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• Suspect, officers identified in deadly police-involved shooting at north Columbus hotel

  09-08-2018 23:33
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Authorities say a suspect died after exchanging gunfire with police at a north Columbus hotel Thursday evening.Police went to the hotel, located on Sinclair Road, after receiving a report of a fight involving a gun.Officers were not able to locate anyone involved when they first arrived at the scene.After running license plates of vehicles in the parking lot, police say officers learned that one of the vehicles belonged to a man wanted on a felony warrant for abduction.Off
  
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• Suspect dies, officer OK after police-involved shooting in north Columbus

  09-08-2018 23:33
  A suspect has died after exchanging gunfire with police in north Columbus Thursday evening.According to Columbus police, officers were responding to a fight of two men fighting near a hotel in the 4800 block of Sinclair Road.Police were not able to find anyone and decided to run some license plates in the area. One of those plates came back for an active warrant for kidnapping.Officers began to knock on doors at the hotel. The suspect came out of the hotel and fired shots.Columbus police say all
  
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• Suspect critical, officer injured after police-involved shooting in north Columbus

  09-08-2018 23:33
  A suspect is in critical condition and one officer was injured after a reported police-involved shooting in north Columbus.According to Columbus police, officers were serving a felony warrant at a hotel in the 4800 block of Sinclair Road when shots were fired.The suspect was taken to Grant Medical Center. Police have not identified the suspect at this time.Police say one officer was injured by a gunshot. His injuries are not life-threatening.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Superhero Day, Mac & Cheese Fest among late summer and fall events at Easton

  09-08-2018 23:02
  
  Easton Town Center has released a list of upcoming events for this summer and fall.This Saturday is "Superhero Day" where people are encouraged to dress up and enjoy games and other activities.Other events include Easton Fashion Night, Halloween Pet Parade and wrapping up with the annual Easton Holiday Lighting Ceremony.Check out the upcoming events at Easton below. For more information from Easton, click here.--Superhero Day | Saturday, August 11, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Fenlon SquareDiscover your s
  
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• Flags to remember fallen Franklin County deputy stolen

  09-08-2018 22:49
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Flags donated to help remember a fallen Franklin County Sheriff’s Office deputy have been stolen, according to the sheriff’s office.The flags were placed on the memorial highway signs to remember Marty Martin, who was killed in a crash in 2008.The sheriff’s office said in May the flags, which featured an American flag design with a thin blue line, were donated by M.A. D. Graphics.The signs are located on I-71 northbound near Stringtown Road and near I-71
  
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• Balderson on Franklin County comment: "That was a mistake"

  09-08-2018 22:37
  As the fate of Tuesday's special election for Congress hangs in the balance, one candidate is trying to clean up a campaign controversy.1,564 votes separate Republican Troy Balderson and Democrat Danny O'Connor.And there are still 8,483 uncounted provisional and absentee ballots.As voters wait for an official outcome, one of the candidates is for the first time, addressing a campaign controversy that caught fire the night before the election.It was Monday night, in his final rally of the special
  
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• First Look: 23-Year-Old Cap City Fine Diner Reopens After Renovations

  09-08-2018 22:32
  The Cap City Fine Diner on Olentangy River Road reopened on Thursday, August 9, revealing the product of its 11-week renovation. While the restaurant has undergone some nips and tucks over the last several years, this overhaul was the first major renovation for the 23-year-old restaurant. Opened in 1995, Cap City is Cameron Mitchell Restaurants’ […]
  
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• Report: Jump in deliveries involving moms hooked on opioids

  09-08-2018 22:25
  
  NEW YORK — U.S. health officials say they found a dramatic rise in the number of women who are hooked on opioids and delivering babies in hospitals.Opioid use during pregnancy can cause death of the mother or baby, preterm birth and infant withdrawal symptoms like seizures, excessive crying and breathing problems.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studied delivery hospitalizations in 28 states — the agency's first study of the problem across multiple states. It released i
  
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• Austin City Council to vote on MLS stadium proposal

  09-08-2018 22:15
  
  AUSTIN, Texas— The Austin City Council is scheduled to vote Thursday on a new stadium plan that could trigger a move by Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew to Texas.Crew owner Anthony Precourt has been exploring a move to Austin and negotiating terms for city land to build a privately funded 20,000-seat stadium.The Austin City Council is scheduled to hear public testimony. Consideration of the stadium proposal is expected to go late into the night and possibly into Friday.The Crew has play
  
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• Austin City Council delays vote on MLS stadium proposal

