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• The Top 10 Columbus Neighborhoods of 2018

  30-12-2018 23:59
  Columbus is a city of neighborhoods, as Mayor Andrew Ginther loves to proclaim. Each has its own unique characteristics, its own set of amenities and its own challenges to overcome. We survey our readers and editors each year to help select the top neighborhood in the city, generally focusing on its overall livability. And for […]
  
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• Study finds Ohio overdose deaths linked to meth have soared

  30-12-2018 21:48
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — A report says the number of Ohio drug overdose deaths involving meth or other stimulants soared last year.Orman Hall is an Ohio University researcher and a former head of the state's addiction services agency. He says that while opioids are more deadly, meth addiction in Ohio is increasing dramatically.The Plain Dealer reports that the number of Ohioans who died from unintentional overdoses involving meth or other psychostimulants jumped from 9 in 2010 to 517 last year.The
  
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• Was that a bed bug on my couch? This app has the answer

  30-12-2018 17:42
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio — Just the thought of a bed bug infestation is enough to make you start scratching and tossing out furniture.A new app created by a researcher at Ohio State University has the answers and information on what to do next.The app funded by a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is set up as one-stop information source for everything bed bugs. There are guides for identifying and getting rid of them along with tips for travelers.Susan Jones, an entomologist at Ohio
  
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• Opinion: Columbus Deserves Nice Things

  30-12-2018 16:48
  Well. Didn’t see that one coming.   The Columbus Crew is officially staying in Columbus in a deal that transfers team ownership to “Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam, along with a local ownership group involving the Columbus Partnership and Pete Edwards Jr.” It’s a solution to a year-and-a-half long ordeal for Columbus soccer fans that […]
  
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• In Limbo: As 2018 Draws to Close, Future Uncertain for Some Projects

  30-12-2018 16:33
  This is where we list the projects that didn’t fit into any of the other categories for our annual Year in Review; completed, under construction, or announced. In 2018, some of the biggest development proposals happened to fit better into the “In Limbo” category than any of the others, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t […]
  
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• College Football Playoff: Alabama, Clemson again for title

  30-12-2018 16:18
  
  Alabama and Clemson, again.The top-ranked Crimson Tide and No. 2 Tigers both had double-digit victories in their semifinal games Saturday, setting up what has quickly become an annual postseason meeting. They will meet in the College Football Playoff for the fourth consecutive year, the third time in the championship game.And the winner this time will become the first 15-0 FBS champion.Alabama-Clemson Part IV, Nick Saban vs. Dabo Swinney, comes Jan. 7 on the opposite side of the country for both
  
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• Woman charged with fatally shooting 6 puppies

  30-12-2018 16:07
  
  MIDDLEBROOK, Va. — A Virginia woman is charged with fatally shooting six puppies and discarding their remains over an embankment.News outlets report that the Augusta County Sheriff's Office charged 39-year-old Betty G. Hemp, of Middlebrook, with six counts of felony animal cruelty and six misdemeanor charges of illegal dumping.The sheriff's office said Hemp was freed on $2,500 bond after her arrest Thursday.The bodies of the puppies Hemp is accused of killing were found Dec. 22. Investigat
  
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• Police offer reward for information on Columbus man's death from 2010

  30-12-2018 13:41
  COLUMBUS-- Police are searching for suspects in a shooting that happened eight years ago.On May 23, 2010, William Byrdsong was at Lollipops West after-hours club, according to Columbus police.An altercation took place in the club and two men were ordered to leave.One of the men later returned and fired a handgun multiple times into the building.Byrdsong and another man were shot by the suspect.Police say Byrdsong died from his injuries. The other man who was shot was treated for his injuries and
  
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• 19-year-old shot, killed in southwest Columbus

  30-12-2018 12:54
  
  COLUMBUS-- Police are investigating a shooting that left one person dead Saturday evening.It happened on Wedgewood Drive at approximately 9:40 p.m., officers received a call to respond to reports of a person who had been shot, according to the Columbus Division of Police Department.Once officials arrived, they found the body of 19-year-old Amadi Noor Bakari and pronounced him dead at the scene.Police say there are no known suspects and several possible motives are being investigated.Anyone with
  
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• No. 1 Alabama beats No. 4 Oklahoma 45-34 to reach title game

  30-12-2018 06:03
  
  MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Tua Tagovailoa threw for 318 yards and four touchdowns and No. 1 ranked Alabama beat No. 4 Oklahoma 45-34 on Saturday night in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Orange Bowl.The high-scoring Sooners (12-2) reached the postseason despite a porous defense that was no match for Alabama's diverse attack, and the Crimson Tide led 28-0 after only 17 minutes.Alabama (14-0) advanced to the national championship game for the fourth consecutive season and will play J
  
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• Police discover meth lab inside Whitehall apartment

  30-12-2018 05:02
  
  WHITEHALL, Ohio –Hazmat crews responded to the 3800 block of East Broad Street at 9:36 p.m. Saturday.According to Whitehall Police, officers requested assistance after a meth lab was found inside in one of the apartment units. Whitehall fire and police were on scene late Saturday waiting for a warrant to get in the building and clean up the chemicals.Whitehall Police Sgt. Brian Smith tells 10TV no one was arrested and there were no evacuations.This incident remains under investigation.
  
