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• Death of baby found buried in San Antonio ruled homicide

  02-02-2019 23:25
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The death of an 8-month-old boy found buried in a backpack in a San Antonio field last month has been ruled a homicide.The Bexar County Medical Examiner's office said Friday that King Jay Davila died of blunt force trauma.His 34-year-old father, Christopher Davila, told authorities Jan. 4 that his son was abducted when his car was stolen from a convenience store. However, police said they didn't believe his story and a week later, Davila led investigators to the child's
  
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• Damn, That’s a lot of Good Movies

  02-02-2019 22:15
  You may not find any big ticket flicks in theaters this weekend, but the quality and quantity of indies — most of them Oscar nominated — to hit Columbus screens this weekend is staggering. Great weekend for a date with the movies. Cold War by Hope Madden Set against shifting political and musical environments and […]
  
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• First Look: Duecento IV

  02-02-2019 21:06
  Italian Village’s newest bar is opening up on Saturday Feb. 2. Duecento, Italian for “two-hundred,” sits at 200 E. Fourth Ave. in a revamped warehouse. Described by co-owner Andrew Losinske as a cocktail lounge, Duecento’s light effects, dance music, DJ booth and dance floor turned on more of a night club vibe during the bar’s […]
  
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• Ohio State defeats Rutgers 76-62, will host Penn State next

  02-02-2019 20:40
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Kaleb Wesson scored 21 of his game-high 27 points in the first half as Ohio State defeated Rutgers 76-62 on Saturday.Wesson, Ohio State's sophomore center, had 17 of his team's first 20 points to open the game. He made his first six shots from the floor, including three 3-pointers. He ended up 10 of 12 from the floor, including 3 of 4 on 3s.C.J. Jackson added 20 points and seven rebounds for the Buckeyes (14-7, 4-6 Big Ten). Luther Muhammad scored 12 points and Keysha
  
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• Meet the woman who rented hotel rooms for the homeless in Chicago during dangerous cold

  02-02-2019 20:14
  CHICAGO —A Chicago woman's act of kindness helped homeless people stay warm during this week's dangerous polar vortex. Candice Payne charged 20 hotel rooms on her credit card before it snowballed into a lifesaving effort by a group of strangers, CBS Chicago reports.Payne booked the hotel rooms after realizing how life-threatening the sub-zero temperatures would be for the Chicagoans without homes. She posted about it on social media and soon the donations and offers to help bring food came
  
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• Chef Duo Jacob Hough and Pat Marker Talk Alqueria, Food & Drink Trends

  02-02-2019 19:25
  After about a decade each at the helm of German Village’s Barcelona, Jacob Hough and Pat Marker — affectionately nicknamed “mom” and “dad” in the kitchen they left behind — enter the restaurant scene with their own venture, Alqueria. Get their insight on opening a new restaurant in the University District, how the Alqueria concept […]
  
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• Mixologist Christina Basham Launches Consulting Company Bubbles + Agave

  02-02-2019 18:03
  Here on the Feb. 1, 2019 installment of CU Live, local mixologist and recent entrepreneur Christina Basham talks all things cocktails. Listen in to hear her take on the trends driving new cocktail bars, what it means to be a mixologist, and how she’s managed to launch her own company centered on the universal fondness […]
  
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• Police: Man wounds woman, kills her son, commits suicide

  02-02-2019 17:32
  
  DAYTON, Ohio — Police in Ohio say a man has critically wounded his girlfriend, killed her young son and then himself.The Dayton Daily News reports the 33-year-old man called 911 in the Dayton suburb of Miami Township Friday morning and said he'd killed his girlfriend and her son and was about to kill himself.The man and boy were dead when police arrived. The 27-year-old woman was taken to a hospital where she's in critical condition.Another 911 caller said the man's suicide was broadcast o
  
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• Artist Couple Returns to Columbus to Open Shared Printmaking Studio

  02-02-2019 16:00
  Columbus artists Elisa and Shawn Smith are co-founders of the Columbus Printed Arts Center, an organization and studio dedicated to providing affordable photography and printmaking equipment, and a community space to artists. The couple has worked in various arts spaces, and has previously taught fine arts at the college level; the center is the result […]
  
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• Artist Couple Returns to Columbus to Open Shared Printed Arts Studio

  02-02-2019 16:00
  Columbus artists Elisa and Shawn Smith are co-founders of the Columbus Printed Arts Center, an organization and studio dedicated to providing affordable photography and printmaking equipment, and a community space to artists. The couple has worked in various arts spaces, and has previously taught fine arts at the college level; the center is the result […]
  
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• Dog Walkers Weekly "Furr-cast" | February 2nd, 2019

  02-02-2019 14:34
  
  Welcome back, everyone! For you first-time readers, happy to have you here!This blog is dedicated to those dog lovers across central Ohio. Unless you have a large backyard, many of you probably walk your dog, or dogs, on a daily basis, and maybe even multiple times a day.The purpose and goal of this blog is to help those dog walkers and their furry friends make the most out of their walks outside while being safe at the same time.So, let's start things off with a look at what I call the "Comfort
  
