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Good Samaritan catches child tossed from window

By theGrio

12:20 PM on 02/02/2012

VIDEO - A Cleveland, Ohio mother dropped her toddler from a second story window Tuesday to save his life...
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Tracy Morgan won't help his mother avoid foreclosure

By theGrio

9:33 AM on 02/01/2012

The 43-year-old star of NBC's hit show 30 Rock has reportedly offered his mother, Alicia Warden, $2,000 to help her stave off foreclosure, despite her currently owing $25,000 on her Ohio home...
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Chip Tha Ripper: 'Being a dad' makes me a dope rapper

By Kyle Harvey

6:33 PM on 01/27/2012

theGRIO Q&A - Cleveland rapper Chip Tha Ripper is juggling fatherhood, a promising career and his newest project 'Tell Ya Friends'...
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Ohio landlord fights 'White Only' pool sign ruling

By theGrio

9:21 AM on 01/12/2012

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A state civil rights commission is weighing whether to reconsider its decision that a Cincinnati landlord discriminated against a black girl by posting a "White Only" sign at a swimming pool...
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Obama going to Ohio to challenge GOP on economy

By theGrio

9:53 AM on 01/04/2012

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama's trip signals the White House's intent to keep the president in the public eye even as the political world focuses on the GOP's selection process...
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Blue collar roots define the 'Bruce Springsteen of rap'

By Kyle Harvey

5:00 PM on 12/21/2011

theGRIO VIDEO - Not your typical emcee, Stalley's content is reflective of the blue collar values that are often associated with the midwest...
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Ohio set to execute man who killed 3 sleeping sons

By theGrio

8:53 AM on 11/15/2011

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Sixty-six-year-old Reginald Brooks is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court. His execution is scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday...
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Elation in Ohio as anti-union bill is repealed

By Jay Scott Smith

9:27 AM on 11/09/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Last spring, 8,000 teachers, firefighters, police officers, and others unionized Ohio workers crowded into the state capital in Columbus to protest the passage of the law...
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Ohio's Issue 2 hurts African-Americans most

By Lee A. Saunders

9:08 AM on 11/07/2011

OPINION - Did you know in Ohio and around the country, one-fifth of all public-sector employees are African-American? That makes the public-sector the largest employer of African-American workers in this nation...
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From break-ins to foreclosures: Ohio's housing crisis

By Raqiyah Mays

3:15 PM on 11/01/2011

theGRIO REPORT - According to crime statistics released this October by the FBI, Ohio's violent crime rate saw a decline, while property crimes increased by 1.1 percent...
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Ohio granny stops thief with a frying pan

By theGrio

3:52 PM on 09/29/2011

VIDEO - On Saturday, the 74 year old went to her son's home in Warren, Ohio to take him some fresh fruit. What she found was a broken window, the door open and two intruders inside...
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Cleveland provides bleak view of poverty's peak

By Jay Scott Smith

8:30 AM on 09/21/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Ohio's unemployment rate is at 9.1 percent as of August. Combine that with the high poverty rate, and there is a massive problem...
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Obama: Congress has no reason to wait on jobs bill

By theGrio

3:48 PM on 09/13/2011

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Imploring Congress to follow his lead, President Barack Obama on Tuesday lobbied lawmakers to adopt his $450 billion jobs plan...
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Ohio woman in fake-address case grateful to gov.

By theGrio

9:31 AM on 09/09/2011

AKRON, Ohio (AP) - Kelley Williams-Bolar told Cleveland's WJW-TV on Thursday she can live her life and be a productive citizen now that she's no longer a convicted felon...
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Sign ignites controversy after high school football game

By theGrio

10:33 AM on 09/06/2011

PAINESVILLE, Ohio - Kirtland crushed Painesville Harvey during Friday night's high school football game, but it was what happened after the game that has people talking.
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Ohio board: No pardon in school fake-address case

By theGrio

2:29 PM on 09/02/2011

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Parole Board on Friday recommended that the governor not pardon a woman who was jailed for using her father's address to enroll her children in a neighboring school district...
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Defense to seek new trial for Ohio serial killer

By theGrio

6:17 PM on 08/15/2011

CLEVELAND (AP) - The new trial request was filed Friday morning, just hours before Anthony Sowell, 51, was sentenced to death by Judge Dick Ambrose...
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Jury recommends execution for Ohio serial killer

By theGrio

4:50 PM on 08/10/2011

CLEVELAND (AP) - A serial killer who hid the remains of 11 women in his Cleveland home and yard should be put to death, a jury recommended Wednesday...
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Sentencing phase resumes in Ohio case of 11 deaths

By theGrio

10:07 AM on 08/08/2011

CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) - The sentencing phase is set to resume in the case of a Cleveland man convicted of aggravated murder in the deaths of 11 women...
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Niece says Ohio serial killer sexually abused her

By theGrio

11:33 AM on 08/02/2011

CLEVELAND (AP) - The woman, now 50, remained composed as she spoke in a hushed courtroom about what she said was years of almost daily sexual abuse at the hands of Anthony Sowell...
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