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• Judy Malinowski's testimony unsealed as her killer gets life in prison

  05-07-2018 23:44
  Life in prison with no chance of parole: that is the sentence for the man convicted in the murder of Judy Malinowski.Thursday Michael Slager agreed to plead guilty to murder, in exchange for the death penalty being taken off the table.On August 2, 2015, Slager doused his then-girlfriend with gasoline, and set her on fire.Malinowski, a young mother of two, survived for some 700 days, living with horrific burns over 95 percent of her body.In January of 2017, anticipating she would not survive her
  
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• Woman finds nearly 50 brown recluse spiders in her bedroom

  05-07-2018 23:12
  
  A Tennessee woman is recovering after being bitten multiple times by brown recluse spiders.Angela Wright said the creatures have invaded her apartment, despite the fact that the management company sprayed her apartment.Wright said she has put traps in every corner of her apartment after finding nearly 50 of them in her bedroom."I noticed that my arm, my left arm, was hurting and then I just casually dismissed it,” she said.Doctors confirmed she was bitten at least three times."I couldn't w
  
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• 3-month-old girl, 14-year-old boy among 3 dead in Ross County crash

  05-07-2018 22:17
  
  ROSS COUNTY, Ohio – A woman, her teenage brother, and her infant daughter are dead after a crash in Ross County Wednesday night, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.OSHP said 21-year-old Monica Arledge, of Chillicothe, was driving a car west on County Road 550 near Maple Grove Road after 11:30 p.m. when she crossed the center line and hit a pickup truck heading eastbound.The passengers in the car, Monica Arledge’s brother 14-year-old Bodhi Arledge of Frankfort and her 3-month-
  
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• EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt resigns

  05-07-2018 21:54
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C.- President Donald Trump says he has accepted the resignation of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt.Pruitt had become a constant source of embarrassment to a president who had entered Washington promising to "Drain the Swamp."Pruitt has faced an array of ethical questions about his travel spending, security costs, dealings with industry lobbyists and misuse of government resources.He had denied wrongdoing in the face of multiple congressional and oversight
  
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• Poachers eaten by lions after sneaking onto South African game reserve to hunt rhino

  05-07-2018 21:32
  
  In a stunning instance of the animal kingdom taking karma into its own hands – or rather, paws – at least three poachers were mauled to death and then eaten by lions earlier this week after they illegally entered the Sibuya Game Reserve in South Africa to hunt rhinos."They strayed into a pride of lions – it's a big pride so they didn't have too much time," Sibuya Game Reserve's owner, Nick Fox, told AFP Thursday. "We're not sure how many there were – there's not much left
  
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• Group of poachers eaten alive by lions after sneaking onto game reserve to hunt rhino

  05-07-2018 21:32
  
  In a stunning instance of the animal kingdom taking karma into its own hands – or rather, paws – at least three poachers were mauled to death and then eaten by lions earlier this week after they illegally entered the Sibuya Game Reserve in South Africa to hunt rhinos."They strayed into a pride of lions – it's a big pride so they didn't have too much time," Sibuya Game Reserve's owner, Nick Fox, told AFP Thursday. "We're not sure how many there were – there's not much left
  
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• Former Ohio police chief gets prison for receiving nude teen photos

  05-07-2018 21:19
  
  AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A former northeast Ohio village police chief has been sentenced to five years in prison for receiving nude photos of a 16-year-old girl he met on the job.Thirty-seven-year-old Andrew Soloman previously pleaded guilty to a charge related to the photos. Court records show a child pornography charge against him was dismissed in conjunction with his sentencing last week.A message seeking comment on the sentence was sent to his attorney.Soloman was chief in Craig Beach, about
  
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• Boat crashes into Lake Erie breakwater, 2 killed

  05-07-2018 21:01
  
  LORAIN, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a boat crashed into a Lake Erie breakwater after a northeast Ohio fireworks show, killing a husband and wife and slightly injuring the man's 10-year-old grandson.The (Elyria) Chronicle-Telegram reports the U.S. Coast Guard says the accident occurred around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday near Lorain. Both the husband and wife were found unresponsive by rescuers.The man was pronounced dead at the scene. His wife died at a hospital. The grandson was treated for minor
  
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• Statue of Liberty climber charged with trespassing

  05-07-2018 20:58
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A woman was charged on Thursday with misdemeanor trespassing and disorderly conduct for climbing the base of the Statue of Liberty on a busy Fourth of July in what prosecutors called a "dangerous stunt."Court papers also charged Therese Okoumou with resisting arrest by refusing to leave her perch by the bottom of the statue's robes, about 100 feet above ground. Police were forced to scale the statue to pull her down.Okoumou allegedly "staged a dangerous stunt that alarmed t
  
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• Red meat allergy transmitted by lone star ticks on the rise

  05-07-2018 20:26
  
  A mysterious and rare condition transmitted by ticks may be on the rise. A bite from the lone star tick can cause people to develop a red meat allergy, and in some cases a reaction to dairy products.A researcher from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill discovered more than 5,000 cases were reported in the country. That's up from 3,500 two years ago.On "CBS This Morning" Thursday, Dr. Tara Narula said medical experts have just begun to understand the condition within the last decade."
  
