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• Alan Jackson to perform at Schottenstein Center in May

  10-12-2018 23:53
  
  Country Music Hall of Famer Alan Jackson will be bringing his 2019 tour to Columbus.Jackson will perform at the Schottenstein Center on May 10. William Michael Morgan will open as a special guest.Tickets will go on sale Friday, December 14 at 10 a.m.Tickets and information are available at available at Ticketmaster.com, by phone at 800-745-3000, at the Schottenstein Center box office.
  
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• Columbus police issue warning after series of armed robberies

  10-12-2018 23:34
  Police are warning about safety when it comes to internet selling sites, after a pattern of armed robberies at meet-ups to exchange items.Because of those robberies, police set up two operations to catch the robbers recently both ended in officer-involved shooting.Sixteen-year-old Julius Tate junior was shot and killed by police Friday after officers say he held an undercover officer up at gunpoint. Eighteen-year-old Kyler Collier was shot and wounded after police say he pulled a gun.Police say
  
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• Columbus is first city to offer public self-driving shuttle

  10-12-2018 23:22
  Monday, Columbus became the first city in the country to offer a self-driving shuttle service to the public.Smart Columbus and DriveOhio unveiled "Smart Circuit," Ohio's first self-driving shuttle and the country's first of it's kind to open to the public."The first thing you’ll notice when you go up to the car is that there are sensors on it. So, lights, radars and cameras -- and those are the eyes of the car. So, we can see in every direction all the time," said Edwin Olson, CEO May Mobi
  
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• Columbus first city to offer public self-driving shuttle

  10-12-2018 23:22
  Monday, Columbus became the first city in the country to offer a self-driving shuttle service to the public.Smart Columbus and DriveOhio unveiled "Smart Circuit," Ohio's first self-driving shuttle and the country's first of it's kind to open to the public."The first thing you’ll notice when you go up to the car is that there are sensors on it. So, lights, radars and cameras -- and those are the eyes of the car. So, we can see in every direction all the time," said Edwin Olson, CEO May Mobi
  
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• Michigan woman falls through ice, drowns trying to save her dog

  10-12-2018 23:21
  
  A Michigan mother of three died after drowning in a lake near her house.Tracy Cashman was trying to save her dog who police said fell through the ice during a walk."Whether it was her dog, someone's dog, a child…she would do it without instinct,” Cashman’s mother Rhonda Moore said.Moore said Cashman went to take her golden doodle Lola out for a walk around 8:30 p.m. Sunday."It was a quick trip, she didn't have her jacket. Didn't take her phone, She must have let the dog off he
  
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• Man armed with AR-15 leads deputies on multi-county chase

  10-12-2018 23:09
  The Franklin County Sheriff's Office said a three-county crime spree began Monday morning in South Bloomfield in Pickaway County, south of Columbus.Deputies said a man stole a vehicle and a rifle and then used the weapon to carjack another victim and swap vehicles. Deputies said the suspect was no doubt armed and dangerous and said they could not risk letting him get away.The Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office said Clint Allen, 27, took a white pickup truck and an AR-style rifle.Witnesses to
  
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• Be the Match: In Chris Bradley's memory, a look at the lifesaving gift within all of us

  10-12-2018 22:50
  Kathryn Poe was 15 when her body began turning on her."One day I would wake up and my hands were swollen and I suddenly couldn't open doors or I couldn't go up steps.And then the next day I would get a rash all over my body, and it wouldn't go away for six months," she said.Over the next few years, she would be diagnosed with multiple autoimmune disorders."It's difficult to push yourself to get up in the morning when your entire body is telling you, you're sick, you need to lay in bed, you're in
  
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• Be the Match: Family fighting leukemia gives thanks for bone marrow donor

  10-12-2018 22:25
  The Summer of 2018 was a blissfully busy one for Mike and Nicolle Racey and their sons Connor and Colin."We were enjoying it. We were going on family trips and the pool, hanging out," said Nicolle.Life as they knew it changed forever with one phone call. Mike was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia- cancer of the blood."We just held each other and were like, we're going to get through this. One day at a time and that's what we've been doing since."Mike wanted to join Nicolle in sharing his sto
  
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• Father hears 3-year-old’s screams on baby monitor as uncle cuts her throat

