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• Press Conference: Community Benefits Agreement Signing

  31-10-2017 23:01
  
  
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• OSU QB Barrett wins another pair of player of the week awards

  31-10-2017 22:58
  
  COLUMBUS -- Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett brought home a pair of prestigious Player of the Week awards to go with his 13-for-13 fourth-quarter passing performance this week.Barrett won the Davey O’Brien national QB award for second time and also was named Maxwell Award player of the week. Those are just two of the six total awards he has received for his performance against Penn State.The Davey O'Brien award was his second in three weeks.He also was named the Big Ten Conference offen
  
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• More Money, Education Only Makes Discrimination Worse for Minorities

  31-10-2017 22:17
  COLUMBUS, Ohio Upwardly mobile blacks and Hispanics are more likely to experience racial discrimination than their socioeconomically stable peers, new research has found. And that might help explain racial disparities in health among middle- and upper-class Americans, said the study's lead author, Cynthia Colen of The Ohio State University.
  
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• Teens arrested, accused of beating man after online sale goes wrong

  31-10-2017 21:55
  
  COLUMBUS – Two teenage boys are arrested and charged after police say they beat a man with a crowbar and a baseball bat in October.Police said the 15-year-old and 16-year-old are charged with aggravated robbery, robbery, and felonious assault and kidnapping.The 24-year-old victim was robbed and beaten during an online sale meet-up that went wrong, according to Columbus police.Police originally stated they were meeting after agreeing to a sale of a gaming system on Craigslist but when they
  
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• Man beaten with crowbar in Craigslist-sale gone wrong in north Columbus

  31-10-2017 21:55
  
  COLUMBUS – A man was robbed and beaten with a crowbar during a Craigslist purchase that went wrong, according to Columbus Police.The man was in the area of Victory Court intending to purchase a gaming system when four people assaulted and robbed him at about 4 p.m. Tuesday.The victim was taken to Mt. Carmel St. Ann’s in stable condition while the four suspects reportedly took off running through the neighborhood.Police are investigating the robbery.
  
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• Concert Preview: Ethan Gruska

  31-10-2017 21:30
  There’s something patently special about Ethan Gruska’s debut album, Slowmotionary, that immediately surfaces in the first few notes of compressed upright piano on the set’s stark opening track “The Valley.” Plenty of artists have crafted records that contain songs akin to Gruska’s beautifully understated little movements. But yet, it’s been awhile since an album has appealed […]
  
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• Police: NYC truck attack suspect 'did this in the name of ISIS'

  31-10-2017 20:51
  NEW YORK — The Uzbek immigrant accused of using a truck to mow people down along a bike path, killing eight, did it in the name of the Islamic State group, police said Wednesday.Investigators, meanwhile, were at the hospital bedside of 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov, working to extract information about the attack Tuesday afternoon near the World Trade Center memorial that also left 12 people injured, a law enforcement official said.The official, who was not authorized to discuss the investig
  
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• Multiple killed after motorist hits people on bike path in lower Manhattan

  31-10-2017 20:51
  
  Police and witnesses say a motorist drove onto a busy bicycle path near the World Trade Center memorial and struck several people, then emerged from the vehicle screaming and firing something that appeared to be a gun.Multiple people died in the incident.An Associated Press photographer on the scene Tuesday witnessed at least two bodies lying motionless on the path beneath tarps.The incident occurred at West Street and Chambers Street around 3:10 p.m, the station reports. The NYPD said on its Tw
  
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• Investigators look into driver's background in New York terror attack - 8 killed

  31-10-2017 20:51
  A man in a rented pickup truck mowed down pedestrians and cyclists along a busy bike path near the World Trade Center memorial on Tuesday, killing at least eight and seriously injuring 11 in what the mayor called "a particularly cowardly act of terror."The driver was shot in the abdomen by police after jumping out of the truck with what turned out to be a fake gun in each hand and shouting what witnesses said was "Allahu Akbar," Arabic for "God is great," authorities said. The man underwent surg
  
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• 'Cowardly act of terror': Truck driver kills 8 on New York bike path

  31-10-2017 20:51
  NEW YORK — A man in a rented pickup truck mowed down pedestrians and cyclists along a busy bike path near the World Trade Center memorial on Tuesday, killing at least eight and seriously injuring 11 in what the mayor called "a particularly cowardly act of terror."The driver was shot in the abdomen by police after jumping out of the truck with what turned out to be a fake gun in each hand and shouting what witnesses said was "Allahu Akbar," Arabic for "God is great," authorities said. The m
  
