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• Minnesota Timberwolves sign Ohio State's Keita Bates-Diop

  07-07-2018 22:45
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Timberwolves have signed rookie forward Keita Bates-Diop to an undisclosed deal.The team announced the signing on Saturday.Bates-Diop, from Ohio State, was drafted by the Timberwolves last month in the second round at No. 48.Bates-Diop was the leading scorer in the Big Ten as a fourth-year senior in 2017-18 at 19.8 points per game. He was limited to nine games as a junior because of a leg injury and took a redshirt for the 2016-17 season.The 6-foot-7, 235-pound
  
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• Police looking for 11-year-old girl missing from north Columbus

  07-07-2018 21:14
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Police are searching for an 11-year-old girl missing from north Columbus.Muraya Thomas went missing Thursday after running away from her foster placement with another missing 14-year-old girl, according to police.Thomas was last seen wearing a blue and white shirt with blue jeans and a red scarf on her head.She is described as black with black hair and brown eyes weighing 120 pounds and standing 5-feet tall.If you have seen her or know of her whereabouts, you are asked to call
  
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• Once known as the awkward rhino, Stormy fathers baby

  07-07-2018 20:40
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. — The zookeepers just didn't think Stormy the male rhinoceros had it in him. Now, they owe him an apology.Stormy had often tried to breed with the four female rhinos at the North Carolina Zoo, but the zookeepers had never seen him succeed. So color them surprised when Linda turned up pregnant, then gave birth July 2 to a rare southern white rhinoceros."Stormy was waiting until we were gone until he actually turned on the charm," said Guy Lichty, the outgoing curator of mammal
  
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• Columbus Artists’ Works Popping Up on Billboards

  07-07-2018 20:38
  You’ve probably been seeing some special billboards around town. When Maria Bamford performed at the FunnyBone Comedy Club in April, she noted that Columbus was a town that must be full of artists. It was probably the best shout-out to a city that I’ve ever heard a comedian give. The ArtPop program found success in […]
  
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• Cleveland officer dies after collapsing during fitness run

  07-07-2018 19:53
  
  CLEVELAND — A veteran Cleveland police officer who collapsed during a fitness run in extreme heat has died.Cleveland.com reports Patrolman Vu Nguyen had intermittently been on life support since collapsing Monday while trying to complete a timed 1.5-mile run. He died Friday at a Cleveland hospital.The run was part of a fitness test for officers seeking to become K9 handlers. The high temperature was 93 degrees in Cleveland on Monday.The head of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association
  
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• Anti-violence protesters shut down part of Chicago freeway

  07-07-2018 17:58
  
  CHICAGO — Thousands of anti-violence protesters marched along a Chicago interstate on Saturday, shutting down traffic to draw attention to the gun violence that's claimed hundreds of lives in some of the city's poorest neighborhoods and pressure public officials to do more to stop it.Marchers chanted, "Stop the killing," and carried signs reading, "We need jobs," and other messages. Some stopped to scrawl on the road with chalk: "Enough is enough" and "Peace." Toward the front of the march
  
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• Anti-violence protesters shut down Chicago freeway

  07-07-2018 17:58
  
  CHICAGO — Protesters shut down a major Chicago interstate on Saturday in an effort to increase pressure on public officials to address the gun violence that's claimed hundreds of lives in some of the city's poorest neighborhoods.Hundreds and possibly thousands of people, including clergy, residents and community leaders, were expected to join the march along a stretch of Interstate 94 known as the Dan Ryan Expressway.Illinois State Police, which had warned earlier in the week that any pede
  
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• North Korea says talks with Pompeo were 'regrettable'

  07-07-2018 16:04
  
  PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea said Saturday that high-level talks with a U.S. delegation led by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo were "regrettable" and accused Washington of trying to unilaterally pressure the country into abandoning its nukes.The North's statement came hours after Pompeo wrapped up two days of talks with senior North Korean officials without meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un but with commitments for new discussions on denuclearization and the repatriation of th
  
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• After talks, NKorea accuses US of 'gangster-like' demands

  07-07-2018 16:04
  
  PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has delivered a dose of harsh reality to Donald Trump, bashing hopes for a quick denuclearization deal in a pointed rebuke to the president's top envoy while accusing the U.S. of making "gangster-like" demands.After the historic U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore, Trump declared the North was no longer a threat and would hand over the remains of Americans killed during the Korean War. Now, three weeks later, the two sides were stil
  
