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Forget Dennis Kucinich
 Forget Dennis Kucinich 
OPINION
Mar 9, 2012 2:38 PM CST

Forget Dennis Kucinich

He made a lot of noise, but did little, Alex Koppelman argues

(Newser) - Dennis Kucinich's 16-year stint in Congress is about to end , and Alex Koppelman, for one, does not care. "Liberals lost one of their favorite elected officials, and the press lost one of its favorite sources of comic relief," he writes for the New Yorker . "But Congress...

Ohio Election Worker Bites Voter's Nose

Cops seeking Cleveland poll monitor

(Newser) - Cops in Cleveland are looking for a rogue poll monitor who attacked a voter who attempted to intervene in a dispute with a campaign worker. The poll supervisor "was trying to intimidate a woman who was less than 5 feet tall and he's probably 6 feet," said...

Amish Seek Help Over Hair, Beard Attacks

Five men arrested in hirsute crime spree

(Newser) - America's Amish have rarely gone to police for help—only over extreme cases like murder, rape, or a multi-million-dollar investment deal gone wrong. Now Amish leaders in Ohio are bending their rules and cooperating police to stop a spate of hair-cutting attacks, the AP reports. Five men from a...

Ohio Serial Killer Convicted of Murdering 11 Women

Anthony Sowell now faces the death penalty

(Newser) - An ex-Marine and newly convicted serial killer who had the bodies of 11 women in his Cleveland home will face the death penalty. Anthony Sowell , 51, was convicted of aggravated murder after a three-day jury deliberation, reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer . Now the trial moves into the mitigation phase during...

Jimmy Carter Hospitalized

 Jimmy Carter 
 Hospitalized 
maybe just air sickness
Sep 28, 2010 11:52 AM CDT

Jimmy Carter Hospitalized

He falls ill on flight to Cleveland

(Newser) - Looks like nothing more serious than a case of air sickness for Jimmy Carter: The former president, just days shy of his 86th birthday, was taken to a hospital in Cleveland today immediately after his plane touched down, reports WOIO . Carter "developed an upset stomach" during the flight and...

Ten Dead American Cities
 Ten Dead American Cities 
Aug 28, 2010 3:19 PM CDT

Ten Dead American Cities

Buffalo and Flint lead the way

(Newser) - It's another cities-in-trouble list, although this one from 24/7 Wall St declares these "desolate urbanscapes" not just dying but dead. (For the usual reasons of population loss, manufacturing exodus, crime, etc.) Here's the top 5:
  1. Buffalo: "Wounded irreparably by the de-industrialization of America."
  2. Flint: It's simple:
...

LeBron Mural Coming Down in Cleveland

10-story-tall Nike ad just doesn't make sense anymore

(Newser) - Cleveland is moving on with life: Workers today began removing an enormous mural of LeBron James from a downtown building, reports CBS4 . The Nike ad is 10 stories tall and has been a fixture of the Cleveland skyline for a few years. It's so big that workers will spend all...

Airline Mishap Lands Kids in Wrong Cities

Delta switched their paperwork somehow

(Newser) - Next time you lose your luggage, remember it could be worse. You could, for example, be one of the two kids Delta sent to the wrong cities on Tuesday. A boy and a girl were each flying separately under the airline’s unaccompanied minors program, he to Boston, she to...

Most 'Miserable' US Cities

 Most 'Miserable' US Cities 
cleveland wins!
Feb 20, 2010 12:18 PM CST

Most 'Miserable' US Cities

Forbes list includes Memphis, Stockton, Detroit, and Miami

(Newser) - Forbes is out with its list of the "most miserable cities" in the US, based on a host of factors including unemployment, violence, weather, taxes, corruption, and sports teams. New York City made the list at No. 16, thanks its commute times and taxes. The top 10 honorees:...

