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Missing | Vigil for missing Taylor Robinson

AKRON -- There was a vigil Tuesday night at the Greater Faith Missionary Baptist Church at 825 Buchtel Ave in Akron. It's also a fundraiser for the family of Taylor Robinson. Akron police continue to search for Taylor Robinson, 19. Robinson disappeared on the night of May 3. She is a home healthcare aide and was dropped off for work in the 700 block of Kipling Avenue. Police say it is ...
Rothschild named director of Montefiore Foundation

Rothschild, of Solon, recently served as Northern Ohio regional director of the Jewish National Fund. In her last nine years there, she increased the number of overall donors and dollars raised for the state of Israel. Previously, Rothschild served as development director at Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple in Beachwood and as director of membership and marketing at the Mandel Jewish Community ...
National Senior Games seeks volunteers

The 2013 National Senior Games is looking for volunteers to help with events taking place from Friday, July 19 to Thursday, Aug. 1 in ...
Chisenhall returns as Indians third baseman

Email CLEVELAND -- As Indians third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall spoke to media members in the clubhouse, he peeled a sticker off a fresh batting practice cap and placed it on his head. It must have been nice to replace the Columbus Clippers' "C" with the block "C" for Cleveland. The Tribe recalled Chisenhall on Tuesday from Triple-A and optioned reliever Matt Langwell to ...
Francona likes catcher Santanas athleticism

Email CLEVELAND -- Indians manager Terry Francona was asked about Carlos Santana's prowess behind the plate on Tuesday, a day after a wild pitch went through his legs and gave Kansas City the go-ahead run in the ninth inning of its 2-1 victory in the series opener. In 43 games at catcher, Santana has been charged with four passed balls, while Tribe pitchers have logged 29 wild pitches with ...

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The Threepenny Opera (Die 3groschenoper) [DVD]

The Threepenny Opera (Die 3groschenoper) began its life on stage in Germany in the late 1920s as a rousing opera parody that dared to use the underbelly of society as its canvas. The exact process by which it was written and staged is such a labyrinth of confus ... ...

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Tow truck hits utility pole on East Bank of the Flats

CLEVELAND -- A tow truck brought down a utility pole on Old River Road on the East Bank of the Flats in Cleveland. The pole had several transformers on it. Cleveland police say the tow truck lost its brakes, then dropped the car it was towing before striking the utility pole. The driver jumped out of the tow truck before the crash. ...
Police Two wanted for murder on Clevelands west side

CLEVELAND -- Police are seeking the public's help in identifying the two suspects and suspect vehicle in connection with the murder of 17-year old Mustafa McWhorter of Cleveland on May 28. It happened on Tuesday, May 28, at 11602 Lorain on Cleveland's west side. Suspect #1 is wearing a light blue cloth jacket, tan pants, tan shoes and a light brown knit hat. Suspect #2 is wearing a ...
CJN PublisherCEO Adelstein on WELW Radio June 16

Kevin S. Adelstein, the new publisher and CEO of the Cleveland Jewish News, will appear on "Shalom America" Sunday, June 16. The interview by Phil Fink will air between 7 and 9 a.m. on WELW (1330 ...
Ding-dong-ditch prank turns into alleged assault

SHAKER HEIGHTS -- What started out as a teen prank turned into a vicious attack. Now, a Shaker Heights man could face assault charges. "Ding-dong-ditching" is when someone runs up to a door, rings the doorbell, and then runs away. That's what police say a group of teens was doing Sunday night, when one of the neighbors on Cheshire Street decided to fight back. "It was very ...
Akron man gets 10 years for robbing elderly man woman

AKRON -- Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh said Daniel Roy Spiegel, 41, of Akron, pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated burglary and two counts of robbery. On Feb. 25, Spiegel knocked on the door of a 92-year-old woman for whom he occasionally did odd jobs. Spiegel demanded money he felt was owed from a previous job. The woman refused to give Spiegel money and told him to leave. ...

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Smallest known plant-eating dinosaur found in Canada

A team of paleontologists from the University of Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, Cleveland Museum of Natural History and University of Calgary have identified a new dinosaur, the smallest plant-eating dinosaur species known from Canada.

Albertadromeus syntarsus was identified from a partial hind leg, and other skeletal elements, that indicate it was a speedy runner. Approximately 1.6 m (5 ft) long, it weighed about 16 kg (30 lbs), comparable to a large turkey.

Albertadromeus lived in what is now southern Alberta in the Late Cretaceous, about 77 million years ago.

Albertadromeus syntarsus means "Alberta runner with fused foot bones". Unlike its much larger ornithopod cousins, the duckbilled dinosaurs, its two fused lower leg bones would have made it a fast, agile two-legged runner. This animal is the smallest known plant-eating dinosaur in its ecosystem, and researchers hypothesize that it used its speed to avoid predation by the many species of meat-eating dinosaurs that lived at the same time.

Albertadromeus was discovered in 2009 by study co-author David Evans of the Royal Ontario Museum as part an on-going collaboration with Michael Ryan of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History to investigate the evolution of dinosaurs in the Late Cretaceous of North America. ...