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• Akron man gets eight years in prison for break-in accomplice's stabbing death

  26-02-2018 23:29
  
  An Akron man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to eight years in prison on Monday in the death of his friend, who broke into a home with him and was fatally stabbed by the homeowner.
  
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• Great Lakes Hyperloop consortium sees Cleveland-Chicago link possible in 3 to 5 years (photos, video)

  26-02-2018 23:26
  NOACA and Hyperloop Transportation Technologies formally launched a $1.2 million study of a Cleveland and Chicago route that one HTT official said could be up and running within 3 to 5 years.
  
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• Dave Yost urges Ohio legislature to combat school shootings

  26-02-2018 23:23
  
  Republican attorney general candidate Dave Yost on Monday called on the Ohio legislature to adopt his new plan to combat school shootings in Ohio.
  
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• Anthem: New ER rule extends beyond the self-insured

  26-02-2018 23:13
  
  Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield has a new rule in which ER claims it determines to be non-emergencies are denied, leaving the patient with the bill. The insurer disputes the Ohio Department of Insurance's claim that the rule only applied to self-insured policyholders.
  
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• Cuyahoga County will repave Wallings Road in Broadview Heights this year; city must decide whether to add bike lanes

  26-02-2018 22:58
  
  Cuyahoga County will resurface a 2-mile section of Wallings Road in Broadview Heights between the city's eastern border and Broadview Road. Construction is scheduled to start in May and end in October.
  
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• Pancake eating contest: Cleveland Fire Department vs. Cleveland Police Department (photos)

  26-02-2018 22:33
  Cleveland firefighters and police officers compete in a pancake eating contest
  
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• Opioid addiction treatment targeted in Ohio capital budget bill

  26-02-2018 22:33
  
  The two-year Ohio capital projects bill set aside more than $200 million for building or expanding mental health and addiction treatment facilities.
  
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• Artist, disabled advocate creates Akron's 1st All Abilities Art Expo at Unitarian Universalist Church

  26-02-2018 22:32
  
  Advocate for disabled people, Alicia Hopkins has organized the All Abilities Art Expo is set for April 7 from 10 to 2 p.m. at the Akron Unitarian Universalist Church at 3300 Moorewood Road in Fairlawn. Artists must be able to share at least three pieces of their work and attend the event. Deadline to apply is March 24. Photos of the art submissions can be emailed to Hopkins here. Entry fee for the event is two canned food items, which will be donated to the church for its food pantry.
  
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• Video shows Cuyahoga County jail guard using excessive force on female inmate

  26-02-2018 22:16
  
  Cuyahoga County on Monday finally released body camera video that showed a jail supervisor shove a female inmate to the ground and spray her face with pepper foam.
  
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• Akron man sentenced in drunken-driving crash that killed Chagrin Falls High School student

  26-02-2018 22:14
  
  John Bird, 51, will not be eligible for parole and will have a lifetime ban on his driving license for the rest of his life.
  
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• Reward offered in arson that damaged four buildings in Amherst

  26-02-2018 22:00
  
  A reward is being offered for information that leads to an arrest of the person responsible for setting four buildings on fire in Amherst, officials said.
  
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• More sunny skies, cool morning but reaching upper 50s later Tuesday in Akron: Weather forecast

  26-02-2018 22:00
  
  Check out Tuesday's weather forecast for Akron.
  
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• Actress Heather Locklear arrested on suspicion of domestic violence, assault of an officer in California

  26-02-2018 22:00
  
  Actress Heather Locklear was arrested in Thousand Oaks on Sunday night, according to Ventura County sheriff's inmate records. Locklear, 56, was arrested on suspicion of one felony county of domestic violence and three misdemeanor counts of assault on a law enforcement officer.
  
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• Teen still unconscious but recovering after being hit by stolen car from East Cleveland police chase

  26-02-2018 21:59
  
  The 13-year-old boy hit by a car during a police chase is still unconscious but his condition is slowly improving, one of his doctors said.
  
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• Jennifer Lawrence on first nude scene since hacked photo leak: From 'terrified' to 'empowered'

  26-02-2018 21:40
  
  Jennifer Lawrence's life changed in 2014, when hackers stole a trove of the actress's private nude photographs and published them - along with the private photos of several other actresses - on the message board 4chan. Since then, she's generally avoided taking roles that require sex or nude scenes. But then she read the script for "Red Sparrow," a movie that hits theaters on Friday.
  
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• Bank of America to open 500 US branches, push into Ohio retail

  26-02-2018 21:37
  
  Consumer-banking services will be available in Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based firm said Monday in a statement.
  