  09-08-2018 22:15
  AUSTIN, Texas— Austin City Council put off until next week a vote on a stadium proposal that could trigger Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew to move to Texas as early as the 2019 season.The council met for several hours Thursday night to vote on a plan to let Crew owner Anthony Precourt build a 20,000-seat, $200 million privately-funding stadium on city land.Precourt has been exploring moving one of MLS' founding clubs to Austin since 2017. He earlier in the day urged council members to
  
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• Police: Man overdoses in car with child in backseat

  09-08-2018 21:43
  Police in Rhode Island took a photo of a man who overdosed and it went viral.A picture shared by North Smithfield police shows the scene last week - a man slumped over the wheel, a baby in the backseat – police say he was overdosing."They administered several doses of Narcan to bring him back to consciousness, which they did,” North Smithfield Police Captain Tim Lafferty said.Lafferty said it took four doses of Narcan to revive 33-year-old Michael Krajczynski, who now faces a charge
  
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• First Tenants Begin Moving In at East Public

  09-08-2018 21:12
  Transformation is well underway along the 677-691 block of Parsons Avenue. It’s another in a building momentum of projects that are bringing new life to the Southside thoroughfare. Collectively known as East Public, the group of buildings has had its first office tenant move in. Another is on the way. There’s a restaurant and a […]
  
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• Police investigating after body found near Ohio State's campus

  09-08-2018 21:05
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Columbus police said a construction crew found a body in the area of Lane Avenue and SR-315 on Thursday.Police received the call about the body around 1 p.m.Police said there are no lanes closed in the area.The identity of the body has not been released.
  
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• Grove City police cracking down on retail theft

  09-08-2018 21:05
  An undercover Grove City police officer sat patiently in a retail giant's parking lot as his partner tracked a suspected shoplifter inside the store. The officer's patience paid off.CrimeTracker 10 was there when police charged a man with theft for walking out of the store with more than $100 worth off stolen fishing poles in his shopping cart. The man admitted to CrimeTracker 10 he planned to return the poles at another store.Police said Zachary Hiles, 26, was caught on a surveillance camera wh
  
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• J.C. Penney to open 500 baby shops amid Babies R Us demise

  09-08-2018 20:24
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — J.C. Penney is expanding the baby products it sells at stores beyond clothing as the department store joins the many other chains trying to claim some of the Babies R Us sales up for grabs.The Plano, Texas-based chain is opening baby shops in 500 stores that are near now-shuttered Babies R Us locations, now that Babies R Us owner Toys R Us has liquidated.Starting Aug. 30, J.C. Penney will sell in stores items like cribs, high chairs, strollers and car seats that it had form
  
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• Petition pushes for LeBron James to replace Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos

  09-08-2018 20:18
  
  Thousands of people have signed a petition supporting the idea of having LeBron James replace Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos."LeBron James is an inspiration to kids all over the country. He's shown he cares about America's youth and understands the power of public education in helping children meet their true potential.”The petition has more than signed by more than 13,000 people as of 2 p.m. Thursday.LeBron recently opened his I PROMISE school in Akron.“Betsy DeVos was hired wit
  
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• Mega Weekend – Festival Latino, ProMusica in The Park, and More!

  09-08-2018 20:00
  There’s always something great happening in Columbus, and we’re excited to list just a few of our favorites every week. Check out some of the event categories happening this weekend, and be sure to check the events calendar for an in-depth look at events happening on specific days (links below!). Tickets are available for the […]
  
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• Lancaster teacher indicted on sexual battery for alleged relationship with student

  09-08-2018 19:50
  
  A Lancaster High School teacher has been indicted on one count of sexual battery.According to the Fairfield County Prosecutor's Office, the charge came out of an alleged sexual relationship between 47-year-old Eddie Black and a 16-year-old student at the school between August 2003 and June 2005.Authorities became aware of the allegation in April 2018 when the victim filed a report with police.In a statement released by Lancaster City Schools Superintendent Steve Wigton, Black was married to the
  
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• 2-year-old boy who overcame the odds and learned to walk inspires millions

  09-08-2018 18:42
  Two-year-old Roman Dinkel was diagnosed with spina bifida, a defect in an embryo's developing spine, after an ultrasound at 20 weeks."We just expected to hear the normal things — this is the size of the head, this is the size of his feet, all those fun things, but what we heard was he had extra fluid on his brain and extra fluid on his spine," Roman's mother Whitney Dinkel said.Despite the odds, his parents were determined to persevere. Roman actually had an operation before he was born to
  
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• New Owner Moving Forward with Italian Village Project

