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• Virginia woman wins lottery as husband is furloughed by government shutdown

  13-01-2019 23:16
  
  A Virginia woman whose husband is a furloughed federal government worker has received a prize at what seems to be the perfect time.Carrie Walls of Ashburn, Virginia, won the Virginia Lottery's Ford Expedition Plus $100K promotion.Her winning ticket was drawn Dec. 4, and she picked up her prizes this past Friday.Just as the promotion said, Walls won a new Ford Expedition SUV as well as $100,000.Walls said the money is timely as her husband has been furloughed by the partial government shutdown fo
  
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• Daughter's plea draws 50,000 birthday cards for US veteran

  13-01-2019 21:48
  
  FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — When Sue Morse requested on Facebook that friends send her father well wishes for his Dec. 30 birthday, she expected maybe 160 cards.At 96, World War II veteran and Purple Heart medal recipient Duane Sherman has survived most of his friends.As of Jan. 9, Sherman received more than 50,000 letters at his home in Fullerton, California, the Orange County Register reported Friday.Birthday cards and notes thanking Sherman for his service have come from all 50 U.S. states
  
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• Sarah Thomas makes history as first woman to officiate NFL playoff game

  13-01-2019 20:53
  
  Sarah Thomas is making history again.Thomas became the first full-time female referee in NFL history back in 2015, and on Sunday, she became the first woman to officiate an NFL playoff game when the New England Patriots faced off against the Los Angeles Chargers.The trailblazer spoke to CBS News' Jeff Glor back in 2015 about learning she'd become an NFL referee."You never expect it but when it comes, you definitely answer the call but I was just about speechless," Thomas said.Long before she sui
  
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• New Ohio governor to be sworn in at home, then at Statehouse

  13-01-2019 18:46
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican Mike DeWine is set to be sworn in as Ohio's 70th governor in a midnight ceremony at his Cedarville home.The former U.S. senator will take his oath in the small ceremony hours before his public inauguration Monday at the Statehouse in front of friends and members of his large family. An inaugural gala follows at the Statehouse later Monday.He and running mate Jon Husted led a GOP sweep of nonjudicial, statewide offices in the November election. DeWine defeated De
  
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• Mike DeWine to be sworn in at home, then at Statehouse

  13-01-2019 18:46
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican Mike DeWine is set to be sworn in as Ohio's 70th governor in a midnight ceremony at his Cedarville home.DeWine will take his oath in the small ceremony hours before his public inauguration Monday at the Statehouse in front of friends and members of his large family. An inaugural gala follows at the Statehouse later Monday.He and running mate Jon Husted led a GOP sweep of nonjudicial, statewide offices in the November election. DeWine defeated Democrat Richard Co
  
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• Mike DeWine sworn in as Ohio's 70th governor

  13-01-2019 18:46
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican Mike DeWine has been sworn in as Ohio's 70th governor.The former U.S. senator took his oath in a private midnight ceremony at his Cedarville home ahead of a public inauguration planned Monday at the Statehouse.He and running mate Jon Husted (HYOO'-sted) led a GOP sweep of nonjudicial, statewide offices in November. DeWine defeated Democrat Richard Cordray to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sik).DeWine is among the state's most well-known p
  
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• Hollywood production sets filming day in Ohio city

  13-01-2019 16:43
  
  HAMILTON, Ohio — Another Hollywood movie is scheduled to film in an Ohio city.Filming for the movie "Dry Run," starring Mark Ruffalo and Anne Hathaway, is scheduled for all day Monday in the city of Hamilton. The Hamilton-Middletown Journal-News reports it isn't clear if the film's stars will be on-hand for the filming in the city's Highland Park neighborhood."Dry Run" is based on the true story of defense attorney Robert Bilott, played by Ruffalo, who filed an environmental lawsuit agains
  
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• Pope to parents: It's OK to fight, just not in front of kids

  13-01-2019 16:28
  
  VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis offered new parents a bit of advice Sunday, telling them it's perfectly normal to fight, but just not in front of the children.Francis warned of the "anguish" of children who see their parents fight during a ceremony to baptize 27 newborns, an annual tradition that fills the frescoed Sistine Chapel with babies, their parents and godparents.Amid coos and wails, Francis told parents that they had taken on an important new job of transmitting the faith to their chi
  
