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• Bus crash in rural Utah kills 13-year-old, injures 11 others

  01-01-2018 23:35
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — A Greyhound bus careened from a highway and plunged into a deep wash, killing a 13-year-old girl and injuring 11 other people on New Year's Eve in rural Utah, state troopers said Monday.Investigators were still trying to determine what caused the crash along Interstate 70 west of the city of Green River.However, a passenger reported a possible medical issue with the driver, the Utah Highway Patrol said in a news release.The bus was heading west across the desert from Green
  
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• New year sparks "green rush" of pot legalization in California

  01-01-2018 22:48
  It wasn't exactly reefer madness Monday as California launched the first legal retail sales of marijuana, but those who could find the drug celebrated the historic day, lining up early for ribbon cuttings, freebies and offerings ranging from joints to gummy bears to weed with names like Red Dragon.Jeff Deakin, 66, his wife Mary and their dog waited in the cold all night to be first in a line of 100 people when Harborside dispensary, a longtime medical pot shop in Oakland, opened at 6 a.m. and of
  
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• New COTA bus line promises faster service across town

  01-01-2018 22:04
  The City of Columbus is more connected today with the addition of a new bus line, called CMAX.CMAX is the first of its kind. The rapid transit line connects riders from the downtown area, all the way up to Westerville at Polaris Parkway and Africa Road, along Cleveland Avenue.The route is intended to bring communities together and give various neighborhoods better access to the rest of Columbus.In fact, it links 211,000 residents and 170,000 employees to jobs, healthcare and education.For the fi
  
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• Mount Carmel West welcomes Columbus' first baby of 2018

  01-01-2018 21:55
  "As we're walking in, there's fireworks going off and I'm like this is the grand entrance for the baby," Robbie Phipps said.Phipps says the fireworks were going off in celebration of the New Year. It was 12:05 a.m. He had just arrived at Mount Carmel West with his wife, Janna, who was having contractions.The baby wasn't due until January 9.But then, 21 minutes later, at 12:26 a.m. Janna had her own fireworks."A little boy," she said.He was seven pounds, 12 ounces and 21 inches long. He didn't ha
  
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• 2018 starts with big chill

  01-01-2018 21:52
  The temperature in Columbus dipped to 1 degree above zero Monday morning, and was expected to be just a bit warmer in Cleveland. Cincinnati temperatures could drop below zero.
  
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• Browns coach Jackson apologizes after dismal 0-16 season

  01-01-2018 20:49
  
  Hue Jackson apologized. There was nothing else to do after making unwelcome history.One day after an inconceivable season ended without a win, Cleveland's coach was grateful to still have his job and Jackson took steps to soothe an angry fan base and players who may have doubts about him.Jackson somehow survived the Browns' 0-16 season, but it will leave scars."This is going to be next to my name for the rest of my life," he said Monday. "This is part of my legacy now, some of the players that a
  
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• Bengals' coach Marvin Lewis still unsure of future with team

  01-01-2018 20:29
  
  Coach Marvin Lewis talked to owner Mike Brown about his future with the Bengals on Monday, but they reached no conclusions and planned more discussions.The Bengals failed to make the playoffs for the second straight season, and Lewis' contract is ending after his 15th year in Cincinnati. He said Monday that he's not sure he'll be back. He and Brown had a general discussion about the team's future.Lewis said the organization has to do a better job of building a team that can win the AFC North. Th
  
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• 4 shot at Alabama New Year’s Eve party

  01-01-2018 18:48
  
  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Four people are being treated at a Huntsville, Alabama hospital after being wounded in a shooting at a New Year's Eve party, CBS affiliate WHNT reports.Emergency crews arrived to find three people shot, an 18-year-old and two who police say are in their 20s. All three suffered life-threatening injuries. Another person with less serious injuries was also brought to a hospital in a private vehicle.Huntsville police say the incident, which occurred outside a business called
  