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• Dog Walkers Weekly "Furr-cast" | July 7, 2018

  07-07-2018 14:32
  
  Welcome back, everyone! For you first-time readers, happy to have you here!This blog is dedicated to those dog lovers across central Ohio. Unless you have an outdoor yard, many of you probably walk your dog(s) on a daily basis and multiple times a day.The purpose and goal of this blog is to help those dog walkers and their furry, little friends make the most out of their walks outside while being safe at the same time.So, let's start things off with a look at what I call the "Comfort Scale."You
  
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• Steve Ditko, Spider-Man co-creator, dies at age 90

  07-07-2018 12:11
  
  NEW YORK — Steve Ditko, the Marvel Comics artist who gave the world the woven webs and soaring red-and-blue shape of Spider-Man and the other-worldly shimmer of Doctor Strange, has died, authorities said Friday. He was 90.Ditko was found June 29 in his Manhattan apartment and was pronounced dead at the scene, police Lt. Paul Ng said. No further details were immediately available.Ditko, along with writer Stan Lee, introduced the world to Peter Parker and his alter-ego Spider-Man in 1962 in
  
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• One person in life-threatening condition following crash involving motorcycle

  07-07-2018 07:15
  
  COLUMBUS - One person is in life-threatening condition after a crash between a car and a motorcycle in east Columbus.The Columbus Division of Police said the crash happened Friday just after 11:30 p.m. on Oakwood Avenue and East Whittier Street.One person was transported to Grant Medical Center in life-threatening condition.Oakwood Avenue and East Whittier Street remain closed as authorities investigate the crash.Stay with 10TV for updates on this developing story.
  
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• Man accused of leaving child with special needs in car to go play games at Hilliard restaurant

  07-07-2018 04:03
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – A Columbus man is accused of leaving a child with special needs in a car while he went to use credits at a Dave & Buster’s in Hilliard, according to records filed in Franklin County Municipal Court.Dylan Behr, 24, is facing a first-degree misdemeanor count of endangering children.On May 19, Behr left the 9-year-old child alone in the back seat of his car while he was inside the restaurant playing games, according to court records.Jon Hersh with Homewatch Caregive
  
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• Butcher opens shop in Grandview to pay tribute to friend

  07-07-2018 02:59
  
  A local butcher is paying tribute to a friend who lost his battle to cancer by supplying the community with locally sourced food.The Butcher & Grocer in Grandview offers up something different to customers.The owner says 95 percent of the products sold are grown in Ohio.A little slice and dice is what keep the customers going to The Butcher & Grocer."We found a little niche down here in Grandview and it's been great," owner Tony Tanner said.The small shop on 1st Avenue just celebrated tw
  
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• Pickerington police: Fourth of July brawl was "very, very close" to riot

  07-07-2018 02:14
  Pickerington police say the fight that happened at Wednesday's Fourth of July celebration at Victory Park was a borderline riot."You hate to use the term 'all-out riot,' but I think it would have definitely had a mob mentality," Commander Tod Cheney said. "It was very, very close."Commander Cheney says the fireworks show has had issues before. In 2017, someone yelled "Shots!," which lead the crowd to believe there was a gun and sent spectators running."And what it did is it just made everybody s
  
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• Mistaken choice of "sexier" Lady Liberty stamp to cost USPS $3.5M

  07-07-2018 02:01
  
  LAS VEGAS -- A stamp that mistakenly featured the image of a Statue of Liberty replica in Las Vegas instead of the original New York Statue will cost the U.S. Postal Service $3.5 million in a copyright infringement lawsuit. Las Vegas sculptor Robert Davidson, who created the replica Lady Liberty in the facade at the New York-New York casino-resort on the Las Vegas Strip, sued the Postal Service five years ago over its 2011 "forever" stamp design.The stamp featured the face of his Lady Liberty, w
  
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• Trump's Mar-a-Lago wants to hire 61 foreign workers

  07-07-2018 01:44
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club wants to hire 61 foreign workers for its upcoming season, which begins in November.According to applications filed this week with the U.S. Labor Department, Mar-a-Lago wants to hire 40 waiters and waitresses at $12.68 an hour and 21 cooks at $13.31. On the application, club managers attest they can't find enough Americans qualified, willing and available to do the work.Trump has criticized U.S. companies for employing foreign
  
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