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• Images show man wanted in Akron bank robbery

  26-01-2018 23:06
  The robber entered the PNC Bank at 889 West Market Street with a note and handed it over to the bank teller.
  
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• State Rep. Christina Hagan moves to 16th Congressional District, which she hopes to represent

  26-01-2018 22:57
  
  State Rep. Christina Hagan now will be able to vote for herself in the race to represent Ohio's 16th Congressional District.
  
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• Cleveland Clinic establishes first cardiovascular affiliation with a Florida health system

  26-01-2018 22:53
  
  The Martin Health agreement is the Cleveland Clinic's first cardiovascular affiliation in Florida.
  
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• Watch Cleveland police officer take man shot 16 times to hospital after EMS refuses to pick him up

  26-01-2018 22:49
  
  Body camera video was released Friday that shows a Cleveland police officer rushing a man who'd been shot 16 times to the hospital after EMS refused to pick him up.
  
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• Westlake man accused of driving drunk to pick up friend in jail for same offense

  26-01-2018 22:40
  
  James Zwierlein, 62, is facing charges of operating a vehicle while under the influence and prohibited breath alcohol content, Westlake police Capt. Gerald Vogel said.
  Malika Kopp, 55, is facing charges of operating a vehicle while under the influence, prohibited breath alcohol content and fail to maintain assured clear distance ahead, he said.
  
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• Suspect gives teller threatening note during Cleveland bank robbery

  26-01-2018 22:14
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  The suspect walked into the Citizens Bank on Harvard Avenue near Lee Road and approached the teller. According to the Cleveland Division of the FBI, he handed the employee a threatening note and fled with the cash.
  No injuries were reported.
  The suspect was between 35 and 40 years old, with a beard and a bubbly tattoo of a cros
  
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• CLE Chatter: Nickie Antonio to press fellow Democrat Martin J. Sweeney; Beachwood council criticized and other tidbits from our town

  26-01-2018 22:10
  
  As expected, Ohio Rep. Martin J. Sweeney won the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party's endorsement for the District 23 Ohio Senate seat. Sweeney won big, grabbing more than 70 percent of the hundreds of votes cast by the party's executive committee...
  
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• Rain showers to come Saturday before some sun returns Sunday: Northeast Ohio weekend weather forecast

  26-01-2018 22:05
  
  Check out the weekend weather forecast for Northeast Ohio.
  
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• Cleveland police ask for help finding 17-year-old girl

  26-01-2018 22:05
  Jakiah Burns (Photo courtesy: Cleveland police)
  CLEVELAND– The Cleveland Division of Police is asking for the public’s help finding a 17-year-old girl.
  Jakiah Franchell Lynn Burns was last seen leaving St. Martin de Porres High School on Lausche Avenue in Cleveland at about 10:30 a.m. on Friday.
  Police said Jakiah is 5 foot 7 and weighs 150 pounds. She was wearing a light green jacket and blue pants.
  Anyone with information is asked to call police at 216-621-1234.
  
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• 17-year-old girl located and is safe, Cleveland police say

  26-01-2018 22:05
  Jakiah Burns (Photo courtesy: Cleveland police)
  CLEVELAND– The Cleveland Division of Police says a 17-year-old girl who was missing has been located and is safe.
  Jakiah Franchell Lynn Burns was last seen leaving St. Martin de Porres High School on Lausche Avenue in Cleveland at about 10:30 a.m. on Friday.
  Police had asked for help locating her, but, once again, she has been found safe.
  
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• Hillary Clinton chose to shield a top adviser accused of sexual harassment in 2008

  26-01-2018 21:51
  
  A senior adviser to Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign who was accused of repeatedly sexually harassing a young subordinate was kept on the campaign at Clinton's request, according to four people familiar with what took place.
  
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• Quantifying Cleveland's crazy winter temperature swings: How wacky is our weather?

  26-01-2018 21:50
  
  Meteorologist Kelly Reardon explains just how crazy Cleveland's weather is in the winter.
  
