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• Kasich to return to New Hampshire in April to promote book

  28-03-2017 23:53
  
  Ohio Gov. John Kasich is returning to New Hampshire in April to promote his new book on the road ahead for America.
  
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• Proposed upgrades at The Q stir debate at Cleveland council hearing

  28-03-2017 23:46
  
  City Council President Kevin Kelley is on board with the plan supported by Mayor Frank Jackson. But as many as five of the 17 members clearly have problems with the proposal.
  
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• Westlake podiatrist charged with groping employee, exposing himself at clinic

  28-03-2017 23:27
  
  Anthony Polito, 53, is charged with gross sexual imposition, kidnapping and public indecency after an employee at his Westlake podiatry clinic said he grabbed her breast and exposed himself to her last year.
  
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• Brecksville-Broadview Heights teachers deny claim they are planning strike; impasse in negotiations continues

  28-03-2017 23:23
  
  David Tryon, a former Brecksville-Broadview Heights school board member, said the teachers' union started covertly planning a strike in January while negotiating a new contract with the board. Teachers at Monday's school board meeting denied that claim.
  
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• Akron's new Compass Coffee serves sustainable micro-roasts to strengthen community

  28-03-2017 23:08
  
  The new Compass Coffee in Akron's Middlebury neighborhood emphasizes a healthy coffee culture while focusing on residents from all walks of life as a component of the Well Community Development Corp.
  
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• CLE to spend $5M demolishing abandoned homes

  28-03-2017 22:59
  
  Broken windows, missing siding, collapsing roofs, trash, warning and condemned signs- many call the abandoned homes scattered throughout Cleveland eyesores. But to residents in the neighborhood, it's far more than just what meets the eye. 
  
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• Cleveland Institute of Art announces funeral arrangements for Julian Stanczak

  28-03-2017 22:54
  
  The Cleveland Institute of Art announced plans for a funeral mass for the late Julian Stanczak, the globally admired abstract artist who made Cleveland his home for 53 years.
  
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• With a coffee shop and an old church, the Well works to strengthen Akron's Middlebury neighborhood

  28-03-2017 22:51
  
  The Well Community Development Corporation, a nonprofit in the old Akron Presbyterian Church that opened Compass Coffee, , wants to strengthen the Middlebury community by increasing home ownership, growing the economy and creating community spaces.
  
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• Munroe Falls to implement Quick Response Team to help drug overdose victims

  28-03-2017 22:42
  
  Munroe Falls will implement a Quick Response Team to help drug overdose victims and their families beginning in April.
  
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• Ex-fugitive found hiding under toddler's bed gets 21 years for Cleveland killing

  28-03-2017 22:41
  
  Jonathan Vargas, 28, of Puerto Rico, was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison for murdering a man in his ex-girlfriend's house in Cleveland.
  
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• Nathan Ford, linked to at least 15 Cleveland rapes, blames 'irresistible impulses'

  28-03-2017 22:37
  
  The former probation officer is already serving what amounts to a life sentence for the rapes of eight women. He current faces charges he raped seven other women.
  
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• Man charged in connection with Beachwood Place parking lot shooting appears in court

  28-03-2017 22:29
  
  A California man charged in connection with a shooting that took place outside Beachwood Place appeared Tuesday in municipal court.
  
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• Warm day reaching the upper 50s, mostly sunny skies: Akron weather forecast Wednesday, Mar. 29

  28-03-2017 22:23
  
  Check out Wednesday's weather forecast for Akron.
  
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• 10-year-old with airsoft pistol at Cleveland park causes alarm

  28-03-2017 22:18
  
  CLEVELAND– A 10-year-old caught waving what look like a gun at a park, the FOX 8 I-Team learned. It happened Monday night at Halloran Park on Cleveland’s west side. An alert mother called police right after hearing about the incident from her children. “My kids just came back from riding their bikes and said there is a little kid, might be 10 years old, walking around with something that looks like a gun,” the mother told a 911 dispatcher. “They don’t [&h
  
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• More revealing than Neil Gorsuch's answers are Dems' questions: Ted Diadiun

  28-03-2017 21:54
  
  Neil Gorsuch nomination underscores that it is not the job of judges to create new laws when they do not like the existing ones. That's the job of the legislative branch of government, writes Ted Diadiun.
  
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• Eleven-year-old disabled boy was forcibly baptized at an evangelical church in Chardon, lawsuit says

  28-03-2017 21:29
  
  According to a federal lawsuit filed Monday, Pastor Matt Chesnes of the Morning Star Friends Church in Chardon and a volunteer mentor forcibly baptized an 11-year-old developmentally disabled boy at a ceremony last August.
  
