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• Ohio State examining safety after 2 falls in 4 days from same parking garage

  09-04-2018 23:27
  Ohio State University is taking action after two falls in four days from the same campus parking garage.A 19-year-old student died Thursday after falling from the Ohio Union South Garage.Sunday a 35-year-old woman fell from the same garage.This was the 911 call last Thursday:"I'm at the Union. Ohio Union south, right by the entrance, just had a young man jump off the building. He just jumped off the parking garage."The victim, in that case, 19-year-old Daniel Birdsall, died at the hospital.Then
  
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• Health system revamps protocol for first responder opiate exposure

  09-04-2018 22:56
  The danger is growing for first responders coming in contact with deadly opiates as the drugs get stronger.On Sunday, a Columbus police officer was given Narcan and taken to the hospital as a precaution after possibly coming in contact with an unknown substance.Mount Carmel Health Systems recently changed their process. There is now a detailed protocol for gathering and communicating information.As soon as the unknown substance is determined, it's immediately relayed back to the responder’
  
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• Oasis Face Bar Debuting Downtown This Week

  09-04-2018 22:23
  A new concept in skincare and a first for Columbus, Oasis Face Bar will celebrate its grand opening at 20 E. Gay St. on Thursday, April 12. The 600 square-foot storefront will offer a straight-forward menu of facials focused on results accomplished at a speedier pace and more affordable price point than the traditional spa […]
  
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• Trump: Raid on his lawyer abuses attorney-client privilege

  09-04-2018 22:20
  
  WASHINGTON— Federal agents have raided the office of President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen, seizing records on topics that include a $130,000 payment made to porn actress Stormy Daniels, who says she had sex with Trump.The raid prompted a new blast Tuesday from the president, who tweeted that "Attorney-client privilege is dead!"A furious Trump, who in the last month has escalated his attacks on Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, said Monday from the White House that
  
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• Attorney: Federal agents seize documents from Trump lawyer

  09-04-2018 22:20
  
  Federal agents carrying court-authorized search warrants have seized documents from President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen.That's according to a statement from Cohen's attorney, Stephen Ryan. He says the search warrants were executed by the office of the U.S. Attorney for Southern District of New York but they are "in part" related to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.Ryan says agents seized "protected attorney client communications." He is not elaborating on the c
  
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• Northland High School student dies in Delaware County crash

  09-04-2018 21:29
  
  DELAWARE -- A Columbus teenager has died after a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 23 late Monday morning.The Delaware Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol says the crash occurred around 11:45 a.m. near milepost 1, in Orange Township.A 58-year-old Delaware man was driving a blue 2014 Ford F-150 southbound on U.S. 23 in the right lane. Seventeen-year-old Thaddeus Laurol was driving a cream 2007 Toyota Camry northbound on U.S. 23.Laurol failed to control his vehicle, slid left of center and was struck on
  
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• Forecast: Chilly night ahead, but warmer weather on the way

  09-04-2018 21:16
  This Evening: Cloudy and cool with a slight chance of a rain shower. NE wind 0-5 mph.
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy with a few flurries possible. Low 29. E wind 5-10 mph.
  Tuesday: Starting with a slight chance of scattered flurries then partly sunny. Still below average. High 49. NW wind around 5 mph.
  Wednesday: More sunshine and getting warmer with closer to seasonable highs. High 57. SW wind 5-10 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar Weather Discussion:Cloudy with a
  
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• Dublin police welcome new K9 officer

  09-04-2018 21:15
  
  The Dublin Police Department is welcoming a new K9 to the force.Finn is a two-year-old Belgian Malinois, German Shepherd mix trained to follow commands in Dutch.After completing his training, Finn is working with his handler, Office Justin Chappelear. Chappelear is a seven-year veteran with Dublin police.In addition to general patrol duties, Officer Chappelear and Finn will work in narcotics detection, building searches, suspect tracking, evidence searches and criminal apprehension.
  