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• Chicago sees drop in homicides, shootings in 2017

  01-01-2018 18:34
  
  CHICAGO — Chicago ended 2017 with fewer homicides than the year before, but gang violence in the city's most dangerous neighborhoods kept the total number of killings above the 600 mark for only the second time in more than a decade.The Chicago Police Department released statistics Monday that show the number of homicides fell from 771 in 2016 to 650 last year. The number of shootings dropped from 3,550 to 2,785 during the same period.Although the drops were significant, the homicide total
  
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• Forecast: Coldest New Year Since 1968

  01-01-2018 17:32
  This Afternoon: Extremely cold, brisk.Partly sunny.High 11. Winds W 6-13 mph.
  Tonight: Partly cloudy, dangerously cold.Wind chills -10 to -20 below.Low-3.Winds: W 5-9 mph.
  Tuesday: Mostly sunny, still very cold out.High 13. Winds: SW 5-11 mph.
  Wednesday: Partly sunny. Not as frigid, but still well below average.High 19.Winds: SW 6-13 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: Dangerously cold with wind chills anywhere from -10 to -20 below today!
  
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• Pres. Trump welcomes new year with party, tweets

  01-01-2018 17:14
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump bid farewell to 2017 with a lavish party at his private club, before kicking off 2018 with angry tweets about Iran and Pakistan.On Twitter Monday, Trump attacked Pakistan, saying: "The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools. They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little h
  
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• 911 texting capability coming to central Ohio in new year

  01-01-2018 16:36
  
  COLUMBUS — Central Ohio residents with emergencies will soon have the option to text 911 in addition to placing a call.Local governments in Delaware and Franklin counties plan to test technology in the first three months of 2018 allowing the emergency texts, the Columbus Dispatch reports.The Columbus area joins a few other municipalities in Ohio with the technology, including Cuyahoga and Hamilton counties.Officials say a call is still preferable but texting is an important option if someo
  
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• 2018 starts with record cold in parts of the Midwest

  01-01-2018 15:45
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa— Bone-chilling cold gripped the middle of the U.S. as 2018 began Monday, breaking a low-temperature record, icing some New Year's celebrations and leading to at least two deaths attributed to exposure to the elements.The National Weather Service issued wind chill advisories covering a vast area from South Texas all the way to Canada and from Montana and Wyoming in the west through New England to the northern tip of Maine.Dangerously low temperatures enveloped eight Midwest
  
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• Warm hearts, subzero temps: Couple gets engaged on mountain

  01-01-2018 15:18
  
  SARGENT'S PURCHASE, N.H. — Extreme cold didn't get in the way of a heartwarming proposal on an icy mountainside.Josh Darnell, 31, of Londonderry, New Hampshire, dropped to his knee and popped the question after climbing to a scenic spot Thursday on Tuckerman's Ravine, on the southeastern side of Mount Washington. That same day it hit minus 34 (-37 Celsius) on the mountain's summit, which is more than 6,200 feet (1889.76 meters) high.There's a happy ending: Rachel Raske, 27, of Lowell, Mass
  
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• Pope on 2018: forget life's useless baggage, work for peace

  01-01-2018 14:31
  
  VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Monday recommended jettisoning life's "useless baggage" in 2018, including what he called "empty chatter" and banal consumerism, and focusing instead on building a peaceful and welcoming world, particularly for refugees and migrants.Francis offered his reflections on paring down non-essentials as he celebrated New Year's Day Mass Monday in St. Peter's Basilica and later greeted some 40,000 people in St. Peter's Square.His advice included setting aside a momen
  
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• Setting Realistic Resolutions for 2018

  01-01-2018 14:30
  We have all heard it before, “New Year, new you!”… While this can be very enticing, the problem with this way of thinking is that it implies we need to reinvent ourselves every January 1st. That somehow we begin each year flawed, in one-way or another. Consider the shift when you hear, “New Year, true […]
  