  09-08-2018 18:11
  A plan to build a 14-unit residential development at the southwest corner of East Fifth Avenue and North Fourth Street is moving forward. A new ownership team brought the project back to the Italian Village Commission last month with some minor tweaks to the design. Those changes were approved, and construction on the project is […]
  
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• Pence outlines plan for new Space Force by 2020

  09-08-2018 18:00
  
  WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence has announced plans for a new, separate U.S. Space Force as sixth military service by 2020.Pence says it's needed to ensure America's dominance in space amid heightened completion and threats from China and Russia. He says that while space was once peaceful and uncontested, it is now crowded and adversarial.Vice President Mike Pence remarks at the Pentagon on the need for a US Space Force:President Donald Trump has called for a "separate but equal" sp
  
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• Filmmaker Celia C. Peters’s SciFi Future is in CBUS

  09-08-2018 18:00
  Independent filmmaker Celia C. Peters found a nice niche in the New York film scene. What made her decide to set up shop in Columbus? The Toledo-born, Michigan and New York-educated filmmaker loves what Columbus has to offer. After graduating from the University of Michigan, Peters attended graduate school in New York. She intended to […]
  
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• Another area code to be added for portions of Ohio in 2020

  09-08-2018 17:46
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio says another area code will be added in some western and southern portions of the state.The commission approved a plan Wednesday to add a 13th area code. The 326 code will officially take effect in March 2020 and be overlaid on top of the existing 937 area code that serves cities such as Dayton and Marysville.The commission says all existing 937 area code users will keep their current numbers and area code. The 326 area code wil
  
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• Treat to Try: Macarons by Mjomii Artisan Dessert House

  09-08-2018 17:00
  There are a lot of macarons to experience in this city, but a newcomer is offering a version of the sweet meringue-based confection that is one of the best macarons in Columbus. Mjomii is a home based bakery that started showing up at the markets and bazaars around the city this year and will be […]
  
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• Drexel’s Shock-o-Rama Celebrates 1988 Horror

  09-08-2018 17:00
  It’s been 30 years since Poison hit big with Every Rose has its Thorn and Bill Cosby had the #1 TV show. But there are reasons to look back on 1988 without cringing. This year’s Shock-o-Rama, the horror allnighter at the Drexel Theatre, showcases five of the finest horror gems of ’88. Why do the […]
  
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• Puerto Rico concedes Hurricane Maria deaths more than 1,400

  09-08-2018 16:40
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico is now estimating that Hurricane Maria killed more than 1,400 people, far more than the official death toll of 64, in a report to Congress seeking billions to help the island recover from the devastating storm.The government, relying on updated statistics it first reported in June, said there were 1,427 more deaths from September to December 2017 than the average for the same time period over the previous four years.In a report to Congress detailing
  
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• Summer Drive-ins!

  09-08-2018 16:09
  Have you been to a drive-in movie in Columbus? The Wexner Center for the Arts brings the big screen outside for Wex Drive-In, an annual series of free, open-air film screenings on the plaza. Check it out!   Better Together, The Columbus Foundation‘s crowdfunding platform, rallies individuals to work together to bring out the best in […]
  
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• Ohio’s Own: Botanibites

  09-08-2018 16:00
  Botanibites first identify themselves by what they are not. They are free of gluten, grain, dairy, soy and guilt. What’s left? A power muffin based on coconut flour with exotic herbal enhancements. Botanibites are also bitty bites. A package of three probably serves one, because they are mini-muffins, literally bite-sized. What they lack in size, […]
  
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• 1 dead in crash involving heavy machinery in southwest Ohio

  09-08-2018 15:06
  
  Authorities in southwest Ohio say one person has died in a crash involving two vehicles and heavy machinery.Police say the crash happened around 1:30 p.m. in Reily Township. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.Police haven't released the identity of the victim.No further details were immediately available. An investigation continues.
  
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• Police: Officer, suspect shot outside Florida Waffle House

  09-08-2018 14:20
  
  A police officer and a suspect were shot during an exchange of gunfire outside a Waffle House in northeastern Florida.The Jacksonville Beach Police Department tells WTLV-TV one of their officers was shot Wednesday night and was taken to a hospital.Cmdr. Tommy Crumley tells WJXT-TV a pedestrian had opened fire on an officer driving by, who wasn't injured. The suspect ran, and was met by two more officers. During an exchange of gunfire, the suspect and an officer were both shot.The suspect's name
  
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• Charges dropped vs. girl, 11, Tased for stealing from Cincinnati Kroger