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• Hockey bus crash victim misidentified, is still alive

  09-04-2018 20:57
  
  One of the deceased in the crash that killed 15 people en route to a hockey playoff game in western Canada was misidentified, Saskatchewan's Ministry of Justice said Monday, partly because the players all had blond-dyed hair and similar builds.The province's ministry of justice said the body of Parker Tobin was mistaken for that of Xavier Labelle.It said Labelle is injured but alive, and Tobin is among the deceased. The accident occurred Friday. Drew Wilby, spokesman for the ministry, said the e
  
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• BrewDog envisions beer museum in Columbus, Scottish newspaper says

  09-04-2018 20:40
  Columbus has a children's museum, art museums, a motorcycle museum, and one day, it may get a beer museum. Yes, the ancient mystery of the melding of malted barley, hops, water and yeast might be celebrated here in Columbus if BrewDog gets its wish.
  
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• Man pleads not guilty in shooting of his pregnant girlfriend

  09-04-2018 20:34
  
  A man has pleaded not guilty to a felonious assault charge in the shooting of his pregnant girlfriend, who died after her baby was delivered at an Ohio hospital.The Springfield News-Sun reports 25-year-old Travis Hypes, of Springfield, entered his plea Monday in Clark County and is being held on $750,000 bond in the shooting last week.Court records listed no attorney for him.Police previously said Hypes told them his handgun discharged during an altercation with the 23-year-old woman, Lindsey Ma
  
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• Court to decide if drug use while pregnant is child abuse

  09-04-2018 20:10
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania's highest court will decide whether a woman's use of illegal drugs while pregnant qualifies as child abuse under state law.The Supreme Court recently took up the case of a woman who tested positive for suboxone and marijuana at the time she gave birth early last year at Williamsport Hospital.A county judge ruled that did not qualify as child abuse under the state's Child Protective Services Law, but the intermediate Superior Court said drug use while pregnant
  
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• "It was my mistake": Zuckerberg's prepared remarks before Congress released

  09-04-2018 20:07
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sounded contrite in prepared congressional remarks and said Facebook didn't do enough to prevent its tools from being used for harm.The House Energy and Commerce Committee released his opening testimony Monday, as Zuckerberg was also meeting privately with lawmakers ahead of his first time testifying on Capitol Hill.Zuckerberg will testify in the Senate on Tuesday and in the House on Wednesday about the company's ongoing data-privacy scandal a
  
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• 40 football team members earn OSU scholar-athlete honors

  09-04-2018 19:53
  
  COLUMBUS – An eight-year high 40 members of the Ohio State football team are among the record number of student-athletes named an OSU Scholar-Athlete today.A total of 692 student-athletes – those with 3.0 or better grade point averages for the year – will be honored for their academic achievements Monday evening during the department’s 51st annual scholar-athlete banquet at the Archie M. Griffin Ballroom at the Ohio Union. Five defensive starters headline the football pro
  
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• New trailer offers glimpse at 'Solo: A Star Wars Story'

  09-04-2018 19:16
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new trailer is offering fans a glimpse of "Solo: A Star Wars Story."The film features a young Han Solo, played by Aiden Ehrenreich, and his Wookiee co-pilot Chewbacca, who is 190 years old. Woody Harrelson is a criminal who mentors Solo. Donald Glover plays a young Lando Calrissian.Qi'ra (Emilia Clarke) asks Solo if he's after revenge, money or something else as he embarks on a mission involving a gangster.Solo says he's a driver and a flyer.The movie arrives in theate
  
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• Black Maternal Health Week Highlights, Examines Racial Disparities in Health Care

  09-04-2018 19:00
  Columbus is having its first ever Black Maternal Health Week BMHW, hosted by Restoring Our Own Through Transformation (ROOTT). ROOTT, established last year, is the region’s leading organization focused on maternal health for black women and women of color. The week examines birth and pregnancy as a social justice movement through a series of events […]
  
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• Cubs postpone home opener a day because of snow

  09-04-2018 18:48
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs tried to play their home opener on Monday. It was just a snow-go.The Cubs' game against the Pittsburgh Pirates was postponed a day because of persistent snow that covered much of Wrigley Field, creating a scene more reminiscent of December than April.The Cubs tried pushing back the scheduled start time by an hour, and workers used hand-held blowers to melt the snow on the tarp. But the accumulation and cold temperatures were just too much to overcome.The gam
  
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• #SaveTheCrew Organizers Pen Letter to MLS Commissioner Don Garber