  10-12-2018 21:42
  
  ALBANY, Ky. (AP) — A 3-year-old girl whose uncle authorities say cut her throat has died in a Kentucky hospital.Citing a Fayette County Coroner's Office release, news outlets report Josephine Bulubenchi died Sunday evening, more than a day after she was attacked.Clinton County Sheriff Jim Guffey says 33-year-old Emanuel Fluter is charged. He had been living with the family.Guffey says Josephine's father heard her scream on a baby monitor Saturday morning and rushed in to try to disarm Flut
  
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• VIDEO: Squirrel jumps on UPS delivery driver's shoulder

  10-12-2018 20:49
  A Chicagoan’s Ring app caught an unexpectedly friendly moment on Wednesday when a squirrel jumped onto the back of a UPS driver as he made a delivery.Amanda Atkins, who lives in Lincoln Square, told CBS 2 she was having dental work done when she received a notification on her phone informing her someone had pressed the doorbell of her home.When Atkins looked at the phone, she could not believe from eyes: at her front door was a UPS driver with a squirrel on his back. The squirrel had jumpe
  
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• Tracey Gardner Method Moves to New Albany

  10-12-2018 20:34
  “Feels so good, so free!” said Tracey Gardner before leading students in her signature workout, the Tracey Gardner Method (TGM). “Here we grow strong while we move.” The students who attended her initial classes in a room rented the New Albany Ballet Company were happy to workout and enjoy Gardner’s company, too. “We are so […]
  
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• Two Grand Parties to Ring in the New Year!

  10-12-2018 19:55
  Columbus Underground invites you to ring in the New Year in style! We’re co-hosting two parties this year at Hadley’s Bar + Kitchen Downtown and Balboa + Grandview Cafe. No need to worry about planning your evening, both parties will have everything your crew needs to have a great night! At both events, ticket holders will be treated to […]
  
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• Dueling Developers: Second Group Claims that Planet Oasis Still Happening

  10-12-2018 19:43
  Two different development groups continue to argue over who is moving forward with the sports and entertainment complex proposed for a large tract of undeveloped land near the Tanger Outlet Mall in Delaware County. Last week, Blue Horseshoe Ventures and Tony Sekulovski announced that the project was being renamed – from Planet Oasis to Arcadia […]
  
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• Man accused of plotting large-scale attack at Ohio synagogue

  10-12-2018 19:26
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Federal authorities said Monday they have charged two people involved in planning separate large-scale attacks — one who wanted to carry out a shooting at a synagogue and another who had been plotting to attack a bar and blow up a pipeline.The attacks were never carried out, and there was never an immediate threat to the public, the FBI and Department of Justice said in a news conference announcing the charges.Both suspects who are from the Toledo area had identif
  
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• Q & A: Mary Jo Hudson Reflects on Columbus School Board Resignation

  10-12-2018 19:21
  On Dec. 6, Columbus Board of Education member Mary Jo Hudson submitted her letter of resignation, which will end her five-year tenure on Dec. 31, 2018. The letter chiefly cites Hudson’s contention with the board’s governance model, among other philosophical and functional gaps that she believes it will need to address to serve the city’s […]
  
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• Baby elephant to make her first appearance at the Columbus Zoo today

  10-12-2018 18:28
  
  POWELL, Ohio -- The baby elephant born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium last week will be making her first public appearance Monday.The calf arrived in the world Thursday to mother Phoebe, a 31-year-old Asian elephant who came to the zoo in 2002.The baby was born as a result of artificial insemination and joins the herd of six Asian elephants in the Asia Quest region: males, Hank and Beco, and females, Phoebe, Connie, Sundara (Sunny) and Rudy.Phoebe and her calf will spend time in the elephant c
  
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• Baby elephant makes her first appearance at the Columbus Zoo

  10-12-2018 18:28
  
  POWELL, Ohio -- The baby elephant born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium last week made her first public appearance Monday.The calf arrived in the world Thursday to mother Phoebe, a 31-year-old Asian elephant who came to the zoo in 2002.The baby was born as a result of artificial insemination and joins the herd of six Asian elephants in the Asia Quest region: males, Hank and Beco, and females, Phoebe, Connie, Sundara (Sunny) and Rudy.Phoebe and her calf spent time in the elephant community room a
  
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• Short North Stage Closes 2018 With Delightful Mamma Mia!

