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• Michigan to be first Midwest state to allow recreational pot

  02-12-2018 23:23
  
  DETROIT — Michigan clears a threshold this week as the first state in the Midwest to allow marijuana for more than just medical purposes. In the Nov. 6 election, voters by a wide margin endorsed recreational use by adults who are at least 21. The move comes 10 years after voters approved marijuana to alleviate the effects of certain illnesses. Many supporters believe that decade-long experience, as well as similar legalization efforts in other states, led to victory at the ballot box."It's
  
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• Things to know about funeral services for George H.W. Bush

  02-12-2018 23:13
  
  HOUSTON — Former President George H.W. Bush will be honored during several public and private events in Houston and Washington before his burial Thursday in Texas.Four days of events for Bush, who died Friday at age 94, include a state funeral at Washington's National Cathedral and a private service at his longtime church in Houston. The public can pay their last respects during public viewings. He will be buried next to wife, Barbara, and their daughter, Robin, who died in 1953.Here are d
  
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• Comey now says he will comply with congressional subpoena

  02-12-2018 23:08
  
  Former FBI Director James Comey said Sunday he will comply with a congressional subpoena from the House Judiciary Committee for a closed-door hearing on the FBI's actions during the 2016 election. Comey initially went to court to fight it."Grateful for a fair hearing from judge. Hard to protect my rights without being in contempt, which I don't believe in," Comey said in a tweet. "So will sit in the dark, but Republicans agree I'm free to talk when done and transcript released in 24 hours. This
  
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• Dwayne Haskins says he'll play in Rose Bowl

  02-12-2018 22:04
  
  Shortly after it was announced that Ohio State would be heading Rose Bowl, quarterback Dwayne Haskins says he will be playing in the game.During a press conference Sunday afternoon, Haskins was asked if it was possible he would sit out the game as he considering entering the NFL draft."I'm playing in the game," Haskins said.After throwing for 499 yards and 5 touchdowns in the Big Ten Championship, Haskins said Saturday night he would announce his decision after the season.In his first full seaso
  
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• Ken Berry, star of sitcom 'F Troop,' has died at age 85

  02-12-2018 20:09
  
  BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Ken Berry, an actor and dancer who played the affable and clumsy Capt. Wilton Parmenter in the 1960s sitcom "F Troop," has died. He was 85.Berry died Saturday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California, hospital spokeswoman Patricia Aidem confirmed. The cause of death was not provided by Berry's family."F Troop" was only on from 1965 to 1967 but the show lived on in syndication and the accident-prone Capt. Parmenter became one of Berry's most well
  
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• Ohio State to face Washington in 105th Rose Bowl

  02-12-2018 19:11
  
  PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Ohio State's consolation prize for missing out on the College Football Playoff is a classic matchup in the Granddaddy of Them All.The Big Ten champion Buckeyes (12-1) will face Pac-12 champ Washington (10-3) in the 105th edition of the Rose Bowl game.For the first time in college football's playoff era, the champion of the Pac-12 will meet the champion of the Big Ten on New Year's Day in Pasadena. That's a welcome return to the traditional matchup for this tradition
  
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• Ohio State heading to Rose Bowl to face Washington

  02-12-2018 19:11
  
  After finishing sixth in the final College Football Playoff Rankings, the Ohio State Buckeyes is heading out west to the Rose Bowl.The Big Ten Champions will face the Pac 12 Champions, the Washington Huskies.The Buckeyes finished behind Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame, Oklahoma and Georgia.The 105th Rose Bowl takes place on January 1 in Pasadena, California.
  
