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• Snow showers with strong wind gusts up to 40 mph: Akron weather forecast Friday, Apr. 7

  06-04-2017 23:55
  
  Check out Friday's weather forecast for Akron.
  
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• KNR gave judge overseeing lawsuit $3,600 in campaign contributions last year

  06-04-2017 23:44
  
  Kisling, Nestico and Redick, or KNR, donated $3,600 in in-kind contributions to the electioncampaign of Summit County Judge Alison Breaux, who is overseeing the lawsuit against KNR, records show.
  
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• Body found on Akron recycling plant conveyer belt

  06-04-2017 23:40
  
  Employees found the body about 7:30 a.m. Thursday as they sorted through recyclables brought to the Greenstar Recycling Center on Exeter Road, just off of the Akron Fulton Airport property, Akron police said.
  
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• Man who rammed cop cars was high on K2

  06-04-2017 23:29
  
  A Cleveland man charged for ramming a police cruiser Wednesday said he was high on synthetic marijuana at the time of the incident. 
  
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• Chasing the High: The heroin epidemic in NEO

  06-04-2017 23:27
  
  Heroin. You've heard the unbelievable stories. Police and paramedics swamped. Emergency rooms swamped. Touching lives of all ages. Now, News 5 is investigating the far reach of the heroin epidemic and what can be done to save people from themselves.
  
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• Cleveland police dispatcher laughed at woman who fell from bar balcony on St. Patrick's Day

  06-04-2017 23:05
  
  Dispatch recordings were released for the woman who fell from a second-floor balcony at a downtown Cleveland bar on St. Patrick's Day.
  
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• Credit card skimmer found in Oakwood Village gas station pump

  06-04-2017 22:58
  
  The skimmer was found Thursday morning during a routine pump check by the county's Weights and Measures inspectors.
  
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• See who's interested in developing the Lakewood Hospital site

  06-04-2017 22:55
  
  The short list is down to Carnegie Management and Development Corporation, Casto, The Finch Group, First Interstate Properties and a partnership between Flaherty & Collins Properties, Jacobs Real Estate Services and Liberty Development Company.
  
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• Police look for suspects in Subway shooting

  06-04-2017 22:54
  
  Cleveland police are asking for the public's help in identifying the suspects involved in a robbery and shooting at a Subway on the west side last week.
  
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• Cleveland police release video of Subway robbery that left teen shot

  06-04-2017 22:44
  
  CLEVELAND– The Cleveland Division of Police released surveillance video on Thursday in hopes of gathering new information in a recent robbery. Two men stormed into the Subway restaurant on Memphis Avenue near West 63rd Street at about 9 p.m. on March 31. The masked men were armed with a large-caliber revolver and what appeared to be an AR-15, Cleveland police said. They took one employee to the back of the store to get more money and shot a 17-year-old girl […]
  
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• Word of trustee's stabbing death fuels rumor mill in Medina County's Lafayette Township

  06-04-2017 22:20
  
  Bryon Macron was stabbed six times, according to a preliminary autopsy report. The report does not say what caused his death. Residents of Lafayette Township shocked this happened.
  
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• Trump weighing military options following chemical weapons attack in Syria

  06-04-2017 21:48
  
  The Trump administration is weighing military retaliation against the Syrian government following a chemical attack Tuesday that killed scores of civilians, but it is complicated by the presence of Russian forces in the country and concerns about U.S. troops deployed in Syria in the campaign against the Islamic State, according to U.S. officials.
  
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• Cleveland no. 3 in dog attacks on postal workers

  06-04-2017 21:19
  
  Booming online retail sales are good news for the U.S. Postal Service, but its carriers are incurring a cost: more dog bites.
  
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• Browns draft tailgate tickets available

  06-04-2017 21:05
  
  This year, the Cleveland Browns draft party will be held in a place that's already familiar to Browns fans — the Muni Lot. 
  
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• Project Summit brings Wounded Warrior softball team back to Akron to raise funds for veterans, children

  06-04-2017 21:04
  
  Project Summit will host a charity doubleheader in July at Canal Park, bringing the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team back to Akron to raise money for area veterans, their children and amputee children.
  