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• ACLU, juvenile justice group pen letter to Cuyahoga County officials on detention center reform

  26-01-2018 21:46
  
  The ACLU of Ohio and the Juvenile Justice Coalition have asked officials to expedite reforms to the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center and hire an outside expert to assess conditions at the facility.
  
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• Hermes launches St. Patrick's Day run, week after St. Malachi race they used to organize

  26-01-2018 21:45
  
  St. Malachi's Parish will have its 38th annual St. Malachi Church Run on March 10. Former organizer Hermes Sports & Events is launching a new run the following weekend on St. Patrick's Day.
  
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• Body cam video shows inside Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center during riot

  26-01-2018 21:43
  CLEVELAND-- New video shows more of what happened inside the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center during a riot earlier this month.
  The body camera video from Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Deputies paints a clearer picture of how some teens took over a section of the lockup.
  Six teens, ages 14 and 15, were charged for the Jan. 8 disturbance that resulted in $200,000 in damage. The teens busted ceiling tiles, clogged plumbing and broken light fixtures.
  The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office sa
  
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• Internal Democratic Party poll shows near tie between Richard Cordray and Mike DeWine

  26-01-2018 21:42
  
  DeWine still leads Cordray by one point.
  
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• Attorneys for YouTube star Ricky 'FaZe' Banks OK'd posting of Barley House video

  26-01-2018 20:24
  
  Attorneys for a social media celebrity involved in a fracas outside a West 6th Street bar wrote Friday that they told the celeb that a video a judge later ordered taken down was allowed under a private agreement reached over specific things the celebrity could publicly say about the fight.
  
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• Brooklyn man charged in third child sexual assault in 22 years

  26-01-2018 20:23
  
  Joseph Satullo, 37, is charged with his third sexual assault of a child since 1995.
  
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• Cuyahoga County juvenile detention facility is a ticking time bomb: Phillip Morris

  26-01-2018 20:15
  
  Cuyahoga County Juvenile detention facility narrowly dogged a bullet.
  
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• Want to try out for the Cavs' new eSports team? Your chances just got a little better

  26-01-2018 20:04
  
  If you're interested in trying out, however, time is running out. Gamers need to win 50 games in NBA 2K18's Pro-Am mode by January 31 to advance to the league combine, which will take place within the game on XBox One or PS4 from Feb. 2-Feb. 21.
  
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• Akron caregiver charged after man wanders outside, contracts hypothermia

  26-01-2018 19:25
  
  Benita Wilson, 53, was charged Tuesday with patient endangerment, according to a Summit County Sheriff's Office incident report.
  
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• JumpStart names Erin Horne McKinney its first managing partner of inclusion

  26-01-2018 19:19
  
  JumpStart Inc. has named Erin Horne McKinney as its first managing partner of inclusion at the venture development organization.
  
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• Ohio Congress members react to President Donald Trump's immigration reform proposal

  26-01-2018 19:16
  
  The White House framed Trump's proposal as a compromise among the various immigration plans that have been broached in Congress, but House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi didn't see it that way. She released a statement that called it "an act of staggering cowardice which attempts to hold the DREAMers hostage to a hateful anti-immigrant scheme."
  
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• One year since disappearance of 14-year-old Alianna DeFreeze

  26-01-2018 18:54
  CLEVELAND– It’s been one year since 14-year-old Alianna DeFreeze went missing on her way to school. She was found dead days later.
  Alianna, a student at E Prep and Village Prep Woodland Hills Campus, was described as a kind and goofy girl, who was light on her feet and had a sing-song voice.
  She was last seen on Jan. 26, 2017 getting off of an RTA bus at East 93rd Street and Kinsman Avenue in Cleveland. Her mother reported her missing when she learned Alianna didn’t make i
  
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• Atlas Cinemas Diamond Center in Mentor is going plush with luxury recliners

  26-01-2018 18:49
  
  Those comfy recliners that have become all the rage in the movie theater business are coming to Atlas Cinemas Diamond Center 16 in Mentor.
  
