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• Titans rally, beat Bengals 24-20 for best start since 2008

  12-11-2017 23:28
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Marcus Mariota tossed a 7-yard touchdown pass to DeMarco Murray with 36 seconds left , and the Tennessee Titans rallied to beat the Cincinnati Bengals 24-20 Sunday for their fourth consecutive victory.It's the longest winning streak for the Titans (6-3) since winning five straight in 2009, and it's their best start to a season since 2008 when the Titans last reached the playoffs as the AFC's No. 1 seed.Murray ran for two touchdowns, and Mariota finished with 264 yards passing
  
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• Matthew Stafford helps Lions come back and beat Browns 38-24

  12-11-2017 23:24
  
  ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Matthew Stafford lofted a 29-yard, tiebreaking touchdown to Eric Ebron early in the fourth quarter and the Detroit Lions went on to beat the winless Cleveland Browns 38-24 Sunday.The Lions (5-4) rallied from first- and second-half deficits to earn consecutive victories for the first time since winning the first two games this season.The Browns, who fell to 0-9 on the season, led 10-0 early in the game for their first double-digit lead of the season, and were up 24-17 in
  
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• Ohio State shares first look at alternative uniforms for Michigan game

  12-11-2017 23:04
  
  The results from the first new uniform this season were undeniable. Ohio State dressed up and then dressed down Penn State in the fourth quarter at Ohio Stadium.Clearly, the Buckeyes are looking for the same magic on Nov. 25.Ohio State put out a teaser video for what is believed to be a new uniform for the game at the Big House.🔜XI.XXV.XVII pic.twitter.com/XfDrwyhu5f— Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) November 12, 2017
  
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• Ohio city hopes conduct pact with police will serve as model

  12-11-2017 22:35
  
  TOLEDO — A coalition representing minority groups in Ohio's fourth-largest city hopes a code of conduct signed with police to improve relations between the two can be a model for other cities.The pact outlines how people in the city should be respectful while dealing police and how officers should limit use of force and spend more time getting to know people in the neighborhoods.Organizers who negotiated the agreement signed last week say it brings both sides together and will lead to find
  
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• United States beats Belarus to win its 18th Fed Cup title

  12-11-2017 22:06
  
  MINSK, Belarus — A 17-year championship drought came to an end Sunday for the United States when it beat Belarus 3-2 to take its 18th Fed Cup title.CoCo Vandeweghe and Shelby Rogers beat Aryna Sabalenka and Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-3, 7-6 (3) in the deciding doubles of the 2017 final to give the U.S. its first Fed Cup title since 2000."It feels perfectly believable and unbelievable," Vandeweghe said. "I'm ready for a vacation."The Belarus pair led 5-2 in the second set and served to level a
  
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• Grove City-made Horton ambulances in demand across the country

  12-11-2017 21:56
  That changed in part because of the work of Horton Emergency Vehicles, a company that helped to develop the van-based ambulance and remains a leading manufacturer of the vehicles. "Back in the day, the same vehicle picked you up, and whether you went to the funeral home or the hospital depended on the condition," said Lance Randolph, the company's vice president and general manager, repeating an old saying in the industry.
  
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• Study suggests women less likely to get CPR from bystanders

  12-11-2017 21:20
  
  ANAHEIM, Calif. — Women are less likely than men to get CPR from a bystander and more likely to die, a new study suggests, and researchers think reluctance to touch a woman's chest might be one reason.Only 39 percent of women suffering cardiac arrest in a public place were given CPR versus 45 percent of men, and men were 23 percent more likely to survive, the study found.It involved nearly 20,000 cases around the country and is the first to examine gender differences in receiving heart hel
  
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• Doppler 10: Cool and Cloudy Monday