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• State board rejects Icebreaker wind project's request for certification; LEEDCO vows to reapply

  06-04-2017 21:00
  
  Birding groups and environmentalists are heralding the state's decision this week to reject a request to certify construction of a wind turbine project planned for Lake Erie in 2018. Officials at the Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. said they plan to file updated documents in a few weeks that they expect will be approved by the Ohio Power Siting Board.
  
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• Ohio board kicks back Lake Erie wind project's paperwork; LEEDCO vows to fix it

  06-04-2017 21:00
  
  Birding groups and environmentalists are heralding the state's decision this week to reject a request to certify construction of a wind turbine project planned for Lake Erie in 2018. Officials at the Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. said they plan to file updated documents in a few weeks that they expect will be approved by the Ohio Power Siting Board.
  
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• Lake County man killed in SWAT shooting was suicidal with history of depression, sheriff says

  06-04-2017 20:50
  
  The man killed Thursday when he ran at SWAT officers while holding a gun had a history of depression and previously threatened suicide, officials said.
  
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• Man shot, killed after 5 hour standoff

  06-04-2017 20:43
  
  The man who was shot and killed during a standoff in Madison Township overnight had a history of depression and had been drinking before he charged at officers.
  
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• Famed Swensons Drive In eyes Cleveland market

  06-04-2017 20:38
  
  The 80-plus year-old Swensons Drive In is considering expanding to Cleveland.
  
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• Cops: Man tried to beat neighbor with juice jug

  06-04-2017 20:32
  
  A Maple Heights man was arrested after he allegedly attempted to beat his neighbor with a gallon jug of juice.
  
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• Cleveland ranked No. 3 for dog attacks on mail carriers in 2016; Akron 28th

  06-04-2017 20:30
  
  Dog attacks on mail carriers increased in 2016, and Cleveland reported the third-highest number of attacks, according to the U.S. Postal Service.
  
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• Don Rickles, legendary king of insult comedy, dead at 90

  06-04-2017 20:25
  
  Comedian Don Rickles has died at age 90. Paul Shefrin, his longtime publicist and friend, said Rickles died Thursday of kidney failure at his Los Angeles home.
  
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• National Weather Service issues winter weather advisory for Cuyahoga, Medina, Summit, Geauga, Ashtabula counties

  06-04-2017 20:05
  
  The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a winter weather advisory for Cuyahoga, Medina and Summit counties from 11 p.m. tonight through 10 a.m. Friday.
  
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• Sex offender linked to two Cleveland rape cases, charged in one, records say

  06-04-2017 20:00
  
  An East Cleveland man charged in connection with one rape is being investigated in connection with a second sexual assault, records say.
  
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• Akron Symphony Orchestra brings magic of cirque to 'Cirque de la Symphonie'

  06-04-2017 19:53
  
  AKRON, Ohio -- The Akron Symphony Orchestra will bring aerial flyers, acrobats, jugglers, contortionists and strongmen to E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall for "Cirque de la Symphonie" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 21. "Cirque de la Symphonie" is a fusion of cirque and orchestra that...
  
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• Snow still on track for Friday, temperatures reaching nearly 70 degrees Sunday: Northeast Ohio weekend weather forecast

  06-04-2017 19:50
  
  Check out this weekend's weather forecast for Northeast Ohio.
  
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• Munroe Falls DJ's skull fractured after leaving downtown Cleveland club

  06-04-2017 19:38
  
  A 26-year-old DJ was attacked and body slammed in a downtown Cleveland parking lot.
  
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• 23 things to do in Cleveland the weekend of April 6-9

  06-04-2017 19:17
  
  It's nearly Easter and winter continues its grasp on the city, but don't let that deter you from engaging in some of the many happenings around town this weekend.
  
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• Sheriff's office provides update after SWAT officers fatally shoot armed man in Lake County

  06-04-2017 19:15
  
  The Lake County Sheriff's Office will hold a news conference Thursday afternoon to provide an update on the fatal shooting of an armed man who barricaded himself in a Madison Township home.
  
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• Chris Brown, whose career has been steeped in controversy, plays tonight at the Q (photos)

  06-04-2017 19:05
  
  Chris Brown, who plays at Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena tonight, has experienced a great deal of controversy in his career.
  
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• Recall of frozen peas sold at Aldi stores

  06-04-2017 18:59
  
  The Aldi stores say they've removed all the recalled frozen peas, but some might still be in consumers' homes.
  
