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• Report: Self-described pedophile who advocates white supremacy is running for Congress

  01-06-2018 23:33
  
  Among the candidates running against incumbent Rep. Barbara Comstock in Virginia's Tenth Congressional District is a self-described pedophile who has allegedly admitted he raped his late spouse and advocates what he calls "benevolent white supremacy." Thirty-seven-year-old Nathan Larson, an accountant, confirmed to the Huffington Post Thursday that he had created the websites "suiped.org" and "incelocalypse.today" -- which were chat rooms for pedophiles and misogynists. The sites were taken down
  
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• Police: Package thief stole $2,700 wedding dress from Columbus porch

  01-06-2018 22:38
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Police are searching for a man caught on camera stealing a package containing a wedding dress from a porch of a home in southeast Columbus.This happened on Tuesday, May 29, at a home on E. Whittier St., according to the Columbus Division of Police.Police said the wedding dress is valued to be more than $2,700.The suspect is described as wearing a Cleveland Cavaliers shirt with a cigarette in his mouth. Police said he was seen pulling what appeared to be a two-wheeled cart.Anyon
  
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• Police identify man who stole $2,700 wedding dress from Columbus porch

  01-06-2018 22:38
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Police are searching for a man caught on camera stealing a package containing two wedding dresses from a porch of a home in southeast Columbus.The theft happened on May 29, at a home on East Whittier Street, according to the Columbus Division of Police.Police say thanks to a tip, on Aug. 8, the man was identified as Daniel Edwin Rosebrough and a warrant was issued for his arrest.Investigators also said they believe the suspect could possibly be connected to more crimes. Edwin R
  
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• Walmart introduces online grocery delivery in Columbus

  01-06-2018 22:16
  
  Walmart has announced it is expanding its online grocery delivery service to Columbus.Columbus is the 16th city to receive the service.The company said the service will also deliver areas around Columbus like Dublin, Lewis Center and Grove City.There are 9 stores in the Columbus metro area where the service is available.Walmart said there is $9.95 fee to use the service with no subscription fee.Here’s how it works:Order and choose a pickup time: Customers visit walmart.com/grocery or throu
  
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• Gun Violence Awareness Lighting Ceremony 5/31/18

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• Columbus Police looking for missing 13-year-old girl

  01-06-2018 21:59
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus police are looking for a missing 13-year-old girl last seen on Thursday.Police said Faith Martin walked away from Hilltonia Middle School in the Hilltop area around 12:30 p.m. and did not return.She is described as 5'6" tall and weighs about 100 pounds.She has brown eyes and brown hair.If anyone has any information, they are asked to call police at 614-645-4545.
  
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• US blocks UN health panel from backing taxes on sugar drinks

  01-06-2018 21:45
  
  GENEVA (AP) — The Trump administration has torpedoed a plan to recommend higher taxes on sugary drinks, forcing a World Health Organization panel to back off the U.N. agency's previous call for such taxes as a way to fight obesity, diabetes and other life-threatening conditions.The move disappointed many public health experts but was enthusiastically welcomed by the International Food and Beverage Alliance — a group that represents companies including Coca-Cola, PepsiCo. and Unilever
  
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• Drive To Save Lives: Join Maria's Ride

  01-06-2018 21:27
  
  It's time to put an end to distracted driving and it starts with Maria's Ride.Join 10TV's Dom Tiberi for Maria's Ride on Sunday, September 16.The event is designed to honor Maria Tiberi's life and highlight two significant landmark milestones that helped shape her life.A procession of 300 cars will start at Dublin Coffman High School (her alma mater) and end at the Schottenstein Center on The Ohio State University campus.Registration is at 8 a.m. and the ride will kick off at 9 a.m. The closing
  
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• Jason Day among early leaders at Memorial

  01-06-2018 21:17
  
  DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Jason Day found himself in a foreign place on his home course at the Memorial — atop the leaderboard.Day birdied three of his last five holes Friday for another 4-under 68, leaving him tied for the early 36-hole lead. Day was at 8-under 136, along Hideki Matsuyama (71), Wesley Bryan (68) and J.B. Holmes (66).Day is a member at Muirfield Village, though that hasn't translated well. His best finish is a tie for 15th in his nine previous appearances, and the Australi
  
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• Forecast: Chance for spotty evening showers & storms

  01-06-2018 21:00
  This Evening: Scattered showers & storms. Muggy and warm.
  Tonight: Showers and storms ending early. Lingering clouds. 62 N 3-6 mph
  Tomorrow: Partly cloudy and seasonable. 79 N 5-10 mph
  Sunday: Mostly cloudy with PM showers and storms. Near 80
  Monday: Mix of sun & clouds. More comfortable. 75Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar Weather Discussion:A few light showersand isolated storms will move across the region this evening.Lows tonight will be cooler in t
  