  09-04-2018 18:28
  Following the open letter penned by Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther on Friday, the organizers behind the #SaveTheCrew movement have penned their own letter to Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber. The letter continues the push to have the Columbus Crew SC team purchased from current owner Anthony Precourt, and relocated into a new wold-class stadium […]
  
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• Former Ohio State student hospitalized after falling from parking garage

  09-04-2018 18:28
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A former Ohio State University student was hospitalized after falling from the Ohio Union south parking garage Sunday afternoon, according to the university.Officials have not identified the victim but said she was taken to a local hospital in critical condition.Police are investigating the incident and do not suspect foul play.This is the same parking garage where Ohio State student Daniel Birdsall died after falling Thursday night.An Ohio State spokesman said the university i
  
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• Forecast: A cold Monday afternoon

  09-04-2018 18:14
  Today: Flurries taper off, a chilly day.High 44.Winds: ENE 4-8 mph.
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy with a few flurries at times, chilly.Low 30.Winds: NE 2-5 mph.
  Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy skies, a little warmer.High 50.Winds: NW 4-8 mph.
  Wednesday: Partly cloudy and closer to average, breezy.High 58.Wind: SW 10-15 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar Weather Discussion:After early flurries we won’t warm up much with some lingering drizzle in the afternoon and high
  
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• Trump promises decision 'very quickly' on Syria response

  09-04-2018 18:07
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday he will decide on a U.S. response to the apparent chemical weapons attack on Syrian civilians "probably by the end of today."Speaking during a Cabinet meeting, Trump condemned the "heinous attack" Saturday that killed at least 40 people, including children. "It was an atrocious attack," he said. "It was horrible." He said he will be huddling with military advisers to consider U.S. options and "nothing's off the table."Trump said the U.S.
  
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• Registration Deadline is Today to Vote in May Primary Election

  09-04-2018 17:56
  Those who are looking to vote in the primary election on May 8, 2018 have until the end of Monday, April 9 to register to vote. Those registering must be a U.S. citizen, an Ohio citizen for at least 30 days before the election, and at least 18 years old on or before May 8. […]
  
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• City attorney files motion to help keep Crew SC in Columbus

  09-04-2018 17:12
  
  COLUMBUS, OH -- Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein filed a motion asking the court for a hold on the relocation of the Crew SC so local investors have a reasonable opportunity to purchase the team.Klein sent a press release stating he ordered a "toll," or pause for a period of six-months so a local investor can purchase the team, as outlined in the Ohio Revised Code Section 9.67.The move seeks to protect the investment of the people of Ohio by enforcing state law, which requires a reasonable oppo
  
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• Columbus-Based Subscription Box Service Delivers Toys and Treats for Pets

  09-04-2018 17:00
  Columbus-based subscription service TheDoggieBox.com joins the large number of box services out right now, but with a twist: It offers toys and treats for dogs of all sizes. DoggieBox’s founder, Jeff Dyer, has always wanted to work with dogs. “I had a mentor that challenged me to make money from my passion. Realizing that I cannot be […]
  
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• Man arrested after shooting wife, child

  09-04-2018 16:14
  Police say they arrested a Columbus man after he shot his wife and teen daughter and then put them in his car to drive to a hospital. Columbus police say a man called Saturday night to say he had shot his wife and child, and that officers then made a traffic stop to arrest him.
  
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• How to find out if your Facebook data was given to Cambridge Analytica

  09-04-2018 15:29
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Get ready to find out if your Facebook data has been swept up in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.Starting Monday, the 87 million users who might have had their data shared with Cambridge Analytica will get a detailed message on their news feeds. Facebook says most of the affected users (more than 70 million) are in the U.S., though there are over a million each in the Philippines, Indonesia and the U.K.In addition, all 2.2 billion Facebook users will receive a notice titled
  
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• Facebook users to learn if they were part of privacy scandal

  09-04-2018 15:29
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Get ready to find out if your Facebook data has been swept up in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.Starting Monday, the 87 million users who might have had their data shared with Cambridge Analytica will get a detailed message on their news feeds. Facebook says most of the affected users (more than 70 million) are in the U.S., though there are over a million each in the Philippines, Indonesia and the U.K.In addition, all 2.2 billion Facebook users will receive a notice titled
  
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• Facebook starts privacy alerts to affected users

