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• Protesters block trains near Super Bowl, march on stadium

  04-02-2018 23:31
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — Police arrested 17 activists who blocked a light-rail line carrying Super Bowl ticketholders to U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday in a protest against police brutality and privileges enjoyed by wealthy visitors that shut down trains for more than two hours.Live video from the scene showed officers unlocking or cutting through locks the protesters had used to chain themselves to each other and to fencing at the West Bank Station on Metro Transit's Green Line. The handcuffed proteste
  
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• Activists block light rail carrying spectators to Super Bowl

  04-02-2018 23:31
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — Activists protesting police brutality chained themselves along a light-rail line carrying ticketholders to the Super Bowl on Sunday, halting trains in both directions.Metro Transit's Green Line was shut down a little after 2 p.m., about three hours before kickoff, by a group of about 30 activists at the Stadium Village station. Transit spokesman Howie Padilla said the agency had a contingency plan to get ticketholders to the game on time.Chinyere Tutashinda, a spokeswoman for
  
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• Groups open final rehearsals to public at discounted ticket prices

  04-02-2018 23:02
  Just before 10 a.m. on a Friday morning in January, members of the Columbus Symphony filed onstage at the Ohio Theatre to begin tuning their instruments. Instead of black-tie attire, however, the musicians wore an assortment of sweaters, vests and the occasional untucked dress shirt.
  
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• The Latest: Protesters shut off rail line serving Super Bowl

  04-02-2018 22:45
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — The Latest from the Super Bowl (all times local):3:40 p.m.A small group of activists protesting police brutality have shut down a light-rail line carrying fans to the Super Bowl in Minneapolis.About 30 activists walked onto the city's Green Line at the Stadium Village stop shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday, stopping trains in both directions.The line runs from downtown St. Paul to the heart of Minneapolis and is a main way some fans are getting to the game between the New England P
  
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• Super Bowl Latest: Eagles settle for FG, 3-0 lead on opening drive

  04-02-2018 22:45
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — The Latest from the Super Bowl (all times local):5:44 p.m.The Philadelphia Eagles have settled for Jake Elliott's 25-yard field goal and a 3-0 lead over the New England Patriots on the opening drive of the Super Bowl.The Eagles had a first down at the 5 after Corey Clement's 16-yard gain on a catch and run. But a penalty and two incomplete passes forced Philadelphia to settle for the field goal.The Patriots will take over looking for their first points in the first quarter in
  
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• Super Bowl Latest: Eagles score again, regain 10-point lead on Pats

  04-02-2018 22:45
  MINNEAPOLIS — The Latest from the Super Bowl (all times local):8:10 p.m.The high-scoring Philadelphia Eagles have answered the New England Patriots again in the Super Bowl.Nick Foles threw 22-yard touchdown pass to Corey Clement, and the Eagles restored their 10-point halftime lead, going up 29-19 on the Patriots.Clement held the ball in his left arm as he took two steps, and a third step appeared to be just out of bounds. The scoring play stood after a video review.Foles now has two touch
  
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• Foles, Eagles outshoot Patriots for 1st Super Bowl, 41-33

  04-02-2018 22:45
  MINNEAPOLIS — The Philadelphia Eagles' flight from last to first ended up with a Lombardi Trophy.In a record-setting shootout between Nick Foles and Tom Brady, the backup quarterback led a pressure-packed 75-yard drive to the winning touchdown, 11 yards to Zach Etrz with 2:21 to go Sunday night. Then a defense that had been shredded throughout the second half made two final stands to win 41-33.Brandon Graham strip-sacked Brady and Derek Barnett recovered, setting up rookie Jake Elliot's 46
  
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• Colts: Linebacker Edwin Jackson among 2 killed on highway

  04-02-2018 22:33
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Colts say linebacker Edwin Jackson was one of two men killed when a suspected drunken driver struck them as they stood outside their car along a highway in Indianapolis.The Colts said in a statement Sunday that the team is "heartbroken" by Jackson's death. The statement says the 26-year-old "was loved by all in the Colts organization."State police identified the victims as Jackson, who grew up in Atlanta, and 54-year-old Jeffrey Monroe, of Avon, Indiana. Pol
  