  09-08-2018 13:40
  CINCINNATI -- Charges have been dropped against an 11-year-old Ohio girl who was suspected of shoplifting from a supermarket when a police officer shocked her with a stun gun. Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley said Wednesday night that stunning the girl who "posed no danger to the police" was wrong.The encounter happened Monday night at a Kroger in the city. Police say the officer suspected the girl was using a backpack to shoplift when he approached her. They say the girl resisted and tried to flee
  
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• Charges dropped vs. girl, 11, Tased for stealing from a Kroger market

  09-08-2018 13:40
  
  CINCINNATI -- Charges have been dropped against an 11-year-old Ohio girl who was suspected of shoplifting from a supermarket when a police officer shocked her with a stun gun. Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley said Wednesday night that stunning the girl who "posed no danger to the police" was wrong.The encounter happened Monday night at a Kroger in the city. Police say the officer suspected the girl was using a backpack to shoplift when he approached her. They say the girl resisted and tried to flee
  
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• The Confluence Cast: Steiner & Associates

  09-08-2018 12:00
  
  
  Is land use and development a civic responsibility or just a monetary transaction? Yaromir Steiner, the Founder, Chief Executive Officer of Steiner + Associates has an opinion. He sat down with Columbus Underground’s Urban Development Writer Brent Warren to talk in depth about that, the importance of density in Columbus, and the future of everything […]
  
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• Interview: Easton Developer Yaromir Steiner

  09-08-2018 12:00
  
  
  Yaromir Steiner, the Founder and CEO of Steiner + Associates, is best known in Columbus as the co-developer of Easton Town Center. His interests, though, are wide-ranging, and a conversation with him can lead to surprising places. A question about the future of brick and mortar retail leads to a discussion of rising income inequality in the […]
  
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• Third strong earthquake shakes Lombok as death toll tops 300

  09-08-2018 11:16
  
  TANJUNG, Indonesia — The Indonesian island of Lombok was shaken by a third big earthquake in little more than a week Thursday as the official death toll from an earlier quake topped 300.The strong aftershock, measured at magnitude 5.9 by the U.S. Geological Survey, caused panic, damage to buildings, landslides and injuries. It was centered in the northwest of the island and didn't have the potential to cause a tsunami, Indonesia's geological agency said.Videos showed rubble strewn across s
  
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• Third strong earthquake shakes Lombok as death toll tops 220

  09-08-2018 11:16
  
  The Indonesian island of Lombok was shaken by a third big earthquake in little more than a week Thursday as an official said the death toll from an earlier quake had topped 220.The strong aftershock, measured at magnitude 5.9 by the U.S. Geological Survey, caused panic and damage. It was centered in the northwest of the island and didn't have the potential to cause a tsunami, Indonesia's geological agency said.Videos showed rubble strewn across streets and clouds of dust enveloping buildings. In
  
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• Seoul: Rival Koreas to meet to prepare for leaders' summit

  09-08-2018 11:12
  
  The rival Koreas will meet Monday for high-level talks meant to prepare for a summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, South Korea said, the third such meetings between the leaders in recent months.The announcement Thursday by the South's Unification Ministry, which handles inter-Korean issues for Seoul, comes amid attempts by Washington and Pyongyang to follow through on nuclear disarmament vows made at a summit in June between President Donald Trum
  
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• Family pleas for answers after 24-year old man shot during apparent home invasion

  09-08-2018 04:39
  The Manias Family sat close to one another outside of Grant Medical Center, as they plea for answers in the case involving their loved one Eric."Eric is one of my twin boys. I call him my hero," said Emmanuel Manias, Eric's dad. "He was challenged from the beginning of life with a heart condition pulmonary atresia, which does not allow the oxygen to pump into your blood."According to Columbus police, Eric was involved in an apparent home invasion involving two male suspects."He was out with frie
  
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• Family pleads for answers after 24-year old man shot during apparent home invasion

  09-08-2018 04:39
  The Manias Family sat close to one another outside of Grant Medical Center, as they plea for answers in the case involving their loved one Eric."Eric is one of my twin boys. I call him my hero," said Emmanuel Manias, Eric's dad. "He was challenged from the beginning of life with a heart condition pulmonary atresia, which does not allow the oxygen to pump into your blood."According to Columbus police, Eric was involved in an apparent home invasion involving two male suspects."He was out with frie
  
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• Austin stadium vote could trigger Crew SC move to Texas

