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• Teens find human remains in Parma field

  06-04-2016 15:21
  
  Two teens walking their normal route through a Parma field stumbled across human bones Tuesday afternoon and now police are pouring through missing persons cases to try to identify the remains.
  
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• ‘You are a monster’: Daycare worker gets 36 months in prison for beating toddler

  06-04-2016 15:11
  
  CLEVELAND, Ohio — After calling her a monster, Judge Kathleen Sutula sentenced a daycare worker who admitted to beating a 2-year-old boy she was watching to 36 months in prison. **For previous coverage, click the video player above** Melissa Tate hit the toddler up to 22 times with a plastic back scratcher, and the incident was all caught on tape at the Cedar Early Learning Center in Cleveland. She pleaded guilty to a felony endangering children charge. “Wow, this world is [&hel
  
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• Huntington assumes Cleveland Convention Center naming rights

  06-04-2016 14:50
  
  CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland Convention Center will become the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland with signage installed in time for the Republican National Convention. According to a press release, Huntingon has purchased the naming rights held by FirstMerit Corporation. According to the release, the agreement will provide more than $400,000 annually to Cuyahoga County. Long-term exterior signage will be installed by summer in advance of the 2016 Republican National Convention i
  
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• New OH bill proposal seeks paid maternity leave

  06-04-2016 14:32
  
  Ohioans could soon get paid for maternity and medical leave under a new bill introduced in the Ohio House on Tuesday.  
  
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• Former E. CLE PD sergeant gets 9 years in prison

  06-04-2016 14:23
  
  A former East Cleveland police sergeant will spend nine years in prison for her role in a conspiracy in which she kept thousands of dollars collected during drug raids, many of which were conducted illegally. 
  
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• Cedar Point to break ground on sports center

  06-04-2016 13:13
  
  Cedar Point announced Tuesday the groundbreaking date for its new sports complex.
  
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• StubHub Indians ticket holder given 50% refund

  06-04-2016 12:12
  
  Cleveland Indians fans who bought home opener tickets through a third-party vendor site called "StubHub" are in an uproar after being excluded from the Indians' ticket exchange opportunity.
  
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• Fired OSU band director finds another job

  06-04-2016 11:43
  
  A former marching band director fired from Ohio State University after an investigation into what the school said was a sexualized culture within the band has been hired by a small university.
  
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• E. CLE responds to city's annexation case

  06-04-2016 11:32
  
  A ruling by a Cuyahoga County judge Tuesday shot down East Cleveland's plans to merge with the City of Cleveland.
  
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• Sanders has momentum, Clinton has delegates, Republicans have open convention: Darcy cartoon

  06-04-2016 11:31
  
  Like Sanders, Cruz will have a challenge repeating in Wisconsin win in upcoming primaries
  
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• Brief warm-up today in the Cleveland area

  06-04-2016 11:15
  
  Colder temperatures will return by Thursday.
  
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• Huntington Bank buys early naming rights to Cleveland Convention Center before RNC, ahead of FirstMerit purchase

  06-04-2016 11:00
  
  Huntington Bank has struck a deal to get the naming rights of the Cleveland Convention Center before the Republican National Convention in July, even though its purchase of FirstMerit Bank, which currently holds the naming rights, won't be final until later this year.
  
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• Chase customer wonders how MSN got his new card account number: Money Matters

  06-04-2016 11:00
  
  Chase reissued my card, and Microsoft got access to my newly issued card number without my permission. I wrongly believed that the new card number would prevent MSN's automatic annual charge. How does this happen?
  
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• Tree trouble under investigation in Canton

  06-04-2016 10:59
  
  Vandalism has wasted thousands of taxpayer dollars in Canton. City Engineer, Dan Moeglin said multiple trees that were recently planted as part of a city beautification plan were damaged or destroyed.
  
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• Man arrested for alleged Munroe Falls kidnapping

  06-04-2016 10:59
  
  A man was arrested and charged after he allegedly kidnapped a woman and assaulted her friend, police reported.
  
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• Executions on the rise worldwide, Amnesty International report says

  06-04-2016 09:08
  
  It's the highest number of executions recorded by Amnesty International in 25 years.
  
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• Ohio officer's body camera shows knife-wielding suspect yelling 'Kill me' at police

  06-04-2016 07:59
  
  The suspect, Javier Pablo Aleman, can be heard on body-camera video yelling for officers to kill him while approaching them with a knife.
  
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• Police response slow to senator's home; Sowell case in Ohio Supreme Court; father accused of killing baby: Overnight News Links

  06-04-2016 06:41
  
  Also, teenagers find human skeletal remains behind Parma Toys 'R' Us; city of Cleveland withholds $3.1 million from Opportunity Corridor until state meets hiring goals; gun found in bathroom at Painesville high school, police say
  
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• Tax levy proposed to fund Lorain's fire dept.

