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• State stocking over 100,000 rainbow trout at 66 public lakes

  03-03-2019 23:36
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — State officials say more than 100,000 rainbow trout will be stocked this spring in 66 Ohio public lakes with trout releases for anglers to take place through May 19.The Ohio Department of Natural Resources said in a statement that the first rainbow trout release is scheduled this Friday at Adams Lake in southern Ohio's Adams County. The releases around the state are subject to the areas remaining ice-free and accessible to anglers.Rainbow trout are raised at Ohio's st
  
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• More blood pressure drugs recalled due to cancer risk

  03-03-2019 22:49
  
  More blood pressure drugs are being recalled after being found to contain trace amounts of a potentially cancer-causing ingredient, one of a slew of recalls of medications to treat hypertension.Since last summer, drug companies have recalled hundreds of lots of blood pressure and heart medication drugs after tests showed small levels of potentially cancer-causing impurities.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration weighed in on the recalls of multiple generic angiotensin II receptor blocker, or ARB
  
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• Ohio transportation officials use highway sign humor for safety

  03-03-2019 21:01
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Department of Transportation is working to encourage drivers to stay safe and to smile.Drivers may have seen some of the recent humorous digital roadway signs with messages such as "Camp in Ohio state parks, not the left lane," and "Visiting in-laws? Slow down, get there late."Department spokesman Matt Bruning, who has authored a few of the messages, told The Blade in Toledo that officials are simply trying to humanize what the agency does."We are a governmen
  
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• Autoworker upheaval: Families split, children left behind

  03-03-2019 20:46
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Hundreds of workers at four General Motors plants slated to close this year are facing a painful choice: Take the company's offer to work at another factory — possibly hundreds of miles away — even if that means leaving behind their families, their homes and everything they've built. Or stay and risk losing their high-paying jobs.The automaker says nearly all of its blue-collar U.S. workers with jobs in jeopardy have work waiting for them. Many from the targ
  
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• House to query 60 Trump officials in obstruction probe

  03-03-2019 20:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring it's "very clear" President Donald Trump obstructed justice, the chairman of the House committee in charge of impeachment says the panel is requesting documents Monday from more than 60 people from Trump's administration, family and business as part of a rapidly expanding Russia investigation.Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., said the House Judiciary Committee wants to review documents from the Justice Department, the president's son Donald Trump Jr. and Trump Organi
  
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• Ohio offers funds to remove human trafficking marks

  03-03-2019 19:30
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio is offering grant money to help human trafficking victims get rid of tattoos or brands that were used to identify them as someone's property.The Dayton Daily News reports Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said this week that trafficking survivors have enough problems recovering from slavery and trauma without "a permanent reminder" on their skin.Yost's statement said his office's Crime Victim Services division will award the $10,000 grants to local nonprofits that focus
  
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• 'Absolute miracle:' Rescuers find missing California sisters, ages 5 and 8

  03-03-2019 19:28
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Armed with some outdoor survival training, granola bars and pink rubber boots, 5- and 8-year-old sisters survived 44 hours in rugged Northern California wilderness before they were found dehydrated and cold but in good spirits on Sunday, authorities said.A fire chief and firefighter from a local volunteer department found Leia and Caroline Carrico in a wooded area about 1½ miles from their home in the small community of Benbow, where they had last been seen Friday
  
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• 'Absolute miracle:' Rescuers find missing California sisters

  03-03-2019 19:28
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Armed with some outdoor survival training, granola bars and pink rubber boots, 5- and 8-year-old sisters survived 44 hours in rugged Northern California wilderness before they were found dehydrated and cold but in good spirits on Sunday, authorities said.A fire chief and firefighter from a local volunteer department found Leia and Caroline Carrico in a wooded area about 1½ miles from their home in the small community of Benbow, where they had last been seen Friday
  
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• 2 young sisters missing from California home found alive

