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• Web Chat: Colon cancer awareness | The James Cancer Hospital

  12-03-2019 22:48
  
  In honor of colon cancer awareness month, 10TV will have experts from The James Cancer Hospital in our studios to answer your questions about colon cancer – including screening, prevention, genetics, treatment and research.Doctors from The James will be available in the 10TV studios Thursday from 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.Call 614.469.1088 or submit your questions below: ---
  
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• Locally produced children's album to benefit music therapy programs

  12-03-2019 22:29
  Tuesday, Jordan Lynch and a few of his musical friends gathered in the gym at Bridgeway Academy, a school for children with autism, to put on a makeshift concert."That’s the first time we’ve played together in that group," said Lynch.The band played several songs Lynch arranged for his recently released children's album called Pieces."When I decided I wanted to do my own album, the kids avenue was really the one that just kinda resonated to me the most. And I didn’t want to do
  
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• Plane crashes into southwest Ohio home

  12-03-2019 21:13
  
  MADEIRA, Ohio – A plane has crashed into a home in Madeira, Ohio, near Cincinnati.The Sycamore Township Fire Department and other first responders are on the scene.WCPO reports the flight originated out of Brandon, Mississippi.
  
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• Pilot dead after plane crashes into southwest Ohio home

  12-03-2019 21:13
  
  MADEIRA, Ohio – Authorities say the pilot of a plane that crashed into a home near Cincinnati has died.WCPO reports a twin-engine Piper PA-31 that originated out of Brandon, Mississippi crashed into the home in Madeira.Officials said it wasn't immediately clear how many people had been on board.Everybody who lives in the home has been accounted for and is safe.The FAA says it has investigators on the way to the site.
  
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• Patrol IDs pilot killed when small plane crashed into home in southwest Ohio

  12-03-2019 21:13
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Ohio's State Highway Patrol has identified the pilot killed when a small plane crashed into a suburban Cincinnati house.The patrol on Wednesday said the pilot of the twin-engine Piper PA-31 Navajo that crashed in the city of Madeira shortly before 3:30 p.m. Tuesday was 62-year-old David Sapp, of Sun City, Arizona.Emergency responders said no one was in the home when the crash occurred. First responders got two dogs out of the house safely.The patrol says the plane was tak
  
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• Columbus city attorney dismissing pending cases charged by Andrew Mitchell

  12-03-2019 20:39
  
  Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein has announced that his office will review and dismiss any open and pending cases that solely involve Columbus police officer Andrew Mitchell.Mitchell was charged Monday on seven counts for allegedly holding women against their will and forcing them to engage in sexual acts for their freedom.Klein also stated that his office will review previous convictions involving Mitchell on an individual basis.“If defendants who have previously pleaded guilty to a char
  
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• Police looking for suspects who stole $7,000 worth of watches from Mount Carmel West gift shop

  12-03-2019 20:33
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Columbus police looking for a pair of suspects who they say stole $7,000 worth of watches from the gift shop at Mount Carmel West Hospital.Police said a man and woman walked into the hospital at 5:40 p.m. on Feb. 17 and pretended not to know each other.They go into Lori’s Gift Shop and while the woman distracts the cashier, the man covers a display case with a jacket.Police said the case had 35-40 Fossil watches in it.The man carried the display case out of the hospi
  
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• Q&A with Council’s Newest Member, Rob Dorans

  12-03-2019 20:31
  Rob Dorans was sworn in as Columbus City Council’s newest member last week, replacing former president pro tem Michael Stinziano. Stinzianio won his race against former county auditor Clarence Mingo in the 2018 general election, and officially took office on Monday, March 11. Stinziano’s successor comes from a labor law background, dedicating seven years to […]
  
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• ADDI: American Dream Down-Payment Initiative

  12-03-2019 19:07 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Review: Shadowbox Live Tributes the Women of Rock with “Leather & Lace”

  12-03-2019 19:06
  March is Women’s History Month and if you’re struggling with how to celebrate, Shadowbox Live has recently opened a fitting tribute. Running until May 19, Leather & Lace: A Musical Tribute to the Women of Rock features a set list of rock ‘n’ roll’s most iconic frontwomen and leading ladies, from legendary powerhouse divas to […]
  
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• Federal appeals court OKs Ohio law aimed at abortion funding

  12-03-2019 18:26
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A divided federal appeals court has upheld an Ohio anti-abortion law that blocks public money for Planned Parenthood.The Tuesday ruling by the full 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling and could result in an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.The Ohio law targeted funding that Planned Parenthood receives through the state's health department. That money is mostly from the federal government and supports education and prevention programs.The law ba
  
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• $2.3 million in drugs seized during search of Olentangy Commons apartment

  12-03-2019 18:13
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Franklin County Sheriff's Office says $2.3 million in drugs and more than $111,000 in cash were seized from a northwest Columbus residence last week.The Franklin County Drug Task Force along with members of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, the US 23 Major Crimes Task Force and the Ross County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at an apartment on Jasonway Avenue.Sheriff Dallas Baldwin says detectives and agents seized more than 120 pounds of m
  
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• Opinion: State of the News