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• Colts: LB Edwin Jackson among 2 killed by suspected drunk driver on I-70 in Indy

  04-02-2018 22:33
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson was one of two men killed early Sunday when a suspected drunken driver struck them as they stood outside their car along a highway in Indianapolis, the team and police said.The Colts said in a statement Sunday that the team is "heartbroken" by Jackson's death and that the 26-year-old "was loved by all in the Colts organization."State police identified the victims as Jackson, who grew up in Atlanta, and 54-year-old Jeffrey Monroe, o
  
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• Short North Stage’s The Performers is a Burst of Zany Fun

  04-02-2018 21:24
  David Read West’s 2012 Broadway comedy The Performers gets a sympathetic, supercharged production directed by Edward Carignan (assistant directed by Nick Lingnofski) at Short North Stage. In classic farce style, The Performers throws together characters on the tip of change together in a series of cramped spaces. Here, those spaces revolve around pornography’s biggest night: […]
  
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• Frigid start to the work week

  04-02-2018 21:21
  This Evening: Cloudy with another chance of snow showers and gusty winds. NW wind around 10-20 mph, gusting up to 30 mph.
  Tonight: Snow tapers off before 10pm then skies gradually clear. Low of 14, but feeling like single digits with the wind chill. NW wind around 10-20 mph.
  Monday: Mostly sunny, but cool. High 30. SW wind 5-10 mph.
  Tuesday: Cloudy with flurries. High 34. W wind 0-5 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar | School closings, delaysSpecial Informat
  
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• Buckeye football legend Jim Stillwagon passes away at 68

  04-02-2018 21:15
  
  COLUMBUS -- An Ohio State legend, Jim Stillwagon, has passed away at 68.10TV was told by family members that he passed Sunday afternoon.Stillwagon was a defensive tackle for the Buckeye National Championship teams in 1968 and 1970.The official cause of his death has not yet been released.
  
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• No. 17 Ohio State holds off pesky Illinois to win 75-67

  04-02-2018 20:51
  
  COLUMBUS — Keita Bates-Diop scored a career-high 35 points and had 13 rebounds and No. 17 Ohio State held off Illinois 75-67 on Sunday.The Buckeyes, playing without suspended guard Kam Williams, overcame an Illinois lead to tie the score at the 5-minute mark. But they wouldn't get the game in hand until Kaleb Wesson grabbed an offensive rebound and put it back up with 48 seconds left. That gave the Buckeyes a 72-67 lead, and any momentum Illinois had was gone for good.Jae'Sean Tate scored
  
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• Most suspended Ohio State fraternities resume recruitment

  04-02-2018 20:19
  
  COLUMBUS — Nearly all the Ohio State University fraternities whose activities were suspended in November, most for hazing and alcohol, have been cleared to resume recruitment events and, in many cases, social events.The university suspended activities for the Interfraternity Council's 37 members after 11 chapters came under investigation early in the school year. One fraternity has been suspended for three years for hazing and other violations, and three chapters were put under disciplinar
  
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• Ohio State issues public safety alert after armed home invasion

  04-02-2018 19:40
  
  COLUMBUS - The Ohio State University issued a neighborhood safety alert Sunday after an armed home invasion Friday evening.It happened just before 6:45 p.m. on Chittenden Avenue east of North High Street.Three suspects forced their way into a residence at gunpoint and stole property from multiple Ohio State students, according to Columbus police.The suspects fled the scene in an unknown direction.The three suspects are described as black male, mid 20's, 6' tall, weighing 200 pounds wearing a red
  
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• 1 person hospitalized after southeast Columbus fire

  04-02-2018 18:47
  
  COLUMBUS - One person is hospitalized after a fire in southeast Columbus.The fire started just before 11:30 a.m. in the 6400 block of Crab Apple Drive, at an apartment complex.One person was taken to Mount Carmel East for cardiac arrest, according to Battalion Chief Steve Martin with the Columbus Division of Fire.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com on this developing story.
  