  12-11-2017 21:20
  This Evening: Rain pushes in from the west. Temps in the 40s. SE wind 5-10 mph.
  Tonight: Rain lingers then cloudy by morning. Low 36. E wind 5-10 mph.
  Tomorrow: Cloudy and cool.High 45. NW wind around 5-10 mph.
  Tuesday: Sunshine returns, but still below average. High 47. Calm wind.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: A weak low pressure system is moving east into our region bringing rain to the area. Showers are expected to linger into tonight,
  
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• Texas town holds 1st Sunday service since church attack

  12-11-2017 20:42
  
  SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas — Hundreds of people gathered in the tiny town of Sutherland Springs for the first Sunday service since a gunman stormed the First Baptist Church and killed more than two-dozen people in the worst mass shooting in Texas history.Pastor Frank Pomeroy led an emotional sermon that called on mourners to worship in the face of evil."Rather than choose darkness as that young man did that day, we choose life," said Pomeroy, whose 14-year-old daughter was among those kille
  
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• AP Poll: Ohio State back in top 10 after win against Michigan State

  12-11-2017 20:06
  
  Ohio State moved up three spots and is back into the top 10. Miami is back at No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll, the Hurricanes' best ranking since 2003.The undefeated Hurricanes leaped five spots from No. 7 after routing Notre Dame on Saturday night. Alabama remained No. 1, where it has been since the preseason, getting 57 first-place votes. Miami received the other four first-place votes.Oklahoma moved up to two spots to No. 3, jumping Clemson, which remained No. 4. Unbeaten
  
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• Rescuers search debris after Iran-Iraq quake killing 430

  12-11-2017 19:59
  
  SARPOL-E-ZAHAB, Iran (AP) — Rescuers on Tuesday used backhoes and heavy equipment to dig through the debris of buildings toppled by a powerful earthquake on the border between Iran and Iraq, with weeping women crying out to God as aid workers found new bodies.The grim work began in earnest again at dawn in the Kurdish town of Sarpol-e-Zahab in the western Iranian province of Kermanshah, which appears to be the hardest hit in the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that struck Sunday night.Both rescue
  
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• Powerful earthquake on Iran-Iraq border kills over 400

  12-11-2017 19:59
  
  TEHRAN, Iran — A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake near the Iraq-Iran border killed over 400 people across both countries, sent residents fleeing their homes into the night and was felt as far away as the Mediterranean coast, authorities said Monday.Iran's western Kermanshah province bore the brunt of the temblor Sunday night, with authorities saying the quake killed 407 people in the country and injured 6,700. Kermanshah is a rural, mountainous region where residents rely mainly on farmin
  
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• Powerful earthquake on Iran-Iraq border kills over 350

  12-11-2017 19:59
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake near the Iraq-Iran border killed over 350 people across both countries, sent residents fleeing their homes into the night and was felt as far away as the Mediterranean coast, authorities said Monday.Iran's western Kermanshah province bore the brunt of the temblor Sunday night, with authorities saying the quake killed 348 people in the country and injured 6,603. Kermanshah is a rural, mountainous region where residents rely mainly on f
  
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• Powerful earthquake on Iran-Iraq border kills over 330

  12-11-2017 19:59
  
  TEHRAN, Iran — A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck the Iraq-Iran border region killed over 330 people in both countries, sent people fleeing their homes into the night and was felt as far west as the Mediterranean coast, authorities reported on Monday.Iran's western Kermanshah province bore the brunt of the temblor, with Iran's state-run news agency reporting the quake killed 328 people in the country. State television said some 3,950 were injured. The area is a rural, mountain
  
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• Iran's state TV: 7.4-magnitude earthquake has jolted northern Iraq

  12-11-2017 19:59
  
  TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's state TV is reporting a 7.4-magnitude earthquake has jolted northern Iraq.Stay with 10TV on this developing story.
  