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• Virginia's Gov. Northam says that wasn't him in racist photo

  02-02-2019 13:39
  
  RICHMOND, Va. —Resisting widespread calls for his resignation, Virginia's embattled governor on Saturday pledged to remain in office after disavowing a blatantly racist photograph that appeared under his name in his 1984 medical school yearbook.In a tumultuous 24 hours, Gov. Ralph Northam on Friday apologized for appearing in a photograph that featured what appeared to be a man in blackface and a second person cloaked in Ku Klux Klan garb. In a video posted on Twitter, he said he could not
  
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• Virginia governor loses key support; future in doubt

  02-02-2019 13:39
  
  RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam appears to have almost no choice but to resign after losing support from virtually the entire state Democratic party and other key allies, who urged the governor to leave office because of a racist photo in which he appeared more than 30 years ago.The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, the state House Democratic Caucus and the state Senate Democratic Caucus all called on Northam to resign late Friday, along with several key progressive groups tha
  
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• Will groundhog give good news for winter sufferers?

  02-02-2019 13:21
  
  PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — As the Midwest and East Coast try to recover from this week's dangerous Arctic blast, Pennsylvania's most famous groundhog is gearing up to reveal whether an early spring is on the way or if winter will stick around.Members of Punxsutawney Phil's top hat-wearing inner circle plan to reveal their forecast at sunrise on Saturday.The festivities have their origin in a German legend that says if a furry rodent casts a shadow on Feb. 2, winter continues. If not, spring comes
  
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• Groundhog doesn't see his shadow, predicting early spring

  02-02-2019 13:21
  
  PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — Members of Punxsutawney Phil's inner circle revealed spring is coming early.Handlers for Pennsylvania's most famous prognosticating groundhog say he didn't see his shadow when the sun rose Saturday.The festivities have their origin in a German legend that says if a furry rodent casts a shadow on Feb. 2, winter continues. If not, spring comes early.In reality, Phil's prediction is decided ahead of time by the group on Gobbler's Knob, a tiny hill just outside Punxsutawney
  
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• Buckeye Chuck & Punxsutawney Phil don't see their shadow, predict early spring

  02-02-2019 13:21
  
  PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — It may be hard to believe as a large swath of the U.S. thaws out from a bitter polar vortex, but spring is coming early, according to handlers for some of the country's most famous prognosticating groundhogs.Just before 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his burrow in Pennsylvania at sunrise and didn't see his shadow. Nearly the same series of events unfolded about 300 miles to the east, where Staten Island Chuck's handlers revealed the same predict
  
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• 1 in critical condition after house fire in north Columbus

  02-02-2019 12:28
  
  COLUMBUS-- One person is in critical condition after a house fire in north Columbus.It happened Saturday morning in the 3000 block of Eisenhower Road.Fire officials at the scene said three people were in the home at the time of the fire.According to Battalion Chief Steve Martin with the Columbus Division of Fire, one person was taken to Ohio State University Hospital in critical condition. The two other people were treated on the scene.The cause of the fire remains under investigation.Stay with
  
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• Feds: Mount Carmel hospitals found not in compliance, could lose funding

  02-02-2019 03:02
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Mount Carmel Health System acknowledges it has been placed in what it calls "immediate jeopardy" status for its continued participation in Medicare and Medicaid in wake of a scandal in which 34 patients are believed to have received potentially lethal doses of pain medication.Thirty-three people that died were patients at Mount Carmel West; one patient died at Mount Carmel St. Ann’s in Westerville.In letters from CMS obtained by 10 Investigates, the survey conducted
  
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• Franklin County common pleas judge arrested for OVI

  02-02-2019 01:55
  
  Monica Hawkins, a judge with the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, Domestic Division, was arrested for OVI following a traffic stop Thursday night, according to police.Pickerington police say they received a call about an erratic driver traveling northbound on Route 256 near Refugee Road at around 8:30 p.m.Officers pulled over Hawkins, who was arrested on an OVI charge, processed and released.Hawkins was elected as judge in November.No further information was available.
  
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• Court date set for Franklin County common pleas judge arrested for OVI

  02-02-2019 01:55
  
  Monica Hawkins, a judge with the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, Domestic Division, was arrested for OVI following a traffic stop Thursday night, according to police.Pickerington police say they received a call about an erratic driver traveling northbound on Route 256 near Refugee Road at around 8:30 p.m.Officers pulled over Hawkins, who was arrested on an OVI charge, processed and released.According to details in a police report from the Pickerington Police Department, an officer noticed
  
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• Local architecture firm works to build pathway to affordable housing in Linden community

  02-02-2019 01:06
  A local architecture firm is hoping the construction of a smaller scale home will spark growth and affordable housing in the Linden community.For more than three decades, Curtis Moody has learned his architectural expertise to projects across central Ohio.With a portfolio that includes designing the Schottenstein Center and OSU’s student recreation center, the firm Moody Nolan has helped molded the landscape and skylines of several cities across the country.“Because we’re archi
  
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