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• Dom & Dave: When should players retire, NFL playoff preview and more

  11-01-2018 23:42
  
  You've seen them yell at each other in a poorly lit room on a shaky cell phone feed, but now, it's time to step it up.Dom Tiberi and Dave Holmes are teaming up to discuss the top sports stories of the day among other topics.Watch Dom & Dave every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday at 6:45 p.m. on 10TV.com or the 10TV Facebook page.Thursday, January 11 Topics:When should players hang it up: LeBron says he doesn't know when he will and Tom Brady says he's going until he's 45. Do you want to see your
  
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• Dom & Dave: When should players retire, NFL playoff preview and best sports memories in the snow

  11-01-2018 23:42
  
  You've seen them yell at each other in a poorly lit room on a shaky cell phone feed, but now, it's time to step it up.Dom Tiberi and Dave Holmes are teaming up to discuss the top sports stories of the day among other topics.Watch Dom & Dave every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday at 6:45 p.m. on 10TV.com or the 10TV Facebook page.Thursday, January 11 Topics:When should players hang it up: LeBron says he doesn't know when he will and Tom Brady says he's going until he's 45. Do you want to see your
  
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• Overdose deaths push Ohio to record number of organ donations

  11-01-2018 23:29
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio --Ohio's deadly opiate crisis has dominated headlines for years. But from those grim numbers comes a surprising new story: a record number of life-saving organ donations.Tony Shires' can't-miss red beard was his signature. But when he was younger, he was known for something else."His friends called him the golden-heart boy," said his mother Beth Vermillion. "Because he had a heart of gold. Truly he loved everybody. He saw the good in everybody."He and his wife Amanda fell in love
  
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• Mom who lost son to overdose buys billboard to raise awareness for Good Samaritan Law

  11-01-2018 23:10
  
  MARIETTA, Ohio -- Lenora Lada's son Trey Moats was struggling with addiction. She knew it, and she felt helpless. "At 26 years old there's not a lot of options for a parent. Unless they want that help, there's nothing you can do," she said.Her son was in a car with friends when his lips turned blue. They drove him to a friend's home where they say a mother knew CPR. But rather than call 911, they called Trey's mom to come and get him. "When I got to the house he was laying on the ground. He was
  
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• Volunteers needed to help run the NCAA Women's Final Four

  11-01-2018 23:03
  Soon Nationwide arena will be transformed into a basketball court for the Women's NCAA Final Four.Columbus will host the event March 30- April 1."We pride ourselves on being a sports city and a sports destination," said Ariana Tyler, event coordinator for the Greater Columbus Sports Commission. "I think the country is finally starting to see that."Tyler says the Commission can't pull off the event without help from the community."We're looking for about 900 volunteers," Tyler said. "We have 2500
  
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• Forecast: Winter weather returns Friday

  11-01-2018 21:12
  This Evening: Showers and mild. S wind around 10 mph.
  Tonight: Rain likely and staying above average. Low 43. S wind around 10 mph.
  Friday: Rain for the first half of the day, but temperatures will continue to drop throughout the day. Freezing rain and sleet possible in the late afternoon, changing to snow tomorrow night. We could get below freezing by the evening commute. High 43 in the morning with temps in the upper 20s by the evening. W wind 5-15 mph.
  Saturday: Snow tapers off early then mos
  
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• WR Parris Campbell announces return to Ohio State for senior year

  11-01-2018 21:09
  
  Ohio State wide receiver Parris Campbell announced on social media that he would be returning to the Buckeyes for his senior year.Campbell posted a tweet with a short video of him celebrating with his teammates which ends with "1 more" on the screen.After a lot of thinking and praying... Buckeye Nation... pic.twitter.com/fKqik8MPOH— Parris Campbell (@PCampbell21) January 11, 2018
  Campbell caught 40 passes for 584 yards and three touchdowns in 2017. He also rushed for 132 yards and one scor
  
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• Restaurant Roundup: News From Darista Dips, Ray Ray’s, Los Potosinos & more

  11-01-2018 21:09
  Columbus always has many new restaurants, expansions, menu updates and other changes, it’s sometimes hard to keep up with everything. That’s why our Restaurant Roundup series was designed to keep you informed with the latest and greatest updates. Here’s what’s new in the local dining scene: Darista Dips In February, Darista Dips will celebrate women […]
  
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• Opera, orchestra team up to tell story of 1913 Ohio flood

  11-01-2018 20:40
  The production to premiere in just over a year focuses on the 1913 flood and its lasting effects in the state capital. The Columbus Foundation on Wednesday announced a $150,000 arts innovation grant to help fund the production titled "The Flood."
  
