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Archive for December 15th, 2007

Doug Clarke: Bill for the clear and the cream is due and baseball has to pay

For months, baseball and its fans have been lying awake in a second-floor bedroom staring at the ceiling, waiting for The Other Shoe to hit the floor. The first shoe fell long ago when it linked Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire to steroids. Bonds’ linkage was courtesy of the BALCO [...]

Posted: December 15th, 2007 in Sports by marius.
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Cavaliers’ defense nowhere to be found in loss to Nets

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — His players couldn’t stop the Nets, so Mike Brown hoped Josh Boone’s free throw shooting would do it for him. That didn’t work, either. Boone scored a season-high 15 points, foiling the Hack-a-Boone strategy by making just enough when he was twice fouled [...]

Posted: December 15th, 2007 in Sports by Associated Press.
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Browns’ Chudzinski keeps opposing defenses guessing

BEREA — Browns offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski is making life miserable for opposing defensive coordinators. Not only does Chudzinski have the fifth-ranked scoring offense (27.7 points) and possible Pro Bowlers in receiver Braylon Edwards and tight end Kellen Winslow, he expands the playbook almost on a weekly basis. The [...]

Posted: December 15th, 2007 in Sports by Scott Petrak.
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Man charged with murder

Police: Lorain man ambushed, shot boyfriend of his ex-wife

CHUCK HUMEL / CHRONICLE

Bail was set for $1 million for Frank Honaker as he appears before Lorain Municipal Judge Mark J. Mihok via video. Honaker is charged with aggravated murder in the shooting death of Christopher Betts.

LORAIN — A Lorain man killed his estranged wife’s boyfriend Thursday [...]

Posted: December 15th, 2007 in Top Stories by northcoastNOW.
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Browns notes: Planning for Sunday includes precipitation anticipation

BEREA — If there’s a game that should be played in wintry conditions, it’s Browns-Bills in December. Mother Nature looks like she will cooperate, as the weather.com forecast for Sunday calls for snow, 22 mph winds, 29 degrees and a 90-percent chance of precipitation. Linebacker Andra Davis said Friday he didn’t think weather [...]

Posted: December 15th, 2007 in Sports by Scott Petrak.
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Holiday displays turn on to LEDs

Lights provide a more efficient ‘green’ bulb

STEVE MANHEIM / CHRONICLE

The holiday light display on Ely Square in Elyria, shown here on Friday night, uses traditional and LED bulbs.

What does the city of Elyria want for Christmas? A full set of LED — or light-emitting diode — bulbs might just top [...]

Posted: December 15th, 2007 in Top Stories by NorthCoastNOW.
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Teens recant kidnap story

ELYRIA — Three teens who said they were kidnapped at gunpoint Monday night and forced to drive around Lorain now say they made it up.
“The detective was suspicious about the lack of detail in their story,” Lt. Andy Eichenlaub said. “It all kind of snowballed on them.”
The teens, ages 15, 17 and 18, originally said [...]

Posted: December 15th, 2007 in Top Stories by Benjamin Nagy.
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Safety crews scout house contaminated by mercury

CARLISLE TWP. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency made its first trip Friday inside a Butternut Ridge Road home contaminated by mercury.

CHUCK HUMEL / CHRONICLE

Decontamination workers prepare to enter a Carlisle Township house that has been contaminated by mercury.

James Boddy, director of environmental health for the Lorain County General Health District, [...]

Posted: December 15th, 2007 in Top Stories by northcoastNOW.
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Winter storm warning issued

ELYRIA — Come tonight, you might as well consider hanging those car keys by the door and stoking the fireplace.
If weather predictions are on the money, the first real storm of the season is supposed to hit —dumping as much as 6 to 12 inches of snow and about a half-inch of ice on the [...]

Posted: December 15th, 2007 in Top Stories by Benjamin Nagy.
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Police blotter: Dec. 15, 2007

Elyria police
Wednesday, Dec. 12 8:35 a.m. – Police station, West Avenue, Kevin D. Dukes, 27, Elyria, contempt of court warrant. 9:47 a.m. – Elyria High School, Sixth Street, a 14-year-old boy was charged with carrying a concealed weapon after he was found with a knife at school. [...]

Posted: December 15th, 2007 in Top Stories by NorthCoastNOW.
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