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• Cosby avoids charges in two cases; U.S. questions North Korea bomb claim; Powerball jackpot hits $500 million: U.S. and World News Links

  06-01-2016 23:56
  
  Also, NRA won't send representatives to nationally televised town hall on gun violence; Alabama still refusing gay marriage licenses; Baltimore officer ordered to testify against other officers; Gary Johnson to seek presidency as Libertarian; U.S. aircraft carry out dozen airstrikes in Afghanistan; and Charlie Hebdo releases special issue of magazine.
  
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• Parma probation officer who raped woman ordered to pay $1 million for lawsuit

  06-01-2016 23:55
  
  A former Parma probation officer serving three years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman while on duty was ordered Wednesday to pay $1 million to his victim.
  
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• Man gets 8 years for daughter's death

  06-01-2016 23:41
  
  A Cuyahoga Falls man was sentenced to serve 8 years in prison in connection with the death of his 3-year-old daughter.
  
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• Macy's closing at Akron's Chapel Hill Mall, Elyria's Midway Mall

  06-01-2016 23:30
  
  Macy's will close its Chapel Hill and Midway mall stores, and 38 other locations across the country, due to slumping sales
  
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• Canal Fulton searching for mystery time capsule

  06-01-2016 23:20
  
  A mysterious Canal Fulton time capsule buried sometime in the 1980's is getting a lot of attention, but the problem is no one seems to know what was in it or exactly where to find the retro keepsake.
  
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• Manziel watch continues

  06-01-2016 23:17
  
  Questions about Johnny Manziel's whereabouts last weekend continue as the Browns quarterback has yet to address reports that he was partying in Las Vegas in disguise.
  
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• Snapchat eliminates Lens Store just a couple months after launch

  06-01-2016 23:14
  
  Beginning Friday, the recently launched Snapchat Lens store will no longer exist.
  
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• Police puzzled at storage unit thefts

  06-01-2016 23:07
  
  Rocky River police are trying to track down two thieves who police said burglarized dozens of storage units at two buildings on Wooster Road.
  
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• Ohio's Obamacare challenge rejected; Angela Stokes is out; Kasich enters important month: Top 5 at 5

  06-01-2016 23:00
  
  A summary of some of today's top stories on cleveland.com.
  
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• Some Cuyahoga County communities, including Lakewood, experiencing 911 issues

  06-01-2016 22:58
  
  Some Cuyahoga County communities, including Lakewood, reported technical difficulties with their 911 systems on Wednesday, the city said in an emergency notification.
  
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• Cleveland man sentenced for stealing Sour Patch Kids candy at gunpoint in Akron

  06-01-2016 22:54
  
  Garth Nation, 23, was sentenced for stealing Sour Patch Kids candy during an armed robbery in Akron.
  
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• Bulletproof vests now mandatory for all Cleveland EMS responses (video)

  06-01-2016 22:48
  
  Cleveland EMS enacted the policy to ensure that paramedics remain safe if they find themselves in a violent situation.
  
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• Man jailed for not disclosing ethnic cleansing

  06-01-2016 22:38
  
  A Barberton man was sentenced to serve two years in prison for not disclosing his involvement in ethnic cleansing in his immigration documents, the U.S. Attorney's Office reported.
  
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• Retired Philadelphia police captain rallies for Tamir Rice in Cleveland (video)

  06-01-2016 22:36
  
  Retired Philadelphia Police Capt. Ray Lewis decried the killing of Tamir Rice from outside the Justice Center in downtown Cleveland.
  
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• Cleveland NAACP to deliver letter to McGinty asking for Tamir Rice grand jury transcripts

  06-01-2016 22:32
  
  The Cleveland Branch of the NAACP released a letter asking Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty to release the grand jury transcripts in the Tamir Rice case.
  
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• Autopsy results delay trial for Medina man accused of leaving dead daughter in crib

  06-01-2016 21:54
  
  The trial for a Medina man accused of leaving his daughter's dead body in a crib for a month has been delayed because the girl's autopsy is not complete.
  
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• Partly cloudy tonight; partly sunny and milder Thursday: Cleveland Weather Forecast

  06-01-2016 21:50
  
  Average highs this time of the year are in the mid-30s and highs will remain in the 40s through the weekend before another blast of cold air arrives Sunday night and continues into early next week.
  
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• Avon Lake students raise money to fight cancer

  06-01-2016 21:48
  
  Learwood Middle School students raised $350 for the Hats Off For Cancer.
  
