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• Bengals' Dalton out for season with thumb injury

  26-11-2018 23:28
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Andy Dalton is out for the season with a thumb injury suffered in the Bengals' latest loss.Dalton hurt the thumb on his passing hand when he tried to recover a fumble in the second half of a 35-20 rout by the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. He was placed on injured reserve after more tests on Monday.Jeff Driskel will start for the Bengals the rest of the way, getting his first chance to lead the team in his third NFL season. The Bengals claimed quarterback Tom Savage off waiv
  
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• Defense attorney pushes to move Rhoden family murder trial

  26-11-2018 23:14
  In April of 2016, the mass murder of eight members of the Rhoden family drew media attention from across the state of Ohio.Criminal defense attorney Mark Collins said rural Pike County has been the target of the media spotlight ever since."It's one of the few cases in Ohio that I have seen this much media coverage. It's been covered since day one.Every aspect of the case, every twist and turn, and that's what? About 2, 2 and a half years ago," Collins said.The Columbus attorney said he will ente
  
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• Cemeteries struggle to repair century-old headstones

  26-11-2018 22:43
  Delaware's oldest cemetery is dealing with an issue every cemetery has: who is responsible for the upkeep of headstones?The city of Delaware had to take over Oak Grove Cemetery five years ago.It has an operating budget of $400,000/year. The cemetery only brings in about $200,000 in sales.A city representative says families are technically responsible for the grave markers.But the cemetery dates back to the 1850s so, in many cases, families can’t be found.The city is aware there are damaged
  
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• Vote: The Best of 2018

  26-11-2018 21:35
  The end is near! 2018 has almost come to a close, which means it’s time once again to celebrate the greatest people, places and things that made your year interesting here in Columbus! Once again, we’re asking our readers to help nominate the best restaurants, artists, entertainers, venues, businesses and nonprofits that are worthy of special […]
  
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• Trump: 'I don't believe' government climate change report finding

  26-11-2018 21:32
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is rejecting a central conclusion of a dire report on the economic costs of climate change released Friday by his own administration.The National Climate Assessment, quietly unveiled Friday, warns that natural disasters are worsening in the United States because of global warming.It says warming-charged extremes "have already become more frequent, intense, widespread or of long duration." The report notes the last few years have smashed U.S. records
  
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• Mrs. Turbo’s Cookies Heads to Powell for Second Location

  26-11-2018 20:38
  After debuting in Gahanna just two years ago, Mrs. Turbo’s Cookies is ready for a second location. The retro-themed cookie shop is headed for Powell, and it’ll celebrate a grand opening in December. Those familiar with the Gahanna location can expect the same experience at the new spot, which sits at 178 Olentangy St. Although […]
  
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• The Top 10 Architectural Designs of 2018

  26-11-2018 19:57
  For three years running, the local architects at NBBJ have now been recognized as the top designers in Columbus by the readers of Columbus Underground. This year is a bit different though, as they share the title along with Acock Associates and Hollwich Kushner for the multi-building “Gravity 2.0” project announced back in August by Kaufman Development. “Over […]
  
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• 2 robberies, 1 burglary reported this weekend near Ohio State's campus

  26-11-2018 19:47
  
  Two armed robberies occurred on Sunday -- a day after one someone broke into a campus-area apartment.Sunday's robberies took place in the off-campus area near Chittenden Avenue and Pearl Street. Information about the first crime was shared on social media by Ohio State’s Emergency Management division. Due to a second crime occurring, similar in nature, a Neighborhood Safety Notice was sent to make the campus aware of the crime trend.The first Sunday incident took place at approximately 12:
  
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• Washington family seeks $15 million after firefighters use dead body for medical practice

  26-11-2018 19:28
  
  BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- Relatives of a man whose body was used by the Bellingham Fire Department for intubation practice have filed claims against the city totaling more than $15 million, a newspaper reported. Eleven fire department employees - including two office workers - acknowledged practicing inserting and removing breathing tubes on the body of Bradley Ginn Sr. while waiting for it to be transported to a funeral home on July 31, The Bellingham Herald reported.A review by a Seattle attorney d
  
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• Vernita Lee, mother of Oprah Winfrey, is dead at 83

  26-11-2018 19:10
  
  Vernita Lee, Oprah Winfrey's mother, has died at the age of 83. A spokeswoman for Winfrey on Monday issued a statement saying Lee died at her Milwaukee home on Nov. 22. The spokeswoman said private funeral services were held. No other details were provided. Lee was a teenager when she gave birth to Winfrey in Mississippi in 1954. They moved to Milwaukee when Winfrey was 6 years old.Lee was featured getting a makeover on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in 1990.In addition to Winfrey, Lee is survived by
  
