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• Weekend looks steamy in Northeast Ohio: Working for the weekend forecast

  21-06-2016 23:53
  
  This weekend is going to be hotand dry, and Sunday could be a contender for high temperature records.
  
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• 4,420 petioners want LeBron sign to stay for RNC

  21-06-2016 23:49
  
  In one day, 4,420 people have rallied behind a petition asking for LeBron James' classic sign to stay up in Cleveland, after Sherwin Williams stated Monday that it plans to take it down for the Republican National Convention.
  
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• Nike's LeBron James banner will go back up on Sherwin-Williams' building after the Republican National Convention

  21-06-2016 23:45
  
  But instead of dismantling and recycling the current LeBron James banner, Nike will resurrect the 10-story-tall banner at an undisclosed date some time this fall, just before the Cavaliers start their next season.
  
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• California senator to settle bet after Cavs win NBA Finals: What to watch for Wednesday

  21-06-2016 23:41
  
  U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer of California, a Golden State Warriors fan, has agreed to give U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio beer from her state's 21st Amendment Brewery while wearing a LeBron James jersey after the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Finals.
  
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• Downtown businesses prep for the parade

  21-06-2016 23:40
  
  As half a million Cleveland Cavalier fans are expected downtown Wednesday for the team's championship parade, downtown businesses are preparing for the big event too.
  
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• Playhouse Square shutting down 'Phantom of the Opera,' 'Steel Magnolias' on Wednesday for Cavaliers celebration

  21-06-2016 23:35
  
  Playhouse Square brass, performers want to cheer the Cavs too.
  
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• Cleveland mayor declares Wednesday a local holiday in honor of Cavaliers

  21-06-2016 23:31
  
  Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson has declared Wednesday a local holiday in honor of NBA Champions, the Cavaliers.
  
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• Cavs parade gives Cleveland defendants a pass on court appearances Wednesday

  21-06-2016 23:26
  
  The Cleveland Municipal Court will not issue arrest warrants if defendants miss their court appearances Wednesday during the Cleveland Cavaliers' championship parade.
  
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• To tide you over 'til the big parade: Top 10 Cavs hype videos

  21-06-2016 23:22
  
  Throughout the 2016 NBA Finals, cleveland.com had a new Cavs hype video every day. Here are the top 10 videos made from our video team, so you can relive the team's championship run before the parade kicks off!
  
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• Save Lakewood Hospital holds rally outside City Hall prior to Cleveland Clinic presentation

  21-06-2016 23:10
  
  About 50 Save Lakewood Hospital supporters, carrying signs and wearing red shirts, gathered outside City Hall Monday prior to an appearance before City Council by the director of the emergency department at Cleveland Clinic Lakewood.
  
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• Business will be booming as huge crowds head to Cleveland for Cavs parade

  21-06-2016 23:09
  
  CLEVELAND, Ohio– Huge crowds expected for Wednesday’s celebration parade, and downtown businesses spent the last two days getting ready. Hundreds of thousands are expected to attend the parade to help the Cavs celebrate the NBA championship. “Extremely excited and a little bit scared,” said Sean 0’Donnell, manager at Flannery’s Pub in downtown Cleveland. “800,000 Is a lot of people.” Some restaurants spent the last 48 hours making extra food. &ldqu
  
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• Cleveland Hopkins ranked one of the 20 worst airports for summer travel

  21-06-2016 22:50
  
  A study ranked Cleveland Hopkins International Airport as the 19th worst airport to fly out of this summer.
  
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• Parade travel plans: What you need to know about getting around downtown CLE

  21-06-2016 22:49
  
  CLEVELAND, Ohio– Getting around downtown Cleveland during Wednesday’s parade and rally to honor our Cleveland Cavaliers will be a little tricky. But, here’s what you need to know about travel options: The RTA is offering a commemorative championship $5 all-day round trip pass which will be on sale at all Rapid transit stations during Wednesday’s festivities. Trains will operate every 10 minutes. There will be two interim terminals for buses traveling downto
  
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• Cleveland man breaks into ex-girlfriend's Westlake apartment, assaults new boyfriend, breaks in again, police say (audio)

  21-06-2016 22:32
  
  A 30-year-old Cleveland man is facing felony charges after he broke into his children's mother's Westlake apartment twice in three days, and assaulted her new boyfriend, police said.
  
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• CLE mayor declares Wednesday a holiday

  21-06-2016 22:11
  
  Cleveland's mayor proclaimed Wednesday a local holiday to celebrate the Cavaliers' historic season and NBA championship.
  
