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• Former gang leader and peace activist to speak at Cleveland's Choose Peace 5K

  20-10-2017 23:53
  
  Former gang leader Sammy Rangel will deliver a speech Saturday at the Choose PEace 5K at Edgewater Park. He says his organization seeks to combat white supremacy and domestic terrorism.
  
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• New study disputes the effectiveness of police body cams

  20-10-2017 23:48
  
  The results of the largest, most rigorous study of police body cameras in the United States came out Friday morning, and they are surprising both police officers and researchers.
  
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• Feast and Fellowship Gala feeds the homeless (photos and video)

  20-10-2017 22:50
  
  The elegant affair was made possible by 30 volunteers who served 200 homeless persons a lunch of mixed baby green salads, lemon pepper herb chicken breast with roasted garden vegetables, baked potato and cake. Some diners sported hats and dinner jackets as they sat down to red table cloths and bouquets of flowers.
  
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• Attorney: Westlake man charged with defrauding Cleveland Clinic will be cleared

  20-10-2017 22:41
  
  An attorney for a former Cleveland Clinic spinoff company executive charged with defrauding the Clinic believes his client will be vindicated, and said that while the some of the details in his indictment might constitute ethical lapses, they are not crimes.
  
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• Saving coal, nuclear plants pits FirstEnergy against PUCO before federal regulators

  20-10-2017 22:11
  
  FirstEnergy's three-year battle to increase customer charges to save its big old coal and nuclear plants is headed for a showdown at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the company is getting help from unions, local government and even a United Way chapter.
  
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• CNN's Van Jones speaks on importance of education's role in America at Cleveland conference (video)

  20-10-2017 22:00
  
  CNN political contributor Van Jones was a keynote speaker at the fall conference of Council of the Great City Schools on Friday, which represents more than 60 of the nation's largest school districts.
  
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• What's the weather forecast for Cleveland Browns, Tennessee Titans at FirstEnergy stadium Sunday, Oct. 22?

  20-10-2017 21:25
  
  Check out the Cleveland Browns, Tennessee Titans 1 p.m. Sunday game weather forecast at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland.
  
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• Budget deficit hits $666B, an $80B spike for the year

  20-10-2017 21:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- The federal budget deficit rose to $666 billion in the just-completed fiscal year, a spike that comes as Republicans are moving to draft a tax code rewrite that promises to add up to $1.5 trillion to the...
  
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• Brooklyn man charged in Parma woman's fentanyl overdose death

  20-10-2017 21:06
  
  Charles Nelson, 41, is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fentanyl overdose death of a 34-year-old Parma woman.
  
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• Puddles Pity Party, famous for "America's Got Talent" appearance, performing Cleveland show in December

  20-10-2017 21:06
  
  Sad clown singer Puddles Pity Party is touring around the country, and will stop at Cleveland's House Of Blues in early December.
  
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• Who got booed worse, LeBron James or Kyrie Irving, in their return to Cleveland? (video)

  20-10-2017 20:54
  
  Let's compare videos from when LeBron James and Kyrie Irving first returned to The Q as a member of the opposing team.
  
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• Drunken woman drives car over cliff in Vermilion, police say

  20-10-2017 20:41
  
  The crash happened shortly after 11 p.m. Thursday on Vermilion Road south of Cooper Foster Road, according to the Vermilion Police Department's Facebook page.
  
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• Beautiful weekend ahead with sunny skies, warm temperatures in 70s: Northeast Ohio weather forecast

  20-10-2017 20:41
  
  Check out the weekend weather forecast for Northeast Ohio.
  
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• Troubled charter school ECOT becomes focus of Ohio attorney general's race

  20-10-2017 20:19
  
  Democratic Attorney General candidate Steve Dettelbach signaled Friday he plans to make a campaign issue out of Republican rival Dave Yost's history with a troubled Ohio online charter school. But it appears Yost followed standard procedure in his handling of complaints against ECOT.
  
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• Before 'Geostorm': 11 of the best and 11 of the worst disaster movies

  20-10-2017 18:53
  A look at some of the best, and some of the worst disaster movies ever made.
  
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• 'Mark Felt' tells Deep Throat side of Watergate story (review)

  20-10-2017 18:46
  
  Liam Neeson is formidable as the steely, career G-man known for his integrity and devotion to his country.
  
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• Adam Weiner and Low Cut Connie back at Beachland (preview)

  20-10-2017 18:46
  
  Low Cut Connie has played Cleveland five or six times, according to Weiner.
  