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• Bank restores stolen funds to 112-year-old veteran

  05-07-2018 20:01
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Bank of America has credited the account of a Texas resident who is believed to be the oldest man in the U.S. after his family reported that thieves had stolen his identity and drained the account.Richard Overton's family said Social Security and bank account numbers for the 112-year-old Austin man were used to make seven withdrawals over the past several months. The family filed a police report Friday.Cousin Volma Overton said the family was shocked when the bank aske
  
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• Woman hospitalized in east Columbus shooting

  05-07-2018 20:00
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - A woman is recovering after being shot Thursday afternoon in east Columbus.According to the Columbus Division of Police, the shooting happened at 12:43 in the 2000 block of Maryland Avenue.Officers located a female who had been shot and transported to Grant Medical Center where she is expected to be OK.Detectives on the scene are questioning several people who may have witnessed the shooting.No suspect information was immediately available.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com on this dev
  
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• Mega Weekend – The Top 25 Things to Do in Columbus This Weekend

  05-07-2018 20:00
  Has your weekend event calendar filled up too quickly this month? It happens to the best of us. Thankfully, we’ve gathered the top 25 things to do in the Columbus area this weekend. Leave the guess-work for trivia night. Plus, you can now purchase tickets for an afternoon of yoga, healthy bites, massage and more […]
  
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• Power outage impacting Wexner Medical Center East Hospital

  05-07-2018 19:46
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -An equipment failure has knocked out power for thousands of customers just east of downtown Columbus, according to American Electric Power.AEP’s outage map is showing over 4,000 customers without power throughout central Ohio Thursday afternoon.Over 2,000 of those customers are in the King-Lincoln District, Woodland Park and near east Columbus area.The outage has caused Wexner Medical Center East Hospital to lose its power as well. In a statement, the hospital says they are
  
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• Hazmat situation prompts evacuations for several buildings in Gahanna

  05-07-2018 18:51
  
  MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP – A suspicious odor forced several buildings to be evacuated Thursday morning in Gahanna.It happened around 7:44 a.m. on Research Road near Taylor Station Road.According to Mifflin Township Public Information Officer Melissa Rapp, crews are working to determine the source and location of the odor.Officials said there were a total of five buildings evacuated as a precaution.Mifflin Township fire crews told 10TV that the odor is some type of hydrogen gas or “sewer gas&
  
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• "Trump Baby" balloon gets green light to fly over London during president's visit

  05-07-2018 18:24
  
  LONDON (CBS News) -- A giant balloon dubbed the "Trump Baby" will be allowed to fly near London's Parliament during President Trump's visit on July 13, the activist group behind it says. The balloon's flight was approved by Mayor Sadiq Khan after more than 10,000 people signed a petition and more than 1,000 people raised over $20,000 through a crowdfunding campaign.That's a reversal from last week, when city officials denied the group permission to fly the "Trump Baby" blimp over Parliament Squa
  
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• Police: Woman shoots man trying to take SUV with her kids inside

  05-07-2018 17:50
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Dallas police say a woman shot a man in the head who was trying to steal her sport utility vehicle with her two children inside.Police say the suspect got into the women's vehicle late Wednesday night in a gas station parking lot.Police say the woman jumped in the vehicle and told the suspect to stop. When he did not, the woman pulled a gun from her glove box and shot the man once in the head. The vehicle then crashed into a telephone pole.Police say the suspect was taken to
  
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• Drivers risk stopping on highway to watch fireworks

  05-07-2018 17:48
  On July 3, a fleet of law enforcement officers saturated the downtown Columbus freeway system to target drivers stopped along the highway attempting to view the fireworks from Red, White, and Boom! 10TV teamed up with Franklin County Sheriff's Deputy, Shawn Robbins who spent part of his shift chasing away stopped drivers.The deputy approached one vehicle stopped in the berm. The driver told Deputy Robbins he pulled over to watch the fireworks."You guys can't be sitting here watching the firework
  
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• Newest gorilla at Brookfield Zoo in Illinois gets name: Ali

