mph
  Tomorrow: Sunny and Hot again. Near 90.A sizzler at the Shoe.
  Saturday: Hot again. Near 90
  Monday: The beat goes on. Sunny and pushing 90Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information:High pressure builds in for the next several days and temperatures will remain unseasonably warm, even hot, into early next week as the air remains fairly stagnant. Fall will
  
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• Doppler 10: Fall arrives today but it won't feel like it

  22-09-2017 10:05
  Today: Lots of sun, hot.High 89.Winds: NE 3-6 mph.
  Tonight: Mostly clear and mild with patchy fog late.Low 64.Winds: Light and variable.
  Tomorrow: Mostly sunny and hot.High 88.Winds: NE 3-6 mph.
  Sunday: More sunshine with summer like conditions.High 87.Winds: ESE 3-6 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: Fall arrives today at 4:02 in the afternoon but it’s feeling like mid-summer!We’ll continue to see sunshine today with highs in
  
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• Victim run down, possibly shot, in West Side fight

  22-09-2017 09:45
  Columbus homicide detectives say a man was killed when he was deliberately run down by a vehicle, and possibly shot, during a violent altercation on the Hilltop early Thursday. Officers called to the area of 479 S. Warren at approximately 12:41 a.m. on a report of a person struck by a vehicle and also a shooting found Frederick Louis Massie, 48, in front of the address badly injured, Sgt.
  
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• Fired teacher faces the public for school school board seat

  22-09-2017 05:59
  A former River Valley High School teacher is making his desire to fill one of three vacant school board seats known.Mark Bollinger was fired in 2015 for a relationship with a student and now running for school board.Bollinger faced three other candidates vying for seats on the River Valley Local School Board at an election forum, Thursday night.“With the full support of my wife and my children, I decided to exercise my constitutional right to run for an elected office.” Bollinger sai
  
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• Columbus hosts motorcycle expo that it hopes will move here

  22-09-2017 05:33
  Columbus is the center of the motorcycle world for the next few days, the city having landed a trade show expected to attract 20,000. It's one that Columbus officials hope will make its home here.
  
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• ‘A new chapter in my recovery’: An update from Chris Bradley

  22-09-2017 01:51
  
  10TV Chief Meteorologist Chris Bradley is starting a new journey in his battle to beat Leukemia.Chris is back the James Cancer Hospital to start the first of three rounds of chemo.He is getting the chemo to prepare for a stem cell transplant next Friday.He posted the following message Thursday:"Today begins a new chapter in my recovery from leukemia. I'll receive the first of three rounds of chemo preparing me for my stem cell transplant on Friday, September 29th. No one fights alone. We thank y
  
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• Ohio 35 mins ago 5:10 p.m.Court upholds Ohio ballot access changes for 3rd parties

  22-09-2017 01:11
  A state appeals court has upheld the constitutionality of a 2013 Ohio law that imposed stiffer criteria for minor political parties to reach and maintain ballot status. The Ohio Court of Appeals in Columbus on Thursday upheld last year's decision by the Franklin County Common Pleas Court on the law.
  
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• Lawsuit alleges firing of black Columbus officer symptomatic of discrimination

  22-09-2017 01:11
  A federal lawsuit filed Thursday accuses the Columbus Division of Police of driving out some minority officers through a "pattern of race discrimination and retaliation." The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Kevin C. Morgan II, a black former Columbus police officer, seeks more than $25,000 in damages.
  
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• Iowa Sen. Ernst hopes, but isn't sure, health bill has vote

  22-09-2017 00:57
  
  Republican Sen. Joni Ernst said Thursday she isn't sure her party's last-ditch effort to repeal Barack Obama's health care law has the votes to pass, as she faced tough questions from Iowa constituents about the political drive for the measure."If it's brought up, I hope we have the votes to pass it," Ernst told reporters after a meeting with constituents in northern Iowa. "I hope there's consensus on the bill.""And if it fails, it fails," she said, with hint of resignation in her voice, though
  
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• Powerless: Puerto Rico faces weeks without electricity

  22-09-2017 00:54
  
  The sky was darkening Thursday afternoon as 10-year-old Sarah Jimenez laid out three plastic buckets on her grandmother's patio in hopes of capturing rainwater."We can use it to at least flush the toilets," she told her grandmother.A day after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, flooding towns, crushing homes and killing at least two people, millions of people on the island faced the dispiriting prospect of weeks and perhaps months without electricity.The storm knocked out the entire grid acros
  
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• Gatorade pays California $300K, settles anti-water complaint

  22-09-2017 00:05
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Just because drought-ravaged California has spent years urging residents to conserve water doesn't mean it wants people to actually stop drinking the stuff.When a Gatorade cellphone game suggested doing just that state Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed a complaint accusing the popular thirst-quenching drink's maker of false advertising.By Thursday — less than a day after Becerra's complaint — the issue was water under the bridge: Gatorade quickly reache
  
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• California hits Gatorade in court for "anti-water" video game

  22-09-2017 00:05
  California's attorney general has reached a $300,000 settlement with Gatorade over allegations the company made "anti-water" statements in a cellphone game.The settlement reached Thursday by Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Gatorade is not an admission of wrongdoing. Gatorade must also refrain from making statements "that disparage water or the consumption of water."The dispute centers on a Gatorade-created cellphone application called "Bolt!" where users play Olympic runner Usain Bolt. A com
  
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