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• Tiger Woods wins first tournament in more than 5 years

  23-09-2018 23:58
  
  ATLANTA - A comeback not even Tiger Woods saw coming a year ago.A chaotic celebration that golf hasn't seen even in the best of times.Woods delivered the perfect ending to his amazing return from four back surgeries on Sunday with a performance that felt like old times. He left the competition feeling hopeless as he built a five-shot lead early and hung on to win the Tour Championship.Woods raised both arms over his head after he tapped in for par and a 1-over 71 for a two-shot victory over Bill
  
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• Police: Man found shot and killed in North Linden area home

  23-09-2018 22:22
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - A man was found dead in a North Linden area home and Columbus police are looking for who killed him.Police said 56-year-old Keith A. Bosley's girlfriend texted him around 6:30 a.m. Sunday and did not receive a response.She went to his home on Robert Street at around 10:30 a.m. where she found him dead inside, according to police.Police said Bosley was shot and there is not any suspect information.
  
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• Man with dementia missing from southeast Columbus

  23-09-2018 21:57
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus police are asking for the public's help in finding a man with dementia reported missing from the southeast side of the city.Joe Lee Smith Jr., 74, was last seen walking in the area of Easthaven Drive and Wadsworth Drive on September 20.He was wearing a yellow shirt, dark pants, and blue and white shoes.He has brown eyes and black hair, which was last seen in a ponytail.He is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds.Anyone with information is call the Columbus Divisio
  
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• President Trump set to address U.N. this week

  23-09-2018 21:33
  
  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Donald Trump is poised to redouble his commitment to "America First" on the most global of stages this week.In the sequel to his stormy U.N. debut, Trump will stress his dedication to the primacy of U.S. interests while competing with Western allies for an advantage on trade and shining a spotlight on the threat that he says Iran poses to the Middle East and beyond.One year after Trump stood at the rostrum of the U.N. General Assembly and derided North Korea's
  
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• North Carolina woman arrested after sheltering 27 dogs, cats abandoned during Florence

  23-09-2018 21:20
  
  BLADENBORO, N.C. — A woman who took in more than two dozen dogs and cats during Hurricane Florence has been charged with practicing veterinary medicine without a license. Tammie Hedges, founder of Crazy's Claws N Paws animal rescue, was arrested Friday after 27 dogs and cats were confiscated from a temporary shelter. Hedges told the News-Argus of Goldsboro that she felt she had to help the animals brought to her during the storm. "We were trying to help abandoned animals," Hedges said. "A
  
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• OSU still No. 4; Kentucky enters rankings for 1st time since '07

  23-09-2018 20:11
  
  After a season-high seven ranked teams lost, the back half of the AP college football poll got a makeover. Five teams entered the Top 25 on Sunday, including No. 17 Kentucky for the first time since 2007.At the top it was mostly status quo, with Alabama, Georgia, Clemson and Ohio State staying Nos. 1-4. LSU moved up to No. 5, swapping places with Oklahoma after the Sooners needed overtime to get by Army. Alabama received a season-high 60 first-place votes . Clemson had one.Kentucky is unbeaten a
  
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• Kavanaugh accuser commits to "open" hearing Thursday morning

  23-09-2018 19:56
  
  WASHINGTON — Attorneys for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, and the Senate Judiciary Committee have reached an agreement for a public hearing Thursday, as talks continued Sunday to resolve potentially make-or-break details, such as potential witnesses who could corroborate her decades-old sexual assault claim.Ford committed to an "open" hearing after negotiators convened a call on Sunday, her attorneys said in a statement. A spokesman for the committe
  
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• Cosby sentencing reveals generational divide over his legacy

  23-09-2018 19:47
  
  When Bill Cosby is sentenced Monday for drugging and molesting a woman, it will be a final chapter in downfall that leaves some blacks pained and others proud.Those who grew up viewing Cosby's NBC show struggle to reconcile the conviction with the wise, warm television father they knew. But many millennials see him as long-irrelevant figure. And the #MeToo era has cast him as someone who was deservingly vanquished, like so many other misbehaving men in power.Observers of black pop culture say th
  
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• Bengals, Panthers wear "One Carolina" stickers

  23-09-2018 18:35
  
  The Cincinnati Bengals are joining in support of relief efforts for those affected by Hurricane Florence, which has devastated the Carolinas.The Bengals, like the Panthers, will wear stickers that read "One Carolina" on the back of their helmets for Sunday's game in Charlotte, North Carolina.The Bengals said on Twitter "we send our well wishes to all who were affected."Dana Outlaw, the mayor of New Bern, North Carolina —an area hit particularly hard by the hurricane— received an invi
  
