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• N.Y. music fest removes band Good English from lineup due to Brock Turner affiliation

  07-06-2016 23:55
  
  The Dayton, Ohio band Good English has been nixed from the New York Northside music festival due to affiliations with convicted Stanford rapist Brock Turner.
  
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• Cleveland Council declares moratorium on $100 trash collection fines

  07-06-2016 23:53
  
  Cleveland City Council on Monday night voted to adopt a moratorium on issuing $100 fines for violations of the city's rules on garbage day set-outs, after hundreds of residents complained last month.
  
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• Richmond Heights High grad wins $50,000 in McDonald's Money Monopoly game

  07-06-2016 23:43
  
  Jayland Moore, who will attend Bowling Green State University in the fall, was surprised to find out he won $50,000 in McDonald's Monopoly.
  
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• Video shows van crash into Shaker Heights store in failed attempt to steal ATM

  07-06-2016 23:40
  
  Surveillance video released Tuesday shows several men crash a stolen minivan into a CVS in Shaker Heights.
  
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• Heartless Felon gets 127 years in prison for barbershop revenge shootings, murder

  07-06-2016 23:28
  
  Marcus Ladson, 24, was convicted Tuesday and sentenced to 124 years in prison for the murder of Curtis Avent III, a bystander in a revenge shooting related to the 2015 Warrensville Heights barbershop shooting.
  
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• Heartless Felon gets 127 years in prison for barbershop revenge shooting

  07-06-2016 23:28
  
  Marcus Ladson, 24, was convicted Tuesday and sentenced to 124 years in prison for the murder of Curtis Avent III, a bystander in a revenge shooting related to the 2015 Warrensville Heights barbershop shooting.
  
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• Controversy over talk to close Cleveland park

  07-06-2016 23:28
  
  Lamar Thomas and his friends enjoyed a game of football in Humphrey Park
  
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• Rob Portman urges Donald Trump to retract remarks about judge, but still supports him

  07-06-2016 23:26
  
  However, the Ohio Republican, speaking with reporters, said he's continuing to support Donald Trump for president.
  
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• Hillary Clinton announces campaign stop in Cleveland

  07-06-2016 23:21
  
  CLEVELAND– Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton will be in Cleveland next week. On Tuesday, her campaign announced an appearance in Cleveland on June 13. Clinton is scheduled to speak in Pittsburgh the following day. Specifics about her visits in Ohio and Pennsylvania have not been released. Clinton secured enough delegates to become the Democratic Party’s nominee Monday night with a victory in Puerto Rico over Sen. Bernie Sanders. The former Secretary of
  
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• Man wanted in Avon Circle K gas station robbery (photos)

  07-06-2016 23:03
  
  A man walked into a Chester Road gas station, handed a cashier a note and note and demanded cash Monday, police said.
  
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• Group of teens steal Cleveland couple’s truck at gunpoint

  07-06-2016 22:56
  
  CLEVELAND – At first, Edward Kandah thought it was a joke. “I just pulled in my driveway from work around 9 Sunday night, and I get out of my pick up and this kid is standing there,” Kandah said on Tuesday outside of his home on Cleveland’s west side. “He looked so young. I asked if he was kidding, but he said, ‘Give me your freaking keys,’ and he had a pistol.” Kandah handed over the keys. He said the […]
  
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• Watch Meryl Streep sing while dressed up like Donald Trump: #Retweet

  07-06-2016 22:54
  
  The 2016 election continues to be nothing if not entertaining.
  
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• OSHA cites Aqua Ohio, proposes $45,000 in fines after worker killed in Mentor trench collapse

  07-06-2016 22:47
  
  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing nearly $45,000 in fines after a construction worker died in a trench collapse earlier this year in Mentor.
  
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• Secret Service to hold RNC security briefing

  07-06-2016 22:31
  
  The U.S. Secret Service will hold a briefing in Cleveland Wednesday at 10 a.m. on security at the Republican National Convention.
  
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• November trial for man charged in Charleston church attack

  07-06-2016 22:25
  
  The federal death penalty trial of a white man charged in the slayings of nine members of a historic black church will be held in November, a judge said Tuesday.
  
