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Waterloo may triple pay-to-play fees

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If its proposed 7.95-mill levy fails on March 6, Waterloo schools may triple the "pay-to-participate" fees it started in... Read Story. 6 comments

Broska: Streetsboro City Hall water is safe

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The tap water at Streetsboro City Hall has been tested and is safe to drink, Mayor Glenn Broska... Read Story.

Kent stay-at-home mom turns popcorn recipes into business

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After 12 years of looking after her four children full time, Gwen Rosenberg decided to use her homemade popcorn recipes to get back into the... Read Story.

Obama adjusts birth control policy

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WASHINGTON - Under fierce election-year fire, President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly abandoned his stand that religious organizations must pay for free birth control for workers, scrambling to end a furor raging from the Catholic Church to Congress to his re-election foes. He demanded that insurance companies step in to provide the coverage... Read Story. 2 comments

Navy names ship for ex-congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords

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WASHINGTON - The Navy has named a ship for Gabrielle Giffords, the recently retired congresswoman from Arizona who is recovering from a gunshot wound to the head received in January... Read Story.

Santorum to conservatives: Don't settle for Romney

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WASHINGTON - Presidential candidate Rick Santorum implored conservatives Friday not to settle for Mitt Romney's more moderate record, and to instead insist on nominating an unapologetic conservative that "the party's excited... Read Story.

Open house for Kent 8th-graders is Thursday

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All Kent School District eighth-graders and their families are invited to an Eighth Grade Scheduling Open House at 7 p.m. Thursday in the auditorium at Theodore Roosevelt High School, 1400 N. Mantua St.,... Read Story.

Man convicted in Rootstown murder back in court over sentencing error

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Cortez M. Oliver, one of four people sentenced for the 2009 robbery and death of a Rootstown man, will be back in Portage County Common Pleas Court on Monday morning after an appeals court found fault with his... Read Story.

Portage TEA Party endorses Fowler

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Portage TEA Party endorses Fowler The Portage County TEA Party PAC has endorsed Kevin Fowler for Portage County Recorder in the March 6 Republican primary. TEA Party members met both Republican candidates, Fowler and Renee Neal, at a candidates night... Read Story.

Climate change topic of program in Kent

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Climate change topic of program in Kent Ken Riley, an environmental science teacher at Waterloo High School, will discuss the science of climate change and how we can reduce our climate footprints during a free program at 1 p.m. today at the Kent Free... Read Story.

Portage Democratic Party office vandalized

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Portage Democratic Party office vandalized Ravenna police are seeking the public's help in solving two incident of vandalism that recently occurred at the Portage County Democratic Party office. On two separate occasions, the front windows at the... Read Story.

Open house for Kent 8th-graders is Thursday

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Open house for Kent 8th-graders is Thursday All Kent School District eighth-graders and their families are invited to an Eighth Grade Scheduling Open House at 7 p.m. Thursday in the auditorium at Theodore Roosevelt High School, 1400 N. Mantua St.,... Read Story.

Crestwood school board to meet Monday

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Crestwood school board to meet Monday The Crestwood Board of Education will hold a special meeting at 5 p.m. Monday to discuss permanent improvements, strategic planning and other items. The meeting will be held in the high school library, 10919 N. Main... Read Story.

Summit Dems to host fundraiser Monday

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Summit Dems to host fundraiser Monday The Summit County Democratic Party will host its 36th annual Valentine's Day Fundraiser at 4:30 p.m. Monday at Todaro's Party Center, 1820 Akron Peninsula Road in Akron. U.S. representatives Tim Ryan, Betty Sutton... Read Story.

Man convicted in Rootstown murder back in court over sentencing error

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Man convicted in Rootstown murder back in court over sentencing error By MIKE SEVER | STAFF WRITER Cortez M. Oliver, one of four people sentenced for the 2009 robbery and death of a Rootstown man, will be back in Portage County Common Pleas Court on... Read Story.

Portage development team to start visiting area businesses

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Portage development team to start visiting area businesses The Portage Development Board, Portage County's economic development agency, has announced the start of an annual industry visitation program designed to find out what companies need to stay and... Read Story.

Ohio elections chief eyes meeting with Eric Holder

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Ohio elections chief eyes meeting with Eric Holder Associated Press COLUMBUS -- Ohio's elections chief is seeking a meeting with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to discuss elements of federal law that he says are preventing the state from maintaining... Read Story.

Witness says LAPD detective's DNA was in murder victim's wound

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Witness says LAPD detective's DNA was in murder victim's wound By LINDA DEUTSCH | Associated Press LOS ANGELES -- DNA taken from the mouth of a former police detective so closely matched saliva from a bite mark on the arm of a murdered woman that no one... Read Story.

N.H. boy, 14, shoots self in face at school

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N.H. boy, 14, shoots self in face at school By GARRETT BRNGER | Associated Press WALPOLE, N.H. -- A 14-year-old shot himself in the face in a New Hampshire elementary school cafeteria filled with dozens of students eating lunch, officials said Friday.... Read Story.

Official: Alberta bus rollover injures 30

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Official: Alberta bus rollover injures 30 Associated Press REDWATER, Alberta -- The general manager of a Canadian motorcoach travel company says about 30 people have been injured after a bus rolled over on a highway near Edmonton, Alberta. Red Arrow... Read Story.

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