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• Despite homicide record, violent crime overall is down in Columbus

  04-02-2018 18:37
  Even though the city of Columbus had a record-breaking number of homicides last year, crime data show that the overall number of reported violent crimes was down when compared with 2016. "I think sometimes it portrays that it's a more-violent city than it is," Deputy Police Chief Tim Becker, of the 143 lives cut short last year.
  
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• Forecast: Snow returns this evening, colder on Monday

  04-02-2018 18:08
  This Afternoon: Break from the snow/rain. Snow returns this eve.Temps in the mid 30's.Winds: S 9-14mph.
  Tonight: Light snow showers early.Frigid & blustery.Low 12. Winds: NW 8-16 mph.
  Tomorrow: Few flurries.Clearing skies.Unseasonably cold & brisk.High 28. Winds: SW 5-9 mph.
  Tuesday: Chance for snow.Cloudy & chilly.High 35.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar | School closings, delaysSpecial Information:We'll get a break from the action this afternoon,
  
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• Campaign for poor takes on its first national mobilization

  04-02-2018 16:56
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. — The renewed version of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s campaign to lift poor people is holding its first national mobilization, with actions planned Monday in 32 states and the nation's capital.Poor people, clergy and activists in the Poor People's Campaign plan to deliver letters to politicians in state Capitol buildings demanding that leaders confront a systemic racism that they say is evidenced in voter suppression laws and poverty that hurts a larger percentage of min
  
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• Police investigate death of toddler found on porch in Ohio

  04-02-2018 16:48
  
  AKRON, Ohio— Akron police are investigating how a 2-year-old girl died after she was found unresponsive by her mother on the front porch of an apartment in freezing weather.The Akron Beacon Journal reports the toddler was found Friday afternoon and was taken to Akron Children's Hospital where she died. The Summit County Medical Examiner's Office in northeast Ohio will determine how the child died.Temperatures in Akron on Friday ranged between 12 and 19 degrees.WJW-TV is reporting the mothe
  
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• Forecast: Rounds of snow, turning colder tonight

  04-02-2018 15:12
  This Morning: Rain/Snow, chilly & breezy.Temps in the mid 30’s.Winds: S 7-11 mph.
  This Afternoon: Turning to a scattered wintry mix, then snow in the eve.Temps in the mid-upper 30's.Winds: S 9-14mph.
  Tonight: Light snow showers early.Frigid & blustery.Low 12. Winds: NW 8-16 mph.
  Tomorrow: Few flurries.Clearing skies.Unseasonably cold & brisk.High 28. Winds: SW 5-9 mph.
  Tuesday: Chance for rain/snow.Cloudy & chilly.High 36.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warni
  
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• 2018 Columbus Division of Fire Graduation Ceremony, Feb 2, 2018

  04-02-2018 14:45 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Jared Johnson and Kayla Rupp

  04-02-2018 14:00
  The bride-to-be is the daughter of Mark and Cathy Rupp, of Norwalk. She is a 2010 graduate of St. Paul High School and a 2014 graduate of Mount Carmel College of Nursing, Columbus.
  
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• Police search for suspect in east Columbus shooting

  04-02-2018 13:49
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus police are looking for information on a shooting that left one man dead.On December 3, 2017, around 2:39 a.m. shots were fired inside the Photo Shoot Lounge in the 1400 block of East 5th Avenue.Police say a physical confrontation escalated into a shooting at the venue. The shooting victim, Dominic Williams was transported to a local hospital where he died from his injuries.If you have any information please call Crime Stoppers 614-461-TIPS (8477), you could earn a cash
  
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• Two dead, more than 50 injured in South Carolina Amtrak crash