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• 8 killed by New York motorist in 'cowardly act of terror'

  31-10-2017 20:51
  A man in a rented pickup truck mowed down pedestrians and bicyclists along a busy bike path near the World Trade Center memorial Tuesday, killing at least eight and injuring 11 others in what the mayor called "a particularly cowardly act of terror."The driver, identified as 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov by CBS News, was shot in the abdomen by police and taken into custody after jumping out of the truck with what turned out to be a fake gun in each hand and shouting "Allahu Akbar!" officials said.
  
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• Money raised at football game will help memorialize teen killed at Ohio State Fair

  31-10-2017 20:35
  
  COLUMBUS -- Support from the public will help memorialize the young man killed in this summer's accident at the Ohio State Fair.As 10TV reported two weeks ago, Tyler Jarrell's friends and family sold wristbands bearing his name at Franklin Heights' High School football game.Tyler would have been a senior at Franklin Heights this year, and enlisted to join the Marines after graduation.He died on June 26 when the Fireball ride he was on came apart. Seven others were hurt.Tyler's mother Amber Duffi
  
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• Reward offered for information on Pike County arsons

  31-10-2017 20:10
  
  WAVERLY -- The State Fire Marshal is asking for the public's help solving a string of suspicious fires in Pike County.Three homes were destroyed within six hours last Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 24 and 25.The first on Auerville Road in Bainbridge around 9 p.m. Tuesday.The other two in Waverly, on Fuller Road and St. Anne's Lane around 3 a.m. Wednesday. Media Folder: Media Root
  Two of the fires have been ruled arson, the third is undetermined.Investigators don't know if the fires are connect
  
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• Short North Stage’s Exciting, Vibrant Dreamgirls

  31-10-2017 20:08
  For almost as long as people have mounted performances, they’ve made art about making performances. In the world of musical theatre, no one got that down better than director and choreographer Michael Bennett. Bennett added a level of emotional reality to big-number razzle-dazzle that set the bar even today.  Following last season’s A Chorus Line, […]
  
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• OSU Board of Trustees to vote on ticket prices for football in 2018

  31-10-2017 19:36
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State University Board of Trustees will vote on ticket prices for the 2018 football season on Friday.The finance committee endorsed new ticket prices on Thursday.The most expensive ticket will be The Game against That Team Up North, starting at $197. The cheapest will be Tulane, starting at $67.Season tickets are proposed to start at $639, a decrease from the $695 in 2017.That proposed price dropped from a proposed $681 for 2018 tickets after President Michael Drake ask
  
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• Ohio State releases proposed ticket prices for football in 2018

  31-10-2017 19:36
  
  The Ohio State University has released the proposed ticket prices for Buckeye football in 2018.The most expensive ticket will be The Game against That Team Up North, starting at $195. The cheapest will be Tulane, starting at $67.Season tickets will start at $681, a slight decrease from the $695 in 2017.The student ticket price remains the same at $34 per game. The university says that will not change at least through the 2020 season.The Ohio State University Board of Trustees will discuss the pr
  
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• Trick-or-treating delayed amid cleanup after Northeast storm

  31-10-2017 19:35
  
  Hundreds of out-of-state reinforcements bolstered utility crews struggling to restore power throughout New England on Tuesday, a day after a powerful storm blew down trees and postponed Halloween activities in many communities.The storm, packing gusts that topped 80 mph (129 kph), left nearly 1.5 million homes and business across the region in the dark at the peak Monday. More than 800,000 customers remained without power Tuesday.The storm caused more power outages in Maine than an infamous 1998
  
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• Doctor approves of ill Ohio inmate sitting up during execution

  31-10-2017 19:28
  
  Allowing a condemned killer with health problems to partially sit up during his execution next month would be a "reasonable" accommodation, according to a doctor working for Ohio's prison system.Death row inmate Alva Campbell became mildly agitated when officials tried lowering him to a normal execution position in an Oct. 19 test, according to a medical review by Dr. James McWeeney, a contractor for the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.McWeeney noted there were no objective findings
  
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• Doctor approves of Alva Campbell sitting up during execution

  31-10-2017 19:28
  
  Allowing a condemned killer with health problems to partially sit up during his execution next month would be a "reasonable" accommodation, according to a doctor working for Ohio's prison system.Death row inmate Alva Campbell became mildly agitated when officials tried lowering him to a normal execution position in an Oct. 19 test, according to a medical review by Dr. James McWeeney, a contractor for the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.McWeeney noted there were no objective findings
  
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• Comfort Food Festival Preview: Trillium, Dirty Frank’s, Copious, Crazy Richard’s, Sabauce, COSI & More!