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• Kareem Hunt admits to lying to Chiefs about hotel assault

  02-12-2018 18:51
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Running back Kareem Hunt acknowledged lying to the Kansas City Chiefs about his role in a February assault in a Cleveland hotel that ultimately led to his release this week.During a live interview with ESPN on Sunday, the NFL's reigning rushing champion also said that league officials never spoke to him about the incident while conducting their own investigation and that he never saw the security camera video until TMZ Sports posted it Friday.In the course of a few hours
  
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• College Football Playoff: Alabama vs. Oklahoma, Clemson vs. Notre Dame

  02-12-2018 18:37
  
  Oklahoma is in the College Football Playoff, moving into the fourth and final spot in the rankings after winning the Big 12 championship.The Sooners (12-1) will face No. 1 Alabama (13-0) in the Orange Bowl on Dec. 29 and No. 2 Clemson (13-0) plays No. 3 Notre Dame (12-0) in the Cotton Bowl on the same day.Georgia (11-2) dropped a spot to fifth and Ohio State (12-1) remained sixth in the selection committee's final top 25 released Sunday. The Bulldogs lost a dramatic Southeastern Conference champ
  
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• Crew SC's Berhalter hired as U.S. men's national team coach

  02-12-2018 17:16
  
  Gregg Berhalter has been hired to coach the U.S. men's national team, making him the first person to run the team after playing for the Americans at the World Cup.Berhalter, who spent the past five seasons as coach of Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew, represents a generational change for an American team staggered by its failure to reach this year's World Cup after seven straight appearances at soccer's showcase.The 45-year-old was long viewed as the front-runner for the job. He is the second
  
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• $7M raised for Cuyahoga Valley National Park visitor center

  02-12-2018 16:13
  
  BRECKSVILLE, Ohio — Officials say more than 550 individuals, foundations and corporations and a not-for-profit group have raised $7 million for Cuyahoga Valley National Park's new visitor center.The Boston Mill Visitor Center is set to open in the fall of 2019 in Boston Township, roughly 15 miles north of Akron. The center will provide information about programs and activities at the national park to help visitors plan their park experience.Deb Yandala, CEO of the not-for-profit Conservanc
  
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• Michelle Obama lunchtime visit surprises New York girls

  02-12-2018 14:22
  
  NEW YORK — Thirty New York City girls were in for a lunchtime surprise on Saturday: a vegetable bowl with toasted farro shared with a very famous woman.Michelle Obama stunned them with a visit to the Lower Eastside Girls Club in Manhattan, slipping into a room to a chorus of squealing delight.She helped prepare healthy lunches for them with Sam Kass, the former executive director of the Let's Move! campaign that Obama championed when her husband was president. It's aimed at reducing childh
  
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• Groveport Dollar General robbed at gunpoint

  02-12-2018 13:52
  
  GROVEPORT, Ohio-- The Groveport Police Department is searching for a man who robbed a store at gunpoint Saturday.It happened just after 8:25 p.m. at the Dollar General on Green Point Drive.Police described the suspect as a white male who was last seen wearing a flannel jacket and a dark colored hat.During the robbery, the suspect received an undisclosed amount of money and then led the store clerk into the restroom before leaving the scene.Anyone with information on the identity of the suspect o
  
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• Police offer cash reward for information in unsolved homicide case

  02-12-2018 13:16
  COLUMBUS-- Police are searching for the suspects involved in a homicide that happened in east Columbus about three years ago.On Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015, Rondel Valentine drove his car to the area of Wadsworth Court and Wadsworth Drive.Sometime during his drive, Valentine picked up two unidentified men and left the area.Valentine and the men returned minutes later and got out of the car. Once they exited the vehicle, one of the men shot Valentine.Both suspects fled the area on foot.It is also known
  
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• Man trying to propose drops engagement ring in grate, NYPD recovers ring, now searching for couple

  02-12-2018 12:04
  
  The New York Police Department has recovered a ring from a utility grate after a man attempting to propose dropped it late Friday. The only problem: The NYPD is still searching for the couple.The NYPD said Saturday an unidentified couple sought police assistance at 11:55 p.m. after the man, attempting to propose, dropped the ring approximately eight feet into a utility grate near Times Square. The NYPD Emergency Services could not immediately recover the ring, and the couple left.But at about 10
  
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• Couple who lost engagement ring in Times Square gets it back