  10-12-2018 18:03
  Short North Stage draws a curtain on 2018 with a burst of Mediterranean sunshine in their jubilant production of the smash hit, ABBA jukebox musical Mamma Mia!, music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaes and book by Catherine Johnson, directed and choreographed by Dionysia Williams. ABBA’s evergreen songs master an uncommon blend of […]
  
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• Gravity Adds Pet Toy and Treat Company Bark to Forthcoming Office Tenants

  10-12-2018 18:03
  Gravity has added dog-centric company Bark to its growing list of pending office tenants. The dog product provider is known for monthly subscription services BarkBox and Super Chewer, as well as social media apps like BarkBuddy, known as the “Tinder for Dogs.” As one of two Bark offices, Columbus has 300 associates, but the move to Gravity […]
  
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• Pregnant teen's body found in restaurant dumpster; 16-year-old schoolmate charged

  10-12-2018 17:27
  
  MISHAWAKA, Ind. (AP) — A 16-year-old northern Indiana boy has been arrested in the killing of a 17-year-old pregnant schoolmate whose body was found in a restaurant dumpster, authorities said.Lt. Alex Arendt of the St. Joseph County Metro Homicide Unit said the teen, who is on the Mishawaka High School football team, was arrested Sunday. The St. Joseph County prosecutor's office said he's being held on a preliminary murder charge and that formal charges were expected Monday.Breana Rouhsela
  
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• Supreme Court justices won't hear states' appeal over Planned Parenthood

  10-12-2018 17:10
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday avoided a high-profile case by rejecting appeals from Kansas and Louisiana in their effort to strip Medicaid money from Planned Parenthood, over the dissenting votes of three justices.The court's order reflected a split among its conservative justices and an accusation from Justice Clarence Thomas that his colleagues seemed to be ducking the case for political reasons.The two states were appealing lower court rulings that had blocked them from
  
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• New Beer and Punk Music Festival Camp Anarchy Announced for Spring 2019

  10-12-2018 15:59
  Bad Religion, Offspring, Rancid and other punk bands will be heading to central Ohio for a new camping, craft beer and music festival in 2019. Camp Anarchy debuts in spring, running from Friday, May 31 to Sunday, June 2. Tickets go on sale on Friday, Dec. 14. The festival, taking over Legend Valley in Thornville, […]
  
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• Teacher ban on "Large Afros," other styles, hits sour note

  10-12-2018 15:30
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A middle-school music teacher has hit a sour note with a letter warning students against having "Mohawks, Large Afros, or other outlandish" hairstyles for an upcoming school concert.The Cincinnati Enquirer reports the letter touched off a social media firestorm over the weekend, with commenters saying it was targeting black students. Students were warned they could be sent home and forfeit their grade.Pleasant Run Middle School apologized in a Tweet sent out Saturday. It
  
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• Ohio teacher ban on 'Large Afros' at school concert criticized

  10-12-2018 15:30
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A middle-school music teacher has hit a sour note with a letter warning students against having "Mohawks, Large Afros, or any other outlandish" hairstyles for an upcoming chorus concert performance.The Cincinnati Enquirer reported Monday that vocal music teacher Steven Reeve's letter touched off a social media firestorm, with commenters saying it was targeting black students. The Enquirer reports that Reeves is black.Pleasant Run Middle School apologized in a tweet on Sat
  
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• Justin Timberlake “Man of the Woods Tour” coming to Columbus in March

  10-12-2018 14:15
  
  COLUMBUS, OHIO - Nationwide Arena announced Monday that Justin Timberlake’s “Man of the Woods Tour” is making a stop in Columbus on March 31st.Pre-sale tickets will go on sale Wednesday, December 12 while sales for general admission tickets begin Monday, December 17.JUST(in) ANNOUNCED! Justin Timberlake’s “Man of The Woods” returns to Columbus on Sunday, March 31, 2019. Tickets go on sale 12/17 at 10AM at Ticketmaster & our box office. @jtimberlake #lifein
  
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• Prosecutors indict Nissan's Ghosn for underreporting pay

  10-12-2018 14:01
  
  TOKYO (AP) — Prosecutors have charged Nissan Motor Co.'s former chairman Carlos Ghosn, another executive and the automaker itself for allegedly violating financial laws by underreporting income.The charges imposed Monday involve allegations Ghosn's pay was underreported by about 5 billion yen ($44 million) in 2011-2015. The prosecutors said earlier that the allegations were the reason for Ghosn's arrest on Nov. 19.The arrest of an industry icon admired both in Japan and around the world ha
  
