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• First round high school football playoff pairings released by OHSAA

  28-10-2018 22:43
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association released the pairings for the first round of the football playoffs Sunday. On July 30, 718 OHSAA member schools began practice, and now 224 schools have qualified for the playoffs.During the first four rounds of the playoffs, all games will kick off at 7 p.m.. Division I, II, III and VI games will be on Fridays. Division IV, V and VII games will be on Saturdays.Two schools are in the playoffs for the first time in their school&rsqu
  
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• Bengals pick off Winston 4 times for 37-34 win over Bucs

  28-10-2018 21:55
  
  CINCINNATI — Jessie Bates returned Jameis Winston's fourth interception for a touchdown Sunday, and Randy Bullock kicked a 44-yard field goal on the final play that sent the Cincinnati Bengals to a 37-34 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who now have a question at quarterback.Winston was benched after matching his career high with four interceptions. Ryan Fitzpatrick rallied the Buccaneers (3-4) to a 34-34 tie with a pair of touchdown passes, including his 18-yard toss with 1:05 left.
  
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• Steelers down Browns 33-18 a day after synagogue shooting

  28-10-2018 21:46
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ben Roethlisberger threw two touchdown passes to Antonio Brown, James Conner scored twice, and the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Cleveland Browns 33-18 on Sunday to bring some solace to a city grieving from tragedy.The Steelers (4-2-1) overcame a slow start and their own mistakes to win their 15th straight at Heinz Field over the Browns (2-5-1), who have lost 25 consecutive road games — one shy of the NFL record.The win brought temporary comfort to Pittsburgh's fans
  
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• Police: Pilot had loaded gun in suitcase at Florida airport

  28-10-2018 21:34
  
  FORT MYERS, Fla. — Authorities say an airline pilot was arrested at a Florida airport after a loaded gun was found in his carry-on suitcase.The News-Press reports Brian Andrew Machtemes of Minnetonka, Minnesota, was arrested Friday at Southwest Florida International Airport.A Lee County Port Authority arrest report says the 54-year-old Sun Country Airlines pilot was arrested when a Transportation Security Administration agent found a loaded pistol in his suitcase.The report says Machtemes
  
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• Killer cats: The invasive species in your backyard

  28-10-2018 21:26
  
  Invasive species can be ruthless. Surprisingly, they can also be adorable.When non-native plants, animals, and pathogens are introduced into a favorable new environment, they can sweep through the ecosystem and threaten the survival of the native flora and fauna. They also wreak havoc on the economy. From Burmese python to Asian carp, efforts to eradicate or control invasive species cost U.S. taxpayers an estimated $138 billion per year.But in one notable case, humans have been happy to make an
  
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• Ohio State moves up to No. 8 in latest AP poll

  28-10-2018 19:46
  
  Ohio State moved up three spots in the AP Top 25 after its bye week as four teams from the Big Ten are ranked this week.No. 22 Syracuse and No. 23 Virginia broke long runs of being unranked and were among a record seven teams to move into The Associated Press college football poll after a season-high 11 ranked teams lost this weekend.The top of the ranking was mostly unchanged. No. 1 Alabama, No. 4 LSU and No. 5 Michigan were idle and unchanged . No. 2 Clemson and No. 3 Notre Dame won easily.The
  
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• Police: Synagogue gunman said he wanted all Jews to die

  28-10-2018 17:41
  
  PITTSBURGH — The suspect in the mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue expressed hatred of Jews during the rampage and told officers afterward that Jews were committing genocide and that he wanted them all to die, according to charging documents made public Sunday.Robert Gregory Bowers killed eight men and three women inside the Tree of Life Synagogue on Saturday during worship services before a tactical police team tracked him down and shot him, authorities said in state and federal affi
  
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• Shooting victims remembered: 'The loss is incalculable'

  28-10-2018 17:21
  
  A day after the shooting that left 11 dead at a Pittsburgh synagogue, friends and family members recalled the victims — professors and accountants, dentists and beloved doctors serving their local community.Officials released the names of all 11 victims during a news conference Sunday, all of them middle-aged or elderly. The victims of synagogue included a pair of brothers and a husband and wife. The oldest was 97.Said Stephen Cohen, co-president of New Light Congregation: "The loss is inc
  