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• Walmart abruptly closes multiple Sam's Club stores nationwide

  11-01-2018 20:25
  
  Walmart is closing hundreds of Sam's Club stores nationwide, according to numerous media reports.Jessica Buckner, an audit team lead at a Sam's Club location in Anchorage, told local TV station KTVA that all Alaska stores are closing as part of a larger downsizing across the U.S. "From what I heard, there's over 260 stores that have been closed down," she said.The wholesale clubs' official closure date is Jan. 26, Buckner said.The closures also affect stores in New Jersey, upstate New York, Geor
  
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• Mega Weekend — Art Exhibits, The Science of Star Wars, and More!

  11-01-2018 20:00
  There’s plenty to do to keep warm in Columbus this weekend! Enter to win tickets to: Umphrey’s Mcgee, Rebelution, and McGuffey Lane & Friends, plus enter to win a whitewater rafting trip for four! Sweet Treats tickets are available, and join us for the Big Bacon Bash at Hills Market Downtown on Jan 13.   Thursday: Grab your wand and sorting hat for COSI After Dark: […]
  
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• Winter system with sleet, heavy snow on track to hit Central Ohio this weekend

  11-01-2018 19:54
  Radar | Forecast | Traffic & Road Conditions | School Closings & DelaysAs of 4:03 a.m., the National Weather Service issued Winter Storm Warnings for several counties in the viewing area, including Athens, Fairfield, Fayette, Jackson, Morgan,Perry, Pickaway, Washington and Vinton.The warning begins at 2 p.m. Friday and ends at 10 a.m. Saturday.After a brief warm-up, some big changes are headed our way starting Friday. Another weather system is expected to move through the heart of the ar
  
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• Flu season warning: Babies and children hit particularly hard this year

  11-01-2018 19:40
  CBS- The U.S. is being hit with one of the worst flu seasons in years, with 45 states reporting widespread illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — four times as many as this time last year. Experts warn that young children are particularly vulnerable.Shareeka Smith's 8-month-old son, Kingston, is a patient at Texans Children's Hospital, fighting the flu."About four days ago he started breathing hard, vomiting, having fever," she told CBS affiliate KHOU."The f
  
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• Study Asks: How Will Driverless Cars Change Downtown Columbus?

  11-01-2018 18:48
  The 2016 Smart City Challenge win put Columbus at the forefront of a national conversation about autonomous vehicles, and plenty of people have since weighed in with opinions about what the technology will mean for the future of cities. A group of City and Regional Planning students at OSU recently studied the issue for a studio […]
  
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• Forecast: Warm & wet today, a winter system this weekend

  11-01-2018 17:54
  This Afternoon: Scattered showers, breezy & mild.High 59.Winds: S 5-15 mph.
  Tonight: Showers at times, mild.Low 45. Winds: S 5-10 mph.
  Tomorrow: Rain to a mix to sleet and ice in the mid-afternoon.Snow in the evening.High 45 (early).Winds: N 10-20 mph.
  Saturday: Accumulating snow early, moving out in the late morning/early afternoon.High 20.Winds: N 10-20 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar | School closings, delaysSpecial Information:We’ll see some
  
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• Search goes on for Calif. mudslide victims; death toll at 17

  11-01-2018 17:38
  
  Anxious family members awaited word on loved ones Wednesday as rescue crews searched for more than a dozen people missing after mudslides in Southern California destroyed an estimated 100 houses, swept away cars and left at least 17 victims dead."It's just waiting and not knowing, and the more I haven't heard from them — we have to find them," said Kelly Weimer, whose elderly parents' home was wrecked by the torrent of mud, trees and boulders that flowed down a fire-scarred mountain and sl
  