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• Engagement ring Frank Sinatra presented to his fiancee fetches nearly $1.7 million at auction

  10-12-2018 13:19
  
  The private treasures of Frank Sinatra and his wife Barbara were a multi-million dollar hit at auction. Sotheby's reported Friday that the couple's entertainment memorabilia, art, jewelry, books and other personal items sold for $9.2 million -- about twice their pre-sale estimates.A 20-carat diamond engagement ring that Frank Sinatra presented to his fiancee fetched nearly $1.7 million, surpassing a top $1.5 million estimate."Frank tossed a bunch of diamonds on a bed and said, 'Pick the one you
  
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• Off-duty firefighter dead in suspected road-rage attack in New York City

  10-12-2018 13:16
  
  An off-duty New York City firefighter was killed in a suspected road rage incident in Brooklyn early Sunday. Investigators said the 33-year-old firefighter suffered head trauma and was found lying next to his damaged car.The other driver was nowhere to be found.The FDNY told CBS New York that Faizal Coto was a firefighter for the past three years at Engine 245 in Coney Island.Sources told CBS New York police have not determined the exact cause of Coto's death, but the case is being investigated
  
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• Ohio house fire kills 5 children, injures mother who jumped out

  10-12-2018 12:14
  
  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Five children, including 1-year-old twins, died in a late-night fire that swept through a house after neighbors were awakened by a loud boom, firefighters said.The only survivor was the children's mother, who jumped out of a second-floor window Sunday night, according to Youngstown Fire Capt. Kurt Wright.The other three children who died were ages 9, 3 and 2, he said.State and local investigators were just beginning to search for a cause of the deadly blaze. Fire of
  
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• 5 children die in house fire in Youngstown

  10-12-2018 12:14
  
  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (10TV/WKBN) -- 5 children are reported to have died after a house fire overnight in Youngstown.It happened around 11:30 p.m. on Sunday at a home on Parkliffe Avenue.According to CBS affiliate WKBN, firefighters say two children died inside the home, while three were rescued but were taken to a local hospital where they later died.Firefighters confirm the children's ages as 9, 3, 2 and two 1-year-old twins.Firefighters say the mother made it out of the home, but was injured. Two
  
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• Local newspapers end print run after photographer's shooting

  10-12-2018 12:12
  
  An Ohio newspaper company has said it will no longer publish its local newspapers after the shooting of the newspapers' photographer by a sheriff's deputy who said he mistook a camera tripod for a rifle.KBA News LLC owner Dale Grimm and his son Andy made the announcement last week, saying photographer Andy Grimm hasn't been able to return to work since the shooting. The company says that is a main reason for ending the print production of the New Carlisle News, Enon Eagle and Tippecanoe Gazette
  
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• Jury to recommend sentence for white nationalist

  10-12-2018 12:10
  
  The same jury that convicted a man of first-degree murder for driving his car into counterprotesters at a 2017 white nationalist rally will now decide his punishment.The jury in the trial of James Alex Fields Jr. will reconvene Monday to hear additional evidence and come up with a sentencing recommendation for Judge Richard Moore on murder and other charges.Fields was convicted Friday in the death of Heather Heyer during the "Unite the Right" rally organized to protest the planned removal of a s
  
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• FedEx worker killed in accident at Indianapolis airport

  10-12-2018 11:46
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — FedEx says an employee was killed in an accident at Indianapolis International Airport, where it has a large distribution hub.Information about how the Thursday night accident happened or the person killed weren't immediately released.Indiana Department of Labor spokeswoman Stephanie McFarland says state workplace safety investigators were notified Friday and were reviewing the accident.The inspection is expected to be completed within a month.FedEx spokesman Jim McClus
  
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• Iraq marks anniversary of victory over Islamic State

  10-12-2018 11:44
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq on Monday celebrated the anniversary of its costly victory over the Islamic State group, which has lost virtually all the territory it once held but still carries out sporadic attacks.The government declared victory last December after a grueling three-year war in which tens of thousands of people were killed and hundreds of thousands displaced. Entire towns and neighborhoods were reduced to rubble in the fighting.The government declared Monday a national holiday, and a
  
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• Man dead, 2 children critically injured after pursuit leads to crash in Commercial Point

