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• Colombian gang puts $70,000 bounty on drug-sniffing dog

  27-07-2018 23:48
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — This is the story of a drug dog with a bounty on its head.Sombra, a six-year-old German shepherd, has helped Colombia's police detect more than 2,000 kilos of cocaine hidden in suitcases, boats and large shipments of fruit.But as the dog sniffs her way toward record cocaine interdictions, she has also become the latest target of Colombia's most powerful drug gang.Colombian police recently revealed that the Gulf Clan, a cartel that boasts its own guerrilla army, has
  
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• Mother orca pushes dead calf to the surface for two days

  27-07-2018 22:25
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — The first calf born in three years to the endangered orcas that spend time in Pacific Northwest waters died Tuesday, the latest troubling sign for a population already at its lowest in more than three decades.A dead orca was seen being pushed to the surface by her mother about a half hour after it was spotted alive, said Ken Balcomb, senior scientist with the Center for Whale Research on San Juan Island, which closely tracks individual whales.The mother was seen propping the
  
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• Attorney for daycare owner accused of sexual abuse: "No way in hell"

  27-07-2018 22:25
  A central Ohio day care operator accused of sexually abusing children faced a judge Friday.Fifty-one-year-old Kimberly Hignite is charged with gross sexual imposition against three children, and 17 counts of child endangering.Prosecutors say inside her Grove City home, Kimberly Hignite was operating an unlicensed day care center, where children were warehoused more than cared for.Police made the discovery in May when they went to the home with a search warrant."The defendant was not home," said
  
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• Hilliard woman on bicycle struck & killed crossing SR 161 in Union County

  27-07-2018 22:06
  
  The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that involved a bicyclist in Union County.The crash happened on SR 161 at Unionville Road in Darby Township just before 10:30 a.m. Friday.According to patrol, 26-year-old Shannon Mills of Hilliard riding a bicycle northbound on Unionville Road when she failed to stop at stop sign and was struck by a Ford Five Hundred traveling eastbound on SR 161.Mills was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver and a child in the Ford were taken to D
  
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• Beer Barrel Pizza & Grill opening new location at Easton

  27-07-2018 21:17
  
  Beer Barrel Pizza & Grill will be opening its seventh location at Easton this December.The restaurant will be located in a stand-alone building at 3993 Morse Crossing.This will be the second location in the Columbus area, joining the Hilliard location.“We’re really excited to be coming to Easton,” said Good Food Restaurants owner and President John Heaphy. “Since our Beer Barrel location opened on Roberts Road in Hilliard in 2016, we’ve been so excited and humbl
  
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• Ohio woman gets prison for toddler's drowning at her home

  27-07-2018 21:04
  
  ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman found guilty in the death of one toddler and lasting injuries to another after they were found in a pool at her in-home daycare has received four years in prison.The Lorain Morning Journal reports 49-year-old Elizabeth Zenda, of Pittsfield Township, said before sentencing Thursday in Lorain County that her life changed when 22-month-old Annie Flynn died in October 2016. Zenda was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and child endangering after a three-
  
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• Police: Teen who tried to rob Ohio business shot and killed by manager

  27-07-2018 20:56
  
  TROTWOOD, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio say a 17-year-old boy who attempted to rob two employees of an overnight auto repair shop has been shot and killed by a manager from the business.The Dayton Daily News reports the teen has been identified as Calvin Craver, of Dayton. He was shot early Thursday in the Dayton suburb of Trotwood and died at a hospital.Trotwood police say the manager and an employee reported that they were approached by two males and that one of the males pointed a gun at t
  
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• Bond set at $35,000 for Columbus police sergeant indicted on child porn charges

  27-07-2018 20:13
  
  A former Columbus police spokesman indicted on felony counts related to child pornography made his first appearance in court on Friday.The judge handed down a $35,000 bond for Sgt. Dean Worthington.Sgt. Worthington is accused of downloading child pornography to his personal cell phone. Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien says the social networking website Tumblr provided a tip to law enforcement after Worthington allegedly uploaded an image of child pornography.Worthington was indicted
  
