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• Prologue Bookshop Opens Just in Time for Short North Holiday Season

  20-11-2018 22:52
  Over 30 Short North galleries, boutiques, shops, salons and restaurants are gearing up for the Short North Arts District Holiday season, and official activities are set to take place from Saturday, Nov. 24 to Monday, Dec. 31. One participating business is opening its doors just in time for the holiday rush. Prologue Bookshop began construction at 841 N. High […]
  
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• Give Two On #GivingTuesday!

  20-11-2018 21:45
  Give AND receive when you join The Columbus Foundation on November 27 for “Give Two on #GivingTuesday!” This #GivingTuesday, when you make a gift to any two central Ohio nonprofits in The Giving Store, you’ll receive a $20 Charitable Gift Card in return! Redeemable at any of the 1,000+ nonprofits in The Giving Store, a […]
  
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• Troopers seize $1.2 million worth of marijuana in Madison County

  20-11-2018 21:41
  
  The Ohio State Highway Patrol seized 250 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop in Madison County.Troopers stopped a Penske truck with Indiana registration for a speed violation on Interstate 70 at 12:19 p.m. Monday.OSHP said criminal indicators were observed and a patrol drug-sniffing K-9 alerted to the vehicle. A probable cause search revealed the marijuana, valued at $1.2 million.The driver, 23-year-old Benjamin Malugani of California, was taken to the Tri-County Jail and charged with poss
  
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• Thanksgiving travel forecast: What you need to know before hitting the road

  20-11-2018 21:36
  
  One of the busiest travel days of the year is upon us. More than 54 million Americans are expected to travel in the coming days making this the busiest Thanksgiving since 2005.If you're getting ready to head over the river and through the woods, or you're expecting company at your house you're no doubt hoping for smooth sailing on the roads. This year's travel forecast is looking pretty good as most of the region is expected to be dry.Above is the forecast for Wednesday morning. That circle is s
  
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• CDC warns people in U.S. not to eat romaine lettuce amid E. coli outbreak

  20-11-2018 21:16
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is advising that consumers in the United States not eat any romaine lettuce due to an outbreak of E. coli.Consumers who have any type of romaine lettuce in their home should not eat it and should throw it away.“This advice includes all types or uses of romaine lettuce, such as whole heads of romaine, hearts of romaine, and bags and boxes of precut lettuce and salad mixes that contain romaine, including baby romaine, spring mix, and Caesar sala
  
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• Photos: Columbus Humane Unveils Renovation

  20-11-2018 21:09
  Purrman Village, Grove Kitty and Pupper Arlington are ready for visitors! Renovations are now complete at Columbus Humane, 3015 Scioto Darby Executive Ct. in Hilliard. The animal shelter’s new layout is designed to create a better experience for potential pet owners and its four-legged inhabitants. Visitors are greeted by adoptable felines as they walk in […]
  
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• Cavaliers, J.R. Smith parting ways amid stormy season

  20-11-2018 20:26
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Disgruntled Cavaliers forward J.R. Smith has gotten his wish: He is parting ways with Cleveland.The Cavaliers announced Tuesday that Smith "will no longer be with team as the organization works with JR and his representation regarding his future."Smith requested a trade earlier this season. The 33-year-old has been dismayed with his role and the team's direction in the first season since LeBron James left for the second time as a free agent.Smith's departure is the latest
  
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• City Chat: Holiday Safety

  20-11-2018 20:02 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Trump says U.S. will stand by Saudis, despite CIA's conclusion about Khashoggi killing

  20-11-2018 19:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. will not punish Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at this time nor cut arms sales to Saudi Arabia for the killing of U.S.-based columnist Jamal Khashoggi.Trump called the killing of Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul a "horrible crime" that the U.S. does not condone, but said Saudi Arabia is a "great ally" and canceling billions in arms sales would only benefit China and Russia, which would be glad to step in
  
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• Trump says no new Saudi punishment for Khashoggi murder

  20-11-2018 19:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. will not punish Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at this time nor cut arms sales to Saudi Arabia for the killing of U.S.-based columnist Jamal Khashoggi.Trump called the killing of Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul a "horrible crime" that the U.S. does not condone, but said Saudi Arabia is a "great ally" and canceling billions in arms sales would only benefit China and Russia, which would be glad to step in
  
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• Columbus City Council Meeting 11/19/18

  20-11-2018 19:25 via youtube.com
  
  
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• WATCH: President Trump pardons a turkey at the White House in annual tradition

