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• Superintendent charged with child rape sues to get back job

  09-12-2017 23:52
  
  BELLEFONTAINE — An Ohio school superintendent charged with child rape has sued to get his job back.The Springfield News-Sun reports former Indian Lake Schools superintendent Patrick O'Donnell claims in a lawsuit filed in Logan County that he was unfairly fired and that a state referee said the district should wait to decide his job status until after the criminal case concluded.He was fired Nov. 20. The 52-year-old O'Donnell was indicted on rape and other charges in July after being accuse
  
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• Health officials say Ohio flu hospitalizations are up

  09-12-2017 23:19
  
  COLUMBUS — The state says Ohio flu hospitalizations are higher than usual and much worse than a year ago.The Ohio Department of Health says the state saw 92 flu-related hospitalizations during the week that ended Dec. 2 and has seen 257 hospitalizations overall since the flu season began.The agency says those numbers are above the five-year average for December and higher than last year, which saw 19 flu-related hospitalizations during the same week and 83 hospitalizations overall for the
  
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• Ohio couple told again to get rid of 'support' goats

  09-12-2017 23:08
  
  BOWLING GREEN — An Ohio couple who say their three goats have helped ease the husband's depression has been ordered once again to get rid of them.The Blade reports that Justin and Amanda Held were told during a court hearing Friday in Bowling Green they must remove the animals from their property for a misdemeanor zoning violation to be dismissed.It's not the first time the Helds and the village of Grand Rapids have butted heads over the goats. The couple removed the goats last year after
  
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• Trump hails civil rights heroes; protesters pan his record

  09-12-2017 21:46
  
  JACKSON, Miss. — President Donald Trump paid tribute Saturday to the leaders and foot soldiers of the civil rights movement whose sacrifices help make the United States a fairer and more just country, though protests surrounding his visit to Mississippi laid bare the stark divisions among Americans about his commitment to that legacy.As Trump gazed at an exhibit on Freedom Riders at the new Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, demonstrators near the site h
  
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• PM announces on state TV Iraq's war against IS has ended

  09-12-2017 20:18
  
  BAGHDAD — After more than three years of combat operations, Iraq announced Saturday that the fight against the Islamic State group is over after the country's security forces drove the extremists from all of the territories they once held. Iraqi and American officials warned, however, that key challenges remain despite the military victory.Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi formally announced the victory in an address to the nation aired on Iraqi state television Saturday evening."Honorable Ir
  
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• Man identified in fatal Delaware County crash; car submerged in Scioto River

  09-12-2017 16:46
  
  DELAWARE COUNTY – Ohio State Highway Patrol has identified the man killed in the single-vehicle crash on State Route 257 in Delaware County.Authorities told 10TV they received a call just before 8:15 a.m. Saturday that a vehicle was on its side at milepost 14 in Scioto Township.OSHP says Christopher Utrata, 47, of Powell, was driving northbound on SR-257 when he went off the road and struck a tree in a wooded area.Utrata was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the car.It is unknown
  
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• Man dead after crash in Delaware County: car submerged in Scioto River

  09-12-2017 16:46
  
  DELAWARE COUNTY – Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a single-vehicle crash that killed a man on State Route 257 in Delaware County.Authorities tell 10TV they found the car submerged in the Scioto River Saturday morning but are not sure the exact time of the crash happened.OSHP says the victim was driving northbound on SR-257 when he went off the road, struck a tree, and went into the river.The victim's name has not yet been released.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com on this developing s
  
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• Police: Missing New Jersey mom was likely abducted

  09-12-2017 14:30
  
  PATERSON, N.J. — Family and police are searching for a 24-year-old single mom who disappeared from a parking lot on Tuesday night, reports CBS New York. Paterson police told the station that it appears likely Shanaya Coley was abducted.The station reports that a neighbor called 911 to report witnessing a violent altercation.Shanaya Coley's vehicle, a 2013 Nissan Altima, apparently was used as a getaway car by whoever allegedly took the young momOfficers arrived to find blood and Coley's gl
  
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• Who bought the world's most expensive painting?

  09-12-2017 14:06
  
  The Saudi Arabian embassy in Washington, D.C., says that a painting by Leonardo da Vinci that sold for $450 million at an auction in New York was purchased by a member of the royal family on behalf of a museum in the United Arab Emirates.The embassy says Prince Bader bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Farhan al-Saud bought the painting, titled "Salvator Mundi," for the Department of Culture and Tourism in Abu Dhabi so it could be displayed there at the newly opened branch of the Louvre museum.The Wal
  
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• Millions of potentially explosive air bags still on the road

  09-12-2017 12:54
  
  Fewer than half of the 41 million potentially explosive air bag inflators made by Japanese company Takata have been replaced in the several years since the largest auto-safety recall in U.S. history.Some Honda employees are going door-to-door knocking, hunting for roughly 100,000 cars with the most dangerous defective Takata air bags that have up to a 50/50 chance of failing. Faulty Takata air bags have killed at least 13 people in the U.S.Millions of mailers, phone calls and even targeted Faceb
  
