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• Report: New Black Panther Party chairman says his members will carry guns during protests prior to Republican National Convention

  12-07-2016 23:58
  
  Hashim Nzinga, the chairman of the New Black Panthers Party, told Reuters that his members will carry guns during protests this week in the run-up to the Republican National Convention.
  
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• Locals concerned about RNC security

  12-07-2016 23:58
  
  Residents in the community expressed concern of things getting worse with the RNC in town, because most know there will be less blue and white eyeballs on their streets.
  
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• Biker enthusiasts to protect Trump supporters

  12-07-2016 23:56
  
  Get ready for a large group of biker enthusiasts to patrol Cleveland streets during the Republican National Convention and protect Trump supporters.
  
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• Security information for RNC detailed

  12-07-2016 23:51
  
  The Multi-Agency Communication Center is a critical piece of the security plan for the Republican National Convention. It is a place where representatives from dozens of state, local and federal agencies will sit shoulder to shoulder, work together and share information.
  
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• Laid off Lorain firefighters expect "big" news

  12-07-2016 23:49
  
  Since Lorain laid off firefighters to deal with a budget crisis, there are only six fire fighters on duty at a time in this city of 65,000 people. But a Wednesday new conference promises a "big development"
  
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• Cleveland to consider overnight camping for RNC demonstrators in one city-owned park

  12-07-2016 23:42
  
  The city is proposing to make available Kirtland Park, at the southeast corner of East 49th Street and South Marginal Road, for demonstrators to camp during the convention.
  
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• Federal judge orders New Jersey lawyer, brother to pay court costs after skipping hearings

  12-07-2016 23:31
  
  A New Jersey lawyer who disobeyed a Cleveland federal judge's order to appear in court after his brother missed a court proceeding was ordered, along with his brother, to pay the cost associated with everyone else who showed up to court that day.
  
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• Created Equal will fly graphic abortion banners over Cleveland during Republican National Convention

  12-07-2016 23:21
  
  Banners over Cleveland during the Republican National Convention will feature a picture of a 15-week aborted fetus, and be flown beginning Wednesday.
  
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• 14-year-old tied up during Akron home invasion

  12-07-2016 23:18
  
  A teen boy was tied up with zip ties during an home invasion Tuesday morning in Akron, according to police.
  
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• Donald Trump makes his pitch to Bernie Sanders supporters: #Retweet

  12-07-2016 22:48
  
  Here are today's topical, funny or just plain weird political tweets.
  
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• Republican National Committee to meet in Cleveland: What to watch for Wednesday

  12-07-2016 22:26
  
  The Republican National Committee plans to hold its general session at the Hilton Cleveland Downtown at 2 p.m.
  
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• Brecksville would keep VA property an office-lab district but allow restaurants, retail conditionally

  12-07-2016 22:20
  
  Brecksville now wants to keep the 102-acre site containing the former U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital an office-laboratory district. However, the city would encourage retail, restaurants and apartments on the site as conditional uses.
  
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• Forest City Realty Trust cuts 25 jobs, most of them in Cleveland

  12-07-2016 22:16
  
  Since late 2015, the publicly traded real estate investment trust has winnowed its Northeast Ohio workforce from roughly 700 people to 550.
  
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• Bock Bock from Shmaltz - Crack One Open

  12-07-2016 22:03
  
  Bock Bock - an Imperial American Bock lager aged in bourbon barrels from Shmaltz Brewing Co. - makes this week's Crack One Open.
  
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• Effort to thwart Donald Trump's Republican National Convention foes suffers initial setback

  12-07-2016 22:00
  
  If adopted by the convention's Rules Committee, the measure essentially would have warded off any attempts by anti-Trump forces to replace him with another candidate.
  
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• Cedar Point testing virtual-reality experience on Iron Dragon, part of 'Cedar Point Nights'

  12-07-2016 21:57
  
  Starting this Friday, riders on Iron Dragon will have the option of trying a new virtual-reality experience during the 2-minute ride. They'll wear virtual-reality headsets and view 3-D digital imagery while experiencing the real-life curves and hills of the coaster.
  
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• Cuyahoga County solar co-op meetings this week

  12-07-2016 21:53
  
  Cuyahoga County residents interested in joining a solar co-op that can reduce solar panel installation prices by 20 percent can attend meetings this week.
  