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• What's Happening at the Cultural Arts? Drawn East

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• Safety Net - Kylie Salvadore

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• Safety Net EP3 - Kylie Salvadore

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• Concert Photos: Coheed and Cambria / Taking Back Sunday

  27-07-2018 18:12
  A co-headlining double whammy of moshy-rock hit a thunderstorm splattered Columbus on Monday night as the mighty New York based mop-top fronted metal-rockers Coheed and Cambria hit the Express Live! outdoor stage alongside fellow emo-rock old timers, Taking Back Sunday for an evening of power guitars, pounding drums and a lot of jumping around. Opening […]
  
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• Concert Photos: Coheed and Cambria & Taking Back Sunday

  27-07-2018 18:12
  A co-headlining double whammy of moshy-rock hit a thunderstorm splattered Columbus on Monday night as the mighty New York based mop-top fronted metal-rockers Coheed and Cambria hit the Express Live! outdoor stage alongside fellow emo-rock old timers, Taking Back Sunday for an evening of power guitars, pounding drums and a lot of jumping around. Opening […]
  
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• Cruise Still Bankable, Phoenix Still Talented – The Week in Movies

  27-07-2018 18:00
  Every so often Tom Cruise returns to the summer screen to remind us that, while we may not care for him offscreen, he is a Movie Star. An Action Star. A built-in summer blockbuster waiting to happen. This is the weekend for that. Also, Joaquin Phoenix continues in his quietly indie approach to dominating awards […]
  
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• Police arrest woman who climbed to top of 285-foot tower

  27-07-2018 17:57
  
  WOOSTER, Ohio — Authorities say a woman who climbed to the top of a 285-foot-high cell tower and then taunted police and safety personnel on her way down has been arrested.The Wooster Daily Record reports a passer-by spotted the woman at the top of the tower in Wayne Township around 6:30 p.m. Thursday and called 911. She finally descended on her own around 9:15 p.m. as hundreds of onlookers watched from below.Wayne County Sheriff's Capt. Doug Hunter says the woman, wearing jeans, a T-shirt
  
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• Ohio police arrest woman who climbed to top of 285-foot tower

  27-07-2018 17:57
  
  WOOSTER, Ohio — Authorities say a woman who climbed to the top of a 285-foot-high cell tower and then taunted police and safety personnel on her way down has been arrested.The Wooster Daily Record reports a passer-by spotted the woman at the top of the tower in Wayne Township around 6:30 p.m. Thursday and called 911. She finally descended on her own around 9:15 p.m. as hundreds of onlookers watched from below.Wayne County Sheriff's Capt. Doug Hunter says the woman, wearing jeans, a T-shirt
  
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• Concert Preview & Interview: JD Eicher

  27-07-2018 17:53
  Youngstown native JD Eicher recognizes his northeastern Ohio roots have provided him with a unique perspective as a singer-songwriter. “The first time it was really brought to my attention was in an article – an early review, actually of my band – where they said ‘you could hear the rust belt in his songs.’ And […]
  
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• Bear caught in storm drain freed when manhole cover lifted

  27-07-2018 17:46
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Authorities have freed a bear that got caught in a storm drain for about an hour.Colorado Springs Utilities workers and Colorado Parks and Wildlife Southeast Region workers arrived to the residential neighborhood Thursday to work out a strategy to get the bruin out. They didn't want to handle it because they would have to tag it and it would be euthanized if tagged again.With no obvious exit available, @CSUtilities is responding to open a manhole cover above the B
  
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• FCSO introduces the turn signal to Ohio drivers in Facebook post

  27-07-2018 17:33
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office introduced the turn signal to Ohio drivers in a cheeky way on social media.In a Facebook post Friday, FCSO alerted drivers of the “strange object sticking out from your steering wheel.”“But what is it? What could it be? A relic from a lost civilization? Legend tells that once upon a time this mysterious stick was used by sane people to signal their direction of travel,” the post said.The post consists of picture
  