  31-10-2017 19:27
  There are plenty of ways to celebrate fall, but there is only one that includes bites from 21 local restaurants. Join Columbus Underground and Shipt at Best Bites: Comfort Food this Thursday, November 2 for an event like no other. Get in from the cold and sample the greatest comfort food in our city, plus […]
  
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• 'House of Cards' filming suspended amid Spacey accusations

  31-10-2017 19:09
  
  LOS ANGELES — Filming of season 6 on the political thriller "House of Cards" has been suspended following accusations that Kevin Spacey made sexual advances on a teen boy some three decades ago.Netflix and the show's producer Media Rights Capital had already decided to end the series at the end of the current season but on Tuesday they chose to pause the production, which is filmed in Baltimore, "to give us time to review the current situation and to address any concerns of our cast and cr
  
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• TV Review: “Stranger Things 2” Drops Just in Time for Halloween

  31-10-2017 19:00
  Stranger Things, the Netflix series that launched a thousand memes (and a Chicago pop up bar) is back, just in time to pick out your Halloween costume! But the big question is…can it possibly be as good as the first season? This review covers the entire second season of Stranger Things, but no major spoilers […]
  
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• Wendy Williams passes out, collapses on-air during chat show

  31-10-2017 17:34
  
  NEW YORK — Wendy Williams gave viewers a scare Tuesday morning when she passed out on-the-air during a broadcast of her syndicated chat show.Williams was introducing a segment while wearing a Statue of Liberty Halloween costume when her speech suddenly became slurred. She began shaking and seconds later collapsed on the stage. Stagehands rushed in to help her while the crowd screamed.WATCH: Wendy Williams is seriously a champ... passes out, then gets right back up and keeps doing the show
  
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• 500 years after Reformation split, Lutherans, Catholics mark date together Updated at

  31-10-2017 17:32
  Tuesday is the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, and as many people celebrate what led to the birth of the Lutheran faith, others focus on the unity that is finally developing between Lutherans and the Roman Catholics they split from 500 years ago. Only in the past 50 years has there been an air of ecumenical cooperation between the two denominations, said Joy Schroeder, a professor of religion at Capital University and a professor of church history at Trinity Luthe
  
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• Columbus postal worker robbed at gunpoint on north side

  31-10-2017 17:26
  
  COLUMBUS -- A United States Postal Service worker was held-up and robbed at gunpoint on the city's north side Monday night.According to Columbus Police, just before 8 p.m., a mailman was stopped in the 1500 block of Northridge Road by two males in a car asking for directions.The mailman said as he approached the older mid-sized, dark-colored car with loud exhaust, the occupants exited the car and pointed a gun at him, demanding everything he had.POSTAL CARRIER ROBBED@GUNPOINT ON CITY'S NORTH SID
  
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• Dad of Cincinnati Zoo's famous baby hippo has died

  31-10-2017 17:21
  
  CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Zoo says the father of its famous baby hippo, Fiona, has died at age 36.The zoo says Henry had been struggling with health issues for months and lost hundreds of pounds. The zoo says the hippo had been in obvious decline the past few days and that staffers decided to euthanize Henry on Tuesday after concluding that the animal's quality of life wouldn't improve.The zoo says the average life expectancy for a Nile hippopotamus such as Henry is 35 years.Henry's decl
  
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• Columbus Council On World Affairs: US Foreign Relations

  31-10-2017 17:08
  
  
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• Columbus Council On World Affairs - North Korea, Russia and the Future of U.S. National Security

  31-10-2017 17:08
  
  
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• One injured in west Columbus house fire

  31-10-2017 17:06
  COLUMBUS -- Columbus firefighters are on the scene of a house fire in west Columbus.According to Columbus Fire officials, the fire started inside a residence on Porter Street in Columbus.Authorities say one person is being treated for an injury.No information about how the fire started was immediately available.Stay with 10TV on this developing story.
  