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• Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson declares Wednesday local holiday in honor of Cavs

  21-06-2016 22:06
  
  CLEVELAND, Ohio– Wednesday will be the biggest party Cleveland has likely ever seen, and now Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson has declared it a local holiday. It’s all because of our Cavaliers, who brought home an NBA Championship, Sunday night. A huge parade and rally will be held Wednesday beginning at 11 a.m. in downtown Cleveland to honor the team. **CLICK HERE for complete details** Fox 8 News will be live on the air from 4 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. for […]
  
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• Southern Tier's 3 Citrus Peel Out - Crack One Open

  21-06-2016 22:01
  
  3 Citrus Peel Out from Southern Tier Brewing Co. makes this week's Crack One Open.
  
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• Naked man likely took PCP before trying to break into Garfield Heights home, report says

  21-06-2016 21:47
  
  A Warrensville Heights man is suspected of using PCP before he stripped naked and attempted to break into a house early Saturday in Garfield Heights, according to a police report.
  
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• Retired teacher charged in upskirt incident at Cleveland Indians game

  21-06-2016 21:24
  
  Richard Abraham, 62, is charged after police said he tried to delete cellphone recordings he took up the dress of a woman in line for ice cream at Sunday's Cleveland Indians game.
  
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• Pit bull-mixes kill Fairview Park woman's dog

  21-06-2016 21:23
  
  A 60-year-old Fairview Park woman was knocked to the ground and her dog mauled to death by two pit bull-mixes, police said.
  
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• 'Orange is the New Black' season 4, episodes 5-8: series tackles racism, sexism

  21-06-2016 21:20
  
  The Netflix sensation "Orange is the New Black" included commentary on racism and sexism in the fourth season.
  
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• Country's Kelsea Ballerini enjoying surprise early success, opens for Rascal Flatts on Saturday

  21-06-2016 21:20
  
  Singer-songwriter Kelsea Ballerini, one of the opening acts for Nashville stars Rascal Flatts at Blossom Music Center on Saturday, June 25, is soaking up her early success, but plans to be in it for the long haul
  
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• Hillary Clinton intensifies attacks on Donald Trump during economic speech in Columbus

  21-06-2016 21:12
  
  Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton gleefully laid into Donald Trump in Columbus on Tuesday, unleashing a Trump-esque barrage of one-liners and personal insults against her likely GOP rival's economic plans.
  
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• Cleveland Cinematheque to feature Wes Anderson, Brian De Palma retrospectives in July, August

  21-06-2016 21:10
  
  The respective filmographies of Wes Anderson and Brian De Palma are as varied as night and day. The Cleveland Cinematheque will feature the early films of both filmmakers in July and August.
  
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• Cavs fans get free ink at Classic Tattoo in Willoughby

  21-06-2016 21:09
  
  WILLOUGHBY, OH--Greg Kells comes out of his office and stares out the front window of Classic Tattoo in Willoughby. It's 10 am and the parking lot of the Vine Street strip mall is packed with cars.  A line of nearly...
  
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• Akron tattoo shop offering Cavs tattoos for $23 with proceeds going to LeBron's charity

  21-06-2016 20:56
  
  Assassin Tattoo's Cavs Tattoo Day is this Sunday from 12-8 p.m.
  
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• New ENCORE Chamber Music revives spirit of former Encore School for Strings, with a twist

  21-06-2016 20:44
  
  From technical instruction, the new ENCORE Chamber Music program has shifted in focus to the performance and interpretation of chamber music, to helping already accomplished young artists hone their craft for professional careers.
  
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• Lakewood adopts anti-discrimination ordinance protecting LGBT community

  21-06-2016 20:41
  
  Lakewood City Council Monday unanimously passed an ordinance expanding the city's nondiscrimination protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens.
  
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• 323 babies born in Akron during NBA finals get free tires

  21-06-2016 20:40
  
  A promotion by Goodyear, in conjunction with Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital and Summa Akron City Hospital, gave babies born in Akron free tires, and a car seat to honor the Cavs' LeBron James, the Warriors' Stephen Curry and the Goodyear Blimp.
  
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• David Morgenthaler was a pioneering venture capitalist: obituary (photos)

  21-06-2016 20:34
  
  David T. Morgenthaler, 96, who died Friday at the Cleveland Clinic, was an early leader in the field of venture capital, supporting startups such as Apple, Nextel and Siri.
  
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• All-day celebration: Get complete coverage of Cavs parade on FOX 8

  21-06-2016 20:32
  
  Fox 8 News is planning unprecedented, all-day live coverage of Wednesday’s parade and rally to honor our Cleveland Cavaliers: The 2016 NBA Champions! Fox 8 News will be live on the air from 4 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. for 15.5 straight hours of coverage that will include the parade, the rally and our Fox 8 newscasts. The event will also be streamed LIVE on Fox8.com and on the Fox 8 Facebook Page.  “Working in partnership with our friends at Fox Sports Ohio, […]
  
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• 2 months on, investigators plug away on Ohio family deaths

  21-06-2016 20:31
  
  More than two dozen investigators are focused on solving the slayings of eight relatives who were found shot in southern Ohio two months ago, officials overseeing the top-priority investigation said Tuesday.
  