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• What can be done about workplace harassment and assault: Calling All Readers

  20-10-2017 18:41
  
  The issue has been around for a very long time, as have efforts to eliminate it. But the widespread social media response in the last couple of weeks to news reports alleging that Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed and assaultrd women has made clear that workplace sexual harassment has not been eliminated.
  
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• 'Beyond Chicken Soup: Jews & Medicine in America' comes to Maltz Museum (photos)

  20-10-2017 18:37
  
  The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage in Beachwood presents the touring exhibit, "Beyond Chicken Soup: Jews & Medicine in America." The exhibit, which examines discrimination in healthcare, runs until April 8, 2018.
  
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• Westlake babysitter who fed Xanax to baby who died gets 22 years in prison

  20-10-2017 18:33
  
  Summer Susan Shalodi pleaded guilty Thursday to involuntary manslaughter, endangering children and corrupting another with drugs in the Dec. 13 death of Nadia Gibbons, court documents say.
  
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• Babysitter who fed Xanax to baby who died gets 22 years in prison

  20-10-2017 18:33
  
  Summer Susan Shalodi pleaded guilty Thursday to involuntary manslaughter, endangering children and corrupting another with drugs in the Dec. 13 death of Nadia Gibbons, court documents say.
  
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• Akron's 'Big Dig': See live cam as Rosie the tunnel-boring machine begins

  20-10-2017 18:25
  
  The centerpiece of Akron's $1.4 billion sewer project, known as Akron Waterways Renewed!, Rosie was built to bore the Ohio Canal Intercept Tunnel, which will be more than 6,200-feet long, 27 feet in diameter and 170 feet deep.
  
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• Elderly man who uses walker robbed in Cleveland

  20-10-2017 18:22
  CLEVELAND– The Cleveland Division of Police is working to identify two suspects in the recent robbery of an elderly man. It happened at a convenience store on Detroit Road near West 78th Street on Oct. 17. Police said the two suspects acted like they were helping the victim, who uses a walker, by opening the door. They followed the victim and went through his wallet. According to police, the pair got away with $40. The suspects, one male and one […]
  
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• ACCESS, Inc. to host Jewelry Box fundraiser to benefit women, children Nov. 4

  20-10-2017 18:18
  
  More than 20,000 pieces of donated jewelry will be available for purchase at ACCESS, Inc.'s The Jewelry Box fundraiser Nov. 4.
  
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• Three courts within four miles are an opportunity for consolidation: Justice For All

  20-10-2017 18:14
  
  Those advocating for consolidation of municipal courts in Cuyahoga County believe it would result in better justice at a lower cost.
  
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• Cleveland Opera Theater sparing neither dollars nor sensibilities with 'The Threepenny Opera' (preview)

  20-10-2017 17:44
  
  If Cleveland Opera Theater and Baldwin Wallace University have a single objective with their upcoming production of "The Threepenny Opera," it's to light a fire -- any kind of fire -- under their viewers.
  
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• Watch border enforcement discussion during City Club weekly forum

  20-10-2017 17:42
  
  CLEVELAND, Ohio - Congress has steadily increased funding for protecting our southern border since the 1990s yet the number of people illegally crossing that border has ballooned. What can be done about that? What should be done about that? Those...
  
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• Lorain County judge convicts Vermilion woman in husband's 2009 slaying

  20-10-2017 17:21
  
  Lorain County Common Pleas Court Judge Mark Betleski handed down the verdict weeks after the two-week-long trial. Simko, who said an intruder shot her husband, was charged more than five years after his killing. She is scheduled to be sentenced at 9 a.m. Oct. 27.
  
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• Avon Lake's students show their support near and far: Best School Spirit contest (photos, poll, video)

  20-10-2017 17:11
  
  Avon Lake is one of nine schools competing in the Best School Spirit contest.
  
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• Faith & You: The battle for some personal peace -- Terry Pluto

  20-10-2017 17:00
  
  So much of what we deal with in life is one spiritual battle after another.
  
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• Rosario Dawson thanks urban educators, addresses youth and social justice issues in Cleveland speech

  20-10-2017 16:39
  
  Rosario Dawson thanked urban educators and talked about issues like sexual assault, immigration and backlash against President Donald Trump in a Friday morning speech to the Council of Great City Schools Fall Conference.
  
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• Exchange working weapons for gift cards at Saturday's Cleveland police gun buyback

  20-10-2017 16:30
  
  Cleveland police's annual gun buyback will be held Saturday morning at the Third District Headquarters.
  