  06-04-2016 05:28
  
  A Lorain city councilman is proposing a tax levy to help fund the city's fire department, days after city council voted to slash the department’s funding.  
  
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• Mega Millions selects winning numbers for 4/5/2016

  06-04-2016 05:07
  
  Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot was $57 million.
  
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• Ted Cruz's Wisconsin victory increases chances of a contested convention in Cleveland: 5 takeaways

  06-04-2016 04:57
  
  Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz scored a big win over Donald Trump in Tuesday's Wisconsin GOP primary, increasingly the likelihood of a contested Republican National Convention in Cleveland this July.
  
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• Pro Football Hall of Fame scoring big from RNC

  06-04-2016 04:31
  
  The Republican National Convention in Cleveland is more than three months away, but the positive economic footprint is already spreading to a football landmark--The Pro Football Hall of Fame.
  
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• Cruz, Sanders emerge victorious in Wisconsin primaries

  06-04-2016 04:10
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) - Republican Ted Cruz stormed to a commanding victory in Wisconsin Tuesday, denting front-runner Donald Trump's chances of capturing the GOP nomination before the party's convention. Bernie Sanders carried the Democratic race over Hillary Clinton, a win that...
  
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• Brecksville Community Garden set to open in May

  06-04-2016 04:00
  
  Brecksville will open its own community garden in May on Stadium Drive, across from the new Service & Horticultural Building. The garden will replace basketball courts.
  
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• Pennsylvania man charged in death of daughter shot by constable

  06-04-2016 03:55
  
  Donald Meyer Jr., 58, will stand trial on charges in connection with the death of his daughter, Ciara Meyer, 12.
  
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• Local Whole Foods Market locations to donate portion of Wednesday's sales to Cleveland Velodrome

  06-04-2016 03:10
  
  Two local Whole Food Market locations will donate a percentage of their Wednesday sales to the Cleveland Velodrome, a non-profit cycling track facility in Cleveland's Slavic Village neighborhood.
  
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• Watch what fans had to say about the Cleveland Indians home opener, part 2 (Video)

  06-04-2016 02:20
  
  Cleveland Indians fans were just as excited to come to the home opener replay
  
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• Giant Eagle serial wine thief robs store 3 times

  06-04-2016 02:01
  
  He’s stolen close to $800 worth of wine and other merchandise from the Giant Eagle on Royalton Road in North Royalton on three separate occasions.
  
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• Police response to alarm at U.S. Senator’s home takes 2 hours

  06-04-2016 01:37
  
  CLEVELAND – When you call police, you expect them to arrive quickly, but that’s not always the case in Cleveland. The wife of a U.S. Senator waited two hours for police to get to their home after their burglar alarm sounded, prompting some Cleveland City Council members to call for hearings on the issue. An alarm company called Cleveland police at 5:56 a.m. on Tuesday, March 29 to request that officers respond to the home of U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown […]
  
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• CHUH staff reduction upsets teachers, parents

  06-04-2016 01:37
  
  About 200 people waited to get inside the Cleveland Heights-University Heights schools' board meeting to voice their concerns about the possible cuts that could terminate several teachers. 
  
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• Teenagers find human skeletal remains behind Parma Toys "R" Us

  06-04-2016 01:26
  
  Two teenagers walking Tuesday afternoon in a grassy area behind a Parma shopping center found human skeletal remains, police said.
  
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• Ex-coal CEO could face year in prison, $250K fine in 2010 mine explosion that killed 29

  06-04-2016 00:59
  
  Former coal executive Don Blankenship could receive up to a year in prison and a fine of $250,000 in connection to the deadliest U.S. mine disaster in four decades when he is sentenced one day after the tragedy's sixth anniversary.
  
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• Akron man found shot dead had hands and feet bound with electrical wires (audio)

  06-04-2016 00:44
  
  Phillip Goins, 49, was found dead with two gunshots to his head at his home in Akron. His hands and feet were bound with electrical wires.
  
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• City of Cleveland withholds $3.1 million from Opportunity Corridor until state meets hiring goals

  06-04-2016 00:22
  
  The City of Cleveland is withholding $3.1 million from Opportunity Corridor to protest what it calls relaxed standards on minority hiring by the Ohio Department of Transportation, and failure to provide $10 million to clean up polluted land.
  
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• Aaron Rodgers says he might pick John Kasich as his vice president: #Retweet, April 5, 2016 edition

  06-04-2016 00:11
  
  Aaron Rodgers might draft John Kasich. Maybe.
  
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