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• Woman steals vodka from Pick Wick; drunk driver caught speeding and weaving: Berea police blotter

  14-12-2017 23:47
  
  Berea police are looking for a woman who stole a bottle of vodka from Pick Wick Food Mart on Front Street. Also, a Berea man was arrested after police saw his Ford F-250 pickup truck illegally turn right at a red light.
  
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• Does 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' have anything after the credits?

  14-12-2017 23:46
  
  Does "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" have a post-credits scene?
  
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• Kirtland woman accused of stealing packages from Lake County homes

  14-12-2017 23:12
  
  Corey L. Whalen, 18, is charged with aiding and abetting the theft of mail and possessing stolen mail after she helped a group of people steal a package in and a letter, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office Northern District of Ohio.
  
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• Cuyahoga County overtime issue to be part of next state audit, Ohio Auditor Dave Yost says

  14-12-2017 23:01
  
  Ohio Auditor Dave Yost's has directed his staff to review Cuyahoga County's former practice of awarding extra pay to salaried employees as part of the county's next state audit.
  
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• DDR Corp. to spin off 50 properties, including Puerto Rico assets, into new company

  14-12-2017 22:59
  
  DDR Corp. plans to spin off 50 properties, including all of its shopping centers in Puerto Rico, into a new real estate investment trust.
  
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• Front Street in Cuyahoga Falls readies for grand opening as small businesses prepare shops

  14-12-2017 22:57
  
  Front Street in Cuyahoga Falls is shaping up for its 2018 opening, while small business owners are preparing their stores for a re-energized downtown.
  
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• Gunshots fired at two homes in Medina, police say

  14-12-2017 22:55
  
  Police received a call about 5:30 a.m. to a home on North Huntington Street near Northland Drive after a resident woke up to something hitting the home, according to a release from Medina police.
  
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• Cleveland sex offender made child act as lookout during rape, court records say

  14-12-2017 22:45
  
  A Cleveland sex offender is accused of having a child stand guard while he sexually assaulted a female on the city's West Side, police say.
  
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• Cork Tree Tavern sets benefit for fire-ravaged areas

  14-12-2017 22:38
  
  Cork Tree Tavern in Amherst is holding a benefit to support the relief efforts of people affected by the fires in northern California.
  
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• Marco Rubio's defection threatens Senate GOP's tax bill

  14-12-2017 22:25
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Sen. Marco Rubio declared Thursday he will vote against the GOP'S sweeping tax package unless negotiators expand its child tax credit, jeopardizing the Republicans' razor-thin margin as they try to muscle the $1.5 trillion bill through...
  
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• While Richard Cordray sees the CFPB as his strength, Republicans see it as his weakness

  14-12-2017 22:20
  
  Ask Richard Cordray what one of his greatest strengths in the Ohio gubernatorial race is and he'll mention his time as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Ask Republicans his greatest weakness and they'll say the same thing.
  
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• Cleveland man charged in fatal shooting outside downtown bar

  14-12-2017 22:19
  
  Jewan Kyle, 29, is accused of fatally shooting a 31-year-old man at the Union Club bar in downtown Cleveland.
  
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• North Ridgeville physical therapist loses license, gets probation for inappropriately touching client

  14-12-2017 22:06
  
  Carl Erway was sentenced to one year of probation for the incident. A 60-day jail sentence was suspended by Lorain County Common Pleas Court Judge Christopher Cook.
  
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• Snow machine back on, wind chills in single digits for morning commute Friday in Akron: Weather forecast

  14-12-2017 22:00
  
  Check out Friday's weather outlook for Akron.
  
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• Cleveland releases paving documents in wake of raid at City Hall

  14-12-2017 21:34
  
  The batch of public documents were released in response to media record requests filed following a raid by federal officials at Cleveland City Hall. The documents relate to city paving work in 2015 and 2016.
  
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• Voting closes Dec. 15 at 10 a.m. in Best Holiday Beer contest (poll, photos)

  14-12-2017 21:23
  
  Time is running out. Support your favorite holiday brew today.
  
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• Company breaks ground for marijuana site in western Ohio

  14-12-2017 21:13
  
  One of the 12 large growers Ohio has picked to participate in its medical marijuana program has held a ceremonial groundbreaking.
  
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• Lorain County lawsuit accuses opioid companies of deceptive marketing, corporate greed

  14-12-2017 20:55
  
  The 258-page indictment was filed Wednesday in Lorain County Common Pleas Court and alleges that the companies were deceptive in how they portrayed painkillers through marketing and education material efforts.
  