  09-04-2018 15:29
  
  Facebook has begun alerting some users that their data was swept up in the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal.A notification that appeared on Facebook for some users Tuesday told them that "one of your friends" used Facebook to log into a now-banned personality quiz app called "This Is Your Digital Life." The notice says the app misused the information, including public profile, page likes, birthday and current city, by sharing it with the data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica.As many as 87 mill
  
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• Apple co-founder protests Facebook by shutting down account

  09-04-2018 13:59
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is shutting down his Facebook account as the social media giant struggles to cope with the worst privacy crisis in its history.In an email to USA Today, Wozniak says Facebook makes a lot of advertising money from personal details provided by users. He says the "profits are all based on the user's info, but the users get none of the profits back."Wozniak says he'd rather pay for Facebook. He says "Apple makes money off of good products, not off
  
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• Q&A | Kwame Alexander: Author connects with kids using poetry

  09-04-2018 13:58
  Author Kwame Alexander never intended to write about the Bell family - the subject of his 2015 Newbery Medal-winning sports novel "The Crossover" - again. However, when middle-schoolers "demanded" to read more of his fast-paced poetry that told the story of African-American tween twins Josh and Jordan, their parents and their passion for basketball, he knew he had to listen.
  
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• 3 still in critical condition after German van rampage

  09-04-2018 13:45
  
  BERLIN— Three people remain in critical condition after the deadly van rampage in the western German city of Muenster, a hospital official said Monday.A 48-year-old German killed two people and injured more than 20 others when he crashed into the crowd outside a popular bar on Saturday afternoon. He then fatally shot himself in the van.Muenster's University Hospital said it has been able to release two of the eight patients it admitted."Three patients still have life-threatening injuries,
  
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• NY high school students injured when bus strikes overpass

  09-04-2018 13:22
  LAKEVIEW, N.Y.— A charter bus carrying teenagers returning from a spring break trip Sunday night struck a bridge overpass on Long Island, seriously injuring six passengers and mangling the entire length of the top of the bus.The crash happened shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday on the Southern State Parkway in Lakeview, according to New York State Police.One of the six injured passengers had very serious injuries, said State Police Maj. David Candelaria. Thirty-seven other passengers suffered min
  
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• Deadly Trump Tower fire: No sprinkler system in apartments

  09-04-2018 12:53
  NEW YORK - Authorities said there is no sprinkler system in Trump Tower in New York City.A man died in a fire that started in an apartment on the 50th floor of the building on Saturday.The high-rise was completed in 1983. According to USA Today, that was several years before the city required sprinkler systems in high-rise buildings containing apartments.Owners of older buildings are only required to add the systems when major renovations take place.
  
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• GOP Republicans return to work with Trump wish list in mind

  09-04-2018 12:49
  
  WASHINGTON — The Republican majority in Congress was on a glide path to the midterms, having passed tax cuts into law and backed off budget battles with a year-end funding package. But President Trump was not impressed.Trump started picking apart some GOP accomplishments, including the big budget bill, and complaining that others, namely his border wall, remained undone.Now, Congress returns from spring break Monday scrambling to compile a to-do list that will satisfy a president they desp
  
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• Child advocates ask FTC to investigate YouTube

  09-04-2018 12:05
  
  The fine print of YouTube's terms of service has a warning that goes unheeded by millions of children who visit YouTube to watch cartoons, nursery rhymes, science experiments or videos of toys being unboxed."If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use the service," the terms say. "There are lots of other great web sites for you."In a complaint filed Monday, child advocates and consumer groups are asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate and impose potentially billions of d
  
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• Prolific voice actor and comedian Chuck McCann dies at 83

  09-04-2018 11:33
  
  Chuck McCann, the zany comic who hosted a children's television show in the 1960s before branching out as a character actor in films and TV, died Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 83.McCann died Sunday of congestive heart failure in a Los Angeles hospital, according to his publicist Edward Lozzi.McCann was born Sept. 2, 1934 in Brooklyn. He became a household name in New York when he took over a variety show, entertaining a generation of children with light-hearted humor and puppets.In 1968, McCann
  
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• Forecast: Light snow to a mix early Monday