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• Battle of billboards in days leading up to RNC in Cleveland

  12-07-2016 21:45
  
  CLEVELAND, Ohio– From both sides of the abortion debate, to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton supporters and their opposition, the battle of the billboards in Northeast Ohio has people talking. One billboard, located just across the Lorain/Carnegie bridge and paid for by the National Institute for Reproductive Health, states on its website that these billboards are strategically placed throughout the city in an attempt, they say, to educate the public about the   RN
  
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• Cleveland artists plan guerrilla clown protest at Public Square for RNC

  12-07-2016 21:42
  
  Cleveland arts activists have banded together to form a guerrilla theater protest group called"#notfunny."
  
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• Cleveland needs to cut a deal on the $15 minimum wage: editorial

  12-07-2016 21:40
  
  Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson thinks a $15-an-hour Cleveland-only minimum wage is a really bad idea and he's right, but the city can't risk its passage by voters. Officials have to negotiate a gradual phase-in to minimize harm, writes the editorial board.
  
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• Family of fallen Akron Marine sues country of Iran over 1983 terrorist attack in Lebanon

  12-07-2016 21:34
  
  The family of a Marine who died in a terrorist attack in Beirut in 1983 has filed a lawsuit against the country of Iran, seeking $100 million and saying that the country's likely sponsoring of an Islamic military group makes it liable.
  
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• Isaiah Crowell apologizes to Cleveland police

  12-07-2016 21:33
  
  Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams said Tuesday that Browns running back Isaiah Crowell had personally apologized for posting an image of a police officer getting his throat slit. 
  
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• Two tropical cyclones dominating Pacific Ocean, third trying to form

  12-07-2016 21:10
  
  Have you heard of the two tropical storms in the Pacific? Hurricane Celia and Tropical Storm Darby are twin tropical cyclones.
  
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• Chad Johnson asks Browns coach for job

  12-07-2016 20:46
  
  Former Cincinnati Bengals player Chad Johnson now has his eyes on the Browns.
  
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• Cleveland Hopkins Airport receives $22 million in grants for snow removal, runway safety

  12-07-2016 20:43
  
  The U.S. Department of Transportation on Tuesday announced that Cleveland Hopkins International Airport will receive more than $22 million in grants to upgrade the airport's snow removal fleet and improve the configuration of its taxiways to avoid runway incursions.
  
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• A break from the heat in store: Working for your weekend forecast

  12-07-2016 20:36
  
  So far this weekend is looking cooler than it has been lately, with only very slight rain chances.
  
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• Heroin's human toll: U.S. surgeon general echoes sentiments of families hurt by addiction (video)

  12-07-2016 20:35
  
  The U.S. must treat opioid addiction like a chronic disease and counter the epidemic by expanding access to treatment centers, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said at a Tuesday visit to Cleveland.
  
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• Pokemon Go mania -- What could go wrong?: Minister of Culture

  12-07-2016 20:30
  
  Pokemon Go uses a phone's GPS system to plant various Pokemon creatures wherever the player happens to be.
  
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• RNC Survival Guide: RTA schedules

  12-07-2016 20:16
  
  The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority will extend the hours and frequency of downtown trolleys during the Republican National Convention.
  
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• Obama to honor 5 Dallas officers shot by man out for revenge

  12-07-2016 20:15
  
  President Barack Obama is in a different city but still in an all-too-familiar place as he prepares to lead the nation in honoring more lives cut short by gun violence, this time five police officers slain by a black man who said he wanted revenge for the killings of blacks by police.
  
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• Obama pays tribute to Dallas officers slain in attack

  12-07-2016 20:15
  
  President Barack Obama was in a different city but still in an all-too-familiar place as heled the nation in honoring more lives cut short by gun violence, this time five police officers slain by a black man who said he wanted revenge for the killings of blacks by police.
  
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• Obama honoring 5 Dallas officers shot by man out for revenge

  12-07-2016 20:15
  
  President Barack Obama is in a different city but still in an all-too-familiar place as he prepares to lead the nation in honoring more lives cut short by gun violence, this time five police officers slain by a black man who said he wanted revenge for the killings of blacks by police.
  
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• U.S. surgeon general says Ohio needs more treatment facilities for opioid addicts

  12-07-2016 20:14
  
  U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said Tuesday that more treatment facilities must be opened to help opioid addicts overcome a disease that is killing scores of Ohioans every month.
  
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• Driver charged in high-speed crash that killed 3 teens in Cleveland

  12-07-2016 20:13
  
  Kareem Walton, 20, was charged Tuesday with three counts of aggravated vehicular homicide and two counts of aggravated vehicular assault.
  