  04-02-2018 12:35
  
  At least two people have been killed and at least 50 wounded in a collision between an Amtrak passenger train and a CSX freight train in South Carolina early Sunday morning.The Amtrak statement said: "Amtrak Train 91, operating between New York and Miami, came in contact with a CSX freight train at around 2:35 am in Cayce, South Carolina. The lead engine derailed, as well as some passenger cars." The Lexington police were among the first to respond to the scene.#BREAKING: Train collision and der
  
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• Two dead, 70 injured in South Carolina Amtrak crash

  04-02-2018 12:35
  
  CAYCE, S.C. - A crash between an Amtrak passenger train and a CSX freight train in South Carolina has left at least two people dead and 70 people injured.Lexington County spokesman Harrison Cahill said the trains collided in Cayce around 2:45 a.m. Sunday.Cahill couldn't say if the two people killed were on the passenger train or the freight train. He says the injuries ranged from scratches to broken bones.Amtrak says the lead engine and a few passenger cars derailed on Amtrak 91, which was opera
  
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• South Carolina train crash leaves 2 dead, 90 hurt

  04-02-2018 12:35
  
  CAYCE, S.C. — A crash between an Amtrak passenger train and a CSX freight train near South Carolina's capital killed two people and 90 injured early Sunday, authorities said. It was the third deadly wreck involving Amtrak in less than two months. The South Carolina governor says the two people killed were Amtrak employees.Amtrak's Silver Star was heading from New York to Miami with eight crew members and about 140 passengers when the crash happened around 2:45 a.m. near Cayce, authorities
  
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• Amtrak crash in South Carolina leaves 2 dead, over 100 hurt

  04-02-2018 12:35
  
  CAYCE, S.C. — An Amtrak passenger train hurtling through the early morning darkness Sunday slammed into a freight train parked along a siding in South Carolina, killing two Amtrak crew members and injuring more than 110 people, authorities said.It was the third deadly wreck involving Amtrak in less than two months.NTSB officials provided update Sunday after early morning Amtrak passenger train crash:The Silver Star was en route from New York to Miami with nearly 150 people aboard around 2:
  
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• 2 Amtrak workers killed, 116 hurt in South Carolina crash

  04-02-2018 12:35
  
  CAYCE, S.C. — An Amtrak passenger train slammed into a freight train parked on a side track in South Carolina early Sunday, killing two Amtrak crew members and injuring more than 110 people, authorities said. It was the third deadly wreck involving Amtrak in less than two months.The Silver Star was on its way from New York to Miami with nearly 150 people aboard around 2:45 a.m. when it plowed into the CSX train at an estimated 59 mph, Gov. Henry McMaster said. The crash happened around a s
  
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• Forecast: Rain/Snow to start, more snow later today

  04-02-2018 11:34
  This Morning: Rain/Snow, chilly & breezy.Temps in the mid 30’s.Winds: S 7-11 mph.
  This Afternoon: Turning to a scattered wintry mix, then snow in the eve.Temps in the mid-upper 30's.Winds: S 9-14mph.
  Tonight: Light snow showers early.Frigid & blustery.Low 12. Winds: NW 8-16 mph.
  Tomorrow: Few flurries.Clearing skies.Unseasonably cold & brisk.High 28. Winds: SW 5-9 mph.
  Tuesday: Chance for rain/snow.Cloudy & chilly.High 36.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warni
  
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• Cutting in: Friends take place of deployed dad at Father-Daughter dance

  04-02-2018 05:29
  It's Saturday night and these girls are full of giggles at dinner.You could say it's date night for them as they go to the Father-Daughter Dance at Licking Heights South Elementary School.Amuyah Dugger, Aly Wahler and Serinadi Frye chow down on some french fries with two lucky dads before the dance."Should be a pretty good time. They get together, they get wild 14:58," Adam Riggle, Amiya's father, said.The problem is, there are only two dads."I'm going to the daddy-daughter dance with their frie
  
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• Local artist plans to offer help to people in Puerto Rico