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• Akron extortion suspect says former Ohio State star Beanie Wells set up drug deal

  07-06-2016 22:24
  
  An Akron man charged with trying to extort Christopher "Beanie" Wells over botched drug deal is arguing at trial that the former Ohio State and National Football League player was in on the deal and stole his client's money.
  
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• Yuengling Summer Wheat - Crack One Open

  07-06-2016 22:00
  
  Summer Wheat beer from Yuengling makes this week's Crack One Open.
  
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• Tonight, Wednesday cool and dry: Northeast Ohio weather forecast

  07-06-2016 22:00
  
  Tonight will be cool and dry, with similar conditions coupled with some gusty winds on Wednesday.
  
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• Cleveland's Walnut Wednesday food truck lineup for June 8, plus Edgewater Live begins

  07-06-2016 22:00
  
  Look for 19 trucks at Cleveland's Walnut Wednesday, and a bunch more during the starting week of Edgewater Live and Euclid Beach Live.
  
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• British Cultural Garden holds 100th anniversary celebration

  07-06-2016 21:51
  
  The Daughters of the British Empire and the Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the British Cultural Gardens with a ceremony and parade.
  
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• Strongsville bans storage businesses from industrial zones

  07-06-2016 21:16
  
  Strongsville has banned self-storage and mini-storage businesses from industrial districts. City officials said storage businesses don't generate enough municipal income taxes.
  
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• Beachwood finance director leaves for Shaker Heights

  07-06-2016 21:02
  
  David Pfaff has served as Beachwood's finance director since 1999. He will work in the same position for Shaker Heights.
  
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• RTA fares set to increase in August

  07-06-2016 21:01
  
  The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority trustees approved fare increases on Tuesday and the RTA general manager presented trustees with a revised service plan.
  
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• Ohio racino revenue up, casinos down in May

  07-06-2016 20:46
  
  Jack Cleveland Casino has drawn crowds but whether the transformation leads to more betting will not be known for another month.
  
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• Nominate your favorite food trucks in Greater Cleveland for upcoming contest

  07-06-2016 20:44
  
  There are some 65 food trucks in Greater Cleveland -- and we're looking for the best one. Nominate your favorite for cleveland.com's Best Food Truck contest today!
  
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• Former leukemia patient signed by CLE Browns

  07-06-2016 20:43
  
  Shon Coleman's leukemia diagnosis in 2010 put a temporary halt to his football career but now, six years later, he was signed by the Cleveland Browns on Tuesday.
  
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• NFL Twitter account hacked, Roger Goodell isn't dead

  07-06-2016 20:39
  
  Goodell's status among the living was in doubt, however, for a few moments Tuesday when the NFL's Twitter account posted a sufficiently officially-sounding message saying, "We regret to inform our fans taht our commissioner, Roger Goodell, has passed away. He was 57. #RIP."
  
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• TSA chief says progress being made on shortening airport lines

  07-06-2016 20:35
  
  Significant progress has been made on shortening screening lines since earlier this spring when airlines reported thousands of frustrated passengers were missing flights, the head of the Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday.
  
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• Uncle pleads not guilty after Sandusky boy shot

  07-06-2016 20:15
  
  A man accused of accidentally shooting his 7-year-old nephew plead not guilty Tuesday in Sandusky Municipal Court.
  
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• Landlord 'made veteran homeless,' while continuing to collect his public housing voucher (video)

  07-06-2016 20:10
  
  A Maple Heights landlord who pleaded guilty to theft for stealing a veteran's pubic housing voucher and leaving him homeless was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended in favor of probation.
  
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• Akron man shoots dog to death, police say

  07-06-2016 20:03
  
  Police are searching for an Akron man accused of shooting a dog to death.
  
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• June 7 primary live coverage: Voting today in California, New Jersey, more states

  07-06-2016 19:50
  
  The states with a June 7 primary are California, New Jersey, Montana, New Mexico and South Dakota; Democratic voters also caucus in North Dakota.
  
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• Ohio state prisons settles with family of murderer Billy Slagle over death row suicide

  07-06-2016 19:32
  
  The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has agreed to pay $12,500 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of convicted murderer Billy Slagle, who killed himself three days before his scheduled execution in 2013.
  