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• Teen allegedly killed parents, sister, friend minutes before new year

  01-01-2018 14:20
  
  LONG BRANCH, N.J. -- A 16-year-old New Jersey boy armed with a semi-automatic rifle shot and killed his parents, sister and a family friend inside the home where they lived, authorities said Monday. Monmouth County Prosecutor Chris Gramiccioni said Monday that the teen will be charged with four counts of murder and a weapons offense stemming from the shooting that occurred late Sunday night, less than 20 minutes before midnight on New Year's Eve in the shore town of Long Branch.A possible motive
  
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• Six Steps to Eating Healthier in 2018

  01-01-2018 14:20
  For many, the new year is a time to clean up your diet. If your resolution is the “eat better” you may feel a little lost as to how or where to begin in this process. I’ve broken it down into very simple steps that are going to set you up for success in the […]
  
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• Police: 4 dead in New Jersey domestic incident

  01-01-2018 14:20
  
  LONG BRANCH, N.J. — Authorities are investigating the deaths of four people in the New Jersey shore town of Long Branch.The Long Branch Police Department and Monmouth County prosecutor posted on their Twitter accounts early Monday that a homicide investigation is underway. The post said there is no immediate threat to the public in what was believed to be an isolated domestic incident.No additional details have been released. Police and the prosecutor's office said more details would be re
  
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• 3 Ways to Become a Cardio Junkie in 2018

  01-01-2018 14:10
  If you’re like me, the idea of lacing up your shoes, hitting the streets, jumping on a bike, climbing steps, or anything that leaves me with a dry throat gasping for air, sounds absolutely dreadful. Though being athletic has more or less become my identity, the popular cardio trend has never been my scene. However, […]
  
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• Colorado shooting: Details emerge about suspect Matthew Riehl

  01-01-2018 13:57
  
  DENVER -- Authorities in suburban Denver were investigating what led a 37-year-old man to fire more than 100 rounds in his apartment on sheriff's deputies, killing one and injuring four others. Two civilians were also injured.The Douglas County coroner identified the suspect as Matthew Riehl.A YouTube user named Matthew Riehl posted a YouTube video Dec. 13, saying he wanted to replace Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock and railing against the sheriff and other officers in profane, highly perso
  
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• 4 Reasons Your Fitness Resolutions Will Failing (Plus, How to Fix That)

  01-01-2018 13:45
  If you’re wondering where all your friends are these days, they’re at the gym. January at a gym is a very different scene than a gym in July. That’s because losing weight, exercising more and eating healthy are among the top ten most popular New Year’s Resolutions. Why aren’t all these gym-goers still around come […]
  
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• 4 Reasons Your Fitness Resolutions Will Fail (Plus, How to Fix That)

  01-01-2018 13:45
  If you’re wondering where all your friends are these days, they’re at the gym. January at a gym is a very different scene than a gym in July. That’s because losing weight, exercising more and eating healthy are among the top ten most popular New Year’s Resolutions. Why aren’t all these gym-goers still around come […]
  
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• Iran state TV: 12 killed in protests, attacks on security

  01-01-2018 13:22
  
  At least 12 people have been killed in the ongoing protests in Iran, and armed protesters have tried to take over police stations and military bases, state TV reported Monday.The protests began Thursday in Mashhad over economic issues and have since expanded to several cities, with some protesters chanting against the government and the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Hundreds of people have been arrested.The state TV report said 10 were killed during clashes Sunday night, without elabor
  
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• 15 Places to Find Hot Yoga in Columbus

  01-01-2018 13:00
  Columbus is a great place for hot yoga! Last year, national brands Yoga Six and CorePower came to town and really raised the bar for yoga studio amenities like showers. Blue Spot Yoga opened in Bexley delivering high heat and vigorous yoga. Modo Yoga (based in Canada) opened it’s lovely studio just a mile from […]
  
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• Table Talk: Iguanas climbs into market with fish tacos, fresh fare Posted at

  01-01-2018 12:55
  The independent restaurant, which emphasizes quick, made-to-order meals, has taken over the former Kohinoor Indian Cuisine storefront at 76 W. Powell Road, just east of U.S. Route 23 in Delaware County. Owned by Omar Garcia, his wife, Abigail Ramirez, and Joel Aguirre, Iguanas is festive but low-key, seating 92 in a commercial area dominated by chain restaurants.
  