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• Loved ones remember legacies of synagogue shooting victims

  28-10-2018 17:21
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — They were professors and accountants, dentists and beloved doctors serving their local community.A day after the shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue that left 11 dead, officials released the names of the victims. The oldest of them was 97. The youngest was 54. They included a pair of brothers and a husband and wife.Said Stephen Cohen, co-president of New Light Congregation: "The loss is incalculable."CECIL AND DAVID ROSENTHAL: 'SWEET, GENTLE, CARING MEN'Cecil and David Ros
  
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• Reports: Cavaliers fire coach Tyronn Lue after 0-6 start

  28-10-2018 16:47
  
  A person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press the Cleveland Cavaliers have fired coach Tyronn Lue after a 0-6 start.Lue was dismissed on Sunday, according to the person, who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the team has not commented on the move. Lue guided the Cavaliers to an NBA title in 2016 — Cleveland's first pro sports championship since 1964 — and helped the team to four straight Finals.But in their first season since superstar LeBron James l
  
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• Cavaliers fire coach Tyronn Lue after 0-6 start

  28-10-2018 16:47
  
  Tyronn Lue didn't make it through the season's first month without LeBron James.The Cleveland Cavaliers fired their coach on Sunday and named assistant Larry Drew interim head coach. The Cavaliers are off to a 0-6 start without James, who left Cleveland this summer for the second time in his career and signed with the Los Angeles Lakers as a free agent.Lue guided the Cavaliers to an NBA title in 2016 — Cleveland's first pro sports championship since 1964 — and helped the team to four
  
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• Employee shares stories of ghostly occurrences at Thurber House Literary Center

  28-10-2018 15:32
  COLUMBUS - The Thurber House on Jefferson Street in Columbus is known for being a museum and home to writers and authors. It's also known for having ghostly visitors.The Thurber House was the home of author James Thurber, who even wrote about a ghost experience in a book titled "The Night the Ghost Got In". People who work there say those ghostly visits still happen."This room, we believe, is one of the more active rooms," explains Leah Warton, one of the employees at the Thurber House, "Our wri
  
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• Health officials urge flu vaccine for Connecticut residents

  28-10-2018 14:31
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut health officials are urging residents to get a flu vaccination.The state Department of Public Health says 23 people already had been hospitalized this season with illness that was confirmed to be influenza, as of last week. Two flu-associated deaths have been reported.During the last flu season, Connecticut saw over 13,000 laboratory-confirmed influenza cases and over 175 flu-associated deaths.State Health Commissioner Raul Pino said vaccination by nasal
  
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• Grant For Learning Skills To Lift Neighborhoods

  28-10-2018 13:59 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Mayor's Community Meeting At Linden

  28-10-2018 13:18 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Police searching for man who stole cement mixer

  28-10-2018 11:41
  DUBLIN, Ohio-- Police are still searching for a man who stole a cement mixer from a property in the 4000 block of Dublin-Granville Road on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018.Security footage showed an unknown male dragging the mixer off the lot until he disappeared from view.The suspect was last seen wearing black pants, a black T-shirt over a long-sleeve white shirt, and ball cap.The cement mixer is valued at $3,500.Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward for any information leading to the arrest and/o
  
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• Haunted Hoochie’s Swastika Saturday sets off firestorm on day of Synagogue shooting

  28-10-2018 05:45
  
  An event that has been held for 28 years at the Haunted Hoochie became ill-timed Saturday afternoon, after a gunman entered a synagogue in Pittsburgh and gunned down 11 people, injuring six others during a baby naming ceremony.Officials say the suspect, Robert Bowers, screamed “all Jews must die” during the 20-minute rampage.A few hours later, an event at Pataskala’s Haunted Hoochie, known as Swastika Saturday, was met with anger, hurt and outrage.A man identifying himself as T
  
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• Pittsburgh community comes together after tragedy