  09-04-2018 10:47
  Tonight: Light snow early turning to a mix then drizzle in the afternoon.High 45.Winds: ENE 4-8 mph.
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy with a few flurries at times, chilly.Low 30.Winds: NE 2-5 mph.
  Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy skies, a little warmer.High 50.Winds: NW 4-8 mph.
  Wednesday: Partly cloudy and closer to average, breezy.High 58.Wind: SW 10-15 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar Weather Discussion:Some light snow is possible early today but we won’t see much m
  
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• Study: Ohio ranks third in dog bite claims

  09-04-2018 10:36
  COLUMBUS, OHIO - Monday marks the start of National Dog Bite Prevention Week. State Farm Insurance released their numbers involving dog bites. State Farm said Ohio ranks 3rd in states with dog bite claims.According to the National Dog Bite Prevention Coalition, children are the most likely group of people to suffer a dog bite. The organization also says 6,244 postal employees were attacked by dogs last year.The elderly are also at risk for dog bites.The CDC says about 1 in every 5 people bitten
  
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• Mother Nature relents: Temperatures could reach 72 as weather settles into spring Updated at

  09-04-2018 09:37
  Snow showers and cold temperatures made some Central Ohioans question if April was a spring month or not. But don't worry, Columbus: Warmer temperatures are on their way.
  
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• Officer given Narcan after exposure to drug during arrest

  09-04-2018 05:23
  A Columbus police officer was administered Narcan after he was exposed to a narcotic Sunday evening while making an arrest outside a West Side truck stop. The officer was taken to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center for treatment, said Sgt.
  
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• One person critical after shooting in northeast Columbus

  09-04-2018 05:14
  
  COLUMBUS -- One person was taken to the hospital in critical condition after a shooting in northeast Columbus Sunday night.According to Columbus police, the victim of the shooting was taken to Ohio State Wexner Medical Center in critical condition.The incident occurred about 10:45 p.m. in the area of Joyce and Republic Avenues.Police are looking for a suspect in a red Suzuki SUV.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com as this story develops.
  
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• Short North parking pilot offers $1 parking at some garages

  09-04-2018 04:52
  City leaders are testing a new ticket validation program as a possible solution to the parking woes in the Short North district.During the six-month pilot program, those who shop at select businesses can have their ticket validated and reducing the price to $1 for the first hour of parking at participating garages.The program is like the ticket validation program used at the North Market.According to the Short North Alliance website, the garages where validation is accepted will rotate as will t
  
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• North Korea tells US that Kim Jong Un ready to discuss nukes

  09-04-2018 01:50
  
  WASHINGTON — North Korea's government has communicated with the United States to say that leader Kim Jong Un is ready to discuss his nuclear weapons program with President Donald Trump, officials said Sunday, increasing the likelihood that the unprecedented summit will actually occur.The confirmation from Pyongyang directly, rather than from third countries like South Korea, has created more confidence within Trump's administration about the wisdom of holding such a meeting, as U.S. offici
  
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• Legoland May Have Your Dream Job In Columbus, Ohio

  09-04-2018 01:24
  If you've got a highly creative mind, love LEGOs, and don't mind relocating a couple hundred miles east, LEGOLAND Discovery Center in Columbus , Ohio may have your dream job. The center, which opens this fall, is looking to hire a full-time Master Model Builder, a position only 23 people in the world have.
  
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• Columbus police officer given Narcan after being exposed to drug

  09-04-2018 01:01
  
  COLUMBUS -- A Columbus police officer was given Narcan and taken to Grant Medical Center after being exposed to drugs Sunday evening.Columbus Police Public Information Officer Dean Worthington said he could not confirm what drug the officer was exposed to and did not have a condition of the officer.The incident happened at 3600 Interchange Road, at about 5 p.m., according to Worthington.A drug-related arrest was made as a result of the incident.
  
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• Reed wins first major title, holding off Fowler at Masters

  09-04-2018 00:17
  
  AUGUSTA, Ga. — Patrick Reed became famous playing for his country. He won for himself on Sunday at the Masters.Rory McIlroy came after him early. Jordan Spieth briefly tied him for the lead. Rickie Fowler birdied the last hole to leave him no room for error. Reed never flinched through it all on a raucous afternoon at Augusta National, calmly rolling in a 3-foot par putt for a 1-under 71 and a one-shot victory.Captain America is now the Masters champion.Even as the loudest cheers were for
  
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