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• Theft victim spots suspect wearing his clothes

  06-04-2017 18:29
  
  An Elyria burglary victim said he couldn't believe his eyes after he happened to run into another man wearing his stolen valuables, less than a day after they were taken from the victim's home.
  
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• Workers find body on recycling conveyor belt

  06-04-2017 18:21
  
  Employees at the Greenstar Recycling Center were separating recyclables when they found a body on the conveyor belt, shortly after 7:30 a.m. Thursday morning.
  
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• Trio drags 68-year-old victim with car during Cleveland purse-snatching, records say

  06-04-2017 18:20
  
  Three people accused of robbing a woman outside a West Side grocery store dragged the 68-year-old with their car as they tried to get away, police say.
  
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• Suspect in Amber Alert turns himself in

  06-04-2017 18:04
  
  The man who prompted a statewide Amber Alert out of Willoughby Hills on Tuesday has turned himself in to police.
  
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• Autopsy: Trustee Bryon Macron was stabbed

  06-04-2017 17:59
  
  A preliminary autopsy report reveals that the Lafayette Township trustee who was found dead in Chippewa Lake in February suffered six stab wounds. 
  
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• Federal appeals court panel deals another blow to Ohio's execution method

  06-04-2017 17:36
  
  A federal appeals court panel ruled Thursday that an injunction barring the state of Ohio from using a three-drug cocktail to execute death-row inmates will stand as a lawsuit over the constitutionality of the method is litigated.
  
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• Nominations rolling in for Greater Cleveland's Best Tacos contest; Submit your favorites by April 10

  06-04-2017 17:33
  
  We need your help in finding the best tacos in Greater Cleveland.
  
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• New book uncovers Ivy League hall of shame: Minister of Culture

  06-04-2017 17:30
  
  On the other hand, there are no guarantees that an Ivy League degree will translate into success.
  
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• From Kurt the Lionhead rabbit to Neil 'Katrick' Harris: Animals available for adoption in Cuyahoga County (photos)

  06-04-2017 17:30
  
  Every week The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com feature animals available for adoption, county-by-county. This are the animals available in Cuyahoga County on Tuesday, April 4, 2017
  
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• Willoughby Hills kidnapping suspect who spurred Amber Alert surrenders

  06-04-2017 17:21
  
  The man accused of kidnapping his girlfriend's children Tuesday morning in Willoughby Hills turned himself in, police said.
  
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• House Freedom Caucus could back health care bill changes: 5 takeaways

  06-04-2017 17:19
  
  WASHINGTON, D. C. - Since President Donald Trump blamed holdouts from the House Freedom Caucus for last month's failure to pass health care reform legislation, Vice President Mike Pence has met repeatedly with the group to discuss changes that could...
  
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• U.S. airlines already cutting back flights to Cuba

  06-04-2017 17:16
  
  U.S. airlines, finally permitted to start regular nonstop flights to Cuba late last year, are already scaling back service to the island because demand isn't as high as anticipated.
  
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• Dalai Lama's visit to remote area in India stirs complaints from China (photo gallery)

  06-04-2017 16:41
  
  The Dalai Lama consecrated a Buddhist monastery in India's remote northeast, amid Chinese warnings.
  
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• House intel committee chair Devin Nunes steps away from Russia probe

  06-04-2017 16:40
  
  Devin Nunes says he's temporarily stepping aside from Russia probe amid ethics accusations.
  
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• Sanjay Putrevu named dean of College of Business at Cleveland State University

  06-04-2017 16:30
  
  Sanjay Putrevu, an experienced academic administrator and national expert on advertising and consumer behavior, has been named dean of the Monte Ahuja College of Business at Cleveland State University.
  
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• Robert Cronquist conducts orchestras for the ages: My Cleveland (photos)

  06-04-2017 16:30
  
  Robert Cronquist has been music director for decades of the Cleveland Women's Orchestra and the Lakeside Symphony Orchestra.
  
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• Six stab wounds deepen the mystery of Lafayette Township trustee Bryon Macron disappearance and death

  06-04-2017 16:25
  
  Preliminary autopsy reports show there was no fluid in his airways, but he was found submerged in Chippewa Lake.
  
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• National severe weather outlook: Risk of severe thunderstorms in mid-Atlantic, Florida

  06-04-2017 16:08
  
  Check out today's severe weather outlook across the United States.
  
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