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• Possible flight path of doomed plane that crashed in Akron

  

  AKRON, Ohio —A plane that crashedinto a building in Akron during a flight from Dayton Tuesday afternoon, killing everybody on board, appears to have been on a whirlwind tour of several major cities in the Midwest, flight plans show.A flight-tracking website shows that a plane that took off Tuesday from Dayton at the exact time as the jet that later crashed in Akron also had flown from south Florida early Monday morning and made stops in Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri and Dayton.Aside from an over..

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• LeBron, Love and Mo lift Cleveland Cavaliers past Utah Jazz, 118-114 | cleveland

  

  CLEVELAND, Ohio – For three and a half quarters Tuesday night, the Utah Jazz made it interesting. But a 10-0 run late in the quarter gave the Cavaliers a vital cushion for their seventh win of the season.Thanks to LeBron James, Kevin Love and Mo Williams, the Cavaliers increased their conference-high winning streak to seven by closing out their four-game homestand with a 118-114 victory at The Q.As the games have gone for the Cavaliers of late, there wasn't a lot of consistency. Utah (4-3) sta..

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• Cleveland Browns continue to believe in what they're doing, even if it's not working | cleveland

  

  BEREA, Ohio -- Mike Pettine doesn't believe the Cleveland Browns need to make significant changes."We believe in what we are doing," Pettine said on Tuesday. "We believe in the system that we run. Some things certainly have to be done better, but at the same time, we are not panicking in that we need to make radical changes."This echoes what General Manager Ray Farmer said last week when asked how to fix his team."We continue to do exactly what we have done, which is work hard, put in the effort..

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• Rough GOP debate reviews for John Kasich: Ohio Politics Roundup

  

  How did it go for John Kasich at the debate? Read on in Ohio Politics Roundup.Wednesday morning quarterback:Ohio Gov. John Kasich has now participated in four prime-time Republican presidential debates. I found his performance Tuesday in Milwaukee to be his best since the first one here in Cleveland. But it was uneven.Also, voter impressions – and national media narratives – matter more, and for Kasich it's now a question of whether people remember him more for calling Donald Trump "silly" or fo..

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• 'Cleveland in World War II' tells stories of those who fought on the battlefield and home front (photos) | cleveland

  

  CLEVELAND, Ohio -- On the World War II beachheads, Marine Joe Novak relied on a higher power during the invasion ofIwo Jima, while John "Jack" Gabriel discovered how the horrors ofD-Day's Omaha Beach could drive soldiers to a killing frenzy.At sea, Robert Weikert would never forget the frozen-death aftermath of a Nazi sub attack on a convoy, and Raymond Albert was with John F. Kennedy when their patrol boat, thePT-109, was cut in half by a Japanese destroyer.In the air, Clarence Jamison not only..

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• The story behind a Cleveland native's decision to stand outside of the Browns' complex with the hope of earning a tryout | cleveland

  

  CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The music started right around the time Monte Gaddis was at home in East Cleveland, tears streaming down his face as he watched Maryland begin its season without him.The beat hasn't rested since. Now, the tune is loud and clear. He played it over and over in his head on Tuesday morning as a light rain plunged toward him outside of the Cleveland Browns' facilities in Berea."The dancer always looks stupid to people that don't hear the music," he says.That's Gaddis' motto. He's b..

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• Cleveland Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor named one of three finalists for AL Rookie of the Year award | cleveland

  

  CLEVELAND, Ohio -- At the end of May, Francisco Lindor owned a .253 batting average and a .682 OPS at Triple-A Columbus.In his first 21 games with the Indians, he logged a .205 batting average and a meager .492 OPS.So while Lindor being an American League Rookie of the Year award finalist might not come as a shock in November, it might have been a surprising sight in a crystal ball a few months ago.The Indians shortstop, who turns 22 on Saturday, is one of three finalists for the prize. Houston ..

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• Cuyahoga County Council and Executive Armond Budish reach...

  

  CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cuyahoga County Council and Executive Armond Budish have amicably reached an agreement on a two-year balanced budget that adds no debt, and involves no borrowing or dipping into reserves, officials said Tuesday.The annual budget, $373.5 million in 2016 and $367.8 million in 2017, includes severalnew initiatives spearheaded by Budish,including expansion of pre-kindergarten, workforce-development and infant mortality programs.But council made a few adjustments, including reducin..

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• LeBron James bought a Los Angeles vacation house for nearly $21...

  

  CLEVELAND, Ohio -- LeBron James purchased a vacation mansion in a plum section of Los Angeles, a source with knowledge of the transaction confirmed to cleveland.com.Variety Magazine reportsthat James bought the 9,350-square-foot home, built in 2011, for nearly $21 million, in L.A.'s Brentwood community.James'recent partnership with Warner Bros.fueled ample speculation that he may star in a sequel to the hit movie Space Jam, or would otherwise be more involved in the motion picture industry after..

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• Cleveland students protest: They say plans to split up Rhodes High will ruin the "traditional high school experience" | cleveland

  CLEVELAND, Ohio - The school district's plans to splitJames Ford Rhodes High Schoolinto smaller schools under the same roof is drawing protests from students and teachers.About 250 students at the school in the southwest part of city are outside this morning, chanting "Save Rhodes" and waving signs with "Small Schools, Big Problem", "Keep us Together" and "Our Voice Matters."They say that splitting the 1,300-student school into small high schools will kill school spirit and the school's decades-..

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