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• Rock On The Range Replacement Sonic Temple Festival Announces Lineup

  26-11-2018 19:05
  Foo Fighters, System Of A Down, and Disturbed lead the lineup for the first-ever Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival, a three-day rock festival set to replace Rock On The Range in May 2019. Tickets go on sale Friday, Nov. 30 at 12 p.m. The festival, which debuts at MAPFRE Stadium, will also feature music performances […]
  
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• Ohio Dominican University cancels afternoon classes after power outage

  26-11-2018 18:58
  
  COLUMBUS, OHIO - Officials canceled Monday afternoon class due to server issues at Ohio Dominican University.The campus lost power due to equipment failure and is expected to restore power by 1 p.m.,according to the American Electric Power outage site.The outage took down the university website, services, phones and email server.Students should monitor social media for an updates. Power has been restored to campus; however, ODU's website, servers, phones and email remain down. Services expected
  
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• Bernie Sanders says Trump is "on the wrong side of history" on immigration

  26-11-2018 18:57
  
  Sen. Bernie Sanders said President Trump is "on the wrong side of history and the wrong side of decency" a day after U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents fired tear gas at hundreds of people, including women and children, when some of them tried to force their way across the border between Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego.In an interview on "CBS This Morning" Monday, Sanders said the president should try to "minimize the level of force being used."In recent days, thousands of mostly Central Ameri
  
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• Ohio State students line-up for Big10 Championship tickets

  26-11-2018 17:14
  
  COLUMBUS, OHIO - A line formed early Monday morning inside the Ohio Union for students looking to purchase a ticket to attend the Big 10 Football Championship game.The Ohio State University Office of Student Life was granted 500 tickets to distribute to students for Saturday’s game between the Buckeyes and Northwestern Wildcats.The ticket includes travel via Big Ten Championship Bus Trip to Indianapolis and back to campus. Tickets are not available for general admission.Hundreds of student
  
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• Ohio State students line-up for Big 10 Championship tickets

  26-11-2018 17:14
  COLUMBUS, OHIO - A line formed early Monday morning inside the Ohio Union for students looking to purchase a ticket to attend the Big 10 Football Championship game.The Ohio State University Office of Student Life was granted 500 tickets to distribute to students for Saturday’s game between the Buckeyes and Northwestern Wildcats.The ticket includes travel via Big Ten Championship Bus Trip to Indianapolis and back to campus. Tickets are not available for general admission.Hundreds of student
  
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• Dwayne Haskins sets Big Ten Player of the Week record

  26-11-2018 17:06
  
  Dwayne Haskins broke former Heisman winner Troy Smith's record, earning his sixth Big Ten Player of the Week award this season.Haskins threw for 396 yards and six touchdowns in the Buckeyes’ 62-39 overtime win against Michigan.Saturday he was 20 of 30 with no interceptions and directed the Buckeye offense against the nation’s No. 1 defensive unit.Haskins also has torched several OSU and Big Ten records so far this season.Up next for Haskins and the Buckeyes will be the Northwestern W
  
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• GM to slash 14,700 jobs in North America including employees at Ohio plant

  26-11-2018 16:50
  
  General Motors will lay off 14,700 factory and white-collar workers in North America and put five plants up for possible closure as it restructures to cut costs and focus more on autonomous and electric vehicles.The reduction includes 8,100 white-collar workers, some of whom will take buyouts and others who will be laid off. Most of the affected factories build cars that won't be sold in the U.S. after next year. They could close or they could get different vehicles to build. They will be part o
  
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• Foo Fighters, Disturbed, System of a Down headline Sonic Temple at MAPFRE in May

  26-11-2018 16:27
  
  Multiplatinum artists Foo Fighters, System Of A Down and Disturbed will lead a diverse music lineup for Sonic Temple, a music and arts festival at MAPFRE Stadium May 17-19.The inaugural Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival replaces the long-standing Rock On The Range, America’s largest and most acclaimed rock festival, which routinely sold out over its 12-year span.The festival also will include performances from , Joan Jett Chevelle, Lamb of God, HalestormBring Me The Horizon, The Prodigy, G
  
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• WATCH: Urban Meyer press conference | Big Ten championship week

