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View full size Thomas Ondrey, The Plain Dealer Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora, shown above in a 2009 file photo, cast the lone vote Tuesday against a settlement that ends a two-year dispute over unusable voting machines. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- In their widespread investigation of corruption in Cuyahoga County, federal prosecutors describe Jimmy Dimora as "Public Official 1" -- a man who has used the powers of his elected office for personal gain. But lately, the embattled Democrat is portraying

I definitely felt it was contract-steering, blatant and obvious   -Jimmy Dimora

 

Photo by Dave Roback/The Republican Members of Conor Reynolds' family are seen during a candlelight service for Conor in the auditorium of Cathedral High School on Monday evening. This is a 5:50 p.m. update of a story posted at 12:41 this afternoon. SPRINGFIELD – Police say they have interviewed more than a dozen youth from among an estimated 200 who attended the Saturday night birthday party where a 17-year-old Cathedral High School student was fatally stabbed.  

A 72-year-old resident said she should have known better when a tree-trimming company booked a job on her property and asked for money on the spot. About $1,450 later, the woman, who lives alone, is left with a job only half done and wants other residents to know what to look out for when hiring contractors who solicit door to door. "I thought I was doing something good since a lot of people are out of work and I wanted to help them," she said.  

BARRY ROBSON has found goals a little easier to come by than prime cuts of beef since his move south to Middlesbrough, but tasting an away victory is proving to be as difficult as finding his perfect butcher. After powering in his fifth goal in his last seven matches after quarter of an hour at Pride Park, Robson must have been confident that he could finally head back to Teesside with a promotion boosting three points in the bag. But in the end the Scotland midfielder was indebted to a last-minute eq  

Prosecutor Bob Chappell told Douglas County jurors on Tuesday they may never know why a pair of Douglas County High School graduates went on a massive crime spree in the summer of 2008. But, he says he does know why one of them decided to fire upon a Douglas County Sheriff's deputy early in the morning of June 28, 2008. "Getting caught for these two guys just was not an option," Chappell said during his closing arguments in the trial of one of the two accused.

Getting caught for these two guys just was not an option   -Bob Chappell

 

It could be possible thanks to a new Google project. Four Johnson County communities have united to form the Iowa City Area Broadband Coalition (ICABC) in hopes that Google picks this area to be part of its first high-speed broadband network. Google's goal with these new networks is to figure out new ways to make internet access better and faster for everyone, according to information posted on its project overview website.

It would make it possible for students in a research setting to take data home and process it   -Karl Taylor

 

S ure, they're only exhibition games. But it's still nice to win — especially for a team that had been 0-for-spring training. The Washington Nationals, who led the majors last year with 103 losses, ended an 0-11 skid Tuesday with a pair of split-squad victories.

Today, everything just went well for us   -Willie Harris

 

In defiance of a certain adage about old dogs, L.L. Bean just debuted a sleek new sportswear collection. L.L. Bean Signature joins the fold in time for the company's 100th anniversary. This men's and women's clothing line reworks longstanding favorites, introducing a trimmer, more polished look.  

SOME of the best young cricketers in Huddersfield were invited to Yorkshire nets – two of whom went on to play for England. Primrose Hill all-rounder Ken Taylor and Almondbury spinner Eddie Leadbeater, who were 14 and 22 respectively at the time, eventually went all the way to the national Test team. Leadbeater was already a professional and had been netting at the Headingley winter shed under the guidance of coaches Arthur Mitchell and Bill Bowes.  

Wielding a pipe, a man allegedly went after two transgender individuals on March 13. Via MPD listserv, Sergeant Carlos Mejia says the two victims were in the area of 14th and Shepherd Streets NW when a suspect decided to club them with metal. He says cops discovered the suspect attacked the victims because of their gender identity.

police could not confirm Taylor's address, but a state online court database lists Taylor, who was 19, with an address in Southeast Washington, D.C., in January 2009.   -Paul Starks