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• Ohio Turnpike's interchange with Interstate 77 to be remade (photos)

  26-02-2018 21:36
  Kokosing Construction of Elyria won a $56.9 million contract today, Feb. 26, 2018, to remake the Ohio Turnpike's interchange with Interstate 77.
  
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• University of Akron President Matthew Wilson says he is an 'ideal fit' to lead the University of Central Florida; campus meeting is Friday

  26-02-2018 20:53
  
  University of Akron President Matthew Wilson told the University of Central Florida presidential search committee that now is the perfect time in his career to leave Ohio and return to Orlando, where he and his family had always wanted to settle down.
  
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• 'The Walking Dead' wine now available

  26-02-2018 20:51
  
  'The Walking Dead' wines are available.
  
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• Subpoenas served on Everstream, successor to OneCommunity

  26-02-2018 20:39
  
  Corruption investigators want billing records related to a contract broadband service provider OneCommunity had with Cuyahoga County.
  
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• Firematic Flea Market offers items for firefighting buffs

  26-02-2018 20:20
  
  The Firematic Flea Market to benefit the Western Reserve Fire Museum and Education Center will be held March 3 at the Cleveland Fire Department's Training Academy.
  
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• Knight Foundation grants $2 million for 2018 On the Table in 10 cities

  26-02-2018 20:16
  
  Last year, On the Table, city-wide meal-time conversations to solve civic challenges, was funded through a John S. and James L. Knight Foundation grant and led locally by Akron Community Foundation. Knight Foundation is once again funding On the Table -- through a $2 million grant to the 10 cites, including Akron, that hosted the talks last year.
  
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• Women Veterans Resource Expo and Interactive Workshop set March 2 at Cuyahoga Community College

  26-02-2018 20:11
  
  A Women Veterans Resource Expo and Interactive Workshop will offer information on benefits, services and employment, March 2 on the eastern campus of Cuyahoga Community College in Highland Hills.
  
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• CoreLife Eatery opens in Mentor next week for health-conscious diners

  26-02-2018 19:08
  This is the second of three planned CoreLife Eateries in Northeast Ohio. The first opened in Strongsville in 2016 with another set to open in Fairlawn in April.
  
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• The road from computer whiz to creepy hacker: North Royalton man accused of spying on thousands

  26-02-2018 19:01
  
  A North Royalton man is accused of using his malware to spy on thousands of people.
  
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• Talk It Out: Should Ohio lawmakers let communities write their own gun laws?

  26-02-2018 18:57
  
  In 2006, the Republican-led legislature passed Substitute House Bill 347, which blocked cities and villages from passing gun-restriction laws that were more restrictive than state gun laws. Since Ohio gun laws are very relaxed, the bill handcuffed cities that wanted...
  
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• Kent State University's economic impact is more than $3 billion a year in Northeast Ohio, report says

  26-02-2018 18:29
  
  Kent State University's annual economic impact in northeast Ohio exceeds $3 billion, according to a new study.
  
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• #PhillyWantsLeBron billboards pop up in downtown Cleveland

  26-02-2018 18:21
  
  A Philadelphia-based company is going all out to get LeBron James to consider joining the 76ers in the off-season.
  
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• Judge orders Cuyahoga County to release video of jail guard attacking inmate

  26-02-2018 18:10
  
  An Ohio judge has ordered Cuyahoga County to release to cleveland.com a redacted copy of body camera video showing a jail guard attacking a naked female inmate in May 2016.
  
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• Ohio Board of Regents cannot meet because Gov. John Kasich has not appointed new members

  26-02-2018 18:08
  
  The Ohio Board of Regents, an advisory board to the Ohio Department of Higher Education, has not met in more than a year because it currently has only two members, three members shy of a quorum.
  
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• Warmer with sunny skies giving way to rain: Northeast Ohio 5-day weather forecast

  26-02-2018 18:03
  
  Check out the work-week forecast for Northeast Ohio.
  
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• Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center plans new, $100 million hospital in Fairlawn

  26-02-2018 17:52
  
  Physician-owned Crystal Orthopaedic Center plans to build a new $100 million, 60-bed hospital on Embassy Parkway in Fairlawn. The 60-bed, the 160,000 square-foot specialty hospital will house 12 operating rooms, Quickcare, an urgent orthopaedic clinic, imaging and other services.
  
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• CLE Chatter: Richard Cordray shares lobbyist gossip; Chief Wahoo protester headed to trial; Jim Tressel raises money for GOP Buckeye star

  26-02-2018 17:22
  
  Democratic gubernatorial candidate Richard Cordray recently told a group of Northeast Ohio mayors that he feels good about the party's chances of winning back some seats in the Ohio legislature, where Republicans hold a strong majority in the House and...
  