  20-11-2018 18:31
  
  Either "Peas" or "Carrots" will be the lucky recipient of a presidential pardon Tuesday -- not that either has committed a crime -- but the well-timed reprieve at least means retirement for the Thanksgiving turkeys to the relative freedom and comfort of a Virginia farm.President Trump is taking part Tuesday afternoon in the annual White House tradition of choosing a turkey to pardon — this year, he'll decide between "Peas" and "Carrots." Peas and Carrots hail from a farm near Huron, South
  
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• Trump grants poultry pardons to turkeys Peas and Carrots

  20-11-2018 18:31
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In an annual Thanksgiving tradition, President Donald Trump has used the power of his office to keep a pair of turkeys off the holiday table.Trump's poultry pardon means the two turkeys — a 39-pound bird named Peas and a 41-pounder named Carrots — will get to live the rest of their lives at a Virginia farm. Both were raised on a farm near Huron, South Dakota. First lady Melania Trump joined her husband for the act of mercy carried out during a light-hearted ce
  
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• Barroluco Pearl Alley Location Now Open for Lunch

  20-11-2018 18:21
  Barroluco is now open at 47 N. Pearl St., where El Arepazo operated until just a couple weeks ago. The restaurant started as a food truck in 2016, making their location on Pearl Alley their first brick and mortar. Fans of the food truck will find familiar offerings, including their paella, empanadas, choripan, ribs, churros […]
  
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• OSU Marching Band heads to NYC for 1st Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade performance

  20-11-2018 17:49
  The Ohio State Marching Band is set to perform at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade for the first time in the school's history.This morning, band members left Ohio Stadium and began their journey to New York City.WATCH: OSU Marching Band performancesOSU Marching Band Member Kenneth Dungan told 10TV he's excited for this "Once in a lifetime experience."But this week is more than just a trip to NYC. It's also "Beat Michigan Week.""I think performing in front of millions of people is going to be a
  
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• Small rescue dog helps Ohio police department, community

  20-11-2018 17:15
  
  MARBLEHEAD, Ohio (AP) — A pint-sized pup adopted by a northern Ohio police department is having a positive impact on officers and the community.Marblehead Police Chief Casey Joy tells WTVG-TV that he was inspired to adopt a dog from Petfinder after seeing stories about animals displaced by Hurricane Florence. Joy fell in love with a 4-month-old Chihuahua mix named Zorro.Zorro rides along with Joy on patrols in a special police K-9 vest made by a resident. Police say the tiny dog has made a
  
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• Know Your Neighborhood: Things to Do in Clintonville

  20-11-2018 15:55
  The Clintonville neighborhood just north of Downtown Columbus is especially known for notable landmarks like Whetstone Park, the Park of Roses, and historically, the city’s first zoo and the country’s largest amusement park. Today, Clintonville’s business district is a hub for Columbus’ newest and most iconic businesses and restaurants, as you can see below: Grab […]
  
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• Tennessee inmate must chose lethal injection, electric chair

  20-11-2018 14:13
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee death row inmate David Earl Miller faces a Tuesday afternoon deadline to inform prison officials whether he wants to be executed by lethal injection or electrocution.Miller is scheduled to die on Dec. 6 for the 1981 murder of 23-year-old Lee Standifer in Knoxville.Lethal injection is Tennessee's preferred execution method, but inmates whose crimes were committed before 1999 have the option of choosing the electric chair.A federal judge last week ruled agai
  
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• Green Tuesday: Crowds line up at 1st East Coast pot shops

  20-11-2018 14:02
  
  LEICESTER, Mass. (AP) — People lined up in the rain in Massachusetts Tuesday morning to be among the first customers at the state's first two legal pot shops, more than two years after voters approved of recreational marijuana for adults.The state's first commercial pot shops opened in Leicester and Northampton.Items for sale in the modern and spacious stores include various strains of marijuana flower, pre-rolled joints and edibles such as brownies and chocolate bars.Cannabis is sold lega
  
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• Green Tuesday: Crowds expected at 1st East Coast pot shops

  20-11-2018 14:02
  
  LEICESTER, Mass. (AP) — More than two years after voters in Massachusetts approved of recreational marijuana for adults, there are finally places to buy it legally.The state's first commercial pot shops are set to open Tuesday in Leicester and Northampton. The stores will be the first to operate on the East Coast of the U.S., and large crowds are expected to gather at both locations.Items for sale will include various strains of marijuana flower, pre-rolled joints and edibles such as brown
  