  26-11-2018 16:25
  
  COLUMBUS -- Ohio State head football coach Urban Meyer is addressing the media Monday morning from the Woody Hayes Athletic Center.Meyer will recap last Saturday's 62-39 win over Michigan and discuss the upcoming matchup against Northwestern in the Big Ten championship game in Indianapolis.Watch this week's press conference live in the video player below or on the 10TV Facebook page.
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• Call him Judge Jerry: Jerry Springer is getting court show

  26-11-2018 16:08
  
  NEW YORK — Hopefully there won't be any chairs in this courtroom.Talk show host Jerry Springer is getting a new TV role as "Judge Jerry," where he'll hear testimony and render verdicts before a studio audience. NBC Universal Television Distribution announced the half-hour court program Monday that will debut in national syndication in the fall of 2019.The 74-year-old TV host is best known for "The Jerry Springer Show," in which guests loudly, and at times violently, meted out their own bra
  
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• Chinese researcher claims first gene-edited babies

  26-11-2018 15:25
  
  HONG KONG (AP) — A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world's first genetically edited babies — twin girls born this month whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life.If true, it would be a profound leap of science and ethics.A U.S. scientist said he took part in the work in China, but this kind of gene editing is banned in the United States because the DNA changes can pass to future generations and it risks har
  
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• Alec Baldwin set for court date in parking-spot assault case

  26-11-2018 14:44
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Alec Baldwin is due to answer assault and harassment charges in a New York court after being accused of striking a man in the face over a parking space.The actor is set to be arraigned Monday on the misdemeanor and violation-level charges. He has said any assertion that he punched anyone over a parking spot is false.Baldwin was arrested on Nov. 2. Police were told a driver pulled into a Manhattan parking space that one of Baldwin's relatives was holding for him, and the two
  
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• Murder trial to begin for Ohio man charged in white nationalist rally death

  26-11-2018 14:34
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.— Jury selection is set to begin in the trial of an Ohio man accused of killing a woman during a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville last year.James Alex Fields Jr., of Maumee, Ohio, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 32-year-old Heather Heyer. Fields is accused of driving his car into a crowd of people protesting the white nationalists. Heyer was killed and dozens of others were injured.Fields' trial is scheduled to begin Monday in Charlottesvil
  
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• Five ways to stop cyber thieves on Cyber Monday

  26-11-2018 14:27
  COLUMBUS - Millions of people are shopping online Monday, trying to grab the best deal they can find on clothing, electronics, toys and much more.But computer experts caution there are others shopping as well:cyber thieves.Matthew Curtin, founder of Interhack Corporation, a computer expert firm in Columbus, spoke on 10 This Morning to offer 5 steps to better protect your identity, your credit, and your cash.Verify your counterpartyBeware of the password verification scamUse multi-factor authenti
  
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• State trooper who stopped speeding van helps deliver baby

  26-11-2018 14:25
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Here's one way to get out of speeding ticket: A North Carolina state trooper helped deliver a baby on the side of the road after pulling over a speeding van on the highway.WRAL-TV reports that State Highway Patrol Sgt. Brian Maynard pulled over a van going 85 mph (135 kph) late Saturday.The couple in the van, Jimmy and Laura Baker, were headed to the hospital so she could give birth, but the baby had other plans and started coming before they could get there.Maynard he
  
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• TV series to show body cam video of attack on Cincinnati police officer

  26-11-2018 14:00
  
  CINCINNATI— Body camera video from a 2016 knife attack on a suburban Cincinnati police officer will be featured on a new television series. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that the March 2016 attack on Officer Josh Hilling of the Glendale Police Department will be featured on the series "Body Cam" premiering Tuesday on the Investigation Discovery network. The series will use body camera footage from officers to show the dangers they face.Authorities say Javier Aleman was walking along Inte
  
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• Monday's Most Wanted: Daniel J. Forsythe

  26-11-2018 13:23
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio-- The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is looking for 39-year-old Daniel J. Forsythe.He is wanted on three counts of robbery and a probation violation.Forsythe was last seen in the Valleyview neighborhood, near West Broad Street and North Hague Avenue.If you know where he is, you are asked to contact the Franklin County Sheriff's SWAT team at (614) 525-SWAT.
  