  10-12-2018 04:40
  
  COMMERCIAL POINT, Ohio - A man is dead and two children are in critical condition after a crash in Commercial Point on Sunday night, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.OSHP said there was a call about a reckless driver.South Bloomfield police saw the vehicle and started pursuing on U.S. 23 along with other agencies.The driver then continued onto SR-762 before losing control near Cyrus Street on a curve when he was going too fast, troopers said.He hit a tree, was thrown from the car, and
  
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• Neighbors display Menorahs in support of those afraid of anti-semitism

  10-12-2018 04:19
  A community is coming together to support those of Jewish faith afraid to display decorations during Hannukah.Sally Stamper of Bexley tells 10TV she was moved to ask Facebook readers for help after learning several children in the community have expressed fear of displaying decorations during the Jewish Holiday following the acts of hate at a Synagogue in Squirrel Hill, Pennsylvania.“We’re not afraid to put Christmas trees in our windows and no one should be afraid to put a sign of t
  
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• More candidates emerge for President Trump's chief of staff

  10-12-2018 03:55
  
  As President Donald Trump ponders picking a new chief of staff, more names are emerging as possible contenders for the job.People familiar with the discussion at the White House tell The Associated Press that among the people being considered are the White House budget chief, Mick Mulvaney, and a Republican congressman from North Carolina, Mark Meadows.Other names in the mix include Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Acting Attorney General Matthew Whi
  
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• Review: CD102.5 Holiday Show Side A

  10-12-2018 02:32
  It’s Chriiiiiiiiiiiiistmas! Or, at least, it’s Christmas concert season, and for CD102.5 that means not one, but two value packed concerts cram packed with a mix of some of the best established and up and coming talent currently taking up airtime on our treasured local radio station. Friday night’s Side A show featured four bands […]
  
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• Top House Dems raise prospect of impeachment, jail for Trump

  10-12-2018 01:57
  
  WASHINGTON — Top House Democrats on Sunday raised the prospect of impeachment or almost-certain prison time for President Donald Trump if it's proved that he directed illegal hush-money payments to women, adding to the legal pressure on the president over the Russia investigation and other scandals."There's a very real prospect that on the day Donald Trump leaves office, the Justice Department may indict him, that he may be the first president in quite some time to face the real prospect o
  
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• 15-year-old boy in critical condition after Reynoldsburg apartment fire

  10-12-2018 01:53
  
  REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - A 15-year-old boy is hospitalized in critical condition after an apartment fire in Reynoldsburg on Sunday.The fire started around 7 p.m. in the 6500 block of East Livingston Avenue near Baldwin Road.When firefighters arrived, they could see flames coming from the building.The teen was found in a second-floor apartment unresponsive according to the Truro Township Fire Department.The fire department said when he was taken to Nationwide Children's Hospital, he was breathing.The
  
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• 1 hospitalized after Reynoldsburg apartment fire

  10-12-2018 01:53
  
  REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - One person is hospitalized after an apartment fire in Reynoldsburg on Sunday.A 911 dispatcher said the fire started around 7 p.m. in the 6500 block of East Livingston Avenue near Baldwin Road.A medic took one person to Nationwide Children's Hospital.The person's condition was not released.The fire has since been put out and no firefighters were hurt.The American Red Cross said they are responding to the scene to assist those affected.
  
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• Chargers win 26-21 over Bengals

  10-12-2018 01:42
  
  CARSON, Calif. — Philip Rivers threw for 220 yards and Michael Badgley kicked four field goals — including a team-record 59-yarder — as the Los Angeles Chargers held off the Cincinnati Bengals 26-21 on Sunday.Rivers completed 19 of 29 and threw a touchdown in what was not one of the team's best games. The Chargers (10-3) had 160 yards of offense on their first two drives but had 121 the remainder of the game.Austin Ekeler rushed for 66 yards on 15 carries with Melvin Gordon mis
  
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• Ex-VP Biden vows to stay involved, but no talk of presidency

  10-12-2018 00:30
  
  BURLINGTON, Vt. — Former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden says he is going to stay engaged for the rest of his life, but he didn't make any indication about whether he will make a run for the presidency in 2020.Biden made the comments Sunday during an appearance in Vermont that is part of his ongoing tour that is promoting his book, "Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose," which he wrote after the cancer death of his son Beau.Biden spoke in the hometown of independent S
  
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