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• 4 year-old takes family car for a spin

  11-05-2016 23:59
  
  It happened around 7 a.m. this morning while the little boy's parents were sleeping. 
  
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• I-Team finds that number of traffic tickets in Cleveland has dropped significantly

  11-05-2016 23:55
  
  CLEVELAND – The Fox 8 I-Team has found a trend on your streets affecting every driver. The number of traffic tickets in Cleveland has dropped 32% since 2014. We first noticed the trend last year, so we did some more digging. The I-Team checked with Cleveland Municipal Court for the number of tickets for the first few months of 2015, 2015 and this year. In 2014 from January through April there were 23,062 tickets. During the same period in 2015, the […]
  
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• UPDATE: 3 students suffer head injuries in CLE

  11-05-2016 23:43
  
  Three students at Louis Agassiz elementary school were injured today when ceiling plaster broke loose and fell in the cafeteria at lunchtime Wednesday, according to the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.
  
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• Cleveland food bank expands summer meal program

  11-05-2016 23:29
  
  The Greater Cleveland Food Bank is expanding a summer meal program in an effort to reduce child hunger.  
  
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• Left lanes close on I-90E at 'Dead Man's Curve'

  11-05-2016 23:25
  
  The left lanes are closed on Interstate 90 East at the Innerbelt Curve, following a crash, accordong to the Ohio Department of Transportation.  
  
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• Cleveland Council to introduce legislation setting $15/hr minimum wage

  11-05-2016 23:21
  
  Compelled by a petition drive that caught fire last month, Cleveland City Council on Monday will introduce legislation seeking to boost the minimum wage in the city to $15 an hour.
  
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• Planned Parenthood says Ohio defunding law violates U.S. constitution

  11-05-2016 23:10
  
  In a lawsuit filed in federal court, Planned Parenthood argues that Ohio's efforts to defund the organization's health services -- not abortion services -- are in violation of the First and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution.
  
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• Teen arrested in Dayton-area gas station armed robbery

  11-05-2016 23:08
  
  A 16-year-old boy was arrested in connection with an early Sunday armed gas station robbery just outside of Dayton.
  
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• Social Security showdown could be coming, with a challenge from Sen. Sherrod Brown

  11-05-2016 23:08
  
  WASHINGTON -- When President George W. Bush proposed partially privatizing Social Security, Charles Blahaus III was there, serving as a top adviser and proponent of private-market solutions to government problems. Bush never got his way. But President Barack Obama thought...
  
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• Watch video tour of 'Clifton Pointe Luxury Ecohomes' in Lakewood (video)

  11-05-2016 23:00
  
  Clifton Pointe Luxury Ecohomes located in Lakewood features 22 residences that overlook Rocky River and Lake Erie. Tour this waterfront home, which includes two balconies and a large rooftop, all with lake views. It's currently on the market for $929,000.
  
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• 3 injured, truck crashes into Canton restaurant

  11-05-2016 22:52
  
  Three people are injured after a vehicle crashed into the Bombay Sitar restaurant at 5111 Fulton Drive, Northwest in Canton Wednesday, according to Jackson Township police.
  
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• Ohio attracted a record 207 million visits in 2015; is campaigning for more

  11-05-2016 22:51
  
  Those visits yielded $33 billion in direct spending and helped support 420,000 jobs, according to TourismOhio, the state's tourism bureau.
  
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• Jack Cleveland Casino opens for business after transformation from Horseshoe

  11-05-2016 22:50
  
  Red is the prevailing color in the new Jack Cleveland Casino, which transformed from the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland, and opened downtown at 4 p.m.
  
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• U.S. House weighs legislation to fight heroin addiction

  11-05-2016 22:46
  
  Among other things, U.S. House proposals would make it easier for emergency responders to access heroin overdose reversal drugs like Naloxone, establish a task force to modify how pain medication is prescribed and reduce the amount of painkillers given to patients by letting them partly fill opioid prescriptions.
  
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• Ohio bills seek to tighten lead contamination notification rules, ban local hiring quotas

  11-05-2016 22:45
  
  The Ohio House passed a bill strengthening Ohio's rules for reporting high lead levels. The Ohio Senate passed a bill banning local hiring quotas.
  
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• Three Cleveland elementary school students injured by ceiling plaster

  11-05-2016 22:42
  
  The students were taken to Fairview Hospital for examination and treatment.
  