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• Five Ways to Change Your Fitness Routine in 2018

  01-01-2018 12:50
  We all have routines or daily recurrences that we absentmindedly go through. Routines can makes things easier or instill a sense of comfort to us physically and mentally. The problem with routines is eventually we become robots to our habits which results in a lack of inspiration and ultimately results. This is definitely true when […]
  
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• Tips on Creating Financial Wellness in the New Year

  01-01-2018 12:45
  The start of a new year brings out traditional goals and new hopes. If we were cartoon strip characters, speech bubbles would hang above us with thoughts like “quit smoking,” “lose weight” or “exercise.” For others, it could be that once or twice in a lifetime event: “buy a home.” Making a commitment to be […]
  
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• Tip on Creating Financial Wellness in the New Year

  01-01-2018 12:45
  The start of a new year brings out traditional goals and new hopes. If we were cartoon strip characters, speech bubbles would hang above us with thoughts like “quit smoking,” “lose weight” or “exercise.” For others, it could be that once or twice in a lifetime event: “buy a home.” Making a commitment to be […]
  
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• N.Y. family among the dead in Costa Rica plane crash

  01-01-2018 12:17
  
  SAN JOSE, Costa Rica —Five of the 10 Americans killed in a plane crash in Costa Rica on Sunday were members of a suburban New York family, the sister of one of the victims confirmed to CBS News. Tamara Steinberg Jacobson confirmed her brother, Bruce, his wife Irene and their three sons, Matthew, William and Zachary, were aboard the plane."We are in utter shock and disbelief right now," Bruce Steinberg's sister, Tamara Steinberg Jacobson, wrote on Facebook.Rabbi Jonathan Blake of the Westch
  
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• People line the streets hours ahead of the Rose Parade

  01-01-2018 11:48
  PASADENA, California - The roses are ready, and the skies will be blue in Southern California on New Year's Day.Only a few clouds are expected in Pasadena as the city celebrates the 129th Rose Parade, and temperatures are expected to reach a high of the mid-70s.Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to line a street to watch floats decked out with hundreds of thousands of flowers.It has rained on the Rose Parade only once in the past 67 years - that was in 2006 - and it has never been canc
  
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• Forecast: Coldest New Year's Day in Over 40 Years

  01-01-2018 09:54
  Today: Extremely cold, brisk.Partly sunny.High 11. Winds W 6-13 mph.
  Tonight: Partly cloudy, dangerously cold.Wind chills -10 to -20 below.Low-3.Winds: W 5-9 mph.
  Tuesday: Mostly sunny, still very cold out.High 13. Winds: SW 5-11 mph.
  Wednesday: Partly sunny. Not as frigid, but still well below average.High 19.Winds: SW 6-13 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: Dangerously cold this morning, with wind chills anywhere from -10 to -20 below!T
  
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• Crime Stoppers: Police seek tips in 2016 slaying

  01-01-2018 08:27
  When 43-year-old Shawn Chambliss was killed outside his Far East Side apartment, Columbus police investigators were confident they would make an arrest in his death. However, more than a year later, police have not caught his killer.
  