  05-07-2018 17:41
  
  BROOKFIELD, Ill. — A baby gorilla born a month ago at a zoo in suburban Chicago has been named Ali.Brookfield Zoo says a donor chose the name of the western lowland gorilla that was born June 1.Zoo spokeswoman Sondra Katzen says she doesn't know why Ali was the name chosen.The Chicago Tribune reports that for the next four months or so, Ali will cling to her mother, Koola, before she starts venturing further — but still within arm's reach.Ali is a big deal — and not just to Koo
  
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• Ohio unsure of status of 2,300 students from closed e-school

  05-07-2018 17:35
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Many of the students enrolled in Ohio's largest online charter school when it closed in January have transferred to other schools, but state officials don't know what happened with about 2,300 students.Nearly 11,400 students were listed as enrolled at the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow when it shut down mid-school-year amid a dispute with the state over public funding and how student participation was tallied, and about 20 percent are not re-enrolled or accounted for, ac
  
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• Pygmy hippopotamus Francesca dies at Oklahoma City Zoo

  05-07-2018 17:20
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY — Francesca, a female pygmy hippo that "I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas" singer Gayla Peevey welcomed to Oklahoma City's zoo in December, has died at age 26.The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden announced Francesca's death Wednesday and said caretakers examined the hippo last week after she showed signs of illness. Veterinarians diagnosed her with dental and severe gastrointestinal disease and progressive kidney failure.The zoo said the median life expectancy for a p
  
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• Best Movies of the First Half of 2018

  05-07-2018 17:00
  You asked for it. Wait, did you? Well, you’ve got it: the best films of the first half of 2018. A great mix of blockbuster and indie, foreign and domestic, action, comedy, drama, SciFi and horror. The second half of the year has a lot to live up to! 10. Annihilation Alex Garland’s work as […]
  
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• Columbus Blue Jackets sign forward Boone Jenner to 4-year contract extension

  05-07-2018 16:56
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed forward Boone Jenner to a four-year contract extension.The 25-year-old Dorchester, Ontario, native has been a stalwart presence in the emergence of the Blue Jackets as a playoff team in the last two seasons.The contract signed Wednesday locks up Jenner through the 2021-22 season. Terms were not disclosed.Jenner had 13 goals and nine assists in 2017-18, a season in which he missed all of training camp and the first seven games of t
  
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• Treat to Try: Freeze Style Ice Cream

  05-07-2018 16:00
  Freeze Style Ice Cream made its debut on Lane Avenue at the beginning of 2018. While January’s not exactly prime time for the frozen treat business, it’s in full bloom now during the hot, hot summer. Freeze isn’t in a particularly obvious place. Its storefront doesn’t face the main street, so you have to know […]
  
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• Cap City Nights at Linden

  05-07-2018 15:40 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Michael Slager sentenced to life in prison for murder of Judy Malinowski

  05-07-2018 14:59
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The man accused of killing a New Albany mother by setting her on fire, has pleaded guilty.Michael Slager made the plea Thursday morning, one day before jury selection was to begin in his capital murder trial.Slager was charged with Aggravated Murder in the death of Judy Malinowski.In December 2016, he was convicted of Aggravated Arson and Felonious Assault in the case.Malinowski died in June of 2017, after which prosecutors filed murder charges.On August 2, 2015, Slager poured
  
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• Man accused of killing Judy Malinowski pleads guilty

  05-07-2018 14:59
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The man accused of killing a New Albany mother by setting her on fire, has pleaded guilty.Michael Slager made the plea Thursday morning, one day before jury selection was to begin in his capital murder trial.WATCH LIVE -- Judge to sentence Slager after guilty plea:Slager was charged with Aggravated Murder in the death of Judy Malinowski.In December 2016, he was convicted of Aggravated Arson and Felonious Assault in the case.Malinowski died in June of 2017, after which prosecuto
  
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• CTV News Briefs: Cap City Nights Linden

  05-07-2018 14:51 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Buying A Car This Summer? 4 Reasons A Credit Union is the Way to Go

  05-07-2018 14:15
  In the game of life, purchasing a vehicle is a big milestone. Whether you’re in the market to buy your first or fourth car, this investment is not one to be taken lightly. It’s important that you are set for success and aware of your financing options before you sign on the dotted line. Many […]
  
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• Claude Lanzmann, director of 'Shoah,' dies at age 92

  05-07-2018 13:56
  
  PARIS (AP) — French Director Claude Lanzmann, whose 9½-hour masterpiece "Shoah" bore unflinching witness to the Holocaust through the testimonies of Jewish victims, German executioners and Polish bystanders, has died at the age of 92.Gallimard, the publishing house for Lanzmann's autobiography, said he died Thursday morning at a hospital in Paris. It gave no further details.The power of "Shoah," filmed in the 1970s during Lanzmann's trips to the barren Polish landscapes where the sl
  
