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VOLLEYBALLScoring SummariesBARBERTON 25-25-25, ELLET 15-17-15Kills: Dario (E) 8; Hrabusa (B) 7. Digs: Zupancic (E) 10; Hrabusa (B) 6. Blocks: Humphrey (B) 4. Assists: Mondy (E) 13; Shifferly (B) 8....
View ArticleUnhittable reliever Andrew Miller making Indians manager Terry Francona’s...
CLEVELAND: Here he comes again, marching onto the field when the bullpen door swings open, this high-priced assassin brought here to torture the best hitters in the world. Here comes Andrew Miller, the...
View ArticleTrump campaign denounces Ohio GOP chair, deepens party rift
KANSAS CITY, MO.: With Election Day weeks away, Donald Trump’s campaign has denounced the chairman of the Ohio Republican Party, deepening a rift in a state critical to Trump’s White House hopes.GOP...
View ArticleMedicare shopping: The plan that worked for you in 2016 might not in 2017
Now is the time seniors and others with Medicare can potentially save — or lose — thousands of dollars in health care costs next year by choosing a Medicare plan.Open enrollment began Saturday and runs...
View ArticleJ.R. Smith contract pushes salary of Cavaliers’ starting five to new heights
CLEVELAND: From the time Dan Gilbert purchased the Cavaliers more than a decade ago, he made it clear he would spare no expense to bring a championship to Cleveland. Even as strands of confetti lay...
View ArticleIndians notebook: Corey Kluber not ruled out of possible Game 4 start; club...
CLEVELAND: The Indians have planned to throw Mike Clevinger in an abbreviated start for Tuesday’s Game 4 of the American League Championship Series, but they haven’t ruled out the possibility that...
View ArticleNot even Indians teammates sure how to deal with precocious star Francisco...
CLEVELAND: In one breath, Jason Kipnis is defending his double-play partner, insisting it’s best not to put bumpers on Francisco Lindor, but instead to let the kid be himself. Yet, in the very next...
View ArticleALCS/Indians 2, Blue Jays 1: Josh Tomlin, Francisco Lindor, bullpen propel...
CLEVELAND: The Indians have found their formula and have followed it in the first two games of the American League Championship Series. With it, they’re two steps closer to the World Series. Francisco...
View ArticleA look at hacked emails from Clinton’s campaign chairman
WASHINGTON: Hacked emails released in daily dispatches this past week by the WikiLeaks group exposed the inner workings of Hillary Clinton’s campaign leading up to her 2015 announcement that she would...
View ArticleHow to counter extremist views: Try agreeing with them
By Deborah NetburnLos Angeles TimesHow do you get people with extreme beliefs to change their minds, or at least open them a little?It may sound counterintuitive, but a new study suggests that instead...
View ArticleOhio State 30, Wisconsin 23 (OT): Defense saves No. 2 Buckeyes
MADISON, Wis.: Perhaps Ohio State’s steamrolling of Wisconsin in the 2014 Big Ten Championship Game will be an aberration the series won’t see again for some time.The nationally televised clash between...
View ArticleOther local issues on Summit County ballots
Here are other local issues on Summit County ballots:Bath Township: Renewal of a five-year, 1.4 mill levy for streets and bridges.Boston Heights Village: Renewal of a five-year, 2.75 mill levy for...
View ArticleGood News — Oct. 17
1 The students of St. Sebastian Parish School in Akron were recently able to show their excitement for the Cleveland Indians and give to others who have faced weather-related losses. The students...
View ArticleAkron man charged with using Tumblr to incite violence against U.S. military
CLEVELAND: Federal authorities say an Akron man has been indicted on more criminal charges for using a social media site to incite violence against U.S. military members on behalf of the Islamic State...
View ArticleFairlawn, Munroe Falls, Macedonia among cities with local issues on the Nov....
In Fairlawn, petitioners placed five questions on the general election ballot.In Macedonia, voters are being asked to increase the city’s income tax, twice.In Munroe Falls, city officials are seeking...
View ArticleHistoric tour shows properties in Akron with uncertain futures
At the turn of the 19th century, the Fir Hill area in Akron was filled with Victorian mansions as ultrawealthy folks like John Buchtel and Ferdinand Schumacher settled to form the “gold coast” of the...
View ArticleEuropean lander released to begin final descent to Mars
BERLIN: The European Space Agency dispatched an experimental probe Sunday on the final leg of its quest to land on Mars, part of a mission aimed at exploring the red planet’s atmosphere and searching...
View ArticleNational news briefs — compiled Oct. 16
LOS ANGELES 2 arrested in fatal shootingPolice arrested on Sunday two suspects in connection with a shooting that left three people dead and 12 wounded at a restaurant operating out of a converted...
View ArticleWorld news briefs — compiled Oct. 16
Nigeria Schoolgirls, parents reunited Joy, jubilation and dancing erupted Sunday when a group of Nigerian parents were reunited with 21 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram 2½ years ago and freed in the...
View ArticleNorth Carolina GOP office burned, graffiti sprayed nearby
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C.: A local Republican Party office in North Carolina was torched by a flammable device and someone spray-painted an anti-GOP slogan referring to “Nazi Republicans” on a nearby wall,...
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