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• Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, NOACA, announce partners in $1.2 million study of Cleveland-Chicago route

  26-02-2018 17:00
  
  NOACA and Hyperloop Transportation Technologies announced the names of 18 partnering organizations that will help develop a new $1.2 million feasibility study on a Cleveland-Chicago Hyperloop link.
  
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• Cleveland's Short. Sweet. Film Fest. returns with a three-day showcase of local and international talent

  26-02-2018 17:00
  This year's Short. Sweet. Film Fest. will screen 110 works from both local and international directors.
  
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• Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit to play Jacobs Pavilion in July

  26-02-2018 16:37
  
  Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit will play at Jacobs Pavilion on July 25.
  
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• Green boy accused of writing threatening message in school bathroom

  26-02-2018 16:13
  
  The boy is charged with inducing panic in the Thursday incident at Green Intermediate School, the sheriff's office said in a news release.
  
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• New cleveland.com commenting platform coming Wednesday: What you need to know

  26-02-2018 16:00
  
  Your voices make our coverage more colorful, more interesting, and more relevant. The comment experience on cleveland.com will change this week, but what does not change is our commitment to the voices in our community. The new platform keeps the features we...
  
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• Beer calendar: The Black Pig challenge, Granite City tappings, Sibling Revelry at 35 Brix, more

  26-02-2018 15:54
  
  The Black Pig will have a Goose Island challenge, Granite City is tapping a couple of beers for St. Patrick's Day, Sibling Revelry Brewery will be featured in a dinner at 35 Brix, and many other wine events are scheduled throughout Greater Cleveland.
  
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• Kent State University names Christina Bloebaum dean of College of Aeronautics and Engineering

  26-02-2018 15:37
  
  Kent State University has named Christina Bloebaum, an accomplished aerospace engineer, as dean of the College of Aeronautics and Engineering.
  
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• Allen E. Cole: A fascinating look at Cleveland's black communities from long ago (video)

  26-02-2018 15:34
  
  In this video profile created for Black History Month 2018, we take a look at the life of Allen E. Cole, considered one of the greatest documentarians of African American life in Cleveland from the late 1920s until the 60s.
  
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• Metallica books huge Cleveland show, but it's really expensive

  26-02-2018 15:18
  
  The band will perform at The Q for the first time in a decade.
  
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• LeBron James wears colorful shoes inspired by his favorite cereal

  26-02-2018 15:05
  
  No, it's not Trix.
  
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• Physicist Lawrence Krauss had access restricted at Case Western Reserve University in 2009 after sexual harassment accusation, BuzzFeed reports

  26-02-2018 14:57
  
  Case Western Reserve University restricted star physicist Lawrence Krauss's access to campus in 2009 because of a sexual harassment complaint, according to a report in BuzzFeed News.
  
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• 'The Walking Dead' leaves Rick a bloody mess: The Stalking Dead Podcast

  26-02-2018 14:56
  
  The latest episode of the podcast tackles Carl's sad farewell and another flash forward that had us scratching our heads.
  
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• Tri-C Hispanic students' help Puerto Ricans settle in Greater Cleveland

  26-02-2018 14:00
  
  Bilingual students from Cuyahoga Community College have proven a valuable asset in helping Puerto Rican hurricane victims settle into Cleveland and Ohio.
  
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• Reinvigorated Anne E. DeChant brings her thoughtful songwriting home to Ohio

  26-02-2018 14:00
  
  Anne E. DeChant was a local legend as a solo artist and with Odd Girl Out, and decided to see what she could teach Nashville . . . and Nashville could teach her. Turns out to be a lot, in both cases. DeChant returns to Northeast Ohio for gigs at Music Box Supper Club and Lorain County Community College's Stocker Center.
  
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• Brewnuts is creating doughnuts inspired by Academy Award-winning flicks

  26-02-2018 13:35
  
  In honor of the Oscars, Brewnuts will make doughnuts themed to movies "Silence of the Lambs," "Lord of the Rings" and more. They'll also be serving up a sweet deal with Capitol Theatre.
  
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• Bobby Lashley signs with WWE, possible Brock Lesnar feud imminent

  26-02-2018 13:21
  
  Lashley is best known for his WrestleMania 23 match, which ended in him and Donald Trump shaving Vince McMahon's head.
  
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• 10 under-the-radar Cleveland concerts this week: Deer Tick, Jessica Lea Mayfield, more

  26-02-2018 13:04
  Wondering what shows you should catch this week in Cleveland? There's Deer Tick, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Sammus and more.
  
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