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• Columbus City Council October 30, 2017

  31-10-2017 16:49
  
  
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• Civic Discourse, Truth, and the Future of Journalism

  31-10-2017 15:30
  National industry leaders in journalism gathered yesterday afternoon for a discussion on the topic of “Civic Discourse, Truth, and the Future of Journalism” at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Downtown Phoenix, AZ. The discussion served as the kick-off to the annual CEOs for Cities National Meeting, which Columbus served as host […]
  
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• Fast Forward: The Parsons Avenue Corridor

  31-10-2017 15:00
  The Parsons Avenue corridor on the South Side of Columbus has long been predicted as the future site of growth and redevelopment. Recent years have seen the beginning of that trend taking shape with plenty of potential yet to come due to the area’s current abundance of underutilized parcels of land and properties. When looking […]
  
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• Theodore Decker: Horror not just a Halloween thing

  31-10-2017 12:42
  On the Far East Side early Saturday, a man answered his door just after midnight for a neighbor, who then repeatedly struck him in the face in an apparently unprovoked attack. Two hours later on the North Side, a 58-year-old man was knocked down by a man he knew only as "G."
  
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• Apprentice plan to require Columbus workers for city construction projects

  31-10-2017 12:42
  Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther's administration is testing a new plan that it says will boost the number of people pursuing trade apprenticeships, while it also sets benchmarks for local workers on public construction projects. The "community-benefits agreement" between the city and the Columbus Building & Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO, will cover work done on the city's planned new fire station No.
  
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• Nine dismembered bodies found in Japan apartment

  31-10-2017 11:50
  
  TOKYO -- Tokyo police have arrested a man after finding "multiple" dismembered bodies in coolers in his apartment in a city southwest of the capital.The 27-year-old suspect, Takahiro Shiraishi, confessed to cutting up the bodies and hiding them in cold-storage cases, covered with cat litter, a police spokesman said Tuesday.Investigators found the bodies while searching for a 23-year-old woman who had disappeared, the spokesman said. He did not give his name, in line with police policy.National b
  
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• WW1 Australian battle re-enacted in Israel on centennial

  31-10-2017 11:32
  
  BEERSHEBA, Israel (AP) — A century to the day after Australian horsemen broke through Ottoman defenses in a daring First World War victory, nearly two hundred re-enactors, including descendants of the soldiers who fought that day, were participating on Tuesday in a memorial to those killed in a battle that helped turn the tide of the war and shape the modern Middle East.Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and New Zealand Governor-General Patsy Reddy joined Israel's prime minister, B
  
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• Toledo joins list of cities suing drugmakers over opioids

  31-10-2017 11:29
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Ohio's fourth-largest city is joining several cities and counties around the state by filing its own lawsuit against prescription drugmakers and distributors.Toledo Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson said Monday that drug companies need to be held accountable for their role in the opioid abuse crisis.The lawsuits being filed by Toledo and other places accuse the drug companies of intentionally misleading the public about the dangers of opioids.The companies have denied wrongdoing in re
  
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• Re: Bruce Vining

  31-10-2017 10:34
  He posted to this list just this morning, so a quick search of this list should find his email address. On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 4:22 PM, Adams, Bradley B wrote: Bruce Vining, I need to contact you regarding PowerCL License keys.
  
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• SpaceX racks up another rocket launch, its 16th this year

  31-10-2017 10:33
  
  SpaceX has racked up another rocket launch, its 16th this year.That's double last year's count, and 2017 still has two months remaining.The unmanned Falcon rocket blasted off Monday afternoon from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, hoisting a communications satellite for the South Korean company KT SAT. This newest Koreasat will replace a failed satellite launched in 2006, and serve both Asia and the Middle East.Once separated, the 15-story first-stage booster flew to a floating platform in the Atl
  
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• Trump, first lady welcome ghosts, goblins on Halloween eve

  31-10-2017 10:31
  
  President Donald Trump dressed up as himself, complete with his trademark red tie, for his first Halloween in the White House.Trump and first lady Melania Trump greeted some of the 6,000 children and adults who were invited for trick-or-treating at the White House on Halloween eve. Children from more than 20 schools in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia attended the festivities on the South Lawn, along with military families and members of unspecified community organizations.Spooky
  
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• Doppler 10: A dry but chilly Halloween