  02-12-2018 12:04
  
  NEW YORK — Now that's a proposal story!The New York Police Department says an English couple who lost an engagement ring down a Times Square utility grate will be getting it back.The NYPD had been looking for the couple since Saturday, after getting the ring out of the grate.WANTED for dropping his fiancée’s ring in @TimesSquareNYC!
  She said Yes - but he was so excited that he dropped the ring in a grate. Our @NYPDSpecialops officers rescued it & would like to return it to
  
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• Centennial High School senior, recent CCS grad among 3 killed in crash on I-71

  02-12-2018 08:41
  
  COLUMBUS-- Columbus Police responded to a crash between several cars that killed three people on I-71 North near 11th Avenue.The crash happened early Sunday, just after 1:35 a.m.A man was driving northbound on I-71 at East 11th Avenue when he left the roadway on the left and struck the median wall before striking another vehicle. Several other cars also crashed in the incident.Three people were killed as a result of the crashes, including, Amal Mohamed and Anisa Abdi Karim, who were pronounced d
  
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• 3 killed after several vehicles crash on I-71 North

  02-12-2018 08:41
  
  COLUMBUS-- Columbus Police responded to a crash between several cars that killed three people on I-71 North near 11th Avenue.The crash happened early Sunday, just after 1:35 a.m.A man was driving northbound on I-71 at East 11th Avenue when he left the roadway on the left and struck the median wall before striking another vehicle. Several other cars also crashed in the incident.Three people were killed as a result of the crashes, including, Amal Mohamed and Anisa Abdi Karim, who were pronounced d
  
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• 2 dead after crash on I-71 North

  02-12-2018 08:41
  
  COLUMBUS-- Columbus police are responding to a crash between four cars that killed two people on I-71 North near 11th Avenue.Police say a third person was involved. Their condition is unknown at this time.All northbound lanes of I-71 are currently closed between I-70 and 11th Avenue. To avoid the area take SR-315 instead.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for more updates on this developing story.
  
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• Police: 18-year-old Ohio man secretly taped sex, distributed video

  02-12-2018 05:21
  
  NORTH COLLEGE HILL, Ohio (AP) — An 18-year-old Ohio man has been indicted on charges he secretly recorded himself having sex with a 14-year-old girl and shared the video with others.Jeremiah Horton, of North College Hill, faces two counts of pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor. He also could face additional charges.In a statement posted to Facebook Friday, North College Hill Police said a search warrant on Horton's phone revealed several similar videos. Three of the alle
  
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• Ohio turnpike rape case dismissed after communications breakdown

  02-12-2018 04:46
  
  AKRON, Ohio (AP) — The case involving an alleged rape along the Ohio Turnpike has been dismissed because of a missed legal deadline.The Akron Beacon Journal reported Saturday that the dismissal stemmed from a communication breakdown between the Ohio State Highway Patrol and Summit County prosecutors. A lawyer for the prosecutor's office called it almost "the perfect storm of how it could go wrong."A woman claimed she was raped at gunpoint Aug. 10 by a truck driver on the Turnpike near Huds
  
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• Hawaii preschoolers served Pine-Sol instead of apple juice

  02-12-2018 04:12
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Three children took sips of the household cleaner Pine-Sol after a classroom assistant at a Honolulu preschool mistook the liquid for apple juice, officials said.Paramedics were called to the Kilohana United Methodist Church Preschool to evaluate three girls, ages 4 and 5, on Tuesday morning, the Honolulu Emergency Services Department said.They found no signs of trauma or sickness, and the girls' parents declined to take them to the hospital.The preschool sent out a letter
  
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• 2 dead after plane crashes through Florida warehouse roof

  02-12-2018 03:53
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Two people are dead after a small plane crashed through the roof of a Florida building that contained a therapy center for autistic children.Local media say that the crash occurred Saturday afternoon near the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport and caused a fire. Both passengers in the Cessna 335 were killed.Battalion Chief Steven Gollan, a spokesman for the Fort Lauderdale Fire-Rescue Department, told WPLG-TV that eight teachers and five children were in the bui
  
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• Handcuffed fugitive escapes back seat of New York police car