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• Ohio state prisons settle with family of murderer Billy Slagle over death row suicide

  07-06-2016 19:32
  
  The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has agreed to pay $12,500 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of convicted murderer Billy Slagle, who killed himself three days before his scheduled execution in 2013.
  
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• Hillary Clinton to urge unity in Cleveland speech next Monday

  07-06-2016 19:32
  
  Hillary Clinton is coming to Cleveland next Monday to give a major speech about unifying the Democratic Party behind her candidacy, her campaign announced Tuesday.
  
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• Missing Garfield Heights woman found safe in Cleveland

  07-06-2016 19:30
  
  A Garfield Heights woman reported missing Friday has been found safe in Cleveland, police said.
  
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• Die hard Cavs fan teaching in Warriors territory

  07-06-2016 19:22
  
  Dan Kyle is a seventh grade teacher in the San Francisco area and has been since 2003.
  
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• Fare increases and service cuts coming to RTA in August

  07-06-2016 19:11
  
  RTA is raising rates on fares and cutting service by 3 percent.
  
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• 2016 BET Awards to include Prince tribute featuring Sheila E., The Roots, Janelle Monae, others

  07-06-2016 18:55
  
  The Roots, D'Angelo Sheila E. and Janelle Monae will perform as part of a Prince tribute during the 2016 BET Awards, airing Sunday, June 26 at 8 p.m. ET.
  
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• Tony Awards 2016: 'Hamilton' is king but will it best 'The Producers' for most wins?

  07-06-2016 18:46
  
  Is it any surprise everyone has started calling this year's awards the Hamiltonys?
  
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• $1.7 million sheriff's sale among May's big home deals; find top prices in each Cuyahoga County town

  07-06-2016 18:35
  
  Find the top sales prices in May for each Cuyahoga County city, village and township. Six homes went for at least $1 million. One was sold at a sheriff's sale.
  
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• GoFundMe set up for OH man gunned down in SC

  07-06-2016 18:27
  
  The GoFundMe fundraising website has raised $35,720 to reportedly boost the reward for finding the killer of a 35-year-old Ohio man who was fatally shot outside a hotel in South Carolina on May 30.
  
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• The RTA Red Line art blitz unfolds with vast, eye-catching artworks (photos)

  07-06-2016 18:12
  
  The public art blitz led by LAND Studio with funding from the Cleveland Foundation and the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency unfurled Monday along the RTA rapid transit Red Line, heading for completion this week.
  
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• Cleveland councilman says former opponent spit on him during gas station altercation

  07-06-2016 18:00
  
  Cleveland City Councilman Kevin Conwell said Randy Willis, a former opponent, spit on him during a May 26 altercation at a gas station, a different account than that given by Willis.
  
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• Brandy Clark's 'Big Day in a Small Town' resurrects real country writing (CD review)

  07-06-2016 17:55
  
  Brandy Clark's new CD, "Big Day in a Small Town,'' is country music writing the way it used to be - and the way it should be again. Look for the woman who was nominated for a best new artist Grammy to be on the Grammy stage again in early 2017.
  
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• Man carjacked outside Bedford Heights apartment complex, police say

  07-06-2016 17:46
  
  Investigators are searching for an armed man involved in a carjacking Monday outside a Bedford Heights apartment complex.
  
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• Spirited voting for May Person of the Month winner: Vote through Wednesday at 5 p.m.

  07-06-2016 17:41
  
  It's a spirited race for the May Person of the Month - with three of the nine candidates capturing 64 percent of the votes cast in the last 24 hours.
  
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• New Slavic Village farmers market opens Monday; 30 more returning soon

  07-06-2016 16:58
  
  The old Broadway Farmers Market is now the Village Farmers Market in Cleveland's Slavic Village. Check here to see which markets are starting their season this month.
  
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• Opera Circle aiming high with season-finale production of 'Il Trovatore' at Ohio Theatre

  07-06-2016 16:52
  
  For its last production of the season, Cleveland's Opera Circle is expanding considerably, taking on a score -- Verdi's "Il Trovatore" -- that demands its utmost on every front.
  
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• Aqua Ohio cited after fatal trench collapse

  07-06-2016 16:20
  
  After a fatal trench collapse in Mentor buried an Aqua Ohio utility worker beneath thousands of pounds of soil, a federal investigation found Monday that his employer failed to provide proper protection, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
  
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