  28-10-2018 05:02
  The Pittsburgh community is coming together in grief. At about 11 p.m. Saturday police relaxed the perimeter around the Tree of Life Synagogue, giving 10TV its first in-person look at this house of worship.Early Saturday, 11 people were killed and six others were wounded when a man entered the synagogue during a baby naming ceremony. People of all faiths came together in Pittsburgh to stand in solidarity with their Jewish brothers and sisters. “In spite of our economic differences, despite
  
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• Panarin's overtime tally powers Blue Jackets over Sabres 5-4

  28-10-2018 04:49
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Artemi Panarin scored 31 seconds into overtime to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 5-4 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.Buffalo got a pair of goals in a two-minute span in the third period to tie it, setting up the overtime snipe by Panarin, a shot from the left circle that glanced off the far post.Panarin and Cam Atkinson each had two goals and an assist, and Pierre Luc-Dubois had a goal and a pair of assists, including the feed to Panarin that set u
  
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• Trump orders flags be flown at half-staff

  28-10-2018 03:44
  
  President Donald Trump has ordered flags at federal buildings throughout the United States to be flown at half-staff in "solemn respect" for the shooting victims at a Pittsburgh synagogue.Trump issued the proclamation late Saturday, shortly after returning to Washington from speaking at the Future Farmers of America convention in Indianapolis and a campaign rally in Murphysboro, Illinois.Throughout the day, he expressed sorrow, called for justice and bemoaned hate, getting regular updates on the
  
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• DNA, fingerprint match: How FBI uncovered bomb suspect's ID

  28-10-2018 03:20
  
  WASHINGTON — In the hours before his arrest, as federal authorities zeroed in and secretly accumulated evidence, Cesar Sayoc was in his element: spinning classic and Top 40 hits in a nightclub where he'd found work as a DJ.As he entertained patrons from a dimly lit booth overlooking a stage at the Ultra Gentlemen's Club, where Halloween decorations hung in anticipation of a costume party, he could not have known that investigators that very evening were capitalizing on his own mistakes to
  
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• Mexico torn between stopping, aiding migrant caravan

  28-10-2018 02:16
  
  TAPANATEPEC, Mexico — The Mexican government seems torn between stopping several thousand Central American migrants from traveling toward the U.S. border in a caravan or burnishing its international human rights image.On Saturday, more than a hundred federal police dressed in riot gear blocked a rural highway in southern Mexico shortly before dawn to encourage the migrants to apply for refugee status in Mexico rather than continuing the long, arduous journey north. U.S. President Donald Tr
  
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• Photos: UDF Opens Updated Short North Location

  28-10-2018 01:53
  The long wait is over. United Dairy Farmers closed their old Short North location in April 2017, but promised to return with a bigger and better store located inside the four story mixed-use office building that was replacing their suburban-style spot at 900 North High Street. The new UDF opened up to customers this weekend, […]
  
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• Governor Kasich orders flags at half-staff for victims of Pittsburgh synagogue attack

  28-10-2018 01:42
  
  COLUMBUS - Governor John Kasich has ordered all public flags to be flown at half-staff to honor the victims of Saturday's hate-filled attack at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh,A gunman opened fire, killing 11 people in one of the deadliest attacks on Jewish people in U.S. history.The flags will be flown at half-staff through Saturday, November 3rd.Read the full statement:
  
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• Skywatch: Look for the "ghost of the summer sun" this week

  28-10-2018 01:40
  
  If you’re out at nightfall on Sunday and skies are clear enough look for the solar system’s largest planet passing by the planet that’s closest to the sun. Jupiter and Mercury will be in the evening sky near the horizon in the west-southwestern sky. Jupiter will be just above and right of Mercury. Get out early to find the two because they’ll be setting shortly after it gets dark. Just above and left of the pair you’ll find Saturn.While researching this week’s
  
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• Suspect in synagogue slayings spewed online hate for Jewish people

  28-10-2018 00:35
  
  WASHINGTON — The man arrested in the mass shooting Saturday at a Pennsylvania synagogue appears to have made virulently anti-Semitic posts on a social media platform popular with far-right extremists, including one made shortly before the attack.A law enforcement official identified the shooter to The Associated Press as Robert Bowers, 46, of Pittsburgh. A man with the same name posted on the site Gab.com on the morning of the shooting that "HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our pe
  
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