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• Browns' Josh Gordon cleared by NFL for practices, games

  25-08-2018 23:27
  
  BEREA, Ohio (AP) — The NFL has cleared Josh Gordon's route to the field.Gordon, whose career has been derailed by drug and alcohol addictions, "can return to all activities, including games," league spokesman Brian McCarthy said Saturday.Gordon is not expected to participate in any drills for a few days, but could be practicing early next week. Coach Hue Jackson hopes the 27-year-old receiver can play in this week's exhibition finale against Detroit and possibly be ready to face Pittsburgh
  
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• A look inside dramatic Trump-Cohen rift

  25-08-2018 23:17
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — For Michael Cohen and Donald Trump, it's always been about money and loyalty.Those were guiding principles for Cohen when he served as more than just a lawyer for Trump during the developer's rise from celebrity to president-elect. Cohen brokered deals for the Trump Organization, profited handsomely from a side venture into New York City's real estate and taxi industries and worked to make unflattering stories about Trump disappear.Money and loyalty also drove Cohen to make
  
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• Neo-Nazis, counter-demonstrators rally in Swedish capital

  25-08-2018 23:01
  
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — More than 200 supporters of the neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement have staged a rally in the Swedish capital, chanting slogans and waving the group's green-and-white flags.A six-hour rally was approved by Swedish police, who deployed a strong security presence around Stockholm's Kungsholmstorg Square. But after just a few hours, the crowds wilted and a march was canceled.Police had warned of potential disturbances across the city but no violence was seen. Local media rep
  
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• Tourist bus crashes in Bulgaria; 15 reported killed

  25-08-2018 22:41
  
  SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria's health minister says a tourist bus has flipped over on a highway near Sofia, the capital, killing at least 15 people and leaving 27 others injured.Police said a bus carrying tourists on a weekend trip to a nearby resort overturned and then fell down a side road 20 meters (66 feet) below the highway. The accident happened at 5:10 p.m. Saturday about 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of Sofia.Health Minister Kiril Ananiev gave the death toll. Ambulances rushed
  
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• Cruise ship rescues 3 fishermen from North Sea; 2 missing

  25-08-2018 22:30
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Pacific Princess cruise ship turned around Saturday in the North Sea to rescue three men in a lifeboat who had sent up a flare, according to an Associated Press journalist onboard the ship. Two other men from their capsized fishing boat were still missing.The captain announced to the passengers that the ship, which was heading back to Dover after an eight-day cruise around the British Isles, was changing its course to rescue the men, who were floating in a black lifeboat
  
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• Ohio State football names 7 captains for 2018 season

  25-08-2018 21:11
  
  Ohio State football has named the seven players that will captain the Buckeyes for the 2018 season.This year Ohio State has two returning 2017 captains, the 2018 captains were voted on by their teammates, features four offensive players and three on defense.2018 Ohio State CaptainsFifth-year senior H-back Parris CampbellFourth-year junior receiver Terry McLaurin​Fifth-year senior receiver Johnnie DixonFourth-year senior Isaiah PrinceThird-year junior Nick BosaThird-year junior Jordan Fulle
  
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• Teen killed, another wounded in shooting near Calif. school

  25-08-2018 19:24
  
  FAIRFIELD, Calif. — A 16-year-old boy was killed and an 18-year-old critically wounded Friday when what police described as a gun battle between a pair of rival groups broke out near a Northern California High School.Two people were arrested, including one who fled into the nearby Armijo High School gymnasium, where about 500 parents and students had sought refuge.The other suspect was captured at a home in a nearby neighborhood.Both were arrested without incident, and police said they wer
  
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• Ohio watchdog declined to carry out fetal remains probe

  25-08-2018 18:05
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Records show Ohio's government watchdog declined to investigate allegations of collusion and political manipulation involving the governor and attorney general.At issue was an investigation Attorney General Mike DeWine launched in 2015 after a secretly taped video appeared to show Planned Parenthood employees engaged in potentially illegal fetal tissue sales.A 2016 anonymous complaint alleged DeWine may have allowed anti-abortion groups to influence the probe. It also sugg
  
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• Police: Judge fatally shot self after standoff near Miami

  25-08-2018 17:53
  
  MIAMI — A Social Security judge shot and killed himself after an hours-long standoff with police at a home southwest of Miami, authorities said Friday.Miami-Dade Police said Timothy Maher, 50, a disability judge at a downtown Miami Social Security Administration office, held three hostages for about 10 hours Friday inside the home.SWAT team members and police officers surrounded the home, barricading off various streets inside the residential community lined with manicured lawns and adobe-
  
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• 1 dead, 2 injured in shooting outside Florida high school football game

  25-08-2018 17:13
  
  One person was killed and two others were injured in a shooting outside a football game at a Jacksonville, Florida, high school on Friday, police said. Witnesses told CBS Orlando affiliate WKMG that gunshots rang out about 15 minutes after the end of the game at Raines High School, and then the stadium was placed on lockdown.A Duval County police officer said Friday night the suspect was still at large. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office tweeted they are talking to witnesses.Police have not yet r
  
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• President Trump again criticizes NFL, networks over anthem

  25-08-2018 16:42
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — President Donald Trump again criticized the NFL and its broadcast partners concerning the national anthem.In a speech Friday, President Trump specifically went after the league, CBS and ESPN. The president told a Republican party dinner crowd: "Can you imagine? They're not going to broadcast the national (anthem) ... CBS and ESPN. How do we like that? Is that good?"Networks televising NFL games typically have not shown the anthem, except at the Super Bowl and other special
  
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• Dog Walkers Weekly "Furr-cast" | August 25, 2018

  25-08-2018 15:03
  
  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, or dogs, on a daily basis, and maybe even 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 "
  