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• Facebook's dating app revs up romance scams

  05-07-2018 13:15
  
  Finding a soulmate is already pretty tough, but here's another reason to keep your guard up. Facebook (FB) is launching a dating application later this year, and users are already perceiving a rise in "catfishers" -- crooks pretending to be lovelorn in an attempt to pull off a romance scam.Michelle Amburgey, a 56-year-old who runs a holistic healing business, said she received six sketchy Facebook "friend requests" over just one recent weekend. Amburgey said she has always perceived some suspect
  
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• Two women accused of shoplifting while leaving 4 children in hot car

  05-07-2018 13:08
  
  EAST HANOVER, N.J. -- Police say two women left four children, one as young as 11 months old, alone in a hot car while they went into a Marshall's store and stole items, CBS New York reports. Arlena T. Keye, 27, of Easton, Pennsylvania and Shaday H. Williams, 27, of Newark, were arrested and charged with shoplifting and cruelty and neglect of their children, aged 7, 6, 5, and 11 months.According to police, the four children were left unattended in a vehicle, windows slightly down and engine not
  
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• Columbus Makes Art Presents Folding Lives with Monica Salisbury

  05-07-2018 13:00
  Ohio Paper Folders hosts their annual CenterFold Origami Convention August 10-12 at the Marriott Columbus Northwest in Dublin. The event features exhibitions, classes and speakers. Ohio Paper Folders founder and origami artist Monica Salisbury will be teaching at the convention. Ohio Paper Folders Vice President John Scully connected with her to chat about her work. […]
  
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• China rejects 'blackmail' on eve of US tariff hike

  05-07-2018 12:39
  
  BEIJING (AP) — China rejected "threats and blackmail" ahead of a threatened U.S. tariff hike, striking a defiant stance Thursday in a dispute companies worry could flare into a full-blown trade war and chill the global economy.A government spokesman said Beijing will defend itself if U.S. President Donald Trump goes ahead Friday with plans to raise duties on $34 billion of Chinese goods in the escalating conflict over technology policy.The dispute reflects foreign frustration with China's
  
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• Kim Dotcom loses latest legal bid to avoid US extradition

  05-07-2018 12:02
  
  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Flamboyant internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom and three of his former colleagues have lost their latest bid to avoid extradition to the U.S. to face criminal charges.New Zealand's Court of Appeal on Thursday upheld earlier court rulings that found the men were eligible to be handed over to U.S. authorities.Dotcom's lawyer Ira Rothken said they were disappointed with the judgment and planned to file an appeal with New Zealand's Supreme Court."As people will know
  
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• 2nd Novichok poisoning likely not deliberate, police say

  05-07-2018 11:58
  
  AMESBURY, England (AP) — British officials investigating a second case of poisoning with the nerve agent Novichok in southwestern England said Thursday they suspect the victims were not directly targeted but sickened as a consequence of the previous attack.Police announced late Wednesday that specialists have determined that a couple in their 40s were poisoned by the same lethal toxin — developed by the Soviet Union — that almost killed Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in
  
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• Rescuers race to drain water inside Thai cave before rains

  05-07-2018 11:32
  
  MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — With more rain coming, Thai rescuers are racing against time to pump out water from a flooded cave before they can extract 12 boys and their soccer coach with minimum risk, officials said Thursday.A firefighter who has been working on draining the water said that levels in parts of a passage leading to a chamber where the boys and the coach were found on Monday after missing for 10 days was still flooded all the way to the ceiling, making diving the only way out."W
  
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• Payday loans, guns among stalled issues at Ohio Statehouse

  05-07-2018 10:31
  
  Ohio's Legislature is on summer break after a flurry of activity that included passage of dozens of bills, many sent to the governor, and a few key proposals left in limbo.The pace of the action was accelerated because a stalemate over who would succeed Republican Cliff Rosenberger as speaker in the House prevented it from passing any bills for weeks.Here is a look at where things stand:FROM A TO VOn their final day, June 27, lawmakers sent 19 bills to Republican Gov. John Kasich addressing topi
  
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• Moment of silence set for Capital newspaper shooting victims

  05-07-2018 10:26
  
  Newsrooms across the world have been urged to observe a moment of silence for the five employees of The Capital who were killed in one of the deadliest attacks on journalists in U.S. history.It will be observed Thursday at 2:33 p.m. That's when a gunman attacked the Annapolis newspaper with a shotgun.The Baltimore Sun Media Group is observing a moment of silence at its offices in Annapolis, Baltimore, and Carroll County.The American Society of News Editors and The Associated Press Media Editors
  
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