  09-08-2018 03:51
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ thriving capital city may finally become a major league sports town. It will just take moving a bedrock franchise of Major League Soccer out of its home turf to do it.Anthony Precourt, owner of the Columbus Crew, has been pushing for months to move his team to Austin, the largest city in the country without a major professional sports franchise.While the league front office has supported Precourt’s desire to look around for a new city, picking up and relo
  
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• Perseids 2018: Where and how to watch the dazzling meteor shower

  09-08-2018 03:36
  
  One of the most popular meteor showers of the year is expected to peak this weekend. The Perseids will light up the sky with dozens of meteors an hour on August 11 to 13, setting up a spectacular show for stargazers.The Perseids appear at about this time every year when Earth ventures through pieces of debris left behind by the ancient comet Swift-Tuttle. Dr. Bill Cooke with NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office tells CBS News that this year, spectators will be in store for a better watching exper
  
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• Dead fetus found in airplane toilet was left by pregnant teen, source says

  09-08-2018 02:44
  
  NEW YORK -- New details are emerging about events surrounding a dead fetus that was found Tuesday morning in an airplane toilet at New York City's LaGuardia Airport. A law enforcement source told CBS New York the fetus was left on the plane by a teenager. The New York Post, citing a law enforcement source, reports the teen suffered a miscarriage inside the plane's lavatory.The law enforcement source said police investigating the case are looking at sisters from Brooklyn who were traveling from J
  
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• Brock Turner loses appeal; remains guilty of sexual assault

  09-08-2018 02:16
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — An appeals court on Wednesday rejected a former Stanford University swimmer's bid for a new trial and upheld his sexual assault and attempted rape convictions.The three-judge panel of the 6th District Court of Appeal in San Jose ruled Wednesday that there was "substantial evidence" that Brock Turner received a fair trial.In 2016, a jury convicted Turner of sexually assaulting an intoxicated and unconscious woman outside an on-campus fraternity party.The case got national at
  
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• Grieving orca still swimming with her dead calf in Northwest

  09-08-2018 02:02
  
  SEATTLE — An endangered orca is still clinging to her dead calf more than two weeks after her newborn died.Michael Milstein, a spokesman with NOAA Fisheries, says researchers on Wednesday spotted the 20-year-old whale known as J35 carrying her dead young off the tip of Washington's Olympic Peninsula.The calf died July 24 and the image of the mother whale clinging to the dead calf has struck an emotional chord worldwide.Milstein says researchers with Fisheries and Ocean Canada also spotted
  
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• Columbus Metropolitan Club,: Of Pundits, Press & Politics

  09-08-2018 01:10 via youtube.com
  
  
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• 12th Congressional District special election too close to call; What's next?

  09-08-2018 00:46
  Ohio's hotly contested race for the 12th Congressional District is still too close to call. Voting in Ohio's Special Election ended Tuesday, but the vote counting will continue.More than 200,000 people voted in Tuesday's election. After factoring new vote totals from Franklin County, just 1,564 votes separate Troy Balderson and Danny O'Connor. That's less than one percentage point.It was enough of a margin for Balderson to claim victory Tuesday, and again Wednesday when 10TV sat down with him."I
  
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• NYPD: Dad fled to Thailand after tossing dead baby in river

  09-08-2018 00:06
  
  NEW YORK — A Bronx dad fled to Thailand after carrying his dead 7-month-old baby around New York City in a backpack and tossing his body into a river near the Brooklyn Bridge and other tourist spots, police said Wednesday.Thai authorities stopped James Currie, 37, when he landed in Bangkok and blocked him from entering the country, NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea said. He will be returned to New York within days to face a felony charge of concealment of a human corpse, Shea said.A tou
  
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• 3 arrested in break-in at Longaberger basket building

  09-08-2018 00:05
  
  NEWARK – Three men were arrested in connection with a series of break-ins at the Longaberger basket building Wednesday morning, according to Newark police.Officers arrived at about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday to find people inside the building and requested assistance from other officers and local K-9 units.The Newark Division of Police had responded on two prior break-in reports before this incident, all within 24 hours. On Tuesday at 8:40 a.m., officers were called to the building on a break-in
  
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• Man upset by wife's illness kills them both at hospital

  09-08-2018 00:01
  
  VALHALLA, N.Y. — A man who said he wanted to end his ailing wife's suffering shot her to death in her bed at a suburban New York hospital Wednesday and then killed himself, police said.Richard DeLucia, 71, left a note at the couple's condo indicating he was distraught about how his wife, Ann, 70, was suffering and wanted to put a stop to her ordeal, Westchester County police spokesman Kieran O'Leary said.Then the husband went to his wife's room at Westchester Medical Center with a licensed
  
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