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• Remains of soldier killed in Korean War identified as Ohio Man

  20-11-2018 13:34
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Federal officials say the remains of a U.S. soldier killed during the Korean War have been identified as those of an Ohio man.A Defense Department agency says Monday that remains accounted for in August are those of Army Pfc. Leo Duquette.Military officials say the 19-year-old Toledo soldier served in the 24th Division and fought against North Korean forces in July 1950 near Choch'iwon, South Korea. He was reported missing in action July 11, 1950, and declared dead in D
  
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• Gunman fatally shoots woman at Catholic store in Missouri

  20-11-2018 13:16
  
  Police in suburban St. Louis on Monday were searching Monday for a gunman who went into a religious supply store, sexually assaulted at least one woman and shot a woman in the head. Police said the shooting victim later died at a hospital.The shooting happened about 3:15 p.m. at a Catholic Supply of St. Louis store in western St. Louis County, near the town of Ballwin. Police were looking for a man about 5-foot-7 with a heavy build, and said he should be considered armed and dangerous.The gunman
  
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• Former Cleveland-area judge is suspect in former wife's fatal stabbing

  20-11-2018 13:16
  
  A former Cleveland-area judge who spent nine months in prison for beating his wife at the time is now a suspect in her stabbing death over the weekend and is likely to be charged, authorities said Monday.Police said in court documents the ex-judge who also served in the state legislature was fleeing the scene of a homicide in which he was the suspect when he slammed his SUV into a patrol cruiser.Lance Mason was charged Monday with felonious assault in the crash, but he has not been charged in hi
  
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• Landslide derails commuter train near Barcelona, killing 1

  20-11-2018 13:13
  
  A commuter train traveling toward Barcelona was derailed by a landslide on Tuesday, killing one person and injuring dozens, Spanish authorities said.The regional civil protection agency said that two train cars of a convoy of six came off the tracks at 6.15 a.m. local (0515 GMT) near Vacarisses, some 45 kilometers northwest of Barcelona.Firefighters and emergency workers evacuated 131 commuters and sent to hospital 11 of the 44 people injured. Three of them are seriously hurt, according to the c
  
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• Therapy dog starts work at Iowa middle school

  20-11-2018 12:37
  
  FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Mellie, an 8-year-old golden Lab therapy dog starting her first year at the Fort Dodge Middle School, knows exactly who's a good dog.Mellie's a good dog.Her human, eighth-grade social studies teacher Glenda Paulson, thinks so too, and said that Mellie can do something that sometimes the humans can't."Dogs are able to help students that are extremely anxious," she told The Messenger . "She helps calm them down."Letting Mellie come to school with her as a therapy dog
  
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• Gunman in California mass shooting showed warning signs

  20-11-2018 12:33
  
  THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — At first, the outlines of the mass shooter's 28 years appeared unremarkable.Ian David Long enlisted in the Marines out of high school and married at 19. Within five years, he was honorably discharged, divorced and in college.As the picture sharpened, troubling details emerged — the kinds of clues that, in hindsight, make people wonder out loud whether the impulse that led Long to kill 12 people at a country music bar had been forming in plain sight.Neighb
  
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• California gunman's life was both unremarkable and troubled

  20-11-2018 12:33
  
  THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — At first, the outlines of the mass shooter's 28 years appeared unremarkable.Ian David Long enlisted in the Marines out of high school and married at 19. Within five years, he was honorably discharged, divorced and in college.As the picture sharpened, troubling details emerged — the kinds of clues that, in hindsight, make people wonder out loud whether the impulse that led Long to kill 12 people at a country music bar had been forming in plain sight.Neighb
  
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• 1 dead, 4 injured after downtown Denver shooting

  20-11-2018 12:16
  
  DENVER (AP) — One person was killed and four others were wounded in a shooting on a downtown Denver street Monday, but it was unclear what caused the violence and no one had been arrested, authorities said.The shooting occurred in a neighborhood of new apartment buildings, restaurants and bars near the Colorado Rockies' stadium just as the evening rush hour was getting underway.Police spokesman Doug Schepman said investigators did not know whether more than one shooter was involved and had
  
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• Judge bars US from enforcing Trump asylum ban

  20-11-2018 11:44
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge barred the Trump administration on Monday from refusing asylum to immigrants who cross the southern border illegally.U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar issued a temporary restraining order after hearing arguments in San Francisco. The request was made by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights, which quickly sued after President Donald Trump issued the ban this month in response to the caravans of migrants that have started t
  
