Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for March 13th, 2008
Commentary: Rockets’ streak fun, but not meant to last
Jim Litke
Turning on the computer to find out the Houston Rockets’ win streak has reached 20 games is like picking up your car from Maaco. The second you stop thinking about how good it looks, you start worrying about how long it’s going to last. In the Rockets’ case, the guess here is [...]
Boxing: Pavlik to face Welshman Lockett
LAS VEGAS — Unbeaten middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik of Youngstown will meet Welsh contender Gary Lockett in his next fight, promoter Bob Arum said Thursday. Pavlik (33-0, 29 KOs) and Lockett are likely to fight at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on June 7 in Pavlik’s first defense of his WBC and WBO [...]
Man stabbed in South Lorain
A Lorain man was stabbed multiple times in the building in which he lived on E. 30th Street and Seneca Avenue shortly after noon today.
The man, who neighbors say was deaf, was taken by ambulance to Community Health Partners. His condition is not known but a witness said there was a lot of blood at [...]
BREAKING NEWS — Amherst officer takes shot at man helping police
AMHERST —A man who assisted Amherst police in getting a gun away from a Lorain man threatening to shoot his wife around midnight Wednesday was nearly shot when an officer mistook him for the assailant, according to police.
The man notified an Amherst police officer who was in downtown area that another man, later identified as [...]
ENTERTAINMENT UPDATE — Final “Potter” film to be split in two
Harry Potter was the center of seven novels, but he’ll star in eight films.
The final book in the wildly successful series will be made into two films, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.
Producers are expected to announce Thursday that J.K. Rowling’s last “Potter” installment, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” will be split into two [...]
Cavaliers can’t overcome terrible first quarter in loss to Nets
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New Jersey needed only 12 minutes to start forgetting a horrible road trip. That’s all the time Mike Brown needed to realize his team still can’t stop the Nets. Richard Jefferson scored 24 points, and the Nets overcame LeBron James’ 42 points to hold off the Cleveland Cavaliers [...]
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigns
NEW YORK - In a startlingly swift fall from grace, Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned Wednesday after getting caught in a call-girl scandal that made a mockery of his straight-arrow image and left him facing the prospect of criminal charges and perhaps disbarment.
“I cannot allow my private failings to disrupt the people`s work,” Spitzer [...]
Police blotter: March 13, 2008
Lorain police
Tuesday, March 11
1:25 a.m. – 2800 block Fulmer Road, Carl L. Casey, 48, Lorain, charged with domestic violence.
8 a.m. – 1600 block Cooper Foster Park Road, a man said someone in Frankfurt, Germany, used his credit card numbers to make a purchase of more than $1,000.
8:20 a.m. – 900 block W. 11th St., copper [...]
Indians: Bullpen battle for final spot still wide open
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The final spot in the Indians bullpen is up for grabs and probably will be for a while. “It’s still wide open,” said Cleveland manager Eric Wedge of the race between Tom Mastny, Jorge Julio, Scott Elarton and Rick Bauer. “I think it will probably go to [...]
Study: Americans get more sleep than thought
WASHINGTON - Americans are not as sleep-deprived as they think they are, and in fact appear to be getting more Z`s these days than they got a few years ago, according to an independent analysis of government statistics.
The new findings run counter to the widespread public perception that Americans are getting less and [...]