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• Justices to hear antitrust case over sale of iPhone apps

  26-11-2018 13:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Apple is at the Supreme Court to defend the way it sells apps for iPhones against claims by consumers that the company has unfairly monopolized the market.The justices are hearing arguments Monday in Apple’s effort to end an antitrust lawsuit that could force the iPhone maker to cut the 30 percent commission it charges software developers whose apps are sold exclusively through Apple’s App Store. A judge could triple the compensation to consumers under antitru
  
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• How many kids have autism? US government measures 3 ways

  26-11-2018 12:58
  
  How many American children have autism? The U.S. government answers that question at least three different ways and says the latest estimate — 1 in 40 kids — doesn't necessarily mean the numbers are rising.The new number, published Monday in Pediatrics , is from one of three periodic surveys the government uses to assess autism rates. It's higher than a different survey's estimate published earlier this year, but the surveys use different methods and measure different populations of
  
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• Military helicopter crashes in Istanbul; 4 soldiers killed

  26-11-2018 12:41
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Four Turkish soldiers died while another was fighting for life after their helicopter crashed Monday into a residential area of Istanbul.Even though the helicopter struck a four-storey building before crashing, there were no civilian casualties, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency.The UH-1 helicopter, which was on a training flight, ended up on a street in Istanbul's Sancaktepe neighborhood — on the Asian side of the city that straddles two continents — wh
  
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• Oscar-winning director Bernardo Bertolucci dies at 77

  26-11-2018 12:31
  
  ROME (AP) — Italian film-maker Bernardo Bertolucci, who won Oscars with "The Last Emperor" and whose erotic drama "Last Tango in Paris" enthralled and shocked the world, died Monday. He was 77.Bertolucci's press office, Punto e Virgola, confirmed the death in an email to The Associated Press. Italy's state-run RAI said Bertolucci died at his home in Rome, surrounded by family."He will be remembered among the greatest in Italian and world film," the Venice Film Festival, which awarded Berto
  
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• Army identifies soldier killed in Afghanistan

  26-11-2018 12:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Department of Defense officials say a 25-year-old soldier from Leavenworth, Washington, was killed during combat operations in Afghanistan.Army Sgt. Leandro A.S. Jasso died Saturday in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, while supporting Operation Freedom's Sentinel.Army spokesman Lt. Col. Loren Bymer said Sunday that Jasso was wounded by small arms fire and was immediately treated and evacuated to the nearest medical treatment facility, where he died of his wounds.The in
  
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• Police: Utah officer killed, fleeing suspect also dead

  26-11-2018 12:13
  
  SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah (AP) — A 31-year-old police officer in a Salt Lake City suburb was killed when he was intentionally struck by a car carrying fleeing burglary suspects, police said.The driver of the car was shot and killed by police and an accomplice was arrested.South Salt Lake Officer David Romrell died Saturday night at a hospital, Police Chief Jack Carruth said. The Marine Corps veteran is survived by his wife and 4-month-old child.Carruth said Romrell and another officer responde
  
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• Man freed from prison accused of killing woman on same day

  26-11-2018 12:01
  
  A man is accused of killing a woman on the same day he was released from an Arizona prison, authorities said Saturday.David James Bohart was arrested at a hotel Friday on suspicion of second-degree murder in the death of Marika L. Jones, 49. Tucson police said they found her body with stab wounds at a house two days earlier as well as a file of prison records on Bohart.He was released Monday from the Tucson state prison complex, where he served a three-year sentence for possession or use of dang
  
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• Winter storm continues to batter central Midwest

  26-11-2018 11:32
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A winter storm is continuing to batter much of the central Midwest early Monday from northeast Missouri into southeast Wisconsin and northeast Illinois, including the greater Chicago area.The blizzard-like conditions at the end of the Thanksgiving weekend grounded hundreds of flights and forced the closure of major highways.The Chicago Department of Aviation reported early Monday that the average departure delays at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport are 77 minutes and t
  
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• US agents fire tear gas as some migrants try to breach fence

  26-11-2018 05:57
  
  TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — U.S. border agents fired tear gas on hundreds of migrants protesting near the border with Mexico on Sunday after some of them attempted to get through the fencing and wire separating the two countries, and American authorities shut down the nation's busiest border crossing from the city where thousands are waiting to apply for asylum.The situation devolved after the group began a peaceful march to appeal for the U.S. to speed processing of asylum claims for Central A
  
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• Travelers head home, brace for flight cancellations from snow storm

  26-11-2018 05:17
  
  With Thanksgiving out of the way, many travelers were preparing to head home Sunday, a day often considered one of the busiest travel days of the year.Terminals at John Glenn Columbus International Airport were pretty calm but full of heartfelt farewells.“This is the first time all of us came to say goodbye to her instead of just a quick drop off so it’s a little harder,” Joe Gallo of Dublin said.Gallo watched as his daughter Grace walked through TSA on her way back to college
  
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• Columbus man gets 20 years for manslaughter, burglary in Reynoldsburg

