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Teresa Dixon Murray, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio — Bank customers soon will see higher fees, more of them and no more free checking — all the result of banking reform that will cost banks billions of dollars. Banks have long offset the cost of free checking by charging fees for everything from account […]
The mental state of serial-killing suspect Anthony Sowell is being scrutinized before his trial, which is set to begin next month. His lawyers want a judge to withhold more than 10 hours of statements Sowell made to police following his arrest. They included comments about hearing voices and blacking out and were not voluntarily made, […]
Tonya Sams, The Plain Dealer A worker was killed Friday on a property owned by the Cleveland Clinic. The accident occurred at the former Parker-Hannifin Building in the 17300 block of Euclid Avenue. The name of the 40-year-old man has not been released because his family had not yet been notified. The man was […]
Donna J. Miller, Plain Dealer reporter SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio — Police operated a sobriety checkpoint Friday night and did not encounter any drunken drivers. But five drivers were cited for talking on their cell phones; seven were cited for driving with a suspended license; eight were cited for not having their license with them; and six were cited for not wearing their […]
Mark Puente, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cuyahoga County officials Thursday ousted the top administrator of the office that hears taxpayer appeals of property assessments, saying they are angry about the poor work habits of workers in the office. In addition to reassigning Robert Chambers, the $65,000-a-year administrator of the county boards of […]
CLEVELAND – WEWS NewsChannel5 weekend sports anchor Terry Brooks was indicted Wednesday on charges of rape, attempted rape and kidnapping, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office said. Prosecutor Bill Mason said that between Sept. 1 and Sept. 14, 2009, a 21-year-old woman went to Jack’s Sports Bar in South Euclid with Brooks. “Instead of taking her […]
The first game with Miami will be a nationally televised broadcast on TNT.The Plain Dealer has also learned that the Cavs will open the season at home on Oct. 27 against the Boston Celtics. Cleveland.com
For our online voter guide, we asked candidates in Cuyahoga County to give us information about themselves and respond to questions about issues in their campaigns. Make side-by-side comparisons of these candidates, mark up a mock ballot and add your notes and comments. Note: Firefox users, we recommend using Internet Explorer or Safari to access the […]
CLEVELAND — It’s an idea that at first mention seems preposterous. Imagine … a special teams guy winning the NFL‘s Most Valuable Player award. Obama might have a better chance with the Tea Party. But if there is one guy in the league who could toss the tea overboard, it is Josh Cribbs of the […]
With enrollment shriveling to fewer than 50,000 students already, and a projection that it could slide to barely 35,000 by 2017, there’s no need for the more than 90 schools currently in the system, according to a draft proposal by Bill Prenosil, a school facilities commission planner. The district’s transformation plan, which is […]
Robert L. Smith, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio — In 1929, America’s fifth largest city stirred with nearly 1 million people. A soaring new skyscraper commanded their attention. The public was invited to ascend to the near-top of the Terminal Tower and look out over Cleveland from one of the tallest buildings in the world. […]
Tiffany Laufer has never been to the Democratic Republic of Congo. For that matter, she hasn’t traveled anywhere in Africa. But a 2008 National Geographic cover story about the slaughter of seven endangered mountain gorillas in eastern Congo took her heart and her imagination there, and led to her first film as […]