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• 100 years ago, US fought its deadliest battle in France

  23-09-2018 18:19
  
  PARIS -- It was America's deadliest battle ever, with 26,000 U.S. soldiers killed, tens of thousands wounded and more ammunition fired than in the whole of the Civil War. The Meuse-Argonne offensive of 1918 was also a great American victory that helped bringing an end to World War 1.Officials, descendants of soldiers and visitors have braved strong winds and rain to attend a remembrance ceremony on Sunday afternoon in the Meuse-Argonne cemetery, which is surrounded by green fields and forests in
  
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• Police: Bar fight leads to fatal shootings of 2 men

  23-09-2018 17:37
  
  CINCINNATI — Police say a fight that began in a bar continued outside and two men have been fatally shot.Cincinnati police say a fight between two groups of people began inside the Rustic Tavern in the city's College Hill neighborhood and carried over outside the bar where one person pulled a gun and shot and killed the two men around 1:30 a.m. Both of the men who were shot died at the scene.The names of those killed were being withheld until relatives could be notified.Police say they are
  
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• State gives dates for archery, gun seasons for hunting deer

  23-09-2018 16:26
  
  COLUMBUS — Ohio's archery season for hunting white-tailed deer begins later this month, while gun season for deer hunting begins in November.The Ohio Department of Natural Resources says the archery season begins Sept. 29 and continues through Feb. 3, 2019.State officials say gun seasons for deer hunters will be Nov. 26 through Dec. 2 and Dec. 15 and 16. Muzzleloader season will be Jan. 5 through Jan. 8, 2019.The statewide bag limit is six deer with only one antlered deer allowed regardles
  
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• Twitter finds bug that may have sent direct messages to the wrong people

  23-09-2018 14:18
  
  CNET -- A Twitter bug may have sent some people's direct messages to developers who weren't supposed to get them, the company said Friday. The bug affected less than 1 percent of users.Twitter said it discovered the bug in its Account Activity API (AAAPI), which lets registered developers build tools to help businesses communicate with customers.Users who interacted with accounts or businesses that relied on developers using the AAAPI may have had their direct messages or protected tweets sent t
  
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• California judge rules 5-year-old can take cannabis-based drug to school

  23-09-2018 14:07
  
  SANTA ROSA, Calif. — A kindergartner in California can keep bringing a cannabis-based drug used for emergency treatment of a rare form of epilepsy to her public school, a judge ruled Friday. The Santa Rosa Press-Democrat reports a judge sided with the family of 5-year-old Brooke Adams.The Rincon Valley Union School District in Santa Rosa sought to ban the ointment from school grounds because it contains the active ingredient in marijuana.Authorities argued that allowing Brooke to use the d
  
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• Trump administration considers limit on green cards for immigrants on public aid

  23-09-2018 14:00
  
  SAN DIEGO — The Trump administration has proposed rules that could deny green cards to immigrants if they use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers and other forms of public assistance.Federal law already requires those seeking green cards to prove they will not be a burden — or "public charge" — but the new rules detail a broad range of programs that could disqualify them.The Department of Homeland Security said Saturday that current and past receipt of certain public benefi
  
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• Police search for suspect that robbed a Footlocker in Whitehall

  23-09-2018 13:53
  WHITEHALL -- Police are looking for a suspect that they robbed a Footlocker store in Whitehall, in this week's Crime of the Week.On September 8, 2018, a black male suspect went inside the Footlocker store in the 3700 block of East Broad Street and displayed a black handgun, according to police.Investigators say the suspect then pointed the gun at an employee behind the cash register and told him to put his cell phone on the ground. The suspect then went behind the cash register and attempted to
  
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• Nearly $18M in cocaine seized in donated boxes of bananas

  23-09-2018 13:49
  
  The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) found something unexpected in 2 pallets comprised of 45 boxes of bananas that were donated at the Ports of America in Freeport: Nearly $18 million worth of cocaine. The bananas had been donated to the TDCJ because they were too ripe, the TDCJ said in a Facebook post. Two sergeants from the Scott Unit were loading up the bananas when they noticed one of the boxes felt different. Under the bananas, they found a bundle of a white powdery substance, wh
  
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• Tropical Storm Kirk forms in Atlantic

  23-09-2018 13:37
  
  Forecasters say Tropical Storm Kirk is continuing to move west across the eastern Atlantic but does not currently pose any threat to land. Forecasters expect some strengthening through Sunday. In a Saturday evening update, the National Hurricane Center said Kirk was 430 miles south of the Cabo Verde Islands, moving west at 15 mph with maximum sustained winds near 40 mph.There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect.The National Hurricane Center said it is currently monitoring two other area
  
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• Get out the needle: Tattoo artists show off their skills

  23-09-2018 13:19
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Tattoo fans around the world may be wondering just where their favorite artists are.Wonder no longer: Tattoo experts from 22 countries are showing off their skills at a convention in the Swiss lakeside city of Montreux.The Montreux Tattoo Convention, which opened on Friday and ends Sunday, features some 160 artists along with concerts and competitions.It's the fourth edition of the gathering.
  