  04-02-2018 05:23
  Months after Hurricane Maria swept through Puerto Rico, a native of the island, now living in central Ohio, is reflecting on news that FEMA plans to halt new shipments of food and water to the territory.“I felt helpless because I didn’t have any contact with my family so it was just a couple of days of me saying 'where is everyone, what’s happening,'” Natalia Sanchez said.Sanchez said she could see some of the improvements in infrastructure and power restoration when she
  
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• Tracking Snow: Up to 3” possible in central Ohio Sunday

  04-02-2018 03:11
  Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSnow showers will move into central Ohio overnight. We could see up to an inch by sunrise.As temperatures warm into the upper 30s Sunday, precipitation will transition into rain. Because of rain mixing with snow, there is some uncertainty with snow totals. However, right now we are looking at 1 to 2 inches across southern Ohio with 2 to 3 inches possible across and north of I-70.Snow will be ending Sunday night as high pressure and a cold dry airm
  
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• Lewis, Moss, Owens, Urlacher highlight 8-person Hall class

  04-02-2018 02:36
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — Ray Lewis and Brian Urlacher terrorized opposing offenses from the middle of the field. Randy Moss and Terrell Owens did the same to defenses on the outside.The two hard-hitting linebackers and two big-play receivers highlighted an eight-person class voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday. Safety Brian Dawkins also received at least 80 percent support from the 47 Hall of Fame voters, along with contributor Bobby Beathard and senior nominees Jerry Kramer and Robe
  
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• Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is the NFL MVP

  04-02-2018 02:13
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — One night before he hopes to add a sixth Super Bowl title to his collection, Tom Brady has won The Associated Press NFL 2017 Most Valuable Player Award.The four-time Super Bowl MVP of the New England Patriots also took the regular-season award in 2007 and 2010. He's the fifth straight quarterback to win.At 40, Brady had one of his best seasons with 32 touchdown passes and eight interceptions, a passer rating of 102.8 and, not incidentally, a 13-3 record to top the AFC. He did
  
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• Brady wins MVP, Rams get 3 awards, Allen comeback player

  04-02-2018 02:13
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — For the third time, Tom Brady is the NFL's Most Valuable Player.Now he goes for his sixth Super Bowl title, and perhaps with it a fifth MVP trophy for the NFL championship.Brady added The Associated Press 2017 NFL MVP award Saturday night at NFL Honors to his wins in 2007 and 2010. The New England Patriots quarterback was joined as an honoree by three Los Angeles Rams: Coach of the Year Sean McVay, Offensive Player of the Year running back Todd Gurley and Defensive Player of
  
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• Police: Extreme-right gunman shoots 6 Africans in Italy

  04-02-2018 01:38
  
  MILAN — An Italian gunman with extreme right-wing sympathies shot and wounded six African immigrants Saturday in a two-hour drive-by shooting spree, authorities said, terrorizing a small Italian city where a Nigerian man had been arrested days earlier in a teenager's gruesome killing.Police photos showed the shooting suspect with a neo-Nazi tattoo prominently on his forehead as he sat in custody and an Italian flag tied around his neck as he was arrested in the central Italian city of Mace
  
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• Money talks loudly in Ohio politics -- for givers and receivers: editorial

  04-02-2018 00:58
  Political Ohio watched a double feature in Columbus last week: Campaign committees reported how much money in donations they'd sucked in from contributors' checkbooks and wallets. And the long-simmering GOP race to become the Ohio House's next speaker, between ex-Speaker Larry Householder, of Perry County's Glenford, and House Finance Chair Ryan Smith, of Gallia County's Bidwell, came to a full boil.
  
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• 2 central Ohio residents killed in Pennsylvania crash

  04-02-2018 00:24
  
  SOMERSET COUNTY, Pennsylvania -- Two Delaware residents were killed in a crash on the Pennsylvania turnpike Saturday morning.William S. Nace, 55, and Debra A. Nace, 47, were killed early Saturday after a car collided with a tractor-trailer, according to a press release from the Pennsylvania State Police.Police say both vehicles were eastbound on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, but the semi was stopped due to another crash, blocking both lanes.The driver of the car lost control of the vehicle, sliding
  
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