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• Columbus woman killed during shootout three days after her 20th birthday

  20-11-2018 04:56
  
  FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ohio - A Columbus woman is dead after she was hit by a bullet when two other people shot at each other, according to the Franklin County Sheriff's Office.The sheriff's office said 20-year-old Ja’Kharia Morgan was riding in a car when the driver stopped on Myrtle Avenue near Perdue Avenue early in the morning of November 14.Major Steven Tucker with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office said the driver got out, had an altercation with someone outside of the car, and at least
  
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• Report: Ivanka Trump used personal email for government work

  20-11-2018 02:31
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ivanka Trump, the president's daughter and adviser, sent hundreds of emails about government business from a personal email account last year.That's according to The Washington Post, which reports the emails were sent to White House aides, Cabinet officials and her assistants.The White House didn't immediately respond to questions Monday, but a spokesman for Ivanka Trump's lawyer, Abbe Lowell, didn't dispute the report.Peter Mirijanian says, "While transitioning into gove
  
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• Residents of Whitehall apartment fire believe outlets may be to blame

  20-11-2018 02:20
  Residents of Villages at Eden Crossing Apartments who were driven from their homes because of a fast-moving fire on Friday are now living in a motel off East Broad Street that they say lacks modern amenities."The accommodation doesn't have a kitchen, a refrigerator, no stove so I'm having to spend 60 to 70 dollars every night to feed my family, " said Justaina Caslin.The fire displaced 30 residents and many now believe the fire may be electrical. Fire investigators have not announced a cause."Ou
  
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• Resident of Whitehall apartment fire believe outlets may be to blame

  20-11-2018 02:20
  
  Residents of Villages at Eden Crossing Apartments who were driven from their homes because of a fast-moving fire on Friday are now living in a motel off East Broad Street that they say lacks modern amenities."The accommodation doesn't have a kitchen, a refrigerator, no stove so I'm having to spend 60 to 70 dollars every night to feed my family, " said Justaina Caslin.The fire displaced 30 residents and many now believe the fire may be electrical. Fire investigators have not announced a cause."Ou
  
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• Suspect in Rhoden family massacre back jailed in Ohio

  20-11-2018 02:15
  
  HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — A suspect in the 2016 slaying of eight family members is back in Ohio, after being arrested in Kentucky.Butler County jail records in southwest Ohio show George "Billy" Wagner III was booked in at 5:45 a.m. Monday. He was arrested Nov. 13 after being found in a horse trailer in Lexington. Wagner, 47, waived his rights to an extradition hearing.He's among four members of his family charged with aggravated murder and other counts for the shooting deaths of eight members
  
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• Mall, store hours for Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday

  20-11-2018 00:41
  
  COLUMBUS - Thanksgiving and Black Friday is upon us. We have you covered with the times and locations of when and where stores are open.Hours for central Ohio grocery stores on ThanksgivingRetail Shopping on Thanksgiving:Polaris Mall: 6 p.m. – 1 a.m.Macy's: 5 p.m. – 12 a.m.Tanger Outlet:6 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day through 10 p.m. on Black FridayTuttle Mall: 5 p.m. – 1 a.m.Black Friday Hours:Easton Mall: Check out this website to see when your favorite stores are open Thanksgivin
  
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• Hours for central Ohio grocery stores on Thanksgiving

  20-11-2018 00:41
  
  COLUMBUS - Here is a list of the stores that will be open on Thanksgiving for any last minute trips for your dinner.Mall, store hours for Thanksgiving Day and Black FridayGrocery Shopping On Thanksgiving:Giant Eagle: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. & back to regular hours the next day. Varies by locationKroger: 6 a.m. - 5 p.m.Meijer: 24 hours & back to regular hours the next dayWhole Foods: 7 a.m. - 4 p.m. & back to regular hours the next dayTrader Joes: Closed All Day & back to regular hours th
  
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• Columbus city attorney takes steps to shut down 2 drug houses

  20-11-2018 00:05
  The Columbus city attorney's office takes another step toward getting rid of nuisance properties, shutting down two Clintonville homes.The homes are nearby each other on Garden and Weisheimer Roads.Police have responded several times to both for connected drug activity, counterfeit money and people with warrants.The Garden Road home will be sold to a company that rehabs problem properties.The Weisheimer house is boarded up and the city was granted permission to remove the vehicles on that proper
  
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