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• $2,500 reward offered for tips in beating, gun robbery of off-duty Cleveland police officer

  29-10-2017 21:56
  
  The 47-year-old Cleveland police officer was working a secondary employment shift as security at Taco Bell when the attack occurred, authorities said.
  
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• Son charged with aggravated murder in Stow mother's stabbing death

  29-10-2017 21:14
  
  Jason K. Reeves, 22, is currently awaiting arraignment in Summit County Jail, Stow police said in a news release.
  
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• Chilly morning later warming to upper 40s, gray skies with gusty winds ahead for Monday in Akron: Weather forecast

  29-10-2017 20:23
  
  Check out Monday's weather forecast for Akron.
  
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• Browns fans lament poor play and missed opportunities in Week 8 London game (video)

  29-10-2017 19:50
  
  With the Browns game starting at 9:30 a.m. and being played over 3,700 miles away at London's Twickenham Stadium, the Cleveland Municipal Lot was totally empty for kickoff. On this rainy Sunday morning across Northeast Ohio, Browns fans stayed indoors. Many could still be found rooting for that elusive first win of the season at their local sports bars.
  
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• Concerns linger as Ohio EPA continues to monitor air-quality, health risks following Arco dump fire

  29-10-2017 19:48
  
  The Ohio EPA and City of Cleveland officials are reassuring the public that a fire at a controversial construction recycling dump in East Cleveland doesn't pose any public health risks, even as the fire continued to smolder Sunday.
  
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• First grade is serious school, with tests: Multitasking Moms and Dads

  29-10-2017 19:30
  
  How do you help your kids study for tests? A few suggestions, now that my son is in first grade.
  
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• Man killed in wrong-way crash with fuel tanker on Interstate 77 in Cleveland

  29-10-2017 18:31
  
  The SUV's driver suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics, Cleveland police said. He has not been publicly identified.
  
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• Ohio Supreme Court Justice Bill O'Neill to make gubernatorial run official

  29-10-2017 18:01
  
  Ohio Supreme Court Justice Bill O'Neill will announce Sunday afternoon his plans to run for governor.
  
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• Ohio Supreme Court Justice Bill O'Neill makes gubernatorial run official

  29-10-2017 18:01
  
  Ohio Supreme Court Justice Bill O'Neill will announce Sunday afternoon his plans to run for governor.
  
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• Protecting yourself in the digital age: David Mastny (Opinion)

  29-10-2017 17:30
  
  Guest columnist David Mastny, information security manager at Cuyahoga Community College, offers tips on staying safe online.
  
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• Woman found stabbed to death in Cleveland's Kamm's Corners neighborhood

  29-10-2017 17:17
  
  A woman was found stabbed to death Sunday morning on the city's West Side, Cleveland police said.
  
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• Cleveland police: Woman found fatally stabbed Sunday morning

  29-10-2017 17:13
  CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Division of Police is investigating a woman’s death Sunday morning.
  Police say officers responded to a report of a dead body at around 9 a.m. in the 15000 block of Montrose Avenue.
  An unidentified woman was found dead. She had been stabbed, a police report said.
  Further details, including suspect information, were not immediately released.
  Stick with Fox 8 News and FOX8.com for updates as they become available.
  
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• Listening to local inmates offers raw, haunting look at gun violence: Joan Synenberg (Opinion)

  29-10-2017 17:00
  
  Guest columnist Joan Synenberg, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas judge, writes that much can be learned about gun violence by listening to people who are imprisoned.
  
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• Today's top celebrity birthdays list (October 29, 2017)

  29-10-2017 15:45
  Celebrities Richard Dreyfuss, Winona Ryder and Gabrielle Union share a birthday today. Check out our slideshow of other famous people with birthdays on October 29, 2017 and find out a fun fact about each person.
  
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• Interstate 77 northbound in Cleveland remains closed after morning crash involving fuel tanker

  29-10-2017 15:03
  
  The section of I-77 between Pershing and Broadway avenues remains closed as of 10 a.m.
  
