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• Lady Antebellum calls Ohio police lip sync of its song 'amazing'

  22-07-2018 23:55
  
  MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — An Ohio police department's entry in a lip sync challenge sweeping the nation has gotten rave reviews — including from the country music group whose song is featured.Click here to view the video.Middletown police Chief Rodney Muterspaw says he's "overwhelmed" by the response to a video his department created as part of a national lip sync challenge among police departments. The Hamilton-Middletown Journal-News reports among fans of the video is the band Lady Antebe
  
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• Former Dolphins, Raiders head coach Tony Sparano dies at 56

  22-07-2018 22:38
  
  MIAMI — Tony Sparano once beat Bill Belichick with the single wing, but wasn't as old as that made him sound.Sparano was only 56 when he died unexpectedly Sunday. The Minnesota Vikings announced his death in a statement that did not provide a cause.He had been the Vikings' offensive line coach since 2016.The most memorable moment in Sparano's 19-year NFL coaching career came in 2008, when he was a rookie head coach with the Miami Dolphins, inheriting a team that had gone 1-15 the previous
  
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• Former educator celebrates her 104th birthday

  22-07-2018 22:36
  It’s a happy 104th birthday to Mildred Newcomb. At her nursing home, she got cards and presents and a birthday crown. Our photographer asked her secret to reaching 104 years old. “You have to be 103,” she said.Newcomb was and still is an educator. She retired as head of the English department of Ohio Wesleyan University and was in her 50s when she pursued her doctorate. Every now and then still teaches at the nursing home.
  
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• Several Ritz cracker products recalled due to possible salmonella presence

  22-07-2018 21:54
  
  EAST HANOVER, New Jersey -- Several Ritz cracker products have been recalled due to a potential presence of Salmonella.Mondelēz Global LLC announced the voluntary recall in the United States, including Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands on Saturday.Mondelēz Global LLC announced a voluntary recall in the United States, Puerto Rico & the U.S. Virgin Islands, of certain Ritz Cracker Sandwiches and Ritz Bits product. For a full list of affected products please visit: https://t.co
  
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• Democrat Tim Ryan says marijuana should be legal across US

  22-07-2018 21:01
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan says the war on drugs has failed and he now supports marijuana legalization in all 50 states.The northeast Ohio Democrat announced his position Friday in an op-ed on CNN. Ryan says he's concluded that current laws are morally wrong, "economically nonsensical," and place an unnecessary strain on law enforcement agencies.Ryan is co-sponsoring the Marijuana Justice Act, which removes marijuana from the list of federally controlled substances and eliminates
  
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• Gunman in Trader Joe's standoff was feuding with grandmother

  22-07-2018 20:44
  
  LOS ANGELES — A feud between a man and his grandmother over his girlfriend staying at the grandmother's home exploded into violence that ultimately led to him taking dozens of people hostage inside a Los Angeles supermarket, a relative said Sunday.Investigators believe Gene Evin Atkins, 28, shot his grandmother several times and wounded his girlfriend at their South Los Angeles home on Saturday afternoon before he led police on a chase, while exchanging gunfire with officers, crashed into
  
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• Gunman in LA supermarket standoff arrested for murder

  22-07-2018 20:44
  
  LOS ANGELES — A gunman who got into a deadly shootout with police, then took dozens of people hostage at a Los Angeles supermarket has been arrested on suspicion of murder, authorities said Sunday.Gene Evin Atkins, 28, was being held Sunday morning on $2 million bail, according to Officer Drake Madison, a Los Angeles police spokesman. It wasn't clear if he had an attorney and a message left at a number listed for Atkins in public records wasn't immediately returned.A woman was shot and kil
  
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• Ohio patrol, 5 other states' police focus on Move Over law

  22-07-2018 18:34
  
  COLUMBUS — Ohio's State Highway Patrol and state police in five other states are focusing on enforcement of the Move Over law.The law requires drivers approaching any vehicles with flashing or rotating lights that are parked on the roadside to move over to an adjacent lane. Motorists should slow down and proceed with caution if moving over isn't possible due to traffic or weather conditions or lack of a second lane.The safety effort began Sunday will end at 11:59 a.m. July 28. It includes
  
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• Police fatally shoot suspect in robbery where 2 stabbed

  22-07-2018 17:51
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio — Authorities say police have shot a suspect after a robbery at an Ohio store where two people were found stabbed, and the suspect and one of those stabbed have died.Toledo police say they received a report around 10 p.m. Saturday about a robbery at a Dollar General store. They say suspect Dale Slocum was found outside the store and shot in an encounter with police. Authorities say the 57-year-old man died at a hospital.Police say 53-year-old Tommy Thacker was found stabbed in
  
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• 10-year-old survives fall from 30-foot California cliff

  22-07-2018 17:46
  
  CORONA DEL MAR, California -- A dramatic rescue took place Friday at a popular Orange County, California, beach after a 10-year-old boy fell off a steep cliff, CBS Los Angeles reports. Police said the boy fell 30 feet from a cliff, but there was no word on his condition as of Friday night. There were a lot of people around enjoying the beach when it happened.Paramedics told CBS Los Angeles the child was conscious and breathing at the time of transport, and the first person to come to his aid was
  
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• Pope appeals for end of migrant shipwrecks, prays for dead

  22-07-2018 13:36
  
  VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has lamented the latest migrant deaths in shipwrecks of smugglers' boats and entreated nations to act swiftly to prevent more tragedies.Francis in his traditional Sunday appearance to faithful in St. Peter's Square expressed sorrow over recent deaths in the Mediterranean Sea and assured victims' loved ones of his prayers.He called on "the international community to act decisively and quickly so similar tragedies aren't repeated" and said the "safety, respect of
  