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• Taylor Swift donates tickets to mourning police department

  27-07-2018 16:54
  
  WEYMOUTH, Mass. — Taylor Swift is helping ease the pain of a Massachusetts city mourning the recent loss of a police officer.Weymouth Mayor Robert Hedlund tells The Patriot Ledger that Swift donated "a significant number of tickets" to the town for her shows this weekend in Foxborough, which were distributed among city police officers.Weymouth Sgt. Michael Chesna was shot and killed while investigating a car crash July 15. The same person is also suspected of killing bystander Vera Adams.H
  
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• Smart Columbus: Ride & Drive Roadshow

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• Trump to tout surging economy in South Lawn speech

  27-07-2018 15:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is expected to celebrate a surging economy in a speech to be delivered on the South Lawn of the White House.Trump will respond to new data released Friday that show the U.S. economy surged in the April-June quarter to an annual growth rate of 4.1 percent. That's the fastest pace since 2014.
  He's also tweeting about the "GREAT GDP numbers just released."The growth was driven by consumers who began spending their Trump-signed tax cuts and exporters wh
  
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• Trump claims US is 'economic envy of the entire world'

  27-07-2018 15:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday celebrated the release of new economic data, claiming the U.S. is now the "economic envy of the entire world."Trump was responding to new growth numbers announced on Friday that show the U.S. economy surged in the April-June quarter to an annual growth rate of 4.1 percent — the fastest pace since 2014."We've accomplished an economic turnaround of historic proportions," Trump told reporters during hastily arranged remarks on the South
  
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• 2 minutes, 8 barrels: Surfer takes an epic ride into history

  27-07-2018 15:12
  
  To say Koa Smith was at the right place at the right time is perfectly accurate.To say he got lucky — that's missing the point.Perched precariously on his surfboard, the 23-year-old from Hawaii rode a wave off the coast of Namibia, on the western shore of Africa, for 120 straight seconds. He stayed upright for nearly a mile (1.5 kilometers) as he traveled through an unheard-of eight barrels — the hollow formed by the curve of the wave as it breaks over the rider's head.Almost as amaz
  
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• Man shot leaving Speedway gas station in east Columbus

  27-07-2018 14:20
  
  COLUMBUS - A man was taken to the hospital after being shot leaving a Speedway gas station in east Columbus, according to police. Authorities said it happened just after 3 a.m. Friday at 3304 East Broad Street.Victor Brown, 40, was leaving the gas station when he was shot by an unknown man, according to officials.Brown was taken to Grant Medical Hospital and is expected to be OK.This incident remains under investigation. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call Columbus P
  
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• Press Conference: Columbus Public Health Farmers Market Opening

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• Ohio man pleads guilty to grandmother's fatal stabbing

  27-07-2018 14:02
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A 22-year-old man has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing his grandmother in Cincinnati.WKRC-TV reports Isaiah Zellers entered his plea Thursday to a murder charge in connection with the death of 71-year-old Chesney Shaw.Police were called to the scene of the stabbing May 27. Authorities say Shaw died at the home.Police have not released information about a potential motive for the stabbing.Zeller has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
  
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• US government: Over 1,800 migrant kids reunited by deadline

  27-07-2018 13:53
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Shy children were given a meal and a plane or bus ticket to locations around the U.S. as non-profit groups tried to smooth the way for kids reunited with their parents as a deadline loomed following their separations at the U.S. Mexico border.The Trump administration said Thursday that more than 1,800 children 5 years and older had been reunited with parents or sponsors hours before the deadline. That included 1,442 children who were returned to parents who were in U.S. Im
  
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• No shade! How to get free lipstick for National Lipstick Day

  27-07-2018 13:03
  
  Sunday, July 29, is National Lipstick Day.To celebrate, some chains are giving away a free tube of lipstick, including MAC Cosmetics. Customers can choose from nine shades and no purchase is required.Last year, MAC's giveaway resulted in lines that were miles long at some locations.Sephora, Bobbi Brown, IT Cosmetics, and Winky Lux are also honoring the holiday with either free lipstick or discounts.
  
