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• OHSAA releases pairings, sites for regional football finals

  11-11-2018 22:32
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association released the pairings for the regional finals (third round) of the football playoffs on Sunday.During the first four rounds of the playoffs, all games will kick off at 7 p.m. Division I, II, III and VI games are on Fridays. Division IV, V and VII games are on Saturdays.OHSAA Regional Final PairingsHome team listed first. Pairings include seed and record.Division I – Games at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16Region 1: 1 Mentor (11-1) vs.
  
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• Brees passes Favre with 3 TDs, Saints crush Bengals 51-14

  11-11-2018 22:20
  
  CINCINNATI — Drew Brees threw three touchdown passes in the first half, moving ahead of Brett Favre for second place on the career list, and the New Orleans Saints rolled to their eighth straight victory Sunday, 51-14 over the Cincinnati Bengals.Brees led the Saints to touchdowns on all five first-half possessions with a nearly perfect performance — only two incompletions. His 17-yard TD to Michael Thomas with 2 seconds left in the half gave him 509 career touchdown passes, one more
  
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• Chubb has 92-yard TD run in Browns' 28-16 win over Falcons

  11-11-2018 22:15
  
  CLEVELAND — Rookie Baker Mayfield threw a season-high three touchdown passes and rookie Nick Chubb streaked 92 yards for a TD and the Cleveland Browns ended a four-game losing streak with a stunning 28-16 win over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.The Browns (3-6-1) played their most complete game this season under interim coach Gregg Williams, their defensive coordinator who improved to 1-1 since replacing the fired Hue Jackson.Mayfield outplayed Falcons star quarterback Matt Ryan with a perf
  
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• Saudi sisters' tragic end in NY shows perils for runaways

  11-11-2018 21:22
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The deaths of two young Saudi sisters, whose bodies washed up along the New York City waterfront last month, have shined a light on the often secretive and risky journeys Saudi women take to flee their homes, both within the kingdom and abroad.Tala Farea, 16, and Rotana Farea, 23, ran away from home in Fairfax, Virginia before being placed in a shelter amid allegations they were abused at home. They then made their way to New York City, staying in high-end hot
  
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• Goodyear honors free blimp ride voucher awarded 17 years ago

  11-11-2018 21:08
  
  CANTON, Ohio — Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. honored a man's voucher for a free blimp ride 17 years after it was awarded to him.The Repository in Canton reports Keith Beckley won a special MVP award in 2001 during his senior season at northeast Ohio's Carrollton High School and Goodyear gifted the football player with a free blimp ride for him and a friend.Weather problems and scheduling conflicts kept Beckley and his then-girlfriend Amanda from taking their ride. Beckley forgot about the
  
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• North High Brewing Taps Stephanie Rond For Latest Classic Rock Themed Double IPA Release

  11-11-2018 21:00
  If you’re a fan of beer, it would be hard not to notice the new collaboration on beer can art between North High Brewing and artist Stephanie Rond. Rond’s signature style can be found on the newly-released “Break on Through” IPA, the fourth in a series of classic rock themes, following “Stardust to Stardust” (inspired by […]
  
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• Bruno Mars to provide Thanksgiving meals for 24K in Hawaii

  11-11-2018 20:59
  
  NEW YORK — Bruno Mars will mark the end of his massive "24K Magic World Tour" by providing meals to 24,000 Hawaii residents in need for the Thanksgiving holiday.The Hawaiian-born singer announced Sunday he has donated money for the food to the Salvation Army's Hawaiian and Pacific Islands Division, which hosts an annual Thanksgiving meal program to help those in need.Mars is set to perform the final show of his 200-date tour at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu on Sunday. It is his third consecuti
  
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• Veterans given custom-made suits in honor of Veteran's Day

  11-11-2018 18:05
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - In recognition of Veteran's Day, a program called Suits for Soldiers gave customized suits to 8 veterans."This is my parade for you," said Jim Reiser with Hunter and Lords, the Columbus-based, American-made tailor that provided the suits.J ustin Butt is one of the veterans who received a custom-made suit."I joined the Army in 2005 and from there I went to Fort Hood, Texas," said Butt who also served 15 months in Baghdad, Iraq."They're going to slide on like butter!," Butt said m
  
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• OSU officials temporarily drain Mirror Lake ahead of Michigan game

  11-11-2018 17:52
  
  COLUMBUS - The Ohio State University announced that Mirror Lake will be drained ahead of the Buckeye's game against the team up north.Mirror Lake was the center of a tradition each year where students jumped into the lake leading up to Michigan's game. In 2015, there was an undergraduate student who died after jumping in the lake which caused a student group to create "End the Mirror Lake Jump."In a statement to students, faculty, and staff, officials wrote, "The safety of our campus community i
  
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• Ohio State drains Mirror Lake in advance of Michigan game