  02-12-2018 03:33
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York police are on a daylong manhunt for a suspect who escaped from a cruiser while handcuffed.Police say 24-year-old Tyrone Johnson escaped from custody Saturday while being transported to a precinct in Brooklyn's Brownsville neighborhood.Johnson was taken into custody at 4:30 a.m. Saturday when police stopped him in his car, apparently for not signaling. They then discovered an outstanding bench warrant for his arrest on a prior charge.Police say he was in the back se
  
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• Bush hailed across party and global lines as man of decency

  02-12-2018 03:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush is returning to Washington as a revered political statesman, hailed by leaders across the political spectrum and around the world as a man not only of greatness but also of uncommon decency and kindness.Bush, who died late Friday at his Houston home at age 94, is to be honored with a funeral service at National Cathedral in the nation's capital on Wednesday, followed by burial Thursday on the grounds of his presidential library at Texas A
  
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• Neil deGrasse Tyson denies sexual misconduct allegations

  02-12-2018 03:06
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson says he will cooperate fully with an "impartial investigation" into allegations of sexual misconduct that have been leveled against him.Patheos.com recently published accounts from two women who say that Tyson behaved in a sexually inappropriate manner toward them. Tyson was host of "Cosmos: Possible Worlds" on Fox in 2014 and a new edition of the series was to air on National Geographic next year.In a Facebook post Saturday, Tyso
  
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• Ohio State pulls away from Northwestern to win Big Ten crown

  02-12-2018 02:27
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Dwayne Haskins added five more touchdown passes to his single-season record Saturday and No. 6 Ohio State relied on its staunch defense to hold off a second-half charge from No. 21 Northwestern for a 45-24 victory to claim its second straight Big Ten championship.The Buckeyes (12-1, 9-1 Big Ten, No. 6 CFP) won their third title in five years and their fifth consecutive game — but it's unlikely to get the Buckeyes into the four-team College Football Playoff.Haskins
  
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• LIVE UPDATES: No. 6 Ohio State vs. No. 21 Northwestern

  02-12-2018 02:27
  
  The Buckeyes and Wildcats are meeting in the 2018 Big Ten Championship in Indianapolis.Follow along with live updates from tonight's game:2ND QUARTEROhio State 24, Northwestern 7Facing 3rd & 20, Haskins goes deep to McLaurin for the score from 42 yards out.Scoring Drive summary: 9 plays – 78 yards – 3:53---Ohio State 17, Northwestern 7A fumble recovery turns into points as Blake Haubeil hits the 42-yard field goal.Scoring Drive summary: 8 plays – 21 yards – 3:26---1ST
  
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• How to watch Garth Brooks concert from Notre Dame

  02-12-2018 00:25
  
  Last month Garth Brooks became the first artist to perform a concert inside Notre Dame Stadium, and now the special performance is coming to CBS. Nearly 85,000 fans were there to witness the concert live. It was recorded for the CBS special, "Garth: Live At Notre Dame!," airing this Sunday on your local CBS station and CBS All Access.How to Watch Garth Brooks' Notre Dame concertWhat: Garth Brooks concertLocation: Notre Dame Stadium – South Bend, IndianaDate: Sunday, December 2, 2018Time: 8
  
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• Spielman, Ohio State settle for $140K in licensing suit

  02-12-2018 00:14
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — A former Ohio State and NFL football player has reached a settlement with the university over the school's use of his name and image.The Columbus Dispatch reports Ohio State agreed Friday to pay Chris Spielman $140,000 to compensate for alleged damages related to banners bearing his name and image that used to hang in Ohio Stadium. Spielman agreed to release the university from any liability or further claims in the Court of Claims or claims related to a federal civil laws
  
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• Skywatch: Look for planets and the earliest sunsets of the year this week

  02-12-2018 00:14
  
  I mentioned in last week’s Skywatch that Venus was very bright in the sky as it gets closer to it’s “greatest illuminated extent” which means that it’s at its brightest. The planet is expected to reach this milestone late Saturday night which means that when it’s visible early Sunday morning it’ll be extra bright. The moon will pass close to it as we start the week. Below is how you’ll find the pair on Monday morning. Look in the east before sunris
  
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