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• Iranians report at least 61 dead, 300 injured from quake

  12-11-2017 19:59
  
  TEHRAN, Iran — A powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit the region along the border between Iran and Iraq on Sunday, killing at least 61 people and injuring 300 in Iran, an Iranian official said.Iranian state TV said Iraqi officials had reported six deaths and 200 injuries inside Iraq, though there was no official comment from Iraq's government.The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered 19 miles outside the eastern Iraqi city of Halabja.The Islamic Republic of Iran News Network
  
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• Iranian state TV reports 328 people killed in powerful earthquake

  12-11-2017 19:59
  
  TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's state-run news agency reports 328 people are dead and at least 1,686 people are hurt in a 7.2-magnitude earthquake along Iran-Iraq border.The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered 19 miles outside the eastern Iraqi city of Halabja.The Islamic Republic of Iran News Network quoted the head of the country's emergency medical services, Pirhossein Koulivand, as saying early Monday that at least 61 had been killed and 300 injured on Iran's side of the border.Ir
  
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• Iranian state TV reports 200 people killed, 1,686 hurt in earthquake

  12-11-2017 19:59
  
  TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's state-run news agency reports 200 people are dead and 1,686 people are hurt in a 7.2-magnitude earthquake along Iran-Iraq border.The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered 19 miles outside the eastern Iraqi city of Halabja.The Islamic Republic of Iran News Network quoted the head of the country's emergency medical services, Pirhossein Koulivand, as saying early Monday that at least 61 had been killed and 300 injured on Iran's side of the border.Iranian sta
  
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• 7.2 magnitude earthquake, kills at least 2 in Iran

  12-11-2017 19:59
  
  TEHRAN, Iran — A 7.2-magnitude earthquake jolted the region between Iran and Iraq on Sunday, killing at least two people and injuring 28 others.The U.S. Geological Survey confirmed the quake on its website, placing its epicenter around 19 miles outside the eastern Iraqi city of Halabja and issuing an "orange" alert for "shaking-related fatalities and economic losses."Faramarz Akbari, a local official in the Iranian border city of Ghasr-e Shirin, reported the death toll to Iran's state-run
  
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• Police: 7 shot in single incident in Indiana; 1 in custody

  12-11-2017 19:49
  
  GARY, Ind. — Authorities say seven people have been shot and one man is in custody in a single incident in Gary, Indiana.There was no immediate information about the victims' conditions or the circumstances surrounding the shooting.Police found four male and three female victims early Sunday morning at the same location in the northern Indiana city. An eighth person hurt his leg while trying to get to safety.Investigators say the shootings appear to be isolated and believe two men are resp
  
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• One injured after shooting in east Columbus

  12-11-2017 19:44
  
  COLUMBUS – One person is hospitalized after a shooting in east Columbus, according to police.It happened just before 1 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of Berkely Road and East Fulton Street.The victim was taken to Grant Medical Center where they are expected to recover their injuries. No other information was immediately available.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com on this developing story.
  
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• US carries out 3 drone strikes against extremists in Somalia

  12-11-2017 18:45
  
  MOGADISHU, Somalia — U.S. forces say they have carried out three drone strikes within 24 hours in Somalia, stepping up their campaign against the Islamic extremist rebels of al-Shabab and the Islamic State group.The strikes by unmanned drones killed several extremist fighters, a spokeswoman for the U.S. military command in Africa told The Associated Press Sunday. With these three attacks, the U.S. has now carried out 26 attacks in Somalia against extremist targets in 2017, she said.The lat
  
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• Sober housing provider lacks licenses, Columbus says

  12-11-2017 17:33
  The William Brady Charitable Organization has worked for years to grow its housing program, eventually operating 11 homes that have served more than 3,000 people whose addiction, mental illness or other chronic problems make it all but impossible for them to rent on their own. But the founders, in the housing business since 2009, never bothered to check state and city codes that set minimum requirements and safety standards.
  