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• Update: some lanes reopen on I-77 North after large fuel spill and fatal crash

  29-10-2017 13:58
  UPDATE,  8 p.m.: Indpendence police report that the left two lanes of I77 are now open at Pershing Avenue. The ramps that were closed are also open.
  CLEVELAND -- A portion of Interstate 77 North is closed because of a wrong-way fatal crash and fuel tank spill.  The roadway is shutdown between Interstate 480 and Pershing Avenue while crews work to clean up approximately 500 gallons of fuel that spilled onto the freeway.
  Officials anticipate the closure to continue for the next 6-8 hour
  
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• Portion of I-77 North closed due to large fuel spill after fatal crash

  29-10-2017 13:58
  CLEVELAND — A portion of Interstate 77 North is closed because of a wrong-way fatal crash and fuel tank spill.  The roadway is shutdown between Interstate 480 and Pershing Avenue while crews work to clean up approximately 500 gallons of fuel that spilled onto the freeway.
  Cleveland police say the accident happened early Sunday morning, just after 3 a.m. The Cleveland Fire Department said a wrong-way driver crashed into another car head-on, causing the fuel truck to swerve off the side
  
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• Portion of I-77 North closed due to large fuel spill after crash

  29-10-2017 13:58
  CLEVELAND — A portion of Interstate 77 North is closed because of a fuel tanker truck crash at Pershing Avenue. The roadway is shutdown between the Pershing and Broadway exits while crews work to clean up more approximately 500 gallons of fuel that spilled onto the freeway.
  Cleveland police say the accident happened early Sunday morning before 4 a.m. The Cleveland Fire Department said a wrong-way driver crashed into another car head-on, causing the fuel truck to swerve off the side of the
  
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• Why is 'The Walking Dead' letting Negan ruin everything we love?

  29-10-2017 13:00
  
  Negan has gone from a comic book favorite to one of the most polarizing characters on television.
  
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• Trump's Clinton collusion claim trick: Darcy cartoon

  29-10-2017 12:08
  
  The Clinton-Collusion 'Nothing Burger' President Trump and his minions have served up is a defrosted 'Diversion Burger' from the Russian investigation.
  
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• It's National Cat Day! See Top 100 cutest cats from recent cleveland.com contest (photos)

  29-10-2017 11:29
  
  We can help you celebrate National Cat Day with plenty of pictures of Northeast Ohio's cutest cats.
  
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• Living with heroin's consequences: Nick Kristek survived overdose and coma, hopes and prays for better life

  29-10-2017 11:01
  
  Nearly all had given up on Nick Kristeck while he withered in a coma after a heroin overdose. He survived, but with severe disabilities, and prays and hopes for a better life.
  
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• Tri-C students in beginning algebra course are helping researchers study math test anxiety

  29-10-2017 11:00
  
  About 270 students enrolled in basic math classes at the Western campus of Cuyahoga Community College in Parma are participating in a study to examine math test stress and anxiety, and ways to improve performance.
  
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• In the race for Cleveland mayor, blood is thicker than incumbency: Michael K. McIntyre

  29-10-2017 11:00
  
  Warrensville Heights Mayor Brad Sellers has inserted himself into the race for Cleveland mayor, supporting the challenger, City Councilman Zack Reed. He is doing so because "blood is thicker than water." They have the same father
  
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• Dredged sediment from Lake Erie ports has value, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is discovering

  29-10-2017 11:00
  
  Projects under consideration by the Army Corps of Engineers include wetlands restoration, beach replenishment and sediment recycling programs such as is underway at the Port of Cleveland.
  The Army Corps of Engineers has been working with the Ohio EPA to find sustainable solutions to the sediment disposal issue.
  
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• Cleveland 'lead safe' advocates recommend 3 next steps

  29-10-2017 11:00
  
  Decide how to pay for remediation, have a public and transparent process, debate ordinance on 'lead safe' rental and daycare requirements.
  
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• John 'Derf' Backderf's graphic novel about Jeffrey Dahmer moves from page to screen

  29-10-2017 10:59
  
  "It's a story about failure," said Derf.
  
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• A handful of Americans own most of the nations' guns: Phillip Morris

  29-10-2017 10:59
  
  Why did one Cleveland policeman amass such an arsenal of firearms?
  