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• Ohio among states whose Amazon pitches aren't public

  11-01-2018 17:29
  
  Republican Gov. John Kasich has made no apologies for championing the confidentiality of Ohio's job-creation office, a structure currently shielding records that could show what incentives the state has offered to attract Amazon's second headquarters.Ohio is among more than 15 states and cities, including Chicago, Cleveland and Las Vegas, that declined requests from The Associated Press to release documents on the promises they've made to try to lure the company. Columbus released responsive rec
  
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• Cindy Crawford recreates iconic Super Bowl ad 26 years later

  11-01-2018 17:29
  
  NEW YORK — Cindy Crawford is heading back to the Super Bowl: The model has recreated her iconic 1992 Super Bowl ad for Pepsi, now featuring her 18-year-old son.Crawford recently filmed the commercial, which will debut at Super Bowl 52 on Feb. 4. It includes her son, Presley Walker Gerber, as well as footage from Michael Jackson's memorable Pepsi commercial.The 51-year-old said she didn't hesitate to recreate the ad 26 years later, especially since she was able to work with her son.Cindy Cr
  
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• Ohio GOP Rep. Renacci joins Senate race against Dems' Brown

  11-01-2018 17:14
  
  CINCINNATI — Citing White House encouragement, U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci on Thursday jumped out of the Republican governor's race and into Ohio's U.S. Senate primary in an effort to unseat two-term Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown.The fourth-term congressman announced his plans in a letter to supporters. The businessman and former Wadsworth mayor earlier said he'd make that move if encouraged to by President Donald Trump, who carried the swing state in 2016.Renacci told supporters he was ask
  
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• Loss of sponsor could close Ohio e-school of 12K students

  11-01-2018 17:06
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The sponsor of one of the nation's largest online charter schools says it's cutting that tie, which could halt the Ohio e-school's operations for its roughly 12,000 students within days.The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow's staff and students already knew it might close mid-school-year, but for a different reason. ECOT had warned it could run out of money because of state efforts to recoup $60 million in disputed funding amid a legal fight to be heard next month by the Ohio Su
  
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• Walmart raises starting wages, handing out bonuses

  11-01-2018 16:36
  
  BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart, the world's largest private employer, is boosting its starting salary for U.S. workers to $11 an hour, giving a one-time cash bonus of up to $1,000 to eligible employees and expanding its maternity and parental leave benefits.The retailer said Thursday that changes to its compensation and benefits policy will impact more than a million hourly workers in the U.S. The company employs 1.5 million people in the U.S.The wage increase, up from $9 per hour for new wor
  
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• Ohio’s Own: Buckeye Milk

  11-01-2018 16:00
  Just sitting there in the dairy cooler, the plastic jug might look like it’s full of your regular, run-of-the-mill chocolate milk. But it’s not. Buckeye Country Creamery has one-upped everyone in the chocolate milk game: it makes Buckeye Milk. As someone from the Buckeye State, you already know what this means: peanut butter chocolate milk. […]
  
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• Kirwan Institute renews pledge to help vulnerable Columbus youth

  11-01-2018 15:49
  The University District houses Ohio State and its students, but it also houses children who might never set foot on campus. Unbeknownst to some, the kids so close to the university live in a high-risk neighborhood that brings with it challenges so overwhelming that a college education is nearly unattainable, and making it to the age of 18 is where some of the resident's dreams stop, said Kyle Strickland, a senior legal analyst at Ohio State's Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity.
  
