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  • Queensryches Geoff Tate rocks Cleveland for Mindcrimes 25th anniversary

    Geoff Tate continued recording under said moniker with a cadre of all-star musicians. Several musicians appearing on the resulting Frequency Unknown figure in Tate's new touring super-group, which is now making rounds in celebration the 25th anniversary of Queensryche's classic Operation: Mindcrime ...

  • Carrasco strong in Indians tough loss to KC

    KC@CLE: Santana puts Indians on the board with homer CLEVELAND -- Indians starter Carlos Carrasco pitched well enough to earn his first victory of 2013, but the bullpen let things get away and the offense couldn't keep up. Carrasco -- making his first start since serving a seven-game suspension -- left with one out and a man on second in the eighth inning, while the Indians led by one ...

  • Cavs reportedly considering taking Len at No. 1

    Cleveland Cavaliers still haven't made it clear who they will select with the top pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, but Maryland center Alex Len could be emerging as the choice. According to one report, Len has become the likely option for Cleveland with the top pick -- despite his inability to workout for teams due to a stress injury which has kept him sidelined for weeks. In the recent months ...

  • Tribes Perez eyeing Friday return to bullpen

    Email CLEVELAND -- Closer Chris Perez believes he'll be ready to return to Cleveland's bullpen on Friday after just one more rehab appearance. Perez is scheduled to throw an inning for Double-A Akron on Tuesday. This past Sunday, he tossed a scoreless frame for Class A Lake County, allowing two hits and notching one strikeout. Perez was placed on the 15-day disabled list on May 27 ...

  • Francona favors pitchers comfort with safety

    Email CLEVELAND -- A few days after Rays right-hander Alex Cobb was struck in the right ear by a fast-moving liner, Indians manager Terry Francona discussed the delicate safety issue facing Major League Baseball. Francona couldn't say whether incidents such as those involving Cobb or J.A. Happ or Brandon McCarthy are happening with more frequency, or if they're simply being noticed ...


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Bamboozled [DVD]

Bamboozled [DVD]

Spike Lee may veer into overstatement when he has the central character of Bamboozled, an outwardly successful, but inwardly self-hating, African-American TV executive, recite in voice-over narration at the beginning of the film the dictionary definition of "satire": "a literary work in which human vice or folly is ridiculed or attacked scornfully." I guess it just goes to show that L ... ...

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  • Tribe playing it safe with Swishers shoulder

    Email CLEVELAND -- For the second day in a row, Nick Swisher wasn't in the Tribe's starting lineup, held out to nurse an ailing left shoulder as the Kansas City Royals arrived on Monday for a three-game series. Indians manager Terry Francona said Swisher's shoulder was examined on Sunday and the results revealed no structural changes. Swisher received a cortisone shot on Monday. ...

  • Cleveland Hopkins Airport adds Smart Parking

    CLEVELAND -- Big changes are underway at Cleveland Hopkins International airport and drivers will take notice as soon as they pull up. The Hourly/Daily Parking Garage is now the new Smart Garage. "Smart" because sensors above each parking space indicate whether or not a spot is open. Green means it's open, red means that spot is taken. But even before looking up and down the ...

  • Perry | Nuclear power plant shut down after contained leak

    PERRY -- There's no nuclear power being made in Perry while maintenance workers repair a contained leak of radioactive steam. But there's no danger either. "At no time was there any danger to the public, or even our workers at the plant. We did not have any leakage that exited the plant, it was all contained within a system that was there to capture water from the plant," ...

  • Sanford Sherman hires lawyer ‘Justice for Aliza’ plans rally

    Schwartz, managing partner at Schwartz, Downey & Co., confirmed to the Cleveland Jewish News that retired ophthalmologist Sanford Sherman retained his services but declined to comment on the circumstances surrounding the ...

  • Cuyahoga Falls | Dams removed along the Cuyahoga River

    Removal of dams along the scenic Cuyahoga River is a project decades in the making. There are two slated to be taken out this month alone. WKYC Photojournalist Carl "Big Daddy" Bachtel heads to his hometown of Cuyahoga Falls to take one last look before the river changes forever. Take a good look at this stretch of the Cuyahoga River. Soon, it's going to change. These low-head ...

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