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• New Columbus parking codes aimed at relieving congestion

  27-07-2018 13:01
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Over the last several years, the City of Columbus has experienced a growth in population, commerce, construction and naturally, some congestion around high demand areas like the Short North, German Village and downtown.All of that leads to pressures on parking that the city wants to alleviate.“We see areas where demand is exceeding supply and we're looking at ways we can change our rules and be more active at managing parking so we can provide more access to folks,”
  
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• Legal implications on Trump or Cohen unclear on secret tape

  27-07-2018 12:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A secret recording of Donald Trump discussing payments to a Playboy model has brought renewed attention to the question of whether — and how — he might have tried to block politically damaging stories ahead of the 2016 presidential election. But it's not clear that the tape, on its own, creates additional legal problems for the president.The September 2016 conversation between Trump and his then-lawyer, Michael Cohen, took place weeks after the National Enquir
  
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• Remains said to be US war dead repatriated from North Korea

  27-07-2018 12:38
  
  North Korea on Friday returned the remains of what are believed to be U.S. servicemen killed during the Korean War, the White House said, with a U.S military plane making a rare trip into North Korea to retrieve 55 cases of remains.The handover follows through on a promise North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made to President Donald Trump when the leaders met in June and is the first tangible result from the much-hyped summit. Trump welcomed the repatriation and thanked Kim in a tweet.The United Nat
  
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• OVI checkpoints planned tonight in Marion County

  27-07-2018 12:37
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio State Highway Patrol will an OVI checkpoint tonight in Marion County to combat impaired driving.The checkpoint will be on Mount Vernon Avenue east of Forest Lawn Drive in the city of Marion.The Ohio State Highway Patrol, in conjunction with the Marion Police and Marion County Sheriff’s Office, will conduct the OVI checkpoints between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. tonight.The checkpoints will be held in conjunction with increase patrols and aggressive combat impaired driver-
  
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• LeBron James hosts new talk show set in barbershop

  27-07-2018 11:47
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James tells a gathering of athletes and entertainers that he regrets naming his oldest son after him in a new HBO show.Set in a barbershop, "The Shop" debuts Aug. 28 featuring James leading conversation and debate among his guests.The first episode features rapper Snoop Dogg, New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors, Candace Parker of the Los Angeles Sparks, New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara, comedian
  
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• Ohio State University facing new lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct by Strauss

  27-07-2018 04:17
  
  Ohio State will be defending itself against another federal lawsuit filed Thursday by 10 former athletes accusing Dr. Richard Strauss of sexual abuse.The suit, filed Thursday, alleges Dr. Strauss, who died in 2005, improperly touched and talked to the athletes under the guise of medical care.It also alleges Ohio State University knew of Strauss’ conduct as early as his first year of employment at the University and turned a blind eye to the abuse throughout his tenure.The complaint filed b
  
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• 10 more ex-students sue Ohio State over sex abuse by doctor

  27-07-2018 04:17
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ten more former students have sued Ohio State University over alleged sexual misconduct by a now-dead team doctor, accusing school officials of facilitating abuse by ignoring complaints and requiring some athletes to get physicals from him to maintain their sports participation and scholarships.The case filed Thursday is the third federal lawsuit brought by men alleging sexual abuse by Dr. Richard Strauss, who worked at Ohio State from 1978 until he retired in 1998."B
  
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• Cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones getting tryout with Browns

