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Ohio college remains open in face of racial threat
11:06 AM on 02/02/2010
NELSONVILLE, Ohio (AP) -- The president of an Ohio technical college is spending a few days living in a dorm where graffiti warned black students would be killed Tuesday...
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Chain restaurant will pay $1.26 million in Ohio race complaint
8:48 AM on 12/15/2009
CLEVELAND (AP) - The Orlando, Fla.-based Bahama Breeze restaurant chain has agreed to pay $1.26 million to settle complaints about alleged racial harassment...
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Children services picks up wrong girl from school
10:17 AM on 12/01/2009
VIDEO - A young girl was picked up from school by a woman she didn't know. Her mother had no idea where she was. It was all done with the school's OK...
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Man granted clemency after serving 13 years for murder
6:39 AM on 11/26/2009
VIDEO - Ohio Governor Ted Strickland grants Willie Knighten Jr., clemency for the 1996 shooting death of Irving Turner after Knighten served almost 13 years...
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Caught on tape: Robbery suspect eats evidence
10:22 AM on 11/24/2009
VIDEO - It's a case of a clever crook caught on camera. This time it happened in Streetsboro, Ohio as police were arresting an alleged bank robbery suspect...
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Man accused of using 4-year-old as shield during knife fight
2:13 PM on 11/11/2009
VIDEO - A Springfield, Ohio man is accused of using a child for a human shield after an argument over text messages escalated into a knife fight...
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FBI will investigate Ohio serial killer's time in Marines
2:45 PM on 11/09/2009
CLEVELAND (AP) - The FBI told Cleveland police that the agency will investigate any leads in the case against Anthony Sowell, 50, who served in the Marines from 1978 to 1985...
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Cleveland case teaches lessons about the dangers of addiction
9:01 AM on 11/09/2009
All seven of the victims identified so far battled addictions with drugs or alcohol, according to their families and court records. One father says, "We wanted our children to understand what has occurred, to understand how people go missing"...
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Cleveland murders are a product of our own values
8:30 AM on 11/09/2009
OPINION - The Anthony Sowell case is one that requires us to stop and reassess our values. Why are some people considered to be less worthy of police protection than others?
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Caught on tape: Cop punches man in drug store
4:24 PM on 11/06/2009
The police report said a man approached the officer for change. The video then shows the officer apparently arguing with him and taking a couple of swings at him.
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Families' mistrust hinders ID of Cleveland slaying victims
9:12 AM on 11/06/2009
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Police say there's only one way for the families of missing women to know for sure if their loved ones are among the victims found in suspected serial killer Anthony Sowell's house...
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Why don't we care more about missing black women?
8:40 AM on 11/06/2009
OPINION - Where were the police and the media when Anthony Sowell's victims first went missing?
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Ohio woman: I got away from serial killing suspect
3:49 PM on 11/05/2009
CLEVELAND (AP) - A Cleveland woman who says suspected serial killer Anthony Sowell once choked and threatened to kill her now feels guilty and wishes she had reported the assault earlier...
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Authorities find at least 11 victims at Cleveland sex offender's home
6:24 PM on 11/04/2009
CLEVELAND (AP) - Authorities say they have confirmed a total of at least 11 victims whose remains were found in the Cleveland home of a sex offender...
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Update: Police in Cleveland search for more bodies
8:18 AM on 11/04/2009
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Police are expanding their search of a convicted rapist's neighborhood and his neatly kept home, where 10 bodies have been found.
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6 decomposing bodies found in home of sex offender
11:56 AM on 11/01/2009
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Four years after Anthony Sowell was released from a U.S. prison after serving 15 years for a rape conviction, police found six decomposing bodies...
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Shaq takes a shot at becoming an Ohio deputy
12:35 PM on 10/29/2009
Shaquille O'Neal is looking to continue a sideline career in law enforcement now that he's in Ohio playing for the Cavaliers.
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Caught on tape: Teenagers shoot, injure store owner in robbery attempt
1:24 PM on 10/27/2009
VIDEO - An attempted robbery at an Akron, Ohio supermarket ends, with the store clerk shot multiple times. The whole thing, was caught on tape...
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Jack-not! Fake lotto winner causes a riot
8:45 AM on 10/15/2009
VIDEO - An Ohio woman created a panic - and mess - this week after telling everyone in a store that she just won the lottery and was going to give the money away...
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Caught on tape: Bar brawl becomes gun fight
11:41 AM on 10/12/2009
VIDEO - Police in Ohio are investigating a gunfight that broke out at a Toledo bar last week. The entire gun battle was caught on camera...
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