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• Dental assistant accused of stealing jewelry from sedated patients

  09-02-2019 23:13
  
  A Long Island dental assistant was arrested Friday after she allegedly stole jewelry from sedated patients. Arieta Gouvakis, 38, faces charges of grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property, CBS New York reported.Police said Gouvakis stole rings and bracelets from two patients under "conscious sedation" at Long Island Implant at Cosmetic Dentistry in Rocky Point. Another doctor at the practice told CBS New York that Gouvakis had been working there for less than two weeks before they
  
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• Police: 5 juveniles arrested in killing of Nashville musician

  09-02-2019 21:15
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Police have identified three of the five juveniles who were arrested in the killing of a former Belmont University student and singer in West Nashville.A housemate of 24-year-old Kyle Yorlets found him inside their home with a gunshot wound Thursday just before 3 p.m., WTVF reported.Officials with Metro police said the five suspects were in a stolen Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck in the alley that runs behind Yorlets’ home when they saw him outside. They al
  
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• Texas students don wigs in tribute to late painter Bob Ross

  09-02-2019 19:50
  
  ABILENE, Texas (AP) — There were plenty of happy little trees at one Texas middle school this week.Art students at Madison Middle School in Abilene donned their curliest wigs and painted little trees onto canvases to pay homage to the late painter Bob Ross. Teacher Brady Sloane tells the Abilene Reporter News that the idea came about because she wanted to reward Advanced Placement students who had been stressed out over recent projects and grades.The result was a flash mob Thursday of abou
  
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• Warren makes presidential bid official with call for change

  09-02-2019 18:03
  
  LAWRENCE, Mass. — Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren made her bid for the presidency official on Saturday in this working-class city, grounding her 2020 campaign in a populist call to fight economic inequality and build "an America that works for everyone."Warren delivered a sharp call for change at her presidential kickoff, decrying a "middle-class squeeze" that has left Americans crunched with "too little accountability for the rich, too little opportunity for everyone else." She and her b
  
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• Review: Opera Columbus and Promusica Chamber Orchestra’s “The Flood”

  09-02-2019 17:35
  Drama — across genres and media — is rife with water rising above characters’ heads, in both a literal and figurative sense. The most recent example of this is the engaging one-act original commission by Opera Columbus and Promusica Chamber Orchestra, The Flood, premiering this weekend. If you grew up in Columbus, especially on the […]
  
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• Opera Columbus and Promusica Chamber Orchestra Present World Premiere of The Flood

  09-02-2019 17:35
  Drama — across genres and media — is rife with water rising above characters’ heads, in both a literal and figurative sense. The most recent example of this is the engaging one-act original commission by Opera Columbus and Promusica Chamber Orchestra, The Flood, premiering this weekend. If you grew up in Columbus, especially on the […]
  
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• NEXT: Securing Home Deliveries from “Porch Pirates”

  09-02-2019 17:30
  If you look at houses built in the early part of the twentieth century, most did not have attached garages (if there is a garage, it was probably added on sometime later.) The reasons are obvious: in the early part of the century, automobiles were not yet ubiquitous. Once they were, however, the architecture of […]
  
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• Ross County Sheriff's Office looking for missing woman 

  09-02-2019 17:07
  
  ROSS COUNTY - The Ross County Sheriff's Office is looking for a woman who went missing.Angela Hovater, 24, was last seen on January 27, 2019, leaving Adena Regional Medical Center.Hovater is described as 5 foot, 7 inches tall, weighing 130 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes.Anyone with information is asked to contact the Ross County Sheriff's Office at 740-773-1185.
  