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• Cleveland Clinic spinoff company executive arrested, charged with defrauding hospital out of $2.8 million

  20-10-2017 16:30
  
  The former chief technology officer for a Cleveland Clinic spinoff company was arrested Thursday after a grand jury indicted him on charges of defrauding the Clinic out of at least $2.8 million, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
  
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• Train Science hits the rails at the Great Lakes Science Center (photos)

  20-10-2017 16:27
  
  Great Lakes Science Center's Train Science exhibit gets down to the nuts and bolts of railroading.
  
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• Unidentified man wanted in connection to 13-month-old Conneaut girl's death

  20-10-2017 16:10
  
  Joshua Dale Gurto is wanted by the United States Marshals Service and the Conneaut Police Department in connection to the death of Sereniti Jazzylynn-Sky Blankenship-Sutley, according to a news release from the U.S. Marshals Service.
  
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• Only a few days left to vote in semifinals of Best School Spirit contest (poll, photos)

  20-10-2017 16:09
  
  Make sure you support your favorite high school in its quest for the Best School Spirit title.
  
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• Cleveland police officer makes court appearance in sex-crime case involving former 13-year-old student

  20-10-2017 16:07
  
  Cleveland police Patrol Officer Maria Velez made her first court appearance Friday in connection with a sexual battery charge.
  
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• Man arrested for stealing sunglasses, punching victim; woman steals flowers to save them: Brook Park police blotter

  20-10-2017 16:06
  
  Brook Park police arrested a man who stole sunglasses, then punched the victim in the face. Also, a Brook Park woman allegedly ripped flowers out of the ground on city property at a gazebo outside the Brook Park service garage.
  
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• Getting driving privileges reinstated would be easier if state lawmakers approve two bills: Justice for All

  20-10-2017 15:52
  Two bills with some bipartisan support from state lawmakers would offer relief to low-income Ohioans who can't afford the fees required to get their driver's licenses reinstated.
  
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• Ohio unemployment rate 5.3% in September; state gained 10,500 jobs

  20-10-2017 15:32
  
  Ohio gained 10,500 jobs in September, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported Friday. The unemployment rate was 5.3 percent.
  
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• City Club mayoral debate highlights Zack Reed's flaws, concerns about fourth term for Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson: Brent Larkin

  20-10-2017 15:20
  
  His lackluster performance at Cleveland City Club debate doesn't dim the likelihood of Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's re-election, but the debate did highlight Jackson's fourth-term challenges and challenger Zack Reed's shortcomings, writes Brent Larkin.
  
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• U.S. Marshals Service in northern Ohio earns awards from Washington, D.C. headquarters

  20-10-2017 14:54
  
  The local U.S. Marshals Service was given two awards by its headquarters this week to recognize work done in northern Ohio.
  
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• Thirsty Dog party, haunted beer pong, more - beer-themed Halloween events set

  20-10-2017 14:38
  
  Several beer-themed Halloween parties are coming up in Northeast Ohio, from Thirsty Dog party at Dave & Buster's to beer pong at Scene75.
  
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• 10 best places in the U.S. for tech jobs

  20-10-2017 14:00
  NerdWallet analyzed 381 U.S. metro areas with populations over 50,000 using data from the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey to identify the regions that balance opportunity for tech workers with cost of living.
  
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• Will 'The Walking Dead' kill Negan sooner than you think?

  20-10-2017 13:15
  
  Could Season 8 of "The Walking Dead" be Negan's final run?
  
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• Hinckley home is so big it has bowling alley, indoor basketball court: House of the Week

  20-10-2017 13:15
  
  Did we mention the home has its own covered bridge?
  
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• Reed debates Jackson and Tamir Rice's mom: Darcy cartoon

  20-10-2017 13:10
  
  The police union being compared to white nationalists and the KKK, is just more evidence of how Steve Loomis hurts the image of the CPPA.
  
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• Today's top celebrity birthdays list (October 20, 2017)

  20-10-2017 12:26
  Check out our slideshow of other famous people with birthdays on October 20, 2017 and find out a fun fact about each person.
  
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• Senate passes budget with $1.5 trillion deficit: A.M. News Links

  20-10-2017 12:15
  
  Also, John Kelly, Trump's chief of staff whose son died in combat, defends president's call to Gold Star widow; CIA chief: North Korea 'on cusp' of nuclear capability; Pentagon investigating troubling questions after deadly Niger ambush
  
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• Ghosts on board: Classic Cleveland train yard opens to public (photos)

  20-10-2017 12:01
  
  Midwest Railway Preservation Society to give public tours of Death Car, other classic trains.
  
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