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• Doppler 10: Snow on the way

  09-12-2017 10:35
  Today: Mostly cloudy. Light snow showers, mainly pm. High 32. Winds: S-SW 5-13 mph.
  Tonight: Snow tapering off.Cloudy, cold & blustery.Low 22.Winds: W 9-16 mph.
  Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy, some sun.Breezy start, cold.High 32. Winds: SW 6-15 mph.
  Monday: Cloudy, not as cold.Chance light snow/wintry mix. High 38. Winds: S 4-10 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: An area of low pressure will cross over the Great Lakes today and will bring li
  
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• Chilly and blustery Sunday

  09-12-2017 10:35
  This Evening: Snow showers likely. Breezy with temperatures dropping into the 20s. SW wind around 10 mph.
  Tonight: Cloudy and cool; feeling like the teens with the wind chill. Low 24. W wind 10-15 mph.
  Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy and still breezy. High 33. SW wind 10-15 mph.
  Monday: Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of a snow shower.High 39. S wind 5-10 mph. Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: Areas of snow will continue throughout the evening. A
  
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• Wildlife officials seek deer with head stuck in candy bucket

  09-12-2017 04:39
  Ohio wildlife officials say a deer with its head trapped in a plastic Halloween candy bucket has been spotted by residents of a Columbus suburb. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources' Division of Wildlife has advised the public not try to trap the animal seen in Upper Arlington last weekend and again Thursday morning.
  
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• Postal workers putting in extra hours to deliver mail on time

  09-12-2017 03:21
  The Postal Service says you might be seeing delays in mail arrival because they are bombarded with packages.It's projecting a 10 percent increase in package volume this holiday season, compared to last year.That means mail carriers are working extra hours to deliver, and the mail might get there later than usual.Mail carrier Ed Ralston really loves his job.He says he doesn't mind working the long hours because it's his busiest time of the year."It's just been crazy. I mean 12 hour days. I usuall
  
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• Obama: Protect democracy or risk taking path of Nazi Germany

  09-12-2017 03:11
  
  Former President Barack Obama says Americans must be vigilant in their defense of democracy or risk following the path of Nazi Germany in the 1930s.At a speech this week, the former president told the Economic Club of Chicago that "things can fall apart fairly quickly" if Americans don't "tend to this garden of democracy."During the speech, Obama pointed to Hitler's rise to power in Germany as he implored the audience to "pay attention ... and vote."Obama also defended the media. He said the pre
  
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• Trump says US 'cannot afford' Roy Moore loss in Alabama

  09-12-2017 03:09
  
  President Donald Trump on Friday urged voters to elect a Republican Senate candidate in Alabama who has been dogged by allegations of sexual misconduct, warning that America "cannot afford" to have a Democrat win the hard-fought campaign instead.Trump gave a boost to the campaign of GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore during a raucous campaign rally in the Florida panhandle, near the state line with Alabama."We cannot afford, the future of this country cannot afford to lose the seat," Trump said, re
  
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• Ex-aide: Rep. Franks offered $5m to carry his child

  09-12-2017 02:22
  
  A former aide to Republican Rep. Trent Franks has told The Associated Press the congressman repeatedly pressed her to carry his child, at one point offering her $5 million to act as a surrogate mother.The eight-term lawmaker abruptly resigned Friday, bowing to an ultimatum from House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis. Ryan told Franks that he would refer the allegations to the Ethics Committee and urged him to step aside.The former staffer said the congressman at least four times asked if she'd be willin
  
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• Video shows man begging in fatal police shooting

  09-12-2017 01:55
  
  Authorities have released the unedited video of an Arizona police officer fatally shooting an unarmed man outside his hotel room as officers responded to a call that someone there was pointing a gun out a window.The 18-minute body-camera video was released shortly after former Officer Philip Mitchell Brailsford was acquitted Thursday on a murder charge in the January 2016 shooting death of Daniel Shaver of Granbury, Texas. The release of the full video marks the first time the face-to-face encou
  
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• Officer cleared in shooting of man with BB gun by hospital

  09-12-2017 00:12
  A grand jury has cleared a police officer who fatally shot a man authorities said pulled what turned out to be a BB gun from a bag as he stepped out of an ambulance. The April shooting in Columbus happened near the St. Ann's hospital emergency room on the north side of the city.
  
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• No charges for officer who killed BB-gun wielding patient in hospital shooting

  09-12-2017 00:12
  A Columbus police officer has been cleared by a grand jury after shooting and killing a man outside the entrance of Mount Carmel St. Ann's hospital in Westerville. Officers were called to the hospital in order to escort Westerville Fire Department medics who transported a patient.
  
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