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• GOP convention spurs Cleveland house rentals, but pricing isn't sky-high (photos)

  12-07-2016 20:11
  
  A unique rental market did, indeed, materialize for the RNC in Cleveland. But that market was much smaller - and cheaper - than many homeowners expected.
  
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• Heat continues tonight, Wednesday could see afternoon showers: Northeast Ohio weather forecast

  12-07-2016 20:07
  
  Temperatures are going to reach 90 degrees again tomorrow, with a 40 percent chance of rain in the afternoon.
  
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• RNC TV Coverage 2016: Ideastream prepares for influx of national journalists

  12-07-2016 20:00
  
  RNC TV coverage 2016: Ideastream prepares for influx of national journalists.
  
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• Ohio delegation's RNC scheduled packed with rock concerts, receptions and GOP bigwigs

  12-07-2016 19:54
  
  Rock concerts, receptions and meals with Republican bigwigs dot the schedule for Ohio's delegates to the Republican National Convention. Delegates are expected to arrive Sunday, and activities kick off immediately.
  
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• I-Team learns of new layer of security in time for RNC

  12-07-2016 19:53
  
  CLEVELAND, Ohio– The FOX 8 I-Team has learned of another layer of security for Northeast Ohio just in time for the Republican National Convention. Cuyahoga County has obtained five portable surveillance trailers. The trailers have cameras which can be monitored LIVE by law enforcement. In fact, the trailers can operate unmanned. A dispatcher or officer can operate a trailer’s camera from the police station, and the cameras can be raised high in the air. The trailers can be
  
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• Cleveland man shot in thigh, ankle outside Garfield Heights bar

  12-07-2016 19:53
  
  A Cleveland man injured in a shooting outside a Garfield Heights bar told investigators he did not believe he was the intended target, according to a police report.
  
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• Indiana police personnel requested for RNC

  12-07-2016 19:48
  
  Indiana State Police said they received a request from the Ohio State Highway Patrol to send personnel to Cleveland for the Republican National Convention. 
  
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• Missing Strongsville teen found safe, police say

  12-07-2016 19:30
  
  A 16-year-old Strongsville teen with special needs has been reunited with her family after she was missing for seven hours, police say.
  
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• Newt Gingrich and Joni Ernst to headline RNC week event for Rob Portman volunteers

  12-07-2016 19:29
  
  The Ohio senator, facing a tough re-election fight, will host an appreciation event for 400 campaign volunteers Monday at Cuyahoga Community College's Metropolitan Campus.
  
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• Man pulls gun on Wal-Mart security officer

  12-07-2016 19:28
  
  Police are looking for a robbery suspect who pulled a gun on a Wal-Mart loss protection officer in Springfield Township Monday evening.
  
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• Missing Strongsville 16-year-old girl found

  12-07-2016 19:23
  
  UPDATE 1:19 P.M. - The City of Strongsville said the missing 16-year-old was found safe and was reunited with her parents.
  
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• State superintendent's $20,000 bonus to depend on communications, ESSA and three-year plan for Ohio's schools

  12-07-2016 19:21
  
  The state school board will base new State Superintendent Paolo DeMaria's bonus on his yearly evaluation, the board decided today.
  
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• "He-Man"/"ThunderCats" crossover miniseries to be released in October

  12-07-2016 19:20
  
  In October, DC Comics will release a monthly, six-part crossover miniseries pairing the "ThunderCats" characters of Third Earth, with those of "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe."
  
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• 'He-Man'/'ThunderCats' crossover miniseries to be released in October

  12-07-2016 19:20
  
  In October, DC Comics will release a monthly, six-part crossover miniseries pairing the "ThunderCats" characters of Third Earth, with those of "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe."
  
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• Local couple gets 10 years for locking up kids

  12-07-2016 19:19
  
  A husband and wife were sentenced to 10 years in prison for keeping their four adopted children locked inside bedrooms for all but a few hours a day without food to eat or beds to sleep on and forced them to use buckets and containers for toilets.
  
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• Ohio gay marriage plaintiff denounces First Amendment Defense Act

  12-07-2016 19:14
  
  The First Amendment Defense Act would "authorize sweeping, taxpayer-funded discrimination, said Jim Obergefell of Cincinatti, the plaintiff of the case the U.S. Supreme Court used to legalize gay marriage nationwide.
  
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