Jobless, Bored Guy Builds Massive Igloo
 Jobless, Bored Guy 
 Builds Massive Igloo 
Beer never gets warm
Feb 15, 2010 4:35 PM CST

Jobless, Bored Guy Builds Massive Igloo

The beer never gets warm in 4-room structure, and there's even a TV

(Newser) - It's quite the man cave. Jimmy Grey has been out of work for almost a year and needed a project to stay busy. So the 25-year-old laborer took advantage of the heavy snowfall this winter and built an extreme igloo in the yard of his family's Cleveland-area house. His four-room...

Cleveland's 'Monster' Rapist Indicted in 11 Murders

Prosecutors plan to seek death penalty for Anthony Sowell

(Newser) - Cleveland rapist Anthony Sowell is a monster who brutalized women and murdered 11 of them, a prosecutor said yesterday. He announced an 85-count indictment against the suspected serial killer, including 11 counts of murder and multiple counts of assault, kidnapping, rape, and abusing a corpse. Police found a skull and...

Ohio Woman Tipped Cops to Sowell Last Year

Said she fought, fled his attack; allegations were dismissed

(Newser) - A Cleveland woman says she was assaulted by accused murderer Anthony Sowell last December in a struggle that left her blood at his house—but after she narrowly escaped and went to the police, authorities believed him instead of her. In the ensuing months, five more women went missing. Wade...

Police Find 11th Body at Rapist's House

First victim identified, a 53-year-old woman missing for a year

(Newser) - Cleveland police found another body at the home of convicted rapist Anthony Sowell, bringing the total to 11. Law enforcement also identified the first victim found as 53-year-old Tonia Carmichael, who went missing last November. "We expected the worst when these bodies starting popping up," a relative tells...

Six in Rapist's House Were Murdered, Women: Coroner

Still no IDs, partly due to advanced decomposition

(Newser) - All six bodies found in the Cleveland home of a convicted rapist were female, and all were apparently strangled, police say. None of the victims found at the home of Anthony Sowell has been identified, a coroner's spokesman said today, and relatives of missing women have been coming forward to...

Cops Find 6 Bodies at Rapist's House

He's arrested as search in Cleveland continues

(Newser) - Cleveland police have arrested a convicted rapist and discovered the remains of six bodies in and around his house. They're asking relatives of missing persons to bring them anything with DNA evidence to help identify the victims, reports the Plain Dealer . Anthony Sowell, 50, has lived at the house since...

May Home Prices Post 1st Gain in 3 Years

(Newser) - May home prices rose month-over-month for the first time in almost three years, according to the S&P Case-Shiller Index, edging up 0.4% from April. That still left them 17% lower than they were a year ago, however, the Wall Street Journal reports, with home prices at around 2003...

Cleveland to Shaq: We're Big Enough for Ya

Local shops can handle huge

(Newser) - Shaquille O’Neal may be big, but if the superstar NBA center joins the Cavaliers, Cleveland has plenty of room, write Mary Schmitt Boyer and Jodie Valade in the Plain Dealer. Some suggestions:
  • Though he’d be playing for a team in a cold-weather city for the first time, Shaq
...

NYC Ranks No. 1 in Road Rage
 NYC Ranks No. 1 
 in Road Rage 
Jun 16, 2009 10:23 AM CDT

NYC Ranks No. 1 in Road Rage

City's drivers are angriest in the US

(Newser) - New York drivers are the most aggressive and angry in the US, an annual road rage survey finds. Gotham cut off Miami, which had zoomed to the top of the list the past 4 years, Reuters reports. "New Yorkers were most likely to wave their fists or arms,"...

Cleveland Eyes Philly's Immigrant-Driven Renewal

As residents flee, Cleveland mulls Philly-like policies

(Newser) - In 2000, Philadelphia looked a lot like Cleveland: Surging crime, empty houses, a sliding population. Since then, a tide of immigrants has spurred entrepreneurship, filled high-tech jobs, and put Philly on course for its first population increase in 60 years. Now Ohioans hope to do the same, but they must...

Demjanjuk Deported, Leaves Ohio for Germany

(Newser) - The US has formally deported John Demjanjuk, who left Cleveland for Munich this evening by medical transport plane and should arrive in Germany tomorrow, the Plain Dealer reports. The attorney for the accused Nazi death camp guard said it may be several months before his client is tried on accessory...

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