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• 6 injured due to jet bridge 'equipment failure' at BWI airport

  30-12-2018 04:05
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Officials say six people have been injured after an "equipment failure" involving a jet bridge at Baltimore-Washington International Airport.The airport tweeted Saturday night that six people had been taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries due to the incident at Gate E-10.Partial equipment failure involving jet bridge at #BWI Gate E-10. BWI Fire & Rescue Dept responded, along w/ mutual aid. Preliminary info indicates 6 individuals transported to local h
  
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• California house in tortured-children case is up for sale

  30-12-2018 03:41
  
  PERRIS, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California house where police say a couple tortured or abused most of their 13 children is for sale.The Riverside Press-Tribune reports that the house in Perris, about 70 miles (113 kilometers) east of Los Angeles, where authorities say David and Louise Turpin shackled their children to furniture went on the market Saturday.The auction for the four-bedroom house with an appraised value of more than $350,000 ends Wednesday.The couple has pleaded not guilty t
  
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• Woman killed by falling tree at Great Smoky Mountains park

  30-12-2018 03:20
  
  GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — A woman from Texas has been killed by a tree knocked down by high winds in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee.Park spokesman Mike Litterst said Saturday that 42-year-old Laila Jiwani was hiking with her husband and three children on Porter Creek Trail on Thursday when the tree fell.Litterst said one of her children was injured. The spokesman says the 6-year-old was airlifted to a hospital with non-life threatening injures.In a Facebook post, Jiwani's
  
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• Authorities: Missouri man shot girlfriend, her kids, mother

  30-12-2018 02:51
  
  ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis-area man shot his girlfriend, her two young children and her mother in the home they all shared, authorities said Saturday. He exchanged gunfire with officers as he fled and was captured several hours later in a convenience store, covered in blood and wounded.Prosecutors filed 15 charges against Richard Darren Emery of St. Charles, Missouri, including first-degree murder, assault and attempted robbery. Authorities said Emery, 46, abandoned his own pickup
  
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• Lawrence lights up Notre Dame, No. 2 Clemson cruises 30-3

  30-12-2018 02:06
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — When Clemson's Dabo Swinney entrusted a team with championship aspirations to freshman quarterback Trevor Lawrence in September, this is what the Tigers' coach had in mind.Lawrence threw for 327 yards and three touchdowns and No. 2 Clemson beat No. 3 Notre Dame 30-3 on Saturday in the Cotton Bowl to reach the College Football Playoff title game. The Tigers (14-0) will play either No. 1 Alabama — for a fourth straight season in the playoff — or No. 4 Okla
  
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• Groveport Madison Band named grand champion at Peach Bowl

  30-12-2018 01:40
  
  ATLANTA - The Groveport-Madison Marching Band competed Saturday in the 2018 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.The marching band performed at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium and in the parade in downtown Atlanta.The Cruisers were honored winning several competitions and were voted grand champion of the parade.The band is expected to return to central Ohio Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Columbus police searching for 15-year-old girl last seen in north Columbus

  30-12-2018 01:03
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus police are asking for the public's help in finding a 15-year-old girl.Police said Joanna Hernandez-Pacheco went missing near E. Dublin Granville Road and Busch Boulevard in north Columbus.According to police, Hernandez-Pacheco may be headed to California or Mexico.She is Hispanic and has black hair and black eyes. She is 5 foot tall and weighs 145 pounds.Anyone with information about Hernandez-Pacheco is asked to call Columbus Police at 614-645-4031 or e-mail dgarrett@c
  
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• Ohio bill would set 18 as minimum age to marry in most cases

  30-12-2018 00:48
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The minimum age to marry in Ohio would be 18 with few exceptions if Republican Gov. John Kasich signs a bill sent to him this week by lawmakers with bipartisan support.The current minimum is 18 for males but 16 for females if their parents allow it. The Dayton Daily News has reported judges also approved exceptions for marriages involving dozens of younger, pregnant teens between 2000 and 2015.The new legislation still would let 17-year-olds wed someone up to four yea
  
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• Skywatch: Earth reaches a milestone in its trip around the sun this week

  30-12-2018 00:26
  
  If you’re out early on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday you can use the moon to help you spot a trio of planets. Venus, Jupiter and Mercury will be low in the southeastern sky before sunrise this week. The waning crescent moon will join the three on the aforementioned mornings. Venus will be the brightest of the planets and the highest in the sky. Jupiter will also shine brightly just below and left of Venus with Mercury very low on the horizon below and left of the solar system’s large
  
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• Trump blames Democrats for migrant child deaths at US border

  30-12-2018 00:01
  
  YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — President Donald Trump deflected any blame from his administration for the deaths of two Guatemalan children this month in U.S. government custody as his Homeland Security chief visited Border Patrol medical officials amid promises of more thorough health screenings for migrant children.Instead, the president, whose administration has faced widespread criticism over the deaths, pointed the finger on Twitter at Democrats "and their pathetic immigration policies that allow
  
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