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• President Trump says June 12 summit with Kim Jong Un back on

  01-06-2018 20:53
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ending weeks of uncertainly, President Donald Trump announced Friday that his historic summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is back on for June 12 in Singapore.Trump made the announcement, just a week after he canceled the summit, after an hour-long meeting with a top North Korean official who delivered a letter from the North Korean leader."We're going to deal," Trump told reporters moments after the meeting ended. He also said it was likely that more than one m
  
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• Columbus police searching for suspects who stole 8 TVs from hotel

  01-06-2018 20:50
  
  The Columbus Division of Police are searching for two suspects accused of stealing eight TVs from a hotel.Police say the two men entered the Comfort Suites at 5944 Scarborough Blvd. on May 2 at 2:56 a.m.The pair either found or stole a housekeeper’s security card and began taking 43’’ flatscreen TVs from the hotel rooms.The suspects wrapped the TVs in blankets and loaded them into a blue GMC SUV.Just before 4 a.m., the two returned in the SUV with two other men driving a dark C
  
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• Shooting victim's mom says talking to Trump "like talking to a toddler"

  01-06-2018 20:20
  
  HOUSTON -- President Donald Trump spent more than an hour privately Thursday with some of those impacted by a Texas mass school shooting that killed 10 and wounded more than a dozen on May 18. But at least one of the victim's parents came away unimpressed.Rhonda Hart, whose 14-year-old daughter, Kimberly Vaughan, was killed at the school, told The Associated Press that Mr. Trump repeatedly used the word "wacky" to describe the shooter and the trench coat he wore. She said she told Mr. Trump, "Ma
  
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• 5 Kansas siblings whose case drew national attention adopted

  01-06-2018 19:30
  
  OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Thousands of adoption inquiries rolled in from as far away as Ireland and New Zealand after a simple plea from five Kansas siblings: They wanted to be adopted together.The flood of offers followed a story in the Kansas City Star about the three boys and two girls, who became known as the "Fab Five." The newspaper story drew nearly 7 million online readers, and an unprecedented number of adoption inquiries crashed the state-contracted Adopt Kansas Kids website a day afte
  
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• These are the most commonly misspelled words of 2018

  01-06-2018 19:17
  
  Google Trends has released a list of the most commonly misspelled words across the country, and "beautiful" topped the list in 11 states.The second most searched "how to spell" word was "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious," which was the most frequently searched word in six states, including Ohio.Are these America's most misspelled words? Check out the top 'how to spell' searches by state, just in time for the #spellingbee 2018 finals.#dataviz #maps pic.twitter.com/uTb7ynYcv5— GoogleTrends
  
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• District to pay nearly $500,000 to students sexually abused by ex-Olentangy teacher

  01-06-2018 18:30
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Olentangy Local School District has settled three lawsuits tied to a teacher who sexually abused elementary school students.Matthew Rausenberg was convicted in 2016 of molesting students while he was a teacher at Arrowhead Elementary School.The Columbus Dispatch reports the Olentangy Local School District has agreed to pay almost $500,000 to settle three lawsuits brought by families of students who were sexually abused by Rausenberg."The three victims represented were able
  
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• Forecast: Chance for spotty afternoon showers & storms

  01-06-2018 18:07
  Today: Mostly cloudy with another chance for spotty afternoon showers and thunderstorms. High 83. W 5-10 mph.
  Tonight: Scattered showers and possibly a thunderstorm, cooler. Low 62. N 5-10 mph.
  Tomorrow:Partly sunny. High 79. N wind 5-10 mph.
  Sunday:Mostly cloudy with showers and storms likely. High 80. S wind 5-10 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar Weather Discussion:A few light showers pushing through early this afternoon, but a series of upper level distu
  
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• Grown-Up Variety at the Movies

  01-06-2018 18:00
  What, no superheroes or galactic travels this weekend? It is a breather week at the box office, which means less bombast and more choices. Indies aplenty as well as some think pieces, action films, docs, French films…sometimes it’s good to take a break. Adrift Opening with an extended take that efficiently moves us from confusion […]
  
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• Board rejects mercy for convicted Ohio killer citing abuse, mental illness

  01-06-2018 17:57
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Parole Board on Friday recommended against mercy for a death row inmate whose attorneys cite a history of physical and emotional abuse and untreated mental illness that led to him killing a man he picked up at a bar more than 30 years ago.The board's 8-1 decision came in the case of death row inmate Robert Van Hook, sentenced to die for fatally strangling and stabbing David Self in Cincinnati in 1985. Van Hook fled to Florida, where he was arrested and confessed.T
  