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• More New Condos Coming to Olde Towne East

  11-01-2018 15:43
  More new condos are on the way in Olde Towne East. Nineteen units are scheduled to be completed by July of this year at the corner of Oak Street and South Ohio Avenue. The units are being developed by Gallas Zadeh Development and Mulberry, the same team behind a 15-unit project just down the street […]
  
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• The BBB spotlights scams hitting central Ohioans

  11-01-2018 14:34
  
  Columbus, OH - Each year, one in four North American households are scammed.
  In December, Central Ohio consumers reported losing over $5,000 to scams. BBB analyzed 36 Scam Tracker reports from December 2017 to shed a spotlight on four scams affecting our Central Ohio community:1. Phone Scams:
  The top means of scam contact this past month was through telephone calls. BBB would like to offer the following tips to help consumers combat scam
  calls:Do not answer calls from numbers you do not recogniz
  
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• Winter system with sleet, heavy snow still on track to hit Central Ohio this weekend

  11-01-2018 14:00
  After a brief warm-up, some big changes are headed our way starting Friday. Another weather system is expected to move through the heart of the area as we start the weekend.This will bring the possibility of rain, a rain/snow mix, sleet, a little freezing rain and eventually snow by the end of the day on Friday.Right now, the timing of all this is Friday morning through Saturday morning. It looks like the changeover from rain to a wintry mix with sleet and ice will occur sometime between 1 p.m.
  
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• Woman hospitalized after fire at retirement community

  11-01-2018 13:25
  
  GAHANNA -- A fire at a retirement community hospitalized one woman early Thursday morning.According to Mifflin Fire Chief Fred Kauser, an automatic alarm at The Worthington, 1201 Riva Ridge Court, put crews in action around 6:15 a.m.Kauser said there was heavy smoke in one unit and the woman was found unresponsive in the room. The woman was rescued and transported to The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, and remains unresponsive.The fire was believed to have started in the kitchen.Kau
  
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• State Department rolls out new travel advisory program

  11-01-2018 12:56
  WASHINGTON -- The State Department is trying to make it easier for U.S. travelers to understand and access security information about their travel destinations with the rollout of a new travel advisory program. The new system, which largely replaces the department's travel warnings and advisories, assigns a travel advisory level from 1 to 4 to every country in the world:Level 1 - Exercise Normal Precautions: Lowest-level advisory level for safety and security risk;Level 2 - Exercise Increased Ca
  
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• N Korea: Popularity of 'Fire and Fury' foretells Trump's end

  11-01-2018 12:41
  
  North Korea has found good material to attack U.S. President Donald Trump: Michael Wolff's bombshell new book, "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House."The book paints Trump as a leader who doesn't understand the weight of his office and whose competence is questioned by aides. Trump and other White House aides have blasted it as inaccurate trash. But it was the top-selling book in the U.S. last week, and its numbers are likely to grow far higher.On Thursday, the North's main Rodong Sinmun
  
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• Police hunt for jewels, thieves after Ritz robbery in Paris

  11-01-2018 12:03
  
  PARIS — Paris police have recovered some jewels stolen from the Ritz Hotel in a dramatic heist, but are still searching Thursday for two thieves and the rest of the missing luxury merchandise.The robbery on Wednesday evening raised questions about security in one of the world's most prestigious neighborhoods, the Place Vendome, whose well-guarded buildings include the Justice Ministry, high-end boutiques and the 19th century Ritz.Workers cleaned up shattered glass Thursday morning and star
  
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• Police: Murder defendant told different stories

  11-01-2018 11:05
  By EILEEN MCCLORY STAFF WRITER An Arlington man who is accused of murdering a 2-year-old boy told different accounts of what happened to the child, a police sergeant testified Wednesday.
  
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• Forecast: Warm and wet today, a winter system this weekend

  11-01-2018 10:59
  Today: Drizzle early with afternoon showers, breezy.High 59.Winds: SSE 5-15 mph.
  Tonight: Showers at times, mild.Low 44. Winds: S 5-10 mph.
  Tomorrow: Rain to a mix to sleet and ice in the mid-afternoon.Snow in the evening.High 45 (early).Winds: N 10-20 mph.
  Saturday: Accumulating snow early, moving out in the late morning/early afternoon.High 22.Winds: N 10-20 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar | School closings, delaysSpecial Information:Get ready for anoth
  
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• Columbus homicides hit record-high in 2017

  11-01-2018 06:36
  In a year of exciting growth and opportunity, the city of Columbus set a depressing new record: The number of homicides reached an all-time high. Last year, the city claimed 143 homicide victims, marking the deadliest year on record.
  