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• Family offers cash reward for answers in homicide case

  13-01-2019 15:07
  COLUMBUS-- The family of a shooting victim is searching for answers in his homicide case.On Thursday, January 5, 2017, at approximately 12:30 a.m., Columbus police received a call with a report of a shooting. Officers arrived at E. Northwood Avenue near N. Pearl Street.Authorities found the victim who was later identified as Tarak Underiner.Underiner was pronounced dead at 12:41 a.m., according to police.The family of Tarak Underiner is offering a $2500 reward for any information leading to the
  
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• President Trump says he has 'no idea' if deal can be made with Pelosi

  13-01-2019 07:25
  
  WASHINGTON — As the partial government shutdown slipped into the record books, members of Congress had left town, no negotiations were scheduled and President Donald Trump tweeted into the void.The president did not tip his hand Saturday on whether he will move ahead with an emergency declaration that could break the impasse, free up money for his wall without congressional approval and kick off legal challenges and a political storm over the use of that extraordinary step. A day earlier,
  
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• Skywatch: Look for planets and celebrate an alternate New Year's Eve

  13-01-2019 05:42
  
  Mars and the moon will be close to each other starting out the week. If skies cooperate look in the southwestern sky after sunset and the moon will be just above and left of the Red Planet. The moon will be very close to First Quarter, more on that in a second. Courtesy: Book of Common Prayer
  If you feel like you didn’t have a good time on New Year’s Eve this year why not celebrate on Sunday night. That’s because 2019, according to the Julian calendar, should start on January 1
  
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• Man who killed officer said he was hit by ultrasonic waves

  13-01-2019 02:54
  
  DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — The man who shot and killed a rookie California police officer left a letter on the bed in the home where he lived claiming police bombarded him with ultrasonic waves, officials said.Police in the college town of Davis near Sacramento on Saturday made public the one-paragraph letter they said was written by Kevin Douglas Limbaugh, 48. He killed himself Thursday after fatally shooting Officer Natalie Corona.Police spokesman Lt. Paul Doroshov said the paper was found fac
  
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• Authorities name man who killed rookie California officer

  13-01-2019 02:54
  
  DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — A man who shot and killed a rookie police officer in Northern California before taking his own life during a standoff with police was a 48-year-old convict who had been ordered to surrender a semi-automatic rifle.Kevin Douglas Limbaugh's name was released Saturday as authorities continued to investigate his motive for the attack.The Sacramento Bee reports that court documents show Limbaugh was charged and convicted in a battery case last fall, and he agreed in November
  
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• Storm dumps snow on Midwest; at least 5 dead in crashes

  13-01-2019 02:45
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A massive winter snowstorm that blanketed several Midwest states was a factor in at least five road deaths on Saturday and forced the grounds crew to scramble to clear snow from Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City ahead of the NFL divisional playoff game.The storm moved into Kansas and Nebraska from the Rockies on Friday, then east into Missouri, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana, covering roads and making driving dangerous. Part of Interstate 44 near St. Louis was blocked for sever
  
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• NYC's iconic Chrysler Building, an Art Deco jewel, is up for sale

  13-01-2019 02:15
  
  NEW YORK — New York City's iconic Chrysler Building has appeared in dozens of movies and remained an Art Deco jewel of the Manhattan skyline for decades. Now, the 89-year-old skyscraper can be yours.Located on 42nd Street just east of Grand Central Terminal, sale price estimates for the famed Chrysler Building vary, but its majority owners, the Abu Dhabi Investment Council, hope to recoup the $800 million it paid for their stake of the building back in 2008.Buyer beware: the land beneath t
  
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• Ex-kidnapping victims: Jayme Closs needs space, time to heal

  13-01-2019 01:10
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Katie Beers' joy quickly turned to deep concern when she learned 13-year-old Jayme Closs had been found alive in rural Wisconsin nearly three months after police say a man shot and killed her parents then abducted the girl from their home."She is going to have to grieve the loss of her parents and also come to terms with the fact she was abducted, escaped and whatever (other) hell she went through," said Beers. "And it's not going to be easy."Beers knows that better than mos
  
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