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• 5 dead, nearly 200 sickened in romaine lettuce outbreak

  01-06-2018 17:40
  
  NEW YORK — Four more deaths have been linked to a national food poisoning outbreak blamed on tainted lettuce, bringing the total to five.Health officials have tied the E. coli outbreak to romaine lettuce grown in Yuma, Arizona. The growing season there ended six weeks ago, and it's unlikely any tainted lettuce is still in stores or people's homes, given its short shelf life. But there can be a lag in reporting, and reports of illnesses have continued to come in.In an update Friday on the n
  
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• Judge sentences convicted killer Shawn Grate to death in murder of 2 women

  01-06-2018 17:39
  ASHLAND COUNTY, Ohio -- A judge has agreed with the jury’s recommendation of the death penalty for convicted Ashland killer Shawn Grate.Shawn Grate was found guilty of aggravated murder in the deaths of 29-year-old Elizabeth Griffith and 43-year-old Stacey Stanley in Ashland County.Grate was arrested in September 2016 after police found the women's remains in what was supposed to be a vacant Ashland home, where another woman said she had been held captive.The woman said she was lured into
  
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• Facebook kills 'trending' topics, tests breaking news label

  01-06-2018 17:24
  
  NEW YORK — Facebook is shutting down its ill-fated "trending" news section after four years, a company executive told The Associated Press.The company claims the tool is outdated and wasn't popular. But the trending section also proved problematic in ways that would presage Facebook's later problems with fake news, political balance and the limitations of artificial intelligence in managing the messy human world.When Facebook launched "trending" in 2014 as a list of headlines to the side o
  
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• LIST: Independence Day celebrations, fireworks displays across central Ohio

  01-06-2018 17:13
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Want to celebrate the Fourth of July the right way?Here is a comprehensive list of fireworks displays in the central Ohio area:June 30Pataskala: June 30th, Fireworks at 10 p.m. – Foundation Park, Pataskala | More infoJuly 2Heath: July 2, Fireworks at 10 p.m. - Geller Park 480 Cynthia Street | More infoGranville: July 2, Fireworks at 10 p.m. - Wildwood Park | More infoJuly 3Athens: July 3, Fireworks at 10 p.m. – East State St. | More infoColumbus: July 3, Red, White,
  
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• Guide to Festivals Around Columbus in June

  01-06-2018 16:00
  Festival season is once again upon us! We have an ultimate list of all of the best festivals in Columbus Ohio, and festivals in Central Ohio! Food festivals, music festivals, free outdoor fun activities, and more! Lists of the home tours in Columbus, fairs, shopping events, and other fun things to do during the summer. […]
  
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• Suspect captured in killing of Tennessee deputy

  01-06-2018 15:28
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has announced the capture of a man suspected in the fatal shooting of a Tennessee sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop.The TBI tweeted photos on Friday of a handcuffed Steven Joshua Wiggins, grimacing as he was placed into the back seat of a law enforcement vehicle. His clothes were muddy and his jeans were ripped open.The agency said Dickson County sheriff's Sgt. Daniel Baker was killed after responded to a call about a suspicious
  
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• 11-year-old Ohio girl with stage 4 cancer named 'Prom Queen'

  01-06-2018 15:28
  
  HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio community has come together to throw a prom for an 11-year-old girl with stage 4 cancer.Madison "Maddie" Smallwood and her entire fifth grade class from Monroe Elementary School joined in on the celebration Wednesday in Hamilton, about 30 miles north of Cincinnati.Maddie arrived to the prom in a limousine, brought four boys as her dates and was deemed "Prom Queen" at the end of the night.Her mom, Lori, says Maddie was diagnosed with bone cancer when she was 8.
  
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• US unemployment falls to nearly 1969 levels; hiring solid

  01-06-2018 14:42
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Another month of strong hiring drove the nation's unemployment rate down to 3.8 percent — tantalizingly close to the level last seen in 1969, when Detroit still dominated the auto industry and the Vietnam War was raging.Employers added 233,000 jobs in May, up from 159,000 in April, the Labor Department reported Friday. And unemployment fell to an 18-year low.The report shows that the nearly 9-year-old economic expansion — the second-longest on record — r
  
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• US gains 223K jobs, rate falls to 18-year low of 3.8 pct.