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• Adam Gase gets first Browns head coach interview

  06-01-2016 21:48
  
  Gase was the first to be interviewed for the head coach position after former coach Mike Pettine was fired, along with General Manager Ray Farmer. 
  
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• Escaped inmate turns self in

  06-01-2016 21:45
  
  An inmate has turned himself in after he escaped from a low-level security facility in Lorain County Tuesday.
  
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• New officials in these 4 communities get to skip voter scrutiny

  06-01-2016 21:27
  
  Public officials in four communities will gain spots on boards and councils without having to face voters next year. They will replace township trustees, school board and council members whose post-election resignations leave the decision up to their colleagues.
  
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• Rep. Jim Jordan and House Freedom Caucus condemn prison term at issue in Oregon standoff

  06-01-2016 21:25
  
  Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus criticized a federal court's decision to imprison two ranchers whose five-year arson sentence prompted militia members to take over an Oregon wildlife refuge.
  
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• EnerSys closing its 110-year-old Cleveland plant on May 31, cutting all 95 jobs

  06-01-2016 21:25
  
  EnerSys' Elmwood Avenue facility in Cleveland, which makes the batteries used to power forklifts, mining machinery and other heavy equipment, traces its roots to electrical engineer John Hertner, who founded Hertner Electrical Co. in Cleveland in 1906.
  
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• Children should not be shackled - Ohio Supreme Court right to re-examine rules: Darlene Byrne (Opinion)

  06-01-2016 21:18
  
  U.S. Supreme Court rulings protect adults against shackling, unless safety cannot be maintained any other way. In Austin, our juvenile court judges decided to adopt the same shackling standard in our juvenile courtrooms, writes Judge Darlene Byrne.
  
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• Inmate turns himself in after escaping Lorain County correctional facility

  06-01-2016 21:09
  
  Gregory Lee Tillman, an inmate who escaped from the Lorain/Medina Community Based Correctional Facility on Tuesday night, has turned himself in.
  
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• Beachwood, Shaker, University Heights spend big bucks to keep sidewalks clear of snow. Good idea, or no?

  06-01-2016 21:07
  
  Some cities -- including Shaker Heights, Rocky River, Beachwood and University Heights -- spend thousands of dollars to keep sidewalks clear of snow, while most others require their residents to do it. Some fine them more than $100 if they don't.
  
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• Man robs Cuyahoga Falls gas station at gunpoint

  06-01-2016 21:01
  
  A man robbed a Cuyahoga Falls gas station at gunpoint.
  
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• 'The Revenant' review: A brutal struggle for DiCaprio ... and the audience

  06-01-2016 21:00
  
  All but the steeliest among us will shrink from the gruesome barrage of violence DiCaprio endures, which begins with the movie's most notorious scene: an attack by a bear.
  
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• Sam Morril is seriously funny, but he's only here for one night at Hilarities

  06-01-2016 21:00
  
  Comedian Sam Morril headlines Hilarities Sunday after Dov Davidoff takes the stage over the weekend.
  
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• Rob Portman keeps raising millions

  06-01-2016 21:00
  
  The Ohio Republican now has more than $12 million in his campaign account.
  
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• French conductor, composer Pierre Boulez dies at 90

  06-01-2016 20:56
  
  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Pierre Boulez, the former principal conductor of the New York Philharmonic who moved between conducting, composition and teaching over a long career that made him one of the leading figures in modern classical music, has died at...
  
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• CLE 3rd worst in nation for bed bugs

  06-01-2016 20:54
  
  It's not a ranking we're proud of...
  
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• Barberton war criminal sentenced to prison, will be deported to Croatia

  06-01-2016 20:34
  
  A Barberton man who participated in ethnic cleansing during the wars in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison, sealing a deal that also will send him to Croatia to face murder charges.
  
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• Inmate escapes from Lorain prison; six Akron inmates overdose; Cleveland judge Angela Stokes retires: Northeast Ohio News Links

  06-01-2016 20:28
  
  Also, Cuyahoga Falls man gets eight years in prison for shaken baby death; three arrested for crashing truck into East Side drug store; Canton police seek men who shot woman three times; Lake County officials may increase hotel bed tax; former Keystone High School football trainer arrested for sexual battery; and Akron resident Michael Ayers among area's most wanted fugitives.
  
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• Want to know more about marijuana, Cleveland police, Republican convention? See 2016 Northeast Ohio Public Policy Series schedule

  06-01-2016 20:21
  
  Want to know more about marijuana legalization or the relationship between the Cleveland police and the community? Check out the schedule for the Northeast Ohio Public Policy Series.
  