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• Police look for person responsible for killing man in east Columbus

  22-07-2018 13:27
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Columbus Division of Police is searching for information on a shooting that left one man dead in east Columbus.On May 30, 2018, around 1:30 a.m. police officers were called to the rear of the 500 block of Seymour Avenue on a report of a shooting.When police arrived, they found 20-year old Brailon Hunter, suffering from a gunshot wound. Brailon was pronounced dead a few hours later by the Columbus Fire Department, according to authorities.Crime Stoppers is offering a cash re
  
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• Jonathan Gold, Pulitzer-winning restaurant critic, dies

  22-07-2018 13:01
  
  LOS ANGELES — Jonathan Gold, who became the first restaurant critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for criticism, has died. He was 57.The Los Angeles Times, where Gold most recently worked, reported that he died Saturday after being diagnosed earlier this month with pancreatic cancer."I can't imagine the city without him. It just feels wrong. I feel like we won't have our guide, we won't have the soul," said Laura Gabbert, who directed "City of Gold," a 2015 documentary about the critic. "It's
  
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• Friends plead for answers after bar bouncer's life taken

  22-07-2018 04:17
  A week after 37-year-old Robert Lamont Woods was killed walking patrons to their car at a west side bar, his friends are looking for closure.“I got two boys that I had to sit down and tell they won’t get to live the rest of their lives with their dad because he was taken from them,” Brenda Cantrell said.Cantrell says Woods is the father of her two youngest sons.“He didn’t deserve it at all.”According to investigators, Woods was escorting patrons to their vehic
  
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• Hundreds of Columbus Police officers sing and dance in Red, White, and Boom celebration

  22-07-2018 04:16
  
  COLUMBUS -- It turns out the Columbus Division of Police simply couldn't stop the feeling, creating a video with members of the community to the song “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” by Justin Timberlake.During the week of Red, White, and Boom, dozens of officers showed off their moves and shared it on their social media accounts.At the end of their Facebook post, they challenge Mark Wahlberg to join them in the lip sync challenge and are awaiting his response. Watch the officers danc
  
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• Columbus police can't fight the feeling, join Lip Sync Challenge

  22-07-2018 04:16
  
  COLUMBUS -- It turns out the Columbus Division of Police simply couldn't fight the feeling.After the course of the week during Red White and Boom, dozens of officers stepped up and showed their moves as they put together a highly edited video for the Lip Sync Challenge.The Challenge has taken law enforcement by storm nationwide in an effort to foster positive relationships with the communities they serve and protect.There's nothing else to do but watch.
  
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• Columbus serial exposer behind bars once again

  22-07-2018 02:47
  
  COLUMBUS -- After searching for a man since March who is suspected of exposing himself at a crowded restaurant, he is now behind bars.Dawalyan Hall, 33, is accused of exposing himself and masturbating in public at an Ohio State University area restaurant. Halls address is listed as "The streets of Columbus."According to a complaint and affidavit from Franklin County Municipal Court, Hall is suspected of exposing himself inside a restaurant in the 1700 block of North High Street on March 25 at 2:
  
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• Columbus serial exposer arrested, due in court Wednesday

  22-07-2018 02:47
  
  COLUMBUS -- After searching for a man since March who is suspected of exposing himself at a crowded restaurant, law enforcement apprehended him and placed him behind bars.Dawalyan Hall, 33, is accused of exposing himself and masturbating in public at an Ohio State University area restaurant. Halls address is listed as "The streets of Columbus." He posted bond Saturday.According to a complaint and affidavit from Franklin County Municipal Court, Hall is suspected of exposing himself inside a resta
  
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• Shooting suspect apprehended in standoff at Los Angeles supermarket; 1 woman killed

  22-07-2018 02:13
  
  LOS ANGELES — A man shot his grandmother and girlfriend Saturday and then led police on a car chase that ended when he crashed into a pole and ran inside a busy supermarket as bullets from officers shattered the front doors. About three hours after he took hostages in the store, the suspect surrendered.One woman was killed inside the supermarket, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said.Officers with riot gear, armed with rifles, stood along the side of the Trader Joe's in the Silver Lake area
  
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• Large police presence reported at Los Angeles supermarket

  22-07-2018 02:13
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Latest on an active police situation at a Trader Joe's in Los Angeles (all times local):5:45 p.m.A 91-year-old man is among those who escaped from a Los Angeles supermarket after a gunman ran inside.Don Kohles was walking into the Trader Joe's in the city's Silver Lake section Saturday afternoon when a car being chased by police crashed into a pole just outside.Kohles says police fired at the male driver and shattered the store's glass doors. Kohles says he and others ins
  
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• Grandfather charged after 4-year-old accidentally shoots and kills 2-year-old cousin

  22-07-2018 01:32
  
  MUSCOY, Calif. -- A 4-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his 2-year-old cousin Friday in the town of Muscoy, California, authorities said. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said deputies and first responders arrived at the scene around 9 a.m. local time at a home on Duffy Street.They said the 2-year-old girl suffered a gunshot wound and was transported to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead nearly an hour later.The victim's grandfather, 53-year-old Cesar Lopez, wa
  
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• CVS apologizes after transgender woman says she was denied a hormone prescription

  22-07-2018 01:23
  
  CVS Health is apologizing to a transgender woman who says she was denied a hormone prescription by a pharmacist at the drugstore chain. The company apologized on social media Friday, noting that the pharmacist is also no longer employed by CVS.Hilde Hall, who lives in Fountain Hills, Arizona, was "elated" to fill her first hormone therapy prescription after leaving her doctor's office in April, she wrote in a blog post posted Thursday on the ACLU's website."I was finally going to start seeing my
  
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