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• Club operator denies security bypass allowed before Cincinnati shooting

  28-03-2017 21:25
  
  A Cincinnati nightclub operator denies that some patrons were allowed to bypass security checks that included metal-detection wands before a gunbattle erupted, killing one man and injuring 16 other people.
  
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• Cat with 1 ear is the star of Humane Society

  28-03-2017 21:19
  
  She only has one ear, but she has a lot of fans! 
  
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• Rock Hall 2017: Exhibit honoring Class of 2017 opens Friday, March 31

  28-03-2017 21:05
  
  The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will open an exhibit honoring the members of the Class of 2017 -- Joan Baez, Electric Light Orchestra, Journey, Pearl Jam, Nile Rodgers, Tupac Shakur and Yes -- on Friday, March 31.
  
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• Bowling Green professor kept erotic material on work laptop, Ohio inspector general finds

  28-03-2017 21:05
  
  Bowling Green State University professor Alan Atalah had sexually explicit material on his work computer, a violation of university policy, the Ohio inspector general found.
  
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• Documentary on longtime 6th Circuit judge shows how life affects important cases

  28-03-2017 20:45
  
  The 41st Cleveland International Film Festival will show a documentary this week on a longtime 6th Circuit judge.
  
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• Rain Friday, clouds part for Saturday, Sunday: Weekend weather forecast in Northeast Ohio

  28-03-2017 20:38
  
  Check out the weekend weather forecast for Northeast Ohio.
  
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• Ken Burns making documentary on Muhammad Ali

  28-03-2017 20:38
  
  The late Muhammad Ali is getting the Ken Burns treatment. The PBS documentarian announced Tuesday that he and two partners will make a two-part, four-hour film about the former heavyweight champ, who died last June.
  
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• Cleveland gang member charged in drive-by shooting that wounded two children

  28-03-2017 20:35
  
  Jeron High, a member of the Cleveland street gang Detroit Taking Over, is charged in the October drive-by shooting that left two girls, ages 3 and 9, wounded.
  
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• Breaking down Ohio's bicycle laws

  28-03-2017 20:29
  
  When it comes to vehicles and bicycles sharing the road, there are misconceptions about what is governed by the law.
  
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• Starbucks announces new gluten-free breakfast sandwich: Gluten-Free in the CLE

  28-03-2017 20:22
  
  Big news for gluten-free eaters. Starbucks has an exciting new menu item for the gluten-free community.
  
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• Small-time drug dealer claims self-defense in deadly Cleveland shooting

  28-03-2017 20:10
  
  Richard Amey claims he fatally shot Ladale Davis in self-defense, after Davis had attacked him in the Garden Valley housing complex in February 2016.
  
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• Le Femme Mystique Burlesque: A look back at 13 years of tease (photos)

  28-03-2017 20:10
  
  A photographic history and party preview in honor of Le Femme Mystique Burlesque's 13th anniversary.
  
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• The weird world of TV pundits' wacky words: Minister of Culture

  28-03-2017 20:00
  
  These pundits constantly come up with different ways to say the same old stuff.
  
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• Ohio lands 9 restaurants on OpenTable 'Hot Spot' list, including 3 in NE Ohio

  28-03-2017 19:57
  
  Ohio lands 9 restaurants on OpenTable 'Hot Spot' list, including three in Northeast Ohio.
  
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• Think spring! Easter bunny, egg hunts, flowers and more spring fun

  28-03-2017 19:41
  
  CLEVELAND– Looking for something to do with the kids during spring break? There are plenty of options around Northeast Ohio. Annual Easter Egg hunt at North Park 7660 Fulton Rd., Jackson Township Children, crawlers through fourth grade, can hunt for eggs on April 8. Event starts at 11 a.m. Big Spring at the Cleveland Botanical Gardens 11030 East Blvd., Cleveland Until April 23, enjoy hundreds of spring blooms, an indoor hedge maze and oversize checkers. Dates, times and admission informati
  
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• Here's how Donald Trump's moves on coal could affect the industry

  28-03-2017 19:21
  
  President Donald Trump's move to roll back Obama-era regulations aimed at curbing climate change comes as the coal industry is reeling from bankruptcies, pollution restrictions and growing competition from natural gas, wind and solar.
  
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• Summit Metro Parks opens two children's Nature Play areas to encourage outdoor exploration

  28-03-2017 18:51
  
  Two children's outdoor activity areas will open in Liberty Park and Goodyear Heights Metro Park, both Summit Metro Parks, this April.
  