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• Top 25 Pizzas in Columbus

  09-02-2019 16:19
  We surveyed over 1,000 local pizza fans — ranging from connoisseurs to everyday customers — to try to determine the ultimate pizza shops and restaurants in Columbus and its surrounding suburbs. While we understand that no list is going to make everyone absolutely happy, we found that the resulting Top 25 list provides a pretty well-rounded […]
  
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• Top 10 Pizzas in Columbus

  09-02-2019 16:19
  Columbus is full of great pizza, and at the end of the day, it’s all about your personal preferences. Do you like thick or thin crust? Traditional or contemporary ingredients? A sit-down dining experiences or home delivery? We surveyed over 1,000 residents to find that there’s a wide variety of preferences out there based on […]
  
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• Coroners issue warnings following new opioid death spikes

  09-02-2019 16:00
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Coroners in two of Ohio's largest counties have issued drug abuse warnings following the reappearance of an opioid so powerful it's sometimes used to sedate elephants.Dr. Anahi Ortiz is coroner in Franklin County in central Ohio. She said Friday that the county which calls Columbus home had at least three carfentanil-related overdose deaths in January.Ortiz said the county saw six carfentanil-related deaths in all of 2018, with the last in September.Ortiz says the drug is
  
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• Dog Walkers Weekly "Furr-cast" | February 9th, 2019

  09-02-2019 15:14
  
  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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• Hotel that launched Trump to Manhattan fame to be torn down

  09-02-2019 12:49
  
  NEW YORK — The building that helped Donald Trump make a name for himself in his first big deal in Manhattan is being sold to developers who plan to tear it down.Developer TF Cornerstone said Thursday that it and a group managing billionaire Michael Dell's money have agreed to buy the Grand Hyatt New York next to Grand Central Terminal and replace it with a mixed-used tower that will include office and retail space and a smaller hotel.Trump partnered with the Hyatt Corp. to buy what was the
  
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• Warren expected to launch 2020 bid with populist appeal

  09-02-2019 12:19
  
  LAWRENCE, Mass. — Sen. Elizabeth Warren is expected to formally launch her presidential bid in this working-class city on Saturday with a populist call to fight economic inequality, a message she hopes will distinguish her in a crowded Democratic field and help her move past the controversy surrounding her past claims to Native American heritage.The Massachusetts Democrat will announce her 2020 plans at a mill site where largely immigrant factory workers went on strike nearly 100 years ago
  
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• Hundreds rally to preserve right not to vaccinate children amid measles outbreak

  09-02-2019 11:32
  
  Olympia, Wash. — With more than 50 cases of measles in Washington state, there's been a new push to change the law. Washington is one of 17 states that allow parents to refuse vaccines for philosophical reasons.But on Friday, hundreds rallied to preserve their right not to vaccinate their children. Lawmakers heard arguments on a proposed bill that would ban the measles vaccine exemption for philosophical reasons. Thirty-two other states have similar laws.Measles is so contagious that an un
  
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• Police investigating after five robbers steal 30 guns from Plain City gun shop

  09-02-2019 03:55
  Debris flew as a truck slammed into the wall of Smokin' Aces Armory and Gun Shop in Plain City Thursday night.“Watched the video footage and surveillance immediately, becoming extremely frustrated with what had happened,” said owner Chris Hines.Just after 9 p.m. Thursday, five people ran into the store and were out within 40 seconds.“They didn't look confused where they were at. They just smash and grabbed," Hines said.Hines said by watching the video, it looks like the robbers
  
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• Trump's counselor Kellyane Conway claims woman assaulted her at restaurant

  09-02-2019 02:48
  
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A Maryland woman faces charges that she assaulted White House counselor Kellyanne Conway in front of her teenage daughter during a confrontation last year at a restaurant in a Washington suburb.Mary Elizabeth Inabinett, 63, of Chevy Chase, was charged in November with second-degree assault and disorderly conduct and has a trial tentatively scheduled to start March 29, court records show.Conway told police she was attending a birthday party Oct. 14 at a Mexican rest
  
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• Sunday marks one year since Westerville officers were killed in the line of duty

  09-02-2019 00:01
  
  On February 10, 2018, police officers Anthony Morelli and Eric Joering were shot and killed while responding to a 911 hang up call. This Sunday will mark once year since then.This week, the community is showing its support for the Division of Police with blue lights and blue ribbons. Before he retired, 10TV sat down with former Westerville Police Chief Joe Morbitzer who says the officers will never be forgotten."It's our obligation to live the legacy Tony and Eric left us because everyone knew t
  
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