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• Los Angeles Lakers shut down LeBron James for rest of season

  30-03-2019 23:18
  
  LeBron James will sit out the rest of the season, ending his first season with the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers said Saturday that holding James out would allow his groin to heal."This decision will allow his groin to fully heal, and is best for the future success of both LeBron and the Lakers," the team said in a statement, adding that James will join the team on its upcoming road trip to New Orleans and Oklahoma City.James was hurt in a victory over Golden State on Christmas, the first signi
  
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• Where to Buy Hard to Find Pilea Plants in Columbus

  30-03-2019 22:09
  Is a Pilea peperomioides, also known as Chinese money plant, pancake plant, (and UFO plant, lefse plant, missionary plant or mirror grass!) on your houseplant wish list? If not, it should be! It has become one of the most desirable houseplants due to how easy it is to care for, and for it’s fun, playful […]
  
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• Trump directs State Department to cut off aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras

  30-03-2019 21:18
  
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has followed President Donald Trump's direction to order the State Department to cut off U.S. aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. Trump indicated on Friday he would be cutting aid to the countries as punishment for their inability to stem the flow of migrants heading to the southern U.S. border. The countries affected make up the so-called "Northern Triangle" and account for the majority of Central American migrants who are crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.T
  
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• Missing Florida cat found 8 years later in Ohio

  30-03-2019 20:34
  
  An Ohio animal shelter says they received a stray cat this month, only to realize a family hundreds of miles away had been missing her for eight years.The Angels for Animals shelter in Canfield, Ohio, says a stray cat came to their care earlier in the month. After checking her over, the shelter found a microchip, which revealed an extensive backstory."Barley has been missing for 8 years! Yes, 8 long years!! On top of that, she was from Florida! Barley was found by her family 10 years ago as a 6
  
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• Ohio predicts excellent fishing this year on Lake Erie

  30-03-2019 19:32
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's Department of Natural Resources says the Lake Erie fishing outlook appears excellent after a record walleye harvest in 2018.The state has set a bag limit of four walleye per angler through April 30 and a six-fish limit from May through next February. The minimum size remains 15 inches.The limit on yellow perch is 30 fish with no size requirements.Wildlife officials say most walleye keepers this season will typically be 4 and 5 years old, averaging between 19 an
  
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• Beto O'Rourke formally kicks off 2020 campaign with Texas rallies

  30-03-2019 19:15
  
  Beto O'Rourke formally kicked off his presidential campaign with three rallies across his home state of Texas, where he came close enough to upsetting Republican Sen. Ted Cruz to generate the national buzz now buoying his 2020 White House bid.The Democratic ex-congressman held a Saturday rally mere blocks from the U.S.-Mexico border in his native El Paso, then traveling to historically black Texas Southern University in Houston before an evening event in the shadow of Austin's state Capitol. He
  
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• Ohio Senate passes bill legalizing hemp, hemp product

  30-03-2019 18:09
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Senate has passed a bill to legalize hemp and hemp-derived cannabidiol oil, a move that could create an industrial hemp industry in the state.The bill, which was unanimously approved on Thursday, would allow for cultivation of hemp as long as it contains less than 0.3 percent THC, the psychoactive active ingredient in marijuana that makes users high. The legislation comes after a 2018 federal farm law reclassified hemp as a commodity rather than a drug."It is impo
  
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• Stones postpone tour as Jagger receives medical treatment

  30-03-2019 17:03
  
  NEW YORK — The Rolling Stones are postponing their latest tour so Mick Jagger can receive medical treatment.The band announced Saturday that Jagger was told by doctors "he cannot go on tour at this time." The band added that Jagger "is expected to make a complete recovery so that he can get back on stage as soon as possible."No more details about 75-year-old Jagger's condition were provided.The Stones' No Filter Tour was expected to start April 20 in Miami. Other stops included Jacksonvill
  
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• 2nd Illinois State Police trooper killed in crash this week

  30-03-2019 16:44
  
  GREEN OAKS, Ill. — The Illinois State Police say a trooper was killed while on-duty when a wrong-way vehicle struck his squad car on Interstate 94 in northern Illinois.The agency says 36-year-old Trooper Gerald Ellis was driving home Saturday when he was hit at about 3:25 a.m. in Green Oaks. The vehicle was driving eastbound in the westbound expressway lanes and struck Ellis' squad car head-on. Ellis died at a hospital at about 4 a.m. Ellis was an 11-year state police veteran with District
  
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• Police are searching for man who went missing last month

  30-03-2019 14:23
  
  COLUMBUS - Columbus police are looking for a man who went missing last month from the west side of Columbus and his family is concerned about him.Danny Fout, 44, was last seen on February 6 and is known to be in the Hilltop area, according to police.Fout is described as 6'2" tall, weighing 220 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes. He often wears a ball cap, hooded sweatshirt, jeans, and tennis shoes.Fout has a four-leaf clover tattoo on the center of his neck with a skull above the clover. He a
  
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• Dog Walkers Weekly "Furr-cast" | March 30th, 2019

  30-03-2019 13:45
  
  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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• Judge blocks California's high-capacity ammunition ban

  30-03-2019 12:45
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — High-capacity gun magazines will remain legal in California under a ruling Friday by a federal judge who cited home invasions where a woman used the extra bullets in her weapon to kill an attacker while in two other cases women without additional ammunition ran out of bullets."Individual liberty and freedom are not outmoded concepts," San Diego-based U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez wrote as he declared unconstitutional the law that would have banned possessing a
  