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• NFL players, including OSU alum Malcolm Jenkins, visit Capitol Hill to urge criminal justice reform (video)

  28-03-2017 18:51
  
  The NFL players, including Ohio State University alum Malcolm Jenkins, visited Capitol Hill to push the repeal of mandatory minimum sentences, an end to privately operated prisons, improvement in the prison re-entry system, and ways police can improve their relationships with minority communities.
  
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• Car stolen from Cleveland gas station with two young kids in backseat

  28-03-2017 18:43
  
  Two children, ages 6 and 5, were in the backseat of a car that was stolen from a Cleveland gas station, police said.
  
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• J.D. Williams and Tray Chaney, of 'The Wire' fame, to reunite on 'Saints & Sinners' April 2

  28-03-2017 18:40
  
  Tray Chaney and J.D. Williams, two actors who worked together on HBO's "The Wire," will 'reunite' on "Saints & Sinners."
  
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• Brecksville-Broadview Heights schools will cut pay-to-participate fees in half if voters approve tax hike

  28-03-2017 18:18
  
  Brecksville-Broadview Heights High and Middle school pupils will see pay-to-participate fees cut in half - but only if voters approve a tax increase May 2.
  
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• Proposed registry would protect Ohioans with autism and other disabilities, lawmaker says

  28-03-2017 18:00
  
  House Bill 115 would establish a voluntary registry for Ohioans with communication disabilities, so law enforcement officials would be aware of it when making traffic stops.
  
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• National charter school leaders oppose Trump's education budget

  28-03-2017 18:00
  
  Leaders of prominent charter school networks across the country oppose President Donald Trump's education budget for undercutting school districts, even though it helps them
  
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• Los Lobos, Peter Frampton, the Zombies: Also Playing

  28-03-2017 17:45
  
  It's yesterday once more with a trio of "blasts from the past": Los Lobos, with a two-night gig at Music Box Supper Club; Peter Frampton, with an acoustic performance at Playhouse Square's intimate Ohio Theatre; and the Zombies, at the Lorain Palace.
  
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• Cleveland-area house-price gains slowed in January, Case-Shiller report shows (graphics)

  28-03-2017 17:45
  
  In Cleveland, prices still are off by 8.5 percent from their mid-2006 peak, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices.
  
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• Free 'Cardio Muscle Mix' class takes readers on high-energy survey of fitness: Stretching Out

  28-03-2017 17:44
  
  Even as it truly catered to all abilities, "Cardio Muscle Mix" managed to touch on just about every fitness domain there is. It also proved a heck of a lot of fun.
  
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• It was love at first sight for 'Porter,' the boxer, when he met his new family; share your pet rescue stories

  28-03-2017 17:34
  
  'Porter,' the boxer, seemed to bond instantly with his new owner, leaping into his lap on first sight. Share your pet rescue stories with us.
  
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• Trump administration sought to block Sally Yates from testifying to Congress, Washington Post reports

  28-03-2017 17:21
  
  The Trump administration sought to block former acting attorney general Sally Yates from testifying to Congress in the House investigation of links between Russian officials and Donald Trump's presidential campaign, The Washington Post has learned, a position that is likely to further anger Democrats who have accused Republicans of trying to damage the inquiry.
  
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• Actor Bruce Willis films latest movie in CLE

  28-03-2017 17:19
  
  Willis comes on the heels of Matthew McConaughey, who is also starring in a movie shot in Cleveland.
  
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• Mayor Jackson brushes off sanctuary city threat

  28-03-2017 17:13
  
  Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson said Monday he was "not concerned" about a threat to pull federal grant money for failure to enforce federal immigration law.
  
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• Cleveland police monitor thinks it knows why city has a hard time firing problem officers

  28-03-2017 17:07
  
  The team monitoring Cleveland police's reform efforts indicated the city is losing two out of every three grievances that a police union or officer takes to arbitration, a ratio that seems to point to the shoddy state of the city's internal investigation process.
  
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• Warped Tour will once again allow parents in for free

  28-03-2017 17:02
  
  But organizers urge people to stop trying to cheat the system.
  
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• Meet sweet, orange Peedy: Cleveland Cutest Cat contestant (photos, video, poll)

  28-03-2017 17:01
  
  Peedy is a Cutest Cat contest finalist. Learn more about this sweet orange kitty.
  
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• Puppy mill 'mamas' and a 'laid back' Chihuahua: Animals available for adoption in Portage County (photos)

  28-03-2017 17:00
  
  From former puppy mill "mamas" that need homes to pets whose owners have passed away, Portage County Animal Protective League and Rose's Rescue are caring for pets that need permanent homes.
  
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