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• Cincinnati police looking for endangered missing child taken by father

  23-09-2018 12:49
  
  Authorities in Cincinnati are looking for an endangered missing 4-year-old boy.According to the Ohio Missing Persons website, Syiaer Domineack was last seen at about 10:20 p.m. Saturday in Cincinnati.He was taken by his non-custodial father, Brandon Domineack. Brandon is homeless and has a history of alcohol and drug abuse.Syiaer, 4,was last seen wearing a blue hoodie, blue jeans and red shoes. He is 3-feet-tall and 55 pounds with brown eyes and black hair.Brandon, 31, was last seen wearing a bl
  
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• Stolen smokes: Florida man gets 20 years for cigarette theft

  23-09-2018 12:34
  
  PENSACOLA, Fla. — A Florida man who stole $600 worth of cigarettes from a convenience store has been sentenced to 20 years in state prison.A jury in Pensacola convicted 48-year-old Robert Spellman of burglary and grand theft in August. Authorities say Spellman took 10 cartons of cigarettes from a stock room in the store manager's office last December. He was sentenced Friday.The Pensacola News Journal reports that Spellman had 14 felony and 31 misdemeanor convictions prior to the cigarette
  
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• Police: Fight at south Columbus recreation center leads to shooting

  23-09-2018 04:59
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - One person was shot after a fight at a south Columbus recreation center on Saturday, according to Columbus police.Police said there was a fight inside the Barack Recreation Center on East Woodrow Avenue around 4:15 p.m.That fight spilled outside to the parking lot and someone began shooting, according to police.Then someone else took out a gun and also started shooting.Police told 10TV the person who returned fire was taken into custody and questioned but no charges have been fi
  
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• Columbus firefighter passes away shortly after retiring

  23-09-2018 04:15
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Columbus firefighter has passed away and his co-workers believe the cause is from cancer he got on the job.The Columbus Division of Fire confirms Ed Gibbons passed away just two days after retiring.Facebook posts by the Columbus Firefighters Union Local 67 claim he died of occupational cancer.The Columbus Division of Fire said that claim is opinion and there is no official statement yet from the fire department.
  
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• Congress looks at regulation for seats, legroom on airplanes

  23-09-2018 02:10
  
  WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration would be required to set new minimum requirements for seats on airplanes under legislation to be considered in the House this week, possibly giving passengers a break from ever-shrinking legroom and cramped quarters.The regulation of seat width and legroom is part of a five-year extension of federal aviation programs announced early Saturday by Republican and Democratic leaders of the House and Senate committees that oversee the nation's air
  
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• No. 4 Ohio State routs Tulane in Meyer's return to sideline

  23-09-2018 01:05
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Dwayne Haskins Jr. threw for 304 yards and five touchdowns in the first half and No. 4 Ohio State routed Tulane 49-6 on Saturday to mark coach Urban Meyer's return to the sideline following a three-game suspension.Haskins was nearly flawless, completing his first nine passes on the way to a 21-for-24 effort before giving way to backup Tate Martell in the second half as the No. 4 Buckeyes (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) backed off the gas and cruised.Haskins, a third-year sophomore
  
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• 100-year-old OSU alum dots the "i" during Script Ohio

  23-09-2018 01:01
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - It is a story 100 years in the making.Anthony Violi, 100, played trumpet for the Ohio State Marching Band from 1937 to 1942.His first year with the band was just one year after its first performance of Script Ohio in 1936.He returned to be a part of the Alumni Band this week and had the honor of dotting the "i" on Saturday at halftime of the football team's game against Tulane."I feel very humbled and very proud," Violi said."I'm going take the hat off.I'm going to bow down to t
  
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• WATCH: Urban Meyer post-game press conference | Ohio State vs. Tulane

  23-09-2018 00:33
  
  Urban Meyer is hosting his first post-game press conference of the year after Ohio State defeated Tulane Saturday at Ohio Stadium.Watch live in the video player below:OHIO STATE FOOTBALL LIVESponsored by Big Sandy Superstore
  
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