  11-11-2018 17:52
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State University has temporarily drained Mirror Lake in advance of a home game against the University of Michigan football team.The school said in a statement that it is calling to end the unsanctioned tradition of the Mirror Lake jump. Last year, OSU agreed to pay $450,000 to settle a negligence claim filed by the parents of 22-year-old Austin Singletary.Singletary died in 2015 after diving into the shallow water lake. The university did not admit any liability in th
  
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• How a Boring Basement Became an Enchanting Tiki Bar

  11-11-2018 13:00
  When you love something, why not have it in your house so you can enjoy it every day? Doug Motz and Todd Popp have been tikiphiles for awhile. When they moved to their new home in Berwick, the plain and run-of-the-mill basement was begging for a transformation. It took nearly a year, but now, the […]
  
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• Police offer reward for information in north Columbus man's murder

  11-11-2018 12:53
  COLUMBUS-- Police are still searching for a suspect in a shooting that occurred in north Columbus three years ago.On Aug. 25, 2015, Columbus Police officers were dispatched to a residence on Loretta Avenue in the Linden area on a report of a shooting.Upon arrival, the officers found Kenneth Pearson lying in the front yard, suffering from gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at 11:24 p.m.Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward for any information leading to the arrest and/or indictment of the
  
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• Gunman who killed 12 in California died from self-inflicted gunshot

  11-11-2018 11:27
  
  THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — An autopsy determined that the gunman who killed 12 people at a Southern California bar died from a self-inflicted gunshot, police said Saturday.Ian David Long, a 28-year-old ex-Marine machine-gunner, fatally shot 11 people at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks and a police officer who responded just before midnight Wednesday. The officer exchanged gunfire with Long, who was found dead at the scene.Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub said an autopsy det
  
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• Westworld set, Bachelor mansions hit by Woolsey Fire as celebrities flee Southern California homes

  11-11-2018 11:10
  
  LOS ANGELES — The fast-moving Woolsey wildfire ravaging Southern California has scorched a historic movie site recently used by the HBO series "Westworld." It also prompted numerous celebrities to join thousands of others who have fled flames that have claimed homes and forced an evacuation of Malibu.Kim Kardashian West, Scott Baio, Rainn Wilson and Guillermo del Toro are among those who have evacuated their homes. Some, like del Toro and Caitlyn Jenner, did not know the fate of their home
  
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• World leaders gather in Paris a century after WWI armistice

  11-11-2018 09:46
  
  PARIS (AP) — Commemorations are underway around the world to mark the moment 100 years ago when the slaughter of World War I finally stopped.France, the epicenter of the first global conflict, was hosting the main international commemoration, pressing home the point that the world mustn't stumble into war again, as it did so quickly and catastrophically with World War II.The more than 60 world leaders scheduled to gather at precisely 11 a.m., a century after the cease-fire, included those
  
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• N. California fire officials begin agonizing search for dead

  11-11-2018 07:13
  
  PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Sheriff's investigators have begun the agonizing task of scouring through the wreckage of California's most destructive fire on record in search of the dead. By Saturday, the death toll had reached 23, but it seemed likely to climb.With the entire town of Paradise wiped out and the fire still raging furiously in surrounding communities, Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said the county was bringing in a fifth search and recovery team. An anthropology team from Califor
  
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• Death toll rises in California wildfire, matching deadliest

  11-11-2018 07:13
  
  PARADISE, Calif. — As relatives desperately searched shelters for missing loved ones on Sunday, crews searching the smoking ruins of Paradise and outlying areas found six more bodies, raising the death toll to 29, matching the deadliest wildfire in state history.Wildfires continued to rage on both ends of the state, with gusty winds expected overnight which will challenge firefighters. The statewide death toll stood at 31 and appeared certain to rise. The so-called Camp fire that ravaged a
  
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• Death toll hits 25 from wildfires at both ends of California

  11-11-2018 07:13
  
  PARADISE, Calif. — Authorities called in a mobile DNA lab and anthropologists to help identify the dead as the search went on for victims of the most destructive wildfire in California history. The overall death toll from the outbreak of fires at both ends of the state stood at 25 Sunday and appeared likely to rise.All told, more than 8,000 firefighters battled three large wildfires burning across nearly 400 square miles in Northern and Southern California, with out-of-state crews continui
  
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• Chris Martin admits he felt "worthless" after Gwyneth Paltrow divorce

  11-11-2018 04:14
  
  Chris Martin says that his "conscious uncoupling" from Gwyneth Paltrow was not as easy as it sounded. The Coldplay frontman admits that he was "a mess" after he broke up with his ex-wife. ET reports that Martin opened up about the end of his marriage in the new documentary "Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams," and said that the high-profile 2014 split was extremely difficult for him. Martin and Paltrow were married for more than 10 years when sheannounced what she famously called their "conscious u
  