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• Frank G. Jackson for mayor of Cleveland: endorsement editorial

  29-10-2017 10:55
  
  The editorial board of The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com endorses Frank G. Jackson for mayor of Cleveland in the Nov. 7 election.
  
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• Seattle in two days: Space Needle, Chihuly and Starbucks (but just once)

  29-10-2017 10:50
  
  My daughter handed the cup to me and ordered her second mug of the day. And we vowed: No more Starbucks in Seattle.
  
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• Surveying the luminous artistic legacy of the late Dan Tranberg (photos)

  29-10-2017 10:45
  
  A pair of exhibitions this fall and a benefit auction have demonstrated the artistic and personal impact of the late Cleveland artist Dan Tranberg, a painter, critic and revered faculty member at the Cleveland Institute of Art.
  
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• Doug Magill for Solon mayor: endorsement editorial

  29-10-2017 10:45
  
  The editorial board of cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer endorses Doug Magill for Solon mayor in the Nov. 7 election.
  
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• Ohio auditor's job is often a stepping-stone to greater political power: Thomas Suddes

  29-10-2017 10:39
  
  If Ohio House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger does opt to run for auditor, he'll be taking on a fellow Republican, former Senate President Keith Faber of Celina. That could liven up caucus meetings, writes Thomas Suddes.
  
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• Weighing Ohio Issue 2, where a symbolic "yes" against drug-pricing greed might feel really good, but is it the right choice? J.B. Silvers (Opinion)

  29-10-2017 10:11
  
  The choice boils down to anger or fear. You could rationalize voting for this as a protest vote against the political power and market abuse of drug companies with anger driving your decision, writes J.B. Silvers of Case Western Reserve University.
  
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• Move or pay more for 'deplorable' conditions: Residents of East Cleveland complex in limbo

  29-10-2017 10:05
  
  On Oct. 9, the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority notified residents at Forest Hills Park Apartments that the building is losing its housing-subsidy contract.
  
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• History shows why Ohio Issue 2 won't lower drug prices: Grover Norquist (Opinion)

  29-10-2017 10:05
  
  Ohioans are being told that price controls will defy almost two millennia of history and that Issue 2 will make prescription drugs less expensive. In all probability, it will have the opposite effect, writes Grover Norquist.
  
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• DigitalC CEO Lev Gonick, Cleveland's tech booster, leaving for Arizona (video)

  29-10-2017 10:00
  
  DigitalC CEO Lev Gonick, 58, is stepping down from DigitalC at the end of October to become chief information officer at Arizona State University.
  
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• 11 ways to get consumer problems solved faster: Money Matters

  29-10-2017 10:00
  
  Your world is filled with banks, utilities, insurance companies, credit cards, retailers, investment firms and more. And your daily journeys are riddled with land mines in the form of computer errors, incompetent employees, con-artists, complicated transactions, automated phone menus, call centers in other countries and your own mistakes and ignorance.
  
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• Green energy vs. coal: A secret campaign to convince Ohioans that wind and solar would kill jobs

  29-10-2017 09:00
  
  Contributions to Rep. Bill Seitz soared once he began work to dismantle a 2008 clean energy bill he originally supported.
  
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• Cleveland police searching for suspects in recent deadly crimes

  29-10-2017 03:32
  CLEVELAND—Recent deadly crimes in the city have people on edge, as Cleveland police work diligently to solve them.
  Early Saturday morning, police tell Fox 8 a fast-food worker was stabbed to death, 48 times in the head and chest. The victim was an employee at the Rally’s in the 14000 block of Kinsman Road. Police are still looking for the two suspects who fled the scene.
  "We need more safety, we need more police officers,” said Cleveland resident, Vanessa Jackson.
  CPD is inves
  
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• What makes Cleveland's Day of the Dead a happy time (photos)

  29-10-2017 02:25
  
  Cleveland's 13th annual Dia de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, event was observed Saturday in the Gordon Square arts district of the West Side.
  
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• Fire at Arco dump poses no risk, Cleveland says

  29-10-2017 02:13
  
  The city of Cleveland says a fire that started early Saturday morning at the controversial Arco dump site on Noble Road in East Cleveland does not pose a risk to residents in the area, a statement released Saturday night says.
  
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