  03-03-2019 19:28
  
  Authorities say two young sisters missing from their Northern California home for since Friday have been found alive.Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal says 8-year-old Leia Carrico and 5-year-old Caroline Carrico were found "safe and sound" Sunday morning.He says the girls were uninjured and "in good spirts." He called their recovery "an absolute miracle."The sisters had last been seen around 2:30 p.m. Friday outside their home in Benbow, a small community about 200 miles (320 kilometers) no
  
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• Police searching for answers in homicide case from 2016

  03-03-2019 15:21
  COLUMBUS-- Police are searching for answers in a homicide case from 2016.On January 3, at 7:30pm, Columbus police were sent to the 5800 block of Riverton Road off of McNaughten Road, on a report of a man lying in a resident’s front yard.When officers arrived, they found a 52-year-old man, later identified as Leonid Kaplan, suffering from a gunshot wound.Police say Kaplan was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.Kaplan and his mother lived in the area where his body was fo
  
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• Opinion: City Council Coincidence?

  03-03-2019 15:00
  Like many citizens, I believe I have a valid concern. In my opinion, Columbus City Council has made some disappointing decisions lately that have left me thinking, “why don’t I have a vote on who these people are that are supposed to be representing me?” The appointment process is frustrating for active citizens alike, especially […]
  
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• Rare sea creature washes ashore in Southern California

  03-03-2019 14:20
  
  SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — A 7-foot (215-centimeter) sea creature that washed ashore in Southern California has been identified as a hoodwinker sunfish, a recently identified rare species thought to live in the Southern Hemisphere.The University of California, Santa Barbara, said an intern spotted the stranded fish last week at Sands Beach in the university's Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve.The intern alerted Jessica Nielsen, a conservation specialist at Coal Oil Point who initially thought it
  
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• 1 critical after stabbing in south Columbus 

  03-03-2019 13:59
  
  COLUMBUS - One person is in critical condition after a stabbing in south Columbus, according to police.It happened just before 7:30 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of Parsons Avenue and Frebis Avenue.Dispatchers told 10TV the victim was taken to Grant Medical Center.No other information was immediately available.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com on this developing story.
  
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• Man indicted for Snapchat threat that panicked Ohio school

  03-03-2019 13:30
  
  CLEVELAND — Federal authorities say a man has been indicted for threatening to shoot Ohio school students on Snapchat.Authorities say the April 2018 threat targeted Parma High School in suburban Cleveland and led to hundreds of students missing classes over several days.The U.S. Attorney's Office in Cleveland says Russell Miley-Cruz was indicted on one count of transmission of an interstate threat and one count of obstruction of justice.The 21-year-old man from Scranton, Pennsylvania, was
  
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• 'Sanctuary' cities are getting their grants despite threats

  03-03-2019 13:15
  
  MONTPELIER, Vt. — About 18 months after the Trump administration threatened to withhold law enforcement grants from nearly 30 places around the country it felt weren't doing enough to work with federal immigration agents, all but one have received or been cleared to get the money, the Justice Department said.In most cases, courts chipped away at the crackdown that escalated in November 2017 with letters from the Justice Department of former Attorney General Jeff Sessions to 29 cities, metr
  
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• SpaceX's new crew capsule aces space station docking

  03-03-2019 12:03
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX's new crew capsule has arrived at the International Space Station, acing its second milestone in just over a day.No one was aboard the Dragon capsule launched Saturday on its first test flight, only an instrumented dummy. But the three station astronauts had front-row seats as the Dragon neatly docked Sunday morning and became the first American-made, designed-for-crew spacecraft to pull up in eight years.If the six-day demo goes well, SpaceX could launch two
  
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• Florida Speaker apologizes for using term "host body" for pregnant women

  03-03-2019 07:27
  
  MIAMI– Incoming Florida House Speaker Jose Oliva is apologizing for comments he made about abortion in an interview with CBS Miami's Jim DeFede. During the interview, part of which aired on Thursday, he repeatedly used the term "host body" to describe pregnant women.He faced a storm of criticism from those who viewed his comments as demeaning to women. On Friday, he apologized, CBS Miami reported."In a recent interview where the very controversial topic of abortion was raised I used the te
  