  12-03-2019 17:56
  Hostile takeover bids. Mergers. Consolidations. The race to the next ‘saving thing.’ This is the State of News. For years, many cities across the country have seen their local newspapers being bought up and consolidated into larger and larger companies. Companies that are willing to make deep cuts to local jobs to achieve higher levels […]
  
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• Columbus Rotary: Indianapolis 500

  12-03-2019 17:47 via youtube.com
  
  
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• City Chat : Columbus Income Tax Division

  12-03-2019 17:28 via youtube.com
  
  
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• 'Operation Varsity Blues': TV stars, coaches charged in college bribery scheme

  12-03-2019 16:24
  BOSTON (AP) — Hollywood actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin were charged along with nearly 50 other people Tuesday in a scheme in which wealthy parents bribed college coaches and insiders at testing centers to get their children into some of the most elite schools in the country, federal prosecutors said.Authorities called it the biggest college admissions scam ever prosecuted by the U.S. Justice Department."These parents are a catalog of wealth and privilege," U.S. Attorney Andre
  
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• 'Operation Varsity Blues': Dozens charged in college admissions bribery scheme

  12-03-2019 16:24
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Hollywood actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin were charged along with at least 40 other people Tuesday in a scheme in which wealthy parents bribed college coaches and insiders at testing centers to help get their children into some of the most elite schools in the country, prosecutors said."These parents are a catalog of wealth and privilege," U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling said in announcing the $25 million federal bribery case.The FBI investigation into the alleged s
  
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• Lawsuit: 3 Mount Carmel patients died within hours of each other after given lethal doses

  12-03-2019 16:07
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – The latest wrongful death lawsuit filed against Mount Carmel Health System claims that three patients died within hours of each other after they were administered lethal doses fentanyl.The law firm Leeseberg & Valentine filed suit Tuesday against Mount Carmel and Dr. William Husel in the October 2017 death of 73-year-old Peggy Francies.The lawsuit states Husel gave “inappropriate and lethal doses” of fentanyl to three patients within a two and a half hour p
  
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• Hangover Easy Olde Towne East Nears Grand Opening

  12-03-2019 15:12
  Hangover Easy Olde Towne East (HOE OTE) will open this Wednesday, with some menu items offered exclusively at the new location. Sitting at 51 Parsons Ave., in the old Black Creek Bistro spot, HOE OTE will be the restaurant’s second location in Columbus and fourth in Ohio. The Olde Towne location is just a bit […]
  
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• More Boeings grounded amid global probe into Ethiopia crash

  12-03-2019 15:02
  
  HEJERE, Ethiopia (AP) — Britain and Germany on Tuesday joined a rapidly growing number of countries grounding or closing airspace to a new Boeing plane involved in the Ethiopian Airlines disaster as a global team of investigators began looking for parallels with a similar crash just five months ago.Pressure grew on the United States to take action over the Boeing 737 Max 8 as Asian, Middle Eastern and then European nations and carriers gave in to concerns. Some cited customers frightened b
  
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• Man wanted in deadly Linden-area shooting considered armed and dangerous

  12-03-2019 13:51
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Columbus police are looking for a man wanted in connection to a fatal shooting in the Linden area Sunday night.Detectives filed murder charges against 35-year-old Darryl H. Lewis for the death of 59-year-old Rodney Wade.Investigators say it is unknown where Lewis is at this time and that he should be considered armed and dangerous. No description of the suspect was provided.According to police, Lewis shot Wade after a failed robbery attempt during a suspected drug deal. Wa
  
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• Police shoot "highly aggressive" bull after attacking owner in New Jersey

  12-03-2019 12:28
  
  A bull had to be put down in New Jersey on Friday after it attacked its owner, authorities said.Police in Sparta received multiple reports of an escaped cow approaching cars Friday afternoon on Houses Corner Road, CBS New York reported.While officers were en route, the animal's owner, Wendy McDermott, called to say it was in fact a bull that had been acting "highly aggressive lately."When McDermott arrived on scene, the bull started to mount her car. She got the bull to follow her SUV back to he
  
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• Bill would stop state takeover of more school districts

  12-03-2019 12:24
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio lawmakers have proposed undoing a law that shifted operational control of poor-performing school districts to state-run panels and unelected CEOs, though three districts already affected would remain under state control.Democratic Rep. Kent Smith, of Euclid, and Republican Rep. Steve Hambley, of Brunswick, say their bill introduced Monday would prevent more so-called "state takeovers" of troubled districts through academic distress commissions.Legislation enablin
  
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• Viral #trashtag challenge inspires tens of thousands to clean the planet

  12-03-2019 11:34
  
  It may seem there is a new viral hashtag every day on social media, but the #trashtag challenge is a trend with a greener purpose — its users are cleaning up the planet. Tens of thousands of people have caught onto the trend over the years.The challenge is simple: People are meant to take a photo of a location, be it a beach, park or trail, strewn with litter. Then clean the location up and take an "after" photo of their handiwork.While the trend dates back several years, a March 5 post on
  
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• Google paid $35 million to former executive accused of sexual harassment