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• Doppler 10: Rain moving in from the west

  12-11-2017 16:24
  Today: Mostly cloudy. spotty showers early, more scattered this evening. Not as chilly. High 47. Winds: SE 5-7 mph.
  Tonight: Few showers early. Cloudy & chilly. Low 35. Winds: NW 3-6 mph.
  Tomorrow: Lingering clouds, staying mostly cloudy. Chilly. High 45. Winds: N 4-8 mph.
  Tuesday: Clearing skies, becoming mostly sunny but still cool. High 50. Winds: Light & variable.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: A weak area of low pressure will
  
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• Frozen treats, other supplies rocketing toward space station

  12-11-2017 14:59
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A stash of frozen treats and other supplies rocketed toward the International Space Station on Sunday, this time from Virginia's cold eastern shore.NASA's commercial shipper, Orbital ATK, launched the cargo ship just after sunrise from Wallops Island, aboard an unmanned Antares rocket.The Cygnus capsule should reach the orbiting lab Tuesday. It's loaded with 7,400 pounds of cargo, including sweet treats for the six station astronauts.There are frozen fruit bars, ice
  
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• No word of sex scandal at first Oscar celebration of season

  12-11-2017 14:03
  
  LOS ANGELES - Filmmaker Agnes Varda danced with Angelina Jolie. Donald Sutherland wanted to thank the characters he's played. Writer-director Charles Burnett said getting an Oscar eases the sting of a teacher's heartless words decades ago. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu dedicated his award to immigrants worldwide. And cinematographer Owen Roizman was moved to tears at the film academy's ninth annual Governors Awards.Hollywood took a break Saturday from its growing sexual harassment crisis to presen
  
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• Oklahoma woman sentenced for incestuous marriage with birth mother

  12-11-2017 13:40
  
  Misty Velvet Dawn Spann was 25 years old when she married her mother Patricia Spann, 42, in Sept. 2016, according to Oklahoma District Court records. Misty now faces a 10-year deferred sentence after pleading guilty to that incestual marriage, according to CBS affiliate KOTV in Tulsa, Oklahoma.The marriage was annulled six weeks later in the city of Duncan. Misty is now 26 years old.Records show that the mother lost custody of her children -- who were adopted -- when they were little. KOTV write
  
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• Theodore Decker: To curb violence, city must be all in

  12-11-2017 12:56
  If Columbus leaders hope to stanch the blood spilling at near-record speed on city streets this year, they must be all in. The city's homicide count stood at 113 on Friday, the highest full-year total in 25 years and tied with 1992 as the second-highest on record.
  
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• Doppler 10: Cold start, wintry mix to rain this morning

  12-11-2017 11:07
  Today: Mostly cloudy. AM wintry mix. Rain, mainly pm. Not as chilly. High 47. Winds: SE 5-7 mph.
  Tonight: Few showers early. Cloudy & chilly. Low 35. Winds: NW 3-6 mph.
  Tomorrow: Lingering clouds, staying mostly cloudy. Chilly. High 45. Winds: N 4-8 mph.
  Tuesday: Clearing skies, becoming mostly sunny but still cool. High 50. Winds: Light & variable.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: A weak area of low pressure will move across the reg
  
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• Man in custody after SWAT situation ends in northwest Columbus

  12-11-2017 10:07
  
  COLUMBUS - Police have a man in custody after a SWAT situation ended in northwest Columbus.A SWAT team was dispatched to an apartment building around 2 a.m. Sunday in Michaelkenney Lane and Abbey Church Road., according to Columbus police.Authorities told 10TV, they ordered an evacuation of at least one apartment building. Police confirm the man was apprehended around 4:17 a.m. Sunday.Police did not have any other immediate information to release.
  
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• Lauren Durham, Justin Barasky

  12-11-2017 08:38
  Lauren Elizabeth Durham and Justin Matthew Barasky were married Nov. 10 at the Ivory Room, an event space in Columbus, Ohio. Guy Cecil, a Universal Life minister and a friend of the couple, officiated.
  