  26-11-2018 04:51
  
  REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio -- A Columbus man pleaded guilty to several charges last week related to a Reynoldsburg homicide in June.Joel Smalls, 51, was arrested in June after a man he knew was found dead in his home.Police said 46-year-old David Vollette was found inside a residence in the 7700 block of Pembrook Drive during a well-being check.A vehicle that belonged to Vollette was missing from the home at the time.Smalls pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery and voluntary manslaughter and was given 20
  
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• Carolers sing in front of home of meteorologist Chris Bradley

  26-11-2018 04:09
  The evening started with carols and ended with tears for many.Chris Bradley, a long-time meteorologist in the Columbus area, who has been with 10TV since 2006, was honored Sunday night at a Christmas Tree Lighting in the City of Worthington."It's appropriate that Chris is a weatherman because he is the definition of sunshine," said the event organizer as she kicked off the tree lighting. "The Worthington community sends you love and sunshine in this dark time."Bradley, who has been moved to hosp
  
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• 145 pilot whales die in stranding on New Zealand beach

  26-11-2018 03:32
  
  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — All of the 145 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a remote New Zealand beach have died.However, conservation workers are hoping to save some of the eight pygmy killer whales that remained stranded Monday at the other end of the country in an unrelated event.A hiker discovered the pilot whales in two pods about 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) apart late Saturday on Stewart Island. About 75 were already dead and conservation workers decided to euthanize the othe
  
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• Sea turtles, some dead, some barely alive, wash ashore

  26-11-2018 02:37
  
  WELLFLEET, Mass.— An unusual number of sea turtles have been washing ashore in New England, many of which are a critically endangered turtle species called Kemp's ridley.A Massachusetts wildlife sanctuary director tells the Cape Cod Times that at least 219 turtles washed ashore Wednesday through Friday on Cape Cod beaches. The expert tells CNN that 173 of those turtles have died.The phenomenon is not uncommon, but the number of stranded turtles this year has already surpassed what is consi
  
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• Family of 4 from North Dakota dies in Thanksgiving day crash in Montana

  26-11-2018 02:24
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. — A North Dakota family reported missing in southeastern Montana died in a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 94 on Thanksgiving.The Montana Highway Patrol says the crash site was found at about 8 p.m. Friday after investigators pinged their cellphones.Carter County Sheriff Neil Kittelmann told The Billings Gazette Saturday the victims were Anthony and Chelsi Dean, both 25, from the Grand Forks area of North Dakota, and their daughters, 5-year-old Kaytlin and 20-month-old Avri
  
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• Southwest Ohio school district votes to drop Native American mascot

  26-11-2018 02:10
  
  OXFORD — An Ohio school district is dropping its Native American mascot after a close school board vote.The Talawanda Board of Education recently voted 3-2 to change the name of the district's mascot from the Talawanda Braves to Talawanda Brave, the Hamilton-Middletown Journal-News reported .Officials have said the new name denotes bravery and courage.The Oxford district will no longer purchase apparel, items or equipment bearing the image of a Native American head. The large "T'' for Tala
  
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• Mars landing looms for NASA; anxiety building a day out

  26-11-2018 01:47
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — With just a day to go, NASA's InSight spacecraft aimed for a bull's-eye touchdown on Mars, zooming in like an arrow with no turning back.InSight's journey of six months and 300 million miles (482 million kilometers) comes to a precarious grand finale Monday afternoon.The robotic geologist — designed to explore Mars' insides, surface to core — must go from 12,300 mph (19,800 kph) to zero in six minutes flat as it pierces the Martian atmosphere, pops out a
  
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• OSU commit Cade Stover named Mr. Football; final All-Ohio team released

  26-11-2018 00:32
  
  COLUMBUS - Lexington senior Cade Stover never usually signs his name with a prefix.Now he can. Call him: Mr. Football Cade Stover.On Wednesday, the Ohio High School Athletic Association in coordination with the Ohio Prep Sports Writers Association announced Stover as Ohio's 32nd Mr. Football for the 2018 high school football season.Stover's play on the field this season did the talking for him. He led Lexington to a 7-5 record which included a playoff win over Tiffin Columbian. He led his team w
  
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• Division VI and VII football all-Ohio football teams announced by OHSAA

  26-11-2018 00:32
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Division VI and VII football All-Ohio teams were announced Sunday by a statewide media panel. The teams were selected by members of the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association.On Monday, the Division IV and V All-Ohio teams will be announced, followed by the Division II and III teams on Tuesday. The Division I All-Ohio team and the Ohio Mr. Football Award will be announced Wednesday.More about the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association can be found at: https://www.ohsaa.org/n
  
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