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• Parma serial burglars who preyed on elderly get 26 years in prison

  11-05-2016 22:40
  
  A judge sentenced three people to a combined 26 years in prison for a string of burglaries in Parma, Seven Hills and Mayfield Heights
  
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• 3 injured, vehicle crash into Canton restaurant

  11-05-2016 22:35
  
  Three people are injured after a vehicle crashed into the Bombay Sitar restaurant at 5111 Fulton Drive, Northwest in Canton Wednesday, according to Jackson Township police.
  
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• Hamilton County man found competent to stand trial in sisters' shooting deaths

  11-05-2016 22:27
  
  A judge said Wednesday that a 22-year-old Hamilton County man is now competent to stand trial for the shooting deaths of his teenage sisters.
  
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• 3 students injured in CLE school at lunchtime

  11-05-2016 22:22
  
  Three students at Louis Agassiz elementary school were injured today when ceiling plaster broke loose and fell in the cafeteria at lunchtime Wednesday, according to the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.
  
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• Donald Trump and Paul Ryan's rocky relationship: TL;DR (Too Long; Didn't Read)

  11-05-2016 22:10
  
  The New York Times reports this week on the rocky relationship Republican presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan share.
  
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• Trump's convention manager to visit Cleveland for RNC planning: What to watch for Thursday

  11-05-2016 22:02
  
  Donald Trump's convention campaign manager, Paul Manafort, is planning to visit Cleveland on Thursday and Friday to discuss ideas for the Republican National Convention with convention staff.
  
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• Trial underway for ex-Muskingum University student accused of killing newborn

  11-05-2016 21:45
  
  The trial began Wednesday for the former Ohio college student accused of killing her newborn in the bathroom of her sorority house.
  
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• Donald Trump, in peak Trump moment, takes credit for Budweiser's name change: #Retweet

  11-05-2016 21:44
  
  This Bud is because of you, Donald Trump.
  
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• Three students hurt when plaster falls from ceiling at Cleveland elementary

  11-05-2016 21:40
  
  CLEVELAND– Three Cleveland Metropolitan School District students were injured during lunch on Wednesday. The students were in the cafeteria of Louis Agassiz Elementary School when plaster fell from the ceiling, district spokeswoman Roseann Canfora said. The three victims were taken to Fairview Hospital and their families were notified. The extent of their injuries is not known at this time. Canfora said the cafeteria will remain closed for the rest of the week and a structural enginee
  
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• Ohio House leaders stalling religious liberty bill, lawmaker says

  11-05-2016 21:30
  
  Rep. Nino Vitale, a Champaign County Republican, said House leaders are stalling a bill granting pastors and churches immunity from civil or criminal liability if they refuse to perform same-sex marriages. He said the Ohio Pastor Protection Act, which has been slowly moving through the Ohio House, would pass if put up for a vote.
  
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• Authorities search for masked man who robbed Berea bank (photos)

  11-05-2016 21:25
  
  A man walked into a Berea bank with a mask covering his face and demanded an undisclosed amount of cash Wednesday morning.
  
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• Westbound I-76 closed in Akron over the weekend

  11-05-2016 21:19
  
  Interstate 76 westbound will be closed in Akron over the weekend between the I-77/Central Interchange and State Route 59/Akron Innerbelt for bridge repairs and bridge deck overlays, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation
  
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• ODOT to suspend work on Shoreway, other projects during RNC

  11-05-2016 21:19
  
  CLEVELAND– Springtime ushers in road construction season Northeast Ohio. Through the summer, drivers can typically expect delays and congestion on many of the areas highways and roadways in and around the city. But this is no typical summer. In just a few months, greater Cleveland will be inundated with thousands of visitors who will be using the same major thoroughfares for the Republican National Convention. Not all of the major construction projects will be completed before they ar
  
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• Rain expected rest of the week: Cleveland Weather Forecast

  11-05-2016 20:57
  
  There is a chance of showers the rest of the week and through the weekend in Greater Cleveland, according to forecasters.
  
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• Seph Lawless: Q&A with photographer behind those viral images of abandoned places

  11-05-2016 20:50
  
  "I started taking pictures of abandoned buildings in the most poor, broken parts of the country, not just Cleveland, over the last 10 years now. The whole goal behind the images was to show the vulnerable side of the country and raise awareness to some of the issues that I felt personally were going on."
  
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• Chase Bank on 421 West Bagley robbed Wednesday

  11-05-2016 20:48
  
  Authorities are looking for a man who allegedly robbed the Chase Bank at 421 West Bagley Road in Berea at around 11:11 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
  
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• Cleveland man accused in bar killing fired at least 15 shots, police say

  11-05-2016 20:47
  
  Raymond Holloway, 27, is wanted in the April 17 killing of Paris Moore. Holloway shot Moore inside the Honey DO Club on St. Clair Avenue, according to court records.
  