  31-10-2017 09:10
  Today: A frosty start.Mostly sunny to partly cloudy & cool.High 46.Winds: W 7-11.
  Tonight: Increasing clouds, chilly.Low 33.Winds: SE 3-6 mph.
  Tomorrow: Chance for a rain/snow mix early then showers in the afternoon.High 49.Winds: SE 4-8 mph.
  Thursday: Scattered showers at times, warmer & breezy.High 64.Winds: SW 8-12 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: High pressure will affect our weather today bringing us a frosty start with mos
  
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• Women lost at sea didn't use emergency beacon, U.S. Coast Guard says

  31-10-2017 08:52
  
  HONOLULU -- The U.S. Coast Guard said Monday that the two Hawaii women who were lost at sea for five months had an emergency beacon aboard their sailboat that was never activated.U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Scott Carr told The Associated Press that their review of the incident and subsequent interviews with the survivors revealed that they had the Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) aboard but never turned it on.Parts of their story have been called into question, including the
  
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• Inconsistencies cast doubt on harrowing tale of sea survival

  31-10-2017 08:52
  
  HONOLULU — Two Hawaii women who say they were lost at sea on a sailboat for months never activated their emergency beacon, the U.S. Coast Guard said, adding to a growing list of inconsistencies that cast doubt on their harrowing tale of survival.The women previously told The Associated Press that they had radios, satellite phones, GPS and other emergency gear, but they didn't mention the Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon, or EPIRB.A Coast Guard review of the incident and subsequen
  
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• Columbus City Council passes resolution after #SaveTheCrew pleas

  31-10-2017 08:11
  
  COLUMBUS - Nearly two weeks after the city learned the Columbus Crew SC could be moving to Austin, Columbus City Council passed a resolution urging the club's owners to stop seeking relocation.Council president Zach Klein said members of the council were moved by the grass roots #SaveTheCrew campaign and the passionate plea the group made at last week’s council meeting.Investor-operator and chairman of the Crew SC Anthony Precourt initially said the club needed more fan and financial suppo
  
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• Rose McGowan arrest warrant issued stemming from drug charge

  31-10-2017 07:02
  
  WASHINGTON -- An arrest warrant has been obtained for actress Rose McGowan for felony possession of a controlled substance.The felony charge stems from a police investigation of personal belongings left behind on a United flight arriving at Washington Dulles International Airport on Jan. 20. Police say the items tested positive for narcotics. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department obtained the warrant on Feb. 1.Police say they've attempted to contact McGowan so she can
  
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• Doctor approves of ill inmate sitting up during execution

  31-10-2017 06:06
  This undated photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows death row inmate Alva Campbell. The Ohio Parole Board on Friday, Oct. 20, 2017, rejected a request for mercy from Campbell, a condemned inmate who argues he had such a bad childhood and is in such poor health that he should be spared from execution next month.
  
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• Columbus' own: Funk Worthy revives jazz

  31-10-2017 06:06
  Funk Worthy will be touring over the month of Nov., including three dates in Columbus. Credit: Courtesy of Funk Worthy Funk Worthy, a former jazz quartet turned funk band, has broken out of its jazz roots and dived into groovier territory, adapting a sound inspired by artists such as Marvin Gaye, Sly and the Family Stone and Vulfpeck.
  
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• Police arrest man sought in deaths in Utah, Colorado

  31-10-2017 04:33
  
  Police arrested a man Tuesday who was sought in a fatal carjacking near the University of Utah and in a Colorado homicide.Austin Boutain, 24, was arrested after surrendering to workers at a Salt Lake City library.The arrest came after a manhunt following the death of 23-year-old Chinese student ChenWei Guo, who was killed Monday during an attempted carjacking near campus.In addition, police in Golden, Colorado, have said they want to question Boutain about the killing of a 63-year-old man whose
  
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• One person dead after shooting prompts lockdown at University of Utah, suspect has ties to Ohio

  31-10-2017 04:33
  
  SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- The University of Utah was on lockdown late Monday after a report of shots fired.Students were urged to shelter in place.The CBS affiliate in Salt Lake City reported one person was killed in the gunfire.CAMPUS ALERT: Shots fired, Red Butte Canyon. Shelter in place.MORE INFORMATION TO COME.— University of Utah (@UUtah) October 31, 2017Authorities are still searching for a suspect, identified as Austin Boutain, 24, who has a cross tattoo on his face - reported NY Dail
  
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