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• Shortage of workers leads to construction slowdown across the country

  11-01-2018 05:35
  COLUMBUS -- As scaffolding and cranes line the skies throughout central Ohio, a shortage of construction workers is slowing down work both locally and across the nation.A recent survey by AGC, the Associated General Contractors of America, found nearly 70% of contractors have a tough time finding qualified craft workers.“It impacts the schedule on almost every project,” CEO of Brexton Development Tim Galvin said.“We struggle maintaining deadlines because of the shortage,”
  
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• One person dead in Near East Side shooting

  11-01-2018 04:21
  Columbus police and fire paramedics were called at 6:20 p.m. to the 2100 block of Willamont Avenue at the intersection with Sunbury Road on a report of a shooting. The victim was taken in life-threatening condition to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center, where they were pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. At least a dozen cones marking the location of shell casings or other evidence were placed in the street on Willamont by investigators and crime scene technicians.
  
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• Hilliard police, Ohio State Highway Patrol team up to crack down on crashes

  11-01-2018 03:52
  The Hilliard Police Department says it's responded to almost 200 car crashes since July on the same four miles of Interstate 270.Officers say the construction near Cemetery Road is to blame because drivers are not following the traffic laws.The department is teaming up with the Ohio State Highway Patrol to catch violators on the ground and from the air.On the I-270 loop, headed somewhere, drivers were on their way Wednesday night."We would like them to get home safely or wherever they're going s
  
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• Trump says it 'seems unlikely' he'll give Mueller interview

  11-01-2018 03:26
  
  President Donald Trump said Wednesday that it "seems unlikely" that he'd give an interview in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign.Trump said "we'll see what happens" when asked if he'd provide an interview to Mueller's team."When they have no collusion and nobody's found any collusion at any level, it seems unlikely that you'd even have an interview," Trump said during a joint news conference with the prime minister of
  
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• The Columbus Metropolitan Club, January 10, 2018

  11-01-2018 00:55 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Columbus Metropolitan Club: Fake News Is An Oxymoron

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• Police: Person killed in shooting on east side of Columbus

  11-01-2018 00:37
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - One person is dead after a shooting on the east side of Columbus Wednesday night, police said.Police said the victim was taken to Grant Medical Center with life-threatening injuries after officers responded to the area of Willamont Avenue and Sunbury Road around 6:20 p.m.Police said the person was pronounced dead around 6:50 p.m.Police have not released a suspect description.No additional details were immediately available.Stay with 10TV for updates on this developing story.
  
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• Police identify man killed in shooting on east side of Columbus

  11-01-2018 00:37
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - One man is dead after a shooting on the east side of Columbus Wednesday night, police said.Police said 29-year-old Chasjuan M. Meekswas found in the front yard of a home on Willamont Avenue near Sunbury Road around 6:20 p.m.He was taken to Grant Medical Center with life-threatening injuries and was pronounced dead around 6:50 p.m.Police have not released a suspect description.Stay with 10TV for updates on this developing story.
  
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• Amendments in store of Reagan Tokes Act dealing with criminal sentences  

  11-01-2018 00:11
  
  COLUMBUS – Changes are likely in store for the bill named after murdered Ohio State student Reagan Tokes, a key sponsor in the Senate confirmed to 10 Investigates Tuesday.The Reagan Tokes Act calls for making sweeping changes to how criminals convicted of violent or serious crimes are sentenced to prison and how they are watched once they’re released.The proposed changes to the bill, according to Sen. Kevin Bacon, R – District 3, would deal with the indefinite prison sentences,
  
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• Amendments in store of Reagan Tokes Act dealing with criminal sentences

  11-01-2018 00:11
  COLUMBUS – Changes are likely in store for the bill named after murdered Ohio State student Reagan Tokes, a key sponsor in the Senate confirmed to 10 Investigates Tuesday.The Reagan Tokes Act calls for making sweeping changes to how criminals convicted of violent or serious crimes are sentenced to prison and how they are watched once they’re released.The proposed changes to the bill, according to Sen. Kevin Bacon, R – District 3, would deal with the indefinite prison sentences,
  
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