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• One person in life-threatening condition after being struck by vehicle

  12-11-2017 05:24
  
  COLUMBUS -- One person is in life-threatening condition after being struck by a vehicle in south Columbus, according to Police.The person was struck in the 1900 block of Lockbourne Road at about 11 p.m.The person was taken to Grant Medical Center in life-threatening condition.The driver of the vehicle remained on scene.Stay with 10TV as this story develops.
  
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• Man dies after being struck by vehicle in south Columbus

  12-11-2017 05:24
  
  COLUMBUS -- A man has died after being struck by a vehicle in south Columbus, according to police.It happened around 11 p.m. Saturday when a man driving a Nissan Sentra was headed southbound in the 1900 block of Lockbourne Road. Michael Wilson, 47, was walking backward away from the Sandpebble Bar when he was struck.The impact of the crash caused Wilson to roll on top of the Nissan and once the car came to a complete stop, he fell off of the car. Wilson was taken to Grant Medical Center where he
  
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• Local agency in need of more foster parents for kids in need

  12-11-2017 04:24
  COLUMBUS -- Hundreds of children in Franklin County are in need of a foster home.The National Youth Advocacy Program is now training and recruiting potential foster parents."Each child is a little different," said Anna Schofield, a foster parent of four. "Each comes with their own set of problems and issues. It’s basically a matter of getting them to trust you."Last year, 2,383 children were placed in foster care in Franklin County. This year, agencies like NYAP are seeing a trend of insuf
  
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• Trump taunts Kim: 'I would NEVER call him short and fat'

  12-11-2017 03:31
  
  HANOI, Vietnam — President Donald Trump is exchanging schoolyard taunts with North Korea's Kim Jong Un.In a response to North Korea calling Trump's speech in South Korea "reckless remarks by an old lunatic," Trump tweeted from Hanoi on Sunday morning: "Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me 'old,' when I would NEVER call him 'short and fat?'"Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me "old," when I would NEVER call him "short and fat?" Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend - and
  
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• Ohio AG's office awards nearly $1 Million to veterans groups

  12-11-2017 02:49
  
  COLUMBUS — The Ohio attorney general's office has awarded nearly $1 million to veterans groups from money seized during investigation of a multi-state Navy veterans charity fraud.Republican Mike DeWine says the grants are part of efforts to spend the funds as intended, to help veterans. John Paul Cody, long known as Bobby Thompson, was convicted in 2013 and sentenced to 28 years on charges he looted the United States Navy Veterans Association that he ran.The grants include $115,000 each fo
  
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• Texas church shooting victims honored, funeral held

  12-11-2017 02:05
  
  SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas — Two silver hearses carrying the bodies of a couple killed in last weekend's shooting at a Texas church were followed by a long procession of vehicles Saturday that avoided passing the small church where more than two dozen people died.Mourners instead drove around the tiny community of Sutherland Springs before reaching a small cemetery on the edge of town, where dozens more vehicles waited along a rural road for the private burial of Therese and Richard Rodrigu
  
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• 60,000 join far-right march on Poland's Independence Day

  12-11-2017 01:29
  
  WARSAW, Poland — Tens of thousands of nationalists marched in a demonstration organized by far-right groups in Warsaw Saturday, as Poles celebrated their country's Independence Day.The far-right march was one of many events marking Poland's rebirth as a nation in 1918 after being wiped off the map for 123 years. Earlier in the day, President Andrzej Duda presided over state ceremonies also attended by European Union president Donald Tusk, a former Polish prime minister.But the march has be
  
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• Roy Moore's former colleague says it was "common knowledge" he dated teens

  12-11-2017 00:20
  
  A former prosecutor who once worked alongside embattled Alabama GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore in the early 1980s told CNN it was "common knowledge" at the time that Moore dated high school girls."It was common knowledge that Roy dated high school girls, everyone we knew thought it was weird," former deputy district attorney Teresa Jones told CNN in comments aired Saturday. "We wondered why someone his age would hang out at high school football games and the mall ... but you really wouldn't say
  
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