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• Woman killed in the first homicide of 2018, less than 15 minutes into New Year

  01-01-2018 05:53
  COLUMBUS -- Following a record number of homicides in 2017, police say a woman is dead after a shooting in southeast Columbus less than 15 minutes into the New Year.Ashley Marie Newman, 30,was shot in the 4000 block of Yukon Avenue at about 11:20 p.m. Sunday.She was taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition where she later died from her injuries.Newman's husband, Sean Newman fled the scene. Police said he told a third person about the shooting and that person contacted police.Newman wa
  
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• Woman killed in the first homicide of 2018

  01-01-2018 05:53
  COLUMBUS -- Columbus Police say a woman is dead after a shooting in southeast Columbus.According to police, the shooting happened in the 4000 block of Yukon Avenue at about 11:20 p.m. Sunday.The victim was taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition where she later died from her injuries.Dispatchers say the suspect was the husband of the victim.This is the first homicide of 2018.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com as this story develops.
  
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• One person in critical condition after shooting in southeast Columbus

  01-01-2018 05:53
  
  COLUMBUS -- Columbus Police say one person is in critical condition after a shooting in southeast Columbus Sunday night.According to police, the shooting happened in the 4000 block of Yukon Avenue at about 11:20 p.m.The victim was taken to Grant Medical Center in critical conditionDispatchers say the suspect was the husband of the victim.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com as this story develops.
  
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• Families ring in the New Year at COSI

  01-01-2018 05:10
  
  A new year is usually celebrated with a champagne toast and a major countdown, but many families brought in the new year with science at COSI."I'm a math teacher," said Leslie Lyles, who took her two daughters to COSI to bring in the New Year. "I thought it was a great place for my kids to hangout and to learn."COSI started First Night Columbus 22 years ago."When you see all of the activities that are going on in the community and they are all focused around a few different things, we really saw
  
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• Fatal shooting at liquor store is Columbus' 143rd homicide of 2017

  01-01-2018 03:59
  The city's 143rd homicide in a record-breaking year happened after an argument outside of a South Linden liquor store Saturday night. The fatally wounded Richard P. Hodge Jr., 27, collapsed inside the entry door of the Beverage Warehouse in the 800 block of East 11th Avenue.
  
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• Columbus man scratches one off bucket list with Times Square visit on New Year's Eve

  01-01-2018 03:57
  
  NEW YORK -- Ohio resident Michael Waller says he made a snap decision Saturday evening and drove overnight from Columbus to New York City so he could ring in the New Year in Times Square.Waller says he arrived at about 8 a.m. Sunday and has been standing in frigid temperatures in a metal pen with a front-row view of the glittering Waterford Crystal ball. It's one of the coldest Times Square New Year's Eve celebrations on record.Waller says he didn't want to stay home. It was on his bucket list s
  
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• Penn State running back Saquon Barkley entering NFL draft

  01-01-2018 03:41
  
  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State running back Saquon Barkley is entering the NFL draft.Barkley announced his decision to skip his senior year Sunday, a day after helping Penn State beat Washington in the Fiesta Bowl.In a letter posted to his Instagram account, Barkley thanked Penn State fans, teammates and coaches and said he promised his parents and coach James Franklin that he would return to complete his journalism degree."I hope I have left a lasting impression on this University, footb
  
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• Kim says US should know North Korean nuclear force a reality

  01-01-2018 03:07
  
  TOKYO — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Monday the United States should be aware that his country's nuclear forces are now a reality, not a threat. But he also struck a conciliatory tone in his New Year's address, wishing success for the Winter Olympics set to begin in the South in February and suggesting the North may send a delegation to participate.Kim, wearing a Western-style gray suit and tie, said in his customary annual address his country had achieved the historic feat of "com
  
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• Bengals oust Ravens from playoff hunt with 31-27 victory

  01-01-2018 02:37
  
  BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Ravens were ousted from the playoff hunt in stunning fashion Sunday when Andy Dalton threw a 49-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Boyd with 44 seconds, giving the Cincinnati Bengals a 31-27 victory.Needing a win to advance to the postseason, Baltimore (9-7) rallied from a 14-point deficit to take its first lead with 8:48 left. But Dalton put together a magnificent 90-yard drive in the closing minutes before hitting Boyd over the middle on a fourth-and-12 play.Boyd avoi
  