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• Busy weekend in central Ohio with Crew SC opener, Arnold Sports Festival

  03-03-2019 05:30
  Central Ohio was buzzing Saturday as the capital city hosted several events and hundreds of thousands of visitors.The crowd of Columbus Crew SC supporters at MAPFRE stadium were full of energy as they prepared to watch the first game of a season that almost didn’t happen.“I’m looking forward to the atmosphere in the stadium,” Crew SC fan Bob Noe said.“I’m just relieved and excited about things. . .it’s a great thing to have and I’m excited to come
  
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• New Orleans police: Driver in deadly crash likely impaired

  03-03-2019 05:18
  
  NEW ORLEANS — Police suspect a driver was impaired when he killed two people and injured seven others, most of them riding bikes, on a busy New Orleans thoroughfare as large crowds gathered in the city for Mardi Gras.Police spokesman Andy Cunningham said in statement Sunday morning that authorities are waiting for the results of a blood alcohol test, but they believe the suspect was impaired at the time of the crash Saturday evening.He identified the suspect who was arrested at the scene a
  
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• New Orleans police: 2 killed, 6 injured after car hits crowd

  03-03-2019 05:18
  
  NEW ORLEANS — Authorities say two people have been killed and six injured after being struck by a vehicle on a busy New Orleans thoroughfare.Police Superintendent Shaun Ferguson tells local media that a suspect is in custody following the incident that happened about 8 p.m. Saturday along a multiple-block stretch of Esplanade Ave.Ferguson says the suspect is being tested to determine whether he was intoxicated. His identity was not released.EMS spokesman Jonathan Fourcade says a man and a
  
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• 2 killed, several injured after being hit by a car in New Orleans

  03-03-2019 05:18
  
  NEW ORLEANS - Two people were killed and several were injured after being hit by a car in New Orleans Saturday night according to CBS affiliate WWL.The station reports police responded to the scene around 8 p.m. Saturday on Esplanade Avenue, about two miles from the French Quarter area.New Orleans police said in a press conference that eight people were struck.Two of them were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.Five people were taken to the hospital and three of them are in critical condi
  
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• 3 with serious injuries flown to Columbus hospitals after Ross County crash

  03-03-2019 04:50
  
  ROSS COUNTY, Ohio - Three people suffered serious injuries after a crash in Ross County on Saturday, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.OSHP said the crash happened around 1:30 p.m. on County Road 550 just west of Frankfort.A driver in a Kia Sorrento headed west on County Road 550 was trying to make a U-turn, according to OSHP.A driver in a Honda Civic was traveling east and attempted to avoid the collision but the cars hit each other in the eastbound lanes.The driver and passenger in th
  
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• Trump says he'll issue order protecting campus free speech

  03-03-2019 03:35
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Saturday he would soon sign an executive order requiring colleges and universities to support free speech if they want federal resources.Trump is highlighting concerns from some conservatives that their voices were being censored, whether on social media or at the nation's universities. He did not go into more detail about what the order would say, but his comments immediately drew scrutiny from those who noted that public research univers
  
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• Booker reintroduces bill to legalize marijuana with support from 2020 rivals

  03-03-2019 01:21
  
  With the support of several of his rivals for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker reintroduced a bill Thursday to legalize marijuana nationwide and expunge federal convictions for possession or use of the drug.Four of Booker's opponents for the nomination are among the co-sponsors of his Marijuana Justice Act: Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. Two more co-sponsors, Sens. Michael Bennet and Jeff Merkley, are openly c
  
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• Sauro's header gives Crew 1-1 draw with Red Bulls

  03-03-2019 01:11
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gaston Sauro tied the game in the 41st minute and the Columbus Crew earned a 1-1 draw against the defending Supporters' Shield winning New York Red Bulls in the season opener for both teams on Saturday.Sauro's header redirected Federico Higuain's corner for the first MLS goal in his four-season career.Andreas Ivan opened the scoring with his first MLS goal in the sixth minute, heading home Florian Valot's cross. Ivan scored his first Red Bulls goal on Wednesday in New
  
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