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• Ohio finally has a plan to fix its charter school data-rigging, but there are a few complications

  06-01-2016 20:02
  
  Ohio finally has a plan for fixing its botched charter school oversight measures, but complications remain
  
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• Jimmy Dimora's slip-and-fall lawsuit should be tossed, prison company says

  06-01-2016 19:48
  
  The prison company that Jimmy Dimora sued after slipping and falling at a Youngstown prison is asking a judge to toss the case, saying the former Cuyahoga County commissioner did not go through proper administrative channels before he filed suit.
  
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• 'Making a Murderer' spawns cult following, petition with more than 100,000 signatures to free Steven Avery

  06-01-2016 19:47
  
  'Making a Murder' details the real-life court battles of Steven Avery, and it's caused a lot of discussion online.
  
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• Frontier, Southwest launch airfare sales, too, with deals from Cleveland, Akron-Canton to Las Vegas, Denver, Florida

  06-01-2016 19:45
  
  Frontier and Southwest airlines both launched fare sales this week, joining previously announced deals from JetBlue and Spirit, with one-way prices from Cleveland Hopkins starting at $59 to Las Vegas and $29 to Orlando.
  
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• Reverse course on Ohio renewable-energy mandates freeze: Ellen Eilers (Opinion)

  06-01-2016 19:37
  
  The 22,000 members of Moms Clean Air Force in Ohio are deeply disappointed in those Ohio lawmakers who chose to recommend an indefinite freeze in renewable energy and energy efficiency standards, Ellen Eilers writes.
  
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• Pierre Boulez remembered as profound, genuine influence on Cleveland Orchestra (appreciation)

  06-01-2016 19:33
  
  The death Tuesday of conductor-composer Pierre Boulez sent shock waves through the world of classical music. The impact on Cleveland, though, is especially great, as the artist enjoyed a unique association with the Cleveland Orchestral spanning fully half a century.
  
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• Chillicothe murder suspect kills himself; 12 heroin overdoses in Wilmington; Ohio cities fill bed bug list: News from around Ohio

  06-01-2016 19:31
  
  Also, charges filed against driver in fatal December hit and run in Cincinnati; bones believed to be discovered at Grand Lake St. Marys near Celina; Youngstown police investigating city's first homicide of 2016; and residents of Newark home jump to safety to escape house fire.
  
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• Nicholas Caldwell of The Whispers dies at age 71

  06-01-2016 19:10
  
  The original member of The Whispers has died at age 71 from cancer.
  
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• Cleveland judge Angela Stokes officially retires

  06-01-2016 19:10
  
  An Ohio Supreme Court panel filed an order Wednesday, agreeing to dismiss its first amended complaint now that Stokes has retired and agreed to never run again. 
  
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• Cuyahoga Falls dad gets prison time in baby's death

  06-01-2016 19:09
  
  Matthew Scott, 29, was sentenced Wednesday for abusing his 3-month-old daughter, who later died.
  
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• For your dog's sake, quit smoking: Ask Dog Lady

  06-01-2016 19:00
  
  Let your dog breathe free and allow him the pleasure of walking you smokeless. Dogs provide furry reminders of why we want to live. Have a happy, happy New Year.
  
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• Polar Plunge supports teen with cancer

  06-01-2016 18:49
  
  This year's Wellington Eagles Polar Plunge will support a Lorain County teenager who is battling brain cancer.
  
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• RPM International's profits up 20% in second quarter of fiscal 2016

  06-01-2016 18:38
  
  RPM International Inc. in Medina reported that profits rose 20 percent and sales rose 8 percent for the second quarter of its 2016 fiscal year.
  
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• Summit County finances strong, first Bread Oven opens in Brimfield, Macedonia pays new finance director $106,000: Akron news roundup

  06-01-2016 18:35
  
  Summit County Executive Russ Pry told County Council that the county's finances are in stronger shape this year than last; a wood-fired bread oven is opening for the first time in Northeast Ohio; $510,000 from the Knight Foundation will help spruce up the Towpath Trail; Macedonia is paying its new finance director $106,000 per year.
  
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• UPDATED: Powerball jackpot now $500 million; Mega Millions rises to $165 million

  06-01-2016 18:33
  
  Tonight's Powerball drawing has a new estimated jackpot of $500 million, making it the fourth-largest Powerball jackpot in the game's history.
  
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