  01-06-2018 14:42
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. employers extended a streak of solid hiring in May, adding 223,000 jobs and helping lower the unemployment rate to an 18-year low of 3.8 percent.The Labor Department says average hourly pay rose 2.7 percent from a year earlier, a slightly faster annual rate than in April. But pay growth remains below levels that are typical when the unemployment rate is this low.Still, the report shows that the nearly 9-year old economic expansion — the second-longest on record &mda
  
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• President Trump meets with families affected by Texas shooting

  01-06-2018 13:16
  
  HOUSTON — Seeking to comfort grieving families and shaken survivors, President Donald Trump spent more than an hour privately Thursday with some of those impacted by a Texas mass school shooting that killed 10 and wounded more than a dozen on May 18.The latest spasm of violence in a year marred by assaults on the nation's schools, the shooting at Santa Fe High School was the latest to test the president's role as national comforter-in-chief. President Trump met with more than two dozen peo
  
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• Deals & Freebies available on National Donut Day

  01-06-2018 13:14
  
  Embrace your inner Homer Simpson and have a doughnut... It's National Donut Day!The celebration for the doughy snack is always held the first Friday of June. It has been around since 1938.The Chicago Salvation Army started itto bring in funds during the Great Depression, as well as to honor Salvation Army volunteers during WWI. It's been used since to raise funds for multiple charitable organizations.Deals & Freebies on National Donut Day: Duck Donuts: Get a free plain, cinnamon sugar or pow
  
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• Heartfelt Yoga Opens in Former Thank Yoga Space

  01-06-2018 13:00
  “I love this place,” says Alice Gantman, owner of Heartfelt Yoga which is taking over the Thank Yoga studio at 29 East Fifth Avenue, #100 as of today. Thank Yoga was slated to close May 31st, but, thanks to Gantman, the studio will be reborn as Heartfelt Yoga starting June 1st. With its cozy size, […]
  
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• Mac’s Cafe Closes for a Month of Major Renovations

  01-06-2018 12:00
  What’s a longtime Short North establishment to do when the surrounding neighborhood keeps changing? Change with it, says Mac’s Cafe owner Pat Melick. After 30 years, Mac’s is going through its first-ever update that’ll include a major face lift and menu overhaul going back to their roots as an Irish pub. Plans for renovations have […]
  
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• Forecast: Chance for showers & storms Friday

  01-06-2018 10:28
  Today: Mostly cloudy with another chance for PM showers and thunderstorms. High 83. W 5-10 mph.
  Tonight: Scattered showers and possibly a thunderstorm, cooler. Low 62. N 5-10 mph.
  Tomorrow:Partly sunny. High 79. N wind 5-10 mph.
  Sunday:Mostly cloudy with showers and storms likely. High 80. S wind 5-10 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar Weather Discussion: Mostly cloudy start. Showers this morning down by the Ohio River will move to the NE. A series of upper
  
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• Warriors withstand James' 51 points to win NBA Finals Game 1

  01-06-2018 06:02
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. — The Golden State Warriors somehow withstood LeBron James' latest brilliance on the NBA Finals stage.A costly blunder by J.R. Smith and a disputed foul call involving James himself sure helped.Stephen Curry scored 29 points and the Warriors capitalized on Smith's mistake that sent the game into overtime, withstanding a 51-point performance by James to beat Cleveland 124-114 in Game 1 on Thursday night.The game nearly over, James jawed with both Curry and Klay Thompson, the
  
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• Columbus City Council hears concerns of community in meeting series

  01-06-2018 03:48
  
  Hundreds of people showed up at the Far East Neighborhood Pride Center, Thursday, to discuss change."I have never been to one like this," Kenneth Ray said. "Especially this big."Columbus City Council had its first Council Community Meeting Series, Thursday. It's a chance to connect with residents about any concerns they might have in their neighborhoods.Ray is new to the area. He built a house on the east side near Blacklick. He says back in the winter, it took seven days for the city of Columbu
  
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• Columbus man accused of assault while driving for Uber

  01-06-2018 03:42
  
  A Columbus man has been indicted on rape charges and more after authorities say he took advantage of a woman while driving her home.The incident allegedly happened in Marysville in February, but court documents have just been unsealed.A Union County Grand Jury has indicted Muzaffer Sakin on two counts of rape, two counts of sexual battery and one count of gross sexual imposition.Court documents show the alleged assault happened in February.The indictment says Sakin engaged in sexual conduct with
  
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• Memorial Tournament: Matsuyama holes out and shares the lead

  01-06-2018 02:19
  
  DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Hideki Matsuyama and Tiger Woods hit their stride at the end of their rounds at the Memorial, and it paid off in different ways.Matsuyama was in the middle of the pack at Muirfield Village when he ran off four straight birdies and then holed out with a wedge from 130 yards on the 17th hole for an eagle that sent him to a 7-under 65 and a share of the lead with 19-year-old Joaquin Niemann of Chile and Abraham Ancer of Mexico."As the round went along, I played better and
  
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