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Cleveland East side bar fight leads to overnight homicide
CLEVELAND -- A fight at an east side bar ended when a 27-year-old man was shot and killed early Friday morning. The fight started at the Your Place and Mine Bar near E. 55th Street and Broadway Avenue just before 2:30 a.m. The fight spilled out of the bar and into the parking lot where police say several shots were fired. One man was struck in the torso by gunfire. He was taken to MetroHealth ...
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Tribes Masterson goes after fourth straight win
Unlike Thursday's series opener between the Indians and Red Sox, which had a total of 15 runs scored on 23 hits, Friday's game at Fenway Park could be quite the pitchers' duel. Justin Masterson will be on the hill for Cleveland, while John Lackey toes the rubber for Boston. The Indians right-hander has won three straight games and was named the American League Player of the Week ...
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Terry Francona proud of Cleveland revival
Terry Francona knew the drill, and that helped. But in the end, the best coping mechanism for making his emotional return to Fenway Park was one that he’s relied on throughout his life - the game of baseball itself.Francona arrived in Boston yesterday at 5 a.m. after an 11-7 loss to the Tigers on Wednesday, and he knew it wouldn’t just be any other day. But he also knew he was coming ...
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Night Out for Missing Persons draws out community tips
CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Division of Police, RTA and FBI hosted an effort to raise awareness of missing persons cases in two neighborhoods. At East Heath and E. 93rd Street families with young children lined up to receive kids' identification kits. Officers took photos and fingerprints, and entered the children's information into a database. Parents received credit card-sized IDs ...
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Indians pound Red Sox in Franconas Fenway return
Stubbs opens scoring with bloop RBI double BOSTON -- Terry Francona did not want his return to Fenway Park to create any kind of distraction for his players. That was tough to pull off prior to Thursday's game, when a huge crowd of reporters gathered around the Indians manager in the visitors' dugout. As Cleveland's players made their way to the field, they glanced at the mob ...
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Movie Review
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Like so many movies by graduates from Saturday Night Live, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star is much funnier in its conception than in its execution. The idea seems perfect, especially given the obsession of campy-serious programs like VH-1s Behind the Music and The E! True Hollywood Story about the tragic life trajectories of kids who were once the toast of Tinseltown ... ...
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Bourn still mad at assisting Cabreras home run
Email BOSTON -- Sitting at his locker inside the visitors' clubhouse at Fenway Park, Indians center fielder Michael Bourn was still stewing over the fly ball he did not catch on Wednesday night. In the eighth inning of an 11-7 loss to the Tigers, Bourn sprinted to the warning track in center and positioned himself to catch a deep drive off the bat of slugger Miguel Cabrera. The baseball ...
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Tribe working with Carrasco on suspension
Email BOSTON -- Carlos Carrasco might have a place in the Indians rotation again at some point this season. First, Cleveland has to find a way to navigate around the eight-game suspension that is hanging over the right-hander's head. Indians general manager Chris Antonetti said the team has discussed a variety of possible scenarios. "There are ways," Antonetti said. "I ...
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Smoke to be a no-no at MetroHealth
Current employees will not be affected, and the MetroHealth System will provide assistance for those who wish to quit using tobacco ...
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Aurora student wins Maltz essay contest grand prize
CJN PHOTO / SUE HOFFMAN 'Stop the Hate' Gathering at the conclusion of the "Stop the Hate" ceremony are, from left, Maltz Museum founders Milton and Tamar Maltz, first-place winner Annie Robinson, third-place winner Robert Edwards, second-place winner Kelly Knaser, museum executive director Lynda A. Bender, and The Rev. Otis Moss, ...
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Moreland Hills author suggests celebrity doctor changed history
Richard Lertzman WHAT: Author Richard Lertzman signs "Dr. Feelgood" WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday, May 17 WHERE: Barnes & Noble, Eton Chagrin Boulevard, ...
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Hotel Galvez, Galveston, Texas
Coming off Highway 45, about an hour's drive and 50 miles south of Houston, and as we approached Galveston my ...
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