  12-03-2019 11:26
  
  Google paid former search executive Amit Singhal $35 million in an exit package when he was reportedly forced to resign after a sexual assault investigation, according to court documents released Monday.Details of the exit package were revealed as part of a shareholder lawsuit against the company, one that followed a published report of payouts Google made to executives accused of sexual misconduct.The lawsuit targets the board of Google parent Alphabet, charging its members had a duty to protec
  
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• Ohio Senate president 'happy' to talk execution alternatives

  12-03-2019 11:23
  
  COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio Senate President Larry Obhof (AWB'-hawf) says he's happy to discuss alternative execution methods as the state once again faces long capital punishment delays.The delays followed Gov. Mike DeWine's decision to postpone four executions to allow the state time to develop a new lethal injection method.The governor's order means it could be months or even years before that method is in place.Prosecutors and some lawmakers have said it's time to look at new methods to avoid
  
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• Honda to recall around 1M vehicles with dangerous air bags

  12-03-2019 11:18
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Honda is likely to recall around 1 million older vehicles in the U.S. and Canada because the Takata driver's air bag inflators that were installed during previous recalls could be dangerous.Documents posted Monday by Canadian safety regulators show that Honda is recalling many of its most popular models for a second time. The models are from as far back as 2001 and as recent as 2010.Canadian documents say about 84,000 vehicles are involved. That number is usually over 10 tim
  
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• Report: Opioid prescribing down in Ohio

  12-03-2019 11:14
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state's prescription reporting system shows the number of prescription opioids dispensed to Ohioans declined for the sixth consecutive year in 2018.A recently released annual report from the State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy's Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System shows the total number of opioids dispensed to Ohio patients decreased by 325 million doses, or 41 percent, from 2012 to 2018. Total opioid prescriptions issued to Ohioans for that same period decreased by 4.
  
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• Man who allegedly threatened Google arrested in California

  12-03-2019 11:13
  
  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — A man who said he drove cross-country to confront Google officials has been arrested in California with three baseball bats in his car's trunk.Police in Mountain View, the San Francisco-area city where Google's based, were warned by two other agencies that Kyle Long was on his way and arrested him Sunday on suspicion of making criminal threats. It's unclear whether he has an attorney.Police say the 33-year-old Waterville, Maine, man was upset because his YouTub
  
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• US joins Ethiopian-led investigation at Boeing crash site

  12-03-2019 11:12
  
  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — ​U.S. aviation experts on Tuesday joined the investigation into the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jetliner that killed 157 people, as a growing number of airlines grounded the new Boeing plane involved in the crash.The Federal Aviation Administration arrived at the crash site outside the capital, Addis Ababa, with representatives from the National Transportation Safety Board. They join an Ethiopian-led investigation.The FAA said it expects Boeing will so
  
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• Better Business Bureau reports rise in scams during tax season

  12-03-2019 10:15
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (10TV) - Local consumer watchdogs issue an alert after they said they have seen a rise in the number of people being targeted by con artists during this tax season.Financial scams are being reported by some victims who said they've used computer software to self-file, as well as people who used a professional tax preparer."We've seen people in Central Ohio affected by these tax cons and we want to make sure everyone takes the extra steps they need to in order to keep their informa
  
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• Pickerington police investigating several thefts from vehicles

  12-03-2019 03:58
  
  PICKERINGTON, Ohio - Pickerington police are investigating several reports of thefts from vehicles that happened overnight from March 10 into March 11.Police said the thefts happened in the Windmiller Ponds area and possibly other neighborhoods.Officers found an abandoned stolen with items inside that are believed to have been stolen.Police ask if anyone had items taken from their vehicles Sunday night, that they call 614-575-6911 to identify the items.
  
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• Donna Castleberry's family responds to officer's indictment on separate counts

  12-03-2019 02:30
  Months after the death of Donna Castleberry, her family still has a hard time dealing with their raw emotions.“It's been hell,” Donna’s mother Michelle Dalton said. “It's still sad, it's still really sad.”In August, Columbus police officer Andrew Mitchell, a member of the division's vice unit, was investigating prostitution complaints and had Castleberry in his unmarked police car.Police said there was an altercation and Castleberry stabbed Mitchell before he shot h
  
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• Columbus City Council Meeting, March 11, 2019

  12-03-2019 02:10 via youtube.com
  
  
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• What's on the Short North arches? An answer from the city

  12-03-2019 02:01
  
  COLUMBUS -- People who live in or drive through the Short North are doing a double take as they notice something atop the neighborhood's historic arches.Social media users have speculated it could be anything from ShotSpotter technology to a traffic camera.Turns out, it's neither.The city of Columbus said it's a wireless radio that maintains communication between city traffic signals."As part of the Columbus Traffic Signal System project, the existing system is being migrated in phases to the ne
  
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• Pelosi opposes impeaching Trump, saying he's "not worth it"

  12-03-2019 00:43
  
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is opposed to impeaching President Trump, saying in an interview that the process would be too divisive for the country."I'm not for impeachment. This is news. I'm going to give you some news right now because I haven't said this to any press person before," Pelosi told The Washington Post Magazine in an interview published Monday. "But since you asked, and I've been thinking about this: Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there's something so compell
  
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