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Timeline of the Ohio kidnappings Three womens shared nightmare
By Elizabeth Chuck and Polly DeFrank, NBC News It's a story with a happy ending over a decade in the making. A daring escape and a dramatic 911 call led to the rescue of three women who allegedly had been held captive for years inside a home in Cleveland, Ohio. Below is a timeline of events in the case, from before the women first disappeared to their eventual ...
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DNA tests confirm Cleveland kidnap suspect is father of girl freed from house
By Erin McClam, Staff Writer, NBC News DNA tests have confirmed that Ariel Castro, the suspect in the kidnapping and decade-long imprisonment of three women in Cleveland, is the father of a 6-year-old girl born to one of the women in captivity, the Ohio attorney general said Friday.Attorney General Mike DeWine also said that Castro’s DNA did not match other unsolved Ohio cases. He said ...
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Brady reunion brings memories to Kings Island
Greg Brady sings "I'm Greg Brady" to the tune of "...: Greg Brady raps. "I'm Greg Brady" to the tune of "The Real Slim Shady." Mind blown. Johnny Bravo ...
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Streaking Tribe eyes four-game sweep behind Kazmir
The Indians are 7-1 against Cy Young Award winners this season. They don't seem to care which opposing pitcher toes the rubber or whether they tote any hardware. At 17-4 over their last 21 contests, the Indians are enjoying their best stretch since September 2007, a month before they came within one win of a World Series ticket. "We don't look in the past. We don't look in ...
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Cueto set to make return in opener vs. Mets
After more than a month on the disabled list, Reds ace Johnny Cueto will make his return to the mound on Monday against the Mets at Citi Field. It will be the right-hander's first Major League start since April 13, when he left the game in the fifth inning and hit the DL with a strained right lat two days later. "I'm happy," Cueto said through translator Tomas Vera. ...
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Tornadoes Hit Oklahoma And Kansas
Authorities say tornadoes have touched down in Wichita, Kan., and a suburb of Oklahoma City. There were no immediate reports of injuries or significant damage Sunday evening. Sedgwick County, Kan., emergency management director Randy Duncan says officials are "very grateful" about the few reports of damage from the tornado that touched down near Wichita Mid-Continent Airport shortly ...
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Mariners do little right in 6-0 loss to Cleveland
CLEVELAND — One inning into this disaster, it was apparent the Mariners didn't have much of a chance. They'd already been owned by Cleveland Indians ace Justin Masterson in the top half of the frame, then spent the bottom part forgetting the basics in the field en route to two quick runs by the home side. By the time this 6-0 defeat was in the books, Felix Hernandez and the ...
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Sharefax raises money for Childrens Hospital
Sharefax Credit Union employees and customers raised more than $7,800 for Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center during the 2013 Marching Miles for Miracle Kids. From left in front are: Jessica McDaniel, Beth Fawcett, Colleen Fite, Nadia Shurkhay and Stacy Wene. Back row: Gina Patt, Pat Wohlfrom, Susan Presnell and Bev Havens. / Thanks to Jessica ...
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Cleveland celebrates Supermans humble beginnings
CLEVELAND - The tough, blue-collar roots of Superman's creators are getting a fresh look on the superhero's 75th anniversary. Creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster lived just a few blocks apart in the Cleveland neighborhood that shaped their teenage lives, their dreams and the imagery of the Man of Steel. In the city's Glenville neighborhood, still in the throttling grip of the ...
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Chapman allows tying walk-off homers in Philly
CIN@PHI: Reds lose on Galvis' walk-off homer in ninth PHILADELPHIA -- Winning a series at Citizens Bank Park isn't something the Reds take for granted. After all, it hadn't happened since 2006. They were one inning from finally ending that streak before a crushing turn of events on Sunday. Back-to-back home runs by the Phillies' Erik Kratz and Freddy Galvis in the bottom ...
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Ohio newspaper editor David Miller dead at 66
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) -- Editor David C. Miller of The (Bowling Green) Sentinel-Tribune newspaper in Ohio died Saturday at a hospital in York, Pa., the paper said in a statement. He was ...
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Police in NW Ohio home invasion victim targeted
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Police in northwest Ohio are searching for three suspects in the shooting death of a business owner during a weekend home ...
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MLB Philadelphia 3 Cincinnati 2
Eric Kratz and Freddy Galvis socked back-to-back homers in the bottom of the ninth Sunday, rallying the Philadelphia Phillies over Cincinnati 3-2. Trailing 2-0 in the eighth, the Phillies began the comeback ...
