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• Last Chevy Cruze assembled at Lordstown plant reportedly has buyer

  09-03-2019 23:21
  
  WARREN, Ohio (AP) — The last Chevy Cruze sedan assembled at General Motors' Lordstown assembly plant in northeast Ohio has a buyer.The Warren Tribune Chronicle reports the sedan was originally headed to a dealership in Florida but instead was sent Friday to a dealership in Warren where a buyer is expected to take delivery next week.Sweeney Chevrolet vice president Alexa Sweeney Blackann says when her store learned of a customer's interest in purchasing the last Cruze a deal was worked out
  
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• Zardes scores twice in Crew's 2-0 win against New England

  09-03-2019 23:06
  
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Gyasi Zardes scored two goals and the Columbus Crew beat the New England Revolution 2-0 on Saturday for coach Caleb Porter's first victory with the club.Zardes opened the scoring in the 26th minute with his first goal of the season for Columbus (1-0-1). Pedro Santos received a pass near midfield, dribbled it down the left side and found Zardes for a header at the edge of the 6-yard box.Goalkeeper Zack Steffen kept Columbus in front in the 59th by denying Diego Fagu
  
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• Saint Ignatius defeats Dublin Jerome 7-2 at state hockey finals

  09-03-2019 22:10
  
  Saint Ignatius finished the hockey season as the OHSAA State Champions following their 7-2 win over Dublin Jerome Saturday.The Dublin Jerome Celtics made history Friday when they became the first high school hockey team in central Ohio to go to the 2019 Ice Hockey State Tournament. The team earned its spot following a 3-2 overtime win against University School."Game did not go our way, but we still have the greatest kids and coaches in Ohio !!!" Jerome Athletics said in a tweet after Saturday's
  
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• Dozens rescued after being trapped on Lake Erie ice floe

  09-03-2019 21:41
  
  PORT CLINTON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say several dozen fishermen trapped on an ice floe in Lake Erie have been rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard and local emergency personnel in northern Ohio.The Coast Guard and Ottawa County Sheriff's Office began receiving reports around 8:30 a.m. Saturday that a large number of people had become stuck on an ice floe that had broken off from the main ice pack connected to Catawba Island.More than 100 fishermen ended up being stranded, according to several
  
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• R. Kelly released from jail after someone paid child support for him

  09-03-2019 19:10
  
  CHICAGO — R&B singer R. Kelly walked out of a Chicago jail on Saturday, shortly after someone paid $161,000 that he owed in back child support.Kelly was ordered taken into custody on Wednesday by a judge after he said that he did not have the entire $161,000 he owed in child support. As is done with other high-profile inmates, Kelly was held in a solo cell under round-the-clock observation.Sophia Ansari, a spokeswoman for Cook County Sheriff's Department, which operates the jail, did n
  
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• Japanese woman honored by Guinness as oldest person at 116

  09-03-2019 17:40
  
  TOKYO — A 116-year-old Japanese woman who loves playing the board game Othello was honored Saturday as the world's oldest living person by Guinness World Records.The global authority on records officially recognized Kane Tanaka in a ceremony at the nursing home where she lives in Fukuoka, in Japan's southwest. Her family and the mayor were present to celebrate.Tanaka was born Jan. 2, 1903, the seventh among eight children. She married Hideo Tanaka in 1922, and they had four children and ad
  
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• Dog Walkers Weekly "Furr-cast" | March 9th, 2019

  09-03-2019 14:15
  
  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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• Unarmed caretaker shot with arms raised testifies in cop's trial

  09-03-2019 13:43
  
  The trial of a Florida police officer who shot a disabled man's unarmed caretaker got underway Thursday. North Miami officer Jonathan Aledda is charged with attempted manslaughter and negligence for his role in the July 2016 shooting of Charles Kinsey in North Miami. Video showing Kinsey lying on his back, holding his hands in the air and begging officers not to shoot went viral and drew national outrage. Kinsey, a behavioral therapist, had been trying to coax his autistic client, 26-year-old Ar
  
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• 'I thought we were going to die': Family recalls rescue from Colorado avalanche

  09-03-2019 13:39
  
  Frisco, Colo. — The avalanche danger in Colorado is being called "extreme" and "unprecedented." Heavy snow triggered more than 2,000 avalanches in the state so far this season. Seven backcountry skiers have been killed, including one on Thursday.On the same day, another avalanche buried cars and trapped several people. Inside one blue car was Sergio and Karla Reyes, along with 2-year-old Vanessa."I thought we were going to die," Sergio Reyes said.With snow pouring in, Vanessa disappeared."
  