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• What you need to know to get downtown for the Cleveland Cavaliers parade and rally

  21-06-2016 20:28
  
  Cavs fans, here's everything you need to know about the logistics of getting downtown Wednesday to be a part of Cleveland history.
  
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• See Cavs parade, then eat at Cleveland's Walnut Wednesday

  21-06-2016 20:25
  
  Walnut Wednesday, Cleveland's largest regular food truck gathering, will have 21 choices during the Cavs victory parade. And look here for food and drink specials in victory's name.
  
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• Final DTO gang member sentenced to prison in West Side auto theft roundup

  21-06-2016 20:25
  
  Ramon Laster, the final remaining Detroit Takeover gang member charged in an auto theft roundup, was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison.
  
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• Sunny and warm for Cleveland Cavs parade Wednesday: Northeast Ohio weather forecast

  21-06-2016 20:22
  
  Cleveland can expect more dry, warm weather tonight and Wednesday, but Wednesday evening scattered thunderstorms could make their way in.
  
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• Get to know the Smokin' Rock n' Roll truck: Best Food Trucks (poll)

  21-06-2016 20:16
  
  Get to know one of the eight quarterfinalists in cleveland.com's search for the Best Food Truck: the Smokin' Rock n' Roll truck.
  
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• Watches celebrating Cavs, LeBron James and CLE from Modify Watches

  21-06-2016 20:09
  
  Modify Watches has created a line of commemorative, interchangeable watches celebrating the Cavs, CLE, LeBron James and the National Championship.
  
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• Akron hosts LeBron James celebration Thursday

  21-06-2016 20:02
  
  Akron will host its own party for Cleveland Cavs superstar LeBron James at Lock 3 downtown on Thursday, June 23.
  
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• Donald Trump has less campaign money than four Ohio congressional campaigns

  21-06-2016 19:57
  
  Donald Trump's presidential campaign has just under $1.3 million cash on hand - how does that stack up against Ohio's congressional campaigns?
  
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• Great Lakes governors grant unanimous approval to Waukesha to pump water out of Lake Michigan

  21-06-2016 19:55
  
  Eight governors of the Great Lakes states today approved an unprecedented challenge to the Water Resources Compact, agreeing to allow the city of Waukesha, Wis., to pump millions of gallons per day from Lake Michigan.
  
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• Akron releases details on LeBron celebration

  21-06-2016 19:52
  
  Akron will celebrate the Cleveland Cavaliers NBA victory either Thursday or Friday, according to Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan.
  
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• LIST: Cavs parade road closures, parking bans

  21-06-2016 19:47
  
  Some downtown roads will be blocked off Tuesday as crews set up for the Cavs NBA Championship parade, and more closures and parking bans will come Wednesday for the city-wide celebration.
  
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• East Cleveland votes on Councilman Thomas Wheeler recall for second time in a year, at a cost of more than $10,000

  21-06-2016 19:47
  
  Ward 3 of the City of East Cleveland will vote today to decide whether or not Thomas Wheeler should remain their councilman. This is the second recall election for the councilman in the past year.
  
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• Akron releases details on Cavaliers celebration

  21-06-2016 19:35
  
  Akron will celebrate the Cleveland Cavaliers NBA victory either Thursday or Friday, according to Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan.
  
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• British man arrested at rally planned to kill Donald Trump, agents say

  21-06-2016 19:32
  
  Michael Steven Sandford, 20, approached an officer at a campaign stop last weekend to say he wanted Trump's autograph but then tried to take the officer's weapon, U.S. Secret Service agents said.
  
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• Drake lost $60,000 betting against LeBron James and the Cavs

  21-06-2016 19:12
  
  He could really use a one dance right about now.
  
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• See time-lapse video of Cavs Game 7 watch party and RNC construction

  21-06-2016 19:10
  
  Work to transform Quicken Loans Arena into the Republican National Convention hall continued over the weekend -- even as eager Cavaliers fans packed the arena Sunday night to watch the basketball team win the NBA championship team.
  
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• Plain Dealer presses rolling with extra Cavaliers championship papers

  21-06-2016 18:39
  
  Nearly 500,000 copies of Monday's Plain Dealer were printed after the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA championship Sunday night.
  
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• A sneak peek at the new, Curse-less Cleveland: Minister of Culture

  21-06-2016 18:30
  
  What will a curse-free Cleveland look like? Here are some ideas.
  
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