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• Current Ebola outbreak is the worst in Congo's history

  11-11-2018 04:04
  
  KINSHASA, Congo — Congo's current Ebola outbreak is the worst in the country's recorded history with 319 confirmed and probable cases, the health ministry said. The deadly virus has killed about 198 people since the outbreak was declared Aug. 1 in the volatile east, the ministry said. Those dead include 163 confirmed Ebola cases, with 35 probable deaths. Nearly 100 people have survived Ebola.This is Congo's 10th outbreak since 1976, when the hemorrhagic fever was first identified in Yambuk
  
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• Firefighter union president rips Trump for "demeaning" comments about California wildfires

  11-11-2018 03:10
  
  The president of the California Professional Firefighters criticized President Trump on Saturday after he threatened to withhold federal payments to the state, claiming its forest management is "so poor." The president made the comments as the state is battling multiple deadly wildfires."The president's message attacking California and threatening to withhold aid to the victims of the cataclysmic fires is ill-informed, ill-timed and demeaning to those who are suffering as well as the men and wom
  
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• I-270 south near Easton Way reopened after crash injures four

  11-11-2018 02:37
  
  Interstate 270 southbound is closed down due to a crash near Easton Way.The call from the crash came in a little before 8 p.m. Saturday.There is no word on injuries at this time, but dispatchers said the road would be shut down "for a while."According to Columbus Division of Fire Battalion Chief Steve Martin, three people had to be cut from their vehicles, which took about 15 minutes.Three people were taken to Grant Medical Center and one person was taken to Mount Carmel East. No conditions were
  
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• I-270 south near Easton Way closed down due to crash

  11-11-2018 02:37
  
  Interstate 270 southbound is closed down due to a crash near Easton Way.The call from the crash came in a little before 8 p.m. Saturday.There is no word on injuries at this time, but dispatchers said the road would be shut down "for a while."According to Columbus Division of Fire Battalion Chief Steve Martin, three people had to be cut from their vehicles, which took about 15 minutes.Three people were taken to Grant Medical Center and one person was taken to Mount Carmel East. No conditions were
  
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• Police: Woman staged 2017 deaths of mom, sister to look like murder-suicide

  11-11-2018 01:19
  
  McLEAN, Va. -- Police have arrested a woman and charged her with the 2017 deaths of her sister and mother and staging the crime scene to look like a murder-suicide. When 23-year-old Helen Hargan and her mother, 63-year-old Pamela Hargan, were found dead in a McLean home in July 2017, police initially reported the deaths as a murder-suicide.But at a press conference Friday, Fairfax County Police said detectives quickly realized the crime scene had been staged. Megan Hargan was arrested Friday mor
  
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• Las Vegas airport controller heard slurring her words as alarmed pilots respond

  11-11-2018 01:06
  
  LAS VEGAS -- Federal and airport authorities are investigating why an air traffic controller became incapacitated and went silent while working a night shift alone in the tower at busy McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. CBS News correspondent Kris Van Cleave reports that in air traffic audio of the incident, the controller appeared to become incoherent and eventually unresponsive until she was discovered by another controller returning from a break. "The FAA is very concerned about thi
  
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• Ohio State moves down to No. 9 in latest AP college football poll

  11-11-2018 00:58
  
  The day after earning a spot in the Big Ten championship game, Northwestern is ranked in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time this season.The Wildcats (6-4) were No. 24 in the Top 25 after beating Iowa to clinch the Big Ten West with two games to play.The rest of the Top 25 was fairly stable, especially at the top where the only difference in the first 11 teams from last week was No. 8 Washington State moving past No. 9 Ohio State and No. 10 LSU.Alabama is a unanimous No
  
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• Southern California fire burns mobile homes, Malibu mansions; 2 dead

  11-11-2018 00:47
  
  MALIBU, Calif. — Two people were found dead and scores of houses from ranch homes to celebrities' mansions burned in a pair of wildfires that stretched across more than 100 square miles of Southern California, authorities said Saturday.The two bodies were found in Malibu, but Los Angeles County sheriff's Chief John Benedict offered no further details. They were discovered in the area of a winding stretch of Mulholland Highway with steep panoramic views, where on Saturday the roadway was li
  
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• Skywatch: The Taurids and the Leonids meteor showers have arrived

  11-11-2018 00:24
  
  When skies clear out this week take the time to look up in the night sky and on Sunday night you can use the moon to help you easily locate Saturn, a beautiful sight if you have a decent telescope. The two will be in the southwestern sky after sunset. The moon will be just above and left of the ringed planet.The North Taurid meteor shower is expected to peak on Sunday night as well. The shower is caused by leftover debris from Comet Encke. While not a particularly active shower (you're lucky to
  
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