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• Skywatch: See all five "naked-eye" planets this week

  18-08-2018 23:52
  
  You’ll be able to spot some planets if you’re out after sunset or before sunrise this week.On Sunday night Jupiter and Venus will shine brightly after sunset in the southwest. They’ll meet the nearly half-moon and the three will be tough to miss. Jupiter will be just below and right of the moon while Venus will be below and right of Jupiter.Saturn and Mars are in the southern sky in the evenings this week. You can use the moon to help you spot the two Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
  
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• ICE detains man driving pregnant wife to hospital to deliver baby

  18-08-2018 23:33
  
  SAN BERNARDINO — A California woman says her husband was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents while he drove her to the hospital to deliver their baby this week. Joel Arrona was arrested Wednesday in San Bernardino, California, and remains in custody pending "removal proceedings," the federal agency said in a statement.Arrona was driving his wife, Maria del Carmen Venegas, to the hospital for a scheduled cesarean section when they stopped to get gas. She said two IC
  
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• Man steals cruiser in Ohio, leads police on dangerous chase

  18-08-2018 21:55
  
  LORAIN — Authorities say a man being transferred by police to county sheriff's deputies in Ohio jumped into a police cruiser and led officers and state Highway Patrol troopers on a dangerous high-speed chase on rain-slicked roads.WJW-TV reports the theft and chase began Friday afternoon in Lorain County and ended in neighboring Erie County when the man drove over a stop stick and crashed into a ditch. A 5-minute-long dashcam video released by the Ohio State Highway Patrol shows the man dan
  
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• Franklin County Sheriff's Office makes major announcement at WAG! Fest

  18-08-2018 21:18
  
  The Franklin County Sheriff's Office made a major announcement regarding its therapy dogs at WAG! Fest Saturday morning.The Sheriff said the community had been clamoring for more therapy dogs and the unit has now doubled in size.There are now four dogs in the unit, including Kit, Mattis, Woody and Stark.Sheriff Baldwin made a major announcement at @WAGfestival today. Our K9 Therapy unit has doubled in size! The demand and support for this new initiative has been overwhelming! #ILoveMyFCSO #K9The
  
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• Browns' Josh Gordon 'humbly' returns after health absence

  18-08-2018 19:40
  
  CLEVELAND — Josh Gordon kept his word and "humbly" returned to the Cleveland Browns. All they can do is hope he stays clean.The former Pro Bowl receiver Saturday ended an extended absence from training camp to deal with his health. He has missed most of the past four seasons because of numerous violations of the NFL's substance-abuse policy.He posted a statement on Twitter addressed to "Cleveland Browns and NFL family," saying he was ready to be with his teammates."Thank you for your love,
  
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• Ohio man charged in fatal stabbing of infant daughter

  18-08-2018 16:34
  
  CAMPBELL, Ohio — A man has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of his 1-year-old daughter in Ohio.The Vindicator reports Campbell police say 29-year-old Marc Anthony Flora was arrested Friday morning after he called the police to report his daughter, Jane, was dead.A police report says Flora told a 911 dispatcher that he blacked out and didn't know what had happened to her. Officers found the infant on her changing table with a stab wound to the neck. A hunting knife covered in
  
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• Sheriff: Shooting at football game unrelated to school

  18-08-2018 14:31
  
  WELLINGTON, Fla. — Authorities say a shooting outside a Florida high school football game in which two men were wounded had nothing to do with school or the game.Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said at a news conference Saturday that the adult victims were not students and both happened to be at the game. Bradshaw says the two suspects specifically targeted the victims because of unspecified past dealings they had and that it was not a random shooting.The 39-year-old victim is in st
  
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• 2 shot during South Florida high school football game

  18-08-2018 14:31
  
  WELLINGTON, Fla. — A high school football stadium was evacuated after gunshots rang out during a practice football game in South Florida on Friday night in what authorities say stemmed from an altercation between students.Palm Beach County Sheriff's officials said two people were injured in the gunfire during the game at Palm Beach Central High School. The victims were not identified.Florida Highway Patrol spokesperson Lt. Alvaro A. Feola said in a statement early Saturday that both adult
  
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• MTV VMAs working to craft tribute for Aretha Franklin

  18-08-2018 12:58
  
  NEW YORK— The MTV Video Music Awards plans on honoring the legacy of Aretha Franklin — they're just not sure how they will do it.The VMAs will air live Monday. Show executive producer Jesse Ignjatovic tells The Associated Press on Friday that his team is "working on a lot of different options."Franklin, who was 76, died Thursday at her home in Detroit from pancreatic cancer.Ignjatovic says he's working to find "the right tone and the right artist" to properly pay tribute to the Queen
  
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• Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan dies at age 80

  18-08-2018 12:51
  
  GENEVA — Kofi Annan, one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died. He was 80.His foundation announced his death in Switzerland on Saturday in a tweet, saying he died after a short unspecified illness.It is with immense sadness that the Annan family and the Kofi Annan Foundation announce that Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations and No
  
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• McDonald's salad has sickened 476 people in 15 states

  18-08-2018 12:25
  
  An outbreak of intestinal illness linked to eating salads from McDonald's is widening.More than a month after health officials first alerted the public, the count of confirmed cases tied to the cyclospora parasite has increased to 476 people, 21 of them hospitalized, and now includes residents from 15 states, the Food and Drug Administration said."The investigation is ongoing and the FDA is currently reviewing distribution and supplier information for romaine and carrots," the agency said in an
  
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• Two OVI checkpoints planned tonight in Richland County

  18-08-2018 12:10
  
  RICHLAND COUNTY -- The Ohio State Highway Patrol will conduct two OVI checkpoints tonight to combat impaired driving.The first OVI checkpoint is in conjunction with the Shelby Police Department from 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on State Route 39 near Taylortown Road.The second OVI checkpoint is in conjunction with the Mansfield Police Department from 10:30 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. on Trimble Road near US Route 30.The checkpoints will be held in conjunction to increase patrols and aggressively combat impaire
  
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• Slain kids were found in oil tank and had been there for several days, court documents say

  18-08-2018 00:16
  
  FREDERICK, Colo. -- Prosecutors in Colorado are preparing to file formal charges of first-degree murder and evidence tampering against Christopher Watts, who is accused of murdering his pregnant wife and two daughters.In the latest court motions filed Friday, Watts' attorney is asking for DNA samples to be taken from the two girls. What the defense wants to do with the samples is not known. The paperwork also notes that the children were found in an oil tank filled with crude oil and had been th
  
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• Man discovered living with dead mother after pizza shop's call to police

  18-08-2018 00:10
  
  SALEM, N.H. — Police in New Hampshire say a call from a pizza shop led them to a man’s home and the discovery of his dead mother.Salem police tell WMUR-TV a pizza deliveryman said the man wouldn’t open his door for the pizza and would only accept it through a window. He also said he noticed blood on the man.The pizza shop owner said the man had been ordering food for months on a regular basis, but in the past week or so, the quantity of food ordered increased, and then the man
  
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