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• Saying goodbye to those we lost in 2017

  01-01-2018 02:23
  
  They made us laugh. Or think. Or wonder. Most made our world a better place; a few did just the opposite. Still, for better or for worse they touched our lives, and so we say ... HAIL AND FAREWELL, presented by Jane Pauley: We begin with Mary Tyler Moore -- she first turned the world on with her smile, and her style (how 'bout those capri pants!) on "The Dick Van Dyke Show."But we really came to love her as career woman Mary Richards -- smart, funny, and vulnerable, too:"You have no idea how exp
  
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• Ohio firefighters rescue man who fell through Lake Erie ice

  01-01-2018 01:04
  
  EUCLID — Several firefighters have rescued a man who fell through ice along the shore of Lake Erie.The News-Herald of Willoughby reports rescuers arrived about 3 p.m. Saturday to find the man trapped up to his waist. It took about ten minutes to pull the man free.Euclid Fire Capt. Dave Rowell says the man was walking along the shore and fell. The man was taken to Euclid Hospital where Rowell called his condition stable.Rowell says people should avoid Lake Erie whenever there are strong win
  
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• 9 apply for medical marijuana lab testing licenses in Ohio

  01-01-2018 00:53
  
  COLUMBUS — Nine public and private entities in Ohio have applied for licenses to test the quality and potency of medical marijuana, with three of the applicants focusing on locations in central Ohio.The nine total applicants filed to create medical marijuana testing labs, according records released Friday by the Ohio Department of Commerce.Central State University in Wilberforce and Hocking Technical College in Nelsonville were the only two public colleges to apply. The remaining applicant
  
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• Thousands gather in cold ahead of Times Square's 2018 party

  01-01-2018 00:23
  
  NEW YORK — New Yorkers, celebrity entertainers and tourists from around the world are packing into a frigid Times Square Sunday to mark the start of 2018 with a glittering crystal ball drop, a burst of more than a ton of confetti and midnight fireworks.It was only 14 degrees Fahrenheit (-10 Celsius) in the city by late afternoon — already making it one of the coldest celebrations on record. Security was at an all-time high after a year that saw several fatal attacks on large crowds,
  
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• Crowds pack into a frigid Times Square for 2018 celebration

  01-01-2018 00:23
  
  NEW YORK — New Yorkers, celebrity entertainers and tourists from around the world packed into a frigid Times Square Sunday to mark the start of 2018 with a glittering crystal ball drop, a burst of more than a ton of confetti and midnight fireworks.It was only 14 degrees Fahrenheit (-10 Celsius) in the city by late afternoon — already making it one of the coldest celebrations on record. Security was at an all-time high after a year that saw several fatal attacks on large crowds, inclu
  
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• Fireworks, prayers as revelers around the world welcome 2018

  01-01-2018 00:11
  
  From spectacular fireworks in Hong Kong and Australia to a huge LED lightshow at the world's tallest building in Dubai, a look at how revelers around the world are ringing in 2018:WATCH: London rings in the New Year:___GERMANYGermans rang in 2018 under tight security from police mindful of widespread sexual abuse of women in Cologne two years ago and of a terrorist attack on a Christmas market about a year ago.Police in Berlin added 1,600 officers on duty and said that large bags and knapsacks w
  
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• Fireworks, prayers as revelers around the world ring in 2018

  01-01-2018 00:11
  
  From spectacular fireworks in Hong Kong and Australia to a huge LED lightshow at the world's tallest building in Dubai, a look at how revelers around the world are ringing in 2018:WATCH: London rings in the New Year:___CALIFORNIAThe Golden State will go green when the calendar turns to 2018.Starting at midnight, California joins the growing list of states to legalize recreational marijuana.The moment is a significant, but small step that will not be met with a non-stop pot party.California has a
  
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