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MLB Cleveland 6 Seattle 0
Justin Masterson struck out 11 over seven shutout innings Sunday, staking the Cleveland Indians to a 6-0 whitewash of Seattle. Masterson (7-2) ran his scoreless inning streak to 16 with the 106-pitch performance. The right-hander scattered three hits and walked two while lowering his ERA to ...
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Masterson dominates Mariners with 11 Ks
SEA@CLE: Brantley bashes a three-run homer to center CLEVELAND -- If you bring a Cy Young Award winner to Progressive Field, you better pack bandages, too. On Saturday, Mariners ace Felix Hernandez became the latest Cy guy to struggle against the Indians. They took the afternoon contest, 6-0, and extended their winning streak to four games. Michael Brantley crushed a three-run homer in the ...
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Chance For Storms Sunday Night Heating Up For Monday
Your Doppler 10 ForecastThis Evening Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thunderstorms earlyTonight: Partly cloudy and mild. Patchy fog possible late. Low: 65Tomorrow: Mostly sunny, hot and humid. (Near record highs) High: 88Tuesday Partly cloudy with scattered afternoon storms. High: 87 Special Information: A few evening showers and thunderstorms will dissipate early tonight with partly ...
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Ohio superintendent leaving shooting delayed plan
CHARDON, Ohio (AP) -- A northeast Ohio superintendent who guided the district after a school shooting that killed three students is stepping down, one year later than originally ...
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Lawsuit in Ohio cancer cluster will take years
A federal civil lawsuit filed last week in Toledo points to a possible cause of the cancers that have sickened about 40 young people since the ...
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Cleveland Police Regularly Visited Street Where Abducted Women Were Held
Police made regular crime runs to the Cleveland street where three women were held captive in a house over a decade before escaping. Since the 2002 abduction of the first victim, Michelle Knight, Cleveland police went to the block along Seymour Avenue to take crime reports nearly 160 times. An analysis published Sunday by The Plain Dealer says that amounts to just over one crime report a month ...
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Cozart scratched from lineup with illness
Email PHILADELPHIA -- The Reds were forced to scratch shortstop Zack Cozart from Sunday's lineup due to illness. Cesar Izturis started in Cozart's place and batted second. Izturis, the only Spring Training non-roster invitee to earn a roster spot out of camp, made only his seventh start of the season and played in his 15th game overall. He came in batting .167 (6-for-19) with two ...
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Gomes taking advantage of chances
Email CLEVELAND -- Yan Gomes has appeared sporadically for the Indians this season, but he has a way of making those sightings count. In Saturday's 5-4 win over Seattle, for example, Gomes let loose his cannon arm in the third inning. After a pitch to Endy Chavez, he fired a throw to shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera, trapping Jesus Montero off the bag for the rare catcher's pickoff. The ...
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VP Atkins heaps high praise on prospect Lindor
prospect Francisco Lindor. Doesn't everybody? Atkins, the Indians' vice president of player development, said the 19-year-old has been "unbelievable." "The guy every night gets two or three hits, makes an exceptional play," Atkins said. "The leadership, his commitment, his professionalism, we haven't experienced anything like that from a high school ...
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MRI confirms no new injury for Heisey
Email PHILADELPHIA -- Injured Reds left fielder Chris Heisey, who had a setback early last week while rehabbing his injured right hamstring, had an MRI taken in Cincinnati. It confirmed the strain, but no other serious injury was found. Heisey, who has been on the disabled list since April 29, has been continuing his treatment. There is no timetable known for when he might get back on a rehab ...
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Cairo ready to help in new role for Reds
PHILADELPHIA -- On Friday, when manager Dusty Baker vehemently argued after a play at the plate called safe that scored a Phillies run, one wondered if he might get ejected. Now that Chris Speier has moved from the bench to coach at third base while Mark Berry is away for cancer treatment, Miguel Cairo is the bench coach. He would have stepped in as manager if Baker was thrown out. "I was ...
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Cueto contemplating mechanical change
Email PHILADELPHIA -- Reds ace Johnny Cueto's performance jumped another level in quality in 2011 when he made a change to his mechanics that had him turning his back to the batter. It was similar to something Luis Tiant did in the 1970s. 2011 was also the year that a nagging injury started occurring for Cueto, who strained his right lat muscle late that season and again last month when he ...
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Ohio farmers seem set to cash-in on wheat price increase
A series of natural disasters and droughts have pushed the world’s wheat price upwards, in the US and particularly Ohio our food security is sound, but the state may need to play a part in supplying the world with wheat in the coming months or even years.
Ohio farmers will begin planting their winter wheat around October time for harvest in the spring, but they will in all likelihood need to plant more in order to meet the global demand that has spiraled on the back of a bad year for natural disasters that have out global wheat production down by an estimated 4%. Read more
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