  27-07-2018 04:05
  
  BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Free agent cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones will get a tryout with the Cleveland Browns on Friday.The 34-year-old Jones has been out of the NFL since March when the Cincinnati Bengals declined to pick up his $5.5 million contract option.The Browns have a comfort level with Jones because he previously worked with Cleveland coach Hue Jackson in Cincinnati.A Pro Bowl selection in 2015, Jones spent eight seasons with the Bengals, starting 68 games at cornerback and returning p
  
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• Emails: Lawyer who met Trump Jr. tied to Russian officials

  27-07-2018 03:40
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Moscow lawyer said to have promised Donald Trump's presidential campaign dirt on his Democratic opponent worked more closely with senior Russian government officials than she previously let on, according to documents reviewed by The Associated Press.Scores of emails, transcripts and legal documents paint a portrait of Natalia Veselnitskaya as a well-connected attorney who served as a ghostwriter for top Russian government lawyers and received assistance from senior Interi
  
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• Administration: 1,820 children reunited after border split

  27-07-2018 03:33
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration said Thursday that more than 1,800 children separated at the U.S.-Mexico border have been reunited with parents and sponsors but hundreds remain apart, signaling a potentially long wait for anguished families.The federal government was under a Thursday deadline to reunify more than 2,500 children who were separated at the border from their parents under a new immigration policy designed to deter immigrants from coming here illegally. The policy qui
  
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• Mothers speak about Grove City woman's daycare, believe they "failed" as parents

  27-07-2018 03:27
  What police say happened at a house off White Road in Grove City parents can't believe.It's where the Franklin County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant in May where it says Kimberly Hignite, 51, operated an unlicensed daycare and sexually abused children."I went and I interviewed this woman," one mother said. "I went to her house. I knew her for a year before I brought my child there and I talked to her references. So, I did everything as a parent."The mother did not want to be identifi
  
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• Dad’s dance celebrating his son’s release from hospital goes viral

  27-07-2018 02:53
  
  A New Jersey father's video of him dancing to celebrate his baby son being released from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia after being diagnosed with leukemia has gone viral.Kennith Thomas uploaded a video of himself dancing in the hospital to singer Ciara's song "Level Up" as his son watches and claps along.
  When you wake up to your sons number LEVELS UP!! And we get to go home for a few days as he is killing CANCER!! 🙏🏽 TAG @ciara this song right on time #GODSPLAN #fightk
  
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• Department fires officers who used coin flip to decide arrest

  27-07-2018 02:04
  ROSWELL, Ga. — Two Georgia officers have been terminated after they were seen on video using a coin-flip app to determine whether a speeding driver would be arrested, reports CBS affiliate WGCL-TV. The video of the April traffic stop in Roswell was obtained by WXIA-TV.The footage shows Roswell police Officer Courtney Brown asking driver Sarah Webb whether she knew how fast she was going. Webb apologizes, saying she was late for work.Brown then returns to her squad car to consult with fello
  
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• Man wearing "Sandlot" T-shirt unknowingly takes a photo with stars

  27-07-2018 01:42
  
  True "Sandlot" fans will instantly recognize the saying, "You're killin' me, Smalls." But one supposed fan met two stars from the 1993 film on the street and couldn't quite place them."Sandlot" actors Patrick Renna and Tom Guiry took a photo with the fan Wednesday and it soon went viral. In the selfie, the fan in question is wearing a T-shirt with the film's iconic line: "You're killin' me, Smalls."The shirt even had a photo of Renna on it, in character as Hamilton "Ham" Porter.Said nice shirt t
  
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• Facebook market value plunges $119 billion

  27-07-2018 00:21
  
  The 19 percent loss in Facebook's stock chopped $119 billion off its market value.It was the company's worst trading day since going public in 2012, and among the biggest one-day losses of market value in U.S. stock market history.The loss came a day after Facebook revealed that its user base and revenue grew more slowly than expected in the second quarter as it grappled with privacy issues.Those revelations stunned investors, who believed the company had weathered the recent scandal over users'
  
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• Citizens' Commission on Elected Officials Compensation, July 26, 2018

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