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• Man wrongfully jailed for 46 years now supporting himself with art

  09-03-2019 13:34
  
  Detroit — When you hear him talk, you'd think Detroit artist Richard Phillips is some kind of highly trained master. But at 72, he held his first exhibit.He is America's most unlikely art phenom."I'm just a young kid from the ghetto that's been through hell and high water and still here," Richard said.Richard was incarcerated before becoming celebrated. In 1971, he was arrested for murder -- a murder we now know he didn't commit. To pass the time and temper the injustice, he painted."It wa
  
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• Bill Shine resigns from White House communications post

  09-03-2019 12:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Bill Shine, a former Fox News executive who took over as President Donald Trump's communications director last summer, exited the White House on Friday, the latest person to step away from a job that has become a revolving door within the turbulent West Wing.Shine will join the president's Republican re-election campaign, the White House said in a laudatory statement that quoted Trump and other top White House officials.When Shine joined the administration, he was viewed
  
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• Police searching for endangered runaway twins from north Columbus

  09-03-2019 09:11
  
  COLUMBUS-- Police have issued an missing child alert for endangered runaway twins from north Columbus.Jeniya and Eniya Gross were last seen Friday, around 6:30 p.m. at the Windsor Park Recreation Center, according to Columbus police.Jeniya was wearing a turquois jacket and Eniya was wearing a black jacket with "Just Do It" in pink on the back.
  
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• Steph Curry surprises 4th-grader who asked him why his shoe line wasn't sold to girls

  09-03-2019 03:22
  
  A nine-year-old girl's life changed forever last November when she noticed sneakers designed by her favorite NBA player, Stephen Curry, apparently weren't available in girls' sizes. Riley Morrison wrote a letter to Curry and, three months later, that letter brought Riley and her family to an Under Armour pop-up store in Oakland, where she was able to meet Curry himself."I just wanted it to change because I didn't think it was fair," Morrison told "CBS This Morning."After reading the letter, Curr
  
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• Georgia high school student accepted to 39 colleges, offered $1.6M in scholarships

  09-03-2019 02:36
  
  High school senior Jordan Nixon was confident she would get into a few schools. But she was shocked at the acceptance letters that piled up — she's gotten into 39 colleges and universities so far. Her high school in Douglasville, Georgia says no other student at the school has ever gotten this many acceptances. "The crazy thing is, I'm still waiting on decision letters, but I was not expecting that at all," 17-year-old Nixon told CBS Atlanta affiliate WGCL.Nixon applied to about 50 schools
  
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• Man found dead in Dublin pond

  09-03-2019 02:15
  DUBLIN, Ohio - A man was found dead in a Dublin pond Friday night, according to Dublin police.Dublin police said first responders were called to the 5000 block of Tuttle Crossing Boulevard around 7:40 p.m. for a report of a man who came from bushes nearby and went into the pond.A dive team was dispatched to the scene.A police officer who responded saw the man in the pond and searchers looked in the pond for nearly two hours.Police said the man's body was found just before 9:30 p.m.He has not bee
  
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• First responders on scene of water rescue in Dublin

  09-03-2019 02:15
  
  DUBLIN, Ohio - First responders are on the scene of a water rescue in Dublin, according to the Northwest Regional Emergency Communications Center.Dispatchers said the call for help in the came in around 7:40 p.m. Friday.A male was reported to be in the water, according to the Washington Township Fire Department.The scene is in the 5000 block of Tuttle Crossing Boulevard.A dive team was dispatched to the scene.No other information was immediately available.
  
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• Local organization works to provide funds for identification documents

  09-03-2019 00:55
  A local organization is looking to help those in need of financial assistance to purchase documents like birth certificates, social security cards and state identification cards.The South Side ID Program provides central Ohioans with vouchers they can take directly to the appropriate offices to purchase documents needed to apply for jobs, enroll in school and open a bank account.“You need money to pay for anything,” said applicant Rebecca McDonald. “If you don’t have a jo
  
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• Warmer temps this weekend, next week – but winter isn’t done with us yet

  09-03-2019 00:22
  The weekend is almost here but it’s the shortest weekend of the year time-wise.We roll our clocks forward on Sunday at 2:00 a.m. and lose an hour as we start Daylight Saving time.Of course, losing an hour of sleep isn’t good news, but we do have a pleasant surprise in the weather if you look at the 10-day forecast.Could it be the end of winter? You may think so with temperatures in the 50’s near 60 degrees later next week.Spring does not start until March 20 but hey, maybe the
  
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• Investigators: Indiana boy shot trooper dad over video games

  09-03-2019 00:12
  
  GRANGER, Ind. (AP) — Investigators say an 11-year-old northern Indiana boy shot and wounded his state-trooper father because he was upset that his parents took away his video games.The South Bend Tribune and WSBT-TV report that investigators say in court records that the boy used his father's service weapon to shoot him once last month. They say the boy got the gun from the trooper's locked police vehicle outside their home in Granger, near South Bend.St. Joseph County prosecutors have fil
  
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