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• Recycling the right way with SWACO

  30-03-2019 12:33
  GROVE CITY -- The Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO) is making Franklin County residents aware of the do’s and don’ts of recycling. We spoke with Hanna Greer-Brown, Communications Manager at SWACO who said that part of recycling right is knowing how you can limit your waste consumption before you even go to the store.“Look for new products that are made of recycled content but also have little to no packaging and carton containers are excellent examples of the amount
  
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• Democrats tailoring 2020 message to appeal to rural voters

  30-03-2019 12:19
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Several Democratic presidential candidates will make their case to Iowa farmers on Saturday — part of a broader effort to win over rural voters who have drifted to Republicans in recent years.Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota are among the White House hopefuls who will attend the Heartland Forum in Storm Lake, Iowa. They're likely to tout proposals they released this week aimed at helping rural communities.The attention on
  
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• Police searching for missing boy from east Columbus

  30-03-2019 10:55
  
  COLUMBUS - Columbus police are searching for a missing boy from east Columbus.12-year-old Sharoll Bonner was last seen Friday evening around 6:15 on East Main Street and Idlewood Drive. Bonner was with his grandpa in Reynoldsburg on State Route 256 when he left on foot while his grandpa was inside the Best Buy. Later a family member spotted Bonner on E. Main Street still on foot walking westbound.Bonner is described as a black male with black hair, brown eyes, and weighing 100 pounds. He was wea
  
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• Nevada Democrat says Biden behaved inappropriately with her

  30-03-2019 09:52
  
  Lucy Flores, the 2014 Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada, alleged then-Vice President Joe Biden kissed the back of her head during a campaign event that year in the state. In an article published Friday in The Cut, Flores wrote that Biden touched her shoulders before kissing the back of her head, describing the alleged incident as "demeaning and disrespectful."According to Flores, the event occurred before she made a speech at a rally featuring Biden in Las Vegas."I found my wa
  
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• Jackson, Nicks enter hall with encouragement for women

  30-03-2019 04:52
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stevie Nicks, who became the first woman inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Janet Jackson both accepted their honors on Friday by calling for other women to join them."Rock and Roll Hall of Fame," Jackson said. "In 2020, induct more women."They joined a quintet of British bands in the hall. Two of Radiohead's five members picked up trophies, Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music thanked multiple bass players and album cover designers and the Cure's Robert Smith's p
  
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• Takata air bags claim another life after Arizona crash

  30-03-2019 03:22
  
  DETROIT (AP) — An Arizona man killed by an exploding Takata air bag inflator brings the worldwide death toll to at least 24.Armando V. Ortega, 55, of Yuma, died June 11, 2018, three days after his 2002 Honda Civic was involved in a crash in near Phoenix, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety.Honda said in a statement that the Civic driver was hit by shrapnel and injured. He later died at a hospital.The death, which wasn't reported to a federal agency until this month, is the
  
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• Man indicted for murder of 3 people in Ross County

  30-03-2019 02:20
  
  ROSS COUNTY, Ohio – A Ross County grand jury has indicted a man for the murder of three people in February.On February 4, 46-year-old Leann M. Potts and 63-year-old Thomas S. Littler were found shot to death in their home on Bowman Lane. Authorities said 50-year-old Rick Adams, who is Leann Potts’ brother, and a woman were found critically injured at Adams’ home on Vigo Road. Adams later died at the hospital.According to Ross County court records, 39-year-old James A. Rinehart
  
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• Negotiations over Ohio gas tax increase delayed over weekend

  30-03-2019 02:01
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state gas tax would rise 11 cents under a deal worked out by Gov. Mike DeWine and House Speaker Larry Householder to fix deteriorating roads and bridges, but the next step in negotiations is to bring Senate Republicans on board.Those negotiations appeared stalemated Friday after the joint Senate-House committee hashing out a compromise adjourned until Monday without any meetings earlier in the day.DeWine and Householder, both Republicans, announced their deal Thur
  
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• Olentangy Local Schools requesting cards for student awaiting 3rd heart transplant

  30-03-2019 01:07
  
  Olentangy Local Schools is asking for the community's help in supporting one of their students who is currently awaiting her third heart transplant.Kennedy Turek is currently at Nationwide Children's Hospital, which allows people to send personalized cards online to be printed by staff and delivered to her room.The rally for support doesn't stop there. Turek was also supposed to see Justin Timberlake in concert Sunday, but can't due to her stay in the hospital. Now, there's an effort to spread t
  
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• Mount Carmel President, CEO defends hospital in interview

  30-03-2019 00:45
  
  COLUMBUS (WBNS) — Mount Carmel Health System President and CEO Ed Lamb defended his hospitals Friday during a brief interview with 10 Investigates.10 Investigates reporter Bennett Haeberle was covering another news story in downtown Columbus when he encountered Lamb and asked him to address criticism that Mount Carmel could have addressed the patient overdosing scandal sooner.Ed Lamb: “I think we've been very transparent. We want to make sure that we are doing everything we can to le
  
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• 'Evil attracts evil': Judge gives mom life in teen murder

  30-03-2019 00:11
  
  DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A woman who plotted the rape, torture and murder of her own teenage daughter pleaded guilty on Friday and was sentenced to life in prison for a crime so barbaric that prosecutors and the judge strained for superlatives to describe it.One day after her co-conspirator boyfriend was sentenced to death, Sara Packer, 44, appeared in a suburban Philadelphia courthouse and pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, kidnapping, abuse of a corpse and 16 other offenses in the 2016
  
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