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• Man breaks into Cleveland car lot using hammer

  11-05-2016 20:30
  
  CLEVELAND– The Cleveland Division of Police is asking for the public’s help identifying the man they say broke into a car lot. The man used a hammer to break the lock at Charley’s Auto Sales on West 25th Street on May 3, police said. He damaged the steering column of a Dodge Neon while trying to steal the car. Police said they believe the same suspect returned to the lot days later to check out the other cars. Anyone with […]
  
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• Cleveland's Sweetest Pads: customized 'Clifton Pointe Luxury Ecohomes' has views for days (photos)

  11-05-2016 20:24
  
  Clifton Pointe Luxury Ecohomes located in Lakewood features 22 residences that overlook Rocky River and Lake Erie. Tour this waterfront home, which includes two balconies and a large rooftop, all with lake views. It's currently on the market for $929,000.
  
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• Former state budget director Paolo Demaria named Ohio's next state superintendent

  11-05-2016 20:05
  
  The state school board has selected former state budget director Paolo Demaria as the next state superintendent.
  
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• Watch this dog try to gently wake her owner: Wednesday's fabulous dog video find (Cutest Dogs contest)

  11-05-2016 20:02
  
  Watch as Lexi the Samoyed tries to gently wake her owner to take her for a walk.
  
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• Artist organizing mass photo shoot of 100 nude women during Cleveland Republican National Convention

  11-05-2016 19:32
  
  An artist known for his large-scale nude photo shoots is planning to make his return to Cleveland at this summer's Republican National Convention.
  
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• Misuse allegations in disabled veterans program

  11-05-2016 19:16
  
  5 On Your Side Investigators have uncovered hundreds of allegations of misuse in a program aimed at protecting disabled veterans.
  
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• 'Empire' Episode 17 preview: What's Leah Walker up to?

  11-05-2016 18:54
  
  'Rise By Sin' is the second-to-last episode of the season for 'Empire.'The stage is being set for an explosive season finale.
  
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• Planned Parenthood sues Ohio to stop law that would defund its health centers

  11-05-2016 18:31
  
  Planned Parenthood is suing Ohio to keep it from defunding its clinics.
  
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• Roxi through Sargent: See photos of doggies entered in Cutest Dogs contest 2016

  11-05-2016 18:30
  
  See all of the dogs entered in cleveland.com's Cutest Dogs photo contest who are named Roxi through Sargent.
  
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• Akron mom pleads guilty after girl, 4, is burned

  11-05-2016 18:29
  
  An Akron mom has pleaded guilty to child endangering after her 4-year-old daughter was scalded by hot water. 
  
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• One person dead in Peninsula crash

  11-05-2016 18:26
  
  One person was killed in an early morning crash in Peninsula.
  
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• Democrat Connie Pillich sounds out support for Ohio gubernatorial run in 2018

  11-05-2016 18:24
  
  Ex-lawmaker Connie Pillich has told a number of Ohio Democrats that she's running for governor in 2018, according to several sources who heard from her directly.
  
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• Work completed on Asian carp barrier to Great Lakes

  11-05-2016 18:15
  
  The $4.4 million project at the Eagle Marsh Nature Preserve in Fort Wayne is designed to block floodwaters and prevent carp from crossing from the Wabash River watershed into the Maumee River watershed, which empties into Lake Erie at Toledo.
  
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• Comedian Chad Zumock makes national stand-up TV debut, and what to watch in Cleveland comedy this week

  11-05-2016 18:15
  
  Comedian Chad Zumock makes national stand-up TV debut, and what to watch in Cleveland comedy this week
  
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• Cleveland man pleads not guilty to murder charge in ruptured testicle death

  11-05-2016 18:00
  
  Jackie Pierce, 58, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder. Prosecutors accuse Pierce of rupturing a man's testicle at his niece's birthday party, causing a fatal infection.
  
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• A rooftop solar story in Shaker Heights (video)

  11-05-2016 18:00
  
  The cost of a residential rooftop solar array in Ohio should be recoverable in 10 to 12 years.
  
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• Carrie Underwood, Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Ricky Skaggs: Also Playing

  11-05-2016 17:50
  
  Country songstress Carrie Underwood; MTV stalwart Pat Benatar and her hubby, Cleveland-born Neil Giraldo; and bluegrass king Ricky Skaggs are this week's Also Playing offerings.
  
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