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• Another year of abundant avenues to fitness, better health: 2017 'Stretching Out' Year in Review

  14-12-2017 20:36
  
  The true measure of 2017 in terms of fitness is whether this was the year you took some of the advice I doled out almost every week in "Stretching Out."
  
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• Director Morgan Spurlock fired from docuseries on launch of LeBron James' school in Akron

  14-12-2017 20:35
  
  "SpringHill Entertainment will be canceling its production agreement with Morgan Spurlock and Warrior Poets," the company said in a release. "We will continue moving forward to tell the important story of the I Promise School."
  
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• Ohio regulators defend medical marijuana license selection process, plan to hire third-party investigator

  14-12-2017 20:33
  
  Ohio Department of Commerce Director Jacqueline Williams defended the state's process for awarding medical marijuana cultivator licenses.
  
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• Shaker Heights superintendent Gregory Hutchings Jr. to leave district

  14-12-2017 20:17
  
  Gregory Hutchings Jr. will leave the district at the end of this academic year to return to his Virginia hometown.
  
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• The National to host Homecoming music festival in Cincinnati

  14-12-2017 19:53
  
  Homecoming music festival will take place April 28-29 in Cincinnati.
  
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• FCC votes along party lines to end 'net neutrality'

  14-12-2017 19:41
  
  In a vote along party lines, the federal government has ended sweeping net-neutrality rules that guaranteed equal access to the internet.
  
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• Locker rooms at Strongsville rec center still aren't done and the city has moved to take control of the project

  14-12-2017 19:37
  
  Already months past the contracted finish date, locker rooms at the Ehrnfelt Recreation Center in Strongsville still aren't done. The city has notified contractor Alabasi Construction , Inc. that it intends to terminate the contract.
  
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• Cleveland man charged in crash into utility pole that killed passenger

  14-12-2017 19:34
  
  Anthony Williams, 61, is charged with vehicular homicide in connection with an Oct. 26 crash that killed his passenger.
  
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• FirstEnergy to build $37 million Center for Advanced Energy Technology in Akron

  14-12-2017 19:13
  
  FirstEnergy Corp. plans to expand its West Akron campus with the addition of a new 88,000 square-foot facility, $37 million Center for Advanced Energy Technology that will be used to evaluate, test and train staff on new, digital grid technologies.
  
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• Cleveland bars and restaurants that opened in 2017: Year in Review (photos)

  14-12-2017 19:01
  Cleveland's bar and restaurant scene kept on growing with dozens of new openings in 2017.
  
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• London tops list of most-missed nonstop destinations from Cleveland: Take our survey; Progress Report

  14-12-2017 18:35
  
  Cleveland Hopkins airport today has many fewer nonstop destinations than it did a few years ago. We're interested in finding out which of those destinations Clevelanders miss the most.
  
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• Northeast Ohio house prices up 12.3 percent in November; sales jump (interactive maps)

  14-12-2017 18:20
  
  At $168,544, the average sale price for a new or existing house in the region was 12.3 percent higher last month than it was in November 2016.
  
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• Akron drug dealer whose state case was tossed on 'legal technicality' faces federal fentanyl charge

  14-12-2017 18:01
  
  An Akron man currently serving a prison sentence for dealing heroin is now charged in federal court with selling fentanyl.
  
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• Watch live: Richard Cordray speaks at the City Club

  14-12-2017 17:50
  
  Cordray's speaking portion will begin around 12:30 p.m. and includes a question-and-answer session.
  
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• Lyle Lovett, Shawn Colvin performing acoustic show at Akron's Goodyear Theater this March

  14-12-2017 17:36
  
  Lovett and Colvin will put on an acoustic performance at Akron's Goodyear Theater on March 22.
  
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• Traffic moving again on I-71 south after semi flips

  14-12-2017 17:33
  CLEVELAND, Ohio — Interstate 71 southbound at West 65th Street was closed due to a semi crash Thursday.
  As of noon, several lanes had reopened.
  Cleveland police say the semi flipped.
  There are no further details on the crash or any injuries.
  Stick with Fox 8 and Fox8.com for more.
  
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• Passenger in stolen car killed in Akron crash, police say

  14-12-2017 17:33
  
  Investigators have not released any information on the passenger who died in the crash that happened just after 2 p.m. on Eastland Avenue near Niagara Avenue.
  