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• ‘A doozy of a storm!’ Viewers share their amazing memories, photos from Blizzard of ’78

  26-01-2018 18:42
   CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It's the 40th anniversary of the Blizzard of 1978 -- so we asked our viewers: What do you remember?
  They didn't disappoint! Hundreds and hundreds of Fox 8 fans answered with fascinating stories from the worst winter storm to ever hit Ohio.
  Some were stories of pure survival. Others of leaving Ohio all together right before the blizzard hit. There were a lot of babies born that day, and many a tunnel were dug through the snow for man's best friend.
  Below are just some of
  
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• Reward offered for information in Akron double homicide

  26-01-2018 18:37
  
  Tramango Roper, 44, and Robin El-Amin, 54, were killed in the Dec. 12, 2017 shooting on Merton Avenue near Inman Street, according to a news release from Akron police.
  
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• Man tries to repair fence by crashing car into it; drunk man drives pickup truck into ditch: Brook Park police blotter

  26-01-2018 18:31
  
  Brook Park police are looking for a man who twice crashed his car into a gated fence outside Life Storage on West 130th Street. Also, a Berea man was arrested after he ran his Ford F-150 pickup truck into a culvert on Hummel Road.
  
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• Heartless Felons straw gun purchaser gets life in fatal shootings of teen, CSU professor

  26-01-2018 18:27
  
  Terrell Gray, who investigators say was a straw gun purchaser for the Heartless Felons gang, was sentenced Friday to life in prison for the March killings of a 15-year-old boy and an adjunct Cleveland State University professor.
  
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• United Way of Summit County to offer free tax preparation assistance to low-income residents

  26-01-2018 18:06
  
  Working individuals and families in Summit County can sign up for free one-on-one income tax preparation services through United Way's Volunteer Income Tax assistance program.
  
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• 'What's the perfect story to tell about Ohio?' Ohio Matters: Episode 2 - Clare Malone

  26-01-2018 18:00
  
  FiveThirtyEight senior politics reporter Clare Malone joins the cleveland.com politics team to discuss 2018.
  
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• Beer plus pizza is the perfect combination at Masthead Brewing Co. (review, photos)

  26-01-2018 17:50
  Beer plus pizza is the perfect combination at Cleveland's Masthead Brewing Co.
  
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• Elyria man accused of holding knife to 3-year-old boy's throat in dispute over money

  26-01-2018 17:42
  
  Daniel Scott Jr., 36, is facing two counts of aggravated menacing in the incident that happened about 7:30 p.m. on Harrison Street near River Street, according to an Elyria police report.
  
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• Behind Cleveland's Amazon HQ2 loss, deficiencies in human capital, air service and leadership: Brent Larkin

  26-01-2018 17:14
  
  Trace Cleveland's Amazon HQ2 loss to the usual suspects - a region that is treading water while other communities forge ahead with new ideas, growing populations and better-educated workforces, writes Brent Larkin.
  
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• Watch live as Irish ambassador to the U.S. speaks at City Club of Cleveland

  26-01-2018 17:08
  
  Irish ambassador to the United States Daniel Mulhall will speak at the City Club of Cleveland Friday. Watch live at noon.
  
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• Tips to help new runners keep their new year's resolutions: Stretching Out

  26-01-2018 17:03
  
  Having trouble keeping your new year's running resolution? Read on for a few words of wisdom as you lace up and hit the road for the first time.
  
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• Strongsville man sentenced to 15 years in prison for fatally stabbing stepfather

  26-01-2018 16:55
  
  A man who pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing his stepfather in the back during a February argument was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Friday.
  
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• Harvey Webster promoted to 'ambassador,' leader of culture, at Cleveland Museum of Natural History

  26-01-2018 16:54
  
  Harvey Webster, a staff member at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History since 1974, has been promoted to Chief Wildlife Officer and Museum Ambassador, a new senior position.
  