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• Hart family crash: Investigators reveal details from search of home after family SUV plunged off cliff

  25-08-2018 13:52
  
  Investigators in Clark County, Washington, said they searched the home of the Hart family in the days after an SUV containing at least six members of a family plunged off a cliff in northern California, finding the refrigerator stocked, toothbrushes in the bathroom -- but few signs six children lived in the house, according to incident reports obtained Friday by CBS Portland affiliate KOIN.A later report shows that a search using human-remains detection dogs was conducted on April 12, two weeks
  
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• Pope in Ireland decries abuse cover-up, meets with victims

  25-08-2018 13:23
  
  DUBLIN (AP) — Pope Francis faced a lukewarm reception and scattered protests Saturday on his trip to Ireland, with even his vow to rid the church of the "scourge" of sexual abuse and his outrage at those "repugnant crimes" dismissed as an insult by Ireland's wounded victims.The abuse scandal — which has convulsed Ireland since the 1990s and has exploded anew in the U.S. — took center stage on the first day of Francis' two-day trip to Ireland. The visit was originally intended t
  
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• 'Private' mess: Musk's credibility goes from bad to worse

  25-08-2018 13:16
  
  DETROIT (AP) — First it was the shocking tweet that funding was secured and Tesla may go private, then a statement that the money wasn't locked down after all. Two weeks later it's never mind, the whole deal is off.Welcome to the disarray of Elon Musk, the impulsive genius and architect of cutting-edge car, rocket and solar panel companies built nearly from scratch.Chaos, though, comes with a price. Experts say it all could wind up with Tesla exposed to a fine for misleading investors. And
  
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• OVI checkpoint planned tonight in Madison County

  25-08-2018 12:52
  
  MADISON COUNTY -- The Ohio State Highway Patrol will conduct an OVI checkpoint tonight to combat impaired driving.The OVI checkpoint is in conjunction with the Madison County Sheriff’s Office and the London Police Department from 9:00 p.m. until 12:00 a.m. on US Route 40 near US Route 42, in Madison County.The checkpoints will be held in conjunction to increase patrols and aggressively combat impaired driver-related injury and fatal crashes.---EDITOR’S NOTE: Why are the locations and
  
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• French Open says 'Non!' to Serena's black catsuit

  25-08-2018 11:29
  
  PARIS — Serena Williams will no longer be allowed to wear her skin-tight black catsuit at the French Open.The French Tennis Federation president, Bernard Giudicelli, says the tournament that Williams has won three times is introducing a dress code to regulate players' uniforms because "I think that sometimes we've gone too far."In an interview in Tennis Magazine's 500th edition, Giudicelli singled out the figure-hugging black suit that Williams wore this year at Roland Garros and said made
  
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• One man in critical condition after shooting in north Columbus

  25-08-2018 03:52
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - One man is in critical condition after a shooting in north Columbus on Friday.Police said the shooting happened in the 4700 block of Kingshill Drive just north of Morse Road around 8:40 p.m.While in the area officers found two men in the 1100 block of Morse Road.The shooting victim told officers he was inside a vehicle with another man in a parking lot when an unknown black male approached their vehicle on foot and fired multiple gunshots into the vehicle striking him in the upp
  
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• Trump asks Pompeo to delay visit to North Korea

  25-08-2018 02:57
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he has directed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to delay a planned trip to North Korea, citing insufficient progress on denuclearization.Trump put some blame on Beijing, saying he does not believe China is helping "because of our much tougher Trading stance."The surprise announcement appeared to mark a concession by the president to domestic and international concerns that his prior claims of world-altering progress on the peninsula had b
  
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• Trump complains to Ohio GOP that Dems are 'negative, nasty'

  25-08-2018 02:34
  
  President Donald Trump sought to unite Ohio's fractious state Republican Party on Friday, bitterly complaining about "negative, nasty" Democrats and warning that the Democratic contender for governor would "destroy your state."Trump praised the slate of Republican candidates during a fundraising dinner in the nation's premier battleground state but noticeably avoided mentioning Gov. John Kasich, one of his 2016 primary opponents and sharpest critics, who skipped the event.A subdued Trump, who ha
  
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• Protesters take to High Street to voice concerns about Trump, administration

  25-08-2018 02:22
  More than 100 protesters took to High Street, Friday, with a laundry list of complaints and concerns about President Trump and his administration.Some were also voicing concerns about Ohio officials."I think this kind of gets the point across that Mike DeWine supports crime," David Scott said holding up a handmade sign that read: DeWine Supports Crime.Scott also dressed the part, wearing a bright orange prison jumpsuit.It was a popular wardrobe choice. Marge Redmond and Betsy Poling also donned
  
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• Parents say their son was punished by his teacher for calling her "ma'am"

  25-08-2018 01:38
  
  Parents in North Carolina are seeking answers after they say their 10-year-old son was punished by his teacher for calling her ma’am.The parents say that word is an appropriate term for respecting one’s elders.When 10-year-old Tamarion Wilson came home from school Tuesday, his mother noticed something off."I asked him what happened. He said he got in trouble for saying 'yes ma'am,’” Teretha Wilson said.Confused by his response, Tamarion pulled out a sheet of paper, where
  
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• Urban Meyer apologizes for 'words and demeanor' at press conference

  25-08-2018 00:09
  
  Urban Meyer has issued an apology to the ex-wife of a former assistant coach who was suspected of abusing her.Meyer was widely criticized after a news conference Wednesday for failing to directly address Courtney Smith, who said her former husband Zach Smith had abused her and Meyer was aware of it.Meyer says in a statement issued by the university Friday: "Let me say here and now what I should have said on Wednesday: I sincerely apologize to Courtney Smith and her children for what they have go
  
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