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• Live Video: Entrance ramp to I-71 south closed due to flipped semi

  14-12-2017 17:33
  CLEVELAND, Ohio — The entrance ramp to I-71 southbound at West 65th Street is closed due to a semi crash.
  Cleveland police say the semi flipped.
  There are no further details on the crash or any injuries.
  Stick with Fox 8 and Fox8.com for more.
  
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• Progressive Insurance scheduled to hire 7,500-plus employees in 2018 (video)

  14-12-2017 17:30
  
  Progressive Insurance is going on a hiring spree in 2018, but openings are posted now.
  
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• Next round of snow coming Friday, Saturday for Northeast Ohio: 1-4 inches possible

  14-12-2017 17:13
  
  Check out the weekend weather outlook for Northeast Ohio.
  
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• Check out snowfall reports across Northeast Ohio from the National Weather Service in Cleveland

  14-12-2017 17:05
  
  The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a public information statement with 12 and 24 hour snowfall reports across Northeast Ohio.
  
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• Cool Spaces: There's more to the story behind this Westlake home than the renovation (photos, video)

  14-12-2017 17:00
  
  Leslie J. Dus completed renovated a home in Westlake where Richard Eberling once lived. Some are convinced that Eberling brutally murdered Marilyn Sheppard, and not her husband, Dr. Sam Sheppard, who originally was convicted of the 1954 slaying. Eberling washed windows at the Sheppard's lakefront home in Bay Village.
  
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• ESPN reminds on-air staffers to stick to sports

  14-12-2017 16:58
  
  "ESPN's focus is sports. By-and-large we are not experts on politics, healthcare policies, terrorism, commerce - that's not what we do."
  
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• Snow day reads: Great mysteries for a winter day (reviews)

  14-12-2017 16:38
  
  Snowed in? No worries. Snuggle up with these new mysteries for a thrilling winter day.
  
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• Music fans share reactions on Rock Hall 2018 inductees: Favorite, least favorite, who's next? (video)

  14-12-2017 16:28
  
  When it comes time to announce the year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominations, everyone has an opinion.
  
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• Euclid man charged with aggravated murder in 2015 shooting at Cleveland bar

  14-12-2017 16:01
  
  Corey Brown, 27, is accused of fatally shooting a Shaker Heights man at a Cleveland bar in 2015.
  
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• Movie Minute: 'The Last Jedi' isn't the only new film out this weekend

  14-12-2017 15:17
  
  Yes, Episode VIII in the saga set in the galaxy far, far away is expected to run away with the lion's share of the box office returns, but there two other new movies in the critically acclaimed drama "The Shape of Water" and the animated feature "Ferdinand" that perhaps deserve your attention as well.
  
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• Talk it Out: Have voters turned on President Donald Trump?

  14-12-2017 14:59
  
  Do high profile victories by Doug Jones and other Democratic candidates mean that voters have turned on President Donald Trump? Tell us what you think in the comments section below.
  
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• Parma police looking for pair who pistol-whipped, carjacked man at gunpoint

  14-12-2017 14:57
  
  The 31-year-old man tried to follow the two men with a nearby driver after he was carjacked just before 8:30 p.m. Sunday.
  
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• Disney buys most of Fox for $52 billion: 5 things that are about to change

  14-12-2017 14:53
  
  Disney and 21st Century Fox Thursday agreed on a deal for most of Fox's assets including the company's film and television studios, cable entertainment networks, regional sports networks, international TV businesses and controlling interest in Hulu.
  
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• Man charged in murder of Salvation Army worker pleads not guilty

  14-12-2017 14:29
  CLEVELAND, Ohio — The man charged in the murder of a Salvation Army employee pleaded not guilty to several charges in court Thursday.
  William Ted Jones, 27, is accused of shooting and killing Jared Plesec, 21, in the lobby of the Euclid Beach Villa Apartments Dec 2, 2017.
  He was issued $5 million bond.
  Jones has been indicted on roughly 35 charges including aggravated murder, felonious assault, attempted murder, burglary and criminal damaging.
  Plesec was sharing scripture with the suspect
  
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• Mariah Payne takes her style from Bohemian to ball gown: Fashion Flash (photos)

  14-12-2017 14:00
  
  Mariah Payne works in fashion retail and as a model. Her style reaches from Boho-chic to formal elegance. Her goal is to be a full-time fashion model.
  
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