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• Cleveland Botanical Garden 'Orchid Mania' begins: hours, ticket information

  26-01-2018 16:45
  
  The Cleveland Botanical Garden 2018 Orchid Mania begins Saturday, Jan. 27, and runs through Sunday, March 11. More than 2,000 orchids displayed, and special orchid-related programs.
  
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• Third defendant gets 61 years in shooting that killed CSU professor and teen boy

  26-01-2018 16:36
  CLEVELAND-- The third defendant in the shooting that killed a Cleveland State University professor and a 15-year-old boy was sentenced Friday morning
  Terrell Gray
  Terrell Gray was found guilty of multiple counts of murder, as well as felonious assault on Tuesday. The 26-year-old was acquitted of the aggravated murder charges.
  Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Timothy McCormick sentenced Gray to 61 years in prison.
  On March 25, Gray, Kassius Williams and Charles Walker were in a vehicle on Wood
  
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• Suspect to be sentenced for shooting that killed CSU professor, teen

  26-01-2018 16:36
  CLEVELAND– The third suspect in the shooting that killed a Cleveland State University professor and a 15-year-old boy will be sentenced Friday morning.
  Sentencing for Terrell Gray will begin at 10:30 a.m.
  On March 25, Gray, Kassius Williams and Charles Walker were in a vehicle on Woodland Avenue near East 89th Street when they opened fire on a Saturn SUV, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office said. Williams and Gray fired 36 times, hitting the SUV with 20 rounds.
  Two people w
  
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• Before the Crock Pot on 'This is Us': A history of product misplacement

  26-01-2018 16:30
  
  The makers of Crock Pot responded to the way their product was portrayed in an episode of "This is Us." It's not the first time a company took exception to the way their product is portrayed on a TV show or movie.
  
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• Rock Hall to host free Friday afternoon concert

  26-01-2018 16:26
  
  The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum will host a free Friday afternoon concert by New York musician and scenester Eric Leefe.
  
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• Outspoken ESPN host Jemele Hill leaving 'SportsCenter,' report says

  26-01-2018 16:22
  
  Hill, who was suspended for two weeks last year over a series of tweets including one calling President Donald Trump a "white supremacist," is being reassigned, at her request, to The Undefeated, according to Sports Illustrated.
  
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• Walton Hills mayor's extra pay for mayor's court duties challenged by lawsuit

  26-01-2018 15:43
  
  Walton Hills Mayor Kevin Hurst receives $400 each time he officiates over mayor's court, and that's in addition to his mayoral salary.
  
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• Which of these 26 takeout foods for a Super Bowl party is the best? Vote in cleveland.com contest (poll, photos)

  26-01-2018 15:33
  The Best Local Takeout Food for a Super Bowl Party contest has kicked off. Vote now.
  
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• Barberton man charged in Firestone Mansion arson in Fairlawn, police say

  26-01-2018 15:32
  
  Firefighters were called about 9 p.m. Jan. 13 to a fire at the mansion on Chamberlain Road near West Market Street. The mansion was found engulfed in flames.
  
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• Nike's Jordan Brand NBA All-Star jerseys are here and they're pretty sweet

  26-01-2018 15:25
  
  In stark contrast to the increasingly gaudy looks NBA teams wear these days, the Jordan Brand uniforms are refreshingly simplistic with an all black and white color scheme.
  
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• Democratic boss Shontel Brown talks about recent racial drama and need to put 'fun' back in party: Mark Naymik

  26-01-2018 14:41
  
  CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Shontel Brown, who was elected in August as chairwoman of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, tells me she never believed the unpaid job would be easy or glamorous. And, indeed, the job is neither of those things,...
  
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• Population clause in Ohio GOP redistricting plan could enable more gerrymandering - Out of Line: Impact 2017 and Beyond

  26-01-2018 14:38
  
  Gerrymandering myth: each congressional district within Ohio must be exactly same size. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled otherwise in a West Virginia case, and several other states have districts that are not exactly the same size.
  
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