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US Economy Adds 88,000 Jobs, Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.6 Percent

WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. employers added just 88,000 jobs in March, the fewest in nine months and a sharp retreat after a period of strong hiring. The slowdown is a reminder that the job market's path...

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Crews to Begin Highway Litter Cleanup on Saturday

MIAMI VALLEY -- Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) crews will again hit the highways beginning Saturday to address one of the department’s most persistent and preventable problem, litter. In...

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School Bus Crashes, Children Not Injured

TIPP CITY -- A school bus crashed into a tree, but luckily none of the 20 children on board was injured.Police said the driver might have suffered from a medical condition at the time of the crash and...

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Five Charged in Urbana Drug Raid

URBANA -- Police raided a house on Thursday after an ongoing undercover investigation revealed drug activity.Urbana Police officers said they found evidence at 329 East Court Street that connected the...

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UPDATE:WPAFB Furlough Notices Going Out in May

UPDATE -- We just spoke with Daryl Mayer, Chief, Current Operations of the 88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs. He tells us the furloughed employees will not be notified April 5th as originally reported....

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Ohio Democrat to Run for Boehner Seat

CINCINNATI (AP) -- A steelworker and union official is launching a Democratic campaign in House Speaker John Boehner's western Ohio district.Thirty-seven-year-old Andrew Hounshell plans a kickoff...

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Update: Suspect Surrenders In Deadly Hit and Run

UPDATE -- A Dayton man is behind bars, charged in a deadly hit and run accident. 22-year old Dorian Frazier turned himself into Dayton police overnight.  He's in jail on a preliminary charge of...

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Three Charged in Large Synthetic Drug Raid

BUTLER COUNTY -- Drug busts in both Butler and Hamilton counties have resulted in three arrests and the seizure of more than 51,600 packets of synthetic drugs, with a value of more than $1 million, and...

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UPDATE: Missing Greenville Teen Found in Indiana

DARKE COUNTY -- Deputies have said that the Greenville teen who had been missing on Monday has been found.Authorities in Darke County were contacted this afternoon by the Henry County Sheriff's Office...

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Judge: Morning-After Pill Must be Available for Women of All Ages

NEW YORK -- The so-called morning-after pill, known as Plan B, should be available for all females, regardless of age, a federal judge has ruled today.The pill, which terminates pregnancy, and this...

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Ohio EPA Considers Removing Monument Avenue Low Dam

DAYTON -- Five Rivers MetroParks wants to have the Monument Avenue low dam removed so it can build a whitewater run in Dayton's Great Miami River.MetroParks has requested a water quality certification...

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Students Denied Lunch

ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) -- School officials say as many as 25 students at a Massachusetts school were denied lunch this week because they either could not pay or their pre-paid accounts did not contain...

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Frozen Pizza Recall

CONSUMER ALERT -- Frozen foods are being recalled  due to a possible E. Coli contamination.  Included in the recall are Farm Rich and Market Day products, frozen pizza, mozzarella bites, cheese steaks,...

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Our Liza Danver on Jimmy Kimmel Live

UNDATED -- Our anchor/reporter Liza Danver got quite the surprise Thursday night when she appeared on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show.Liza was part of the unnecessary censorship segment.  That's where the...

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City of Dayton Graduates EMTs

DAYTON -- It's graduation day for a group of Dayton emergency medical technicians.  Eight new EMTs shook hands with Dayton Fire Chief Herbert Redden as they received their helmets.  The recruits went...

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Mayoral Candidate Wagner Releases Neighborhood Plan

DAYTON -- Our neighborhoods are the backbone of our community, but have been slowly deteriorating for years."The houses they leave run down the homeless people living in them, graffiti," said Peter...

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Soldiers Deploy to Mississippi, Then Afghanistan

FRANKLIN -- It was a bittersweet day for family and friends of soldiers from the Ohio National Guard as they wished their loved ones good luck in their deployment.The 72 soldiers are headed to Camp...

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UPDATE: New Details in FBI Related Shooting

UPDATE: DAYTON-- One man has died, and two other men were arrested during a FBI involved shooting.  Two of the suspects were in Federal Court today, in Dayton,  facing federal drug charges. ABC 22/FOX...

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Family of UD Student Who Died This Week Launching an Investigation

DAYTON -- The family of a University of Dayton student who apparently committed suicide on Tuesday, now says they want the school to dig deeper, and they intend to do their own private investigation.UD...

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Dayton Fire Crews Fighting House Fire

UPDATE -- A woman and child escaped their burning Missouri Avenue  duplex unharmed Friday night after a fire broke out in the living room.Damage is estimated at $15,000.  Investigators responded to the...

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